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Year: 1859

There is only one effective way to treat OF
these moral questions. Take for Instance the sla.
very question. You must bring the matter home
to men. You must insist that men be rs true to
theif fellows rs they are to themselves. Whatev.
er man claims for himself he should claim for
every other member of the brotherhood man
may look from his own selfish stand point and saw
he is no. an aLoiticnist. The sting Of slavery he
has never felt--the chain gals not, neither does
the iron hurt No impious villain lclaims him as
his property. His wife and children share his
harvest and homc--they are his own-no tyrants
grasp has plucked them from him, the former to
be the forced victim of miscellaneous and in.
carnate lust, the latter to drag out live, Of hope
less cnattelhood. And SO he is no fanatic-Ae is
not an abolitonist. But grapple that man--hurl
him from manhood to chattehood put shackles
on him herd him with beasts /; drive him in the
cofie gangs; let him understand that he is hing
not a mau let his wife be given to the sensual
embrace of another let his children be sold from
his sight forevcr--each to different Legree, and
can any one doubt that that man will be very
radical and fanatical' abolitonist ! But millions
in this country arc just precisely in the condition
described above--they are chattel slaves. They
havo natures, affections longings, feelings and
desires just like the rest Of the race. Their
rights are as precious to them as ours to us. This
then, is the ,est~-.the only true test. Are we
willing to be slaves oufselceS? that settles the
question. Oh. the GOLDEN Rule, that most beau.
tful rule Of right which Heaven ever gave to men
how admirably it measures all these things
How can q mans dishonesty Withstand it's search.
ing application How hardly could sin thrive
and violence prevail were it the rule that governs
all mems lives2 We would bring the entire af
fairs of the world to its tribunal. 1t should govern
not only our religious and social but also (stsri
not partizan and demagogue.) our political action
1t is only in the light of this blessed Rule that
men are rational to themselves and each other
that they touch bottom and know their wherea


bouts. 1t tears off the detestable garb Of preten
sion and sends men in search after their owl
hearts---their unused and forgotten hearts, which
have long been covered up and smothed up by tn;
false seeming OF a self deceiving and superfcia
life. SO we like to bring everything to this glo
rious and never.failing test " hen q man, then
says he is not abolitionist. we have good req
son to believe that he lies. We know that he 4
an aboltionist for himself at least since the low


of liberty is inherent in all men. Our fret sug
gsstion is-grab that man instanter, bring tn


hand cuff, the auction block and the hammer, sci
him to the highest bidder, send his children to


southern market and put him in the rice he


under the lash That man would find his where


abouts to dead certainty. The treatment ca


never fail. 1t brings to the surface the commo


sense that is in every man.-Irue american
Year: 1859

WITHDRAWAL OF JUDGE SMITH,
The Milwaukee papers Of yesterday contain
Judge Smiths letter in which hc formally
withdraws his name from the Judicial CANVASS
in Wisconsin. The reasons which have i'm;
PEELED Judge Smith to this course arc clearly
set forth, and his notion in tho premises is
highly creditable to him both as man and a
Republican. Narrowed down, as tie contest
now is, to choice between Paine and Lyndc,
the only question with Republicans will be rs
to how large majority they will give to the
former: Judging from the spirit thus far evin-
ccd. VIC shall be disappointed if it is not quite
equal to that given to Judgo Wilton.
Year: 1859

One day lazy farmers boy


Was hoeing out the corn,
And moodily had listened long


To hear the dinner horn.
The welcome blast was heard at last,
And down he dropped his hoe;
But the good man shouted in his ear:
My boy, hoe out your row.
Although "hard one was the row,
To use plowman' phrase.
The lad. as sailors have it,


Beginning well to " haze
81 can" said he, and manfully


He seized again his Doe
And the good man smiled to see


The boy hoe out his row.
The lad the text remembered,


And proved the moral well,
That perseverance to the end
At last will nobly tell.
Take courage. man resolve you can,
And strike vigorous blow;
In hfe's great field of varied toll,


Always hoe out your row.
Year: 1859

When the winter winds blow loud,
When the snow flakes fill the sky
And the earth's in gloom enshroud-
Then the flowers decay and die.
But when winters power is DER,


Spring doth bring them into view
Ey'ry faded charm restore-


Then they bud and bloom anew.
Thus with man, though laid in death
He shall not thus long remain;
He shall feel reviving breathI


Dying he shall live again.
Year: 1859

Locofocoism is the same thing, the country
ver-dompeering and oppressive in all its
actions and impulses. By some disaffection
among the unterriied of the City Council of
StPaul, the Minnesotian was last spring elected
city printer, though the Republicans were in
a minority in the Council. The duty of prin-
ter, we have always supposed to be, to print
such matter as the City might furnish and as
the Council might feel willing to pay for; but
Locofocoism in st. Paul has taken stepin ad-
vance of common decency, and passed Sc
ries of resolutions censuring the Minnesotians
for it's course in reference to the Railroad loan
question: question quite foreign to the legit-
innate business of the City Council of St.
Paul. Such is the spirit of the bogus thing
called Democracy, wherever it may be found.


We happen to occupy the position of prin-
ter for this city; but if our city fathers should
undertake to prescribe what we should eat
for dinner, or whether we should indulge in
dinner at all or should they attempt to die
tate our course upon any question, of public
policy, we are not sure but dozen or more
of them would get kicked into the middle of
the Lake. The City Council of st. Paul have
been indulging in very small and contempt
ible business. Stillaodter Messenger.
Year: 1859

Around her snowy brow were set two thou
sand dollars such would have been the an
swer of any jeweler to the question "What
are those diamonds ?' With the gentle un-
dulation of the bosom there rose and fell ex-
actly one hundred and fifty dollars. The sum
bore the guise to a broach of gold and enam-
el. Her fairy form was invested in ten
halfeagles, represented by slip of lilac sat
in, and this was overlaid by three hundred
dollars more in two skirts of white lace. Taste
fully down each side of the latter were five
dollars, which so many bows of purple rib
bon had come to. The lower margin of the
three hundred dollar skirts were edged with
eleven additional half eagles-thc value of
some eight yards of silver fringe, a quarter
ola yard in depth. Her taper waist, taking
zone and clasp together, is calculated to be
confined by at least one hundred and fifty dol
lars Her delicately moulded arms, the
glove of spotless kid being added to the gold
bracelet which encircles the little wrist, NAV
be said to have been adorned with one hund-
red and ten dollars and seventy-fve cents :;
and putting the silk and satin at the lowest
figure, should say she wore three dollars
and fifty cents on her feet Thus, altogether,
was this thing of light, this creature of lowell
ness, arrayed from top to toe, exclusive of lit
tie sundries, in two thousand eight hundred
and twenty-five dollars, and twenty five
cents"


Our cub wants to know how "bell'' would
sound, with so much specie
Year: 1859

In many families where both love and good
temper prevail, there is what may be called an


irksome rather than sinful mode of carping
and contradicting one another. No harm is
meant, and no offence is taken but what
can be more irksome than to have two sisters,
for instance, continually setting each other
right upon some triaing points, ani differing
from each other in opinion for no apparent
reason, but from a habit of contradiction p
And such habit does it become, that one may
sometimes see persons who have acquired it,
contradict their statements, just made, the
moment any one advancest the same opinion.
1t is generally on such trifles that this bad
habit shows itself, so that it may seem need
less to advert to it; but it is family fault,
and should be watched against, for it is an
annoyance, though but pretty one, never to
be able to open your lips without being har-
assed by such contradictions. 80.
Year: 1859

Reports from the East give us encouraging
news of general revival in manufacturing
and business interest, throughout the New
England States, particularly. The great indus
trial establishments of that part of the coun-
try are said to be "all alive again." and orders
are pouring in for manufactures IN advance of
production to such an extent that in many
cases the workmen are again employed the
full number of hours daily. -
Indications of this kind are indeed encour-
aging to the people Of the West as well as Of
the East, for are not the two sections of the.
country mutually dependent? q Let the man
ufacturing establishments of the East flourish,
giving plenty of work and good pay to their
operatives, and the West feels the beneficial
effect, in the increased demand for its unri-
vailed agricultural productions. Again--when
the West is prosperous, its people are ofcourse
better able to become purchasers-they send
their orders, and their money, and their pro-
ducts to the East, which stimulates in turn
the business of the manufacturing districts.
and thus the mutual interests of the different
portions of our country are sustained. Many
shortsighted persons at the East rejoice to hear
of anything which indicates depression of
business and a lack of prosperity in the West.
This we imagine is very wrong, and is the re-
suit of a narrow, sectional, unphilosophical
manner of viewing things. The more pros
porous the West becomes, the better will it be
for the East. There may be individual ex-
ceptions to this; but as general rule, it will
hold good. The surplus means, or wealth, of
the West is constantly tending towards the
commercial and manufacturing centers of the
East, and enriching them. Whatever luxu-
ries we can afford to purchase, we are neces-
STATED, more or less, to draw through Eastern
channels; this is the fate attending our locali-
ty, and it is unavoidable. We hope, there
fore, to see better and more rational feeling
cultivated between the two sections; and
while we are gratitied to witness the return of
prosperity to our Eastern friends, it is but
just that they should look with other than
feelings of jealousy or indifference upon our
magnificent West.
Year: 1859

J. T. Headly is publishing in a New York
weekly religious paper 1.-The Diary of a
Chaplain in the Army of the Revolution."-
From it we extract the following:


At the battle of Bunker Hill, as the British
were advancing, through Charlestown, to the
attack, soldier entered house where the
husband lay sick. His wife was young and
beautiful, and hearing the soldier in the next
room, went out to meet him. He Immediate
ly addressed insulting proposal to her. Being
angriiy repulsed, he attempted violence, when
her screams aroused her sick husband from
his bed Nerved with the sudden excitement
he leaped up, and seeinghis wife struggling in
the arms of British soldier, ran him through
the body The man fell back on the floor,
and as his eye met that of his destroyer, he
shrieked out, My Brother - The recogni-
ton was mutual, and with the exclamation,
{" have murdered my brother p the over
excited invalid husband fell dead on the
corpse. These unhappy brothers were Scotch
men. One had emigrated to America sever
al years before; the other had joined the Eng
lish army, and after long separation thus
met to perish together
Year: 1859

What roundabout way lawyers have of
drawing up deeds and documents. 1t is
almost enough to keep nervous person from
going to law at all" The following is sam
ple Suppose man wished to give another
an orange. Instead of making simple dec
laraton, and saying, 4 give you that orange
he must set forth his act and deed in this
way 4 do hereby give YOU all and singular,
my estate and interest, right title and claim
and advantage of and in that orange, with all
its rind, skin, pulp, juice and pips, and all
right and advantages therein, with full power
to cut, suck, bite or otherwise cut the same
orange, or give the same away, with or with
out its skin, riud, juice, pulp and pips, any
thing heretofore or hereinafter, or in any other
deed or deeds, instruments of what kind or
nature to the contrary or anywise, notwith-
standing"
Year: 1859

This piece was written by BAYARD TAYLOR as he
embarked on the Pacific main; ard if any one does
not find it charming would like to know who
he is:


From the bosom of Ocean | seek thee


Thou lamp of my spirit afar.
As the seaman adritt in the darkness,


Looks up for the beam of his star!
And when on the on-lighted water


The spirits Of solitude Sleep
My soul in the light of thy beauty


Lies hushed in the waves of the deep.
As the shafts of the sunrise are broken


Far over the giltterng sea-
Thou hast dawned on the wave ofmy dreaming,
And each thought has sparkle of thee
And, though with the white sail distended,
speed from the vanishing shore,
Thou wilt give to the silence of Ocean,


The spell of thy beauty the more.
Year: 1859

Quaint Defence OF self-ContradictiOn.


Mr.. Ruskin, recently addressing an audi
ence in England said:


"Some of my hearers, this evening, may
occasionally have heard it stated of me that
am rather apt to contradict myself. l hope
am exceedingly apt to do so. l never met
with question yet, of any Importance, which
did not need for the right solution it, at least
one positive and one negative answer, like an
equation of the second degree. Mostly, mat
ters Of any consequence are three-sided, or
four-sided, or polygonal and the trotting
round a polygonal is severe work for people
any way stiff in their opinions. For myself,
l am never satisfied that have handled a
subject properly, till have contradicted my
Self at least three times" r--
Year: 1859

Now gentle sleep hath closed up those eyes


Which, waking, kept my boldest thoughts in ave.
And free access unto that sweet lip lies,


From whence long the rosy breath to draw y.
From those two melting rubies one poor kiss:
None sees the theft that would the thief reveal,


Nor rob her of aught that she can miss.
Nay, should twenty kisses take away,


There would be little sign would do SO;
Why then should then this robbery DELAY?


Oh! she may wake, and Herewith angry grow
Well, if she do, I'll back restore that one,
And twenty thousand more for loan. e
Year: 1859

H At the recent charter election in Cold
water, Michigan, the'whole Republican ticket
was elected by an average majority of two
hundred. There were three tickets in the
feld-o Republican, one Democratic, and
one nominated by the remnants Of the sore
head party, calling themselves Republicans.
The last named ticket had one straight ballot.
Year: 1859

w The Sec'y Of State recently submitted
to the Attorney General the question whether
the Chinese Coolie trade as carried on BY
American ships comes within the law for the
suppression of the slave trade. The Attor-
new General decides that it does not. x
Year: 1859

According to the process of making and puri-
fying sugars due to the ingenuity of Mr.. NJ. Rob
insun saturated mixture of alum and lime isap-
piled to the juice in the proportion Of two pounds
Of the mixture to a hundred gallons of the juice.
These being intimately mixed. the acid is then
nentralized by the application OF milk OF lime, IN
the proportion of three pounds to hundred gal
Ions If there be excess of acid, 1t will be dis
covered by the application of the test-paper usu-
aIly employed by chemists TO detect acids, and
more milk of lime is to be added and 1t there De
an excess Of alkali, it may be discovered oy the
application Of the test paper used tor detecting al
kaiies, and more juice is added. When the mix
ture ceases to affect either the test for acid or al
kali. the impurities will be preeipitated, and may
thus be separated and the juice thus purified IS
In he subjected to the usual mode of clarihcation
and concentration. Pure raw sugar is now obtain
ed direct from the sugar cane without having un-
dergone any subsequent process OF decolorlzltlon
or refining, prepared by affecting the last stages
Of the concentration of the juice of the cane IN
vacuum. at a temperature insufficient to produce
anv chemical changes in its constituent parts. BY
this mproyed and scientific process OF manufacture,
no moasses or unehrystalized sugar is formed. and
there is consequently an increase IN the quantity
Of suglr obtained oil % per cent. This establishes
the fact that m0asses is not edues of the cane,
bu, merely q product of the former operation,
from the intense aud long-continued degree OF heat
employed in the processes. The sugar thus oo-
tanned is in perfect, pure, transparent granular
CRYSTALS developing the true crystalline form oil the
sugar, and being entirely free from the least Por


tion Of uncFysializable sugar or eoloFinS matter
Year: 1859

The weather yesterday took another
change, and from the intense cold.of Monday we
had very hot Tuesday. To give in idea Of the
frequent changes in the weather, we need pub
isl, an hourly edition.
Year: 1859

FNo. 81. AN ACT.


TO amend section one hundred and sixty.
five of an act entitled "An Act of the Jur-
isdiction and Procedure before Justices of
the Peace, and of tht Duties of Constables
in Civil Courts" passed March 4th 1858.


Section 1. Be 1t enacted by the Gener-
al assembly of the State Of Ohio, That
section one hundred and sixty-fve of the
act to whieh this is. an amendment be,
and the same is hereby amended so as to
read as follows: Sec. l65. 1t shall be
lawful for any justice of the peace of any
township of this state 70 issue executions
on any judgments on the docket of any
justice of his township, who may be una
BILE to issue said executions in consequence
of sickness, absence, or any other cause.
The execution must be directed to con-
stable Of the county, and subscribed by
the justice by whom the judgement was
rendered, or by his successor in Office. or
by the justice in whose hands the docket
of any justice of the township has been
placed, in consequence of the justice who
may have rendered judgement being un-
able to issue in consequence of sickness,
absence, or any other cause; and must
bear date, the day of its delivery to the
officer to be executed. It must intelli-
gibly refer to the Judgement by stating
the names of the parties, and the name of
the justice before whom, and of the coun-
ty and township where, and the time when
it was rendered; the amount of the jndg-
ment, and if less than the whole is due,
the true amount thereon, as follows: lst
If it be case where the the defendant
cannot be arrested, it must direct the Of
6cer to collect the amount of the judg-
ment of the personal property of the debt
or, and pay the same to the party entitled
thereto. I'd. If it be case where any
of the the judgment debtors are certified
on the docket as surety, it shall command
that the money be made the personal prop
erty of the principal debtor, and for want
thereof of the personal property of the
surety. In such cases the personal prop.
erty of the principal, subject to execution
within the jurisdiction, shall be exhausted
before any of the property of the bail shall
be taken in execution. Sd. Ifit be case
Year: 1859

On Tuesday afternoon last, es three
ladies, accompanied by some male friends
were crossing Long Bridge, at Washing
ton, D. c., one of them suddenly disar-
peared to her waist through the flooring
a plank on the end of which she had
placed her foot having tipped up and let
her through. Fortunately for the lady,
her crinoline extended beyond the limits
of the aperture through which she had
fallen; and it, together with her presence
of mind in extending her arms, saved her
from death.
Year: 1859

PAYING FOR HIS PRovENDER BY PRAY
INa.-We have no intention says the
the Cleveland Plaindealer of making fun
of serious matters in telling the following
story-we merely relate fact:


There is rule at Oberlin College that
no student shall board at any house where
prayers are not regularly made each day.
A certain man fitted up boarding house
and filed it with boarders, but forgot,
until the eleventh hoar, the prayer provi-
so. Not being praying man himself,
he looked around for one who was. At
length he found one-a meek young man
from Trumbull County, who agreed to
pay his boarding in praying. For a
while all went smoothly, but the boarding
master furnished his table so poorly that the
boarders began to grumble and to leave,
and the other morning the praying board
er actually "struck!" Something like
the following dialogue occurred at the
table: J.


Landlord-Will you pray, Mr.. Mild!
i Mild--No Sir, I will not.
Landlord--Why not, Mr.. Mild7


Mild--It don't pay Sir. I can't pray
on such victuals as these. And unless
you bind yourself in writing, to set bet
ter table than you have for the last three
weeks, NARY ANOTHER PRAYER DO YOU GET
OUT OF Mel" ..... .,...
And that's the way the matter stood al
latest advices.
Year: 1859

The votes polled at this town at the late
election were less than half of the legal
votes in the Township. The Fremonters
are mostly true blue Republicans, as might
be entered from the name they have chosen
Tor their place, and they lend but little
countenance to disorganizers. Hereafter
We are assured that when there is any vo.
ing TO be done the Fremonters will Be there.


We learn that quite number of build


ngs have been erected in town since spring
opened. and that the prospects of the Col
iege located there by the s:United Brethren
are good. Success to Fremont.
Year: 1859

Settlers on Fall River and vicinity, who
nave been in town recently to trade, repre-
sent that section of country as rapidly FL
ing up with the right sort of people. Fall
NVer is a branch of the Verdigris, and is
tepresented as clear rapid stream. afford
ing numerous mill sites. with good sup
Ply OF timber and the finest of land in abun.
dance.
Year: 1859

o. The best way to avoid being disturb
ed by an unpleasant thing, said DR.. Spooner'
is to resolve that it shall not disturb you;
but should your nerves be sensitive and uE'
able to stand the trial, hasten by the annoy
ance and dom, see it. A singing remark
loses all its point when we are not conscious
that we are aimed at.
Year: 1859

The Lebanon Hsoa9 of the Sd says: "The
growing wheat crop of this county, so far as We
have 'ecn abe to learn, is not promising as it
usually is at this season Of the year The stand is
TOO thin