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The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-04-15

NTEW GOODS-A Fine Assortment Just
~ received at OLN>TEDS.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23

At Cork, the other day, lady and gentle
man, after enjoying an aquatic excursion,
were about landing, when the lady slipped and
fell into the river. Here she would infallibly
have been drowned; but the cOpious folds of
crinOline with which she was engirded. These
10y their buoyancy, kept her from sinking, but
unluckily, as the lower parts of her person
were those to which the crinoline was attach
ed, these foated uppemost, and the unfor-
tunate lady was compelled to assume very
undignified position-legs up, head down, in
the water. The boatman gallantly jumped
ir, otter hor, Lut lac did i. o-~lz-.,"~dly that
he upset the boat with a kick, and the resul,
was that the entire three of the party were in
the water, where they,,were gazed at for time,
with no small astonishment, by some persons
who were on the pier, until, assistance having
arrived, they were all brought to land. The
lady, however, was in such a state, both from
the thorough drenching she had received, as
well as from the thoughts of the ungraceful
appearance which she presented in the water,
that a car had to be procured to convey her
and her friend home.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
"A Delicious Beverage.

A capital story is told of dandified cock
ney at Constantinople, who Travelled into Koor-
dstan. intending to copy Layard and write a
book. He was what he called 'roughing it, "
with six or seven horses carrying his necessa-
ries, i. e., a few things he could not possibly
do without. Among them were the wooden
frames to clean his boots and shoes, and a
case of bottles for his polished feathers. He
was attacked by the Arabs, who overhauled
his kit When they came to the bottles they
opened them, and the varnish being made with
Madeira and scented with all sorts of good
things,it smelt so nice that the thieves thought
it must have been something to drink. In
vain did he explain that it was paint for his
own boots !; they were sure that it was toe
delicious for that, and in order to try, the yde-
termined he should drink some; they took
out one Of his own cut glass tumblers and
made him drink a glass Of his own boot-var-
nish.-Lond0n J0urndi
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
Marrying a Bridesmaid.

A few weeks since, in the neiehborhood of
St Barnabas, lover conducted his intended
bride to the altar. The marriage ceremony
proceeded with regularly until the fair one
was asked the question, "Wilt thou have this
man for thy welded husband ~ To which,
with much apparent sincerity, she replied
"Now The poor bridegroom gazed upon her
with astonishment; but no expostulation could
induce her to alter her resolution. She frank
ly replied that she had seen a gentleman
whom she liked better. This declaration soon
brought matters to a crisis. The marriage
ceremony was suspended, and the clergyman
politely conducted the parties to different
doors. The bridegroom more disguisted with
such conduct than mortified at his disappOint-
ment, declared that his affections from that
moment were alienated, and that nothing
should induce him to take the lady, even il
her resolutions were to alter. Mr.. G. B., the
lady's own brother, finding him in such good
spirits, intimated that, as a splendid dinner
would be prepared at his house, much time
and expense would be spared if he would re-
turn to the church and conclude the ceremony
with one of the bridesmaids. The hint was
instantly taken, and the proposal made, and
as the fair one herself had no objection, spe
! cial license was instantly procured, they go
married at the identical church on the identi
cal morning, and afterward partOok of tn,
identical dinner which had been prepared fol
the changeable one.-Court jour,
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
The Atlantic telegraph.

A statement with regard to the Atlantic
Telegraph cable from Mr.. c. Varley, Electri-
clan of the Electric and International Tele-
graph Company is published in the New York
papers. 1t would seem to prove that the
eastern half of the cable was pretty much
useless when it was laid down from the Aga
memnon--there being many serious leaks in
1t even then; that owing to the weakness Of
the currents, no message sent from Newfound-
land to Valentia has ever been recorded by
the instruments, the two or three dispatches
transmitted being read from the defections Of
the galvonometer alone; that in addition to
the great leak or fault some 270 miles from
Valentia, there is another quite as serious
some 500 miles or more from that place; that
the copper conductor is too small at any rate,
and that the very powerful electric currents
required, both by the existence of the leaks
and the snallness of the wire, must very soon
burn up the gutta percha near every point
where the water already penetrates to the wire.
Thus if Mr.. Varley is to be taken as author
ity, the cable was little better than worthless
when it was put down, and must soon be to-
taEy destroyed as a conductor Of electricity,
by the action Of the galvanic currents cor
staLtly applied to it. 1t is time to begin 70
lay another one; but, beforehand, we trust
the Company will not think it beneath them
to abandon the reckless, hap hazard method
they have thus far pursued, and have the
subject thoroughly Investigated before setting
about the work
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
More MOnstrOus Frauds in New York
CftV.

\ new batch of frauds has Just been
brought to light in New York city, amounting
in the aggregate to several hundred thousand
dollars. The Tribune of Friday, the 23d ult.,
alludes to some Of the items as follows:
On the returns made to the Clerk of Arrears.
containing more than 1000 liens on real es-
tate in this city, amounting in all to nearly
100000, it seems that large portion is
known to have been paid, and the general im-
preston is that nearly all of it has been col
lected and not credited the committee are Sse
the opinion that the whole sum will Ultimate
ly have to be charged to profit and loss Com
mencing in 1888, with the beginning of the
term of Isaac Edwards, Collector of Assess
ments, and his deputies, appointed by James
Fury, Street Commissioner, they lay before
the Common Council statement of each ac-
count, exposing the errors as they appear,
which consist of errors in footing up, and in
returns, and further still, in payments made
to Collectors, and the money retained and no
entry whatever made in regard to it. Indi-
vidual accounts are footed up and deficiencies
shown, varying in amount from four or five
to thousands of dollars. In the widening OF
Duane street the assessment amounted to
S272, 900, of which $I96,3 has been paid
into the Treasury, while $64, ,O71 remains un-
paid and charged, leaving an unaccountable
deficiency of S11, ,5SS. In regulating and
grading Fifty third street, from Third to Sixth
avenue there appears a deficiency Of S3,2O3
the same man being collector in both cases.
After explaining the lodges by which this last
figuring was achieved, the Committee say
that owing to the want Of proper books of ac
count in the Finance Department the Comp
troller has no ready means Of ascertaining TO
what extent bonds in anticipation of assess
ment have been issucd-foating debt bear
ing interest is constantly being created and
augmented, which does not appear conspicu-
GUS in the official reports, but which the tax
payeys will find in due time to be painful re-
alty. Among other deficiencies noticed, we
| observe S35 900 in opening Fourth avenue,
from Thirty eight to One hundred and fifty
third street; 81 900 in a sewer in Second
street, etc.-makng in all the accounts exam
ined and reported upon thus far, total de-
ficiency of $22, 2,945. Among the interesting
items discovered by this examination, were
receipts given by collectors for money paid in
where the accounts were not discharged from
the record, amounting in all to nearly 5000.
This system of villainy has been going on
for wears, and we turn from one branch to an
other of the city government, the mind grows
sick with disgust at the amount of depravity
which has infected and invaded almost every
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
Death of an Empress.

An Ex-Empress of Hayti, Nine Jacques
Dessalines, died at Gonalves on the Sth of
August, aged about IS years. Madame Des-
salines was remarkable woman of the true
African type, but possessing unusual capacity
She was the second wife of the negro En-
peror Dessalines, and married nm when ne
bepan his career as warrior against the
French in Hayti. Her temperate conduct
moderated his natural ferocty, and many acts
of compartve humanity to the whites who
fell into his power, were attributed, with JUS
half century and upwards, or since the death
of her husband in 1906, Madame Dessalincs
lived in retirement. The Provisional Govern.
ment in 1874 voted her pension of 81 200.
Haytien currency, per annum, then equal to
about $40O United States currency; but for
some years back, owing to depreciation, not
worth more than from sixty to eighty dol
lars
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
Murder of Five Young Girls in Spain.

The Barcelona journals contain an account
of horrible and almost incredible assassina-
ton of five young girls, at Vich, in Catalonia
1t appears that on the 21st ult.. as six young
girls of the ages of %, 81, I, 13, u and 10
years, were walking home from Mantus cot
ton mills, which are situated near the village
of Rodas, to Ingarolas, they were stopped by
two miscreants, who, pistol in hand, obliged
them to turn back to solitary place in Serra-
danwood. Here they1!were ordered to sit
down, and, while one wretch kept guard over
five the other led the eldest few PAGES off
and plunged his long Cataline knife into her
throat Her dying shrek was heard by her
companions, whO one by one were led away
away and butchered. The youngest of all,
child of ten years, on receiving wound in
the neck, fell, feigning death, upon which the
assassins, after taking the little money the
girls had about them, went to the village of
Rodas, where they lived.
The crime was perpetrated at night. The
wounded child remained mOtiOnless till day
light, when she crawled to neighboring farm
house. When the authorities arrived at the
seat of crime, they found the three eldest
girls dead and two desperately wounded The
cause of this bloody act is said to have been
jealousy, arising from some display of coquet-
ry at a ball the preceding Sunday, where the
prettiest of the girls, the one 81 years Of age,
refused to dance with one of the assassins, or
to return him a ring or some other love token.
He had then looked for an accomplice, and
found one in neighbor. The accomplice, i
appears from the deposition of the child,
would have spared the younger ones, but the
other, alleging the danger of discovery, in
sisted upon their completing their butchers
work. The authorities are making every ex-
ertion to discover the lurking places of the
culprits, whose persons are well known to
the wOrkmen Of the numerous mills.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
A ss SDirituals, Cave.

The editor of the Medina Tribune writes
from Chautauque County, n. Y. as fol-
lows:
Among those who have been spending the
summer at the Kiantone, shonld not forget
to mention Thaddeus Sheldon of Randolph,
in the county of Cattaraugus. \ few years
since Mr.. Sheldon was regarded as one of the
most sagacious and prosperous business men
in Western New York. He had a property
of some $4,000 and held high position
among commercial men. But he was smitten
with Spiritualism, and for several years has
devoted his time, his talents, his energies, and
his purse, to the "Harmonal Philosophy. y
During the past summer he has been engaged
with large working force, in digginga ''cave." ."
The object of it has, until recently, been a
perfect mystery. Now it is whispered that
discoveries of great treasures, buried with
the ancient Harmona City, was the object OF
the search. The "cavc" is III feet in length
and descends perpendicular in the earth %
feet 1t is now full to the brim with water
and Of course is not very interesting During
the excavatory labors, Mr.. Sheldon received
from the "Spirit world certain interesting
documents that have since been published in
a large octave volume called. 1.-THE Educator.
1t is needless to add that Mr.. Sheldon has
thoroughly rid himself of his capital and is now
| almost pennileSS
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
THE SMACK IN SCHOOL.

The following incident in a District School, dc
cribed by Mr. WILLIAM PITT PALMER, of Ne'
'ork President of the Manhattan Insurance Co
an address before 1.-The Literary Society,"" il
tocNbrid-e, Mass, his native home, will take ms
= whose heads are now streahed with silver
airs, journey back to boyhood and early life.
A District School. not far away
Mid Berkshire hills, one Winters day
Was humming with its wonted noise
Of three-score mingled girls and boys
Some few upon their tasks intent,
But more on furtive mischief bent;
The while the Masters downward look
Was fastened on copy-book-
When suddenly behind his back,
Rose sharp and clear rousing SNACK
As 'twere a battery of bliss
Let off in one tremendous kiss,
Whats that ~ the startled Master cries;
THAT thir," little imp replies,
'Wath William WIllith, if you peathe-
- saw him kith Thuthannah Peathe ~
With frown 10 MAKE Il statue thrill,
The Master thundered, "Hither, Will"
Like wretch o'ertaken in his track,
With stolen chattels on his back,
Will hung his head in fear and shame,
And to the awful presence came
great green, bashful smpleton,
The butt of all good natured fun
With smile suppressed, and birch appraised,
The threatener taltered-'' I'm amazed
That YOU, my biggest pupil, should
Be guilty OF an act So rude,
Before the whole set school to boot
What evil genius put You to't?"
"'Twas she, herself slr," sobbed the lad,
Il didn't mean to to be so bad
But when Susannah shook her curls,
And whispered was 'fraid of girls,
And dursn't kiss baby's doll,
couldn't stand it, sir, at all,
But up and kissed her on the spot,
know-hOo- -hoo-I ought to not,
But, somehow from her looks-boo-hoo,
thought she kind o wished me to!
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
Written for the Minnesot an.
CARRIE INGERSOLL.

Weep not. for God hath called her to her home +;
Too pure blossom tor this vale OF tears
The angels bore her on their cleaning wings
Where God subdueS His chldren's fears;
Where God and His great heart of love;
Where angels with white wings extended
Wait to caresS the darling child,
And song and harp are blended.
She came among us when the little flowers
Showed their golden hearts 10 God;
And Heaven upon the yearning earth,
Its gift OF warmth, bestowed.
And she fingered with us, till these flowers
Breathed out their sweet perfume;
God called her TO His arms of love,
Among His flowers to bloom.
We will not mourn while she is happy now;
We would not call her here again;
We would not take her from Saviours arms
And bring her to this world of pain.
SO through our binding tears and aching hearts
We breathe, Thy will be done.'
And We would yearn to be with God,
our battle fought and victory won.
Sr. Paul, October l6, 1858. &.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
Tight LacinS.

The injurious effect of tight lacing has been
often pointed out, and in England, at least,
women have pretty generally learned to see
the danger. if not always the hideousness OF
those wasp waists, once so highly priced. A
single fact elected in the experiments of Herbst
will probably have more weight than pages OF
eloquent exhortation. 1t is this The same
man who, when naked, was capable of inspir-
ing 100 cubic inches at, breath, could only
inspire 130 when dressed; now if we compare
the tightness of woman's stays with the tight
ness on a mans dress, we shall easily form a
conception of the serious obstacle stays must
be to efficient breathing and the injurious
effect of this insufficient. breathing consists in
its inducing depression Of all the vital ttlnc-
tions.-BlacAtoood's 4Nagasiae.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
TO AN OLD MAID.

ou are getting old and grew, Kate,
The Tact you can't conceal
The dye vou use will soon wear off.
And silvery hairs reveal
Don't pout your painted lips, Kate,
And ask me what | mean;
You dye Your hair, YOU know YOU do,
Your toilet has been seen.
And when You even smile, Kate,
The dimples on your face
Reveal the fact that wrinkles
Will soon dispute their place.
Your teeth are white, It's true, Kate,
And | heard your dentist say
a better set he never sold:
You need not turn your head away.
Your cheeks are red as roses,
Your brow and neck are fair
Both rouge and lily white, | see,
Have lent assistance there.
Grows feet are near your eyes, nate,
Remove them if you can;
By an artificial means,
AS yet unknown to man.
0m ,i know you're thirty-ive, Kate,
Then why dispute your age?
Inc oipie nome reveals the truth,
Too well you know the page.
Old age is creeping on, Kate
His tread is slow but sure.
We can be young but once on earth
In Heayen-evermore.
Your chance of getting married, Kate
Is very slim indeed
For any man who wants wife,
\ painted doll don't need.
Then take friends advice, Kate,
Ifa husband you would get;
Renounce your artificial charms,
And you'll be married yet.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
Kentucky BeIIes--Low Necked Dresse,

The Cincinnati Commerciars Lexington,
(Ky.) correspondent, speaking of the attend
ance Of ladies at the late Fair, in that place,
says:
And here let me remark, en- passent that the
high and widely extended reputation which
this section of Kentucky enjoys for the pos
session of great number Of chivalric- looking
men, and beautiful women, was fully endors-
ed by the character of this assemblage. The
ladies not only posses high order of facial
beauty, but symmetry and voluptnousness
in form valnly looked for elsewhere in Ameri-
ca. The dressing, as general thing, is in
exquisite taste trife low in the neck per-
haps, but not lower than would be worn any,
where else where such shoulders exist. We
saw two voluptuous looking ladies, however,
who rather dropped below the standard out,
so much lower indeed that all the intants IN
the uicimity, IN eager anticipation Of the en-
joynaent Of certain Lacteal delights nsttnctively
stretched out their arms and began to cry
UOciter0uSlu
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
SWEET FRIEND.
By VI. l.. SOUTHWICH

Swiftly the years are gliding,
Gliding DER us now;
And iov's coronal is fragrant
That binds the maiden brow.
They say its bloom is tleetlng
As mornings glistening dew;
That love of friends will perish,
But that can not be true,
Sweet friend,
1t is not always true.
In the pleasant bowers of girlhood,
Where dawn-time beauties glow,
We loiter mid the roses,
That in youths pathway grow.
And now and then thorn appears,
But that we do not fear,
For the rich perfume of the flower,
Is ever floating near,
Sweet friend,
lis ever floating near.
VIII the blossoms ever wither,
Or the sombre shadows fall
On the day beams that we cherish,
Like deaths enshronding pail?
Oh, some may quickly wither,
But the star of hope will shine,
And the flowers of love be fadeless,
That round our hearts entwine,
Sweet friend,
Around my heart and thine.
The hours will soon be over,
When morn gives place to noon
But ! hope that time will linger,
For We must not sever soon
We lnust part not till the shadows
Have deepened DER our way,
And the darkness slowly gathering,
Shuts out the light of day,
Sweet friend
AS our young dreams pass away!
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23

Cool RAsCALITY-InC Cincinnati, a few days
since, two sharpers accOsted a countryman
stopping at one of the hotels, and stating that
they were detectives" declared that he was
suspected of dealing in counterfeit money.
The ruralist asserted his entirs innocence /;
but they said that they would seach him, and
took him into private room, when they found
$108 in good money. One went out to con-
suit a Detector concerning the bank notes, and
remained away so long that his companion also
started in search of the delayer. OF course
neither returned, and the rural, unsophis-
ticated fellow learned too late that he was vic
timiZed
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
Iudustry.

Every young man should remember e3r,stnn ,,.a'
the world has and always will honor industry
The vulgar and useless idler, wh4se @ erva'es %
oxerc;sss y " the mistaken being who pursues
o,nnso,.ont as q relief to his enervated mus
a,n. W. ",,".~es in exercises that produce no
r,ssI "sefoI end end may look with scorn upon the
u,~,,t.v % Iaborer engaged in his toll. But his
,nor,, is an honor Honest industry will Sc
c,1rc @ the respect of the wise and good among
men, and yield the rich fruit of easy consci-
ence, and give the heart self respect which is
above all price.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23
SANDALPHON, The Angel of Prayer.
BY IL. W. LONGFELLOW.

Have YOU read in the Talmud of old,
In the legends the Rabbins have told,
Of the limitless realms of the air?
Have YOU read 1.-THE marvellous story
Or SandalphOn, the Angel OF Glory,
Sandalphon, the Angel of Prayer?
How erect, at the outermost gates
OF the City Celestial, he waits,
With his feet on the Ladder OF LlSht,
That crowded with angels unnumbered,
BY Jacob was seen, rs he slumbered
Alone in the desert at nlght!
The Angels of Wind and of Fire,
Chaunt only one hymn, and expire
With the songs irresistible stress
Expire in their rapture ana wohuer,
As harp strings are broken asunder,
By the music they throb to express.
Rut serene in the rapturous throng,
Unmoyed bv the rush of the song,
With ewes unimpassioned and slow,
Among the dead angels, the deathless
Sandalphon stands listening, breathless,
To sounds that ascend from below
From the spirits on earth that adore,
From the souls that entreat and implore,
In the frenzy and passion of prayer
From the hearts that are broken with losses
And weary with dragging the crosses
Too heavy for mortals to bear.
And he gathers the prayers as he stands,
And they change into flowers in his hands,
Into garlands of purple and red;
And beneath the great arch of the portal,
Through the streets of the City immortal
is waited the fragrance they shed.
1t is but a legend, know
\ fable, phantom, show
OF the ancient Rabinical lore;
Yet the old medieval tradition,
The beautiful, strange superstition.
But haunts me and holds me the more.
When look from my window at night,
And the welkin above is all white,
And throbbing and painting with stars,
Among them, majestic, is standing
Sandal phon, the angel, expanding
His piniOns in nebulous bars.
And the legend, feel, lisa part
Of the hunger and thirst of the heart,
The frenzy and fire of the brain,
That grasps at the fruitage forbidden,
The golden pomegranates OF Eden,
To quiet its tervor and pam.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-10-23

Two DEATHS FROM One MURDER.-The case
of jacob, the Pittsburgh wife murderer, is to
be tried next week. AS there was some
doubt as to the manner in which the deceaed
met her death, the body was exhibited, and a
bullet found embedded in the brain. Jacobs
sister, who resides in Germany, being informed
of the murder, and also that her brother had
been executed, was so fearfully agitated that
she Immediately expired.