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TO the Ladies of Kent County
"MOUNT VERNON RECORD"
A Paper pubtiShedin QHarto Form, tie first Of
every month, at Philadelphia, PENN

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sehnmenis and opinIOns upon Washington ms Ihrv
ave Dee AT various times expressed by mnsle rmiu:
ann VIII be repertoire OF historical mltlerannor,i,
ing 10 me country, and Of Interesting suhierls onac
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Address, S. +. WATSON,
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July %. '5S-6m
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No. AZ North Water street, PHILADELPHIA
Manufacturer Of HgrOesms

And Dealer IN Broom Corn. Broom Handles gro,D
WIRE and Twlne, and all kinds Of Tools nseJ
by Broom make s.
Also constantly on hand general assortment or
WOODEN WAKE, ROPES. D0OR MATS Rr,,utIo "u,at VI
Nc All of which will be oered tn C,',n' D'rs"es'
at lnwo>t Market Rates u'''y if"Se
W Orders by mail will receive prompt attention,
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New London Academy,
Ne" Lo"dO", Chester Co, Po.,
Edward ID. Porter, PrincinaI.

Hlf. Winter Session of tins Institution ,,I c,,r
nehre The First Monday IN November and cor
Hhnc hVe monIhs- This is he oldest Academy in rhn
ie ana one OF The lmsi Classical Schools esabl,she
" i''S '"u''ry. The rnurSc ui nsIrurIun is t,oruuo
anu Practical well calculated 10 prepare vJuug me,
l"r me active dulles OF nie The long conupcI7nn ~
ant lr'nrlai with Delaware College and hIs ln,Ii
colleges. enables hm uIIrr great ElcliIicsI Ia sts
"'Sl's 10 prepare inr admission TO advanced classes
10 assuming the direction OF this Institution il will he
e constant ann OF the Primer al, aided by AN efficient
corps OF Instructors 10 naiuIniu iIs ong csLI '
FeIuIliioh as an Academy of The first class
81 Iernis moderate. For further information AL
dress as above. '"t -, 80 'u'
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MI L 5 CE LII AN ECU s.
Grand Division Sons of Temperance.


The Grand Division Sons of Temperanco y,
Delaware, held its annual meeting in WiInir1
ton on Thursday. After the transactions ~
the usual business, the company, about twenty.
hve IN number-among which the entire press
OF the city was represented-sat down 10 a
sumpsuous dinner IN the upper saloon of r. r
nSDonneIs establishment in Market street he
~" FIftn. a we'll spread table greeted the
company, and the fullest justice was done To
tne Proiuslon of good things set before them
aiIer dinner was over a number of toasts we,e
drank from flowing glasses of pure Brandywine
water. Among the toasts were the foIIowing
L: BY X. Z. Fraim.-The Order of the Sons
OF Temperance-May their influence sxtend
throughout the world, and may their efforts he
crowned with success
2. BY Joseph NJ. Barr:-The Pulpit. the
Fress and the Ladies--The first spreads the
uosPel' ihe second spreads intelligence, the
thlrd spreads all over the pavement.
.. BY Henry Eckel: The influence of the
Order OF the Sons of Temperance-Liks the
Christian Religion, may it spread over Ihe civ.
ilized world, and by its power reform the unfor.
'unaie victims OF King Alcohol everywhere.
T. By Geo w. Vernon :-Vrtue, RELIGION
ana Temperance-three sisters; where thew
exist are peace, prosperity and happiness
D. ny James +. Hayes Our host-mav he
long live to labor in the cause of Temperance
aud provide with the same bountifuI hand. far
our wants, at many annual meetings vet To-
come. ~
snort addresses were made by Messrs. Barr.
Eckei' Vernon and Fram, in response to the
several toasts. VIC
The Order of the Sons of Temperance is
now undergoing revival of interest in this
State, and under the influence of Moral Suo-
slon' will soon again, we hope, be abroad in its
strength and might reclaiming the inebriate
and rescuing the giddy victims Of the bowl from
poverty, vice, crime and death. There are aI
present three subordinate divisions in the
State; one at Wilmington, one at New Castle,
ana another at Buena Vista, numbering about
$50 active members in ALL
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Miscellaneous Advertisements.
Have you Heard the
News
III Not, Read This!

ON and after Thursday, Oclober 9Th. 1875 the suh
scrlber will slarta GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY
on the Delaware Railroad between Seaiord and PhIa-
delphla, for the purpose of accommodating Farmers,
Mere htnts and Mechanics with LINE, COAL, LUM.
Ser and IRON. lie will also purchase aud deliver,
at any Station on the Road, all Kinds of MERCIIAN.
OlZE 10 order aud do, with prompness and accuracy
any and all business with which the pubicma favor
him. on very reasonable TERMS
Having made arrangements with the Railroad Com
pany, he Is prepared TO deliver Goods &C. either way
between the above named Places at short notice and
at their usual low rates. and will hold himself respon
slbie or The safe delivery ct everything ordered by
railway. Persons having their Clouds freighted bv
Steamboat or Vessel do their risk as he will moi
be accountable for any damage which may result 10
them. All written Orders must be accompanied bv
CASH, to cover the amount Of the same The name
OF each article sheuld be written plainly, and at full
length, TO avoid mistakes. ORDERS to be left in care
of the Agent for the Station where the Goods &c are
TO be delivered. Those who verbally order Goods
&C must also bring list of the kind. quality and
quantity wanted. As he will devote his entire atipn
lion to the business he hopes to merit the public pat
rDnage.
Smyrna times., 1858-11-04


OF The editor of the Clinton (,ouy;er 70
cords the astonishing fact that five ladies. aIl
residents OF Clinton. on a certain day within
the last fortnight. took passage in the stare
from Clinton to Utica, and during The entire
drive OF an hour and quarter, NOT one of them
spoke to the other!
A Cute DUTcHMAN.-" Mynheer, do YOU
know what for we call our boy Hansl'
~ do not, really.''
Well, will tell you. Der reason we calls
our boy Hans, it ish bis name"
or Gen. Santa Anna has purchased an es.
tate on the Island of St. Thomas, for which he
paid $4,000. ~
0r The wheat crop of Canada FAR 1859 :.
SAID to be twenty-five per cent. below the aver
age. I'M :
6T Mr.. Buchanan, il is said, will lake strono
ground 10 bis next message ia favor uf the cons
ssruction of a Psci6c railroad.
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rams VIII not stop to take or leave passon.
gers at Buck, or Prettyman's Corner :"
crossings after this date. 0'"er
me evening train North and the mornins
tsain South are freight trains with possenmas
cars attached. These trains will not sion a.
passengers at Hare's Corner sup i'r
Passengers from Delaware road BY ei,ber
1,aln p, make connections at Wilmington for
nil.imore and close connections at PhiladeInbia
with trains TO New York. p'''u
f. c. sEWALL Jr., Supt Del. r. n
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miscellaneous Advertisements
Constipation, or CoStiycncss and
dyspepsia.

However long stan linz. hnbi,uol nr,o...
tlcicy Cured WiiIoul AIc,r.n". l~'e'i Cnl-
" Eryncn1a Ins o bs Fl aiTTsas r and To15 I'
manufactured niO Crackers and avEV'hIc l. nov,
iorn' or Wlh b'IIed milk. lis certain H. mat sim:e
@ nes e @ li%sl desperate cases Of Comsi,paIom ~ ,-
normal con r"ndn rrs'oIlig I .e stomach and owrs to ' U.s.
crs. me Crack kers arc manufactured T,elle'
original Genuine Ervalenia" as .nii 'Gni '' Warrior,
ca.'G? l"r many years past Kcerri,. ;r n.t
sons shown, who frankly and carnc, per
great merit and efficacy testify 10 Iae.r
Manufactured =; only by the subscriber on,.,,,
NYt New Yar aat:y; a 5 @ag, si1 FoG, street, e I ms
sale s; ny many respecsable groceIs ls, SHon be r
i Eu'I directions accompany eac pagkage ,,S oily
..le pl those marked Davy's" TLev ''t'l' GEM
Ib nr m Jy innate VIII be forwarded 10 a,,v f
o'-'m Cracker Baker, 2IY For,y,l, !, =.
Smyrna times., 1858-11-04
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
READ Y'KKES! !!

The subscriber, intending to leave Smyrna
for the West, will dispose Of his laroe stock of
keady- Made CLOTHING, which lie has lust
laId IN, at Philadelphia prices a fine chance
to obtain Cheap Clothing being thus offered, the
citizens of Smyrna und vicinity will find it to
their advantage to call early and examine his
stock of Goods
SAMUEL ELLERMAN.
Store on Main St, SmYrna.-sep2.
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feet apart, with equal exactness as TO regularity
A subsoil plow is then run in the furrow, mel
lowing and pulverizing the soil to as great q
depth as the strength of the team will allow
The seed, previously cut so as to apportion but
two eyes to each piece, is dropped on the mel
low soil thus pulverized, being zgzagged from
side to side of the furrow, so that, though each
piece is distant one foot from the preceding, it
is eighteen inches from that which lies directly
behind it. A broad two-horse plow follows
covering the potatoes as deeply as possible
then a roller rolls the surface fiat and compact
and the planting is done. The next week, the
field is thoroughly narrowed, now and then un-
covering potato, but roofing up the embryo
weeds and breaking up any crust which may
have formed over the sprouting potato. So soon
as the rows have fairly appeared, plowing be-
tween them is commenced, and continued till
the list of Sept.-some of these fields having
been thus plowed dozen times, though they
were planted but little more than two months
ago. No hoe is taken into the field, but any
weed that may have escaped the harrow and the
pow is pulled out by hand. OF this, however,
there is little to do. When the crop is ripe, q
potato-digger drawn by two horses turns them
out as fast as ten men can pick them up, and
thus the work is done. l estimate that this
years crop delivered at Corning will have cost
Maj. Dickinson $50 per acre, and that (should
no untimely frost blast his hopes) they will sell
there for $50 per acre, giving him clear profit
OF at least $1,000, and perhaps $4,000 on his
potato-crop alone. For 1858, call that doing
well
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ADVERTISEMENTS.

one pint of water per day. In the mean time
the women and children were brought into the
herd camps The loss OF our oxen rendered us
nearly helpless the few that were alive had on
ly recovered in part from their great fatigue and
thirst. We are under very great obligations to
the Sherman train for valuable services render
ed in helping us up the Sand hills All in from
the Sand hills, we turned in and yoked wild
steers and rugged new teams, and started for the
Pecos river, distance thirty miles, which we
reached in safety.
The great American desert is barren waste.
Soil, light color, and alkaline nature, producing
mostly salt grass and few mazquite bushes and
cactus. This kind of country extends from the
Colorado to the Rio Grande, is $50 miles in
width, and extends through our continent, be-
ing narrower in some points There are but
few watering-places on the route from the Pecos
to the Rio Grande. The latter river is Il wide,
deep and muddy stream, and destitute of tim
Der. Grass was scarce"
The government expedition employed in sink
ing Artesian wells in the region of the Staked
Plains do not meet with much encouragement.
well has been sunk to a depth of over 1900
feet, but though several springs of water have
been reached, none has been found which would
rise to the top of the well, or which is of drink
able quality. The steam machinery employed
in the experiment had got out of order, and
Capt Pope was waiting for orders from Wash
ington to go on with horsepower, or to aban-
don the experiment. The hopes entertained,
not only of supplying water for the southern
railroad route to California but of furnishing
means OF irrigation, do not seem likely to be re-
allied
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M ! S C E L L A N Y.
LETTER FROM UTAH.

UTAH, Sept. Sth 1885,
We are still under the impression that if the
indulgent policy which was originally observed
by our government towards Utah had been per-
severed in a year longer, it would, in all proba-
biity, have led to the complete dissolution of
Mormonism. And this would have redounded
more to the interest of popular institutions than
the course which has been pursued, which has
weakened the moral force of the government by
compromise with rebellion.
During the first half of the year 1857, the
authority of Brigham Young was in very pre-
carous condition. Obliged continually to take
new and bold steps in order to amuse and keep
alive the interest.and allegiance of his followers,
he had already pretty nearly exhausted the en-
tire catalogue of all conceivable novelties I'm
limited indulgence in polygamy Or licenced for
nicaton and adultery, which by the way is di-
rectly against the doctrines and covenants of
the Mormon Church-unlimited indulgence in
murder for Heavens sake and in theft for the
good of the Saints-all these peculiar religious
notions had ceased to be new APATHY and dis
gusting cynicism had naturally succeeded sur
felt of indulgence, and Brigham was endeavor-
ing to direct this morbid sentiment against the
authorities of the United States as the last
means of exciting a community of feeling that
might serve to direct popular inquiry and dis
satisfaction from himself. His discourse in the
Bowery about this time showed that he was un-
der apprehensions not for his authority only,
but also for his life If under these circum-
stances the government had suspended its ac-
ton for another year, the dread of that action
on the part of the Mormons would have had a
greater effect than the action itself (such as
it has proved to be) and their disgust with
the church authorities would have probably led
to a spontaneous call from Utah to the govern
ment for protection against the consequences Of
their own follies and for the preservation of law
and order. But all the value of the marked
reserve which had been observed by the United
States with regard to Utah-all the fruit of a
policy OF some ten years maturing, was lost by
the hasty and precipitate action of the govern
ment in sending out this Expedition. This step
enabled Brigham Young TO turn the attention
of the people from himself and to reduce the
government to an injurious compromise, by
which he not only saves his life from the dissat.
isied followers, but remains as a1ind of pope
or third power in the State, and makes hand
some pecuniary speculation into the bargain
The question why the government has been
forced to stumble into measure of this kind in
way so subservient to the designs Of dema.
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From Life Illustrated.
THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE.

The Philosophers Stone is pay you goJoHS RANDOLPH
once had a conscience was void Of a debt.
My board was then paid, and my clothing bills met
The cot that slept never then wet
With my sweat,
While dreaming of bonds and Of bills not few
And demons would whisper they're due" (they ar,
duel
And then the laws agents appear to my view,
With screw,
To torture my soul with n visonless sum,
That fancy fails to reveal whence twoul6 come
Of comfort not granting me shadow or crumb
Till nigh dumb,
On waking, perspiring at each single pore
To ponder my dream and pronounce Il a bore
To reckon my debts and TO wish them no more
As of yore,
To feel Mt the time that the wishing won't pay,
Or cancel the notes of previous dav,
Yet trusting that "where there's will there's a way
THUS pray
kind Fa'her in heaven, oh, grant TO me now
Such strength rs VIII aid me 10 from the slough
OF debt, and hereafter I'll owe only thou,
This vow:
Amenm 1t is earnest, God helping me-
Commencing this moment I'll strive to be free
From usurers tolls and the legal mans fee
For see
Eureka! I've found the philosophers stone,
That turns the base metals to gold--all my own,
'ris "pay as you go;' how wish had known,
Had known
This truth in MY youth, had not in my age
Been forc'd to blot out what was writ OH the page
OF life and old ledgers. truce to my rage:
I've guage;
With it | will square all my actions from hence,
To husband the do lars along with the pence,
And use the verb "pav' in uniform sense,
Present tense. NOAH.
DEEP-IN-DEBr Sept. s, 1858.
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PERILs ON THE STAKED PLAINs.--El Llano
Estakado, or Staked Plains, is the Indian name
of the great central desert lying partly in Texas
and partly in New Mexico, through which the
proposed route of the Southern Pacific Railroad
passes. William Curless, one of McCullough's
emigrant train, which crossed this desert in the
spring, writes an account of the journey to the
Dallas (Texas) Herald. They followed up the
Concho River to the edge of the desert Af-
ter travelling three days on the burning sand,
the cattle became furious for want of water
"The herd had no water for seventy six hours,
and travelled one hundred and thirty miles,
The herdsmen were without water or nourish-
ment thirty hours. Their exercisewa very hard,
riding and halloaing at the cattle, and was cal
culated to bring on thirst soon. The men suf-
fered extremely for the want of water and sleep /;
many shot down the famishing bullocks on the
road, stuck them, pulled off their shoes or boots,
caught the thick, hot blood and drank it freely,
and by so doing saved their lives. The cattle
were all very much excited and any of them
would fight, and the men were compelled to
shoot many.
We went into the Sand hills with 1900 head
of cattle, or struck the sand with that number,
and left with about 1850, much of the missing
having died for the want of water. On arriving
the men were all excited and hardly knew their
comrades. Dan Murray, Whately, Kelton and
Collier would never have got to water had not
some of the herdsmen been sent on after and
returned to them. They had stopped by the
side of the road. We had no provisions but
| fresh beef for three days, and became very much
| reduced, and none Of us were able for service
Ours was the first train that had arrived in the
Sand hills this year.
The oxen of the train became wild and un-
manageable, so the men unyoked them thirty
miles from the Sand hills and started them on
the herd trail, but they became alarmed for their
safety on account of thirst, fatigue, &C., and re-
turued to camp, the oxen following the trail
When they struck the road they scattered, and
only twelve got in, the balance being lost; eigh-
| ty head of good work oxen were lost. As soon
as possible, communication was opened between
the herd and train, which was kept up day and
! night for nine f"ys. The train was rationed to
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The following story, though old, is worth re-
peating for the benefit of those who have for
gotten it, and of more who never saw it,
"JUDGE THAToHER.-When the question of
the emblems and devices of our national arms
was before the old Congress, member from
the South warmly opposed the eagle as a mon
archical bird. The king of birds could not be
q suitable representative of people whose in
stitutions were founded in hostility to kings.
The late Judge Thatcher, then representative
from Massachusetts, in reply proposed the
goose, which he said was most humble and re-
publican Bird and would in other respects prove
advantageous, inasmuch as the goslpgs would
do to put on the ten cent pieces. The laughter
which followed at the expense of the southerner
was more than he could bear. He construed
this good humored irony into an insult and sent
a challenge The bearer delivered it to Mr.
Thatcher, who read and returned it to him, OBJ
serving that he should not accept it? "What,
will you be branded as a cowardpr ayes, sir,
if he please; always was coward and he
knew it, or he never would have challenged me
The joke was too good to be resisted, even by
the angry partysand the former cordial inter-
course was soon restored"
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BRATTLEBORO, w.: OCT. 80, 1858

crgence from the snow and ices of Fort Bridg-
er The days, however, are still warm, and the
garands of cloud which the southwest throws
around the cold brows of the pouting hills are
soon kissed away, together with the SHOWS, by
the still ardent sun.
Troops and supplies continue to arrive from
the rear. As many of the troops desert on the
way, it would be WELL it seems to me, to enlist
more Americans. They arc considered to be
by the officers generally, we understand, almost
as good, if not quite, as foreigners. Suppose
you ask some of your congressional friends to
call for the number of desertions from the army
of the United States during the last fifteen
years it will furnish some curious develop
ments, especially that of very decided and un-
polite neglect on the part of authorities.