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Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08

A scientific writer in the Philadelphia
Ledger stdtes that conditions for the appear
ance of meteors will be again favorable du-
ring the week from the 10Th to the 22d Of
August and from the l2th to the 10th of
September Shooting stars, the writer says,
are seen every month of the year, but there
are some half dozen periods during which
they are very abundant These are from
April 22d to 25th, July 7th to 26th, Au-
gust 9th to llth, October 10th to 18th, No
vember 9th to 10th, and December 9th to
18th. January is mentioned as having fre-
quently brilliant displays, but the day is not
stationary, The August epoch seems to have
been the richest of late years. It hardly ever
fails to bring a very abundant harvest Of me-
teors. Formerly that Of November l2-l4 ex-
eeeded all others. The December epoch seems
to be poor, and the second one of November
tho most barren Of all As luminous mete-
ors, stones falling to the earth in showers or
singly, shooting stars, and the Like, seem to
be all due to the same cosrnical causes, these
epochs are of special interest to the astronO-
mer and meteorologist. ,,s .r
There are two great classes Of shooting
stars those that increase in hrilliancy during
their progress and those that decrease as they
proceed. They often increase rapidly from
small to great size. They are sometimes ac-
companied with distinct report on disap-
pearance. Some are seen with trains and
'sspaTts Of light, probably very distant me-
teors. They are sometimes a cluster Of stars,
increasing rapidly in brilliancy as they fall
and separate, like rocket bursting in one
direction. They sometimes fade away at
both ends, before becoming invisible in the
middle. Summing up the result of the last
ten years observations, these generalizations
seem to be admissible First that the num-
Der of meteors increases regularly from P.
NJ. to A. NJ Second, that nearly two
/ thirds of the whole number originate in the
eastern hemisphere of the sky. There is
every reason to suppose that they occur in the
daytime just as much as at night Accord
ingly, some astronomers have occupied them
selves during the richest epochs in watching
the disk of the sun, il; perehance, some might
cross it Messier remarked that in l777 he
one day counted 200 small, dark bodies cross
the solar disk. Prof Erman stated in 1888,
in Astronomische Nachrichten, that the cold
days of the llth TO the 18th of May, and on
the 9TH to the 7th of February, were owing
to the passage of falling stars between us and
the sun.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
From,be Far North Eost.


The Nor -Wester Of July l4th has several
items touching the state of things on the Red
River of the North. June was wet month,
and up to the middle Of July the wet wealth
er continued, Potatoes, wheat and barley
were injured, and high prices for breadstufis
next winter are predicted.
The steamer Arson Northup arrived at the
Red River Settlement on the 4th Of July from
Georgetown, with se tons of freight and a
number Of passengers. The steamer seems
to be doing considerable business on the Red
River, making regular trips One trip she
had 3Ol bales of buffalo robes.
The plain hunters veremeeting with great
success in their Buffalo hunts They find
thsplains literally covered with buffalOes,
and in two OF three ''runss kin enough. to
load tbeir carts.
The Nor'-Wester strongly advocates the
erection Of the Red River Settlement into Q
Crown colony, in preference to Its being
treated as an outlying portion Of Canada
The subject has been presented to the Impe-
rial Parliament by the Colonial Secretary
and hope of favorable action is entertained
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
Ge,ting More Than BarEuined For.


According to the Pomeroy Telegraph, Re-
publicaniIm is gaining many converts in
Meigs county, and 1t feiates tae EOsioFlng Fv-
cent incident which shows how the tide runs
A prominent Democrat by the name Of Dill
cher, having turned from Douglas to Lincoln,
he appointed meeting at which be was to
make his farewell address to the Democracy.
\ large number of his former political friends
assembled to hear what he had to say, and
at the conclusion of his speech, he invited a
reply from the opposition. The Democracy
were cut and dried to extinguish him. They
thereupon called to the stand one Mr.. Waliar,
who was to annihilate Mr.. Dncher and his
Republicanism. He briefly reviewed Dem
ocratic principles as he always understood
them, and gloried in being a Democrat Du-
ring his remarks the Democracy Of the house
came down frequently with thundering ap-
plauss. But every. bitter has its sweet; and
every Joy its counterpart. Mr.. Wallar said
| be must either give up his former principles,
and remain with a fragment Of his party; or
turn in with the Republicans, the latter OF
which he had concluded TO DO
AT this point the cheering was tremendous,
and from a different quarter; and the Democ-
racy made the best of their cause, and went
silently of. Mr.. Waller has always been
one of the most active in his party, in Meigs
county.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
Girard HOuse---The Water Gas.

On Monday night large party, consisting
of business men and the editorial corps, at
tended at the Girard House, by invitation, to
witness the result of the manufacture and in
troductiou Of water gas, at cost of not
more than fifty cents per thousand feet. The
manufactory; containing three retorts, has
been fitted up in the rear of the Hotel, and
the process of production is now attende d by
some of the regular employees Of the house.
Monday three weeks, the water gas was
first lighted in the Hotel. Five out of the
seven sections Of the Hotel are now supplied
with water gas-the number of lights now
burning every night are three hundred. The
gas is pure, white, and inodorOus, and very
brilliant in combustion, 1t is burned, not IN
the ordinary jets, but in double split burners
and every one was gratihed with the purity,
steadiness, and intensity Of the light. In
the bar-room, which has chandeliers as well as
side lights, the latter alc1e were used in the
early part of the evening, and gave as great
an illumination as has usually been witnessed
from all the burners, with the ordinary gas
When the water gas was turned on into the
chandeliers and side lights, the effect was re-
markedly ibrilliaDt, and gave great satisfaction
to the beholders.' ~. '-.- -..'l, old
U The gas is the product of resin and water.
The reservoir at the Girard House contains
g 900 feet of water gas, which has 70 be re-
newed once during the course Of the eve
nffne. The peculiaf merit is pure light, pro
duced with minimum of labor, and, in this
city, ,ata cost of'1ess than 60 cents per l,0OC
feet, It is made under the patent of DR.
Sanders, Of Cincinnati, the inventor.
| Il The trustees Of the Keystone Gas Company
were present--7iz- Henry g. Carey, Esq
4 Marmaduke Moore, Esq, J. G. Clark, Esq.
and Abraham Hart. These gentlemen were
warmly. Congratulated on the success Of the
experiment which they have prosecuted with
so much boldness and perseverance, and IL
the teeth of much opposition and very ad-
verse circumstances.-Ph Philadelphia PTess,
IEyysFvst plIgg1. N grpVR4ori A. Z In -
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
10 Prl.oner. i lhe PenllenlLa.ry.

The total number Of prisoners in the Ohio
Penitentiary sentenced for life is sixty-four,
and of the number ten are hopelessly insane,
and others are verging upon insanity Inc
State Journal has obtained from Mr.. Co.'S,
Clerk of the Penitentiary, the counties from
which they were sent, and some other statis-
tics touching the life prisoners, of interest
From Stark county i Warren 2; Hamilton
1s; Washington L; Williams 1 Seneca I !;
Morrow ] +; Ouyahoga z; Franklin 2 /; Mahon-
ing /; Clinton Green 2; Lucas 5; Ash
tabula /; jefferson i; Yinton i; Adams / /;
Pickaway I Licking Il Morgan 2; Marion
l; Sandusky I jackson CoshOcton l :
Miami /; Portage !; SciotO Il Gallia /,
Lawrence /. There are three out on writs
of error, having had new trials granted. Two
of these are-fro4ss Hamilton and one from
Putnam county-whie6 would make th'
number now under sentence for life sixty
seven. Of the above six are negroes and mu
lsttees, and twenty foreigners. One Of The
number has been confined "A yearsj one III
one "A; two I3; one u; one Il; three 10
one 7 six 6 F; five 5 : eleven 4 five 3; mint
2; and ten less than one year.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
DIED.
aytlr gdrErtistnrFnts.

NTANTED-FIFTY GIRLsTo FILL
w good City and Country places, daily, at
PALMER'S Intelligence Office, on Bank street, oP-
p0site the Weddell House, under the Merchant s
Rnnl Alsn. n nnmber Of GOOD Farm hands, &c.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
West India Emancipation.

= The first of August was very generally eel
ebrated by the colored people in the cities of
the Free States and in Canada as the Anni-
versary Of Emancipation in the West Indies.
The exercises were conducted with good or
der, and many of the celebrations were nu-
merously attended;
The Hon. Charles Sumner was invited to
attend celebration at Arlington, Mass, and
sent a letter from which we clip few para
graphs. Mr.. S. says of British Emancipa-
ton.
Nothing shows the desperate mendacity of
the partisans Of slavery more than the un-
founded persistence with which they call this
act ga failure" IF it be failure, then is
virtue a failure; then is justice failure !;
then is humanity failure; then is God him
self failure; for virtue, justice humanity,
and God himself are all represented in this
act. a.a .l..r
Well proved facts vindicate completely the
policy Of, Emancipation, even if it were not
commanded by the simplest rules of morality.
All testimony, whether from official docn-
meuTS LEdhGuCL63 oLumo bSl 0HA tAASo
ton that in all these Islands the condition of
the negro has been improved by emancipa-
ton; but the testimony is especially insHuc-
tive when We learn that this improvement IS
most strongly manifest in those who have
been born in freedom. Ask any person fami-
liar with these IslandsF7Tas have often done
-or consult any uhpreiudiced authority, and
this will be the answer. This alone is enough
to vindicate this act. Surely it is enough II
men are raised in the scale Of being even
though sugar perish from the earth. "a e..
But careful statistics attest that the mate
rial interests of these possesSessions have
shared the improvement Of the population.
In some of the islands, as in Barbados and
Antigua, the advance is positive, while In
Jamaca itself, which is the instance most
constantly cited Of "fai1ure, y the evidence IS
unanswerable that the arrangement Of affairs
cannot be charged upon Emancipation, but IS
a natural incident to the anomalous condi-
ton OF that Island throughout its history, ag-
gravated by the insane professions of the
slave-masters. Two different Governors Of
this Island have assured me that, with all
their experience there, they looked upon
Emancipation as a Hblessing.n Thus is il
shown that the true policy of the world is
found in justice. Nothing is truer than that
injustice, besides its essential wickedness, is
folly also. The unjust man is a fool.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
ImportalIop. o sIII.s and woOIens.

Few countries surpass the United States in
the consumption of silk goods, and the i'm
portations from abroad make heavy drain
upon American purses. The value Of silks
entered for consumption at the Custom House
in New York for the five weeks ending July
2sth amounted to no less than IS, 152, 81.
Dr. Franklin declared that 'isatins and silks
put out kitchen fires According to the inn
portations this summer, the 'qkitchen fires
must be in bad way. Next to Silks, a large
share of the importations Of dry goods is
woolens, which in the five weeks named
amounted to s4,297,5 ,592. Cotton fabrics
come in next, and afterwards fax goods.
Think of that, farmers and manufacturers
an importation of four millions and quar-
ter of woolens in FIVE weeksI ".Kitchen fires
are not alone in a bad way. rtTr
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08

Who says so2 Herscheu V. johnson, the
Douglas candidate for Vice President. The
monstrous heresy is embodied in a speech
...sa. l.. h;r, IN pb;ssolpbie. "a, ~, -tb
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
QyoHfFFti0ufrg--
dissolution,

LUMBER.
at short notice and at the lowest market rates
CIrvalana nTrv * fseo.aoas
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
No Union Probable in VIRGINIA.
|. Washington correspondent of the N. Y.

A Washington correspondents OF tue NJ l.
Tribune says:
The Douglas Democratic National Commit
tee entertain no idea that any understanding
can be arrived at between tho two wings Of
the Democracy of Virginia, whereby Union
Electoral ticket may be formed, pledged to
vote for Breckenridge or Douglas as may
best effect the defeat of Mr.. Lincoln. It IS
said that the aspersions upon Mr.. Douglas,
and through him upon his friends, cannot be
borne As for instance Senator Mason re-
Gently pronounced the Northern men a lep
rous set Of Abolitionists.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL PRINTING

nE- Plain and ornamental printing Of every Dc.
scripton done az the Printing Estaolshnent on th'
steam Presses In the best style, short notice. ant
az reasonable rates. Particular attention paid {,
blank work. Every description OF binding done
especially Blank Books, Ledgors, Journals, SALES
Books. Receiving Books, &c, Sc.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08

B3r The afternoon dispatches yesterday,
indicate the election Of the gallant Frank
Blair to Congress in the ST. Louis District for
the short aud the long term.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
So So n - :. n: Y. P0

SKUNK SKINS N BoNDoN.-The N. Y. Post
says: ,s,. ,....r ,,-,,r...,...y
Skunks have a history, as many New
York trader has learned to bis cost. A year
or two. ago they. were exported to Europe IN
such quantities as to promise thepurifeadon
Of our atmosphere from one Of the most dis
agreeable odors, before the elapse Of many
years; but this demand suddenly fell of, and
several found themselves skinned to the
amount Of $95, 600 and even twice that figure.
Some European IsraelitesI It appeared, had
substituted them successfully for fishers,
which commanded from one to nine dollars
each in market Forthwith. ifora Being con-
4 sidered worthless, skunk skins rose in price
to SL5O' each; ships were fFeighted with and
| fortunes made out Of them for a few months.
But an unlueky snow storm in Russia. du-
ring which one Of these collars. OF canes was
drawn over the wearer's head, proved fatal 70
the trade. The disagreeable odor leaked out
i, Now, it is said, as many as $4,000 of these
skins are slowed away in London, without
being able to find a purchaser,
-FyerJ rrHlIQ as qua -. .s,ossi =, =
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
Conversational


Mn. EDIroR:-Please announce the name Of Hon.
AARON WILCOX as candidate Tor nomination ior
Congress at the Republican Convention on the ilth
inst. LANE COONlA'
Mr. EDTroR:-pleas6 say to your readers that ED
WARD WADE is a candidate for re election To Con
gress at the ensuing October election. augb
EDIroR BEADER:-Please announce the name oi
Hon. A. @. RIDDLE as q Republican candidate ior
Nomination for Congress, and oblige ,,,, ,,,,,,,,
Hon n II BACKUS will be presented TO the COM
ing Republican Convention Tor TINS District az q
candidate for Congress. w. ,,,,r,-,,r,,,,,ys
EpIroR OF LEADER Please state that ROBERT
Z. PAtNR Is a candidate for member Of Congress
from the 10Th Congressional District, and will be
supported by his friends for nomination at the
Republican Convention, TO be held at Painesyille
the 18th of August.
July 20. MANY RADICAL hEPu
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-08-08
NTAgTFRI COMMISSIONERS

MASTER COMMISSIONER 5
lEl SALE.-Pursuant to a deeretal order Of sale
Issued to me upon the sd day Of July 1850 from the
Court of Common Pleas Of Cuyahoga county Ohlo,
in an action therein pending, wherein William "
Leland IL PLAINTIFF and ichael DTiscOn and Mary A
DrisCOH are defendants, shall expose Tor sale az
bubIi ancton AT the door of the Court House in said
county on the 4t day of September 1850 at Oclock
P M, the lands tenements described as ioAows' 10
witt
ahoga and State of Ohio, and is known as parts OF
lots Nos l6 and IT, fronting on Clinton Park IN the
City of Cleveland, agreeable 20 Foster Pease Den
nison's subdivision, recorded in book U, page 8 or
the records of CuyahOga county, commencing on the
sOutherly line of Wilson street 47 et eastery from
the north-westerly corner OF lot No l6 aforesald
thence along Wilson street 81 feet; thence southery
az right angles with Wilson street 90 feet to the CEN
tire Of said lot No. II; thence westerly parallel with
Wilson street 32 feet; thence northery g9 teet TO the
place of beginning. Appraised value, $500.
3D. Situate in the City Of Cleveland county Of Guy
ahoga and State OF Ohio, being parts Of lots Nos 10
and III in Foster Pease & DennisOn's subdivision, re-
corded in book u page Of the records Of CJyahoga
county, Ohio (said lots l6 and II front Clinton
Park and bounded as follows: commencing at a
pont l22 feet eastery from the northwest corner Of
said lot No Is, and running thence eastery on the
south lines Ofsad Wilson street twenty-five 20 feet
thence southery at right angles 80 feet to the centre
of said lot No IL thence westerly through the CEN
tire of said lot i twenty-five feet; thence northeriy
90 feet to the place Of beginning. Appraised Yalue
500. JOSEPH O, GRAhNls,
A. 7. Slade, ESD Master COmr.
Pitts Atty. . aug4:R299
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-03-24


Sir, the gentleman says that the North
ern Democracy are controlled by their South
crn friends on this side Of the House; in 9th
er and palmer words, that they are their
-liegemen bound To do their bidding The
imputation ID false r" Good" from several
Membersl; and it could only have emanated
from man who feels 'thnt he is controlled by
Others, and from man who is the slave and
Instrument OF others, .[Applause from slio
Democratic benches andin the gallerics.l
repeat, as a Northern man, l repudiatc tie
inputati0n. I'll
"The gontlemali's discrimination lot@oen
Northern Democrats and Southern Demo.
crafts, is equally offensive and uufounded.
Whether froln the North or the South, we
are equal members ofthe same common payty
standing iuFon the same platform Of nripei-
p'espond dsyosing cur eEsfgies aaa enests, q,
the same common pnrposcs-@the conservation
Of the integrity Of the Constitution, aud Tie
welfare and kappiaess eff!te asay,le.
4 ~
FsE revgR sA6E,1 !
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-29

a ready public speaker with sufficient love
for it to undertake, and energy to perform, the
great work before him and the salary should
be sufficient to compensate him, as far as mon
ey can, for the efficient discharge of SO great a
labor"
"'He should hare been active IN the edaoGtioa-
al moremeats Of the County. Not only is this
proper as proof that he possesses the right
feeling, but it will have another good result.
Such person, being well versed 10 the move
ments and condition Of the field of his labors,
will be prepared, at once, to enter upon their
effective discharge whereas, an entire stran-
ger, or one who has held aloof from the move
ment, will lose much valuable time in acquir-
ing the necessary knowledge Of the affairs
committed TO his care, and of the persons who
are to be his co-workers in their management.
He should hare ability and experience in tie
conducting Of Institutes. The institute is the
test of the County Superintendents efficiency.
Great professional knowledge, tact in man
agement, influence upon the community and
large fund of expedients, are indispensable to
meet the various and often embarrassing re-
quirements of these meetings 1t may safely
be asserted, that the Superintendency has not
failed in a single county, in which the Super
inteudent himself has gotten up, conducted
and brought to q successful conclusion, series
Of annual County Institutes"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-29
AduIteTation of Liquors.

i Philadelphia correspondent of the New
York Irl6aae writes to that paper as follows,
March 5th
One of our Temperance Societies had en-
gagged DR.. Hiram Cox the Cincinnati Inspector
CT Liquors, to deliver a course Of lectures show
ing mp the horrors of the trade in strychnine
whiskey. This gentleman was appointed by
the authorities of Cincinnati to dive into tha
grog shops and liquor stores there and apply
chemical tests to the liquor they had on sale.
Though hampered and opposed at every turn.
yet he was not to be thwarted. The revela-
tions which followed his investigation were
perfectly astounding. They carried consterna-
tiOn even among the drunkards, and so dimin-
ished the sale Of liquor by proving the nineteen.
twentieths of i. was deadly poison, that num-
erous distlleries were closed for want Of buf-
ness, and the liquor dealers besought him to
quit, declaring that he had cut down their
sales 81 ,000,0O0 per annum. He showed that
most of the liquor sold in Cincinnati was SO
highly charged with deadly acids that it inn
mediately attacked and corroded knife blade
and in some cases left on it o coating of cop
per as If deposited by battery In nearly
1000 stores and grog shops where he applied
the test, be found the liquors adulterated with
pOtSOuUuS lG1CAsS liz luSiAbLOuS u HCOE0
of young men who have been sent to their
graves by less than three months drinking of
this poison. Older men have been killed off
by dozens in the same way. TwothirdS of all
the insane case in Cincinnati proceed from the
same cause, many of them being boys under l9
years of age One Of them became incurably
insane bv single debauch on this adulterated
stuff Much OF this liquor inspected confined
only II per cent Of alcohol, when it should
have contained 40 the rest being represented
by sulphurc acid, nitric and prussic acid, nitric
ether, fusil oil, nux vomica, Guinea pepper,
and other pungen, poisons to give it strength.
These compounds DR.. Cox pronounced SO deadly
that single pint was sufficient to cause speedy
death. The venders were accordingly prose
cuted, punished and their deggerries closed.
The very few who were found to be selling
pure liquor were allowed to continue. But the
effect of these wholesale exposures on tho
traffic was most salutary Thousands immedi-
ately quit driaking on learning that nothing
but poison was dealt out to them They will
now be repeated there by DR.. Cox himself
Our city needs purifcation as much as Gin
cinnati, as we have thousands of doggerie5 in
which the same rot gut compounds are sold
Our temperance men intend applying for a law
authorizing the appointment of O Chemical
Inspector on the Cincinnati plan, so that il
strong drink must be sold among US, it shall
at least be the genuine, unadulterated artile.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-03-29

and duty. if you will but try and regulate their
exercise. You must earn his respect, constrain
his affection, and time must give you the vic
tory. Prove yourself worthy to be loved, Isa-
bel, and he will love you"
" cannot wait" said Isabel, clasping her
hands T" wantitat once-to-morrow-now!
| shall never win it on system. But it grows
dark, dear aunt : we must 60 down stairs
Come with me to my dressing-room till | can
find nerve and composure to meet them again"