The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-02-17


PRovoKlSe.-ro dream that you have lots OF
money aud then wake up and find yourself an
editor
There are 1880 members now connected
with the Congregational church in Oberln. So
says the Students Monthly.
The population of Louisiana is made up Of
3ll PIG whites; 800, 57l slaves aud lS,005 free
culorcd crsons,--showing predominancc OF
the colored race in that state.
"A good story is told of Mrs. Douglas, when
asked recently regarding her politics. Rsr reply
was-'I am an Old-line Wing, with pretty
strong Douglas prOciiuities.'
A SIMPLE ReMkDv-lt is said that a roasted
onion bound upon the wrist, on the pulse, will
stop the most inveterate toothache in q very few
minutes. Simple, but worth trying.
The Quakers Of Great Britain have formally
abandoned their distinctive pcculiarities of
speech aud dress, and in other respects relaxed
the restric liveucss Of their rules and discipline
ANEW EriTAru.
We miss thee Mt the washing tub,
We miss thee Mt the pianna;
In the morning You used to rub and scrub,
Aud at night you'd shout hosannah.
Two centuries ago, not one in a hundred
wore stockings. Fifty years ago, not boz in
n thousand was allowed to run at large al
night. Fifty years ago, not onc girl in thou
sand made a waitng-mad of her mother. Won.
derlul improvements in this wonderful age.
FEHrILITY OF TeHUANrEpEc.-The lands Of
this isthmus are said to be exceedingly fertile,
producing sugar. coffee, rice, tobacco maizc,
oranges lemons, bananas, and almost every other
tropical fruit and vegetable, in advance, and
only await the arrival Of a new race of men and
a new order oil things.
A BUFFALO HrNr.--A party OF hunters out
in Red River Valley, lately, in three weeks
time killed six hundred buifaloes and sent the
meat into Selkirk FOR fall use Another party
of eight in the same length Of time, killed two
thousand two hundred the meat being dried
for further use, aud the skins selling Tor two
dollars each.
GorxG, GorNG-Tnc Steamer Dan G. Taylor
departed this port yesterday afternoon for the
South having on board another gang of negroes
numbering a bout thirty, who were purchased
by traders from this State. The negroes were
all Young and of an average value of 1900 each.
The tide keeps moving out.-St. Louis Demo-
crat.
The Washington correspondent Of the Bal.
timore Amcriedr attacks the California Over
land Mail, as piece of scaudalous and foolish
extravaganza, OF no henifit to the country what
ever. 1t costs @600000 year; and the CON
tract is for six wears. \ contract for the same
service, he says, could now be made for a third
of the money.
In band Of gypscs, now cncamped near
indianapolis, is beautiful girl Of eighteen, whose
father, the chief of the tribe, offers her hand
and lO,O00 to any respectable man who will
marry her. The old gentleman offers to leave
of his vagabond ways, and live with his chill
dren. A rare opportunity is thus presented to
any one wishing to secure a lovely wife, a for
tune and a (athcr.inlaw.
SUFFERING IN MIcuIcAN.-The people Of Gra-
tiot couatv, Michigan, are represented as being
in VERY destitute condition, and an appeal has
been made to the Legislature for aid. There
are about one tbs usand families in the county
and of til Sc not more than one quarter it is
believed, have the means Of Subsistence until
the next harvest. An almost total failure Of
the crops is assigned as the cause Of the existing
want.
A SIMPLE REMEDY FOR BRoScHITIs.--h writer
in the Baltimore Sun, who has been afflicted ST.
verey in his family BY TINT appalling disease,
bronchitis, has found rolief from the following
remedy Take honey in the comb, squeeze il
out aud dilute with little wateI, wet the lips
and mouth occasionally with it, II has never
been known TO fail, in cases where children had
lhroats so swollen as to he unable 10 swallow.
1t is certainly a simple remedy, and may be o
very olliCacIous one
AGnIcULruRAL BHIr--Thc Senate passed Mr..
MOrii's Agricultural COLLEGE bill, with amend
ments which il is believed, will not hinder its
passage in the lIonsc. The amendments confer
the benefits Of the act upon Mlunesota which
vas still a territory when the bill originally
passed the House. eXenpts mineral lands from
the provisions OF the scl, and allows twenty
thousand additional scres for each Represen.
tsti,e which any Stale may gain at the next
census.
The SULTANAs CRowN.- The Sultane Of
Turkey is having an ornament made for his
Sultana, which would cause tears of delight TO
tricke dcwn the cheeks ol Broadway BELLE
Iisis head ornament. The center ornament
consists OF large emerald, one inch and half
by one inch, and is surrounded by the most
beou,iful pearls, rubies, dimondS and emeralds;
from the center are suspended two chains OF
brilliants, finished off by two large emeralds,
nearly one inch in length. The estimated value
of this head ornament is upwards of S25 900.
Mr. Spurgeon, for the first time, appeared
as lecturer before the London pu0lic On the
fourth of January. He spoke before the Young
Mems Christian Association TO sn immense
audience. His subject was "Ds Propaganda
Eide" and his performance was somewhat be-
tween a sermon and lecture, BEARING "consd-
erable resemblance" ST says an English paper,
"to the magical Outpourings os Mr.. Cough. -
The same journal describes it as beyond dispute
the most magnificent. the most eloquent elfuslnn
that ever issued from the lips OF young man
of four. and-iwpnty years Of sge-a thing worth
going hundred miles TO hear.