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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-01-18
Why DON'T you eau in to
j. M. Freeman's Store,

A ND LOOK at his splendid stock ~
IA OF rich sets of Coral Canoes, ga
Lavas, Garnet DC. Also his stock fE4s/ss
OF fine MISUNDERSTANDING Brooches. ara
Rings, Diamond and Seal Rings, Bracelets,
Necklaces. Thimbles, Crosses, bosom and
sleeve buttons, Lockets, Keys Guards and vest
Chains, studs, breastpins of cameo and pearl,
silver forks, spoons, cream, pie and bridal
knives, ladies and sugar spoons. goblets
tumblers and cups, fuel knives, butter Knives,
cream and jelly spoons, fish knives and forks,
napkin rings, table tea and dessert spoons.
Coffee and egg spoons, walters, rich plated
tea sets, walters, goblets, urns, forks and
spoons, ladies and tongs, urns and pitchers,
sugar and butter dishes, salt stands and
spoons, casters and wire bottles in SETS egg
boilers, tea kettles, walters, fruit and cake
baskets, butter knives and sugar tongs, card
cases and porte monnies, with host Of other
things.
Always on hand large lot of steel, gold,
silver and shell spectacles and eye glasses, to
suit all ages. Gold pens and pencils-silver
pencils with gold pens, gold dish pens. In fact
If you wish to purchase there is no store on
Main street so fully supplied as j. M. FREE
MAN'S-and for the ready cash you can
buy everything low. nols
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-01-18
Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!!!

lust RECEIVED 40 bbls of GS6'
- Superfne and Extra F L GU r S4EEsxkj
at the Flour Store Not, Union St. Sf'A1z''fs'
no 20 E. A. ABBOTT.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

~ According to Hue, the
French missionary, the Budhists
have a remarkable mode of facili-
tating devotional exercises. A thick
board is made, composed Of innu-
merable sheets Of paper pasted to-
gather, and upon which are written
in Thibetian characters the most re-
puted prayers. This board in placed
in a barrel and turned on an axle.
Those devotees who have not the
zeal or taste to pray vocally, " have
recourse to the simple and expedi-
tious medium Of the prayer barrel, "
says the worthy Monsieur Hue. /"
All they have. to do, is to set the
barrel in motion; it then turns Of
itself for a long time, the, devotees
d drinking, eating Or sleeping, whilst
the co1nplacent mechanism is tur-
ming prayers. them" This pray
ing by steam is certainly a novel
idea. :5@ IT, F.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

to conceive it, that gentle admoni-
tory voice came whispering in my
ear, and stayed the one midway and
drew the iron from the other. And
! do well remember, in my man.
hood g ripper years, when deep sor-
row fell upon soul, and I could fain
have drunk oblivion from the wine
cups fiery brim, that same dark
eyed woman came, and bade me,
in the name Of God, to shun the
fatal snare; and twining her arms
around my neck, while her eyes
beamed with loves deep inspira.
tion, she poured oil upon the troub~
led waters told me Of purer hopes
and higher aims, al in my ear
whispered a golden word that has
outlived sorrow
Leila, would you know the name
Of my first love? 'Tis my mother
20! Paul, I'll forgive you, and
will share your love; indeed l
will
I knew you would, Leila. Sec
ond love is as dear as the first
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

TIE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND THE
TEMPLE OF JuaaERNATH.-Tbe Rev. Dr..
Duff, Of Calcutta. in q letter to the
Witness, reports the final settlement of
the long-outstanding question Of our once
odious connection with the celebrated
temple OF Juggernath IN, a,0rissa. The
other day a deed WAS drawn up and
signed by the Governor Of Bengal which
finally disposed Of the. whole subject.
The money allowance now annually
paid from the treasury Of Pooree is COM
,nuted for At equivalent in land, which
in terms Of the deed lis ., to be made over
to the, R*jah Of kho"rdal,, as supetin-
lendent Of the; temple Of Juxxcrnath.
70 be held BY him in trust for the temple
and. also by his SUCCESSORS, 20 long as
they shall continue to hold the said Office
Of superintendent" + rom the dstsIof
the transfer of|and the government shall
cease to- have any connection, direct or
indirect, wish tile temple Of sits affair.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

RETURNING srSsE.-Ths Ohio Legis-
lature at its late session repealed the
.pi.eful and anti-national act Of the last
Legislature, 70 bidding to the general
government the use Of its jails for the
confinement OF fugt,ves from service.-
1t also passed An act for tue confinement
Of fug;tives from service: Il also passed
an act to restore the old habeas corpus
law, and to repeal the rider which had
been put upon it by the Black RepubIi.
cans, which was intended and designed
to render imperative th5 fugitive slave
law in Ohio, and thus nul'ify provision
in the federal contribution, as also AZ act
10 repeal the foolish and unconsti,ution-
al act Of the last Legislature, which
made It penitentiary offsn,e to bring
slave into Ohio. This shows that public
opinion is gradually righ,ng Itself in
Ohio, and that her citizens are returning
to the loyalty due to the Constitution Of
tile United States and the great brother
hood Of States. 1t is hopeful sign
Ezchange. 49,.
If political demagogues and fanatical
newspapers would only let the people
alone, and not be continually harping
ugon the wrongs or rights o:this or that
section, public opinion all over the coun-
try would soon return ITO the loyalty
due to the constitution Of the United
States. and the great brotherhood Of
States IA
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

REPORTED HIDDEN TREAstRE.-
The Romans, all along their own
highways and open stations lett
much greater quantities of this
hidden treasure than has been ever
yet discovered: For it was not
only accidentally dropped, but in
dustriously secured before they
fought; and when at last they de-
ser;ed the island, they buried their
money in hopes of an opportunity
to return and raise it up.-Kennstt's
Parochiol antiquities. :@>~ ...s~~
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

@ Some useful facts are started
by Mr.. May, in a communication
to the British Association of
Science, ,on the application of chilled
castlron to the pivots of astronomi-
cal instruments. It has long been
known that it a mould for casting
Which runs against the iron becomes
what is technically termed "chilled"
ana q: is indicated BY white chrys-
tall'ne structure to depth depend
1ngjupon various conditions of tenn
perature Of the mould, and the
metal run into it, as we'll as of the
Saemlcal ca composition of the IRON
1he practical utility of chilling
casting depends-on the fact that the
part thus rendered crystalline is Of
{; extreme hardness, nearly equal to
mat OF hardened steel, whilst the
remainder rem Of the casting may be as
so1t as IRON cast in the ordinary sand
moulds. The extensive use made
cI 81 &C ch!i!cast III iron suggested the idea
.na1 II the pivots Of large astrono-
alcal i! instruments were so cast with
-tne body Of the axis in sand moulds
~ as,: g: possess q hardness capable Of
rsslstlng na.a nE. wear, and a homogeneous
uess 20 r! insure that whatever wear
! might take place would be uniform
maud ,,sa beall run together, an instru-
%nMe1n,s'might men, be produced combining
1' the requisite qualifications. This
'' 10" "snccessfully accomplished.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22
YER THE RIVER.

Over the river they beckon to me
Loved ones who've crossed to the furthe
side;
The CLEAN Of their snowy 'ob>s I see,
But their voices are lost by the dashinj
Ede.
THERE'S one with ringlets Of sunny gold,
Ard ewes the reflection OF heavens Owl
blue;
H. crossed in the twilight gray and cold,
And the pale mist hid from mortal view,
We saw not the angels that met him there
The gate Of the city we could not see
Over the river, over the river,
My brother stands waiting to welcome me
Oye. !he river the boatman pale
Carried another-the household pet;
Her brown curls wave in the gentle gale;
Daring Minnie! l see her yet.
She crossed on her bosom her dimpled hands,
ard fe.rlessly entered the phantom bark
We watched it glide from the silver sands,
A>6 al! ou. sunshine grew strangely dark.
". know she is safe on the further side,
Where all the ra.somed and angels be-
0ve: the river. the mystic river,
Ny childhood's idol is waiting for me!
F.: .cne retu from those quiet shores
ET7ho cross with the boatman cold and pale !;
W. kesy the din ,f fhe 0ollen oars
iTs see the CLEAN Of the snowy sail,
Art ;c {! they have passed from our yearning
hearts,
They cross the stream and are gone for aye
w '7ay not sundet the veil apart
That hides from our vision the gates Of day,
We ealy know thai their barks no mo,e
Mey sail with us DER I(e's stormy sea,
Il ss somewhere, | know, on the unseen shor"
They watch; ond beckon, and wait for me.
And ! sit and think, when the sunsets gold
Il dushing river and hill and shore,
! shall one day stand by the water cold
And list for the sound Of the boatman's oar
l:hall watch for gleam Of the aapping SAIL
/ shall hear the boat as it gains the strand
shall pass from sight with the boatman pale,
10 the better shore Of the spirit lard.
shall know the loved who have gone before,
And joyfnlly sweet will the meeting be,
when over the river, the peaceful river,
The angel Of death shall carr, me!
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

The CELESTIAL S1NG-SoNG GIRLS.
The Chinawoman's hair is grum-
med and built up into a structure
rather resembling large flat iron,
and the edifce is adorned with
combs and jewels and flowers, ,arran-
ged with a certain taste. An enbroi-
dered blue silk tunic, reaches from
her chain nearly to her ancles.---Be-
lowthe tunic appear the gay trou-
sers, wrought with gold or silver
thread. Then,ifshe be a large footed
woman, as they are in Hong-Kong,
we see the instep glancjng through
the thin white stocking, and a very
small foot (when left to nature the
Chinese have beautiful feet and
bands) in rich slipper with a tre~
endous white s~)e in form Of an in-
verted pyramid. In these sing-song
girls you STE the originals Of the
Chinese pictures-tLe paintedfaccs;
the high arched penc:led eyebrows,
the small round mouth, the rather
fnll and slightlykensual lip,naturaly
or artifcially Of a deep ver,nillion,
the long slit-shaped, half closed eyes,
suggestive Of Incidence and slyness.
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

| BABooNs AT HoME.-A new work
has just been published in England
by Capt. A. W. Drayson, of the
Royal Artillery, entitled "Sporting
Scenes among the Kafaiirs Of South
Africa" We extract from a re-
view Of it the following amusing
description Of an ape family:
I watched them through my glass,
and was much amused at their gro
tesque and almost human move
ments. Some Of the cid ladies had
their olive branches in their lips,
and appeared to be "doing their
hair" while a patriarchal- looking
fellow paced backward and forward
with a tussy sort Of look +; he was
evidently on sentry, ard seemed to
think himself Of no small impor-,
tance. This estimate ofhis dignity
did not appear to be universally
acknowle31 31ged, as two or three
young balloons sat close behind
him, watching his proceedings -
Sometimes with the most grotesque
movement and expressions, they
would stand directly in his path,
and hobble away only at the last
moment. One daring youngster fol-
lowed close on the heels Of the pat
riarch during the whole length Of
his beat, and gave a sharp tug at
bis tail a. he was about to turn
The old fellow seemed to treat it
with the greatest Indifference i
scarcely turning round at the insult.
Master Impudence was about are-
peatinp the performance, when the
pater, showing that he was not such
a fool as he looked, suddenly sprang
round, and catching the young one
before he could escape, gave him
two or three such cuffs that I could
hear the screams that resulted there
from. The venerable gentleman
then chucked the delinquent over
his shoulder, and continued his
promenade with the greatest cool
ness. The old baboon, evidently,
was acquainted with the practical
details of Solomon's proverb. A !
crowd gathered round the naughty
child, who, childlike, (secing com
Iniseration) shrieking all the louder.
even fancied I could see the angry
ylances Of the mamma, as she took
her dear little pet in her arms, and
removed it from arepetition Of such
brutal treatment.
: 1,-...t ! T. : :...- |
Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-05-22

His LAST Observation-Disclosures at
tendant, in his last illness, intended
to give the patient some medicine,
but, a few moments after, it was
discovered that the medicine was
nothing but ink, which had been
taken from the phial by mistake,
and his friend exclaimed, Good
Heavens! Mathews, I have given
you ink" "Never-never mind,
my boy-never mind" said Mat
hews, family" L,W svolzoD a hst
Of Wotting:paper.'' This was the
last Joke Mathews ever made.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
Reclaiming Sandy Land Without
Manure.

We will suppose that the land is sandy.
or, perhaps, a sandy loan, that was nee
covered with pines, which were cut off
a~fFdthegiand ryed to death" and then
pastuaed to death, which is full as bad as
vas the OLE Irish judge, who sentenced a
man to I" be hung and pay forty shil-
lings." Manure the land if you can if
not, pillow with one horse, or two if you
choose, but do o go down more than
four inches sow rye and harrow it in.
When the crop is ripe, thresh on the
field. and keep what grain you can get
as a compensation for your labor. Now
take the rye straw, and let a man drop it
before each furrow, and the pillow follows
it Immediately and covers it up. Follow
this course three years, and then sow it
it with clever. Cut w crops Of this,
and the second year pillow again and SOW
in rye, and, if the operation has been
well managed, you will probably get
twenty five bushels of rye to an acre, and
your land will be in pretty good condi-
ton for any crop, with common manu-
ring. We cal show you twenty acres
that was almost moving sand, reclaimed
in this way into fair and fertile land
Are you encouraged ?-New England
Farmer.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
Photo-Ligthography

This name has been applied by the
discoveries, Messrs. Cutting & Bradford.
of Boston, to a new and beautiful appli.
cation of the Photographic art, which is
evidently destined to re~volutionize, in a
great measure, the ordinary processes of
photography. The requisites for the pro.
duction Of the effect are, in the first in
stance, a well ground photographic stone,
and a glass negative photograph. The
stone, by a peculiar treatment, which is
really the discovery itself, and is vet a
secret, is prepared in a few minutes to
receive the Photographic impression,
through the glass negative, by exposure
to sunlight. The stone picture can then
be washed, linked, and any number of
photo lithographs printed from it upon
paper, by means of the usual l~ithographic
press. The invention, is not yet, we be.
lieye, wholly perfected, but the results
alluded to are most remarkable, and mi.
croscopic objects, especially, are wonder
fully depicted. The value of this discoy-
cry, as applied merely to the illustration
of books, especially scientific ~treatiscs, is
obvious,
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
.sr no, 48
AN ARAB HORSE.

ABedouin, named Jabal, possessed a
mare of great celebrity. Hassan Pasha.
then Governor of Damascus, wished to
buy the horse, and repeatedly made the
owner the most liberal offers, which Jabal
steadily refused. The Pasha theE had
recourse to threats, but with no better
success. At length, one Gafar, a Bedou-
in of another tribe presented himself to
the Pasha, and asked what.he would give
the man who would make him master of
Jabals mare. | will fill his horses nose
bag with gold" replied Hassan. The
result of this interview having gone
abroad, Jabal became more watchful than
ever, and always secured his mare at
night with an iron chain, one end of which
was fastened to her hind fetlock, whilst
the other, after passing through the tent
cloth, was attached to a picket driven in
the ground under the felt that served
himself and wife for a bed.
But one midnight, Gafar crept silently
into the tent, and succeeded. in loosening
the chain. just before starting off with
his prize, he caught up ,Jabal's lance, and
poking him with the butt end, cried out,
" | am Gatar | have stolen your noble
mare, and l will give you notice in time"
This warning was in accordance with the
customs of the desert, for to rob q hostile
tribe is considered an honorable exploit,
and the man who accomplishes it, is de-
sirous of all the glory that may flow from
the deed.
Poor Jabal, when he heard the words,
rushed out of the tent and gave the alarm,
then mounting his brothers mare, accom-
panied by some of the tribe, he pursued
the robber for four hours. The brothers
mare was Of the same stock as JabaEs
but was not equal to her nevertheless,
he outstripped those of all the other pur-
suers, and vas even on the point Of over
taking the rohber, when Jabal shouted to
him, Pinch her right ear and give her
a touch of the heel" Gafar did SO, and
away went the mare like lightning, speed
lily rendering further pursuit hopeless
The pinch in the ear and the touch with
the heel, were the secret signs by which
Jabal had been used to urge his mare to
the utmost speed.
Jabal's companions were amazed and
indignant at his strange conduct. "Oh,
thou father of a jackass," they cried,
thou hast enabled the thief to rob thee
of thy jewel" But he silenced their up
braidings by saying, II would rather
lose her than sully her reputation. Would
you have me suffer it to be said among
the tribes that another mare had proved
Aeeter than mine? | have, at least, this
comfort left me, that l can say she never
met with her MATCH"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
EDDINGS AT HOME.

III. $50
Cousin Milly, | am to be married
next week, and though we are not to
make a wedding, | know you would like
to come in, and so | shall expect you"
Come in! why, you will be married
in church, will you not? Of course you
will, that, is the most fashionable way"
Well. Milly, | cannot help it | am
to be married at home, and in our family
sitting room where everything will be
unchanged and home-like. as usual
Father and mother prefer to have it so,
and so | wish it to be. We shall make
no parade, no wedding cake, no fuss
whatever
Well, Annie, l declare, | am perfectly
astonished Not go to c~hurch-.not make
a wedding, nor wedding cake, nor wed
ding dress, | supposed
mo, Milly, at least no foolish gewgaw
expensive thing that / can never wear
but once or twice. Father is not very
rich, you know, nor is Victor, and we
shall not try to move in a fashionable
circle, nor live in expensive Style"
Worse, and worse, Annie Why
you had better get in some ave and spend
the rest of your days, and mediate on the
vanity and folly of human life !"
just then Armies mother cam into the
room. :" Well, girls, you are having quite
a warm discussion about something
May | join it?"
Why, aunt said Milly, "you surely
are not intending to have Annie married
at home and make no show whatever 2"
my daughter is not controlled in her
choice" replied the mother. " she knows
our sentiments and wishes, and has adep-
ted them as her own. We should be sor.
ry to have her go to church, or to make
a great show for really, it would be q
tax upon our means, and a great one on
our time and strength. do not wish tc
4haye Annie.s mind distracted and oceu
pied with the care necessary to do 80, MOI
am able to attend to it without great ia.
tigue that would spoil all the pleasure
there might be, if there was any. We
rejoice that Annie has found a friend who
will protect her when we are gone, but
she is leaving our home and care proba-
bly, forever. We know not the future,
and to a parents heart there are many
sad as we'll as Joyous reflections"
But aunt, do you not think the CHUCK
is the most sacred and proper place for a
marriage to take place ?"
Why should it be, Milly ? In my
view home is the most holy, sacred place
on earth. There we are born, there we
die. Why is it not just as necessary that
our children should be born in church and
die there? There is no conpulsion.-
Every n has a right to their own views
We prefer that here, in our family circle,
and by own fireside, our children shall
leave us, and be given to the care of 9th
ers. Home associations are dear to us,
and Annie and all Of US will ever look
back to her marriage among US with more
tender, pleasing associations, than if per-
formed in the formality and ceremony of
the church."
Well, aunt, | never heard any one
talk SO before, but perhaps you are right,
and now | must CO."
The farewells were exchanged, and
MIlly walked home with her mind full OF
new ideas, and wondering how people
had the courage to act as they pleased,
and consult their own feelings without
consulting the world.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23
Russia Sheet Iron.

1t is a popular notion that the process
of manufacturing the tenacious and CLOS.
sy /" Russia Shee! aron' is q profound Sc.
cret, and that the vigilance exercised BY
the Russian Government, and the Russian
manufacturers, have hitherto successfully
prevented all foreigners from obtaining
the slightest Information on the subject.
The present Commissioner of Patents, in
his last report, also alludes to the manu-.
facture Of this article, as one of the great
unsolYed problems of science, which the
industrial interests of the country require
should be explained.
Mr.. Wells, in his recent work, "Prin-
ciples, and Applications of Chemistry
states that this current belief has no
foundation in fact, and that the method
of preparing the iron in question, is per-
fectly well known. According to the au-
thority quoted, Russia sheet-iron is, in
the first instance, a very pure article, rem
dered exceedingly tough and flexible, by
refining and a~nnealing. Its bright. CLOS
sy surface is partially q ~silicate, an par
TALLY an oxyde of iron, and is produced
W passing tie uVt oucCti mOiSGeHcu Will
a solution Of wood ashes, through polished
steel rollers.
Another mythical bubble is thus pune
tured, and the wonderful stories of guar
ded ~founderies and ever watchtul officials,
as connected with Russia sheet-iron, will
take rank with the account of "Symmes
Hole" aud the barnacles which turn to
Solan geese.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

Rg- At the Roman observatory, M,
Seechi has obtained a good photograph
of Saturn, which shows not only the dark
spaces between the planet and the ring.
but the shadow of the planet upon the
ring. 1t also establishes two points of
considerable interest: First, that the
planet is darker than the ring and Sec
ond, that the light of the planet is more
powerful than our noon. The proof of
this is, that it requires 20 seconds to pro.
duce a Photographic image of the moon.
while that of Saturn is produced in eight
minutes, or 480 seconds. Bat Saturn is
at least 80 times farther from us than the
moon and, instead of requiring 80 times
the number of seconds to produce his i'm
age, he required only "a times. M. See.
chi infers from the planets superior pho.
tographic power that he is surrounded
by a rejecting atmosphere, while the
moon is destitute of such, and entirely
black.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-23

2 U A young man stepped into a book.
sellers shop and asked for a "Young
Mans Companion"
my daughter