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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

FaoA uAr1t-AdTices from Port au Prince
are 10 August eth. Tue report that tue Cham
Der Of Represe natives lad offered the Dictator
shin to President Gedrard is formally contra
dicta3 by the Secretary Of the House, who states
tl.at the story was riGinated by the RtYu1lique
nrws spaper, and that the Representatives never
entertained any such idea
Coy. Wise has been actually strengthened
st home bJ the publication Of his DonnelJ let
ter, aud bs the disclosures Herewith connected.
V,rgiuia will probably be 3 s. unit at Charleston
for tim. He has of course MORALLY offended
both Douglas and Buchanan. but the question
still remains whether he will not be all the
e,rnnser fu1 boldly rcpudiasing both from the
outset.
Jacob Lou1, Of Jasper County, Ind; makes
".u,l14ysd aud upon bis oath says thn bout
tue tirst Of June 1857 Came the said John karns
the defendant and steals away his wife know
ingly wllffully and misclieyously Garry her
away by Si. Ii and ttaer goods to wit Clothing
Of wearing appearl and bed Clothing and other
properly to tic amount Of ,eas asdollars aud Cur
ried said wife and said prop.r BY nigh to the
state Of IlIinuis mud yct keeps SAID wife aud SAID
nroperty Concealed from the State Of Indiana
md further saycth not" Karus is IL all At La
fayette to answer for the larceny.
1t was suggested that something Of this sort
would be appropriate for an inscription on
stone erected to commemorate railroad catas-
fror,},n.
, 1859-08-30

ONMISStOEEK'S NOTICE.
~ Pub c Notice Is hereby si.:n :" Il 1*7cna sa-t.
e,tr, At t rey&rti Et,t-s: ner aE Uated by 'Et
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te ltt! e3y {! september. l53. tr snT tt t:'S1
- ~ IL. Le purpose II making -aA 4 -e-suth
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East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

How A. SOLDIER FEELS Is BArrIE.---A
young French officer thus writes of his
FIRST experience in battle.
"Our officers kept us back, for we were
not numerous enough to charge upon
the enemy. This was, moreover, most
prudent, for this murderous fire-so IA.
tai to the white coats--did US but little
harm. Our conical balls penetrated theii
dense masses, while those of the Austri-
fis whistled past our ears respecting our
persons. 1t was the first time 1 had
faced fire. nor was the only one. We'll
| am satisfied with myself True, / dog
ed the first balls, but Henry w, they say
did the same at the beginning of every
battle 1t is, in fact physical effect,
independent of the will. .a 81
"But, this tribute paid, if you could
only feel how each shot electriiies you.--
1t it like whip on a racers legs. The
balls whistle past you, turn up the eartll
around you, kill one, wound another and
you hardly notice them. You grow in
toxicated, the smell Of gunpowder mount:
to your brain. The eye becomes blood
shot, and the look is fixed upon the enc
my. There is something of all the pas
sions excited in soldier by the sight o.
and the tumult of battle.
| Everybody who has tried it testifieI
to the peculiar intoxication that is pro
duced in battle. There is an infatua
ting influence about the smell of powder
the shrill whistle of a bullet, and the sigh
of human blood, that instantly transforms
men from towards to heroes--from wo
men sometimes to monsters. None car
tell Of the nature or mystery of that in
Auence but those who have been in th'
fray themselves"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

RESTORED TO REASON BY HANGING
HERsELF.-Wc are reliably informed of
a somewhat remarkable occurrence which
took place in Sandusky, on Friday last.
We give it without mentioning names,
as the lady is the wfc-of s4rnucli esteem-
ed citizen of Sssidusky For some time
past the woman we refer to had given un-
mistakeable evidence of being deranged.
Last Friday morning she managed to
elude the watchfulness of her friends, and
taking the valance of bed, she proceed
ed to one of the out-houses, and suspend
cd herself by the neck. Fortunately, a
laborer about the house had occasion i'm
mediately after togo tothe clubhouse, and
found her in the condition described
She seemed struggling in the last agonies
Of strangulation. He caught her around
the body, and, lifting her up, cried
loudly for assistance The door having
closed, although his cries were heard, il
was some time before the people about
the house could discover whence the
sounds proceeded. The woman was at
length cut down and conveyed into the
house, where medical aid was at once
summoned. Bleeding was rcsortcd to
and after loosing a large quantity O
blood, the unfortunate lady at length re
vived. With consciousness her reason
was restored to her, though she had nc
idea Of what had nearly resulted in 4
tragedy. Her friends prudently refrain
ed from enlightening her about it, andsh'
still believes she has recovered from |
severe fit. If her recovery from insani
ty is permanent, and her physician il
sanguine that it will be, her friends hav,
no cause to regret the act.--Clerelan'
| Democrat
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08
prize Fight between two Frogs = Details
of the Combat.

| "A few weeks since, some masons were
at work repairing Hollis oil factory, at
Somerville,. when they became the wit
nesses of singular combat Of about an
hours duration, between two monster
t.bullfrogs, inhabitants Of two pools in the
rear oftbe building. They came forth
from their respective puddles about III
o'clock in the forenoon, and approached
each other cautiously, each eyeing the
other, until they were about foot apart
when they jumped at each other and
commenced the fight. They struck, blt
and clinched furiously, and when a fall
decided round, both would draw offand
puff for moment, when they would re-
new the combat.
After about an hour spent in unintcr-
rupted gfhting, with the exception OF
two or three brief respites, each crawled
off to his pool, and disappeared. Neither
was exactly dead, but both were "kind-
er gin eout," Neither could claim the
victory, as one was terribly lamed in the
shoulder by brilliant 'left-hander" from
his antagonist, while the other could
claim the honor of drawing the first
blood,n he having drawn the "claret'
from his opponents "mug" on the first
or second round. The fight itself was
singular enough, but the fact that 1T was
witnessed, but not interfered with, by
some thirty or forty frog spectators, of
all kinds and sizes, adds to the novelty
of the incident.
Our informant says, that at the begin
ming of the fight, the frogs assembled
about the fighting ground from the sur
ronding pools, attracted doubtless by the
noise made by the combatants and they con.
cotinued peaceable spectators ofthe "mill,
occasionally interrupting it by excited
croaking, but at no time approachingth the
parties engaged in it nearer than two
feet. When the contest was ended they
nearly simultaneously departed, the whole
arrangement seems to have been model
ed after modern pugilistic encounters be-
tween animals genus homo, with the ex-
ception, perhaps, of the absence of ring
master seconds and bottle-holders. We
can only speculate as to the cause of the
quarrel. but can readily imagine that
one called the other "toady," and that
frog No: 2, not accepting the term as one
of endearment," retortcd by applying the
epithet chopper" to frog No. /. Ofcourse
reconciliation was then out of the ques-
| tion.-Bostoa Irar.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

JEFFERSON on BALooNINo.--Mr jeff
erson in 1856 was the United States Min
ister Mt the Court of Versailles, and, being
a man who interested himself in science
and the arts, did not coninc himself en-
tirely to diplomacy. In letter to his
friend, Col. Munroe, he writes from
Paris June 10, 1885: "Monsicu. Pilatrc
dc Rozicre, who had been waiting some
months at Doulogne for fair wind to
cross the channel, at length took his as.
cent with companion. The wind chan.
gcd after while and brought him back
to the French coast. Some accident hap.
pcncd TO his balloon Of inhammable air; il
burst, and they fell from great height
On the 21st he writes to another friend
"Thc distance from the earth was about
| 600 feet. Dc Roziere was dead when
peasant, distant hundred yards, ran &c
him, but Romain, his companion, lived
about ten minutes, though spcechless and
without his Senses" On the 25th OF
SEPTEMBER, Mr.. jefferson, in letter to
Francis Hopkinson, writes: "Ballooning
goes on. There are two artists In the
neighborhood Of Paris, who seem TO be
advancing toward the desideratum in this
business--they are able to rise and fall
with out expcnding their gas, and to de-
feet only five degrees from the course OF
the wind" 3ns s. ent s4
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

and stared after him from tile windows.
Away went Tom Walker dashing; down
the streets, his white cap bobing up and
down, his morning gown auttering in the
wind, and his stecd striking fire out of
the pavements at every bound. When
the clerks turned to look, the black man
had disappeafded. atl l-os 9 y ~,
Tom Walker never returned Ito fore
close the mortgage. A countfyman who
| lived near the swamp rcpofted that in
the height Of the thunder-gust he had
hcard,a great Gathering of hoofs and
bowling along the road, and that when
he ran to the window he just caught
sight ofa.. figure such as / have describ.
ed, on horse that gallopcd likeNHaa
across the fields, svefs,sA, ,hills, and down
into the black hemlock swamp toward the
old Indian fort, and that shortly after a
thunder-bolt fell in that direction which
seemed to set the whole forest in a blaze.
The good people of Boston shook their
heads and shrugged their shoulders
They had been so accustomed to witches
and goblins, and tricks of the Devil in all
kinds of shapes, from the first settlement
of the colony, that they were not so much
horror-stricken as might have been ex.
pected. Trustees were appointed to take
charge of Toms effects. There was
nothing, however, to administer upon
On searching his Golfers, all his bonds and
mortgages were found reduced to cinders
In place of gold and silver, his iron chest
was filed with chips and shavings; two
skeletons lay in his stable instead of his
half-starved horses, and the very next
day his great house took fire and burned
to the ground.
Such was the entfof Tom Walker and
his ill-gotton wealth. Let all gripping
money-brokers lay the story well to heart
The truth is not to be doubted. The
very hole under the oak tree, from whence
he dug Kidd's money, is to be seen tc
this day, and the ncighboring swamp and
the old Indian fort is often haunted in
stormy nights by figure on horseback
in morning gown and white cap, which
is doubtless the troubled spirit of the
usurer. d. .a.
In fact, this story has resolved itsel
into provcrb, aud is the origin of the
popular saying prevalent throughout
New England of "thc Devil and Tom
Walker"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08
a rale Of the spasmoaic Age.

Night was upon tie battle field !
Tn tent guarded By FIVE Zouavcs, sat
around a MOSAIC table, General. Jim Lane,
Mohammed and Julias Cesar They
were commanders of the allied forces at
the siege of Jerusalem. 1t was evident,
from the appearance Of the table, that
they had been playing faro and drinking
lager beer. s.ag
"Hist p suddenly exclaimed General
Lane, pointing his finger TO his lip.
"Ahaw quoth Moharnmed, splitting out
volume of the Koran, bearing the iln-
print of Harper Brothers.
"IIum!n squeakcd Julias Caesar, placing
his finger to his nose Ia Florcade Hotel
A Zouave at this iuncture puts has
head in the tent and said, "Thc murder
or Of DIR. Burdell is discoyercdW
Then order the garrison to arms" cri-
ed General Lane, "and let the La Porte
Rife Company hold Pixies Peak till the
Horace Greely cavalry charge the Cau-
cassions in the rear
sDon't you think, General, that if tile
Minnie battcring ram, such as i used
with Nelson at Trafalgar were ordered
up it would be betterg said Juliar Cesar
"Brng in Flora Temple, and myself
will ride to the scene Of action,' cxcaim-
ed Mohammcd. airing me Colts Re
volvcr, and viii off,
"IIist !" said another Zouaye, putting
in his head, sit is not the murderer OF
DIR. Burdcll, it is the Blind Spy who ap-
proachcs." 20 ~ =
The allied generals fell to The ground
in fit, which was only relieved by the
Blind Spy! Taking from his pocket
bottle of Burnett's Coconine, lie sprnlaed
it and said, "My master, Socrates, bids
YOU surrender, or he will send you ali to
the Mammoth Cave as prisoners Of war"
l-ErcAaRge. r -1 t
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08
1FHUlI fI HENRIETTA SMITH.

Worm KSowlSc.- "A young lady in
this city, says the Philadelphia Morning
Post, while in the country, stepped on a
rusty nail, which ran through her shoe
into her foot. The inflammation and pain
was very great, aud lock,jaw was appre-
hended. A friend Of the family recon-
mended the application Of beet taken
from the garden and pounded fine, to
the wound. 1t was done. and the effect
was very beneficial the iniama-
tion began to subside, and by keeping
on the crushed beet and changing it for
fresh oneas its virtue seemed to become
impaired, a speedy cure was Effected
Simple and effcctual remedies like this
should be known to every one.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

Mrs PARriNoroN PLEAsED.--The old
lady thus speaks of the success of her
new volume, in the Gazette
"I'm shure I'm grateful for such ia
vors," said Mrs. Darlington when as
surcd Of the success of her book;
'Pve always observed that book sells
in Jest the purportiop that there's people
to by it; and thougkthis of mine mayn't
be as brilliant as gas metcror, or as vol
luminous as the northern lights, it seems
to please people full as well as a book
of sermons or a. quarter dictionary
Well, I'm always glad when people feel
happy, because know they are enjoying
themselves"
"Do you know" queried old Roger,
"why your book is like the corner OF
Washington and School streets" ''I
don't, T" said she, trying very hard to think
"Why," said he, otis because great
many people go buy it." She smiled at
what was really very old joke, and Ike
laughed outright as the old lady in hcr
agitation gave him new dime, instead
Of penny for which he had been teasing
| her.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08


CONFESSIONS or INFIDELrTY.-"I seem"
says Hume, ''aifrightcd and confoundcd
with the solitude in which ain placed
by my philosophy. When / look abroad
on every side see dispute, contradiction
distraction. When l turn my eve IN
ward, / find nothing bat doubt and igno-
rance. Where am II. or what ann ]?
From what cause do | derive NY exist.
euce? Towhat condition shah return
am confounded with questions. leibc-
gin to fancy myself in q most dcplorabie
condition, environcd with darkness ON
every side" Voltaire says; "Theworli
abounds with wonders, and lsowithyie-
Tins. In man is more wrctchncss than
in all other animals patitogcthcr. lie
adds; "AIan loves life, yet he. knows he
must die spends his existence in diifua-
inc the miscrics he has suffcrcd--cdtting
the throats of his fcllow-crcatures f,r
cheating and being cheated. 1'hc
bulk of iuankind,n he continued, care
nothing more than crowd Of wfttc'cs
equally criminal, equally unfortunnte-
I wish had never been born.n Hear
what st. Panl says. II have. fought the
good fight, have finished my course, ]
have kept the faith. Hcnceforth, there
is laid up for NC crown of fightcous-
ness, which the Lord, the righteou,
Judge, will give mo at that day. .H--Ls
tlTa Obsveer. ~
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

lF Hs - -
TIE IoRp JEuovAu NOT Known
Grant Thorburn relates the following
anecdote of Rev. Dr. Webster, a celebra-
ted preacher of the Church of Scotland.
1t occurred about the year TIA:
Business brought him to London, and
one day, when passing the House Of
Lords, his curiosity. induced him to
make an effort to step in and see them.
None were admitted without an order,
except noblemen's servants, Webster,
being ignorant of the rule, resquested al
mittance. ia.al sat
"What Lord do you belong ton said
the doorlSeepcr. -a-g
'I'o the Lord jehovah replied Web
ster .g
"1'hc Lord Jehovah, replied the door.
keeper: "I have kept here seven years,
but | have not heard Of such Lord. "
"Jaclz said he to his fellow-kceper on the
front steps, "hcrcs chap who sayshe
belongs to the Lold Jehovah; do yeu
know such a Lord?" ..a.t ..f
"Nevcr heard of him. said Jack.
"But," said Webster, (wiIling to keep
up the illusion,) there is such a Lord"
"Pass'em in" said Jack; II s'posc its
some Scotch Lord" s.i ss,fn
This occurred at period when not ono
in twenty of all the manufacturing and
rural districts in England could read the
Bible or write his own name. Sabbath
schools were introduced in 1888. Now
the people are intelligent and happy, and
can not only read aud write, but know
who the "Lord Jchovahpiis.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

POPULAR ErRoRs CornrcrEp.--That
the annexation Of Lombardv to Sardinia
will increase the supply or diminish the
price Of sarIlincs that the French troops
at Rome are supported on beef from the
Pope's balls; that the Emperor Napoleon
was injured by the papal bull which lately
got loose and gored King Victor Elnan-
uel so severely; that the Emperor Napo-
lean gives frequent dinner parties TO the
correspondents Of the English and Amer
lean papers, and talks over his plaus with
them. . s4s f,..c...-. t..
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08
Post Ohce Notice.

MAILS ARRIVE.
Eastern Mails daily at r. VI
apnfsmouh { Bay City mail daily al 6 = n.
way mail from Flint daily at l2t L. N.
yas.Sr Tusco.n mail semi-wcckiy,
Tuesday aud Fridays,
e ,ginaw Cay mail daily at 2 p IL
MAILS CLOSE
Eastern mails laily al p. NJ.
l'srismouih Z Bay City daily at A. NJ.
Wsy mail 90 Flint daily ct u. VI
ysssar Tuscola. Srmi-wecky mail Mondays and
1hursisys nj j. H..
easnsw City Mail daily at l2 W
osfcs hours from Z A. ST. 10 l2i 7. NJ, and from
r. Msto So T. 81
Esst Saginsw, August 4, 1859.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

nuel Brown f..t ~
sERENADE.
"sweetest eyes were ever seem
600 Fiery, loving but serene: 't -l.l. %
III Eyes like planets, planets though
Shedding light and lovelt glow ti
. Der the dark yet solar star, l.t.E a.
Whence they never run afar;
Ir Sweetest lips two lips could kiss, n.
Tender, fragrant, spilling bliss
On the lips that dare TO alp ..
loves wine from them, lip tollpi
Lips carcssing and care-sed, O."
il I -Four are satisfied and blest. Z g.
smoothest check for check to touch
ra Peacby, glowing, young, aud such
Paris might haze cnyid me: ~.
Helens check could never be tf
Frcshcr on the heights OF Troy,
She woman, he boy 't- 81
Faircst head was ever made,
Brow for light and hair for shade;
Sharply, delicate aud small, -
Knowing little, feeling all:
All It's thougbts mine and loves,
Lovcful as a turtle-dove's.
Prctticst throat that ever suug, I
Singing always love Is youngi
Neiny, flexible, and round,
Living well of Vladsomc sound,
Running over with delight,
M For the ear can Listen right.
Softcst bosom ever pressed
TO n lovers happy brest Usl
breathing, dewy, .lilied place,
Let me nestle there my face: r.t- 4
Milky, fragrant, blissful home,
Never from this nest FL roam.
Daintlest form love ever folded,
O.et me sing II and be scolded) r.I
Soft aud warm from top to toe
DO not shut thy sweet eyes so;
Axna. alnkf. Ger
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08
As brlgt as mornings earliest light,
As spotlcss as the SHOWS of heaven"
JOHN SMITH AND WIFE.-A dclinquen

JOHN SMITH AND WIFE.-A delinquent
husband is thus advertised in Chataquc
County, n. Y. by his loving spouse:
LOST, SrnAYED or SToLEN-.An indi
vidual whom, in an unguarded moment
of loneliness, / was thoughtless enough
to adopt asmy husband. He is good look
ing and feeble individual. knowing
enough, however, to go in when it raias,
unless some good looking girl offered her
umbrella. Answered to the name Of
John.---was last seen in company with
Julia Harris walking, his arm round hen
waist, looking more like fool if possible
than ever. Any one That will catch the
poor fellow and bring him carefully back
SO that may chastise him for running
away will be asked to stay to tea by
9rrui # HENRIETTA SMITH.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08
TIE HUMBLE CHRIsTIAN.

The humble Christian from the world reccdcs,
And proves his piety by silent deeds;
lie values not the meed of noisy fame, fI f
Aud little cares " fools applaud or blame;
Rebuklng vice the sinner wounds him sore,
And hypocrtes when censurcd wound him more;
With modest light he shoots his beams afar,
Yet shines scarce noticed like midnight star;
lie gives his substance TO the poor, and sheds
The dews of mercy over dying beds;
And dies himself In Faitl's calm warfare brave,
With scarce n tear TO wet his unknown grave.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

be- A GnAssmorpER SroRy.--A corrcspon-
dent Of the New York Post writes that a
few days since, the cars on the Rome and
Watertown Railroad, N. Y, were so OBJ
structed by an army Of grasshoppers get
ting upon the rails, on an upgrade, that
the cars were actually stepped. a
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

~
GETTING TO HEAVEN BY THE WAY OF New
ORLEASs.-Thc Philadelphia correspond
cnt Of the New York Dispaeh gives the
following:
We have Methoist preacher here
who is Jolly wag. a few days since, a
young man who had long been attached
to his church, and who was about to leave
for New Orleans, came to bid his pastor
farewell, - <ift
"And so you are going to that degen.
crate place, New Orleans, are you:"
eyes, sir; but don't expect to be in
tluenced byan extrancous pressure Of any
kind responded the young man, with
considerable earncstncss.
"Wcll ] am glad to see you so conf
dent, i hope the Lord will guide YOU
But do you know the temtations which
exist there?"
''No, not particularly"
"Well, ! do you'll find wanton women
in the guisc of Paris, tempting the very
elect; and rare wines and ardent drinks
and you'll find gay company, and night
brawling, and gambling and dissipation
and running after the lusts Of the old mar
ADAM
astill, sir, hope to combat these sue
cessfully,"
81 hope yoa will, my dear christian
brother" was the reply. "I hope yo.
will And let me give you this mucl
/ for your mediation in case Won shoulf
fall from grace. The tcmpter is worse
than the sin, aud the greater the tempta
ton, the more merit there is in resisting
it. The man who goes 10 Heaven By va,
Of Mc Orleans, is sure 10 have twice n
high place in eternal glory as he whc
reaches Paradise through the quiet por.
tails of Connecticut or Pennsylvania"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

e. Here is aninteresting personal fact;
@An industrious couple who earn their liv.
ing by ymanual labor at the village Of North
Coates, near Louth, are the parents Of
twenty two children"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08

Ex"Where do you find place TO pray
IMP" was asked Of pious sailor on board
whaling ship. @taA
40" he said, al can always find quiet
spot at the masthead"
"sam. do you find a spot for secret
prsyerf" asked q minister Of a stable boy.
20 yes, sir, that OIL cosch Is nv clos
et, and II is tebest spst onearth@si
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1859-09-08
Nj. y. LITTLE & CO.,

fsnk.rs and y Schangc Brokers, buy and sell Ex-
change, Bshk Notes, Gold and Silver dc: VIII
yirs prcs6ipi attention TO Collections, and remit
drsrsrst current rates. Taxes paid for non-rcsi-
Ss,S., srd al matters connect od with Land Agcn-
ev rromu,ly attended, to- EAST SAGINAW.