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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-07-16
GREELEY S LETTERS.
AN OVERLAND JOURNEY.
NUMBER NINE
THE AMERICAN DESERT.

STATION lS, P. P. Express Co., June 2.
The clouds, which threatened rain at the
Station on Prairie Dog Creek, whence
wrote two days ago, we're dissipated by a
violent gale, which threatened to overturn
the heavy wagon in which my fellow -passen-
gers and were courting sleep-had it
stood broadside to the wind, it must have
gone over. 1t is customary learn, to
stake down the wagons encamped on the
open prairie; in the valleys Of the creeks,
where the Company's Stations are located,
this precaution is deemed superauous.
But the winds which sweep the high prair-
les of this region are terrible; the few trees
that grow thinly along the creek bottoms
rarely venture to raise their heads above
the adjacent bluffs, to which they owe their
doubtful hold on existence.
For more than hundred miles back, the
soil has been steadily degenerating, until
here, where we strike the Republican, which
has been far to the north of us since we
left it at Fort Riley, 300 miles back, we
seem to have reached the acme of barren
ness and deSolation. We left this morning
Station II on little creek entitled Couler,
at least 80 miles back, and did not see a
tree and but one bunch of low shrubs in a
dry water course throughout our dreary
morning ride, till we came in sight of the
Republican, which has little--a very lit
tle-scrubby cottonwood nested in and a.
long its bluffs just here, but there is none
beside for miles, save little lurking in a
ravine which makes down to the river from
the north. OF grass there is little, aud
that little of miserable qnality-ether a
scanty furze or coarse alkaline sort of rush,
less fit for food than physc Soil there is
none but an inch or so of intermittent grass
root tangle based on what usually seems TO
be thin stratum of clay, often washed off
so as to leave nothing but slightly argia-
ceous sand. Along the larger water-cours.
es-this one especialIy-:his sand seems to
be as pure As Sahara can boast.
The dearth Of water is fearful. Although
the whole region is deeply scanned and gull
led by waterconrses-now dry. but 10 rainy
weather mill-streams = no springs burst
from their steep Sides We have not pass
ed drop of living water in all our morn
ing's ride, aud but few pailfuIls of muddy
moisture at the bottoms of a very few OF
the fast-drying sloughs or sunken holes in
the beds of driedup creeks. Yet there
has been much rain here this season, some
of it not long ago. But this is region Of
sterility aud thirst. If utterly unfed, the
grass Of season would hardly suffice, when
dry, to nourish prairie-ire
Even the animals have deserted u.s. Nc
Buffalo has been seen this year within ma
ny miles of us, though their old paths lead
occasionally across this country; presume
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where he can look mp with pure adora-
ton, and down with true charity. IL re-
leases him from bondage to creeds, and for
mularies Of worship, and prescrptive lines
of duty, and introduces him into the free
dom of the sons Of God He is no more
an alien--an outsider-a slave spurred in
in the performance Of his task-for Gods
life is in him as a possession and that life
is in its own law He holds the hands of
angels in his own. He lives in truth and
truth lives in him. He walks the world a
prince, knowing and feeling that be is an
heir Of God, joint heir Of Jesus Christ.
| can conceive of no dignity like this, and
whe see the great world of mankind iden-
tifying itself so exclusively with its meaner
possessions, content with the dignity which
they confer, see how exceedingly wide
the gap is which divides the present time
from The promised millennium.
Where the treasure is, there will the
heart be ulso-the heart with all its mani
festations of love, devotion, charity and
honor. / know of no good reason why the
earth should differ essentially from heaven,
why men may not so identify themselves
with their highest treasures here that they
will partake of the home feeling of those
who walk in white upon the banks of the
river of life,-why they may not feel with
relation to God that which is most pre-
cious TO Him-His children, His realm,
His heaven-as they do toward their earth
ly father, the paternal mansion, and the
brothers and sisters that cluster there
Give US an age of gallant chivalrous Chris
tianity--of men who maintain the honor of
their Fathers house. Give us an age that
shall enlist the respect Of all who respect
earnestness aud honor Give us an age
that shall appreciate that which it is fight
ing for, and will not crawl before the infe-
ror and Internal powers that make war up.
on the throne. Give US an age in which
Christians will fight for and stand by one
another, and not fight against one another.
Give US an age in which Christian man.
hood shall assert itself as the highest earth
ly thing and the noblest earthly estate
Give us an age that instead of whining
and groaning under the truth, shall rejoice
in the truth Give us an age which, lifted
into identity with its highest possessions
shall be made by those possessions patient
pure, heroic, and honorable. Give US the
blessed thousand years
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The History OF Li1c.

saw an infant in its mothers arms,
And left it sleeping
Year passed. saw girl with woman's charms
In sorrow weeping
Years passed. saw mother with her child,
And DER it languish
Years brought me back-yet through her tear
she smiled,
In deeper anguish.
left her--years had vanished-I returned,
And stood before her
A lamp beside the childless tCiioao burned
Grief's mantle DER her.
In tears found her whom left in tears,
On God relying
And returned again in after years,
And found her dying.
An infant first and then maiden fair
A wife--a mother
And then chIldless widow in despair
Thus met brother.
And thus we meet on earth and thus we part
To meet, to never !
Till death beholds the spirit leave the heart,
To live forever.
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Poor ENCOURAGEMENT Democratic
papers aud leaders have been in great gIee,
of late, over the prospective disruption Of
the Republican party in Ohio, because a
few dissatisfied Know Nothings at Cincin-
natl had repudiated the action Of the Re
publican State Coutention, aud talked Of
doing something desperate. Full Of trou-
BILE about Douglas and Buchanan, Popular
Sovereignty and the Slave Trade, they con
graduated themselves that this bolt would
be "grist TO their mill" aud save the State
and Legislative tickets To the Democracy
this fall. Accordingly they were very pat
ronizing to the indictments, IN view Of
speedy union Of Sam" with themselvss.-
But their oYertnres. 10 seems, has been
cloves labor lost" Tue Cincinnati Igsles.
the organ of the American party, gives
them piece Of It's mind as follows
While the Americaus are at present en-.
tirely opposed TO the platform OF the Re.
publican Convention, and do not at ali sub
scribe to the ultraisn OF the Western Re-
serve, they ne0ertheless hape not one particle
of sympashy for a party so corrupt ds fhs
Democracy, nor soould tkey undef ang oiroasr.
stances b imdsiosd 20 lend Il fAsir tasi sab,
port 1hey are opposed 90 itf policy IN trrg
sense Of the aO0zd, aad atog,inafs q prind.
PIES, VI u can Be said 70 hare any
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To John Godfrey saxe--The Poet Cover
nOr--In Future.

nOr-sIn Future.
John Godfrey SAKE never thought
When you and we're boys,
That you would say such funny things,
And make so great a noise.
But stranger things have happened, John,
In this progressive nation,
Than poets. being governors,
BY dnt Of inspiration.
And should you be elected, John,
May we not hope in time,
To read your first inaugural,
In easy flowing rhyme
For am not so foolish, John,
AS even to suppose,
That you can write your messages
In tame and vulgar prose.
But let me whisper in your ear
Send in your declination;
Stick to your rhymes and never hope,
TO reach loftier station.
For you have won the laurel, john
The laurel wreath of fame,
As poet, wit, and satirist,
Why strive for higher game
For you may catch fall, dear John,
no poltlClhub VIII
Alas if such tumble should,
Your wit, and wisdom kill,
For many wiser man than you,
1t can be easy shown,
Have learned the truth of that old saw,
LET well enough alone.
There is another proverb, John,
hardly dare to quote it,
But it cant do you any harm
So read and please to note its
In hunting try your hand, at first,
On game of small dimensions,
Or you may burst your gun, and win,
A laugh for your pretensions.'
Now do not think envy, JohD,
Your lofty aspirations,
My love for yon, is deep and true,
Akin TO alteration.
hope you'll be elected, John,
And that the world may know it,
I'll shont for SAKE for Governor
SAKE J satirist aud poet
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srArloN, 2l, June 5. leyeninr.l 1ssg.

O-NhNSNt 80 auS ~ kONOuiuBsJ 1O~S'
Since | wrote the foregoing, we have
Travelled ninety miles up the south branch
of the Republican (Which forks just above
Station lS) and have thus pursued course
somewhat south of west In all these niue
ty miles, we have passed just two live
streams making in from the South-both
together running scarcely water enough to
turn grindstone. In all that ninety miles,
we have not seen wood enough to make a
decent pig-pen The bottom of the river
is perhaps half mile in average width;
the soil in good part clay and covered with
short, thin grass; the bluffs are naked
sand heaps; the rock, in the rare cases
where any is exposed, an odd couglomerate
of petri6ed clay with quartz some specks
that resemble coruelian. Beside this, some
of the bluffs, where clay oVerlies and Is
blended, under peculiar circumstances, with
the sand below il, a sort of rock seems to
be formed or 10 process of formation. Wa
ter is obtained from the apology for riv-
or, or by digging in the sand by its side;
in default OF wood, eOrrals (cattle-pensl are
formed at the stations by laying up hea-
Wy wall of cIsyey earth Aanked by sods, 4
thus excavating deep ditch on the inner
side, except at the portal, which Is closed
at night by running q wagon into it, The
tents are sodded at their bases; houses 0i
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Whenever that becomes personal pos
session which is legitimately an object of
love. and which involves ones character
Tor good taste, sound Judgment and per-
sonal power or prowess, its value, in the
eye and heart of its possessor, is raised a.
Dove the estimate aud appreciation Of 9th
or minds, IL we select a horse for certain
points OF organization, and certain charac.
terlstics of temper and trainiug and pur.
chase him, we feel that, TO certain extent,
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DUCRO h BROTHERS, Manufacturers of a
Dealers 70 Furniture Of ihe best descriptions and every
rey Also general Undertaker aud manufacturers Of Cof
nns % ORDER Main street. North Of South Publ square
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From the Springfield Republican
PreAehings upon Popular Proverbs.
FHT TlTooaB-NUMBER FOURTEEN

There good wife in the county. and every man thlnA
he hath her."
"Eyery bird likes its own nest the best"
"Every man thinks that his own geese are swans"
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Agents.

ALEXANDER GARRETT, Land Agent No.
SO Water street. Cleveland o. Lands for sale N Iowa. iii
no Wisconsin, aud Minnesota, at 81 so per acre, and np
wards s69
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TELEGRAPH OFFICE--Weste Union is
removed to the Drug Store of A. H. stockwell corner
Main and Center Streets three doors south Of Fisk House.
| j. NJ. ALLEN, Manager. 467
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Dentistry
Watches, J ewslry, &c.
Clothing.

j. A. TALC0TT Dealer in Ready Made Cloth
Ing Hats Caps and Furnishing Goods Of all kinds oppo-
site the Farmers Bank, Ashta6ula. 470
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A. RAYMOND,-Deal in Fruit and Orna-
mental Trees sbrubbery &c, Penheld Monroe County N
| York. Orders solicited.
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LINUS SAVAGE, Furniture Dealer and Man
ufacturer establishment North Main street. the
office Of nrs. Harrington Hail Aahtabnla, q. -4l9
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-01-19
Cur Olio.
DID YOU eyer dance at a snow balIg

DID you ever dance at snow balls
"I'M transported to see you" as the
thief said to the kangaroo.
THE ancient Greeks buried their dead
in Jars. Hence the expression, "He is
gone to pot.
TIE Cleveland Herald has discovered
that Shakespeare, when he spoke of ''ton-
gues in trees" referred to wagon tongues.
''MlsD your eye" as the thread said to
the needle. IL will" said the needle, "as
eye suppose you wish to introduce your
self"
An impudent fellow accosted young
laly rudely the other evening, and she
set dog on him. She was chaste and
he was chased.
PIoUs Gentleman-"My boy my boy
YOU do very wrong To fish on a Sunday.
Boy-It can't be no harm, sir; | arn't
cotched nothing.
would lave you know, my friend
that speak from knowledge of the truth
80. yes. fully a thousand miles from the
slightest knowledge of it."
Why are the ladies the biggest thieves
in existence? Because they steel tho pet
t:coats, bone the stays, and crib the bah
les.
Yes! and hook each Others drsses.
EgMrs. Jenkins complained in tie ev-
ening, that the turkey she had eaten on
Christmas did not set weH.
"Probably," said Jenkins, lit was a not
a hen turkey"
4 son of Erin, while hunting rabbits
came across a jackass in the woods and
shot him.
'.By me soul and st. Patrick" he ex-
claimed, 1--WE kilt the father of all the
rabbits.
Madame LIE Vert, in one of her charm
ing pictures of Cuban life, says the wom-
en- there have noble trait of character
"They nes er speak i'll of each other, but
always find some palliaion of their sex.
We are for Immediate annexation; we
want the gen f the Antilles, its wealth
of sugar plantation, and its jewels of wo-
men,"
But did tell you what time I had
with my little Joe:
No; what was it?
Why, was showing him the picture
of the martyrs thrown to the lions, AMI
was talking very solemnly to him, trying
to make him feel what terrible thing it
was. Ma! said he all at once, %, ma!
Just look at Il at poor little lion way be-
hind there, he won't get any!
CEsAR,s aId planter to his negro, climb
up that tree and thin out the branches"
The negro showed no disposition to COM
ply, and upon being pressed for reason,
said,-"Well, look heah, massa, if go
up dar an fall down and broke my neck
dat'Il be tousand dollars out o your
pocket. Now, Why don't you hire an
Irishman to 90 up, and den if he falls
and kills heslf, dar won't be no loss to no
body.
y little two year old youngster just
beginning to talk was being severely re-
buked the other day by bis mother for
some naughtiness, and while she wes lay
ing it down to him good, with strong
gestures and sparkling eye, Young
America looked up calmly into her face,
and exclaimed, "Ma-subside?" The
mother was so much astonished at this
polite request, that she subsidized without
deIay.-DeUenport Gazette.
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HOME JOURNAL FOR 1859.
New Series-New Attractions
~ New Writers.
MORRIS & WILLIS, Editors.

A NEW SERIES of this widely circulated
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The first of these is from the pen of gifted
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BY A LADY CONTRIBUTOR. as,
The scene is laid in this city during the
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CHEAP! CHEAP!

WE mean the west lsofthe n E. quarter OF
w section L. town Is, range 49, This is
as good land as there is in the Kinickinic VAL
lev. and will be sold at the lowest price for the
. ready John Davis" 1t lies near the head
waters of the Kinickiuic, and is most desira1
bic location. For further particulars. You that
have money, call on the Subscriber at the
,Jc 'RSAL 0FFIeE. II A. TAYLOR.
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PsNEE AMDSy

TUE Subscriber offers Tor sale 100 acres OF
i choice pine land. situated on the Eau Gale
river, a short distance aboveA Carson Il Eaton S
mil. This land VIII b. sold cheap for CASH.
Fer further information call on the subscri-
Der at the journal Office"
Y. a TAYLOR.
Fivee Falls. Jepe 18th 1857
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Nearly four years ago the Minnesota Weekly
Iiasey Carve before the public. and from that
period t. the present il has been battling for
The cause Of freedom aud the rights of man.
regardless # the ties Of party or the sneers and
iihcs q. pariizan leaders. BY pursuing a con-
siStcnt and straightforward carc?r. by a persist
eat devotion to principles. it has won lis way
10 public iavor. and notwithstanding i is the
vrG..-, - ii the city press, it has attained a
very large and rapidly increasing circulation.
This has been accomplished. not by a system
Il selt-audation. but by the spontaneous pat
ronage of its friends throughout Minnesota and
the Eastern States
The Times has ever advocated, and viii cor
,inuc to advocate. the cause OF the people. 4; d
IN doing So II has advocated the cause of the
great Republican party whose principles ii has
warmly eSpOuSed aud VIII defend to the best
Of its ability. 1t never has and never will PAN
der To the vices Of The, vicious, and never finch
IS Com graphing with error wherever it exists.
lt belicves IN al honest utterance of The truth
lin adhering To right, Justice and temperance
la outspoken, manly condemnation of
wrang - ii a Just appreciation Of the wants of
the honest settler, to whom home shoald be
guaranteed Ny Congress, and in the develop
Incnt Oiall those resources which are caleelat-
cd 10 place Us first among the States of this
great csnfedsracy.
Many new features viii be added to the
TniEs in the course of the wear 1853. We shall
spare no pains to procure the latest and most
reliable news both at home and from abroad !:
shall publish weekly full and correct re-
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devote our eNergies TO make our paper equal in
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II growing State.
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entire appreciation.
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LAND & Let's FOR SALE

rgNHE subscriber offers for sale the following
L valuable lots of land. s 4a
West half of section %, also the whole of
section 90, Town % Range II.
Also several choice pieces of farming land IN
the vicinity of River Falls
These lands viii be sold on such terms that
none need be without a farm.
Also quite number of desirable Building
Lots in River Falls. which viii be sold on easy
terms and low prices.
For further particulars enquire at my resi-
dence in River Falls.
River Falls, June 13th. 1857.