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Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23
Another Revolutionary soldier
Gone.

Died in Springfield, Ash;abula conuty.
Ohio. January 10Th, Henry Straight, aged
81 years, 6 months, and 5 days.
From all account contained in the Ash
tabula Sentinel" we learn that the de-
ceased was born in Warwick, Kent Co.,.
r. l., in 1860; enlisted at The age ID
years, and served throught the Revolution
AIRY War, enduring all the privatons. ami
carrying with him to- the grave the hon, ra-
bic scars obtained in the hard fought bat
ties of that memorable period. ..
At the close of the war, he settled at
Lanseborough, Berkshire Co., Mass. after
wards at Newstead, N. Y. ard sub
sequcntly rem owed to Ashtabula Co.. o.
He also served in the war of 1919, un-
der Lieutenant's s commission; was in the
battle Of Plattsburgh, and other engage
ments.
He voted at every Presidential election
since the Inauguration of the Government
his first vote having been cast for George
Washington, and his last for John c.
Fremont.
Possessed of powerful constitution.
bis mental faculties remained unimpairto
to the last. . .. '..
He is the last survivor, it is said, Of t a
Revolutionary Soldiers on tie Rescive-
Er.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

REcREAT1oN.-Can anything be more
lamentable to contemplate than dull,
CRIME, and vicious population, whose
only amusement is sensualily? Yet what
can we expect, it we provide no ..means
whatever ofrecreation-if we never share
our own pleasures with our poorer breth-
rem? As for our cathedrals and great
churches, we mostly have them well
locked, for fear any one should steal ir and
say prayer, or contemplate noble work
Of art without paying for it; and we shut
people up by thousands in dense towns
with no outlets to the country but those
which are guarded on each side by dusty
hedges. Now an open space near town
is one of natures churches; and it is An
imperative duty TO oprovide such things -
Depend upon it, that man.hass not made
any great progress in humanity, who does
not care for the leisure hours and amuse
ments of his fellow men.--The Claims Of
Lob0r.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23
Pass HIM RorND.-Leander paccomb,

Pass HIM RorND.-Leander pascomb.
a man about thirty years Of age, FIVE feet
eleven inches high, heavy set, blue eyes,
light hair, thick, sandy beard, q great
alker, moderately intelligent, and not bad
appearing fellow withal, who has wife
and one child living near Elmira, New
York, has been trying to pass himself off
as a single man, in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He
succeeded in winning the affections and
confidence of an estimable girl, and under
promise of marriage, obtained from her
some fifty dollars in money, which was
about the entire amount she had saved
fom her wages as teacher during the
summer The evening before they
were Ito be married, said Dascomb ab-
seconded with woman of notoriously bad
character. The young lady who he had
robbed, betrayed and deserted, was SO af-
fected by her disappointmentand troubles,
that she put an end to her existence by
taking strychnine, .-. ...
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23
Important to School Teachers

A case was tried recently at Albany,
which has AN interesefto parents of chill
dren at school. A teacher was in the hab-
it of keeping children in school after dis
missal, until they could learn iinpcrfecty
recited lessons. The father ofone of these
little prisoners called at the school and
demanded his child, WHICH the teacher re-
fused to give up, and an assault was the
consequence. The csse came to trial,
when the court ruled that the keeping of
the child until the lessons of the day were
perfected was legal; that the parent in at
tempting to take the child away from the
school-room, in opposition to the will of
the master, was wrong; that child
placed at school by the parents, is under
the control of the master, until regularly
dismissed; and that a paren! cannot with
draw the child from school during the
day, against the masters will, except
through the intervention of an officer and
the school committee. The defendant was
fined $50 and costs,-HampsAire Goz.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23
DOn't he "a Bachelor.

Young man, don't live crusty bache
lor; it is not good for you. 1t will nei-
ther improve your morals. health or your
beauty. Marry as soon os you can make
it convenient, and can shape your affairs
to support wife. But when you marry,
don't fall in love with face instead of a
woman, Remember, common sense is a
rare virtue, much better than silver and
gold, and fashion. Don't courtand marry
ciinoline and money bags, simply because
it's. crinoline and gold in plenty; but look
for sound, practical sense in a woman
frst-that is the touchstone to try her
other qualities by. -
KSa yass al, elsS szsas.
Your wife, (that isto Be, n she s full or
common sense, will grow to your way of
thinking, and make you grow to hers. A
woman that has womanly love in her heart,
will find way to make your love toward
her grow as the years go over you both.
And another thing needs to be needed,
and that is, a. common-sense woman is
not to be found where fashion insists upon
dragging young females into a whirl,
where there is simply idle gossip and little
brain. .-a -'f ti'" ia l3.s' t"
Young man, don't stand looking after
that young woman who has the distin-
guished all, the reputation of flirt and a
belle, whose father has heaps Of cash; for
it is not impossible that while you are
stiaining your eyes, you may be turning
your back upon some unobtrusive little
damsel whom nature has cut out as your
other half, and who may be just that pleas-
ant-faced, placid, tempered, lovable little
creature who will think enough Of you
to go with you to the end of the world, +,
and stay by and comfort you when you
become gray-headed and fidgety.
Marry, young gentlemen, and you will
have something to live for, and tie. causes
which so easily gave you the "horrors, !"
and made life miserable, will soon be ban
ished. A man alone in the world isn't
more than half man, and the world wants
men. So mend yourself, and be happy
You shall have reason to say that it was
a good thing you resolved to marry, and
refused TO, be a. solitary, beer drinking.
pipe-smoking bachelor, If You succeed as
well in your efforts as he who advises you,
who was once miserable bachelor, but is
now simply an old, contented and COM
Portable married man.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23
$I.5O In ndv"nce.
WHOLE NUMBER 519
saturday Night.

Beautiful exceedingly used to be tho
approach to Sunday in old times. with it's
threshold made of Saturday night
The tide of passion and the glow Of am
bition went down with Saturday. g sun, and
life's fever was followed by sleep. The
backsmith's bellows grew breathless, and
his hammer lay silent upon the anvil; tho
fitful tinklng of bell denoted the last
wanderer of the flock safe in the fold; the
mills "big wheel" stood still and the up.
per and lower sections of its battened door
were closed; the "'ironing" Of the old
fashioned mother was aired and folded and
laid away; the last loaf was: drawn, from
the glowing; ;caHernS SoE1ihe elfl-hviekfoyeh:
,tlse Asays lad e8fse, bgcls : Nc cfs1 I.
grass, and their damp hair shade darker
than it was; light gimmers dihnly
through the great windows Of the church;
young men and maideus go in by pairs.
and pretty soon, through the sl,adowy air.
there float the blended voices that we used
to love in Windhsm, Near and Silver
Street, ,'H"Dundee's wild and warbling
measures rise, and sweet old CoEnitll
falls upon the ear, the moon surmounts
the woods, and rides a moment like ship
upon the leafy waves, then bears away for
the blue waters Of Gods Kgean, and over
all that scene and night it rules. The
dcws grow radiant and restless in the
grass beneath it, as if earth were our
mother and she really breathed; the mists
of grey that with the willows fringe the
stream, are silver; and the memory OF
that hour is gold.
a very beautiful provision of nature is
it when Death Las done his worst with us.
and sealed lips that shall never more be
parted; when the summer winds have
borne away upon their wanton wings tho
dust we have so often clasped, and fan
cied to be ourselves; when tie hungry
moths have devoured the records we have
left, and dreamed to be immortal; when
Time has turned to sands ard sifted
through his hour-glass, the mansions we
have bui|ded, aud thought would 'lasttil
doomsday'-a very beautiful provision is
it, we say, that sometimes that second i'm
mortality we longed to leave, is confded
to a.NAME.-B. #. Taylor. .s.I .a.A
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23
"THE JERKS The Illinois Baptist

"THE JERKS. The Illinois Baptist
of January II. says that this strange in
fatuation is again revived. 1t made Its
appearance at a protracted meeting among
the Methodists at Indian Grove. The
scenes are described as very exciting
From fifty to a hundred were jerking at
the same time, Their hands, shoulders,
feet and head would be violently thrown
into the most grotesque. and apparently
painful shapes. The women's bonnets
would fly off, their hair become 'dishev-
elled, and in some instances snap like a
whip. In some instances it attacked un-
believers in 1t, and unconverted men who
tried to resist it by folding their arms and
wrapping them tigh ly around their bod
les, but in spite of themselves, their
shoulders, first one and then the other,
would be ;crked back till they lost, all
control of themselves.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

l. "A HOME IN THE CorNTRY.-The truth
is, people are beginning TO. discover tha,
farm, paid for, or not epcumbered to such
an extent as to dampen the energies Of
the owner, continues to be, as of old, the
best investment for age 1t is permanent
the mainsiay. the unfailing support of the
beloved ones Of our hearts, whose susten-
ance and welfare should never be allowed
to depend exclusively upon the fiuctua-
tions and uncertainties of trade. There is
a charm surrounding the Homestead
homely though it be-that peneuates ev-
cry crevice Of the heart. and binds us
to its precious and familiar precincts wi h
a magnetic influence. O, for free, good
old home in the country, away from the
struggles of business, the haste to be rich.
the unseen pitfalls into which the ignis
fatuus of gold is leading men, and all
the other surroundings of an unreal,
fictitious life.-Erchunge. ~ ..
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

NEWSPAPERS. Louisstreet,. the
newly elected President of the South Car
olina College, thus sets forth the value of
newspaper: ~, .., .s..-.. =. .
''Small is the sum that is required to
patronize the newspaper, and most amply
remunerated is the patron. l care not
how humble and unpretending the gazette
which he takes, it is impossible to fill it
fiftytwo times year without putting into
it something that IS worth the subscription
price. Every parent whose son is Oft
from home, at school, should supply him
with paper. still remember what diff
ference there was between those who had
and those who had not access to newspa-
pers. Other things being equal, that the
first were decidedly superior to the last in
debate and composition at least is plain;
they have command of more facts
Youths will peruse newspapers with de-
light, when they will read nothing else.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

DEMAND FOR DAMAeEs.-Robert A.
Craig, British subject at Punta Arenas,
has demanded damages of the United
States for looses sustained by him in the
seizure of Walkers expedition by Com.
Paulding. He alleges that he rented to
Gen. Walker, a part of his premises,
and that he had large quantity of pro-
visions in his warehouse, belonging to
Walker, at stipulated rate of storage
per month for each package; and also
that he advanced on the security Of the
provisions the sum Of $500. The pro-
visions, he says, We're foroibly seized by
order of Com. Paulding, and much of
his private property carried off. Mr..
Craig has forwarded a copy of his com
plant to Lord Clarendon.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

A SENSIBLE G1RL.--As a weary traveller
was vending his way through the mud,
out in the far west region of country, lis
discovered, ahead, a young maiden stand
ing in the door OF small log house. He
rode up in front of the house and asked
the maiden for a drink Of water; he drank
it, and she being the first woman he had
seen for several days, offered her dimn
for kiss. The young maiden accepted
the offer and received both Hiss and the
dime. The traveller was about to resume
his Journey, but the maiden never before
having seen dime, asked:
Nv hat am l to do with the dime?'
f. a. :. You may use tin any way you wish"
he replied, lit is yours. .........a..
"That being tho case she replied.
"1'i give you back the dime and take an
other kiss
OF course the traveller 'wited.'
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23
Reflections ON Death.

Heavens! what moment must be that
when the last hutter expires on our lips!-
What q change! ~ Tell me, ye who, are
deepest read in nature and in God, to
what new worlds are we borne? What
new being do we receive? Whittier has
that spark, that unseen, that uncompre-
.hended intelligence fled? Look upon the
,eoid. lieia ,ofpsel lLhat. lies before
you! This is but sbeil, gross and
earthly covering, which held for awhile
the immortal essence that has now left it;
left it to range, perhaps. through illimita-
bic space; TO receive new capacities of de-
light--new powers of perception-new
glories of beatitude! Ten thousand fan
cies rush upon the, mind as it contem
plates the awful moment between life and
death! 1t is moment big with imagina-
TONS greatest hopes and fears; it is the
consummation that clears up all mystery
resolves all doubts-which removes CON
tradiction, and destroys error. Great
Godl what food of rapture may at once
burst upon the departed soul. The un-
clouded brightness of the celestial regions
the pure existence of ethereal beings
the solemn secrets of nature may then be
divulged; the immediate unity of the past,
the present and the future-strairs of un-
imaginable harmony, forms of imperish-
able beauty may then suddenly disclose
themselves bursting upon the delighted
senses, and bathing them in measureless
bliss! The mind is lost in this excess of
wondrous light, and dares not turn from
the heavenly vision to one so gloomy, so
tremendous, AS the departure Of the wick
edl Human fancy shrinks back appalled,;
while hope and charity whispers to the
bleeding heart that there, where all mercy
is, there toe will be forgiveness! ~
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

CAUSE OF THE MILD W1NrER.-We
have no hypothesis to advance explanatory
OF the midncss of the season, but give
our readers the benefit of the following
suggestion of corresp pondent of the Jour
nal Of Commerce"
"What is the cause Of this unprece-
den ted mild winter? 1t is said that the
Gulf Stream has approached nearer our
coast by forty or sixty miles than was
ever before known. If any navigator has
NOTICED such a fact, he would benefit sci
enee and put many minds to rest, if he
would make it publicly known" ~
The farmers noted during the fall that
the corn husks were unusually thin, a
failing indication of a mild winter.
We leave our readers to determine whether
this was the effect of the approach of the
Gulf Stream to our coast, or whether it
resulted from some at present undiscoy-
cred material laws.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

Ey Language is the amber in which a
thousand precious and subtle thoughts
have been safely embedded and preserved.
Ithas arrested II thousand lightning flashes
of genius, which, unless liked and arrest
ed, might have been as bright, but would
have also been as quickly passing and
perishing as the lightning,- ITencA on Tie
lSku5y If Words.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

high minded and honorable to stoop to
either firtations or artifce; and while
they cannot recall that event of their girl
hood without a blush at their own folly,
they have sportiyely named it their first
lesson in economy
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

%A At the Presidential election, the
town of Lancaster, Pa, gave Mr.. Bu-
chanan majority of 1890. On Tues
day, Thos II. Burrows, an Anti Lecomp-
ton Democrat, was elected Mayor by 25
majority, his opponent being of the PreFi-
dents own atripA-EI.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23
. tgl si.eal
THE Liz q M oLEs:


70. i4 "a #|4<s3 -it ~. ifG ~
NJ yeAAares KaeHsx. aiS S.7
When grasping tSTanny otfsnds,
or angry bigcfl frowhi .Pst
When rulers Plet Cor sellsli epdsefbi Z
TO keep tho people down. ft
When statcsinell form inIieiy lengues Z
To drive tho rhoff1to var, !,
When knavesia iaces intriguc
wsfaiss our hsaz 4; Easos their deeds,
And cheerfult&IFuIlf, - - .tft
Grub, little mSleS s4b undor ground,
There's sunshlllu. ne sky.
wnch canuhs rs ey6sbins
2? curb free on 20 thpngists
Thsr ~ ,i,i', "a
When round The MARI w pale they piod,
nd scornfully assume ~
That all without are cursed OF God,
Aud Justify the doom;
We think OF Gods eternal love,
And strong in hope reply,
Grub little molcs, grub under ground,
There's sunshine In the sky.
When greedy authors wicld the pen
To please the vulgar town,
Depict great thieves as injured men
Aud heroes OF renown-- ta ,
Pandcr To prejudice unclean, n
Apologize for crime, "a
And duub the vices OF the mean,
With hattcry like slime;
For MiltOn's cruft--or Shaksperc Is tongue
We blush, but yet reply;
Grub, little moles, grub under ground,
There's sunshine in the sky.
When meneompiain of humble kind,
In misanthropic mood,
And thinking evil things, grow blind
To presence of the good;
r When, wallc0 in prejudices strong,
They urge that evermore
The world Is fated to grow wrong
For going wrong before:
We feel the truth they cannot feel,
And smile as we reply,
Grub, little molcs, grub undor ground,
There's sunshine in the sky.
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

RF-It has been satisfactorily ascer-
tanned that ducks enter the wa,er fol a.
pers Reasons, and come out Tor sUn-d y
motives.
.pv- tfs4 30
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23
OF course the traveller 'wiIted.'

Ey"In the Cincinnati Directory sp-
pears the following warlike specimen Of
nomenclature: "Messrs. Gum, Cannon,
Pistol, Fuzee, Shuter, Buliitt, Shot, Mus
ket and Il. TilItry. (ariillery.)
Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-02-23

81 Joyous tones,
3 door had been
All their symp-
physician could.
81 and ignorance
m The contempt
oman will ever
ach a Yearning
pen that they
Reception to en-
81 haze ] labored.
nave done TO
tQbler, pleasures.
mortal beings?'
s.Yondered
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-24
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.


Post office Affairs--GOv. Denver's Resig-
matiOu-sThe Recent Election in PENN
sYlVamias etc
WAsHIKoToN Oct. 10, 1858 The Postmaster Gen
eral compla ms of general neglect Of duty on the
part Of POsmasers in not cane ling eHectually
dafaciug postage stamps letters mailed at their
Offices From the number of f auds and trouble it
occasions this evil has assumed serious character
The Postmaster General calls the attention of all
Postmasters TO these facts, aud to The laws Of Con-
or IS on The subject and suggests that if the evil
be not abated 1t may be necessary to have more
severe law enacted
Governor Denver, Of Kansas cannot be induced
to re ain his Office He has positively res gned, and
is on his way to Washington. 1t is not sup
posed he desired to occupy the position Of minis
81 ner Of Indian Affairs permanently, and therefore
will not try to have Mr.. Mix removed for tempo
rary convenience. 1t is said Cal forna is his desti-
nation, a sphere more suited to his undoubted tai
ents.
In spite Of defeat in the late Pennsylvania cleo
TONS the administration is well advised, from nu-
merous correspondents, of the high spirits and de
teImned resOlu ion ofits party TO rally the Keystone
STATE as after the defeat of 1854 and feels assured
Of future success
1t is understood General Jerez complains Of the
press saying he is not Dismissed and denies it. He
Is not sufficiently aware of polite diplomatic man
ners to understand that a verbal declaration from
the government, that 1t cannot with the powers he
has exhibited, hold further communication with him
AMOUNTS virtually TO a dismissal --Hs,g Yor5 Herald
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-24

CAUTION no THE PUBLIC,

Amer several year, experiment in the manufacture Of Gin,
srtunatsly succeeded in the year ls in making discovery In
m manufacture By which deprived Of It's serd naa
uasory properties, and rendered perfectly pure.
Nv snufseory seeian, Holland. After sye al months
vsecon what title give it, Introduced to the American
publ,e under the title Of ssvyolfess Schiedam ArO-
matte SchnaPps.'s s5hisdsm tie name Of the place
q, FT,rd hsre tie Gin Is manuiacured aroustc derive
name F- the ItalaH Juniper berry which favored;
ana the word schnaDps is the German for drink-eogue, dram
of,s seheidam aromatic drink osooneT had ny schnapps
been introduced 20 the American public, and received win appro
bation than the liquor mixers Of New York. Boston PhA
alubis sartd in pursuit viii their m,d and poisonous su
un various names In several instances ny labels have leen
50 perfectly inflated with only the addition Of few letters, to
plead tschna avoidance Of the law, and carefully prepared
as TO impose on careless purchasers undesand large guam
tty has been purchased By the merchants Of New Orleans
count Of the chespness Of STUFF Two Dollars per dozen FOR
the Quarts and One Dollar and dozen for the Pin
being the whos price In New York It nothing but Amsd
can Whisky favored with Oil Of Juniper, and reduced thirty
per cent below proof merchant who participates indirectly In
the fraud By selling he spurious article sas much offender as
the principal, who planned the imposition.
hope every respectable citizen who values the health u the
community in which be live viii aid In retng out andex
posing the unserupuous merchant who, The sake % few cents.
viii put in Jeopardy lives the community in which he lives
Such men should be nailed porT Of public eNecaton
UDOLPEEO WOLFE,
Sole Importer, Nos. rs, 90 and p Beaver So,
NEW YORK.
The following resctabIe Fns n New Orleans sell the Gen
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-24
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
From Wnshinrton.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2O.-Betweeu 100000 and
5000 900 will be required for the pay of volunteers
engaged in service sganst the Florida indians up
the time of the removal of Billy BOwlegs and his
band
There is no probability of proposals for the re-
naming ten millions of the authorized loan being
invited before the first of January next
Private lie ters speak of the alarm of several of the
South American Republics, with which We have
settled accounts, in consequences of the Paraguay
movement, fearing that the forces may be ultimately
direeted against them.