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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-11-14
WESTERN RESERVE COLLEGE.


The catalogue for the current year is
out, and we congratulate the friends Of
that institution on the testimony it affords
as to the fOurishing condition of the Col
lege. The indefatigable President. and
the able Faculty of that College begin 10.
see the effects of their work. aud the future
looks bright and encouraging. The insti-z
tuition now numbers one hundred and ten
students, of which twcnty-seyen are Fresh
men, being the largest class that ever en-
tered the College Not only was this
large class added, but many additions we're
also made at the beginning of this year 10
the upper classes. In the Preparatory
School there arc forty eight; aud from this
school, of cOurse- comes the majority Whsz
enter upon the regular College course
Northern Ohio is well represented in the
College, and We are glad to notice that
Cleveland furnishes a score Of students. sss-e
This College has good buildings, and an
apparatus second to none in the country;
in fact, in all ths material elements thtt
60 to make up a good College. the one at
IIu'lsou is not surpassed BY any Of years,
and is far in advance Of most that number
much greater age. Tie course is rigid and
thorough; not even the temptation of large
classes inducing the least indulgence to-
wards candidates for admission, and hence
the standard of scholarship is maintained
at high point. - lli rs
The Faculty is composed as f5llOVss-,,
Rev. Henry l. Hitchcock, D. D.. Presi-
dent, and Professor of Christian Theology.
J. Lang Cassels, ~ D., LII. d., Lecturer
on Chemistry and Natural II story. Ma
than P. Seymour, n A.. Professor of Grc,k
and Latin Languages; Charles A. Young
NJ. A, Professor Of Mathematics and Natl
ural Philosophy. Carroll Cutler, H. A.
Professor Of intellectual Philosophy and
Rhetoric. Edwin S. Gregory. VI. A.. Prin-5
ipal of the Preparatory School. Edsia
". Childs. L. A., Tutor. g-s.srz
These gcntltmen rank among the best
scholars in our country, and the government
of the Institution is so firm as to maintain
perfect discipline. AMI yet 50 kind that the
Faculty possesses not only the confidence
of the students, but their deep atfectisH.--s
Cless. Her.
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and as We PASSED group of this kind Of
animals, we heard the following fatterine
remarks, intended no doubt, for our espe-
cial benefit:
"Boys, if l had wife, and she'd 90 to
hOss fair, Pd-hic-kill her, by gra-
ciOus." And as looked upon his reeling
form, and met the demented gaze of his
blOOdshOt eyes, thought if l were his wife
should want to be killed.
We next passed on to where there was
another manifestation of spirit presence. F"
Before show tent stood, or tried to stand,
a man explaining the principles of his pO-
htical party to picture of good natured
looking darkey. Now, see here, you old
black Republican, said he. if you archie
used up, don't stand there looking at a
-hic-gentleman with that everlasting
grin on your greasy phiz; here goes for
hic-DOuglas, Crying to swing his hat,)
and-hic-sq- -u-a-t-and down he went,
to manage his own affairs in his own way
for the rest of that day, at least.
And now another group arrested our at
tentiOn. Several young gentlemen-no,
not gentlemen, or men: but several young
"fellers" passed by us, turning in their
toes, setting their feet down pretty careful
ly, and straining their eyes in vain attempts
to look as if nothing was the matter. One
of these l noticed particularly, boy of
perhaps twelve or thirceen years of age,
and whose appearance strongly indicated
that he was taking his initiatory steps in
the school of vice and crime. We heard
him tell his companions that he knew he
was not drunk, but he felt awful dizzy
and then noticing for the first time that we
were looking at them, one of these fast
young men politely inquired if We saw any
thing ''smileable" out their way, and was
quite indignant at what he called our i'm
pudence in watching them.
The two three minute races, which took .
nearly whole afternoon for their accom-
plishmcnt, being now over, We came away,
with our hearts saddcned with the thought
Of the wretched homes to which so many
men must wend their crooked
ways. l thought of the love-light growing
dim in the eye of the wife, as the sound of
the husbands uncertain footsteps fell like
A death knell upon her ear. l thought of
little children, whose lives should be bright
and Joyous as a summer morn, leaving their
play as the hour of their fathers coming
lrew near, and with clouded brows and
strange fears creeping over their young
hearts, asking that mother if she thinks
ather will come home drunk tonight l
hv1eht how many maiden's checks would
ingle Nth the blush of shame as the knowl-
dge Of brothers degradation came to
hem. / thought how stern fathers would
,Ow their heads in shame and sorrow be-
ausc of this dark stain of intcmperance
!pOn the fair name of their cnce noble and
boy; and then l wOrdered if
utraged society would not interpOse bar
icr to this growing evil, and make an ef,
ort to stay the downward course of the !
lany youth Of our land, whose footsteps
re poised upon the very verge of beastly
ltoxication.
MRS. JONES.
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An angel came one morning
And whispered to a child,
Wilt come with me sweet eitie?
But the darling only smiled
And in the early morning
Woke to a brighter light.
'Mong free and gladstone spirits
Who know no darkening night.
Again the Angel wandered
Into that home of love,
And frori the mothers bosom.
Tore the youngest household dove.
Oh God. she cried in anguish,
Must / yield another UP
o heavenly father canst thou not
Withdraw this bitter cup?
But when Affections rain-drops
Flow down upon the heart.
They thicker come, and faster
With an unvenomcd dart.
And so another darling
Was snatehed from out that home
To join sister and brother,
Who but a DAY had gone
o what is life? in anguish
The striehen mother cried.
While the Father shed in bitterness.
TIE tears he could not hide.
4 struggle here; and weary
The heart grows in the strife
To gain that better country
That brighter. holier life,
Where death is as a stranger,
And angels happy roam
In love and peace and harmony
In their eternal home.
Ohio, lSGO.
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pOftrp.
THE EVE OF ELECTION.
BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER,

From glad to gray, our mild sweet day
OF Indian Summer fades too soon:
But. teaderly, above the sea.
Hangs, white and eala, the Hunters moor
In its pale fire the village srIre
Shows like the zodiac's spectral lance;
The painted walls, whereon it falls,
Transfgured stand in marble trance.
0'cr fallen leaves the west wind grieves,
Yet comes the seedtime round again;
And morn shall see the State sown free
With baneful tares, or healthful grain.
Along the street the shadows meet
OF Destiny, whose bands conceal
The moulds of fate that shapes the state,
And make or mar the common veal.
Around l see the powers that be,
stand by Empires primal springs;
And princes meet in every street,
And hear the tread of unerowned kings.
Harki through the crowd the laugh runs loud
Beneath the sad, rebuking moon;
God save the land careless hand
May shake or swerve ere morrow's noon.
/ No jest is this; one cast amiss
May blast the hope of Freedoms year:
Oh! take me where are hearts of prayer,
| And fOreheads bowed in reyerent fear
Not lightly fall beyond recall
The written scrolls breath can hoat
The growing fact the kingliest act
OF freedom, is the freeman's vote
For pearls that gem diadcm,
The diver in the deep sea dives;
The regal right We boast tonight
Is ours through eostlier sacrifice:
The blood of Vane, his prison pain
Who traced the pata the pilgrim trod;
And hers whose faith drew strength from death
AND prayed her Russell up TO God.
Our hearts grow cold; We lightly hold
The right which brave men died to gain;
The right. the cord, the ak, the sword,
Grim nurses al lis birth of pain
Your shadows rend, and DER us bend.
o martyrs, with your crowns and palms,
Bresthe through these throngs your hattie songs
Your scaffold prayers and dungeon psalms.
Look from thy sky. like Gods great eye,
Thou solemn moon. with seauching l,ean'. =
Till in the sight of thy pure light
Our mean selfseekings hleaner seem.
Shame from our hearts unworthy arts.
The fraud designed. the purpose dark
And snlite away the hands We lay
Rrofanely on the sacred Ark
10 party claims and private aims,
Reveal that august face of Truth.
To which are given the age of Heaven,
The oeauty of immortal youth.
So shall eur voice OF sovereign choice
Swell the deep bass of duty done,
And strike the key OF time to he \
When God aad man shall speak as one.
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ave showed him the letter when h
came. He never smiled again. He told
me then that all his wanderings had beer
in search of Mena, that he went to St Croix
found out her purchaser, traced her to New
York, but could get no further clue to heI
fate: that Re had often thought that Grace
must be her child and loved her according.
ly. He was anxious and wori, and in a
few months passed away"
"Oh! grandma. what fearful tale" i" said
Jenny, lifting her eyes rcd with tears
Yes, fearful, indeed, and all because,
one so beautiful and good, has one drop Of
that blood in her veins that has been ac-
cursed by slavery, all this sorrow and wrong
must come"
I'VE will love aunt Grace better than
ever, now" said both the girls as they knclt
for their graRdmother's blessing and for
givcness.
o
a few months after, aunt Grace was
sent for to wait on the dying bed of Ara
bella I.
The mystery was revealed. Passing by
an out of the way entrance to the mansion
and grounds of our friends, whose names
We shall not give, she picked up the fatal
letter directed to Harsld, which had doubt
less fallen by accident from the basket,
20 years before.
Perhaps the mother, at this gate, for the
last time lifted her precious babe from its
pillow and pressed it to her throbbing and
agonizcd heart; perhaps the cold chill wind
blew it there from its hiding place. 1t
was there, and selfish curiosity tempted the
disappointed girl to break the seal, and
when broken, of course pride and guilt
sealed her lips. And revenge and hate
prom pted her 20 years after to send it to
Grace at that fearful hour. She had hired
a boy from many miles away to carry it,
and return Immediately amid the fright and
excitement. The boy departed; no one
knew how or whittier She died, that
Tretched woman, gasping for forgiveness of
lunt Grace.
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BE PREpARED.-It is bad thing to 6e
too happy; it makes the mind grow fat and
lazy. Grief is a capital spring medicine
for keeping the brain healthy and brisk
If misfortune could be made, like loco
motive, to blow a whistle before it rushes
upon Us. and give us time to clear the rails,
tLcn We might sleep securely on our rose
leaves. But the sourfaced jade sneaks at
our heels, pouncing upon US as We trOt
along. singing. She is a policeman IN
plain clothes, Sith an umbrella in his
hand, bat the rattle and staff in his pocket
Fortify yourselves with course of mild
prosecutions; train for the great combat
that, when the pummeling begins, you may
suffer with a pleasant smile and engaging
manner. Accept accommodation ill, and
be sued on them; and on the day the bank
breaks the shock will be considerably eased.
The man who has roared with the gout
thinks groaning with rheumatism an agree
able change of pain,
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For the Chronicle.
A HORSE FAIR.

MEssRs. EDIToRs:-
Having heard great deal about Hors,
Fairs. l thought would avail myself o
an opportunity of visiting one Of these no
ted institutions. Consequently, L started
one bright beautiful morning, not ions
since, for Rayenna, anticipating rich treat
in the way of seeing handsome horses, aud
witnessing their various feats Of strength
and fcetnesS.
Well, on arriving at the Fair Grounds,
was handed what they called a day tick
ct, for which they charged twenty five cents,
and told me that good seats could be had
for ten cents more. But having some COM
pany with me, We preferred walking around
u short time. had expected to find the
Fair Grounds alive with beautiful horses;
but instead Of that. not one was to be seen
but Observing some large tents short
distance from us, | remarked to my friend
that they must have splendid horses, in
deed, to keep them under such nice shelters
as those" But she directed my attention
to a picture upon one side of the tent, and
after looking at it for some time, cOnclu-
dcd it was not a picture of horse. but of
4 fat woman on exhibition; also another of
big man, and one representing woman
with white hair and pink eyes, and snake
around her neck. The temptation was too
great to be resisted, so we went in to see
these wonderful persons. We found them
looking pretty much as they had been rep
resented. They we're pleasant and social;
the big man said we might pinch his arm,
which We tried, at the risk of unjointing
our fingers. The fat woman told us to try
hers, which We did with about the same
success. Tie snake tanner next claimed
eur attention, and to be sure there was no
humbug about her white hair, l caught
hold of one snowy ringlct, and gave it
little pull, which made the pink eyes roll
around faster than usual, and s:,tisfed me
that they were not fastened on with Spal-
ling's Prepared Glue. But VIC should not
have been true daughters of mother Eve if
We had left without seeing what the snake
could do-so in accordance with our re
lucst, the lady lifted one Of these subtle
bcasts" out of its box, and it soon CON-
mcnccd cOiling its ugly folds around her
waist and neck, and then | thought, per-
laps, this was the very course the serpent
.ook with our first mother, Gust chOked
ler until she was compelled to swallow
hat apple,) and could not help thinking
hat l should greatly prefer Gf l was
7oung lady, l mean,) to have some good
ooking fellow coat sleeve around me with
lis arm in it, of course,) than that mali
ious looking snake, with its forked tongue
md cleaning eye.
But my mcditatiOns were suddenly in
errupted by the cry that the horses were,
oming. So we went out to see the race,
which lasted half an hour. Then there
vas to be no more racing for two long I
ours. l wondered if this was what is call .
d Horse Fair-only two or three horses
0 be seen, about three minutes at time,
nee in two or three hours To be sure,
here were other beasts on the grounds. two
,ggcd ones, not in trotting order, however,
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A PECULIAR" CASE.

The Elyria Democrat gives the particu
lars Of trial in Lo1ain county, that ha.
resulted in the conviction of a white man
named Malachi Warren, of Oberlin, for Co
habiting with black woman called Ellen
Warren, not his wife. Warren is about
sixty years old and is rich. Both man and
woman were defendants.
1t appears that some years ago, Malachi
Warren was the owner of a number Of
slaves, and resided in the county of Loun.
ia, State of Alabama. That among the
number was the defendant Ellen and her
five children. That he removed said Ellen
and her children to Jefferson County, In.
diana, and on the 10th day of May, 1851,
executed to them deed of emancipation.
He subsequently removed to O5erlin where
he purchased house AMI lot, and took up
his residence for the purpose of educating
Ellen's children. He purchased large
farm near Oberlin, on which he worked
with the older boys, during the summer
season, Ellen keeping house for him in the
village, and he spending his winters in Al
ALBANIA.
At first, the good people of Oberlin ex-
tended him hearty welcome, and fclicita-
ted themselves not little on the acquisii-
ton to their society of citizen of the Sun
ny South, who had set the moral example
Of emaneipating his Slaves and giving them
a good education. If not feasted and toas-
ted, he was made the subject of many news
paper paragraphs, cxtolling his virtues and
example The children called him father
and when the good people Of Obcrlin began
to believe in good earnest that { 1eas their
father, it did not lessen their esteem for
him, and Trey freely forgaye the 'indiserc-
tions of his youth
But in process of time it began to be sur
missed that his intimacy with Ellen was
not of the character that public morals in
the free States would justify. and he began
to be regarded with suspicion The part
he took in th3 Oberlin Wellington rescue
case, did not increase the confidence of the
public in the genuineness of his piety, and
he became an object of suspicion on the
part of all the anti-slavery citizens Last
February, Ellen was discovered to be in 4
very delicate situation, and on the ami
versary of Washington's birthday, another
was added to the family who are accustom-
ID to call him pap
This was more than the virtuous people
IF Obcrlin could bear, and he was subse-
luently indicted with Ellen.
On the trial, the admissions of Ellen,
hat hc was the father of the children, and
hat she had continued to live with him in
consideration of his promising to give her,
/ decd of the house and lot, with the ad-
mission that he was not married, together
With other corrobOratiye testimony, estab-
ished the charge in the minds of the jury,
rho returned verdict of guilty. Malachi
vas sentenced to pay fine Of one hundred
ollars and costs, and be imprisoned and
:ept on bread and water one day. Ellen
ras permitted to depart ssRs punishment.
The Attornies engaged in the trial Of
he case. were Pros. Attorney B1ynton.
.angston and Plumb, for the State, and
lark, Coon and lIolbrOok for the defend
ntS.
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1tlistrllancOus.
Written or the Chronicle.
GRAND MAS STORY.
BY MRS. FRANCES D. GAGE.
(CoSCLUDED.)

(CoSCLUDED.)
I'VE had never had a daughter, and oul
sons we're all away from US then, and w
were very lonely. Aswe took the little one
near the light it looked up and lifted up it;
little hands, and began to Coo and smile
and your grandfather, who was the softest
hearted man that ever lived, burst into
tears 'Catharine,' said he, we will keer
it as our own and he Rugged it to his bo-
som as if it had been his own born baby.
He always loved it just so. till he died
twenty years after
! There was another pause, sigh, almost
grOan, and quick falling tears.
J "Well, l must not give way so, your
aunt Grace wants ne to tell you the story
and | will try to go on.
That little babe was your aunt Grace !;
we brought her up as ours, and gave her
every privilege that money could buy. She
went to foreign lands, too, and learned les
sons of the great masters, and came back
to US as beautiful and good as she went
What became of uncle Harold, asked
Kate, wita deep interest. ~ 1l#s
"He became man of the world; never
married; Travelled to and fro, and seemed
never to find rest or quiet
The rs were greatly incensed at his
conduct in deser.ing Arabella. But he
would never more 60 near her, and size al
so lived unmarried. l could not ju stify
him. There was one member Of the 7.
family that did not share the prejudiees
and ill-feeling ef the rest, young Falkncr,
the oldest grandson, and now heir to the
whole estate. For they were high living
people, and died very young, all but Ara
bella and her father.
Falkner met Grace in Rome, and being
thrown together in strange land, great
intimacy grew up between them, and when
they came home and asked our consent to
their marriage, nothing could have pleased
Us better. 1t would join the two great es-
tates, and make the two families one again,
and the old Gov. seemed as pleased as We
were.
The time was fixed for the marriage, and
every thing seemed as prosperous and fair
g. --i 90 -s Cd 90 ..z.
-1-r sz.-5sut ErlEE e gsgl
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TIRED OF 1.-THE Boston Post says
and. VIC doubt not, with the greatest
sincerity:-"Wc shall be as glad as any
of our readers when the sixth of November
is past, and We can print something more
interesting than reports of political meet
ings These frequent elections are enough
tc weary the patience of Job" --. ID
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A lady expressed great alarm at being
kissed by her husband. least some one
should see them and conclude they were
not married
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REMOVAL

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St where the subscriber would be happy TO all
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N ueut Of School Books and Stationery.
[Aazust !, 1850 n PORTER
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For the Chronicle.
THE ANGELS VISIT.
BIT NERCIA BoYSToN LASE.

Afccfi0naiely inscribed 10 Ellen and Thornton E.
Laas on The second birth their three daughters.
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COM -.
BARNUM'S HARDWARE STORE,
At Warren Trumbull Co., Ohio,

is now filed with ample stocks. and
L repIste with the latest styles Of HOUSE TRIM
NISGS aRd most desirable eoiers psintins blinds.
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Barnam intends to supply Paints.
Oils vzruxh &c. inclusive OF A. No. ]. Tip Tap. Ex-
ira Zine Pry and in o also su erior quality ground
In Whit. Yarnish. for Parlor u.
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