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Year: 1859

In another column will be found the
"Notice" of the Treasurer Mr.. Jackson, of
the railroad Company now forming at Au-
burn, to meet at the Court House on the
22nd of this month, for the purpose Of a
permanent organization of the Company.


1t is to lie hoped that every stockholder
will be present and take part in the organi-
zation of the Company.


We hesitate not to tell our citizens if the
proper interest is manifested and reasona-
bic amount of diligence used, we can have
the Railroad completed to this place within
the next eighteen months. We know there
are some who are skeptical in regard to the
matter-but that is matter of little conse-
quence, all we have to do is to prove to cap
italists and railroad men that it is practical
bic, and we can get the road built. That it
will be good paying investment, we all
know. Wehave now over $4,000 subscrib-
ed, and we hope by the 18th Of this month
every subscriber will come up manfuly to
the work and pay in his five per cent to Mr..
Jackson the Treasurer, so that The Company
will be enabled to 60 forward and organize
without delay. 1t is the interest of all our
citizens, and every stockhoIder that it should
be done. The sooner we have the Company
organized and proper surveys made the bet
ter. This is self evident, and we doubt not
from the spirit manifested in our community
but that it will be done. Then, we say
again, let all the stockholders pay in their
first instalment on the 18th inst, and let the
railroad movement be pushed forward vigor-
ously.
Year: 1859

G1-We are sorry to soy that the Editor of this
paper, Mr.. c. H. Mitchell, has been sick for the
past week with "Intermittent Fever" We hope
to chronicle his entire recovery by the next issue
of the Herald
Year: 1859

A REPORT has for some time been current
that Commander Maury is 10 be detached
from the National Observatory. Those best
acquainted with the subject say that if this
should take place it would be with a view to
place him in active service as commander,
in which capacity he has not served since his
elevation to that rank, and that without such
service he would not be in the line of fur
ther promotion
Year: 1859

To RICHARD A. BARTER.


Un fortunately there was no envelope to
the letter TO indicate to US where it was
written and mailed; but Deputy Sheriff
Stewart informs US that while Dick" was in
Jail, in Auburn, previous no his escape some
months since, he used to get letters from
Canada, and it is thought his family reside
| somewhere in that country.
Year: 1859

A lady thus expatiates upon delicate
topic:


"A woman who loves unsought, deserves
the scorn of the man she loves"


Heaven forgive me. but may he who pen
ned that paragraph never see another bon
net. May no white dimpled arms ever en-
circle his cravat; nor buttons vegeate on
his shirts. May no rosy lips ever press his
moustache, and the eates grant that his dicky
strings break off short every morning.
May no woman's heart ever learn to beat
the faster, except with Indignation at the
mention of his name, and may his stockings
alwaps need darnng, And when his nerves
are all unstrung by disease, and his head
throbs with pain, as though an earthquake
were brewing in 1t, may he have nothing in
his sick chamber but boot heels, and see not
one inch of muslin nor calico.
Year: 1859

with or without iron frames have, in their NEW
SCALE AN IMPROVED ACTION, power and compass
of ton equalling the grand, with the beauty and
durability Of the square piano. The Press and


first Music Masters have justly pronounced them
equal if not superior to any other make. They
are guaranteed to stand tfe action Of erery eli
Year: 1859

Of the Committee on Military and Pen
sions on tie Presentn,ent of the Grand
Jury Of Lerington, asking for a change in
the Militia System Of the State; and.
also, on Resolutions from the House ask
ing for the appointment Of a Military
Commission.
Year: 1859

WASHINGTON, August II.-Delegates represent
ing the railroads on the southwestern or middle
route between Washington and New Orleans, COM
is with reference to the transportation of the great
mail from Portland to New Orleans, and to agree
upon joint bid for the performance of the service
As the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to Lynch
Central Railroad will be finished bv the lst of Jan
uary, at which time the next contract is to take
effect these delegates confidently say they will be
able to carry the mails between New Orleans and
New York in three days and half. Another OBJ
iect of the present meeting is to make uniform ar
rangements concerning the general passenger and
freight business
Year: 1859

NEW YoRK, August ll.-By the last arrival from
England learn that the Atlantic Telegraph
Company have decided to make the conductor of
their next cable of six copper wires twisted about
six times the size of the old cable There is to be
no outside covering of iron wire, except for few
hundred miles of the ends. The cable is to be made
and laid down, guaranteed in all respects and it is
expected to have it in order for business early next
Year: 1859

EXTENSIVE HAUL Or CoUNTERFEtr MoNEY-Seiz-
lre Of $4,000 in Bogus Blis Thirty Bank Note
Plates, Presses, Dies, Etc-0ne of the most exten-
sive seizures Of counterfeit and bogus bank notes
ever known in the annals of the Police Department
was effected by the detectives on Tuesday night
Sergeant Dickson and officers Farley and Eustace
were detailed to work up the case some two weeks
ago, and night before last they accomplished the
task to their entire satisfaction. On Sunday
they arrested two men named Thomas Potter
and Daniel Clark suspicion Of being engaged
in the manufacture of counterfeit items" on the
Oneida County Bank. A number ofthe spurious bills
were found in the posse sson of the prisoners as also
the plate and press used in the manufacture of the
bills No other counterfeit bills save those on the
Oneida County Bank were discovered; but the
officers felt confident that further search of the
premises and the surrounding neighbnrhood would
lead to interesting and important develop
ments. Superintendent PilsbuTy, it appeared, has
received letters from the country to the effect that
the business # counterteiting was going on on
grand scale in this city, and the detectives
who were made aware of the fact, came to the
conclusion that they had hit upon the very men
who were at the bottom Of all the mischief
They not much mistaken in their conjecture
as the sequel will show. On Tuesday night the po-
lice paid second visit to the premises lately occu
pied by the prisoners in Forty-ffth street but no
thing discovered. In a short while after
wards, however, one Of the officers stumbled upon
a carpet bag which was concealed in the rocks
about two hundred feet from the house, which
amply rewarded them for all their trouble Upon
opening the bag it found be stuffed to its ut
most capacity with counterfeit money, besides
bank note plates and a large batch of letters. The
carpet bag was brought down to the Office of the
Deputy Superintendent yesterday morning and its
contents placed upon table and carefully inspect-
ed, when it was found to contain no less an amount
than $4,000 in worthless bills, besides thirtv-six
plates on a variety of banks, and correspondence
in reference to the cOunterfeiting business
which numbered over four hundred letters
" Y Herald.
Year: 1859

STATE OF MICHIGAN-C County of Cass.-ss.
y At session of the Probate Court for the
County of Cass, holden at the Probate Office, in
Cassapolis, on Tuesday, the fourteenth day of
June, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and fifty-nine. Clifford Shanahan, Judge
of Probate. In the matter of the estate OF
Abner w. Benton, deceased. On reading and
filling the petition duly verified of Minot McClel-
land praying for letters of Administration on the
estate of said deceased.


Thereupon it is ordered, that Saturday, the
ninth day of July next at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon be assigned for the hearing of said petition,
and that the heirs at law of said deceased and all
other persons interested in said estate required
to appear at session of said court then to be
holden at the Probate Office in Cassapolis, and
show cause, if any there be- Why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be granted.


And it is further ordered, that said petitioner
give notice to the persons interested in said estate
of the pendency Of said petition and the hearing
thereof by causing copy of this order to be pub
ished in the Cass County Republican, a newspaper
printed and circulating in said County of Cass for
three successive weeks previous to said day of
hearing. r C. SHANAHAN, =


A true copy Judge of Probate.


June 14th, 1889. eEH jul6-sw3
Year: 1859

Unwise above many is the man who
considers every hour lost which is not
spent in reading, writing, or in study !;
and not more rational is she who thinks
every moment of her time lost which
does not find her sewing. ss.iaai'I


We once heard great man advise
that book Of some kind be carried in
the pockets to be used in any unoccu-
pied moments. Such was his practice.
He died early and fatuitous. a iHi.


There are women, who after hard
days work, will sit and sew by candle
or gas-light, until their eyes are almost
blinded, or until certain pains about the
shoulders come on, which are almost
unsupportable, and are only driven to
bed by physical incapacity to work
any longer. The sleep of the over
worked, like that of those who do not
work at all, is unsatisfying, and unre-
freshing, and languor, with an inevita-
BILE result, both dying prematurely. -


Let no one work in pain or WEAKNESS.
When a man is tired he ought to lie
down until he is most fully rested, when,
with renovated strength, the work will
be better done, done the sooner, done
with self-sustaing alacrity. n'i.i5e7S


The time taken from seven or eight
hours sleep out. Of each twenty-four
hours is time not al led, but time mere
than lost we can cheat ourselves, we
can cheat nature. A certain amount of
food is necessary to healthful body,
and if less than that amount be fur
nished, decay commences the same
hour. 1t is the same with sleep, and
any one who persists in allowing him.
self. less than nature requires, will only
hasten his arrival at the mad house or
the grave.-Halps journal Of Health.
Year: 1859




LITTLE MEN.--It takes little men to
set the world on fire, and polish off their
jobs Leatly. Show me big fellow,
and ten to one I'll show you big boo
by; but introduce me to a small shaver
ANY chap between four feet nothing
and five fleet four in his boots-and I'll re-
commend to your notice that he knows
what's what, and who has plenty of
brains in his head, if he hasn't got
much to boast of in the matter of legs
in his breeches. AS a general rule, the
cause of the difference in size of the
human family is this; some mems meat
go into their bodies-others into their
souls; consequently, the smaller the
corporal dimensions the larger the
mental developments and vice versa. =
Year: 1859

REMARKABLE CONVERSION Oliver
Cromwell entered upon the command of the
Parlamenps arms against Charles |, he or
dered that every soldier should carry Bible
in his pocket. Among the rest there was d
wild: wicked, young fellow, who ran away
from his apprenticeship in London, for the
sake of plunder and dissipation. Being one
day ordered out on a skirmishing expedition
or to attack some fortress, he returned 10 his
quarters in the evening without hurt. When
he was going TO bed. pulling his Bible out
OF his pocket, he observed bullet hole in
it, the depth of which he traced till he found
the bullet stopped at Eccl. XII. 9: "Rejoice
oh young man in thy youth, and let thy
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth;
and walk thou in the ways of thy heart, but
know thou that for all these things, God will
bring thee into judgment" The words
were sent home to his heart by the Divine
Spirit, so that he became firm believer in
the Lord Jesus Christ. He lived in London
long after the civil wars ended.
Year: 1859

My husband, twas for thee lef:


My own, my happy home;
For thee lett my cottage bowers,


With thee in Joy TO roam
And where are all thy holy vow,


The truth, the love, the trust,
That won my heart ?-all scattered now,
And trampled in the dust.
I love the with love untold,


And when stood beside
Thy noble form, joyed TO think


was thy chosen bride.
They told me ere was thy own,


How sad my lot would be;
thought not OF the future. them
only thought of thee.
l left my home, my happy home,


A sunny. hearted thing,
Forgetting that my happiness


A shadowing cloud might bring,
The sunny side of life is gone,


Its shadows only mine
And thorns are springing in my heart,
Where blossoms used 10 twine.
do not blame thee for thy lot,


only pray for thee,
That thou may'st from the tempter's power
ooh, joyful thought,) be free
That thou may'st bend above my grave,
With penilence sincere,
And for the broken. hearted one,


Let TALL sober tear.
Year: 1859

A young school teacher had one large
boy, Joe Stanton, who was ringeader of all
mischief. The first day he managed tc
make The school a scene of roguery and
confusion. The poor teacher went home
with heavy heart. The next day she
thought if she could gain the confidence o
this boy, and have him on her side, she
should have but little trouble with hel
school. AS it closed in the afternoon, she
spoke kindly to him, and asked his help in
closing the school-room door. He readily
complied. AS she turned homeward, Joe
followed. At length she inquired:


"Have you any sister, Joseph %
The right cord was touched


81 had one sister," he said, "litle Mary
but she died )" and thus encouraged by the
ready sympathy of the listener, he went
on 10 tell that Mary was his only
sister, and that he used to take care
of her and carry her out of doors, and draw
her in the wagon he had made for her, and
that she loved him "more than any one else
| did," and always used to run 10 the door to
meet him when he came home "But she
is dead, now," he added, "and have not
| anybody that takes care of me. She had a
fever, and she did not know me when
| spoke TO her, and in just week she died
Her grave is right over here" he continued,
"and perhaps you would like TO see it some
| time


The teacher willingly went with him,
asking still further about little Mary,
as they passed along, till, at length, as they
approached the grave and sat down upon a
stone near it, poor Joe could no longer wipe
away the tears as he had done, when, one
by one they trckled down, for the fountains
within were broken up. He covered his
face with his hands and wept aloud.


"Shes Dead" he exclaimed again, "and
nobody cares for me now"


al will care for you, Joseph" said the
kind teacher, as she laid her hands upon
this now uncovered head; and she spoke
TO him Of Heaven, and the happy meeting

Him who cares for US more than all earthly
friends, and who will help us if we wish to
do right.


Then as he grew calm, and they had ris-
en- TO go, she told him of all her own sor-
row-of the father whom she had lost-oi
her lonleiness-of of her wish TO be useful
while she supported herself by teaching
of how hard Ihe Weslbrook school seemed
TO her, and how she meant TO do the best
she could for him, and for all her scholars.


''Pll help ye, Miss Mason," responded
Joe. "Ill help you all can," and then,
the old mischievous twinking coming again,
he added, 81 guess the rest Of the boys
won't trouble you much. They'll do pretty
much as want 'em to-"


Joe was subdued and won by the power
/ Of kindness. AND hard, must be the heart
that kindness cannot win.
Year: 1859

DURING a recent funeral in Roxbury, Mass,
a fight occurred between the friends of the
widow and the friends of the dead man, in
which the coffin was knocked on to the floor
and broken, and the interference of the po-
lice was required to enable the corpse to get
into the grave at all.-Erchamge
Year: 1859

The expense of running the caloric engine
used in printing the Cincinnati Penny Press,
has been for six months but SIS, while that
of steam, with the necessary help for the
same time, would have cost upwards of four
hundred dollars.
Year: 1859

The St Paul Times says that crops of every
sort in Minnesota this year are extraordinary
in quantity and sound in quality. It says
there will be a surplus of more than a million
bushels of potatoes.
Year: 1859

HoUsToN OF TExAs-Letters from Gen.
Houston cast doubt upon his resumption of
his seat in the Senate. He may deem it i'm
portant to remain for a while at least, at
the head of the State Government.
Year: 1859

A DIVORCE EPIDEMIC IN PIITsBUgG The Pitts
burg Gazette says:-"Judse MCiure took occasion
on Saturday +o refer TO the increasing number of
applications fr divorce that come before him. He
says there is hardly Saturday, at least, when he
does not carry home pocket full of depositicns
in cases which are absolutely too outrageous and
disgusting to be called up before the court. The
detail of all these scandalors matters the Judge is
obliged to wade through with, and of:entimes
proof is so overwhelming that the court is forced
by sense Of duty to grant decree Of DIVORCE
The very worst OF it is too, that either or the
ether both of the parties enter agaiD into new
marriage contract, within a week Gfter they are
IF with the old, and one which, in nine ort of ten
cases, will result the former did. Thus tlc0
pr spective divorces begotten of the former
one. This is outrageous. One gentleman Of the
bar stated to us that in q that came under his
on notice tbe woman, who had procured the
decree Saturday, was married again on the very
next day. This has become evil 80 crying that
Judge MCiuTe gave out his inteution to refuse the
decree in any and every case where there was q
technical or other possible and legal excuse.
Year: 1859

PRoP1sED NEW jury Law IN ENGLASn.-Lord


Campbeips bill amending the jury law of EugIand
has been printed fer the information of members


OF Parliament Ii proposes to furnish the jury with


food and fire, and, unless they agree TO Keep them
together for six hours. II at the expiration of
| that period, nine Of them have agreed, it is to be


taken as the verdict Of the jury, il not, they are to
he discharged from the further consideration of
the case
Year: 1859

Tell them that when every remedy has failed wher
they have been docored near to death with Mercury
Sarsaparilla and other popular dclusons when, from
whatever cause they become ank, languid and ailing
to try a most blessed Herbal Concoction,
Year: 1859

For Dtste".pcr. Give n horse one or
two ounces of tar twice day; put it into
their mouths OF of the tar paddle, and they
will generally swallow it. When he swelis
under the throat. smoke his nose we'll with
cotton-rags, feathers, &c, to forward the
discharge of matter. and when that begins
to appear, pour table spoonful of tiucturc
OF camphor into each ear once day. His
food should be liSht-grecn if to be had
with bran and oats, with spoonful of tine
ture of camphor in his bran every day.
The camphor in the ears and food may not
need to be given more than every other
day; you must be guided by the urgency
Of the case.
Year: 1859

GErn IN SuEEr.-! send you this recipe,
which will he found to effect perfect cure
for Erubs in the head Of sheep:


Take one quart Of whisky and two oun-
ccS of ycllnw snuff, mix and warm to blood
heat: Let one man hold the sheep and
another take small syringe and discharge
about seas2onnful of the mixture into
ench nossrii. 1t IS certain cure My ia
ther met with quite loss in his flock, he
tried this remedy. found it satisfactory. and
never lost another sheep -.ILichi1,Ia E.y
Year: 1859

Hen MANURE Take care of it : gather
1t III barrel; place another barrel in the
garden dissolve n portion Of the manure
10 water; dilute it considerably and use it
on your garden. 1t is n great help, and
should be saved.
Year: 1859

BUILDING AN II. II. BRIDGE The Bridge
Of the d. d NJ, Road, across the Miami, Just
north of this city, is about completed. The
facts connected with the rebuilding of this
bridge would astonish old fogies, who are
uaacquaintcd with the modern system of
building and we will relate one or two, for
their edi6cation When it was ascertained
by the careful guardians Of the public life
and limb on the D. e. M. Road that the
bridge was not exactly safe, it was decided
at once to rebuild it, How to do this and
not stop the daily running of the trains, was
the question. A noted bridge builder, Mr..
w. $. Miller, was consulted, and he at once
contracted to accomplish the matter in the
shortest possible time necessary to do the
work right. The bridge was taken down
piece by piece and as one old stick was ta-
ken out new one was put in its place.
This was necessarily very particular job,
for as the trains continued to pass over the
bridge several times day the structure had
to be in the best condition for the strain
But Mr.. Miller arranged it to perfect salts
faction, and now about the last old timber
has been replaced by new, while the bridge
isus good as any other in the country Think
of this, yo old GOgies--building, entire, a
Railroad bridge, while the trains are rum
ming over it several times per day2 Don't
that beat your ideas about the use of lumber
| iron tools, and-hrains
Year: 1859

HUMAN MAeNETIsM.-In yesterdays pa
per we related cure of Paralysis effected
by the magnetic powers Of Prof Smith
Mr. Fries, we'll known citizen here, tool
his paralyzed child to the Professor on yes
terday. Since first afflicted, the child
could not move a muscle of the right leg
After the second sitting this morning he
could move his eg several inches There il
already an improvement that medicines have
failed to effect. Those afflicted with any o.
the various ills, had better give the Profess
sor call soon, as his stay will not be long
among us.


Prof Smith also has the reputation of be
ing the best Phrenologist in the world, anC
yet his terms for examination and chart are
only 81.
Year: 1859

@-Curious people will please note the
Sale of traps which have accumulated at
the Express Office in this city. Iithose who
own the traps will turn up and claim EN-,
we suppose so much Of the sale as belongs
to them will be stopped. In the mean time
we hope the sale will go on we apprehend
some fun on the occasion. The lucky chap
who gets the valuable package is expected
to buy the oysters at Shulls for the less
lucky. That's fair; ain't il
Year: 1859

lFThere is force pump on exhibition in
front of the Beckel House, opposite our ofiicej
count how many idle men and boys "try IT,
per day. He says that just 500 pulled the lever
from Yesterday morning up to la M. to-day.
Out of this number 25 got their feet in the box
and so got their boots splashed At one time
there were just so waiting for a shake at it. not
being satisfied with the efforts of the one at the
lever 1t is estimated that out Of the number
Of married men who pumped like Boston,
not one out Of a dozen would pump bucket
Of water for his wife
Year: 1859

BALLOON AscESsIoNl-A gentleman from
Germantown informs US that Profs. Marsh
and Cuppy are posted to go up in balloon
from that place this evening" He says they
will use the editor of the Independent foI
the purpose Of inhationl
Year: 1859

IL The old bloats who have been swimming
for the past week or two in free grog arc be.
ginning TO growl, since the time is up with
em. They say the promises made EN- have
not been carried out in good faith ID and deN
clare they'll be id il they'll vote the Re.
publican ticket tgainl They'll mot be fooled
again.