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Erom The h. Y Spirit of the Times.
The Pig in the Fence.
BY HAZEL GREEN, ESQ.

OH where are the friends of she pig in the fence
i-WhereI" Echo repl lies. lie has none.
There were numb ers around him a few moment
since,
Bnt now be is fast, they are gone.
Gomez Only their friendship is gone-ihcy are here
! Cavorting and charging" immense,
And Joining the tirong in affecting the rear
Ol tie pig that is fast in the fence.
They seek not the causes that placed him between
!; The rsils-oh. no. why should they care,
Since with brises erect they can rush 10 the scene
10 PUNISH him while he is therel
To raise the cry loudly, 80 all, far and near,
Hfy Eneu his condition and hence --l--
Come running TO Join them in biting the rear
OF the pig that is fast in the fence
They would not release him, although it migh
cost
:: Not a step more than taken before;
But, on the contrary, they'd do their utmost
Toperiex and involve hlm the more;
To press him more closely, mayhap through the
tear
That he might betake hi m from thence,
And punish them sorely for biting the rear
OF The pig that was fast in the ience.
But swine are rot all OF the creatures thatbe
That find themselves sticking between
The rails Of the ience, and ho strive get free,
: While the world is still showing them in;
Who find that the favoI they meet with depends,
, Not on worth. but on dollars ami cents;
And that there are who will prove themselves
y trienhs
To the pig that Is fast in the fence.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21
The Princess and the Physician.

Few foreigners who were sojourHing in
Rome during the Autumn of ls-' can fail
to remember the violent illness of the beau
tiful Princess c., which suddenly with
drew fiom the brilliant social circles of'thst
city their fairest ornament. This means
BY which that illustrious lady was restored
10 health, when given over BY all the faculty
in Rome. is not however so generally
known. She owes her life. and is ever
prompt to acknowledge the obligation, to
the most distinguished physician of the age,
On. fhomas Hoiiomay. That
man happened to arrive in the "Seyou--
hilled City" just as the crisis ct her disor-
der, and was Immediately summoned to her
palace. He found tho Princess in sad
condition. During an evening drive through
the Campaigns she had been smittsn, fy The
fesrful malsria which sometimes arises in
poisonous clouds from the adjacent marshes.
The consequence was violent bilious at
tack, terminating in joundice. The lovely:
face which had dszzed alleges, and elIpsed
all revalrv st ball and banquet, was yellow,
rs saffron, and the eyes which had ,kfndled.
love and admiration in q Thousand hearts
were dpller than lead. In feebles'veiCs
she inquired of the doctor what could be
done for her, at the same time protesting:
that If the hue that now tinged her skin,
were to remain after her recovery she would
rather die than live. Smiling at che par
donable vanity Of one whose queenlybeauty;
was the theme of every traveller who visited
Rome, he told her cheerfully that her life
and her lovliness were both safe. His pre-
dict:on- proved true. Under the influence
of his irresistible Pills, the yellow suffusion.
began 10 pass of; and day by day, likeia
star bursting through a cloua, ,sher beatty
was re.developed. Within six weeks 1t
was aunuupced that the Princess would
coon gladden. the eyes of her admirers at
an evening festival TO take place at her.
chateau at Tivola in honor Of her recovery.
Il, may well be supposed that the Princess
would willingly have displayed her grati-
tude on a magnificent scale, but this DR.. ii.
would not permit. He refused to receive
ANYTHING, ssve.a mere souvenir; and she.
nsesented him with,s most appropriate one.
twas double miniature, set in emeralds
diamonds, one case representing the Prin-
cess as she lay upon her sick bed'despoiied
by disease Of all her charms,. ,.snd the other
containing her likeness US she appeared at
the rele in the full bloom OF restored health
and beauty. The momento was accom-
paniod Sy note in which were these words,
Whenever you look at the two pictures,
imagine ii you can, my bounGless gratitude
It may well be supposed that DR., Holloway
treasures this delicate tribute TO his skill.
among his choicest soursHirs.-'' CoGr'sr
Del PopuiG," Rome,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21
WHOLE No. IOIi
Communication.
Written for The Behnon, Chronicle.
WOOL GROWING.

\ UoOA
/ Cadiz, o., July 2, 1859.
For ths Beseft of the Farmers Of Belmont County.
4 Having been engaged for over twenty years in
the purchase of wool, and during that time, ha-
1 wing visited different wool growing counties in
/ Ohio as well as Pennsylvania and Virginia, I
must say that Belmont county is as well, if ne.
better calculated for :he growing Of sheep and
wool than any county in other State, or ] might
say in the United States. --
Myself and brother have been buying wool for
several years in Belmont county, and the worst
and only objection have to buying wool in the
county is, there is not more than one fourth es
many good sheep in the county there should
be, both for the wool grower and wool buyer.
Fellow citizens, Farmers of Belmont co., come,
let US reason a little together; take your pencil
and paper, ascertain the number of townships in
the county, the number of sections of hnd in
each township, and by so doing you will fud the
number of sections of land in the county. Then
make your calculation as to the number Of sheep
each section OF land would grow and support, if
properly managed and arranged, and see how
many sheep you would have.
Now will put the number at 500 head, which
the "wayfaring man, though FOOL" will know
is small number, and how many sheep have
you in Belmont county? If am correct in the
probable amount of territory in the county, there
wonld ne some 280 400 10 soa nan be.d oS shae,
Now make tae calculation at three mounds to tie
Aeece. and how MANY nounds of WOO, b,vexo,5
Now calcuIate the WOOL nj az cents which t.Ea
year with another, in fine wool growing
counties. l think is a low AVERAGE priee. and Won
have some s4Oo. 600 worth of wool NOW in adj
dition IN This amount after tba land bscomes
.ufscientlr stocked with shaen- tbera will he n
surnIu, of increase of sheen far sale each vsar.
calcnlatine the price of The sheen Dr. an avsraa3
of SIS per head. and Won have some sos O6O
more.
Now, nv friends. these calculations do hon
estlv think ara mads too low Won cay, n,'sLa
your calculations on anv one or even two arti..
c les of produce Won grow. with nj least tbras
times the amount Of hons Jabor and see If Nh,
sbeen will .,ot hast Tbe.o .aIcni.,;ons ara,noJ..
aIIoyrine tha g. - - -, So. o,,;s;a,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21
Templars Of Temperance.
(From the Cincinnati Gazet,c.) }


The Order in Ohio is in flourishine
condition, reporting an increase of both
Subordinate and Social Temples, and quite
an increase of active members. And this
too in the face OF the opposition of the self
styled champions of temperance, some oi
whom have pronounced the Temple cause
a failure. ask the privilege of letting the
public know what it has done in small
circle, ami they can judge of the failure. liz
four Temples that have organized within
the last thirteen months, there were As
persons who were more or less under the
power of Bacchus; all had the reputation OF
getting drunk. Now they are looked upon
by both friends and foes, as redeemed men
More than forty families have been blessed
by their labors. Does that look like a
failure! But again, these four Temples
have been the means of shutting up over 80
doggeries, and have driven the open traffic
out of The towns where these Temples are
located. Are there not hundreds of places
in Ohio that would be blessed by having
such a failure in operation IN their midst?
The Grand Temple is making vigorour
efforts to have our cause presented TO the
people of Ohio. a Grand Lecturer viii
traverse some parts of the State during the
summer. Are there not hundreds of places
that need a Temperance organization
One that has lived and prospered while all
the prominent Temperance speakers have
givep it the cold shoulder in public. and
engaged in active opposition privately
and yet, to-day,i it is stronger, fairer, and
more prosperous than ever before. An
Order. based on Temperance. which has
fraternity equal to the best Secret Societies
one that has beauties to charm, powers to
bind its votaries to the cause it has espoused
degrees to consolidate its members into a
| solid phalank of fraternity in the cause o
virtue and suffering humanity. For more
than half my life, have embraced every
| opportunity to speak and labor in the cause
of Temperance. Sly head and heart give
the Temple OF Honor the preference of al
others as Temperance organization, for
conscientieusly. believe it calculated to dc
The most permanent good. say this aftel
working in others, and trying them fol
wears. and there are hundreds of as true
| Temperance men as live, that are os the
same opionion.
If those that read this wish to know more
about the Order will address Dir. ]. Wads
worth, G. w. R - at Cincinnati, or myself
at Monroe, Butler county, Ohio, the infor
nation will be sent them. There are efforts
being made in many places TO enforce the
law against the traffic. hold :hat al pas
experience teachers plainly that to be sue
cessful we must reform the victims by mora
means, while the law is put in force agains
the destroyer. If you wish to reform men
as we'll as 10 wage warfare against ih'
traffic, Ge Temple is your best help as uerit11
oelie0e.
Will editors, friendly to temperance
please give this a place in their columns
A. w. TIBBITs, G w. Il. of Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21

the great trees, Just like those that grey
round our old house. Tell your father, m
dear child, that God will reward him for re
membering the widow and the orphan"
"Yes, ma'am, I'll tell him." said Oracle
as she hastily left the room, for the tear
were coming fast, and she was half ashame
OF them.
81 thank you, miss; it's all can say, bu
perhaps you'll know all that want to, if
can't"
The speakers voice had arrested Grscie'
hasty steps in the hall, and she looked NJ
to see the brown-curled boy, whose face
was far more eloquent than his touching
words, as he looked on her, half doubling
whether she were not an angel.
"Yes, know it all =" said Oracle, smi
ling. "The carriage will come for you a
two, you see, for il's long ride;' and shs
bounded away, for the child possessed one
of those sensitive natures which rendered
The expression of much gratitude for her
generosity almost painful to her.
"Hurrah, Gracie, come down here and
kiss me for the beauty OF new dress I've
bought you."
A bright face beamed over the banisters
a light figure bounded down the stairs and
sprang into the arms outstretched to receive
it.
"No, papa, not yet" said little Oracle, as
she put aside the bundle. 81 want to tel
you all about my ride, frst.'
She drew him to his easy chair, and then
seating herself, as was her custom, on his
knee, she told him (and her sweet. childish
voice made the history doubly pa,hetic) oi
her long. delicious ride to Shady Brook =
and how Charlie stared, and the little girl
clapped her hands at the sight of the posies
in the meadows, and talked about the sweet
stories which the brook told; and how they
gathered posies, and at last all sat down
under the green trees by the brook, and ate
brought; and how there was one great loaf,
ali sugared over, which Oracle had sent to
the mother, and how she had promised
Charlie and his sister they should have ever
so many rides; and what nice dresses her
old ones would make for the little girl.
81 am glad now, papa,' said Oracle reach
ing up her little mouth to his forehead, "that
you could not 60; but next time you will.
won't you, papal and we'll have such a
glorious time!"
Her father did not answer, only his smile
promised acqniescence; but he Rugged
Oracle very close to his heart, and murmur-
ed, in low, earnes. voice, that sent a
sweet, solemn thrill through the child's
soul, "Tnasmuch as ye did itunto one of the
least Of these, ye have done il unto mel"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21

Gran Englishman, boasting, said
There are Springs in our country where
the most sparkling soda water can be hat
already prepared" "That is nothing to
,aka out West" said one OF his hearers
",hsre you can procure the most delicious
ch,mpasn, and the banks are made Of sPong
cake"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21
Gboite Wliisttllanp!,
GRACIE'S RIDE.
BY VIRGINIA F. TOWNSEND.

SHOW, papa, yeu know you almost prom.
ised last light, and you ,ooap say 'no' this
morning, will you, 1t will! be so delightful
too, because our rides to SHADY Brook al.
ways are; and the sunshins will be Ike
golden dImples on the waters, and the blue
sky will look down through the thick tree
boughs with a smile like that of an angel.
Please say yes papa" and the little dim.
Piled hand dropped the knife which was over
laying the broken biscuit with fold of rich,
cream-l looking butter, and the sweet face
was lifted with pleading esgerness to the
fathers.
II was hard matter TO refuse her. The
fond father could not bear TO call down a
shadow on that sweet face, and so he cast
about in his mind for some manner of means
to obviate the grief which lis re efusal would
occasion her.
"lm sorry, Grncie," he began; shut you
see, 4 nIust go to New York this fternoon.
They telegrsphed to me late last night that
the ship was just in port, and must see to
the disemOarking of my goods. There.
there. Oracle, little girl, don't look so sad
about it; I'll bring you new dress, straight
from Paris, tonight
Put little Oracle Weldon loved the green
hills, and loved the prattling brook waves,
and the cool shadows braided in with the
country sunshine, great deal better ihan
she did ship piled full of "dresses fresh
from Paris" and the tears brimmed up to
her eyes, and dropped softly over her brown
lashes, and troubled Ter father, for he was
a great, warm-hearted man, who did not
think, as men too often do, that children S
pleasures and disappointments are Of no
manner of conse quence; moreover, Oracle
was his only daughter, and he widower.
"Gracie, can't you 60 without me! Tom
will take good care Of you-and-in short,
can't think of anybody. but maybe you
can of some little boy or girl who would
like to 60 with you."
Oracle looked up and shook her head
doubtfully, but the next moment smile
sparkled up her eyes, and lighted her whole
face with the glory of a generous thought:
"Yes, papa, do know of somebody. lt's
the little boy and girl who live at the leoi
of the street. They're SO poor, you know
and never go to ride. I'll step in, on my
way to school, and ask them.''
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21

There was light knock at the door, and
the mother looked up in that quick, anxious
manner which usually distinguishes those
whose lives are haunted continually with G
fear of bad tidings,' while her son lifted the
latch and revealed the child-figure standing
there The eyes of the three occupants o.
thai chamber were fastened in astonishment
ON the little girl, and her own fully recipro
Gated theirs, as she glanced around tina,
destitute apartment, whose only carpeiing
WIS the sunbeams, that slept jus: as warm
and as brightly On the old boards as they
did on the Turkey carpets of Oracle Wei
don's elegant home.
"Please, ma am" said Oracle, blushin:
with embarrassment at the thought of he
strange errand, "Papa has gone to New
York, and lie sent to know if you would b.
willing the children should go to ride will
inc TO Shady Brook this aslernoonl There
plenty of room in the carriage, and Tom
. very careful driver. I'm Mr.. Weldon
little girl, who lives in the brick house, a
the head Of the street."
"To ride, mamma-to ride behind III
horses, I'D the carnage with the pretty llttl
girl, and see the great trees, and the hills
and the fields with the beautiful flower
growing all over them, and hear the waite
dropping over the smooth stones, just as
used to, long, long time ego! Oh, please
please, mamma, say quick that sissy ma
go." and the little enc stood up by its mot
hers side, its small hands clssped together
its little lips suiveriug with eagerness. an
its sweet baby-face full: Oh. so exceedingl
full--of earnest, unspcken pleading.
.:Yes, darling, you shall 60" said III
mother. as she trok the little one in her Ia
while the hot tears bhe could not restrai
dropped fast on her head, ."and Charlie
shall 60 with you. And you shall see III
meadows, spinkled over with posies, an
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21

GrA juryman, having applied to the re-
corder to be excused from serving on ac-
count of deafness, the latter asked, "Could
you hear my charge u the grand jury, SIR =
"Yes, | heard every word OF it," was the
reply, but couldn't make any sense Of 1t. ."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21

0TIt is a noticeable fact, that in the
Maine Democratic Convention, when the
balloting for Charleston Delegates COM
menced, there were not over five hundred
delegates present. The ballot-box, never
;heless, was foundi'to contain, at the close,
over eleven hundred ballots! Truly, har-
monous Democracy is "the same every.
WHERE" from Bangor, in Main, to Oxford
and Kickapoo, in Kansas.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21

0Ny-The llawkepG. from very reasonable
data, estimates the population o. Iowa 10
be 637, 900 1t will amount to nearly a
million in 1860.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21

OJSam was ra:ed as mate in his fa'her's
ship, the Happy-ao Lucky. In his own
quaint way, he called in at Taylor's Aca-
deny, as he said, '.just to learn French ard
navigation that afternoon, as he was going
to sail for Marseilles in the morning"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1859-07-21
Balloon Trip.

We give the following from The account
given by Mr.. Hyde, who was one of the
party in the great trip of ,he Atlantic bal
loon:
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-06
q Forsotten Eanplre;s

The empire Of Zabedj bad no native 81 -
the fragmentary notices which survive ID u IL 6S
out, like historical fossils u gigantic psup6l
from the Hindoo pnrnnas and tha noir1fi ~ - nv
medieval geographers Of Arabia. !. ~,
One Of the earliest and mist althentic accuurts az
the Maharaa Of Zabedi is to b found b the
able Arabic manuscript known u fhe 4 Y6vSrea n
the Two Mahommedans;, who travelled 81 i1ifs sss
China at the latter end Of the ninth ana tko coI-
mencement Of the tenth century. n thu eifRpISr
narrative the description Of the empire or tke Zsha
is given by Abonzeyd, of Bassofa from The Al
Suleyman and Ibn Wahab, two masinexy WI hSS'
traversed the territory, in making vpSi9sn Is ard
from China: The center Of the kingdom ana - =
sldence OF the sovereign was at {zabAj6 ahAl lava
innumerable towns were within hight Il Seoh 9thee
and the rural inhabitants were 20 densely hou1ei
that when the cock crew at sunrise, his call VA
caught up and repeated through an area az of,e hu
dred leagues. 51sgE 81 zsSS ss
East and West OF Java, the empire extanded fkos
China to Cape Comorin, q thousand leagues 81 u
tent, and embracing innumerabla islands amonprk
others Kaa, (Which there is little Hcusy Ii idefi.
flying with the modern harbor OF Point a (3nra n
Ceylon,) which, lying midway between Arahia ma
China, was the emporium to which the merchants a
each resorted, to exchange the products Of the WEE
spices. 2 ., ~ = = -
Walknaer has come to the conelnsicu ttat ia
empire OF Zabedj did not survive beyond the 81.
enth century OF our era, after which The iandu q
which it consisted became eubdivided into nneFuue
learned contribution to the Journal AsiafieUe fo
September, 1916 but beyond these, and Nv othnr
casual illusions, we have nowhere succeeed q lind
ing any historical record Of an empire which, fpr te
centuries, at least must have been one of the mof
remarkable and powerful In The East. f
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1859-01-06
An Eventual Career.

Wellington Greville Guernsey, alias WSllinaton
Hudson Guernsey, nov waiting bis trial ~ nean1
from the library OF the Colonial Office cony a ~
Ionian dispatch is by NO means an ordinaly indiyid
He began life as q shop-boy to 5Rngies. III wesY-
kneTu Dublin music seller. He Afterwards conmeu-s
ced, and failed in business ON his own acccunt Cone
ing to London he took up his III t6e clasp
regions OF Soho, supporting himself BY
to the press and the management OF conces4a He,
composed, too, some Of the most popular OF the ig
GER songs He then became manager Of IL Paaop-
tcon, in Leicestersquare, and continued m hat cspa
city until he was gazetted quartermaater ii the
Crlmean Transport Corps. Having speedily mastered
the Turkish Languages, he was transfeFred Turk
ish Contingent, being appointed Deputy A1nastAnt
Quartermaster General, and afterwards RfpsoG Mar-
shall. 55s - 800 s
His rencontre in the churchyard Of Kerkch, when
he displayed some excellent revolver practico up0n
some Turks who were pillaging viii still IS In the
memory of our readers. The next public appearances
was in q rifle match at Paris, wkan ~ thcscughly
beat the first marksman OF the Nhoia Ffench army
He therenpon challenged the world = i Sl1lS shot
but was lett "al alone in his glory. He nov under
took to hand over to one Of the South AmeFcan ~
publics thousand Of the desperadoea of our aeeim
iegions After performing this dangerous s1vice he
was commissioned to build some forts Ii 9outh.
America. He is now in England u pnfcha guns
boats and Goals for, We believe the Govern
ment. The selftaught master Of seien or eight Dc
negro melodies one of the first mar kEnea Of Enrupe
ia, we regret to say, supposed to be the Of IT,
mysterious publication OF the I0nian Dispatch. Tho
motes the pity that one Of so much natural and
ried ability should be in gaol on the chsxHs
FNewraMlo Eng. Qhron.