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The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-12-28
srAsrLIse Ar.oxoxicaL Discoy-

The forthcoming number OF the Ameri-
can Journal of Science ana Ara contains
the record OF . very remarkable discovery
ulich has been made BY eminent astrepn-
mers during the PAST year. This discovery
establishes the new and startling feature al
tbe solar system that thoFe is q leass one
ring Of metesr,e fsrmstioas surrounding
the sun, which has . regular REVOLUTION.
The Occurrences Of the ms,eoric display n
August Of each year is explained BY the iact
that she earth passes, at shss time, ,hrn.rh
the ring, and the contrac. Of its formation
with our atmosphere renders them visible in
combustion.
An article Of Professor Newton in th.
Journal is especially valuable and interest
ing, as presenting the fact thar the inciina-
tion OF the ring t. ths sosiptio has been
measured, and so far fixed as TO render il
certain that the metenrs Of other knawn an
pual Occurrences cannot belong to The sam.
ring. Whether other rinss~exist or NOT re
ina'ns TO be shown, bar, this, far the present
may be regarded as ascertained-taat a
meteofic ring, ~ith an Inclination of S4s to
SO" TO the ecIptic, and sith periodic time
of Isl days, actually forms an important
part OF the solar system, and the world
passes through this ring annually in Au-
gust, and is several days passing from side
10 side, 80 that its tbisk ness i. Eve to ten
million miles. I
Nearly every one knows that meteors or
shooting stare, as they are often called, are
annually visible in great quantities during
the month Of August, on certain nights. On
any one fthcs- nights two or three persons,
watching the sky, may count one Or two
hundred OF them in an hour or two. Ii may
now be taken as an ascertained fact i'm as
fronomy. thar these meteors, which censst
OF various minerals, are few, out of many
millions, which ars located in great ring
that surrounds the sun, and IS as reg ular IN
It's rev evoiutions as the earth or any planet.
Professor Newton, taking one morning's
observation, makes a rough ca cllntioa tha;
there are m IRE than 800, ,000, ON, 900, 90 of
these bodies in the ring.
Thus 1t would seem that the track Of for
Iner orb OF the solar system ages ago, reat by
some terrific CONFUSION to fragments, has
peen discovered-its very orbit having been
chanSed 60 that our own planet passes
fhrough u. And thus vision is gwen Of
that omnipotence exerted for destruction,
which heret fore We have looked upon only
IN is creative activity. A glimpse, it may
be, is given OF the future of other orbs that
now roll in ether. utteripg the .smus,e Of
the sphere" Why may mol the astrcno.
mer, as be has heretofore been discovering
new planets and systrrDs, hereafter turn his
telescope to reveal the ruins of others,
whose fires have long since burned low, and
whose history and observation will belong
10 a new department, in Astronomical science
the archa logy of the stars?
The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-12-28
foof n.

A coHntryman 10 the depths Of dyspeptic
despair called upon physician. The doc.
tor eavs him soms plain advice - 10 bis
food. making thorough change, and ended
by writing . prescription for some tonic,
SAVING, "Tske that, and come back 10 .
fortnight" IN ten days Giles reformed,
blooming sod happy, the picture Of health.
The dossor was delighted, and prom sf his
.skill. He ssked TO ses what be bad given
him. Giles ssid be had not got it. Said
the doctor, ssWbers II is p"
~ took IL sir"
s.Toet h! Asd sAas hare yoa dose
With il -
81 ate il sirl You told me 10 faks 4. = I
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RAIy E.FCk

Nene THE headqusSters ri Gen. Paise,
=, Psducah. Enter elderly kensuckian in
quest If as fugitive chs;tel.
Gen. Pains Well, sir, are you and ycuf
family iovalr 0s = a q
Keasrck--I hare one 500 in the rsbsl
array. There are two al home.
Grn. p.--Well, sre you and Jour boys nj
home siding tie go-ernmesss
K1,tsek NO, err, weremain strieiy nsu-
tra.. SIS 49,
GTa- P.-Then yeu mas. excuse ne il ]
Yeuain drictiy neutral between yos and
your niger. cannot slow you within ny
lines. so s5sf 80 S3
Exis Ksn,nek. 10 disgsss, dssning this .
PAirs-fs.i srr!sea:ion Of s.sics e.zssasity.
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61Once eentIemnu who bAd shs mar.
velloas gifs OF shaping great nssy thiugs
eut Of orsnge-pesl, Vas displsyipg bic
abilities at q dinner party before Theodore
Hook and Tommy II u, and succeeded ts
eountcrfeiting . pig 70 the admifasios ee
The conpany. Hill tried the ssns feat,
and after destroying and ssrewiog the table
with the peel Of doscn oranges, gave i up,
with the exclamation. I" "Hank The pig
cau's mako one" may. Hill," sfsisins1
Hook, CHANGING d the nose % the table
'.you have done more; instead Of ess pies
you hays made Htisr.1
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WHOLE NO. 244.
aow raE csNraAa.AAs,. wo.x.

i - jel
| Aeefrsspsadsas VI me Nalis1al latelle.
gssnAt Ari6sG ltsa Russsss lle1rse saye i
h i ssssaialy vsr. anssask e sA.erve
there ssnsfshasds en8assd, o uAAt, 4 8
seaaars, has bss6 nis6aksd tIosk.s Is e.s
der to uansport bale Of hay iisssnos g
tren twssty - thirty yasds Il takss aboss
eish,sss az svsn,y labossrs--nsa ss1 bsyo
- Who perform the operation s,nswn~se 9 "
the ns'ghbofhosd of tweaty niautas. Fhse
ese viii give Il = turn over, toll his body u
IL dfop sde~a nhis lslbows, aad hase
Q0set gran Tor seserai e~ooN1a. Thsa is vill
os Fsssed to The next enc, Who pesvss % -
= perfect seaius 10 the afs VI im,,at,an; aad
% On q gocs through The ~hsis gang. AZ
s'.ss The 9sa&s v,ii su1desly grsw email
and tssatifaily less 10 eoase9ssses a eenA
It the tabessrs having dlc,.ied sa amuse
themselvss Z "a llesaan, otAsPs hasise stars.
% o6 On foot race, sod more resolved O.
Sst.iag sp - t1pssnpss sirsss. Il 1e
!. Jass about this ja0ssars = seressas nay
Os ssss rs-solisctinE tho ScapsesAts b. dieS
sf rernrt 70 summary exp.d,e~ts and :
pevsrfsl uss ef his lungs. Not uafsequsst-
y M. Csslrabaaa 10 made swars Of The faeg
that there % % "all.sseing" eye, By haviae
: or'ci pass his leg With considsrabls rapid.
ny ~ distance rather too clues for per.
sonsl comfort. When described how Q
bale Of hay u unieaded, the ds.or,ps,sa will
serve . very ssfs ssissrioa By which 70
judge the manner 10 which sssrJshise else
~ removed and stored assay. Il is DOT 90.
usual 70 zee bali dossn negroes vhssliss
a hand generally With nothing 10 Is;
coal cart backed up Z heap Of lumber IL.
..A th a..
or wagon, rather than whore is 10 wanted :
eight or ten "darkeys" removing stiek u
lumber. while the same ssmbsr are engaged
10 warming their feet, or dancing JIG little
ebonie- hnrrah for sam. notable niRcer;
moe little blacks playing soldier ssanpsr.
ing alter band Of music, Or throwing dust,
and wenchss swaggering. griooisE, and o..
perinE by the rosd-sidsj csque,t,us With
their fellows.
Another letter writer u Port koyGl says;
"With the exceptions of two little fsllows:
have yet 70 sec one, net raised on The
plantation from which they came. Although
they have been fully instructed that the Yso.
kees would subject them 70 oil sorts Of bar.
barous asage, they have . foil belief thas
their day OF liberation has come. Eron ail
that can be learned from them, is would zee
that the great terror Of the CArol,n,ans 10
very much Increased BY fear Of insurrec,ioa
among the slaves and the fear 10 undoubs.
edv well grounded. The negross a. TIE
for South are rsorS desperate, moro rssdy
for any enterprise rhich promises change
Of condition than those ef the border States,
the opinion which generally prrvsils, TO the
contrary notwithstanding. Every negro
nho has come hiiher ,from Htrginio . .
missionary Of mischiefto the slous otpneS.
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A REAL FUGITIVE ADVERTISEMENT

One Of the Bea ufort negroes adversises
his runaway master in the follawing clever
travestie:
$500 REwARo.-Rund away from me on
de 7th OBJ dis month my massa Julian
Rhett. Ma,sa Rhett am Eve feet 'leben
inches high, high shoulders, brack har, cur
ly shaggy whiskers, low forehead, an dark
face. He make blg fus whe he 70 'mons
de gemmen, he talk ver' big an use de
name ob de lord all de time. Calls heseIf
'.Suddern Gemmen," bys 'spose will try
to pass heself of as brack man or mulat-
ter. Massa Rhett has deep scar on his
shoulder from fight, scratch cross de left
made by my Dlnsh when he tried to whip
her. lie neber look people in de face. !
more dan spec he will make track for Ber-
gen kounty, in de furren land OBJ Jarsey,
whar nagln he hab few friends.
will glib four hundred dollars for him If
alive, an fve hundred il anybody show him
dead. II be cum back to bis kind niggers
withou, much trouble dis chile will receive
him lubb'nsly. SAxBo Rukrr.
Beaufort, 5. G. Nov. 9, 1861. @
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+ now TO xNow 4 rRArron.

An Eastern paper gives the following 70;
ceipt Of chow TO know traiter -
The man who continually pirates. sbout
coercion" and "subjugation," il . srai.
tor. @
The man Who Gays hsis . "Union man,
but cries .speaoc," etep 20 the eurrsnder OF
tho Govsrnmsnt 70 Je6. Davis, 10 . tsai.
tor. @
The nss Who shows tsiafsI sSsss %
tho horrors OF war, whsn the rebels srs shet
down, and ohucties inwardly vhes the do.
Tenders Of the Union are killed, 10 . trail.
tor. .ass!'s 3fs &2itT e1
. The mas Who shows . morbid sensitive.
ness 10 the psrils Of lhs Consitfufioa, but .
lively interest II sSouttsrn . rights" u .
traitor. haA
Ths above rules, Spoiled to number %
individusls 10 this locality, will give shsiS
status in . remarkably clsaf light. - i"A
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There may Be seen q The present.
time, ia A,freton, . placsrd ffoA . tsilsrs
sho, in calling ths attention Of The publis
to the fact that he intends eonmsnoing
clothes club, assures all who nay favor bin
By becoming members, Of hssiog ''goe1
nargss and very moderate afticlss" 3
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1HE AMBULANCE soyo.


sisa 'ae AH1sssnes
eAA-s'' ss&t! me Anoa4Aoee.
y. .r,u,. ax., ~.
5---9-1-. = . &1seei .ue sntahkins boxes
ue-eve "a. @8#s
sa'
neAcaA .
- - - 50 SSsns neaa.
ss~ .no-a,.
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RTA vssn ontss has isvestsl sssw ssl
cheap plan for boarding. One Of bis board.
crs ,nesnerises The rest, asd then cate .
hesrsy meal the rtssmerised bsisg sssis.
6ed from sy&pstby. 9
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6@.Mv friend has CREST reverence for
tn srush, - ssi1 4 bsropes TO Q ge.sleman.
$50 perceive" vss the reply, Tor he
always keeps . respectable distance IRON
H..
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~A doctor went 10 bleed . Aasdy, WbS
languidly exclaimed, ooh, doctor, yeu'sse .
good butcher % TO which the doster 70.
joined, "Ob, yss, sm ussd - ttiskiso
calves hlaa aa 4g5 "a
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Ell. WOODBURY.,

S u II CT l. O II d L. II IT'S
once and Res fience No I, Palmer's Block,
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-10-10

fom her pocket, she handed it to her MS
tonished niece.
"Aftcr bis sudden death, when thoy
were looking in vain for this very will. /
yielded to sudden and powerful impulse,
and said that knew nothing about it. /
had no sooner spoken the words than /
would have given all gained by them,
and more too, to have recalled them; but
| could not confess myself a thief AMI nei.
ther could | bear the sight Of you whom
/ had wronged. You know how harshly
| sent you away, but you do not know
how often / wished you to return. four d
to my astonishment that had really be.
come attached to you, and that more than
half my apparent dislike arose from my
naturally perverse disposition and bad tenn.
per. Ny own relations, for whose sake |
bad committed so great a crime, disgusted
me by their sycophancy and deceit, and
longed for you, frank and hasty as you
were. Besides, sense Of my guilt prey ed
upon me, and | do not think | have bad a
moments peace since you Ieft. | could
not bear it any longer, and so sent for
you. You may do as you please with the
will, dear Edith, only cntrcat you don't
make my guilt public, at least while |
live. will give up this residence to you
now, and all but bare support shall
feel better if | do so, | think. | can bear
poverty, but not infamy."
But Edith would not hear of her aunt's
doing that; she insisted on her retaining
all the privileges given to her by the will,
and always allowed it to be supposed even
by her husband, that her aunt had acci-
dentally discovered the long lost document
which her sense of justice would not per
init her to suppress.
Edith often met Charles Devereux af-
ter she had removed to Il place not far
from her auuts residence, and never did 50
without making n mental comparison be-
tween him and her husband, and thanking
Providence for the troubles that had
shown her the worthlessness of the one
and the value of the other. As for him,
he married an heiress--hs grand object
in lfc-but whether he was happy or not,
no one could tell.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-10-10
Colonel NEuIIignn.

Col. James A. Mulligan was born in
Utica, New York, in the year 1879, nnd
is consequently in his thirty.second year.
His parents were natives Of Ireland --
His mother, after the death Of his father,
which took place when he was n child,
removed 10 Chicago where she has rcsd-
cd with her son for the past twenty-threc
years. She married respectable Irish
American in Chicago, named Michael
Lantry. IIc was educated at the Catho.
lie college Of North Chicago, under the
superintcndancc Of Rev. Mr.. Kinscllar,
now Of New York city. lie is n strict
member Of the Catholic church. In 1852
1888 and 1854, in the office of the Hon.
Isaac \. Arnold, congressman from the
Chicago district For n short time he
edited the Western TaJiet, n semi-rclig-
ious paper, in Chicago. In 1855 he was
admitted as an attorney law in Chi
cago. At this time he held the position
Of second Lieutenant in the Chicago
Shield Guards, ono of the companies at
tacled to the Irish Brigade now in Mis-
sour, and which las done so well in Lcx.
ington. IN the Winter Of 1857 Senator
Fitch, Of Indiana, rendered him clcrl;
ship in the department Of the Interior
He accepted the position, and spent the
winter at Washington. During his resi-
dcnce in Washington he corrcspondel
with the Utica Tcicgroph, over the non
de plume Of Satan"
After his return from Washington he
was elected captain Of the Shield Guards.
On the news arriving Of the lombard
mcnt Of Fort Sumptcr, he throw his soul
into the national canse. The Irish Amer
lean company held meeting, Of which
he was chairman. Shortly afterward he
went to Washington with letter written
by the late Senator Douglas on his death
bed, to the President. rendering a rcgi.
ment to be called the "lrish Brigade. -
He was elected colonel, and Immediately
went to work with a will. The course of
the "brigadc," up to the battle Of Lex
ington, is wcllknown; it has nobly,
bravcly, and honorably done It's duty.
Col. Mulligan is worthy of all praise.
\ purer, better man does not live in the
State Of Illinois. Since he has been able
to tell the difference between ale and wa
ter, a glass of spirituous or malt liquors
has not passed his lips. lie is a rigid
temperance man, although he is iocuni
and wholc-soucd to a fault He is six
feet three inches in height, with wiry,
elastic frame; large, lustrouS, hazel eve;
an open, frank, Celtic face, stamped with
courage, pluck and independence, sur
mounted with busly profusion Of hair
tinctured with grey. Honorable in oil
rclations-rcspcctei by all-he has won
his way by untiring industry, and un-
questionable courage. On the 26th day
October, 1856, he was married to Miss
Marian Nugent, by the Roman Catholic
Bishop of Chicago. lie is a fine scholar,
a good speaker, & brilliant writer, and n
promising lawyer.
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-10-10
\ Remarkable Discovery In the
Alps.

There is news from Switzerland. sovs
an English paper, which painfully recalls
the memory Of n terrible catastrophe
which happened on the Grand Plateau of
Mont Blanc, on the Goth of August, ] $50.
On that day party, consisting Of DIR.
llaminel and some gentlemen from Gen
eva started up tho mountain, accompa-
nicd by several guides. A descending
avalanche swept off three Of the latter, by
name, Auguste Tairraz, Pierre Balmat,
and Pierre Carrier, all three belonging 10
families inseparably connected with the
history Of the mountain. From that day
up to the fifteenth of this month, not a
trace Of them was ever discovered on
that morning was discovered, on the low
or part Of the Glacier des Blossoms, o
number Of human remains and fragments
Of dress accoutrements, etc., which have
been recognized as having belonged to
these haplcss guides. The relics arc
stated to consist Of:
]. An arm in the most perfect state Of
preservation, with the hand, fingers. nails
skin and dried frozen flesh intact, in no
way discolorc3 part of the little finger
only gone. The length Of this limb ex-
tend to the elbow.
g Part Of two different skulls, with q
good deal Of hair remaining with the skin
on both one belonging to a fair man,
the other to a dark one. One Of these
fragments was recognized by Julian De-
voussoux "a survivor ofthe 1920 ascent)
as being that Of Pierre Balmat.
3. Part Of n guides knapsack, with
sundry portions OF a lantern attached to
it.
\. An iron crampon, which the guides
at that time strapped on their shoes when
they crossed the glaciers, etc, to prevent
slipping.
>. Several portions Of guides dress,
cravatS hats torn portions of linen, por-
tions of cloth, etc, all easily distinguish
able as belonging to men of the guide
class.
Two Of the men who accompanied the
party are still alive, and it is said that
DR. IIanmel still survives in England.
The most interesting circumstance in
connection with the recovery of the re-
mains ofthcse long ago mourned men is,
that it is an cxect fulfillmcnt of Prof.
James d. Forbes prediction, based on
his observations and knowledge Of tho
laws which guide the motions of the gla-
ciers. Prof Forbes, it is stated, has re-
peatedly told the Chamounix guides that
they might look ont for traces of their de-
ceased comrades in the Lower Blossoms,
in about forty or forty five years after the
catastrnnhn and that hn told Aupusta
Balmot in 1858 to keep look out
Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-10-10
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OH, WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF
MORTAL BE PROUD!
BY PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN, OF ILLINOIS


A correspondent of Zion's Aduocatc (Mainc)
says the following was clipped from paper print
ed there three years ago j
Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud
Like q swift-hccins metcor-a fast flying cloud
Hash of the lghtning-a break of the wave
He passcth from life to his rest in the grave
The leaves of the oak and the willow will fade
BE scattered around and together be laid
As the young and the old, and the low and the high
Shall crnmblc to dust, and together shall lie.
The infant. mother attended and loved
The mother, that infants affections who proved
The father, that mother and infant who blessed
Each, all, are away to their dwelling of rest.
The maid on whose brow, on whose check, in
whose eye,
Shonc beauty and plcasurc-hcr triumphs arc by
And alike from the minds of the living erased
Are the memories of mortals who loved her and
praised.
The hand of the King, that the sccptrc hath borne
The brow of the Priest, that the mitcr hath worn
The eye of the sage, and the heart of the brave,
Are hidden and lost in the depths Of the grave.
The peasant whose lot was to SOW and to reap
Tho hcrdsman who climbed with his goats up the
steep;
The bcggar who wandered in search of his bread
Have faded away like the grass that we tread.
SO the multitude goes, like the flower or weed
That wthcrs away to let others succeed
So the mu ltitudc comes, even those we behold,
To repeat every tale that has often been told.
For we are the same our fathers have been;
We see the same sights our fathers hayo soon
We drink the same stream, We see the same sun,
And run the same course our fathers have run.
The thoughts we are thinking our fathers did think
From the death we are shrinking our fathers did
shrink;
To the life we arc clinging onr fathers did cling,
But it speeds from us all like the bird on the wing
They loved, but the story we can not unfold;
They scorncd, but the heart of the naughty is cold
They gricvcd-but no wall from their slumbcr will
come,
They joycd-but the tongue of their gladncss is
dumb
They dcd, ah! they died; we things that arc now
That walk on the turf that lies over their brow,
And make in their dwellings trancicnt abode,
Meet the things that they met on their pilgrimage
road.
Yea, hope and despondcncy, pleasure and pain
Are mingled together in sunshine and rain,
And the smile and the tear, and the song and Tho
drgc,
Still follow each other like surge upon surge.
IT'S the wink of an eye, ,'ts the draught ola brcatl
From the blossom of health to the pacncss o.
death;
From thd guided saloon to the bier and the slroud
Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud?