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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
Death from Imagination.

Some years ago l met an old gentle
man at Ewell, in Surrey, near which is
Pitts Place where Lord Lyttleton died.
He gave me the following account, which
he had from a gentleman who was in the
house at the time. This person vas the
organist of a n~eighboring town, whose
company was much courted, on account
of his musical talent. and who was a fire.
quent visitor to his lordship. The story
ordinarily told is this That he dream
ed the ghost of a lady whom he seduced
appeared to him, and predicted his death
at twelve at night on the third day fol.
lowing, My informant's story differs
only thus far that the supposed appira-
ton was that of the mother of the lady in
question, who had died Of a broken heart
in consequence of her daughters dishon-
or. Lord Lyttleton was at this time iu
very bad state Of health, in consequence
of his excuses, and was subject to what
my informant called "~suffocating fits )"
probably nervous hysteria. Be this as it
may, it appears that on the day of death
the foretold third day, he had a party of
friends at Pitts Place, among whom was
an organist, from whom my informant had
the account. He says that Lyttleton was
in a state of'some agitation, and had told
the story of the dream to his friends. As
the night wore on, and midnight approach.
ed, his nervousness increased painfully !;
and some of his visitors said during his
absence, "Lyttleton will brighten himself
into another fit with this foolish ghost
story and they determined to put a
clock which stood in the room, forward;
and when he returned to them, they said,
F." Hurrah Lyttleton, twelve o'clock is
past-you've jockied the ghost now the
best thing is to go quietly to bed, and in
the morning you will be ull right" He
accordingly went up stairs and while
some Of his guests were putting on their
coats to depart, his valet came to fetch
something 1t was said to get some mint
water, which he was in the habit of taking,
leaving his lordship alone. AT this per-
iod, the cleck of the parish church, which
was not far of, and which, of course
could not have been touched, began slow
ly to peal forth the true midnight hour.
The valet proceeded up stairs, and short
ly burst forth into loud ordinations ;
the party ran up and found his lordship
had fallen dead. My informantbs impress
sion was, that the sudden Revision of
feeling from a state of fancied security
to finding himself at the moment in the
very instant of the dreaded danger, had
caused such a reaction as to bring on the
fits which carried him off. He, no doubt,
had heard the first stroke of the clock as
well as Others down stairs and as each
successive blow struck slowly upon the
bell, the sense Of danger, and the remem-
brance Of the dream, became greater and
greater-and to SO weakened a frame,
and SO diseased a mind, no doubt these
caused the catastrophe. 1t is not improb-
able most ghost stories might DO found to
have a similar natural solution.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06

Jake it were my spreeing habits, you
see, jest regularly given myself over to
the old one, for mighty poor pay, [ tell
you, Well, | give her the rough word
many's the time, poor soul, and made the
tears come into her eyes often. But
when she died, she jest said the loveliest
things about heaven and forgive me
every wicked thing I'd did, and said she
saw angels, and was going up to her
Father ia glory and looked SO happy !!
You may laugh at me if you like for
talkin on like a baby, but that wasn't no
sham, that dying bed.
"Look how God has taken care of me
Better say look how I've took care Of
myself. Better say, Bob, you've spent
enough money in drink, and cigars, and
betting and treating and fooling, to have
a little house over your head. and a liy-
ing wife, too, by gosh there, that's the
last oath you'll aver hear out of my
head. amt a going to be drawn into
believing your wicked notions, cause I
know there is a God, and l mean to know
Him better nor | do. There, [ feel war
mer now, and more comfortable, and I'm
going right over to the preacher what
came when my poor Mary died and I'll
tell him | want to meet her there, and
ask him to show me the way.
The dark angel covered his face
his wing and the bright angel SCARED "a
triumph to heaven.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
The Poor Mans Angel.

A dark angel, with heavy wings, stood
by the side of an atheist. The room was
the home of a poor man the poor man
looked very %sorrowful. but by his side,
unseen, stood a bright angel.
Don't know, jake" said the poor
man, crouching closer to the little brazier
of Goals ;-"but it seems TO me that this
worlds a mighty mean place."
TFhe worlds good enough; it's the
people IN ii" said the philosopher Jake.
"Well, | don't know, | tell you," said
the poor mar "there's this cold weather.
If a man amt got work. jest see how it
freezes him. Here | am pinched up with
the cold, no ov~ercoat, warm thick
clothes, and when | go out it seems as if
the wind owed me a spite and jest whist
led through my bones cause it knows it
hurts. Then there's the earth you crack
up SO don't yield me nothing only them
that can pay, get the corn and the pota-
toes. If | should ask anything Of it, it
would only give me a pawn stone 'cordin,
to Scripture. The nature that you talk
about and call the great essence, and all
that, is mighty putty sometimes, ifaman's
got time to enjoy it, but then it rains,
halls, thunder and snow and nature likes
to drip down my cracks in the wall, and
a little spityzer than it does on the ground
Nature don't give me q coat to wear, and
make me a pair of pantaloons. No. Jake
I'll give in, [ amt got as much larnin as
you have, but I'll be blasted if don't
think there is a better place than this
somewhere. Praps you're honest when
you say there's no God, and natures our
mother, an all that but it don't give a
poor fellow any consolation when he aln't
| got any bread and butter. That's SO
Now when | was a little Teller, | had a
good mother-yes, Jake, / had 50! |
have known the time when she was that
hungry she jest up and cried for herself
and ME too. And then remember she
lest down and prayed to the Lord that
He would send her some bread, and he
sent her bread, and he sent it too He
did so
DOM believe it. All a yarn! Well,
1 g~uesss.if you'd gone hungry twenty four
hours you'd a believed that bread was
bread, and not yarn, when you got hole
of it. | tell you somebody brought a bas-
ket chuck full of bread and meat, anc
knocked at our door and pushed it in ant
didn't say nothing. Then says my moth
er, says she Bob don't never forget t.
pray but l haven't minded her once, ant
the rough man drew closer to the smok
ing Goals and hid his face in his hand
while the bright angel drew closer t
him.
mol 'twon't do for you to talk to m
that way, Jake, though l knows your
big sight cleverer than I be. But / sa'
something once that was worth more I
me than all that you can say. Why
was my wife a dying. The poor thinl
hadn't been altogether kind to be
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06

Yes, ready to cat your little heart
cut T rejoined Bill ; and added, with a
tremendous oath, :" I'll do it too, eff We
don't get skeered and use your breakers
Scarcely were the words uttered, when
our hero darted toward his adversary
with a sort Of running bound, not unlike
that of a panther when about to leap upon
its prey. As he neared his foe, he made
a feint as if to strike him when the lat
ter, throwing out a quick guard, return
ed a blow which if it had reached its
mark, would have ended the contest in
his favor
But it did not reach its mark. With
. suppleness and agility rarely seen, ever
among the border fighters, our hero
sprung aside. and fairly turning the flank
Of his enemy buried his own knife to the
hilt in his back. Harvey staggered and
the knife was withdrawn, and buried in
his breast, and be fell bleeding to the
ground, exclaiming
My God I'm done for ~
Here the stranger coolly wiped the
blood from his knife, and bending ever
his wounded foe, said, in the same cold
freezing tone
Harvey, you asked my name-I nov
see proper to give it,"
Ahd as the wounded man fixed his ewes
upon him, with an expression of mingled
pain and curiosity, while the blood,
streaming from his wounds, assured the
other that his life was fast ebbing away,
he added
II am Colonel James Bowie of Arkan-
sas !"
Rather say the devil ?" groaned Har-
vey and, with a sudden CLEAN of bafled
malice, he added Eff I'd a know'd yer
name before, | d been better prepared for
the fight. You've killed me, and may
my curse go with you !" apd shutting his
teeth hard, and fetching along, gasping
brearli, he turned his head aside and soon
lay still in death.
Colonel Bowie walked quietly back for
his horse, mounted the animal, and rode
away as il nothing remarkable had oc-
cured, leaving the different bodies where
they had fallen.
This was his last duel. He was then
on his way to join that band of gallant
spirits who so'desperately fought for the
liberties of Texas, and at the Alamo he
fell covered with wounds, and with what
the world calls glory.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
Touching Incident.

A poor mulatto girl, a slave, has re-
Gently been tried at New Orleans, on a
charge of having attempted to poison her
mistress and family. 1t was proved that
she ~sprinkled ONE powder on a dish Of
oysters which made the family sick.
came out in the trial, however, that .ne
girl was innocent of any evil design. The
powder being analysed, was fonnd not to
be poisonous ; and the girl, in her simple
innocence, having been told that it had
the charm of love powder, had sprinkled
it upon the food in order to make her
mistress love her. She wished her
mistress to love her.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06

r SCHNAUTZ has removed his Gunsmithing
LIZ establishments to his residence just above the
Methodist Church, in Freehold, where be may at all
times be found, ready and willing to do any work in
his line, as neat, cheap, and durable as it can be
done any where. l take this opportunity also to re-
turn thanks to those Of my friends who have here
tofore favored me with their custom, and trust
from the satisfaction | have given them, that in my
new locality | shall retain their custom, and form
the acquaintance and receive the patronage of many
new ones.
II | have had on baud, for six months. a num-
per OF uurs ana flstois, lett by persons for re pair
which If not called for soon, will be sold, to pay 70
the labor on the same.
L. SCHNAUTZ.
Freebold Anril I 1873 If
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To..Ihe Public.

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well known as a Writer,-now offers his services t.
all those in want of Literary aid. He will furnish
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for Albums
Acrostics, and Poetry on any subject wished for
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ROLING.
HOUSE & SIGN PAINTER,

HOUSE & SIGN PAINTER,
FREEHOLD, NJ j.
DAINTING IN IMITATION OF OAK, MAPLE.
L Walnut, Mahogany and Rosewood. Also, Mar
bic in any style.
-" Paper H~anging-plain and Architectural
neatly executed.
October %, 1854. lily
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
REMOVAL OF THE
Gunsmith1s Shop.

Baltimore, Md. Oct. %, 1856
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06

D- To prevent your hair coming out,
never let your wife eaten you kissing the
erYant girl.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
WILLIAM D. 0LIPHANT,

OFFICE IN THE COURT HOUSE YARD, NEXT
door to A.C. McLean's office, Freehold, Nj.
All kinds of writings drawn up and executed.
Houses and Lots and Farms, &c. for Rent or
sale attended to.
Freehold, March 26, 1867. 22-tf.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-05-06
Holmes w. Murphy.

MASTER AND EXAMINER IN CHANCERY-
NlTakes the acknowledgement, and proof Of Deeds
&C. At the County Clerks office.
May 1857. Freehold, M.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09


the States with each other, and alarmed the
fears of patriots for the safety of the Union
Kansas once admitted, the excitement be-
comes localized and would soon die away for
want of outside aliment; and then every diff
Guilty could be settled by the ballot-box- Be
sides. and no trifiing consideration, shall
then be enabled to withdraw the troops from
Kansas and employ them on a service where
they are much needed They have been kept
there on the earnest Importantly of Gov.
Walker, to maintain the existence of the Terri
torial government and secure the execution of
the laws. He considered at least two thou
sand regular troops, under the command of
zen. barney, necessary. Acting upon his
reliable information, L have been obliged in
some degree to interfere with the expedition
: to Utah, in order to keep down the rebellion
in Kansas, which has involved very heavy
expense to the government. Kansas once adj
mitted, it is believed there viii no longer be
occasion there for the troops.
have thus performed my duty in this i'm
portant question under deep sense of nv
responsibility to God and to the country
My public life viii terminate in brief period,
and | have no other object of earthly am
bition than to leave my country in a peaceful
and prosperous condition, and to live in the
affections and respect of my countrymen.
The dark and ominous clouds now impending
over the Union, conscientiously believe will
be dissipated. with honor to every portion of
it by the admission of Kansas during the
present session of Congress; whereas, if she
should be rejected, greatly fear these clouds
will become darker and more ominious than
ever, yet threatened the constitution and the
Union.
JAMES RITCHANAN
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

MONDAY, Feb. s, 1858.
Mr.. Mickey presented petition from sun
dry citizens of Humphreys county, to release
certain persons, as securities on the bail bond
of one Rushing charged with forgery.
MIR. Summers presented counter petition
on the subject.
Mr.. White, of Hamilton. a petition from
the county court of Hamilton county, asking
that certain moneys expended in the safe
keeping of prisoners, be refunded to that coun-
ty.
Mr.. Wilson offered resolution to amend the
rule 10y which Friday is set apart for local
business, so that the code may be read on that
as on other days. Adopted.
Senate resolution requiring the clerks to
place bills of general or public nature first
ON the calendar was adopted.
Mr.. King introduced "A bin to secure due
and proper observance of the sabbath, and for
other purposes.
Mr.. Stovall: bill to legitimatize Ann Eliza
Want
The bills TO change the time Of holding the
circuit courts in Haywood and Decatur coun-
ties, were amended and passed their third read
ing.
The bill to punish carrying pistols, with
fine and Imprisonment was indefinitely post
poned.
Adjourned till p NJ.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09
FLOWER SEEDS BY MAIL.
Twenty Choice Varieties fer One Dollar.


Viii subscriber respectfully annuunrc- thai, -
Il To- supfiy a want tllat has been greatly dc ~. -
handed bs Amateurs 81 Flowers, be has pur -
chased ron hT. Is r. M.ss, 81 Springfield, Mnss-,
assortment al hs Flower seeds, wheh have been
ivInd and are known every state At the Unison 10
loving extract from Hiss Catalogue that may be
that ssll them exactly lbs prices. HIS seeds
embrace Only thoze Of hts raising, bat selcc
uons from the hert kAglSh FreiS d aud GERMAN neN
seeds They SID az hall the price that HOVER
seeds have bcluro commanded IA this market.
have reieetrd out of my large culiettson of flower
SEEDS Ilir beautiful and snowy Nnrcfigs each
sTt alstnIcI n color and calculated produce fise
Uiiegt l Planted iu beds grouIs tite flower
barrier. have had each variety ulsinctiy marked
with tlie Btiiacai and tlglrh name, hcit, time of
hoNcFilg, color 81 the L0Wer, nianneg 81 grow inf ,
whether erect or trailing Ac., tlc u should be
SUM, and other valuable hints a. cUiKatit---
Ia sstyCtiue There varieties, have bcu careful a.
Guide all Wiich shy bl1incrs have inzignif
caht alslssi iisiCs that coii-etisi- l comprise
sRly lfs~s Nil F,gly shi,sy aEd handsome and
winch believe would prove a. Esc Ctsc natEiciss
81 any iaay srntlrtnan who might be dsls.scd -
order theui- Ihe U0iiectoB Wll b. by Izst
q any part q iig country al tHC follow fg pTiucs
AssoIlleLt 40 1, cugsasts al t0vty rioCc varieties
- AAlnais- 81 90
4" NJ :, coisists ~ tSvnty choicc Varir-
to- ii lheuniais aud fercnnlals-..... / %
= No. ., osIlslsts at teli tne yaTic-
Les a. AnEaais stfl l'ert-Iintals, eIibra-
oifig many 81 thu hea and chssuess
Sss-s @a.uas i. = . = :. 80 ,...,-- W
etrs selected fl,n iFlEr fl0~ess - EsaEia-h i'An
sisr, German t'af1ialtbu, aId llCuire f1uks Yer
hniaas; ffailIit ffelsch A-srrs, and iialbse fIo
iyiesAs. ravh q shiuh sid ~ tN-ufy ave
60 y s.l.ss %
tie Assortment l.sIias.Icrs al. o. made bzuk
bills sf Postage sEasasls- AiLA. AAekt>nE,
frhl-u Aasisiiic. IcHn-
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09

MARINE LOSSES FOR JANUARY-The Mac
York Courier publishes a list of marines losses
for the past month, showing an aggregate
OF eighteen, vessels, of which five were
ships, three were barks, two were brigs,
and eight were schooners. The total
value of property lost was four hundred
and ninayree tiousO,id tre hundred dollars. This
is the value Of the property totally lost eN-
ciu i've of damage 10 vessels not amounting
to a total loss and of partial losses of cargo
AS compared with the month of january
1857, the above shows decrease Ia the mum
Der of vessels lost and missing of one hundred
and seven, and in the value Of Propsriy lost
amounting to three million and hrty-nine
thousand two hundred dollars.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09
TENN ESSEE LEGISL AZURE.
SENATE.


MONDAY, Feb. s. 1853.
Mr.. Goodpasture presented petition from
citizen of FentresS county asking the State
to renumerate Pleasant Taylor for numerous
valuable services rendered in the detection
and arrest of criminals Referred to the
committee on ways and means.
Mr.. McDougal, a petition from citizens of
Hardin county praying that Sherrod b. White
be permitted to hawk and peddle without
license. Referred to The Judiciary committee
Mr.. Whitthorne introduced bill to author
lze the Register of the Land Office at Nash
vile to perform certain duties of the Secre-
tary of State
House bill to amend the charter of the
Nashville and Shelbyville turnpike company
and for other purposes passed the third time.
Senate resolution TO procure grant of
land to soldiers of the war of 1872 was
amended on motion of Mr.. GoOdner so as to
leave it cptionary with the soldiers to take
full pay on six hundred and forty acres of
land, and the resolution was adopted.
House bill to abolish military duty passed
the third time.
A motion was entered to reconsider the
vote,
Adjourned till o'clock.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09
The Lecompton COnstitution-Its
Chances.

1T is conceded by all parties that the lie
We note that the Black Republican letter
writers claim that Messrs. BELL and CRITrEN-
DEN will vote against it. We do not know
what authority they have for doing so but
we do know that, up to the Sd inst, neither OF
these distinguished Senators had made up bis
mind. We hope to have them with US, when
the tug of war comes.
In the House of Representatives, the result
is somewhat doubtful The vote, in that body,
on the I'd inst, On the motion to adjourn, 80
as to cut off the amendment offered by Mr..
Harris, of Indiana, to the motion of Mr..
Hughes, referring the Lccompton Constitution
, to the Committee on Territories, is looked
upon as probably test vote. The following
classification of this vote is made by the Bal
tiaaore american. In affirmation will be found
all those who voted for adjournment: in the
negative, all who voted against adjournment,
beside Republicans
For Adjousnnaent that rs, for Lecomptop-
Messrs. Arnold and Bishop. of Conn; Soaring
and Maclay, of y. Y; HGylcr and WOrten-
dyke, of n. j.; White, ellis, Landy, Leidy,
and Phillips. of Penn; Miller and Pendleton,
of Ohio; Gregg and Nihlack, of Ind; Ri
caud, of Nd. Gilmer, of n. c.; ii. Marshall,
Underwood, Clay, Stevenson. and Jcwett, of
KY; Maynard, Ready, and Zolicofier, Of Tenn.
Aqains adjournment aud LecomptoR Messrs.
Haskin of n. Y; Adrian, of y. j.. Chapman,
Dewart, Owen, Jones, Montgomery and Reilly
of Pa; Lawrence, Burns, Cockerill. Groes-
beck, Hall, and Cox, of Ohio; Davis, English
and Foley, of Ind; all five members from Hi
nos McKibben, Of Cal; % Democrats, and
ii. Winter Davis, Of Nd.
Absent OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Clark. S'ckles.
and Taylor, of n. Y; Smith, of Va; Taylor,
of La; Warren, of Ark; Dimmick, of Pa;
Caruthers, of Ohio; Bonham, Boyce, and
Orr, of S. Gil.
absent omptonites-Messrs. Dawes, Of
Mass; Edie, Kunkel, Roberts, and Hickman,
of Penn; MattesOn, and hurry, of \. ".
Doubtttd Abseatees- Messrs. Corning, of n. Y,
and Harris, of Md.
The motion failed, a majority of twenty
appearing against it. But, it will he noted
that there were numerous absentees, the greater
number of whom are in favor of the Consti
tuition, as is also Mr.. HARRIS, of Maryland, who
is placed among the doubtful. We believe
that when the proper test comes, the COnsti-
tuition will prevail in that body also by
small majority, and KdHMs admitted .siare
.State 1t gives us much satisfaction to know
that the delegation from Tennessee, i'll the
House, is unit on this great and important
question and also that the Southern Ameri-
can delegation, in that body, is also Il unit
with one exception, Mr.. HENRY WINTER DA-
Wis, of Maryland.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09

A Southern Member of Congress will wait
upon the President tomorrow morning to
make formal remonstrance against the Lee
compton Constitution and to warn him that
its passage will destroy the Democratic party.
Cor. " Y Tribune.
If the admission of Kansas with the Lee
compton Constitution will destroy the demo
cratic party" all good men ought to devout-
ly pray for it's admission.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09

fS- The Missouri Democrats Washington
correspondent writes that it is common talk
in and about the Capitol, that when BENNETT,
of the New York Herald, recently visited
BUCHANAN, "he was not only received with
the most distinguished consideration, but in
vited to Cabinet conference-an honor new
err before accorded by the government Of this
country to an unofficial person"
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09

5MS- Further intelligence from Washington
confirms the report that Mr.. Bernhisel, the
Mormon delegate, has made propositions to
the President for the purchase of the Mormon
property in Utah. Mr.. Buchanan app ,ars To
have rather rejected the overturcs of Mr..
authority of Brigham Young. Mr.. Bcrnhisel
represents the Mormoas rs generally inclined
to peace.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-09
The Prospect.

THE Washington correspondent Of the New
York Herald says:
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. 1858
1t is calculated, upon a close count of the
House of Representatives, that there will be a
majority of eight for the admission of Kansas
with the Lecompton Constitution. \ leading
Southern Know Nothing member expresses
his conviction that the Southern members OF
his party will give a solid vote 70 it.