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The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-02-10
NO. XII

United States, and q practical subverson Of the
constitutional check, which requires that every
treaty shall receive the votes OF two.thirds of
this body or be absolutely void. Ii practically
delegates to bare majority OF the Senate, and
to majority of the House Of Representative
the treaty making power of this great empire.
Sir, 1t there ever was an occasion on which I
should adhere tenacieusly to this right, and iu-
sst upon retaining this power, it would bs in
such case as this. | want TO see the treaty
which shall bring the Island of Cuba into tho
United States. | want to know the status
which that country is to occupy, Is il to be
Territory OF subjects, OF political slaves Z a
province, and governed by armies and navies, as
Spain now governs it7 Imay ask the President
ei the United States when he has executed the
treaty. Is 1t to be State? may ask the
President of the United States when he has ex-
ecuted the treaty. Who are to be the electors
of the State What is to be the status Of tho
white population ? Are they TO enjoy uniyer-
sal sulrage7 What is to be the status Of the
free negro population? What is to be the Statue
of the slave populations We who have dis
puted 50 earnestly, often so vehementy, year
alter year, aud year in and year out, over the
question whether the institution Of slavery shall
be introduced into the territory of Kansas, are
expected by the President, in his simplicity, TO
allow him to determn for the North and for the
South, for the Free States and for the Slave
States, at his own absolute pleasure, the terms
and conditions upon which Cuba shall be Oh.
nexed to the United States, and incorporated in
to the Union | say nothing of the present in
cumbent of the Executive Office. / say that
men never chose, nor did God ever send on earth,
magistrate to whom would confide this great
question, hsvinga constitutional right to decide
it myself.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-02-10

GOING HOME wITa THE GIRLs--rhe entrance
into socisty may be said to take place after boy
hood has passed away, yet Nnltltude take the
initiative before their boards are presentable.
1t is great trial, either to tender or tough
age for an overgrown boy to 90 to door,
knowing that there are dozen girls inside, and
to knock or ring with the absolute certainty that
in two minutes all their eyes will be upon hrn,
is q severe test Of courage. To 90 before these
girls and Ike a satisfactory tour Of the room
without stepping on their toes, and then to sit
down and dispose of ones hands without putting
them in ones pockets, is an achievement few
boys can boast. II boy can get so far as to
msasure off ten yards of tape with one Of these
girls, and cut it short at each end, he may stand
chance TO pass pleasant evening, but let him
not aatter himself that all the trials of the even
ing are over. There comes at last the breaking
up. The dear girls don their hoods, and put on
their sbawls, and look SO saucy aud mlschieyou
ond unimpressible, as If they did not wish any
one to go home with them. Then comes the
pinch, and the boy that has the most pluck
makes up to the prettisst girl, his heart in his
mouth, and crooking his elbow,stam out the
words, "shall | see you homer She touches
her fingers to his arm, and they walk home about
foot apart. feeling as awkward as couple Of
goslngs. AS soon as she is safe inside her own
doors, he struts home. and thinks he has really
gone and done it. Sleep comes to him at last -,
with dreams Of Caroline and calico, aud he
wakes in he morning and finds the doors OF
life open to him, and the pigs squealing for
breakfast.
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The "devil" seems to have got into men
and women to an unusual extent of late, for
every " exchange" has its eIopement item. The
last is dispatch running thus:
BELLOws FALLS, VI, Jan. %.
A young man, named Harrison Sanders, eloped
last night with the wife of his brother, Daniel
Sanders, from Springfield VT, came to this
place, and took room at Bellows Falls House
The husband and the sheriff pursued them, and
the parties finding themselves caught, took
strychnine. Young Sanders died in twenty
minutes; the woman is expected 10 recover.
The Portland (Maine) Adpsrtiser chronicles
separation between two Spritualists, Mr.. aud
Mrs. Birch. The spirit OF some dead satan or
the tongue of some live one, induced Mrs Birch
TO declare to her husband that she must leave
him, as he was under the spirit of a negro, and
it was not safe for her q dwell with him. Mr..
Birch believing this spiritual communication
to be "all right > consented and his ife went
of. Soon however, he thought his spiritual
wife would bear watching, and so followed her
up and found her in Boston at the housa of 4
Judge, and with her two doctors. One of lha
doctors was thrown into trance state and pre-
scribed for the husbands complaint which
ne said was Of the nervous system, and sent him
home. The husband Cbeyed, II his wife with
the three men, aud went home with his pre-
scription for his nervous complaint, which reads
thus
Take two tablespoonsful Of highest proof al
cohoi-tWo abespoonsful of refined sugar,-nne
tumbler full of boiling water and drink three
times day before each meal Cleue. Herald
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-02-10

'Tis plain story, rather roughly told
or one who trusted others and was sold y
BY hope aured, in turn by fear assaiied,
lie gave to credit all he had and failed.
The moral you can draw. The Country Press
Should seek for independence nothing less,
Il 'ady to aid the good, sustain the wise,
Direct and council proper enterprise,
Revealing to tho public gaze the way
Where Toll may profit and where skill will pay,
Where the revenues re reaped and fortunes grown
But should be carefn to preserve its own.
The Country Press though limited its sphere
Of influence, demands attention here.
Where it is free, the people will be free;
Where tits pure, the people will be pure
Where shines its light there liberty shall bs
Where il stands firm, there freedom shall endure
In the great march of mind it leads the van,
The guard of public right the friend of man
Though hueible toilers, they are not the least
who sow the seed aud garner for the feast
By little means, tuS nobest ends are gained,
b Y small advances victories obtained.
Look TO the sea, from out $ wastes arise
Far isles Of beauty, kissed by summer skies;
Mere specks at first they part the ripping seas,
Bald. barren rocks then rise by slow degrees,
And here extends shoal and there an arm;
Here swels a hill, there sinks valley warm;
Along its beach clings fast the floating weed,
And spicy winds watt down the feathery seed;
To ardent suns succeed the gentle rains,
Green grow the hills, and flowers adorn the plains
Fair trees spring up to whisper with the breeze,
And flashing fountains leap to join the seas,
Where birds of song with sweetest music come,
To build their nests and make their happy home;
And there il stands a glory mid the isles,
When spring eternal sheds her sweetest smiles
Through centuries the builders sought to raise
Another Eden in the later days;
A new creation under Heavens dome
Where Love might dwell and Virtue find home;
Their toll was humble meath the surgiug food,
Their aim was noble, and their end was good.
o, humble toilers ! ye who guide the press,
Though slow the progress sure wl be success.
Patient in labor, strong in hope and faith.
BE yours the aim by heaven At hrst designed.
TO raise to higher range of thought the mind,
Building amid the floods of selfish life
The storms of passion and the waves OF STRIFE
A fairer island in each human sou.
| Where Love shall dwell and Virtue have control,
| An Eden blessed and fairer than the old,
By poets sung by prophet lips foretold.
| The home of innocencs, Religions shrine
| Where God may reign and man become divine.
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Tho Washington respondent of The Eue

The Washington correspondent of The Eue
niag Post says:
The Republican Senators and Represent aitves
OF this Congress have opened subscription
paper, which was speedily filled up. for The pur-
pose ofraising berweeuS000 aud 5000 to purchase
a magnificent service Of plate, to be presented
to the venerable Joshua r Giddings us testi.
mon'al ct their appreciation of his public la
bors III the councils Of the nation. These Ia hors
have extended through twent, wears. Several
D'mocrats are alnopg the subscribers and others
nom the same party desired 10 contribute. but
did not wish to hay" their names appear. Such
subscriptions wer- declined, as lhs names Of = II
donors arr 10 be inscribed upon the plate, viii
suitable inscription in addition"
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-02-10

Perhaps the best thing which occurred in
the Senate during the exciting executive session,
was Mr.. Hale's remark, calling Fitch and Doug
las to order kindly suggesting, in his face'ious
way, that the harmony Of the democratic party
would not be promoted by such displays oI
fTateFual affection.
The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1859-02-10

Some generous friends have built a ccnotaph
OF spetless marble Ger the sseper's breast
On which the passer reads the epituph--
"HrRR LIEs MAN wno DIED OF TOO MUCH rRrsriV
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unexampled kindness he had received at their
hands. Thereupon the old man told him that
ne would be under Lizzies orders, and, turning
to his daughter, remarked that, as the young
mans hands seemed tender and unused to
work, he had better take a light hoe at first
she would find one in the tool-house-and there
couldn't be a better morning to put out her cab
bage plants and caulifowers, and weed the
beets and parsnips Lizzie, with slight blush
and some hesitation, which her protege did not
seem to notice, led the way to the garden, and
Oscar looked so expectant for his directions,
that she was in measure forced to tell him
what she wanted done, enjoining him at the
same time not to fatigue himself, as he was not
used to work Telling her that he hoped soon
to be rid of his clumsiness, he took hoe in hand
and bent over to his task, the wedding of a
hower.plot, giving evidence, by his sturdy man
ner, OF an intention to make gardener of him
sell, and earn his wages.
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For the National Era.
THE SHAD0WY LAM
BY R. A. R.

The shadowy land the shaoowy land!
stand on the other shore,
Gazing across al glorious band,
The loved who have gone before.
And stretching my spirits viewless wings,
strive 10 Join the throng,
But the numbering clay around me ciings,
And scarce can hear their song.
Yet there floats an echo across the wave,
The wave Of the River osDealh,
And fancy hear the sounds l crave,
And feel an odorous breath,
Tanning my flushed snd fe cred cheek,
AS strain my aching sense,
For but one word such sersphs speak,
One word which might all me hence.
Oh earth is dark, since ik y tread no more
The homes their presene best
And life has . weight new fell before,
Since they sought The lS'd resi-.
And cropping wesrily thIou gh the sight,
stretch an eager hand !
Toward where they faded from nay sight,
When borne 10 the shsdrwy land
The sbsdowy land The shsdewy land
Nay the shadows all are hat
They rise between me and iha tbs.ssed band,
But usir skies are brigh and clear.
And though it may be through grief and gloom,
We rea ch where now tley stand,
We shall know, when we aass beyond the tomb
That ibis is the shadowyj and-
Mount Holly, Sept. LIST. ,
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at is an hundred miles to the city, my poor
boy" said Lizzie. She looked at him with in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-03-11

Tue DIsSATISFACTIOS IN FRANCE.-A cor
respondent of the Manchester Guardian, wri-
ting under date Of February IL, says:
/ was present last evening in a saion full OF
persons of all opinions, VIXEN the journal du
Soir was brought in. A deputy (of hitherto
governmental tendencies) took the paper and
read what regards Hayti. The news began
thus: AT last, then, we breathe freely; the
Emperor is Oyerthrown," Throughout the sa-
len the people laughed, and evidently applied
the words. The reader. after looking over the
account, said; We'll, here is how it ends:''
The Emperor himself has been Geffrard's best
ally-not n hand has been raised in the tyrant's
defence be reigned by compression and terror;
he has fallen surrounded only by public con-
tempt" When the deputy L have mentioned
had finished this sentence, and laid down the
paper, he added in a loud voice, Take my word
for il; those are the words that will be printed
here the day our SOulOuque is overturned" /
repeat it, there were thirty people or more pres
ent, many genuine Imperialsts; not voice
protested, and the only remark made was.
''Yes, it will perhaps be the Constitutional
that will print it. and Walewski may be the
author of the paragraph"
This may give you some notion Of the tone Of
society here at present
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70 BE COSTISUEpl


= Halls Journal Of Health recommends
shJes instead OF boots for general winter wear,
especially in the country, "a the tendency OF
the former is to strengthen. and that of the lat
ter to weaken the ankles. In making shoes for
winter wear. it says put no cork or Indian rub
her about them but have placed between the
lsver- of the -O.eS, fran cut to out. a piece of
.'1nt hemp or tow linen, which has been dipped
ia melted pitch This is absolutely imperyious
o. wsier-does not absorb a particle while we
know that cork does. and after while becomes
'-s.gyy'' and damp for weeks" When you put
S.,h fcot-sear en- for the first time, they will
feel az easy as an old shoe"' and you may stand
"a damp places for hours with imPunity.
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How GOVERNMENT KILLS MICE.-The Bonn
bay Telegraph and Courier tells story which
if not true, ought to be. A lieutenant, COM
handing little fort in England. found that the
ire Hte the official store of biscuit. lie applied
for n Ouse-trap, but the Board of Ordnance
had no permission to sanction the expenditure
lie applied again. and they sent him eat The
eat killed the mice, but needed food. and ac
corlingly the lieutenant asked for "a eat ;
forage" The board disallowed the charge. re-
living on the advice Of n specially clever clerk
that if there were 80 many mice, the cat could
eat them The lieutenant, however, was not
to be outdone He replied that the cat could
not at all events. drink mice, and would not
drink water. A penny day was therefore
sanctioned for milk for the cat at Fort -
and from that day to this the State has paid FL
los. Sd. a year TO save sixpcnny rat-trap.
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BOOTS, SHOES, &c.
RoOTs AND SHOES AT COST FOR CASH
Id GREAT BARGAINS

- II bARGAlNS.
With the view of making change m my present
business, shall proceed TO sell out my stock 4fp
of Ladies', Gentlemen's, Misses. BOYS, III
Chlldren's, and Servants o o It = andy
SHOES, all selected from the best manu- -
factories in the United states, at prime cost, for
cash, and cash only
Purchasers have an opportunity of obtaining at
unusually low prices any of the following articles
IN store:
For LADIES.
Caters, with and without heels, thick and thin
SoleS, all cOlOTs and sizes,
MOROCCO and Kid Boots, Buskins, slippers, and
Ties,
Kid, Congress. Button and Laced Heeled Caters,
French Cashmere, Button and Laced Caters, with
or without heels.
White Satin and Kid Congress and Laced Caters,
Fancy French Slippers. all colors.
For Misses AND CHILDREN.
Gaiters, with and without heels. all coiors,
Shanghai Boots, Morocco and Goat Boots,
Morocco and Kid slippers,
In fact, all kinds of NJ sSes and Chdren's Shoes.
For GENTLEMEN AND BOYS.
French Imported Patent Leather and CalfBoots and
French Cork, Quilted and Scotch Sole Boots and
Shoes,
French Congress Caters, Calf and Patent Leather,
Do. Oxford Ties, Broad Straps, aud Shoes,
kOssuth Pumps, Patent Leather and Calf do.
Cloth, Lasting and Md Congress Caters.
Call at Iron Hail Boot, Shoe and Trunk Estab-
lshfnent No. S1O Pa. avenue, between 9Th and 10th
streets.
mar s-st SAINT. P. HOOVER
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NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA FASH
l Innahle Spring Styles of CENTS DRESSn
HATS, ,l859,In pleasing variety of shape and pat
tern. CHAS. ri. IANEfS~
mar len6t Hal and Can Store. 42a Penn. ave
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,,sr The love Of fun is not unknown among

,-y= The love Of fun is not unknown among
the serious-lookiug Cinnamon, who are thickly y
coIIected in some parts Of the Australian colo
mics. A storekecper, wishing To advertise his
articles i'm the Chinese l,'nguage, engaged a &C.
lestial tn paint him sign, expecting, of course,
it wonId be nm enticiEg one. 1t did not answer
his expectations, however, for the only percep..
tible effect it had on the relations Of the sun and
moon was to excite grin of the broadest di-
mensions By considerable bribe, he OBJ
tained a translation in English of the advertise
%rR R%y snTbne nnS found i 70 = .
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UNITED STATES 6EAtIEE NAIE kISEtj kkIfSgEtjLAR LINE,
AND WITHOUT FAILURE roR EIsHT YKARs.
FOR Va GAffltS2kMGsAR fhSHMkA RAAfiLpR9oahfSS RAfip R9oahfSSoN'

Resular Soiiins Days, 5th and 2eth Of each HcnIh.
CAUTIoN.-So many frauds and impositons Of
various kinds have been lately perpe- >Scs<.
trated on travellers bound TO CALIfOR- -aZ1EfH
MA, that the subscriber, the only q a., =. -.
thorized az snt for hy the u Mail Line wa
Panama in the city Of New York. feels y has dirty
TO caution al persons seeking passage 70 Caillorpia
find the tr1e Office Of the Steamships o1 the u ,.
Mail Line via Panama Railroad, as no other once
Tha CON nanies have only one ONCE IN New York,
fronting the Nofih hl'oi o' si'S "ooA VI so NOH-
pany's Wharf
ob'wf T. RRIYSSSD. .igS on sns sssss ssSL Ne. Yor.
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THE PHILOSOPHY or RoLLED-UP TROUSERS
As every body knows, who has watched matters
and things connected with the fire department
a certain class of iremen are devOtedly welded
to the practice of rolling the bottoms of their
trOwsers above the tops of their boots This is
particularly y the case with some of the compa-
nies down town, whose members, excepting on
Sundays, are never to be seen with full-legged
unmentiOnables. One of the most radical fire
companies in this city is located in the vicinity
OF Southwark. Her men delight in red flannel
shirts and blue trOwsers-the latter rolled up
at the bottoms about eight inches.
The ''mersheen' in question is downtown
bully. and does business on platform peculiar
to itself. When member wishes to resign he
doesn't send any paper to the Secretary. He
merely rolls down his trOwSers' and leaves
the house. We recently dropped into the Gu
gine house, and spent an evening with the
boys just to see how they managed matters.
One Of the great questions that came up was a
resolution by Jim Curley. that the engine
should have new pair of pumps given to her. >
This was opposed by member named Mike
yelling. and in the following stirring man
neT:-''LOOk here, boys. you mustn't think that
Mike yelling is fUo-fOo. and that you can
make him swallow anything you take notion
to. No, you mustn't. / We belonged to the cOm-
pany for ten years, and love the engine as
do my father, mother. and two little sisters
It's cause l love her that I'm down on them
gingerbread pumps. You've all heard Jim
Curley motion Now all We got to say is. if
you adopt that motion I'll roll down my trow
sers, and leave you 10 your fate"
Having delivered himself in this manner,
Mike took his scat while the secretary took the
vote of the members upon Jim's motion about
the pumps The vote decided matters in favor
of Jim motion. when Mike rose and addressed
the chair You voted me down, old fellers,
and II keep my word / roll down my trow-
sers and slam to the door" Having said this,
he rolled down his trowsers'' and left the
house. lie will probably never again run with
- Engine in the whole course of his life
The next day his name was tax from the roll,
his resignation being in keeping with the by
laws in such cases made and provided Queer
institutions, these rough and ready engine COM
panies.-Phil. North AD.ericam.
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Ladies we manufacture all our own goods, thereby
possessing the unequaed advantage Of ~
securing them at first cost. which, ofG6S
course, results to the benefit of the purchaser Our
Gaters, IN POINT OF ht beauty and utility have an
double sole Morocco and KID Boots and Button
dalters, @c' DC, Tor winter wear, have only to be
Der Boots for Ladies' and Misses. All selling off at
astonishing low prices.
no l2-tf T. CLARK