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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-01-06

| He ordered them to be paid, aud ad-
ded: III have done injury to any one,
l adjure him to rise and tell me-"
A man stood up and said:-"Your
staff struck me one day but whether it
was done Intentionally on your part, I do
not know"
H replied:-"God forbid that l
should have done il intentionally" and
he offered the man his staff, that he
might return the blow, saying, ''it is
better to be in shame now than at the
day of judgment" But he kissed The
Prophets body and forgavs the acci-
dent.
Mahommed said to the peoplu:-"No
one can hope for favor from God, but by
obedience. That alone can save US from
the wrath of God. Verify, if l should
sin, l should go to hell. Oh Lord, l
have delivered thy message"
He descended from the pulpit. and af-
ter offering a brief prayer with the peo
he returned 10 his house. During his
illness he expressed undoubting conf
dence in favor of God, and often repeat
ed consoling messages brought by the
angel Gabriel, who was said to visit him
every day and night. The only child
he had left was Fatina. who had ma, ried
her cousin Ali. He manifested the
strongest affection for them, fervently
blessed them and their children, and
charged Ali to be always kind to his fam
lily. He had previously declared that
the Angel of Death would never be al
lowed to take his soul from his body till
he received permission from himself
Gabriel informed him that the angel was
now in attendance. anl would either take
him or go away whichever he chose ad
dIng:-.'Verily, the Most High is desir-
Gus to meet You" whereupon Mohauo-
med replied: al have finished my mis-
sion, and am ready to join my fellow
prophets in Paradise. ...Oh, Angelof Death
execute your orders!" He died with
his head reclining in Ayesha'slap. His
last broken words were:-"Oh God
pardon my sins yes, my companions
The announcement of his departure
was met with an outburst of clamorous
grief. His friends exclaimed, "How can
he be dead? He who was our witness
and intercessor with God. By Allah,
he is not deadl He is only wrapped in
a trance, like Moses and Jesus; and he
will Immediately return to his faithful
people," Omar. in his frenzy, unsheath
ed his scimitar and declared he would
strike of the head of any in6del who said
the Prophet was dead. But Abubekea
rebuked him, saying: '1s II Mohammed
you worship. or him who created Mo
hammed? Verify, Allah liveth forever;
but his apostle was a mortal like our
selves; and be has experienced the COM
mon fate of mortality, according to his
prediction.
He died in the eleventh year of the
Hegira, when he was sixty three years
old. People came from the surrounding
country and pronounced blessings over
his bier. This cere mony lasted from
Monday 70 Tuesday night. He had in
structed Ali to build very simple tomb
and enclose it with wall. The posses.
sion of it rendered Medina sacred city,
thencefo,th resorted to BY m any pilgrims
. hre 6J;lJ
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GOD BLESS THEM.
by C. G. DUNN.

..s..- BY C G. DUNN.
The winter wind blows DER the moor,
And sweeps along the lea.
Theirs misery at the poor mans door
There's wrrtchedness at sea.
God bless the sailor on this night
And guide him through the storm;
For sadis the heart without the light
j. ofshope to keep it warm.
There's meagre forms tonight. and weak
That lounge not round the fire,
Where cheering flames of comfort speak,
And grati6ed desire.
God bless the stricken ones tonight,
And guard them with his arm;
And in their hearts rehew the light
OF hope to keep them warm.
God bless the sailor on the sea
God bless the toiling mani
God bless the home where poverty
Sits gloomy-faced and wan.
God bless all my fellow-men,
And shield them from this storm;
For sad's the heart without the light
= or home to keep it warm.
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never touched by illicit love; and sub
nit that, unless the heart is conquered
adultery is, impossible. 1 submit tha
this conduct. upon which my learnet
brother is about TO insist, is worthless il
the judgment of the law, as circumstan
tial evidence 10 establish it, and l oppos,
it on that ground; and we cannot misun
derstand each other so much as that yol
should think l approve this sort of con
duct.
l go as far as you, any one, in thu
moral condemnation of it, and have nj
words to defend it, its undue levity, it.
frivolity, and its danger; but 1 meet you
as lawyer, as an observer of life, or
all we know OF the heart of man, or wo
man, and I Isubmit that tens Of thousand:
of wives have gone so far, and yet copld
never justly be suspected of having taken
the last final step.
Permit me 10 remind you, under bis
Honor's direction, of the decisive ex-
preston the law gives in this case. In
case much stronger than these letters
make this case, judgment has been
rendered by one of my brother ecclesi-
astical Judges, wise man and a good
man, who understands life and the ma
lure of men and women. He knows that
ten thousand fashionable women come
at midnight from parties, to find their
husbands asleep; ay, and to be conscious
of truer pleasure, when they lie down
by their sides, than from the admiration,
from the devotion. of the flattering throng
whose words have been playing around
the head. but come not near the heart
Therefore, | doubt not we shall all agree
upon my brothers polished denuncia.
lions of the vice of Irritation. In the case
to which l have alluded, the Judge said
the letters had been much examined and
commented upon. He had read them
over and over again, but he did not in
tend to follow the counsel in their COM
ments. They were written in an ardent
and romantic strain, the man Bush So
liciIing interviews for criminal purposes
for it was impossible that his object in
addressing married woman. being bim-
self married man, could be mistaken
for anything else-bat still. they were
by no means conclusive that the woman
had proceeded to the last extremity of
guilt. The court must be satisfied, not
only of the guilt of The mind. but of the
body. This case shows, again, that a
woman may be guilty of little or great
sins. and still not plunge into the lowest
depths Of crime. Ii is beyond all man.
ner Of controversy that women do go fur
ther than all this, or these moral and
beautiful platitudes in which my brother
will by and by indulge. without being
guilty of adultery. To all that We will
answer, we agree with him perfectly;
but it is worthless for his object, and un-
less he can go further than that. and
beyond the fact of the intimacy,
and beyond the facts of the alleged fir
tation, beyond and over all these-some
net of guilt, and establish it by other,
and collateral. and strong proof, then l
submit to you that the libel
,ails in this part of the case.
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has onl y still more entangled the prob
lem. Oudny found in tea a substance
crystalizing in delicate white needles
which he called theme and the quantity
Of which amounted 10 one-hslf per cent
Even earlier, in 1890, Runge had detected
in coffee substance in fiue crystals, with
a silky luster, of which there was scarcely
one-third per cent. Runge named il
caffeine. Another inquirer found in cacoa
theobromine in smaller quantity then
theme was shown to exist in mate, csf-
feline in guarana; and finally. more accu
rate researches demonstrated that theme
and caffeine are one and the same sub
stance, which is distinguished from all
other known vegetable substances by the
extraordinarily large proportion of nitro
gen it contains, and that theombromine,
if not indentical, is intimately related to
it. Is it not in the highest degree remark
able. that proportion, even though only
very small, of one and the same peculiar
substance occurs in all these beverages,
which have with such striking rapidity
become necessaries of life over the whole
inhabited globe? A remarkable prob
lem, from the solution of which we are
still so far Ne more distant, that the
hitherto instituted by ply
sicians and chemists have as yet furn-
isbed no evidence of a special action
resulting from the administration of large
quantities of pure theme; the substance,
therefore, appears devoid of any striking
action on the animal economy.-The
Piua: a lSchleiden.
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d4oftrp.
THE MID-WATCH.
BIZ BAYARD TAYLOR.

BIZ BAYARD TAYLOR.
pace the deck in the dead of night,
When the moon and starlight fail,
And the cordage creaks to the lazy swells,
And heavily flaps the sail.
On the darkness glimmers the binnacle lam
With feeble and lonely spell;
No sound but the passing sentryis tramp,
Or his measured cry "Alls we'll"
To and fro. with accustomed step,
] walk in the night alone,
And think of the thousand watches kept
In the yesrs forever flown:
or the friends in whose manly fellowship
labOred long ago.
Till death relieved their watch on earth,
And they went to rest below.
think of the gallant ones who died
When our broad-side shook the sea,
And sorrow for them subdued the pride
ofcur cheers of victory;
Or of those who fell in the fevered lands,
Or sank in the whelming wave:
Whose eorpses waste on the barren sands.
Or float in fathomless grave
And the looks revive that were faint and dim
In the shadows of the years;
And scan them DER till my eyelids swim
With the strange delight of tears;
They people the dark with their paid brows,
As they silently throng around,
And the sea It's phOsphor radiance throws
On the faces of the drowned
So many noble heart is cold
That shared my duties thea,
have looked full oft in the face of Death,
But he comes to better men;
And let him come in his chosen time,
Some friends will think Of me,
And shall live in the lonely hours,
OF the midnight watch at sea.
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DIR. Franklin says: "If man empties
his purse into his head. 10 one can take
it from him."
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BANKING AROUND FRUIT TREES

We are pleased 10 see iha; so nary
publishers of papers, are now recommend
ing the practice which we have advocated
f'r some years past, TO guard frui, trees
from mice in nwin,er. One minute tree
will be time enough spent in protecting
orchards through the winter, from the
ravagcs OF field mice. Any common
laborer on farm is competent 10 the task
Of banking around frui, trees. If they
were mulched last spring, the mulching
need not be removed. Take spade and
bury il, and continue on I'LL the bank
around each tree is ,en or twelve inches
high. This will drive The mice away To
seek better quarters, unless your trees
happen TO stand near an old wall, where
mice do congregate. In such case tho
bank should be made higher. This bank
serves another purpose in addition to
mice.guard-it keeps the tree upright,
and saves the cost Of stakes and The injury
which wiibes are likely to ialict when
the tree is tied 10 them. The bank should
be leyeled in the spring, yet not so as to
make a dish for water TO stand around
The tree. No kind Of tree should sicnd
in water for single minute after a shower
is over-Aassachxseas Plo1rmas.
Never consider that vanity is an offence
which limits itself to wishing for The
praise Of good men for good actions; mex,
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Never consider that vanity is an offence
which limits itself to wishing for the
praise Of good men for good actions; mex,
to our esteem, it is virtue to desire the
esteem Of others.
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-03-04

N5~ \ large and enthusiastic meeting
Of a portion Of our citizens was held last
night at the work shop Of Mr.. Frank
Pomphry, on West Charlotte street. On
motion of D Walters. " G Tarant was
called to the chair, and Thomas Colley
appointed as Secretary. The Chairman
rose, and in brief bat patriotic manner
explained the object of the meeting to
be for the purpose Of aising new Rifle
Company in cur city. and earnestly cali
ed upon tac young men present to ex-
tend a helping hand in aid Of the OBJ
ject.
On motion of J III Wyatt, all 70 ing
men who were present and wishing to
become members of tho Company, were
requested to sigA their names on the
book, and on counting the same, the
number amounted to thirty three.
On motion Of J NJ Wyatt, it was rcsol-
we'd that the Chair appoint IL Committee
OF five to solicit names for the Company.
Committee, Mcssrs w f Humphrey, D c
Walters, John Edmonds. G Dashiel and
G " Pecd
Mr.. Colley made motion that Com
mittee Of five be appointed to select
some suitible name for the Company =
The Chair appointed Messrs. James Viii
Hanson, j M Wyatt, T Colley, D G
Walters aad C DashieI
The Company then adjourned to NEE,
on Friday evening.
BY invitation Of severa! gentlemen we
attended the meeting, a we felt proud
to see so much enthusiasm on the occa-
sion. Speeches were made and every
thing passed off in the most harmonious
manner. Success to the laudable and
praisewortby object
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Commemorative would correct the
report which we made in Tuesdays
"Day Book relative t, q new arrange
ment which had been made at the Cos
port Navy lard, about calling the "roll
A gentlemen just FROM the yard, having
missed his "muster" gave us our informa-
ton, and thinking the authority good
we reported in accordance herewith.
We understand that nc such arrangement
has taken place, and are very sorry that
VIC were wrongly informed, and in doing
as we thought our duty to the public,
unintentonally misinformsd them.
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ONLY ONE CENT
FOR Copy OF the Day Book.
NNI Y iilIII hrlE hfr IL, 1t L

ONLY THINK OF II READER
'ENHE DAY BOOK. with its immense
circulation, embracing in its columns all
the news Of the day--Political aud CONNER
cial, Foreign and Domestic, interesting Mis-
selaneous Reading Matter &c, &c. Finding
its way as it does to the freside of every
class and condition Of mankind through the
length and breadth of this community, at
only ONE CENT What Medium for the
Adrerttzer Awaiting ourselves OF its advan-
tages we made the experimcnt-brought be
fore the community the knowledge of the fact,
that at our store No. 50, Church street, we
were dispensing the solid comforts of life in
the way Of CHOICE FANNY GROCE
RlES and Provisions upon the most accom-
modating terms, and already do we see the
effect, and the people approaching the bene-
lit resulting TO themselves from the quality
ana prices of our goods, have kindly bestow-
ed upon US their patronage, and we feel much
encouraged thereby. and are fully determined
that so long as the Day Book continues to be
SO great public benefactor that We will ever
lend helping hand and contribute our mite
for the PRONUNCIATION Of and successtul efforts
to establish its sermanancy and continuance.
In the meanwhile Reader, ifyou should want
any thing in our line please give us call,
and oblige, Yours Truly,
fe III Il. G. DEMING.
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Clothing WarerOonls.
n. HAHN.

os. 6, AND "a, MAIN .SrRHgr.
rANH u weather having turned cold.
IL within the last few days, would Ia
again remind my frienda and the pub la$
lie in general. that | am Offering my III
stock of OFERCOATS at cost price, 70 en-
able the suffering humanity to keep THEN
bodies warm at less than the usual expense
Of doing so. Though am NOT SELLING OUT
AT COST, any certain amount or the whole o
my stock at cost, | am selling as cheap bar.
gains in Ready Made Clothing as any house
in the city, but say dive and let Live. -
Cal! at either Of my stores No. 6, or No. "a
Main street, an | assure you my Clerks
Messrs. J. T. Johnaun. II. Y. Daily and
Edward BIogg, will do the right thing for
you in my absence.
te s N. BAUM.
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Statement of Deaths.
In he GiyV Norfolk, during tie mort
of F1br.HG11j 1879

ia We tity9t Nor'o", during tie moHM
Of February, 1868.
White Molcs Accident ], Burns /,
Consumption 2, Group l, Drowned 2,
Dropsy /. Erysipias /, Hopping Cough
l, Measles 8. Pneumonia 5, Still Born /.
"a.
Whstc Females Burns 7, Consunp-
ton 8. Erysipilas |, Hopping Cough 3,
Measles 6, Old Age l, Pneumonia 2,
Pleurisy l, Small Fox lie.
Black housekeeping Cough 2,
hamilton /, Measles 2, Old Age 2, rneu-
monia 3, Unknown 4.-14.
Black females .-lnaultion I. Consump-
Jon l, Old Age !, Measles Ii.
.4gcs'-l Of 1903 years, from 70 &c
So from 60 to 20, from $50 TO GO
from 40 to so, 4 from 80 to 40, 3 from
20 to 80, 3 from s to 90, 20 If s year
and under, fti!l born.
Total.--6l Whites A3 Blacks IS.
VIM NJ. WILSON, NJ. d.,
Health Officer.
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VAHIETIEs.-This lavorite place Of
amusement was we'll attended last night.
The singing was very good, and the after
piece, Robert Macaire or the Two Ad-
venturers, was performed to perfection.
Tonight Matt Peel will take u benefit,
and in order to please all, the price of
Admission has been reduced to % cts. to
all parts of the house. Give Matt a
bumper.
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AN ERRoR.-By mistake on the part
OF our informcr, we reported yesterday the
Lecture before tie Young Mems Christian
Association to take place next Friday
night, while it should have read the 18Th
inst. We derived our information from
The President Of the Association. who
it appears was wrongly informed, for we
know that he would not have misin-
formed HIS had be himself known other
wise.
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The JOHN ApAMs.-Wc understand
that the United States sloop of wn John
Adams, which sailed from the Gosport
Navy Yard, abont three years ago is cx-
pected to return home about the fist Of
April next,
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Local Items.

MAYORS CoURT.-Again we have to
announce that not single arrest WAS
made last night. The City was very
quiet, consequently Guys Palace" was
without visitor all night.
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OUR CARRIERS.-To OUR nEGULAl

OUR CARRIERS-T OUR REGULAR
sUBscR1BERs.-We hope our regular sub
scribers will now be properly attended to
in both cities, as we have secured the SER
vices of reliable men to deliver the Day
Book. We have labored hcret ofore under
serious inconvenience in using boys for
the purpose Of delivering the paper to
our regular subscribers, as by their want
of punctualty in the matter no one could
depend on getting the paper. The new
carriers enter on their duties to day, and
will, at as early . period as possible wait
on the citizens of both places to solicit
subscribers; in the mean while; those who
may leave their address at the Office, will
now be promptly attended to at an early
hour of the day as it is the design to have
the regular subscribers attended to before
papers are sent out by the boys for sale.
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CoaoNER's INQUEsr.-An inquest wa,
held yesterday, over the dead body OF
Mr.. William W. Anderson, whom we
reported yesterday as having been found
dealin the Wood Dock, Portsmouth.
John Nash, Esq. acting as Coroner.
The jury rendered the following YER
dict; That he came to his death in some
way unknown to the jury,-snpposetl TO
have been drowned
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RuEAwAY HoRsEs.-This morning as
two horses attached to buggy, the
property of Messrs Delk and Lindsey,
were passing over CRANKY street, the
horses took fright and dashed off at flu
rous rate down the street. One of the
horses was injured in quite severe man-
ner, and the buggy also sustained DANA
ges. We could not learn how far they
went or who stopped them. The driver
WAS unhurt.
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DRAYs UroN TnR sIpE-WhLk w e
would ask WHY it is that Drays, Cafrla
ges &c, are allowed to % upon the side
walk Of Water street, Portsmouth, a
few feet North oi High. For some
cause Draymen end lIackmcn have of
late taken to driving upon the sidewalk
at the place above mentioned--it may
be for the purpose of stunning rather
bad hole in the street just at this point
They have driven upon the sidewalk
until they have cut it to pieces so bad
that even the Draymen themselves do
not now dare TO drive through it, much
less those passing on foot 1t is ridicu-
lous for the streets of any Town to be
Above to be cut to pieces. and the side
walks torn up in a manner like the one
in question.
We would call the attention Of the
proper authorities to this place, hoping
that they will see that it is soon made
to look more like street than it does
now.
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TT A. ABBOTT,
IL. SOLE AGENT FOR
NORFOLK AND PORTSMOUTH, OF
GLE Y B L o C TX I'll i l. l. 8
CELEBRATED
Excelsior Flour and Brea dstLfTs.
No. I, U,.ion street, doors L. OF Market
SSquare, Norfolk, Va.
s.Ys See advertisements oe 26--ly
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H1- We learn by published cores
pondence, that Mr.. johnson, has tender
ed to the Norfolk Humane Association
the use of his Assembly Rooms for a
Concert in aid Of the objects Of this ex-
cellcnt charitable society, and that next
Thursday evening. the 18th inst, has
been fixed upon for the proposed enter
tainmcnt. We hope the Hall may be
throngcd on the occasion.
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SIDEWALKS BL0CKADED WITH WOOD.
Yesterday afternoon as We were walk
ing around Town looking tor items, we
were all at once brought up all stand
ing against high pile Of wood upon
the sidewalk Of Crawford street. The
'Sawycrs' had just gotten through saving
a load CT wood, aud had thrown it any
where and everywhere, until it was i'm
possible to pass him without climbing over
Il half cord of ood,and running n risk
of breaking linb, or falling down and
carrying away yonr cut water knock
ing out an eye, or something else. Mes
SIS 'Drayman & Sawyer we would adj
wise you TO be more particular next time,
OF we may mention somebody Is name in
the Day BooF,which, perhaps might give
Won some trouble, Beware.
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ATTEMPTED SUIciDE.-Geosge Brown,
the proprietor of public house in Cos
port attempted to take his life on yester-
day by swallowing quantity of strych-
nine--so it is reported.
As soon as it was discovered, medical
sid was sent for, which arrived in time
to save the mans life.
We understand that Brown has been
laboring under an alteration Of mind for
some time, on account OF the death of
his daughter.
This may possibly be the cause Of his
actions on yesterday.
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Rates OF Advertising e.


] square, ] time, - c
J sgnarc, 10 liass Or ess, week, : 500
" | mcrtb, eco
/ " F." wear, At:.m
For each additional sgr, per annum, fC.W
Advertisers By the year 70 be aunhu"S ~
then legitimate business.
Marriages and Deaths tobe Published as DeNss.
Obituaries, Funeral Notices, &c, viii Do
charged as other advertisement, and payu1Spt
required n advance
All transient advertisements TO be paid N
advance
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Sgg' The three story brick house on
Main street, occupied by William P.
Griffith, Esqr., as book store and
residence, was sold yesterday at auction
by Ferguson & Bolote, to John Peters,
Esq, of Princess Anne county. for sev-
en- thousand and ten dollars. The house
is subject toa ground rent of three hun
drcd dollars.