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Observation-Disclosures and Fancy Articles, a
1 large assortment from the best manufactures,
comprising every articles in the line, for sale at
no WIN, BALLS Drugstore.
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Bagging and Rope.
40 400 YARDS Bagging; 200 coils Kentucky
.UUU Rope. For sale by
sepl0 STACEY & WELLS, IA on the Levee
CPICES-Cloves, allspice, mace, nutmegs, cinna-
y mon, cassia, ginger, mustard, black pepper, and
every description of lavong extracts. for sale by
,,,yafl VIM BALL.
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On Consignment
At A. L. HEINE's AUCTION STORE
A 800 bbls Whiskey;
100 boxes Star Candles,
80 bhls choice Sugar,
30 boxes superior brand Tobacco;
$4,000 Cigars;
30 kids Mackerel;
10 bbls Rice;
10 half-bbls Lard;
500 lbs Live Geese Feathers.
A|so-Steel Hoes. Porter's Ploughs. cane and stool
bottom Chairs, Queensware, Hats. Clothing and Dry
C.anJs F,r sal,. low for cash. A. L. HEINE,
c!,a,anor+ Son, II 1856 Auctioneer.
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New Orleans & Red River Packet.

Essmza a. THE entirely new fast running steamer
khzz4sszz7s WW. R. DOUGLASS, BENZ.
EzsszzssEzs= TARBALL, master, will run regular
packet during the entire between New OFleans
and upper Red River, touching at all intermediate
landings. The VIM. R. Douglass built at Louis
Vile during the present fall expressly for the trade is
unusually staunch, and the boilers machinery
entirely new and in point of safety she is unsurpassed
She can store 1900 bales of cotton, and has
dious cabins, fitted up with staterooms, and furnished
with every requisite for the comfort OF passengers
Her officers will at all times pay particular attention
to any business entrusted to them and make of ev
cry ezer.ion to give satisfaction, For freight pas
sage having fine accommodations, apply on board. ms
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Fifty Dollars Reward. .

70 Fifty Dollars Reward.
IA RUNAWAY from my Steam Saw Mill, miles
~ south Of Bellevue, Bossier parish, on the lst
iust a Negro Man, named MNGo, OF copper color,
about feet inches high stout built, weighs about
$50 lbs Aged about 81 years. Supposed to have
been decoyed off by white person he above re-
ward will be paid for his delivery in jail out of the
narish of Bossier. A. Fl. HOLLlNGSWORTH.
pa1t.vua Rnssier psrsh La Oct. %. lS56-lm
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1'rabue'S Auction ROOm.

Texas street, nearly opposite the City Hotel.
D OCULAR days of selling: every Monday, We'd
III nesday and Friday, and every night during the
winter oct8
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- nm al The regular meetings of Meth Lodge No.
-z.S>9 IL, are held on Wednesday EVENING" at
their new Lodge, on Texas street, near Edwards:
JOHN LARMfER Sec'y Y. RITCH1E, N. G.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26
NUMBER II.

-
A LESSON FOR MoTHERs.-The B;tming-
ham { Eng. J Journal prints the following
account of a aogging the Prince of Wales
received from poor boy:
During Her Majesty's residence,
SOME years ago at Osborne, in the Isle of
Wight, her children were accustomed to
ramble along the sea shore. Vow, it so
happened on one occasion that the young
Prince of Wales met boy who had beer
gathering sea shells. The young Prince,
presuming upon his high position. thought
himself privileged to DO what he pleased
with impunity. So without any notice
he upset the basket and shells. The poor
lad was very indignant, and observed:
you do that again and I'll lick you.
Put the shells tlae basket said the
Prince, sand see il I DON'T The shells
were gathered up and put into the basket.
Now, said the lad, touch 'em again old
fellow if you dare, whereupon the Prince
again pitched over the shells. And the
lad pitched into him. and gave him
such licking as few Princes ever had
His lip was cut open, his nose knocked
considerably cut Off perpendicular. and
his eyes OF color which might have
well become the champion of prize
ring, His disfgured face could not long
be concealed from his royal mother.
She inquired the cause Of his disfgure-
ment. The Prince was silent. but at last
confessed the truth The poor boy was
ordered before the Queen He was,
asked to tell his story. He did SO in
a very straitforward manner At its.
conclusion, turning To her child, the
Qneen said: You have been rightly
served Sir. Had you not been punished
sufficiently already, I should have pun
ished you with severity, When you
commit a like offence. I trust you will
always receive a similar punishment, !,
Turning to the poor boy, she commanded
his parents to her presence the following
morning. They came; and the result of
the interview was that her Majesty told
them she had made arrangements for
educating and providing for their SON.
and she hoped he would make good use
of the advantages which should be placed
within his reach - -
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26

arrived. 'Ah! my man. said he, at
length, addressing Smith. what is the
damage?'
'On, this, Smith who had not given up
his work, put aside his rifle, and looking
up to estimate his loss, answered, after
some little reflection, Ten dollars.
'.You be hangedl, exclaimed the tra-
veler; last week, in the explosion hap
pened to be in another steamer, ] fell
through three lights ina new house. and
they only charged me five dol isrs. No,
no, I know what's the thing il such mat
ters. Here's couple of dollars. and if
that won't do, go and sue me, and be
hanged!"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26
American Sang Froid.

The following story is gravely told in
D'Atena6e,t's Tour en- Anaerique, to illus
trate "Anerican Sang Froid" We did
not see it in the book:
"Far away from the great cities, half
hidden in the foliage, was the modest log
hut Of man, half trapper, half fisher
man, and more than half savage. OF
course his name was Smith. He was
married, and he and his wife, in this one
little chamber, led the happiest of existen-
ces; for on an occasion she would not OBJ
ject to go twenty miles to hear the Baptist
minister preach.
t'One evening, about sundown, they
were both together in their little cabin,
she knitting stockings, for the next winter
SHOWS, he cleaning the barrels of his
fowling pieces-all the parts of which
were lying dismounted about him-both
busy, and neither uttering a syllable.''
"By degrees dull but regular sound
breaks upon the silence of the wilderness.
The steamer is ascending the river, ma
king the best oft way against the stream.
But neither Smith nor his wife pay any
attention; he goes on cleaning his gun.
she knitting her stocking.
"The air, howevers, darken: thick
smoke rises upon every side; formida-
bic explosion is suddenly heard, one would
have said it was discharge of several
cannon at once. The boiler had burst;
the vessel sunk; everything was destroy
ed.
''Smith and his wife did not look up; he
went on cleaning his gun, she knitting
her stocking. for explosions Of steamers
are so common.
''But this was one which was to inter-
est them more nearly; for scarcely had
the explosion ended, before the roof OF
the cabin split intwo, and something hea-
Wy descended through the aperture. -
This something was man, who dropped
between the pair, without, however. dis
turbing either--he still cleaning his gun,
and she knitting her stocking,
''But the traveer-so rudely introdu-
oed--seemed rather astounded at his de.
scent. After few minutes, however, he
resumed his coolness and began to look
1
about him. Fixing his attention at last
upon the whole through which he had just
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26
What an old Whig thinks of il.

The Louisville Journal has persisted
in its determination to be "Henry Clay
Wing" ..ill the last. When the Wing
party was palpably dead, (which event
was brought about by the treachery of its
Southern members, that paper went o
yer to the American party, aud it is now
the leading advocate of Fillmore and Don
elson in the Southwest By its support
Iof Donelson, it has now abandoned all
claim to be Whig paper. But, feeling
some ofthe old leaven within him, the
the editor thus discourses to his old
friends. the "Henry Clay Whigs," of
former days, and warns them that the
deadliest, most maligant enemy of the
great Commcner in his time, was JAMES
BUCHANAN. We have very few in Ohio
who still wish to identify themselves with
Mr.. Clay, and to all such commend the
following. which we copy from tEat pa
per of the 9th inst: aH '9 ~
It seems to have been the deliberate
purpose of the Cincinnati convention to
fling into the faces of the old line Wings
every conceivable insult and Defiance
The platform is a reiteration of violent
and undying hostility to every measure
of public policy that was advocated by
the old Whig party, and in the selection
of candidate the convention has been
peculiarly successfulin in choosing the man
who, of all the public men in the Union
is most obnoxious and offensive to the
friends and admirers of Henry Clay
Of all the bitter and INSCRIPTIONS enc
mics of Mr.. Clay, there was rome so
deadly hostile, non who has so often and
so violently traduced and illuminated
him as James Buchanan of Pennsylva-
MIA. He was Mr.. Clay's most vindic-
tive enemy He was the author of the
most foul and malignant charges that ev-
er were brought up against him, and du-
ring the whole of Mr.. Clay's public SER
vices James Buchanan of Pennsylvania
lost no opportunity to malign his motives
underrate his services, and pour out a.
gainst him the most bitter inectives
and foul abuse. The nomination of such
man is direct insult to the old Clay
Wings who have been cajoied and f1atter-
ed by the Democratic party for several
months past. ~
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26
A wELLspENT SABBATH.


A well spent Sabbath promotes domes-
tic affection. The members of the family
have the opportunity that day Of being all
together, and of cultivating one another's
acquaintance Neatly dressed in their
Sunday clothing, and cleansed from the
dirt that begrims some of them during
the week, their appearance is better fitted
to beget respect and affection. If the
Sabbath did nothing more than encourage
cleanliness, it would be an important bles-
sing. Self respect is greatly promoted
by workman being able to turn out on
a Sabbath morning with his well-dressed
family, and fill their pew in the house of
God. The respectful feelnas of others
are attracted to such fam. he work
man feels that to be able to appear thus
on the Sabbath, is something worth ex-
erting himself for. His industrious wife
feels the same. Both are reluctant to
squander money and time, because one
of the effects of such extravaganza will
be TO prevent them from appearing at
church with their children. 1t is remar-
kable how closely the loss of Sabbath
keeping habits is connected with self-re-
speet. When man has no desire to ap-
pear decent with his children on the Sab
bath. it may be presumed that his self-re-
spect is gone, and it will be no easy mat
ter to keep him from degradation and ru-
in.
A well-spent Sabbath furnishes moral
energy against temptation and vice
The immense proportion of crimes that
spring from neglect of the Sabbath is a
well known fact. Many criminals while
under sentence of death, or of transpor-
tation, have confessed that their career
commenced with Sabbath desecration.
The painter, Hogarth, so remarkable for
his minute acquaintance with human ma
ture, in his series of pictures illustrative
of "The Rake's Progress, which ended
at the gallows, introduced him as an ap-
prentice, playing marbles on a tomb
stone during divine service. The com
mittee of the House of Commons, appoin-
ted in 1852, to investigate the subject of
dissertation, remark in their report, that
Sunday labor is generally looked upon as
a degradation; and it appeared in evil
dence that in trade, in proportion to the
disregard of the Lords day, was the i'm
morality of those engaged in it. One of
the witnesses examined. a respectable ba-
ker. declared he would hardly train up his
children to the business, because he was
afraid of their morals being corrupted,
through the Sabbath desecration required
by the occupation as practiced in London.
The journeyman bakers in London, a.
mounting to eight or ten thousand, are
seldom in church: general looseness of
moral principle is the consequence; from
this very circumstance they feel that they
are degraded; and not less from regard
to their character than to their health.
comfort and spiritual welfare, petitioned
Parliament in a body, to devise means for
relieving them of Sabbath work -AorM
american ReUiew.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26

FORTY FIVE TO THE BUsHEL-1n the
early days of the West there were class
of itinerant Methodist ministers who were
not afraid to tell wrong-doers what they
thought of their conduct. Among this
worthy company was a famous old Ten
nessee: preacher known as Father
Craven. Once, in preaching to Virginia
audience, he talked after this fashion:
"Here are a good many professors of
religion, sleek and good loking. Yet you
are not the thing you ought to be. You
know bushel of wheat ought to weigh
sixty or sixty-four pounds; but you some
times see wheat with round, plump
kernels, and when, you come to weigh it
it's only forty-fve pounds. You know
there is something the matter with the
wheat You take grain oft between
your thumb and finger, and squeeze it,
and out pops weevil. Now some Of
you good looking Christians only weigh
forty-five pounds to the bushel, instead
of sixty four as you ought. Squeeze you
between the thumb of the law and the
finger Of the Gospel and out will pop a
whiskey bottle and wooly-head."
So it is with the Democratic party of
these times. They talk loud of their
regard Of Democratic principles-they are
plump enough in their profession to
weigh sixty-fve pounds to the bushel-but
just bring them to the test on some
living issue for instance freedom in Kanzas
and they will shrink to forty-fve pounds
to the bushel.-B .-Back5one. sa.7 a7f 1af ae
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26
3portrg@-
ORN. WHEAT AND COTTON,

CORN, WHEAT AND COTTON.
Come, let us raise our battle cry,
And send our fat forth,
And drink bumper toast unto
The tillers of the earth.
Let's throw aside old party lines,
In firm reliance stand, s1
Aud let our country dear be ruled
BY those who till the land.
Let freemen rally meath our flag,
Up, men Of every grade.
And shout aloud, with sturdy lungs
.atiits Theplow, the loom, the spade.
Let him who tui ms the furrow DER,
With brow and swarthy brow
Let him who gnides, with iron hand,
p Theron of the plow, 5b
Be honor'd cherished aud belov'd,
BY every man ofworth;
Right valiently let alluphold
The tillers Of the earth. ssstt F
sSs5 Let freemen rally, &c.
eve know no North, we know no South"
OuR COUNTRY is ourcr
Cast to the winds each paltry 'ism,"
4. And to our banner fly. at f
Let each man hail his fellow man, &
Nomatter what his birth,
And join us in our cheering song
ks The tillers Of the earth. t
Let freemen rally, &c.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26

An Irishman called alta printing
office one day with au advertisement, and
like prudent man inquired what it would
cost to be inserted in the paper. He was
informed that for one insertion. the price
would be $2-subsequent insertions rs
cents. can faith" said he, "I'll only
have two subsequent insertions"
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26


EYr There is Yankee down East who
has invented jack plane to do the
shaving in a barber's shop. He is a
brother of the individual who used fiat
iron to smooth the ruffled temper Of his
wife, 1 F.se.
As father Morris was walking through
parish noted for its profanity he was
stopped by whole flock of youthful rep
rebates ofthe place.
"Father Morris! Father Morris! the
devils dead!'
rs hep said the old man benignly
laying his hand on the head of the nearest
urchin, You poor, fatherless childern!,
A COOP loNE--A gentleman in his
eagerness at the table to answer the call
for some apple pie, owing to the kn iffe
slipping on the bottom of the dish, found
his knuckles buried in the crust. when
a wag, who sat just opposite him.. very
gravely observed, while he held his
blate: "Sir, I'll trouble you for bit,
while your hand is inl''
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26

ABOLITION cANDIDATE.-Gerrit Smith
of New York has been nominated as an
abolition candidate for President From
this it will be seen that we shall have
four candidates in the field for the
presidency each representing four diff
ferent creeds of faith.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26


E~A singular account Of the manner
of the ancients in breaking their horses
and rendering them sure footed galloping
over the most irregular and dangerous
grounds, is r lated by Vegetius. The
Parthian horses were lighter and harder
than those of the Cappadocians or Me-
des; and were the best war-horses. A
spot of dry level ground was selected, on
which various troughs or boxes, filed With
chalk or clay. were placed at irregular
distances, and with much irregularity OF
surface and height. Here the animals
were taken for exercise, and they had ma
ny stumble and many fall, as they
travelled this strangely uneve course. but
they gradually learned to lift their feet
higher and to bend their knees better
and step sometimes shorter and some
times longer, as the ground required, un-
til they could carry their riders with
ease over the most irregular and danger
Gus places Then it was that the Parthi-
ans could fully put into practice their fa-
vorite maneuyre, and turn upon and de-
stroy their unsuspected foe. They were
as formidable in fight as in attack. and
would often turn on the back of the AMI
NAL and pour on their pursuers cloud
of arrows, that at once changed the for
tunes of the day. @
A WIFE IN TRoUBLE.-"Pray. tell me
ny dear what is the cause for those
tears?"
"Ohl such disgrace! I have opened
one of your letters. supposing it to be ad-
dressed to myself. Certainly it looked
more like Mrs. than Mr.
s'Is that all! What harm can there
be in. wife's opening her husbands
letters?''
"But the contents-such disgrace!',
.sWhat! has any one dared to write me
a letter unfit for my wife to read?"
.On, no. IL 10 eouCHcu k1 tue HOSt
chaste language. But the disgraee!''
The husband caught up the letter and
commenced reading the epistle that had
been the means of nearly breaking his
wife's heart, Reader. you couldn't guess
the reason in a coon's age. Hwas no o.
ther than bill from the Printer for nine
years subscription!
The most sensible woman in all oreaS
ton! She ought to be admitted as a
member of the craft.
~'Jim. did you ever study gram-
marsa
i did,
what case is Squire CT
He's an objective case
'How so?'
Because he objects to paying hissub-
scription that he has been owing for 1--we
years or more saS s
What is nounN IA 5
Don't know; but know what ss-nowA
Is. 1
well, what is it?'
Running off without paying the print
er, and getting on the black list az q dsz
linquent.'
Good. What is conjunctions'
"a method of collecting outstanding
subscriptions in conjunction with a con-
stable, Never employed by printers ga=
til the last extremity. ....
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26

E@A letter in Ez Nicaroguense saws
that VIM. Irving Langsdale, of Kentucky,
who was in the battle of Rivas, and who
made forty-eight shots at the enemy with
kentucky rife, Killed forty eight Costa
Ricans! He occupied place of security
took rest in shooting, saw twenty-six of
them fall himself. the balance others wit
Messing,
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-06-26

REWhat is the difference between q
pool of stagnant water and a pewter
image of satan ?-One is dead level and
theother lead devil,
The Placer herald., 1856-09-20

DR.. r. McCafrey's ability as a distinguished
Medical Man is thus endorsed by the San Francis
co Press:
From La CRoNICA. MAY 1S55--
We have been eXamng some documents handed
us bv DR. McCratirey, and we consider it but JUS
tce to say to our friends and the public generally
that have seen his high testimonials. and also
ample proofs of his superior skill, and endorse
him physician of extraordinary ability:
FROM THE Eco DEL PACIFICo, SPANISH, july '56.
We call attention in particular manner to DR..
r. McCaflrcy and take the greatest pleasure in
recommending HIM to the Spanish and Span
nish American residents of this State, as q
sklful Physician. and a distinguished gentle
man; one in whom the sick can repose unlimited
confidence. He is the Physician of the Howard
Medical Institute, and his remarkable success in
curing obstinate cases of illness has won for him
deserved admiration.
From THE SAN FRANCISCO JOURNAL. July l6, So
We call particular notice to the Howard Mrdi-
cal Institute, which has been established for the
purpose of curing diseases, particularly those of
Scrofulous and Syphylitic nature, and all private
complaints.
Dr. II. McCaffrey. an eminent Physician of this
city, who has for several years been known as a
successful practitioner. is the Physician. The in-
stitute has been established at the earnest Request
of some of the best medical men of this city. and
il is to be hoped that the columns of newspaper
lies used by notorious quacks to impose on the ur-
fortunate, will no longer be believed.
This is in fact the only safe asylum in the State
for those who through shame are suffering tor
lures. mental and physical, which the Dr. s skill
can cure. Not only is he well skilled in his pro-
fession. but his courtesy aud liberal disposition
en,iear him to all that have ever applied to him.
His entire efforts for years has been the study of
the diseases he is now curing. In reality he is the
"RIoHtRD'' of the Pacific. No case seems t0.with-
| stand his maserly treatment.
We wish the Howard Medical institute "God
speed" and advise all thos that are iDl TO cali
and consult the Doctor at lS Sacramento street,
next to the p. NJ. S. S. Office.
FROM THE ORGAN OF THE FRENCH RESIDENTS OF
! SAN FRANcIsCo LIZ PHARE, July l6, 1856.
1--WE desire our readers to notice that pr Nc
Calrey is now the Physician of the Howard Medi-
cal Institute, and only say, if it be capsed on
according to his pan it will prove truly philaIl'
thropc and deserve universal patronage.
HOWARD MEDICAL INsTTTUrE-For Private Real-
cal Treatment. Office hours from 8 A. NJ. tiH r:
NJ Consultation in English French, Spanish and
German. Communications stating complains and
decribng symptoms, uoW receive immediate at
tention by enclosing fee of ten dollars.
Address Howard Medical Institute. ll8 Sacrat
mento ST. Physician, DR.. r. McCAFFREY.
San Francisco, Aug 3. lS56-6m.