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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22
VID0CQ, THE GREAT DETECTIVE.

The correspondent Of the New York
Times relates the following as the last
exploit of the great thief taker. VIDoco:
A rich merchant went 10 him 10 con-
suit on deficit OF 80, ,OOl frances which
he found on his books. Yidocq demand
ed
"What is the age Of your Cashier?'
Twenty-Five. But l am as sure o.
il m as of myself; he has also been rob
bed; he is victim like myself"
care y'u married."
Yes"
"How old is your wif,9 Is she hand
som ? Is she hunest?"
"Oh, sir, my wife is vi tue self
honorable, attach' d TO me above
"Never mind all that; your cashier i,
95; is your wife handsOm 90
"Since you insist upon knowing. she
IS handsome, but
'Bu;l but! no matter about the buis
You wish to fud your money, don't ou
and yoa, have confidence in me?''
"Of course have, since am here u
Very well, then; 20 back home,
make believe that you are going on a
journey, and introduce me into the housr
This was done. The merchant lef
home and Vidocq hid himself in closet
near the chamber of the lady. Break
fast was served, young man was shown
in and was thus addressed by Madame;
Very well, Arthur. he is gone bu
suspect Us; and we are lost"
The rival of Carpenter went over q
long TRADE Of love and dcsolaliun, con
cluding with these words:
"Ouly one road is left open for US; le
US take what remains AMI embark for
Vidocq stepped out of his concealment
Tabulcau!
'My children. be calm. or I'll break
both your heads" said Vidocq. awe
understand each other. suppose? Now,
tell me, where is the stolen money!
"We have only 100000 flames left,
replied the woman.
care you telling the iruth?"
"Ob, 1 swear it'
VERY well! Give it to me-" The
money was given over.
"Now, then, let this affair be forgot
ten; never speak of it to your husbard
ani he shall know nothing. As for you,
sir, give me your delicate little thumbs. -
He placed handouts on the gentleman,
conducted him to Havre, pu. him on a
ship b'und for America, and left him
with the French adieu, $50 and hang
yourself elsewhere.
Vidocq came back to Paris, handed
the 100. 900 francstO the merchant, say
my, Your cashier was the thief, but he
had spent $4,000 francs of the money
with danseuss; | embarked him fol
New York.
Afterward, no happier family was ever
known than that of the merchant.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22
A REVOLUTIONARY CANNON BALL
UNEXPECTEDLY FIRED.

In N9rfolk, Virginia, on The afternoon
OF the second of July, certain persons
who were mindful Of what was due to
the proper celebration of Independence
Day, came TO the conclusion to clean
out an old cannon which had been lay
ing around ever sipce the Revolutionary
War, with view TO preparing it for the
firing of a salute. After trying con-
siderable length Of time to clear it out
from The muzzle, and finding it impossi-
bic, they went to work at the vent or
rouch-hole. This was soon opened, and
by dint of perseverance, the dirt with
in the chamber was hauled out by the
thimble- full, til room enough was made
to pour in an ounce or two of gunpow-
der. The piece was then primed, and
the match applied, when, very much to
their surprise, an unexpectedly smart
explosion took place from the month of
the piece, something whizzed across the
street, ard ere was crashing OF the
wood in the door of the United Fire En-
gine House opposite. An investigation
showed respectable sized hole in the
panel of the door, and inside an old six
pound cannon ball was found on the
floor. The old cannon had not been
used since the time when it was last
loaded for the especial benefit Of the
British troops, seventy-seven years ago,
and the artillerymen who rammed home
the bali little expected how many times
The grass would grow and wither again
above their graves before the missile
should be discharged. l wss very ap-
propriate that cannon loaded by the
patriots of 177G should b. tired in com
memoralion of their time honored and
glorious deeds.
Never let it be forgotten that there is
scarcely singly moral action of a sim
gle man, of which other men can have
sucha knowledge, in its ultimate grounds,
its surrounding incidents, and the real
determining causes Of its merits, as to
warrant their pronouncing conclusive
Judgment upon it.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22
OHIO A GREAT STATE.

A correspondent of the Tribune, writ
ing from Cleveland, enumerates some of
the evidences of the material prosperity
of Ohio:
In locking over the census of Chic
find one referring 10 sheep and wool
which is interesting. Twenty years ago
was acquainted with whole townships
that raised hardly wool enough to make
stockings for the people. Thousands of
farmers did not consider it possible for
them TO raise wool enough to clothe
their families, much less 10 make it a
large, easy and profitable business to
raise wool for market. Thus the coun
lies Of Licking, Franklin. Delaware and
Muskingum paid but small attention to
this business, but now it has become 8
great business. Licking county in 1859
sold over 800. coo pounds of wool.
This new business probably brings in
to the State yearly at least 50. oOO. 600,
probably So. 100000. Very great pains
and expense have been incurred to get
the most profitable breeds of sheep. and
their circulation has received a great
impulse from The State and county Fairs.
which are most zealously Irosecu.ed in
every part Of the State. So great a
business has this become that agents
from New Jersey, New York, Boston.
Lowell, Lawrence, and other manufae
turing sections, scour the whole Stale TO
purchase the wool. 1t is said that some
Of the finest neeceS raised in this coun
try come from Ohio. l have seen in
Licking county some as fine fleeces and
beautiful focks as on the hill sides o!
Vermont and New Ham shire. Ohio is
a great State in whatever she 'uuder
takes; and among other things she has
done good thing in raising negr 4. .OOo,-
900 of sheep to 1000. 600 of hogs.
Ii strikes one with wonder to consider
that all the pioneers of Ohio are not yet
gone. and yet free labor, in less than
seventy years has cleared away the
/ heavy forests from no less than ten mil
lion of acres, worth the asionishing sum
of 1850 .00U 600; that these farms are
sustaining live stock in the shape of hor
ses, cows, oxen, sheep, swine, beeves,
&C., TO the amount of over S44. 900, 900;
that these freemen, on farms on which
slave never struck a blow, are raising
every year, IA 900. 900 bushels of wheat,
100000 of corn, IS. 500, 900 of cats,
10. 500. 600 pounds of tobacco, aud as
many pounds of wool, 100000 bush
els of potatoes, orchard fruits to the a.
mount of S695,OOO; $4,000 or 100. 900
gallons of wine, 35. OOO, 900 pounds of
butter, 21,0OO.OO0 pounds of cheese,
l,50J, ,000 tons of hay, &c. The Back
eye State will do very we'll She is quite
proud of her greatness, and has reason
to be. Free labor has sent her ahead
Of Kentucky and Virginia, and free Ia
Dor is enabling her to maintain her pre-
eminence. Well done, brave, free Ohio
- WILL dnnei
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AGE.

Bu! few men die of age. Almost all
die of disappointment, passiOnal, mental,
or bodily toll, or accident. The pas
sions kill men sometimes, even suddenly.
The common expression, choked with
passion, has little e1aggeratiOn in it; for
even though not suddenly fatal. strong
passions shorten life. Strong bodied
men often die young-weak men live
longer than the strong, for the strong
use their strength, aRd the weak have
none to u-e. The latter take care OF
themselves; the foimer do not. AS it is
with the body, SO it is with the mind and
temper. The strong are apt to break;
or, like the candle TO run; wick burn out.
The inferior animals, which live, in gen
eral, regular and temperate lives. have
generally their prescribed terms of years.
The horse lives twenty-five years; the
OK fifteen or twenty; the lion about
twenty; the dog ten or twelve; tn, rab-
bit eight; the guinea pig six or seven
years. These numbers all bear a simil-
ar proportion 10 the time the animal takes
to grow 10 its full size. But man, of all
The animals, is the one that seldom
comes up to his average. He ought to
live hundred years, according to this
physiological law, for five times twenty
are one hundred; but instead of that he
scarcely reaches, on the average, four
times his growing period; the cat lives
six times; and the rabbit even eight times
the standard of measurement. The rea-
son is obvious; man is not only the most
irregular, and the most Incorporate, bat
the most laborious and hard woi ked of
all animals.
He is also the most irritable of all an
imals: and there is reason to believe,
though we cannot tell what an animal Sc
cretly feels, that more than any other
animal, man cherishes wrath to keep it
warm, and consumes himself with the
FIRE of his own secretreaeclions.-Black-
aUood
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

JAMESTOWN AND PLYXoUTH.-Two
centuries and half have Just elapsed
since jamestown, Va, was settled, and
the event has been celebrated there by
orations and a great popular gathering
Nothing remains On the spot but few
dilapidated gravestones and the ruins Of
church tower, the bricks of which
were brought from England. This
church vas rebuilt even before Plymouth
in Massachusetts,, was settled; and yet
what contrast the two spots, present!
One, the abode of intelligence, industry
and refinement, oyerhoWing with pros
perity. and all that goes to make up a
high state of civilization. The other,
only a barren waste, solitude now all
the more painful from the fact that it
was once populous and cultivated
neighborhood.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

SENSIBLE REPLr.-"To all whom il
may concern" There is a world Of
plain common sense in the following,
''if' as Hamlet says, "our wisdom could
but find it out"
"Madam," said husband to his
young wife, in little alteration, which
will sometimes spring up in the best OF
families, "when man and his wife have
quarreled, and each considers the other
at fault, which of the two ought TO be
the first to advance toward a reconcilia-
tion?''
"The best natured and wisest of the
twO." said the wife, putting up her rosy
mouth for a kiss, which was given with
an JUNCTION. She had conquered!
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WHOLE No. 2t29.
ETERNITY.

Eternity has no gray hairs. The aow-
ers fade, the heart wi.hers, man grows
old and dies; the world lies down in the
sepulchre of ages, but time writes no
wrinkles On eternity. Eternity! Stupen-
duous thought The ever-present, uu-
born, undecayipg. and undyiug- the
endless chain, comprising the life Of God
the golden thread. entwining the des-
tines of the universe Earth has its
beauties, but time shrouds them for the
grave; its honors, they are but the sun
shine of an hour; its palaces, they are
but as bursting bubles. Not so in the
unried borne. In the dwelling of the AL
mighty can come no footsteps of decay.
Its day will know no darkening--eternal
sPlendors forbid the approach Of night.
Its fountains will never fail-:hey are
fresh from the eternal throne. Its glo-
ry will never wane, for there is the ever
present God. Its harmonies will never
cease; exhaustless love supplies the song.
SNIPPINGs AND CLIPPIEGs.-A critic is
always more feared than loved. When
you're beaten. fairly beaten, say it is
treachery. To believe that you are clev-
er, when you are only spiteful, is a double
deception. Those who fancy that money
"an do everything are generally prepared
to do anything for money. Gold and
good dinner are the only two things which
ei'ectu' lily change the character of man.
Too much pleasure and too much sun are
bad both for women and flowers. Expe.
rience is flannel waistcoat, that We do
not think ofputting on until after we have
caught cold. Poll mankind tomorrow
as 10 which OF the two they would sooner
be, "a knaye or a fool" The majority
would be at least two to one in favor Of
the knaves -PuRch.
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Self deception will probably cease at
the first blast of the archangePs trumpet;
but what human heart will part with it
ill then? Tue circumstances under
which human being cannot excuse, or
delude, or justify himself, have nev
vet occurred in the annals Of crime.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

Fear guides more to their duty than
gratitude; for one man who is virtuous
from the love of virtue, from the obliga-
ton which he thinks he lies under to the
Giyer of all. there areren thousandvwho
are good only from their apprOheusiOns of
punishment.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

Con.-What is the difference between
an earnest clergyman at camp meeting
and gluttouous man?
Ans.-One dins at sinners, and the
other sins at dinners
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

'Infdeli.y kindles no holy enthusiasm,
and the glories of the world are tame
and common place in the presence of
such scenes of moral grandeur as the
annals of mariyrdom exhibit.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

Col. Foster, editor of the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, has been namtnated by the
Republicans of lis county, for seat in
the next Legislature. He will be elect
ed by large majority.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

As the partridge setteth on eggs ard
hatcheth them not; So he that getteth
riches, and not by right, shall leave
them in the midst of his days, and at his
end shall be fool.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

Teach your children by language and
precept never to wound persons feel
ings because he holds humble station
in life, or because he is awkward.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

A true history of the needle would be
tale Of manifold horrors-of sighs,
groans, tears, emaciation, broken hearts,
and premature deaths.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

There are some reeollections of such
overpowering vasiness, that they seem
ever near; their size reduces all interme-
diate events to nothing Campbell.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

A medical man says that those ladies
who make il business 10 trouble dry
goods clerks and never buy anything
ought to be called counter irritants.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

He who means to do well, wiShoat do
ing what he means until the arrival Of
some favorable opportunity, will never
do il at all.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

A man of talent is lost if lie Goes not
join to talent, energy Of character
With the lantern of Dioge mes you should
also have the stick.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

Whether women are more polite, or
that the mind is elevated and embellish-
ed to please them, it is principally in their
society that we learn politeness.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-07-22

He who says oftene>t ''usury is a sin, -
has no money. But he who says usury
is no sin, has no God.
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A vain man can never be altogether
rude. DESTROYS as he is of pleasing. he
fashions his manners after those Of 9TH
are
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Bene' olence Of disposition and decis-
ion CT character united, make a man
blessing to the circle in which he moves.
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You will never repent of being patient
and sober.
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A coat out at the elbow may be but
toned over generous breast.
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Let virtue and truth be your guide,
and not pleasure and interest.
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Aottrgg.
THE WILD ANEMoNE.

In the valley. still and lone,
Where the brook, in merry glee,
Leaps Ger many mossy stone,
Grows the wild Anemone.
Sweetest harbinger of Spring,
Earliest flower that decks the lea,
First to hear the blue-bird sing,
Beautiful AnesoneI
Often haye wandered there
Happier ne'er could moments be-
Hand in hand with maiden fair,
Plucking the Anemone,
Gentle maid, of beauty rare
Oh, she was fay TO see,
When l decked her raven hair.
With the bright Anemonel
Often sat with my love,
By the patriarchal tree,
That with arms out-stretched above,
Blessed the gentle maid and me.
And we thought the world our own,
Twas King, and Queen WAS she,
Reigning in her fiower-erown,
CT the Wild Anemonel
But the world with change is rife,
And our dream of loyalty
Was as fleeing as the life
Of the frlil Anemonel
Time hath borne the flowers away,
And my love is far from me;
Yet I dream again, to-day,
OF the wild Anemone.
For the elfns of the bowers,
With their gladsome revelry.
Soon will wake the zephyr-howers
From their slumbcr on the lea.
Aud with bounding heart, ween,
viii l haste IS glen and tree,
There to greet my summer-queen,
And the wild Anemonel
THE SUMNER NIGHT.
o, the summer night,
Hath smile of light,
And she sits on sapphire throne.
Whilst the sweet winds IoaI her
With garlands Of odor
From the bud of the rose o'erblowni
o. the night the nigl.t1
'I'is a lovely sight,
Whatever the cliIneor time;
For sorrow then spareth,
And.the lover out-poureth,
His soul in a star bright rhyme.
1t bringeth sleep
To the forest deep.
The forest bird to its nest;
To care bright hours,
And dream of flowers,
And that balm to the weary, rest
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There is much more that I heard and
saw, but have already trerspassed too
much upon your space and patience.
Yours, Respectfully,
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25


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The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25
Tle r pea 1 Ig a Is o: Ka1sas

There were certain acts of the first
Legislature of the Territory of Kan.
sas which seemed to be universally
condemned. and which received the
special reprobation OF such prominent
Senators as Messrs. Cass, Weller, and
others. and which the bill of Mr.,
Toombs proposed to annul by author.
ity of Congress. The subjoined en-
faetments. which we find certified by
the Chief Clerk of the Council. will
show how far the work of repeal has
gone:
Be Il enacted By tie Gorernor and tie
Legislative assembly Of The Territory
Of Kansas:
SEC. !. That so mucn of the elev-
enth section of an act entitled "An
act to regulate elections" as provides
that any person challenged as q voter
may be required to take an oath OF af.
frmation that he will sustain the pro-
visions of the several acts of Congress
in that section specified, be aud the
same Is hereby repealed.
SEC. 2. Ali officers hereafter elec-
ted OF appointed TO any Office of honor,
trust, or profit, under the laws of this
Territory shall. before entering upon
the duties of ,uch office, take aud sub
scribe an 9th to support the Constitu-
tion of the Unitsd States and the pro-
visions of an act TO organize the Ter.
ritories OF Nebraska and Kansas. and
faithfully to demean himself in Office.
and No other.
SEC. 8 All attorneys at law OBJ
tanning licence-in this Territory shall
take aud subscribe an oath TO support
the ConstiiR lon OF the United States
and the provisions of an t to organ
ize the TeIrit0ies. of Nebrsska AMI
Kansas, and faithfully an! honestly to
demean himself in his practice.
SEC. 4. All acts aud parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions OF this
at are hereby repeated.
This act TO take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
THosAs joHSsos,
President Of As CouEcL
Nm. q. MATTHIAS.
Spsatsr Of tie House
Be 4 e7seeted By tie Governor and
LegisLatiDs AssensJiy Of tie TsrTlsry Of
RGnsas. That tbs twelfth section of
an act entitled IAN act TO punish of
leness against slave property" be and
the same Is hereby repealei.
I'RoAAs Jozyscs.
PrssidszR ef Tie Cozsea.
Wx g. 3IArMAs.
SnanL.. ~ a. kn.lna
The Kansas herald of freedom., 1857-04-25

or punish him some other way. many
being in favor of the most summary
way of proceeding. It was nnally
agreed to give him a Lynch trial. on
the charge Of being "traitor TO the
institutions of his native State"
The Marshal. and some of the prom.
inent citizens OF Lecompton, who had
heard of his arrest. used their influence
to prevent an outrage upon him. 1t
seems the Marshal feared to exercise
his authority in the case. and could
only try to persuods his posse to in
form him OF whatever sentence they
passed against him. before carrying it
into execution. A personal search
was made from head to foot, and even
his money counted, his papers taken
away, also his horse and revolver.
AS it happened. two pro-slayery
men who were ii izens of this place.
on their way to Lecompton. were stop
ped by the guard and taken into the
same camp. They were called upon
to testify in regard to the prisoner.
They testified that Mr. Miller, though
a strong Free State man, formerly
editor OF the Free State" had pur-
sued a candid and honorable course,
that had gained for him the respect
even Of his political opponents. Upon
this he was acquitted. and his papers
returned to him. DR.. StringfellOw
was the Judge of the Lynch Court,
and it may be proper to state, that a
portion oil the South Carolina Com
pany had, before starting from their
homes, adopted resolution that they
would not return to the South until
they had ratnrne.l with AIr. Miller's
ears.
A SLAVERY ExTESTIoSIsT SPEECH.
On Wednesday, the 18th, party OF
the MsrshalPs force a dozen or so OF
South Carolinians, arrested the hands
at Shimmon & Lanes Saw Mill, at Be-
nicia, a short distance from Lecomp-
ton. They, after swearing at them
awhile, threatened to hang them if they
ever found them with arms in their
hands, then released them. The leade:
of this guerrilla party was Major, and
something of a stump orator. Just af-
ter releasing their prisoners, he noun
ted saw-log and made speech. the
substance of which is this:-Kansas
belonged to the South, and she was
bound to have it if every pro-slavery
man lost his life in getting it. The ab-
olitionists had no business here-why
didn't they got Minnesota or Ne
braska. There Has llenty of land
there, and the South made no preten.
tions to own these Territories. They
sould leave Kansas. or by G-,erery
one ofthem would stretch hemp. Law
renee was an abolition town, and they
were going to tear it down. There
could not be one stone left on another
in the place in week, dc.