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Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17
Manuscripts Found in Deserted Cabin.
THE LETTER.

This is our mothers letter: William, how bad
l want to see you Oh, my poor boy, you don't
know how my chilling blood warns up when
think that maybe, you may come before die
Come home, Will, and show them where TO lay
me when
But | was not there to show them the way to
the neglected corner where they buried her be-
side the drunEard's grave. He was the only son
of his mother and she was n widow and l. they
say, am the prodgal and dissolute one who de-
serted her. They 90 not know how have rcNpt
of Dead Sea fruit they do not know how every
thing I've touched has wthered, as if brand
from hell had scared it they do not know how
every cell of my brain has been filed with raw
enng demons, until the soul stood graspng its
prison bars, ready, with giants strengths to rend
them like spider webs from an obscured window.
have not told them that stood in the steam
ship Office pleading with the unfeeling wretch
who told me that had not enough by ten dollars,
and that while sought in the crowd for some
one from whom to borrow, the vessel quit her
moorings and was away. Oh, thou heart-Search-
ing God, whose just hand holdeth the even bal
anccs, wherefore hast thou weighed so unequaly?
Why is it that everywhere, even under the sha-
dow of the flag to which the oppressed look up in
confidence, the poor are ground under the chari-
OF wheels of wealth and power until the swift
revolving iron reeks with their watcry blood -
But it is Destiny unalterable. Mammon, stand
ing by the altar, kneels, reverently, upon the
necks of the lowly Christian, who, in rags and
pcnitential tears, stoops to drink of the free
springs of salvation which gush from the cefts in
the Rock of Ages.
There are times when devils seem to come out
Of hell and hold high festival in my brain, and
then feel rs though could climb the haughtiest
peak that lifts its white front to heaven. and
there, close to the enr of the Almighty, and in
voking the voice of storms, could utter words so
blasphemous that the curseiul discord would
shiver among the horp-stfings which hands of
seraphim guard from unhallowed touch. Then II
small voice speaks within the petrlfying heart
warns to life and tenderness, and mighty one,
standing in the inner temple scourges the demons
away, and then bow low the head, and worship
ping at his feet, whisper, { 1t is thouH
Blessings on thy memory, mother! My thoughts
are confused as sparks from stricken brand, but
thy kind words are all plain in memorys book us
the aserisks which God has written on the scroll
of night ] will go out to meet thee in the un-
tracked fields where angels walk to and fro
along the confines of Time, looking carthward
for bewildered travellers. On the narrow 18TH
mus that separates us there is none to levy trb
ute, and on the sea beyond there is no denser
darkness, than the deep, dark, internal night
which shrouds a wrecked soul in q vale of eternal
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

A WOMAN SrARvING.-In New York, lady
going down Broadway, met wretehed looking
woman, who sprang towards her, excamng l
am hungry | am hungryp Stepping inside a
store, the lady procured for her some potatoes
and piece Of meat. The hungry woman quick
ly gathered the potatoes into her pocket, then
selling the bloody meat, put it to her lips, and
ate ii to The bone then saying, | must take this
home to Eddie rushed wildly from the store
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

DIFFERENCE OF OPISIoY.-George Bancroft
the historian, after listening to the Presidents S
Aeeompton Message, denounced it as the most
congress and Henry S. Foote, who once, in the
United States Senate, threatened to hang Hale if
he ever came to Mississippi, is among the most
violent opposers of the Administrative Kansas
policy
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

AFRAID or INTERNAL BREAsTw3RKs.- officer
of distinction and tried valor refused to accept a
challenge sent him by young adventurer, but
returned the following answer fear not thy
sword, but the anger Of my God. l dare venture
my life in a good cause. but can not hazard my
soul in bad one. | will charge up to the can
mons mouth for the good OF my country, but !
want courage to storm hell
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

On SALLY My heart, the street door knockor
like, beneath my waistcoat thumps-ah. other
hearts are hearts, perhaps but mines the king Of
trumps. Then take it-for twill cling to thee
with love each day increased, as cings the king
of tcrrors to an African deceased-or as the an
cry lobster clngs to the finger in his claw, or as
the DOCTORS forceps to the tooth within your jaw
or as the living cucumber around the pumpkin
vine--so shall the chords of my true heart be in
tertwined with thine
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

WAY TO GET REsTED.It used to be custom
in Berwickshre, England, for the hired laborer
to lie down on his face aud let some one tread on
the small OF his back until the pain of fatigue
had been removed In Africa, a similar eXpedi-
ent is resorted to By the women who lead camels;
they lie down at full length, and stand on each
other backs, tramping and kneading with their
toes. and rise. /" like giants, refreshed"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

DTcHEs.-Diich property adds more perma-
nently to the wealth OF communities than any
species of improvements that can be made. In
time, the grass grows upon their borders and
they become like natural and living streams
Age strengthens and establishes them. They are
more ndistruetibe than aught that Is made Of
iron, brick or stone and all the while they car
ry with them to the teeming and striving commu-
mites health and prosperity Shasta Republican.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

BREAKING looking-glass is regarded, by an
old superstition, as prophetic that the breaker
will lose his best friend. Mirrors were formerly
used by magicians in their incantatlons. hence
was derived the popular notion.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

Az old Pennsylvania woman had a great aver.
sion to rye-shs never could bear the grain till
they made it into whskey, but then she could
worry it down right peart.'
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

Why do you associate with such low girls,
Josh? When was Of your age / could always
90 with the first cut"
" Daddy" said Josh, turning over the saw.log,
q" the first cut is always a ,la5,"
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

A TnuNDERING Big GUN,-An Englshmen has
constructed two monsirous mortars for the Gov
ernment. 1t throws she'll Of three feet diameter,
weighing ton and quarter, and holding 500
pounds of powder. Seventy pounds Of powder
is used to project the shell, which, falling at a
distance of mile and half, penetrates the
ground sixteen feet The mortar weighs fifty
two tons, is made in sections, and can be taken
apart for transport.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

THE Rev Hunt, the Temperance lecturer. was
once attacked by dog which he demolished
with his cane.
why didn't ye bit i'm with the small eend of
yer cursed stickp said the owner.
why didn't the whelp come at me small eend
foremost p said Hunt.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

ford p
We'll, you be-
COW far will ave to GOT
We'll, if yeou turn reound and go t'otber way,
may be yeou'll have to travel about 10 miles
But if yeou keep on the way yeou are going,
yeou'll have TO 90 about "a 900, reckon
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

MAN in Albany, while in ft of night mare,
dreamed that he was a horse, and that his wife
was d hOstler going to rub him down. At this
point in his dream he kicked his spouse out OF
LaI
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

JOE SMITH said he supposed his wife Emma
had gone to hell aud that when he got there he
would rake the place with fine toothed comb
but he d find her.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

THE ASSEMBLY Person WHO STRUCK A BLINp
MAN.-MObBill Lee, of FL Dorado, recently got
mad and strnck the Assembly Reporter in the
face. Mr.. Sumner, the person assaulted, is a
worthy young man, is lame and blind. In phys
ical strength he is unequal to n fight with a
twelve year old child Lee Is said to be great,
strong, bullying fellow, but he is litle-soul-
ed coward, or he would not sneak up on the
blind side of a cripple for the purpose of smashing
his glass eye Shame on you, you great, over
grown prosecutor of the halt and the blind.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17
Aboriginal IDEAS OF THE EARui's SnAr

ABORIGINAL IDEAS OF THE EARrH's SHAPE
Indians have some notion of the causes Of day and
night We once bargained with Shoshone to
time it would be brought to camp. The hunter
pointed at the sun, which was at about 10 o.
clock, and then with his finger indicated its course
to the west, round under the earth to its rising,
and on toward the west again to where it would
be at three in the afternoon. Punctual to that
hour came the Indian with the game. In point
ing out the course of the sun, he showed digni
ty and gravity which left no doubt of his profound
astronomical and geographical requirements.
Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-04-17

GRAHAM and Cooley make their magazines ex-
ccssively interesting by reprinting puffs of them
selves from all the dirty little sheets that write
the pufis to get the magazines in exchange. 'sech
nice things they do say
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-21
. 80; s..-sa 81 ft.zt = III - 4
s..; RICHARD. HOFFMAN.
.AiTALEeoF LOVE- AND KETRrBUTIoN.y

Rachel Bently, the lovely daughter Of
one of the richest merchants of, London, ,
having married George Hoffman. one, of her
fathers clerks, during The old man absence
in India, he Or his return disinherited her
and discharged George. The latter being
oyerwhelmedGby disappointment took to
drink. and in a few years became ahabit1al
drunkard Ibis wife supporting, herself and
two Richard; now a fine boy in .
his thirteenth year, and Mary. asweetchi
Of six Gby selling, one after another the !
remnants s.e, Of her once once costly wardrobe @ ana
/, On the last day Of December Of the year.
in which our story opens, Rachel was with-i.
outIfood, light OF fire. and that very day the
rent must be paid. .si52ed2s s'fll Fa@s;'
i Little Mary was moaning for bread, and :,
crying with cold. '7''l -. 1.'2 -, ,7io'5 %
? The drunken father was at the dram-shop.
The agonized, mother had but one more :,
article Of value lleft-a locket eontainings .
lock of her fathers hair.dp She had hoped to- {
be able to save this, the last memento Of her.
once happy home!l But goaded by little
Mary's cries for food she seized the locket,;
rushed to a pawnbroker's obtained a few
ECoudnued on fourth page.l
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-21
ZAnd shameful death are near r.

An irrepressible low cry broke from the
pallid lips of Honora. sThrew up the
|cards!' she said: 'sIt is wicked, this tam.
|pering with the mysteries of the futurep'
The, above is the commencement Of Mrs
|southworth's great story, which is now be.
ing published in the New York Ledger
We give this as sample but it is only the
beginning of this most interesting, fascinat.
ing, and beautiful tale-the balance, OF
continuation of it, can only be found in the
New York Ledger, the great family paper.
for which the most popular writer's in the
country contribute, and which can be found
at all the stores throughout the city and
country, where papers are sold Remem.
Der to ask for the New York Ledger Of Jan.
uary 16, and in it you will get the contin-
uation of the story where it leaves off here
IF you cannot get copy from any news Of
fee, the publisher Of the Ledger will mai
you a copy on the receipt of five cents.
The Led ger is mailed, to subscribers, al
81 a year, or two copies for So. Address
your letters to Robert Bonner, publisher
A Ann street, New York. It is the hand
somest and best family paper in the country
| elegantly illustrated, and characterized b.
a high moral tone. So +-5:9'
The story is, of itself alone. worth tn,
price of the Ledger. To peruse the history
| of the lovely heroine, Miss Paule-how sht
came to be bride for only an evening, ane
all the strange and absorbing particular
connected Herewith, will be treat for al
who take the trouble to get the Ledger.
Her smile so soft, her heart SO kind, >.
Her voice for PHYS tone so fit,
! Allfspeak her woman but her mind
Lifts her where bards and sages sit. :
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-21
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
p ssif1asosB BY E. WELLS, -, =.
.,af.ls EDITOR ANp. PROPRIETOR. s-a..9 ot

,TERMs OF SUBseRiRTsoN.-Foro one year. if paid
IN advance or within six months, $l.50; fnot paid
within six months, S2.00.es II isgs1e = 3fi los
sTERMs or ADvERrIsiNG.-Sl.e0 / 80 per square for
the FIRST two Insertions, and 25 cts. for every sub
seqltent insertion; twelve lines less constitute
q square,. If the number of insertions be not
marked on the advertisement, IL W i'll be published
until forbid. and charged accordingly. "A liberal
deduction made to those who advertise their bust
ness by the year The privilege of annuai adver-
tisers extepds only to their Immediate business
yAHneuDcements Of Candidates for office, 81 O0
per month. to be paid in advance. 7.i iE5ofl is2
Concentrations, the effect Of which is TO pro-
mote private or individual interests, matters
of charge. and are to be paid for at the rate OF
so cts. per square, 2 : = - i 5I...es,f
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-21
PAY THE PRINTER.

Here comes winter, here comes winter,
Storms of hails-and snow-and sleet,
Pay the printer, pay the printer, y s.
Let him warm his hands and feet.
Here comes winter, here comes winter,
Whitening every hill and dale;
Pay the printer, pay the printer :.
Send your money by the mail, - = =
Pay the printer, pay the printer, - -
All remember his just due; ',"' ''-.>a
In cold winter, in cold winter ~. g :
He wants cash as well as you. +.
Merry winter, merry winter, - i''t ''s''
It will be when all do right;
Pay the printer, pay the printer, = -.
!, Do the thing that is polite. i4|t i's@
Happy winter, happy winter
Hark ! the jingling of the bells; .9i'
To the printer, to the printer, S. -
"a What sad tales their music tells.
All! poor printer! ah poor printer!
Your subscribers froiic all. -
In the winter, in the winter, a.
But ne'er think Of you at all
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-21
that = deep remorse for some unacted crime

that deep remorse for some unacted crime
|pre8ed on him." ..3i; tfs.]s arsN l.11 d
Nonesense! Juggleryw said the lat
terfturning away to conceal his agitation
he eyes Of Honora Paule followed hin
witt the deepest interest was thai
upon his brow that she had never seen be-
fore - /,
lAe nextin turn was Agnes. '9i Turning
to l&f. Rose said: ~: ,tf'llss III
hat seek you in the magic circle, Ia
dy ..4 ' - ...1.s...lS : zlss,.,1 - :
dy destiny answered the luscious
tonl - <. s.i3 >.::.t,,.l..4 J..
invoke the knowledge d .sisz.t M.
Rnes drew tablet, and passed it as u.s.
ual 80 the Sybil, who read zazIzt5,
Oh, ask me not to speak thy fatel -. :, :
Oh, tempt me not to tell
The doom shall make thee desolate,
The wrong thou mayst not quell !:
d,cayi Avay!-,tor death sco,.ld be :;
Een as mercy u'sto thee r = ~
Agnes shuddered, and covered her face
with her hands. !, ...'.i - ts'y.it ta2:@5.iie
Pat up the tablets! They are growing
fataIp' said Rose T5ai : -. : :.
Not for the world !-now that each
word is fate! There is couple yet to be
disfpsed Of! Miss Paule, draw near z said
Mr. Heine .as,r
The cheek of Honora Paule changed yet
striyng with feeling that she felt to be un-
worthy. she smiled, reached forth her hand,
drea p tablet, and passed it to the Sybil,
who ii an effective voice read = -
g g Bat how is this A dream is on my soul
SEGA bride-all crowned with flowers, and
B, smiling, - ...sr. .r-,.5 : T. -.
As ii delighted visions, on the brink 4zt :.
OF dead chasm-and thou art shel" ~
Honora heard in silence, remembering
the strange correspondence of these lines
with the prediction of the astrologer, made
long gago, endeavoring to convince herself
that. it was mere coincidence, and vainly
trying to subdue the foreboding Of her
heart. Is
Mr. Dulaniep' said Rose, shutting the
tablets, and passing them to him:
He drew a card, and returned it to pc
rused. . .. 80
heSybil took it, and thrill of super
t. terror shook her frame; asshe read
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1858-01-21
CHAPTER II.
THE sYB1L's CIRCLE.

The next day., Honora Informed her
grandmother. Madame Auderly, ssef God
frey's presence, in the neighborhood, and
the old lady sent her only brother, Colonel
Shannon, to fetch him to Piedmont God
frey accepted the Invitation On his arri-.
val. he found that General Sterne, the gov
iernor elect Of Virginia, and. his son, had
just taken up their quarters. for several days,
with Madame Auderly and the old lady in
his honor. at once sent off cards Of invita-
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-03-02

A WHITE MAN RECLAIMED AS SLAVE
BY HIS HALF BRornER-ATTEMPTr TO KID
NAP A WHITE CHILD.-Georgc w. Fsrris
was the son and slave of planter named
Raglan, near Tuscumbis, Alabama. His
mother was mullatto honse servant; also
Q slave of Raglan. George escaped from
slavery in 1852, and went to Pittsburg,
where he passed for white man, and mar
RED white girl named Mary Ann Wick
ham, engaged as subordinate in Mis-
Kimberly's theatre, and had one child. n
little girl, named Harriet. Ho worked 1t
bis trade as mason, and occasionally fig
ured as negro minstrel, but no one, not
even his wife, ever suspected that he was
not Of pure Caucasian lineage. eotomar
A Pittsburger, named George Shaw;
had worked in Alabama, putting cotton
gins, and he informed Raglan Of Georges
whereabouts, A son Of the master, and
half brother Of George, came up to CAPT
ture him. George, however, left in good
time, but was finally taken at Brunswick,
No., and sent back to slaYey by bls half
brother. But this unnatural half brother;
not content with getting George, e6pspis:
ed with George Shaw and ]. A. Terrence;
of Pittsburgh, to kidnap the littlo girl
Harriet. Warrants have been issued for
the arrest Of Raglan, Shaw and Terrence,
at Pittsburgh, and the two lattcE hast
been arrested. Raglan, though kown 70
bo prowling about Pittsburgh, had not
been arrested on Monday evening, r,
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-03-02
NO. 593.

parties, viz: E. B. Ward, F. e. Eldred,
endorsed by Eldrcd & Balloon, Of Chicago,
Nelson p. Stewart, endorsed by J. p:
Wbittemorc, William Warner & Co., Will
cox, Luff d Fuller, draft accepted BY Z:
w. Hudson. These notes and drafts were
taken as collateral for tho amount due
from the Bank, which transaction was done
under the advice and by tho approval Of
the Auditor General, Secretary Of State.
and Attorney General.
! have tho honor to remain
Your obcdient servant,
8. NJ. HOLMES,
STATE Treasurer.
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-03-02

clusion that moro rigorous Investigation
into tho history Of the past than they have
been, for want of time, enabled TO make,
would disclose other. transactions Of simi-
lar character, if not TO far greater ex-
tent. II is hardly TO be supposed that men
who would enter upon deliberate system
to deplete.the treasury as they were about
to surrender its custody, would be restrain
ed from like transactions during long
period in which they believed that no scru-
tinizing eye would be brought to bear up
on their operations, and none but friends
would have access to tho archives which
contained the proof Of their departure
from duty. ...
The following table exhibits the total
assessed value Of property in the State,
the amount of State tax, and the rate per
cent for the ten years therein specified:
Comparative statement of State Tax from lS4s 10 ls-
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-03-02
deducted from the aegrc-

Which, deducted from the aggrc- {,
gate Indebtedness, leaves 1,9ss,770 81
For which no provisions was made beyond
the taxes above referred TO. o.
l.' During this period Of ,cxtr@agani aud
wanton expenditure on the part Of govern
ment, the people Of our State were Ia
boring under all the disadvantages Incl.
dent TO the settlement of new country,
and were subjected to rates of taxation so
high as to materially affect the value of
property and the prosperity Of the State.
An accurate statement Of the receipts
and expenditures Of tho government for
the past ten years, marked exhibit A, is
herewith submitted-from which it will
be seen that the following balances remain
cd in the Treasury at the close Of each fis-
cal year:
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-03-02
How TO Make the "Good Timevs CsrnS
Right Along. lIi

Give all the editors a. dollar or TWO"
TO carry in their pockets, and hopeful
ray of mental sunshine will soon tighten
up the depressed and dcspc nding spirits,
and directly YOU may read in their papers
Of" "a favorable change" in the financial
condition Of the country. This will in
duce timid capitalists aud bankers to put
out their funds-which they have ,saAed
in-manufacturer to hoist the gates and
start the wheels of their machinery and
thus give honorable employment to honest
hands. This will create demand for az
ricultural produce--for "home consuinp-
tion," put money into the pockets of far.
mers, and they in return pay the printer,
the store keeper, the tailor, blacksmith,
shoemaker, the schoolmaster and Others.
Try it. There is no less money in tho
world now, but more--than at any pre-.
vious time. All that is necessary to re-
store business, is simply to restore confid-
ence, and to put the money, now buried
up or lying idle, into active circulatiou.--4
If you owe the printer dollar for his pap
or, or for advertising, pay him promptly
the whole if you can, part anyhoW aud
he will in return, pay those TO whom he is
indebted, and thus throughout tho 'rands
fications of business now life and activity
would at once be manifested. Send uss'k
dollar or two and try it. Io& io god ea
GLife 1lluitfated:sss
The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-03-02
Senator Wilson's Opinion Of John Cal.
hOun.

Senator Wilson's Opinion Of John Cali
hOun.
The following passages aro from the
speech of Hon. Hcury Wilson, delivered in
the United Senate, on the Kansas election
frauds:
- On the demand Of The
President, on the promise OF Gov. Wal
kcr, an the declaration Of the Washing
ton Union, they had promised the r.effs
Of Kansas that they would submit The
Constitution to the people. They provid-
cd for its submission in such way that
Gov. Walker could not correct frauds rs
he he'd done in tho case Of Oxford and
McGcc counties, and that Calhoun could
have the matter in his hands-s man who
would not only permit tho frauds, but, il
necessary, make the frauds himself. He
was just tho man to do iii; for God never
allowed to walk the green caflli any man
who more richly deserves 10 die traitors.
death, and leave n traitors name, than
John Calhoun"
Mr.. Green" Say it to his facc."
Mr.. Wilson.---"I have said it here, and
il goes on the record. / have no fear Of
the tools Of border-rufianism in Wash
ing.on or in Kansas. am able 70 take
care Of myself. ! will try to do so at
any rate. Sir, this John Calhoun has
cheated and defraudcd the people of Kan.
sas out Of their sacred rights. He has
committed crime against the liberties Of
tho people which will associate his pasps
with tyranny and tyiauts while the his
tory of Kansas shall bo read and rsmem.
bered by mankind" ~.