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Mr.. Crittenden on Biographies,

Some time since, says an exchange
John s. Benson, Esq, DESTROYS of laying
before the American public an authentic
biography Of Hon. John J.. Crittsnden.
wrote to that distinguished statesman,
asking his permission to prepare and pub
lish such a. work. Mr.. Crittenden do
clined the request, in a letter which does
honor to his feelings as true man and
patriot. We give it below. with the ex-
ception Of such parts as were of purely
personal character
FRANKFoRT. Sept. 8, 1858.
My DEAR SIR Absence from home,
and other circumstances, have long post
poned my acknowledgment of and reply
to your interesting and kind letter of the
10th of July last
The reasons which you urge for the
publication Of some history of my life
and character, are very friendly and fiat
tcrilg to me, and l duly appreciate the
motives which have prompted your offer.
so kindly, to undertake the labor of such
a work.
l do not at all doubt your capacity
your beautiful letter manifests that your
pen is worthy of a higher subject but |
do not intend, sir, to deal in compli-
ments.
Thankful as l am 10 you for your offer.
1 cannot now give you the permission
You ask, to write my biography, because
l did, before the date of your letter, pro-
mise that permission to another, when
ever l could bring myself to consent to
the publication of such a work. By that
promise l am bound.
/ may add, sir, that l have q strong
dissemination to appear to assume place
anon; the justly distinguished historical
characters of our country, and / have
still greater aversion and disgust at the
very idea of being reckoned among the
vain class, that figure only in
biographies.
l fear the public would hardly ascribe
much importance to, or take much inter-
est in, the history of my life and shrink
from the idea of seeming to exact more
of its attention than may be due to me,
or Of seeming to claim for myself the re-
corded honors of history. 1t is time
enough when a man is dead, to write his
history. Such are my feelings on the
subject.
l am, very respectfully. yours, ETC.,
j.. j. CRITTESDEN.
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StIttt GaIt.
THE KINL0CH ESTATE,
AND HOW IT WAS SETTLED
(coNTINUED.
CHAPTER III.


81 have brought you statement Of the
property, Mrs. Kinloch, said Mr.. Clamp.
ut is merely legal form. embracing the
items which you gave to me; it must be
returned at the next Probate term"
Mrs, KinlOch took the paper and CLAN
eed over it.
This statement must be sworn to. Mrs.
'Kinloch."
"By you ?"
1--WE are Joined in the administration,
and both must swear to it."
There was a pause. Mrs. Kinloch,
resting her hands on her knee, tossed the
hem of her dress with her foot, as though
melitating.
Il shall of course readily make oath
to the schedule" he eontined-"a least,
alter you have done so for / have no
personal knowledge of the effects Of the
deceased"
lbs manner was decorous, but he re-
Sarded her keenly. She changed the
subject.
People seem to think / have q mint
IN the house; and such bills as come in
GAVIN, the cabinet-maker, has sent his
"'aay' as soon as my husband is fairly
under ground; forty dollars for a cherry
CONN. which he made in one day. Clea-
Ver' the butcher, too, has sent bill rum
9'9g back for FIVE years or more. Now
TaoH that Mr.. Kinloch never had an
ounce of meat from him that he didn't
Pay Tor, II they all go on in this way,
shan't have a cent left Everybody
"'es to cheat the widow
And orphan" interposed Mr.. Clamp.
one looked at him quietly /; but he was
We must begin to collect what is
ONe," she continued. ri +-a
m Did You refer to the notes from
i.iOOshman % asked Mr.. Clamp. ale
perfectly good and he will pay the
'Iest till we want to use the money"
/. l wasn't thinking of Ploughman,'
e replied, but of Mark Davenport. Un-
s Ralph Hardwick's nephew. They
ny he is teacher in one Of the fashion.
So's q, schools in New York-and he must
S +UIs to pay if he's ever going to-
NV. well when he comes on here, l vii
present the notes., lli' -
.o, But l don't intend to wait till ht
~. can't you send the demands t.
1--WE where he is 90
eor. certainly, if you wish it but thai
so,no ~ viii necessarily be attended will
Kiai choose to have it dOne.'' said Mrs
J~.I deeisively. Mildred, who hai
uDs,!1. oeen foolishly partial to the youn,
siS ssAft' insists that her father intended {
hat v p the notes to Mark. and she think
was what he wanted to send for On
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SONG OF THE WORM.

sm King Of realm down under the eiod,
Where supremeIy reign an earth-Worm god;
For none ever come to dispute my sway,
Down in my kingdom, down deep in the clay.
~. ruled DER it long. this realm ofthe dead;
On the dust Of monarchs and Kings do tread;
Far greater than death, far greater am 7;
I reign over him, where his dead ones lie.
WELD for my scep:re polished bone.
Aai Of human skulls is fashioned my throne;
Nv subjects ouinumber the sands on the shore,
And to my Kingdom each day sddeth more.
The old and the young, the bond and the free,
Tbs rich and the poor, all hasten to me;
The fame Of my Kingdom is spread far and near,
And millions ire waiting to journey down here.
Oh. how revel beneath the gray stones,
And mareh up and down amid the white bones;
While the nOurners above, ali, little they know
Ofthe monarch worm, and his Kingdom below.
Dat snOn they'll come where my feast is spread.
And the living and loving shall lie with the deadi
And III glory in watching their slow decay,
As the flesh from their white bones is wasting away
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|WHOLE NUMBER, "a,
Gstfal nta Curious,
TIE GAsrarc Jucr.-Professer silIi.

TIE GAsFRIc JUIcE.-Professer Sill
man. in late lecture, stated that the gas
trio juice, which is the great agent Of d.
gestion, would pour into the stomach
when any food or other substance is pla-
ced there. This juice, he said. was east
ly taken from the stomach, and he had
bottle of it. The liquid was at the
present time apparently as pure as it was
ten years ago. 1t had the peculiar prop
erty Of self preservation. or of resisting
putrefaction. 1t would, if warmed To-
blood heat, dissolve meat in wine glass.
He said he had never come to any salts
factory conclusions, as to its character,
from his attempts at Analysing it; and
he had sent portion Of it to one of the
most learned and skillful chemists of Eu-
rope, but he was able to throw but very
little light upon the subject. But this,
Professor S. said he did know, that it
had no affinity with alcohol, and that they
were in their nature and attributes totally
diverse, and possessed counteracting quail
titles. ....
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CHAPTER ".

Ralph Hardwick was the village black
smith. His shop stood on the bank OF
the river, not far from the dam. The
great wheel below the Aume rolled all
day, throwing over its burden of diamond
drops, aad fitting the ponderous hammer
with monotonous clatter. What a pal
ace of wonders to the boys was that grim
and sooty shop THE roar of the fires.
as they were fed by the laboring bellows
the sound of water. rushing, gurgling. or
mucally dropping, heard IN the panses ;
the fiery shower of sparkles that Dew
when the trip-hammer fell; and the soft
and glowing mass held by the smiths
tongs with firm grasp, and turning to
some form of use under his -practieed eye
How proud were the young amateur
blaeksmiths when the kind hearted owner
of the shop gave them liberty to heat and
pound bit Of nail-rod, to mend skate
or sled-runner. or sharpen a proHged
fish spear Still happier were they, when.
at night, with his sons and nephew, they
were allowed to huddle on the forge, sit
ting on the bottoms of old buckets or
boxes. and watching the FIRE. from the
psly blue border of fame in the edge Of
the damp charcoal. to the reddening. glow
ing column that shot with an arrowy
stream of sparks up the wide throated
chimney. Howthe dark rafters and nail
pierced roof grew rudy as the white hot
plowshare or iron bar was drawn from
the fire what Alterations of light and
shadow = No painter ever drew Ggrre IN
such relief as the blacksmith presented IN
that wonderful light. with his glistenine
face, his tense. muscles, and his appraised
arm. -.,-rs
I Alas the hammer is stil; the wheel
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

Cypress trees on the continent Of Amer
lea grow to immense ages. By counting
the concentric rings observed in the wood,
on saving trunk across. it appears that
400 years is a common age There is a
gigantic trunk near Santa Maria del lula,
in the province Of Oaxaca, in Mexico,
whose circumference at the dilated base is.
no less than 200 feet. OF this, taking
1-6 line as the average growth of year,
the age would be 35l2 years.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

PREVALENCE OF RAIN.-It is little
known, that the further we go South. un-
til we reach the equator, the more the
rain increases. Thus. at St. Petersburg,
there falls annually, III inches of rain;
while at Vera Cruz there falls nearly g.
inches. The explanation of this is. that
in warm climates evaporation proceeds
more vigorously; hence more vapors and
clouds arise, and consequently there are
more showers.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

Cure EoR BALDSEss.-A medical Jour
nal says that the decoction Of lockwood
has been successfully tried in cases of bald
ness. -Four large handfuls of the stem and
leaves Of the garden box are boiled in
three pints of water. in closely-covsred
vessel, for fifteen minutes, and allowed to
stand in an earthen jar ten hours or more
the liquid is then strained, and one ounce
and half cologne added, and with this
solution the head is well washed every
morning.-Eciectic Med. Jour.
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SENATOR DoUeLAs STILL ON THE PREs

SENATOR DoUGLAs STILL ON THE PRES
DENTAL TRAoK.-The st. Louis Repub-
lican, whose editor has returned from the
South, where he had accompanied Sena-
tor Douglas on his tour of speech max
ing, denies as ridiculous" foolish"
and rabsurd" the report that the Little
Giant" was writing a letter declining to
be candidate for the Presidency in 1860.
1t says, Judge Douglas, in all proba-
bility. never thought of writing such a
letter-no contingency has arisen to de-
mand it-and he would hardly volunteer
a declaration of this kind until some pre-
text was offered for it." This contradic-
ton is to be regarded as semi-oficial.
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BoTTLING EN- UP.-A traveller in Bra
iii thus describes the proceedings Of g.
man who was making a collection of the.
"varmints" of that region: ..-
'He procures poisonous snakes by
splitting the end of stick into a fork
which he places over the neck of the
snake, and holds him until a gourd or
bottle is fixed over his head, when he
loosens the fork and the snake crawls in
to the cavity. He then corks the gourd
and puts it into his pocket. After tho
snake starves to death, or is drowned in.
spirits, his skin is taken off and stuffed,
ready for transporting to the museums Of
the civilized world"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

According to Murphy's Roman Catho-
lie Almanac there are now in the United
States seven Ecclesiastical Roman Cath
olic) Provinces, fortY-three Dioceses, two
Vicarates, forty-fve Bishops, two thousand
one hundred and eight Priests, and two
thousand three hundred and thirty-four
churches.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

THE AUTHOR OF THE MULTIPLICATION
TADLE.-We met gentleman in book
store the other evening searching for the
origin of the Multiplication table: Who
Of our readers could have told him its
author? 1t was invented by PythagorEs,
the Grecian philosopher. 500 years before
Christ, and is tins 1891 years old. Il
has done great service in the world, in
the study of mathematics.
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GBoite Rortrg,
ALLEGHENY.
nv ELIZABETH C. BARRETT.


Green old hills, or eOuntry's glory!
Proudly in the midst you stand, o.
linked with many sweet old story
Theme Of many minstrel band.
EOrthwstI, southwark, broadly stretching.
Where the Susquehanna CLEANS;
Through virsinia's land Ofbeauty,
Fsr away TO Southern Gtreams- go
Here the dusky hunters proudly l7 81
Chased the deer, in days gone by
Here the mountain echoes loudly :.
Woke their warriors baiiie-eryi b.
Here the white invader boldly o.
Drove him from his haunts away;
And the wiads are sishing sadly,
Willie he takes his westward way.
Greea old hills of Allegheny! n -r
Oh, to climb Tour heights once more!
Westward lie the mighty rivers,
Eastward frowns the Atlantic shore.
Oh, with proud heart bounding wildly,
On your highest ciiffto stand,
While Columbia's sweetest valleys
Sleep beyond, on either hand. 70.
Green old bills, our eOuniry's slOryl
We will proudly sing your praise!
You shall be the theme OF sIoy,
Wake the minstrel's sweetest lays.
Fate may bid our footsteps wander,
Yet for YOU each spirit thrills;
Nonght our faithful hearts shall snnder
From our country's green old hills,
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

The EoUALrTY OF JUsTcE.-In the
Court of Special Sessions. at New York.
man was tried and convicted for keep
ing a house Of i'll fame, in which he fore
ed young girls of IA years of age and
whereabouts to prostitute themselves to
every class Of wretchss, who frequented
his vile den, received a sentence OF three
months in the Psnitentiary; while man
was sent to prison for the same term, for
stealing a brass key north ten cents and
another for six months, for stealing -four
eenssl -.....t..-..--
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Misteaanltors.
NELL MALHERREY.

~. : nBY ALICE CAREY.
On, erasl Nell Malhensy,
H She viii break my hear, l say;
For her mouth is like a cherry,
Andlhe kisses such wayi
She says she's not deceiVing,
But she says IL such a way,
That know there's no believing
She will love me for a day!
And all Der fond earesses
Seem bat Ssllies light and gay,
For she smiles and shakes her tresses
From her forehead, such a way!
When am sad, she leases,
And she frowns when am gay;
For she knows her pouting pleases,
When she does it snch a way!
ask her more in sorrow
Than In hope, to name the day,
And she always says, Tomorrow
But she says it such way.
call nv Nell, "DeceiveT,"
But she signs and whispers, "Nay;;"
And she knows that believe her,
When she answers such a way!
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

FoRcIBLE AND TRUE.-The Columbia
Statesman. after noticing the efforts Of
Southern editors to declare Lecompton a
dead Issue. says They may now pluck
the noxious flower from its stem and tram
pie it under their feet. but its fragrance
will live to offend their nostrils still"
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

POPULAR SovEREIGNTY.-The Bill late
ly introduced into the Lower House Of
Congress by Hon. Mr.. Morris. of ILL.,, to
the effect of acknowledging the right Of
the Territories Of the United States to
elect and appoint their own Governors
and Judges, is both timely and logical.
1t is timely, because the encroachments
on the liberties. will and opinions of the
people Of the Territories on the part OF
Federal authorities, have never been so
tyrannical, as of late. The whole politi-
cal history of Kansas is long chain of
evidences in favor of our statement. 1t
is logical, because the principle of popu-
lar sovereignty once admitted as the ba-
sis of the civil and political rights of the
American people, we do not see how,
consistently with this principle, the Pres
ident of the United States should have
the prerogative of appointing Governors
and Judges to rule large masses of peo-
pie, without either their consent or knowl-
edge. who, on the other hand, are ac-
knowledged to possess the supreme pow
er residing exclusively within the people.
A conqueror exercises his rights of con-
quest on subjected provinces, particular
ly by appointing to govern them, Rulers
and Judges Of his own choice and crea-
ton. Thus Napoleon the First acted to-
ward Milan, Naples, Spain, Holland,
Warsaw and Westphalia. Thus our
Presidents have acted toward the Terri
tories.
We sincerely wish that the Bill of
Hon. Mr.. Morris may become a law /;
both for the benefit of the people of the
Territories, and the logical consistency
of the principle of popular sovereignty.
= WydndOa Gazette.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

The DEMOCRATS ESDoRsE BUcHASAN's
KANSAS PoLIcY.-We are informed that
a distinguished Democrat of this city,
attempted to offer, in the Democratic
Convention at Leavenworth, resolution
disappearing of the Kansas policy of the
Administration, but the resolution was
squelched; the Buchanan men talking
against time, until two o'clock in the
morning. So they go. Your true low
ers of Freedom aud Free Institutions ne
yer get into such crazy craft IS Messrs.
Goodin, Eastin, Moore. Isaacs. d Co.,
have rugged out-Ldvrenes Republican.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

Eleven years ago, not one acre Of land
had been sold in the Territory of Mime
sofa. What was then a wild Territory,
is now one of the States of the American
Union, dotted over with flourishing cities
and villages, supporting an active and
increasing population. This is the way
our country grows.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

a bowl containing two quarts Of water.
set in an oven, when baking. viii pre-
vent pies, cakes. bread. &c. from being
scorched, so says an exchange. Try il,
Ladies. ~ -. -.
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The MusKRArs AGAN.-The La Crosse

The MUsKRATs AGAIN.-The La Crosse
Owls. Democrat says;
Everywhere upon our neighboring
marshes the muskrats are building their
winter houses on comparatively high
ground, or pretty much out of the water.
By the testimony Of the Oldest inhabit-
ants, this facts always foreshadows an
open winter. If hard, freezing winter
is at hand, the muskrats build low in the
water, to keep under the ice. If an open
or mild winter approaches, they keep
nearer the surface.
The muskrats proved true prophets
last year.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

In the Chicago post Office mails are
received daily from twenty railroad trains.
Thirty-fve hundred mails (the Press says
are made up every day. Over Eve mil
lion letters and six million papers were
handled the last quarter.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

The New York Herald is sure there
will be ''no peace" between Douglas and
the Administration in 1860, (even If there
is now truce. aud that the Southern
Presidential aspirants win succeed IN pla.
cling the Senator ain q back seat" and
in out-generaling him at Charleston
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

REcrPE.-Take a pint Of pulverized
charcoal and put it into a bag. then put
it into a barrel Of new cider, and the ei-
der will never ferment. viii never contain
any Intoxicating quality, and is more and
more palatable the longer il is Kept. -
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

To REMOVE MARKS FROM TABLEs.-
Hot dishes sometimes leave whitish marks
on vanished tables when set, as they
should not be. csrelessly upon them. To
remove it pour some lamp oil on the spot,
and rub it hard with q soft cloth. Then
pour on little spirits. and rub it dry
with another cloth, and the white mark
viii disappear. leaving the table as before
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

BLowISG Our OASDLE.-There 10
onesmall fact in domestic economy which
is not generally known, but which is use
ful as saving time, trouble and temper.
If the camille be blown out holding Il
above you, the wick will not shoulder
down. and may. therefore. be easily light
ell again but If blown upon downward.
the contrary is the case.-SeieEfsfe Art
z01 CT
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

A Doc SToRY.-Some time ago q res
ident of Marlborough, Mass sold large
dog The purchaser took the dog to
New York. The dog followed him about
the city until he was suddenly found to
be missing. At two o'clock the next az
ternoon the dog arrived at his old home
in Marlborough, having. in twenty ono
hours, travelled about one hundred and
sixty miles. urat
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

Buchanan's craftsmanship is ripe
Memphis appeal.
Yes; his craftsmanship is so very
"ripe" that it is Absolutely rOttsn, and
may be quoted on both sides Of every
auestion.-Aempkis Eagle.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

The London correspondent of the Ex-
press says:
Looking into a parish school the other
day, curiosity led me to take up the ge-
ography the pupils were studying. Six
or eight pages only were devoted to the
United States. and the population was
named at II ,000,0 New York, 300,-
900! Philadelphia, 2OO,OOOi Boston.
10000! Is it surprising the people are
ignorant with such sort of instruction 81?
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

All persons interested in Slavery in
South Carolina, amount to only 80. 100,
out Of . population Of 800, 900.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

The National Intelligencer shows, that
up to the time Of the famous U. S. Tele
graph, in Washington. there was no gov
eminent press strictly so called that is
a press depending entirely upon the WILL
of the executive. That anomly, in our
country, was introduced BY Gen. Jackson,
with many other Of the consequences Of
political despotism.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

RHEUMATIsM.-Bathe the part with .
strong decoction of alcohol aud pepper.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

Rev. Mr.. Elliott, of the Congregation
al Church. in Stamford, Connecticut,
has been dismissed for "endeavoring to
get work done on the Sabbath-un-
governable temper - visiting improper
places of amusement-and preaching old
sermons" Mr.. Elliott thus explains
these charges He called upon milliner
on Sunday evening. to say his wife must
have her bonnet in season for the early
Monday train to New York ; he parted
a couple of fighting boys in the street,
and when one of than used profane Ian
guage to him, gently boxed his ears that
he once visited NiblO's to see the Ravel
family; and never preached an old SER
mon which he had not been requested to.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

Frozen potatoes make more starch than
fresh ones. They make niCe-cake.
White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-01-20

oat-straw is best for filling beds; should
be changed once year.