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Year: 1859

MAILEABlE IRoN.-Malleable iron is trade
name given, not to pure iron, for that is al
ways malleable, but to articles made Of cast
iron which have been subjected to a certain
process, after being cast into their particular
forms, which shall reduce or take away por
ton of the carbon which they contain, and
they consequently become less brittle, or, in
other words more tough than cast iron, and
of course, less liable to break by the wear and
conclusion when used. The term malIeable
iron, however, is not very appropriate for it
is well known that this is not very malleable
and can bear no comparison with iron in its
pure state, for that valuable property. 1t
would be more appropriate to call 1t bastard
steel, which it in fact is, rather than malleable
iron.


The best of steel is made by combining pure
iron with carbon The rods of iron are kept
in contact with heated or burning charcoal a
certain length of time, when it is found that
there has become union of carbon with the
iron, and steel is the result If it be desira-
BILE to have O more uniform blending of the
iron and carbon it is broken up and melted in
crucibles, and from this made into roaS and
hence called least steel" 1t would seem,
that, if cast iron is a combination of iron and
carbon, in a greater proportion of carbon than
required for steel, if it should be subjected to
some process that should reduce the carbon TO
the true proportions, genuine steel might thus
be produced 1t would be thus produced if
the metal when reduced from the ore were
nothing but iron and carbon. Malleable iron,
as stated above is thus produced, and true
steel would be the result, were it not for i'm
purties in the iron, derived from the ore when
melted.


ba~ A very polite young man, wishing TO
ask a young lady if he might speak to her u
few moments, wanted TO know if he could
roll the wheel of conversation around the axle.
tree Of her understanding a moment" The
poor girl tainted.


par The following slanderous paragraph
goes unrebuked: A wag has invented new
telegraph. He proposes to place line Of
women i:ty steps apart, and commit the news
to the first of them as a secret.


@-" Charlie, my DEAR" said loving
mother 20 her hopeful son, just budding into
breeches, Charlie, my dear, come here and
get some candy 81 guess won't mind it
row, mother, replied Charlie I've got III
sems tobacco"
Year: 1859

SHREwD. An insurance agent in one Of the
cities tell the following in illustration Of the
verdancy OF gentleman in Pike county. Ind-
ana with whom he had effected a policy of
insurance -" In the list of printed questions
in the company's blanks there is one like this
Ashes-how kept ?" The Pike county gca-
tleman was burned ont, and after the fire dis
covered this question in his policy, aud, rcsolv-
ing to make sure thing thing of his premium
wrote our informant something in this wise
Dear Sir II was burned out on the -
day of -, and according to your laws have
kept the ashes They are in barrels what
shall do with them :"
Year: 1859

1.-THE For screw discovery vessel which sent to the
Arctic regions at the expense of Lady FRANKLIN to dis
cover traces of the missing expedition of Sir JoHN
FRANxLIN returned to England Sept 2l The follow
ing is Capt M'CLNTOCKs official report, by which it
will be seen the fate of FRANKLIN and his expedition has
been definitely ascertanedl
Year: 1859

a STRANGE MEETING AND a SrRAxGER
PARTING.--No OF long ago a steamboat com
ing up the river ran aground at Bufling
ton. Among the passengers were a lady
from CovingtOn, and stranger who took
passage at Cincinnasi-a man about thirty
years Of age, with no baggage but suit
ot clothes, which he carried upon his we'll
shaped person. The two individuals indi-
Gated became very intimate during the trip,
and the first night after the boat run
aground they were talking in the cabin,
when, to the amazement of all the passen
gers, they rushed into each others arms,
and the LADY called the man her long lost
husband and the man called the lady his
lost wife, aud they made a right pathetic
thing oft. The lady told the captain that
her husband had left her many years ago,
aud the husband accounted for his absence
by saying that he had been uniustIy i'm
p.isoneI down in Arkansaw for a crime
that he never committed The story was
believed, and the parties had the waLm
sympathies Of the passengers When the
boat arrived at Marietta the man went
ashore, under the pretence of getting some
thing for his wife, but did not return, al.
though lie was sent for repeatedly, and
could not be found The wife wept many
tears Of sorrow, and carried on so violent.
ly that the captain had toput her off about
three miles above Marietta when she
started back to hunt up the dcfau.ter.-


Whc,(iHg IqhAigeHcer
Year: 1859

HARDER Than WoHK-At a meeting
of the Buffalo Medical Association, DR..
Storck reported the case of a girl, twelve
years of age. who passed from the bowels
nineteen pins and four urneedIes in the course
Of four days, and who confessed that she


had been in the habit of swallowing them
for about three months, in order to get
sick, so that she might not be obliged to


leave home and wOrk out. One pin stuck
in the throat and gave some trouble, aud
the girl suffered occasional colicky pains,
and had much swelling and tenderness OF
the abdomen, but there were no marked
constitutional symptoms.
Year: 1859

MR. DRAPER, the Democratic nominee,
is q ripe scholar, and has for many years
past ranked among the successful teachers
of the West, He is man Of gentlemanly
department, and will never coudescend to
gam an election otherwise than by hen
olabc means. As a specimen Of his high
mindedncss, we are permitted to give the
following extract from private letter, ad
dressed by him to an educational friend
in this city:


81 can never enter the field as mere
politician, and shall never descend to polit
ical manoeuvering. Whatever may be the
issue Of the contest, | must come out Of it
free from all partisan rancour.'
Year: 1859

CARROTS FOR UoRsEs.-LateIy going to
the country to spend few weeks with a
friend of mine, [ drove very handsome
horse, and a good one, but was always an
noyed by his coat-it was more like lot
of Jristles than horses smooth skin, and
all the grooming he could get wouldn't
do it no good" My friend who Is great
horse breeder and fancier, made NE try
giving him few carrots every day, to eat
out of my hand, saying that he would have
A gool smooth coat in three weeks: an lie
was right, for IN that time my horse had a
beautiful, sleek, glossy coat, and all from
eating few carrots daily. He tells me it
is infallibc.-Fdrnae,' 5 -Hn1dzine
Year: 1859

Sir John Franklin was destined bv his
father for the Ministry, by nature for the
sea. While at school lie walked twelve
miles to see the ocean for the first time.
He was sent on trading voyage to Libon
TO cure him of his bent--the voyage con
iirmel IT,
Year: 1859

This is the only and certain remedy hateful dis
ease No one need again complain of having key
have never taken this celebrated remedy If they take


OsGOoD's CHoLAGoGUE
farewell to Chls and Fever forever
For sale in New Orleans, wholesale and RETAIL by


j. WRIGHT CO.,
Sole agents for the South and whom ali orders should be
addressed.
Year: 1859

We recently published a letter in which
Harlow Case, the dclaulting Collector of San
dusky, announced the decease OF the unhappy
woman who had accompanied his flight, and
inplored the forgiveness of her husband.
Under the title we have given above, mig
slonary correspondent Of the Boston Watch.
n7n and Reflector describes IN Interview with
the guilty pair, which took place shortly be-
fore death hurried away the mother and the
child whom size had made the companion of
her wandcrings. The subject is q painful
one, but the writer describes SO feelingly and
truthfully the selEinficted misery Of Case
aad his partner in guilt, that VIC reproduce
his narrative:
Year: 1859

goal of their ambition Many of them be-
come the laughing stock of the country;
and when the great conventions meet, their
names are passed by, and new ones elevated,
Of those who have been employed in mind
ing their business, and letting their charac-
ter aud reputation take care of themselves.
One great reason why so few of the truly
great men of the nation have to he placed
in the presidential Office is that they spoiled
their reputation in the selfish desire to pre-
serve it for the purpose of winning Office


Another way of losing character and
reputation is by yielding to some sudden
temptation to sin, or by the secret enter
tainment of vice that with certainty under
mines both A single deed of shame, ah
how it blackens beyond all cleansing the
character that has been builded in the
struggles and tolls of half a century -
There is no wealth under the sun so pre-
cious as good name worthily won, and
there is no calamity so great as such q name
shamefuIly lost. Far be it from me to de-
preciate the value of character, or to de-
preciate pride in its maintenance. While
it should be the natural, unsought conse-
quent of life controlled by the purest and
nobleSt motives, it doubtless may be enter
tanned as a choice possession, always sub
ordinate as a motive of action to Christian
principle and duty.
Year: 1859

Will you come and live by the sounding sea,
And hear the great waves roar
Yes, come, cast in your lot with me
Gu this bleak basaltic shore.
The crested waves are rolling past,
While the seadIast rocks remain
The Atlantic tide is swelling fast
But the tide will sink again.
Will you come and live by the silent sea,
And watch the dazzling sheen,
See the ripples clap their hands for glee
Where the raging waves have been
Yes, come and see while Others Sleep
When the sea fowl erst are soaring,
The thousand thousand hocks OF sheep
Which BOreas drives before him
Come sail on the peaceful shining sea,
And sink in my boat 20 sleep,
The summer breezes shall blow for thee,
While calm pervades the deep.
Come, gaze on the calm, bright sea and sky,
Which like one mirror seem
In silver mist the mountains lie


Like headlands in dream.
Or, when the sun drops down to rest
Come see ere the daylight die,
The zephyrs bear small clouds to the west
Across the golden sky.
Come stay where the waves have sunk to rest
While night invests the sky
And watch yon star on the great seas breast,
While its mate shines up On high.
Come hear what the surges say to thee,
And the loud Atlantic roar
Hear whispers from the gentle sea


AS it tumbles to the shore.
What does the zephyr sing TO thee
And the ripples on the tide,
That clap their little hands for gee
That thou must be my bride y
Yes, come and be wife to me,


And still the stormy main
For woe has been my tidal sea,


But the tide will sink again.
Calm shall perVade sea and sky


Aud calm our life shall seem,
In golden mist our life shall lie,


Like Beulah in the dream.
We both shall sail the shining sea,


We both shall sink TO sleep,
While the breeze shall watt both thee and me
Der lile's inconstant deep.
Or Il the AlIFather should deem best.


This petition to deny,
The one shall rest on the great seas breast


While the other shines on high.
Year: 1859

TRIAL OF CAPT. TOWNSEND THE SLAVE BRId
ECHO, OR PUTNAM.-The trial of Capt. Townsend
was brought before the District Court of the United
States on the 18th inst, his honor Judge William
Marvin presiding.


The District Attorney, John L. Tatum, ESQ.
moved to put off the trial until November next on
account of the absence of material witnesses re-
siding in New Orleans, who it appears had not been
subpGned. The Court refused the melton and the
trial proceeded. Lieutenants Motfatt Bradford and
Carpenter, proved the capture of the slave brig
Echo, and identified the Echo as being the brig
Putnam of New Orleans. They also proved Town
send to have been board and the prominent
spokesman at the time of the capture and that
some 300 or more African negroes were found on
board nearly all diseased, distressed and in naked
and emaciated condition. Mr. Clapp. Denutv Z s
Marshal for Rhode Island, proved the citizenship
of ofTownsend, and testified that he was born in Pro-
vdence.


The District Attorney then offered in evidence a
copy of the register of the brig Putnam issued bv
the Collector OF the port of New Orleans (asO GER
titled to by him, to the said brig in which Town
send was represented to be the owner. The Court
rejected this evidence, on the ground that a cory
certified under the seal of the Collector was not ad
miSsibe, and also the ground of its irrelevancy
to the issue-the point to be proved not being the
nationality of the vessel but the ownership title
in citizen Of the Unted States and that the regis
ter did not prove ownership The District Ator-
nev then offered in evidence original bill of sale
OF the brig Putnam, from former owner to Town
send which had been left file in the Custom House.
n: o., but failed to prove its execution. The Dis
trict Attorney rested here. Without argument or
summing up the Court directed the jury to find the
prisoner not guilty, inaSmuch there was no proof
before the jury that the Echo or Putnam was owned
In whole or IN part by citizen of the United
States, which material to be proved in order
to maintain the indictment, nor was there any proof
that the vessel was a foreign vessel. The Jury
brought in verdict of not guilty.
Year: 1859

Receipts have been extremely scanty this month"; and it
is feared that hope be entertained of thing but


moderate supply for time, account Of the still
lamenabe state of the roads in the interior of the Pro-
vince for which, apparently there is remedy except
along continuance of dry weather. Stocks $1,000
Year: 1859

The alarm of fire yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock
was caused by the partial burning of the roof of
three story brick house the southeast corner of
Mulberry and Pearl street, belonging to the estate
accidental, having caught from some spark from
the chimney. 1t was extingushed by officer Den
nison and some of the neghbOrs before the arrival
OF the fire engines Damage slight and insured
Year: 1859

1t viii be seen that prices of bot Leather and Hides
are considerably higher than at this time year
and II our manufacturers will only have little more
hmness and patience they will be able realize the in
creased cost of goods.
Year: 1859

YoUNo Mass CHRISTIAN AssocGATIoN-W We
have received the Sixth Annual Report Of this
Association in San Francisco. The Society
seems to be well founded and manifests
strong opposition to "Popery" 1t appears
to be of the opirion that the Roman Catholic
Religion is very rapidly gaining ground in
the United States and very much deprecates
the progress which it is making The Socie
ty. therefore. is making every exertion tc
create moral power which will effectually
extinguish the flame of Catholicism in thi,
part Of the world.


The opinion is freely avowed that the
Catholic Church is opposed to religious free
dom that is to say. that it is not in favor oi
tolerating other religions There is no par
ticular proof offered that this is true, but we
apprehend that the Protestant religion has
nothing to fear from Romsh intolerance as
long as the present Constitution of the Uni
ted States exists. After that is overthrown,
1t makes but little difference with the Ameri.
can People what happens
Year: 1859




Some persons still suppose that Governor
Weller will make an appointment to fill the
Senatorial interim, of the Broderick term,
between this and the action of the incoming
legislature They say that he has not posi-
lively refused to appoint, although he has in
imated disihelnation to do so, and that h,
will probably make up his mind by the 25tl
instant.


1t is to be hoped that he will come to hi
senses by that time, and make the appoint
ment. A straight forward, fearless course il
what the people demand of him, and he ha'
no business to trihe with the public interest
on account of any little matter Of policy il
the forwarding of his own personal advan
tage. There is vacancy in the Senate and
it ought to be filled. The State should b,
fully and not partially represented. She
should have her full number of votes on all
questions, and Governor Weller has no right
to deprive her of that voice, in order to ad-
vance his own little schemes for the Senator
ship Ills hesitancy in this matter is begin
ming to look very pitiful. and he is losing
friends by it. every day. Tie plain path OF
duty is before him and he seems afraid to fol-
low it, lest it destroy his chances for election
to the Senate. as the successor of Mr.. Broder
lex. lie seems afraid that, by appointing one
Of the applicants, he will offend the balance
and that they will then work for his defeat
Suppose, it were true.-why should an hon
est public man hesitate to do his duty under
any circumstances


We think, however, that this result need
not necessarily follow. Gov. Weller could
easily appoint man who is in no manner
connected with any of the clques or factions
now laborag each to supplant the other in
the ranks of the Lecompton party In fact,
he could well be excused for this by all the
parties interested, inasnuch as his position
would be recognized to be delicate one. and
desire to offend no one Of the divisions of
the party be duly appreciated by all.


AT any rate. the public sentiment demands
the appointment and, if it is not made. Gov
Weller will be considered recreant to the re-
sponslblities of his position.
Year: 1859




We are sorry that necessity compels us to ap.
peal to the public in answer to an article which
appeared in Thursdays DEMOCRAT, headed
Row in the Colored Baptist Church." As
Church we are averse to controversy par
ticularly in the public prints, but duty to
those who kindly assisted in building our
House Of Worship, demands a refutation of
the ISLANDERS imposed upon the DEMOCRAT by
its informant


lhe meeting alluded TO-, was called for the
settlement of difficulties between some of the
members, and not for the consideration of
financial matters as the informant of the Dem.
ocRAr intimates, though since he has made
that charge ii is well to say few words on
the subject In the first place, he knew moth
ing whatever Of the monetary affairs of the
Church, except from hearsay, for the simple
reason that he can neither read nor write
and since the publication of the SANDER we
have Instituted thorough investigation Of
the matter and are happy to inform our
friends and the public that the result wa:
most satisfactory. Secondly, the preachers
wife has been q strict member of the church
for eleven years and eight months, and a
member of this church long enough to fully
entitle her to vote according to our rules


As to the charge Of violence. that is too ri
diculous to deserve even passing denial
There is not one shadow of truth in the whole
of his statement.


The cause of this attack arises from a re-
vengeful spirit, the author of it having been
recently suspended from the Association for
falsehood.


We trust that our friends will view this
matter in the proper light On behalf Of the
Congregation. SAM'L, L. WEBSTER, Sec'y.
Aarysvills, Oct IA, 1859. ocl6-It
Year: 1859

j. G. BAXTER, Custom House truck driver,
was arraigned on Thursday in the San Fran
cisco Police Court, on a charge of assault and
battery upon Joseph Collins The latter is
an empoye of the steamer Forwood, and was
in charge of certain goods at the steamer
which Baxter wished to take to the Ap-
praiser's store. paper Of that city has
the following in regard to the matter:


Collins refused to allow the goods to be
taken, unless a receipt was given. He took
hold of the truck horses head to prevent
them from being taken, when Baxter struck
him several times in the forehead with the
butt of his whip, making n severe wound
The first blow stunned Collins, and Baxter
still gave him few in addition


A question arose. in the course of the case
as to whether the goods were legally in the
possession of Collins or the Custom House Of
ficers, and to ascertain this fully the matter
was continued until to morrow
Year: 1859

FIRE ALARM.-Last evening, about nine
o'clock, an alarm of fire was raised at a room
two doors from the Town Talk Saloon, on
Second street. occupied by woman. While
attempting to fill camphene lamp she had
we'll nigh set fire to her dress which seeing
she became frightened and threw the lamp
down, which set the carpet on fire. num-
Der of persons who were near by rushed to
her assistance, and extinguished the fire be.
fore any damage was DONE The alarm call.
ed out the Fire Department.
Year: 1859

WARREN ENerSE CoMPANY.-The Nelson
Troupe have very kindly rendered benefit
to this company on Monday evening next
No doubt the house will be well crowded on
the OCCASION Further notice will be made
of the contemplated benefit, hereafter.
Year: 1859

WATER! WATER The hume run
ming through the town filled up and
leaped its barriers on vest erday after.
noon. The muddy torrent boiled up a
short time after through the sidewalk in
front of Carley's Saloon, and made a
river of Main street, on its way to Deer
Greek. By dint of hard work by nu-
merous citizens who volunteered for
the occasion, the muddy fluid was got
under tolerable control in the course of
an hour or two, without having caused
much damage. That Aume, like another
institution of our country, is trouble
some one to dispose of satisfactorily to
all parties, out is one to be, and likely
to be, endured.
Year: 1859

UNPARALLELED MEANNEss.-An in
dividual in this city held an execution
against another which was placed in the
hands of the sheriff for the purpose of
collecting the claim, but the officer find
ing no property it was returned unsatis-
fed. ~ short time since, the creditor
discovered small monument in one of
the marble yards in the city, which had
been ordered by the debtor to be placed
over the grave of little child he had
recently buried. Forthwith this worthy
exemplar of Shylock waited upon the
sheriff and instructed him to levy upon
the stone. That officer very properly
demonstrated against an act SO barbar-
Gus and unchristian, but without avail.
He was threatened with prosecution,
unless he performed this unpleasant du


ty, and the stone was accordingly seized
and in time sold. There was no one
mean enough to bid upon it but the cred
itor, and it was knocked down to him.
A little monument of little child, with
the names of the parents, and their off
spring, upon 1.-THE figure of dog, the
emblem of fidelity, in an attitude of re-
pose surmounting it--was bought in by
this thing in human form. AS we look
ed upon this stone and listened to this
little history connected with it, we
could uot help thinking that he who
had done SO base thing against his fell
low deserved no repose in this world or
the next.-Bufalo Courier.