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Year: 1859

The experience OF every soul that turns
to God is a convincing proof that there is
light somewhere, and that which is bright
and clear. Was it man struggling with
great affl ctions, an injured man, crushed
by heavy wrongs; was it a man desoiated
and broken down by domestic sorrows; WIS
it rich man stripped by sore losses and
calamities; was it proud man blasted by
slander; was it an atheist groping after
curious knowledge, and starving on the
chaff of questions unresolved! Be it one
or another OF these, for all alike were tor
mented in the sane perplexities of the
darkened understanding, everything was
dark, and dry, and empty; but when they
come to Christ, and believe in him, it is
their common surprise to find how sud ienly
everything becomes luminous. Specula-
lively, they understand nothing which before
was hidden, and yet there is wondrous
glory shining on their path. God is reveal
ed within, and God i, light. The flaming
circle of eternal dry skirts the horizon of
the mind The dark questions are forgot.
or left behind. They even become insig-
nifcant. Their dignity is gone, aud the
soul, basking in the blessed sunshine Of
Gods love, thinks it nothing any more, if it
could understand all mysteries. la ali
which it is made plain that, if we are under
the cloud, there is We, a bright ligat
above.
Year: 1859

The criminals were brought in gangs ii
thev were able 10 walk. or il they could n, /
walk, in chairs and baskets, the latter of n
kind in which usually hogs are carried, the
basket being attached TO two poles and thus
carried On the shoulders of two nen.-
When the culprits reached the execution
ground they were iumbled cut of their
chairs and baskets down upon the pavement
with as little care and sympathy as though
they had been loads of punkibs or potatoes.
The executioners then arranged them in
rows, three usually when there was large
large number 10 be dispatched, as MY friend
Informed me, one executioner taking lis
place at the head of each row, and giving
each victim blow on the back side Of the
head to push it forward, and lay it conve-
nient for the sword, as all knelt and await ed
the fatal moment.


When all things were thus arranged the
teath-warrant came; it was banner, and
as soon as it waved in sight, without any
verbal order being giver, the headsmen b.
ran their work OF death. There was rapid
succession of dull, crunching sounds-choP,
chop, chop. and down dropped the heads,
while the bodies fell forward, and streams
If blood v ere shot intu the air like jets OF
water from fire engine. The friend who
was my guide, as we stood on the very pave
ment BY the wall on one side of the street
where these lows of victims were drawn up.
told me he had been obliged, as others also
had been, to step back of these wretched
kneeling men whea the work commences
lest the blood, if they were in front, should
stream across the street snd fall upon them
No second blow was ever given, for these
dex.rous men are slayers educated for their
work; for till they are able, with their
heavy swords. which are in part butchers
cIeavers as well as swords, to slice a great
bulbous vegetable as thin as we slice Gu
tumbers, they are net eligible to this Office.
Three second are sufficient for each head
/ In. one minute five executioners Gle ar
of one hundred heads. 1t took rather
longer for the assistants to pick up the
heads and bodies and pack them up in rough
| coffins, preparatory to their being carried
away into the fields and hills outside the
walls for in,erment. Nor were they at al
careful that the old companionship Of head
and body should be continued, but they of
zen thrust a head and body into a coffin
which had never met before. AS hundreds
were sometimes executed at time, occa.
sionally coming up TO five hundred. while
these scenes were of constant occurrence


the whole area swan in blood If not "tc
the horses bridles." yet almost over the
shoes and up TO the ankles. The eartf
does not contain so horrible an Aceldsmu


SO true "fie Id OF blood. Hong Kong Cor
Of The Neu Hampshire Patriot.
Year: 1859

A few weeks age poor little boy came
to one Of our ward missionaries, and hold
ing up dirty and worn-out bit of printed
paper, said: "Please, sir, father sent me to
get clean paper like that" Taking it from
his hand, the missionary unfolded it, and
found that it was page containing that
precious lyrical epitome of the Gospel, OF
which the first stanza is follows:


Just as am, without one plea,


Save that thy brood was shed for me-


And that thou bidd S; me come to thee


Lamb OF God!-I come,


The missionary looked down with inter
est into the face earnestly upturned TO him,
and asked the little boy where he got it,
and why he wanted clean one. sWe found
it, sir said he, sin sisters pocket after she
died, and she used TO sing it all the time
while she was sick, and she loved it so much
that fa,her wanted to get clean one, and
put it in frame, to hang it up. Won't you
please to give US clean one, sir!'


This little page, with single hymn on it
had been cast upon the air like falling
leaf, by Christian hands, humbly hoping to
do some possible good. In some little mis-
sion Sabbath School, probably, this poor
girl had thoughtlessly received it, afierward
to find in it, we may hope, the Gospel of
her salvation. Could she. in any probabil-
;,y, have gone down into death sweetly
singing that hymn of patience and faith in
Jesus, to her latest breath, without the saw.
ing knowledge of Him which the Holy
Spirit alone impartsl


The incident was SO impressive that it
was related in a Sabbath School, subse-
quently, and copies of the same beautiful
hymn were given to all who would learn it.
Groups of children from such schools have
since been seen repeating or singing it.
None car tell what these simple lines have
done, or are destined to do. for the saliva
ton of the lost.--Eramfner.
Year: 1859

SoAPsUps.-There is nothing any better
"about the house" as manure for'flowers.
Buy barrel to throw your suds in for use
do not throw them away; It is the secret Of
the vigor OF growth and Persectness Of bloom
of great many flower pets of the house,
wife. And then grape vines have special
thirst for iust such drink. Prairie Farmer.
Year: 1859

As our Yankee women cannot wash with
hard water and do justice 70 fine linen, allow
me to give simple and easy way to make it
soft on short notice. which will be of much
value to many in dry time:


While the water is heating take two quarts
of wheat bran, ppt it into bag and place it
in the boiler of water, and when hot enough
to use, it will be soft. This is enough for CON
mon washing.


Or you can use soda, few ounces Of which
will give whiteness to the fabric, without the
slightest injury, and will not affect the hands


Or in my opinion borax is probably the
best neutralzer used to soften water. 1t is
better than soda or any other alkali yet
known. 1t takes half a teacupful to ten or
twelve gallons of boiling water, and will save
nearly one half in soap. An extra quartity
of this powder is used for laces, cambrics, &c.


Borax being neutral salt, does rot injure
the texture of the linen its effect is to soften
the hardest water, and is excellent to clean
hair, and therefore it should be on every toilet
table. Hard water will not make good tea.--
Soft water is essential. All water can be
made soft by using teaspoonful of borax
powders to a teakettle of water, in which it
should boil. It will sare much in quantity, say
one-ffth of tea.
Year: 1859

The principal business men of our large
commercial cities are mere denizens. They
have their domicil in some neighboring village
or in the country, and the city is only COM
mercial mart where the merchants, landlords
and artifcers come to do business. Boston is
literally place of shops and boarding houses
with few residences The editor of the n.
c. Presb perian aludes to the same character
istic feature of New York as follows:


Thousands of business men of New FORK
reside in the neighboring towns and villages.
A proportion of the occupants of the i'm
mense mercantile establishments in the lower
parts of the city leave their counting rooms
and Offices in the afternoon and return to their
families Many of them do not spend night
in the city during the year. The neighboring
| towns in New Jersey, Connecticut and up the
Hudson are filled by citizens of this class. 1t
is estimated that at least FIVE hundred gentle
men in Elizabeth go in daily to New Y Yorl
| and are thus enabled to combine the business
advantages of the Metropolis with the health
and retirement of the country. There are
about twenty trains each way between the
| two places, and very little more time is occu-
pied than in going from one end of the city to
the other The morning trains over the differ
ent routes leadi. from all directions into the
city begin to pick up their passengers forty
and even fifty miles distant, and large acces
sions are received at every station, until the
crowd is numbered by hundreds, who scatter
from the depots in the city to their places o
business end return after the labors of the day
to go through the same routine on the NOR
| L.,
the end of the year.


Scarcely one half the editors of the New
York papers live in the city bounds, and ont
of them, the senior of the Journal Of Com
merce, resides as far as New Haven in Comet
icut A large number of the secretaries o
the benevolent societies seek homes iu the vi
cinity, and thus consult both economy ant
comfort. The pastors are the only class wht
are obliged to remain and "endure the hea
and burden of the day " and night too. Non
residence is inconsistent with their condition
and duties. The obligations of a pastora
charge demand their constant presence and un
-emitting attention. Their congregation, how
ever, are always willing to compensate for tn
tolls ard arxieties of their charge by releasing
them for six weeks or two months in the sum
mer TO this admirable arrangement it is ow
ing that so many of them are able to bear TIT
labors of their position, and this explains thei
absence from the city during the season whei
visitors from the South resort to their churche
and find the doors shut, or the pulpit occupies
by a stranger. The book store of Messrt
Carriers is the principal exchange of the Oh
School ministers, and here the stranger is like
ly to meet with a score of them on any day
| dm Pres;
Year: 1859

4 popular lecturer at Chicago lately advoca-
ted with some plausibility, the drinking and
dancing customs of other countries, means
of promoting social intercourse, and adding to
the animation and grace of general society
To this the Congregational Herald replies with
some very apt remarks


The value of social life has been unduly
magni6ed. It is of far less moment than do
mestic life. That man should please and en-
tertain his neighbors or acquaintance, for a
few moments or hours, it may be, while he Is
with them, dwindles into insignif1cance by the
side of the question, whether he makes happy
the companion of his life. and his children
whose veal or woe for time eternity, depend
much on fathers influence. That a woman
should be fascinating at the social party, what
is it compared with shedding the radiance Of
love and kindness on husband and children II
her family. And social life that would inter
fere with these most sacred home duties, vii
prove a curse, not alone to the families fnaIne
diately affected, but to society at large. We
shall owe no gratitude to him who shall Sc
solve the social problem as to disturb the hap
piness of the freside.
Year: 1859

We have called attention, in another para


graph, to Judge Taney's scandalous perversior


of history in order to drag down a whole ract


to the views of few southern Shareholders


But there is another case, equally outrageous


to which we have once or twice called attention


but which is again brought to mind in the CO.
gent argument of Mr.. Wolcott. There is nc
/ lying like that which is done for purpose, by
grave and determined officials In the celebra-
ted Prigg case, which is the foundation of the
present reign Of terror in regard to slavery, the
judges lay down position, which is at the bot
tom of all their reasoning, as follows -


Historically it is well known that the object
of this clause (the clause for returning fugitives
from service was to secure to the slavehold-
ers the complete right and title to their slaves
as property in every State into which they
might escape" and "that the full recognition of
this right was so vital to the slaveholding States
that it constituted a. fundamental article auth
out the adoption Of tOtich the Union could not
haUe been formed"


1t will be remembered that Judge Mathews
made the same silly statement on our Court
House steps last fall, and that we then took oc-
easion to say that it was wholly gratuitous and
totally without foundation in truth. Mr.. VOL
colt justly says that it is impossible to feel res
pect for a court which is either grossly ignor-
ant of what every statesman ought to know, Or
which knowingly misstates the history of the
past. The proceedings Of the convention, as
stated in the Madison papers, show that the
clause for the rendition of fugitives from service
was the cause of no excitement whatever in the
convention that it was not in any of the orig
inal drafts referred to the committees; that it
was not in the constitution as reported to the
convention that it was not even thought Of
till a late period of the session and, when in
trodueed, was not debated at all, but silently
adopted as a matter of course, or matter of
little consequence. And yet grave Judges,
learned lawyers, and conspicuous stump orators
for slavery go about telling US that the rendi-
ton of slaves was point so vituI to the Slaue-
holding States that 1t constituted a fundamental
article 1Oithod iUhich the Union could not haze
been formed" and northern dough faces bolt
the dough without winking. -Neicark North
AmGY1cnns
Year: 1859

| DIR. Hayes, an eminent surgeon-dentiet resi-
i ding in London gives the following useful hints


about the case Of teeth. They are simple
| timely, and deserve attention:


In the first place, the teeth should be fairly


used. By this I mean; rot made to perform
the duties of crackers for nuts, experimental
on to ascertain their strength, or by ladies to


rival scissors in cutting thread for rest assured


in every case, more particularly the last


the party having recourse to such practices will


surely some day rue them; the teeth so hhwit-


tingly injured being always the first to part


company from their jaws. Those who indulge


in such or similar habits may be truly called


the dentists friends. Cleanliness is absolutely
essential for the preservation of the teeth, and
they should be well brushed at least morning
and evening, that any feculence which may be
attached to them, either during sleep from the
stomach, or by day from meals, may not be al
lowedspermanently to adhere, causing, firstly,
discoloration, then tartar, aud subsequently, if
l may SO express myself, undermining the con-
stitution of one or more, as from their position
they may be more or less liable to corrosion-
In order that the teeth should look natural
that is, retain their natural color-a dentifrice
free from the smallest particles of acid should
be used at the matin hour, and the mouth rims
ed with tepid water, for extremes of heat and
cold most highly prejudicial not only to their
color, but also to their durability and know
no method so simple of converting q really use
full and ornamental set into one of pain and
subsequent extinction, than the use of washing


in either one or the other. The person who
habituates him or herself, to any extent, to hot
soup, tea, or other drinks, assuredly rivals the
friend to the dentist just named. Brushes for
the teeth should be of medium substance of
bristfe, and those made on what is called the
penetrating principle are best. I would also
observe that children at an early age should be
instructed in the use of the toothbrush and
taught the value and importance of the teeth,
in order to ineulcate habits of cleanliness and
a due appreciation of the ornaments of the
mouth. A brush properly selected-not too
hard-may be used by children of five years of
age; every morning and by being part and
parcel of the general ablution, and thus direc-
ting habitual attention to the teeth, useful
and cleanly habit will be engendered which viii
probably insure for them proper care through
life
Year: 1859

oi The Sabbath is Gods special present to the
working man, and one of its chief objects is to
prolong his life, and preserve efficient his work
ing tone. In the vital system it acts like COM
peDsation pond it replenishes the spirits, the
elasticity, and vigor which the last six have
drained away, and supplies the force which is to
fill the six days succeeding /; and. in the economy
of existence, it answers the same purpose as, in
the economy of income, is answered by saw
ing bank. The frugal man puts away pound
to-day and another pound next month, and
he who, in quiet way, is putting by his stated
pound from time to time, when he grows old
and frsil, gets not only the same pound back
again, but a good many pounds besides. And
the conscientious man, who husbands one day
of his existence every week-who, instead of
allowing the Sabbath to be trampled and torn
In the hurry and scramble of life, treasures it
devoutly up, the Lord of the Sabbath keeps it
or him, and, in the length of days, the hale
old age gives it back with usury. The savings
bank of human existence is the weekly Sab
bath.-[Nort British Review.
Year: 1859

them, with bottle of wine standing be for
each cover, they felt very grateful to his excel
lency, and very proud at the same time be
cause of the honor shown to the representatives
Of their village. But when each of them
found double Frederick's dor under his plate
their enthusiasm burst out afresh, and many
were the healths drunk to the welfare Of Old
Father Blucher


When they had all eaten and drunk their fill
and were about to take their leave, they fell in
once more with their friend, the middle-aged Of
fcer, who gave them some advice concerning
the best way of reaching the village without
running any danger; for, as be said, the COM
ing day would be an eventful one. He accom-
panied them through the yard to the gateway,
where he bade them farewell, pointing, as he
left, to one of the hussars who was mounting
guard on horseback before the gate.


1t was their prisoner, the boy Charles, now
fully pardoned by his excellency, the comman-
derin-ehief. How proud he looked, with flush
ed cheeks and sparkling eyes He dared not
address them, for be was on duty; but he
looked at them. as much as to say: "Wait
and you shall see to morrow !"


Nor was he faithless to the VOW. On the
evening of the following day the memorable
26th of August, the bloody victory at Katz-
bach was gained, and the ield-marshal rode
through the thinned ranks of his men, who
greeted him with enthusiastic cheers, when he
was addressed by the commander of the 21st
hussars, who reported how greatly the private,
Charles Fisher, had distinguished himself above
all the rest, having taken a standard from the
enemy, and made prisoner, with his own hands,
the commander of the French regiment.


The feld-marshall stopped his horse and ia
king the iron cross from his own uniform, and
affxing it with his own hands, to the breast of
the young man, said, with cheerful voice, and
with that same expression in his large, bright
eyes I" Well done, my son! I knew I was
right i'm B,tr7aheinl there are no runaarays 4"
Year: 1859

The bogus democracy want to elect their
President next year-for what, do you sup
pose? Why, to settle the slavery question =
That is the cry with these political hypocrites
on the eve of etert Presidential election
But what pure CANNON What utin1itigHted
humbugl


Now, if tie Democracy have not settled the
slavery question yet, although they hare been
in power all the time, had they not better quit
trying? After an attempt of ten Or twenty
years, they have not only failed to settle it, but
have broken themselves into as many pieces as
there are States in the Union. But we do not
now believe there is a man in the Union who
sincerely believes that the Democracy can set
tie the slavery question or waut it settled. II
fact they are the only persons who have evel
unsettled it. Away with their Hypocrisy
Richmond Whig.
Year: 1859

EFFECT OF THE CoaET.-The Correspondents An
tcgrafa publishes letter from Cochin China,
which asserts that the Emperor OF that country
was SO alarmed at the comet, that he had fastened
himseif in tower with poison and cord, in order
to put end to his existence in the event of its
causing any disaster.
Year: 1859

We pray not for long life. but We DO pray.
says the editor OF the Richmond W,iig. d y
in and day out. that our life may be spared
until our eyes shall see the glory Of Virginia
in rOusing and brilliant Wing victory.
What happy, thrilling hope


II that fellows prayer is answered he will
no doubt live TO green old age.
Year: 1859

if this system of public plunder should be
continued. Our tables groan with claims
growing out Of the Canal service, some for
construction, some for repairs. and others
for dsmages, some Of recent origin and
others Of long standing; some no doubt
honest claims and others the very reverse.
For the sovereign State of Ohio to continue
a system which subjects her to sll taiS an
noyance and loss and ROBBERY and degrade
ton. both morally and politically, as well as
financially, is humiliating in the extreme,
and cannot be justified upon any principle
Of justice, interest, or dignity. If tie
system were equal in its benefits to all por
tions of the State, as it is general in its
evils, it might be endured; but could not
even then be justified upon the score of ex
pediency or made consistent with the
dignity of the State.


If the claims set up by The friends of the
Canal policy, as it is, be true, that the
Canal counties have paid for the Canal,
then by all means they ought to have them
and have reason to believe they would
find no difficulty in obtaining quit claim
from the balance of the State, without try
ing the question of right. The only CON
ditions which would be very likely TO be de-
manded would be that they should not, un-
der any contingency revert back to the
State. When the receipts from the Public
Works commenced rapidly to decline, local
and temporary causes were annually assign
ed by the Board of Public Works, who con-
fidenily predicted better state of things
for the coming year; but as Railroad COM
munica,ion increased, the revenues gradual
ly declined, sntil the system can only be
maintained By direct tax upoa the people:
To pslliate The effects Of this unpleasant
state of things, the friends of the Canal
policy point US with feelings OF exultation
to the apparent success which has attended
the application of steam propeling mackin-
cry to Canal boats on the New York & Erie
Canal. The Ohio Board of Public Works
in its annual report, refers to this subject
without venturing upon any recommends
ton in reference to it. yet very evidently
treats the project with at least some degree
Of favor.


io prepare Inc Ooisai1 VA O"io ioi fHo
introduction of steam power. which would
require them to be widened and deepened,
with the construction of stone slope en-
bankments; would involve the State in an
additional expense, perhaps of five millions
of dollars. Although this is contingency.
which seems some what remote, it is sug-
gested BY many as the only alternative,
which can restore the Canals to their
former credit and usefulness BY enabling
them to compete successfully with Railroads.
All of which indicste too plainly to admit
OF mistake, the necessity which exists for
the State at once 70 limit the appropriations
to the nett receipts, preparatory TO a full,
final. and complete divorce, from all obliga-
ton to or connection with the Public
Works.