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St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-08-05
st. Charles City, Iowa, Aug. 5, 1858.
Byron.

Byron was not a Christian. And this OK
plains the sad instruction of his talents. He
might have been an angel. Not an element
of intellectual strength or physical grace was
wanting. The spiritual harmonies would
have dwelt with him, but their presiding gent
liz was gone He had heart; a noble, s,is-
ccptible generous heart but it was unsancti-
fed. He did not dcspise religion, yet he did
not practice IT, His impassioned nature could
not he idle or unappropriated and as he did
not give it to God, he must hand ii over to the
devil He used revelation but he would not
obey il. His quick sighted mind perceived
the beauty, the richness and subliinity of He
brew poetry, but he could not catch its fires.
The COY and furtive grace which lurkcd with
in lived and hrcathed in every line, eluded
his grasp. He saw its bcwitching smile but
could not reflect it. He sprang up with fright
and amazement at the lightning of his eye
muttcred in response to its thundcrs; wooed
its compassion; stretched out his arms to en-
brace it; sighed, smiled, threatened and turned
away in despair. my Soul is dark seems
to have been almost designed to impcrsonatc
himself
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-08-05

But he was a hermit in the midst of men.
He did not love his race. How could he !
The circle of his sympathies was far above or
far below them. He hated their vices chiefly
because he could not monopolize them and
he suspected their virtues for he had often tri
umphed over them. Upon the world he there
fore waged ruthless war In his "Ciiide
H,rold" he makes a virtue of his very enmi.
ty, and sings, with malignant triumph, the
glory of his shame.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-08-05

Nv sonl Is dark--Oh quickly string
The harp YET "Iu brooke 10 hear,
Aud lei thy Gentle fingers fling
IT. melting mmmrrS DER mine car.
II in Thu, heat a hope be dear,
That sound shall charm II forth again
Ii in these eye, there lurk tear,
Twill flow, and cease to burn my brain.
But bid the strain be wild and deep,
Nor let the notes uf ipy lie first
tell thee, minstrel, | must weep,
Or else this heavy heart must burst
For i, hath been by sorrow uursei,
And ached in sccpless silence long
And now It's deemed to know the worst,
And hrnak al once or Xicld TO song y
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-08-05

Where may the wcaricd eye rcposc
When gazing on the great
Where neither guilty glory glow,
nor dc>piCable suttcf
Irs-UHc-thc .irSt-tho Ia the best
The CiucinnatGs OF the Wet,
Whom envy dared not hiatt.
Ecguoathcd the name Of Wa hmgton,
Ia, maxi man him thor. r-st- Lt,i t,up -
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-08-05

Among them, but not Of them, in a sbroud
O thoughts which not their thoughts, and still could
Had not FILED my mind which thus itself subducd,
have not loved the world, nor the world me,
But let Us Fart fair foes
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-08-05

:, bnt who would soar the solar height,
10 ST III such a starless night ~
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-08-05

He had every element Of a poet, but one.
To every note in the harmony Of nature but
one land that was the key note) his soul had a
true response. Beauty charmed him, grand
eur awcd him, and sublimity terrified him
The elegant arts received no purer devotion
from mortal heart At their earthly shrine h,
knelt with enthusiastic delight. His judg
mcnts were exquisite and seemingly intuitve
The chaste, the true, the grand, in architect
ure, painting, sculpture, music and poetry
he Disseminated with classic taste and philo
sophie accuracy. He was charmed with The
remains of ancient splendor, strown over elias
sic ground. With refined and elegant pleasure
he studied the deep seated beauty of Grcciar
and ltuliaa art transferring to his own glow
ing page the brightness of an eye that livcC
only i'm the marnitiCcnce Of its ruins
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-08-05

''Hung be the Heavens with Black"
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13
The Mineral Waters Of the Burning houn-
tains in RennsylvanIa.

Nearly twenty years ago coal mine al
Coal Castle, in Scuylkin county, fenhSSNa-
MIA was set on fire by the careiessness oil sonie
miners who we're engaged in working IL oat
who paid the penalty of their fault with the'T
lives Yet ever since has that IRE continued
TO burn in the deepest recesSes of its cavern
GUS heart, and the mountain that contains IL
still continues to emit the smoke and gas oil
an active volcano. 1t does not belch forth
streams of melted lava, nor Will 1t ever GO so,
but the probabilities are that 1t Will continue
TO burn for hundred years to come unless
the adventurous miners of that State excaYate
the coal which feeds the fire before that period
arrives; and, in fact, the process OF eNcaVa-
tion is now going on, and the miners arc at
work hundreds of feet below the base oil the
mountain and the lowest point to which Tue
fire has vet reached. 1t has extended on the
vein of coal which is known as the Great
Mammoth or ssJugnlar'' vein, ranging from
thirty to one hundred feet in thickness, over a
mile from east to west. The water running
from tho mouth of the old mine is as hot as
the waters of the Hot Springs in Bath county
this State and forms as bold stream as that
flowing from the White Sulphur Springs Oh
Greenbriar The gases which the water con-
tains are carbonic acid gass and nitrogen, ana
the mineral substances principally sulphate OF
iron, sulphate of magnesia, or EPSON salts.
ammonia alumina, &C., with sulphurIc acid
and carbonic acid.
The mineral waters of the Burning Mountain
of Pennsylvania arc found to possess virtues
not attainable TO all tfe matcria medIca OF the
healing art And efforts are now being made
to render the water accessible to the public ln
the shape of baths and wells. Mr.. Salathlci
Harries, gentlemen engaged with Mr. De
Bow in developing the coal, lead. and other
minerals of Virginia, and now at FarmVlile,
! in Prince Edward county, was the person VINO;
| at the imminent risk OF his life, brought out
| the bodies of the unfortunate men who flrsi
set the Burning Mountain on fire. 1t was
! fearful Undertaking, for thetestroylng tune:
of ihe azotc and carbonic acid gas filed every
| hole and corner of the mine. But Mr.. Har
| ries is fearless and reliable miner, aa well al
| an intelligent man, who has seen more mlnlns
| life adventure and accidents in the deep darf
| bowels of the earth than any man prooaoi.
| now living. He has been engaged IN th
deepest mines in the world, and has wandere'
for miles beneath the raging biiiows OF tn
sea- He was one of the first to open the an
thracite coal mines of Pennsylvania, and ha
long been successful in exploring new region
for coal, iron, &c. To such men will Virgins
owe her future existence as mining ana man
ufacturing State, in connexion with her owI
capitalists and entcrprising business men,
Richmond (pd.) Enquirer
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13
A Remarkable Casa.

The following narrative is from the columns of
a Philadelphia paper OF yesterday. ''The wes-
tern line, which left Pittsburgh for Philadel-
phia at noon on Wednesday, conveyed free
passenger, without the knowledge OF the con-
ductor of the train, for a distance of about 30
miles, between Pittsburg and Miffin. Upon
arriving at the latter place, the inspectors, who
are in the habit of examining and testing the
wheels, &c, to guard against accidents. dis
covered an individual weighing about $50 lbs.
slowed away Immediately under the car, upon
one of the tricks, covered with dust and dirt
to the depth of an inch. When taken out by
the employees of the railroad company, he
was unable to stand, and would have no doubt
expired by suffocation, long before reachin g
Philadelphia. This hazardous ride was under
taken to save the fare, which is about So so.
After giving the traveller washing and nights
rest, the conductor sent him towards Phil
adelphia." This is one of the most eXtraor-
dinary cases which has ever met our notice.
The train referred 10 was the fast line, and il
is wonder that the ssindividual'' managed to
escape with life. He certainly will not speak
very highly in future Of the views on the "a.
Railroad
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

ADULTER ATED BEvERAGEs.-DTugged and
aduIterated liquors are producing their natu-
raj consequences in the increase and fatality
of diseases resulting from intemperance.-
Thirty-five years ago delirium tremans was
disease almost entirely unknown in this cour-
try, although wine and spirtuous liquors were
then to be found on the table and sideb eboard of
nearly every decent and comfortable house in
the land. This terrible malady is not only
more frequent, but it is yearly assuming, as
hospital physicians have shown by statistics, =
far m ore incurable form. Indeed, ii has been
suggested that delirium tremans is nothing
more nor less than a specific disease caused
bv the habitual introduction of specific poison
into the system, and that THIS poison is moth
ing but Il drug, or drugs, surreptitiously intro
duced into nearly every variety of intoxica-
ting liquor-N. Y: Mirror.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

Az ITEM FOR BoYs.-s'Be kind to your SIS
ters," is the caption of stray paragraph that
We find floating around on the sea of newspa-
perdom. like ''Japhct in search Of father"
1t contains some good advice which we espe-
cially commend TO the boys. Boys be kind
to your sisters - There is whole volume Of
good council in that brief line. fou may live
to be old, and never find such tender loving
friends as these sisters. Think how many
things they do Tor u,-ho@ patient are they
with you,-how they love you in spite OF all
Your ilI-temper or rudeness.-how thoughtful
they are for your comfort and be thoughtful
to theirs. Be ever ready to oblige them. to
perform any little Office for them that is with
in vour power. Think what you can do Tor
them, and if they express wish, be ready 10
crafty it if possible. You do not know how
much happiness you will find in so doing
You never yet knew happy and respected
man who was not in youth kind TO his sisters
There is a song which says:
BE kind TO your sister-not many may know
The depth of true sisterly love;
The wealth of the ocean lies fathoms below
The surface that sparkles above.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13
VOL. 5.---NO. 7.
Missouri Called to ch oose.

From an editorial in the Missouri Dcmocrdf,
of the 25th inst, we clip this passage "A
choice of destinjes is now presented to mis-
souri,. Either the industrial system of the
South. with its incspacity for progress; with
the condensation of ITS population in two castles
az immutahle as those of Brahma-a plantation
aristocracy, and hordes OF negroes subdirided
into communistic platoons-with the contrac-
tion and attenuation OF all pursuits, except the
primitive one Of agriculture, the interests OF
which become despotic and exclusive; with
its stagnation and repression of intellect, ex-
cept in politics and law-this, or the grandeur
OF free society, with IFS sublime movements,
its ccaseIess activity, its exhausticss energies,
boundless aspirations, multiplicity oil Voca-
tions and infinite growth in all that man cares
or tolls for-MisSouri has now the privilege
of choosing. Her destiny is not yet fixed =
she is still debatable land, and the principal
battlefield of the warning systems of free and
slave labor.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13
Counterfeit Money.

Forty-two new counterfeits of various bank
notes have been put in circulation since last
month-a pretty certain proof that the talent,
labor aed risk Of those concerned in this ille-
gal trade meet with substantial reward
Were countcrfeiting Improbable, men would
not engage in it; but, when it is found that
banking institutions are careless about the
matter, and the commercial public generally
rather Indifferent on the subject, counterfeit
ers will proceed with their work at all hazards.
The only way to account for the lukewarm-
ness generally manifested towards propositions
TO stay the flood of worthless money thrown
into circulation is to believe that the losers
by counterfeiters are chiefly persons VINO WORK
for wages, upen the mass of whom the taxa
tion of counterfeiting, IN the aggregate, iaiis
with great severity, several millions of dollars
annually being made and scattered throughout
the country This is a condition of things
that require speedy and effectuai remedy
and reflection has convinced us that the only
check to the evil is to be given by instantane
GUS publicity.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

4 LIoUoR INsPECToR.-The Legislature of
Georgia has passed law authorizing the ap-
pointment of a liquor inspector, whose duty
it shall be TO examine and thoroughly test the
poisonous ingredients contained in liquors,
and should they find any strychnine or other
poisonous drug in any liquor, the person SELL
ing the same is ordered TO take it ont of the
State: and If he sells any drugged liquor,
knowing il to be such, or after its inspection,
he is to pay fine OF 500 for the first offence.
$500 for tie second offence, S400 for the third
offence, and 8 coo for the fourth.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

TExAs-From the returns of the census of
Texas, now nearly completed, it is assertained
that It's population will not fall short of four
hundred and fifty thousand. No State, in any
section OF the Union, exhibits more rapid
growth, or greater evidences of singular pros
perity. In eight years it has more than doub-
led its number of Inhabitants; while its pro-
ductive capacity has been developed in still
higher ratio. The same impulse which sends
a ceaseless tide of emigration into the North
western States and Territories, is giving an
extraordinary vitality to this vast Southwest
ern region, outlying on the borders OF Mexico.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13
pau1 Norpby the American Chess Hero.

Private letters to the editor of the Chess
Monthly, brings later intelligence from Mr.
Morphy than is to be found in Our files. His
match dor $50 francs side) with Herr Har-
WITT stands Morphy Harwitz q The Cafe
de Ia Regence, the traditional locale of Paris
ian chess and the scene of Philidor's, Descha-
pelle's and Labourdonnais's triumPhs, is crow
ded with spectators whenever our countryman
plays 4 gentleman now in Paris writes as
follows 1.-THE greatest OF living French
sculptorS, LequcSne, the pupil and successor
of Pradier, has asked Mr.. Morphy to sit to
him for his bust in marble. The bust Will be
exhibited at the Exposition des Beaux art
This is I think, the greatest honor that has
vet been conferred on Mr.. Morphy. But l do
assure YOU they treat him here like Cod
He dimes with his Royal HighneSs the Duke
of Brunswick, on Sunday. The other night,
a. the Theatre FrancaiS. half the audience
stood I'D and looked at hlm-he perfectly un-
conscious until it was pointed ont TO him. Ev-
erybody seeks introductionS to him, and the
old pIaycrs Of the time of Labourdonnais treat
him with the greatest reverence" After I'm
ishing his match with Harwittz, Mr. Morphy
will proceed directly to Berlin and Breslau,
to meet Andersen, Lange Mayct, who, with
Won der I4asa, are at present the great expo
nents of German chess. Ii is matter oil much
regret both to Mr.. MGrphy and his admirers,
that the diplomatic duties of Won der Lasa,
(who is the Prussian minister at Rio Janerio)
precludes the possibility of bringing about a
meeting between these distinguished players
The last Illustrated Nelrs, Of London, gives a
portrait and life of Mr.. Morphy. together with
the eight games played bllndfoidcd by nm al
the BirnIing ham meeting
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

SUICIDE FOR LOVE OF HoNg.-The Rising
Sun Ind, Visitor, states that Mrs. Mary Mont
gomery, a widow aged about 60. who had
lived on a farm in Switzerland county, Ind,
for forty years recently, at the solicitation of
her children sold her property, and was about
TO remove to Rising Sun. Her attachment to
the locality where she had spent so long a
time and the excitement of removal, howey-
er, so agitated her, that in fit of frenzy she
cut her throat, and was found dead in her bed
day or two before the time fixed for her de-
parture.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13
BY S. B. ROW.
NUMBER ONE

'Tis very odd, indeed it is,
This busy world to sean.
And witness that most every man
We see goes en- the plan
Of showing up his neigh bor's faults,
So all can read who run
Forgetting mind you. all the while
The faults of Number One.
/ don't profess 10 be saint.
Yet think the great command
OF love thy neighbor as thyseif,
The noblest ever planned,
II breathes a spirit so divine.
-That-cOuld it once become
But well observed, how very few
Would care for Number One
We're ali alike no chance goes by
of reaching out for more, =
Not satisfied if Plenty casts
Her burden at your door
We push and scramble, jostle out
Our very mothers son
But what $ the odds? our gate you know,
OF course, Is Number One
aTis firmly set, and rooted deep;
But wouldn't it be strange
five should think twould be as well
To try and make n change -
But then, you see the very fact
That we had first begun,
Would be enough to choke US OF
From being Number One
..AIan's inhumanity TO man.
Makes countless millions mourn >;
While hearts still striving hard with Fate,
Pass through the conflict torn
by anguish. sorrow, pain and VOC
And ask but death to come,
To save them from the grasping clutch
OF greedy Number One.
The noble motive of the soul,
Sowed broadest there, in trust,
If sprinkled with sweet Charity,
s.WiIf blossom in the dust
Then garnered by the hand of Time,
When Life's frail thread is spun
They II fill the granery of rest,
Inscribed-A, Number One.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

The difference betwsen rising every morn
ing at and s, in the course of 40 years, am
cunts to 40 600 hours, or years, l2l days
ard 16 hours, which viii afford eight hours a
day for exactly ten Years, which is the same
as if ten years were added to a mans life
What important consideration is this
Sleep from ten at night till six in the morning
is sufficient tor any man in good health; IN
deed, such early rising is necessary 10 pre-
serve good health in either man or woman.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

Pension FRAUD.-Snspicion has for a long
time been entertained that frauds on the Pen
sion Department had been carried on in Wes-
tern New York TO great extent. Within n
few davs. the United States Marshal has made
several arrests. The principal operator is a
man named Albro. The extent of his opera
tions is estimated as high as seventy five or
one hundred warrants. Two Magistrates and
a lawyer, who are implicated, have been ar
rested.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

The lion-killer, Jules Gerard, in letter de-
scriptive of campaign against nonSirous
lion states that in the Algerian SUBDIVISION
Bono that there are at present no less thah
six of these feroeious beasts VINO nave oes-
.la In bishnnting excursions, Gerard, now
makes use of the Devisne bullet, which ex-
nIodes in the body of the animal.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

BALLOON RAoTyG.-Mons. GODDARD aeronaut,
has challenged Prof. Steiner, OF Philadelphia,
to race with balloons. at Cincinnati-the bal
loon going the furthest distance to be declar-
ed winner. Mr.. Steiner has accepted the
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

a woman has been arrested in Albany for
Stealing old iron; she had fourteen pounds
of it sccreted in her bosom. Her offense
weighed heavily upon her.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

He who does best, however little, is always
to be distinguished from him who does moth
ing. -
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

Every man ought TO have wife. Ii man
is happy married his rib isworth all the other
bones in his body.
Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1858-10-13

In the last two months, ,666 people have
died with yellow fever at New Orleans.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-22

To r. G. Hicks and Sarah A. Hicks;
NUU and each Of you are hereby notified that
l. there Is now on file in he ofaoe of the Clerk Of
the District Court Of Lee County Iewa, nj Keokuk
q petition of Alexander Lowrie claiming Of said
X. c. Hicks the sum Of eleven hunored dollars,
with interest on the same at the rate Of ten per
cent. per snnum from Arrii ID, 1857, money
justly due him from said Hicks on two promissory
notes for the sum Of FIVE hundred and fifty dollars
each, dated April 3D. 1857 payable to the order of
said Alexander Lowria in one and two years from
date respectively, with interest at the rate Of ten
per cent. per annum. Also claiming of you (said
Il. c. Hicks and Sarah A. Hicks the foreclosure Of
mortgage executed by you 10 said Lowre and ono
q go. NJ Barber to secnre said notice, with others.
On lots Nos and eight II and 81 in block No.
one hundred and ninety three tl9t) in the City nt
Keokuk, Lee county, Iowa. And notice Of said
suit having been returned to the last Septe Der
term II said court us to you mot found, and
Ter Of publication had. Now unless yen appear
and answer thereto before the second day
of the next term OF said court, to be begGn and
holden on the FIRST Monday OF Febr uary next (lS59
judgment will b. rcnd red gainst you by defaui,
and said morris gage foreelosed prayed for in the
plaintiffs petition.
MccRARY BRUCE,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The plaintiff In The foregoing action having oh
atnec order of publication as to def ndants, X
G. Hicks and sarah A Hicks from the Distric
Court of Lee County, Iowa at keokuk, therefor,
LET publication be made in the "Daily Gate City
a newspaper pu blishe in said county, once wcel
for four consecutive weeks.
ERIE j. LEIGH.
Nov 20 S5S d4w Clerk ID. c.