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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-22

AEpaFsFS-On Sunday, Dec. . Of Inflammation Fl the
b,sip Eir LILY ssed yesrs I'D months yoaaIs[: eAd
Of Zen iefs I'D JobGnnes ADdresou-
HARR-In ecotlyp. Sunday, Dec n Of disease Of tbs
hear. Jehs Barr, AEed % yeart.
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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-06-10

the drink, 0 ! the drink makes terrible
difficulty" ae
That difficulty! God only and the
crushed wife ofthe Incorporate man know
anything about it.
The man shook like leaf; he snatch
ed his hand from the grasp Of his wife,
tore down the night-dress from her shoul-
der, and said {:
"Look at that T. and on her thin neck,
close to the shoulder, was a bad mark
Said he, "Look at that" and whenI saw
the mark Of a bruise, | felt my flesh creep
Said he, "LoOk at that, sir | did il
three days before she was taken down up
on her bed, and she has told you she has
a good husband. Am l {! Am l a good
husband to her 7 God Almighty, forgive
me ~ and he bowed over that woman
and wept like a child. griped the bed
clothes in his hands. aud hid his face in
them. And she laid her thin hand upon
his head and said
Don't cry, Luke don't, please don't
you wouldn't have struck me if it had moi
been for the drink. Mr.. Cough, don
believe him he is as good man as evel
lived. Don't cry, Luke"
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fore know ye. that as small token Of
respect and love for said Attorney to wit {:
namely James Sawyer who has Of late
been unfortunate and much distressed in
worldly matters, do hereby, by these
presents, give, bequeath, will, leave,
transfer make over and pass unto the
aforesaid Sawyer, every cent have got
in the world goods, challles. land, mo-
nies, books. dress and Jewels, for his and
his heirs good, leaving it to him to give
to my friends such articles as are marked
to their names. Witness my hand and
seal, Nov. 2Olh 1886.
.am JANE STYLES"
Knowing as | did Mr.. Sawyer's trou.
bles in these hard times l shook his hand
most joyfully.
1t is a fee my friend," said he, +" that
I must thank you for"
"She must have left about $4,000"
l replied.
~ was thinking" answered he not Of
the money but of the change Of life and
heart that is the fee | prize" a
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The Bear and the Children.

Twill tell you a circumstance that toesDh
cured year ago, in a country town in 4
the south Of Germany. The mastenI Of aw
dancing bear was sitting in the tap;room /,
Of an inn, eating his supper; while the
bear, poor harmless beast was tied up !,
behind the woodstock in the yard. sss.,
In the room up stairs three little chil:
dren were playing about. Tramp, trampi
was suddenly heard on the stairs who 90
could it bel The door few OPEN andre
enter-the bear, the huge. shaggy beastic
with his clankiDg chain | Tired ofsiand-sd
ingsso long in the yard alone, ,Bruin bad ato
length found his way to the staircase. At
first the little children were in o terrible
fright at this unexpected visit, and each !,
ran into corner to hide himself. Bot
the bear found them all out, and put his
muzzle snufing, up to them, but did not .
harm them in the least. He must be n .
big dog, thought the children, and theyoa
began 10 stroke him familiarly,oo The 4
Bear stretched himself out at full length
upon the floor, and the youngest boy roll.
ed over him, and nestled his curley head
in the shaggy, black fur Of the beast. ~
Then the eldest boy went and fetched" |"
his drum, and thumped away onitrwifhG
might and main: whereuPon the ,bsarlp
stood erect upon his hind legs,and .beto
gan to dance, What glorious fun !7-,a
Each boy shouldered his musket; the !
bear must Of course have one too, and he
held it tight and firm like any soldier y.
There's comrade for you my Iads and
away they marched-one, two-Aons, =
two ta7s or a'9lb & sgiG1 esil hlo nBa
The door suddenly opened pand the 4
children's mother entered. You should
have seen her-spcechless with terrpr.
her cheeks white as sheet, and her eyes
fixed with horror, but the youngest boy
nodded with look Of intense delight,
and cried, Mamma we are only playing
at soldiers! o..''-a'A's ~ h'.1ssie7 w
AT that moment the master Of tie beas
appeared. " ',s g oep '&slAsrs gsa ~
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The LENDER.

A merchant sat in his private count
ing room, with an anxious, troubled look
about his face. A few thousand dollars
had just been paid. which he now wish
ed to re-invest. But it was the dark win
ter Of 1854, date long 10 be remembered
by the business world. Railroad com.
panles were failing, banks were crashing,
large firms were daily being closed, men
supposed 10 be high above the tide were
astounding their acquaintances by assign
ments indeed. the Commercial bark
seemed to have struck the hidden rocks
and only general wreck could be anlici
pated. tJ,h..a gr3
The merchant continued his perplexet
meditations, which were every moment
becoming more unsatisfactory. He could
easily lend the money al forty or fifty
per cent, but his sense Of uprightness
would never allow him to take advantage
of his friends necessity besides were
he disposed 10 lend it, whom could he
trusil A. .length silent voice whispered
to his soul little text of Scripture. abon
'tLending to the Lord" A warm glow
stole over his heart, and ray of ligh
seemed dawning on his mind. Yes, tina
would be safe investment. No fear o
loss or failure there. t'a
But prudence ,queried, "Can you affort
| to give so much does your income jus
tify it Few rich men bestow as large |
sum at once, unless it be something il
their legacies."
Again the merchant pondered long, bu
was dissatisfied and undecided. Kneel
ing, he prayed earnestly for guidance from
an Allwise hand. He rose with soul fill
ed with The sweetest peace. The decision
was made. In his own home was enough
| to supply all the wants of his household
and portion for the needy. Had :h'
money been lost before j. reached him
no suffering would have come near his
dwelling in consequence. Besides it was
only a partial payment Of the immense
debt he owed for all his mercies. Th,
sum was appropriated, and light heart
and soft pillow were his that night
the money went its way, cheering tn
sad hearts Of widows and orphans; glad
dening poor home missionary's it'll
circle as they wondered over tbe anony
nous letter, which brought them 6ft.
dollars sending little tracts to the lowl
home Of the pioneer or buying the brea'
of life for starving souls in Asia, Africa
or the islands of the sea. Itwas ever in
creasing in value, until. at length, the a
mount was beyond computation. Neve
did the merchant regret the investmen,
| for the sums were secured TO him with
sure bond, with throe-fold signature
and laid up in the mansions where wer
all his treasures. ~ "
Would that many, who yearly compu'
by thousands, the surplus of their ihcom
above their expenditures, might follow III
example Of this money.lender.- ]
EVda. si3 fliit ssiVVg
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-06-10

WASHINGTON, ITEMs.-Surgeon Cald-'
well attached to the U. s, Ship In. !
dependence. under date of Panama Bay,o
May 9th, has unoficially informed the
Navy Department that he had been in.
formed there exists practicable route ~.
ship canal from the gulf Of San Miguel
Princess or Sarans, 10 Puerto Del Prin,
cissa, few miles above which the tide
ebbs. Thence about North by East over
low ground to The Atlantic Ocean To- Gal'd
edonia bay or little North of it, That q
the whole country is low, well; wooded Z
and watered and abounding in game. and
that small party can cross from Sarana !
to the Atlantic Ocean and return, making
a path or road as they go in less than ten
days without fear Of Indians or disease.
Surgeon Caldwell having obtained leave
of Commodore Murvine. hastily explored
the route and reports the summit level Of
theroute from Puerto Del Princassa west. d
erly to the Atlantic within eight milea of
the Sarana, and would not prove insuper-l.
able to engineering skill in the construc'
tion of ship canal. s,,,,e.i,i, :, b.,,
General Walker has .telegraphed that
he will be in Washington as soon as pos. !
sible.
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So11tttBittg Neh.
THE HONEST LAWYER.

We have a great respect for the legal
profession, but lawyers. like other men,
sometimes forge. the good old maxim,
that I" honesty is the best policy" The
temptation thrown in the way of q young
lawyer to swerve from strict rectitude is
very great, aud but few are able to resist
it. But we do not believe there is sin.
gle branch Of human pursuit where un.
bending honesty is so sure Of temporal
reward az tie practice Of the law. He
who gains the reputation Of laloring to
promote strict justice between man and
man, is sure Of the confidence Of the COM
munity, and this confidence will necessa.
rily secure the best legal business. The
honest lawyer may not become rich at
once--not as soon, perhaps, as the knave
but he will sncceed in the end. and al
ways with his success there will be the
feeling of conciOus rectitude, which ot
itselfis priceless fortune. We give q
short story belew, which will illustrate
the truth Of what we have said: a
tits now five years since the widow
Styles called on me one morning before
breakfast, and asked me to recommend
her to some lawyer, as she thonght her
friend Stubbs was less correct than he
might be. l asked her TO step into the
parlor, and went myself to my breakfast
with my wife. whose advice | always ask.
ed upon such points. We had known
Mrs. Styles many years: her husband
was a great land owner in a goodly
town of the Western country, and with .
disinterestec love that deserved some bet.
ter aim, ever pressed il on his helpmate,
as the first rule Of life, to get all she
could, and keep all she got. He died
and Mrs. Styles became more and more
fond Of wealth, and sensible Of the admir-
able advice which her husband had giver
her. F'i ~ E'ai,I 7'l f1 >. '3
! stated the facts to my wife, ant
waited her opinion. a2H ~ ~
Well, Williams" said she, afie
drinking a cup Of coffee upon my story
I" fear the old lady has some money
getting claim in view you know she ha
OF late given all her affections 10 gettin,
more wealth. Iwould therefore recon
mend her to the most honest and consci
entious lawyer in town. She relies o.
your judgment, use IL not for her seem
ing, but real good" sa@ ai
! counted my legal acquaintances over
before Ihit upon the one answering :
the terms, !" honest and conscientious,
in the sense in which knew Helen ha
used themi at length I found him, an
taking my hat, walked with the wido,
to bis Office. ,asS
Weifound Mr.. Sawyer at his desk /; h
rose and gave us chairs, and awaited Mr.
Styles statement. But before I 90 o
this point, let me say a. few words !,
this phenomenon-this man with his hea
under his left arm, close 70 his heart.
this honest lawyer, in the brOadest, higE
est sense Of the term. s.ilsas inAi fio.
io He was 4 man Of ihirsy.fVs i he Ia
studied law because he liked the stud
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POetiCal.
lFrom the United States Gazette of '4O.l
"Jesus Of Nazareth Passeth By"
sr. LUKE, XVIII. 39.


ST. LUKE, XVIII. 80.
Watcher, who wak'st by the bed Of pain,
While the stars sweep on with theie mid
nigh train, a4'bW ags6ia lo
stiaing the tear for thy loved ones sake,
Holding thy breath lest her sleep should
break {; r .
In thy lonliest hour there's helper nigh:-
"Jesus Of Nazareth passeth BY"
Stranger, afar from thy native land,
Whom no one takes with a brothers. hand,
Table and hearth.stone are glowing free,
Easements are sparkling, but not for thee {;
There is no one can tell Of home on high,
pay "Jesus OF Nazareth passeth BY"
Sad one. in secret bending low.
A dart in thy breast that the world may
not know i-"a' 4."
Wrestling the favor ofGod to win,
His seal Of pardon for days Of sin,
Press on, press on with thy prayerful cry,
"Jesus of Nazareth passeth BY"
Mourner, who sitt'st in the church-yard
lone, la
Scanning the lines on that marble stone,
Plucking the weeds from the children's bed,
Planting the myrtle ana rose instead
Look up from the tomb with thy fearful eye,
'Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.'
Fading one with the hectic streak,
In thy veins Of FIRE and thy wasted cheek,
Fear'st thou the shade Of the darkened vale,
Look to the guide who can never fail
He hath trod it Himself! He will neal
sa thy sigh, .,. 49,.
gai "Jesus of Nazareth passeth by
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THE wo1r AND rar KiD.--A very

THE WOLF AND THE KiD.--A very {
stupid Wolf--lhey are not all!sOS- found
a stray kid. "Little friend, said the a. u y.
pacious animal, 81 have met you very.
seasOnably; you shall make me delight !
full supper, for.I have neither breakfas.ed
nor dined to-day" "If it must be so,'S'' j
said the kid, .'grant me atleasr one small
favor. Ihave heard say that you are ~
perfect musician; give me; ! pray ihes, =
song before ! dis.'' The foolish wolf
agreed to the request, but in attempting
to sing he began 70 howl in most hofrid
manner. which Immediately drew the
shepherd with his dogs % ibe spot, and
he was obliged to take aightwish All
speed. every well, ," said he to himself
as he ran away, 'ths win teach me 4,
good lesson; see now thatI had better
con6ns myselfto ihe trade Of abaichas.
instead of Initiating = musician
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LovER.-We have heard Of grea,
many enthusiastic lovers in our time but
we think that Mr.. Tookes takes them all
down. IF l could be dyed black, he
said to Capt, Cutie, and made Miss
Dombes slave, l should consider it com.
pliment or if at the sacrifice ofmy prop.
erty, could get transmigrated into heI
dog, should be so perfectly happy
would never stop wagging my tail.
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VOL.oS.=z-NUMBER, 0S.si.z

turned to her husband, who had Joined
her, and listened in absorbed asIonish-s
ment to the Norkman's words. ''GOd, ID
said she, "pul it into my childheart to do
that little deed Of kindness, and see now
how very great is the reward he hasgiy-
en- me- l lasel IS yla ,isl.igaI .aIs
And the setting sun poured a food Of
rich purple light over the group that
stood there--over the workman in his
blue overAlls, over the lady with her gOl-
den hair, aud over the proud looking gen.
tleman at her side. Although II was q
picture for painter, the angels who look
ed down on il from heaven saw asOnls-I
thing more than picture there. e.a7is ihii
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1857-06-10

ANOTHER SHIp's CREw. the Bos-
ton Baptist Bethel, on Sabbath before
last, were seen the trophies Of another
thrilling triumph Of Divine grace at sea.
The captain and mate Of vessel, mem
bsrs Of the church, says the Watchman
and Reflector. brought into the meeting
the entire crew, under their care, with.
out single excepIion,) all converted du-
ring the last voyage.
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E% Insults, says modern philoso.
pher. are like counterfeit money; we cant
hinder their being offered, but we are not
compelled 10 take them. SS, .Ins
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Mn. c., If you win Get my pants
done ny Saturday nfght FlrbSll hcr6arrs
ER IKDEnTEp to you. e ifthnt,s rcrt ec,ee.,
they'll not be done, sure, ,'said che tailor. 1
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-12-25

GRrKNE's LAMP. Grcene's Lamp, adj
vertised in our paper to-day by Mr.. N. IL.
Goodwin, We regard, from an actual test
of its qualities as the best gas lamp now
used by the public. The great objection
to common fluid lamp is its liability to
explosion. This lamp ia so constructed
as to render an explosion impossible, and
for brilliancy Of light it is unsurpassed
One Of these lamps giving three jets Of
fame, and aifording as much or more
light than two common fluid two tubcd
lamps, filed with half Of q pint Of fluid,
costing four and half cents, we tested
II burned near FIVE hour, thus demonstrate
ing that most brilliant lightcould be OBJ
tanned from It at cost Of only cent IN
hour. The lamp is handsome in its con.
struction, easily managed, not liable to
get out of order, and has every quality
that is desirable in lamp. Persons who
have oil or fund lamps may have them
altered into these gas lamps.
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ANOTHER Dopor. II is said that the

ANOTHER DoDoE. 1t is said that the
administration has sent emissarics to Kan.
sas to tell the Border rufiians that they
must vote to strike out OF the constitu-
ton the provision to secure slavery
With this veil they hope to hoodwink
the North into the belief that the people
Of Kansas having fairly passed on the
slavery question and voted it down, Kan.
sas will be free, whereas it is difficult to
determine whether the Constitution is
more pro-slayery with that particular Sec
ton in or out.
The Chicago Times, Douglass organ,
has well unmasked this dodge. 1t says
The Constitution "without slavery
means that slavery in the Territory shall
be confined to those slaves now there, and
their increase from generation to genera
ton, with no power on the part OF tn,
Legislature to emancipate by compcnsa
ton, or in any other way. The Constl
tuition with slavery allows more slaves t.
be brought to Kansas, but gives the Leg
islature power to provide fol- their emali
cipation.
We confess our inability to decid,
which of these two alternatives is tn,
more "pro-slavery." We incline to tn,
opinion that the CONSTITUTION with n,
slavery" is the more "pro-slavery.'
The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-12-25

That KEG OF OYSTERS. Mr.. Merrill,
the assistant Of Mr.. Carter in the Express
Business, and his equal in gentlcmanly
and obliging intercourse with the patrons
of the Express, delivered to us promptly
the keg Of oysters that fell to our share
in the distribution which Mr.. James Free.
man of Portland, IS Federal Street, made
to the press. We found them nice, as
Freeman's oysters usually arc, and Mr..
F. will please accept our thanks, and that
Of our Office help, fol the oyster supper
that the keg Of oysters afforded for all
hands, including the invited guests. Mr..
Frecman's oysters find their way in all
directions, and being always put up with
care, are always satisfactory. HIS place
of business is IS Federal Street, where
all Of our good citizens, who wish to give
an oyster supper, are recommended to
send for supply Of the bivalves. Car
tcr's Express or Mr.. Plummer Of the Port
land stage will do the business promptly.
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
ZZIVHE CONGRESS list session.

WAsHISoroS, DEC. IL, 1857.
SESArE.-Mr. Hunter from the Com.
mittec on Finance report d Bill author
izing the issue Of 100000 Of Treasury
notes. HOUSE,. No business Of impor.
lance transacted. .r....
r| FRpAY, DEC. ls.
In the SENATE, Mr.. Douglas introduced
a bill to authorize the people Of Kansas
to form Constitution and State govern
mcnt, preparatory to their admission into
the Union on an equal footing with the
original States. This bill provides for o
board Of five persons to be appointed by
the President, and confirmed BY the Sem
atc, to make an enumeration OF the in
habitants OF Kansas, and fair appor-
tionment Of members TO the convention.
II also provides for an election TO be held
on day designated By the board, not Icss
than 90 nor more than 100 DAYS from
this net. Also provides that the, board
shall be entrusted with the appointments
Of Judges and places Of voting, which il
to b. confined to every free white male
citizen Of the United States over 90
years, who NAV be bona fdc inhabitant
Of the territory on the 2lst OF December,
and who shall have resided three months
prior to the said election in the county
IN which he ofen to vote. Also pro-
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submit the question Of slavery to The decis-
ion Of the bona 6ds people Of Kansas, with
out any rest lotion or qualification whatever.
All were cordially united upon the great
doctrine of popular sovereignty which 10 tho
vital principle Of our free Institutions
Mark this
Had IL been insinuated, from any quar-
ter, that IL would have been sufficient com.
pliance with the acquisitions Of the organic
law for the members OF Convention, there
after to no elected, to withhold the question
Of slavery from the people. and to substitute
their own will for that Of legally ascer.
tanned majority Of their constituents, thin
would have been instantly rejected"
Yes. sir, and will add further, had /
been intimated from any quarter, and DO
lieved by the American people, that W
would have submitted the slavery clause II
such manner rs to compel q man to vote
for that which his conscience did not spprov
in order 70 vote on the slavery clause, no
only would the idea have been rejected, bu
the democratic candidate for the Presidenc
would have been rejected, and every maj
who backed him would have been rejecte'
too
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PUBLIC READINGS. Mr.. Webster, son
of Gen. Webster. Adjutant General OF our
State, young man OF fine intellectual
powers and scholastic attainmcnts, We no.
ticc by the Belfast papers has commenced
giving public readings and we learn tina,
he proposes, the present Winter, to
read in other places in our State and else
where. Belfast is his native place, and
he very wisely commenced his career, as
public reader there. All Of the papers
in that city speak Of his first effort in
terms of the highest commentator. The
Republican Journal, edited by our friend
Moore, whose literary taste cannot be
found fault with, says, in his paper Of the
18th inst.:-
Mr., Websters debut as a public reader
occurred on Monday evening. Many 9TH
er public gatherings on the same evening
doubtless reduced the audience. which
nevertheless was large, and comprised a
good amount of critical talent. The read
ing was prefaccd by short original anal
ysis OF poetry, as an art, and popular
sentiment. The speaker advocated more
general cultivation Of poetical taste among
the people, as refining and elevating
agency, nowhere mort needed than in our
country, where the hcadlong rush and
whirl Of practical life and business threat
en- to obliteratc the finer and more hui
manizing sentiments Of the mind. An
important means Of cultivating public
taste, the speaker thought, was the newly
inangirated public readings, that are in
some degree minglng with public lee
lures, and supplanting to some extent the
coarser representations Of the stage.
The reading that followed showed a
taste and appreciation Of the meaning Of
the authors, and a hexibility and cultiva-
ton Of voice, that were remarkable, and
highly creditablc to the debutant. The
whole performance was highly crcditable,
and We very rarely see an audience leave
a hall better pleased with an evenings
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THANKS. We arc indebted to Senator
Douglsss for a copy OF his speech on the
Kansas-Lccompton Convention, delivered
in the Senate on the 9th inst. Also, to
Senators Fessenden and Hamln of our
State, tor valuable public documents, to
the latter for three volumes of Senate doc.
uments, entitled "Reconoisance for Sur
vey Of Rail Road Route from the Missis-
sippi River to the Pacific Ocean" Also,
to Mr.. Wood, member of the House from
this district for Commodore Perry's Uni.
ted States Japan Expedition, 8 vols
These works are interesting and valuable.
The senden will please accept our thanks
for their kindness.