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The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22
HUMOROUS,

Quick WoRK.-The other day an
Irish servant girl in this city, hav-
ing finished her days work, includ-
ing the weeks "washing," obtained
half-hour's frrlongh stto see a
gintleman friend" The half ex-
tended to the whole hour, when
Bridget appeared, blushing and
half-smiling:
"If you Place. ma'am, I must
lave you to-day, for I'm to be mar
ried, if you plaze, tonight, ma am. -
"Why, what does this mean, Brid-
get?" inquired her mistress; 81 new.
et heard you were engaged"
'sNo more was /, ma'am; but q
boy just now from the ould country
wants me to have him, and me cou-l
sin thi nks, l had betther, and SO I
towld him I. would"
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22


found Mr.. Nash in the boat, quite
exhausted, and the body of his de-
voted child floating near the beach.
Our informant; who saw the corpse
of the boy soon after it was recover
ed, says that its tiny hands were
still outstretched and the eyes wide
open, as if still anxiously looking
in the direction of his father. As
the fond and heart-stricken parents
Bent oven the. cnerub-like form Of
the darling one, as it was arranged
Tor burial, many eyes, like theirs,
were sufused with tears because of
the pathetic tale connected with his
death. III 3,g. ,.,.n
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22
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TO MISS M. B. R.

D.
Our thoughts, they wander often;
I can't tell why they do;-
Our tears, they always soften;
Make pleasure come and go.
Sweet thoughts! sweet tears-I love
you,
However oft you stroll;
There's naught that gives above you
ii Such pleasure to my soul.
But thoughts cannot refer me
To anything so dear;
Or aught that can 80 cheer me,
Or cause so sweet a tear e t&
70 flow; my heart so tighten it
With such ecstatic joy; s -laaa
OR every prospect brighten,
Without some pain alloy ie' .
Or;-what else-all words fail me;
,.Not one can / command,
That can the pleasure tell me,
In holding her soee hand. ~
Oh that's not all! | pressed it!
And she returned the press!
In rapture / caressed it; @diai
In joy ! did it kiss. hlo s@
Oh such time for loving! iAl
Twas just at crepuscule,
When lovers will be rowing
. Along some shaded pool
70 change their VOWS by moonlight,
When softly blows the breeze +
To catch their whispered goodnight:
Twas then | gave the squeeze.
Altho' twas just at "gloaming,"
{ When everything seems cool;
We two bad not been roaming
Along the lovers pool.
Oh no! we had been riding
With friends to some great town;
And as we, on. were gliling,. 49,
I held her hand "adown."
Then, all the world looked brighter;
s.All beauty could | grasp;
Yes all, when I held tight, her
Dear hand in loving clasp. .
But moments that are. brightest,
The soonest have an end;
And when our hearts are lightest,
The more will sorrow rend.-7 .f,.
More dread the storm; more dread
Z, the calm;- .ghes.8 aaer
More dread the pain; more. sweet
the ba1m;-- ,,ea1,l
The sweeter this; more bitter that
4 beauty now, when love is at p
ITS highest pitch; but ugly when
That love is gone from us again.
And thus it is, or was, with me,
.f'he eve + held her hand go free.
Together, sweet: to separate rl
Was sad indeed: to satiate
MY heartswit joy, naught else can
+, lend -
lie happiness, save her loved hand.
sao. III. w. B.
.a
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

sG-An irascible old gentleman
was taken with sneezing in the cars
lately. After sneezing in the most
spasmodic manner eight times, he
arrested the paroxysm for moment
and extricating his handkerchief, he
thus addressed his nasal organ, in
digrantly saying, "Oh, go oi-go
on--you'll blow your internal brains
out presently" M
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

HINTS FOR WIvBs.z-What the
world calls avarice is oftentimes no.
more than compulsory economy; and
even wilful penuriousness is better
than a wasteful extravaganza. Al
just man being reproached with
parsimony, said that he would rath-'
er enrich his enemies after his DEATH
than borrow of his friends in his
lifetime.
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

Hy Some very pious young wo-s
men have established an association
which they stylc--"The Young Wo-
mans Anti Young- Man Waiting-at>
the-G Church Doors -withsulterior-0 b-+
jects-Society." Nothing like q good,
title!
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

( EGa.- Ike came home from school
very much agitsted because he
n't~understand the principles
of allegation, as laid down In Green
leaf: 'sThere, dear," said Mrs.
Partington, "don't fret about it,,
you must tell the teacher that you.
amt ne alligator, and I know he'll
relInanish yon-" Thu lad was COM
forted accordingly.
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

p@ "Jones has reverence for
trlth," said Brown. $50 I per.
ceive," was Smiths reply, ''for he'i
always keeps a very respectable
distance from it.
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

s@-A country editor announces,
in the following terms, that he has
suspended specie payments:--s'If
any man wa.its to see. etars, and
appreciate one Of the uses to which
briekbats may be perverted, let him
approach our vicinity With. an ac-
count. P. S.-We keep pile Of,
bricks in eur .sanctum, and carry
one IN our hat"
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

B@A-Something that was never
yet known--the number of people,
that an omnibus can hold on a wet
day. .a.aYi. a4i9 nsF.F 4sw
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

FoucHNe.--A few days ago, q
bright little girl of probably three
or four summers, who recently lost
her father, came up to Professor
Wise, at the Jones House, and saids
"Mr. Wise, won't you take me up
With you in your baloon?" :
"Why do you want to 60 my
dear?" replied the Professor.
II want to sec my papa" was the
touching response. ~
"a tear was visible in the ero-
naut's eye as he assured her that it
was impossible for him to take her
high enough to see her papa.-LG-
tayette Journal. s'f .stt
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22
ANSWER ME.

Tfyou love me, friend, tonight,
Treat me tenderly-
let me rest my wearied head
Here upon your knee, SEE 4
Nnd the while I question you,
Prithee, answer me-
Answer me?
arSgaa ai 'fes1ss 8 ttt
IS there not a CLEAN Of peace
On this tiresome earth! Fa 3.
Does not one oasis cheer 8
All this dreary dearth? >,
And does all this toll and pain
Give no blessing birth?
osa1 Answer me2 (
Comes there never quiet, when
Once our he@rts awakeI
Must they then forever more
Labor strive and ache? s i
Have they no inheritance a.as
But to bear, land break?
,aigsosg Answer met ~
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

,s3- Why are blacksmiths the
aosf discontented of tradesmen?
i'ekaze they are always on the strike
s5r wages.
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

LosfNe A DAY.-''I say, Pete, in,
gwine round de'world, trabblers tell
us dey lose one wRele day, -,
:'Dat ana muffin, Sam, when you
can make en- up agih." IA !.
"How you gwine to make en- up
ogin-teH me dat.Y
"Why, turn round and &c back
agin, nigger."'.
The Messenger. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1858-18??, 1859-09-22

mistake. I quite forgot your hni!
brella, which borrowed some time
ago. Hereqit is. I was thinking
of something else.'s'
"If," said Solomon, 'there 10
anything Of. yours that I have got,
I shall be happy to return it," +
swell, no, it's nc matter" STAN J
mered Miss NJ, coloring. "Good
morning"
, 1859-07-15

On Monday last the election for Delegate
to Congress, members Of the Territorial
Legislature, and local officers of the several
counties, look place in this Territory.
Though the res lit has been adverse to the
hopes of Col. Wallace, there is much in the
vote that should afford him graf atiicri5m. He
has carried the CO mites on the Sound, with
one or two ex,ep ions, BY handsome majori.
ties, notwithstanding the heavy odds against
him in the way of federal officers and liberal
expenditure OF money. As if this were not
sufficient to defeat him, however, recourse
has been had to large amount Of illegal
voting, it not actual stuffiny Of the ballot.
box, as the reader cannot tail to see in tho
result in Whatcom. The total vote in that
county was estimated, by those who well
knew its extent, at some seventy or eighty;
and yet Stevens is shown to have majority
there of los! We publish below letter
showing how the election was conducted in
Whatcom, to which we invite especial atten.
ton.
So far as heard from, the following ere the
maiOriti for the two candidates -
, 1859-07-15
jOriti' S for the two candidates :
Majority for Stevens,
ILLEGAL VOTING AT wnATcOST.
70 the Editor Of the Puget Sound Herald

ILLEGAL VOTING AT wHATCOlT.
To the Editor Of the Puget Sound Herald:
WHATcoM, July 18th, 1859.
Being an independent man, and an American
by birth, feel it my duty to let you know how
things went at this election. In the first place,
there were some runaway English soldiers, two
or three days in the Territory, who went to the
polls and voted, without the least shadow of right
being crowded 10 by the Stevens party. be-
ieve that Of the votes cast for Stevens, at least
80 or 40 were Illegal as there were two or three
canoes here Of hinsrs from the mines, on their
way to California, and they were ali brought to
the polls and voted for Stevens Fitzhughmade
himself mighty busy that day, being the first
time that he has been seen in town for some time,
strongly guarded by his coal minerA One Of
our party challenged a bogus voter, when the
challenger was taken by the collar and dragged
from the polls, with the threat that If he chal.
lsnged another vote that dSy, he would get his
d-d head knocked Of his shoulders It was
not safe for a citizen, after that, 10 challenge
bogus voter. e,o.a ~.
An old man, highly connected in the States.
and about e6 years Of age, practising Law in this
town, named McNair. being present at the time
q vote was challenged. made some remark about
tho law, when Fitzhugh told him TO dry up
saying, ayou d--d thing, let . white msn chal-
Ienge voter" McNair told him that he thought
he was white man, and that he stood well with
the people here, and also in the States. Fitshugh
answered, an let you soc mighty soon how ]
, 1859-07-15

81 Dr. Imp ove's Extract OF elia,,
Dock and Sarsaparla put quart boIlles contains ~
OF the pure Honduras sarsapala than any other
extan which Is chemically combined with tie ESrars ~
Yellow Dock and the Extract Of Mid Cherry, thus mai
remedy more thoroughly efficient than any other sarsHps,
before the public At the same time Is pei fecIly tIte o
all mineral pOs0ns which be said any other N ~
sarsaParla compounds. The invalid should beware Of Is
era aud metallic sons which enter into and form the aet
basis Of most Of the ssaparas and Panaceas Of ne Az
Guysotts Compound Extract Of yellow Dock and Sarsapa
does not contain particle Of these Is any ono
ascertain by applying the necessary tests.
Let AL poisonous srparlla preparations alone ana M.
Guysott Improved Extract Of yellow Dock and
which Ihoroughy ecacOuS perfectly harmless ard pursi
Vegetahle Al kinds Of disease yield 10 s genial influence
has no equal.
Be and get the QUART BOTTLES, sold BY drurr,,
generally. -ss'eS
PARK 4 WHITE, General Agents, Importer, ana
Dealefs IN all valuable Patent Medicines, Ia WaShnsoa
street. San Francisco. a0a.
, 1859-07-15

or some one nearer c: pc Flatt,ry will be
the one selected. 1t makes no difference to
US where they locate, so ong as they come
and we look upon their coming as a fixed
fact.
, 1859-07-15

Exclusion AND BALL-TO atone for the dis
appointment experienced BY the good people Of
Steilaeoom, some weeks since, in the failure oi
the promised excursion to Olympia and back,
one which promises much greater amount oI
enjoyment isnow offered. John H, Scranton,
Esq, who was never known to fail in anything
he undertook, Is the getter up and manager d
this affair; and we think no better guarantee
Of its success can be given than the mention ol
bis connection with Il But see what the i'm
mortal John has to say in our advertising col
umns m a.s g,. ~
, 1859-07-15
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
SFEIEICOOI, v. 7, FRIDAY, JULY Is, 1859.


uMBuCcEsSFUL VOYAGES.
Five whaleships returned 10 this port on Sat-
urday, alera an absence OF from four TO five years
each, IN Of which have made losing voyages,
amounting 10 an aggregate Of $40, 900 to SsO, 900.
This m success b owing TO the small catch, hea-
W expenses incurred in fitting and recruiting
during the voyage, and the reduction in the price
of oilS Another whaler arrived yesterday has
had no better luck, the whole six ships having
mads losing voyagCG-[New Bedford Mercury,
Nay -
1he above extract Is significant Of the fact
that he tina has gone by when it Is profit
able or necessary for owners Of whaleships
4 he East to incur the heavy expense and
fiik of fitting out large vessels for the long
voyage around Cape Horn. The same
amount Of capital employed in fitting out
thosa six vessels would have been ample to
have equipped q feet in our own waters Of
twenty 70 thirty brigs or schOoners Of hun
dred or ono hundied and twenty tons bur.
tken, which, instead Of being absent from
port from four 70 FIVE years each, could
have made returns at least every six or
eight months; and Il Is but reasonable to
conclude that the greater space over which
such > feet could be spread would be more
caeuiive in securing larger returns Of oil and
bone than The six ships with the necessarily
les amount Of men.
A fleet Of vessels Of the sire now fitted
oufffom ProvIncofoWn, Mass, are Of the pro
, 1859-07-15

ExRhEas FAyons--BOth Wells, Fargo 4 Co
and Freeman Q Co. laid US under obligations Iou
express hvors during the past week.
, 1859-07-15

0uR NEW GovEnSoR.- we learn that the new
Governor Of our Territory, Hon. R. D. GhOlson,
Of Kentucky, reached Olympia BY the last steam
CT from San Francisco. lie is said to be In excel
lent health, and viii enter Immediately upon the
discharge Of his duties
, 1859-07-15

1iIoRwAY RoRBERY.--ono Of our farmers,
while returning home from town last Tuesday,
between and o'clock P. N, was stopped on
the road 70 the garrison BY two. men, who rob
bed him Of some 6ftesn or twenty dollars, and
then ran of into the bush. About the same
time man was seen lying PROSTATE on the
roadside with his lip cut and blood upon his
face, apparently from stunning blow received
but . moment before. His pockets were OBJ
served to be turned inside out Another, We
are informed, some weeks ago, while on his way
home through the woods at midnight, was shot
at BY some person unknOwni the wind from the
ball being plainly felt as u whfstIed BY him.
These are startling events and it becomes al
whose business calls them over This road to be
always prepared and on their guard.
, 1859-07-15
Spttial Uutitss.

GH NOtice'-An persons indebted to J. R. MEEKER
SONS are requested to call at their old stand in sr.c
and make immediate settlement by cash or Its eouya.u,
We must have a settlement.
lIaf J. n. MEEKER soNs
, 1859-07-15

GRAY's llARBoR.-Several of our American
residents, says the British ColOnist of the II tn
inst, are preparing to visit the above place with
the design Of locating claims on Chchalis river,
which falls into Gray's lIarbOr, north of the
Columbia river. 1t Is stated to be navigable for
steamers within twenty miles Of Olympia.
, 1859-07-15

NEw CnuncH-See elsewhere the proposal
for building q new church in steilacOOm.
, 1859-07-15

MR. LOWELL, Purscr of the steamer Julia, has
our thanks for iavOrs
, 1859-07-15

Jw. SULLIVAN has our thanks for bundle
Of papers.
, 1859-07-15

THE Constitution. This steamer, 50 famiIiarly
known on Puget Sound, we see, in the British
CoIonist Of the llth inst, Is to sail from Victoria
on the Goth for San Francisco, with freight and
passengers, under the command Of Capt A. B.
Cove Our people will preserve grateful re-
memberance Of her as the first large steamer
making regular trips on our waters Capt Cove
leaves many warm friends behind him, whose
best wishes win accompany him in al bis future
voyages through lie. t
, 1859-07-15

New EErrRPE1sE. -SeteraI gentlemen, among
them one named Austin and another named Hon.
E. o. Crosby, late from Victoria, but formerly
from San Francisco, have engaged in sproject
Of considerable magnitude in the way Of devei-
oping the resources Of portion Of our Terri
tory hitherto but little known. The gentlemen
named are said TO be men Of capital Being a.
vorably impressed with the advantages Of Gray's
Harbor and the Chehalis River, and The country
adjacent thereto, they have chartered the steam
or Enterprise to run on those waters, in which
undertaking they have the cordial co-Operaticn
Of the people resident there, who, We are told,
have subscribed $500 month in its aid. We
are promised soon q communication setting forth
their plans in sstenSo, which we shall be happy
in laying before the reader when received.
IMMENsE DAMAGES ron BREAcH or PRonisk.-
The jury in the case Of Miss CathaTine Carstang
Va Henry Shaw, . wealthy man Of St Louis, for
breach Of promise Of marriage, gave verdict
for $780, 900, the full amount claimed. This Is
the heaviest verdict ever given IN Ike suit
, 1859-07-15
importers, Wholesale and Retail Agents
GENUINE
1872 Washington st., opposite the Market San Francisco,
PARK = WHITE, Sole Agents,
N I;R2 washineton IT,, ean FTancI,ro.
GOOp nAMARIrAN nIYIslnN No- a-

Cons OF TEMPERANcE-The meetings Of Good sAtAsv.,
- Division No. take place every adequate " daS EvennI
In the lower room Of the Methodist Epscapa Church etrs
COON Members Of other divisions In good standing are ID
vlted to attend o. p MERKER n n
, 1859-07-15

The last mail brought us dates from New
York to June 7tl, and from New Orleans to the
18th. The following arc few items Of interest
CLEANED from our exchanges
The New York Herald of May 3lst saws that
the Post Office Department has perfected the con.
tract with Mr.. johnson, for carrying the CaIifor-
mia mail, via Nicaragua Senior Jarez favors the
contract and will exert himself to have all diff
cutiCS settled, SO that the line will 90 into opera
tinn in August. Negotiations are now pending
for steamers to run on both sides of the 18th.
mus.
Returns have been received from 12i counties,
in Virginia, which give Letrher, the Democratic
candidate for Governor, majority Of 1884 The
returns from the Ninth Congressional District give
Harris, independent candidate, majority Of 30
over H. Skinner, the regular Democratic nomi.
nee. Prominent Democrats are confident Of over
5000 majority for Lctcher There is no truth
in the report that JnO s. Caskie is elected to Con-
gresS from the Third District II is reported that
Mr.. Letchcr is very III at home
Twelve officers Of the United States army have
obtained leave Of absence, for the purpose of
visiting Europe and taking lessons in the art Of
war In addition to the twelve army officers
Col. Cook, Of the United states Dragons, and
Col. Thayer, Of the Corps Of Engineers, have
obtained leave Of absence They go to the seat
Of war to observe the military operations now
in progress.
The United States steamer Fdteruitch, and
the steamer Fulton, recently returned from the
Paraguay expedition, are being reftted, and will
shortly be dispatched to the Gulfoi Mexico. The
home squadron is to bo further increased by tho
frigate Sabine, which will also be sent to the
Gulf
The Administration have adopted vigorous mea-
sures in regard to Mexican affairs, and the same
policy Of intervention which has been adopted
towards Tampico in the Instructions to the sloop-
oEwar Brooklyn, will, It is said be adopted else-
where, whenever the interests Of American citi-
zens require it.
The Hon. John Slidell, Of Louisiana, has
been appointed Minister to France, in plscs Of
Mr.. Mason, resigned.
, 1859-07-15


Perfection: or, the Philosophy Of Human Beau.
ty; showing how to Acquire and Retain Bodily
Symmetry, Health, and vigor; secure Long Life;
and avoid the Tntrmities and Deformities Of Age.
By d. II. Jacques. New York: Fowler ard
Wells, publishers, sos Broadway. Price 81.
This Is work which, ;f we mistake not, Is des-
tined to command almost universal attention, and
awaken everywhere deeper interest in the ply
sical Improvement Of the race than has yet been
manifested; as Il shows how certain and easy this
improvement may be made by the use Of the
perfectly Legitimate means therein pointed out.
Its revelations Of the laws Of human eonfgura.
ton, on which symmetry and beauty depend, are
not less interesting aud important than they are
novel and surprising; showing. as they do, that
tho form and features Of eve the mature man
and woman (and much more those Of the child
may be modified at viii, and 10 an almost unlim
tied extent--that we have the power to change,
gradually but surely, the shape and arrangement
Of bone, fiber, and fluid, thus growing, dny by
day, more beautiful or more ugly, according to
tho direction given to the vital forces. It will
be found deeply interesting to both sexes Out
especially to women) and 10 all ages; and We
earnestly commend IL to all for whom health,
strength, and beauty have any attractions; to
parents as guide to the right performance Of
their al4impOrtant functions and duties; to
teachers, who may learn from 1t how to develop
the minds and bodies Of their pupils harmOni-
ously together; TO young women, who will not
look in vain in It's pages for The secrets Of that
womanly beauty and personal attraetivencss
which they very properly desire to possess; and
to young men. who viii fnd II manual of rules
fOrthe Development Of those high qualities Of ply
sical vigor and manliness which win command
the admiration Of their own sex no less than the
love Of the other. Illustrated with twenty plates
and large number Of cuts executed in the
highest style Of art.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-29

IN another column The receipts at the ports since the
- Of September have reached 100 900 bales against
soOo for the period last year; q 900 in 1857
tAOoO in 1856 and $1,000 in 1855. The exports have
amounted to $4,000 bales against % 900 in 1885, 1000 in
1857; 10000 in S56 and So 900 in 1855 The stock on
hrc amounts TO 900 bales against 90 900 in 1855
$50 IN 1867; 1000 in 1885, and $4,000 In
1850 Flour continued to be in active demand,
with free sales while the market closed at
~ advance Of from loo. to 2Oc. per Dbl Wheat
was also fmer and in better request from the trade.
Con was heavy and lower with sales of Western mixed
at &c ard round yellow at CSC. Pork heavy and
EASIER bit olrrably active with sales Of at SIS IS
u RIO 20, thin mess at $l4 rs, and prime at $40 SO
SO % Beet was dull and sales limited Sugars
in fair demand with sales of 900 hhds at rates given in
another place. Coffee steady with sales Of about
900 bags Rio at 10Ac. 1lAc., with 800
90 skmmngs at p. t. There was good demand for
vessels on charter to Continental and other ports Four
were taken up yesterday, particulars of which
ierred to in another place. Cotton taken for Liver
pool at Nd and cheese at 25s spirits turpcntine
don at 6s 3D. and rosin at 3s per $50 lbs The public
tea sale held yesterday being the first since the receipt
China news, drew large company Tie catalogue con-
tanned desirable lots of both greens and blacks giving
rise 10 spirited competition among bidders. All the
greens sold at average advance Of &c per h.
and about all the blacks also sold at advance of
]c. &c per ID. Some desirable and rather fancy lots
sold at advance Of about 10 per above the
current rates Of previous sales.