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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-17
LONG ISLAND RAILROAD. B
Bro klyn to Branch.
GOOD FOR THIS DAY ONLY.
To be shown, ami given up when required.
FEE. 2. EDN ID THOMPSON, Agent D.

When we arrived at Jamaica, the passengers were
informed that the snow had drifted on the roads.
and that the cars could not take them any further
No provision was made for those going beyond ia
maica, and they were left to get their own
conveyances, or foot it, or remain whore they
were and freeze or starve, or both, II they
had no means of their own to avoid it. Our
tickets were not required, but left in our pos
session; and after much trouble and loss Of
time We succeeded in procuring o conveyance to
Hampstead, our destination, at extra expense q
~ On returning to the city the tickets were Pc
ton II half cost. But the President said nothing e
the kind could be done, another entry would have
to tie made on the books; and, moreover, there
made to the company, which he could not afford -
grant; for if it was done in one instance it woulA
have to lie done in all. Very cogent and non-coa-
initial reasoning. indeed. He could receive from
them oil the pay for their passages which the faces
of their tickets guaranteed to them; but when they
had been taken but part Of the way, an adjust
ment of the matter could not be Afforded He then
very blandly suggested that should try to dispose
when they were only good upon the face Of then
for the day on which they were dated And he, a
course, knew it to be so. told him did not come
to sell them but to deliver them to where they b.
lOnged; and that had expected, on the principle e.
correct dealing he would be willing to take them.
He, however, convinced me of the sense of justice
which governed him by perssting in his refusal to
redeem them at any price.
have been induced to make this statement to
show the public what may be expected from that
company, when they will thus unhestatingly aval
themselves Of the slightest pretext to drop their
passengers at the most convenient depot, and then
leave them-men, women and children-to provide
for themselves as they best CAM end to apprise thcm
that the tickets which they receive for their passages
though unconditional, but false tokens and hun
bugs for them and only serve as tales for the com.
pany, to show how much money they have received
in that way. There ia nothing on their faces pro
viding against contingencies of any kind; nor Is
there anything to show that the transit of the pos
sengers shall depend circumstances Yet the
above precedent, as well as Others is sufficient TO
prove that they are liable to be dumped out Of the
cars Lefore arriyn, at half their journeys END.
upon any and every change and freak Of the wea-
Their.
For my own part. should not, perhaps, have
sought for an adjustment had it not been Cor the TO-
tai want OF respect and disregard for the passen-
gers that were manifested .on the OCCASION. And
should ever again wish to travel in that direction.
will take some other mode, even should it be On
foot, In preference to the Long Island Railroad.
MATTHIAS.
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United States DastI let Court.
Before Hon Judge Belts.
IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT CAS-

INFORMANT GOVERNMENT CASE'
FEB. 16-IHe United States cs. augustus Zerc-
ga.-This is a motion made by the defendant,
Zerega, to set aside an execution issued upon
Judgment recovered by the United States ON
Custom House bond. Subsequently the defendant
obtained dsscharge from his debts under the
general bankrupt act Of ls4i The Secretary of the
Treasury being OF opinion that this discharge did
not effect The general government. ordered exccu
ton to be levied ON the since acquired property OF
the defendant. The amount involved in this and
sirnilar cases depending on the decision of this
r.oton is said to amount TO upwards OF half mil
lion Of dollars. Mr. McKeon, United States District
Attorney, and his assistant, Mr.. Joachimssen, ap-
cared for the government. Pending the argument
of Mr.. McKeon the Court adjourned. Tbc case Is to
be res umed next Saturday.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-17

JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ.,
The numerous accounts of the burglaries and
robberies published from day to day in the papsu.
and which are apparently committed without any
efforts to arrest the Offenders have naturally spread
posed of our community Citizens are knocked
down and robbed with impunity, aud our police ~
pear to be entirely Inadequate 10 protect % fI0n
the midnight assassin and the burglar. Onr citizens
are heavily taxed to maintain Q large police force,
for which they do not receive, in thei persons OF
their property, that protection which they have
been promised and which, they haHs . right 10 L.
mand The questions naturally ariss-d0ss lhe din
Guilty rest with the present police system and il
management? and 1t it does, what viii remedy ns
evils OF which the community complaint As . ci1i-
zen of New York, feel, in common with all, tha
disgrace which attaches to US, and I beg leave.
through the columns of your influential paper, 10
propose a plan which, In my opinion, will protect
our persons and property from the assassin and
burglar. My plan s to place the whole police oros
OF this city on patrol duty at night, except . sman
number, say one hundred, who shall be kept at the
station houses in the different wards, where psrsons
may apply for assistance when necessary. There 2
no earthly hsoessity for such large number u
policemen pstrolling streets in the day time Al
from necessity the men, whom we see dressed In the
police Uniform in the day time Dnst sleep and rese
at night their ahOrs are entirely loss 10 the COM
munity At a tims when their services are most re-
quiied. The harglar, assassin and robber dare not
in the open day pursue their dangerous vocation.
Every Citizen is q policeman, and would immediately
arrest the offender. These desperate characters.
in the day time bat at night, and aided BY the 30
csrity which darkness affords, they prowl about 80
streets enter our dwellings, and dcpredafe upon N
Respectfully, W. H. h
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Marine Court-Ccneral Term

before Justices Mccarthy, Thompson and MaynArd.l
Fen. l6--Brown vs.. Gager.-Judgmens affirmed
with costs.
White vs.. Beach.-Three causes, motion to dir
MICS denied with $5 costs in each.
Gould vs.. Chamberlain Judgment below was
not entered within the four days after the trial. and
is therefore void, set aside without costs.
Cook W. kelley Judgment affirmed with costs.
Niles VS.. Bw,kcr.-Judgment reversed with costs.
kurhead vs.. Ettinger, Judgment reversed with
costs.
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KnOvw NelAing Jubilee IN Worcester, Mass.
SfucHxs ny GOV. GARDINER, HON A. DEWITT, n. c.,
HON. =. O. BAKER, A. o. BREWSTER. ESQ.,, AND
OTHERS.
[From the Boston Journal Feb I41
The Americans Of Worcester city and county
held Jubilee" in the City Hall iu Worcester last
evening" for the purpose Of rejoicing over the State
victory achived last fall in Massachusetts, and Of
consulting in regard to the present and future pros
poets OF the party. The AFFAIR was got up in very
creditable manner, and was carried out with perfect
success. Among the invited guests present were
the Governor and Lieutenant Governor the Presi-
dent Of the Senate, Hon. Alexander Dewitt. mem
Der Of Congress from the Ninth district and other
gentlemen OF prominence in the American ranks.
Between five and six hundred sat doYp 70 the sup
per, which was furnished by Mr.. Aug .st6s Narrs,
and did credit TO him as . caterer for public Assem-
blies. Across the end Of the hall, in rear of the
platform, was an inscription, as follows -
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party which, he said, is that Americans shall rule
America"
Eighth regular sentiment
Our Native American Mechanics-They have created
ap, They win see to that no patents Of pobility are
Issued to alien intruders and that workngmen in this
country, are never made slaves.
Lieut. Gov. BENCHLgY was introduced to respond,
and was most cordially received. He thanked the
audience for his reception, and the people of Wor-
cester for their repeated manifestations of conf
dence. He expressed warm sympathy for his
brother mechanics and eulogsed their intelligence.
He dilated at some length upon the principles of the
American party and said he believed the sentiment
pressing his qualification at meeting many Of the
Americans of Worcester and hoping that this
festival would strengthen the bonds OF union and
harmony.
Ninth regular sentiment
The Free state Men Kansas--We give them our
hearts and our hands, and bid them "God speed for
we relieve that native .orn citizens should control the
actual settlers should AZ the Institutions
for the rerrores and that ali and invaders
from foreign localities should be served with mary
process Of ejectment.
Rev J. H. TEMPLE, of birmingham, responded,
and gave as a sentiment
X. NIX. for Kansss-N for natiyism: nut which of
tn. m you please ftst-we 60 fos both
The next sentiment was
To the Memory of the Politically Great Defunct-Most
prominent Of whom, We men ton Franklin Pierce
Response by the band" Death March,"
Many other sentiments were given, and noble and
happy responses were made, but we have no room to
record them. Among the speakers were Micah Dyer,
of Boston, Rev. John Prince, Of Essex; Wilder s
Thurston, Of Lancaster; Frederick Parker, of Tenn.
pleton; Alderman Wall, and j. w. Denny, of Wor
cester, and several Others The festivities were kept
up until nearly two o'clock, when the out-oftoyJn
delegates took the cars for home.
The festival passed OF very satisfactorily aYa plea.
sanity to all those present.
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Sptou vi Tic pfOCesS recently patented IN tnat CITY,
for coating lead iron or other metals with tin,
nickel or alumina: The first part Of the proccss
consists in mode of preparing ISOLATION Of the
metal with which the articles are 20 be coated or
plated Tor which purpose the inyeaSrs proceed g
muratc acid, and then precipitatc the tin by an al
kali or alkaline salt, preferably by the feocyanide
Of potassium; they then mix sulphuric acid or mu
riatic acid with the precipitated oxide Of tin, TO
which Is added portion Of water; these boiled
IN an iron vessel with small portion OF ferrocyan
ide OF potassium the liquor is then filtered, and the
solution is completed.
PROF. sILLIMAN ON THE INTERNAL HEAT OF THE
EARTH.
Prof Silliman takes decided position in favor Of
the theory that the centre Of the earth is fused
mass OF mineral matter His chief argument is the
phenomenon of volcanoes, which he calls the earths
chimneys and escape pipes, There are hundreds Of
them always In operatlon-hundreds are dormant;
they are found all over the earth and the seas sur
lace, and they come from the bowels of the EARTH
Inc merry sea in the centre of the earth-says the
Pro,essor-boils over the tops of its chmneys, and
when these chimneys become choked 1t forces new
vents, breaking ont even under the sea.
THE IRON DISCOVERY IN LIBERIA.
DR.. Hayes the assayer to the State of Massachu-
setts has examined specimens of the iron recently
discovered in Liberia, and subjected them to scient
c analysis, with the following result: chemical
composition is pure iron, 98.40 quartz grains, mag
netic oxide iron crystals. and zeolite, 160. There
are no other metals presents fact which prevents
the placing OF this iron in the class of meteorotes,
and the absence of carbon in any form conpet sly
removes all doubt in regard to its being possibly Of
artificial formation.
AN IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGES.
n invention for making the connection Of the
pole or the shafts of a carriage with the axle more
safe has been exhibited in Cincinnati. A small
block of vulcanized India rubber Is inserted in
the space, which. In what is called the clip or
shackes of the shaft, intervenes between the clip
tire and the round head of the shaft, through
which the connecting bail is passed. The block IL
India rubber holds the ball In it's place with Grm
but elastic pressure, and entirely prevents 1t bot
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-09

their paths, and how deep their suf.
Fferings3 We haye seen them since.
We. have seen them together in "Liz-
zie's" carriage, driving along Lake
street. They are doubtless as happy
IS their bereavements, relieved only
by the consciousness of duty faithfully
performed, can permit. But whilst
the suffering of that father and moth
er may be family known from the
story Of the daughter, what must have
been the mental agony Of that other
daughter, unkindly banished from her
mothers side. and driven outinto the
world without q fathers blessingl-
What was her grief W hen her letter
written from a prosper ons city, from
the house of her wealthy husband. tel.
ling them of her success, and the birth
Of her dear children, were unnoticed
and unanswered. Shemust have felt
that indeed the hearts of that .ather
and mother, her sister and brothers,
must have been hardened against her.
We will say no more, That scene
will live in our memory while we can
remember the pure and holy love of
father, mother and kindred. -Ttnes.
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-09
Admonition to Youth.

Honor thy father and thy mother,
that thy days may be long in the land
which the Lord thy God giveth thee.''
If there is one command in the whole
blessed book that should be obeyed
more than another, it is the above.
However debased may be the parent;
however low he may be sunk in tile
scale Of humanity, it IL the child'a
bounded duty, through evil and good
report, through sickness and through
sorrow, to sustain him until the clods
of the valley have covered him. How
little do we know, and how much less
do we appreciate the cares, the anxi.
cites and the troubles Of a parent, in
the bringing US from childhood up "a
manhood, and never can we repay
them fully, if our days are heightened
to the longest life. The child who
would neglect his parents that would
not by allIthe means in his power, en-
deavor to render his last hours com.
Portable and happy, should be convic.
ted Of the great crime Of ingratitnde
should be branded with the mark
Of Cain, and be driven out from ell
civilized society
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-09
Time

Ninety years hence not asinglelnan
or woman, now twenty years Of age,
will be alive. Ninety years! Alas!
how many Of the lively actors at pre-.
sent on the stage Of life will make
their exit long ere ninety years shall
have rolled away. And could we be
sure OF ninety years, what are they!-
"A tale that Is told" q. dream; on
empty sound, that passeth on the
wings Of tho wind, and is forgotten.
Years shorten as man advances in age.
Like the degrees in longitude, mans
life, declines as he travels toward the
frozen pole, until itdwindles to q point
and vanishes forever. Is it possible
that life is Of 50 short durationl Will
ninety years erase all the golden
names over. the doors in town and
country, and substitute others in their
stead Z Will all the new blooming
beauties fade and disappear, all the
pride and passion, the love, hope, and
and joy pass away in ninety years and
be forgottenl '.Ninety years!' says
Death; do you think I shall wait
ninety years! Behold, to-day, to.
morrow and every day il mine"
When ninety years are past, this gen
Grafton will have mingled with the
dust and be remembered not.
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-09
! Dat Old Niger .Diekson..

Mr.. Dickson, o colored barber ina
large New England town, was shaving
one Of his customers, q respectable
citizen, when a conversation occurred
between them, respecting Mr.. Dick.
sons formor connection with a color.
ed church in that place.
'Ibelieve you are connected with
the church in Elm street, are you not,
Mr.. Dicksoni'' said the customer.
mo, sab, not at all"
sWhat, are you not q member o.
the African church,
'sNot this year, sah."
"But why did you leave their com
munion, MI. Dickson, if | may b
permitted to askl'
swell, | tellyou, sah," said Mr.
Dickson, strapping q concave razoror
the palm Of his hand ,::.'it was iustl like
dis: / jined de church in good faith,
| give ten dollars toward de stated
gospill de fus year, and de church
people call me sbrudder Dickson, de
second year my business not 50 good.
and ! give only five dollar. Dat
year de people call me Mr.. Dickson
Dis razar hurt you, sahl''
mo, the razor goes tolerably WE'LL
well, sab, de third year / fee
berry poor, and sickness in my fami,
~. and ] didn't glib noffin for preach
in. Well,after dat dey call me Oh
niger Dickson, and ! left 'em. /"
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-09
n. Bar.fsstsd Priitsr Boy.

The Pittsburg Morning Ariel, nm
der this caption, gives d short story
Of d distinguished citizen Of Pennsyf:
vallia as follows: ii
'+Some thirty years ago, q barefoot
ell boy foated down the Susquehanna
river on an humble raft, and arrived
at Harrisburg, Pa. lie came from
the North, and belonged to a large
family, with all his worldly goods tied
up in pocket handkerchief. He
sought and obtained employment in q
printing office. From sn apprentice
to a journeyman, from i journeyman
to q reporter, then to an editor, the
baretooted printer boy worked his
way against obstacles which the strug.
Cling boy only knew. The persever.
ing follower in Franklin's steps began
to realize the fruits of his patient toll
and privation. The yonng aspirant
became Printer to" the State, and by
frugal management was soon enabled
to accomplish the object dearest to
his heart-the establishment of his
mother in a home above want-in the
possession Of every comfort she could
desire. ~:=. -. I'm -. 4 ="
.."His brothers were next his care,
and like Napoleon, he had a strong
arm with which to aid them-an in.
domitable perseverance that nothing
could long successfully obstruct. In
a few years they. too, with his sisters,
were Independent of the world, the
once barefooted printer boy was in
the possession Of affiuence, surround
ed by q young and affectionate fami!
ly.. lie did not stop here. He was
the friend of the friendless, the patron
of merit, and the encourSgpf of indus
try. lie rose in honor and Office, un-
1.-THE once barefooted boy tho en-
tered a printing Office in Harrisburg,
hungry and weary, laid down his lit.
tic bundle on a pile of wet paper and
asked tobecome an apprentice, was
elected Senator in Congress-. That
man is Simeon Camerolis of Pennsyl-
Vania. + Il
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-09
A Cas-. for tho Abolitieniits,

The Senate Of Virginia have lately
passed o bill for the voluntary en-
slavement of 0 free negro Of South.
ampton county. He is an old man,
sixty years Of age, and has been late
ly emancipated, but is anxious to re-
main in the condition Of servitude,
which he knows, by his own expe.
+rience and observation, is the best and
happiest condition for his racs. So
numarous are applications this char
acter, that II has been found neces-
sary to introduce . general law into
the Legislature for the voluntary en-
slayement Of free negroes Of the Com.
monwealth. =.
We commend these facts n Greedy
4 Go. They afford an oil sufficient
answer to their doleful Jeremeiadl
upon the expressions and misery q
Southern Slavery Rich Di.pGM
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-09
Ths Tws'Hs

u remember, z says the late Post
master General Of the United States,
1.-THE first time / visited Burlington.
W., as the Judge Of the Supreme
Court. / had leftit many years be.
fore, q poor boy. At the time / left
there were two families Of special note
for their standing and wealth. Each
Of them had 9 son about nv own age.
| was very poor, and these boys were
very rich. During the long years 81
hard toll which passed before my re-
tnrn, ! had almost forgotten them.-
They had long ago forgotten me.
Approaching the court house, for
the first time, in company with seve-
raj gentlemen Of the bench and bar, |
noticed. in the court house yard, a
large pile Of old furniture about to be
sold ct auction. The scenes Of early
boyhood with which was surrounds
ed prompted me|to ask whose It was.
| was told it belonged to Mr.. j. Mr..
U / remember d family Of that name,
very wealthy; there was a son; can it
be hel / was told it was even SO. -
He was the son Of one Of the families
already alluded to. He had inherited
more than l had earned, and spent it
all; and now his own family was re-
duced to real want, and his furniture
was that day to be sold for debt. /
went into the courthouse suddenly.
yet almost glad that ] was born poor.
! was soon absorbed in the business
before me. One Of the first cases
called, originated in a low drunken
quarrel between Mr.. III. and Mr.. "A.
Mr.. IT., thought, that is a familiar
name. Can it bel In short, ! found
this was the son Of the other wealthy
man. referred to! was overwhelmed
alike with establishment and thanks
giving establishment at the change
i'm our relative standing, and thanks.
giving that ] was not born to inherit
wealth without toll"
Those fathers provide best for their
children who leave them with the
highest education, the purest morals,
and THE least money.
Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1856-01-09
Auction Of Ladies. !

! An auction Of unmarried ladies'
used to take place annually at Baby.
lon. in every district says the
historian, ''they assemble on q certain
day of every year, all :the virgins Of
manageable age" The most bean.
tiful was first put MP, and the man who
bid the largest sum Of money gained
possession Of her. The second in
personal appearance followed, and the
bidders gratifed themselves with
handsome wives, according to the
depth Of their purses. But alas! il
seems there were in Babylon some la
dies for whom no money was likely
to be offered, yet these also were dis.
posed Of, so provident were the Bah
ylonians. s'When all the beautiful
virgins" says the historian, ''were
sold, the crier ordered the most de.
formed to stand up, and after he had
openly demanded who would marry
her with o small sum, she was q
length adjudged to the man who would
be satisfied with the least: inthis man
ner, the money arising from the sale
Of the handsome, served q q portion
TO those who were either Of disagree.
able looks, or that had any other i'm
perfection This custom prevailed
about 500 years before Christ. How
would such q custom suit the present
aeel Speak out, ye old bachelors.