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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25
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The greatest social eplly OF the present
day. perhaps, is tbs pursuit which stands
as caption TO these remarks. Many
far too many--young woiiien uf this era,
seem TO think OF husbands, as the Quaker
did us money, when he advised his son 20
"get it-honestly if he could-but 9s. it,"
All sorts of tricks and traps are employed,
merely 10 get the eligible man fairly
hooked. with a blind regardlessness for
the future. quite admirable for its temer-
ity. One would think that the honey
moon was the.grand object of life, and that
with its expiration, the brides existence
also expired. The young lady in search
Of husband, seems to ignore the value
of welded life entirely, and 10 think not
only that "any husband is better than
none," but that one husband is as good as
anotherl In former times, the young men
were the ones who suffered all the fear and
anxiety-now, all they need do is TO wait,
and they will find ladies' enough running
after them-quantity making up for quail
ity. This misunderstanding mania is by
no means confined to any class---it ex-
tends To all, from the servant girl who og-
les the mi kifiail orer the arca-ralings, to
the languishing heircss who plays Oft her
diamonds against the hcai Is Of her follow
ers. Let ati tnsophisticated eligible
call upon one of these sirens, and he is
lost. lie is invited to call again--is he
musical? then here is a soireF, or matt
ner, given for him--is he artistic? then
there are portfolios to be looked over
Miss Langu,sh all the time keeping up
her fire of glances, words, aud shsr mis-
SHE'S, until summer comes, and an ineSita-
ble week in tie country toaether finishes
the whole business. 1t is in vain for the
poor ''eIiyiblc' to withdraw--mamma
smiles upon him-papn considers HIM ~
very clever yot:iig person." and at the first
Signs of retreat, down comes \ heavy
force of irate brothers, to demand bis
"mtehtions." Is il any wonder that So
ciety y-me avoid certain houses rs they
would plague-hospital? Is it any won
der that 50 many young girls fall victims
to unprincipled and libertinous adventur-
ers? Is it any wonder that misery. bitter
ness, incontinence, and domestic tragedies
darken so many households. when girls
are bought aud sold. or sell themselves.
like cattle in the market? We think not.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25
WHoIK NUMBER so
Prom the cinciuhsti 6szssse.
4 WIsttc SIN te Hetlsls A way, sos. 4
the CiuTtpa. and lecncIlsss yl;nBA-
Iadsn hah Snfe1y.


About the tirs, ei january there arrived
at the depot of the u. g. Il X. IN Ills eitt
woman. quite handsome. aud perfectly
white. who came from Lcxipg On, Nv.
She told story. the truth Of which WAS
isdbssdhently asrertIined By the httyiits sc
the U. g. X. X. Her father Was Ter Frs,
master, and resided IN the inteiiof oi Ken
lucky. As We have said, the negro ele.
uient in her was completely blanched cut.
She Was. consequently. treated, like . frsS
person. and was Told by her iather fllrl III
his Hlli he had niads preytsiop for llef iilass.
was, il is supposed. destroyed BY some Jf
the heirs as it contemplated . disposition
OF his property not acceptable To them.
The girl was sold with the estate. Sho
was bought by u man who treated her s6
badly that she attempted to rub aAsit.
She was taaght, brought back, AID beaten
So that she stlll bears the marks Of THE n hip
upon her back. Her second attempt Is
esc"pc was more successful. She reached
Lexington, aud there took the cars for CoV-
ingtoni
She was so Cadcdsian in appettanee Id
to excite no suspicion. and reached Cincin.
natl safely. Here she found friends. oc.
cupation and home. Falling iihdef re-
yival influences she became connected
with one of the churches here. and Was
constant in her attendance at meetings.
Her master became in some WAY aG:
quainted with her place OF residence, and
few weeks since made an attempt to cap
ture her. The son other father, the son of
her last owner, and one or two others, came
to tlie city III purst1it. Hearing Of heii re-
linz, ,,Fs 81, L
came devout, (would they had remained
so!) attended prayer meetings. listened t5
sermons, &C., and attracted the notice Of
some Jealous brethren, who thought the y
saw in the young men the beginnings vi
the religious life:
So matters wetit OF ill one Slinday figiit
they saw the white slave at church. w Wlich
she left for her home, in company With
some two or three female friends, they
followed them and attempted to arrest her.
She, acting on the Apostles injunction,
"If thou maycst be free. use i'll rather
resisted the attempts at a capture. .Slte
had pluck rs we'll rs religion, as the Kep-
tuckians found: While they were SQUAD
bling. t5so policemen eameup and renton-
straIcd with the yoriug men .'fof abusing
tho ladies'" Tie girl slipped of. leaving
the police and the kentuckians to settle
matters. The next day she started for Caii-
ada via the Under Grdttnd Raj Road, and;
AS she says in letter received here d day
or two ago. arrived safely at hearing
nothing OF the pursuers on the way; is well;
and has met with kind friends"
We regret to say that the young Ken
tucky gentlemen hate dropped church go
ing, aud. FIVE may believe one of the girls
companions. on the night of the attempted
arrest. made use efcerlain phrases which;
though often heard in COrthodox}
churches. are decidedly improper when
used by laymen.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25


NEw GoLD DfGGrNes IN loH&.-The M
telligenee from the diggings in this Sicin-
ity is more favorable than ever, new leads
having been discovered on South river ard
Squaw Greek, and one of Dur citizens has
found some Of the gem inc gold dust IN
this county ON North river. We ire not
as sanguin- as many Of those who have
visited these places, preferring to wait un-
Ill we learn that gold digging will pay us a
business. We have u be.tHtffab specimen
Of the genuine yellow metal before US,
found ON the soutlrein line of the county
which viii compare fayortbly With similar
specimens from California. II has evil
IDENTIFY been in hEuid state once, and this
fact would seem to Indicate the existence
Of veins of the precious metal in the Ticiif
| ity where this specimen was picked up.
However, Ne think these pieces are rarely
found herc. We have also seen some
quar- u iusersiiced with snsaa4 particles of
gold, ahfd beantifll blavil sand from which
gold was obtained by the use of quicksil-
yer. We would caution The public, how
ever, against placing too much confidence
in the thousand rumors respecting these
discoveries. HInrt =: ifo sontn.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25
Yoftfp.
Prom the Protsslant chris,ias.

Prom the Protestant chris.Ias.
I'M OLD TODAY. ~
-tARsEed man, on rsaehiag hi. ssseD,islh birthday
IKE ons surprised. paced his house exclaIhIng, g
Gm an old mani Ian IN old manIr]
wake at last; I've dreamed too long;
Whore arc ny three score ysafs and tent
Ny eye Is keen, sSilbb, are strong;
Iwcii might vie with youaeer men.
The worid--its passions and its strife
1yr u passing from my grasp rayi
AndthoaEh this pulse seems full OF life,
tt "i'm old 70 day--I'm old to.dayi"
I stfangstlai ineveff.ltbanGs
ssrssa 1nai ~ ninloslg tes,t eDsis ~
My bark ia lhsarine dsaih's dark sAorsj
Lifc,s watsFs Tar behind mo rsii;
And yet lore ihsif murinutiae swell
Their distant brsskers' proud snay--
And npsr l--cAHI Say 'sFarsweilf"
"I'm old to o-day--l'a old to-dayI''
This honse 10 mine, and those bread landb
That siumbek meath Yen feryld aky;
Yon bfookiei, ieaPing o'ar the sands,
Hath often met my boylsh oye. .s
llovedihe mouhtsins when \ child,
They,stili luok young In grecn array
Ye rocky ellfs, 70 summlts Wild,
"1'm,old to.day7-l'm old to.day!' y
afs r
'Twlxt yesterday . short houfs and mo
mighty gulf hath intervened.
man With men seemed 10 be- ~
But now 'tls meet should DO woAnsd
From all my kini-from kindred dear
From those deep skes--ihst landscape gay
Prem hopes and Joys I've cherished here
"tim old to-day--l'm old to-day!n
Oh, man Of years, while earth reeedes,
Look yoEwAHD, urwAhp--noi behind!
Why dosi thou lean on broken rsedsi
Why still with earthly fetters bind
Thine ardent soui7 God give II winEs,
Mid higher, purer joys to stray!
In heaven no happy spirit sIngs,
"I'm old to -day--i'm old to.dayi''
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25

The R1GuT OF THE EYE And the grey
cripple and the bright haired child often
paused, and gazed upon the demenses and
home OF owners whose lots were east in
such pleessnt places. But there was no
grudging envy in their gaze; perhaps be-
cause their life was too remote from those
gand belongings. And therefore they
could enjoy and possess every banquet Of
theeye. For at least the beauty of what
we see is ours for the moment, on the
simple condition that we do not coyet the
thing which gires to our eyes that besatg.
As the rneasqreless shy and the tfnRnm-
bered stars are equally granted to hing and
to beggar-and in our widest ambition we
do not sigh for a monopoly Of the empg-
rean. or the fee-simple of -tbs psanets--so
the earth, too, with all It's ichced gardens
aud enlbattIed walIs-all tie land marks
Of stern property snd ehufliah ownership
lis ours, too, by right Of eye. oprs 10
gaze ON the fair possessions eith sHch de-
light ss the gaze can giys grndging to
tie oUs6en owner his other, and it may be
nsre troubled rigssts, IS littleAs We grudge
an astral proprietor his acres Of light IN
Capricorn BerAnant iss the irm thai
eaib Thou shsSFt not eoyet. - Bhiwer
Lyttonr IN Blleh wood. E
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25

SUBLIME DEscRiPT1oS' oF Az E<cAPt
PROM A Mad BuLu:--The bnll reared likd'
the rolling timber. and 7 raiilike the mini
ole lightning, and springns""er u f,nc"
wi h the swifiness of s;ar falling from
rhc firmament. tnre my ton e:s "slD-
der witll crash ~ luud rs ii th" u be-
T.. h. 81. : ~. I'd b. :. = ..c:.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25

E1 .kngry Dsbtor2Z" Elere's your
money. doll! Now tell ma Why your master
wrale. eighteen letters about that paltry
sum?' Simple ShoPboy-'I'In sure can't
tell. sir. ba ify1u'u excuse me, cir, think
it Was h~c.I. - sevcntocn i~tters dill np'
e - II -,
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25

n & &P.cR0SBfE,w wagon inykess Mhl6esry street,
Is PomoFUy, o.. syer Z. fIuHphFcyi shop. Hap-
NJ had Iong erfgtienes In The business, TINY are efs
lfsd - exeeufcs ha neat and suhrahlhT manner all
orders for ~agcus. bageiss, chtFingcsEe.,, shot
notice, snd ar fsaesnnhte terms.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25
DEN FIST II y .

~ C. wHAIHY, SrFwesn nentist. flumniev's i,uta
lJ.lua and story Rttand strsct, Aidlleport ". Al
or,rans pertaining - the Vrcf"ssinn promptly per-
4 and. I'li.s rHit;4 rreG - ueif r"'isrr"'. n
t..'rSA U.c. ~.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25

A writer in the Edinbnrg journal OF
Agriculture" commenting on the views OF
Prof Voelckler as to the exposure of fresh
manure ON the surface of the ground, re-.
lates the following striking experiment
made by scientific man for the purpose
of testing expressly the several methods
Of using manure:
There being difference among scien-
tife men regarding the pdranfage of
spreading dung upon the surface, aud leay-
ing il exposed for some time before cover
ing 1t in, Prof. Lcgniz, of Aldena, had re-
course to experiment for thesofying Of the
question. For this purpose he selected
two aud half roods, which he divided
into four equal parts. To No. I no ma
ure was given. No 9 received about two
tons Of farm yard dung, which vas spread
immediately and covered in by means tof
the plough. No. was treated in the
same manner, with this difference, that
the hoe was used instead IS the plough.
The same quantity of dung was carried
to No. 4, and allowed to remain spread
three weeks on the soil before being GOV
cred in by the hoe. On the 10th OF Octo-
Der, the fourlots subjected 70. experiment
we're sown with about ninety.6ye pints OF
rape-seed each. The following are the to-
tai results of the crop Of each lot, grain
and straw included:
No. produced 583 lbs.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-05-25

The writer very justly remarks that a
single experiment should not be consid-
striking to warrant . repetition Of il on a
larger scale, -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-19
improvement ;u tbe Cultivation of ORANGE
Trees.


Some months since, our attention was called to
the successful building Of Seeding orange trees.
which operation not only ensures their producing
a fine fruit, but hastens their bearing several
years. An orange tree viii not ordinarily bear
till it Is from nine TO ten years Of age. But a
tudded tree will produce fruit several years ear
lier. This mode of budding has lately been sue
c~essfnlly introduced into Kona, Hawaii, on Mr..
G~reenwell's estate, and we learn that about half
the trees operated on have proved successful, and
are doing well.
We have recently heard of another experiment
with the orange tree which promises to be a still
greater improvement. 1t is the budding of the
best varieties of orange into the Chinese orange
stock. This latter, il IS well known, is a very
hardy species of the orange, growing in the driest
soils. and bearing fruit in three or four years
from the seed. Tae fruit is used by the Chinese
for making preserves. The tree is of a rapid
growth, reaching, in moist and favorable places,
a height of fifteen feet in three years. DIR. Hille-
brand is the first that we have known to expert
ment successfully with this tree, and be has now
halfa-dozsn doing very well.
The method is the same as has been practiced
in other countries in relation TO the pear, which
is budded or grated on to the genuine stock, and
bears fruit much sooner than on the parent stock.
The experiment with the orange tree promises to
become of as great value to fruit-growers here as
the other has in other countries. One of the
principal drawbacks to engaging in the cultiya-
ton of orange trees is the length of time neces-
sary TO bring them into full bearing-an orchard
requiring from ten to twelve wears before it can
be of any profit. By this mode of propagating.
an orchard can, in ordinary situations, be brought
into full bearing in half the time. The China
orange being much harder will grow in more
exposed localities than the ordinary varieties.
1t Is also much less liable to be attacked by in
sects. In such districts as Koloa ard N%awiIiwili,
ondkauai, Waikiki and Makawao. on Maui. and
exposed localities ON Hawaii, where the common
orange will not thrive and bear except in yallies.
and even here in Honolulu, we think that the
China orange huddei with the better varieties
will be found to grow and produce well. The
experiment is one which should be tested. and
We hope that all who have time and opportunity
will make it.
commended for its rapid growth, strong wood,
and numerous thorns. which render it irnpassa-
bic to any animal. It's flowers furnish the best
of food for bees to make their honey, and WHERE
ever they are kept, this orange should be cult
waited. About Honolulu, the China orange has
become quite abundant, but we are not certain
that 1t is growing on the other islands of our group.
Seeds can easily be procured here and the tree
introduced into every district.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-19
Correspondent # he cammsrelsl advertiser,

afR. EDITOR Please let US understand the matter
distinctly, so that residents and whaiemen, and the
public altogether, may know whether fast riding
nay, furious riding-or, if you please. fast, furious
and reckless riding-has ceased to be a breach Of the
law in Honolulu, or whether everybody else is to be
punished for doing what me~n-of-war's men are
allowed TO do with impuniiy
If the law was made to protect the public, I pro-
test against the practice that allows the sailors of the
HarqaRqh, or those of any other man-of-war, to ride
about as the former have been doing the past week,
without a single arrest by the police. It is notorious
that if a sailor from a whale ship, or a merchant
ship, should be caught riding through our streets as
men-of-war sailors have ridden during the last few
days, they would be taken to the lookup AS soon as
three or four kanaka eoastables could tote them there.
Indeed, 1 saw with my own eyes, within a few weeks,
the captain of a foreign vessel, lying in port, con-
Quoted to the station-house for riding, not half so
recklessly as scores of man of-war sailors have ridden
through all the streets Of Honolulu within the past
week
Mr.. Editor, this is not jusf. right or honest, The
law is q good one. and should be respected and why
is it not enforced Can you tells Do you suppose
the native policemen are 50 suddenly iaactire with
out having receired Instructions from some quarter
to let the man-of-war sailors do as they like:
Now, this partiality, this favoritism for man-of-
wars men, is not fair, and l advise the powers that
be to stop it, or they may expect trouble if they at
tempt to execute upon Yankee whaling sailors, next
fall, the law which they allow man-of-war sailors to
break with the most notorious impanity.
If you think | talk at random on this subject, l
appeal to scores Of people in Honolulu, who can
attest the assertions | make in regard to the impu-
nifty with which this furious riding is allowed. And
on one occasion, when three sailors rushed up Fort
street at a pace that would have won the kings
purse, sure. I asked q couple of native conssahles,
who were quite conposedly enjoying the sport, why
they did not arrest them, as they would have done
had they bfen sailors from a whale ship, when they
ieplied, wksh an assurance that, in their opinion,
settled the natter entirely, "H manuua ?"
Allown.yt to inquire if g he ruanuwa - is a title Of
~impunity pr the violation of law, whether g he oko-
hola :" wipsnot, and justly, claim the same exemption.
Shame upon such execution of the police regula-
ticns of Honolulu IKEMAKA.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-19
Is Hawaii Returning. to rdo.n.ry,

Mr.. EDITOR 1t may not be known to all who
read the Commercial Advertiser that, in the ancient
days of Hawaiian heathenism, the hula was favored
with two gods, one called Laka, a male, and the other
Keawe, a female. Under the patronage of these two,
the licentious songs and disgusting orgies of the hula
were exhibited, to infame the passions of the young
and prepare them early for such acts as, in the soft
ened language of kindness, are now known the world
over as the Hapaiiaa's b~esetting sin.
A note from Pail Koolau says. s Dc you know we
have idols here,-images set up, before whom the
people offer garlands to the gods of the hulas"
1 am told that at Waialna also the hula companies
have set up idols the patrons of their hulas. before
whom pigs and other sacrifices have been offered dur
ing the past few months. But, by a public notice,
posted on the enclosure, all church members and their
past0 IRE warned not to enter its sacred precincts.
A few weeks since a party of the deyotees Of the
hula are said to have performed a pilgrimage to the
Cape Of Kaena, where spirits have from ancient times
been supposed to hold a dread abode. performed their
devotions and returned.
These hulas are now infatunting the people Of q
large portion Of Oahu. Schools are thinly attended;
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-19


slider. on the most suitable manner of paying
honor to the memory of the man first IN iror, frs
in peace, and first in The hearts Of his country
In the foreign news columns we read of.the
continued success of Bonaparte against the Aus
tro-Russian armies on the Rhine, while Field
Marshal Prince Suvarrow was apparently driving
the French from Switzerland. One is reminded
of the former riches of Spains when reading a
paragraph like the following "Two Spanish
frigates bound from the Havannah, having on
board upwards of three millions and a half dol
lars f,esides merchandise, were taken by four
Z ssh frigates, and carried safely into Ply
mouth +"
= vertisement like the following would
read oddly enough in an Ulster County paper of
the present day. "For sale-the one-half of q
saw mill, with a convenient place for building,
&c. And also, a stout, healthy. active Negro
Wench. Any person inclined TO purchase. may
know the particulars by applying to John Sehoon-
maker, ir., at Rochester, We notice no less
than a round dozen of Sherif-s notices of levy
and sale, showing that times were rather hard !;
and we are told by Luther Andres. that
"You viii always find me by my sign,
A few rods from the house divine"
where he would receive n payment Of goods
:" wheat, rye, b~uckwheat, oats, corn, butter. fax.
ashes and raw hides" adding humorously at the
end. :" cash will not be refused What is more
interesting than an old newspaper.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-19
An Old Relic.

We have been favored by Mr.. W. r. Seal with
the perusal of quite a curiosity in the newspaper
line-a copy of the :" Ulster County Gazeffe,''
printed at Kingston, Ulster County. New York
State, on the 4th of January, 1900. The typo
graphical execution, though full of errors, is
clearly done, and the types show an impression
which will compare favorably with the news
papers of some ATTITUDES even at the present day.
1t is curious to note the dates of : : latest intelli-
gence." Seventy-two days from London, eighty
from Paris-fve from Washington City. George
Washington had expired at Mount Vernon on
the l4th of December, and the Gazette, dress
ing its columns in mourning, gives the speeches
and resolutions in Congress on the announcement
of the national bereavement, winding up the
description of the funeral ceremonies on the bank
of the Potomac, with the following words "The
sun was now setting. Alas the sun of glory
was set forever. No-the name of Washington
the American President and General-will
triumph over Death! The unclouded brightness
of his glory will illuminate the future ages
Among the resolutions of the House of Repre-
sentasives occurs the following, moved by Mr..
Marshall, and contains in its last clause a few
words which have become to Americans, from
frequent use, g familiar as household words y
g Re~soired, That q committee, in conjunction
with one from the Senate, be appointed to con-