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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
An Eventful Life Closed.

James McDermut, who died short time
since in Richand county, Ohio, one hundred
and one years old, was through long life of
adventurous events. The Cincinnati Enquirer
says:
He was born in Lancaster county, Pa, III
August, 1853. and enlisted in the army of the
revolution in l777. Prior to his enlistment
he passed down the Ohio river from Fort Du
Quesne to Kentucky on a fat boat, in April,
and returned in a canoe the next fall. While
in Kentucky he was engaged in several severe
skirmishes with the Indians, and on one occa-
sion took one of their number a prisoner
After returning home he volunteered as above
stated, and at the close of the war he settled
in Mercer county, Pa, from whence IN 1919
he removed to Richland, Ohio. When he en-
listed he was marched from Easton to Trenton
thence to Germantown. During this perioe
was in several slIirmishes with the enemy, bu
the engagement at Germantown was the frs
regular battle he was in. Soon after returned
to Trenton, and was occupied at intervals II
pursuing and harrassing the British and Hes
slams, as well as avenging the mercenary dep
relations and cruelties committed upon the III
habitants of New Jersey. Was one of the ac
tors in the battle of Monmouth, when the eN
oessive heat of the sun, combined with th
dust and smoke of the contest. and the to
free use of cold water, caused so much suttel
ing as well rs death to many Of the comba
@mt9
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
How Florida was Formed.

A southern writer in the Home Journal
gives the following interesting accounG of the
geological formation Of the State of Florida ::
Florida alnost peninsula, and washed by
the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf
of Mexico, along line of coast extensive
enough to give it very considerable CONNER
cial and maratime advantages, has been re-
deemed, says naturalists, from the basin of the
gulf by the labors of those insignificant marine
insects known as the coral reef builders of the
deep. These little artifcers, laboring through
the long lapse of centuries, and, in countless
numbers, beginning their network OF cells on
the bottom of the gulf, and constructing layer
above layer, until the aggregate mass rose
above the surface of the waters, and, repeating
this process until the successive lateral lamin;e
of cells had advanced as far out into the basin
of the gulf as the building capacity of the coral
insect would permit it to go-have literally
founded state by the diligent masonry of in
fusorial instinct. Horizontal sections even OF
the surface soil, betray the cellular origin ol
the strata, and develop the cause which produ-
ces the geographical popularity of the State
The coral lamiue, lying only small depth be
low the top earth, form an impermeabie tloor
above which the vegetable deposit has pTodu
ced the soil adapted to agricultural purposes
and below which the waters cannot penetrate
and thus the drainage by percolation being ar
rested, they stagnate into marsh and give rls
, to the everglades the most striking physical
, feature of Florida. These are tracts ot ham
covered with grass and water, and occupy
cousilerbie portion Of the superficial area
tie Ststat ,.,-.- .....
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
Tho s1oo, ,ooo alocti,neorins Fraud.

w ASHINGTOS, FEB. 8.
The Senate Printing Investigating Commit
tee met this morning. Mr.. Wendell under
went an examination of upwards of three hours
1t appeared that some or s parties were in
tercsted in the public printing viz: Steadman,
Banks, Mclean Walker, Rice. Severns and
Bowman. Mr.. Wendell stated that he had
paid out, during the past three years, over
100000 for party support, to newspapers
and in aid of election expenses, principally in
Pennsylvania but extending over New York,
New Jersey, Maryland, Ohio, &c. Consider
able had been paid by official authority, and
some of his own free will. He also stated that
by the act of the Senate, in electing Bowman.
who had given the work to Blair e. Rives he
had been left penniless with the largest estab-
lishment in the Union lying idle on his hands
The conduct of Bowman toward him (Wen-
delD was shown up in Il very bad light. Bow
man, it appears, has given part of the work
! to Jewett, editor of the Fillmore organ at
| Buffalo.
| 4. d. Banks and J. o. Severns were also
examined. They did not seem to know much
except that they had received aid from Wen
dell
| Wendell testified that out of the P O. blank
printing he paid in 1857 the sum of $4,000 tC
the Pensyu0nian newspaper of Philadelphia
and to the Erening Argzs of Philadelphia thu
sum of $4,000.
He informed the Committee that he wen
into doubtful democratic districts in Pennsylva
nia and spent money freely for the benefit o
the supporters of the policy of the Admins
trotiou
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
rte Great Eastern.

It is at last decided that the new mammoth
steamer is, Notwithstanding her great size, by
no means exempt from the ills that ordinary
ships are heir to. The directors having decid
cd that the vessel should go to Southampton,
there to receive the finishing touches nCceSsa-
~ to her completion she left Holyhead harbor
on the Sd inst In steering clear of the Welsh
coast the Great Eastern put out far enongh to
sea to give those on board taste of life on
the ocean wave. 1t was supposed that the
steamer would ride upon the waves without
rolling or pitching like ordinary vessels, but
this anticipation was doomed to disappoint-
ment On the 4th the chairs and tables be-
gan to be unsteady, to real to and fro like a
drunken man, and be at their wits eHds Then
the crockery followed, and cups, saucers and
dishes rushed furiously to destruction against
the pantry walls, and were dashed to pieces
like potters vessel. About five O'Clock in
the afternoon giant wave came surging on
towards the bows, and struck the Great East
ern with a loud boom, sending its green wa
tiers in heavy lump clear over the forward
bulwarks, and drenching the men on deck
Thus did old Neptune baptize the gigantic
steamer, exactly two years from the day on
which Mr.. Brunei baptized her on the Thames
1t was also proved by this trial trip that
the Great Eastern will require three hundred
tons OF coal day to make her go at the rate
of fifteen and a half knots an hour. So, or
the whole, it may be question whether her gi
gantic size is not, after all, the chief and only
merit of the mammoth steamer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
WESTERN FARMS USUALLY Tc0
LARGE.

The Wisconsin Farmer contains some ju-
dicious remarks in relation to the size Of
Western farms: ..fa
More land than farmer can cultivate well,
and seasonaby at all times is damage and
loss to him. That this is SO every one will ad-
nit but how much the farmer can cultivate
well, is question on which there is a good
deal of difference of opinion.
A German who has lived and supported q
family on five acres of land in the old country.
usually feels well satisfied when he comes to
this country to get forty acres emigrants from
other countries want more, but do not usually
covet large farms But the enterprising and
speculative Yanked farmer usually buys big
farm if he can manage to do so-two, three,
four or even five hundred acres-never calcu-
lating just how he is going to improve stock
and carry it on. lie buys on venture, to tho
extent of his pile, and often largely beyond
thus often e&hausting his capital in the outset,
and taking a load of debt ON his shoulders be-
sides. for after years, and for all what he doea
| not need at all for, ten TO one, If two-thirds
| of his big farm docs not lay in commons, or
what is nearly as bad. Thus the folly OF big
| farms is shown.
If the three hundred acre man took one
hundred and paid all up first and bad no mo-
ney to spare, instead of oucumbering il with a
mortgage (that most cursed institution and
then went on and fenced and improved it well
and thoroughly in all respects, putting the
plow down deep and spreading the manure on
thick cultivating thor ughly and in season,
leaving not weed to grow upon it, nor aught
else but what pays which think you would
make the more money, and which be most
pleasant and credible to the owner! Who Ia
at loss TO tell Small farms pay much the
best, in proportion, and are also much the
| most advantageous to the country. Let the
farmer go down deep, as well as sideways h'
will find his lard equally rs valuable, and ever
more 30 in that direction Eighty or on'
HUNDRED acres Of land, when thoroughly COO
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
FOLLOW THE RIGHT.

No matter who you are, what your lot, or
where you live, you cannot afford to do that
which is wrong. The only way to obtain hap
piness and pleasure for yourself, is to do the
right thing. You may not always hit the
mark; but you should nevertheless, always aim
for it, and with every trial your skill will in
crease. Whether you are to be praised or bla-
med for it by others; whether it will seemingly
make you richer or poorer, or whether no other
pssson than yourself knows of your action,
still, always and in all eases, do the right
thing. Your first lessons in this rule will
sometimes seem hard ones, but they will grow
easier and easier. till, finally, doing the right
thing will become a habit, and to do o wrong
3 ,snl sesn an impossibility.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
The wise Conspiracy of 1857.

At a recent Union meeting in Knoxville,
Tenn, Judge Bailey, formerly of Georgia, made
a speech, in noticing which the Wing Of that
city remarks:
"The Judge made one startling disclosure,
which was new to us all. He said, that dur
ing the last Presidential contest Gov Wise had
addressed letters TO all the Southern Govern
ors-and that the one to the Governor of Flo
ri,la had been shown him-in which Wise said
that He HAD AN ARMY IN READl-
NESS TO PREVENT FREMONT FROM
TAKING HIS SEAT, IF ELECTED, and
asking the cooperation of those to whom bt
wrote"
Docs not this make out Wise worse con
spirator than even john BrowRH Comment il
uupeeesnarr,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
Ransom OF a white Female slave !!

No Christian country on earth presents
such strange scenes as ours. One transpred
in Rev Henry Ward Beechers Church Brook
Iyn, last Sunday, that cannot be paralleled i'll
Christendom. A little white female slave was
exhibited from Washington City, the Capital
of our boasted free Republic, brought to
Plymouth Church to be ransomed to save her
from future degradation worse than death,
under the lash and in the harem of South
ern master. The circumstances were touching
interest, and are thus given by the n. 7.
Times
A good looking and intelligent little girl
named Pink, about nine years of age, having
in her veins only one-sixteenth part African
blood, (although that was more than enough
| to- make her slave) was brought from Wash
ington City to Brooklyn on Saturday last,
with a view to the purchase Of her freedom
/ Her father is at present one of the leading
physicians in Washington. The mother was
sold few years ago to a Southern trader
At different times, five of her six children
were sold to various parts of the South, until
only little Pink remained. The child was ta-
ken care of by her grand mother, who had re-
ceived oft-repeated assurances from the owner
that Pink should never be parted from her.
But during the last holidays, arrangements
were made to sell the child for $500 1t was
thought when she grew up to womanhood she
would be worth $4,000. Mr.. Blake, IA young
clergyman recently from Alexandria Episcopal
Seminary, hearing of the circumstances, inter
estcd himself to save the child. For this pur-
pose he procured permission to bring her to
the North, leaving behind him satisfactory Sc
curity for the return, either of the child or OF
the price of her ransom. The girl was, yes
terday morning, introduced to the Sunday
School by the Superintendent, Mr.. Theodore
Tilton. Some interesting incidents of the
childs history were related by Mr.. Blake, ant
the children determined to undertake with th'
assistance of the Church. the purchase of th'
+ child-the classes contributing SIS each. A
u the close of the morning sermon, the pastor
Rev. Mr.. Beecher, took the child int o the pulpi
stated the case 10 the congregation, and mad
q an eloquent plea for her liberty, which dreN
y tears from many eyes. The collection plate
were then passed, and returned well laden wit
q bank notes. The money was not counted bt
fore the close of the service, but lady in til
u audience sent word to the pastor that sh
" would make up the deficiency, if any shoul
d be found. This announcement was receive
re with an irrepressible demonstration of al
plause. Many persons crowded around tt
1t platform to congratulate the little girl on he
ii new-found freedom, which she is Eow tC
t, young fully to appreciate
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17

Edward Dowling, former clerk Of the Su-
preme Court at Baltimore, shot himself on
Thursday and died instantly.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
~ a OA0SAO4
Br 4. CLIFTON FRENCH.

- When troubles oppress,
Sis - And sighs OF distress
Have mournfully come to the SOUL
yff4fts rs II is sweet 10 recifne,
ssafgs ssqg On th is fair brink Of thine,
And list TO thy murmuring roll
i love thee at morn
s8sfstf ~ 1tW When new hopes are borny
ezs,5sf And pleasures nymphs circle around
Then there's hope in thy song.
~ -igsAi AZ thy waves dash along,
And leap from yon cliff with . bound
-s-trA srs.eI j love thee at eve,
When fancy doth weave
an}F az Fond scenes in the futures dim maze
Then with glad heart and voice
issssi3& scs3 In thy songs I rejoice,
.reer~ And birds JOIN their evening lays
rfFp f4a Hove thee at night,
When scenes Of delight
= DG& d By mem'ry are brought from the past
es . While the vision doth wear
~ Forms as lovely and fair
sfEf s. As those whom we gazed upon last
o. W u, February, 1850.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
q They think they're piors
Whnu thay're ODlV billions. u


A good man is almost always cheerful one.
1t il fit that bad men should scowl and look
blue and be melancholy, but he who has Gods
smile Of appreciation upon him should show
his radiance in his countcnance. DIR. johnson
said he "never knew villain in his life who
was not, on the whole, an unhappy dog. -
And well he may be. But in an honest man
the man with good conscience-let him enjoy
his sleep and his dinner and the love of his
wife and the prattle of his children, and show
beaming face to his neighbor. Surely there
is no worse theology than that which teaches
that he who has given such fullness of joy to
beasts and birds delights in the misery OF men
or that, having filled our heart with gladness
we ought to give the lie to his goodness by
wearing faces beclouded with woe. and furrow
ed with pretended unhappiness
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-17
LONG FACES,

What sad mistake to suppose that man
should be gloomy because he is devout, as il
misery was acceptable to God, on its own ac-
count, and happiness an offense against his dig
nity A modern writer, of much wisdom and
pith of writing. says. There is secret belief
among some men that God is displeased with
mems happiness, and SO they stink about crea-
tion, ashamed and afraid to enjoy anything !
. these are the people of whom Hood says
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-03

Among Abraham Lncoln's visitors on last
Thursday was John O. Heena2 ne "cham-
pion of the world,h who, being IN route for st.
Louis, stepped over at Springfield long
enough TO see "Old Abe"
Tive of the crew OF a ship trading in Sa-
vannah have been convicted of endeayoring to
entice away slaves and sentenced To receive
three times thirty-nine lashes
An expedition has gone in search of yogeI,
the Central African traveller. of whom no tn
ing has been heard since June, 1856, Won
Henglin is at the head OF it.
Gabriel Feretti. Great Prior of the Order of
Malta, Bishop of Sabna. and Abbot of Jarya
born at Ancona, Jan. 81, 1895, died In Rome
Sept. Is, 1850.
Col. L. L. Ellsworth, of Zouaye fame. who
now resides at Springfield. Illinois, has taken
the stump for the Republicans.
A fiirt is like dipper attached to hydrant t;
every one is at liberty to drink from It, but no
one desires 70 carry 1t away.
Isaac Mitchell, of Richmond, Va, was
swindled out of S47 at Cincinnati on Tuesday.
by the confidence" game
John Mcbride, a well-known merchant of
Cincinnati, died on the Dist ult.
The Baptist Church at Athens, Ga, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 2Sth uit.
Dickens received five thousand dollars from
the Harpers for his story Of Hunted Down"
The Thorndike collection OF pictures was
sold in Boston, last week, for SI2Sa3
j. Is. Carson died at Alexandria, Va on the
I'd inst, from the kick Of a horse.
Peter NJ. Wright, a prominent citizen of
Bedford county, Va, died on the 23d uit.
David's colossal statue OF Humboldt rwn.
sold at auction in Berlin for about 81 500.
Christopher Hail, an old citizen of Norfo,h
Va, died on the lst inst.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-03

ANOTHER DIAMOND WEDDING.-Our lady
thing about the marriage of Lady Emma
Charlotte Stanley to the Hon. Wellington Pa
trick Manvers Chetwynd Talbot, which took
place at the parish church, Knowesley, on the
llth inst. The bride is the only daughter of
the Earl of Derby, ex-Premier of England
and was one of the bridesmaids of the Prin-
cess Royal of England. The bridegroom is a
brother TO the Earl of Shrewsbury.
All the girls of the village, dressed in white
and pink, formed an avenue near the church
and scattered flowers on the pathway of the
bride as she passed along. There were seven
bridesmaids, and the bride was attired in
white glace, trimmed with Brussels lace, with
q veil of the same material and wreath of
orange flowers and blossoms. The dresses of
the bridesmaids consisted of white tarletan,
trimmed with magenta. and they also wore
white opera cloaks and bonnets. After the
ceremony, which was performed by reverend
uncle of the bride, there was a dsJsuner at the
hall, in the bang uetlng room which contains
the portraits OF the long uninterr upted direct
line of Stanleys, from that one who 'came in
with the conqueror," down TO the present
Earl.
On the day of the wedding all the Workmen
on Lord Derby'S estates had holiday, and the
old women and children had a supper. The
presents made the bride We're superb. Her
father gave her tiara of diamonds, and her
mother Il unique set of ornaments, comprising
necklace, brooch, and bracelet of pearls dia-
monds and emeralds. The Duchess of Cam
bridge, Duke of Buccleuch, Earl of Hard
wick, Prince Edward of Sake Weimer, Earl
of Dalkreith, Lady Jersey, and many other
riage gifts and aided in the brilliancy of this
diamond wedding.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-03

OH IN WESTERN VIRGINIA-Astonishiug
Discorsries.-The Clark county (Va) Journal
contains letter from Writ Court-House
which gives an account of the extraordinary
discoveries of oil now being made in Western
Virginia. He gives some insta as follows
Mr.. Karns leased a piece of ground 1.-TWO
acres,) from Mr.. Rathbone only six miles
above mine, for twenty years, and at the depth
OF l5O feet reached vein of oil which yields
10 barrels, OF 4O gallons each, per day. worth
at the lowest price, 25 cents per gallon and
for which lease OF two acres he (Mr. K.) has
been offered $4,000. This well has been in
operation, without any decrease in quantity
for over three months. Mr.. Rathbone, after
he saw the success of Mr.. Harms we'll sank
one himself below karns' on the river and
was there the evening he commenced pump
ing first. He commenced at 6 O'Clock p MI
and pumped until O'Clock A. M :, Just twelve
hours, and filled a cistern containing 1870 bar
rels of 40 gallons each-that is to saw s 300
gallons of pure oil, worth - cents per gallon
RathbOne's we'll still continued to pour ont
the same quantity of oil up TO last night. but
that they had to stop pumping for want of
cisterns and barrels aud that Mr. Karns told
him that L had the best and surest prospect
for oil next to Rathbones, on the river
They have made another discovery in hill
or rather mountain on Hugh's River, tribu-
tary of the kanawha, and distant from here
some twelve miles. II is the discovery of oil
coal Mr.. Mattlngly, who owns il, told me
himself (tor we travelled together through this
county day, prospecung) that the vein is
l,0UU feet in thickness by actual measurement
How wonderful are all these things, and yet
how astonishing that they have not been dis
covered before; but you must remember that
this is comparatively new country, and that
the early settlers were neither literary nor
scientific men. Put this coal on a shovel and
hotd it over the fire until it becomes hot, and
it all melts and turns TO oil.
There is every prospect for a speedy i'm
provement OF this rives. either by sluicing or
damming, or slack water navigation, so as TO
introduce steamboats,. The fact is, they can
not get their oil off fast enough by any other
means, unless they build railroad to unite
with the Northwestern stem, distance of
twelve miles, and that is strongly talked Of
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-11-03

STEAMBOAT DIsAsTER-American Droicned
The steamer Arctic, which left Hull, Eng,
on the 2d ult., for Crons tadt, was lost in the
North Sea, on the 4th, being taken by a
gale, and after drifting helplessly for several
hours, went ashore ON the North coas of Dem
mark. Mr. Sheridan Knowles, of Philadel-
phia, who was among the passengers, was
washed of and drowned, III sight of those on
board an d on shore, while attempting TO cling
to a bale of cotton. The first officer and sea-
man shared the same fate, when the vessel
broke in pieces. The captain, with most of
the passengers and crew, escaped in small
boats; but an English gentle man named
Earle who had distinguished himself in
heroic endeavors to save the life of others, was
drowned; also three ladies and a child, who
were swept off by heavy sea. Two Of the
crew were lost by the capsizing of roat.-
Several English and New York papers have
fallen into error, confounding the name of
Mr.. Knowles with thai off. Sheridan Kno wles
the distinguished writer, who is Row alive.