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The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-11-24

A MAN JUMPING INTO THE RIVER TO
a rather ludicrous affair took place between
a husband and wife in the neighborhood
of Furlong's Block, on Huron street,
which came near ending fatally. A tailor
named Carey got quarreling with his bet
ter half, or rather his better half got quar-
reling with him, and he ran away and left
her, as every man should do when his wife
begins to scold. But Mrs. Carey was not to
be baffled by this, and being nearly as
good traveller as he was, put after him,
and overlook him in the above mentioned
place when she commenced pummelling her
lege lord in manner thatwould be creditable
pounding toward the bridge, but as the draw
was open, there was no room to retreat
further unless he jumped into the river,
and in he jumped! The water was quite
ing him to true sense of his perilous sit
uation. He worked hard to keep above
the surface of the water, and after getting
spretty good soaking. he was fshed out
by two men who were working at the
bridge in boat. In the meantime the
vixen wife stood upon the abutment quite
coolly looking at her husband struggling
in the water, and when he kept up longer
than she expected, she was heard to ex-
claim Il wish to the Lord he would
sink" He didn't sink, however, for which
he may be thankful. on the contrary, to
the boafmen.-liiacau Sentinel.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-11-24

SrARv1NG.-The Providence R. L.
Transcript says:
A gentleman, few days since, having
purchased his dinner at one of the provision
stores in our city, placed his basket on the
door step for moment, to getsome forgotten
article within. On his return, he found his
basket gone, and up the street he saw it in
the hands of a man making off with it. The
owner gave pursuit, and soon overtaking
the supposed thief he inquired why he took
his basket. ''Come with me-" said he, "and
you shall see." Hewent, aud as soon as the
father entered the room of his dwelling, his
children rushed to the basket, and Selling
the raw food, ate it with all the ravenous
eagerness of extreme hunger
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-11-24
IMPORTANT FROM UTAH.

WASHINGTON, Nov. l7.-Advices have
been received from Col. Alexander, substan-
italy confirming the newspaper reports res
pecting the destruction of the contractors
train by the Mormons. Brigham Young
has issued a proclamation to the u. States
troops, defying the government, counseling
his people in the most determined form to
hostilities. and ordering the United States
troops to keep away from Utah. He says
III they desire to remain till spring, they may
do so. provided they give up their arms and
ammunition.
Col. Alexander, in reply, told Young that
the United States troops were there by Or
der of the President, and that they would be
disposed of as the commanding officer saw
proper.
Brigham Young has proclaimed martial
law throughout the Territory. He claims
the right to do so by virtue of his authority
as Governor and Indian Superintendent
He expressly forbids the u. S. Troops en-
tering the territory without his authority,
and complains that the Mormons have not
been treated as American citizens-the OBJ
ject of the misrepresentation on which the
Government has acted being to drive them
from the territory. His language is so hos
tile, that the Government regards it as a
d declaration of war.
Col. Johnson writes from the Camp on
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-11-24
Negroes for Sale.

Negroes for Sale.
The subscribers, as Administrators of Silas
Todd decd, will sell on Friday the 18th of
JANUARY, at the late residence fthe deceased,
Eight Likely Negroes,
One man and the balance women and children.
Terms, 6 months credit with note and ap-
proyed security. JNO. l.. TODD,
ADAM II. TODD,
Nov. 18th. 1896 Administrators
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-11-24
THE SPIRIT OF A DEPARTED MIG
GEP

The Banner of Light, a sort of lucus a
non Lucendo organ of the Massachus sets Spir-
itualists, has just brought out letter from a
departed 'nigger," who writes from the
shade as follows;
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-11-24

AN EPlTAPH.-
Here lies John Shaw,
Attorney-at-Law,
And when he died,
The devil cried,
Give US your paw,
John Shaw,
Attorney-at-Law.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-11-24

The Banner of Light, sort of lucus a
non Lucendo organ of the Massachu sets Spir-
itualists, has just brought out a letter from a
departed 'nigger," who writes from the
shade as follows;
SAM, A SLAVE FROM RICHMOND.
Oh, Dress de Lor, massa, Use free, free,
free. Massa, whar dis place? 1 never
was here, massa. 1t can't be so-it must
be Richmond, massa. Oh dear massa, Use
fused. 1 lived on Lochland plantation
Massa has got most fifty niggas-they teach
me to speak, to write, to read, took care OBJ
me when / was sick. I used to brush mas
sa's coat and boots-don't do so now; but
wanted to be free. Massa say should be
when dead-so Use dead and free too
Oh. massa, wish Quinn was here, my brod-
der. They used to call me Sam-massa's
name Smith. | don't know what to say,
massa for I'se 'fused-don't know how long
Use been in dis place, but reckon its week.
Yes, I'd like to go on the old plantation,
massa. Doctor said I died wild fever
cotch'd cold. Massa sent me out to find
some OBJ his tings dat was lost, and l cotch'd
cold. Massa said, Sam, Pm sorry-thought
yer had more clos on. l lived down in
Louisiana before / went to live with Massa
Smith had hard massa then. Missus told
me to come here and talk to Massa Charles.
l want to tell him Sam is free now, and l
want to talk to him. Missus says she wants
to talk to massa Charles too. She fixes
me here to come to you. She always did
fix me good. Now she says I must CO.,
This is certainly very unique epistle,
but it shows one thing very plainly, that in
the spirit world, Sam had not forgotten the
"old plantation 1t would appear, too,
that the transition to the spheres had not
produced so unhappy aa effect upon Sans
darkened intellect, as upon the minds of the
worlds greatest men, for ''fused,' as the
old niger seems to have been, his letter is
far more sensible and coherent than the
messages that have been received from
Milton and Bacon and Shakespeare.
A MAN JUMPING INTO THE RIVER TO
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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26
Tho Electric Telegraph.

Tho following good thing is told in a
recent London letter.
1 think the most curious fact, taken
altogether that I have ever heard of the
electric tolographw as told me by a
cashier of the Bank of England. You
may have heard Of it, 1t may have
been in print. 1 am sure it deserves to
be.
"Once upon a time, then, on a Sat
urday night, the folks at the Bank
could not make the balance come out
right by Just GlOO. This is serious
matter in that little establishments I
do not mean the cash, but the mistake
in arithmetic, for it requires a world Of
scrutiny. An error in balancing has
been known, / am told to keep a dele
CATION of clerks from each Office at
work, sometimes the whole night. A
hue and cry was Of course made after
this E1OO, as if the old lady in Thread
needle street would be in the Gazette
for want of it. Luckily, on the Sunday
morning, a clerk Gin the middle Of a
sermon, dare say, if the truth were
known felt a suspicion Of the truth
dart through his mind, quicker than
any flash Of the telegraph itself He
told the chief cashier that perhaps the
mistake might have occurred in pack
ing some boxes of specie for the West
Indies, which had been sent to South
ampton for shipment. The suggestion
was Immediately acted upon. Here
was a race,-lightning against stcam!-
and steam with oight-and-forty hours
start given Instantly the wires asked,
"Whothcr such a vessel had left th}
harbor?' ......
"Just weighing anchor" was the
reply.
telegraph. 1t was so done "Haye up
on deck certain boxes marked 20 and
so; weigh them carefully" They were
weighed and ono-tho dclinquent-was
found heavier by just one packet Of a
hundred soyereigns than it ought to be.
LET her &C" said the mysterious tclc-
graph.
The West Indian folks were debitcd
with Just GlOO more, and the error was
corrected without ever looking into the
boxes, or delaying the voyage an hour.
That is what may be called "doing bus
mess.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26
Want of Confidence.


The following old story is as good
as new, and decidedly apropos to the
times
A little Frenchman loaned mcr-
chantdy thousand dollars when times
were good. lie called at the counting
house iow days since in a state of agi-
tationnot easily described:
GLOW do you do2" inquired the mer-
ghant
"Siek--vory sick, replied the mon
siour
"What is hemattor2'
"Do times is dc matter"
"Dctimes2 what disease is that2'
Ode malaido what break all de mcr
chants, yer much"
"Ah-thc times, oh?-well they arc
bad very bad, sure enough; but how do
they affect your"
"Vy, monsieur, lose dc confidence.
"In whom?'
"In everybody"
"Not in me, 1 hope?"
"Pardonncz moi monsieur; but do
not know who to trust at present when
all de merchants break several times, all
to pieces"
"Then L presume you want your
money!
"Oui, monsieur, I staryo for want Of
Eugcnt."
Cant you do without it?'
ono, monsieur, l must have him
"You must?'
"Oui, monsieur" said little dimity
breechos, turning pale with approhen.
sion for the safety of his money.
"And you can't do without it?'
"No, monsieur, not Won other lectlc
moment longarel"
The merchant reached his bank book
drew a check on the good old CONNER
eial for the amount and handed it to
his visitor.
"Vat is dis, monsieur
"a check for five thousand dollars
with interest
"Is it bon?" said the Fronchman, with
amazcmeBt.
Certainly"
"Havo you dc ] argent in dc bank?"
eyes.
"And is it barfaitmcnt convenient tC
pay de sunni"
Undoubtedly. Whatastonishes YOU?
"Ny, dat you have got him in desc
timesl'
ooh, yes, and have plenty more ]
owe nothing that l cannot pay at a mo-
ment's notice.
The Erenchmon was pcrplcxcd.
"Monsieur, you shall do me one lectlc
favor, oh?'
"Whh all my heart
"VeII, monsieur, you shall keep de
~ argent for me some little year
longare."
"Why, I thought you wanted it,
"loW on coaHare. / no want de
J. yent-I want de grand confdance.
Suppose you no got dc money, den l
want him very much--suppose you got
him, den 1 no want him at all, IouS
comproar9, eh?'
After some further conference, the
little Frenchman prevailed upon the
merchant to retain the money and
left the counting-house with light
heart and a countenance very differ
ont from the one he wore when he en-
tered. His confidence was restored,
and although he did not stand in
need of the money, he wished to know
that his property was in safe hands.
This little sketch has a moral, if
the reader has sagacity enough to find
it, Hunts Merchants Magazine, foI
1889.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26
Crawford, the Sculptor.

Mr. Crawford, the American sculptor,
whose death recently occurred, was
born in the city of New York, in 1913.
He went to Rome while yet under
twenty-one years of age. He took with
him letters Of introduction to Thor
waldson, who received him as a pupil.
With the great Danish sculptor, how
ever, he did not long remain, but en-
gagged a studio for himself, and began
to give form to his own ideals
The Orpheus was the first statue
Mr.. Crawford put up in Rome. 1t
was long before he received an order
to execute it in marble. 1t finally,
however, attracted the attention of
Charles Sumner, Esq, Cwho was then
in Rome } now United States Senator
from Massachusetts,, who, by an appre-
ciatory article in one of our periodi-
Gals, called attention to the young sculp-
tors talents and genius A commits
sion, from some admirers Of art in Bos-
ton, to execute it in marble, followed
This was Mr. Crawford's first elaborate
work. Commissions for other works
now flowed in upon him. He remained
at Rome, we believe, about ten years,
without once ro-visiting his native land.
On his return home he married
Miss Louisa Ward, daughter of the late
eminent banker, Samuel Ward, ESD
He returned to Rome, where he remain
ed six or seven years On his second
return home, he received the order to
execute, for the State of Virginia, the
Washington monument, to be placed in
front of the capitol at Richmond. The
equestrian statue to surmount this
work was completed, as our readers
arc aware, and will soon arrive in this
country, Mr.. Crawford was also COM
missioned by the United States Govern
ment, to execute several works for the
capitol extension, and had his life been
spared a brilliant career would have
added further honors to his name.
Mr. Crawford leaves a widow and four
children.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26
Tntolloctual nnd Moral Powor.


What avails intellectual without
moral power? How little does it avail
us to study the outward world if its
greatness inspire no reverence to its
Author, if its benefccnco awaken no
kindred love toward our fellow-croa-
lures? How little does it avail to study
history, if the past do not help us to
comprehend the dangers and the duties
of the present. if from the sufcrings
Of those who have gone before us, we
do not learn to suffer, and from their
great and noble deeds, how to act no
bly,; if the devolopements Of the hu-
man heart, in diferant ages and coun-
tries, do not give us a better knowledge
of ourselves? How little does literature
benefit us, if the sketches of life and
character, the generous sentiments, tes
timony to disinterestedness and recti-
tude with which it abounds, do not incitc
and guide us to wiser, purer and more
grateful action? How little substantial
good do we derive from poetry and the
fine arts, if the beauty, which delights
the Imagination, does not warm and re
fine the heart, and raise us to the love
and admiration Of what is fair, and per-
feet and lofty, in character and life2-
Let our studies be as wide as our con
dition will allow; but let this be their
highest aim, to instruct us in our duty
and happiness, in the perfection of our
nature, in the true use Of life, in the
best direction Of our powers. Then is
the culture Of intellect an unmixod
good, when it is saoredly used to en-.
Tighten the conscience, to feed the fame
of generous sentiment to direct us in
in our common employmcnts, to throw
q. grace over our common actions, tC
make us sources of innocent cheerful
ness and oontors of holy influence, anC
give us courage, strength, stability
amidst the sudden changes and sorD
temptations and trials of life.-TRev
DR. Claiming,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26

ANECDoTE or FRANKLrN-Whon
quite a youth, Franklin went to London,
entered a printing Office, and inquired
if he could get employment as o printer.
"Whoro arc you from2" inquired the
foreman. "America," was the reply.
"Ah, said the foreman, "from Amcrical
lad, from America seeking employment
as o printer well, do you really un-
dorstand the art Of printing! Can you
set type2' franklin stepped to one Of
the cases, and in very brief space, set
up the following passage from the first
chapter Of the Gospel Of So John "Na-
thaniol said unto him, can any good
thing come out Of Nazareth? Philip
saith unto him, come and see" Il was
done so quick, so accurately, and con-
tanned a delicate rcproof, so appropriate
and powerful, that it at once gave him
character and standing with all in the
Office.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26

Flour. "A French chemist is said to
have discovered a cheap and practicable
method Of disintegrating wheat and 9th
or grain by chemical instead Of BY
mechanical means, so as TO produce ad-
mirable -four without a mill Of any kind.
A commission has, tis stated in a late
French paper, been appointed to examine
the nature of the -four chemically, so as
to ascertain its character, as compared
with -four which has been produced by
crushing and grinding.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26

GONE RIGHT OVER TT have q
friend whose ready wit often enlivens
the social circle, and sometimes, also
faithfully serves the cause of truth
One Sabbath morning as he stepped from
the house to go to church he met stran.
ger driving a heavily loaded wagon
through the town. He turned upon
him, stopped, lifted up both his hands
stood in a tragic attitude, gazing upon
the ground beneath the vehicle, and
exclaimed:
"Tbere. there! you are going right
over it-you have gone right over it,
The traveller hastily gathered up his
roins, drew in his horses, came to a dead
stand, and Hooking under hiswhocls
to see what little innocent child, dog OF
pig, might have been ground to jelly
by their heavy weight But seeing
nothing, he looked up anxiously TO the
man who had SO singularly arrested his
progress, and said:
Cover what?'
"Thc fourth commandment" was the
quick reply; "Rcmombcr the Sabbath
day to keep it holy"
1t was hard starting those wheels
again, and hard hauling that load all
the rest of that day.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26
MATRIMONIAL.

An angel always dwelIs beneath the roof
Where, in her virtue, a sweet wife lulhls
Her gentle duties; and unnumber'd ids
From that ove-puarded precinct keep alooI'
"The man who inds a wife," twas said Of old
"Ftnds something good, - and so l always hold
The bachelor is a nondescript-(I beg
His pardon, but It's trueD out of place
lie seems TO me, among our loving racei
Unfinished, like a chair that lacks a leg
A knife without fork IA book unbouud,-
A lonely traveller on lonesome way,
Who, faint and sad, looks wistlully around,
But from the sun Of love receives no cheer
ing ray.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY BY HOLLAND.
The st. Thomas Titende announces
that Holland is at last resolved to fol-
low the example of her neighbors in
Iabolishing slavery in her colonies in the
West Indies. The hone government
has published a proclamation preparing
the inhabitants for the emancipation Of
slaves in Curacao, Bonaire, Aruba, st.
Eustatius and Saba. A scale Of in,
Identification is also given, ranging
from $500 to $50, according to bodily
condition and age. All emancipated
slaves are to contribute to q fund des-
tined to pay back to the State the ex-
pensc of their emancipation. The rights
of these cmancipated slaves will in some
cases be defined, but in general they
will enjoy the same privileges as the
rest of the inhabitants.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26
Tbc 8omr Cjrtlr.
EVENING.

by CHARLES MACKAY,
In the summer evenings
When the wind blew low,
And the skies were radiant
With the sunset gljW,
Thou and were happy
Long, long years ago.
Love, the young aud hopeful,
Hovered O'er ms twain,
Filled us with sad pleasure
Aud delicious pain,
In the summer evenings,
Wandering in the lane.
In the winter evenings
When the wild winds roar,
clustering at the chimney,
Piping at the door,
Thou and ! are happy
As in days Of yoro.
Love still hovers DER as,
ROBBED in white attire,
Drawing heavenly music
From an earthly Tyre,
In the winter evenings
Sitting by the fire.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26
Influence Of Mothers.

These are the mothers that the church
and the world alike want. The desti-
mics of the race depend more upon its
future mothers than anything else; that
is to say, on the sort of women that
young girls and young ladies, are to be
made into, or into which they will make
themselves; and the sort Of wives that
young men will have the sense to prefer,
the Judgment to select, and the happi-
ness to secure Exchange.
There is truth in the paragraph
Deeper even than our school influences
ever reached, lie the elements which are
to give permanonce to the institutions
of our country The nurseries of oul
children, are the nurseries of the nation
The hands that rock the cradles, hole
the destinios of our country. That ont
gentle voice, and the love-light of tina
gentle eye, have more to do w'ti tE,
character Of our people than all else
And yet the wicked process Of making
our children into ladies and gentlemen
instead of men and women, is steadily
going on around us
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26

A TuoUaHTFUL WIFE is A PRICE
LESS TREAsURE.-Such a one has Mr..
Poets, proprietor Of the Phcuix Hotel,
in Lansinburg, n Y, which was de-
stroyed by FIRE the other day. He has
learned TO his surprise, that his wife
had effected an insurance of fifteen hun
drod dollars on his property, with her
pin money unknown to him.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26

Here is a fact exceedingly Fronchy.
The great dry goods store under tho
Hotel du Louvre announces, in the edi-
torial column Of a journal, that an
order has been issued in that store, that
hereafter the clerks who show ladies
up stairs will invariably preoede in
stead Of follow them You viii ask
why this singular announcementi-
Because many ladies-you may BE-
sure they were Americans or English
complain that the clerks followed q
few steps behind in order to enjoy
certain advantages afforded by their
hoopsl The owners Of the store were
| perfectly right in giving This lesson
/ Of politonoss TO their clerks but IL was
an odd advertisement for a journal all
] 1.-THE samel
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26

ONE OF UNCLE SANS SPECULATIoNs.
The Military Asylum at Harrodsburg
Gormerly Graham Is Springs was offered
by the Government at public sale on
Thursday last, but bid not find a pur-
chaser. We understand that $4,000
was all that was did for it, when the
Commissioner bid for the Government
S27 800, stating that he was directed
not to permit it to go for less than that
amount, but that if an advance was made
upon that bid, the property would be
sold. There being no advance, the sale
was stopped. The property was sold by
Dr. Graham to the U. S. seven years
ago for 100000.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26
1ortrg
vHsPERs

A row Of little faces by The bed
A row Of little hands upon the spread
A row Of little roguish eyes ere closed
A row Of little naked feet exposed.
A gentle mother leads them in their praise,
Teaching their feet TO tread IN heavenly ways
And takes this lull IN childhood IS tiny tide,
The little errors Of the day TO chIdo.
No loveler sight this side Of heaven is seen
And angels hover DER the group serene.
Instead of odor I'm a censer swung,
There aoats the fragrance Of an iufant tongue
Then tumbliug heudlong into waiting bods,
Beneath the sheets they hide their timid heads:
Till sumber steals away their Idle fears,
And like peeping bud, eoch face appears.
All dressed like angels in their gowns Of white
They're waited to the skies i'm dreams Of night
And beav'u will sparkle I'm their eyes at morn,
And stolen graCes all their ways udorn.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-11-26

DETRoIT November 1.-THE tug.
boat Noah p. Spraguo, Of Buffalo, ex-
ploded while in the river opposite this
city, this afternoon, and instantly sank.
Her crew consisted of ten persons,
eight of whom were instantly killed,
The captain and first engineer escaped
with severe, but not fatal injuries.
The bark Sunshine, which she had
alongside in tow, was completely riddled
i'm her rigging, but no one was injured
The cause Of the explosion has not
yet been ascertained.