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Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08
How One Feels in Battle.

In an account of the battle of Monte
bello, written by young non-commisson-
ed French officer to a newspaper at home,
he says
"Our officers kept US back, for we were
not numerous enough to charge upon the
enemy. This was, moreover, most pru-
dent, for this murderous fire-so fatal to
the white coats-did US but little HARM
Our conical balls penetrated their dense
masses, while those of the Austrians
whistled past our ears and respected our
persons. 1t was the first time had faced
fire, nor was the only one. Well, am
satisfied with myself. True, l lodged
the first balls, but Henry w. they say,
did the same at the beginning of every
battle. 1t is, in fact, physical effect, in
dependent of the will.
But, this tribute paid, if you could only
feel how each shot electrifes you. 1t is
like whip on a racers legs. The balls
whistle past you, turn up the earth around
you, kill one, wound another, and you
hardly notice them. You grow intoxicat-
ed, the smell of the powder mounts to
your brain. The eye becomes bloodshot
and its look is fixed on the enemy. There
is something of all the passions in that
terrible passion excited in a soldier by the
sight of blood and the tUmuIt of battle.
Everybody who has tried it, testifes to
the peculiar intoxication that is produced
by being in battle. There is an infatu-
ating influence about the smell of powder,
the shrill whistle Of bullet. and the sight
eff human blood, that instantly transforms
men from towards to heroes--from women
sometimes to monsters. None can tell of
the nature or mystery of that influence,
bur those who have been in the fray them
selves.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08
"Death Loves a ShInIng Mark.t

We are tired Of seeing this hackneyed
and absurd quotation 50 frequently parad-
ed before our eyes in obituary notices.
How do you know that death loves a shin
ing any more than a dull mark We
suppose dolts and Pumkin heads die occa-
sionally, and indeed pretty frequently,
and it is hardly treating death fairly, who
is not so unkind after all if we are ready
to meet him, to accuse him Of showing
partiality. Therefore, dear reader, if
you are unusually imbecile (Which, by the
way, you can't possibly be if you are in
the habit Of reading and paying for our
valuable paper-see terms elsewhere)
don't aatter yourself that Death will pass
your door on this account to knock at thai
of your shining" neighbor.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08
''YOa Forgot Me-

A good joke is toIk at the expense Of
one of our church going citizens who Is
the father of an interesting family Of
children, and among them bright eyed
boy, numbering four or FIVE summers, the
pet of the household and UNANIMOUSLY
voted the drollest mischief alive.
On Saturday night he had been bribed
keep peace, and retire to bed an hour
earlier than usual, with the promise that
on the morrow he might go with the family
to church. On Sunday morning it was
found inconvenient to put the youngster
through the regular course Of washing
and necessary for his proper appearance
at the sanctuary, and the family slipped
off without him. They had not, however,
more than got comfortably seated in their
pew, when in walked the youngster with
nothing on but his night wrapper and
cloth cap. "You forgot me-" said he, ia
a tone loud enough to be heard all over
the church. The feelings of the parents
can be more easily imagined than describ-
ed.-Ldtdyette Journal.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08

Among those who went to the Falls the
other day 10 see Blondin roll 10 wheel
barrow over the rope, was a Rochester
physician, who was determined 10 see all
the others saw, and he declared that the
Frenchman not only pushed the barrow
across the river on the rope, but that be
actually, on returning, took up the rope as
he went along, and wheeled in upon the
bank. Some of the bystanders had doubts
as to the correctness of the narrationr
when the narrator, expressing an indiffer-
ent opinion of their intellects; assured
them tat taking up the rope IN the wheel
barrow was no great feat, but cutting of
the guys .Oith has jack KNIFE as he come to
them bothered ham some .-....s
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08
NO. g.
Familiar Quotations.

"When I can read my title eIear..''---
Mrs. Mary Clarke Games. 81 .-r..n 70
$50 II bOOts-wOoden legs are cheap"
-Gea. Santa .4nRa at the battle Of CsTtQ
GOrdo. ..r .......
Throw physie to the dogs. "-Dr. Jayne
"Pile on the dirt, and d-d be he who
first cries before he's hurt. "-Jamss Cor
don BsnHst-mOtto Of t6s Herald.
"Know ye the land Of the cypress and
myrtle. Gen. Hm. Walker s4. ..-
"The world is all heeting show. -
p. T. BaTnUm.
"0ur pony is paving at the dOOr.n-L
E. Johnson. a.r s:J-
"The Key to the hole mys,ery."--ylEs.
Sicklss.
Look before you leap."-Sam Patch,
who didn't.
"a gone Sucker. Supposed % be
Stephen Douglas.
"Went up like rocket and came down
like stick. Cyrus w. FIsId. 90
"Adoot adOo my native land -' Tr
Fades Ger the water blue,
Farewell to ye, my Warriyer band,
lKos'HtG.
"TeIl me not in mournful numbers
lager is q tempting drink, .. u.
For its mostly dead in tumblers,
And is never what you think" '-.t
ILouaflloW, 3.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08
Miscellaneous.
SennIt-Tu WhlSkl,

By Admirer uv the BeUeridge-Ritten imejetly
Attertakin NIP, the labor interspersed With Oc-
kashUul '0ettin B'yltps l0ith the same.
Whski all hale frum erlyist boyhOod,
Hev ardently admyred thi qwaliliess
Thowst clOathed mi mind with strength-my nose in
richest dyer.
Hale! Whiski, hale Hale potent son Of Ryl >
When wus grows wus, the bad grows bladder,
When trubbuPs waves across my buEzum roll,
A nip of thee expands mi shrHnke.l sole, 81
As wind frum boys mouth expands bladder.
Water is gOOd-no man Of sens denise it;
SOren thru old nacher, and you will not meet
An artikle so fit for washin feet
But as beveridge faw, there dispise it.
Mi stUmmic turns and for reliefe fiji
To the eekstraet Nv korn-to thee, Red Eye.
*Alludin to the plesent fckshun that whish is
maid rye, which is not by means: on the con-
trary Nv korn.
IA beautiful simile, appropri8ly chosen to show
the eickser life will coz a to spread hizself
+The liberality Nv this sentiment is noble, it is
grand While assertin the superiOrit NV this favO-
right beverdge, he is Willin to allow that sum use
kin be maid NV uther likWids. Such noble minded
ness is refreshin.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08
Rattlesnakes and Whisky.

We not unfrequently see it stated in
the newspapers that this thing and that
thing will cure the bite of rattlesnakes.
Now, from personal observation during a
residence of five years in one of the
Southern States, low down on the Missis-
sippi, the writer Of this article feels war
ranted in saying but little reliance is to be
placed upon any except what is denomi-
mated the whisky cure" This has been
the Southern remedy for the past twenty
or thirty years. No other section of the
Union can compare with the South in
regard to the number, variety, and size Of
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08

A Mississippi County clerk having
issued a marriage license for a young
man shortly after received the following
note from him.
State Of Miss, July the 5th, 1859.
Mr.. Moody pies let this matter stand
over until further orders the girl has Flu
the track By her own Request and Re-
lease my name from off of this Bond if
you PIES
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08

Some one blames DR.. Marsh for chang
ing has mind. "Well," said he, ''that is
the difference between a man and jack
ass; the jackass can't change his mind.
and the man can-it's human privilege. -
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08

A boulder weighing about two pounds
was found under the shirt bosom Of col
ored individual arrested in a row. On
being questioned as to how it came in his
possession, he exclaimed with look Of
blank astonishment: "Dat's Just what I'D
like to know how that Internal dornick got
inter my buzum. l 'speci some dem nig-
gers must have frow'd it dar"
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08

81 say, Bill, then your getting two dol
lars a week now 81 M ..-.-.
"Well, you might knowed that, by
seein' all the fellers come scrapin' round
me that would not notice me when l was
poor"
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08
Anomalous Marriages.

The following have been going the round
of the papers, and were first published in
the Utica Evening Telegraph: -
VIM. Bean to Sarah Greenfield:
If fate shall to their wishes yield,
And fate 10 true love leans,
Time may bestOw on this Greenfield
AlOvely crOpo Beans.
Capt. Graves to Nancy Graves:
The graves, 'tis said.
Will yield their dead,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies
Butif God please,
From Graves like these
A dozen living folks may rise.
Asaph Spades to Angelina Bowers:
'Tis clearly proved, we think, that maids
Can't play the game, with all their powers,
For here we see the ace Of spades.
When Spades are ''trumps" can take the Bo1oers.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08

Some one blames DR.. Marsh for chang
ing his mind. "Well," said he, ''tha, is
the difference between a man and a jack
ass; the jackass can't change his mind,
and the man can-lt's human privilege
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08

What's the difference between a car
raige wheel and carriage horse? One
goes better Whenits tirsd-lhe other don't.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08

There is a man in Exeter who labors
under the delusion that "Hon." before>a
mans name means honest.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1859-09-08

TER MIS-
., g.9 in in 'Ss sSys4SSs emo e. month. 50
| ID ~ 90 70 90 90
more will be furnished at 81 90 per
GIBBS oorded o. n the cash accompanies the order not
,aEEiss.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28
Or BOgOta Ex-senator.

1t is nov understood that EX-Sena-
tor Jons of this State, has recon
sldered lis determination to resign
the position of Minister to Bogota,
The storyIis told that when the first
Minister . Bogota was appointed, by
President Pierce, the pcrplexed re-
ciplent d the honor, who had been
expecting something in the first class,
telegrapled to Washington as fol
lows /: Dear Pierce--Where in h-ll
as Bogota?" Apologizing orquoting
such abmpt language, great many
who hare heard of Gen. Jones APP
pointment to Bogota, appear to be in
the same perplexity Of ignorance as
the fst appointee, although they
ought to know all about it. But the
calculations of our Ex-senator have
been most terribly intertcred with
In the first place, he and his friends
had right to think that such peculiar
doughiaceism as his, such entire sub
servicnce to the Slave Power, such
valuable and unccasing services to
the Buchanan Administration, ought
TO DC rewarded with something better
than third class mission. The claims
OF Jones to the sympathy and apprc-
cation OF the President were indeed
greatly increased 10y the TACT that
Jones has been rcpudiatcd by his own
party IN Iowa, and superseded at
" ashlngton 10y rery Black kepnbll-
=,
can. The President has taken great
sra''iic",,on IA ro""ro,nS ','oSe VINO
are rephaia'ea or sISha''y rep"kca ny
'he people, I'D inns ''ew' no man 'lau
greater claims on ms nominating par
,'a'lly thah our Ex-senator, Tor II" man
mas peeh more s'Sna''y ftnnN'o '"r
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28
The LaWton Blackberry.

'INilS BERRY is unique, and not us some
L have been led to believe, the common
- New Rochelle Blackberry" improved by cul-
tivation. 1t differs in shape, size an d quality
from all others 1t is perfectly hardy enduring
the severcst winters without protection. The
fruit Is delicious, having small seeds in pro-
portion to its size is prodigious bearer, and
in any good farming soil, the stalk leaf, flow
cr and fruit will grow of mammoth proper
tiOns.
For the convenience of Clubs, and those
who take orders for plants, they will be safely
packed in boxes put up in clusters of one
dozen, without charge for package. at the fol-
towing rates A box Of dozen, 81 box
of 3 dozen, So ; box of s dozen, so. To
prevent imposition. which has been extensively
practiccd every package will be marked and
branded, and purchasers from the undersigned
will thus secure the gcnGine variety, without
admixture, and may enjoy this delicious fruit
the second summer in perfection. The money
should accompany the order, with name and
address distinctly written. n. B.-No timer
ant plant sellers or travelling agents are en-,
ploycd to sell the plants from my grounds.
Address, WIN LAWTON,
No. 81 Wall Street, New York,
or, New Rochelle y. Y.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28

The Democracy of Iowa are hereby notified
that the Democratic State Convention for 1853
will be held at Dcs Moines, Thursday, june
.. 1859, in the Capitol, ut ten O'Clock A. NJ
The purpose Of the Convention is to nomi
nate candidates for the following Uaiccs, to be
filled at the ensuing October election One
Governor, one Lieutenant Governor, tire,
Judges of the Supreme Court
Also to adopt such a system of organization
OF the Party Us may be best calculated To Sc.
cure the triumph Of our principles and nomi.
nccS
The ratio Of representation will be one for
every 100 votes cast for Samuel Douglas, as
Secretary Of State in October 1853.
Particular attention is called to the action
of the Democratic State Convention for several
years past, prohibiting all representation by
proxy votes.
The several County Central Committees are
especially requested TO see that County Meet
ings be held for the purpose Of sending dele
gates. JAS. A. WILLIAMSON,
Chairman Dem. State TX. Committee
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28

RAILROAD RIvALRY.-A Railroad Con-
vention, representing nearly all the
Companies in the country, was recent
ly held at Buffalo but after a session
Of three days, it dissolved without
having effected the objects of its as
semblagc Each competing line out
Of New York has since adopted such
plans of rates Of running time as to
serve its own ends, and the result is
the sharpcst kind of competition. The
New York, Hudson and Central line
will run a morning train from New
York to Buffalo in thirteen hours, and
a reduction of fare upon this route has
already been made to 81. The New
York and Erie has adopted the same
rate of passenger fare, and reduced
the price of live stock freight between
Buffalo and New York to $50 per car.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28

has to give, all that Heaven can prof
fer, lies within the reach of the low
lest as well as the highest for He
who spake as never man spake has
said that the very Kingdom Of God
is within you"
Born to such an inheritance, will
You wantonly cast it away? With
such "a goal in prospect, will you suf-
fer yourself to be turned aside by the
sheen and simmer of tinscl fruit !?
With earth in possession and Heaven
in reversion, will you go sorrowing
and downcast because here and there
a pearl or ruby fails you? Nay, rath-
er, forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto those
which are before, press forward. Dis
content and murmuring are insidlous
foes trample them under your feet.
Utter no complaint, whatever betide
for complaining isa sign of weakness.
If your trouble can be helped, help it;
if not, bear it. You can be whatever
you will to be. Therefore, form and
accomplish worthy purposes. If you
walk alone let it be with no talterlng
tread. Show to an incredulous world,
How grand may be LIES might,
Without Loves circling CROWN
Or if the golden thread Of love shine
athwart the dusky warp of duty, if
other hearts depend on yours for sus-
tenance and strength, give to them
from your fulness no stinted measure.
Let the dew of your kindness fall on
the evil and the good, on the just and
on the unjust.
Compass happiness, since happi-
ness alone is victory. On the frag-
ments of your shattered plans, and
hopes, and love-on the heaped-up
ruins of your past-rear stately
palace, whose top shall reach unto
heaven whose beauty shall gladden.
the eyes of all beholders whose
doors shall stand wide open to receive
the way-worn and weary.
Life is a burden, but it is imposed
by God. What you make of it, it
will be to you, whether a milestone
about your neck, or diadem upon
your brow. Take it up bravely, bear
it on joyfulIy, lay it down triumphant
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28
Revival of the Slave Trade.

When Governor Adams, of South
Carolina, a few years ago, advocated
in his message revival of the slave
trade, the proposal was almost uni
versally regarded as chimerical as 1t
was wicked but since that time, new
evidences have almost daily been pre-,
scented of growing sentimentsn the
South in favor of this infamous traffic
The leading organs and orators of the
ultra Southern school now openly ad
! vocate it, and present their arguments
against the act of Congress which
prohibits the foreign slave trade with
as much GOODNESS, earnestness, and
determination as if they were plead
ing for holy cause. Public meetings
are not unfrequcntly held in the South
ern States in favor of a revival of the
slave trade. In Southern Conventions
the project forms leading topic OF
discussion and while it is denounced
by the moderate, humane, and patriotic
men of the South, the Hotspurs of that
region jealousy advocate it. Not sat
isfed, however, with a mere thcorcti-
cal advocacy of this traffic, something
practical has also been done There
are many rumors of cargocs of slaves
having been secretly landed in Texas,
Mississippi and Florida and the fact
that cargo was landed in Georgia,
by the yacht Wandercr, was clearly
established.
Since the commencement of the
agitation of this question, the forces
of the slave-trade champions have
been steadily increasing until large
acccssions have been made to their
numbers. The next advance step u
was in the case of the brig Echo, when
Southern Grand jury ignored abill
| of indictment against men Known t.
have participated in the revolving and
inhuman voyage which proved fata)
to hundreds of the unhappy Africans
whose surviving companions were
restored to their native shores by the
stcam-frigate Niagara. Then CANT
the direct Importation by the Wandcrel
of cargo of slaves into Georgia
and, as fitting finale to this last ac
of the revolving drama of re-estab
fishing the most infamous traffic tha
ever disgraccd the world-a trafli,
based not only in human flesh ant
blood, but in human life, accompanied
as it necessarily is by fearful sacri
flee of existence in Africa to Obtain
the original possession Of the slaves
and on the ocean, during their trans
portation to this country the schcm,
appears to have virtually received the
appreciation of the faithless public
servants at Washington, to whom the
government of the country has beer
entrusted.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28
HENRY WARD BEEcUER ON NEWspa

HENRY WARD BEEcHER ON NEwsPA-
PERs. - Consider how universal are
newspapers in America. They pene.
trate every nook and corner of society.
No other element of power has such a
sphere. The pulpit, the court, the
lecture, compared with the newspaper,
touch society in but few places. The
newspaper in America is universal
1t reaches within and without, from
surface to core, it travels everywhere,
is bought by everybody, read by all
classes, and is wholly or nearly the
only reading Of more than half our
population. It's service to good NOR
ais and to intelligence among the peo-
pie is incalculable All the libraries
OF Europe are not of as much service
to the nations of Europe as the news
paper is to this American nation. Its
power is growing. Who would, TWEEN
ty years ago, have dreamed of such "a
growth and power as has been devel-
oped? But the next twenty years will
witness a greater. The Editor is to
be the schoolmaster. The best talent,
will find its highest sphere in the edi-
torial room. Already the Chair is
more influential than the Bench or
Platform. No brain can act upon so
many as that which speaks by the
printing press of the daily paper. Ink
beats like blood in the veins of a
nation.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28

When o. S. Fowler-so the story
runs-frst commenced the examine
ton of bumps, some of the students
in the New York University were dis
posed to quiz him. An oddly shaped
squash was found in the college yard,
and plaster cast taken Of one end OF
it, quite closely resembling the cast
of human skull. This was taken
to Fowler's rooms, and he was given
to understand the original was close.
ly connected with literary institu-
ton. The Phrcnologist took the cast
in his hands and examined it with
some care, when a bright thought
struck him. "You need not think,
young men, to catch me- said he to
the students do you think don't
know the head of Horace Greeley?
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28
St. Charles City, Iowa, April %, 1859.
|. @. G.. r.

The friends of temperance will un'
doubtedly be glad to learn that our
people, at last, have living temper
ance organization in their midst. The
st. Charles Lodge, No. SO, |. o. G. T.,
as will be seen by reference to a
notice in another column, is now in
working order. The Officers are as
follows
|. W. Card. W. C. T.; Mrs. Mary
Hackley, w. V. T. ; James jackson,
W. s; Silas Card, w. T.; Miss Jennie
c. jackson, w. l. G.; E. p. Harring-
ton, w. o. G.; Samuel Hackley,W. c.;
Tisdalc A. Hand, w. NJ; Miss Emma
Meacham, w. D. NJ; G. H. Whitehead,
r. H. s.; Mrs. L. A. Hildreth, l.. Ii. s;
A. B. F. Hildreth, w. F. s.; Mrs A. B.
Smith, w. A. S.
The institution of this Lodge in our
midst seems to he quite favorabIy re-
garded by the community in general
and it now, at its second meeting.
numbers about thirty members, with
a prospect of valuable additions, not
only in numbers but also in influence.
|. w. Card, as D. G. w. C. T., has au-
thority to institute Lodges in this
County, which he will do with pleas
ure, wherever the friends of the tenn
perance cause may deem advisable.
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-28

PoTIrICs AND GEOGRAPHY. - Bogota
and Gen. Jones appear to be great
puzzles to the Democracy. Some o
the leaders of the unterriiied have
lately taken to the study of gcogra
ply, while others are looking into tho
political tcrgivcrsations of the Gcncr
al. A smart contemporary down the
river gets Off the following, as the re-
suit of his investigations, and as ex-
prcssivc of his superior Judgment as
to the proper course for the Brigadier
to pursue:
In our last we stated that the Hon.
Geo. w. Jones, our ext. 5. Senator,
had been appointed and confirmed
Minister to New Grenada, which APP
appointment we are glad to learn be
positively refused to accept. Suisse
qucntly he received the appointment
of Minister to Bogota, which place he
will no doubt accept, and fill with hon
OF to himself and benefit to his coun-
try.-Cedar Tipson) Democrat.