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Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
THE NEW WAR BETWEEN ENG
LAND AND THE CHINESE EN-
PIRE,
lprou the LonIon Tines. June II

IPrOn the LonIOn Times. June IL
China has refused the British ultima
tum with directness and with an inso-
lence such as great preparation and a
consequent sense of security alone could
have prompted. The terms of the ultima
tum are confined to a confirmation Of the
treaty of 1853, an apology for the outrage
at the mouth Of the Peiho. compensation
for losses, restoration of ships and mateTi-
al, revisal Of the clause in the last trea-
ty on the visits Of the British Minister to
Pekin, and an indemnity for the expenses
of the present expedition, according to the
obstinaey of the Chinese resistance. 1t is
evident from the reply that the Chinese are
infatuated with success, and, painful as it
is to see them running headlOng to their
doom, We cannot help feeling that this is
the long expected justification of ourselves
and others who on several occasions have
maintained against attacks theeause other
majesty's servants in those regions. The
Chinese maintain that the British and
French Ministers were duly warned. even
at Shanghae. not to proceed to Taku. which
had been fortified, as they pretend they
had informed US, but to Peh-tang or the
false mouth of the PeihO. which turns out
to be, indeed, no mouth at ALL They still
refuse to admit our ships of war up to
Peiho, on the ground that an ambassador
can require no armament, and that any foe
might assume our flag. Against our ex-
penses they plead their own greater expens-
es. The ships and guns cannot Be return
ed, because they are at the bottom of the
sea, and ere had better let them remain
there. They propose to treat Our MINIS
ter as they treatedtke Amcrican; and they
critieise the tone Of our ultimatum and
as insubordinate, extrava-
CANT and indecorous. The Emperor's adj
Visers, or they who assume the name. could
never have any other purpose than to per-
sist in the policy of isolation. and leave
70 eigners no recourse against any amount
If wrong. All the treaties hitherto must
nave been mere hypocrisies. and nothing
short of a visit to the Court of Pekin is
likely to obtain for US the simple rights of
trading and sojourning. conceded by all
.iyilized states to one another.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
THE NEW MORMON REFORMA-
TION DECLINING.

A correspondent of the Burlington Qowa)
Hawkeye writes from Council Bluffs
The great Mormon Conference, which
met here on June lst adjourned last Sun
day to meet in De Kalb County, Ill, next
October. Young Joe did not make his ap-
pearance, for the reason, We suppose, that he
is not well enough posted yet in the tom.
fOOlerieS of the faith to make a respectable
prophet A report was in circulation Sun
day morning that large number of be-
levers were to be baptized in the Elk,
above town, in the afternoon, and we
were planning to turn out in mass and see
the ceremony, but the report was hoax.
Not a solitary baptism crowned the hbOrs
of the devoted apostles, and the throng of
baeksliders and incipient Saints scattered
away over the slope. no better off fear,
than when they come together, but with
glorious prospects ga good time coming"
looming up before them like an Iowa forest
in mirage. Brother Curly and brother
Briggs had preached themselves hOarse.
and thrown off balderdash enough to last
the faithful several months no doubt, and
to awake keen sense of the ridiculous
among the Gentiles. These apostles read
the Bible and the Book of Mormon, and
mix things" in proportions to suit them
selves, and more senseless arrangement
of fragmentary ideas and indiseriminate
butehery of the Queens English it would
be heard to find. Some of my readers Will
laugh when they learn that Calvin Bcebe
and James OrtOn, of this city. have been
duly appointed to look after the Saints
during the absence of the apostles.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
BURIED CITY AND ITS TREAS
URES.

The New Granada grave excitement hav-
ing pretty well died out, the restless treas
ure seekers have taken it into their heads
that the old city of Port Royal, which was
swallowed up by an earthquake in 1892,
and over the ruins Of which now dash the
waters of the Bay of Kingston, Jamaica, if
its deluged secrets were explored, would
pay for The risk and trouble and expense
with untold gold. Such an expedition is
already projected and with marine armor,
it is in the range of modern possibilities
that it viii result in something practical.
When the city was sunken it was large,
populous, well built, and wealthy, and
when the Garth opened and the waves of
the sea engulfcd it, it became the coffin of
thousands, and its ruins, yet to be seen in
a clear, sunny day, as the vessel glides over
the smooth waters of the bay and over the
house tops and streets of the once gay me-
tropolis of the island. many Of its ruins
having yet resisted the action of its waves
and wear of time. there can be no doubt
that great wealth lies buried, and is proba-
bly, accessible to the approach of modern
arts and adventures. More improbable
expeditions have been started, resulting in
some in tanccs with success.-Ne,0 Or
leans Bulletin.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
JUSTIFYING SMOKERS BY THE
SCRIPTURES.

Mr.. Spurgcon was invited by wealthy
gentleman in the country. some forty miles
from London, to come to the place and
preach. Arriving there he found huge
tent erected in the park. with bales of hay
arranged tier above tier for seats, pile of
bales for pulpit, and three or four thou.
sand people waiting to hear him. He preach-
ed. and the people thought they had never
heard such preaching before. The service
over, he retired to the gentleman's house to
dine, accompanied by several ministers of
lis own order, and followed by hundreds
of his hearers. The conversation at the
table, in which the young preacher took
the lead, was on the sin ofneedless self in
dulsence, and the Christian obligation of
selfdenial. After dinner an old minister,
whose learning was rather limited, pulled
out his pipe, seemed anxious to light it,
but evidently somewhat embarrassed from
the preceding conversation. He looked at
his pipe, then at the fire, then at Mr.. Spur
geOn. Again he lOokel at Sturgeon, at the
fire, at the pipe. At length he said;
Brother Spurgc9n, do you think it would
be wrong for inc to smoker"
Have you any scripture to justify the
practice?" asked the preacher.
"Well. think have" added the ven
cradle father in Israel
81 shall be glad to hear what it is re-
Joined Mr.. Spurgcon.
well. brother. David was certainly
smoker"
"Ah. how do you make that out?
well, he speaks. you know, in one of
his psalms, of going through the valley of
Baeca, (Baccy); and 1 make no doubt that
it was a private plantation for his own pri-
vate use"
Spurgeon cast a funny side glance to-
ward his host, and, keeping the serious
half of his countenance toward the old man.
replied grayely. .-.
You can smoke, Father Spikenard.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
STABLE IN HIGH LIFE.

The gOssipful New YOnk correspondent
of the Boston Journal says in a late let
ter
In the Would-be aristocratic region Of
Twenty third street. which lies long
Madison Square, the famed residence of
Miss Flora McFlimsy,'" on the corner of
which is the equally famed Fifth Avenue
Hotel" is an establishment not so aristo-
cratic or so aromatic as might be. 1t is no
less than a hospital for lame and sick hor-
ses, with stabling and all the arrangements
intended to make it equal to the famed
Horse Colleges of london and Paris. A
vacant lot Of land near Sixth Avenue was
seen by the quick eye of Tremlet. the bull
der. .
The spot was seized at once, and before
any one knew what the place was to be
used for, the whole building was compile
ted. So amid palatial residences. in one
of the widest and most desirable streets for
residence in our city. amid elegant church.
es and sumptuous abodes-this stable
stands. The exterior does no discredit to
its location, and within is one of the most
elegant stables in the land. 1t is as clean
as clean can be. The stalls and boxes in
the basement are for sick horses, and ele-
CANT stalls are above for livery horses and
those on board. Hot and cold water
comes into all parts.
The manger Is divided into three apart
ments-One for water, Of which there is
supply constantly; one for gain, and
one for hay. and no rack is attached to the
stalls The bedding is removed each day.
dried in closet heated with hot air, and
replaced at night in the stall And hun
dreds Of poor mortals would be glad to
have such an abode. In the cellar is
furnace, by which the whole stable is hea-
ted A room for the treatment of horses
and a diSsecting room is seen in the rear.
Over the stable is chapel, quite elegant
ly fitted up in which lectures on horseolo-
gy are to be given.
The shOcing of the horses is among the
novelties connected with the concern. The
shoes are made in the building. They
have no heel and no toe corks. and on tri-
al on the pavemcnts in Broadway are said
to work in SUPERIOR manner; and the
number of nails in each is but seven
The name of this institute is The veteri-
nary College Institute, F" and the head of it
and manager is an English gentleman
called John Campbell RalstOn, with titles
enough to cover the side of q small chapel
But John Tremlet, the builder, has great
interest in the concern.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
From the Springfield Republican.
MRS. PEACOGK'S PHILOSOPHY.
AS az 10 Nj. Peacock, MI. Peaeoe

As l sez to Mr. Peacock, Mr.. Peacock
sez /, it taint no use maxim words over
what can't be helped. Married folks don't
ought to find fault with each other. 1t
don't do no good. They take each other
for better or worse, and if they find it s for
worse, it don't make it better to 60 thro'
the world growlin' and grumblin'. For
my part. l thinks it's a great deal better
to make the best of folks, instead of the
worst on'em, If they see you remember
the good in them. they feel kind O'encOur-
aged and keep CROWN better; but if you
keep talkin' Of the bad, why they grow dis
outraged and think there amt bit Of u Sc
in tryin'. As sez to Mr.. Peacock, Mr..
Peacock, sez !, you needn't married me
if you didn't want to, of course you needn't;
you might have married Susan Slasher; she
wanted you bad enough, mercy knows. l
needn't have married you, of course | need
mt. Wasn't young Squire Tim dead in
love with me? Didn't he look just as if he
were m,ltin' whenever came round? Did
mt look straight ahead, dre'ful uncOn-
scious, Just as if nothin' allied him? and all
from principle? wasn't going to eneOur-
age him just to disappOint him, and make
him take pisen, for wasn't / in love with
you, Mr.. Peacock? Didn't 1 have lots Of
lovers? l, Serepty Ann Green, Of Green
town, and never looked at any Of them, be-
cause loved you, Mr.. Peacock? But sez l.
suppose I'd married Squire Tim, and you'd
married Susan Slasher; Susan wouldn't
have had my faults, ofcourse she wouldn't,
but she'd had her own. And sez /, Nh.
Peacock. you wouldn' have liked her faults
any better than you like mine. / know
Susan is cut and dash sort of woman;
she'd put the work through faster than l
do. like enough; but would she have given
her life away to your children as do, Mr..
Peacock? No, you know she wouldn't
Has she got my elevated mind? No. you
know she hasn't-and my taste for litera-
tur'? No. you know she hasn't. But she's
got higher head, that you know. Mr..
Peacock. She'd taken her way by storm,
not quietly, as l do; that you know, Mr..
Peacock. And there's Squire TIM
'spect he's as many faults as you have,
Mr.. Peacock, if only knew 'em-you're
a dre'ful trial to me sometimes, Mr.. Pea
cock, scoldin' around; but l love you bet
ter than a thousand Squire Tins. Pity
if | don't. And if you squint little, l
amt goin' to look at it till you squint
worse, or till 1 see nOthin' but squint; and
you mustn't stare at the wart in my chin
till it covers my face. That's what 1 say
to Mr.. Peacock, young ladies, and it's just
as good for you to hear. Only when you
get married be sure you marry for love.
and for nothing else, and everything will
come out right.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
SLEEPING TOGETHER.

If q man were to see quarter of an inch
of worm put in his cup of coffee, he could
not drink it, because he knows that the
whole cup would be impregnated. If
vert small amount of some virulent poison
be introduced into glass of water, the
drinking of it might not produce instant
death, but that would not prove that it
was not hurtful, only that there WAS not
enough of it to cause destructive result
Immediately.
We sicken at the thought of taking the
breath of another the moment it leaves the
mouth, but that breath minglcs with the
air about the bed in which two persons
lay; and it is re-breathed, but not the less
offensive is it in reality on account of the
dilution. except that it is not taken in its
concentrated form, but each breath makes
it more concentrated. One sleeper cor
rupts the atmosphere of the room by his
own breathing. but when two persons are
breathing at the same time, twelve or four
teen times in each minute, each minute ex-
tracing all the nutriment from a gallon of
air, the deterioration must be rapid indeed,
especially in a small and close room. A
bird cannot live without large supply of
pure air. A canary bird hung up in a
curtained bedstead where two persons slept,
died before morning.
Many infants are found dead in bed, and
it is attributed to having been Oyerlaid by
the parents; but the idea that any person
could lay still for a moment on baby, OF
anything else Of tie same size, is absurd.
Death was caused for the want of pure air.
Besides, emanations, aerial and moro or
less solid, are thrown out from every per
sOn-thrOWn out by the process of nature,
because no longer fit for life purposes, be-
cause they ard dead and corrupt--but if
breathed. into another body, it is just as
abhorrent as if we took into our mouths
the matter of a sore or any other cxere-
ton.
The most destructive typhoid and putrid
fevers are known to arise directly from a
number of persons living in the same small
room. .......
Those who can afford it should. there
fore, arrange to have each member of the
family sleep in a separate bed. If persons
must sleep in the same bed. they should be
about the same age, and in good health
If the health be much unequal, both will
suffer, but the healthier ono the most-the
invalid suffering for want of entirely pure
air.
Somany cases are mentioned in stand
ing medical works where healthy. robust
infants and large children have dwindled
away and died in few months, from sleep
ing with grandparents, or other old per-
sons, that it is useless to cite special in-
stances in prOOf-HaFS Journal ofI
Health.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
RAMBLES IN AND ABOUT WASH.
INGToN. No. 2.

THE CAPIToL-7He Hall Of RepreSen-
tatices is in the south wing. is l39 feet
long, SO feet wide, and SO feet high. The
floor has seats for 26O Representatives, ar
ranged upon a semi-circular plan, the spea-
ker's seat being at the centre of the semi
circle. 1t has galleries on three sides
Over the speakers seat is the reporters
gallery. to the left is gallery devoted es-
pecially to the ladies, and to the right is
another for the use of foreign dignitaries.
The ceiling is of cast iron, with large sky
lights of cOlored glass, handsomely dccOra-
ted. There are no chandeliers but the
room is lighted at night by 1900 jets of
gas burning above the ceiling, which shed
down soft light, resembling the light of
day. The heat generated by the large
number of gas burners can be plainly felt
in the hall, and is the only objection to this
mode of lighting. 1t is warmed in cold
weather, and ventilated in warm, by Open
ines in the floor and wall connected with
pipes, through which air is forced by re-
volving fan driven by steam engine in
the basement Ten mics of these steam
pipes are used in the building. The dec
orations of this room, (as well as of the
Senate ChamLer,) are not yet completed.
Under the galleries are the dressing rooms,
hat and cloak rooms.
The Senate Chamber is on the same
general plan of the Representative Hall,
and is lighted in the same manner. The
walls arc of lighter color; it is aso cciled
with iron and glass; its size is. length. 1l3
feet, width, so feet, and heighth SO feet
The Library. When finished, this will
consist of three rooms. one 81 feet by 81,
and the others. each 20 by % feet, and
all 80 feet high. They are fitted up with
iron book cases, and iron ceilings, rooted
with copper, lighted by sky lights. The
main room has three stories of iron cases.
Alcoves project into the rooms, the upper
stories receding. as the lower form plat
forms for the upper. The architraves
above the alcOves are ornamented with
shields and other designs The massive
consoles on which the roof rests. are eov-
cred with scrolls. flowers, &c. 10000 vol
umes are now in the library, and the num-
Der is increasing yearly.
The PRESIDENTS Room-The ceiling is
beautifully painted in fresco, and the room
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04

A GOOD editor, competent newspaper
conductor, is like general or poet, born.
not made. Exercise and experience give
facility, but the qualification is innate. or
it is never manifested On the London
daily papers, all the great historians, nOv-
clists, poets. essayists, and writer's of travels
have been tried, and nearly every one have
failed. We might say all; for after dis
play of brilliancy, brief, but grand, they
died out, literally. Their resources were
exhausted Il can 6nd," said the late ed
itOr of the Times to Moor. " any number
of man of genius to write for me, but very
seldom one mn of common sense" The
''Thundcrers" in the Times, therefore,
have, so far rs We know, been men Of COM
mon sense. Nearly all successful editors
have been men of this description Camp
bell. Carlyle. Bulwer, aad Disraeli failed;
Burns, Sterling, and Philips succeeded, ;nI
De Lane and Lowe succeeded. A good
editor seldom writes for his paper-he reads
judges, selects, dictates, directs, alters and
combines; and to do all this well, he has
bnt little time for composition. To write
for paper is one thing-to edit paper
another.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04

Sairy, all alone of yOu-but it's all right
now. Go ahead. steamboat Rosin up.
there; firemen! Darn the expenseP
When the sun set, the loving couple were
seen seated on the upper deck, the brown
Yankees arm encireling the slender waist
of the young woman in the blue bonnet and
and pink dress. We believe they reached
their destination safe and sound
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
WHOLE NO. 22S3.
SOMEBODY'S SON.
BY TWILIGHT.

Somebody's son was out last night.
Bruising about the town;
And, if l mistake not, he was tight,
Tight as Derby clown" -
know he's considered moral youth.
AbOre suspicion; but that
Is the reason why. to tell the truth,
He hadn't "a brick in his hat
Daylight morality often takes
Strange faneies into its head,
And plays the devil, )" or 'jumps up snakes
When the public eye is in bed
my son can't dance. sOmeBOiy said,
'For never a lesson took he
Buthe danced last night willie you were in bed.
And Twilight" was there to see.
You may call it dancing. or not, as you feel.
Though for half an hour, or more.
He danced, or 'Jigged, "tangle-foOt-r reel
In front Of my office door.
"MV son can't sing" somebody swears.
But he sung last night. know,
As helliSh q song, as a demon dares
To sing in the regions below!
My son doa't iIniibe." somebody thinks;
Well, may be he don't; but then,
That he acts very much like one who drinks,
Can be proved by hundred men.
Yet something was tight, yes, drunk, last night.
So drunk it could scarcely crawl;
Perhaps twas the brim of erovnless hat,
That found by my garden-wall
So fOr fear l am wrong. and somebody's right,
My hasty words recall,
And say that the thing saw last night.
Was no6odys son-that's all
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04
AottEp,
REVERY OF THE DYING.

The following poem, says an exchange, ap
peared originally in the St. Helena Magazine
1t is supposed to have BEEN written in India
a. the time the army was being moved dow
by the pestilenee, by an English officer, wh
did not survive his wonderful performance:
We meet meath the sounding rafter,
And the walls around are bare:
As they shout to our peals of laughter.
It seems that the dead are there.
But stand to your glasses steady
We drink to our comrades eyes;
Quaff cup for the dead already,
And hurrai for the next that dies.
Not here are goblets glowing;
Not here is the vintage sweet;
'Tis cold, as our hearts are growing,
And dark as the doom we meet.
But stand to your glasses, steadyi
And soon shall our pulses rise
A cup to the dead already;
Hurra! for the next that dies
Not a sigh for a lot that darkles;
Not tear for the friends that sink:
Wen fall midst the wine cups sparkles,
As mute as the wine We drink.
So, stand to your glasses, steady!
'Tis this that respite buys
One cup to the dead already.
Hurrai for the next that dies.
Time was when we frowned at others;
We thought we were wiser then
Ha! hal let them think of their mothers,
Who hope to see them again.
Hoi stand to your glasses, steady!
The thoughtless are here, the wise
a cup to the dead already;
Hurral for the next that dies.
There's many a hand that's shaking;
There's many a cheek that's sunk;
But soon. though our hearts arc breaking.
They'll burn with the wine we've drunk
So. stand to your glasses. steady
'Tis here the revival lies
A cup to the dead already;
Hurra for the next that dies.
There's a mist on the glass eongsaling-
'Tis the hurricanes fiery BREATH
And thus does the warmth of feeling
Turn ice in the grasp of death
Fl Ho! stand to your glasses. steady!
For moment the vapor flies
4 cup to the dead already;
Hurra! for the next that dies.
Who breads to the dust returning?
Who shrinks from the sable shorcl
Where the high and haughty yearning
OF the soul shall sting no more.
Ho stand to your glasses, steady!
The world is a world of lies
A cup to the dead already;
Hurra! for the the next that dies
Cut off from the land that bore US;
Betrayed by the land We find;
Where the brightest have gone before US.
And the dullest remain behind:
Stand! stand to your glasses. steady!
'Tis all we have left to prize
A emp t2 the dead already;
And hurra! for the next that dies,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04

ARTEsLsN WELL.-Cineinnlt has It's
police court for rich items daily, and Cleve-
land is possessed of great attractions for
escaped nuns and oil springs; while COlum-
bus has the Artesian well, the deepest in
the world Three fortunate cities to Ie
sure. The Artesian well is now two thous-
and. three hundred and 6fty-eight feet
deep. and goieng down at the rate of FIVE
feet a day. The borers think they will
get water in the sand stone vein which
they expect to strike somewhere near the
southern edge of Japan. Would it not le
we'll for the State authorities t, send to
Washington and inquire Of Changde-pOng.
of the japanese Embassy, as to the pros
poets for pure water in case of getting
through 20. s Jour,
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-07-04

CAx TIE ETHIOPIAN CHANGE Hrs SKIN?
The Eufala (Alabama) Spirit states that
there is an old negro pilot on one of the
Chattahoochee river steamers whoese skin
is changing from a jet black to the fair0st
white His neck and arms as far down as
his fingers, are of smooth. soft, delicate
whiteness, that would rival that of the ten
derest. purest circassian. His lips are of
a soft. ruddy hue. and his face and body
beginning to show the same radical, Won
derful change