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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-04-10
River Receipts.

FROM SOUTH CARROLTON, PER LUE
EAvEs.-l6 hhds tobacco, Brown & Ak
man; G hhds tobacco, Slaughter Il bunker
son; l hid tobacco, l. A. Crane.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
Home.

The Dream Of Home in those desoIat
regions which comprise the Arctic Zone
is hereinafter beautifully and touchingl,
defined by DR.. Hayes.
The Doctor was on a visit 10 a sno
where some weeks before he had talked
with his companions Of home and schemec
Tor the deliverance of the party from thei
prison. The sun was no longer in SIGHT
to warm the sky, and to put glow into
the heart Of the wanderer. "The moor
had usurped his place; and her siIenI
face seemed to reflect nothing but the
coolness Of the ice. fields which Law be-
meath her." DR.. Hayes thus describes
his experience at this time:
al looked on every side with yearnipp
Tor something outward TO tighten the
heavy weight which oppressed my spirits ;
Tor darker times, and times Of greater re.
sponsibility, | knew were near al hand
but desolation and the silence Of death
we're everywhere around me, and better
than ever before, better probably than
ever again, | felt what it was to depend
on ones self and God.
Then came a reaction which will be
readily understood by the intelligent
reader. arose from the rock upon
which | had been seated, and again fixed
my eyes upon the sea. The stern silence
which had been almost maddeninC, be.
came now a source of inspiration. In the
reflux Of thought which followed forgot
the cold moon, the leaden stars, The
frowning cli[fs, the desolate waste. the
chilling glacier /; forgot my loneliness /;
and ! WAS back again in the world Of life.
and power, and action. The frozen sea
grew into fertile plain /; the hummocked
ridges were resolved into walls and
bridges; and southern panorama Of
sunny fields was before me. A crack
which meandered to the south wes. which
had recently opened to the tide, and from
which were curling up the wreaths of
frost smoke favored the illusion. Clus-
tiers OF little hummocks suggested herds Of
cattle and flocks of sheep. Larger
masses were converted into trees and a
long bank Of snow, whose vertical wall
threw a shadow on the plain, was the
margin Of dense forest. Farther away
panneied berg gave church with a
spire and belfry; another wore the ap-
pearance OF ruined castle while still
farther TO the southwest, where the
stream seemed TO discharge itself into the
ocean, stood giant fort, under whose
brislling guns lay feet Of gallant ships.
Around all that saw were clustered
home associations, and objects which
years before, had suggested to boyish
mind the serious purposes OF life and l
turned away with renewed strength to
fight the battle through and with renewed
determination to behold again those scenes
which my imagination had ground TO-
gether on the desolate sea-"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
The Affections.

The very first lesson which you should
teach your children should be the ius,
value OF your affections, since it is through
their medium, chiefly, that you can hope
properly to influence their obedience i,
is idle to expect that you can train him
properly in his ways Of life. You are tc
teach him this lesson. by careful dis.
elimination between right and wrong, in
your consideration Of his conduct. YOU
are to permit no misconduct, however
trifiing in iiself, TO pass without due notice
1t mus! be promptly checked to be effect
ually conquered. Error is like thai
Genius in the Arabian Tale, who, though
his bulk, when uncon6ned, reached from
earth to heaven, could yet squeeze him,
self into the compass Of quart poi. II
is surprising from what small beginnings
most monsters grow. Tho first lesson
which the boy learns from this observant
discrimination is The value you place upon
your affections. He soon sees that thew
are valuable-only to be acquired upon
certain terms, and for a certain consider
alton. You have nothing 10 do but pre-
scribe the terms-to declare the con
dltlons. You may make your affections
cheap or dear, at your own pleasure. II
too cheap he will not value them; il too
dear be will despair of procuring them. -
The true principle by which to determine
the conditions for securing them, is the
simple one of always doing justice. Ifhe
deserves praise, praise him il he merits
blame, do not withhold it. In neither
case be immodera,e. for boy seldom de-
serves any grea, degree either Of praise
or blame. The terms Of your favor YOU
are to unfold to him, not by set lessons,
but by habitual conduct and he will find
1t easy to comply with reasonable con.
dillons in order to secure those affections,
which, moved as they are by inAexible
justice, he will soon discern are beyond
price. This principle is one Of the most
obvious of everyday experience. We
see it in the public thorougefare, at all
hours, at every turning. Affections
are moral rewards They are to be
given, like money, very sparingly, and
not till you have carefully inquired
whether they be due or not. They are to
be given to justice, not to partially. The
i'll advised and lavish affection of the
parent, like indiscriminate charity in the
highways, soon makes the receiver waste
ful OF the treasure he receives. Besides,
when the parent has been giving because
OF his blind love, what has he left himself
to bestow, when the child deserves, and
when it is the parents duty. to reward ?
1t is from this proAigacy Of bounty that
children become capricious in moral judg-
ment, perverse and wsnton in disposition
From this they grow up preierring wrong
to right, or rather practicing the wrong
quite as commonly as the right, from an
absolute incapacity to preceiVe the differ
ence between them.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
The Brain Of the Negro.

According to Investigations made by Prof.
Tidemann, of Heidelberg the weight of the
brain OF an adult male European varies
from three pounds and three ounces to four
pounds and eleven ounces troy weight; that
of the female weighs, on on average, from
four to eight ounces less than the male
The brain usually sttains its FULL dimensions
at the age Of seven or eight, and Jecreases
in size in old age. At the time of birth,
the brain bears larger proportion to the
size OF the body than at any subsequent Pc
riod OF life, being then as one-sixth of the
total weight; at two years Of age, it is one
fosrteenth; at three, one-eighteenth at
6fteen, ,one-twenty fourth; and in tho adult
period. that is, from the age of twenty to
that of seventy, it is generally within the
limits Of oue-thirty fifth and one-forty- fifth.
No pereeptible difference exists, says
Prof Tidemaun, either in the average weighs
or the average size of tho brain of tho me-
gro and of the European, and the nerves
are not larger, relatively to the size OF the
brain. in the former than in the latter. In
the external form OF the brain of tho negro
q very slight difference only can be traced
from that of the European; but there is alb.
solutely no difference whatever in its exter-
nal structure, nor does the negro brain ex-
hibit any greater resemblance to that of the
ourang ortang than the brain of the Euro.
pean, except, perhaps, in the moro symmet-
rical disposition of its convoiutions. The
facial angle in the negro is smaller than in
the European.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
Mr.. Potter.

The impression prevails to some extent,
and it is very natural that it should, that
Mr.. Potter OF Wisconsin. because he led
the Republicans in the famous Keitt and
Grow "scirmsge" two years ago, and SO
promptly sprang to the side Of Lovejoy tho
other day, and has proposed to fight
Pryor with bowie knives, is rather a des-
perate character, with good deal of the
wild dash Of the borderer in his air and
manners. But he is quite the contrary
He was born in Maine, is the descendant
Of grave and pious parents; his grand
father was clergyman, and he is one Of
the most quiet and unostentatious mem-
bers Of the House Of Representatives
Though he stands erect, and carries his
head firmly on his shoulders, he is one OF
the last persons in the House whom o
spectator would select as the man who
backed down the pink OF the Virginia chiv-
airy with bowie knife. Potter resembles
rather self-possessed lawyer or mer-
chant, or even clergyman with a strong
spice of the world in his composition, than
a Western borderer. So little stir has he
made in the present Congress, that sew
eral Democratic members of the House
and several Republican Senators did not
even know him by sight till after his affair
with Pryor made him conspicuous.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
WHOLE NO., 53S.
Scene in an Illinois Court.

The following proceedings occurred in
an Illipois Criminal Court. The Presiding
Judge had been appointed to GIL the va.
cancy occasioned by the resignation of
Judge Lynch.
Court-"Sam," said the Judge, III sup.>
pose you know the jury has brought you
in guilty Of murder"
Prisoner-"Yes, Judge, that are fact.
and no mistakeP
Court-"Well, Sam, you have 10 be,
hanged you know"
Eyes, 'spose So"
Court--"No help for ii, believe
Sam?"
Prisoner--"No, believe not, Il don't
make mnch difference, Il l have got to be
hanged. / have had a midlin' hard time
all my life, anyhow. This is no great
thing Of a world, Judge, you know your
"Mr. Sheriff." said the Judge, "wili
this day four weeks come on Sunday?"
"No, SIR" said the Sheriff, 'Ghat can't
be possible"
"You had better look at the almanac"
Saiu the Judge, II don't wish 10 make
any judicious mistakes"
Having become satisfied that hanging
day would come at proper period, if caI-
culated by weeks, he proceeded TO enquire
if that day four weeks would suit Sam, as
well as any other to be hanged on. He
was assured that any day except Friday,
which was an unlucky day, would be per-
fectly agreeable.
"Now SAM" said his honor, shave you
anything 10 say why sentence should not
be pronounced upon you?"
"Not much" was the reply; eff I owe
anybody, forgive the debt, and if any
body owes me, they can pay it to my
WIFE"
"May God have mercy on your SOUL"
said the Judge, and burst into food OF
tears.
Sam was subsequently, hanged accord
ing to appointment.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
Thrilling Adventure An Encounter
with Esquimaux Dogs.


The following extract from DR.. Hares'
Arctic Boat Journey" will be read with
interest al the present time, when the wri.
ter's proposed Polar Expedition is one OF
the topics of the day:
"The dogs were fastened BY their long
traces, each team being tied to a separate
sake. They were bowling piteously.-
Having been exposed to all the fury Of the
storm, with no ability to run about, they
had grown cold; and, as their masters
told us, having had nothing To eat during
thirty six hours, they must have been sav .
agely hungry. One Of them had already
eaten his trace, but we came out, fort1.
nately, at the proper moment to preyen,
an attack upon the sledges.
Leaving the hunters 10 look after their
teams returned 10 the hut. The blindinp
snow which battered my face made me
lnsensible to everything except tbe idea
OF getting out Of it; and thinking Of nc
danger. vas in the act Of STOPPING to
enter the doorway, when . sudden noise
behind me caused me 10 look around, and
there, close at my heels, was the whole
pack OF thirteen hungry dogs, snarIine.
swapping, and showing their sharp teeth
like drove Of ravenous wolves. 1t was
fortunate that l had not got down upon
my knees, or they would have been upon
my back.
"ln fact, so impetuous was their attack.
that one ofthem had already sprung when
1 laced round. caught him on nv arm
and kicked him down the hill The other,
were for moment intimidated by the
OF my movement, and at see
ing the summary maLner in which their
leader had been dealt with: and they
were in the act Of sneaking away, when
they perceived that l was powerless 10 do
them any harm, having nothing in nv
hand. Again they assumed the offensive;
they were all around me; in an instant
more and l should be torn to pieces. 4
had faced death in several shapes before,
but never had / felt as then; my blood
fairly curdled in my veins. Death down
the red 'hroats Of pack Of wolfsh dogs
had something about it peculiarly un-
pleasant. Conscious OF nay weakness
they were preparing for a spring. had
not time even to halloo for help; to run
would be the readiest means Of bringing
the wretches upon me. My eye swept
round the group and caught sight Of
something lying half buried in the snow,
about ten feet distant. Quick as q Cash
l sprang, rs l never sprang before or
since. over the back Of huge fellow who
stood before me; and the next instant l |
was whirl'ng about me the lash Of long
whip cutting to right and left. The dogs
fetreated before my blows and the fury Of
my onset, and then sullenly skulked be-
hind the, rocks. The viii ip had clearly
saved my life: there was nothing else
within my reach; asd it had been dropped
there quite accidentally by Kalutunah as
he went down to the sledges."
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
How to Tell the Time Of Night by the
Stars,

The Scientific american gives the fol.
lowing exposition of the way 10 tell the
time Of night by the stars:
Take a keg or barrel hoop, or hoop of
wire, and divide it into twenty. four equal
spaces, marking the dividing points for
four points. Connect the opposite hour
points by lines Of fine twine draw across
The diameter Of the hoop. Hang the ap.
paratus against north window, and place
the eye in line with the middle hoop
where the wires cross each other) and
the North Star.
Now any Of the Fixed stars in their
daily revolutions about the pole, will pass
from one to the next in an hour. Let us
select the nearest point in the "dipper"
alpha, Ursa Major) for the hour on our
great clock of the heavens. Place the
eye at such distance from the apparatus
as to bring this star just within the hoop,
keeping the centre Of the hoop in line with
the North Pole. On the fifth of March.
the star Alpha Ursa Major, will be on the
meridian, directly over the North Star,
and consequently in line with the upper
veriicle wire Of our apparatus at 12
O'Clock, midnight and as it passes from
one wire TO the next in an hour, If it is
seen in line with the first wire at the right
Of the vertical one, the time will be IL
O'Clock: if in line with the second wire at
the right, 10 o'clock and so on. While
If ii has passed The middle, and reached
the first wire at the left, the time indicated
is | O'Clock /; the second wire, O'Clock;
and so on.
This star, in common with all other
fixed stars, comes to the meridian about
four minutes earlier each night or day,
Consequently, on the 9Th Of April, i: will
reach the vertiele wire at 10 O'Clock at
night, and the other wires at correspond
ing times and this variation continues at
the rate of two hours in each month
throughout the year.
From this description the mode will be
readily understood Of telling the time Of
night by the stars without the aid Of an
instrument. We require to learn Two
stars-the polar star and that one Of the
pointers which is the nearest one 10 it
to remember thatthis latter star is directly
over the North Star on the 9th of March,
and comes 10 the meridian two hours
earlier than on the preceding month";
As the star revOlves around the circle in
"a hours, it will of course, revolve one
fourth the distance 10 5 hours, being Of
right angles to the meridian six hours
from the time it ia on the meridian, and
at an angle Of 45 degrees three hours
from that time.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
A Western Art.Criticisrn

A correspondent of the Buffalo Courier
narrates the following shrewd criticism
passed by rough Western man, on the
Prairie Picture:
A few mornings ago, as / was standing
admirihg--as confess myself quite fond
OF doing-that beautifu! deer group, tall
unmistakable Western man came up be-
hind me, and looked over my shoulder
| noticed at once the, quick stoppage Of
breathing; but to my surprise, the stop
was short and something like a laugh
quickly succeeded. Looking up saw
yellow face overspreading with smile,
and there was decided twinkle in the
eye.
"Pshaw p said he, "thars no pictur,
after all. That aint no fair repre-.
sentation."
"May be It's good enough for paint
ing" said the Western man." don't say
anything agin that, but there never was no
scene enacted like ii. Just look at that
tall rice grass up there, and then the fern
weds below-who ever saw them grow
together? Why, the one grows on wet
and the other on dry land. But that's
pretty wet land" he continued, "and jest
see them deer's feet, how clean they be.
They ought to be mud up to their knees !;
and at the gait they're goin at, they'd be
spotted with mud all over. l tell ye,
when l went to that country first, the
men skeered me sometimes driving their
wagons on to a wet prairie, but they'd tell
me it was sll right and sure enough, l
would find good bottom a foot down.
Then next thing know'd they would be
giving pretty wide berth to place that
looked, at first sight, edzackuy like the
other; and soon fonnd an easy way to
tell was by the grasses"
'If any o'ye know that painter chap"
said the unconsciously keen critic. as he
prepared to move of, "jest tell him-but
it's no use, "::he said, lowering his voice,
"thars good enough city prairie p
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
Mind Your Business.

We like greatly the device on an
ancient Rhode Island penny:
"Aind your 5usines I" That is it,
A man o! business must mind his business.
or his business will not mind him. If he
gives his energies to pleasure, others will
pick up bis neglected living. If he devote
his chief attention TO party politics, he will
soon be in the mire. II he run wild after
some new ism Of the hour, his name may
be made notorious, but he will become a
bankrupt. We do not say that be should
debar himself from occasional recreation.
that he should be Indifferent 10 the wei.
fare OF his country,-or that he should
pay no heed to the spirit OF the times
Not at all; but these are side issues, and
should have attention only commensurate
with their importance, and subordinately
to the main question.
"Aind your business :" Not an
other mans. but your own. Let him
alone, so far as interference with him is
imper,inent. When he asks your advice
or aid, render it cheerfully il in your
power; but do not intermeddIe in mat
ters where your ignorance OF his moving
motive or reason for conduc. only makes
you appear presumptuously prying.
"Nind your business !'' SANDER no
one, politically, morally. or socially
II your rival is prosperous and respected,
surpass him in industry and virtue, if you
can but DO not seek to put him down by
ar:ful and lying appeals to sectional pre-
ludlce or Sectarlan partiaiitv
"Mind your business :" Be progress.
i've in your own line. Outside Of
that, be conservative. Respect the legal
rights OF your neighhors hard by, and of
your countrymen at large. You would
resent their dictation in your personal
matters, whether social, moralor political
be assured they will treat you with
equal contempt, land Justly.
"Aind your 6usinsssr' Every one
Of you-kindly, actively. perseveringly,
and you will thus be an agent in
carrying out portion Of the plans of
benevolent Providence, who would have
men to be"diligent in business" as we'll as
''fervent in spirit"
mind your business p But not TO the
neglect of your family. Make money a
means to valuable ends. Your chief
social end is to train up gentle, educated,
VirtuouS, God-fearing family. Money is
an important means to this end; but this
end is to be aimed at, whether you make
money or not. Remember this and at
tend most assiduously to the cultivation
OF your own spirit and manners, and by
example as we'll as precept, train vir-
tuously the tender and lovely beings,
who arc increased around your table and
fre-side and when your locks whiten,
and your eyes grow dim, and your step
fa.ters, you will have in them blessing
better than thousands Of gold and Of
silver"
Well doth he who ever doeth
What the penny legend showeth.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
WHO Is my Ncighbort LIKE. %

stnO Is my NcighbOrt LUKE 4, 90
who is Thy noiehbor i-ho whom thou
Hast po@or to aid or bless,
Whose aching hoart, or burning brow,
Thy soothing hand may press.
Thy neighbor 7-'tis tho fainting poor.
Whose eye with want is dim
9oh, turn not from his humble door.
Go, chcor an6 succor him.
Thy neigh5or i-Lo that burdened one
whose griet-cup at tho brim.
Llios bittor sorrows overrun,
Go thou and comfort him.
Thy neighbor ?-yonder toiling slave.
Fetterod in thought aud limb,
Whose hopes oil lie boyond the grave;
Go thou and ransom him.
Thy neighbor ?--any heart bereft
OF early trust or hope,
Widow or orphan. helpless left;
Go thou and lift them up.
Whore'er thou seest human form
Bowed down with grief and care.
Thy loye can heal, thy kindpcss warm;
Behold thy neighbor there
Thy neighbor?-pass no mourucr by.
Perhaps thou canst redeem
One breaking heart from misery;
10 share thy lot with him.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04

The Century says the Jews in the city
of New York amount to about forty thou
sand. They hsye twenty-one synsEogues,
and during the periods of their principal
attendance on religious meetings, they havo
thirty or forty additional balls, which are
resorted to in a greater or less degree. In
the United States, there are believed TO be
about two hundred thousand Jews while,
according to . recent statement in an En-.
glish publication, there are 10 all England
only thirty.fve thousand.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04
LATE advices from Australia bring tb,

LATE adv;ces from Australia bring the
account Of recent Polynesian massacre.
The schooner Pearl, Of Anitocum, formerly
a well known yacht Of Sydney haIbor, was
captured and burned at the island of Ru-
biaua, one Of the Solomon group, and ber
crew, eight in number beside the Captain,
were killed and eaten by the natives. An
attempt was also made to capture the Clar-
ence packet A similar attempt was made
upon the cutter Oberon; two of her crew
were murdered while on shore, and then
sent word to the captain as if from them,
desiring to see him. The plan, however.
failed.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04

APPEARANCE OF THE FIVE ANCIENT CITIES
RECENTLY DISCOVERED - Five ancient Cities,
deserted and forgotten, have been discovered
In the Great Desert, beyond the Riyor Jor-
dan. A report made to the Royal Asiatic
Society. by Mr.. Graham, an EngIisbman
lately returned from travels in the East,
gives the particulars of the discovery
They we're as perfect as IL the inhabitants
had just left :hsm, the houses retaining the
massive stone doors which are a charac.
teristic of the architecture of that region
One of the cities ls remarkable for q large
building like q castle, built of whjte stone,
beautifully cut. Further eastward other
palaces were found, where every stone
had inscriptions in an unknown character,
bearing somo apparent likeness to the
Greek alphabet formerly 10 use in Southern
Arabic"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1860-05-04

BREArHE fresh air IL you would live long
In New Englsnd, farmers, who pass their
days out OF doors, live to an average age of
o. years. The average of persons who have
in door occupations at death 10, in Massachu-
setts and Rhode Island: Shoemakers, 4s;
taiIors. 42i; editors, Al; druggists, jewellers,
and teachers, from 80 to 40; machinists,
s6i; printers, sei. Fresh air, there, almost
doubles . mans life, while il more than
doubles bis capacity for enjoyment.