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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
one Of tbo Mgmpbis Taaeher 5.

We find in the Memphis Post a letter
dated Oshkosh, Wis, from one Of the
teachers Of the Freedmen, who deemed
it prudent to leave Memphis during the
riots. The letter says
We had been hissed at and stoned at
different times during the year, and told
of danger by those who said that they
knew that things would be changed as
soon as the soldiers were mustered out.
Those whose confidence we had won, and
who proiesseu personal friendship to US,
assured Us of our danger from an organ
lzed society with whom they met regular
ly. Seven or eight months we have known
Of what was puTpOsed. The last few
weeks we have seen a storm gathering.
Every day stones had been shot into our
school room by the sons Of those who
knew what was TO come. Adults had
Kissed US of late IL passing to and from
our school, but on.y from that low class
who were preparing themselves for future
action. The better class, who knew US
best, informed US Of danger, and were
ready to shield US from harm.
Although told by them Wednesday
evening Of the burnings determined upon
that night, and Of the danger of being out,
l went out, lighted up the house for my
night school. While on the way one col
Ored man was shot down. As the excite
ment was greatly increasing the scholars
did not venture out. Believing the old
church would fall a prey to the flames
the mob determined to kindle that night,
l picked up such books as [ owned, and
took them home. Twenty shots were
heard in the course CT an hour, between
nine and ten that evening, within one or
two squares Of our dwelling. RumOrs
came IN of the murder of some in the
neighborhood. We feltn0 security in
seeing the police pass our dwelling with
two United States soldiers before, and a
company of roughs following, In the
morning while buying family stores, a gen
tleman informed me that the same secret
society who had planned and executed the
deeds of darkness of the previous night
had agreed upon the massacre Of the
teachers Of the colored schools Thursday
night. I would not credit his testimony
at first, but when he told me with great
feeling, that from motives of good he had
attended the meetings of the secret or
ganizatiOn, and that the programme car
ried out on the last night was what had
been agreed upon, and that he knew the
destruction of the teachers was as certain
to be effected, as the prudent man for
seeth the evil aud hideth hi mself'' l felt
it my duty to take my fam lily out of the
way of merciless and unrelenting mob
With a sincere desire that truth only
may prevail, l remain as ever, true
friend of the freedman. VIM. BAILEY,
Principal Of Col Sch oOl, No. 5,
Cor Main and OvertOn streets.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
Felling Trees By Fire.

The idea of burning down a tree six or
eight feet in diameter, and green, would
have seemed to be as simply absurd and
ridiculous. But the thing is done in Ore
gon every day at a vast saving of time and
la bor The operation is done in this
wise -
A hole is bored into the tree horizon
tally, the nearer the centre the better
Then directly under this hole another IL
bored at an angle of elevation such that
the holes meet together near the centre
of the tree. A coal Of fire with a little
kiRdliug is introduced into the orifce
thus formed, and the upper one performs
the functions Of a chimney. The heart
of the tree is dry and contains a consider
able amount of pitch, and when manipu-
lated as l have described, burns briskly.
It is generally necessary to feed this
fire with some fresh fuel from time to
time. But one man can keep large
number of trees thus burning and will
get twenty or a hundred trees down much
quicker and easier than he could other
wise do. In a similar manner, when the
tree is cut down, it Is cut into pieces by
being burned in two. A hole Is burned
into the log from the top, and another
from the side till they meet as before de-
scribed, when the perpendicular hole
acts as hue and the horizontal one furn-
ishes the draft 1t often happens that in
burning a large tree into length, for saw
logs, there is not more timber wasted than
would result from the chopping Of log
with an axe. 1880. MOB s..r
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
PURCHASE Of KAMsgHATKA sY AMERlGAas.

| st Peters burg correspondence of Marc b
l 18th has the following relative to a grand
| commercial scheme on the part Of eaDi-
! talIsts of the United States
1t Is asserted, know not on what au-
| thOrIty, that a gentleman from America
great capitalist, or the agent of a great
| American company, has arrived here
with the proposal to purchase Kamsehat-
ka from our Government, with the inten-
ton Of converting it into the seat of a
powerful commercial association, after
I the fashion Ofthe Hudson Bay Company
Ii this intelligence Is correct, your cOUn-
trymen would be making a much better
speculation than you perhaps imagine.
hamsckatka has got a bad name, but it
Is in reality a splendid region, over two
hundred thousand square Verts IN extent,
possessed of CONSPICUOUS harbors riv-
ers abounding IN fish mountains in
which iron, copper, marble, granite, Iig-
mite aud native sulphur are found in in
exhaustable quantities. and with a soil
which, In the northern parts, Is eminent
~ adapted to agriculture, and would
raise magnificent crops of cereals; while
the interior contains rich pastures, IN
which the breeding Of cattle might be car
rled on to good advantage. The climate
is not very genial, but yet much more
temperate than IN Eastern Siberia The
sea, which encompasses the peninsula on
three sides, mOderates the cold of the
Arctic Circle, and the thermometer sell |
dom falls to twenty degrees of Reaumur,
whereas IN Yakutsk and Ochotsk It oft |
en- descends below forty. In the hands
and enterprising owners
Kamschatka may easily become one of
the greatest corn growing countries In the !
world, and would afford a comfortable |
home to millions of people, instead of the /
few thousands who now find scanty sub /
sistence amidst the unexplored treasures
that surround them From PetrOpaul- /
Owski, a thriving trade might be carried on
In fUrs, grain, minerals, &C., to China, the
South Sea Islands and the west coast of
America. In fact, it is in every respect !
superior to the AmoOr, which is shut up
by ice for six months in the year, while |
in Petropaulowski the navigation is
scarcely ever interrupted, and, with the
exception of San Francisco, there is not
a finer port on the whole Pacific. Per-
sons acquainted with Kamschatka are
unanimous in extolling its capabilities, /
and are persuaded that an American |
that should purchase or farm it /
for the Russian Government, would
discover mine of gold in this too long
neglected appendage Of our Empire.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
NO. 8.
JoHNADAMs, ooURrsnIF.


A correspondent of the Boston Trans
cript gives the following interesting re-
miniscence: .H
John Adams sought the hand of the
daughter of Rev. Mr. Smith, of Wey-
mouth, and Miss Abigail was pleased to
accept the proposal of Mr., Adams, much
to the chagrin of the parsOn, the objection
being that Adams was a man of humble
origin aud moderate ability, and could
never aspire to anything more than the
position nf an humble village lawyer.
His visits to her home were frequent and
prolonged, but no hospitalities were ten
dered by the Rev. Mr. Smith, either to
Adams or his nag for while Abigail only
had watehful care over him, his bay
passed the weary hours of the night in
feeding on the hitehing-post.
Now, Abigail had a sister whose name
was Mary, WIN was betrothed to a veal
thier, and it was believed, more promis-
ing young man, whose presence was wei
coined most cordially by the reverend
family.
The good parson had promised each of
his daughters that on the occasion of
their marriage he would preach a sermon
from a text Of the brides own selection
Mary first married, and beautifully ap-
did the father think the text
-" And Mary hath chosen that good
part p In due time Abigail marries, and
chooses for her text, a." For John came
neither eating nor drinking, and they say
he hath devil Tradition does not tell
US, as we remember, how the text pleased
the father, but the sermon was preached.
Mary, indeed, chose a good part her life
was happy one, and her husband was
man ofmeans and respectability. Abigail
was woman of strong affections, prac-
teal wife, and possessed of great nobility
of character, while the name of her hus-
band and son will live as long as the love
Of liberty inspires the soul Of man.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
TFrom ths Home weeklyl
ARTEMns WARD SICK.

You may not be awair by the way, that
I've bin invalid here to home for sew raj
weeks. And it's all OWN to my own i'm
proOdens. Not feelin' like eatin' full
meal when the cars stoDt for dinner in
the South, where / lately was, went in
to a ResterateT and ct 20 hard billed eggs.
I think they effected my Liver.
My wife says, Pc, po. She says I've
got a splendid liver for man of my time
of life I've heard of mems livers grad
ooally wastin. away till they hadn't none.
It's dredful thing when mans liver
givs him the shake.
Two years comm this May. I had a
tack of fever 'n-ager, and by the advice
of Miss Peasky (WhO cOntinners single
and is corresponding unhappy in the
same ratio I consulted Spiritooul me-
ium-a writin' mejum. / got letter
from a celebrated LDjin cheif who writ
me accordin' to the mejum, that he'd
been ded two hundred and seventeen
GID years and liked it. He then said,
let the Pale face drink sum yarb tea
drinkt it, and it really helpt me. I've
writ to this talented savige this time thro'
the same mejum, but as yet l han't got
any answer. Perhaps he's in a spear
where they han't got any postige stamps.
But thanks to carful nussin', I'm i'm
prOvin rapid
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
Spring.

SWEET Spring has come, once again.
Ger hill and plain,
She waves her carpet soft and green,
In brightest shades of emerald sheen.
With pinks and crocusses between
And lays it down
Where late the white and chilly snow,
So 10th TO 60,
Leak'd of and left the earth so brown.
Sweet Spring has come, she wakes again
For harIz a strain
OF woodland welcome soOthlv rings
The air is stirr'd with glancing wings,
With crystal pipes and twitterings,
From conscious birds:
While lambkins sporting on the mead,
With velvet tread,
skip in and out among the herds.
Sweet Spring has come; we thro' the shade
Of bower and glade
Can trace her pathway in the dark,
By silver gIints from larchen bark,
And purpIing bud-Iights on the stark
And leafless bOughs
Or by the CLEANS from sunlit streams,
Whose dancing beams
The gentle ferns mistake for vows.
Sweet Spring has come, and in my heart
Its passions start.
joys babbing broolxlets gayly sing,
chimes that sweetly ring,
And new-plumed hopes take lighter wing,
And mount above;
Zen star bright eyes and rose lips fair
Spring blooming there,
And promise autumn wealth of love.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
A Horribly Frenchy Story.

4 correspondent, writing from Paris
relates the following horribly Frenchy
story
" A modern vampire, who was arrested
some months back, will shortly be tried
at the assizes of Paris 1t is hardly pos
sible to believe that in the present cen
fury such a monster could be found to
exist. Some time ago the body of a
young girl was discovered not far from
the ministry Of the interior a most Gu
rious circumstance is that though the
head was severed from the body, not a
drop of blood was found on the ground.
Search was Immediately made after the
perpetrator of this horrible deed, and the
police at last succeeded in laying hand on
a man who made an attempt on lady on
her return from one of the theatres. The
monster, while in prison, confessed that,
after killing his victims, he drank their
blood. 1t is generally thought that Phil
ippe (for such is the name of the vam
pire) is Ofunsound mind.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
THE LOAFER.

The most miserable, hopeless scrap of
humanity, is an idle mana man whose
chief aim is to loaf !" to waste in list
less lounging and physical inaction, the
best years of his life There are num-
bers of such beings here, and in every
other town, miserable loafers whose sole
occupation is to avoid employment of any
kind, whose lives can scarcely be called
lives, who die one after another, and
leave behind them-What A vacancy
to be mourned? No, for they are them
selves vacancies, not men. The history
of the worlds progress ignores their
names, their existence, and being dead,
the grave contains no more inert worth
less earth than it did before. They have
no local habitation or name IN so far as
regards worth or value and from day to
day, in the hands of busy men, they pass
as uncurrent funds, at so much of a dis
count that they cannot even buy them
selves. The only apparent exertion they
exhibit is that which enables them to be
eternaliy in somebody's business. They
never do any special harm and never ac-
complish any good. They die only when
they get too lazy and indolent to use their
respiratory organs They never get the
consumption, because they haven't ener-
~ enough to cough They give employ
ment to nobody, for they have none for
themselves. From these, and such as
these, may fortune preserve all well mean
ing mOrtals.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
A Touching Tribute

At the old cemetry in Macon, on Thurs
day, we learn that the ladies universally
decorated the graves of the deceased Fed
eral prisoners, as they did these Of the
COnfederates. Under the Christening in
duence Of sorrow, ell resentments van
ished from the pure hearts of the Macon
fair, they adorned, indiscriminately, the
graves of the dead of both sections as the
Warren, of the Baptist Church delivered
a most eloquent and touching address up
on the occasion, and with feeling alluded
to this affecting incident.-( Macon, (Geor-
gia) journal and Messenger, April 18th.
We copy this paragraph with pleasure
and only wish the feeling manifested by
the incident we're more general at the
South.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
DouTDOH.

Don't speak that harsh unkind word,
and thus make sad the heart of another.
Speak gently It's better.
Don't make the burden of another heav-
Ter, when tits in your power to Tighten the
same. Keep in good humor; anger is a
waste of vitality. No man and no boy
does his best except when cheerful.
A light heart makes nimble hands and
keeps the body healthy and mind free.
Don't let others say that you are selfish
and care only for yourself.
Don't live for your own comfort and
enjoyment alone live for others
Don't neglect that precious soul COM
mitted to your charge remember it must
live forever
Don't waste the holy Sabboth its
hours are too valuable.
Don't turn away from the Bible; it is
the book by which you will be judged
Don't speak against Christians; remem-
Der their faults will not save you.
Don't live merely for the world ; re-
member the endless future
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
THE BEAUTY OF OLD PEOPLE.


Men and women make their own beauty
or their own ugliness. Sir Edward Bull
wer Lytton speaks in one of his novels of
a man :. who was uglier than he had any
business to be ~ and, If he could but
read it, every human being carries his life
in his face, and is good looking or the re-
verse as that life has been good or evil.
On our features the fine chisel of thought
and emotion are eternally at work. Beau
ty is not the monopoly Of blooming, sound
men and white pink maids There is a
slow growing beauty which only comes
to perfection In old age. Grace belongs
to no period of life, and goodness i'm
proves the longer it exists. [ have seen
sweeter smiles on lip Of seventy
than ever saw on lip Of seventeen.
There is the beauty of youth, and the ho-
Iiness-a beauty much more seldom met !;
and more frequently found IN the arm
chair by the fire, with grandchildren
around its knee, than IN the ballroom or
the promenade. Husband and wife who
have fought the world side BY side; who
have made common stock Joy and sOr-
row, and grown aged together, are not
unfrequently found cuFiOusly alike in per-
sonal appearance and In pitch and tone Of
voice-iust as twin pebbles on the beach
exposed to the same tidal influences, are
each others alter ego. He has gained a
feminine something which brings his
manhood into full relief. She has gained
a masculine something which acts as a
foil to her WOmanhOod
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
The Bombardment Of vaIparaiso.

IF were right for Commodore Rogers
to propose Intervention to the British
Admiral for the protection of neutrals at
Valparaiso, it could not have been far
wrong to have done so ION his own hook .
1t would have been a strain upon Interna-
tional Law, but one in regard to whi3h
his and other governments would have
been charitable in their constructions IF
Admiral Farragut had been there with
the dear old Hartford, we opine that
there would have been firing on both
sides" as Sickles used to say in his show
bills. We infer as much from a conver-
sation we heard between Admiral Far
ragut and the Russian Admiral who win
tered here with his feet in 1863 Admi-
raj +. was complaining of the American
officer who did not capture Confederate
steamer in neutral port. Why, would
you have done it ?" asked the Russian.
- Yes, Sir, replied the American. But"
said the Russian, your government
would have broken you. Of course it
would" replied Admiral f., Bat
7C0uId9t't I hare had her.
The Russian Admiral laughiugIy in
quired, " Where did you study your in
ternational law ?" AT Valparaiso, in
1915, +" replied Admiral Farragut, 6 where
a superior British force, in violation of
neutrality laws. captured the United
States fTigate Esse.C and the British
commander was right, for we had nearly
destroyed the British commerce in the
Pacific Ocean, and if he let us escape we
should have finished what was left. F"
" There are emergencies, said the Admi-
raj, when officers must act under high
er law. T. w.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
Look to Your Cellars.

Now is the time, when other work is
not pressing, to give the house-ecliar IL
thorough cleaning. Remove all vegetable
matter, the old pickle in the meat-tuos.
krout-stands, &c. The gases generally ia
cellars where root and other vegetable
matters are suffered to decay, and which
are not properly ventilated, are often the
cause of disease. A little copperas water,
or a few drops of sulphuric acid we'll di-
luted with water, sprinkled over the floor,
will tend to prevent the prevalence Of
unwholes0me smells, and render the at
mosphere pure and sweet.
Every cellar should be whitewashed
throughout, and the windows and doors
opened, so that every indie1ti tion of impu-
rity may be expelled. We think as
whole that families are not so cleanly
with their cellars as they should be, and
that the health of all concerned clearly
demands UnwholesOme cellars, filed
with -offal vetable matter, aud allowed to
remain late in the season, is a most dan
gerOus source of sickness.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25

IN PURSUANCE OF order OF the Probate Court Of
y Delaware county, Ohio, made on the loth day of
Way, A.. d 1896 IN the case Of Aaron Evans Guard ian
Of Isaac B. and David Littsll, the undersigned will on
Saturday, June 9th, A. d. 1866,
at one O'Clock p. m, tue pre- mses, offer at Public
Sale the undivided onethrd or the following described
real estate: Situate in Delaware cOURty, Ohio and in
the town Of Delaware and being part Of in-lot No
siZty-hve, commencing at the Southwest corner Of
the part lot No sixty i've sold to MessFs tte thence
south on Sandusky street 20 feet; TIA east the
east line cG inlot sixty five; thence north 20 feet
thence west the line Of said Littelis place OF
beginning, being the premises owned and used as a
business house by the late stephen n. Ltell decd.
Terms OF SAFE: One third down, one-third in one,
and One-third in two years from day sale secured
by mortgage on premises sold. 4sE p.
AARON EVANS
Guardian OF Isaac B. and David LitteII.
By I. E. POWELL, his atty S6.25-ma1I AZ
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25

An editor Of a Western paper, while
taking a snooze after dark, travelling in a
The thief next day Forwarded the pocket
book by express to the editors Office,
with the following note
"YeOu mizerabel skunk, hears yer
pockit book. I don't keep sich. For a
man dressed as well as yeou was to round
with walIit and nothin In il but lot of
moose paper scraps, an ivry tUth comb, too
moose paper stamps, and pass from a
railroad cnnductur, is a cOntempterble
impersition on the publick. As hear
yeOur a edltur return yer trash-I nev-
er robs any, only gentlemen.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
GOOD SENSE.

1t will preserve US from censorious-
ness win lead US to distinguish, circum-
stances keep us from looking after Wis
ionary perfection, and to make US see
things in their proper Light. 1t will lead
us to study dispositions, pecUliarities, ac-
commOdations to weigh consequences ;
to determine what to observe, and what
to pass by when to be immovable, and
when to yield. It will produce good
manners, keep US from taking freedoms,
and handling things roughly, will never
agitate claims of superiority, but teach US
to submit ourselves one to another. Good
sense will lead persons to regard their
own duties. rather than to recommend
those Of others.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
DELAWARE, OHIO, FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1856.

bought at low figure, and to those por-
tons OF the State emigration is now ten
ding The result will be rapid increase
OF population and cons equent advance in
the price Of property which will soon
cause the late rebellious Shareholders to
realize that the eradication of their cher
ished institution, instead of running them
financially as they anticip ated, will prove
a pecuniaTy gain, while the advantages
that increased population, free labor, and
the life and enterprise it imparts must
bring to their region, viii infinitely out
weigh all the supposed dvantages de-
rived from slavery.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
NOTICE.

10 TAKPAYERS an the East part of
DeIalg0re County.
r WILL ATTEND AT THE FOLLOWING TINES AND
4 Places, for the purpose Of receiving Taxes, viz
At Olive Green, May Both.
At Sunbury, May 31st
At Galena, June 1st
At Centerville, June I'd.
C. B. PAUL, Treasurer D. c. O. .
Delaware O., Nay Is, 1865. p.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-05-25
Tha Value Of Rirds.

Mr.. Z. A. Samuels recently delivered
a lecture on " The Agricultural Value Of
Birds" before the State Board of Agri-
culture at Worcester Mass, in which he
said
= The owl, of which there are 10 spe-
cies in New England, aud which feed on
rabbits, patridges, chickens and mice, are
worth more than dogs or cats on the
farm. The cuokoos of which there are
two species eat caterpillars, moths and
cankerworms, The WOOdpecker lives on
the varvae of insects, wOodworms and
beetles. The thrush, robins and catbird
destroy eutworms, caterpillars and bugs
without number. The robin often raises
three broods in year, and consumes
more insects thansany other bird, Ex-
periments show that they eat Of these
creatures one-third of-theirweigbt daily
They are insectivarious in nature, and
like man use fruit only as a desert. The
titmouse and chiekadee also render valu-
able aid 10 agriculture, and SO do the
black birds and orioles. Some of them
destroy, by moderate computation, each
100000 vermin a year. Natural evils
have their cOmpensatiOns and all the
works of the Creator benefciently inter-
lace and hinge upon each other.