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Red Wing sentinel., 1859-08-13
A WORD on RATrLEsNAKEs.

Tue newspapers tn1C9 InlS .CnlnH and
that will cure the bite, Of rattlesnakes
Now from personal observation dur.
ing a residence of five years in one OF
the Southern States, low down on the
Mississippi, the writer Of this article
feels warranted in saying, that but lit.
tie reliance is to be placed on any Of
them except what is denominated
';Whiskey cure . This has been the
Southern remedy for the last twenty
years. >,;.srs :. :,
No other section of the Union can
compare with the South in regard to
the number variety and size Of its
reptiles, and it is safe to presume that
more persons are bitten there every
year than in all other sections combin-
ed. The invariable cure there, is in
whisky or other intoxicating spirits
Before this remedy was discovered the
tobacco cure was resorted to. But
this is too harsh remedy, and if tax
en- in sufficient quantities to overcome
poison, it is liable to throw the patient
into spasms. But this is too harsh a
remedy, aud if taken in sufficient quan.
titles to overcome poison, is liable. to
throw the patient into violent spasms.
But in the whisky cure there is no
danger. There can be no intoxica-
ton until the poison is counteracted,
no matter how large the quantity ad-
ministered, no more than if water in
stead of spirits, had been given. The
certainty ofthis remedy, should throw
all reliable ones-and nearly all 9TH
ers that have been named as such,
aside. 1t may be assumed as correct,
what will cure the bite of a venomous
reptile in one locality will cure it anoth-
er. Hence, the whiskey cure, from its
great reliability, should supersede all
others that have yet been tested, and
in this way many valuable lives may
be preserved. " f.i ATa s 4
Persons who have been bitten by
lattlesnakes usually become excited,
AID their blood if not already heated
is sure to be very soon. In this way,
the poison intermingling with the
blood, circulates with surprising rapid.
|ity throughout the system. Active
and powerful then must be the treat
ment in order to rescue the patient
from immediate death. We have
known persons to become blind twen-
ty minutes after they were bitten, and
in such cases it required over pint of
liquor to relieve them. In no case
where either whiskey or French bran.
dy has been administered before the
|patient was actually dying, did we
ever know this remedy to fail.
Here in the North where poisonous
reptiles, are comparatively scarce,
rattlesnake bites have usually termin-
ated fatally. The most skilltul physi-
clans have been completely baAled, at:
ter resorting to all the remedies Of the
materia medica, and their patients
given up to die. But there is no
reason why the fang Of rattlesnake
should be more fatal, than the bite of
a New Jersey musquitoe. In case you
are bitten, then, resort to the remedy
we have named. We don't approve
Of drunkenness under any other Cir
cumstances, but should you ever be
SO unfortunate as to be bitten by a
snake, by all means get sglorionsly.
drunk, and the sooner you do 50 the
sooner you will be all right. ~ Y.
Espress. ,.'' ..' . ~ u - s.9is ~ .s...,.
POWER OF A MOTHERS NAME.
Red Wing sentinel., 1859-08-13
MISCELLANEOUS.

NEW BARBER SHOP.
!TNHE SUBSCRIBER HAS FITTED UP IN
L first rate manner. the room formerly
occupied as the Sentinel Office. on ri, IN street
opposite the Hack House, and having reduced
the price Of shaving to
FIVE C. !; NTS!
is prepared to execute: in superior manner, all
branches Of his profession. Citizens and stran-
gers are respectfully invited to call.
j. W. COOK.
Red Wing, May Z, 80. l44-tf
Red Wing sentinel., 1859-08-13

! SSS "A AAoooieis ssH AWl" uSSiy HAL
relating his travels in Missouri, sale
that he arrived in cChickenville in tn,
forenoon, and just few days before
there had been a boat busted, and F.:
heap Of people scalded and killed one
way and another. So at last, as
went into grocery, a squad of people
followed in, and one bowed and said
"It's one of the unfortunate suffer
ers by the bustin' of the Franklin
Upon that he axed me to drink will
him, and as put the tumbler to my
mouth, he stopped me of a sudden,
81 beg your pardon, stranger, but
But what % sez /. '.'.
s@Jest fix your mouth that way agin, >
sez he. ~.'2@l'' a9 ..8 5s.t9ja'
done it jest as I was gwibe to
drink, an I'll be hanged if didn',
thiuk they'd all go into tits.Y They
yelled and hooped like a. gang Of
wolves. Finally, one of the gang seq
Don't make fun Of the unfortu.
nate; he's hardly got over bein' blowed
up, yet. Let's make up a puss for
him. - SEW. .077is' @7'>-'5iss~s
They then all throwed iii and made
up five dollars. As the spokesman
handed me the change, he axed me:
"Where did you find yourself after
the 'splosion ?'' h,..,,,.:h 81 o. .,.,{ q
In a flat boat p; sez L. ;, :. ,;..5-y I
=" How far from the Franklin % seq
he.2 aa'' 1a ''1''.@''g4S' i''@ ''''',,,'l'ss :,
"Why," :" scz +, ct never yier! seed, 81 .bu,
as nigh as i can guess, about three
hundred and seventy five miles, 10
You'd oughter1seen that gang :ske,
daddle. d yrsa Sd o.F esnasi azedt TO
EnP CASE OF RU1 orF.2E,}ward FL Ri.
loft, theosupposed wife murderer, now
in the yCayuga countyjail, has become
an acute crimina! lawer. He prepar.
ed, il, j. said, the brief upon which the
Court Of Appeals set aside his convic
]tion for the murder Of his wife and
child, and ordered a new trial.
Since then he has teen before the
fCourt again, q notice sof which VT
find as follows itl the Cooperstowu Re
|pubtic0,e:-baa r49i,leH- oafft} nsaiiaBq
s'This man, who has been ten year.
{: III, the state prison, and convicted ol
the murder Of his wife, and sentenced
Ito be hung new trial granted b,
the Court Of Appeals, on the ground
that the body Of his wife had never
been foundLwas before the Court te
day Thursday on shabeae corpus. HI
asked for adischarge on the ground
that he had once been tried, and ar
] gued his motion with great intellect
tual discrimination and ability. Bu
the { Court Of Appeals having hele
that his conviction was mis- trial and
T not a trial, therefore, the Judge ordered
a new trial in Tioga county, saying
that in case there was no new andsad
ditional evidence produced he must b.
acquitted; that is; it. the body of til.
l wife could not be found 5fa ng
i .WA paper ont West, desiring I.
I publish a stanza of poetry occasional
] )ly, but. not having much space t.
|spare for the purpose does it in til,
following manner
] "Those frogs OF, which. aforetime
], our muse was won't to sing, h:,gai,
Red Wing sentinel., 1859-08-13

1850. RED WING 1852.
ST E AM AN1NG NELL.
SASH, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY.
Zone Block above Freeborn's Saw MILL 81
IWE SHALL BE PREPARED, TO FUR
wv nish at all times, anything the above
line Of business, and shall keep on hand all
'Elnds OF planed and. matched Lumber, Mould
in2s, etc. g-T g ,{T96stu ~ islit.l.
Orters promptly attended to, which may al
80 be left with Brown 4 Betcher': u.,Ir..a.s. 4
Produce of all kinds taken in exchange ofor
work. COGEL & BETCHER- I
Red Wing, April 10, 1859. 142-1y
Red Wing sentinel., 1859-08-13

rylng old men, IN expectation Of soor
becoming young widows, do them
selves pine away, while their old shak,
husbands grow fat and hearty an6
live to- bury another wife. Greyhead:
wishing for green old age will bea,
this in mind. AS for the robust youne
women, reason is thrown away, fo1
they are bound to take the chances.
Red Wing sentinel., 1859-08-13

7 L" "Why, "iscz I, "I never YER! seed, Sc bu,
as nigh 81 can guess, about three
hundred and seventy five miles, to
You'd ,oughtersseen that gang .ske,
[d2ddle. ID. a1... ID IL saifssl a.aa. 20
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-27


- A special dispatch 10 the Chicago
Times gives the following particulars Of flu
give slave taken from the United States
Deputy Marshal at ostowa, BY the Black
Republicans:
OTTAwA, III, Oct so.
A fugitive slave. belonging to Mr.. Richard
Phillips, of Missouri. was to-day, aheut Ii
o'clock. A. NJ. rescued by prominent Reput-
licans of this city from the United States
Deputy Marshal for the Southern District Of
Illinois, in the presence of Hon. ]. d. Cation,
Chief Justice, at his chambers. The slave
was brought from Union county before the
Judge, on writ of habeas corpus. in. Al
bright, Deputy Marshal. claim to hold him
under q writ Issued by the United States
Commissioner of the SoUtht IN District of ii
hnois under the fugitive slave law. The
prisoner was remanded. and just as the judge
bad finished making out the order, and be-
fore be tad left the room. a faDatical crowd
OF Republicans rushed upon the Marshal, for
chilly took the fugitive, and hurried him into
close carriage prepared for the occasion.
The team went out of town On a run. with q
crowd of Republicans following, hooting and
yelling. The Chief Justice. after giving his
d cision, made some remarks 10 the crowd,
stating that. although their sympathies might
be aroused in behalf of the prisoner. be hoped,
out of respect TO himself. his friends aud
neighbors would a. { attempt to violate any
law; that he would regret TO b. made the un.
willing instrument of bringing person on q
writ of habeas corpus into place where the
law could not be executed. His personal re-
quest and the majesty of the law were, new
erthe1ess, alike disregarded.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-27
Loui.i.u. Democratic Platform.

RESOLVED. That the ID, mOcracy of the State
Louisiana, while renewing their adherence
the principles and d, claraIions st forth ia
re platform adopted by the National Demo
attic Convention at Cincinnati, in the year
$50, rrpudiate and drnounce the false aud
reIical construction of those principles by
hich the rights of the South in the Terri
,rits OF the Union would be sacrificed to the
,stilty of local and trrril oriul majority;
nd that, while d,'nying to the +, deral Gov
rnmcnt the power to destroy those rights,
n the protection Of lchich governments are estdb-
shed, and laws should b administer d; tn y
rre strrnuously protest against tue usurpa-
on of any such power. either directly or
ldir' city. through express prohibition, IN
iendly legislation or legislative euaction by
~ subordinate agency.
RESOLVED, That in the d, cision of the SUI
RENE Court OF the United States. in the case
bred Scott, We are glad to recognize an
nphatic endorsement Of our highest jud ciai
ibunal, of the corr, ctness OF those doctrines
IT which the Democratic party has always
INTENDED. and of the justice of the position
coupled by the Southern States during the
ing course of sectional controversy.
Resolved. That all States and sections of the
.nion are entitled equally. within the limits
the Constitution. 10 the vigilant soliciiude
I'd fostering care of the Federal Govern
. ent; that, consistently with the rquire-
euIs of the Constitution, every part OF the
'untry should be left alike fee and unim-
owed in itS COMMERCIAL and material deve-
pment, and that territorial expansion l. q
Ultimate expression of The healthy energies
; I'D growing capacities of the people.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-27

It cannot be denied that the defeat of the
DEMOCRACY of the Union in 1860, would
hasten the downfall OF the Republic V,cks-
burg Sun.
Altogether a mistake. Defeated in 1860,
"choked Off; from the public teat, the De-
mocratic party would swear terribly, and
threaten to break things. but the wheels Of
government would roll ON as if nothing had
happened. The existence of the Union is not
mixed up with the success or defeat of the
Democratic or any other party. Its fouuda-
tions are laid in the hearts of q patriotic peo-
pie, whose love of the Constitution and iaith
In the future are not TO be shaken by the
clamor oi disappointed partisans, treacherous
demagogues, or Infatuated fanatics. The
Union will stand as n monument of the wis
dom, and virtue, and patriotism of the sages
under whose counsels the noble fabric was
erected, long after the Democratic party shall
have gone down in darkness, and been for
gotten. 1t would be sad thing for free
government if our model republic held its
life by so trail tenure as the success Of any
party.
But, why stould the So. regard the sue
cess of the Democratic party as identified with
the preservation OF the Union In the bosom
OF that party have been engend,Ied most
the evils which have, from time to time. af-
hicted the nation; and in the same nest have
been incubated the greater portion of the
broods of disorganizers and fanstics which
have warred upon our institutions and en-
d.avored to light the fires ofcvil war. Null
LITIGATION, secessionism, abolitioni>m are the
legitimate offspring of Democracy. The
downfall of Democracy would. therefore, he
. blessing. and instead of having AN injurious
effect upon the Union, would but rid it Of
many Of the dangers which hover around it,
The Sun should review its opinions. II is
not well to regard the Union As resting upon
foundation 50 insubstantial as a political
party which may be swept away at any mo-
ment- Rather let il be believed that the ex-
istence ofpolitical parties depends upon their
love Of the Union, and the principles which
our free governments was designed to Illus
trate and enforce. This would promote
healthier and more rational public seatimsut
deprive party controversies of much of their
bitterness. and strengthen the bulwarks Of
our freedom.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-27
The Ocoee Bank.

This bank, a stock bank with an admirable
charter, has changed hands, and is owned
entire by John r. Branner, Geo. NJ. Branner
VIM. A. Branner, and DIR. Mcfarland, and
the new branch in our city went into opera
ton yesterday, issuing about the prrtIirst
bills We have yet seen. Geo N. Branner is
President, and w. A. Brauner is Cashier
and both residents of our city. They will
gradually wind up the cambridge Bank, and
put all its inactive capital of State Bonds
into active use in the Ocoee Bank, and do n
more extensive, but strictly legitimate bank
ing business.
We are pleased TO have it in our power TO
announce this change, as it will be one
greatly benetici al to our town and the
rounding counties. The bank is in the hands
of men of large capital. and men who. in the
management OF the cambridge Bank, have
shown themselves to be men of integrity.
We tell our readers far and near. that thes
need have no fears of the issues of the Ocoee
Bank, only the fear that they can't get hold
of enough OF them. 1t will not initiate The
Bank of East Tennessee, but will square up
TO its duty. and it, obligations We say this
much unsolicited by The owners OF the bank,
and il our predictions are not verified. then
let the public hold us Iesponsible-for We
will never endorse a bank that We have no
faith in !-KnOrpi!Is Why.
Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-10-27
~ 1t NAV be interesting saws the HO,

~ 1t may be interesting says the Home
Journal, to republish the following extract
from a conversation with FENIMoRE COOPER,
in 1855, recorded at the time by Mr.. WILLS,
then in Paris:
Il was calling on Lafayette one day (said
Mr.. Cooper aud was let in by his contden-
tIal servant, who. il struck me, showed signs
/ OF having something to conceal. he said
his master WAS al home, aud, after q mo-
ment's hesitation, made way for me TO 90 on,
a. usual, to bis private room-but saw
there was some embarr assment. / walked IN,
aud found the General alone. he received
me with the same cordially as ever, but in
quired with some ,agerness who let me in,
and whether l met an old acquaintance going
out. told him that his old servant had I'D
United me, and that there was certainly some
thing peculiar in the mans manner; but as
had seen no one else, knew nothing more.
| .'.Ah.' said the General, that fellow put
him in the side room. Sit down, aud / will
tell you. Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
WAS here two minutes agop
II expressed my surprise. Of course, for
this Was '33, when it was death for Bona
psrIe TO enter France.
Yes continued the General, 'and he
came with proposals n. H. wishes to mar
ry my granddaught Clemenline, unite the
ftPnoHcGisas ana IH!PtrtdHsfs, and ma ke him
sell Emperor, aud make my granddaughter
Lmpr ssp'
a. Aud, if it be not an indecent question,
said, what WAS your answer, my d"ar Gen
erxl?
~ told him. said Laiay cite, that my fam
lily had tue American notion On that subj, CT,
and chose husbands for th, mseves- that
there was the young lady-he might go court
her, and if she liked him, bad no hjrclion.'
MT. Copper did not tell Us QOr of course
be did kno" how the Prince piled his ooing,
nor why he failed. The fair Clcmentine,
who thus, POSSIBLY, lost her chance of being
an Empress, married NJ. de Beaumont, aud
now represents her rejected admirer as the
French Embassadress At the Court of Austria.
Shortly after this visit to Lafayette, MIR.
Cooper was in London, and mentioned to the
PrIncess (the widow of the elder brother of
the President vi France) this venture OF
Prince Lous into the den Of the Orleanists.
he Ii mad ! was the only reply.
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zhe pespss.sn 81 Dsmser.ey.

The Despottsn 81 Oemoeraeys
We reprint the following graphic descrip-
tion of Democracy by JeHN w. FoRsEY. from
his Press. Is 1t not holding the mirror up
to nature :"
"There never was In this country, since It
secured its freedom from the yoke Of Great
Britain, . more eomplete exhibition CT des-
potism than that which the Administration
presents in Its relation TO the democratic
party. Men are pursued for honestly enter
tanning opinions 80 orthodox that none dared
to question their correctness two years ago,
with a. much vindictiyeness ~ il they were
the veritable outcasts and felons of society.
All the machinery of the Government is
brought to bear upon them, 80 Ear as its
power can possibly extend. with as much
maiignity, and in a. tyraunicai and ferocious
| q spirit As any despot of Europe ever evinced
| against the champions of liberty. There is
scarcely classic appeal against existing
tyranny in any age or country that does not
present many striking points OF applicability
10 the present position of the Democratic
party in its relations with the treacherous
servants who now assume to be it masters.
There never Was greater mockery upon any
cause, just in itself, and which possessed u
hold upon human sympathy. than the appi-
cation of the word Democratic to the Federal
Administration. or The control OF the Demo
cratic party by its officials. They illustrate
and enforce, by their daily acts aud policy.
nearly every tyrannical theory, every anti
Democratic doctrine, every despotic senti-
ment that has disgrsced the human race"
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Letter from GerriI smith 10 Captain
John brown.

PETERsBoRO,' June 4. ls59.-Captain Jno.
Brown-My dear friend wrote you week
ago, directing my letter to care OF NJ.
Kearney. He replied, informing me that he
had forwarded the letter to Washington.
But rs Mr.. Morton receiving last evening "A
letter from Mr.. Sanborn, saying your ad-
dress would be your sons home, viz: West
Andovcr. therefore write you without delay
aud direct my letter to your son. l have
done what l could thus far for Kansas, and
what could to keep you at your Kansas
work. Losses by endorsement and other
wise have brought me under heavy embar
rassments the last two years, but | mus
nevertheless, continue TO do in order To
keep you at your Kansas work. send you
herewith my draft for 5000. Let me hear
from you on the receipt OF this letter. You
live in our hearts. and our prayer To God il
that you may have strength to continue in
your Kansas work. Ny wife joins me in al
fectionate regard to your d-ar John, whom
We both hold in very high esteem.
suppose you put the Whitman note into
Mr.. Kearn,y's hands. 1t will be great
shame if Whitman does not pay it. What
noble man is Mr.. Kearney! How literally
he hos contributed 10 keep you in your = an
sas work
Your friend. GERRTr SNITA.
On the back OF this letter is endorsed -
'Gerrit Smith answered Jnne 18th. and en-
closed E, b. Whitman's note, and Ii. Tub
mans receipt"
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- The conservative presses of the

- The conservative presses of the
North are availing themselves, generally,
of the Harper's Ferry invasion. to impress
upon the public mind the dangerous ten
dency of the agitation Of the question OF
slavery, which has, for years past. engrossed
90 great q share of attention. If they shall
succeed in awakening the masses to proper
sense Of the evils which are covered up I'M
der the nefarious doctrines Of the ultra Re
publican Traders, and to direct their thoughts
70 other and more beautiful topics, the blood
Of the innocent men slain by the abolition
rufaans will not be altogether unstoned.
The task is difficult one, but We are not
without the hope that the natural horror
which such an outrage as that perpetrated by
Brown and bis fellOw-murderers, inspires,
will produce immediate serious reflection,
and ultimate amendment. There are thou
sands who have been carried away by the
plausible theories, and specious sophistries
Of ambitious leaders, who have never con-
templated the bloody dramas which must, In
the end. be their result. These. at least,
ought TO be within reach Of the truth; il the
conviction. In the great State of New York,
where Mr.. SEWARD enunciated his I" bloody
and brutal" doctrine of an "irrepressible
conflict between slave-labor and free-labor,
which must eventuate in the total eradica-
tion of slavery, or it's extension 10 all the
free States, the November elections ought to
be made the occasion of display of better
feelings, but unfortunately this cannot be
done, in the present stage OF the canvass,
otherwise than by defeating the Republican
and electing the Democratic ticket This is
cup which conservative Republicans, who
repudiate Mr.. SEWARD aud his doctrines,
might we'll reject, and yet feel proper de-
testation of the Harper's Ferry murders. and
the CAUSES which Immediately or remotely
led to them.
Whilst conservative journals, North are
trying TO educe good from evil we regret
60 ace that Southern journals are laboring to
make one evil the provocative of Others. In
the hands Of the latter the Brown furay has
become an instrument to widen the breach
between the North and Suuth-fo alarm still
more the fears of Southern men-and to in
crease the chances of sectional conflict.
These journals, We need not say, are Demo-
cratic. No others would be guilty of such q
thing. Some. who do not go SO far, seem TO
regard the foray as godsend, out Of which
party capital is to be made. They have
been viewing with alarm the symptoms of
cooperation of Oppositionists, North and
South, to organize the federal House of Rep
resentatives, and to elect President of the
United States, and they bold up old JOIN
BRowS as a scare crow to brighten Southern
men out of the idea of having anything to do
with Northern men who are not democrats,
knowing all the while that Northern demo-
Gratis, generally, are no more reliable, a. pro-
tectors of the South, THAI the mass of the
Republicans. If they succeed in frightening
any body We shall be surprised. The trick
IL too shallow-it can deceive no one.
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~ John e. Cook, or Capt. Cook as he Il
more familiarity known. from his alleged con-
nection with the Harper's Ferry insurrec-
tion. was born In Haddam. Conn, where his
parents, who are highly respectable and
worthy people, now reside. lie Is young
man Of about rs or 2s years Of age, we'll
educated, and OF refined manners. and Is 9
brother-in-law OF q weii-known merchant in
philadelphia. He taught school. some I've
or six years ago. at Harper's Ferry. from
which place be came to williamsburg. and
commenced the study Of Law with Mr.. John
n. Stearns. Three years ago, be went to
Kansas. and remained there about one year.
during which time be distinguished himself
In the Free State cause. Al the expiration
Of that time be returned 10 Williamsburg.
where be remained for few weeks, when he
set out again for Kansas