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General Insurance Agency.
con. SECOND AND MAIN.

ISIRE, LAX y. NIvER AND LIFE IN-
i sURANGR promptly ATTENDED TO ~ this Once.
Better and more ixDEMafTr can be given sa this
Agency than any other in this city and less trouble
after loss.
HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK.
Casa Captsal 81 900 900.
CASE SURPLUS, JuLY lsf, 1850, 1Ab7,8D.
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PENN MUTUAL LIFE ms. 90.
or PHILADELPHIA, PHEE.-CAPfTAL $6OO, OOO.
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NORTH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY,
or HARTFORD, cT.-cAPrrAL e300, 600.
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CT Gov. Wise boasted 10 Congress few
years ago that there wss not single news
paper IN bis district. He evidently rsioiced
that his constituents couldn't read. Nov
don't be wish that be hiHself couldn't write,
Lieu. Jour.
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RTNA INSURANCE COMPANY.
or HARTFORD, CoEH.-CAPITAL III ,OO0,OOO.
CASE SURPLUS, JuLY In, 1859, &I,o3o,4z3.
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Man ID This day nearer TO God than q aay
Former tins. Not that God ID nearer 70 mo-
Tor HE omniscisns n invisible presence Will
admit OF no augmentation; but naD, at svse1
advancing step, j. nsosssasily brought still
nearer to his God, and i na6s capsule 81
seeing still more and mors OF his boundlssl
Projections. The pure in heart, who sci
God in HE works, are those upon whom thu
truth has performed ito once work. There
il freedom, JOY and communion with God in
truth, and how true it ID that Christ's yokl
il easy and his burden light, for whenever
We pitch upon that course OF life that 10 tht
most excellent, habit soon makes it agree.
able, and st every improvement We make
our capacity 10 increased for still higher at.
tainmsAts.
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A correspondent OF the Chicago Press and
Tribune, writing from Knoxville, Ill, Sept.
Let, says:
The banking Office of Messrs. Smith Hale
of this place was robbed last night of between
81, 900 and $5,0O0-$7,0O in gold, and the
remainder in currency and checks.
The rouges gained admission by cutting a
panel out of the door, after which they de-
stroyed the lock Of the safe, apparently by
means of . hammer and chisel. The safe is
one Of Lilies manufacture Of chilled iron,
with tho approved combination lock.
The work was very neatly done, and shows
that the operators are adopts in the business.
No clue has yet been obtained Of the perpe-
traitors.
G. G. Coles Dem ocraIlc Arithmetic.
! The Republicans tell US that the cause of
| the increased expenses of the State Govern
ment is to be found in the increase Of popu-
| lation. Now, our Democratic arithme tic
teaches US, that If the population OF the
State has been doubled since the Democrats
held the power, then the expenses should
be diminished just in the same proportion
that they should be just one-half what
they then was.--[C. G. Coles Tuesday Eve
ming Speech.
Well, that Democratic arithmetic il soxE.
Let MS try il on national expenses. Under
j. Q. Adams administration, the national
expenditures were about 81, 000, 900 per an
num-since that time the population has con.
siderably more than doubled. Consequently
according to that Democratic arithmetic, our
national expenses should now be six millions.
But what are the factsi Cnder the admins
tration Of Buchanan they are in the neigh.
borhood of ninety millions. Quite differ
ence between six millions and ninety mil
lions Democratic arithmetios and Demo.
cratic practices are quite q Variance. Hur.
4 rah for the Democratic arithmetic. Lyons
Mirror.
4 TMr. Buchanan, IN his annual msssag.
last year, said: "The public expenditure
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GTWe imagine Kirkwood owns farm
about Iowa City, and keeps his "white mig
gers" TO work t.-LBloom6eld Clarion.
We had supposed that few persons OUT
side OF slave States, and only the Singer
breeders and niger drivers" Of the slave
States, regarded white laborers % "white
niggers," or a. occupying the position Of
slsves. Southern politicians and clergymen
have delighted - taunting northern laboring
men ~ white slaves and white niggers, but
We hardly expected Democratic editors %
do SOL Hawkeye.
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Follow THE RIoHr.-No matter who you
are, what your lot, or where you live; you
cannot afford to do that which il wrong
The only way TO obtain hsppinsGs and pleas
ure for yourself, ID TO do the right thing
You may not always hit the mark; bat yos
should, nevertheless, always aim for il, and
with every trial your skill will Increase
Whether you arc to be praised or blamed for
it by others whether it will seemingly make
you richer or poorer, or whether no other
person than yourself knows Of your action /;
still, always, and in I'll Gases, do the right
thing. Your frst lessons IN this rule will
sometimes seem hard onss, but they will
grow easier and easier, until finally doing the
right thing will become . habit, and TO do I
wrong will be IN impossibility.
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last year, said: "The public expenditures
during the fiscal year amounted to $8l. $685.
667.76." II we add to this vast amount the
outstanding Treasury notes and the unpaid
indebtedness Of the Government, the total
will swell to ct least ono hundred millions oil
dollars. And yet the Democratic papers
have the effrontsry to charge that tho Oppo-
s..:cc s:!s;;ssJJ tic record ~hon iasy speak OF
the enormous public expenditures.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-29

THE GREAT EAsTERN.-The trial trip o this
great steamship has satisfied the owners that
she is a mechanical success. Her maximum
speed was seventeen and a half miles an hour.
She drew ~ feet and = inches OF water forward
and 25 aft. The steering apparatus has been
improved and works well. The ship rolls de-
cdedly, bat not excessively. The engines were
not once stopped, and worked beautifully The
bulk-heads are not ater-tight, nor near so
As they ought to be- The consumption of coal
was about 800 tons per day. Captain Harrison
once, and Mr.. Russell, her builder, is also per-
fectiy satisfied that shs is in good sea going
condition. The directors have decided that she
shall sail for Portland in November, provided
pairs before they will grant her license to
carry passengers.
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A MAMMOTH SLUIcE--A correspondent Of
the Leayenworth Times gives an account of q
ditch for furnishing water for gold mining to
the Russell and Gregory diggings, at the Rocky
Mountains, now in course OF construction, at
a cost $4,000 which will be from twenty five
to thirty miles in length, three feet wide at the
bottom, two feet deep, with velocity OF water
OF four miles per hour.
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LKgT.-A man who had been in Georgetown.
S. O., during good part of the last summer
on the plea of health, left last Friday, it being
intimated to him that ii might save trouble to
the community and danger to himself He
was man of fine personal appearance, re-
markabiy intelligent, and of gentlemanly man
ners and address. circumstances left no doubt
of his character as an emissary of those op-
posed to the institutions OF the community in
which he was a sojourner The Harper,s
Ferry affair has aroused Southern vigilance.
and the business Of emissaries will be found
IS ex ira hazardous"
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

10 The Ss. Lawrence Heuse, Corner etb
an9 MAN streets. Richmond, Va, is now open 10.
tie reception of BOARpERS, either by the day,
month or year. Mis-. Il. MACD0NoUGH.
oc It's
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9itbnluiih qispattt.
TFKMg 0F lDYKKTIsfall. .

M Advertisements pnbishsd until foriid. vi
he charged 50 cents per square Of eight lines for III
first insertion. and Is cents for each eontinuancs,
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r. II. e. Eaobsan. Practical Hair futtef
AND DRFSSER.--HIs HAIR GiTTlNt5s nhA-
WING. SHAMpOolyG and pl Nc RoosMo s are z.
under the American Hotel. 6sntieanen wishing 70
set their HAIR CUT IN tAe kztsst AEd m@st ap-
proved style, wou.d advlse ron 10 eSii on hsms-
Entrance on Hth street.
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HEADQ RS-WAR DEPARTMENT, }
Nnnr IL A pIi,,c Enppx q

Near HARPER 5 FERRY, Nd.
Whereas John T.. Cook has been nominated
q Captain in the Armory established under the
PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT. Now,
THEREFORE,, In pursuance of the authority
vested in us by said CONSTITUTIONS, we do
hereby APPOINT AND COMMISSION said John L.
Cook. captain.
Given at the Office of the Secretary of War;
this day, Oct. 18th, 1859. JOHN BROWN,
Commander in Chief.
II. KAGI, Secretary of War.
Another important paper was found in his
pocket book. small piece of parchment
about six inches long and one and a half broad
with string tied in one end OF it, and on it
was written, in legible hand, the following:
"OEe pair of pistols presented by Gen. La
fayette to Gen. Washington, and worn by Gen.
w. during the Northumberland To Judge
Washington, and by him bequeathed to Geo
@. Washington, and by him to Lewis w.
Washington, 1854"
This last paper was attached to the pistol
the paper refers to, which was taken with
other articles by Cook and his party during
the insnrrection. The pistol is in Cooks car
pet-bag which is In possession of several OF
his companions, who were yesterday in the
South Mountain, within half a mile of the
nlace where Cook was arrested.
The rocket book also has the following
written inside Of 1t in bold letters: "John L.
Cook, Harper's Ferry"
There were several other papers in the
pocket-book, containing drawings OF roads,
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The committee report that thero were bat two
c9mpetitors1Df Or Garter. OF Hing William, Tor
Elizabeth City comfy, for corn /; and that neither
OF them coming up 10 tne requirements Of Art.
XSEiL OF the Rules of ihe Society the commit
tee regret that, notwithstas slng the merits of the
applications they deem II not within their power
to award the uremfuuis.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17
"WsIkIns the Plank"

The history of the West is one lonp re.
cord OF bloody and atrocious deeds Not
the least IN the dark and interminabe cata-
logue is the little event we are about to Law
before our kind readers. We heard the
story from the lips of one who professed-
and we have no good reason to doubt his
word to have played a prominent part in
the thrllllng occurrence, and we give it to
the reader just as we heard it.:
Some years ago. said the narrator a
friend and myself agreed to take a tramp.
hunter fashion, through the great wilderness
OF the Northwest. Having provided our
selves with what things we thought actual,
ly necessary, and nothing more, we started
upon our perilous journey; for that it was
perllous we were fully aware, and every
reader viii admit.
AFTER encountering innumerabe hard
shlps end many dangers, we found ourselves
III the widest kind of region, many miles
distant from the haunts of civilization
ALREADY we had passed through enough to
nave discouraged most men, but we we're
young and full of blood, and not easily put
out or frightened. This was particularly
Tue case win my companion, whose name
was Andrew Huff.
'both OF us were perfectly healthy, as
strong as iron, and considerably experienced
In the use OF such articles as rifles. pistols
ana bowie knives. In all these respects we
could hold out with the best; had it been
otherwise, we should never have lived To
reach the point at which we finally arrived.
Just about dark one evening in the latter
part of July, after hard days tramp, we
halted for the night. A darker, deeper.
lonelier solitude than that which surrounded
Us, u would be hard to imagine. Silently
we quit little fire and cooked our supper;
silently we ats it. Worn out and for the
VI Nlne being slightly dispirited, we were in
no humor for conversation.
sor some time we sat by our campfire
without uttering single word and almost
without moving. was thinking of home
and absent friends, and it is only reasonable
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17

EGYPTIAN SACRED ANIMALs.-Diodoru
mentions that when the Egyptians went
abroad in the wars, they brought home
with great lamentations, dead cats, asd
hawks to be buried in Egypt. There was
a mourning in whatever house cat or dog
happened TO die for the former the iR.
mates shaved their eyebrows, and for the
latter their whole body Whenever Gre
happened, the great anxiety Of the Egyp.
tlsnS was lest any cat should perish in the
flames and they took more care to prevent
such calamity than to save their houses,
The punishment was death to kill sacred
animal, deSignedly but if undesignedIy the
punishment was referred to the discretion
of the priests. But If person killed q
cat or an ibis, no distinction of intention
was made the enraged multitude hurried
away the unfortunate person to his death.
Diodorous also relates that some Romans
being in that country for the purpose Of
concluding a treaty with the king, the peo-
pie who were much interested in greet fear,
treated the strangers with the utmost ats
tention and civility. But one of them hav-
ing happened, undesignedly to kill cat.
the enraged mob hastened to his lodgings,
and neither the interference of the king
nor the dread of the Romans could deter
them from putting him to death.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17

D3- At length the tragedy Of Harper't
Ferry has reached its eliminating If not lbs
closing scene. The hero and leader of that
desperate and daring enterprise has suffer.
ed the full sentence Of the law, but suffered
1t in such way as to turn its ignominy into
horror, and its penalty into martyrdom. He
met his death with fortitude even more
heroic than that with which he bore his de-
feat, his imprisonment, and his trial. He
was as calm and undauuted at the end as at
the beginning His example of courage and
faith is almost without parallel His let
ters, his conversation, and his personal de.
meanor, bear witness to moral character
so high and grand that common men, com
pared with him in respect to all noble NOR
al qualities, seem scarcely more than child
ren. No man has ever produced upon this
nation SO profound an impression for moral
heroism. He made this impression at the
first but every act he performed, and every
word he uttered until the day of his execu-
tion, only confirmed and increased the pow-
or OF his example. He grew greater and
greater unto the end. He was greatest at
the last, when most men would have been
weakest.-IndepeRdea
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17
Potatoes-New Varieties.

A Michigan farmer writes to the COun
try Gentleman, for several years past
have been interested in trying new varieties
OF Potatoes, and have found none thai
have pleased me so we'll as "Prince Albert
and Davis Seedlings" both on account o.
prodnctivenesS and excellence, as well a:
freedom from rot. l raised over two hun
dred bushels of "Prince Alberts" this year
the finest tubers ever saw-their eating
qualities unsurpassed the yield being on
considerable part of the ground planted
with ordinary cultiVation) at the rate OF
full four hundred bushels per acre.
l planted one peck of "Dayis Seedlings
putting from one to three eyes in hill,
on land highly manured, but rather wet,
the yield being twenty-eighr bushels of
sound tubers-some hills nearly or quite
filling peck measure. l think most va
rieties would have rotted badly on this
ground. The eating properties of this va
riety are also first rate.
The above named varieties are lOhite
Jfeshed and on account Of their good quail
ties, great productiVeness, and manifest
freedom from rot will eventually l am per-
suaded come into very general cultivation as
market varieties,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17

How TO PRoNoUNCE "OUGH"-The ending
syllable "ough," which is such terror to for
eigners, is shown up in its several pronuncia
tiOns in the following lines -
Wife, make me some dumplings of dough,
They're better than meat for my cough
Pray let them be boiled till hot through,
But not till they're heavy or tough,
Now, must be off to my plough,
Aud the boys (when they've had enough,)
Must keep the flies off with a bough,
While the old mare drinks at the trough.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17
Deferred from last week.J
CLEVELAND. Dec.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 2, '59.
Friend Telegraph: has made
descent upon us in right good earnest,
bringing large invoice of coughs, colds,
&c, suggesting the propriety of over-coats,
shawlS, and comfortable fires, to those who
can afford these Injuries.
The all absorbing topics Of conversation
for the past few days, has been the execu-
tion of John Brown. He has many SYM
pathizerS in our city, and suitable demon
strations have been made in commendation
OF the course he has pursued, aud in honor
of his noble martyrdOm, banner has been
threwn across Superior street, bearing this
inscription, II do not think I can better
honor the course Hove, than TO die for it.D
MelOdeon Hall has been draped in
mourning, and appropriate exercises will
be held there this evening. Also services
will be held in the FIRST Presbyterian church.
West side, on which occasion the Rev. Mr..
Thome will deliver discourse on the Mar
tyrdom Of John Broom. G. B. Flood, ed
itor of the National Democrat, and Mar
shal Johnston, have gone to Charlessown,
to enjoy the luxery Of seeing MaM hung,
title, to which they can never lay clsimt
for one, under the guise Of marshalship,
is but Northern blood hound, keen upon
the scent of the hunted fugitive; and the
other the foul-mouthed organ Of Southern
despotism, who would sell the noble hcrit-
age Of Nations liberties, for mass Of
pottage, in the shape of governmental gold.
This blow struck by Virginia, cannot
but react upon the entire South, with ro-
coil, whichswill ultimately upset their pot
and perhaps bury its defenders
underit blackened rains When a system
Of government can only be supported By
the application Of the bayonet, the only
argument used by tyrants aud despots, then
the time Of It's overthrow cannot be far
distant, and the blood Of hartyrdom Is but
the first crimson glow, which heraIds the
Of the sun of freedom. ave.
Docs AND DEMocRArs. Fred. Douglass
says, down South they keep dogs TO catch
niggers, but up North Democrats DO Il,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17

A SCARE.-Hon. Mr. Egerton, Republi
can M. @. from Ohio-the gentleman who
went to Charlestown to see John Brown,
at the instance of one of his sons in Ohio,
says that he stopped at Harper's Ferry
with one of his colleagues, and passed
through line Of bristling bayonets to the
village hotel. Here one or two Virginia
Congressman demonstrated with his col
league, as be had no business to transact
with Mr.. Brown, asserting that they would
not be answerable for his life if he proceed
ed, So Mr.. Egerton went on to Charles
town alone, armed with the proper papers.
He was met at Charlestown by excited.
panic-stricken people, who seemed to trem.
BILE for their lives, and they insisted upon
his return to the Ferry at once. The of.
fcials would not permit an interview with
Brown. Mr.. Egerton was unarmed he
had not even cane, and is as peaceable
looking a man as ever sat in Congress, but
the Virginia people were afraid Of him
Upon attempting to return he found that
nobody would bring him back At last
the military officials pressed horse and
open wagon into service, gave Mr. Egerton
a pass, sent an escort of four mounted dra-
goons, two in front and two in the rear of
the wagon-with swords and pistols-and
a driver to take him back to Harper's Fer
ry. A gallant lieutenant rode by him in
the wagon but on the way the Socks and
tones of the populace grew wrathful and
ominous, and the lieutenant was more and
more agitated, till be could no longer COM
mand himself, and he leaped from the wag-
on and ran off with all his might. He lost
his hat and cloak, but did not stop to pick
them up, The wagon stopped, aud the
brave Virginia officer was, after some par
ley, induced TO mount it once moSe. When
asked for the reason Of his fight, he declar-
ed that he had been informed that the peo-
pie on the route intended 10 shoot Mr. Egg
erton, and he feared that he might if he
remained, share the fate of the Republi-
can M. @. These facts | have from the
lips of Mr., Egerton, aud, incredible as
they seem, they are absolutely true Cor.
~ Y, IadPsadFut,
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17

BS~ Our readers will perhaps remember
the case of Manuel Mason, a poor coloreC
man in Washington, who was condemned
last spring to pay fine of 5000 for harbor
ing his own son. The court gave him six
months to raise the money In, he giving Sc
curities for the fine. The term expired last
week, and of course the securities should
have been called on for the fine, but instead
of that, Mason was thrown into gaol. The
reason for this is the fact that Mason's lit
tie boy, slave, has never been seen since
the time when it is charged that Mason
harbored him, and now the slave-owner
means to frighten the father into betrayal
of his son by keeping him in prison The
act is entirely illegal, and petition largely
signed has been sent to President Buchanan
asking for Mason's deliverance from jail
but what hope is there that our President
will listen to an appeal for justice to ne
gro? If STAKEHOLDER was the petitioner,
and the rights Of our common humanity
were asked to be invaded, there would be a
chance of Presidential aterposition, bat
now, when it is only mans freedom which
is at stake, there is no glimmer of hope.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17

WASHINGTON IRvING.-Mr. Irving leaves
a large fortne to be divided among his
nephews and neices. The copywright of
the Life of Washington, five volumes, is un-
derstood to be the property of his nephew,
Pierre Irving of New York city. Mr.. r.
ving although not penurious, looked out
for his copyrights and investments, and for
the last eight or ten years has probably re-
ceived for his books alone an average an
nual income of $4,000. Now that he is
dead several additional volumes will proba-
bly, be added to his works, and to no one
could the task of preparation be better as
signed than to his most intimate friend aud
publisher, George p Putnam.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17

B6~ Gov. Wise of Virginia and Gov.
Chase OF Ohio, had some correspondence
lately growing out of the Brown affair."
Gov. Chase said "Ohio will fulfill every
constitutional obligation to other members
of the Union, but cannot consent to an in
vasion of her territory by armed men, even
for the purpose of pursuing and arresting
fugitiYes from iustiee.p
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17
Artlaelal breeding OF Fish.

We have been favored with copy of a
letter from Gov. Wright of Indiana, now
U. S, Minister at Berlin, to d. HowLASD,
Esq, of Indianapolis 1t discusses several
questions Of interest to farmers and hortcul-
turists, but we conAne our extracts at pres
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-12-17

S9~ Correspondence that passed between
president Pierce and, his cabinet at the
close OF his administration, and which shows
that they were mutually satisfied with each
other, is paraded in the papers at this late
day. Does it mean that they would like
to commence again where they left of