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The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
A Frozen Ship.

A Whaling vessel which sailed, from
London in the year lS4O found in tho PO-
lar sea u ship embede in tho ice. with sails
frrled, and no signs OF life on board. The
captain and some of the crew, descending
into the cabin, found coiled upon the floor
large Newfoundland dog, apparently asleep,
but when they touched it they found the
animal was dead and frozen as bard Us stone.
10 the cabin was young lady seated at the
table, her Dyes open as II gazing on the in
truders in that desolate place. She was q
corpse and had been frozen in an apparent
ly resigned and religious attitude. Beside
her was young man, who, il appeared,
was the commander of the brig. and brother
to tho lady. He was sitting at the table,
dead, and before him was sbeet Of paper,
On which was written, "Our cook has en-
deavored to strike light since yesterday
morning, but in vain all 10 now over. In
another par: of the cabin stood the cook,
with tho flini and tinder in hand, in the vain
endcavor TO strike the fire that could alone
savo them. The terrors of the seamen LED
the captain from the spot, who took with
him the log book as the sole lnemento OF
the ill-fated ship. 1t appeared that she was
also from London, and had been frozen in
that place over fourteen years.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
For ife Jfersoniun
Troy in tie Field,

FRIEND CONVEX E Willie the country
&c 0 ally is thoroughly aroused, and re
spending molly to the call Of the Presi.
dent for soldiers, Troy has not been en-.
tirely inactive. Having received notice
Of the call for mass m, e ing at Chardon
our citizens held meeting On the 23d
and expressed their views and feelings, in
a set Of resolutions, and some very good
speeches were made, one especially by
Rev, S. w Ingraham, who is more than
sky years old, but is very anxious Ii
serve his country. and has since offei ed
his name as chaplain.
Tie meeting adjourned 10 evening. al
Which time, we listened 20 patriotic and
sou .stirring speeches from MeSsrs. w.
Ford aud c. H. Talcott, Of Burton. Our
meeting was enlivered by the music ol
the fife and drum, aud an Ole anvil was
called into requi>lion to help give utter.
ance TO The feel ngs Of patriotism which
Iule IN our hearts.
On Friday evening we held another
meeting. at which the house WAS filed,
for the purpose Of oonsid, ring the subject
Of forming RE erve Guard" and also oI
taking measures to provide for the fami.
lies OF those who shall volunteer to igh!
lle battles Of our country. II. +. Ford.
(since elected captain OF one OF the Ge-
auga companies, made some very per.
tiEert and eloquent remarks. In the
course Of the evening We were very agree
aoly surprised by the appearance in our
midst. OF M jor Geo. E. Paine. who,
although SO hoarse as to be unable to
speak aloud at first. made short but
patriotic speech, and invited all who
wished to volunteer, 10 meet him ut Bur-
ton tomorrow.
A subscription was put in circulation
for the families Of volunteers, and about
thirty names obtained for a Reserve
Guard. Several had already gone from
this town, and enlisted in other com.
panies, before the meeting at Chardon, rs
is also the case with other towns in this
part OF the county.
But my communication Is very long
and will close. w. F.. P.
P. S. Major Paine left piece oI
flannel, which the ladies next duy made
into shirts for the soldiers, similar TO the
red shirts of the Chaldon Band, (excep
that they were biue.) In the evening
the ladies had parade. (rwen,y in mum
Der dressed in the shirts they had made
and fancy caps. w. F. p.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
Foreign Aspect of Sece ssion.

MIR Seward and tho President have con
suited frequently with the foreign diplomats
here concerning the present condition OF
our national affairs aud the course of their
respective Governments. On the part OF
the representatives of England and France,
1t is VOL understood that thero is no sym
pathy whatever for tho South. Lord Lyons
says that he sees no benefit to be derived
by the English Government, or any foreign
power, from the supremacy of its people /;
that there is, of course no prospect of for
eign supremacy on this continent in any
event; while England and the United
States havo become so strongly united in
mutual interests, that misfortune to one is
disaster to the other in all points Of material
interests. Tho Southern Commissioners
had reason to discover these facts while in
Washington, and have probably given Davis
and his compstriots some new ideas not at
all flattering to their vanity and visions Of
ultimate success.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

SENSIBLE ADVICE Professor Silliman. oi
Now Haven, recently closed Smithsonian
lecture by giving the following sensible ad'
vice 20 young men :-"lf therefore, you
wish for clear mind and strong muscles.
and quiet norves, and long life, and power
prolonged in old age. permit mo to say, al
though am not giving q temperance lee
ture. avoid all drinks above water and mild
infuslons of that fluid, shun tobacco, opium,
and everything else that disturbs the normal
state of the system rely upon nutritious
food, and mild, diluted drinks. of which
water is tho base. and you will need nothing
beyond these things, except rest, and due
moral regulations of all your powers. TO give
you long. happy and useful lives, aud a Sc.
rene evening at the close"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
Scarcity Of Provisio 8 in the South.

We learn from good authority, that
wher Gen. Pillow telegraphed from Nash.
vile TO Montgomery, thar he could raise
ten Thousand volunteers 10 Join The South
ern army, he was informed that the
troops were not desirable, unless accom-.
panied with provisions. This shows where
the pinch is in the Cotton States. We
learn also that the most pressing orders
for provisions are received in this city
from the extreme South every day, and
that for some time past in Memphis and
other Southern towns, when il was known
that boat load Of provisions was coming
it would be sold before its arrival, and the
demand upon the provision dealer would
be like run upon bank in a commercial
panic. The corn begging OF Mississipians
in Illinois and the publication Of proceed
ings Of public meetings called in consider
alton OF the famine, in the Brandon Miss. }
! Republican, has given the country an in
sight into the condition Of one part Of the
South.
Now northern people, generally, are
much excited aud determined on the sub
jcct Of shipments Of powder and arms 10
the South. In some cases, the very per-
sons who are explosive at the idea ol
shipping gunpo /" der, are tender hearted
ss 10 provisions. They say: "We must
not furnish them the material to make
war upon the Government, bu, we must
le, them have something TO eat" The
truth is, the South is Ear better supplied
with muskets and powder than with bread.
stutfs and pork. AT the present moment,
pork would be more precious to them
more important 10 their armies than pow
der. The ,igh,est place Of the Southern
army for provisions, will be within the
next ninety days After that they will
have their wheat harvest. 1t is not sur
prising that jeff. Davis was anxious TO
throw the burden OF war upon the Border
Slave Staes. He knew there was not
provision in Cottondom to feed his men.
Hence the coercion of Virginia into revo.
luton and ruin. lie wanted the Touring
mills, foundries and arsenals at Richmond.
- Cincinnati Commercial.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
Fort Monroe.

Fort Monroe, Virgins, is one OF the
strongest forts in the United States, and
constitutes the north point Of The entrance
to James River, and with Fort Calhoun,
which is one mile distant, commands the
entrance to that river. In summer, the
spot which is known as Old Point Com fort
is favorite resort for bathers. The fort
itselfis very large. The walls are more
than mile in cilcuit. very thick and high,
surrounded by a moat, which is from six
ty to one hundred feet wide, with eight
fret Of water, drawbridge and outer bat
teries. It mounts some three hundred
heavy guns, has mortars for throwing
shells, furnaces for heating balls DC. Moth
ing could approach within three miles.ex-
cept under the fire Of all these batteries.
The walls enclose some seventy i've acres.
in the centre Of which is vast parade
ground the quarters Of the troops facing
the latter on all sides. 1t has frequently
been called most magnificent place
live oak and other trees making its neigh
borhood exceedingly pleasant and attract
i've during the summer months. Outside
the nioat is a fine walk, which commands
view of thd sea. The fort was garri-
roned by FIVE hundred men in January or
February last. 1t will afford accomoda.
lion for an immense number of troops and
n large force is necessary to man it's many
batteries. Two regiments have sailed
from Boston 10 occupy this fortress.
New Haven Register.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
The Power Of Hearty Laughter.

The following incident comes to us thor.
oughly authenticated, although We arc not
at liberty to publish any names: short
time since two individuals in this city were
lying in one room very sick, one with brain
fever, and tho other with an aggravated case
of mumps. They were so low that Watchers
wore needed evory night, mud it was thought
doubtful if the one sick OF fever recovered.
A gentleman was engaged to watch one
night, his duty being TO wake the nurse
Whenever it became necessary to tako the
medicine. In the course Of the night both
watcher and nurse fell asleep. The man
with the mumps lay watching the clock, and
saw that it was time to give the fever pa
tient his medicine. He was unable TO speak
aloud or to move any portion of his body
except his arms, but seizing pillow, he
managed to strike the watcher in tho face
with it. Thus suddenly awakened, the
watcher sprang from his seat falling TO the
floor and awakening both the nurse and
fever patient. The incident struck both
tho sick men as very ludicrous, and thcy
laughed most heartily at it for fifteen or
twenty minutes. When the doctor came in
the morning, no found his patients vastly
improved-said no had never known so sud.
den change for tho better--and they arc
now both out and wOll. Who says laugh
ter is not the best of medicines !-!NeD
HGuen Palladium.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
Early Potatoes.

There are several methods OF Fastening
the maturity Of potatoes. A favorite
method with the German market gar.
deners is, TO bring the SEED potatoes in
barrels into q warm room about the FIRST
Of March. The eyes start rapidly, and
in about two or three weeks they are
ready 10 plant. Another method which
we have practiced, for some years, is to
start the potatoes in gentle hot bed,
about the middle Of March. The iubers
are cut in halves, and laid fiat side down
upon the bed as thick as they can be
placed. They are then covered with
about two inches garden mould, and the
ashes are put over them. AS soon as
they are up two or :bree inches they are
ready to transplant. They should be re-
moved carefully, separating the roots with
as little breaking IS possible, and put in
drills where they are 10 grow. As they
do not yield full crop under this treat
ment, they can be planted closer than in
common field culture, say in drills thirty
inches apart, putting the hills twelve
inches apart in the drill.
A warm. sandy loan, sloping 10 the
south or southeast, should be selected for
this crop. 1t should be well manured
with horse dung, about half of it applied
in the drills. Some manure their ground
for early potatoes in the fall, and this is
we think, good plan for that par, Of the
manure which is applied broadcast
Fresh horse dung in the drills raises the
temperature of The soil and hastens their
growth. We will add that we have sue
ceeded well on a small scale thus: Two
or three weeks before the time when il
will probably do to plant out, rake pieces
of turf or sod, say four or five inches
square, and put piece Of potatoe in each
These are set closely together where they
can be watered at need, and can be ex-
posed to sunshine. Whenever there is a
cold night, or "cold snap" straw is put
on 10 keep them from freezing. They
sproui and fll the turf with with roots.-
At the proper time the pieces are set in
the open ground one piece in bill, and
the growth is hardly checked. The turf
itself also acts as manure TO aid the
growth. In this way two or three weeks
may be gained.-A9rieGiturist.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

Women in the XIX Century.

Many women who to-day are moving
quietly aud gracefully through tho light
aud shadow OF fro side lito, arc to be known
hereafter. Their names will be gracious
words to other generations. They shall
have justice done thotn. for the nineteenth
century, among other inventions and dis
cOyoriUs, has discovered woman II was not
enough that she was placed in the garden Of
Eden for us. We wero blind for many
thousand years. Whom the world was young,
wo made her fetch our wood, cook our food,
aud play the meniai. In our our DAYS of
chivalry we taught hor TO be q pretty ANA.
zOn, to dress our wounds, to bind her scarf
about our bolmot, to receive q fantastic and
| insincoro alteration. Then. as If there we're
never to be all end to our nonsense, we fan
cicd that she was aO Arcadian shepherdOss,
or o lovely wood-nymph, with confused ideas
Of virtue. Then was tho sickly, sentimental,
| pastoral age in full blast. Then did she tap
us on the check with her fan, and smirk
and smile, and paint and powder. and wear
hor hair four stories high. That was the
courtly ago. But by-and by she wcaricd OF
those tollies. We bsgan to treat her with
more sense--thon. little by little, she began
to assert horself; the better We treated her
the moro she asserted, until at last VIC cried
out like FTankestein; "What monster is
this we have created = But it was not q
,nonstor-it was only Womdn ! Great in
her weakness, noble In her charity. beautiful
in her patience. We have found her out
She was never so recognized as now; we
have discovered that she has brain as we'll
as hcart that she cap write verse like Mrs.
Browning. paint pictures like Rosa Bonheur,
and still be all that is gentle and lovable.
! a L. L..
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

A PARAGRAPH FOR BACHELORS AND OLD
MAIDS One of the greatest OWLS with
which society is inflicted and one OF the
greatest obstacles to tho prosperity and
permanency of any nation, is that of living
a single life The older and wealther u
nation becomes, the greater is tho proper
ton of people who never marry. The Prin..
cpal reason, probablyis is in the Increased
extravagances in living A young man
shrinks from asking glrl who lives sur
rounded with ivory luxury TO share his
humble home. Whilst We commend his
prudence, we depIore the Cause But &C.
lib .cy is an evil still greater than that OF ex'
travaganco. A lite of coIibacy is itself an
evil for it is against nature. Nature in.
tended that the sexes should marry. As a
general rule, the married live longer and
happier than tho single. Celibacy is a
crime against society. But ono othor greater
evil can befall nation, and that is getting
unmarried. For it strikes at the root OF
domestic life. It's tendency is to annihilste
tho family He who lives life OF celibacy
fails in his duty to himself, to his country
and to his God, Whatever else no may do
for society, by neglecting to marry, no fails
to do that by which there is any society.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
GIVE ruE CurLpREN FREsH AIR.-som,

GIVE THE CHILDREN Fresh AIR.-Some
parents make the great mistake of keeping
their children in doors during cold weather
Such practice is pernicious in many ro-
specis. IL enfeebles tho bodies of children,
and renders them peculiarly liable to be
attacked by colds and coughs. child
should have its feet we'll shod with socks
and boots. its body we'll wrapped in warm
clothing,its head and ears securely protected
from tho cold. and then let loose to play 10
the keen bracing winter air. BY this means
i,s body will become robust, and its spirits
be kept bright and cheerful; whereas, If a
child be shut up 10 the house. il will become
fretful and fevorish. and perhaps wind up
with a severe attack Of illness.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
AN ANEcporr OF TrnAN.-Tho anocdote of

An ANEcDorE OF TITIAN.-The anocdote of
tho great Emperor Charles having twice
picked up this great artists pencil and
presented it to him, saying, "To wait on
Titan was service for an emperor" is we'll,
known, but We do not remember TO have
met with tho following: Titan bad painted
the portrait of Charles several times. but
now bcing called to tho court of that prince,
he for the last time painted his portrait just
as il then appeared in the latter part OF his
life; and this picture also much pleased
the renowned Emperor. Certain it is that
the very first portrait Titan drew of him
so struck him with admiration that he would
never after cit to any other, and for every
portrait Titan took of him he gave him a
thousand crowns of gold. Titan in all
painted threo portrait of the Emperor; aud
when he last sat TO him, at the conclusion
Of tho picture, Charles said with emphasis,
"This is the third time l have triumphed
over death"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

NOBLE HoRsE Grant Thorburn says
II oneo saw horse, in the Ieighborhood Of
New York, drawing a load of coal, twelve
hundred weight. in cart. The lane was
very narrow-the driver. some distance be.
bind, was conversing with noighbor. The
horse, on a slow walk, came up to q little
child sitting on his hind quarters, in the
middle of the road, gathering up dust with
his little hands. and making mountains out
of mole hills. The horse stopped--he smell
ed of the child-thero was no room to turn
of. With his thick lips he gathered the
frock between his teeth, lifted tho child,
laid him gently on the outside Of tho wheel
track, and went on his way rejoicing. And
we'll might he rejOice--hs had done noble
deed."
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
That's What's The Matter.


Drums are beating. banners streaming
Flags are waving in the street,
Maidens In their midnight dreaming,
Stau to hear the burrying feet,
As the roops ore marching onward,
Answering to their country's. call
Rsllyink round that dear old banner.
Which thoy've sworn rbail never fall.
Hark | tho fifos shrill piercing treble
Ilark the csnnon's thunderiDg base
Speaks defiance to the rebel,
Who'd the Stars and Stripes deface
Hearts with love of Union beating,
Swear they shall no further 60
BY our fathers God now vowiDg
To lay usurping traitors low.
Loyal hearts are proudly beating,
Firm in justice, truth and right
Loyal States each other greeting
RISE in all their strength and might
Tho Union and the laws maintaining:
Backward will their foes no driven
The God Of battles watches o'er US
Our Union never shall be riyen.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
S4s $50 PAID PoR ONE New PicruRE -

S43, ,750 PAID FOR ONE New Picture -
Our friends. the artists. will be pleased to
read the following: "The stories published
of the extravsgant price paid to Mr.. W. p.
Firth for picture havo brought out letter
in tho London .4thendPAHm from Mr.. Flot0w,
who states that he bad agreed to pay Mr..
Firth the sum of eight thousand guineas
for picture representing "Life at Railway
Station" This is the highest price that has
ever been paid for modern picture. In
addition to the eight thousand guineas. tho
dealer paid seven hundred and fifty guIneas
for the copyright, making in nil all ninO
thousand one hundred and eighty-seven
pounds and ten shillings, or torty-three
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars
Leuize received forty thousand dollars for a
picture he painted for the late King Of
Prussia.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
Science in the Vest Pocket.

An ingenious little pocket instrument
the invention of Mr.. Herbert Mackwith, ia
now manufactured and offered for salo by
tho London Instrument makers. IL is styled
tho pocket motra and its description is as
follows
In brass case less than threo inches
square and an inch thick, are contained q
clinometer,, thermometer, goniometer, level,
magnifying lense, measure for wire gauze
plummet, platna, scales OF various sizes, and
an amem0meIer. Tho traveller can ascer-
taian by It's means the temperature, the
force of the wind, tho latitude, tho position
of the rocks. the angles of cleavage and
crystallization, or examine by means OF
tourmalino the bottom of pools or shallow
depth along the coast lines, otherwise in
visible to the eye. The minor can survey
and level tho roof of his workings, can as
certain tho tempera'ur of the air under
ground, discover WhOther the ventilation ID
deficient, or can see whether the wires ol
bis Davy lamps are in safe condition"
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

Ferdinand, the King of Spain-tho man
whose wife befriended Columbus--once
tried TO do good thing. Shortly after the
discovery Of America, ne enacted decree
that no lawyers should embark thither,
fearing that thoy would corrupt the morals
of the natives aud kick no rows. just for the
costs, ye know. But lawyers are more po-
tent than kings. and soon were lords of the
new land, which they rule unto this day,
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

Mr. deceased uncle was the most polite
gentleman in the world. He was making
voyage on the Danube; and the boat sunk
all the passengers went to the bottom. My
uncle was just at the point of drowning.
He got his head above water for once. took
off his hat aud said "Ladies and gentlemen
you will please to excuse me ! and down
he went
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

THE Garth turns on its axis one degree in
four minutes, carrying everything around
toward the cast thirteen miles a minute.
This being about the velocity of an ordinary
cannon ball, II follows that II q cannon Is
fred, pointing west toward a fort, the ball
simply stopped in its eastward motion, while
the cannon runs away fromjt. and the fort
comes up against the ball with crash.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

LAW FIRM.
A LFRED PHELPS & Albert G. Riddle, com
n posing le Old Law Firm Of Phelps & Riddle.
aud Alfred Phelps, Jr have formed a Copnrtn"rshiI
connection for the Practice OF Law, under tie
same OF Phelps. Riddle s. Phelps, at the old Odicc
Of Phelps & Riddle. where they wiz attend to nj
law business which may be entrusted to thei'
caro-. ALFRED PHELPS,
ALBERT G RIDDLE,
ALFRED PHELPS, JR.
Chnrdon, December 9Th, 1859. 5l7tf
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

esMr. Bouligny, the loyal member oi
Congress from Louisiana, when leaving
Washington for home few days since
spoke Of secession as "vle Treason, treacheiry
South would save that section much suffer
ing.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

one year, 81 90
Advertisements should he marked the mum
N>r OF times they designed to be nserted those
not so marked, will he continued until ordered out
and charged according to the above terms.
The privileges of yearly advertisers will be con.
dned to their re guirr business.
Attorneys will I've holden for the price of inserting
Advertisements brought by them
6T hli communications must be addressed to the
, 'prictor, (postagc pad) 10 receive attention.
The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-05-10

The most difficult thing IN the world e
to talk good nonsense. The horse cans
counterfeit the ass's bray.