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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
Good News for Business Men and
Farmers.

For several years, nothing could
arouse the Express Companies. Their
exorbitant charges and their ire
spOnsibility, except where losses were
heavy and the losers were ready and
able to go to law, have produced wide
spread indignation. The plUndering
of choice fruit has been shameful The
catalogue of grievances is long. Pub
lie meetings, speeches, resolutions,
sharp newspaper articles, and appeals
to legislatures. did not ruff1e a feather
Their earnings were enormous, and
their stock was at vast premium.
About one year ago, an opposition
company was organized. Only SIO,-
600, 900 were required to buy them off,
and things went On as before ; no, they
were worse. The complaints this sum
mer in New York, Ohio and the whole
West, we're so grievous, and apparent
ly so far from hope of remedy, that
they approached despair. Farmers,
fruit growers and shippers generally,
were deprived of much of that part of
their earnings which should have been
their profits. The best informed and
most comprehensive minds saw that
unless they were checked they would
absorb to themselves much of the
wealth of the country. a full account
of the magnitude of their operations,
Of the extent of their power and the
expressions they inflicted, would as
tonish the world.
They have had full play. There
was no king, dictator, or law to repress
them.
A short time ago, the Merchants
Union Express Company was organ
lied, with the central idea Of not being
bought out ; though that was the best
business going, except not being bought
out. At last, the old Companies were
aroused A rival was mounting their
golden throne. A Secret Circular
was issued Their agents were in
structed to carry freight at such rates
as was supposed would deprive the
Company Of business. No limit was
fixed to the deductions that might be
made. None should complain of this
But when they add, they will receive
no freight from the Merchants Union
nor ship to it, nor, indeed, do any bus
mess with it whatever, they are getting
ahead Of the times. 1t is the same as
to say they will carry no straw berries
for ohm Smith, because they do not
like him. For the same reason, a cap
tain or a conductor might reject a pas
senger. But they go further. On
routes where there is no competition,
old rates are to remain. They have
been charged with being monOpolies
this Secret Circular has served the
public by proving it.
So far, the new Company is prosper
Gus. 1t is paying all expenses, and yet
its rates are from 70 to 40 per cent. less
than the old ones. Everywhere the
people see, and particularly those in
the West, whose transactions with the
East are immense, that, in a manner,
their salvation depends upon the con
tinuance of this competition.
1t is no object for them to have
goods carried for nothing, or even at a
premium, for few months. They do
not choose to be bribed for the pur-
pose Of being enslaved hereafter.-N
Z. Tribune
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23

teries. likewise were not idle. Along
the crest of hills on either side Of the
road, and down the pike close upon
the heels of the infantry, they follow
ed Sheridan, seeing one posted In an
advantageous position, turned to one
of the staff and said, ride down to
Capt. tell him to fire faster,
FASTER. The message delivered, the
detOnations were almost without IN
terval.
Only once did our infantry falter,
when subjected to a scathiDg fire Of
musketry from the enemy posted be-
hind a stone wall. The survivors push
ed on, and, with the bayonet, drove
the opposing force from the wall The
enemy no longer made a stand. Their
men, alike Indifferent to the threats
and entreaties of officers sought safety
only in fight A miserable rabble,
they plunged into the stream, and
crossing, hUrrid on through Strasburg
toward the mountains, with Sheridan's s
troopers close upon them. Over forty
guns, together with a large number of
army wagons abandoned on the road
and In town, fell into the hands of the
cavalry. Devin's Brigade. having the
advance, was occupied until midnight
in securing these trophies. An officer
Of the brigade, fearing a recapture,
rode back to Sheridan headquarters,
when the following dialogue ensued :
General, I have come back to ask
for a brigade infantry to hold the ar
tillery already captured, of which l
think we have at least twenty five
pieces"
Il don't believe it, said Sheridan,
not realizing the full extent Of the
victory.
'Who are you ?"
Captain B, of the--Dra-
goons. General, [ believe we have
over forty pieces"
Captain, you shall have two brig
ades of infantry"
When Custar came back, soon after,
to report his wonderful success, Sheri-
dan caught him IN his arms, embraced
him, and then wres tied with him with
all the playfulness of a child.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
Crime in Japan.

By the Emperor of Japan almost
every crime is punished with death
because disobedience to so great a po-
teutate is reckoned an enormous crime.
The question is not so much to correct
the delinquent as to vindicate the aU-
thority Of the prince. Lies spoken be-
fore the magistrates, even things which
have not the appearance of a crime, for
instance, a mans venturing his money
at play, are punished with death.
The severity of the law does not,
however, repress crime; the number
of those who are suffocated or mur-
dered in the streets, is, by those who
have visited Japan, said to be incred-
ible young maids and boys are car
ried away by force, and afterwards
found exposed in public places at un-
seasonable hours, quite naked and
sewed in linen bags, to prevent their
knowing which way they had passed ;
robberies are committed In all parts (;
horses are stabbed, in order to bring
their riders to the ground and coach
es overturned that the ladies may be
plUndered.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
Physiological Facts.

The number of bones in the frame
work of the human body is two hun
dred and sixty-one hundred and eight
of which are in the feet and hands
there being twentv-seven in each.
The quantity of blood in adults Is on
an average about twenty pounds, which
passes through the heart once In four
minutes.
Only one-tenth of the human body is
solid matter. A dead body weighing
one hundred and twenty pounds was
dried In an oven till all the moisture
was expelled, and its weight was re-
duced to twelve pounds Egyptian
mummies are bodies thoroughly dried,
and usually weigh about seven pounds.
The lungs of an adult ordinary in
hale twenty cnbic inches of air at once
and if we breathe twenty times a min
ute, the quantity of air consumed IN
that time will be eight hundred cubic
inches, or forty eight thousand inches
in a day, which isiequal to eighty-siz
hogsheads.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
Nv Little Blonde.

am very, very fond
Ofa maiden de5OHdir,
For my lily of the pond,
Is the sweetest little blonde,
Ever kissed by sun and air.
Her round face is rosy red,
And her eyes are soft and blue :
Ringlets ripple on her head,
Golden as the sunlight shed
On the grasses gemmed with dew.
See her white and rounded brow,
Shaded with her yellow hair
When the winds of winter blow,
VIII the scu1ptOrs of the snow
Carve a forehead half so fair?
L am very, very fond
OF this darling little one
OtLer hearts to hers respond,
As the lilies of the pond
To the shining of the sun.
No bird singing in the croft,
Has a voice more sweet than hers
Lute-like, tender, low, and soft,
Like the sweet notes heard aIoft,
OF the white-winged worshipers.
1t is not the golden hair,
Not the eyes of heavenly blue,
Of this maiden debOnd5T,
That make her so passing fair,
But her heart so pure and true.
Not her cheeks, like roses red,
Not her tiny hands and feet;
Not her lips like cherries red,
Not the soft curls of her head;
'Tis her heart that makes her sweet.
Richer than her locks of gold,
Better than her starry eyes,
Fairer than the brow whose mold
Mocks the skill of scuIptors cold,
Is the soul that seeks the skies.
George ". B1ngGy.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
A Remarkable Tree.

The Eucalyptus Resinifera, or Aus
tralian gum tree, attaius a height of
thirty feet and diameter Of six inches
in two years This remarkable tree
in its native soil-Australia-some-
times reaches the height of three hun
dred and forty feet, and has been found
more than nineteen feet in diameter
at about a yard from the ground, 1t
often yields planks two hundred feet
long. without a single defect. The
wood, notwithstanding its rapid growth
is hard and heavier than oak. 1t also
presents beautiful colOrs, and Is conse-
quently well adapted for cabinet work
An astringent gum, known in com
merce as EiRo Is obtained by making
incisions into its bark. The eucalyp-
tus Is an evergreen its leaves have
nearly the shape as the laurel. The
development of its lateral branches
are no less wonderful than It's stems
They are small until the trunk attains
the height of about one hundred feet,
when they shoot out almost horizon
tally, sometimes to the length of nine
ty feet, giving the tree the appearance
of an enormous umbrella. The seed,
strange to say. Is very small, and not
unlike that of the tobacco plant. The
flowers are white, of a most agreeable
smell and much liked by bees, which
extract from them a most delicious
honey.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23

COURAGE IN EVERY DAY LIFE
Have the courage to discharge n debt
while you have the money in yonr
pocket.
Have the courage to do without that
which you do not need, however much
your eyes may covet it.
Have the courage to speak to a friend
in a "seedy coat, even though you arc
in company with a rich one, and richly
attired
Have the courage to make a will, and
a Just one.
Have the courage to tell a man why
you will not lend him your money.
Have the courage to "out" the most
agreeable acquaintance you have when
you are convinced that he lacks prin-
ciple. A friend should bear with a
friends infrmities," but not with his
vices.
Have the courage to show your re-
speot for honesty, in whatever guise ne
appears; and your oontempt for dis
honest dupheity, BY whomsoever ex-
hibited.
Have the courage to wear your old
clothes until you pay for your new
ones.
Maker atthe risk of being ridiculed By
man.
Have the courage to prefer comfort
and prosperity to fashion in all things.
Have the courage to acknowledge
your ignorance, rather than to seek
credit foY knowledge under false pre-
tenCes.
Have the courage to provide enter
tainment for your friends within your
means-not beyond.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
Gen. Sheridan at the Battle of Win
chester

From Personal Reccolleetions Of
Maj. Gen. Sheridan" by an officer of
his staff, we quote the following story
of the battle of Winchester:
At this iuncture, Sheridan appear
ed on the field, having ridden from
Winchester. A fearful responsibility
suddenly devolved upon him; for,
with him alone, rested the safety of
thousands of precious lives, the fate Of
his army and the security of the
Federal Capitol-and he was equal to
the emergency. Making his way to
General Wright's headquarters he ca
gerly inquired after the situation, and
received the desponding answer =
General, I fear the battle is going
against us" WHAT" exclaimed
Sheridan, his face Iivid with indigna-
ton, "Eearly whip my three corps of
1t Before night we shall have our
camps back again, and Early will get
the worst whipping he ever had. "
SHERIDAN has come !'' leaped from
lip to lip along the Union lines, and,
no longer retreating, the whole com
mand seemed inspired with confidence,
as though, by the advent of one man,
victory was alreadry assured.
For two hours there was a lull in
/ the conflict, while the stragglers from
/ the different corps returned to their
commands Then Sheridan proceeded
| to carry into execution the plans he
/ had hastely formed. First, he sent
! General Custar, with his division oi
cavalry, to the extreme right, with in
structions to concentrate his attack
upon a limited portion of the enemy
line-to vex, harass, and distress it IN.
til he should succeed in creating a pan.
ic, when, upon given signal, Sheridan
with the rest of his army, would cause
this panic to communicate itself alOnl
the entire length of the enemy's lines
This plan, simple in its conception
was successful beyond the expectation
of the General himself. At p. M.
General Custar having turned the enc
mays left flank, a change was order.
ed along the whole line
1t seemed hardly credible that tht
men who were so badly WoTsted in tht
morning were the same men who mad
that magnificent charge in the after
. noon. The Sixth Corps sprang for
, ward as If impelled from the cannon
mouth, while the other corps view will
. it in impetuOsity. The enemy opened
on the charging party with fifty piece
of artillery, filling the air with hyinj
missiles. With surprising precision
! shells were thrown into the solid mas
of Union infantry, scattering limbs ii
every direction, and lifting manplet
eorpses in the air. The Federal bat
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
Sad Fate of a Banker.

The London Court Journal says
Not long ago a Prussian banker fed
from Paris 6. bankrupt, after living a
life of great luxury, and being long
known to men of taste and fashion,
His salons were noted as the most
brilliant rendezvous, and his refine
ment caused him to be sought after by
the titled, the wealthy, the diplomatic
world, artists and literateurs of the
first rank and fame In one night the
fair fabric of his ideal existence was
crushed. The next day he was in
Brussels with on lY a dozen pieces of
gold in his pocket. He, who had had
but to say the word to the vaults of
the bank, the resources of private cap
italists, found himself a beggar. The
poor man fled to England, and hid
himself from all observation. For six
months he never stirred out of his
Wretched gaTret; none know how life
was sustained From a handsome
man of thirty-four, In the full flush Of
vigOr, he sank to the appearance of an
old man Of eighty. His hair was
white, his back curved, his eyes sunk
en-, and his cheeks hollow. Day aud
night this miserable man is said to
have Wept over his sorrow and his
past career. He died crying. The
hand of a poor fellow countryman
closed his eyes, and whatever may have
been his transgressiOus, few will re-
member him otherwise than an orna-
ment to society, and will grieve at his
misfortune and blightof life. His name
was Charles Ebert
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23

DO IT WELL.-W hatever you do do,
it well. A job slighted, because it is
apparently UnimpoTtant, leads to ha-
bitual neglect, so that men degenerate,
insensibly, into bad workmen.
THAT is a good, rough job, said
foreman, in our hearing, recently, and
he meant that it was a peice of work,
not elegant in itself, but strongly made,
well put together.
Training the hand and eye to do
work we'll, leads individuals to form
correct habits in other respects, and
good workman IS, IN most cases, a
good citizen. No one need hope to
rise above his present situation who
suffers small things to pass by unim-
proved, or who neglects, metaphorically
speaking, to pick up a cent because it
is not a dollar.
Some Of the wisest law makers, the
best statesmen, the most gifted artists,
the most merciful judges, the most in
genious mechanics, rose from the great
mass.
A rival of a certain great lawyer
sought to humiliate him publicly, by
saying: "You blaeked my fathers
boots once" "Yes," replied the law
yer, unabashed, "and did it well.
And because of doing mean things
well, he rose to greater. Take heart,
all who toll all youths in humble sit
nations, all in adverse circumstances,
and those who labor unappreciated.
IF it be but to drive the pIow, strive 90
do it well fit be but to wax thread,
wax it well if only to cut bolts, make
good ones or to blow the bellows,
keep the iron hot It is attention to
business that lifts the feet higher up
on the ladder.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23

A Coon REPLY.-Lord Boiling
broke once asked Lady Huntingdon
how. she recOnciled prayer to God for
PARTICULAR blessings with absolute t!yE res
easy, answered her ladyship ',just as
arch of whose kindness aud wisdom I
have the highest opinion. In such
case my language should be, I wish
right in itself to grant my desire /
therefore content myself with humbly
presenting my petition, and leave the
event of it entirely to you"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23

"ONLY LITTLE Brook. "A sim
pie but very touching incident has been
related to us, says the Maine Press, in
connection with the last moments of a
beautiful girl in Bath who lately died
at the age of nine A little while be-
fore she died. as the sorrowing friends
stood around her, watching the last
movings of the gentle breath, the last
faint flutterings of the little pulse, they
became aware, from broken words
that she shrank with natural dread
from the unknown way that was open
ing for her.
She had come to the borders of the
mysterious river which separates us
from the dim hereafter, and her tiny
feet seemed to hesitate and fear to stem
the flood But after a time her fears
subsided, she grew calm, and ceased to
talk about the long dark way, till at
the very last she frightened suddenly,
a smile of confidence and courage light
ed up her sweet face, "Oh, it is only a
little brook p she cried, and so passed
over to the heavenly shore.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
The Russian steppe.

The Steppe, says writer IN the
FoFtnightly Review, consists of vast
ilIimitable plain, It's mOnotOnous eZ-
panse stretching away in every direc-
ton to the horizon, never broken by a
hill, or even a tree, but undulating like
an ocean whose waves have suddenly
been arrested. For thousands and
thousands of miles these gentle undU-
IatioDs succeed one another, such a
sameness pervading the landscape that
at last, though the traveller knows that
his horses are galloping on, and he
sees the wheels Of his car turn round,
vet he seems fastened to the same spot,
unable to make any progress. Not
even a bush is to be seen on the level
ground, not a rivulet is to be heard,
but here aud there in the hollows are
tall green reeds and scattered willows,
where sullen rivers flow slowly along
between sandy banks. So far do these
desoiate tracts ascend that 1t has been
declared that calf born at the foot of
the great wall In China might eat its
way along until it arrived. Well-fat-
tened OK, on the banks of the Dnies-
ter. In the spring the steppe posses
ses a peculiar charm of its own. The
grass IS then comparatively soft, and
of dazzling green. Here and there,
literally, you cannot see the grass
for the flowers, " for they grow in mas
ses, covering the ground for acres to-
gether, hyacinths and erocuses, tulips
and mignonette. The air Is fresh and
exhilirating, the sky is clear and blue,
and the grass rings with the song of
innumerable birds In the district
over which Koltsof was accustomed to
roam, the steppe retains for some time
the beauty with which spring has
clothed it; but in the interior, where
rain is unknown, when summer comes
the pools and water-cou purses run dry,
and the earth gradually turns dry and
hard, and black Shade is utterly IN
known, and the heat is everywhere the
same. At morn and eve the sun rises
and sets like a globe of fire, while in
the noOntide it wears a haZy appear
ance, due to the dust which pervades
the atmosphere like smoke. The herds
grow lean and haggard, and the iDhab-
itants appear wrinkled and melancholy,
and darkened by the constant dust to
an almost African hue In the au-
tumn the heat lessons, the dust color
ed sky becomes once more blue, and
the black earth green the haze gath
ers into clouds, and the setting sun
covers the sky with the splendor ofgold
and crimson. With September this
phase onds Noyellow corn fields, no
russell leaves, throw a glory over the
later portion Of tho year but October
comes, wet and stormy, and soon after
ward winter arrives, cold and terrible,
sweeping the plains with hurricanes
and snoW-storms.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23

AlTPLIFICATI0N. can Paul saws that
lady officer, if she wanted to give the
word halt, " would do it in this strain:
You soldiers, all of you, now mind, I
order you as soon as I have done speak
ing, TO stand still, every one Of you, on
the spot whereyou happen to be; don't
you hear me? Halt, I say, all Of you." ="
Upon this "a lady makes the following
Now, Monsieur Jean, It
was an uDlUcky day you wrote that sem
tence. May you halt wifeless through
life; may your buttons be snappish. your
strings knotty, and your stockings
holey. May your boot-iaok be missing,
your feet corned; your shaving water be
cold, your fazor dull; your hair stand
up, and your dickies lie down: may
your beard be porcupiny, your whisk-
ers thinly settled, your mustaches curl
the wrong way; may your coffee be
muddy, your toast smoky, and your tea
be water bewitched; may you dream of
paradise, and wake in some other place
And with a never-dying desire for af-
fection may you crawl through creation
a meek, miserable, forlorn, idgety ri
diculous, ruined, detected, ragged old
bachelor. Amen"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
In Absence.

Watch her kindly, stars
From the sweet protecting skies,
Follow her with tender eyes;
Look so lovingly that she
Cannot choose but think of me;
Watch her kindly, starsi
Sooth her sweetly, night
On her eyes, O'erwearied, press
The tired lids with light oaress;
Let that shadowy hand of thine
Ever in her dreams seem mine;
Soothe her sweetly, night!
Wake her gently, morn
Let the notes of early birds
Seem like loves meIodious words;
Every pleasant sound, my dear,
When she stirs from sleep, sho'd hear
Wake her gently, morn
Kiss her softly, winds
Softly, that she may not miss
Any sweet, accustomed bliss;
On her lips, her eyes, her face,
Till come to take your place,
Kiss her softly, winds!
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23

HENRY WARD BEECHER's CHURCH.
MIR. Beecher's church is now capa-
BILE of holding about $500 persons,
including those who spill out" at the
doors. It is not large enough, as eve
ry Sunday's experience demonstrates.
posed to raise the roof 10 feet and
add another galiery-making a third
tier, as some of the theaters have.
will bear the addition, and if not,
whether they can be strengthened for
the purpose. The addition, if made,
will increase the capacity of the house
about ], 900, and compel persons in the
back seats to use opera glasses to aid
them in seeing the speaker.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23

Mont CENIs.-The italian Minis
ter of Public Works, has received a
report to the effect that one-half of
the work of piercing Mont Gents is
completed. The tunnel, which will
be twelve thousand two hundred and
twenty metres (about seven and two
thirds miles) in length, is already
pierced six thousand one hundred and
ten metres. The works are to be ac-
lively resumed, and there is reason to
hope that the line may be opened in
the course of next year. That will be
the first direct communication between
France and Italy. Paris and Florence
will then only be separated by rail
from thirty-six to forty hours.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-11-23
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