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True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

and can't bear this life any longer" he
exclaimed sobbing outright. =
Indeed I'm sorry" was all she
said; but the hand he held trembled
and when he put his arm around her he
was not repulsed.
Can you forgive me for being so un
reasonable and rude, my dear wife I" he
whispered, clasping her close to him.
With all my heart if there is anything
to forgive" she said,
p" And will you love me again as you
used 7" he pleaded, kissing The red
lips that were close to his.
81 don't know that could help it,"
she answered laying her head down on
his shoulder, with the air Of a fond, tved
child. ..,' z
Mr.. Lascelles was too happy TO speak
for little while, but lie was not quite
satisfied. 's. .-,..
My darling" he whispered, "I've
one more request 10 make. Z" You won'l
be offended, will you :"
Mrs LasceIles could scarcely be often.
ded at anything asked then.
elf You will only be kind enough,
dear, to go and run up as long bill as
possible Tomorrow, | shall feel good
deal happier. don't think | shall feel
easy until | have one to pay so you will
have sent in Immediately, l know. Get
everything you have fancy for; and
don't fail to take box of gloves"
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26
VOL. NO. XXI
How to Prosper in Business

In the first place, make up your mind
to accomplish Whatever you undertake
decide upon some particular employment
and persevere in it. All difficulties are
overcome by diligence and assiduity.
Be not afraid to work with your own
hands, and diligently, Too. IA ca. in
gloves catches no mice" @
Attend to your own business and never
trust it to others. "A pot ,ha, belongs
10 many is i'll srirred and worse boiled"
Be frugal. "That which will not make
d pot will make pot lid"
Be abSlemious. "Who dainties love
shall beggars prove," aa
Rise early. "The sleeping fox CATCH
es no poultry"
Treat every one with respect and
civility. Everything is gained and
nothing lost by civility." Good manners
ensure success. a4EtQ .aS.a
Never anticipate wealth from any other
source than labor. "Ha who waits for
dead mems shoes may have to 90 for
long time barefoot" Heaven helps those
who help themselves.
If you implicitly follow these precspts
nothing will hinder you from accumula-
ting.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26
Ministers Tying Up a Steamboat

A correspondent Of the Presbyterian Of
the West, writing an account of his yoy.
age down the Mississippi, along with q
hundred other ministers, to attend The
General Assembly at New Orleans, thus
tells what the preachers did on Sunday.
The boat was the City of Memphis 4:
"When we found we could not reach
Vicksburg by Saturday night, 10 o'clock,
we proposed to the Captain to clay to-
on the Sabbath. He agreed to it on
condition that we would pay the expenses
ofthe boat. They would be FIVE hundred
and sixty dollars, bu. he would take five
hundred dollars. The money was raised
and the bargain closed. We arrived al
the little village Of Providence La, and
the Providence which directs all things
seemed indeed to have directed our course
to that point to spend the Sabbath. -a
"On awakening in the morning, all
quiet on board, we learned that the Pres.
bytery Of Central Mississippirhad closed
'5 Suothooo SGooiOHo tucT6 on OaLufO0V
evening, and that the sacrament Of the
Lords Supper was to be celebrated ,ha.
Sabbath morning. We, therefore, gave
up our intended servics on the boat, and
joined the congregation In the sacramen-
tai services Of .he Presbyterian Church.
And precisely such a meeting, under
such circumstances had never before oc.
cured upon the banks of the Mississippi.
and may never occur again; one hundred
ministers and elders, from thirteen States
and Territories Of the Union, stopping
one of the floating palaces Of this majestic
river, on purpose to keep holy the Lords
day, meeting Presbytery in session,
and joining with them and with the
Church in celebrating the Lords Supper.
II was most refreshing season 10 our
company. to the Presbytery, and to the
congregation" "
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26
Swearing.

"Trust not the promise of common
swearer," says an eminent writer, 'for
he that dare sin against his God, for
neither profit or pleasure, will sin against
thee for his own advantage. He that
dare break the precepls Of his father, will
be easily persuaded to violate the promise
unto his brother" There is good CON-
mon sense 10 this advise, and il would be
well ifit were generally acted on. There
are, no doubt, many great scoundrels who
never swear, and, perhaps, a few men of
otherwise good conduct who sometimes
transgress the commandment {; but Of the
common swearer, the man whose every
word is an oath, and who cannot perform
the most trivial act without an oath, but
little good can be said. Such man may
be successful in business, shrewd in his
worldly dealings, and courageous in facing
danger; bu! in The qualities that make up
the true hearted gentleman aud the chris.
tan, he is wofully deficient. Take the
man who is well read in good literature,
who is agreeable 10 those in whose soci.
ETY. he is thrown, and whose name is but
another word for probity and honor, and
ne will never be found one
"Who unpacks his heart with words,
And falls to cursing like very drab."
Unhappily too many of our young men
think it is mark Of good breeding to
interlard their discourse with oaths and
curses, wishing it to appear that they are
on familiar terms with the Ruler Of the
Universe if not with the aristocracy of
the land. How mistaken an idea this is,
may be seen by the dislike men of really
good breeding evince 10 the society Of
those swearing pretenders. Our rising
generation, with the human failing Of
learning that which is bad before that
which is good, is sadly tainted with the
vice ofprofane swearing. He who doubts
the fact has only to pass a group of boys
at play, on The street, to be convinced
Nor is the practice confined to the children
OF the poor and degraded; the well dres.
sed sons of The better classes are very an,
to be those who swear the loudest and
the most pertinaciously. Are the parents
OF such boys not aware that ''hard swear
ing" is frequently pioneer to the more
fiagrant crimes! We wish that those
addicted to the vice would heed the coun-
sci Of "Holy George Herbert"
"Take not his name, who made thy
mouth. in vain;
It gets thee nothing, and has no excuse;
Lust and wine plead pleasure, avarice
gain;
But the cheap swearsr, through his
common sluice, lets his soul run for
naught Pittsburgh Chronicle.
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What Drunkard Means.

Lest | should seem to claim too much
for the name Of God, and thus lose all, |
will take few illustrations, and show
that the names Of all things designate our
notions Of those things, and that the name
enlarges in proportion as our notions en-
large. For example, what is meant by
the word "dIunkard!" Il il a name,
and what is implied in this name To,
the unthinking, it means nothing more
than worthless disreputable, despicable
wretch. To the rum seller, it means a
poor, ragged, thirsty customer, who brings
his pay in small sums who is always
thirsty, always profane, and always well
come when he has money. But to his
family what different meaning the name
Of I" drunkard" has II means q faith
less husband, a brutal father, an everlas-
ting shame, perpetual dread t.st
And what does the word " drunkard"
mean to the thinking man. the philanlhro.
pist, and the Christian? It means the
violator of the laws Of health and decen.
cy; and offender against the duties and
charities Of home neglecter and des.
piser of morality and religion. A blot, a
stain and a burden. A living libel on his
race. An outCast from the decencies Of
life; apoor pitiable offender, who is des.
troying every fair thing in his body and
soul, and while bringing bushes and
tears 10 the eyes and cheeks Of all about
him.; is preparing to make his bed in hell.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

| lasked Sir James Scarlet what wal
the secret of his pre-eminent success a,
an advocate. He replied that he tool
care to press home the one principal poin
Of the case, without paying much regarc
to the others. He also said he knew the
secret of being short. II find" said he
"that when exceed half an hour, am
always doing mischief to my client If1
drive into matter more important that
had previously lodged there"
Rev. DR.. ADAMS, of this city, in re.
cent discourse, referred to the apprehen
sion entertained by some tha. the presen,
relig gious awakening would result in injury
to the ministers, from the extra demands
upon their exertions. "But,' said the
Doctor, "no greater mistake could be
imagined. | can tell you what it is that
Kills the Christian minister. It is to
labor Sabbath after Sabbath, and year
after year, and see no fruit follow his
laborers. To preach only 10 dull ears,
and appeal to hearts that are hardened
against the truth"
There is,no doubt, sound philosophy as
we'll as fact in the above remark. The
presence Of the Spirit of God, when
Christians are revived, devoted and united,
seems graciously to peryade whole com
muntles, softening the hearts of the i'm.
penltent into a strange susceptibility,
q awakening X. zeal in careless professors, and
klndllng the souls of earnest Christians
into an irrepressible fame of heavenly
love. Under such an influence, the
minister is not merely encouraged, and
enabled to labor with cheerfulness; his
labor becomes spontaneous and buoyant:
ills no longer the toll of duty, but the
play of exuberaut impulses, promoting
health and long life above every other
instrumentality. Whitfield was accus-
toned to call the pulpit his panacea, and
found no medicine SO effectual in sickness
as an hours preaching. IF ministers
would preach with ease and enjoyment,
they must be filed with the Spirit; and
if churches would make their pastors
happy, healthy, and long lived as well
as useful, they must secure that abiding
presence of the power of God among
them, which can impair fervent and
Joyous life to the soul Of the preacher. r.
Examiner.
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Letter Of a Dying Wife to her hus.
band. ..s .

l
The following most touching fragment
OF letter from dying wife to her hus.
band, says the Nashville Gazette, was
found by him some months after her
death between the leaves of religious
volume which she was very fond Of per.
suing. The letter, which was literally
dim with tears marks, was written long
before her husband was aware that The
grasp of fatal disease had fastened on the
lovely form of his young wife; who died
at the early age of nineteen:
'"When this shall reach your eye, dear
George, some day when you are turning
over the relics Of the past, shall have
passed away forever, and the vold white
stone will be keeping It's lonely watch
over the lips you have SO often pressed,
and the sod will be growing green that
shall hide forever from your sight the
dust OF one who has so often nestled
close to your warm heart. =.
"For many long and sleepless nights,
when all besides my thoughts were at
rest, have wrestled with the conscious
ness Of approaching death, until at last it
had formed itself upon my mind; and
although to you, to others, il might now
seem but the nervous imaginings of a
girl; yet, dear George, it is so! Many
weary nights have passed in the endea-
vor to reconcile myself to leaving you,
whom love so vel, ,and this bright world
OF sunshine and beauty and hard indeed
it is to struggle on silently and alone with
the sure conviction that am about to
leave all forever and 60 down into the
dark valley "But | know in whom |
have believed" and leaning on his arm,
81 fear no evil" Do not blame me for
keeping even all this from you. How
could | subject you, of all others, to such
sorrow as | feel at parting, when time
will soon make it apparent TO you!
II could have wished to live, if only TO
be at your side when your time shall
come, and pilloSing your head upon my
breast, wipe the death stamps from your
brow. and usher your departing spirit into
its Makers presence eubalmed in wo-
mans hottest prayer. But il is not to be
and | submit. Yours is the privilege
Of watching through long and dreary
nights, for the spirits final flight, and Of
transferring my sinking head from your
breast to my Saviour's bosom! And you
shall share my last thought, and the last
faint pressure of the hand, and the last
feeble kiss shall be yours, and even when
flesh and heart shall have failed me, INV
eyes shall rest on yours until closed by
death; and our spirits shall hold one last
communion unlil gently fading from my
view-the last Of earth--you shall mingle
with the first glimpses of the unfading
glories Of the better world, where paint.
ings are unknown. ,t5
-"Well do / know the spot, my dear
George, where you will lay me; often
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

OCCUPATION Occupation ! what a
glorious thing it is for the human heart.
Those who work hard, seldom yield
themselves entirely up 10 fancled or real
sorrow. When grief sits down, folds lis
hands, and mournfully feeds upon its
own tears, weaving the deep. shadows
that little exertion might sweep away
into funeral pail, the strong spirit Is
shorn Of its might, and sorrow becomes
our master. When troubles flow upon
you, dark and heavy, toll not with the
waves, ss,--wrestle not with the torrent !
rather seek by occupation to divert the
dark waters, that threaten TO overwhelm
you, into the thousand channels which
the duties oflife always present. Before
you dream Of It, those waters will fertilise
the present, and give birth 10 fresh flow.
ers that may brighten the future, flow
ers that will become pure and holy, in
the sunshine which penetrates to the path
OF duty, in spite Of fevery obstacle. Grief,
after al, is but selfish feeling, and most
selfish 10 the man who yields himself to
.he indulgence Of any passion which
brings no joy 10 his fsllow.man. IN
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

AN old baron who had lost an eye in
the wars, had glass one, which his page
used to take away on plate every night.
1t happened that the page in question
being absent, another fellow, an entire
novice in the affair, was employed TO
supply his place. The old gentleman
gave without any ceremony bis glass eye
to his new servant. As the fellow did
not move, the master said, "Friend, what
do you wait for I" "For t'olher eye,"
replied he. ~ ss4 A 'i'
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

AN Irish magistrate having occasion 10
write the word "usage," contriyed to
spell i without using single letter Of
the original word; his improved ;o,ho opra.
ply was yOUziA. When some remarks
were made on similar feats, he ayefred
that nobody could spell with pens made
from the quills Of Irish geese. am
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

A parcel received Al the post Office al
Stuttgart has been tho cause Of much
perplexity to the authorities. This par
Gel, which appears TO contain either lace
or silk, is addressed, "The most beau.i-
lul lady in Suttgard." A committee Of
ladies' were appointed to decide the ques.
ton ; 'butno two votes were recorded for
The same person, and the question is still
in suspense.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

The celebrated DR.. Hunter, whom Ab.
ernelhy, in one Of his arid veins, termed
the "English Blood Hunter" when star
ting in life, gave lectures His first leo
ture was attended only by the porter
john" said the great man, unmoyed
by the circumstance, ''take that skeleton
down, that | may say with propriety--
Gentlemen" aes .'si4 sI'as'ss'l 'sss'l
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Bad spelling Is sometimes the best, as
in the case Of the bser-vsnder, who wrote
over his shop door. I" Bear sold here,'
manifestly implying that ii was his own
Bruin, Not less ingenious was The de-
vice Of the quack, who announced in bis
handbills that he could instantly cure the
most obstinate ''ageWs," thus saiisiactos-
ily showing that he was no conjuFer at
tempting 70 cure them with speN.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

How nature delights and amuses Us bv
varying even the character ofinaeels; !; the
ill-na,ure Of lhe wasp, the sluggishness of
the drone. the volatility Of the butterfly,
the slyness Of The bug Sidney Eniih.
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

"A merry Andrew, on being asked why
be played the fool, replied, + For ths
same reason that YOU do--oul Of want ;
you do i for want Of wit, and I do h ior
the want OF money! 'sss t9NiNtg faA
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

"I repeat" said person Of question
able .yeracity, |" that I am an honest
man." Yes" was The reply, s and
how often will you repeat il before you
believe ii yourself?" ss -
True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1858-05-26

we stood by the place, and az we watched
the mellow sun set as it glanced in quiv.
erlng flashes through the leaves, and
FURNISHED the grassy mounds around us
with stripes Of Furnished gold, each per-
haps a s though that some day one Of us
would come alone, and which ever /,
might, be, your name would be on the
stone, But we loved the spot, and
know you will love it none the less when
you see the same sunlight linger and play
among the grass that grows over Mary's
grave. ! know you will 60 there, and
my spirit will be with you then, and
whisper among the waving branches-"I
am not lost but gone before"
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-12
DIRECT TRADE.
BAYLOR Il co.

Notice Is hereby given that all claims which may appear
upon proper examination be due from the books OF Baylor
Co. aud all claims which established by due process
law. Will be promptly paid, with interest, in full.
This occasion is taken inform the friends Of DIRECT
TRADE and the correspondents of Baylor Co. throughout
the Cotton Districts that during the coming business season.
advances will be made usual IN New Orleans Cotton for
dee shipment to Europe accompanied In all by
tees for thu balances due on each shipment
Orders for Cotton Baggng will be filed by direct importation
from Calcutta into the port of New Orleans.
SO soon the Cotton already sold be identified duplicate
account sales will In instance bemA out In LONDON
eyS Public Accountant and sent to those interested To
DELAY PLANTERS who have shipped ill send forward the
marks and weights their Cotton such other information
will facilitate the matter.
All letters private well business relating the
affairs Of BAYLOR Co. and direc rade will BE- addressed
&c. g. BAYLOR, a LOMBARD STREET, LONDON"
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-04-12

A RETIRED PHYSICIAN, sEvENTY.FIvE
OF whuse sands Of life have ont dis
covered while in The East Indies certain for Consunp
on Asthma Bonchtis, Coughs Colds and General Debility
The remecy discovered by him when his child
daughter given die. Wishing good as
POSSIBLE he will send such Of his afflicted fellow beings
quest It, this pe, with full and explicit ing
mp and successfully using it, He requires applicant TO
enclose him shinghee postage
on The ecipe and the remainder be applied
nf his advertisement. Address DIR. II. JAMES,
al 2wd&W 10 GRAND street. Ter sew CITY N 7
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sHERIFF's SALES.


ss-sherfTs sales also ON seventh Page-es
S' q s Ps S.sn a sSss % = gsrcE
BYyIRTUE off writ Of scri faeias 70 me
New orleans in he s5ve entitled can WI proceed % se
Al De gu.sais aoyssss ssei. he pssul
No 10 ssaoeiaIon street. b s srs, Di.sriei x
ths eiII a. per inventory % be seen my Office.
TEkMs-cash o. the spot.
Sheriff ofths Parish Of oFisans
Si r. SoTs p ssSr Sims co
EN yEhTU dun writ de Gerf fscias an 4 moi
sysI,s ds,. P.rs cIdsssgs j. prss.dsss 4 i
sp. s ~ a5y5 l S os hss.s A. " sur ss isus ei
V. Meusies e. Eht eontenos dams Ia malsor occupes
" dams rs@T District ess" ss .s VIE II sa s1s
4 tout d.P.s . e a %sn s sss.R su recour
'oNDiiioNs-comptAsia an moment De rsdIudicaiIon.
mso sassn sAsrif De 4 p l. sH d'Iisan.
Of New orIsana FLAMES x xoRrIl, DECEASED DC saaa
RY VIRTUE OF and In obedsea eel es 70 an, ov,,.,
he Hosorass BE second b ME- esS; Ne e - s.es q
above snaIef mser VII proceed ell public auetiaa a.
Streets on SATURDAY April 24h, 1855 At u O'clock ~
LOT OF GkOUSD, together with ali the buildings -.
and thereon rights. ways and @
city, in The sqaare bounded By eonheuse, Burrandy Daa
pun streets SAID lot the
house and Burgundy streets and American measure
81 feet trout custohouse by dersb froot an
Burgundy Of % feet alley feet width opening on
Bngand street and running to The property formerly
deed NJ purchase from Samuel Moore dared February
ls2 passed before Thee Guyo notary pnbc IN this city
.si e two rem, brick dwelling Sousss hs
forming the Of BuguDdy aud Cust0mhouse
the other nR the late residence Of The deceased Which
property Is under lease until the is day Of Oeob 1852
TERMS-Onethird cash, and the nsaEee and
two years credit secured By mortgage opery sold and
bearing interest at the rate Of per cent rom date
Sheriff Of the Parish Of Orleans.
DEgxIE.E coUR DE DISTRICT SUCCESSION DE FEU JAS.
-, ds "A Nonvrls,oLleans. NORrH--No s5l3
Cour de District de Ia Nouvelle Orleans dams saire
procedersi lie SAMEDI, - davri 1883 midi r6fe de Ia
sins pour e compile de Ia dte succession Naturalization
U TERRAIN. si'us dams e Deuxieme District a. -.
cee viii dsns fitt borne parties de Ia D1uane %
DaHphine du Canal 1T
cal 81 pieds de face Ia Ia Douae % ie de
profoseur e face Ia Bourgogne aysn nsage dnne slice
commune de ped de lageur Bourgogne
1u.gnA Ia proprieie cl-deeant appartensni Rodin.
Ensemble bssses * amelcrafons AMI .e
rouFent dssus- conssat dek m4ions distincpsl an
bques deux efages Pune fornan ae des BourgoRne
~ de Ia DouAue are resfdence an dsnnl
dessus. - = ~
Ans qne appe du 20 evrier 1851 an rapport
Samuel Moore. defun. =
La propriee manensn iouee ball usou,au
Ter octobre s deux locaiaires drens SO OF SQ par
CONhITIONS-Un tiers du mix PAYABLE cot1ptaut Of Ia ha
lance un deux de credit garantis par hvno
nea1e SUI Ia propree Eendue p0rtan pour dinierat
E.T. PAREER,
m., z. p. I'd u sherif de "a Parosse diOreans.
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Notice hereby that at the termination Of the copart
nershp existing according written articles Of agree
ment, between the members Of the firm of Baylor the
same will be dissolved and the unfinished business placed IN
hqndstion. G. @. BAYLOR.
Manchester, March, 1855. as Jaw
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n. CORY j. b.
SICkLEs & co., DRUGGISTS AND APoTHEJA-
~ RIES 50 and ~ Canal street. New nrleans-Importe
and wholesale Dealers in DRUGS MEDICINES Surgical In
s-ship Steamboat Plantation and Family Medicines put
with particular and guaranteed fresh and genuine
ms ly
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ONION RESTAURANT, No. IS 81.

AaE Charles street.
s1f{% NJ The propreors Of this popular establishment
sv4EJ28inform the public that they continue
Piled with all he choice decsces of markets and for lux
ury comfort, cleanliness and rates will defy the
Union TO be surpassed by other IN the cty Thew
respectfully solicit continuance Of public alO
| OST OR mIsLAID, IN THE CITY OF PHILA-
II delpha ra ,omems during the Of February last
the coupons due January aud February 5 1855 for the Ter
I on the Bonds of the Second Municipality Of city
Orleans Nos SO and TO- aud the bonds Of the old Commercial
Bank also Of city Of New Orleans Nos I97 and 2s
The public cautioned against negotiating the same pay
neni having been stopped and application The Hoard Of
Commissioners Of the Consolidated Debt duplicates thereof
ae outs JAMES RITCHIE, Agent.