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The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-18

Customs Deriped from the Instincts o,
4Insmortality.-The Indian buries the hunt.
ing implements of his friend with him that
he may not want for the means ofparsuing
the chase in the unknown land where he
has taken his final fight. The ancient
Egyptians embalmed their dead, under the
notion that the soul would return after a
cicle of ages, and that it would be an inf
nito misfortune to find It's organic existence
dissolved. Their hurying ground was stu
ated beyonda beautiful sheet of water called
Aoberusia, or last state of man oyer which
ihedead we're ferried from, which the Grecian
myth of Charon and his boat was, no doubt,
derived. Beyond this lake, grounds were
laid out to receive the dead. they we're
planted with trees and iptersected by canals,
to render them, as their name imported, a
literal Elysium. Iudeeda provision for the
dead occupied more of their attention, than
that for the living. spd while 20 yestgs Of
their abodes in life remain, the IpsyaoIsums,
catacombs and pyramids still survive, in
grandeur, the wrecks offorty-nine ceptbries
The exquisite touches of Greeiap at conver
ted the Raian and Pentii,can marble into
the form Of men and gods b obsdisnce %
The instincts within, by which the mortsl Il
associsted with thss iippusortaifs and the
eaft estiriy of man sSskf, fba ha;n - "a
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-18

Two country attorneys oyertaking VA
goner, and thinking to crack a joke on him
asked why his fore horse was so fat and the
rest 30 lean. The WAGNER knowing them
to be climbs Of thelaw," replied, that the
fore horse was lawyer and the rest we're his
clients"
An absent wife Is thus called upon 70 re-
itd1f TO bed and board: "Jane, your alb.
renee ruins all. Think Of yourhusband; i
your parents, and your children. Return !;
al may be yell, happy, At any rata an.
close the key ofsshs cupboard where. the
gin is" ~ sss';s .. > - =. ss
A young lady said 10 hergalhnt, aPlssseI
clasp my. cloak n Certainly" }" said n =
putting his arm around her .sand ths -
tepts,also," ), @ @' ~ ~, ~. s. b
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03


Gallagher mounted the stand to speak, n =
HsrYas received /yith scorh aud hissesyl " "
he persisted; the meeting silenced him,
and he left off speaking with protest, at
which the whole convention jeered. and
gave him three insulting roundslof cheer
ing as he left the ground. The cases are
not in any part the same. He was not a
member of the convention, buta candidate
before it, The body did~what- the Legis-
lature did not-acted unjustly, outrageous
ly, instantly, with cohtumelious words,
shouts and gestures, in destroying his
rights. They took bad counsel of their
passions. They were the friends of a
popular man whom they wanted to nomi-
nate at once, and by accIamation. 1t was
II sudden gust of injustice, which was
hurtful only to these who participated, and
not to him who endured it like man.
The analogy is close enough, however, to
| give us light on the present question.
| The act of expulsion consigned not Mr..
Gallagher to infamy. He has no doubt
forgotten it italtogether. And yet he talked
of the corruption of blood, the -deso!ation
Of family; and the iireparable wrong of fex-
pulsion. ~ | heard, admired, and wondered
| aO IiC SANllS' anu
balanced minds, The Presidents rulings
of order, during the meeting at Democrar-
ic Hall, from first to last. on Saturday
night, We're about as bad as Mr.. Matthews
speech, and the other proceedings. Itwas
well for the credit of the four elected Con-
gressmen who were advertised to speak,
that they did not vindicate the Legislature,
by appearing 1T an entertainment which
did not deserve their distinguished pres
ence. AS a member Of the House of Rep
resentatves of Ohio, felt scandalized Al
the conduct, passionate and foolish more
than deliberate, of the officers and the ma
ority of that meeting. Mr.. Matthews
found Lis level, and the stcnographer has
daguerreotyped him for inspection as long
as he shall be Of any interest TO any
body. . 800 .- ~
/ leave the case in your hands, my con-
stituents of the county and city and advise
at the same time that no man who mean:
well to his country, and has had time t.
reflect on his duty, shall go to the polls t'
return an ex-momber who has disgraceC
4 the City Offices by violence, Odd Fellows
i Hall by violence, the Ohio Legislature b,
violence perpetu oted on the place, and al
when business was being transacted. Th'
public has already paid enough, unavail
4 Ingly for his education. no ...s....r
i ...a,..- w. NJ. CORRY.
CorrMpuS Fab 10 l0E7
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03

The following is from Pomeroy boy,
who is away at school. Itwas not inten-
ded for. publication, and he viii be greatly
surprised to see it in print. lie says;
mot long since, attended the Jewish
Synagogue in Cincinnati, and was very
much impressed with the beauty and NOR
al grandeur Of the scene I Witnessed
There, In u temple fashioned after the simil-
itude of theirs ofolden times, those descend
ants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as
sembled, and worshipped according to
forms and in atougpe which the persecu-
tions,of atheussnd generations had in vain
striven to Destroy, There, Jewish maid
ems with the beauty of Bathsheba, with
the sadness of Rachael who wept for her
children, or, perhaps with the heavenly
serenity which we read belonged to oJesns'
mother, joined their voices in the chanted
prayer that the God of their fathers would
also be their God. There, priests descen7
ded perhaps from the sacred line of priests
dMinely chosen, or from proud royalty un-
recognized forevermore, read the Divine
Word in the language in which it was Civ
en- to the Prophets, to the. psalmist, to the
inspired historians. There, these strange
people, whom no prosecutions can destroy,
no changes change, no nation commingle
with, in accents which rose now like a wall
for the "lost tribe of Israel or the soap
tive daughter of Judah,'' now like tri-
undphant p@an' ever their prophetic restor-
otion, chanted the sublime psalms of Da-
vid the King and 'trapt Isaiah's" sacred
prophecy This was indeed the sublimity
of antiquity!
The sermon, which was in English, was
impressive and beautiful in the extreme,
The priest, who was an old man, was a
fine speaker; and was often eloquent. His
ext was III Exodus, ..And the angel OF the
Lord Appeared unto Moses in fame of
Gre. vu; Of the lni1s. of bush; and nc
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03

looked, and lbehold the boil was not con
sumed. Ana the Lord shids dipw not
nigh Phithcrs Ple off thy shoes from
len thy focri sfortlIe place ,Fhereois thou
standest is fol ~ ground" MY
"Po;whaA natiod' said the priest could
this text be more pecularlyapplcablc than
10 the jewish, which has been always
burning with-az fame of fIe=whfcf has
sufferedpeyssculion Of all men, the siailghl
ter of the sword, the burning flame
martyrdom, baaishment aud ,exile-7and
has not been consumed. Great are the
suffcrings which it has borne and will bear
patiently and successfully TO the end. And
the day will come''-and his voice grew
almost Wild with the ecstacy of this proph--
ccy--f.the day aOW come when from the
burning bush it vii! change 10 the pillar
of fire which shall guide the wandering
nnlons of the earth to the heavenly land
Of rest ~ '. 'h '''' .''o' .!' '-'i.'-,'j
Every spot said he "is holy ground.
The air,we, breathe, = the ground We tread,
every object that we see is holy, for God
has made them all. So is this temple
wherein We siand." But more than all,
youl hearts, which are the temples of Gods
love- and your minds, which are the tenn
pies of his wisdon--tteSe are holy ground.'
See tia; We stand Here pure and undcillcd,
with tie. dust OF, sei,suality shaken of;-7
with your shoes put off from off your
tect.'f" sra7I .d, ".s .,,I ..h s7,il =.
TO me the sight Of these people thus
assembled, and the thought OF their suf-
lerings,. their exile, and their humbled
| pride; of their strict adherence to their am
cient forms, and of their abiding conf
dehce' that the Messiah will yet como and
restore them to prosperity and power, al
though knew it all TO be mistaken, vas
at once touching and sublime. 1t was
another proof of the goodness of God,
who not only provides milk for babes and
meat for rnen,'i but also yo,,rhsafes alike
to the imaginative Hindoo, to the degraded
Pagan, to tho sensual Mohammedan, to the
unchangng Jew, and to the Christian,
whether Catholic or Protestant, that souls
religion which can reach him best ,r.,al
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03

whose portraits lareaaken, or even those
,who,desire said portraits. We exghined
miby of his drawings. but Witnessed no
manifestations. We may call on him again,
and, if 30, may acquaint our readers more
fully on the subject. If what we haye
heard of this man be one-half true, it is
more remarkable than any thing we have
heretofore heard Of. But our sheet IS full.
~ D'l' GEIBtl-y.ffr A. r. ,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03
For the TelegI' ph.
KsisafS OR Education. at|

Mis-. EDItoR IT do not pretend TO be
wise, buta lover of wisdom. Hence my
reason for urging on the public mind the
Importance of q more thorough system Of
education for the incoming age WHEN
education is left to take care of Itself, il
starves; for It's friends are not able to .pro-,
vide mental food. for the many, witlidut
material aid from the wealthy, and rtlfeit.
hearty co-opcritioh; fof'its success depends
N, their ,!nlllagnanimi.y, M y,o.. Education de-
pends on the qualiFyzof the means used
for It's accomplishments. Its success de-
pends on good school buildings, school
apparatus, libraries, accomplished teach
ers, the number of American Journals of
education taken, the humber of State jour
nails of education taken, and OH the mag
naninnilyof The people to provide Them for
lis accomplishment. All this, might be
done without diminishing the wealth of the
county; for the money raised for this pur-
pose would be invested init for its popula-
ton. For the argument, suppose that
there are two thousand families in AIeigs
county, and one thousand of them are rich
and the other half are poor, and by a To-
car J-anspoSed taxation on the part of the
people, the, first, named thousand should
pay annually one hundred dollars for each
family for school purposes, and the other
half ten dollars each for the same object,
and the sum Of one hundred and ten thou
sand dollars would be raised. Then add
to this the public money, and in ten years,
if the whole be applied annually, judi
ciously, to the support of graded schools,
the wealth of the county and its poPula-
tion would be increased three tentIls, be-
sides augmentng Intelligence atIeast five
fold. 1t has done itin other place s, and
what has been done can be done again
It is a well atresled fact, that great improve.
ments indicate great Intelligence, and mea.
gre, ones argue badly for the literary .abili-
ty of any people. Intelligence nade
arch builders Of oriental temples superior
to their hodmen. 1t is the furniture of the
mind that makes men what they are Men
tai training makes giant minds, and il
makes poets; for Horace says that poets
are not born, but that they are for the
most part made. Vocal training by the
great master, Garcia, who taught J emmy
Lind, made her the star vocalist of the
world. Scholars are not born so, but they
are made by consuming the midnight OIL
by making what is. in books their. own
and by apProPriatilg,,it it by thinking to
their Istental growth /; and in this way the
noderns might become the ancients, by
possessing Themselves of their knowledge
TO do this, continuous schools, with ac-
complished teachers are needed, wherc
children and yout hnhght resort for growtl
in knowledge. r. BISSELL.
MIDDLEPoRr. o.. Feb. 25, '57. -
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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03
MIDpLEPoRr, o.. Feb. 25, '57.

NEW ORLEA<s, Feb. 23TThs steam
ship Cahawba, from 1Iayahfia5i. With dates
Kane. His body was escorted to tie City
Hall by the Con,inen1tls, Where It lies IN
state TIL to-morrow evening, when it will
be escorted to the stealnboat J. Wpodtuff,
by the citizens and ygIifous military 'socie-
ties of the CITY, en- route for Louisville and
Philadelphia. Tie highest honors we're
pad him by the highest officials in Cuba.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03

The House of Representatives, on Thurs
day, 6nally passed the resolution relative 10
the improvement of the Ohio, by vote Of
yeal 81, na,s 80.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-03-03
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE,

n OoEp pMBUs, ,Febs,90. ls57. a
NV NAIL AaiA NeEnENrs -Inlooking
override p bio SStlesman = the ptherIdhy, We
noticed az officia p,dyeftisement relativeto
proposed Changes in the post-office depart
nehtswhith are of interest to our CON
sttuents. The Department at Washing
ton city advertise for proposals for carry
ing the malls on certain new routds recent
-iyt located. Bids viii be received until
March 3fst, 1851 We extract the fol-
lowing, as especially interesting to the
people Of Ppn1Fefoy ( iG,1I III .
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25
Schedule of Mails.
NEW ORLEANS POST-OFFICE.
WINTER ARRANGEMENT.
From LIST November, to LIST June, 1857.


OFFICE HOURS-Week Days, from A. NJ. to 5
O'Clock p. M. :; Sundays and Holidays from 8 to IL
o'clock A. NJ.
EASTERN MAU-Dne doilv at ga M cIosos daiIv
at u p. NJ for nrenaid letters atg p NJ far foT
eipn letters
I,KE ro,cT MATT pon. Dill d., G. 1,;-
D. Ch,ti M;;,t,; iht, Day o. G Goul9,
SnrinTs on TUESDAYS AKA sotrrdavr Of . p N
and Thursdays at 4 A M. pasrag1ulo IN Tues
DAYS and Sati,rdavs ot p M 1890
r,1DH u,u DOIrrE = ono r,u,,
SAi ~ MA N.Y. ~ l'ooo-2uPpy!nS oaVoh
Gouse' sItsoH WT, fchapuiS, LahT f[oVidence'
Glal9 LUXE, " 9rtnnsGol, ofeGhVllie Solumpa'
Hapoltoh anu lhttle hoch, Heieha, Memphs,
haiiaolpn, New MauIid, hickman, Colnnhts,
CAIRO ana ~. LOUIS. Closes daily at ) T. M. Due
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25
Spiritualism and Starvation.

The Chicago Press of May 4th tells of an old lady
Of that city, who sometime since orsook her early
religious faith, and became spritualst. While on
visit to Buffalo, recently, where she had been at
vending spiritual circles" she considered herself
commanded neither to eat nor to drink. She was
sent to Chicago to overcome the delusion. The
Press says:
Here, however, she strictly followed the iniunc-
TONS which the spirits had communicated to her ;
and neither threats remonstrances, the part Of
her friends would avail to make her abandon her in
sane conduct Daily becoming more and more ema-
cated her felt in great distress concerning her.
They sent for aphysciau but he could prescribe
nothing that wonld have any effect on hermind They
sent for a clergyman-but all to no purpose. She
was g commanded from high to abstain, on the
peril Of her SOUL and she would not be disobedieut to
that commind At length, they consulted several
" mediums " on the subiect--al Of whom felt as much
astoaished as her friends did. They tried all the
means in their power to dissuade her from her pur
pose-but they were equally unsuccessful. Two or
three times some rice water was forced down her
throat; but she wasted away till Sunday evening, the
10th utimo, when she died. A day or two before she
died some meat was being sewed in the kitchen, the
smell OF which attracted her attention. and turning TO
her daughter-nlaw, she said, That is very tempting
but dare not touch H." Her friends at that time,
thinking she was giving way in her resolution again
demonstrated with her. but again they failed to dis
suade her from her course. What is more wonderful
in this Isl that during all this time she appeared
perfectly and cear-mnded, talked quite natur.
ally and frank and free in her conversation the
subject Of her commands from on high" For three
ireeks she abstained almost entirely from food, and
or the last nine days Of her life she neither ate
drank anything. She frequently talked of going to
her spirit home, and of her future life
We refrain from giving the name of the family, but
have made ourselves acquainted with the case, the
facts of which are as above narrated.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25
ST. CHRIsropHER CoLUMBus.-A corresp ondent of
the Newark Daily Advertiser writes:

GENOA, April Is, 1851.
Mr.. Irving must revise his life OF Columbus. The
recent research OF q French churchman M. de Lor-
ques have brought to light further documents. which
to raise the vulgar search after short route for
the India trade, to the dignity of divine mission to
bring new continent within the folds of the church.
This momentous discovery second in importance only
to that of the immaculate Conception, is communi-
Gated with the express appreciation of the Holy See,
in two portly octayos. Though he himself affected
nothing beyond the contemporary notion Of Western
voyage to the East, this reading of the attending
prophecies and wonders, hitherto so much misunder
stood by historians, establishes the rights of the
church and the missionary admiral's claim to coloni
cation That famous dream on the banks Of the
Beaze in which he heard voice saying g God will
cause thy name to be wonderfully resounded through
the EARTH and will give thee the gates of the Ocean,"
now for the first time truly interpreted and the
great dreamer who certainly had great aptitude
forsthe supernatural, appears before as well
persuaded of his divine commission ever Moses
was. An unbelieving Pope in the time of Charles v
refused to recognize the miracles of the cross he
planted in Cuba. but these wonderful testimonials are
at last made Ineligible through the clairvoyant
method Of Pins TX, the very Champoon of spiritual
mysteries Keep an eye then on the church heralds
for the blazonry OF ST. Christopher Columbus, and,
meantime, prepare for annexation to the Holy see
IN pursuance Of the warning spoken by the prophet.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25
How HE LOST HIS HMR.-A Norfolk paper tells

How HE LOST HIS HMR-A Norfolk paper tells
the following story
Uri Osgood and Jonathan Aiken were on opposite
sides of politics last fall in Grnndy county, aud the
Gght between them-they were running for Congress
grew warm and desperate. One day when they
met on the stump, Uri, whose head was bald and
should therefore have been cooler in the midst of his
Indignation turned upon Jonathan and said
81 think sir, you have but one idea in your head,
and that is very small one /; if it should SWELL it
would burst it, Ii
Whereat Jonathan grew red in the face, and look
ing for moment at the bare and venerable head Of
his opponent asked if he should say what he thought
of him
I" Say on said Uri.
"Well, think you haven't one in your head, and
never had there's been one scratching around on
the outside trying to get in till it has scratched all
the hair of. but it's never got ill., aud never WILL
Uri was silent.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25
NEW GRENADA, WEST COAST OF SOUTH
AMERICA CALIFORNIA AND OREGON

NEW GRENADA, WEST COAST OF SOUTH
AMERICA, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON,
SANDWICH ISLANDS, AUSTRALIA AND
VAN DIEMAN s LAND, NEW SOUTH WALES
AND CHINA.-CIoses on the 4th and 10th of
each month. at 6 P. M. Arrives on or about the
18th and 2Sth of each month.
aB-Postage to New South Wales, Victoria, South
Australia, ETC., via England, by packet or private
ships, SO cents single rate, prepaid via France,
10 cents each quarter ounce, prepaid, is added to
the above postage via New York, by private
ships, 5 cents, prepaid.
g-The postage to places on the West coast of South
America, via Panama, is On each single letter,
43 cents; and on each newspaper, cents, when
sent and 10 cents on each letter, and cents on
each paper, when received.
RJ-The postage to New Grenada direct is 10 cents
single rate, and cents each newspaper; and to
the Sandwich Islands, Australia Van Demans
Land and China, (via San Francisco) is, on
each single letter, 10 cents, payable in advance.
E-The single letter rate to California and Oregon is
10 cents, prepaid On newspapers, ETC., the do
nestle rates apply. A. S. HEWITT, P. NJ.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25
poon WOMEN IN Eunopn.-rhe Tribune gives the


following account OF free white women in France
But yesterday women in European christendom
were relieved from absolute slayery--from being
bought and sold like dumb beasts. Now, in Europe
it is fact that when one occupation is harder or more
repulsve than another, woman may be selected to
do it, We have seen such scenes as this, which we
give to exemplify our position. At French port a
wharf was being repaired it was necessary to drain
portion OF the dock round about it, the operation
engendered stencil so ntolerable that the workmen
recoiled and workwomen accordingly were sent down
to complete the operation In France we have seen
woman, geared with quadrnped, ploughng. In
Paris, women are scavengers and porters. On the
Rhine they drag the boats. In Vienna they carry
hods. Aud so through the whole catalogue OF mascu
line meanness, cowardice, cruelty and namy. Ever,
sceundrel called great-the Napoeons, the Caesars
the Aexanders-dooms women to yet more ghastly
drudgery by the wars which kill off their natural pro
teetors destroy capital and multiply paupersm. a
was" says an American six months in the south o
France, at the time of Napoeons Russian campaign
During that time did not see six men working ii
the fields, but all women--the men being dragge,
away for slaughter and glory"
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25
IFrom the New York Ledger.
Lines.

As distant lands beyond the sea
When friends go thence, draw nigh,
So Heaven, when friends have thither gone
Draws nearer from the sky.
And as those lands the dearer grow,
s= When friends are long away,
So Heaven itself, through loved ones dead,
Grows dearer day by day.
Heaven is not far from those who see
With the pure spirits sight,
But near, and in the very hearts
OF those who see Alright.
,January, 1857. c. D. STUART.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25

al wish you had been Eve said an urchin to wo-
man who was proverbial for her meanuess. " Why
so?" Because you would have eaten all the apple,
instead of dividing it with ADAM
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25

I'll take two children, if ] can have EN- cheap
said a tall Yankee, on entering an oyster cellar in
New York. the other day. 1.-Two children! What
two children Why, ] amt got any. and yoar
sign reads families supplied, don't it? want you
20 supply me-
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-05-25

How TO SELECT FLoUR.-l. Look at its color; if it
is white, with slightly yelowsh orstraw-colored tint
it is good sigh. II it is very white with bneish
cast, with black specks in it, the flour is not good
2. Examine its adhesiveness wet and knead little
of it between the fingers if it works dry and elastic
it is good lift works soft and sticky it poor Flour
made from spring wheat is likely to be sticky. 3.
Throw little lump of the dry flour against a dry,
smooth, perpendicular surface iii adheres in lump
the -four has life in it if it falls hkepowder it is bad
4. Squeeze some of the flour in your hand if it re-
tains the shape given it by the pressure that too
good sign. Flour that will stand all these tests, it is
safe to buy.