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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-12

and swept that mans milI-dam into king.
dom come and 10 and behold, in the
morning when he got up he found that he
was not worth dam. Now, my young
breelherng, when storms OF temptation
overtake ye, take care you Gon'l fall from
grace and become like that mans mill
not worth dam, mill dam [ mean, for
"lhey shall gnaw file and flee unto the
mountains of Hepsldam, whar the lion
roarelh and the wang-doodle mourneth
/ for It's frst-born."
"Whar the lion roareth and the wang
doodle mourneth for its frst-born,' This
part of the text, my breethering, is anoth-
er figure of speech and isn't to be taken
as it says. 1t doesn't mean the howlln
wilderness, where John the hard-sheII
Baptist was fed on iocusts and wild asses,
but i, means my breethering, the city OF
New YorIeans, the mother of harlets and
hard-lots-whar corn is worth six bits
bushel one day and marry red the next;
whar niggers are as thick as black bugs
in spoiled bacon ham, and gamblers,
thieves and pickpockets 60 skipping a.
bout the streets like weasels in barn
yard whar ;hcy have cream colored hor-
ses, gilded carriages, marble saloons with
brandy and sugar in 'em-whar honest
men are scarcer than hens teeth, and
strange woman once TUX in your beloved
preacher and bambooZled him out OF two
Two hundred and twenty-seven dollars in
the twinklin Of sleeps tail; but she
can't do it again, Halleluj ah for "lhey
shall gnaw file and flee unto the noun
tains of Hepsidam, whar the lion roaTeth
and the wang-doot!e mourneth for It's first
born"
My breethering, am captain of that
hal-boat you see tied up thar, and I've
got aboard of her -four, bacon and oats,
and potatoes and apples, and as good
Monongehaly Whisky as you ever drank;
and I'm nifty apt to git big price for II
all. But what, oh, my breethering, would
it all be wuth if | hadn't Religion ?
There's nulhin like Religion my breeth-
ering. It's better nor silver nor gold
jimicracks, and you can no more get to
! l1GdVeU lIldu W NlIllOut holh VIZ
Lord I'm an uneddicated man, my breeth-
ering, but I've sarched the Scriptures
from Dan TO Burshebee, and found old
Zion right side up, and hard shell relid-
glon is the best Of relidgion. And is
not like the Methodists what expects to
git into Heaven by hollerin helIire ; nor
like the Universalist what gifts upon the
broad gage and goes the whole hog; nor
the United Breethering what takes each
other by the seats of the trowsers, and
tries to lift themselves into Heaven nor
the Cathoicks what buys thru tickets of
ther prees,s-burit it may be likened, my
bree,hering, unto a man what had TO cross
river, and when he got thar The ferry
boat was gone, and he just rolled up his
hreeches and waded over--halleIuja for
''tbey shall gnaw file and flee unto the
mountains of Hepsidam, whar the lion
roareth and the wang-doodle mourneth for
its hrst-born.
Pass that hat, brother Flint, and let eve
ry hard shell shell out. AMEN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-12
Good Old Advice.

Noah Webster, the great photographer,
wrote letter to his neighhors in 1856 In
relation TO the hard times, which reads as
though il had been written this morning.
Ii concludes as follows:
Never buy any useless clothing. Keep
good suit for Sundays and other public
days, but let your common wearing aPpa-
rel be good substantial clothes and linen
of your own manufacture. Let your wives
and daughters lay aside their plumes.
Feathers and fripperies suit the Cherokees
o. the wench in your kitchen, but they 1T
lie sui, the fair daughters of America; out
of the dry goods imported you may save
ESQ, 900 year. These savings amount
to $780, 900 year, more than enough 10
pay the interest Of our public debt. My
counrymen, am not trfing with you
am serious; you feel the facts state;
you know you are poor,an ought to know
the fault is all your own. Are you moi
satisfied with the food and drink which
this country affords the beef, the pork,
the wheat the corn, the butter,ihe cheese,
IU6 ClutT, INC UCtI, tllUoC IuhuliNo "H'N'
are heaped in profusion upon your ia
bles ? Ii not, you must expect TO be poor.
In vain do you wish for mires of gold and
silver; mne would be the greatest curse
that could beiall this country. There Is
gold and silver enough in the world, and
you have not enough of ii, II is because
you consume all you earn in useless food
and drink. In vain do you wish 10 IN
crease the quantity of cash by mint or
by paper emissions. Should ii ain mil
lions of joes into your chimneys, on your
present system of expenses, yon would
still have no money. 1t would leaue the
country in streams. Trfe not with Sc
fious subjects or spend your breath in
empty wishes. Reform, econymize; this
is the whole of your political duty You
may reason, speculate complain, raise
mobs. spend life in railing at Congress
and your rulers, but unless you import
less Than You export, unless you spend
less than you earn-you will certainly be
poor.
Re honest if Won iie hy -
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-12

CooL.-A chap who in outward ap-
Pearsnce, had evIdenriy gone 10 SEED;
rushed lumuiIousIy ,niolhe establishment
ol ole pf his 'unci,s and exclaimed
40 you lend money on cloaks 2
Certainly
Well, should ike to spout cloak
which has kept ne poor ever siDce I've
worn u. It's as good as new, however
not BIT faded, but ra!ber Questionable.
'Ah. well, produce IT,
'Yes. The garment refer 10 IS the
cloak Of charity.
Uncle shut his eye, took pinch Of
snuff aud collapsed. ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-12

What boxes govern the worlJ , asked
a New York paper. 1t answered tie
question thus The cartridge box, tie
ballot box, the jury box,ant the band box.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-12

A boy being asked Who VAS bis father.
replied. IL never had islher, mother
won me al a rattle" -.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-12

The Cumberland Telegraph says The
assels of the Mineral oahk wall pay alsc.
ge,ber about IS cents on tie d0llaL
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-12

Never refuse 10 Fay the printer
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-12

Be honest if you die by it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-12-12

See you yon star 1t elimmers brightly
Through the night air down on me.
And sit here watching nightly,
Nightly watching silently.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22
S}listiloueons,
Little Kindness.

Brothers, sisters, did you ever try the ef-
feet which little acts of kindness produce
upon thrt charmed circle which we call
home! We love to receive little fOvors
ourselves, ard how pleasant the reception Of
them makes the circle! To draw up the
chair, get the slippers for father, to watch il
any little service can be rendered 10 bro ther
TO help mother, to assist sister-how
pleasant it makes home.
a little boy has n hard lesson given him
at school, and big teacher asks him f he
thinks he can learp it. fur, a moment the
little fellow hangs down his head, bot the
next he looks brightly up. .
81 can get my sister to help me-" he says.
That is right sister; help little brother, and
you are bending a tie Found his heart that
may save him many an hour OF dark temp.
tation.
81 don't know hQw to do this, sum, but
brother will show me-" says another little
one.
"Sisier, I've dropped stitch in my knit
ting; | tried to pick it up, but it has run
down and can't fix it. =
The little girls face is fiji he'd, and she
watches her sister with nervrus anxiety
while she replaces the "nuu hty stitch"
"0h, am SO gIud!" she s'ys, as s1e re
ceives it x in from the nds Of her sitter
all nicely arranged, "yod are good SRI,
Mary
"Bring il to me sooner next time, and
then it won't get SO bad,' said the gentle
voice of Mary. The little one bounds away
with light heart to finish her task,
at Mary had not helped her. she would
have lost her walk in the garden. Surely
it is better to do as Mary did, than to say,
80, go away, and DOM, trouble me-" or to
scold the little one all the time you are per-
forming the triajng, ,fuvor.
Little acts of kindness, gentle words.
loving smiles-they strew the path of life
with fowers;they make the sun shine bright.
er, aud the green earth greener; and He
who bade us "love one another" looks
with favor upon the tender and kind hearted
and he pronoulces the meek blessed.
Brother, sisters, love one another. Il
one offend, forgive and love him still; and
whatever may be the faults of others, we
must remember that, in the sight of God
we have others 8 great, and perhaps great
er, than theirs.
BE kind TO the little ones; they will Of
ten be fretful aud woyward. Be patien
with them, ard amuse them. How often {
whole family of little ones are restored t'
good humor by an elder member proposing
some new play, and perhaps joining in it O
gathering them round her while she relate
some pleasant story.
And, brothers, do you think because yo'
are stronger, it is unmanly to be gentle t.
your little brothers aud sisters. True no
I bleness of heart, and true manliness of con
duct, are never coupled with pride and ar
rogance.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22
Holy Land.

We have some where read the follow.
ing:
When you travel in Judea, tho heart ia at
first filled with profound melancholy. But
when passing from solitude to solitude,
boundless space opens before you, this feel
ing wears off by degrees, and you expert
ence secret awe, which SO far from de-
pressing the soul imparts lie and elevates
it. Extraordinary appearances proclaim
land teeming with miracles. The burning
tree, the towering eagle, the barren fgtree,
all the pictures Of Scripture are here. Ev-
cry name commentaries of mystery-eve.
ry hill grotto announcesa prediction--eve-
ry hill re.echoes the accents of a prophet
God himself has spoken in these regions
dried up rivers, rent the rocks, and opened
the grave. The desert still appears mutt
with terror, and you would imagine that I
had never presumed to interrupt in silence
since it heard the awful voice Of the Eter
nal. \. 's2s'' aa Ges s.sa-a vs5tv
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22
4 Death sccnc In MISSISSIPPI.


The Examiner gives thrilling account
OF the execution Of Jefferson Gray, for shoot.
lag Robert Abernathy, in PontOtoc county,
90 II
With general hurrah and shouting, the
crowd marched their victim off Immediately
Is the woods. About half mile from the
town of Red Lane they halted at hickory tree
at the road side, tied rope around the pris-
oner s neck and threw the other end of the
rope over the limb of the tree.
They then gave him few minutes to say
his prayers and speak what he had to say.
He first called for drink OF water, which
being given him. he said "they had one end
Of the rope around his neck and the other
over the limb, but as there was God in
heaven and hell below, he was innocentof
the charge against him." Some one cried
out, "Hang him up; he is determined to die
with the lie in his mouth" A motion was
made to swing him up, when he cried QUITO
hold on, and he would confess and tell the
whole truth. A little time was given him.
He then confessed that he shot Abernathy
that some difficulty had occurred between
Abernathy, Jones and himself-that he went
to Abernathy in the field, and attacked him
on the subject.
Alternately, having no gun, acknowledged
himself in Gray's power-turned his back
to him to walk of, when he shot him in the
back. After he had fired the gun, Aberna.
thy exclaimed, "You have killed me Gray,
but am going to heaven" He further sta
ted that no one else was implicated in the
murder but himself; that his vile was good
woman and he hoped she would be taken
care Of; that 'Abernathy was good man,
and he believed was gone to heaven; as for
himself, he could see the flames Of hell
blazing under his feet like dry broom sage /.
He then prayed awhile, and called for some
one to pray for him.
Whereupon Major Steel by request of the
company, prayed c very solemn and fervent
prayer for the spiritual welfare of the priso-,
rcr, and for the sanction Of Heaven upon
their proceedings-the most respectful order
and silence being observed by the crowd
during the prayer. Some other remarks
were then made by the prisoner, mingled
with r.ayer, &c. He then called up the
brothers present of the man he had murder.
ed, and desired to shake hands and bid them
FAREWELL. They all-being three or four,
we beHeve-came up and gave him their
hands.
Here, or during the intervals of these pro.
ceedngs, contribution was made up by the
company present of 5000, for the benefit Of
the prisoners wife and child, who were
obout to be left widow and orphan. Al.
ter which the prisoner was mounted upon
horse, handk erchef tied over his eyes
made to stand on his feet upon the horse,
the rope tghtened over the limb, the horse
led out from under, and the unfortunate VIC
tim, of The terrible vengeance of an outrag-
ed community left to swing and culver be-
tween heaven and earth, as if unfit for eth.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22
T'he American Eagle.
Ry IKE PARTINGToN.

This IS the greatest bird that has ever
spread his wings over this great and glori-l
Gus County : The place where he builds
his nest is called an eyrie, away up on the
precpices where the foot of man can't
come, though, perhaps, b Us might. The
eagle ia Il ferocoas fellow, and sits on the
tops OF the cliffs and looks sharp for plum
der. lie gets tired of waiting, ard then he
starts out in the. blue expensive heavens
and scars ell nround on his opinions over
the land and the water, to see what he can
pounce down upon. But though rhe ia call
ed a very cruel bird, Ac alW US preys before
eating, just like a&y good moral man at the
head of his family He eats BIS. Yictnals
raw, which is an unfavorable habit, but it is
supposed that he eats it SO because he likes
to. He is very courageous bird and will
fight like bl zes for his young, and steal
chickens wherever he can see them. He
has been known to carry of young baby to
his rest, which seems, to show that eagles
love lille children. He is a bird Of great
talons, and is Gauch respected by birds of
the feathered tribe that are afraid of him
He is a great study Cor artists, but appears
to best advantage on the, ten d1llar gold pie.
ces and ffty=cent pieces, and pretty well on
the dimes, ao he sits gathering up. his thun-
derbolts under him, as if he was in great
hurry TO be off. He has lntely broke out
on the new cent, and seems As If, in his
hurry, he had dropped all his thunder. The
American Eagle, is the patriots hope and
the inspiration of 4th Of July. lie sears
thru the realms., Of the poets fancy and
whets his beak oa the higheNt peak OF the
orators imagination. He is in the mouth OF
4 exe+y politician, SO to speak. He is said
sv them to stand on the Rocky Mountains
ana to dip his bill into the Atlantic, while
4 Ills tail casts shadow on the Pacific coast
This is all CANNON. There never was one
more than eight feet long from the UP Of
one wing to the tip Of 'teiher.s His angry
scream iss heard ever 50 far, and he doni
care a. feather for anybody. Take,hlm eve
nv way, he is an immense fowl, and his
march 10 over the mounting wave, with The
ssar-spsnsled banner in his hand. whistling
Yankee Doodle. ian saA iatFas-S' ~ 81
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22
The Corn Crop.

In the midst of financial furry, OF the "
tribulaton and down fall of unproductive
institutions, it is pleasant and reassuring to
turn to the great sources of the wealth Of
the nation, and find that, however excessive
the panic among those who double in FAM
cy stocks or who have presumed on fictitious
capital, this Is at least, year of plenty
The soil and the skies have been generous.
The harvest that is past, was one in which
the toilers reuped golden rewards. The
summer which is ended, was prolific in fruits
and fodder. The autumn which is upon US,
is rich in the fruit;en of promises of plenty
held out amid the green splendors of SUM
mer. Or most important staples are
Wheat and Cotn. The wheat crop was
bounteous. There is of bread, enough and
to spare. The corn was late, and the fear
regarding it was that early frosts might de-
stroy it. The occasion for that fear happily
now exists no more. The land is opulent
with corn. There will be sufficient to feed
10 fatness all things that desire it, and 70
gill the cribs, making provision for years Of
famine. a5a8sl
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22
RAVENNA, THURSDAY, OCT. %, 1857.

"d' y W lsth HS aueNtIfu S'S'hI
while his teeth " ere relaxing from their
clenching, and his face was as hard as il he
was entering battle; "aud don't any Of you
meddle WITH me-'keep OF -, ]
The bystanders 'nvOluntarily o6eyed with
many harsh Tensrks upon his cruelty--bu,
he did pot heed ttem. and went on. Ano.
ther and Opo,her egg was broken, and sdlf
there was no sign, of life. Then the whole
body of bysiunders broke out into loud,
murmur, and cries Of Brute !" "Lel the
child die in peace. lie is or, zy--tuke the
child awOy from him!" were heard around
him.
He desisted a moment from his efforts
and turned with fierceness which before
had been altogether foreign to his nature
but no one who saw him afterwards forgot
it. "Fools J" he hissed, "mind your own
business, and leave me TO mine Take her
away, will you! Try it!" and he went on,
emptying egg after egg down the apparently
lifeless throat.
The mother could bear this no longer.-
Her first born was being tortured to death
before her eyes. and she imporingIy Aung
herself op her knees before her husb md 5
father, who h ID that moment urrived.
30, fether, do stop him!" she gasped; "he
will obey you; do stop HIM. He is tortur.
ing that PQor dying chila,,", ;. .,..
The gruadfatber started forward step to
interfere, Tor he, too, thought the proceeding
an outrageous one; but he stopped aud said
"Mary, let him alone. The child will die
it he does uot 60 on. 1t cannot d. more
than die if he does. l would not say WORT
to him for the world. The child is his; le,
him use hispleasure.
There was silence then. In q moment
more there was culver Of the eyelIds, con.
vulsive movement Of the. chest, aud the teeth
lost their tension. The father seized the chf,1,
turned her face downward, und the poison
began to fow from her mouth. Again und
again as the r,tchrg ceased, he repeated
the experimental the life returning sti, more,
and the face losing its blank color every in
stunt. Mvrc than twenty times uFbumen had
been administered, nd more than half those
times followed by the expulsion of the poi
son, when the eyes opened, the father drsist-
ed, the little sufferer lay just alive in. his
arms; exhausted, its little lite terribly shut.
tered, but saved.
When the necessity fer ex rton ard de-
termination vas over-when the physician
had been summoned, and they knew ,hat
darling Eveleen might live, after III my
weeks strnggle between lie ard death, when
tle relie:rl friends had uckI owledgrd that
they had wrunged him at frst, when the
beautiful and sorrowiuI wife had blessed him
through her kisses and tears D, and all knew
that under God only such almost fierce de.
terminatioa could have saved the child
then the father sat down unnerved, and wept
like child =,
Not as in Little Sister Eveleen" did the
poison do its fearful Office. EveIeen is still
alive to day. ,qnd her brown eyes are open
ed upon wornanhood. But there is no hour
of my life that brings so thrilling recol'
lection as that of the young fathers strug-
gle for the Ii of his child.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22
AT:Lb NfOlieSlY.

1t is useless to resist the impression that
the demand Tor "bucksheeshe" (ams,) is in
stinctive in the Arab character. 1t is the
first word that children utter. 1t is the last
on the lips Of tho dying man, if the vision oil
foreigner crosses his failing sight.
DR.. Abbott vouckes for the fact that he
attended an Arab in a long and severe fit Of
illness and cured him. When the man was
we'll he called upon the Doctor, as the wor-
thy physician thought, for the purpose of ex-
pressing b IS gratitude Ior visits that had been
regular twice day for month. That he
had nothing but gratitude to give, the doc.
tor we'll. knew
81 am well," said the man. q -..
"Yes, I am glad to see it," said the doc.
~ am well," repeated the Arab.
eyes, so | see. Thank God for it," said
the doctor. ....8....
"Yes-but isn't there anything more!-
You sec am well.""
"But isn't there anything more!"
"More e.-more-waat more!"
"Bucksheesh!' ng a
"For what!''
"For the experience you have had in cur
ing mel"
That might be called refnenaent upor
modesty, or step in advance of workin!
for nothing and finding ones self. 9
course the doctor stared at the modesty o
the fellow.
81 had cared him for nothing, and psi'
for his medicines, and the dog came to M
for bucksheesh!" said the doctor. .
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22
EiiC vs.. Gold.


The "uncertain:y Of riches has had re-
peated illustration of late, but none more
striking than in the. e.scenes which pccatrfa
on the Central America during The few
hours before she went down. A large por-
ton Of the pa sengers were successful mi
ners, returning home with thciE iE,treasure.-
AS the storm increased, and the perila Of
life grew imminent, gold became OF less and
less account. When, OH Saturday, it be-
came certain that they were .lableat any
moment to 60 down, wealthy men Invested
themselves of their treasure belts and scat
tered the gold upon the cabin floors, telling
those to take it who wobld,, Tests its weight
"a few ounces or pounds--shoud carry
them 10 their death. FyQ purses. contain
ing in some instances $4,000, were lyins
untouched on sofas. Carpet bags were
opened and the shineing metal was poured
out on the Aoor. r.with the prodigality of des-
pair. One OF the passengers, who has or
tunately been ressued, opened a, bag ant
dashed about the cabin $40 1000 in gol,
dust, and told hiw who wanted to CRAFTY
his greed for goll 10 take it, But At IVA!
passed BY, untouched as the veriest droas,--
A fewhours.. before he would have strucl
down the stnun who attempted to take
Egrdin Of that which he now spurned from
him.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22

SAFETY IN WooL.-A negro preacher. re-
Gently in Virginia, referring, in desultory
and Characteristic discourse, to the day OF
Judgment, said, with great earnestness and
faVor: grsa 4
"Bredren and sistern!-in dat day de
lord shall divide de sheep from de goats;
and bress de lord, he knows which wears DO
wool!' H ~
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-22

or Abont twenty Of ths4nost incorrigi-
bic thieves in San francisco, California,
were recently exhibited on the Plaza by the
police. They were fastened two by two to
a rope, which extended about thirty yards,
and the exhibition was attended by about
three thousand of the citizens. @st ~