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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-05-17
MEETINGS TO BE HELD.

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION nu NV OauncH.-Divine
services and communion at the Chapel In Eleventh street.
CxsTAL AMERICAN EDUCATION SouKrY.-Anniversa-y
sermon win be preached by the Rev. Ezra A. Huntington,
DID, Professor in Auburn Theological Seminary; evening
at TX O'Clock In the Rev. Dr. Adams church, corner Of
Madison avenue and Twenty fourth street
WEDNESDAY, May a.
AMERICAN BArTrr FRKB MISSION SoUKfY.-Fourteenth
annual meeting in the house Of the Macdoug Bapus
church, commencing al half past 10 A. NJ and continuing
tive days
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"Oh," said the aspirants to the Office,
thinking the difficulty all over, eve will
leave that to you-you are learned man,
and have studied the history of the Church. !"
"Yes," said he, Il have studied eccle-
siastical history'a coed deal, and paid par
ticular attention to Church discipline and
government and think l know what the
ruling elders ought to do +"
"We leave it wholly to you say what
part of your labor they shall attend to-"
remarked the deacons;
"Well, then," said the pastor, ''I should
like to have one of them come up to my
house before meeting on Sunday, and get
my horse out of the barn, and then sad
die him and bring him up to thes door,
and hold the stirrup while get on. The
other may wait at the church door and
hold him while l get off; then, after meet
ing, he may bring him up to the steps,
This is all of my work I ever can consent
to let the ruling elders do for me-" The
Office has remained vacant to the present
day.
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ing nervously, and my heart was beating
audibly. 1 tried to help her; our fingers
met.
"Please to make way there" shouted a
gruff voice behind. We were blocking
up the passage; was there ever such an
unlucky spot for SO lucky an entangle-
ment?
"You hinder the people from going out
Amie," exclaimed one of her companions
with some asperity; "plague upon the
tiresome loop, break !'' and suiting the
action to the word, the speaker leaned
forward. caught the sleeve of her beautl-
full friends dress in one hand, and my
coat tail in the other, and giving quick
and sudden tug, severed US. The crowd
behind bore on and we were separated;
not however, before gave my "star, a
look which intended to speak volumes. |
thought she did not seem unconscious OF
my meaning-our eyes met, l know, and
this was the only consolation left me, for
Immediately afterwards lost her and her
party to view in the darkness out side.
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Dobbs Makes q aP1nt,"

Dobbs walked into dry-goodery, on
Court-street, and began to look around.
A double-j -jointed clerk Immediately ap-
peared to Dobbs.
What can I do for you, sir!' says he.
"A good deal,' says Dobbs, but bet
you WON'T
Ill bet I WILL says the knight of the
yard-stick, if 1 can.'
'What'll you bet OF that?' says the i'm
perturbable Dobbs.
"I'll bet fourpence' says the clerk,
with q cute nod.
I'll go it, says Dobbs. Now, trust
me for couple OF dollars worth of your
stuffs =
Lost, by Ned = says yard-stiek. We'll,
there is the fourpence.'
Thank you; call again when want to
trade!' says Dobbs.
DO, If you please; wouldn't like to loose
your CUSTOM says the clerk, mo how
Polite young man, that--as soon as his
chin vegetables, provided his dickey don't
cut his throat, he'll be arter the gals
Dobbs thinks.
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NUMBER 10.

When he arrived at the fourth, voicess
were heard addressing him in the following,
manner: Son of David, be thankful for
the blessings which the Almighty has bes-
towed upon YOU" The same was repeat
ed on reaching the fifth steps On his
touching the sixth, all the children Of Isl,
rael joined them and on his arrival on
the seventh, all the birds and animals be-
came in motion, and ceased not until he
had placed himselfi in the royal seat when
the birds, lions, and other animals, by se-
cret springs, discharged shower of most
precious perfumes on Solomon, after whichg
two of the kurgess descended and placed o.
golden crown on his head. Before .ths.
throne, was column of FURNISHED gold,
on tie top of which was golden dove.
which held in its beak volume bound in
silver. In this book were written the
Psalms of David; and the dove having,
presented the book to the king, he read
aloud portion of it to the .childrenspf
Israel 1t is further related that Oh the.
approach of very wicked person to the
throne, the lions were wont to set up
terrible roaring, aud to lash their tails
with violence. The birds also began fS
bristle up their feathers, and the assent
blage, also, of demons and gen,i to utter
horrible cries for fear of tht M, no ono.
dared to be guilty of falsehe Cd, but all
confessed their crimes Such was the
throne of Solomon, the son Of David! "a "
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The Throne Of Solomon.

The following account, says an ex-
change, offs remarkable piece of mechan-
ism, is taken from q Persian manuscript,
called the History of Jerusalem. 1t pur-
ports to be description of the Throne of
King Solomon, and, if the details are cor
rectly given, it undoubtedly surpasses any
piece of mechanism produced in modern
times. The sides of it were pure gold;
the feet of emeralds and rubies, intermix-
ed with pearls, each of which was as large
as an ostrich's egg. The throne had sew
en- steps-on each side were delineated
orchards full oftrees, the branches of which
were of precious stones, representing fruit,
ripe aud uhripe; on the tops of the trees
were to be seen figures of plumage birds,
particularly the peacock, the stab, and the
kurgess; all these birds were followed
within artifcially, so as to continually ut
ter thousand meledious songs, such as
the ears of mortals never heard. On the
first was delineated vine branch, having
punches Of grapes composed of various
sorts of precious stones, fashioned in such
a manner as to represent the various col.
ors of purple, violet, green and red, SO as
to render the appearance of real fruit. -
On the second step, on each side of the
throne, were two lions of terrible aspect,
large as life, and formed of cast gold
The nature of this remarkable throne
was such that when Solomon placed his
foot upon the step, the birds spread forth
their wings and made futtering noise
in the air. On his touching the second
step, the lions expanded their claws
On his reaching the third step, the whole
assemblage of demons, and fairies, and
men repeated the praise of the Deity. =
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H- Why is there not greater atten-

~- Why is there not greater atten-
tion paid to dancing. We are in for all
such enterprises. The Cleveland Herald
copies the remarks of Mrs. DR.. Hunt, on
the subject of dancing and responds to
them as follows:
"The most foolish blunders made by
the American people, in particular those
who give the religious tone to society, is
their determined opposition to dancing
By all means introduce dancing as house
hold amusement whenever enough can be
gathered together to form set, just as
you would introduce game of "blind
mans buff" When that graceful accom-
plishmeut shall become domesticated, when
| it shall have hearthstone encouragement,
instead of being turned out as "exotic,' "
then will that healthful and improving
exercise prove moral agent. SO long,
however, as dancing is pointed at by many
respectable parents as n dangerous amuse-
ment, as exercising the heels only, with
out benefit to the head, the children of
those parents will, either from taste, or
for the purpose of forming their own esti-
mate of the character of the amusement,
seek it in the ball room, and practice it at
unreasonable hours. Let your children
have home dancing, and parlor dancing,
and they will the less seek ball room danc'
ing. The more of dancing at private
parties, the less there is of gluttony, drink.
ing and gossip"
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~ One of the richest sells of. the
season was perpetrated by Sparks of
the Elmira Gazette, last week. In the
paper of Saturday evening appeared the
following, horrible item, which was very
unexpectedly copied by both the Adver
tiser and Republican on the Monday fol-
lowing:
'HoRRIBLE.-We learn that man
named John E. Kake, an Indian, was on
Thursday burned to cinder in an oven
in the town of Southport, near the State
Line How he came into the oven is
unknown, but he is supposed to have been
drunk, as he had alchohol about his per
son at the time of the occurrence
Sparks makes the affair still more hor.
rible by giving further details:
AS both our contemporaries have copied
the above item from US, it behooves us to
say that a cannibal who lives near the
State Line actually ate the remains Of
Johneycake after they were taken from
the oven. Like all New Englanders, we
always love Johnny, and hope he'll reap
pear on earth. He is cousin of Mush.
l-Lancaster Gazette.
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TO YOUNG MEN.

That1l never do, young man No use
to stand on the sidewalk and whine about
hard luck, and say that everything goes
against you-no such thing. 1t does not
think of you. You are like all the rest
of us-a mere speck upon the earth's
surface. Were you this moment to go
down in the living tide, but bubble would
linger for moment upon the surface, and
even that would vanish unnoticed. The
heart is full of hope and ambition, but is
not missed when it ceases to beat. One
such as you would not leave ripple.
You are acoward in the battle. There's
no fight in you; you have surrendered
without struggle, and now whine because
beaten! You are not yet worthy of tri-
umph, for you have not yet earned it. In
garret, hut and dripping cellar, are ten
thousand heroes who would put you to
shame. They must toll or starve. The
strife is desperate one with them, for
they wrestle with want, while ragged and
despairing little ones watch at the lone
hearth the contest. Strong men look
death in the eye when their sinews are
strung by the wall of hungry childhood
Shame on you. In full vigor of health
and manhood, no mouth but your own
to fill, and no back to cover but your
own, and YET COUGHING under the first
scorchings Of adverse fortune. You know
nothing of the storm, for you have seen
but the summer. One cloud has frighten-
ed you, and you shink you are hardly
dealt By. You will be lucky if you find
no darker shadows across your path.
Stand up, young sir-pull your hands
from your pocket-throw off your coat
take fortune by the throat. You may be
thrown again, but hang on; put away the
nonsense that the world is against you.
1t is not SO. Your destiny is in your own
strong arm. Weld it like man. With
an unbending will, an honor and truth for
your guide, the day is your own.
No capital, eh! You have capital
God gives you perfect health. That is
an immense capital to start on. You
have youth and strength-all invaluable.
And will to do, put your sinews in mo-
tion and win. A man of full health and
strength should never whine or despair,
because fortune does not pour stream
of gold eagles into his pockets. If you
have no money, work and get it. Indus
try, economy and integrity, will do won
ders. From such beginnings fortunes
have been reared. They can be again.
Will you try it? Or, will you wait for
the stream to go by, SO that you can walk
dry shod into the Ell Dorado of wealth
Or, will you meet the waves defantly, and
be the architect of your own fortune
/ Try-it is glorious to conquer in stife,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-02-18
AN AFFECTING STORY.

Thrilling accounts are given in ;thee
Marysville (CaL) papers Of the case Of
two lorysrs by an enraged third party
(the par'ent) who, as we take mp the
story, was following them across the,
Yuba river: s-
Augustus saw the fury depicted ms the
old mans face, and deeming, discretieul
the better part of valor, made a dead halt,
in the road and concluded to surrender.
Mary was frantic Leaping suddenly
from her horse, and walking around through
mud three feet deep, she gathered sherI
husband by the legs and dragged him,te
the ground. Then grasping him tightly,
around the neck, she shouted to her father,
who was now in speaking distance siasAf
"You shan't part us. Right here up
to our knees in mud we will live and die
togetherl" aaps stgtasilo9 IS
The. old man started back in .amazAsl
ment - - -.---. =
Yes" muttered the half used. up,
Augustus, "well die right here ii tho !.
mud" ass@ sosss,---g n
"But Mary-my child n--groaned thsa
father, "are you not my daughter still RI
yes" was the reply, and I'm hiss
wife toon
'"And are you married ?py - a1---
Eve are" exclaimed both.
The old man looked daggers for : lmo.-
ment, closely scrutinizing theGcoaple ass
they clung to each other in the mud. snd u
turning his horses head toward heIcityy
he started of, saying
That's all / wanted to know. You
can now get out Of the mud and come
home I" 7ei y sas9T5sP
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FA particular frienao is AmosH

1 Avery particular friend is Amosa
Smith, and very decided enemyitooallo
worldly titles, as any body in Philadelphss
knows; but as business correspondent
from the South didn't know aTAndrShere-
by hangs tale.p ia 9fgos a1eg sssGfT
This correspondent hadzs directed his;
letter "4Anaos Smith Esq" Friend Amos.
replied punctually, and after Sdispatching
business matters, added the following gp6stla
script: ea is 10 sG!sg lasot sdf
Il desire to inform thee that, bein8 1aq
member of the Society of Friends am
not free to use worldly titles in address
ing my friends, and wish. thenll to refrsin
from using them to me - Thou Wit, there.
fore, please to omit the worl Esqusrs at
the end of my name, and direct to Amos
Smith, without any tailn :sIas
BY return mail came a replyp directed
in precise accordance with the request yofg
the particular Friend, to assasigrs as rata
"4Amos Smith. ,p.thou, any Tail Plila-s
delphia." ss}s baa avBoT ysanssltxs
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pocket when my only crime was like
Othelo's that of
allowing, not wisely, but too we'll"

Othelo's that of
Glowing, not wisely, but too WELL"
NY determination, however, was quick
ly adopted. went up stairs, put on the
very identical delinquent blue coat, so ac-
curately described, and, taking the paper
in my hand, proceeded to I, Cambridge
Place.
l knocked at the door, and asked the
servant who answered, the name of the
family. Having heard it, l said, els
Miss Raymond in ?"
Eyes SIR" replied the servant woman,
"who shall I say wants her."
"Tell her." 1 replied, "that the pick
pocket, with the gentlemanly address and
blue coat, with brass buttons, who stole
her bracelet, is here, aud wishes to return
it to her."
The woman stared at me as though l
were mad, but Oh repeating my request to
her, she went in and delivered my mes
sage.
Soon there came out, not my fair one,
but,
Meeting in aspect and in eye."
stalwart brother.
"That" 1 said handing him the brace
let, ais Miss Raymond's property: and
though, as you perceive, l wear a blue
coat with brass buttons, and am fattered
to think my manners are not ungentle-
manly, I am bound in candor to say
am not pickpocket."
"Then, sir, you shall have the reward. .
said the brother taking out his purse.
"No," I replied, ''for strange as it may
appear, though l am not pickpocket
I stole the lady's bracelet"
The man looked puzzled; but when
told the truth, and pointed to my adver
tisement in the same paper, as proof tina
l didn't wish to walk off with the proper
ty, he laughed heartily at the whole story
and not the least at his sisters descrip
tion of the gentlemanly pickpocket.
"Well," he said, "you had better wall
in and have tea with US, and my sister viii
be able to say whether she can speak tt
your identity, after which it will be tim
enough to canvas the propriety of send
ing for constable"
You may be assured I accepted tn
invitation. Need l go further with tn
story? The young lady Ito use the word
Of the ADVERTISEMENT captared=the pick
pocket. The Bachelor's button no longe
adorns my blue coat, and now hav
framed and glazed over the fireplace, tn
advertisement, in which l am publicly de
scrbed by my own wife, as 'pickpocke
with gentlemanly address," When
charge her with the libel. she always doe
what she has just this moment done, pa
damages for the SANDER in any amount G
kisses, declaring though not pickpocke
I was thief and stole her heart all
pocketed her bracelet.
So ends the story Of "a BACHELOR
Burton !"
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RArL-RoAps, stsan- boats, stages, wagons;
Iron horses, snorting dragons
kiSide-wheel ducks with, heads ofsteam on,
. Four horse drags unfit to dream on:
bone-horse teams at these don't cavil,
whats the oidsg-wE're bound to travel.
Down the grand, broad MISSISSIPPI
Go way small streams, this will whip ye;
- Bluffs aud sand bars, snags and sawyers,
You're, for steamboats,, sad destroyers.
fBle-oLD SrRoNGl your praise give ill,
Never mind, WIRE bound to travel.
Foam and mist and spray and thunder!
60 way Europe, stand from under!
Here's NIAGARA, our own roarer,
OF all other Falls the floorer!
Come here, cockneys, and be civil,
Come, and learn the way WE travel.
:. In the railroad DER the prairie,
Fast we fly, light-winged and airy:
Whirri up Hv the prairie-chicksns,
whisbi the deer run like the dickens.
Come here, cockneys,, and be civil,
Come. and learn tho way to travel.
Flying sparks and dust and cinders,
zcoming in at doors and windows:
Bad hotels, and awful eating, 81 lj
Rum hack-drivers, death on cheating,
Clothes begrimed with grit and gravel,
This is what We catch, who travel.
Mountains, valleys, hills, and rivers,
zach one to the landscape giycrs.
!Granite-hiils and rocks, we greet yel
Valleys, rivers, glad to meet ye!
Each and all these words unravel,
.Hurrah, rip it's good to travel !!
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-02-18

w Some waggish chap who don't
appreciate a ride from Ogdensburg to
Rouse's Point, N. Y, on the "Accommo-
dation train-through in IL hours
has written with pencil at the bottom of
one of the time tables, at Douglas Ho-
tel" Passengers are not permitted to
leave the cars to snow ball, scht1e going
or down grades
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-02-18
AN OBSTINATE CusroMkn. .....sA r4t,

AN OBSTINATE CusroMKR. .--2ssA re- youn
an Odd Fellow ?n aa allj iagif4a aid 1sfta
'tNo sir; Pve been married, ,1aas sa bsa
Il mean. do you belong TO The Ofdeez
of Odd Fellows ?n & siA m0Ii gha ssEf 1e
'No; belong to the Order of Married9
Men, a.G Isl EeT1r9 D . nj
Thunder! how dumbi Are you vi
Mason ?n Is Yss3a bra 1889 sszhat
''No, Pm carpentcr." bsri4al 7cfsi<,sI
"Worse and worse! Are you ason efs
Temperance ?n q 91Ra9 sass sat Bszs
'Confound yon, no ! lam q sonsofJ
Mr.. John Gosling" alei1 sgbng gHaoy
The qaerist went on his way .ssd sd spls
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H Mother, mayn't have the big
Bible in your room?'
Yes, my son, and I am glad to see you
desirous of perusing that Book. What
do you most want to see in it :"
i only want to see whether / can smash
flies in it like Bill Smith does at school.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1857-02-18

Francis Pigg, ofIndlana,, has ruhsNsy
from Mrs. Piggs, and four little nigsse
Tue Post says be is = Heg.asnilqmoo
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:. ! ! !. q o,0f1trg.
TRAvEL.

WRITTEN BY II. P. L., ON THE TOP OF HAT, WITH
INA BRICK IN IT, IN THIRTY-FIvE MINUTES
BIZ. A sroP-wATcH. sitHoH oi
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If you want to kiss a pretty girl, -
Why kiss her--if you CAM es
Ifa pretty girl wants to kiss JEod, ssbse
why let her-like d man. sia srsd -
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sz- That was a fearful snrayer nf +

1 That was fearful prayer of the
infidel sailor. in danger of shipyrecks.
%. God, if there be q God, save. .nlx.
soul if have soulm But; there issnh-s
Unity in that of the soldier oushe ere,
of battle: 20 God, if in the day of bats
tic forget thee. do not forget me!" sssa
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CHAPTER THIRD.
THE END OF 1T.

Here was a pretty plight-to be ad.
vertised in the public papers as a pick.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-29

woRll ensue, thsG amaaganatioa n
sacsA which hes bsought dova TO deg
rada6on the ishauitsats q MEXICO and
Central Anerica. Il il . matter Of
self.protection TO ourselves, that We
preserve our race pure in blood, and
free from al that viii enfeeble mind or
body. Shall Iosa cowmeaee Absorbing
the uoek racsS Remember the pre-
sent struggles Of Canada TO get rene
from thin iucumbus Of the black race
and vote against the New Cons't0''0"'
Elsewhere We re publiah some reasons
whv YOU should vote against the Ne"
Constitution. 1t is solemn ac' you
are about to perform. The ballot you
deposit, if for that multiplying 'nstru,
ment, may be the commencement OF a
.ocisl revolution freighted with IRE
parable evils to the State and the Ma
ton.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-29
Lands In Sect County,

- OUTii fractional half OF Section 49, r. To- 4 1
- X 325 16-iJO acres only IS minutes walk from
the Railroad Station at Dursnt, and lying ON the
North and East SIDES Of the County Road.
North East Of Section !, T. ~, n. r., IcO
acres.
s. = OF N. W. y and N. W. \ Of &. W, y Sec. T.
T -, u. T., also adjoining this tract In Muscatine
county. 3. y ofN 3. and u. u Of s. =. h Ssc
IL, T. H. h. H.. go aces - acres under Improve
mont, house. orchard, &c, three neuer Eiiiing
springs, aud Is many known coal mines.
Also various 10 and 80 tracts In Scott county,
well situated Ayply TO
COOK SARQRNT
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-29

S Ns1,h As!' Sec q ss 10 RI. w., $40 acres
100 acres in North y Of %, broken In the year
1856.
T. o:
W. OF 8. W. DC. %, r. ~, Rlw. so
n iaofN.E Y and 8. W. ofN EN- Sec. .,
T. ~, Il. W., 100 acres,
y. 4ofN E. \ Sec. 2, r. 70, X. W so acres.
NE y OF 8. w. y and N. W, \ offs. f., Ia Sec.
81, T. 10. X. W., SO acres.
North East Ia Sec. 2s, T. so, R. w., 100 acres.
r. ofN.W. Ia and T.. OF s. W. IL Sec 30
T. So r. w., l6O acres.
Also smaller tracts. selected with care, aud for
sale on very reasonable terms by
COOK h SARGENT
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-29

HIoH SALARY.-Mr. Moran, the new
President of the New York and Erie
Railroad Company, is to receive sala.
ry Of twenty-five thousand dollars a
year-exactly what is paid to the Pre-
sident Of the United States, and more
probably than is paid to any other func'
tionary in this country. This is given
to him in order to secure his services
to the Company, whose affairs require
consummate ability in its administra-
ton to relieve it Of its various embar-
rassmepts,