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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28
Yankee Fighting.

The Memojr8 Of Sir Charles Na-
pier, Just published in England, con-
tain many passages interesting to Am
orleans. We select couple Of par
agraphs:
When at Bermuda in 1918, with his
regiment, Col. Napier, writing to his
mother, says: Two packets are due,
and we fear they have been taken, for
the Yankees, swarm here; and when
q frigate goes out to drive them of, by
Jove they take her! Yankees fight
well, and are gentlemen in their mode
of warfare. Decatur refused Cardon's
sword, saying, "Sir, you have used it
so well should be ashamed to take
it from you" These Yankees, though
so much abused, are really fine fel-
lows. One, an acquaintance ofmine,
has just got the MacedOniaj; he was
here prisoner, and dined with me;
he had taken one of our ships, but
was himself captured by the Polo
tiers, seventy four; being now in an
English frigate, if he meets us we
must take him, or we are no longer
sovereigns on the ocean.
From Bermuda Charles Napier sail
cd for America, and became engaged
in some of the daring and disastrous
operations carried on against the Am
orleans by the government over which
King George Ill exercised despotic
power. The bush method of warfare
struck him as cowardly, and as for the
system of loading cannon to the mouth
with odds and ends of old iron, it was
his adherence. "Seven thousand
men are at Baltimore, and we have nc
such force; still my opinion is, that il
we tuck up our sleeves and lay our ears
back, we may thrash them; that is, il
we caught them out of their trees, SO
as to slap at them with the bayonet.-
They will rot stand that. But they
fight unfairly, firing jagged pieces OF
iron and every sort of devilment, nails,
broken pokers, old locks of guns, gun
barrels, everything that will do mis-
chief. On board twenty gun ship
that we took, found this sort ofam.
unition regularly prepared. This is
wrong. Man delights to be killed
according to the law Of nations; aud
nothing SO pleasant or correct; but to
be douSed against all rule is quite Of
fensive. We don't then kick like gen.
tlemen. A twenty-pound shot in the
stomach is fine; we die heroically;
but brass candlestick for stuffing,
with a garnish ofrusty twopenny nails
makes us die ungcnteelly. .an6 with the
colic.n
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

DESCRIPTION OF AN ARTEsIAN
WELL.-The Charleston, South Caro-.
lima, correspondent Of the Clarksville
Tobacco Plant, furnishes that paper
with the following description of the
artesian we'll which has been in pro,
gross in that city for several years
past
Being on a temporary visit, ! avail.
ed myself Of the occasion to give you
a brief description of the artesian well
at this place, and the modus of boring
the same. The well is said to be an
invention of a Frenchman, whose
name do not now remember. 1t is
dug, or rather drilled, with a heavy
steel drill, of 1900 pounds weight, &c
feet in length, and halfa foot in diam
eter. The drill is raised above the
surface ofthe ground by means ofpul
loys, attached to a wheel, which i;
worked by a small engine, to abou
the height of forty or fifty feet and
then allowed to drop.
After going to the depth oftho drill,
strong poles were attached to the up
per extremity. In this manner it is
raised and allowed to drop. The man
who was digging the well, informed
me that he had drilled through fifteen
rocks, averaging IS feet in thickness.
lie has completed 1 $50 feet in depth.
Iron tubes are inserted as he advan.
ces, and in this manner caving is pre-
vented. The well now completed
throws a jet of water to the height OF
1853 feet above the surface. Iput my
hand into the reservoir into which it
fell, and to my surprise | found the
water quite hot, clearly showing that
the intestines of the earth are heated.
The borer is now proceeding with
a well ten times as large as the
one completed. The one already
completed he intends boring to the
depth of 1900 feet, when the water
will be thrown to the height Of 800
feet. 1t is expected that this alone
will furnish an abundant supply OF
water.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28
washing Fluid.

The celebrated Washing Fluid, SO
commonly for sale done up in nice
bottles, and sold at exhor5itant prices,
may be made at a cost Of four or five
cents per gallon. 1t may be made as
follows.
Take one pound of Sal-soda and dis
solve it in half a gallon of warm soft
water; then stir into a seperate YES
sci containing halfa pound Of fresh
Stacked lime, and allow it to settle for
fifteen minutes. Then pour off the
clean lime water into the vessel con-
tanning the dissolved soda; stir all up
and allow it to settle. The clear liq
or thus formed is to be used spairing-
ly in washing, for, if used to excess,
it will eat the hands. Much labor
may be saved by using this excellent
alkali in washing.
The above receipt is given by that
reliable and scientific paper, the SCI
entifC American; which never pub
fishes anything but what is useful and
adapted to the purpose indicated.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28
Outrages Committed by the Nor.
mons.


The Washington correspondent Of
the New York Times communicates
some interesting news from Salt Lake
City. We copy the following state
ment Of alleged outrages perpetrated
by the Mormons against those whom
they look upon as unfriendly to them:
Numbers of houses had been torn
down, and their occupants thus turn
ed out in the open air to suffer the rig
ors OF the past severe winter. Among
these sufferers was one woman who
was entirely without a protector, and
with three little children-one of them
a nursing infant. The house occu-
pied by Judge Stiles and Thomas s.
Williams, were also destroyed by in
cendiarism. Mr.. Stiles is the only
Federal Judge remaining in the ter
ritory, and Mr.. Williams, a lawyer,
who incurred the displeasure Of the
heads of the Mormon Church by his
manly independence.
There have been threats of late to
murder the surveyor general, Judge
Stiles, and the United States Indian
agent, the only acting United States
officers remaining in the territory,
and their position had become SO pre-
carious, at last accounts, that, in all
probability they are now on their way
to tho States.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28
Benefits of walking.

DR.. Irwin, in his book on mental
diseases, says" Last week, con.
versed with a veteran in literature
and years, whose powers of mind no
one can question, however many may
differ with him in speculative points.
This gentleman has preserved the
health of his body and soundness in
his mind through a long course OF
multifarious and often depressing cir,
cumstances, by the steady perseve-
renee in the habit of walking every
day. He has survived for a long pc
Rod, almost all the literary characters,
who were his contemporaries at time
when his own writings excited much
public attention and most all ofthem
have dropped into the grave, one after
another, while he has continued on in
an uninterrupted course. But they
were men of far less regular habits,
and | am obliged to add of far less
equanimity of mind. Yet the pres.
ervation ofhis equanimity has, | verify
believe, been insured for the UNMARRIED
practice to which have referred, and
which, in others, would prove equally
available, If steadily and persevering-
ly pursued"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

TIE REroRT CoURTEoUs.-Ches.
terrified was at a rout in Frauce where
V oltaire was one Of the guests
Chesterfield seemed gazing about the
brilliant circle Of ladies. Yoltaire
accosted him:
"My Lord, | know you are a Judge;
which are the most beautiful, the
English or French ladiesl"
"Upon my word," replied Chester
field, with his usual presence of mind,
81 am no judge of paintings"
Some time afterwards, Voltaire, be-
ing in London, happened to be at a
nobleman's party with Chesterfield; u
lady in the company, prodigiously
rouged, directed her whole discourse
to Voltaire, and eEgrossed his whole
conversation. Chesterfield came up,
tapped him on the shoulder, and
said:
"Sir, take care that you are not
captivated."
my Lord" replied the French
wit, 81 scorn to be taken by an Eng.
lish craft under French colors," "
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28
Instructions 10 a LmrY.

Speaking ofcourts, reminds rs of
funny instruction said to have been
given by a Judge to a jury in-well,
we won't say what State. 1t runs In
this way:
"If the jury believe, from the evi,
dence, that the plaintiff and defend
ant were a partner in the grocery,
and that the plaintiff bought out the
defendant, and gave him his note for
the interest and the defendant paid the
note by delivering to the plaintiff a
COW, which he warranted mot breachy
and the warranty was broken by rea-
son OF the breachiness Of the COW, and
the plaintiff drove the COW back and
rendered her to the defendant, but the
defendant refused to receive her, and
the defendant took her home again,
and put a heavy yoke or poke upon
her to prevent her from jumping the
fence, and the COW, in undertaking to
jump a fence, by reason Of the poke
or yoke, broke her neck and died /;
and if the jury further believe that the
defendants interest in the grocery was
not worth anything, the plaintiffs
note was worthless and the COW good
for nothing either for milk or beet, Or
for green hide then the jury must
find out for themselves how they will
decide the case-for the court, if she
understands herself and she thinks
she do, don't know how such case
should be decided. -
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28
NIAY.

Now the bright morning star, days harbinger,
Comes dancing from the East, and leads with her
The hOwery May, who from her green lap throws
The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose.
Hail bounteous May that doth inspire
Mirth and youth and warm desire:
Woods and groves are of thy blessing.
Thuswe salute thee with our early song,
And welcome thee and wish thee long. lMnToY,
Let us extend both hands to wei.
come her coming, for twelve long
months must roll YEARLY away be.
fore this divinest Of guests will greet
us again.
May is the generous almoner of
g9rg. ;us beauties apd rare delights ;
beauties that filland charm the hun
cry eye, and delights that warm the
heart like rosy wine. Here is a mis-
sion of cheer. Such a smile is hers
"As might create the soul
Under tho ribs of DEATH"
1t is her duty to commence unfold
ind the magnificent panorama of
beauty that the Summer continues and
the Autumn finishes-a panorama
decked with living flowers, and sup
piled with real waters and material
landscapes; a panorama warmed with
real sunshine, and musical with songs
OF birds that can fly, and with zeyph-
yrs that have whispered to
"The roses and balm
That grew in the garden of Ghul."
Blessed be God for May! the queen
of the twelve sisters who join their
willing hands to form the circlet of a
year.
We are thinking, just now, Of one
who died in May. Sickness had
wasted her form that was once as ro-
bust as the elixirs of health could
make it, and had robbed her eye of
its olden fire, leaving instead
ga look of heaven
That limners give to the beloved disciple"
She was willing to go, but prayed
that she might not 60 until the May
month dawned.
May came, and she went-aftel
having lived as many days-bamly
and golden days, as the Savior liveC
in the Sephulchre. May must be
blessed month, when a saint like hel
was content to linger away from Par.
adise to greet its advent. And to II:
the month which she waited to vel
come, and in which she departed, has
ever been a sacred thing.
A thousand welcomes to the bright
and beautiful May, with her rich gifts
and richer promises. Now will she
beckon on the brids and whisper new
life into the flowers; now will she
send the brook singing on its way,
and bid the barren trees hang out
their flags for carnival; now will she
cast aroma upon the tempered breeze,
and call down the baptismal sunshine
to bathe the infant brow of a new and
glorious season. So shall the heart
Of man leap for joy, and the lips OF
man break forth in benisons.--S Syra-
cuSe Journal.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

The MORMON QUEsTIoK.-The
Cincinnati Enquirer suggests, as
true solution of the Mormon question,
thar Congress repeal the law creating
the Territory, and annex the malcon-
tents to some adjoining Territory in
which the law of single marriage pre-.
walls. Better annex Utah to Massach-
usetts; it would be great accommo-
dation to her Kallochs. .-ReOkuk TO-
aca) Times.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

A GOOD STORY is told of sheriff
who came near being outdone in po-
liteness by a person whom it was i'll
the line Of his duty to hang.
Sir" said the gentleman, as the
sheriff was carefully adjusting the
rope, "really your attentions deserve
my thanks. In fact, Ido not know Of
any one l should rather have to hang
me-"
Really" said the sheriff, "you
are pleased to be complimentary. [
do not know of another individual
it would give me SO much pleasure to
hang"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28
PAGANs AND CHRIsTIANs.-D;-

PAGANs AND CHRIsTIANs.-D5-
yOTceS.--In Christian countries it is
very common occurrence to read OF
divorces granted by courts, but in the
history Of ancient Pagan Rome, we
do not read of such things.
Speaking one day of the early Ro-
mans, Daniel Webster is reported to
have said lie could almost believe ev-
erything related by histo rians of their
extraordinary virtues, public and do
mestic, when he dwelt upon the fact
that, though their laws authorized di-
vorce, yet, tor the first five hundred
years, no individual ever availed him
self of such licensel sit was the
domestic training" he said, ,-"it was
the mother who made a PUBLIcoLA, a
CAMLLUs, and CoRIoLANUs. Women,
protected by the inviolability of the
nuptial bond, were invested with a
dignity that gave authority to instruc-
ton, and made the domestic hearth
the nursery of heroes. "Public vir-
tue," he said, "fell with private NOR
atty"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

A MAN DEvoUREp BY A SHARK
A shocking affair happened at Cape
Sable, Florida, on the 5th inst. Two
privates of company II, fourth artil.
lery, were capsized while sailing in
the Bay, and one of them, named
Dunn, while swimming ashore, was
seized by shark and eaten up. His
companion got safely ashore.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

SINGULAR ERRoRs.-Grotesque an
achronisms sometimes appear in the
efforts of the later painters. In one of
Albert Durer's paintings of St. Peter
denying the Savior, a Roman Legion
ary is represented as smoking pipe
Of tobacco! In a Dutch picture of
Abraham offering up Isaac, the pa
triarch is shown in the act of holding
a JLunderJuSs at his sons head.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

CoNUNDRUMs.-When the seven
wise men Of Greece met the sage of
Hindostan, what did they dol
They all ate sausages-(they all
eight saw sages.)
Why isa man never hungry on the
border of lake2
Because there is a banquet at his
feet--(a bank wet at his feet)
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

A JoKE.--John W. Levy, being
very dry, informs everybody, that he
took some old rye, and got little high;
and all his fry must rely, and must
not cry Or either sigh, for he most GER
tainly, is going to the far off land OF
liberty, and live very quietly and con-
tentedly until he'll dio--whicL is very
naturally.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

TThe Cambridge Tenn States,
man, Of last week announces the mar
riage of Mr.. Benjamin Huky to Miss
Susanna Parker, both Of Sewer county.
Two expectant bridegrooms, says the
Statesman, were in attendance at the
" auspicious hour" each elate with
the prospect of duplicating his exis-
tence. 1t seems that the fair deceiver
had so wound herself into the affec-
tions of the two, that when popping
time" came around, she was unable to
resist, so urgent were they in their
glorious cause. According to time
set, both gentlemen were at the ap-
pointed place, both anticipating the
brilliant good time coming" with
apparent GOODNESS. The Squire an
nounced his readiness to tie the desir-
ed knot by :" lead your partner out on
the floor" and to the astonishment Of
the assembled lockers on, grooms ad-
vanced with eagerness to grasp the
fair hand of the cruel-hearted and be-
witching creature. After a somewhat
animated discussion, the two frustra-
ted and almost Frustrated aSpirants to
matrimonial honors concluded to let
the lady make a choice, if one she
could effect, between the two, which
was soon accomplished, and she was
married to the one she most admired.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

Lord Chancellor Glare, on one oc.
casion, while Curran was addressing
him in a most important case, occu-
pied himself with favorito spaniel
seated near him. Curran have ceas-
ed speaking, through Indignation Or
malice prepeuse, Lord Glare raised
his head and asked
"Why don't you proceed Mr.. Cur
ran ?"
81 thought your lordships were in
consultation" replied Curran.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

HOME IAnnGRAT1oN.-The N. York
Tribune estimates the immigration of
1857, from the old States to the new
States and Territories, at one million
OF souls.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

~ Hon. John 2. Hale has en-
tirely recovered from the National
Hotel sickness, and looks as robust
and healthy as ever,
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

A SUrERsCRIpTIoN.-A day or two
since the Treasurer Of the United
States received a letter on public bu.
SinesS, with the following superscrip-
ton, evidently written in dead earn
est:
"You night E D States Trescr, "
Wash. Star.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

GLASS AND ITS PHENoMENA.-Tho
elasticity of glass exceeds that of al
most all other bodies. Ii two glass
balls are made to strike each other at
a given force, the recoil, by virtue Of
their elasticity, will be aqual to their
original impetus. Connected with its
brittleness arc some very singular
facts. Take a hollow sphere, with q
hole, and stop the hole with the finger,
so as to prevent the external and in
ternal air from communicating, and
the sphere will fly to pieces by mere
heat of the hand. Vessels made of
glass that have been suddenly cooled,
possess the curious property Of being
able to resist hard blows given to them
from without, but will be instantly
shiyered by a small particle Of flint
dropped into the cavities. This prop
erty seems to depend upon the COM
parative thickness Of the bottom the
thicker the bottom is, the more cer-
tainty ofbreaking by this experiment.
Some of these vessels, it is stated,
have resisted the stroke OF a mallet
given with sufficient force to drive a
nail into wood and heavy bodies,
such as musket balls, pieces Of iron:
bits of wood, jasper stone, &C., have
been cast into them from a height OF
two or three feet without any effect,
yet fragment of flint not larger than
a pea, dropped from three inches
height, has made them fly.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

" The London Morning Post
predicts that the submarine caole will
prove a failure.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-05-28

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Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-12
NUMBER 2lS.
Orouil,t 1ai.Q lattc &tcor0.
TUESDAY MORNING. MAY l2,h, 1877.

AB>CoNpEp.- Two teleErarhlc opcra'ors,
C. +. johnson and II t. Graham. ran away
from Stockton, on Sunday last They haNo
been Tor some time, i appears, ircqHcnhug
low gaming Acl'S, where they sInnudereI ak
the money they could obtain, hy tir
means or foul. they are also strongly Su~-
pected ot having robbed a man OF "a bag "t
gold dust, near Stockton, recently lucy
hired two horses, and it is supposed uaoc
their way towards Sonora, Mexico,
Johnson was found gagged and robbed, 60
in the telegraph office, ut Sacramento, about
one year ago lie was the operator in that
Office, and tne money taken belonged to the
Company. Since the above facts have come
to light, it is reasonable - suppose, aS
many did at the time ot the occurrence,
that johnson gagged himself, having pre-
viously made way with the money. Both
the above parties came across the plains IN
1906, from st. Louis - Express.
This man johnson will be remembered ly
many OF our citizens, as the person who
was up here last summer FOR the purpose of
procuring subscriptions to build the te!c-
graph between this point and MarysyiIle.
CoNNUTATIoN or BLAIR's SENrENcE.--
C F. Blair, whose sentence was commutel
from death to imprisonment for life, left
Shasta on Thursday, May 1th, for san Quen-
tin. The Courier says, that ia some pre-
yious remarks upon the subject, injustice
was done Gov. Johnson, and adds that the
Governor was exceedingly 10th to interposo
in behalf Of this man, and only consented
to do SO after receiving petitions in behalf
Of the convict, signed by some sixteen hun
dred names, among them those Of the sem
atJr> and Representatives. Of t.e counties Of
Shasta and Slskiyou
AaRHsr OF Dt BAras.--An order was
issued oa Friday, by the Court Of Sessions
at Sacramento, directing the Sheriff to ar
rest Dr.. Bates, ex-State Treasurer, in cdn-
sequence Of the dcccase Of ". II Palmer.
one Of his suretics, in the sum Of 100000,
on the bonds for his appc rance to answer
the indictments for permitting l. 4. Rowe
to use the State funds Dr.. Blt.s WAS tr-
rested at the Orleans, where he was per-
mittel To remain in the custody OF an ottscr,
being confined in his room by illness.
Several wagon loads Of dg1,rs from
Parks Bar and vicinity arrived in Marys
Vile on Sunday. IN route for their new
home at Nome Lackce.
.sz.- -ra'ess.'.,
Oroville daily Butte record., 1857-05-12
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