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WHO TAUGHT YOU TO SWEAR 2

Many years ago, when there were few
railroads. party set out from southern
city for long weary journey by stage
zach. Amid all their discomforts they
had one great blessing. The youthful
driver was very cheerful. and seemed in
tent on making his passenger as much so
as lay in his power. Many weary mile
over wretched roads was beguiled by his
merry whistle or lively song; the rains
poured, the horses Jagged. hut heard above
the winds was the carrolled air of Home,
sweet Home" or the bird.like whistle of
Blue-eyed Mary" Oh, it is such Joy
to see another satisfied and happy in his
lot and with his toll! 1t makes the lowly
look up in hope, and the lofty look down
in humanity--it makes the millionaire
honor his driver or his footman.
Now what is the bright side Of our young
stage-driver; why must there be two sides
TO everything Before the party halted,
after the first days journey. they had gone
as far as profitable; and it was contrary to
their sense of right that they were pressed
on. Our hero on the box coaxed, whis-
tied, patted, and at last whipped them. but
still they dragged heavily on; when at
length, losing all patience. the pleasan,
sounds that had cheered the insiders were
changed. There did not seem to be pas
sion in the tones. but having tried all other
aoe;ves to sp eed, the driver now bega n to
swear, as if profanity could impel forward
worn-out horse. !" God'' and =. Jesus. -
that " dearest of all the names above .
were repeated with shocking frequency
dnd carelessness. Some Of the passen.
h,,t
with the prophet. The reproahes of then
that reproach Thee, tell upon me-"
60 Among the passengers was an aged
minister. He said nothing at the times
but when they stopped for the night h.
made himself quite similar with the youns
driver, asking him questions about hi
business and his horses, and manifested
interest in all that he found interested him
When ready to start at break of day
he asked permission to sit on the box, tina
he might see the country and talk with him.
"ior," said he. i" I'm very fond Of the com
pany of young men," This Familiarity
and condescension completely won the hear
OF his would -be-Jehu; and in the kindes
manner he gave all the information in hi.
power to the old gentleman.
you're minister, are you e. he asked
after little while.
Yes. my friend. am Baptist mini
3, ster."
IA Baptist minister. are yoai" he cried
why. my mothers Baptist; and wher
get home I'll tell her about you = and q
strong fiiial love beamed in his eye.
Then your mother is a Baptist-is she
good scon,a,s Z" asked the old man.
Indeed she is, sir" replied tae afsc.
u0nale son Il owe her everything. ]
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1857-09-12
Wisfellansous.
From the Waverly Magazine.
LIVE FOR SOMETHING.

Live for something; be not idle
Look about thee for employ;
Sit not down to useless dreaming
Labor, and the sweets enjoy.
Folded hands are ever weary,
Selfish hearts are never gay;;
Life for thee hath many duties
Active be, then, while you may.
Seattle blessings in thy pathway;
Gentle words and cheering smiles
Better are than gold or silver,
With their grief-dispelling wiies.
AS the pleasant sunshine falieth
Ever on the grateful earth,
So let sympathy and kindness
GLADDEN. we'll the darkened earth.
Hearts there are oppressed and weary !;
Drop the tear of sympathy,
Whisper words of hope and comfort.
Give, and thy reward shall be
Jov unto thy soul returning
From this perfect fountain head;
Freely, as thou freely givest,
Shall the grateful light be shed.
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don't know single thing which she did
not teach me- lra =


not teach me-"
''Are You sure of that, my Young friends''
"Yes, sir, for my father died when
was small, and left Us poor. We were three
or four miles from school, and as was
her all, SIR, she couldn't trust me so far
from her all day. So she laugh. me at
home till we moved away from there and
then was old enough to GO to work. Yes.
sir. l will tell it to her credit-she taught
me all know %
"Did she teach you TO s,rear, mn SON p
cried the old gentleman in stentorian
voice, and clapping his hands heavily on
the drivers shoulder. "Tell me, did your
mother teach you to sweara'' The youth
looked thunder-strunk. He colored deep
y and hung his head in silence. =
Come. my son" said the minister. 'you
have told me that your mather rvas Bae-
tlst; want TO know whether she is the
right kind Of Baptist or not-did she teach
you TO SUGAR 2" s' eA s@A
i The young driver now looked up; there
was none of dogged insolence with him
sometimes see in persons who have been
justly reproved no look of defiance, which
said plain as words could say,s'I can swear
not your business who taught me to do it,
No, even in his sin he showed the gentle
| touches of that humble mothers moulding
hand.
'.I'm mortified, SIR he said, "that YOU
heard me swear last night to my horses.
was very tired and anxious to reach X. -
"And did your horses feel the oath more
than the whip, my friend 2 We, inside
could not discover that thev were at all in.
fluenced by IT," said the minister.
:Of course not, SIR; and as to my moth
er teaching NE to swear, she does moi
know that ever took profane word on
my lips. / hope she never will know it
for believe it would break her heart. l
know as well as any minister can teach
me that swearing is a low and wicked, as
well as useless, practice bat I've been
thrown into q good deal Of bad company
| in my business, and have fallen into the
habit. hardly knowing when [ do it. /
forget when l lose my practice"
.Do yOn forget when at bcme with your
mother !'
"Never; her presence forbids it. could
not swear in her hearing"
"And yet you can do so in the hearing
VI Lpc OOu you luSuits tue OdVtOuE VINO
died for you - replied the old man. God
forgive the child Of praying mother for
such impietyr' .
"Sir, I declare, with His help. that you
have heard my last OATH said the young
man, deeply moved.
.When i left my daughters house,
said the minister, .'she put a noble great
loaf of fruit.cake in my trunk When we
part will give it TO you for present for
your mother, if you will tell her how you
got it and all the particulars of our inter-
view. Confess your sin to her and to God
and that, my son. will enable you to keep
your good resolution
The driver promised to do so, and after
that was never heard to use a coarse or
profane word. Oh, what mighty power
does Christian mother still exercise over
her beloved wanderers, retraining them
from sin or drawing them out of its meshes
| when once enSnared
Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1857-09-12
THE BEAUTIFUL.

The beautiful, the beautiful!
Where do we find it not =
1t Is an alI-peryading grace,
And lightens every spot.
IT sparkies on the ocean wave
It glitters in tie dew;
We see it in the glorious sky,
And in the fow'rets hue.
On mountain-top, in valley deep,
We find its presence there;
The beautiful, the beautiful!
It liveth everywhere.
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New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02
Abstracts of a Decision of Supreme Court
AUTHORITY OF INSPECTORS OF ELECTION. -

The Supreme Court, in the case of Aud vs.. Walton
decided that whenever the right of any person
shall be challenged at the polls the certificate of
registry issued to such person shall be held concu-
sve Of the right of said person to vote, and Com
missioner or Commissioners of Election shall require
under the pains and penalties imposed by the 18th
section any other evidence of the right of said person
to VOTE except that portion of the oath prescribed by
article 10Th of the Constitution respecting dueling
and the following oath or affirmation, viz:
"You solennly swear, Cor affirm) that you are the
identical person described in and to whom this cert
fcate issued, and that you are not soldier, sea-
man, marine in the army navy of United States,
nor under conviction of crime punishable by hard
| labor or pauper."
awe also hold that, where the registry Of the voter
is more than three months DID, and there change
of domcile endorsed on the certificate the vote may
be challenged on the ground that the voter has
changed his domcile since the date of registry, and
by such change of domice lost his vote in that
precinct and upon such challenge being made, the
Commissioners of Election may lawfully swear the
voter as to the fact of his change of domicie. For
although the certificate of registry be, under the goth
Section conclusive proof to the Commissioners of the
residence of the voter in the precinct at the date of
the registry and although by sections and of the
Registry act it is the duty of the voter to notify the
Register of change of domicile, and to have the
same endorsed on his certificate of registry yet it
may be, that voter who has changed his domicile,
has neglected this formality."
| Under this decision, two questions can be asked:
| First-Are you the identical person named in the
certificate of registry?
Second-Do you now reside at the place mentioned
| in your certificate of registry? l..
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02

TIE BLUE Ridge TUNNEL.-The Charlottesville
(Va) Jefersonian publishes letter from Col Crozet
in relation to the rumor that through mistake of
the engineer the tunnel through the Blue Ridge had
been made too small to allow train of cars to pass
through. Col. G. says:
You know that the tunnel is eliptica and closes in
towards the top; it is not quite easy to cut out
regular epse through the veins of the hardest rock
as to white pine stick. There is always some
trimming of projecting points to do in the end. It is
not possible to detect, with certainty, the utting
points in the way, until track is laid accordingly,
as soon as this was done, caused frame of the full
size of the largest Central Railroad cars to be made
10 feet wide and liz high, and moved it along the
track; in few places its upper corner touched and
we set about removing those points, Onehaif of
this small job is already done.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02

DISTRESSING IsCIDENT-Last week. a son of Col.
Joseph j. Winter, of this county, returned from Kan
sas after an absence OF three years. we believe.
His appearance had changed that even his father
did not recognize him when lie entered the paternal
mansion After the son had made himself known,
the father stepped to the door OF an adjoining room,
that gentleman desired to them. Upon entering
the room, the young ladies did not at first recognize
their brother but almost instantly, the eldest named
Cecilia, recognized him, and sank instantly to the
floor, dead. Being somewhat delicate, the joyous
surprise of thus unexpectedly meeting her long absent
brother, to whom she was dearly attached, was too
much, and her gentle spirit took its flight to realms
where her happiness will endure forever.
[Clarksburg (Va.) Register
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02
Is It Bcs. 10 Fight with the south. .

We all interested labor The commercial Is
IN Y Banks in Fsneai Ha Boston, Aug IT,
Let us see how this applies to the exports from this
country for a few years past.
For the year ending June 80, 1850, as shown by
the last Treasury report says the Boston Post our
total exports amounted to $l36,946, 9l2. Value Of
cotton, $7 1884 ,6l6 tobacco IS, 951 ,023 Making
liberal estimate the products Of the sea- forest and
agriculture and giving all the export Of specie to the
North during the year, the products of free labor
going to freight ships outward bound did not exceed
forty Millions or less than onethird Of the total
exports.
Ia 1851 our total exports amounted to $195 u.s.
of which the North furnished less than one-fourth-
say s45 100000. The South furnished $ll2, ,317
in cotton alone, and 50, 2l9, 251 in tobacco.
In 1862 the total exports were 1892 1868 1884. Civ
ing thirty.seven millions Of specie to the North, she
exported only about s72OOOOOO or little more than
onethird. The value of cotton exported by the
South was $S7 1865 1872; tobacco, SlO,O3l 2S3.
In 1858 the total exports were s2l3, 697. Civ
ing the North, again, all the specetwentyth and
hafmillionsshe exported only some $63, 900 900,
or less than one-third again. The South furnished in
cotton 1905 ,504, and in tobacco $ll 3la3l9.
In 1854 the total exports were $253,390s70. In.
Guiding all the specie, some thirtyeght millions, the
North could not have exported more than $90,0O0,-
OOO or little more than third. The South sent out
more than that in cotton alone 1898 500 ,220) and
$40, 0l6 ,O46 in tobacco.
In 1855 the total exports were $246,7O ,5ss. Civ
ing again, the specie to the North (some fftyfour
mions,) she exported less than 100000, 900, Or
about twofths only. Cotton, $ss, ,s44 tobacco,
$14,12 ,46s.
In 1856 the total exports were $3lo5s6, $50, with
forty-four millions Of specie included, the North ex-
ported less than $4,000 ,OO0-say onethird only.
The South furnished more than that in cotton alone
(sl2s 1882 ,15l,) and $l2 ,22l ,s43 in tobacco.
1t seems therefore, by the figures, that when Mr..
Banks undertakes to enlighten commercial men, he
either knows not what he is talking about else for
low, sectional ends, he intentionally mistakes the
truth Cotton alone freights more than thirds OF
our outward-bound vessels. The following table will
show how large proportion of our imports, includ
ing Silks satns and embroideries, principally con
sumed at the North it has actually paid for six years
nast.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02
Northern white slavery.

The white slavery existing in the Northern States
although the term is unknown to the statutes of the
respective commonwealth there - the slavery Of
poverty, labor and want-does not compare favor
ably with Southern negro slavery. The late revul-
sions have been the means Of making astounding
Developments, besides proving ncontestibly that
those States the people Of which abuse, curse and
prosecute the South loudest longest and ercest
the very ones that profit most, and are most depend
emit upon, the productions of Southern slave labor.
In proof Of this, from among the many evidences at
hand we quote the following paragraph from letter
written by the Newburyport correspondent Of the
Boston Traveller in which the subject Of cessation of
manufacturing industry is deliberately and ably dis
cussed:
We are gratifed to learn that every effort will be
made to keep our cotton manufactures in operation,
and that, if accommodations are extended by the
banks, they will not stop during the winter. This
will save us a vast amount of suffering, and afford
sustenance to many families directly dependent upon
the mills. 1t is really sad to contemplate the extent
of the destitution occasioned by the suspension OF
the manufacturing interests throughout the country.
According to the census of 1885, there were in the
New England States 900 operatives engaged in
manufacturing cotton and woolen goods; in New
York 200 900; in Pennsylvania 10000; and in all
other States 300 000 The cessation of this immense
interest, throwing out of employment many hands,
dreadful in its consequences. We cannot feel too
grateful if means afforded to keep our factories
in operation, that our eleven hundred aborers and
those dependent upon them, may be kept from suffer-
ing during the winter. Quite number from our Irish
population are returning to Ireland. By industry and
economy many of them have acquired means, and in
view of the favorable condition Of the old country
start off with the determination of spending the
remainder of their days at their early homes"
So, taking the foregoing figures, which are under
rather than over the minimum as criterion, it
appears that nearly one million operatives directly
dependent upon manufactures. With entire proba-
bility it may be calculated that three million more
persons-women, children, infants, aged and infrm
persons-are also dependent for support upon the
labor of each operative. This would make the total
of operatives and dependents almost four millions
Now, suppose not impossible case, that the slave
grown cotton crop of the South should utterly fail
for single year! What would become of these
helpless, starving millions? This is one view of the
Casa practical view-but we doubt much whether
any Northern philanhropst looked at it in its
true light, ,..a. q, ID.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02

TOBACCO FOR WoUNDs.-In the case of snake
bite nothing is so frequently applied as tobacco leaf
who had been to the timber for load of rails
and in returning home stopped to drink at small
spring, few rods off the main road and upon rising
was bitten in the leg by an old ratteslake. The
mans leg sweled enormously, and the pain in
creased but on the application of some OIL which
he procured AZ d cabin mile or two on the road,
and then lot of cut and dry (the most trashy
tobacco,) well damped and bound round the swelling,
all danger passed and his leg was reduced to its
natural size by the time he reached home late in the
night Indeed, the domestic medicine chest Of the
American backwoodsman may be said to contain but
two specifics -calome for the stomach, and tobacco
for the skin
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02
Telegraphed to the New Orleans Crescent
THE BALTIMORE WAR.
rHa1s1A SENDS THREE THOUSAND xuskErs
WALKER ANDsrANToN o. K,
far THE NATIONAL LIsE.l


RICHMOND, VA, Oct s1.-Gov. Wise has sent three
thousand muskets to Baltimore at the request of the
Governor of Maryland r
". :. ssssss Washington News. ~ =
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3l.-There is no intention on
the part Of the Administration to remove Walker or
Stanton of Kansas and there is expectation that
- ~, Kansas Affairs.
New YORK, Oct 3l-Advices from Kansas state
that Gov. Walker and Stanton have been obliged to
leave Lecompton on account Of the threats of the
ultra pro slavery men. -
New York Money Market.
NEW YORK, Oct. 3l.-Money is qniet, and the
market is more cheerful. The stronger banks are
extending discounts and the weaker are preparing to
follow.
The amount of specie has considerably increased
during the week. Street rates easier. Specie is
dull ut / per cent. premium Sterling exchange is
firmer, and quoted at l074 to los. Stocks are adj
vancing.
New York, Oct 3l.-Cotton quiet Flour 81 IS
to 81 80. White Wheat 81 50 to 81 so. Red 81 20
to 81 80. Corn firm. Lard 10 to l23c. Coffee quiet.
Sugar steady. Linseed oil 60 to &C.
CIECINNATI, Oct 3l.-Flour has advanced 20 to
Csc. Oats Sic. Wheat firm Corn offered delivera-
BILE in December at 30 to 35c. Hogs buyers offer
&c. net, but holders ask more. European buyers are
here awaiting further developments in the Pork
market.
$50 Steamers Sailing.
NBw YORK, Oct. 3l.-Th steamships North Star
and Jason sailed for Southampton and Bremen, and
the steamer Edinburg for Glasgow. They carry no
specie.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 81 The Government has re-
ceived no official information from Gov. Walker of
Kansas, about purging the polls of the Oxford Dis
trict. s.
1t is certain that any violation of his instructions
will receive the dsapprobation of the President and
cause the resignation of Walker and Stanton.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02

AN UNSAFE SAFE" Uncle SAM" having omitted
to construct yaut in the new customhouse in this
city. sent on a large iron safe from Baltimore to
supply the deficiency. 1t had patent burglar and
ire-proof lock, similar we suppose, to that which has
lately been broken in Richmond. After it had been
placed in the customhouse the workmen locked the
door, AID were wholly unable to unlock it. One
of the men had previously been inside of the safe,
and the door was locked and unlocked while he was
inside. After he stepped out it was locked second
time, and all efforts to unlock il were unavainp.
The maker of the safe had to come on to unlock t,
which be did by altering the key. Had the difficulty
occurred in locking it the first time while the work.
man was inside, it must have proved fatal to him, as
ne would have sufocated before it could have been
opened. Portland dyertlser.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-11-02

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMSHIP PHILApELPHIA.--
The U. S. mail steamship Philadelphia Capt Boggs,
from New York 18th and Havana 23th ult., arrived
on Saturday last
The Philadelphia was detained four days at
Havana, waiting for the California mails and passen
gers per Star of the West, but nothing had been
heard of that vessel at shutdown of the 2sth she was
compelled to leave without them.
The United States mail steamship Granada, Capt.
Griffin, arrived at Havana on the evening of the Esd,
and left on the morning of the 9th for New York.
The Philadelphia brings $447,O00 in specie, s1l0,-
900 of which is from New York, consigned to Thos.
Layton, Southern Bank 1887 1926 from Havana to the
following: E. A. F. Rondeau s. Passan PUG, Mir
& Co.. Prats, Pujo & Co. r. A. Giraud PUG &
Avendano; S. De Wiser & Co.; Chas. Oder & Co. !;
Castillo & Halispe G. L. Dolsen 4 Son ; Merritt &
Mcconnell; A. & NJ. Heine; S. NJ Baldo; Carlos
Madwell.