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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

YOUNG MES's REPCpLIcAS CEsrRAL COMMITTEE.
"A second meeting of this Committee was held last
night at No. els broadway, with a. view TO eileeting
an organization but after session Of four hours an ad
journment was had without accomplishing the object
desired. Upward of an hour and half was spent in
settlement Of the matter of contested seat in the
Twentieth Ward after which the Committee proceeded
to ballot for permanent Chairman. Frank Shepherd,
the temporary chairman, was also pnt in nomination,
with Mr. Ethan Allen and Sergeant Walker of the
Central Park Police bnt after ballot withdrew.
Several votes were given for Stewart L. Woodford but
the contest lay between Allen and Walker. The Com
mittee adjourned until next Thursday night.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

The WEATHER ON THE HuDsOs-Snow 10 the
depth of from x eight inches fell along tho Hudson Rvor
yesterday The weather during the lest few day. has been
quite cold The river from the city 20 henhatnve frozen
over each ride leaving the channel From Aauhasn
vile 20 Yoker the full Of floating Ice which blocks
distance From Yonkes TO spg Sing the river Is frozen 10
the channel which filed with footing cakes Of Ice There
no travelling whgever the fee from Newly rk to Sing
attended with danger Prom Sing bling 70 Peekskil the
river Frozen with occasional openings In the channel and
rom Peelst to Albany the river one mass excepting few
''sir holeAH n
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25
Movemeurs o. ocean steamers,
IN nEDAn0

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sun-Rises...Tl6 Sets 500 Moon Sets "a
DAY
Sandy Hook. $50 iaand 7:20 bal
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

OPEsIso OF BIDS FOR lEPAIRIsG THE Pubic
LAxPs.-At the Street COMMUNIST, ofsc4 ye,ter.
day slx bids were opened for repairing and reglassing
The puohc lamps for one year. The contract was
HNaueu y, %. B. purdy, for - 500.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

HE,CsoPER UsIos.-We have received copy Of
the Financial Report Of the Trustees of the Cooper
Uuon for the Advancement of Science and Art for the
yesr 1860 rendered agresably TO the charter Of the
Cooperation, to the Common Council of the City Of
New.York, tie Associates Of the Cooper Union, and
the Legislature Of the State in advance of the pubca
lion a the annrai reports
RECEIPTS AND EyPxYDTUTEs the Cooper Union for The Id
ranoe~sat Of Se~nee and Prom Jan 1860 jan l. 1861
Balance IN hands Of Wilson q. Hunt, Treasurer
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25
TWO DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE {.

ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA AT HALIFAX.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25
AUSTRALIA.

No Indhn ncws had been autographed.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

Tls ftesmship Yorktown, Capt Parrish, Of the
New York aud Virginia Steamship Company's line,
ate undergoing repairs to her engines and
reot vnga ID, rongh overhanlng has taken her place
Ut Pier No. Is, North River, whence she will
leave for Rorlk, Portsmouth, City Point, and Rich
INT nd every Saturday, at 3 p. m.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

oay' sN BIOS were opened ior repairing and regassng
ne Puohc lamps for one year. The contract was
""aiueu u >, o. B. Purdy for si,soo
A SUNDAY School CENsus.-hr' H. w. faroee' Inc
osr, Of the New-York Sunday School, has prepared
80 IS the supdav.schoos of New-York City, in
oonnoc,;on with the census enumeration Of the entire
nopnlatiou and the children between and 10 Year, :"
ace TIE returns of all the schools Roman Catholic
az well Protestant give their largest holiday attend
al CO. and in no the average Attendance upon the
schools There are, too, very few II any Sahday-
schools in the city in which there are not children I'M
der and ID years OF age, that III any view OF
the case the number Of children not II the SG6oan
schools must be greater than the returns would ind
cate. But without making allowance f,r these draw
back the startling facts are brought to hst ina. tners
are $50 500 children in the city between the ages OF
ard 49, while in al the Sunday schools OF oil denomin-
alton there are Only 10000 cbildrenleaving at least
80 5l9 children between and 10, who are not 10 any
Sunday school. In view Of these facts, Mr. fardee
| suggests: :.
t. That all the able b0Gied professors Of religion IN
tie churches sto nd be called forthwith nto the Sun
| day.schCol work.
) That new Mission schools should be established.
One hundred are needed with the least possible delay
and every church should have al least One humid
| red and fifty churches now have none. 90,
| g. Tie Wards where there are the most wealthiest
churches the Eighteenth for instance have little if
any greater proportion If their children in the Sab
than those which have very few churches
In that Ward only one-hsf the children are in the
| schools. -
g. Systematic Christian personal visitation by all the
churches is imperayely demanded, aid should be or
| gained at once.
REPUBLIcAs CEsTRAL CLUB.-A regular meeting
Of this Club was held last evening their rooms No
81 Broadway, Simeon Draper in the chair. In conse
Quence of the storm there was but u small AZ
tendance. After the transaction of regular burr
ness the following preamble and resolutions were Of
| fered by Francis C. Treadwcll, esq, and unanimously
adonted by the Club:
eyeas or Slavery in tho Slave States and N
the have made Personal Liberty bills and
perpetuay the abolition of those Of tie free
| States, theIeloce 49,
Of the slave States Is Liberty bill Of the ghnst dig
and until Justice equity shall De utterly ba tshed from
States and National trbslsl- be repealed
the that Slavery cannot be sustained
State which has IN its Constitution common law hal ri
hs AID Court f tqui legal axiom which no state not
sunk back into harbsrsm, can either discard c'oo
The following additional resolution was offered BY
Mr.. John Owens and accepted by the proposer OF the
foregoing:
Rrred That proved that the Personal Liberty bin
Of this conflicts portion With the Ccnttn
ton Of the United States his meeting that such
| portions ANAL be Immediately repealed.
Adjourned.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

THY JAPAsEsE BILLs.-These famous bills have
received an additional pruning in passing through the
hands Of the Controller. The dill Of the Lelands has
BEEN cu down $ll ,s69 making it paid 81 500. All
have been settled, with the exception of carriage bill
amounting to about $1,000, upon which the Controller
demands reduction Of 10 per cent.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

Nm. CHARLrs DILLoss DtBur.-inls gen'sio@u
msde bis firt appearance 10 TINS country ns' n'e"'
o.. Winter C,arden in the drama Of Belphegor, the
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-01-25

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Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16
Reflection.


The Rev. Albert Barnes, Of Philadelphia,
has recently paid visit to bis birthplace,
Rome, N. Y. and written the following
touching reflection rL
'Men pass of the stage. God changes
their countenance and sends them away.
The old generation that lived and moved in
Rome sixty years ago is gone. But nature
is the same, aud what was there then Of
earth aud waters, of hills and rnnning
stream, is there still The bright, clear
streams on the banks Of which The wriler Of
this article first breathcd the air, and look
cd upon the light of the sun, is there still
aud hows on as it did then The log house
then ready 10 fall-where life Degan-
has long since been removed but the fields
are there and even a few of the old trees
which stood in the days of boyhood, are
there STILL The one-StOry, long, low, red
house. which was substituted 10 the place
Of the more humble log tenement, is there
still.
All who have arrived at period of life
when they can understand what it is to go
back half century to the scenes OF child
hood, can appreciate Sue emoIIou Win winch
man of bosry hairs and OF advancing years,
wanders along the banks Of such IA river /;
stands on the spot where he was born
walks over such grounds looks on such an
Gent trees, solitary, living memorials OF the
past or contemplates the old dwelling
lbe first of all houses in bis recollection !;
the emotions WHICH Que feels as he pauses iu
these solitary rambles. aud reflects on what
he did in his boyhood, and strives 10 recall
the views aud anticIpations OF bis early
years. Alas, be is alone. From that old
habtation all who used 10 dwell there are
gone forever. Every living thing be saw
there has gone. Father, mother, brother,
sisters, are all 10 the grave, aud The wander.
er is alone
No one can understand, except he whe
has experienced IL, whatit is for q man 10
feel that all his own family is dead the
utter desolaliOn of the soul that comes ever
man when be feels that be is the last ol
the family, thai none aow stand between
him aud eternity on which be is soon to ON
bark aud that ofhis own household be hsl
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16

nv wlLmAm eesLES nnrasr.
Lay down The OK, ding by the spade,


Lay down the OK, fling by the spade,
Leave in its track the toilng plow
The rife and the buyonet blade
For arms like yours we're filter now /;
And let the hands that ply the pen
Quit the light task, aud learn to wield
The hotsemans crooked brahd, and rein
The charger on the battle field.
Our country calls away awayH ..g
To where the blood-stream blots the green
Strike to defend the gen,lest sway
That Time in oil his course has seen. o
See, from a Thousand coverts--see f-sH
Iq Spring the armed foes that haunt her track
They rush to smite her down, aud We
Must beat the banded traitors back.
Ho sturdy as the oaks ye cleve. ..5s.
Aud moved as soon to feHr and fight,
Meu Of the glade and forest leave, aa
Your woodcraTt for the field Of fght.
TIE arms that WELD the ak must pour
7 Anigon tempest on the foe
His serred ranks shall reel before
The arm that lays the panther low.
.s IH q
And ye who breast the mountain storm
BY grassy steep or highland lake,
Come, from the land ye love TO form 'a.
PCS A bulwark that no foe can break.
Stand. like yoUr own gray cliffs that mock
The wirlwind, stand n her defense
The blast as soon shall move the rock
AS rushing squadrOns bear ye thence. ,,.l
And ye, whose homes are BY her grand
Swift rivers rising far away, @
Come from the depth Of her green land
As mighty in your march aNthey
As terrible as when the rains
Have swelled them over bank and borne
With sudden foods to drown the plains
And sweep along the woods uptorn.
And ys, who throng, beside the deep,
Her ports and hamlets on the strand,)
In number like the waves that lead
On his long murmuriDg marge Of sand,
Come, like that deep, when DER his brim,
He rises, ali his floods to pour, ..s
And filings the proudest barks that swim,
A helpless wreck against his shore.
Few, few were they whose swords, Of old,
Won the fair land in which we dwell
But we are many, we who hold
The grim resolve to guard it well.
Strike for that broad and goodly land,
Blow after blow, till men shall see
That Might aud Right move hand in hand,
Aud glorious must their triumph be. ,..
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16
A Curl Cut or wi,h an Az.

DO you see that lCck of hari' said an
old man to me. r.f aM H7a
Yes but what Of it 1t is, suppose, the
curl from the head of dear child long since
gone to Cod H1s Hf.A 7la.a
1T is not. 1t is lock of my own hair /:
aud it is now nearly seventy years since
1t was cut from this head 81
But why do you prize lock of your
own hur SO much = " III V
1t has story belonging TO it, aud
strange one. Asep il thus with care be-
cause 1t speaks to me more Of God aud Of
his special care that anything else / pos.
sess. . ............- r..far. -a...r ....
i was then child four years old, with
long, curly locks, which 10 sun, or rain, or
wind, hung down my cheeks uncovered.
One day my father went into the woods to
cut up log, aud l went with him was
standing liltle way behind him, or rather
ut his side, watching with interest the
strokes OF the heavy ak, as it went up and
came down upou The wood sending off spin.
tets with every stroke, in all directions
Some ofthe spliners fell at my feet, and
eagerly stopped 10 pick them up. Iu doing
30 stumbled Toward, and in moment my
curly head lay upon the log. had fallen
just al the moment When The ak was com
ing down with all lis force. 1t was too
late to stop the blow. Down came the ak
| screamed, aud my father fell TO the grouna
in terror He could not stay the stroke, 10
the blindness which the sudden horror caus.
ed, he thought he had killed his boy. We
soon recovered l from my. fright, aud he
from his terror. He caught me in bis arms
and looked al me IRON head TO foot, u
find out the deadly wound which be wM
sure he had inflicted. Note drop of blood
nor u scar was 10 be seen. He knelt upon
the grass aud gave thanks to gracious
God. He turned 10 the log he had been
splitting, aud there was a single curl of hk
hoy 5 han, ,shspeIy cut through aud laid upob
the wood. How great the escape | IL was
as IT al angel had turned aside The edge al
tie moment when it VAS decending on mB
head. With renewed thanks upon his lips
he took up the curl, and went home with
me in bis arms. l4.-. ..4aa-Iaaa /
That lock he kept all his days, as a
memorial OF Gods care and love. That
lock he left tO me Oh his death bed.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16


If you are ever so temperate, you wilt
die in time. II you are interperate, you
will probably die lin no time.9 ,.so
A bliUd man has been arrested in CIevs-
land, Ohio charged with marrying three
different blind girls, within as many weeks
That may be called "going it blind" o9a
If you have gone half crazy at not haV.
ing won your sweethearth as a wife. re-
member you might have gone the other
bali If you had succeeded. sg ed "a
Wife, i thought yousaid you were going
10 have u goose for dnner2 So 1 did aud
Pve kept my word. Where isit why,
my dear, ainl't you here Smithers couldn's
see the the point of that joke. aaE
It's my luck, exclaims every man when
he meets With misfortune. An Italian
poet once said, in q ft Of despair, that il lie
bad been bred a halter, men would have
been born wllhout heads. y b,,bsg8 sva
HoPE Nor.--Two ecquaintances meeting
on wet DAY, the one greeted the other
With Beautiful rain, this, sir, fetching
things out Of the ground. Second friend
disconsolsrtlg, Slope not Sit hope notl
Got two wives there, sir."h4 ~
A young man who bad applied at re-,
cruiting station IN one Of the far western
States for enlistment, was asked if be could
sleep on the point Of the bayonet, when he
promptly replied by saying, be could ICY IL.
as be had often slept on q pint Of whisky,
and the kind they used 10 Lisbon would
kill further than any sROoliug7ron be ever
saw. ~
Bhlwer, the English, novelist, In Fecent
speech, predicls that 'onr Young meu will
live 10 see fomr separate republIcs formed
ont. of the fragments OF U. States. Like q
wise prophet he places The time Of the fuls
GIlment Of bis prediction SO far OF that there.
is,no danger Of his ever being proved . fslsa
seer. ~ az Bad aa ta.seuu7lgo 40
The most exaggerated pun Of our
Lake Superior minsral wealth Is given 81
the IA aquctla journal. II says that 10
all the iron 10 that region was dug from
the earth, il might almost entertain tha
apprehension that the earth would iott Ia
balance aud stogger from Its VThi@
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16
PRoMorINe FROM THE RANKS. We hal

PRoMoTING FROM THE RAHKs. We have
always favored the doctrine Of
promotion for merit alone, In our army and
navy, aud have argued that it ought to be
in the power Of each common soldier and
sailor to mount the first places ofcOmmsnd.
Seventeen private soldiers Of the French
army, in Bonapart's time, by their bravery
aud talents, raised themselves 10 the follow
lag distinguished stations Two became
kings, 2 princes, 3 dukes, Geld nsrshAlS
and 2 generals. Glad are we that the rule
Of promotion for merit is getting 70 be tn
rule Of our army "a would seem 70 oe the
fact, from cesyain decIattlons that have been
made recently By the War Department.
Prov. P5st
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16


QUoTA OF KENTUCKY IN THE FIELD. -
The louisville Journal says Kentucky will
have her quota OF the hall million voIun.
teers called for by congress, ready forTthe
6eld long before mauy of the other states.
That quota would be about 25, 5000. She
has now 6 or I complete regiments in camp
and on active duty while there are "a in
complete regiments, which if not soon filed
will be consolidated, and we expect that at
least seventeen full ones will be he result.
This will bring out the full complement Of
our state, and we feel every confidence that
ten thousand more men will be ready in d
few weeks. 1t is calculated thar ever
1900 citizens of Kentucky were recruited
in regiments formed 10 Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois, while Others have gone into West
ern Virginia to aid The Unionists there q
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16

Our ARMY.--No stntement has come
from the war department Of the number of
our troops in the field and the difficulty of
compiling such tables without access TO off
cial ducumetis has prevented any one from
undertaking the task The following com.
pilation, is made up from a careful perusal
Of messages and documents ofgovernors and
state adjutant generals which have been
published during a month past, as well as
letters, without exception, from army cor
respondents of all leading newspapers, and
Of the telegraphic dispatches to the Assoc
lated Prees This statemsnt. accordingly,
of the number Of troops now in the field by
the first of Nov, is as nearly correct as any
thing unofficial Of the kind can possibly be
made. We have omitted from this table
the District Of Columbia, MAJ yland, Della
ware. Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis-.
sonri, Michigan, California, Oregon, and
the territories, because we have found moth
sufficiently authentic respecting them. 1t
will be observed that the l6 free States euu-
merated below will have three hundred aud
Sixty.two thousand troops ready for the
field by the Geld by the hrst Of November
The states above named would probably
raise this aggregate above 400 00O,1as. O. +
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16


FAsHIoNABLE DISEASE. The day when
it was considered interesting and lady like
TO be always iailing, is gone by. Good
health fortunately is the fashion. A rosy
cheek is no longer considered vulgar" aud
a fur, shapely allowance Of flesh on the
bones is considered the style" Perhaps
The great secret that good looks caunot ex.
ist without good health, may have had
something 10 do with the care now taken
TO obtain it; whether this be so or not, lu-
ture generations are the gamers, all the
same, A lAnguid eye, and waxy, blood
less complexion, may go bcgging now for
admiraliUn. The 'elegaut Sloop" iH the
shoulders, formerly considered so aristocrAt.
ie, has also miraculously diOppeared. Wo-
men walk more aud ride LEES they have
rainy day suits Of apparel, too, which super
fully never was known to exist afOretlme,
sunshine. being the only atmosphere in
which The human butterfly was supposed TO
float. ln short, the fragile women Of A.
meriea, will soon exist only in the acid
jour nal Of some EDglish traveller, who will,
Iof course stick 10 lhs bygsAe fact as sill
present reality, With dOgged pertinaciiy
known only to that amiAble nation, uo, +,
g...I.. 20 t..l... ...unt ..tt.r-.t FANNY fhhFs
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16

The RE OF THE RoTHscHnDs.--Whe
George III. came TO the throne, there was
a little hoy at Frankfort who did not dream
of ever having anything to.do, personally,
with the sovereigus of Europe. He was in
the. first stage Of training for the Jewish
priesthood. His name was Meyer .Auselm
Roihschiids. For some reason or other he
was placed ina counting house at Haiiover,
and he soon discovered what be was fit for.
He began hnmbly as an exchange broker,
and went on to be banker of the Land
grave Of 1Iosse, whose private fortune he
saved by his shrewedness when Napoleon
Overrana Germany How be left large
fortune and commeLeial character ofthe
highest order, and how his 5 sons settled in
5great cities of Europe, and have had more
authority over war and peace and the des.
TIMES ofpatioUs than the sovereigns them.
selves, the world pretty well knowns. De-
spotic monarehs must be dependent upon
money lenders unless hey are free from debt,
and command uDlimted revenues for untold
rurposes-whieh is never true of despotic
soVereigns.
Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16
no one TO be his companion as he moves on
toward that boundless ocean.

TRAcHEoroNY IN DIPrHER1A. "A com
municatiou in Jeifefsonian Democrat, gives
some facts about the treatment OF the brev.
alent throat disease by Dr. WIN II. SHER.
WOOD Of UnionvilIe. ~ Hy nliHam .
The patient was lad Of nine years, Of
good constitution, and was The subject of a
mild form Of diptheria; was treated by DR..
D. aud recovered so far as to need no further
medical attention. Two days after the Dr.
left him, he took a slight cold, and severe
form Of Group, mingled with symptoms of
dipIheria. set iD, and the form ASSUMED was
what might be termed diptheristie.croup
The DR.. was called early 10 the morning,
aud notwithstanding the usual remedies for
Group were sedulously administered, no per.
.llaheht relief was obtained. At3 p. NJ.
Ine operation was performed. ChloroForm
was cautiously administered, and the ira.
Shea was opened between the crcod carti.
ags and the islhmus Of the thyroid
gland, and silver trachea tube inserted.
When the influence Of The chloroform had
passed of, be breathed eusily, aud said be
Ielt better. The tube was allowed to re.
main ten days, in which time he had SO
much improved as TO begin TO breathe
through the larynx, or natural passa0e
when ibe tube was removed. The patient
began slowly TO mend. and is now fully re.
stored TO bealth and the use of his organs
and the wound is healed. Rr ..e'