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The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
The CameIS in Texas.


The Galveston Aews contains cores
pondence from Castroville, Medina coun-a
ty, Texas, dated 9th ult., from which VIC
take the following interesting particulars
IN relation to the camels which have lately
been imported there by the United States
government 4: ..ss
l had also the pleasure of making the
acquaintance of Major Wayne, for several
years attached to the War Department in
Washington city, who went out last year
to Asia and introduced the camels into,
this country, which arrived at IHdianapo-
Ills last spring, and are now kept at this
post. Ithas been selected by him as the
best adapted to that service for which he
intends them. When we arrived they
were out grazing, some two miles distant,
attended by the Arabs, who have charge
Of them, when Major Wayne very kindly
sent out and had them driven in for ou
inspection. There are altogether thirty
two, including some young ones, and all
are in excellent health and seem to be do
ing well. go
The males are kept separate from the
females in the coryell, and when all were
housed, and we had examined them care
fully, accompanied by Major Wayne, who
gave us very interesting account of their
habits and peculiarities, he ordered one of
them to be led out and loaded as if for
journey. After kneeling to receive the
pack saddle-a most cum 5rous load of it.
self, but the same as-are used in the coun-s
try from which they came-a load of corn
was placed on the animals back, suHi-
cient for two mules to draw in wagon
with which he started off at good rol n {
pace. A dromedary was next led eut.
which is the saddle animal Of the camel ;,
and after .kneeling to receive the saddle.
he was mounted by an Arab, who started
off across the prairie, at a pace which,
seemed to me not much short of a two for
ty lick. This pace they can keep up for
hours in succe ssion, travelling with per-
feet ease from eighty to one hundred
miles per day. They can also subsist for
several days without water, and their
aiaptability to the frontier service for
which they are designed, is now matter
: beyond doubt. Major Wayne ineofmed
me that he had forty more animals coma
ing out, and he is building a stable in
which they will be kept, which he ex-
poets to get finished before the cold wealth
s er sets in.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
Tom Moore.

One night while stopping at an Inn IN
Scotland, Moore was continually troubled
by the landlady with the request that he
should write her epitaph. Accordingly,
at night, he gave imprompfu as follows
Good Susan Blake, in royal state,
Arrived at last at Heavens gate;
and stopped to finish in the morning.
The good lady was IN transport at the
inscription, and treated Mr.. Moore with
every possible attention. In the morn
ing she reminded him that he had not
finished the inscription. "Thats SO, I"
said he, and Immediately added
But Peter mot her with club,
And knocked her back to Beelzebub.
1t is said that Mr.. Moore S horses were
under motion just as he had finished the
last line. .s .zs- e,ss .,-
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
IS d t + 4

l37Here's song for old bachelors 1t is a
dream of "real life," as every desolate old
bachelor soul will realize. It also embodies a
warning to all young men who escape the sad
fate of awakening from sweet dreams of domes-
tic paradise to the society of boot-iack and
an old cat .
The Bachelor.
A bachelor sat at his cheerless CRATE,
And he fell into snooze,
And he dreamed that o er his wrinkled pate,
Had been thrown the nuptial moose.
a rosy boy to his side,
And bounded on his knee, s-E
And back from his beaming face he shook
Fair curls in childish glee.
Then clear rang out his merry ,oice, e.
He shouted aloud-"Papa,
don't love any body else @
But you and dear mamma
Oh! the bachelors heart o'errun with joy,
So long by love unlt,
And from its unseen depth poured out
Affection infinite. +1
Out-stretching arms of strength -unshorn,
He hugged his OLD TOM CAT,
Which, as twas wont when master snoozed
Had leaped into his lap.
YANKEE NOTIONS.
GTCut out the following and place it in the
next letter you write to very dear friend. A
more appropriate poem for such service was
never written:
Write to me very often,
Write to me very sooll-
Letters to me are deare
Than loveliest flowers in June;
They affections torches
Lighted at friendships lamp,
Fitting around the heart-strings,
Like fre-f lies in the damp.
Write to me very often,
Write in joyous morn,
Or at the close of evening,
When all the day is gone:
Then while the stars are beaming
Bright on the azure sky,
When thro' the fading forest
Cold the wild winds sigh,
Draw up thy little table
Close to the fire, and write
| Write to me in the morning.
Or write to me late at night.
Write to me very often;
Letters are links that bind @
| Truthful hearts to each other,
lettering mind to mind,
Giving to kindly spirits
Lasting and true delight,
If you would strengthen friendship,
/ Never forget to write.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06


H We had glimpse yesterday of a
FIVE dollar bill and silver watch which
Mr.. E. P. Harrington fshed out from
100 feet of Lake Erie water-part of the
contents of the expressman's safe that
sunk with the steamer Atlantic, August
1852. The Y looked as good for two
days board at first class hotel as any
body's half eagle. The watch bore some
stains on its face, and the chain amt
spring had so rusted that the watchma~
ker had replaced them. Mr.. H said that
when he descended, he found it comfort
able enough except that on the bottom
his India rubber suit hugged him too
tightly. The breathing was. sufficiently
comfortable, Some seventy feet from
the surface ali the light faded out. and
from that point downward it was as,
" dark as Egypt" Pills. Gazette.
/ Some great genius has discovered tha
the center of gravity is in a quaker 5
meeting.
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06
Four Great Men.

Four Great Men.
1t is remarkable fact that the career
of four of the most removed characters
that ever lived, closed with some violent
or mournful death.
Alexander, after having climbed the
dizzy heights of ambition, and with his
temples bound with chaplets dipped the
blood of countless nations, looked down
upon conquered world, and wept that
there was not another one for him to con
quer, set a city on FIRE, and died in a de-
bauch. ~
Hannibal, after having, to the aston
ishment and CONSERVATION of Rome, pass
ed the Alps; after having put to fight
the armies of the mistress of the world,
and stripped three bushels of gold rings
from the fingers of her slaughtered
knights, and made her very foundations
quake-fed from his country, hated by
those who once exultingly united his
name to that of our God, and called him
Hannibal-died at last by poison admin
istered by his own hands, unwept and
unlamented, in a foreign land.
Caesar, after having conquered eight
hundred cities, and dyed his clothes in
the blood eff one million Of his foes after
having pursued to death the only rival he
had on earth, was miserably assassinated
by those considered his nearest friends.
and in that very place the attainment Of
which had been his greatest ambition.
Bonaparte, whose mandate kings and
emperors obeyed, after having filled the
earth with the terror Of his name, delug,
| it with tears and blood, and clothed the
world with sackcloth, closed his days in
lonely banishment, almost literally exiled
from the world, yet where he could some
times see his country's banner waving
over the deep, but which could not OF
would not bring him aid.
Thus four men who, from the peculiar
situation of their portraits, seemed te
stand as the representatives of all those
whom the world called GREAT-thest
four who, each in turn, made the eartl
tremble to its very centre by their simple
tread, severally died-one by intoxica
ton, or, as some suppose, by poison min
Id Ii
murdered by his friends-and one il
lonely exile. " @
ONCE CoLoRED ALWAYS CoLoRED.-l
negro woman was relating her experienc
to gaping congregation of color, an
among other things she said she ha
been in heaven. One of the ladies {
t color asked her : .seas.
s'Sister, did you see any black folks i
$ heaven 2"
j" Oh, get out you 'sposeI / so in d
= kitchen when / was dar.' a.
t This reminds us of the anecdote of ar
: other colored man who was so convince
r of the lowliness of his position and thu
labor was his natural lot, that he We
s even Indifferent as to future state. b'
It lieviDg that g dey'll make niger wor
b eben eff he go to Hebben." A clergy
y man tried to arg ue him out of this opil
ion by representing that this could NJ
G be the case, inasmuch as there was abs
Y lutely no work for him 70 do in Heaye
If His answer was s.a
k "Oh. you g'way Massa. know
:. better. If deres DO work for culled fox
1T up dar, dey'll make some fur 'em, ar
) eff dere's muffin better to do, dey'll NAL
:. 'em shasb de clouds along. You can't 70
Ic dis chile, Massa.'
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06

FRANKLIN's FIRST APPEARANCE IN AN
ENGLISH PRINTING oFFIcE.-When quite
ayouth Franklin went to London, entered
a printing Office, and cnquired if he
could get employment as a compositor?
'Where are you from 90 inquired the
ioreman.-"America," was the reply
"Ah." said the foreman, .'from America!
lad from America seeking employment
as printer? Well, do you really under
stand the art of printing? Can you set
type?' ?'-Franklin stepped to one of the
cases, and in very brief space etup the
following passage from the first chapter
OF the Gospel of St John Nathaniel
said unto him, can any good thing come
cut Of Nazareth? Philip said unto him,
come and see. This was done SO quick,
so accurately, and contained a delicate
reproof, so appropriate and powerful,
that it at once gave him standing and
character with all in the Office. Esa, g
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06


PoETs.-Poets were never greatly re-
nowned for worldly wisdom-were never
celebrated for providing against a rainy
day. They sing merrily, but forget that
singing does not fill the stomach. They
are the children of Providence, in SO far
as they take no thought of tomorrow.
They ignore Mill and political economy;
Cocker an the rules of arithmetic. They
cannot cast up their brokers' bill, or give
accurate change out of a crown piece
They don't in general know when they
are cheated, and they don't know how to
cheat. Unless he is uncommonly wide
awake. you may pass off a gilt button up
on the man Of metres as readily as you
would genuine coin from the mint. He
net er knows the price of bread, or wheth-
er stocks are rising or falling. The par
of exchange is perfect mystery to him.
In himself he is social problem. One
does not know always where to find him
where to look for him. The moon
with her mutations, libaiions, her fits and
starts, her behind times, and before time:
does not present a greater difficulty TO the
practical astronomer than does the poet
the genuine poetic the practical man
Heis abnormal-erratic. To-day he pro
crastinates; Tomorrow he starts ahead
like rocket. He is puzzle to boil
debtor aud creditor; today rr,fuse, to
The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-11-06

leHouS compensation Dy winch we adapt
ourselves to the climate are more striking
here than in the tropics. In the Polar
zone the assault is immediate and sudden,
and, unlike the insiduous fatility of hot
countries, produces its result rapidly. 1t
requires hardly a single winter to tell
who are to be heatmaking and acclima-
tized men. Peterson, for instance, who
has resided for two years at Upernavick,
seldom enters room with fire. Anoth-
-er Of our party, George Riley, with Wig
orous constitution, established habits of
free exposure, and active, cheerfultemper-
ament, has so Injured himself to the cold
that he sleeps on our sledge journeys
without blanket or any other covering
than his walking suit, while the outside
temperament is thirty degrees below zero.
DR.. Rane's Journal.
->-~e~->
How TO AVOID A QUARREL -Quarrels
arise, in an immense majority Of instances,
from letting things go too far. Do not say
this is obvious. and turn away. Try and
cultivate your faculty of foresight. How
often may man who will give himself
the trouble to think, stave off miserable
outburst OF uncharits bleness, by watching
the turns of conversation. and handling
suggestions of the moment dexterously, SO
as to make redeeming diversions in the
talk, Say I am talking to you. You
are not precisely angry with me. No
but foresee that if we push matters very
much farther you may be; that the
discussion (if there be discussion) will
come to a pass in which the honor Of
either combatant will be engaged, and
retraction will be impossible. Surely, il
I am wise and kind, | shall put forth all
my strength of brain to save you and
myself this possible pain, by shooting my
next arrow into the air. | once saw 8
fight impending between two boys, whe
perceived were very equally matched
The stronger and bigger of the twohad os
a gorgeous new cap, magnifcently tassel
led, and proudly worn. Just before th'
first blow was struck, I took upon mysel
! to remove the warriors helmet, and fun.
it far away down the street. The mob G
boys assisting at the spectacle relishe
this sudden turn in the entertainments an
gave chase. The big boy released hi
prey to save his darling cap. Something
similar l have often done in conversation
| can assure you that the recollection G
such things is agreeable to me, and 1 wis
others to taste the pleasure. Do not sa,
it is common thing; it is not common
because not one person in ten thousan
will take the necessary trouble to make
common. People are sadly afraid {
thinking too much about each other, an
scatter pain right and left by little neg
lects and thoughtlessness which the small
est amount of reflection would proven
l-TaVs Magazine.
> PoETs.-Poets were never greatly RI
nowned for worldly wisdom-were neve
} celebrated for nroyidjnp soainst rain
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-12-15

CRooKER's MILLINERY EsTABL1sHMENT.-Yes-
terday was the Fall opening day of the above
establishment, and prompted by desire to
see something very nice as well as to be in
fashion las nearly every body, we thought,
was there,) we went along with the tide and
looked at the large and fine display of millinery
and fancy goods there to be seen. Mr.. Croker
has brought on very large and varied stock,
embracing all the articles belonging to the
trade, of every style and quality. The stock
of bonnets, flowers, ribbons, trimmings, head
dresses, &c, i. far beyond what we expected
to see. The finer qualities OF these varousstyes
of goods are indeed superb, Surprising any
thing we have ever seen. The bonnets, par
ticularly, we look upon as the prettiest things
in that line ever introduced 10 the notice of the
public.
Mr.. G. is prepared to sell millinery goods at
wholesale a. well rs retail, aud country dealers
desiring to purchase vii do well to examine
his stOck.-tf
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New Books,

THE Two LIGHTs. BY the author Of STRUGGLES
for Life" Philadelphia J b. Lippiucott Co.
An excellent book. We spprehend that no true
christian can read it without higher appreciation
of his religion.
TIE 0'BRIESs AND TIE O'FLAHERTTs. National
Tale. b. Lady Morgan, annotated by r. Shelton
Mackenzie. New York Red6ed.
stirring romance the scenes and incidents Of
which drawn from Irish history.
TIT FOR TAT Novel Bva Lady Of New Orr
leans. New York: Garrett d Co.
This work was written in London about the time
the mania for Mrs. Stoves Uncle Tom broke cut in
England IL exposes the hollow hearted hypocrisy
of The English phillntaropists who weep over the
supposed ills Of the ''poor negro" in America, and
have no sympathy Tor the misery aud wretchedne-s
which are every where 10 be met with in Great Bri
tain, aud which the author porIrays with graphic
pen.
Tx 0LD REGINE AND THE REVOLUTION. By ALI ks
De TocQueviile A translation. New York :
Harper & Brothers
An interesting aud entertaining work by the
great Frenchman.
THE Story OF COLUMBUS Simpl;fed for the young
Folks, by Sarah Ii. Bradford. New York: Serb
uer.
AUDUBON, the Na'uralisi of the Ne10 World bis sd
ventures aud discoveries By Mrs. Horace ST.
John New York. c. S. Francis Co.
JEsus UPON EARrH; or the Story OF his Birth Life,
Death aud r 'ssurreclion. Designed for children.
New York, G Scribner.
NEVER MIND THE FACE; or the Cousins Visit. By
Hetty holyoke New York c. Scribner.
The AMRRCAE UNIoN. Two Lectures on the His
tory of the American Union. By Henry Reed.
Philadelphia Parry Mcmillan.
LITTLE SONGS. By Mrs. Foen. Boston: White
more Niles g. Hall
THE ANERICAN PoLITICAL MANUAL; containing the
Declaration of Independence, Constitution OF the
United States, and Washingtons Farewell Adj
dress New York c. S Francis Co.
WEBsrER's UNIvRRsITT AND FAMILY DICTIONARY.
Abridged from Webster's American Dictionary.
with numerous Synonyms carefully Disseminated
Ky Chaurcey A. Goodrich, ID. ID. Philadelphia.
J. B. Lppiucou 4 Co.
The above works have been laid upon our table
By the Publishers through Messrs. w. 7. Berry
Co, Of this city.
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-12-15

PRoF. HALE's SIXTH LEoTURE.-The sixth
lecture of Prot. Hale, will be given tonight at
Odd Fellows Hall. lie has succeeded thus
far to the satisfaction of every person, we be-
lieve, not blinded by prejudice or actuated by
an svOwed hostility to the science which he
teaches. Some of his experiments are truly
strange and wonderful, and calculated to stag
ger the most skeptical mind from its position,
however unwilling it may be to become awit-
ness in favor of the truth of what the Profess
sor claims for his subject. The entertain nents
are highly amusing.
The subject of the lecture tonight will be
Mesmerism, giving the mOdus operd'adi for the
production of its higher phenomena.
Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-12-15

TEE REIoN ARr.-In this wonderful age Art lays her
as,er touches almost everything The ceilings
and the carpets tread on, halowed by Art Art
winds the railway through the mountains and the mud;
makes her machines Of wood ard iron to act with
knowledge and annhiates space with lightning tanned down
the uteledge OF boy. Nothing too lofty for her touch
and nothing too humble Anew proof Of this old conviction
has just fallen under notice, in the shape OF CATHAR-
TIC PILL from the Laboratory of that world renowned
Chemist, Dr. G. J. AVER.
If we understand the subject he has carried that article
to the farhest perfection of which it is capable Instead Of
employing Drugs in its composition, We have always
thought the and only be has with consum
mate skill extracted the Vjrtes OF the medicine
poyed combined them alone in their purity together.
The composition then mixed and rolled by machinery and
steam power sperod pill which wrapped an en-
veope OF geatne for protection from the effects Of weather
or time and thickycoated with sugar. as
passport the palate Notwithstanding all The abored
perfection they Public at less than one
centesch However humble the department, think this
may be safey characterized the Of Art in
itsliue.- Morsibg He1rs, Bat.
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SHERIFF,S SALE.

DY virtue ola writ q reRdOni pOnds 10 direeted,
ID and delivered from the Honorable Circuit Court OF
Davidson County Tennessee at its September Term 1885,
will expose public sale to the highest bidder, for esIh,
at the Court house yard gate in The city Of Nashville, on
Saturday tn 10th day OF December le5 all the Tgh title
claim interest and which r. 3. Patterson then had
or may have since acquired in and 70 the following de-
scrbsd piece parcel Of land. the waters 81 Whites
Creek the 2ls District OF Davdzon county bounded On
the West aud North the lands Of VIM B. Ewing on the
BY he land Of the Poor House, and on the south ~
the Of the heirs OF VIM Ray deceased containing nfy
three acres the dover Of Mrs. Harriet krkPatek
Of her former husband Mathew Patterson the
interest Of being reversionary interest enc Of
the heirs II ais deceased father Mathew Patterson being
levied property % T. 8. Patterson 20 SATISFY
Judgment rendered in favor Henry Mathews agsinst z.
3. Patterson. j. X. bDMuNDSON, sheriu
noy2f-wSl By KNDxGD RAT, d. Sheriff.
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SuERI.E,S SALE.

DY virtue Of writ rCaditioH SpoEGs to ne directed
ID and delivered from the Honorable Circuit Court 81
Davidson county Tennessee, At its September Tern, ls
viii expose 20 public sale 10 the highest bidder for ssh,
the Court house var gaze in The ely Of NASHVILLE on
Saturday The 20 day fpeceuber lSh al the Tsht tile,
claim interest and which =. Patterson then ai,
NAV since acquired iu ADD to the following ueserb
ed tract Of land in Davidson county the waters CO
Whites CreeS 21t Distract snd bounded on the eat ana
North by the land Of VIM. B. Ewing, the East BY The
and the Poor House the South BY the land Of The
heirs OF Raw, deceased confsuing htythree acres,
being dover Of Mrs Harriet Kirkpatrick In the
lands Of her former husband, NJ Patterson deceased tie
interest Of said R. = being eyersonary interest as one OF
the heirs ofhs deceased iaher, Patterson being levied
the property Of r. Patterson TO say Judgment
rendered favor Of A. Price Executor Of Price, de-
ceased, against r. 8. Patterson and W. b. Powell
J. K. EDMONDSON, SheriG.
noy21-w4t By K. RAY, D. ShsriR
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nIrerand enmhnat news.

BOATS LEAVING THIS DAY.-the U. >. Mail
Steamer j. q. Cline for Cairo, Lacrosse for
Pittsbnrg.
Cambridge, Ranger Return and
Nettie Miller from Louisville; DUnlieth, Hib-
bard, Hickman, Fairy Queen and LaeIede from
Cincinnati; T. Scott from Pittsburgh; SeOenty
Sir and Scotland from New Orleans.
ARRrvED.-The Lacrosse from Pittsburgh,
and j. g. Cline from Cairo.
Departed-None
FoR CAIRo.-That excellent and fast Steam
er and general favorite the j. g. Cline is the
regular mail boat at IL o'clock to-day for
Cairo.
FoR PrTTsBUReH.-The Lacrosse, fine Ohio
river boat leaves for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh
to-day at o'clock P. NJ.
~ Capt. Miller's beautiful AIeOnid is the
regular packet boat for the Bluff City to-day.
She is fine boat aud makes good time. All
aboard by o'clock.
t3y- The DunIeit6, Capt. Enyart in COM
mand, is the direct boat for Porkopolis to-
morrow. D. W. Russell is her agent.
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LAND AND NEGROES FOR SALE.

DY virtue ofa decree OF The ChAnoery Court Nash
ID vile in the Of Wilred H. Rains and sthers
Thomas Rains and Others the Clerk and Master OF said
Court will the 81 day Of January next, onsr At Pubs
sale the highest bidder al the residence Of lAe
Ur5ua Rains, deceased, about2 niles south nom Nash
VILE eighteen valuable NEGROES and three tracts Of
LAND the house tract consisting Of about eighty Aerss
small the city containing about twenty acres,
and small Of Cedar Land In The I'd civil disrist,
containing about fifteen The land will be laid OF
into suitable lots and plans furnished before ne day
Of sale. The Ill be sold on credit 81 Twelve
months and lands credit Of one, two Aad three
years with interest the purchasers paying small per
In cash costs and counsel fees Azd giving
bond with good security for the residue. lien will aso
retained the lard until the purchase money Is all
paid further particulars, persons wishing 10 purchase
NAV apply TO Felix Rans or Lewis Williams and 10 the
undersigned. u ID. bhlbN,
dest-td Clerk aud Master.