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POETRY.
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The Charm.

Her raven hair that once did curl
Around her snow-whlie neck
Tha, hair Is changed, for beauiy's home
Is almost bcauiys wreck;
And &c, she hath charm,
A charm more dear than any other
Now what think ye that charm can be,
OF George, the school-boyS mo'her'
Fled Is the rose .lat deeked her cheek,
That cheek Is pale and thin,
Yet that remains doth tell a tale
OF beauty rarely seen.
And yet she has charm,
A charm more dear than any other
Now what think ye that charm can be
OF little willie's motherl
Gone Is the fre Of maiden's eye,
But yet some fire Is there
Enough Is left to tell you why
She once was thought 80 fair
And yet she hath charm,
A charm more dear than any other
Now what think ye that charm can be
or her that Ed. calls motherl
The hand Of time may gray her head
And make her eye grow dim
The weight Of years may press her down,
And weaken every limb.
And still, and still she'll have charm,
A charm more dear than any other
II heart ye have, the querys solved
She |, my children, mother.
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lls issaH~ slight mlssaas #ay l'at
pu y a,suf ls a. lllesllllT writers
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mons that were snt n h pubIlshesf,
without lrlnts ~ capitals ~ dtse
nate llie division N aenssnefs-
mons which, II Published wish NE
impefferll,ma n me mahu~fipi.
would have dIaefsced The auiher,
and che Printer weaId have besn
treated with seofn and contempt, aa
sn iIIilen,e blopk.head, a. q lsllbw
eitef fitted n be a wood.mvyeflhah
. Printer. No one would lelieve
iha, such gross and IalpahIs fault.
vert ewing 10 the ignoanes ~ care
lesshcsa ~ the author And no one
but practical Printer knows how
many hours the coinpUailor, and ai'ef
him the proofreadbr, is compelled 10
spend In reducing ~ readable CON
dition, manuscripts that The writer
himself would he puzzled tn read.
The above. In whole " IN par,
will apply to nt least two.ihirds Cf
the wriIois for the press. Many who
have something Of a reputation ~
authors, can neither punctuaie, spell
or write erammaiically--to say ncsl.
ing Of their sprawling penmnnship.
And, M might be expected, these are
generally the ones that hnd the mos.
fault, which Il no small annoyance,
and we have sometimes wished Il
were penal offence TO correct an an-
thor's manuscript"
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The Population or the Globe.

Thcrc are on the globe about l,2ss
millions Of souls, Of which
$3.50 millions arc Of the Caucasian
race.
552 millions are Of the Mongal
race.
1870 millions are Of the Ethiopcnn
race.
17G millions are Of the Malay
race.
One million are Of the Indo-Amer-
lean race.
There are 3,643 languages spoken,
1000 different religions.
The yearly mortality Of the globs
Is 333,333, 1893 persons. This is At
the rate Of 1864 per day, $3.50
per hour, 60 per minute. SO each
pulsation Of our heart marks the de-
cease Of some human creature.
The average Of human life y S
years.
One fourth Of the population dies
at or before the age Of seven years
one half at or before IL years.
Among 10000 persons one arrives
at the age Of one hundred years, one
in 500 attains the age of ninety, and
one in 100 lives 10 the age Of sixty.
Married men live longer than sin
gle ones. In 900 persons 65 mar
ry, and more marriages occur in June
and December than any other months
Of the year.
One-cighth Of the whole popula-
ton is military.
Professions exercise q great inlll-
ence ON longevity. In one thousand
individuals who arrive ss the agv Of
seventy years, forty-two are priests,
orators or public speakers, forty are
agriculturalists, thirty three are work
men, thirty-two are soldiers or milf
tary employees, tweaty-nine a,ivo-
Gates or engineers, twenty-sevcn pro-
fessors and twenty-four doctors.
Those who devote their lives 70 the
prolongation Of that Of oshers, de
the soonest.
There are 335, 100000 Christians.
There are 5000, 900 Israeiitcs.
There are 10000, 900 Asi,tic rcli-
gions.
There are lso,oooooo Moinmne-
dams.
There are 100000, 900 Pagans.
In the Christian Churches -
100000 profess the Roman
Catholic faith.
100000 profess the Greek faith.
s0,00o,000 profess the Protestant
faith.
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hfh HllsH N fhe Aiaa v
ihs rev alasiH ihai be- iesa asyel
1pfd lh fha hH hmlly, ysflun a.
Nuhh NJ iho myaaf4 n whltk have
tlicMly fftsafsd II lhe fulph aews
amplllilnnf N fhf ftpffss w.
hayt 'r8ksa n ilasa "ilseas Z bot
ihnar sha sfye ihe ma'lef attention
irll NJ 4 Il u0i ~ mRh y diae8se A.
m lnftIan N worms, me- lnvHr u
whleh sFe iahen iniH M human
stomach ~ eriing lafh ani aff fhef,
haiehed N millions hadlng their way
iuio vi fafis N iha laaly, aad lltef.
WY eaii6R ny The Paiient alive' The
'ickness, in ~ progress y sald n
have eloae resemblance ~ the char
acief n the Aalaile chalem. Ths
"Ayonlf National, q Paris journal,
gives ~ cxifHd ~ q letter ffum
Frankfort, under date N January
y, which u enough a. make ones
hair stand m end Speaking n ih'
pesiilenee IN E'lefsiehen, near Madge
burg, The writer saysi
"fo a whole month past death
has rc,snel there. A fearful dehtl,
ifter uBampled auferihgs, and ihos,
that afc acquainted with The nature
II their disease, know that they NJ,
being caten up alive by q legion oI
worms hardly ~ thick rs n human
hair, that have worked their way intC
the tissue Of the nesh, their muscle,
aud their nerves. l. moi such n fat,
horrible 10 dwell upon2 On the OH
of last month DR.. Karl Stein, oI
Frankfort, wroto TO one of our friend,
that upwards Of one hundred chill.
drcn--ior they enjoy an immunity
had been deprived Of their parents
There was hardly a house In the vii.
lagc that did not number q victim
AT this date upwards Of three hun.
drcd patients were awaiting death,
which they knew to be inevitable
prey to fearful suiIcrings. From
seventy 10 eighty Of the inhabitants,
who at the outset Of the epidemic
had felt unwell, had taken TO fight
TO escape from what they considered
to be the cholera, but they had fallen
down on the road and died without
relief. Their corpses alone werc
picked up.
The epidemic, DIR. Bouchctt pro-
cccded to say, was caused by the raw
ages Of the worm called trichine,
whence the epidemic has received the
name Of tricbiness. The trichine Is
one OF the ento,oa of pig, and iscapa-
BILE Of being transplanted into and
thriving in the human body"
No cure for this horrible malady
has been founded !. the only security
said by the most eminent physician,
who have investigated it, Is the pre-
ventivc system, not to eat pork at oil
We are not aware that the diseas,
has made its appearance in this coun.
try, to certainty, though there arr
rumors of it out West. Nor can W.
ascertain whether the reports Of ID
fatal influences abroad are cxaggera-
ted in the newspapers by some Of the
pork spectators who may be opera.
ting for decline in prices.
Nen Yort Erprfss.
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The Oldest CIiy in the World.

Damascus Is the oldest city in the
world. Tyre and sidon have crum-
bled on the shore; Baalbcc Is a ruin !;
Palmyra lies buried in the sands Of
the desert; Nineveh and Babylon
have disappeared from the shores Of
the Tigris and Euphrates. Damas-
Gus remains what Il was before the
days Of Abraham center Of trade
and travel, an island Of verdurc in 4
desert, "predestined capital" with
martial and sacred associations ex-
tending beyond thirty centuries.
II was near Damascus that Saul OF
Tarsus saw the light from heaven,
above the brightness Of the sun; the
street, which is called Straight, In
which II is said he "praycth,' still
runs through the city; the caravan
comes and goes as il did one tbous-
and years ago; there is still the
shcik, the ass and the water wheel ;
the merchants Of the Euphrates and
the Mediterranean still occupy these,
with the multitude Of their waters y
The city which Mahomet surveyed
from a neighboring hight, and was
afraid to enter, ''bccausc il Is given
to men to have but one paradise, and,
for his part, he was resolved not TO
have il in this world" Is this day
what Julian called the Ave Of the
East" as Il was, in the time Of
Is,iah, "the Head of Syria"
From Damascus came our damson,
our blue plums, and the delicious
apricot Of Portugal called damanco ;
damask, our beautiful fabric Of cot
ton aud silk, with vines and flowers
raised upon It's smooth, bright ground
,lanask rose introduced into England
In the time Of Henry VII; the dam.
ask blade, 30 famous the world over
for It's keen edge and remarkable
elasticity, the secret Of the manu-
facture Of which was lost when Tam.
erlane carried of the artists int
Persia; and that beautiful art Of In
laying wood and steel with silvel
and gold-s kind of mosaic engrav'
ing and sculpture united, called dam
askeeing, with which boxes ant
bureaus, and swords and guns, ar,
ornamented.
Il Il slill O city Of flowers an,
bright waters; the streams fron
Lebanon, the "rivers Of Damascus,
the "river Of gold,' still murmer am
sparkle In the wilderness Of SYRIA
Gardens.
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Mr.. O'Flaherty undertook to tell
how many were at a party: "The
two Crogans were one, myself was
two, Mike Finn was three, and
who--who the devil was fours Let
me see, Counting his fngers,) the
two Crogans were one, Mike Finn
was two, myself was three, and
be,lad, there was four Of us, but St.
Patrick couldn't tell the name Of the
other. Now it's mcself that has Il.
Mike Finn was ono, the two Crogans
was two, meself was three, and--and
by my sowl, / think there was but
three Of us there after ALL"
u Is said that about CITY thous-
ana Young mon from the South arr
seeking their fortunes In New York
city.
Congress has enacted that here.
after no portrait or likeness Of an,
living man shall be engraved o,
placed on any bonds or securities o,
postal currency of the United States
The mcancsl reason isF gessins
married that we ever heard was from
q man who said he wanted some on
TO part his back hair for him.
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The FAraER's BARoaEyER-
Take n common glass picked bottle,
wide-mouthed; fll Il within three
inches Of the top with water; then
take.a common Florence oil nank,
removing the straw covering, and
cleansing the flask thoroughly; punch
the neck Of the flask ss far as \ Will
20, and the barometer Il ccmpIese.
In fine weather the water will risc
into the neck Of the hask crrn higher
than the mouth Of the pickle boltIe.
and in wet, windy weather, Il will MI
to within an inch Of the mouth Il
the task. Before a heavy ple Of
wind, the water has bern srento lsave
the flask altogether n Ieast e;ahscen
hours bcfore the gale came to IT.
height. The invention was made b.
a German and communicated 70 :
London journal.
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Killed In the Trenches.

An entnJsiastic Kentucky girl Of
|ffteen has written complimentary
letter TO Hon. Ben. Wood, enclosing
|the following verses, which she terms
|" Lines written on seeing a photo
graph, marked Photographic Illus
|trations Of the War for the Union
IA Rebel Soldier killed in the Trenches
before Petersburg, Va, April 10,
1865" As the sentiment of the
verses is good, we republish them:
Killed in the trenchesl How cold and bare
|The inscription graved on the white card there;
Tis photograph, taken last Spring, they say,
|Ere the smoke Of battle hai cleared away
|0f a rebel soldier-just as he lell,
When his heart was pierced by Union shell !
And his image was stamped BY the sunbeam's
ray,
|As be lay in the trenches that April day.
|Oh, God oh, God how my womans heart
Thrills with quick eonrulsive pain,
As view, unrolled by the magic Of art,
One dreadful scene from the battles plain
White as the foam OF the storm-tossed wave,
Lone as the rocks those billows lave
A gallant form lies stretched In death.
With calm face fresh on the trampled clay,
And the brave hands elasped DER the manly
breast;
Save the sanguine stain on his jacket gray,
We might deem him taking soldiers rest.
Al, mol Too red Is that crimson tide
Too deeply pierced that wounded side;
Youth, love, hope. glory--msnhood's pride,
Have all In vain deaths bolt defed.
Ills faithful carbine lies useless there,
Ash dropt from bis masters nervcless ward
Aud the suubeams glanced on bis waving hair
which the fallen cap has ceased TO guard.
Oh, Heaven, spread DER u thy merciful shield,
No more to my sight be ,h battle revealed;
Oh, hercer than tempest-grim Hsdes as dread
On woman's eye flashes the field Of the dead.
The scene Is changed. In a quiet room
Far from the spot where the lone corpse lies
A mother kneelr In the evening gloom,
To offer her nightly sacrifice.
The noon l. past and the day Is done,
She knows that the battle Is los, or won--
Who lives7 who died1 Hnshl be thou still
Thy boy lies dead on the trench-barred hill.
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"Mother, what's in the pot?' "A
pigs head and turnips, dear Lit
lie Mary being Of an inquisiiive
turn she got pceping in the pot when
she saw one Of the turnips in the
pigs mouth. "Mother, motherw
she cried. whats the matterT
"Oh, mother, if you don't come quick
the pig will eat all the turnips"
A. Ward thus describes his peril
at sea aDeth stared US into th,
fee. But we had rather the advan-
tage ov Deth. While Deth stared
us in the face thar was about 10 oy
rs starin Deth in the face. Tb
prospect wasn't pleasant to Us. N
much. I don, know how Detl
liked H."
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A Coon AppoIsTaEST.-Lieut.
Matthew +. Maury, who is at pres
ent an adopted citizen Of the EN-
pire Of Mexico," Is TO have charge Of
the laying Of the next Atlantic cable.
Mr.. Maury being far abler, and more
distinguished as a scientific man,
than any Of those who have hereto
fore attempted the laying Of the ca
ble-in fact, being the greatest Of
living men Of science, navigators,
electricians, etc, we may now resaon-
ably conclude that, under his man
agement, the much and long desid-
Grated Cable will prove a Success.
Certainly, Matt. Maury will succeed
with il, II anybody can.
The following story Is told Of a
father Of the church. At an associa-
ton dinner a debate arose as to the
use Of the rod in bringing up chill
dren. The doctor took the afhrma-
tive, and the chief opponent was a
young minister, whose reputation for
veracity was not high. lie main
tained that parents often do harm 10
their children by unjust punishment,
from not knowing the facts Of the
case. "Why," said he, "the only
time my father whipped me was for
telling the truth" "Well," retorted
the doctor, at cured You of Il, didn't
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INFORMATION WASrED.-Mrs.
s. A. Norris, Of hatcher, is very
anxious to hear from her son, Alex
ander !. Norris, who when last heard
from, was on bis way from Demop'
oils to Lake Station. Any infrma.
ton concerning him will be thank.
fully received by addressing her al
Nstches, Miss.
Mississippi and Alabama paper
please copy.
What Il Il we all frequently 50,
we win do, and no one has yes evel
dones Stop minute.
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Mrs. 7. J. Turlcy, Mrs. Oliver
Grecnlaw, Mrs. W. T. Haskell, Mrs
G. r. Grnnt and Miss L. A. Allen.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-08-01
ADenfaI,
Warren. July Slst., 1866.

Warren, July 3lst., 1866.
EDITOR CHRoNIcLE:-In an article pub
lished in your last issue, signed '19th Dis
trict," but which is understood to have been
written by our respected fellow citizen, Gen
eral McLain, the writer referring to Mr..
Hutchins uses the following language:
in the North. whose pockets are crammed full Of
pardon petitions, signed by the Vilest rebels of Sc
cessna, and addressed TO Andy johnson, praying TO
be fully restored to citizenship. for tho p~rocuring
Of each Of which pardon. from $500 to $1,000 is the
"Press them further if they be boisterous, and
ask them If they are willing to support q man
whose business for the last three years. has been
to collect REBEL CLAIMS Of our National Govern
ment. Bleeding il at every pore for the sake of
cts by i'll gotten gains"
When an esteemed citizen is ~wrongfully
assailed by a responsible person, another,
knowing the facts, has no right to keep ST.
lent. 1 therefore, pronounce the above in
situations against Mr.. Hutchins unqualified
Iy and absoIutelyfalse. To my positive knowl-
edge Mr.. Hutchins has never been engaged,
directly or indirectly, in the application for,
or procurement ofany pardon from the Presi-
dent, for any person whomsOever, nor has he
been connected in any way, with the collec-
ton OF any 'rebel claims whatever.
Yours, for fair play always and to all men.
W. 7. SPEAR.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-08-01
THE CONGRESSIONAL QUESTION
Letters of Correspondents.
For the Chronicle.
MIR. HutchanS.

Mr.. EDITOR Il do not care to inquire whether
Mr.. Hutchins rented on favorable terms through
his So~n-in-law-who was Superintendent of aban-
doned plantations-Cotton plantations in Lousi-
ana, or elsewhere; whether he had remarkable
facilities for carrying them on. whether he had to
do with cotton speculatlons on either public or
private account; or whether he did or did not do
many other like things, as l am not able to see
the pertinent relation of such facts to the canvass
now progressing, as clearly as some seem to do
But whether he is Holo interested In large South
ern claims against the Government, is a matter of
moment, as it touches the propriety Of his election
to Congress. That he 70 interested, I believe isnot
denied by himself or his friends:
Some time since. Mr.. Hutchins established a
Claim office in New Orleans, and advertised "supe-
rior facilities for prosecuting Claims in the Court
of CTdfms." He was successful, and procured many
claims against the Government. some Of which,
ing. Among others is the case of the "GrdV jack
Ct" a rebel blockade runner captured by the U. 5.
Gunboat "Kennebec." Dec. 3lst, 1868. She was
tried and condemned by the US District Court
of Louisanq. May 25th, 1854. and was retired. and
judgment affirmed September 9th, 1864. An sp-
peal has been taken to the Supreme Court. where
the case stands, being number 81 on that Docket.
Mr.. Hutchins has undertaken to have this vessel,
and cargo released. Tor rather paid for, as I am in
formed that it was sold by order Of the Court
and. if successful. is to have with his associate, a
very large fee, one hundred thousand dOudrS.-
Strong efforts have been made to have the vessel
and az largo released E put thus iar gnsgocessiaiy:T'
should be enlarged by a seat in Congress, so that
any needed legislation may be obtained, or out
side influence Increased. who can tell how soon
this and all other like rebel claims will succeed,
and our people ruined in paying rebels for losses
incurred in unfolding treGsOn. 1t may be said
these claims are just. Let them stand on. then
merits then. Lawyers are apt to think their eli
ents are right, and self interest controls some hon
est peoples Judgment, and sometime conscience
Who thinks 1t would be safe TO elect a whole Con-
gress. composed of Agents representing war claims
against the Government Shall the people of the
18th District do all they can towards such an end
The business of Claim Agent is doubtless an hon
est and honorable one, and having selected ii, LEI
MI. Hutchins pursue it out of Congress, not IN
He should no more ask go to Congress, while
claims, in which he has a contingent fortune, are
pending, than a Judge should insist on practising
law inthe Court of which he is Judge. K.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-08-01

The louisiana rebels have again resort
ed TO violence and bloodshed to carry
out their own stubborn wills. The tele-
graph brings disconnected reports of a
terrible riot and probable massacre in
New Orleans, Monday last, on which day
a State Convention of the Union men of
Louisiana was in session. The rebels
had threatened 10 break up the Conven-
ton if it dared to assemble, but its men,
bers were not TO be deferred by threats
from such a source. But it appears the
mob rushed into the building and the
President and members of the convention
were dragged out, followed by crowds
crying chang them" The latest from
New Orleans. is Monday, 1926 p. m, as
follows:
On the meeting of the Convention the populaee
surrounded the building. An immense crowd
of negroes were inside and outside. The police
and people quickly became masters. and the build
ing closely beseiged inside, the party hung out a
flag of truce, Whereupon the police assembled the
stairs to protect the members, No sooner had
they reached the hall than the party inside opened
an indiscriminate fire. The flag was no longer re-
spected. and every visible head from the building
is fired upon. This work continues. It Is not
known how many are in the building. Arrests
continue to be made and the crowd continues.
LATKsT.-The city is perfectly quiet. The
crowds on the different thoroughfares near the
Convention building have all been dispersed al
the point Of the bayOnet and artillery planted
within sweeping range.