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Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-01-14
correspondence of the Democrat


Editor of Democrat -Inasmuch as
1 promised to occasionally advise you
of the doings of the Legislature, [ will
give you a short sketch or outline up to
this time.
Both branches of the Legislature or
ganized with the utmos harmony and
good feeling, and so far business has pro-
crossed as fast as could be expected
Owing to the informality, and in fact il
legality, OF the returns Of County Clerks,
of abstracts of the vote given for State
officers, the session of the joint Con-
v~cntion of both branches of the Lcgis-
~lature, was very much prolonged. There
has been a great neglect of duty on the
part of many Clerks in making out alb
stracts and certifying to the same. In
some Counties the abstracts were re-
turned without a certificate, and in 9TH
ers only a certificate. 1t ':is due how
ever, to the Clerks of Preblc and Mont
gomcry Counties, to say that their re
turns were strictly legal.
Nothing of very much Importance
has occurred yet. Several bills have
gone to their second reading, and there
are notices of the introduction of many
others. There is a bill pending in the
House which provides for the relief Of
delinquent tax payers, which is a good
measure if it can be got through in time
to effect its object, for at this particular
crisis, there is some relief required by
the people.
l am highly gratiied to find hat the
members Of the Legislature generally
advocate the Independent Treasury sys-
tenn, which we have learned by sad ex-
p~erience is absolutely necessary for
Ohio.
There is quite an excited feeling here
in regard to the Lecompton Constitu-
ton question. l had hoped that we
would not be troubled with national af-
fairs, or any other matters that does not
legitimately belong to State Legislation.
| have ever been opposed to that kind
Of Legislation which seeks to extend its
field of operation so far beyond its jur-
isdiction, and [ had confidently hoped
that those exciting questions of nation
al policy would not soon again disturb
the deliberations of our State Legisla-
ture; but unwillingly as many demo
cratic members of the present Legisla-
ture were to meddle with national mat
tiers, and IN spite of their efforts to pre-
ven the Introduction or discussion of
Kansas affairs, it has been forced upon
us. There will not however, be much
time or money spent in its discussion,
so far as the democratic members are
concerned; they feel that they can ex-
press an opinion without much waste Of
either.
The following Resolutions were in
troduced into the Senate this morning
by Hon. Edward Phelps, of Auglaize,
and laid upon the table and ordered to
be printed. They will no doubt pass
both branches of the Legislature:
"Rcsolrcd, Iy the General assembly
Of the State Of Ohio, That we have en-
tire confidence in the disinterestedness,
the integrity, and the ability Of the pre-
sent Chief Magistrate of these United
States, and that his Administration COM
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miscellaneous.

Gov. FLOYD, the present Secretary of
War, recommends the abandonment of
New Mexico, on the ground Of the cx-
pense Of protecting it from the inroads
of the Indians. The country, which
only contains sixty thousand inhabit-
ants, and whose entire real estate, is os-
timated to be worth less than three mil
lions of dollars, he says, "is hardly fit
for the habitation Of civilized mem"
and, hence, he suggests, that the inhab,
itants be removed from it, and paid for
their property, in money. The expense
to which the Government is yearly sub
jected, according to Gov. Floyd, for
maintaining the necessary military force
there alone is "nearly equal to half the
value of the whole. real estate of the
Territory" BY a fair estimate, then,
after the enormous cost Of this purchase
originally, the government has already
expended five times the present valua-
tion of all the real estate there, inde-
pendent Of the civil service, to maintain
this possession. This is one of the "glo-
rious acquisitions" achieved by the Mex
lean War.
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A special train on the Canada Grand
Trunk Railway, ran % miles in 25 min
utes lately--a rate Of 81 is miles per
hourl
HEAVY DAMAGEs.-Mrs. Moore has
recovered 5000 damages from the city
Of Petersburg, Va. for injuries received
by stepping into a hole left exposed in
the street.
ELoPEMENT BY THE HALF DOZEN
No little excitement prevailed at Holly
Springs, Miss. caused By the elopement,
on the night Of the 26th ult. Of three
young men Of that place with as many
young ladies, all students of the Female
College The faculty of the College
telegraphed in several directions to have
the runaways stopped, but they got safe
to Summerville, Tom. where they were
all married.
w. III. Russell, the army correspond
ent Of the London Times, gets $4,000
per annum, and all expenses paid His
letters from the Crimea gave him a rep
uAdLlou WNlCu MS lbggub NHA lA uNAGo
tious from India will do much to estab-
lish.
Professor Morse has received his
$4,000 for the uso Of his telegraph
system from the French Government
Rarey, the horse-tamer, we SEQ it stated
has received the subscription Of S25,.
600, conditioned for the revelation of
his secret for subduing wild and vioiou,
horses, to commission Of the Frencl
Government.
p. T. Barnum is coming % the sur.
face again in new project. lie pro
poses to import bodily Queen Victoria
opera, with 200 performers. The cos
Of "a evenings win bo S300, 600, aud be-
fore assuming the responsibility Dir
Barnum requires 800 subscribers AZ Sl
apight, half Of whom have already beer
obtained.
Cairo, at junction Of Che Mississippi
and tie Ohio, g under water and thN
inhabitants live go tho upper stories au,
traverse the streets iu boats,
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heart and enters his home with q much
more cheerful countenance than he who
spends as he goes, or falls gradually be-
hind his necessities in acquiring the
means of meeting them.
Next to the slavery of intemperance,
there is no slavery on earth more gall
ing than that Of poverty and indebted
ness. The man who is everybOdy's
debtor is evorybody's slave, and is in a
worse condition than he who serves q
single master.
For the sake Of the plaant thon, as
we'll as for the future, we should most
earnestly urge upon every working man
to live within his means. Let him lay
by something every day--if but a pen
ny--it is better than nothing infinitely
better than running in debt penny a
day or penny q week. IF he can earn
one dollar a day, let him try fairly and
faithfully the experiment of living on
ninety cents. He will like it
"People will laugh" Let them laugh.
"They will call me stingy" Better call
you stingy than say you do not pay your
debts. "They will wonder why do not
have better furniture, live in a finer
house, and attend concerts and the play
house" Let them wonder for a while
lit won't hurt you. By-and-by you
can have a fine house and fno furniture
Of your own, and they will wonder
again, and come billing and cooling
around you like so many pleased fools.
Try the experiment Live within your
means.-[ Phil. Ledger
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From the Christian Inquirer.
OUR ANGELS.

Two angels always walk with u.s.
Zen now they're by our side;
One on tho right, one on the left,
With noiseless steps they glide.
One has radiant parry wings,
And countenance Of lights
Wherein are mlrrored all pure thoughts,
All holy things and bright
Submission, patience, holy love,
Devotion, ohufity,
stTlmt sufFereth long" ls from above,
"The greatest Of the three"
And ever as we journey on,
.With gentle voice he sings
or lGe beyond, Of hope and faith;
sun brighter grow hla wings.
The other--see!his earlh-slalnsd wings
Are trailing in the dust,
While on hia brow deep-marked, you read
or envy, passion, lust,
And greed Of gold, and orphans wrougsr
OF avurice, and hate;
While every passion, every sin,
To do his bidding wait.
He, too, with music stlrs the airi
A dirge-chant greets our ear,
or virtue lost, Of hopes betrayedi
We shuddor while we hear.
Two angels always walk with u.s.,
Fen now they're by our sidei
And we may choose whiche'er we will
Throughlile TO be our guide.
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0outg's department.
I got a-going and Couldn't Stop.

A little boy named Frank, was stand
ing in the yard when his father called
him:
"Frankl"
"Sirl" said Frank, and started full
speed and ran into the street
His father called him back, and ask
cd him if he did not hear his first call
ayes, sir, said Frank.
DWELL, then, said the father, "what
made you run into the street,"
ooh, said Frank, 81 got a-going and
couldn't stop"
This is the way great many boys
get into difficulty; they get a-going and
can't stop. The boy that tells lies, be-
gan first to stretch the truth little-to
tell a large story, or relate an anecdote
with a very little variation, till he got
a-going and couldn't stop, till he came
out full-grown liar.
The boy that was brought before the
police and sent to the House of Correc-
ton for stealing, began by taking little
things from his mother 80 by stealing
sweot-meats and other nice things that
were put away. Next he began to take
things from his companions at school,
He got a-going and couldn't stop until
he got in Jail.
Those two boys that you see fighting
out on the green, began by bantering
each other in fun. AT length they be-
gan to get angry and dispute, and call
each other names, till they got a-going
and couldn't stop. They will separate
with black eyes and bloody noses.
There is a young man sitting late
with his companions at the gaming ta-
bic. He has flushed cheeks, an anxious
look, despairing couutenance. He
has Just lost his last dollar He began
by playing marbles in the street. but he
got a-going and couldn't stop
See that young man, with a dark Ian
tern, stealing from his masters drawer.
He came from the country promising
lad. But the rest Of tho clerks went to
the theater, and he must go, too. He
began, thinking he would only go once,
Just to say that he had been to the the
ater. But he got a-going and couldn't
stop. He has used up his wages, and
wants moro money. He cannot resist
the temptation when he knows there is
money in the drawer, He got 'a-goiug
-he will stop in the State Prison
Harkl do you hear that horrid OATH
1t comes from the mouth of a little hoy
in the street, He began by saying by
words, but he has got a-going and can
stop.
Beware then, boys how you get a.
going. BE sure before you start that
you are in the right way for when you
are sliding down hill it is hard to stoT
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Live within your Means.


We don't like stinginess. We don't
like economy, when it comes down to
rags and starvation. We have no sym
pathy with the notion that the poor man
should hitch himself to a post and stand
still, while the rest of the world moN es
forward. 1t is no mans duty to deny
himself every amusement every luxury,
every recreation, every comfort, that he
may get rich, 1t is no mans duty to
make an iceberg of himself, to shut his
eyes and ears to the suferings of his fell
lows, and to deny himself the enjoyment
that results from generous actions, mere
ly that he may hoard wealth for his
heirs to quarrel about. Bnt there is an
economy which is especially commenda-
bic in the man who struggles with pow
erty-an economy which is consistent
with happiness, and which must be pra9-
tised if the poor man would secure in
dependence.
Il is almost every mans privilege, and
becomes his duty 20 live within his
means, not up to, but within them
Wealth does not make the man. We ad-
nit aud should never be taken into the
account Of our Judgment Of men; but
competence should always be secured
when it can be- by the practice Of econ
omy and self-denial 10 only a tolerable
extent 1t should be secured, not so
much for others to look upon, or to
raise us in the estimation Of others, as
to secure the consciousness Of independ-
ence and the constant satisfaction which
is derived from its requirement and
possession.
We should like to impress this single
fact upon the mind Of every laboring
man who may peruse this short article
that Il is possible for him to rise above
poverty; and that the path 10 iudepeud-
enco, though beset with tolls and self.
sacrifice, is much ploasanter TO tho trav.
eler than any one he can enter upon ~
The man who feels that he is earning
something more than he is spending,
will walk the street With a much lighter
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,.Fruit and Health.n

"Fruit and health" exolaims the tim
i'd reader long accustomed to associate
fruit with sickness. Fruit and disease,
rather; fruit and ngue, fruit and cholera
morbus, cholera infantum, cholera as
phyxial Have not the doctors laid it
down and sung il?
Cave autumnos fructus
No slt dbl luctus.
or an autumnll fruits beware,
Unless ln sorrow You would share.
"Fruit ruins the teeth, disorders the
stomach, spoiis the complexion, gener-
ates worms Eaten 10 safety, it is inju-
rious to persons Of all ages, but especial
ly so 60 children.
1t is strange, Mr. Editor, that such
stuff as this has been current for ages
past as sound medical doctrine That a
bountiful Providence should have spread
before us such share-should have
covered over our graen, fowery earth
with luxuries which tempt the palate
only 10 bring suGoringl The vory re-
verse is the truth, Nothing Is so health
fd as fruit. IL not only does not in
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A woman CON Keep a Secret.


It has been demonstrated in Schuy-
Ter CO., Illinois, where an elderly couple
in the vicinity Of Rushville had a beau
tiful doughter-an only chid-upon
whom they lavishod all their affections.
Two years ago a young man applied to
them for work, and they employed him
His amiable qualities and industry soon
won their confidence. He had been in
their employ six months, when the far
mer, having business 40 Boardstown,
sent the young man there to attend to
it, and as the daughter had some pur-
chases TO make, she was allowed to 90
with him. At night they returned
Affairs went on for eighteen months,
the only change being the pleasure with
which the old people discovered that
the young people we're daily becoming
attached to each other, and they looked
forward to their marriage as a result
most gratifying, Being considered as
"lovers," " the young folks were allowed
TO "sit up" together after the old folks
had retired. One night, two weeks ago,
the old gentleman feeling uhwoll, arose,
and not finding his daughter in her own
bed, where she ought to have been,
looked elsewhere, and found her where
he thought she ought not to have been.
Much noise and confusion ensued.-
Next day the farmer posted full speed
to Beardstown, had an interview with
the keeper Of the county records, and
discovered that the aforesaid young man
and woman had been legally joined in
marriage for eighteen months, and she
had never told any person Of the factl
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Big Words.


1t is an unequivOcal, uncontroyertible
misapprehension that scientific intelli-
genco consists in a superhuous redun-
dancy of toploftioal words When I
hear a man make use of a multitudinous
overflow of uncallcd for, inapplicable,
unintelligible, incomprehensiblc words,
1 invariably arrive at the inevitable con-
clusion that he is some itinerant, litter
ate, uuphilosophical, inconsequential
fellow, going about endeavOring to make
an ostentatious exhibition of a hetero-
geneous convolution of unacceptable,
unedifying, unentertaining terms, which
he has studiously procured from his we'll
worn vocabulary for the purpose of rem
dering himself superlatively conspicuous
in the eyes of the refined and enlight-
ened portion of the civil community
1t is disdainfully disgusting to me, 1
must unequivocally and unavoidably
confess, to listen to such gratuitous To-
quacity. We have all no doubt observ-
ed this extraordinarily reprehensible
manner of verbal communication. Those
who practice it should unanimously
agree to abolish, disenthrall, and forever
repudiate even the appearance of such
frustraneous correspondence, and learn
to be modest, retiring unassumng, dig
nifed and unsophisticated in their rcon-
versation and department, so that they
may facilitate the process of enhancing
the universal esteem, admiration and
never-ending appreciation of the ration
al intelligence of this sublunary sphere.
SALLY SAYNOTuING.
Beautys Retreat April, 1858.
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THE GARTER QUESTION. A LADY in
Milwaukie discusses the garter oues-
tion, aud insists that ahey should be
placed below the kaee:
"Kou will take notice that just above
the knee there Is 90 hollow or depres-
sion in which a garter could be retained;
no projection on which it could be made
TO hold The action Of the muscles in
walking would surely displace an olas-
tic put there, as they project quite as
far, If not beyond the knee pan, and
would therefore cause it TO slide down
ward until arrested by the swelling mus
Gle that forms the calf of tho leg. AS
legs made before stockings, we can
hardly suppose that this hollow was in
tended purposely for elastics; but, wheth-
er IL was or was not, we mako use of il
as the proper place 10 attach our gar
ters 70 keep our stockings 20 place while
on promenade This is the onIv spot
whore gartors can be retained with anv
comfort tho spot designated by nature.
and made use Of by ladies who have
woll-fomod limbs Those women who
resemble men in their shape, may per,
haps tie the garter above the knee, but
they are exceptions TO the general rule "
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sTABAT MATER.


ny ". }. FOX.
Jews we're wrought with cruel madness,
Christians fled IN fear and sadness,
Mary stood the cross beside
At tho font her feet sho planted,
By the dreadful scene undauntod,
Til the gentle Sufferer died.
Poets of have sung ber storyi
Painters decked her brow with glory
"Mary stood the cross beside"
And mhen under fierce oppression,
Goodness suffers like trausgressiOu,
Christ again is cruciied.
But if love be there true-hearted,
BY no grief or terror parted,
Mary the cross beside.
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Young Nan, Pay Attentionl

Don't be Toafer, don't call yourself
a lV-lef, don't keep loafers' company,
don't hang about Ioafug places. Bet
ter work hard for nothing and board
yourself, than sit around day after day,
or stand at corners with your hands in
your pockets. Better for your own
mind, better for your own prospects,
Bustle about, if you mean to have any
thing to hustle about for Many a poor
physician has obtained a real patient by
riding hard to attend on an imaginary
one A quire Of blank paper, tied up
with red tape, carried under a lawyers
arm, may procure him his first case, and
make his fortune Such is the world;
to him that hath shall be given
Quit droning and complaining, keep
busy and mind your chances.
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ddljt auo gnmor.
Money.

Money is queer institution. II buys
provonder, satisfies justice and heals
wounded honor Every thing resolves
itself into cash, from stock -jobbing to
building churches Childhood Graves
pennies; youth aspires to dimes, man
hood is swayed by the almighty dollar.
1t is the end and aim Of our temporary
labors. Tho blacksmith swings his
sledge, the lawyer pleads for his client,
and the judge decides the question Of
life and death, for the sake Of his sala-
ry. Money makes the man; therefore
the man must make money, if he would
be respected by fools, for the eye Of the
world looks through golden spectacles.
It buys Brussels carpets, lace curtains,
gilded cornices, rich furniture, aud
beautiful marble mansions. It drives
us to church in splendid equipage, pays
the rent of the best pew. 1t buys silks,
and jewelry for my lady; it commands
the respect Of gaping crowds, and en-
sures obsequiOus attention Who would
not be rich2 1t enables us to be char
table, to send Bibles to the heather,
and relieve domestic indigents. 1t gilds
the rude scenes Of life, and spreads o'er
the rugged paths Of daily existence a
velvet carpet, soft to our tread. 1t bids
care vanish, soothes the anguish of the
bed Of sickness, stops short of nothing
save the grim destroyer, whose relent-
less hand spares none, but levels all
mortal distinctions, and teaches poor,
weak humanity that it is but dust
Thus wealth pauses on the brink of
eternity, the beggar and the millionaire
rest side by side beneath the sod, to rise
in equality in answer to the final sum-
mons,
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Gbr gourr Cjrtlr.
Remarkable Answer to Prayer.

Remarkable Answer to Prayer.
The following facts were recently sta
ted at prayer meeting in Spring Chap
cl, Boston, and communicated to the
Independent by one who heard them. .-
They are surely Of such importance, if
true, as to demand a more authentic
vcrifcation and if not true, denial
The editors Of the Independent, Of
course, have their voucher, who will
duobtless be able to ascertain the name
of the pastor here mentioned, and we
cannot but hope they will procure from
the pastor an authentic statement Of the
facts for publication, and thus more full
ly satisfy the minds Of many thousands
Of their readers:
AT the close Of prayer-meeting in a
country village. the clergyman observ-
ed that a little girl about twelve years
of age remained upon her knees, when
most of the congregation had retired
Thinking the child had fallen asleep, he
touched her, and told her it was time to
return home. To his surprise he found
that she was engaged in prayer, and he
said, "AH things l0hatsoeUer ye shall a8h
an prayer, belieUiag, ye shall receioe. ~
She looked at her pastor, earnestly, and
inquired, us it so? Does God say that
He took up Bible and read the pass
age aloud. She immediately commene-
ed praying, "Lord, send my father to
the church Lord, send my father
herel" Thus she continued for about
half an hour, attracting by her earnest
cry the attention Of persons lingering
about the door.
At last man rushed into the church,
ran up the aisle, and sank upon his
knees by the side of the child, exclaim-
ing, "What do you want of me" She
threw her arms around his neck, and
began to pray, "Lord, convert my faith
erl" Soon the mans heart was melted,
and he began to pray for himself-a
gracious answer of peace to a prayer of
faith from the lips of little child.
it was ascertained afterwards that the
ehild's father was three miles from the
church when she commenced praying
for him. He was packing goods into a
wagon, and he felt an irrepressible i'm
pulse to ueturn homo. Driving rapidly
20 his house, he left the goods in the
wagon, and fastened to the church,
where he found his daughter crying
nightly to God in his behalf, and he
was theu led TO the Savior"