M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1857-01-22

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the far Northwest:
OUR AMERICAN FATHERS.
Illustrious! our American Fathers!
We honor thy glorious name;
Thy lessons we only shall cherish
They only our hearts shall inflame,
Thy precepts alone shall we study, :.
The examples, too, which thou hast giv'n,
We hail as a boon the blest %oracles
As kin to those coming from heav'n!
Thou hast wov'n the cords of anation,
Entwin'd it around every heart,
Yea; Z is the strong tie Of affection,
Which nothing but death can e'er part.
Thou hast placed on the tower a Waterman
(--'Tis not us the fairies or elves-)
'Twere not as to watch one another,
But each Of us watch our own selves.
May our glorious Union forever
Stand firm! and the people be free
To make their W government laws,
And rule with Democracy!
To this end our fathers were working,
With hearts that no terror could qucll,
They fought for this glorious principle,
They conquered, and for it they fell.
Those ancestral virtues be ours,
None others we ask or would claim;
The same laws our country to govern
That have crowned it with honor and
fame.
The people, the safeguard of nations;
The people! each bosom shall swell;
The PEOPLE! our hope and salvation!
The PEOPLE and all will be well.
o. c. S.
WEBSTER, Wis, 1856.
The following is from a gentleman who
has a happy faculty of rhyming, and from
whom, in times past better things have en-
anated. This is one of his impromptu eff
forts, for which he is rather celebrated:
THE WORKERS OPINION OF DOGS.
| wish all dogs now IN the world
Were into one huge tan-vat hurld,
And buried deep in bark and water,
For making more noise than they orter!
There doomed to one perpetual snooze,
Amid the strong perfumes Of ooze,
Till every throat should swell SO tight
They ne'er could bark again at night.
In every country place and town,
Some vagrant bull dog, fiste or hound,
Will steal abroad and raise a yelp
That ought to cost his doggish scalp.
No sooner is The signal given,
Than every whelp, by instinct driven,
Flies to the street to hunt the crowd
And rings the changes long and loud.
I'm nervous, and the slightest noise
Atnight my sleep at once destroys;
Then is it strange a man should scowl,
Thus tortured by their dismal howl!
To say | hate them is too tame;
My Utmost spirit lOathes the name;
And could | but control their breath
They'd howl but once before their death!
COLUMBUS, Jan. l, 1857.
After such a specimen of dCggeral, the
reader must feel content to stop and rest
awhile. Our space, at present, forbids any
further inspection of the MSS. in our sold
copy drawer
STILL PRoGREssING.-The revival
in the NJ. E. Church, in this place, Of
which we spoke last week, still contin-
uos. Up to Monday night the Access
sionS numbered Scvonty-three. So far
as we are able to discern the interest
is increasing instead of diminishing.
The meetings have been conducted by
the pastor of this charge, Rev. j.
MORRIS, with but very little miniSte-
rial assistance, and yet with a success
that is truly astonishing.
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THE WEATnER.-The weather here
for a few days past has been intensely
cold, and Sunday and Monday last,
we think were quite as cold as any two
of the cold days last winter. The tel
egraph reports a cold "snap' through
out the north and east. AT Dubuque
thethermometors stood at 81 deg. below
zero, at sunrise on Monday. AT Og-
densburg on Sunday, it stood 36 de-
grees below. a tremendous snow
storm is reported along the lake and
and sea coasts, lasting Sunday and
Monday. In New York the streets
were reported impossible. We have
no doubt that the mails will be great
ly retarded for a few days.
UHon. E. F.. BINGHAM, will ac-
cept our thanks for numerous public
documents.
OOur acknowledgements are due