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said Hannah, and occasionally looking into
the fhco, aud feeling tho hoart aud pulse of
tho form so doar to him. Major Lewis. who
had boon Immediately sent for, arrived lust
before daylight, and found him still there.
nearly spccchoss aud wholly inconsolablo
llo sat in tho room nearly all tho next dav,
the picture OF despair. II was only with
great difficulty that no was persuaded to
take litto coffee.
And this was tho way" concluded Han.
nah, that old mssus died aud wo always
say, that when We lost her wo lost q mistus
and mother, too; and more a mother
! than mistus. Aud wo say tho same of old
master; for he was moro a father to us
than master: maDy's the time we'vo wished
him back again, TO holp us out OF our
troubles"
HER TOMB.
Tho remains ot Mrs jackson still lio in
the corner OF tho Hermitage garden, neg,
to those of her husband in a tomb prepared
| by him in these years for their reception
1t resembles in appearance, an opon sum
mor.house-a small white dome supported
by pillars of white marble. The tablet that
covers tho romans of Mrs. Jackson reads
as follows:
"lloro lilo tho remains of Mrs. Rachel
Jackson, wifo of President jackson, who
diod tho 22nd of December, 1928, aged 6l
llcr face was fair hor person pleasing, her
temper amiabio. her honrt kind; she do.
| lighted in relieving tho wants of her follow
creatures, and cultivated that divine pleas
uro by tho most liberal and unpretonding
methods; to the poor she was a bonofactor
to the rich an example; to tho wrotchod u
comforter; TO the prosperous an ornament;
her pioty went hand in hand with her be.
nevoence, aud sho thanked hor Creator
tor being permitted to do good. being
so gentle and so virtuous sandor miphl
wound but could not dishonor. Even death
when no to-e hor from tho arms of her hus
band, could but transport her to the bosom
Of hor God"
PORTRAIT OF JACKSON. BY ALADY
Tho Gcnerurs appearance has been SC
ofton and correctly described, that it would
secm almost unnecessary to touch upon il
hcro but it will do no harm TO give my
Impressions Of him. Picture to yourself a
! military looking man above tho ordinary
height, dressed plainly, but with great neat
ness [; dignified and gravel had almost
said siorn-but always courteous and aifable,
with keen, searching eyes, iron gray hair,
standing stiffly up from an expansive fore
hoad, lace somewhat furrOwed bv care
and timc, and expressive of decp thought
and active intellect. and you have before
you tho General Jackson who has lived in
memory for thirty wears.
PORTRAIT OF HIS WIFE.
Sido by side with him stands a coarse.
looking, stout, littlo old woman, whom YOU
might easily mistake for his washerwoman, n,
were it not for tho marked attention he paws
her, and The love and admiration she mani
fests for him. Hor oyos are bright, and ex-
press great kindness Of hoart; her face is
rather broad. her features plain; her com
plcxion so dark as almost to suggest q min
CLING Of races.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-01
The Separation of Israel.-.Its Conse-
quences.

Extracts from sermon delivered In tie
Presby terian Church at Huntsville, Ala
bama, on Fast Day. Nov. goth, by F. A.
Ross, ID. D. Tho preacher gives q history
of the Disunion movements in Israel, which
eliminated in tho permanent secession, Of
the ten tribes upon the death Of Solomon.
and tho formation of the two Kingdoms Of
Judah and Israel. Near the close Of the
discourse. the whole history is summed up
| in tho following proposition:
"That the final result of the Disunion Of
Israel was the destruction of both the king
domS formed thereby"
Then follows this graphic description Of
tho successive stops by which this result was
accomplished:
"Fiye hundred thousand men Of Israel
were slain by Judah In one battle. Gen.
turics of strife consumed the people, aud
blasted tho land. First to Israel, thon 10
Judah-Samaria foil and was carried away
into Assyria. A hundred and twenty years
thereafter, Jerusalem was taken. And the
house of tho Lord was burnt, and the kings
house, and oil the houses Of Jerusalem, and
every great mans house was burned with
fire. judah was taken to Babylon. After
seventy years captivity, q remnant of the
people returned, and were called JEwsi
Jews Alas the tribes were no more. Ju.
dah, and Ephraim. and Mannasseh. and
Dan, in tho pride Of their names, had passed
away forever. The Jews, for season were
governed by potty tyrants, one after an-
other; and thon tho Caesar Of naughty Rome
gavo tho land of lowry as a yearly gift TO
tho cast-off. broken down, licentious COM
panions of his imperial orgies
These questions follow, which no one
who remembers the former prosperous con.
dition of our united and happy country,
and looks out upon tho peril that now
threatens it, can read without q feeling Of
awe.
''Shal this bo the consummation of our
disunion Shall battle and seige, and gar
ments rolled in blood. and pestilence, be
our inheritance of woe: Shall our SamaFia
DO takon-our Jerusalem be burnt with
fire Shall tho borders of our States be
swept away? Shall the names Of Virginia,
and of Massachusetts, ard of South Carolina,
DO heard no more Shall all the standards
of our glory DO trodden down in the dust.
that one imperial dragon may blazon over
all tho heavens, where the banners of our
tribes bad hoated in peace
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The Task and Duty of Woman.

Great, indeed, is the task assigned to
woman Who can elevate its dignity
Not to make laws, not to lead armies, not
to govern empires, but to form those by
whom laws arc made, armies led, and ON.
pircs governed guard against tho slightest
taint of bodily infrmity tho frai, yot spot.
less creature, whose moral, no less than
physical being. must be derived from her ;
to inspire those principles, TO nculcato those
doctrines, to animate those sentiments which
generations yet unborn, nations yet uncvil.
lied, will learn to bless; to soften frmness
into morcy, and chasten honor into refine
mont; to exalt generosity into virtue; By
a soothing caro- to allay the anguish of the
body, and tho far worse anguish OF the mind;
by her tenderness 10 dsarm passion; by
her purity to triumph over sense to cheer
the scholar sinking under his toll; to con-
solo the statesman for the ingratitude Of u
mistaken people; to DO compensa ion for
friends that arc poifidious-for happiness
that has passed away. Such is her vocation
The cough Of tho tortured sufferer, the
prison of tho dosertod friend, the cross OF
the rejected Savior--thoso arc thcatcrs on
which her greatest triumphs have boon
achieved. Such is her destiny to visit tho
forsaken, TO tend to the neglected when
monarchs abandon. when counselors betray,
when justice prosecutes, when brethren and
disci pics fec to remain unshaken and un.
changed and TO exhibit in this lower world
a typo of that love, pure, constant and in.
cffablc, which in another we are thought to
believe the test of virtue. - Biackpood's
Magazine.
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A PICTURE.

A little black baby with shining cheeks,
-. And teeth cleaning out lik G pearls,
With clear black eve and Il laughing brow,
And hair made Of crisps and curls,
Was sitting within a low cabin door,
With rough boards above, and earth for floor.
A mother dragged weariy home from the field,
VIII re all day she had toileG in the sun;
AT the sight OF her chirTuping, laughing boy,
She changed her step TO run;
Al the voice Of her hrstborn, how her blood will
[start
Fresh ard pure from its fGunt in tho mothers heart
The little one sprang to his mothers arms,
And laid his soft check on her breast:
The velvet touch sliled her trembling heart,
And sooil cd her tired frame 70 rest;
She sank to n scat on the cabin floor,
And remembered her hunger and toll no more.
There are steps at the door she starts to her feet
Her fears all return al the sound,
For The slave trader gathers n gang Of slaves,
To distant market bound;
Fen the boy at her bosom is not her own
They muy take him the thought chills her hear
Ito stone
1t is he. and they tear the child from her arms,
AS the wolf tears the lamb from the fold;
She wakes from her stupor, cidcss, alone;
In vain are her shricks,- he ivSoId!
Donr children just go to your mother-go,
Ask her 10 describe the slave mothers woe!
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-01
Remarkable Lakes.

On the top OF a ridge Of mountains il
Portugal. called Estela. are two lakes o
great extent and depth, especially one o
them, which is said 10 be unfathomable.-
What is chiefly remarkable in them is
that they are calm when the sea is calm
and rough when that il stormy. 1t is,
therefore, probable that they have a sub
terranean communication with the ocean
and this seems TO be confirmed by pieces
of ships they throw up, though aim osi
forty miles from the sea.
There is another extraordinary lake in
this country, which, before storm, is
said to make frightful rumblng noise.
that may be heard at distance Of several
miles.
And we are told OF pool or fountain,
called "Fervencias," about thirly.four
miles from Coimbra. that absorbes not
only wood. but the lightest bodies thrown
into il, such as cork, straw, feathers. etc.,
which sink and are never seen again.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-01

MONARCHY FOR TIE SoUTIL-The Liver
pool Post publishes leitor from Scot eli
gentlemen in Mobile. Tho following is an
extract: Il hope Queen Victoria will lend
US twenty or thirty of her men-of- war ships
| to assist our commerce. If shc keeps good
faith with us there is no telling what might
happen. would not be surprised to see q
good, sound. constir utional monarchy hero
in threo years. We are n Republican Aris.
tocracy already, and sooner than allow the
country 10 be DESTROYED by emancipation al
the negro, we boldly look to strong gov
ernment, and who would suit so we'll as one
Of QuOon Victoria's sons You then would
be our friends out and out. Our eight
States arc as large as all Europe, save
Russia, and hero is tho foundation OF great
people-ncgroos and all. We want foreign
commerce, the establishment of tho useful
arts, aud wo want liberalism, tho arts and
sciences, and We havo riches enough for all
this"
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Federal Defences of the South.

Fort Barrancas and tho Pensacola Navv
Yard were seized on Saturday by tho Ala.
bama and Florida troops. Thirteen mill.
,ary posts, five United States arsonals, ono
navy yard, one rovonuo cutter. arc now 10
possession Of tho rebels. Wo append
chronological tab!c Of tho dates of these
seizures, together with the attack upon tho
Star of tho West, and the theft Of the Mar.
CONFORMING list of the reasonable
acts Of the sccessionistS
December Effort Moultrie and Castle
Pincknoy at Charleston. soizcd.
December 81 -Revenuo Cutter William
Aiken surrendered by her commander, and
takon possession of by South Carolina.
December 30.-Unitcd States Arsenal at
Charleston seized.
! January Forts Pulaski and Jackson
and the United States Arsenal, at Savan-
nah, seized by Georgia troops.
January Fort Macon and tho United
states Arsoual. at Fayetteville, seized by
North Carolina.
! S tatesArscnal. at Mobile, seized by Ala.
! January 8.-Forts johnson and Caswell,
at SmithyiIle, seized by North Carolina
January 9.-Tho Star of the West, bear.
ing reinforcoments to Maj. Anderson, fired
a; in Charleston Hlrbor.
January l2.-Fort McRee al Pensacola,
seized by Florida.
January 10 Tho steamer Marion seized
by South Carolina; restored on the ] lth.
January ll.-Tho United States Arsenal,
at Baton Rouge, and Forts Pike, st. Philip
and Jackson. seized by Louisiana.
January IL The Barrancas and the Ma.
Wy Yard. at Pensacola. seized by Florida.
According to the Army List, the l3 forts
thus seized are pierced for an aggregate of
900 guns. Tho following table shows their
location. cost, war garrison, and the number
| of guns in oach:
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The Missing Ship,

/ remember being in tho City of Now
York at tho time tho steamship Atlantic
was missing she was due somo DAYS, and
! people began to despair. "Tho Atlantic has
not been hoard of yet What news of the
Atlantic on exchange 7" "Nonc." Telo.
graphic dispatches came In from all quar-.
ters. ANY news of Tho Atlantic = and the
word thrilled along tho wires into the hearts
of those who had friends on board, "No
Day after day passed, and people began to
be excitod, when tho booming of tho guns
told that ship was passing up tho Mar.
rows. People went out upon tho Battery
upon the Castle Carbon, and on tho tops OF
houses, with their spy glasses but it was q
British ship, tho Union Jack was flying
they watched her till sho came across to
her moorings, and ther hearts sank within
them: they sent hastily across, "Any news
If the Atlantic Z" Hasn't the Atlantic ar.
rived 7" NO" She sailed fifteen days be.
toro We did, and wo have heard nothing OF
her." And thcn people said, "She has
gone after tho President" Those who had
! friends on board began to make up their
mourning; day after day passed. and tho
Captains wife was so i'll that tho doctor said
she must die ii ho- suspense was not 70.
moved. Day after day passed.. and men
looked at ono another, and said. "A sad
thing about the Atlantic. isn't it 7" At last.
one bright Gnd beautiful morning tho guns
doomed across tho bay, and a ship was soon
coming up tho Narrows.
Down went the people to tho Battery,
and on tho Castle Garden. with thoir spy.
glasses; they saw it was q British ship
again, and thoir hearts seemed to sink
within thom: but up sho camo, making a
ridge of foam before hor, and got to hor
moorings. And thon you could hear tho
heavy sigh, as if it was tho last hope dying
out 10 that sigh and men looked at each
other blank!y; and mon who had novor
wept wiped away the toars and by-and by
somo ono cried out, "Sho is past her moor.
ings, she is steaming up tho river" $50 sho
is" Thon thoy wiped away the dimnoss Of
grief. They watched tho vessel round she
steamed most gallantly; and us she camo
by tho immonse crowd of spectators on tho
wharves, and the Garden. and tho Battery,
the crew hois:ed flags from trucks to tho
main chains, and an officer jumped upon
tho paddle, box, put the trumpet to his lips,
and called out, Tho Atlantic is safe; she
has put into Cork for repairs !" And such
a shout Oh. how they shouted Shout
shout shout hundreds of thousands
shouted. transparoncies wero hung up in
front of the hotels. The Atlantic is safe !"
carrying joy to millions of hearts. And not
ono in hundred thousand who rcioicad
had friond or relative on board that
steamer. 1t was sympathy for the sorrows
of Others with whom they had no tic save
that which God created, when he "made
of ono blood all the earth" and permitted
us as brethren to call him tho common Fa-
ther of us all.-JOhn B. Cough.
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THE UNION.
DY LoNGTELLow,

Thou too. sail on. o Ship OF State,
Sail on, o Union, strong aud great!
Humanity, with all its fears,
With all the hopes Of future years,
ls hanging brcuhlcss on thy fate!
We know what master laid thy keel,
What workmen wrought thy ribs Of steel,
Who made each mast, and sail, and rope,
What anvil's ring, what hammers beat,
IN what forge and what heat,
Were shaped the anchor Of thy Hope!
Fear not onch sulen sound and shock,
rIis Of the wave, aud not the rock,
III. but the tapping Of the snil,
And not rent made by the gale
In spite of rock and tempest roar,
In spite Of false lights on the shore,
Sail on, nor fear TO breast the sea
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tear:
Our iaith, triumphant DER our fears,
Are all with thee-nre all with thee
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WHIrE GuNpov letter r.

WHIrE GUNPow DER.-A letter from
London says: 81 have heard in the city
OF curious invention, which concerns
alike sportsm an, riheman, and the scien-
ti6c. Ii is the manufacture OF white gun
powder. 1t is made no mystery OF being
composed Of yellow potassa, chloride OF
potassium, loaf sugar, crystalized sugar
and birthstone. 1t possesses superior
qualities over the black powder, being
quicker and more powerful in its action,
and not fouling the gun. For the delicate
in the olfactory nerves, it may be added
that it is without unpleasant smell. II
has just been patented.
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THE FORTS SEIZED.
Totals, ,9i7 ,O0O $3.50

1t will be seen that the garrisons required
at these points amount to upwards of five
thousand mon, although, as in tho case OF
Fort Sumter, they may be held with far less
than the regulation complement. Tho ag-
grcgato cost Of the public property thus far
seized is about six millions of dollars, to say
rothing ot tho navy yards, tho nrsenals and
the revenue cutter Aiken.-N. Y. E. Post
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
~ - - - - - -
LAW FIRM.

LAW FIRM.
A LFRED PHELPS g. Albert G. Riddle, com
n. posing the old Law Firm of Phelps e. Riddle.
aud Alfred Phelps, Jrhnve formed CoparIncrshp
connection for the Practice OF Law, under the
Eame Of Phelps, Riddle & Phelps, at the old Office
Of Phelps & Riddle, where they will attend TO all
law business which may be entrusted to their
caro-. ALFRED PHELPS,
ALBERT G. RIDDLE,
ALFRED PHELPS, JR.
Chardou, December 9th, 1859. 5l1tf
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eSTho Richmond Whig reminds Il

eJ Tho Richmond Hing reminds the
southern ministers who are now preaching
disunion of tho severe rebukes they have
poured on tho heads of anti-sIavery clergy
men at tho North for "dabbling in politics"
and says :-"Somo of these gentlemen, most
OF whom have generally heretofore kept
quito silent in secular matters, are nov
boiling over with disunion and denunciations
of the North. Is it not a little strange thas
these political priests follow, for the moss
part. tho popular current, no matter which
way it loads Their motto ssoms to be 70
90 with the multitude, whether the multi
tude are engaged in good or an evil enter.
prise. Wo fear these clerical gentlemen,
like the rest Of US, arc too much disposed
to be governed by fashions and changes
of this sinful world"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-02-01

DIR. GREGoRY, the English physician, ono
day saw in a mirror, when his back was
turned. a student sweep lot of guineas off
tho table into his pocket. Ho dismissed
tho young man in the usual way, bu, said
to him: with deep emotion saw what you
did just now. Keep the money. know
what dlstroas you must DO in. But, for
Gods sake, mover do it again-it can never
succeed" Resisting tho unguished prayers
of tho poor fellow to bo allowed to return
the money. the doctor said to him. ''Your
punishment must DO to keep it, now you
have taken 1t )" and so tho matter ended
This man turned out n good aud honest
man.
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Attorneys will be holden for the price of inserting
advertisements brought by them.
W TAllcommunicatons must be addressed to the
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THRASIIER, DURFEE & HATHAWAY,
Attorneys s. CouuseIiors at Law,

CHARpoN, GEAUeA COUNTY, o.,
Will give prompt attention to business entrusted
TO them, in Gcauga and adjoining Counties.
aTOfice over DR. ]. Nichols Drug Store.
A. n. rHRAsHER, L. E.. pURFEE, l. n. HATHAWAY
Chardon. Nov 25th, 1859. 5l5u
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THE begears in France are liconsed.-
Any ono begging without license Is pun
ished.
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POPULATION OF THk UNITED SrATEs.-The Mes
sage OF the Governor Of NewYork embraces the
following semi official statement:
am indebted to the courtesy Of the Superin-
'endent OF the Census Office, at Washington, for
the following statistics, derived from his enumer-
alton, which, although incomplete, enables that
officer 10 state that they will prove substantially
correct The population OF the State ol New
York numbers about 1897 900; the Federal or
representative population OF the several States,
about % 439 900. In every case these estimates
will be changed somewhat by the official figures.
The free population of all the States will number
about '''-2I. ll2,OOO
Slave populnt ion ................... 3876, 900
Population of the Territories, Kansas
included. ..... ................. 3s4, ,s56
Or total population OF about ...-3l, ,374 .s5G
Population according 10 census of so 3,l9l ,01i
Increase in ten years Of nbout......- s,Is3 ,7s2
The increase Of population in New York since
600.
The population of Kansas, including Pixies
Peak, Is about li9,60t
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GOETHE onco complained that q certain
writer put too much water In his ink.
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MARTIN VAN buren,.

Columbia county, in the State of New
York, was noted, in the oldon time, as tho
residence of certain opulent families. There
tho Livingstons had thoir scat there the
Van Rensselaers had large possessions; and
around the great proprietOrs gathered
considerable number of connections and
friends, forming circle who held q position