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Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-05
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BLBIlESs nVER1US MARSH, a, Badwns store in South 11 street, has just received large aud beautiful as- sortmen, ef BIBLES and EASEMENTS, in every variety o size, syle and binding which will he sold a. the low. st pres of the Bible Repositories New Ha- ven and New York;
 This assortment includes FAMILY BIBLES beau- tfuily printed from the stereotype plates of the American Bible Societys new standard edition; POCKET BIBLES with Tuck or Clasp SCHOOL EASEMENTS, in plain and durable binding.
 A Beautiful Gift for the Aged! The TESTAMENT AND PSALMS in three vol nmes, printed in very large pe for the of old peo pie.
 Hymn and Tune Books. A lot of Congregational Hymn and Tune Books daily expected, which will be sold at greatly reduced price. R. MARSH, at Baldwin's, South street. GtoRN MEAL and PROvENDER. for sale by S MOULTHROP & COE. Litchdeld, July 27th. GORN MEAL and PROvENDER, for sale by o MOULTHROP & COZ. Litchfeld, July 27th MORN MEAL and PROvENDER. for sale by C MOULTHROP & COB. Litch6eld, July 27,h. MORN NAL and PRovENDER. for sale by Litchfield, July a7th. nRY GOODS, Groceries, Hardware, Boots and 41 Shoes fresh from market this week, at
 A. c. SMITH & Co.'S.
 Goods are Cheap. NALL and examine for yourselves at V A. c. SMITH's S Co.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-05

HORN MEAL and PROVENDER, for sale by o MOULTHROP & COZ.
 Litchfeld, July 27th.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-05

BTTTH. In Plymouth, 28th ult., a daughter to FREDERICK H. KELLEY.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-05

q toRN MEAL and PROvENDER, for sale by O MOULTHROP & COB.
 Litchfeld, July 27th.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-05

Al Court of ProLafe holen Corn,caH ,pithin and fur fhe District of Corn,oau, Me Ath dug o( lulu D, 1858
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-05
Hymn and Tune Rocks.

A lot of Congregational Hymn and Tune Books daily expected, which will be sold a, a greatly reduced price. R. MARSH, at Baldwin's, South street.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-05

MORN MEAL and PROvENDER, for sale by O MOULTHROP & COB. Litchheld, July 27th.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-08-05

CORN NAL and PROVENDER. for sale by O MUULTHROP & COZ.
 Litchfeld, July 27th.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-02
The Right of Search Question

The Washington Union, adverting to the
doubts that have been expressed as to the
compacness of the settlement of the right
Of search question, says:
The facts are briefly these: When the
English Cabinet repudiated the claim of a
right to search or visit our vessels, and aban-
doned the practice, they suggested at the
same time to our government that great
abuseAnight take place from the assumption
of our flag by vessels not entitled to it, and
proposed that some plan should be agreed
upon by which the nationality of vessels
might be verified, and thus these abuses
prevented They stated, at the same time,
that the French Government had proposed,
with this vew that boat should be permit
ted to come alongside the vessels, but should
not enter unless allowed to do so. And our
government was invited to propose some
plan which woold | e acceptable to us, and
at the same time provided for an adequate
verifcation.
To this proposition it was answered that
our government saw great difficulty in the
way of reconciing any examination with
that entire immunity of our vessels, which
was so dear to the American people, and
had no proposition to make upon the sub ject.
But it was added that if the British Govern
ment would submit any project fer that pur-
pose, it would be fully considered by the
Government of the United States. This is
all that has passed upon hesubject, and here
the matter rests. Should the United States
agree to any plan upon the subject, that con-
ventional arrangement will settle this point.
If it does not take place, the parties will
occupy their respective positions under the
law OF nations, that neither Of them has the
right to Q, ter by force the vessels cf the
other, under any circumstances whatever.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-02
[From the St. Paul Pioneer.}
The Red River Settlements.

Simultaneously with the movement in this
city and in different parts of the State for
the establishment Of an emigrant route
through Minnesota and the British posses.
sions TO the new field of adventure on Fra
ser river, the opportune arrival of some six
hundred carts from the Red river. laden
with the furs of that region, had the effect of
directing public attention more Immediately
to tie growing importance of our CONNER
cial relations with tlese remarkable settle
ments, while it furnished, at the same time,
multitude Of witnesses not only to the ad.
vantage Of the proposed route but to the
pchulss of the resources which such route
would develop and to the beauty and fertili-
ty of the region tributary to the valley of
the Mississippi, which it would open to colo.
nzation:
The novel appearance of the visitors them
selves, the odd uniformity of their costume
of coarse blue cloth, with its barbaro opu-
lence of brass buttons and fanciful ostenta-
ton of red belts; the strange mixtures of
compilations which they presented all the
way down from the fair skin and light, soft
curls of the Celt, to the dingy color and
straight black hair of the Indian, with every
intermediate shade which the gmalgamation
Of races coud produce; their language as
various AS their orign-a curious medley Of
Chippewa, Cree, French, English, and Gaelic,
their rude wooden carts, guiltless of iron
even to the venal peccalilo Of nail, drawn
for the most part by oxen harnessed singly
in shafts with gearing made Of strips of raw
hide, and filing in long procession through
the streets of the city, with the disciplined
sequence of an Asatic caravan; it is not sur
prsing that these incidents of social life re-
moved at once from barbarism and cviza-
ton, should have excited some interest in
the history Of people who, with the marks
OF European extraction, emerge from the
depths of the wilderness with the character
istcs of the savage.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-02
NUMBER A.
DARE TO STAND ALONE.

Be firm, be bold be strong be true,
And dare to stand aloner
Strive for the right, whater you do.
Though helpers there are none
Nay, bend not to the swelling surge
OF popular sneer and wrong;
Twill bear thee on to ruins verge.
With current wild and strong
Stand for the right Humanity
1mplores, with groans and tears,
Thine aid to break the fostering links
That bind her toiling years.
Stand for the right Though falsehood reign,
And proud lips coldly sneer,
A poisoned arrow cannot wound
A conscience pure and clean
Stand for TIE right-and ,'ith clean hands
Exalt the true and high;
Thoul't find warm and sympathising hearts
Among the passers by.
Men who have seen. and thought and felt
Yet could not hardly dare
The battles brunt, but by thy side
VIII ever dangers share.
Stand for the ight-proclain it loud, .
Thoult find an answering tone
In honest hearts, and thou no mere.
BE doomed to stand alone.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-02
The Painless Extraction of Teeth.

Various methods have been resorted to
for the purpose of alleviating the excrutia-:
ting agony consequent upon the extraction
OF teeth; but as the general anasthetics are.
in all cases tedious and troublesome in their
application, and often attended with fatal aud
dangerous results, sufferers, rather than ex-
perence the momeutary pain Of extraction,
or run the risk of general or local anathesa
from the means heretofore employed, impair
their health by retaining in their mouths
diseased teeth and roots. TO avoid the dap-
gerous results of choroiolm, and to do away
with the employment of the not either
harmless or efficient process Of freezing mix
lures to the jaw, Mr.. Jerome B. Francis, OF
Philadelphia, has invented method of pro
ducng local anathesia by the application Of
an electric current, and through this means
to effect the painless extraction Of teeth.
The application is simple, and consists in at
tachng TO the torceps the negative pole or
flexible wire Of the ordinary electro magnetic
machine, or graduated battery and placing
the metallic handle of the other or positive
pole in The hand Of the patient, and by this
means to cause an interrupted current to
traverse the body of the patient and the
extracting instrument. The intensity Of
the current is previously graduated while
the patient grasps the forceps and han
die, until it is just distinctly perceptble,
and the circuit through he tooth is not com
pleted until the moment at which extraction
is to begin. This interruption is said to be
desirable until the fo.eeps are placed upon
the tooth, when the circuit is formed and
the extraction made at once. How this an
nuls pain we cannot determine, but that it
has, in large number of cases. we are sat-
ished from the representation Of able dent
lists in this and other cities. This novel pro.
cess Of extracting teeth was patented the
25th of May, 1858, and the claim is to the
combination of the electro magnetic ma
chine with the dental forceps. at.tt
Scientific Amersean.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-02
Fishes Travelling BIZ Land.

DR.. Hancock, in the ZooIogicol journal,
gives description Of fish called the FLAT
head hassar," that travels to pools of water
when that in which it has resided dries up
Bose also describes another variety which is
found in South Carolina, and, if our memory
serves us WELL in Texas, which, like the
=" fiat mead" leaves the drying pools in search
of others. These fishes filled with water,
travel by night, one with a Iizzard-ike mo-
ton and the other by leaps. The South
Carolina and Texas varieties are furnished
with mem brane over the mouth, by which
they are enabled to carry with them supply
of water, to keep their gills moist during
their travel. Guided by some peculiar sense
they always travel in straight line to the
nearest water This they do without the aid
Of memory, for it has been found that if a
tub filled with water is sunk in the ground
near one Of the pools which they inhabit,
they will, when the pool dries up, move di-
rectly towards the tub. Surely this is
wonderful and mercful provision for the
preservation of these kind of fish; for, in
habting as they do, only stagnant pools, and
that too, in countries subject to long and
periodical droughts their races would, but
for this provision, become extinct.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-02

"Mother, ie every thing we read in the
Bible true1" "Yes; my child" "Well,
mother, read that the hairs Of our beads
were all numbered, aud pulled hand full
out Of Msra'e head, and there wssr,t rum
ber on the.,
The Placer herald., 1858-10-02

To MAKE GINGER SNAPs.-Take one table
spoonful Of ginger, one of lard, one teaspoon
full OF salsratus, one-haf pint of molasses.
one half teacupful of water, with a suficen-
cy Of -four Knead soft, roll thin, ,'.and bake
in quick oven.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-02

CIpER.-Two gentlemen lately from Ohio,
have commenced making cider at Los Ar
geles.
4 writer in the Westminster Review calls
tha%rspspeg the Bible Of tas Nineteenth
century.
The Placer herald., 1858-10-02

Frost has been seer shou. cacta Rosa fire
,uentlv snd recentIv,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08

Hold on to your tongue when you are
just ready to swear, lie, speak harshly
or say any improper word. Hold on to
your hand when you are about to strike,
pinch, scratch, steal, or do any disobcdi-
ent or improper act. Hold on to your
foot when you are on the point of kick
ing, running away from duty, OF pursu-
ing the path of error, shame or crime.
Hold on to your temper when you are
angry, excited or imposed upon, or 9TH
ers a:c angry about you. Hold on to
your heart when evil associates seek
your company and invite you to join
them in their games, mirth and rcvclry
Hold on to your good name at all times
for it is more valuable to you than gold
high place OF fashionable attire. Hold
on to truth, for it will serve you wei
and do you good through all eternity
Hold on to your virtue, it is above price
to you i'll all times and places. Hold
on to your good character, for it is anc
ever, will be your best wealth.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08
Decidedly Cool.

The truth of the following story is
vouched for by the Missouri correspon-
dent of Harper's Monthly:
Not a hundred miles from here, some
six months ago lived fair widow, pos
sessel of those shining qualities that
most dazzle and charm the bachelor
She was young, handsome and very
wealthy. Mrs jackson took an east
ern tour last summer, and was bcsct by
many suitors-ardent and anxious low
ers-among whom was Kentucky law
yer, quite promising man, but so en-
amorcd did he become of this fair wild
nw, that he left lucrative practice at
home, and; followed her through the en-
tire route of. fashionable travel. He
met her at Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York; he danced with her at Sara
toga and Newport; and when the season
was drawing TO close, he happened to
be with her at Niagara, and on the Ohio
river, and even at st. Louis, when she
was almost home. He was always
pleading professional business as the
reason for his excursions here and there;
but he managed to plead his own suit
out of court when courting the widow,
though he saw no evidence of verdict
coming in his favor. At length Mrs.
jackson stepped on board the boat at
St. Louis, to go up the Missouri to her
own residence, when, to her surprise,
the indefatigable advocate presented
himself, as fresh as a May morning
The widowrexclaimed, asshe net him:-
"Why, Mr. Jones, I thought you
were going to return to Louisville?"
Mrs. Jackson, my dear madam"
the offer Of my hand, and to beg your
acceptance. - 81 ......i
"a. Really, sir, 1 think 1 have been suf-
fciently explicit, and that you had no
encouragement to pursue the matter"
"But L hoped, madam, that my devo-
ton and perseverance would be finally
rewarded" . --- rr
DO you mean, them" said the wild
ow evidently softened, ''that you really
had no other business in going this
journey with me than to prosecute this
suit?'
"Nonc in the world, but the hope of
winning you .-.t.
''Then you shall be rewarded she
replied, with merry twinkle in her ro-
guis],, beautiful eyes, which the lawyer
mistook for a sweeter passion, ethcn,
my dear sir, you shall be rewarded
Tell me now as gentleman, how much
money you have spent on this tour?''
"Do you really wish to know?"
"Certainly, L do"
Mr.. Jones took out his note book,
aud soon reported that he had spent
nearly five hundred dollars.
"Well," said the lovely widow, ~ do
not wish any one to lose by me" ex-
tending her purse to the lawyer.
"Why, what do you mean, Mrs
Jackson" ... -.. ..... -..
~ mean what say; take it; take 1t,
and pay yourself for your summer 5
work on my account, and let us be
quits. -
And he did take it; and the wide"
had to borrow money to get home
The widow was taken all aback by the
lawyers cool acceptance of the god,
but he consoled himself with the idea
that if she would not be his bride,
she was at least fair game.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08
The Reason of it.

The Ohio Eagle, in an able editorial,
writes: why is it that no organiza-
ton can stand in the country against
the Democracy? Why is it that every
party organization against us proves
false to eyeryfpriiiclple they enpnoiatef
and sooner ot1latcr sink into infamy? 2
1t is simply 6e6puse their leaders are
false 10 truth; aud because the prinei-
pies Of the Democratic party are the on,
lyprinciplcs consistent with the genius
of our institutions and in harmony
with the constitute n. 1t is because
the Democratic party never yet sacri-
Fl ed principle for the sake of present
success; but always relied upon the in
telligence and patriotism of the people
and when. defeated, calmly waited fol
that. sober second thought of the
masses which never yet failed to Gu
dorse the principles and measures of the
partyGrI,It is because the Democracy
have stood by the Union as our father:
made it, ever resisting all efforts, from
whatever quarter made, to weaken it
bands or sendanger its prosperity. D..
1t is because the principles. of ou
glorious party are founded in eterna
truth, which. rccogni zes the rights o
man as defined and protected by tn
constitution" rf
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08
NUMBER 26.
Gerrit s.niIl ON the Future.

In a late discourse to an unusual
large, audience in Peterborough, n. 7.
Gerrit spoke as follows Of futlte state:
"I arraign our clergymen for holding
that the doctrine OF an eternal hell must
be delivered in, in order, to salvation.
For be the doctrine true or false cam
not believe that we shall be either saved
or lost by any views we may entertain
of it. l now arraign them for their
undoubted faith in it. No warrant have
they either to preach or entertain q
filth in it which is free from all doubts.
| confess-perhaps to my shame and
condemnation-that do not feel
deep abiding interest in the next stage
of our being. Far less concerned am
I to know what is the future state, than
to know and do the duties of the pres
Eent. g- rs8f 1.agIua =zyl ..t"
| believe in future punishment It
| is a reasonable doctrine. 1t is philp-
phically and nesesariIy true. Every
where our character must determine our
condition. Every man on dying must
90 to his own place--to the place for
which his character fits him. The death
of his body can no more affect his char
actcr than the breaking of his, spectaclcs
or cane, as a part of himself. That his
character will surely remain eternally
unchanged, I deny that any one has
the right to affirm. Jude teachers that
persons fall from heaven. Why then
may they not rise from He'll? For aught
we can certainly know, there may be
room in the world to come for repent
ence as we'll as apostacy. n In ono sense
of everlasting punishment, I am an un-
doubted believer in it, for I cannot
doubt that the punishment of the sim
ner will be as everlasting as his sin.
,sWhilst I confess that have no GER
tain apprehensions, of the kind, or de-
gree, or continuance of either punish
ishment or future enjoyment, never
thelcss confidently maintain that enough
knowledge for me and for all men, on
this point is, that in the life to come.
1T shall be we'll with the righteous and
ill with the wicked; and that the judge
of all the earth will do right as we'll as
here. While earth is our home, let us
discharge with alacrity and delight the
duties of earth In that way, and that
way only, shall we be fitted for Heaven.
In that way, and in that way only,
shall we get to Heaven.
! I smoke of the future as a place. /
had perhaps better call it state
There are millions of heavens and mil
lions of hells- that they are, in short.
as numerous as are the difference in
moral character, better answers my con-
ception." ......s.s s- So.
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08
Selert purtrlI,
TnE COOP MAN NEVER DIES.
BY b. s. BAXTER, ESQ.

The good man. never dies, .-.- ..
Though his thrcescore years and ten
May have passed UNDECIDED by,
In the busy marts of men ,y-s
In the furrowcd field or grove ~
Upon mountains, sea, or, shore.
Still his untold deeds of love, -.
Are blessing evermore. =; --.
AS the circle of the sea, + f...,.
At the pebbles tiny fall; H. ,-....
As the wavelets of the air, ...-.. ,-.7.;
From the mountain hunters call,
As the streaming Of the light; .-
So, mid weariness and strife,
Do his gentle words of Kindness
Fill the infinite of life. ..-.-rt.
They live while he is wasting, 49,.
They breathe while he is gone;
Immortal in its freshness ....-.
Is every good deed done,
Immortal in its blessings; ..5 g..
Yet more undying still,
To withcr and to blaken. r..-.
Is every deed of i'll. IT,. ..- ..
We do not die, We cannot; .-.r ,.,-..
For fastening ever on 81.
Arc the momcnts that are past,
NTH tho actions that are done; -'i'
With the keys of light and darkness,
We before the future stand,, ...r-.
'Tis through the gateway of the glory
We must reach the better land. ..f .-
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08
Parson RrownIow W-hooptnu

ParSOn KrOWnlOW "-hOOp1nE.
Foremost among the c1crgymeu who
are not content with preaching the
Gospel, but must fain meddle with
other matters, is Parsou Brownlow, of
Knoxville, Tenn. While recently at
tending the Methodist Annual Con-
vention, at Nashville, he thus CON-
me nted on hoops: -
All regret is that skirtdom is ex-
pahding, and the fashions in vogue arc
still increasing the distance between
man and woman. AT none moment L
feel like exclaiming, sob, that we're
boy againH' The next moment 1
feel indignant at the hoops, and feel
willing to join regiment of men in q
vigorous assault upon the rattan, whale
bone, cords, brass and steel, that have
put assunder what God has said ought
to be joined together. Only think of
the display on our streets, in the State
capital, at church, in the parlor, Of tho
grand and graceful skirts, looming up
all round one, fascinating, charming
and swinging to and fro, like SO many
things of life Talk about the grandeur
of first-class steamer, of a train of
cars propelled by steam! Give me a
train of hooped skirts, under the folds
of which are so many human locomo-
tives, standing five feet ten inches in
slippers, fired up by the blood of warm
hearts, and putting and blowing with
love, kind words and living smiles, and
would show. you sight that would
run young man crazy, raise a dead
bachelor to life, and make an old wild
over commit suicide.
I Icannot trust myself on this glorious
theme; must desist or go crazy. 81
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08

A fashionable doctor lately informed
his friends, in a large company, that he
had been passing eight days in the
country. DYES" said one Of the party,
cit has been announced in one of the
journals" "Ahp' said the doctor,
stretching his neck, very important,
:'pray in what terms?''-eIn what
terms?' Why, as we'll as can remem-
Der, it is nearly in the following
There was last week seventy seven in
| terraents less than the week before
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08

R9-A rather plain spoken clergyman
once took for his text, this passage III
the Psalms. ........--
II said in my haste all men arc liars,
Looking up, apparently as if he saw
the Psalmist standing Immediately be
fore him, he said:
you said so in your haste, did you
David ? Well, if you had been here
you might have said it after matured
reflection
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08
ssTIlcy Say"

"A more sneaking, cowardly, feudish
liar than They say" does not exist
That persohagc Is an universal scape-
goat for personal gossip, envy and ma
lice; without form of flesh and blood,
when invoked, and yet stalking in
every community. The character is
myth, and yet real; intangible, and yet
clutching its victims with its relentless
power. 1t is unseen, and yet from an
exhaustless quiver wings its poisoned
arrows from day to day.
And no mail is proof; no character,
position o: sex escapes; no sanctuary is
too sacred; no home is bulwarked
against its assaults. When one base
heart wishes to assail some persons
character or motives, "They say" is al
ways invoked. That, is the Thug who
haunts the footsteps of the offender
and tortures from careless word o
deed, an excuse for the stilletto.
"They say''-we repeats as falls
rs it is cowardly and feDdish. To re
tail its stories is to sneak behind an in
tangible parsonage, and put in circuln
tion the Infamous inuendoes, which ar
forged from raw materials nearer homt
= -----------------~----~-- ..-
BA- Efectual destruction of weeds
marrying a widow,
Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-07-08

How TO PUNCH y MAN-"JudGe,
you say if punch man in fun, he can
take me up for assault and battery?"
"Yes, sir, L said that, and what I
said 1 repeat. If you punch man,
you are guilty Of a breach of the peace
and can be arrested for it.
"Ain't there no cxccptions?'
"No, sir, no exceptions whatever"
"Now, Judge, l guess you are mis-.
taken-suppose, for instance, should
brandy punch him, what them
"No levity in court, sir. Sheriff, cx
pose this man to the atmosphere. Cal
the next case"