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The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-30
VERBAL wITTICIsMs.

, These witticisms are from the new vol
: ume entitled "Prenticeana," and, though
most of them have been in print before
some will bear republication. Of course
their singularity becomes less when we
remember that Mr.. Prentice is in the
habit of making the story or the circum
stance to suit the conceit that has come
to his mind:
"A Mr.. Archer has been sent to the
Ohio Penitentisry for marrying three
wives. "Insatiate Archer could not one
sufice2"
"A Pittsburg paper says, in an Obitu-
ary notice Of an old lady, that "she bore
her husband twenty children and never
gave him cross word" She must have
obeyed the good old precept-"bear and
forbear."
"A Buffalo paper announces that DR..
Brandreth has introduced bill into the
legislature. Is the editor sure ne minded
his p's in his announcement
The editor of the Boston Liberator
calls upon the ladies of the North to
,uake u Sc of nothing that is produced by
ala ve lal ,or. He needn't expect them not
to me G. ,tton. They will not expel so
old a evien d from their bosoms.
The common opinion is, that VIC
4 orM tak.s, good care of children at all
saou~ sa..nms o. ~f ~. year, but it is well enough
n winter to let them slide.
"A Rocky M ountain correspondent Of
.ho Now Yc,t r vening Post, who writes
S;wssif u | uHanrv E, Land" describes
Oregon as the most delightful country IN
the world. Our eith 'ens, II they choose,
can go out there, and see now 'ne han0
lies.
-We were considera. 'ly amused by an
account that we lately sas Oh a remafka'
Bile duel. There were six men upon the
ground and six misses.
The Ohio river is getting !oVser ana
lower every day. 1t has all uost ceased to
run. All who look at it .'an ct once
perceive that it exhibits very little speed
but great deal Of bottom
"A New England writer says that 1T
has been found that negroes can be Cetser
trusted than white men not to befray
secrets. We suppose this is upon the
principal that they always keep dark.
Mrs. Lucy Hill complains in an
Arkansas paper, that her nephew has
trampled upon her rights and feelings.
The graceless young rascal shouldn't be
allowed to trsmple upon his auntHill.
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RAILROADS.
Chaags-of TiIne-NQEember II, 1850.
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CHIC A G O
Great Western and Northwestern
LIME.
INDIANAPOLIS AND CINCI NNATI,
Il LAFAYETTE AN CHICAGO SHORT. LINE
RAILk GA DIS.
rho Shortest Route between Cincinnati
and Chicago.


Three Passenger Trains leave OincinnstidsIy, from
$50 A. Ms-Ohicago Mail arrives Of Indianapolis
ct 1910 p. M, Chicago at 1890 l.. M. This train
connects with all night trains out o. Vhicago ior
tho West and west; connects A. ;,h ssT
trains for Peru, Logansport, Fort wayne and To-
II,45 P. M. M.-Terre Haute and Lsyfayette Ac.
making direct connections at Indianapolis with La
cy, Hannibal and st. Joseph
M.=.Chicago Express arrives at Indianapolis
with OIL morning trains out Of Chicago.
Sleeping cars attached to all the night trains
on this line, and run through to Chicago without
This Is exclusively a Western and Northwestern
route, and with favorable and reliable
with all connectipg roads throughout the entire
West, guarantees unusual care and the amplest ac-
The Company's exclusive Telegraph Line ID used
when necessary, to govern the movement Of trains,
and Loughridges celebrated Patent Brakes, are at
perfectly controlled; besides all the other modern i'm
provements necessary for the comfort aud safety OF
passengers the managers Of this road have literally
provided.
Smoking .cars on thisline.
~ Dc sure you are In the right ticket oco before
you purchase your Tickets, and ask Tor tickets via
Lawrenceburg and lndianapols.
Fare the same as by any other route. Baggage
faRStaa gin6KErs good until used can be OBJ
ained the ticket offices, at Spencer House Corner
northwest corner Broadway and Front; No. Bur-
at Depot oice, foot Of MILL on Front street, where
oil necessary info rnation may be had.
,Omnibuses run to and from each train, and Will
call fSI passengers at a hosii and all parts Of tho
nol4 General Ticket Agent.
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A PHYSIOLOGICAL B1x1IE. --"W omen" OBJ.
serves some writer, whose nsme We do not
remember, "may be compared to fruit
those that fall to the ground Of their own
accord, are generally tainted, and good
for nothing but those that will not fall
without good deal Of shaking, are sound,
and worth having"
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-30

TEE TOP OF HIS PROFESSION. were
asked what physisian stood at the top Of
his profession, we should say il was the
gentleman who was IN tho habit Of atten-
ding patients on Q monument
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MADAME ELLIS, M. D., HAS FOUNp
4v1 at last lust what the Ladies' have leng needed
and looked for In vain, the Uterine Elixir.
The Uterine Elixir is warranted to cure all dis.
eases Of q Uterine Mature; Inflammation Of the
Prolapsus or Falling of the Womb, Painful Menstru
alton, Chloross, Amenorrhea In fact, perfect cure
Is guaranteed by the Of from two to five bottles
of the Elixir Of any disease whatever Of the Gener.
atiye and Urinary Qrgaps Of male male Sr female, n 10
Madame ELLIS calls particular attention to the
following Gard of one of the most prominent Drug.
gists of Cincinnati
"T0 THE PUBLIC AND THE LADIES IN PARTICULAR
We, the undersigned are not in the.habit Of giving
Lady Physician, and the medicine called the Uterine
Elixir, we cheerfully recommend 1t to ell females
suffering from Female Diseases OF any kind; it is
purely vegetable, and In no case can do injury We
say to all try, and our word for II you will find re-
sepT "Oorner OF Fifth and Race streets"
MADAME ELLIS'S SPANISH SIMU-
4vA LATING COUGH ANDxLIVER BALSAM
cures, without fail, pains In the Breast, Back,
Side or Limbs; Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness,, Diff
burn, Chronic Rhsamatism, BILIOUS GhOllS, Gramp
Gholic, Gripping Pains of the Bowels, Dullness,
Stupor, Inactivity, Loss of Appetite, and In Pain
full Menstruation 1t 10 certain cure, and gives
immediate relief. In any Of the above diseases
It viii give relief 10 twenty minltes and perms
per bottle-so cheap that every person can gettt.
Of Race and Eifth-strsets; J; D, PARK, corner Of
corner Vine and Fourth; JOHN DICKSON, corner
Eighth and Freeman. Also, EDwARD SOANLAN
b co., corner of Main and Fourth; and Madame
ELLIS, IA West Sixth-street. sep27'ay
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TIE HERO LOVED AND LOST.

By RossRr BROWSING.
Just for handful ofsilvsr he Ieft M.
Just for ribbon to stick IN his coat
round the one good Of which fortune bereft M,
Lost all the others she lets us devote:
They, with the gold to give dolod him ont silver,
20 much was theirs, wno little allowed.
LOW al sur copper had gone for his seryieei
hass' weret they purple, bis heart had been proud
We that had loved him SO, followed him, honored
Lived In his mild and magnificent eye,
ealned MS great language caught his clear accents
%aae him our pattern, to live and to diel
snakspeare was Of us, Milton was for us,
burns, Shelley, were with us-thsy watch from their
He alone breaks from the van and tbs fr.su.p.
ne aione sinks to the rear and the slavesl
we shall march prospering, not through his presence
eaEs peaSE wiI'b Viii ,nsPirt ust not from his Tyre;
stS sdai M oe Done while he boasts bis quiescspee
Rnt ont 0ddihs crouch, whom the rest bade aspire,
aIne wosa s sname, tnen record one lost soul more,
tJne more t1aW declined one moro footpath untrod
Dne or ore triumph Tor DEVILS and sorrow for angels
No nio'o wrong TO man, one more insult to 60df
Lie's Lies night beginslet him never come hack to mai
r raeIe would be doubt, hesitation and pain. W "'
No pisise on our part, the glimmer 81 TWILIGHT
'esea gad, confident morning aaaIn;
ugnson weil, Tor we taught him stike rallar4ly-
- nears, ere we pierce through mn own.
Bess- 'eceive the new knOwledee ana w.H 81.
Then lei him. W 'no 'hroneii
pardsned In heAs~.
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Money! Mo ney! Money!
PAWNBRO.KER'S OFFICE.
Renewed from. So West Sixth.atreet.

Mooney Loaned ON WATCHES, JEW
lylEL BY and. all kinds Of Merchandise, At low
rates of nteIe'st, at No. l73 ViDe-streat bAtween
Fourth aad Fifth. M
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LEENDERT BYL.

~ LEANER OF SINKS AND VAULTS,
" No. 90 Sixth.street, betw sen Vine and Race, in
the nj edical College, Oncinn Ati Ohio Persons who
tnaiity and low prices. sepl-ay
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Commencing May %, 1859.
OHIO AND MISSISSIPPI
RAILROAD
Cincinnati and st. Louis.

Two Daily Trains for Vincepnes, Cairo and sc.
Louis, at 900 A. M, and $3.50 p. NJ.
Three Daily Trains for Louisville, at 900 A. NJ,
200 r. M. and $50 p. nj.
One Train for Evansville at $50 p. M.
The Trains connect at st. Louis for all points In
Kansas and Nebraska, Hannibal, Quincy and Keo-
kuk; at st, Louis and Cairo for Memphis Vcksburg,
Natchez and New Orleans.
RETURNING-Fast Line-Leaves East st. Louis,
Sundays excepted, at $50 A. NJ, arriving at Cncin
natl at 1910 P, M.
EXPRESS TRAIN-Leaves East st. Louis daily at 2.4O
p. NJ, arriving at Cincinnati at 6:4S A: NJ.
FOR THROUGH TICKETS
Offices, Walnut-street House, between Sixth and
Seventh streets, No. Burnet House, corner Office.
north. west corner Of Front and Broadway, Spencer
House Office, and at the Depot corner Front and MILL
streets. W. H. OLEMENT, Gen'l Superintendent.
Omnibuseg call for passengers. oc2g
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VNHE OUTCALT ELASTIC ME-
Il TALLIO ROOFINGnfs Is offered 10 the public
q the best and cheapest Metal Roof now used, It's
merits tested By an experience Of years n this city
buildings. No solder used-fastened securely with
out exposure TO the action Of the elements.
Prepared sheets, boxed for shipment to any part Of
the United States, can be applied by any one with
ordinary mechanical skill. Orders promptly filled.
H77T CALDWELL %, fI
iyls.tf l32 West Second street.
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BEGGS d SMITH, NOe 6 West 4th st.
"A RE NOW RECEIVING ADDITIONS TO
"A their large assortment Of Watches, Jewelry,
HilyerWare and Diamonds.
--AL60-
A dne assortment Of Plated Tee Bats and Cutlery
and Opera Qlasses: ~
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-05-19
snoral Gale.
AIMS IN LIFE.

"Aim always at the highest mark,
my son. Do not be satisfied with
common place aims, and a common
place destiny. Nature designed you
to win the high prizes of life"
These maXims were impressed upon
my mind by my mother, from the ear
licst period Of my recollection.
| Gentle reader, if you have nothing
very interesting or important with
which to employ your next quarter Of
an hour, You may rctracc route with
me which it took me many years to
travel, but which you may fly over in
the course of a few minutes.
!, Algcrnon Lorimcr, was the first
born Of my parents, the best beloved
of my mother, who was the governing
spirit in our family, rs my father was
always too much engrosscd by his own
pursuits to bcstow much personal at,
tcmtion upon his children. We were
treated by him with wholesome
neglect" impartially administered. I
was always said to be a very hand
some boy so handsome, indeed, was
! considered from my birth, that my
mother would not allow me to be al-
nictcd with a family name ;" she
became 50 deeply moved when my IA
thcr intimated Il wish that | should be
called James, after my grandfather,
that he yielded the point, and was
christcned Algcrnon. Very soon, too,
| was said, not only by my mother, but
by all the friends of the family, to
manifest a prccocity of intellect which
Justified some apprehension in my
friends lest | should share the fate OF
those "whom the Gods love" My
mothers ambition for me was, howev-
er, even stronger than her fears for
my safety, and she implanted in my
heart a desire to be first in everything,
which grew with my growth, and
strengthened with my strength.
had a quick and rctcntiye memory,
which enabled me, at a very early age,
to repeat, with astonishing accuracy,
the dates of many remarkable events,
such as the discovery Of the Gunpow-
der Plot, the execution of Charles |,
the massacre of st. Bartholomew, and
many other dates concentrating
events having quite as much connec'
ton, and equally interesting to a
small child. The achievement which
pleased my mother most, was being
able to repeat list of the names OF
the Popcs, as she said she had never
known any child but myself whc
could do it.
But must not forget, in the histo
ry of my childhood, to introduce to the
kind reader one of the principal per
sonages who is to accompany us OF
, the journey which | proposed that We
/ should take together. My brother
James, who was about two year:
t younger than myself, was given ul
< by my mother to receive IL family
!. name, and she seemed also to adop
= the conviction that common-plac,
destiny must be the lot of James
with chubby checks, straight, Whit
hair, and nondcscript nose, whicl
neither could be pronounced Greciau
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-05-19
stitntift.
GEOLOGY OF IOWA.
xrrAcrs FROM HALLS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

ryTr,crs FROM HALLS GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
r....-....,.. r
~. tnt,S p"i VI e'.I Mo,'u we sec i
nf '.'"S; '.''.i".' G"''le'son ,I oe'",'h tHo
D,'i' "I'',.' "' VIC ".'' ''Ic ana ,'''
I;s+.;s@'+ a,,,I ~ .,';I '''S pau
c,.,r.,o e ~, ',,,. .I,,.. '''o " J., ~ ''''
Tor;tT of tLn +,l,C.n, l,on - '''%' CtI' P'.'
wcs+ !, H., r,;tl,r,I rnir,,,.;',
~. ,'''0'..' " ~ III"
or the final rcsnIt of those agencies
whose workings it is the province ut
the gcologist to investigate.
The state Of Iowa has nearly tho
figure Of a rectangular parallclogram;
its extreme length from east to west
is about 800 miles, and its breadth .
little over 200. Its northern Lounda,
ry Is the parallel Of 43 30, which
separates the State from Minnesota
It's southern limit is nearly IN the lati-
tudc Of 400 81. Tho two great riv-
crs OF the North American continent
form its eastern and western boUMla-
rlcs. The Mississippi, on the cast,
has a general north and south course
but forms an irregular arc, of which
the convcXity is turned towards tho
cast. Between the mouth Of Turkey
,''' o' 'Ac Hpit"' ana itc cry Oh
huSt'llilc on the south, TINS bending
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-05-19

The above elevations are on the
route Of the Dubuque and Pacific rail-
road, which has its eastern terminus
at Dubuque, and its western neal the
mouth Of the Big Sioux at Sioux city,
The table which follows gives the cle.
walton Of some Of the principal points
along the line Of the Mississippi and
Missouri railroad which extends from
Davenport to Council Bluffs.
TABLE OF HEIGHTS ABOVE Low-wATTU OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT DAyENroRr
St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-05-19

From the above dwellings,, it will
be seen that the Dubuqne u Pacific
road ascends the valley Of the Catfish
by grade averaging about 30 feet to
the mile for distance of 10 miles
from Dubuque, when the general level
of the prairie is reached, and the road
runs along at level varying from 450
to 500 feet above the Mississippi, until
it reaches the valley Of the North Ma
koqueta, which it crosses at all cleya.
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with money moistened by the blood, sweat
and tears of the slave, and whose mission
aries give forth no uncertain sound IN re-
spect to that sum of all villainies"-Ame-
rican slavery. Such. then, being the evil
dence Of the appreciation that our friends
bestow upon our New England champion,
let not the people of New Haven, who en-
Joy the harvest of his labors, come whit
behind in manifesting the same glorious
testimony to his worth when he comes to
speak to us in the name of that society.
The choir of the A M. E. Church Of
this city will give a musical an intellectu-
al soiree in Days Hall on Thanksgiving
evening, oath inst, for the benefit of Their
church. l bespeak for the occasion lib
eral patronage from a generous public.
OBSERVER.
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But the slave for the last half CEN
fury has been looking in the direction of
the American pulpits and American Chris
tianity for deliverence from his chains, and
now at last finds out that that religion has
either been deceiving him or has taken a
sudden turn about and teaches that he has
no rights but the rights of the bondman-
that he and his posterity ought and must
be slaves in perpetuity.
We can understand that the Christian
religion should be on the side of the op-
pressed that it should prepare the way
for mans deliverance from all undue and
wicked thraldom but we can also under
stand that if it fails to perform this office
it must give way before the advance of a
Reform that is surely onward If the re-
ligion of the land is impotent, other agen-
cies must be applied-other means used.
If it be no part of the mission of the amer
lean Church, as such, to free those that are
in bonds, but rather to fasten them more
firmly on, why then we must look else
where for the means of his release.
We can understand also that the point
at which the bondsmen are justified in the
attempt to throw off all their shackles, and
put aside all impediments in the way of
full establishment Of their manhood, is
when there exists the slightest possibility
of success. In such an undertaking every
patriot, every lover of liberty would be
| bound to assist
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all to myself. | rejoiced at this, for, as all
were strangers to me, | preferred being
alone when | must sleep and could not
watch.
The boat halted at Cairo, and a great
many additional passengers engaged berths.
The clerk informed me that must take
partner, that the upper birth was engaged.
had strange presentiment that | was to
be robbed and ruined. Bitterly did ! re-
pent that had accepted the money but
all that was unavailing, for / had it, and
all was at stake.
Bedtime rolled around, and ] retired
early, but | would not sleep. AS yet, /
did not know which of the several hundred
was my roommate, but my fears suggested
that he was a rough-looking customer, and
a regular river and steamboat thief.
The boat was making fine Roadway on
the bosom of the beautiful Ohio The gor-
geous cabin was full of life and gaiety.
There were three or four tables, at which
parties were dealing at cards, losing and
winning large sums of gold, imbibing wine
with no little freedom, and uttering BIAS
phemies that seemed to be enough ''to turn
the cheek of darkness pale" In another
part were some engaged in the may dance,
and thus the night wore away, until about
eleven o'clock. l was still awake, wonder
ing what kind of a man my room-mnte
was, and why he did not make his appear
ance. Suddenly the door opened, and
there he was, sure enough, about six feet
one inch in stature, square built, with large
whiskers, and a rather rough exterior
just the man, thought |, TO strangle me
when / go to sleep, take the money have
in my belt, and make his escape at wood
yard before day. ] feigned to be asleep,
but watched his movements with sus
picious eye. He glanced at me for mo-
ment, but oao!uding that | was asleep he
opere l,e ,G1i, and was considerable
TIM "A naE;y its contents. He then
sl>ri a.. :, and when ready for bed,
to M S. g., sc, he knslt down on his trunk,
with his head not eighteen inches from
mine, and in n whisper, which he supposed
that none heard but Him who hears all
things, he committed his soul and body,
health and happiness, absent wife and
babes, to the keeping of the Giver of all
good. He then arose, climbed into the
upper berth, and | soon heard him snoring.
I was NJ longer afraid Of being robbed
by that man, but my conscience smote me
with scorpion whip, because, in the
midst of watching, l had forgotten to pray.
1 thought of home and loved Ones and re-
membered that it was no reason why
should neglect to pray, because was not
at home, or that / was on boata among
strangers. Reader, do you pray when you
are travelling 2-Menephis AdvOcate.
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THE FAMILY OF BROWN AND HIS
ASSOCIATES.

1t will be burning shame, an everlast-
ing disgrace, if we do not do all in our
power to render pecuniary aid to the fami-
ly Of glorious old John Brown. Several
plans for this purpose have been suggest
ed, but that of Mr.. Hyatt, whereby every
one may be furnished with an exact pho
tograph likeness of the old liberty-loving
patriot, at the small sum of 81 each, yield
ing profit of some eighty cents to the
family, seems to us the most feasible. By
it two important points are gained. First,
it places in the hands of every contributor
a likeness of one of the great men of the
world, and the martyr of the age-the man
of the nineteenth century. Who among
us, when we consider for what he shall
have suffered martyrdom, would be with
out this likeness, and transmit it to gene
rations yet to come. Secondly,it would
secure what is chiefly aimed at-viz: the
the placing of the afflicted family of the
noble old man beyond the pale of want, so
that the icy finger of tyranny might point
at them in vain.
But we wish to call attention to another
point, which, to our surprise, has not been
even SO much as limited at 1t is the fam
liz or families Of BROWNS eoIored cOmgatri-
not even whisper, so far as we have
heard. Now, why is thisl We are un-
willing to believe it to be anything but an
oversight, which, after this brief notice, will
also receive the immediate attention it de-
mands. One of these men at least, we
are well assured, has family, which, of
course, like that of Brown, must be in
much affection, and it is our bounden du-
ty to look after them. How shall we do
1t! Who will present plan or make a
SUGGESTION Cannot an association be
formed to take charge of and carry out this
matter effectually. Let us not dare our
ourselves to live and breathe, and permit
even the last of them to suffer.
Since the above was written, there has
come to hand the speech of Emerson, at
the Boston meeting called to raise funds
to assist the family of John Brown. Mr..
Emerson nobly says: 'But we are here to
think of the relief of the family of John
Brown. To my eyes, the family looks
very large, and needs relief. 1t comprises
his br~re JelIorO sufferers in the jas1,' &c.