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The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-08-30
NUMBER 80.
EOEEEC0FFEgl'S LETTER..

The Appeal has got good deal to say
about Mr.. ZolIco0er's letter which Gen.
Haskell read during bis last speech at
Odd Fellows Hall. The letter is private,
but the following extract from it, which
W. have been permitted to make, this is
that part Of it which troubled our neigh.
hor so much:
"Mr. Fillmore will carry New York,
New Jersey, and | think California. Mr.
Buchanan will probably carry no North,
orn State but Pennsylvania. Fremont
will probably get the remaining 103 votes
OF the North. lrBuchanan could add the
whole electoral vote of the South 1921
to the vote Pennsylvania [27] he would
fail of an election by the popular vote, by
two votes. If Mr.. Fillmore could unite
the South to Now York he woul be elect
ed by the popular vote. Why, should VIC
not urge that view in the South? Why
not put upon Buchanan's friends the
onus Of defending an election in tho
House? where his suggestions to Jackson
and Clay imply ne would be good at in.
trSuc and where, if he failed his friends
think Breckenridge would become Prcs-
dent in default Of House elcction'"
The above extract speaks itself. No
comment is necessary Eagle,
The Winchester weekly appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-08-30

I TIOII W ITUCI UICW ITIC ICTIVCol,
And the night grew blacker still,
But the flame leaped high and clear and brig
From watch-fires on the hill;
There were shouts Of fendsh laughter
And howls of hellish glee,
But above them all, rose the maiden's call,
"Comc back, my love, to me-"
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-02-06
A HOME SKETCH

The Albany Knickcrbocker is very
happy in its home scenes Every read
er will appreciate the truthfulness Of
what follows:
What is pleasanter these cool nights
than to gather with few loved ones,
around the home.hearth, and as the
hours troop by, indulge in the reyeries
of Hope The communion of the fire.
side elevates and exalts it exerts an in
Auence over the heart which not all the
cares of the outer world can dissipate
OF destroy; it bathes the life iu sunshine,
purifying all that is foul and making
bright the places that are dark. The
man who, on nights like these, can retire
to a home-hearth, where Love and
Plenty are gathered up, is blessed in
deed like Sylla be is worthy to assume
the title of Fortune, and to wear it as a
crown. To the mind rightly atsuned,
there are no holier, purer enjoyments
than those of the fireside; and the fire.
side is never brighter or more beautiful
than when the November frosts come
drifting, like Eden blossoms, upon u.s.
Would that all men possessed happy
fresides."
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-02-06
MARRIAGE.

Marriage is an institution calculated
for constant scene of as much delight
as our being is capable of. Two persons
who have chosen each other out of all
the species, with design to be each 9TH
er's mutual comfort and entertainment,
have in that action bound themselves to
be good humored, affable, discreet, for
giving, patient, and joyful, with re-
spect to each others frailties and i'm
projections, to the end of their lives.
The wiser of the two land it always
happens one of them is such) will, for
her or his own sake, keep things from
outrage with the utmost sanctity. When
this union is thus preserved, (as l have
often said) the most indifferent cireum-
stance administers delight. Their con-
dition is an eadless source of new graft
fcations. The married man can say,
If am unacceptable to all the world
beside, there is one whom entirely love,
that will receive me with joy and trans
port, and think herself obliged to doub-
le her kindness and caresses of me,
from the gloom with which she sees
me overcast. I need not dissemble the
the sorrow fmy heart to be agreeable
there that very sorrow quickens her
affection. "-SpsctGt0r 40 .q sssI
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PERSONAL BEAUTY

just about the last inheritance which
a parent should wish q child-whether
male or female-is personal beauty. It
is about the poorest kind of capital to
stand in the world with. Who ever saw
a beauty worth the first red cent /? We
mean what the world calls beauty, for
there is a beauty more than skin deep,
which the world does not fully recog-
nize. 1t is not that of which we speak.
But the girl whom all the fops and fools
20 into ecstacies over and about, We
would as soon child of ours should not
be quite 80 beautiful. And then your
handsome young man over and about
whom all the foolish girls are in ecstacies,
what chance has he of ever being any
body? A sad destroyer of ambition is
beauty. From being fitted for the shall
low pates of the other sex who can ap-
preciate nothing else, they become con-
tent with low standard of attainment,
and happy only when dancing attend
ance upon those who are pleased With
their lnsipidify, :
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A RICH OLD UNCLE AND BILIOUS
FEVER.
BY OUR FAMILY PHYSICIAN.


Linda Ray was scarce seventeen
beau iful as an houri, of course, as all
heroies are But more than this, Lin
da had mind and heart of goodness,
as well as personal beauty.
She was the brightest scholar Of
Mrs.-'s seminary, and was the joy Of
her father, the pride of her mother, the
go-between and confident of a score oi
little Rays-her noisy young brood Of
brothers-and the friend and consoler
of all the poor and distressed who came
within her knowledge.
Linda was engaged to young Slocum,
an embryo lawyer of fashion and of some
talent, who had only the slender income
of his profession to depend upon, but
which, added to the moderate little for
tune of Linda, would enable the young
couple to live "quite comfortably"
It va, now in the ftful month of
April. The following June was to wit
ness the bridal day of Linda aud her
lawyer lover, upon which event the
"happy pair F" were to start immediate
ly for the springs. =
Linda looked magnifcently on horse
back, and on this April morning, indulg-
ing in her favorite exercise, she was sit
ting like Queen of beauty, glowing
with freshness and radiant with joy, up.
on the back of her matchless bay-the
most knowing aud graceful piece OF
horse flesh to be lighted on by fond
and indulgent parent.
Young Slocum was by her side, and
was descauting upon the beauty of the
morning, and the beauty of the " morn.
ing queen, when suddenly the latter
sped from his sight like the morning
breeze. Linda's bay had taken fright,
and was flying through the air, scarce
ly touching the paving stones, at fear
ful speed.
"She will certainly be thrown and
killed !' and Slocum's heart as he ex-
claimed thus-or the place where his
heart should have becn-beat with q
feeling akin to despair.
When, however, Slocum arrived three
or four miles further, toward the edge
of the city, scene met his view that
called up other emotions than those of
pleasure at the safety of his beloved.
Linda was seated on the turf, resli-
ming against the trunk of tree. A
tall handsome stranger was bending over
her, laving her brow with water, and
pouring the magnetism of its warm lifc
into her fainting energies.
The look---the strange, mysterious
lock--that of soul recognising soul,
which passed between them when Linda
opened her eyes and they fell upon him,
hauAted young Slocum like disagree
able nightmare for months.
The next day the tall, handsome
stranger called on the lovelygirl he had
rescued from death, to inquire after her
health.
Somehow or other it was full three
hours before the call vas concluded.
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A GOLDEN sHRoUD.

i In a recent communication to the Ma
tional Intelligencer, Mr.. Thomas Ew.
bank, late Commissioner of Patents,
gives some important information in re-
gard to the discoveries made in Peru
Wan tombs and tamuli. The informa-
tion is derived from ". W. Evans, ESQ.,,
a gentleman of strong antiquarian predi-
lections, and now Engineer of the Ari-
ca and Tecna Railroad in Peru. Mr.
Evans states that in making excavations
for the railroad at africa, hundreds of
graves are demolished, in which are nu-
merous Indian relics. The excavations
are seventy feet deep, and as the soil
is loose sand, as the work proceeds, ev-
erything from the top comes sliding
doSn-dead Indians, pots, kettles, ar
row heads, &c. Among other interest.
ing mortuary relics, and Indian was
started out of his resting place, rolled
mp an a shroud of gold Before Mr..
Evans had knowledge of the incident,
the workmen had cut up the magnii-
cent winding sheet and divided it among
themselves With some difficulty DIR.
Evans obtained fragment, and des-
patched it to Mr., Ewbank. Mr.. Evans
notices remarkable fact that in hun
dreds of Indian skulls which he has ex-
amined, not one has contained decayed
tooth. Mr.. Ewbanks thinks the weight
Of the entiro shroud must have been eight
or nine pounds, aud had it been pre-
served, would have been the finest spe-
cimen of sheet gold that We have heard
of since the times of the Spanish con-
quest. In some eloquent remarks up
on the preservation of souvenirs of the
departed, and the futility of attempting
to secure the great dead from contact
with their native earth, Mr.. .:Ewbank says.
it is the form or features, and not the
body or substance of the dead that
should be preserved, and adds
" The mummies of Egypt are quar-
ried for fuel and, whether those of the
Pharaohs, their wives, their priests, or
their slaves, are split open and chopped
up with the same indifference as so
many pinelogs. The gums and balsams
used in embalming them have, made
them good substitute for bituminous
coal; and thus the very means employ
ed to preserve have become the active
agents of their dissipation. So it is
when the materials of cofins have high
market value; they are then seized as
concealed treasure, and their contents
cast out as rubbish. Like heroes in
the Eastern hemisphere, the descend
ants of Nance and Capeo were some
times if not always, entombed in such
and with considerable treasure besides
in vessels of gold and silver; hence We
learn how the Spanish conquerors sought
for, often found, and as often plundered
rich Incan sepulchres.
The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-02-06
JoNATHAN's HUNTING EXcUR.
SION.

"Did you ever hear of the scrape l
and uncle Ezekiel had ducking ont on
the Connecticut river ?" asked iona.
than Timbertoes while amusing his old
Dutch hostess, who had agreed to en-
tertain him in consideration of bran
new tin milk pan.
"No l never did-do tell it."
Well, you must know that 1 and
uncle Zeke took it If to our heads to
go cunning arter ducks, in fathers skiff
so in we got aud sculled down the riv-
er; proper sight of ducks flew back
ward and forward. tell ye bime-by
a few of them lit down on the marsh and
went to feeding on muscles. I catched
up my powder horn to prime, and it slip
ped right out of my hand and sunk to
the bottom of the river. The water was
amazingly clear, and I could see it on
the bottom. Now could not swim a
jot, 80 I sez to Uncle Zeke, you're a
pretty clever fellow-jest let me take
your powder horn to prime, and don't
you thipk the stingy critter wouldn't.
Well sez 1 you're pretty good diver.
and if you'll dive and get it, I'll give
you primin'.
I thought he'd leave his powder horn
but he didn't, but stuck it in his pocket,
and down he went; and there he staid. -
Here the old lady opened her eyes
with wonder, and pause of sometime
ensued, when Jonathan added
looked down, and what do you
think the critter was doing? ?"
Lord" exclaimed the old woman,
" I'm sure don't know"
There he was, sitting right on the
bottom of the river, porin' powder out
Of my horn into bis'n r,
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1tWas Captain Samson's tern to tell
theasxt story. Hewas stout. brouzed,
hard-fsted, but kind-hearted SON of the
oeean, 6fty years of age, and full of
thrilling adventure. Our pipes were re-
filed, and then Samson took his turn as
follows
Its now ten years comes next NoVem-
Der that I took charge of the Yankee.
She was . noble ship. and I felt proud
of the charge. We lay at the wharf,
down Peck Slip, 1--WE cleared at New
Work, you knoE,) lad got the last Of our
dnds aboard, when 1 felt something
touch me on the leg. I turned around
and there stood boy some fourteen
years ole, with bundle on his shoulder.
He kind Of trenlbled when I looked at
him, but there vast any dishonesty in
that faee-not bit. He had great
grey eyes, almost dark enough for hazel,
and his hair curled over his head like a
girl just rigged for party. Then he
looked 50 earnest and steadily at me,
that knew, whatever he wanted, he'd
be tsuthful about it.
What is it, boy ?" said !, speaking
kindly,
want to 60 to sea With you," says
he.
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LAWYER POSED.

William, look up, and tell "a who
made you. Do you know z"
William, who was considered : fool.
screwed his faco, and looking thoughts
full and somewhat bewildered, slowly ans
wered, Moses, I s'pose.'' q
THAT will do. Now said Coun;-
seller g., addressing the ssnrt, az the
witness says be snpposes Moses made
him. This certainly is an intelligent
answer-more 50 than supposed him
capable of giving, for it shows be has
some faint idea of scripture But I
submit, may.it please the court, that
this is not sufficient to justify bis being
sworn as witness, No, sir a is not
such an answer as witness qualified. =
testify SHOULD give"
"Mr. Judge said the fool, "may I
ask the lawyer a question ?'' $
Certainly )" replied the Judge,
" ask him any questions you please"
avail, then, Mr.. Lawyer, who Do
you 'spose made youS"
Aaron, T'spose,' . said the counsellor
initiating the witness. =
After the mirth had somewhat subsi--
ded, the witness exclaimed, Wall, now
we do read in the good book that Aaron
once made calf; but ho'd . thought
that tarnal critter had got In here ~
The poor counsellor vssj laughed
down. sgessa
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OLD Doa TRAY.

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NJ. Charles h-----7.,.a : peoE. Aeseoff
living in the outsklr.s q Es raF'ss nag or.
ing to him debt o nge naAeIsa eee
twenty francs, which Pc ne never sapscssd
to get, so long hAd ne afp'lee Y ls.n
forit, However, finding himself snalss-
ly without money, situation Dy 20
means uneomnon among suthoss Ne %
solved 70 ,ry Ine n0r.pa ylns 80. sps
more "nAs rAs n's -'''s.s1ss. 80 Ea.s-.S -.
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80 =. -. ,.s-.. .S6ss.;Sss.'s
- -. -. lssL - <.,s,,ss Is
beuevolept de.;on, and L, no beoo,E .p1llii-
al il vain 49,, b;;s lana 1sIf a. he
drew near home vrstched littis dog
came to him and besoueht his attention.
A. anv other limo he M MIGHT s s, have ruda.
~ driven Il awav. hut tbi. evening his
heart was opon. and hc concluded %
take the poor brute With him. True,
his wife hated dogs. but be trusted 70
his good fortune to soften her heart ssiS
had hi,, ss
twas quito dsri whea he reached
home. and he entered the house With
the dog close to his heels.
oWbat i. that p, cried the ladv ars.
n.r;nu To drive the intruder out ths
door. z
"only poor little dog I have made
bold to bring home with me-. But list
en-, wife. to our good fortuue.,., -.
A. bs rs,..ea ,bs ..orvs ,bs oooa L.,
!, bao.ma no,,;ea,, .nd..has I;ts,s. -.
vas .lmo.. foroottsn- - - -.
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nn,t;,o Ii. Hand :, his noc,.et "a ;fnTb;sbB
psoos ~. .torrgs-7. . $50 "a .
But no nocket.book v.s tbere-itiw VAS,
GONE and de.n.;,l .e;zed the anooY en-
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Wariietg.
Widow Bedott Papers.


Throughout the humorous pages are inter
spersed some of the most original -"poetry
extant.
The widow in speaking of her late relict
Deacon Hezekiah Bedott, says:
:" He never jawed in all his life,
He never was onkind--
And (tho' / say it, that was his wife)
Such men you seldom find.
never changed my single lot.
thought t would be sin,
For 1 thought so much o. Deacon Bedott.
/ never got married agin.
And since it was my lot to be
The wife of such man,
tell the men that's arter me.
ITO ketehi me ifthey can.
Whisky and rum he tasted not,
He thought it was q sin
The inconsolable Widow % Deacon Bedott,
never got married agin."
Shortly after the inconsolable widow falls in
love with the PREACHING of Elder Snifies. The
Elder is /" laid up" with cold, and receives
the following epistle:
90. Reverend Sir, I do declare,
1t drives me most to frenzy,
To think O. you lyin' there,
Down sick with infiuenzy.
A body'd thought it was enough,
To mourn your wife's departer,
Without soueh troubles as this ere
TO come a follerin arter.
But sickness and afiiction is trials sent
By the will o a wise Creation;
And always ought to be underwent
With fortytude and resignation.
Then mourn not for yer pardner's death,
But to submit endeavor,
For 'sposen she hadent died so soon,
She coldent LIVED forever.
oh, 1 could to your bedside fly,
And wipe your weepin' eyes,
bnd try my best to cure you up,
If'twouldent crente surprise
Both sick and well, you may depend,
Youle never be forgot
By your faithful and affectionate friend,
PRISCILLA POOLE BEDoTT.
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4ortp.
[Frcm the London Atheneum.t
Little Bell.
he prsye.h we'll. Who loveth we'll
Both man and bird and beast.

He prsye.h we'll. Who ioveth we'll
Both man and bird and beast.
- rae Ancient Mariner.
Lastle Boil sat down beneath the rocks.
Tossed aside her cleaning golden locks
sBonny birdp quoth she
Sing me your best song before CO."
ssHere's the very fnest song know,
Little Bell p sald he.
And the Blaekbird piped-you never heard
Half 80 gay a song from any bIrd-.
Full Of quips and wiles,
Nov 20 round and rich, now 50 soft and slow
Al for love Of that sweet face below;
Dimplcd Ger with smiles.
And the while that bonny bird did pour
His full heart out. freely DER and Ger,
Meath the morning skies,
In the little childish heart below,
An the sweetness seemed to grow and grow.
And shine forth in happy overflow
From the blue. bright eyes.
Down the dell she tripped. and through tn.
glade.
Peeped the Squirrel from the hazel shade.
And from out the tree
Swung and leaped, and frolicked, void offear-
While bold Blackblrd piped thatall might hear,
Little BellP Piped he.
Littae Bell sat down amid the fern
squirrel. Squirrel to your task return
Bring me nuts - quoth she;
Up. away, the frisk Squirrel hies-
Golden woodlight glancing in his eyes
And down the tree
Great ripe nuts, kissed brown by July sun,
In the little lap, drop one by one
Hark how Blackbisd pipes to see the funI
Little Bell r quoth he
Little Bell looked up and down the glade,
"Squirrel. squirrel, from the nut tree shade,
Bonny BIackbird. if you're not afraid,
Come and share with meP'
Down came Squirrel, eager for his fare
Down came bonny Blackbird. 1 declare;
Little Bell gave each his honest share
All the merry threel
And thewhile the frolic plnymntes twain
Piped and frissd from bough to bough again,
Meath the morning skies.
In the little childish heart below,
And shining out in happy overflow,
From her blue, bright eyes.
By her snow white coat at close of day,
Knelt sweet Bell, with folded palms to pray
Very calm and clear
Rose the praying voice to where, unseen
In blue heaven, an angel shape serene
Paused awhile to hear.
g What good child is this the angel said,
|" That with happy heart, beside her bed.
Prays so lovingly ?"
Low and soft. oh very low and soft,
CrOoned the Dlaekbird in orchard croft,
BELL. dear Bell |" crooned he
q Whom Gods creatures love- the angel fair
Murmured, God will bless with angels care;
Child, thy bed shallbe
Folded safe from harm-love, deep and kind,
Shallwateh around and leave good gifts behind,
Little Bell, for thee"
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GaIes aa0 gkftebrs.
[From Ballou's Pietorial.1
TIL e MALAY PRoA
An Adventufe in Che Chinese Bee.

sr srLvAsus COBB, 1a.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-04-16
rr SPECIAL NOTICE. II

Owing to tho change Of our business rela-
tions, announced this week, IL becomes ne
cessary for us to insist on an immediate set
Element with all subscribers, advertisers, and
others who have contracted debts at this Of
flee, up to the present date. Those who have
bargained 10 pay us in any kind of barter
must deliver the same before The first day
of May next, or CASH will be required in
stead.
All payments made at our Office before
May LIST, 1856, will be accepted at our adj
rance terms, with interest. After that date,
we shall charge our highest advertised rates.
Money can be sent us by mail in all cases,
by those unable to see us before that date.
Should the sum rcmi'te by any one exceed
his debt, the surplus will be credited to him,
on subscription, for the future.
By strict and seasonable compliance with
these terms, our accounts may be speedily
adjusted, to the advantage of those indebted
to us, as well as to ourselves. The earliest
possible settlement we are determined to
have; and we desire to effect this without lc-
gal costs.
J. II. BARRETT,
JUSTUS COBB.
Middlcbury, April 16, 1856 52,3w
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1856-04-16

CTATE OF vERMONT,l Be IL remom-
~ district of ASdison, IS. bored, that ut =
Probate Court, held at MiddlcbHry, in ald
for the district of Addison, Oh the 10Th day
Of April, A. d. 1856;
JOHN PIERPOlNT and William T. Wcbbc
administrators of the estate Of
SAMUEL S. PHELPS,
late of Middlebury, in said, deceased pre-
sent their petition in writing to this court,
praying for license to sell the real estate OF
said deceased for the purpose Of paying the
debts of said deceased, and expenses of adj
mnistration; and therein set forth the a
mount Of debts agains. said estate, and
expenses of administration, the value Of the
personal estate, and the situation Of the real
estate, that the personal estate is insuilici-
ent to pay the debts and the expenses Of ad-
ministration, and that il is necessary to sell
nearly all the real estate Of said deceased,
with the exception of the lot with the build
ings thereon standing, occupied by the de-
ceased in his life time rs his homestead and
the real estate set Off to the widow of de-
ceased, for her dover and that the, said
real estate which has not been sold by the
former administrators or assigned TO the
widow or occupied as n homestead as aforc'
said, cannot be divided, and part thereof
sold without injury to the interests Of those
intcrestcd,thcrein, they therefore pray the
Honorable Court to grant them license TO
sell tho whole of the real estate of the de-
ceased except said homestead and dover for
the purpose aforesaid. 1t is thcrcupon or
dercd that said petition be considered by
this court at the session thereof to be held
at the Office of the Register Of this court in
said Middlcbury, on Monday, the 9TH day
day Of May next at ten o'clock in the
forenoon and that notice thereof be given
TO all persons interested that they may APP
pear and make their objections if any they
may have, to said license being granted, by
publishing certified copy Of this order in
the Middlcbury Register, newspaper prin
ted at said Middlebury, three weeks success
sVcly previous to the time of said court.
JED $. BUSHNELL, Register.
y true copy ofrcc0rd.
253w Attest JED BUSHNELL. Pceisie~.