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Year: 1859

Water, although very unstable element,
produces quite permanent effects upon the face
of our globe. 1t cuts down mountains, scoops
out valleys, wears away precipices, and builds
new lands along the river mouths. Always
seeking level itself it is the greatest leveller
of the dry land. Most of the surface of our
globe having been elevated by subterranean
violence, has come up in very rough and
tumbled condition. The inequalities of its sur
face, when newly elevated, favor the collec-
tions of large bodies of water, which, when
sending out their streams like so many strong
arms, Immediately commence the work Of
smoothing the surface of the land, smoothing
its roughness, and bringing it into condition
more favorable to the operations of man. Thus
the age of any portion of the earths surface
may in some measure be determined by the
character of its streams and the general distrl-
button of water upon its surface


In those countries, like France and Brazil.
whose rivers are smooth and navigable, no
lakes are found, while in those In which they
exist the rivers are full of catsracts and are in
great measure unnavigsble. In the course
of one or two thousand centuries, most of the
lakes in our States will be drained, the csta-
racts obliterated, and we shall lose all our
water power. This contingency, however, is
30 distant th't we do not suppose it will affect
the price Of manufacturing stock during this
century.





diversified the scenery Of all regions. Where
they do not now exist, they have been oblitera-
ted through the corrosive effect of running
water. But evidences cf their former existence
are found in their dry beds and channels. The
fact that dry river channels and waterless
lakes arc to be found in many lands once fer
tile, but now barren, has led TO the conclusion,
on the part Of some geologists, that there is a
gradual modifying of the aqueous vapors, and
consequently Of water, on the face of this ter
restTial world. In a paper read before the
British Association, it is argued from the exist
ence of dried-up rivers that the earth is ap-
preaching wsterless condition, in which it
will be impossible for man TO continue an in
habitant This seems TO us to be hasty con-
clusioD; although as the earth is 10 be destroyed
by fire. it is but natural perhaps, that it should
first undergo drying process. Still we think
it quite probable that there is as much water
in the world as ever there was. The action of
water will ever be producing changes on the
earth's surface; but ms old countries become
dry and barren through the wearing away of
their water beds new regions will be elevated,
and thus the just balance of land and water be
preseryed.-ATtteaM.
Year: 1859

AMERICAN AND ENGLISH PAPERs.-An At
lantic paper gives us a long and we'll written
article under the above heading. In the
writers opinion, and we presume he speaks
truly, those foreign papers seem "dull and
co'oriess when exhibitedbeside the talkative.
dl'eurslve' energetic, Timber broad sheet of
the Republican hemisphere" The journals of
the British Isles are slow and sleepy compar-
ed with our "sp-y and raey journals of the
great Westward Hoe school; tearing along
ten thousand strong, fast-minded editors
working dingdong.


"In what" asks the writer, "are the island
newspapers better than ours? First, in the
quality of the paper you can read an En-
glish paper with one hand while you pick up
your breakfast with the other, and it will al
so make stouter kind of stove kindling in q
morning. Next, in the style of writing. So
they say, very generally; but we are not so
satisfied of that; we don't admit it uncondi-
tionally No doubt powerful style has a
charm which takes as inevitably as a good
picture or fine air. and some Of the English
journals have style of that distinguished
kind, when their articles are written by stu
dious men, expressing themselves indepen-
dently in casual, unfagged way and feeling,
with full minds, the power of their mother
tongue. But the island press in general is
marked by regulated and heavy order of
thought and phraseology--a sort of profess
sional tone, such as at all times, either on
paper, in the pulpit or on the stage, is very
dreary and very bad; aud we have an idea
that our own journalists, on the average, are
much more animated and to the point in their
modes of expression. They write in simpler
and more unaffected style-a sort of eonver-
sational free and easy style which can carry
its meaning very clearly and well, SO that
they who run may read. But the worst of
this free and easy iS that people can put down
their heads and run into it with a fatal fa-
eility, kind of level, sprawling Auency that
makes the reading very hard and very heavy.
While our way of writing is the more salient
and clever, on the whole, the writing of the
English journals, in some remarkable instan-
ees, is far beyond us in disciplined power
We have no paper with a name for style as
the islanders have-no journalist going above
the rough and ready Republican level of the
rest We have only one stylist, and he is our
best mind-Emerson. The English have a
dozen such-Carlyle, Macaulay, Ruskin, Dick
ems, and the rest on the Times" to state the
thing loosely"
Year: 1859

CAMEIs.-Tho Mobile Tribune notices
the arrival at that city of twenty-one cam
els from Texas. Eight of them had been
engaged and the balance are for sale for
plantation use. 1t is said one Of them can
easily carry two bales Of cotton on its back.
at the rate of % miles a day, over road
which would be impossible to an empty
wagon drawn by mules. Tho cost Of kee-
ping them is very little, and in endurance,
and labor and privation, no animal can ex-
Gel them. They are also gentle in dispo }
tion.-[To Times.
Year: 1859

terta'n any opinion upon the verdict, ex-
cept that it is against the law, the evidence
the rights of the free citizens of Ohio and
against humanity.


We understand, that upon the going out
of the jury, they stood ten for conviction
and two for acquiial All will regret that
the two did not stand fast to their first con.
viction and not yield their better Judge.
mcnt 10 Others. But in twenty minutes
they gave in to the ten.


THE SENTENCE OF BUSHNELL.


The scene in the Court on WEDNESDAY,
morning, was one that will be engrayen,
ever, on the memory Of those who were
spectators Of the most glarng instance Of
judicial ipjuctice that Ohio ever saw. The
Court room was crowded aud mary were
unable to get seats enough to hear the
proceedings. The prisoner, Bushnell, came
in bringing his child Of perhaps eighteen
months Of age, and accompanied by his
wife and other female relatives and friends.


The lecture read by Judge Wilson to
prisoner was in as bad taste as in bad tenn.
per. A stranger not knowing The case On
trial, would have supposed counterfeiter
was standing up to receive his sentence to
the Peniteutiary. When We look back to
the charge given by Judge Wilson to the
Grand Jury--on which Boynton was chief,
and which found these indictements,-
when the Court went clear off the Bench
to di'ate upon the theology Of Obcrlin,
when we read the charge Of this same
Judge to the Petit Jury in the case of
Lar gSton, i'll which the Court gave the
Jury Il lecture upon its duty as to the en-.
forccment Of the Fugitive Law w--as if fear.
ful there might be some Democrat on that
Jury who might wavor--when we first re,
fleet upon the cruel sentence Of Bushnell,
10y which young man just beginning life,
dependent upon daily labor 10 furnish food
for young wife and infant chill !, is DOOM
ed TO sixty days incarceration in jail--in
addition to the thirty already suffered
sentenced to pay fine Of 5000 and the
costs Of the prosecution--these latter
reaching to perhaps $500 or $1,000
we confess that Judge Wilson has executed
this infamous Fugitive Slave Law waM a
ueag,aace. The thing is past belief did
not the hearing Of the ears Of five hundred
people proclaim lis reality.


We speak plainly, but personal consider
ations must be entirely laid aside rather
than such Judicial wrong go unrebuked.
Justice has been stabbed in its Temple,
and State Sovereignty and the rights of
the citizens of Ohio not only invaded, but
have been stricken down on the very steps
af tho Altar of what should be the Mercy
Seat. -TToledo Blade.
Year: 1859

AntAcnRotAu8 EVIL


Enjoy the present, whatsoever it may be,
and be not solicitOus for the future; for If
you take your foot from the present stand
ing, and thrust it forward towards to-mor-
rows events, you are in restless condition.
1t is like refusing to qucnch your present
thirst by fearing you shall want drink the
next day. If it be we'll to-day, it is mad
ness to make the present miserable by fear
ing it may he i'll to-morrow-when you are
full of to-day's dinner, to fear that you shall
want the next days supper; for it may be
that you shall not, and then to what pur-
pose was this days affliction? But if to-
morrow you shall want, your sorrow will
come time enough, though you do not has
ten it; let your trouble tarry till its day
comes. But if it chance to be i'll to-day, do
not increase it by the cares Of tomorrow.
Enjoy the blessings of this day, if God send
them, and the evils of it bear patiently and
sweetly; for this day is only ours-we are
dead to yesterday, and we are not born to
the morrow. He, therefore, is wise that en-
joys as much as possible; and if only tkat
days trouble leans upon him, it is singular
and finite. Sufficient to the day (said


Christi is the evil thereof" sufficient, but
not intolerable. But if we look abroad, and
bring into one days thoughts the evil of
MANY, certain and uncertain, what will be
and what will never be, our load will be as
intolerable as it is unreasonable.-yere
TAYLOR.
Year: 1859

AOOf1Sn A001cS.


To their eyes at first it was only plain
little box; but when opened the box and
out flew little black, frizzly devil, with
horns and a tail, and q scarlet and white
mouth, the sensation produced could only
be compared to the effect of spark Of fire
falling into barrel Of gunpowder. All Or
der was instantaneously lost; they shouted
and screamed like maniacs they pressed
close to each other, and huddled togctherin
apparent terror Had MiltOn's Satan ap-
peared bodily among them, he could not
have been received with more awe than that
which was for a short time evoked by the
unexpected appearance Of my toy-devil.-
1t is impossible to describe the excessively
ludicrous appearance of all these fat women,
bedizened with gold and paint, and glitter
ing in their costly jewels, endeavoring to
press themselves into the smallest possible
space, in order to get away from their OBJ
ject Of terror. 1t was only after the lapse
of little time, and 5y degrees, that their
agitation calmed down. First one raised
her head, and gave a timorous and distrust-
full peep. Then another, and another, un-
til several eyes were doubtingly cast upon
the toy. But when held it out to them,
that they might examine it closely, herd
of frightened deer could not have started
of with more alarm. However, by coax
ing and persuasion, they at last ventured to
look upon it with less fear and suspicion.
If familiarity did not quite breed contempt,
it at least inspired confidence. At last they
even ventured to touch it, to handle it, to
pass it from one to another.--Lite in No.
rocco.
Year: 1859

A Boy Baby.


The editor of the Canton Repository thus
expatiates on the happiness conferred by
boy baby:


tits with feelings too deep for utterance,
and sense Of obligation overwhelming, and
of worldly consequence never before expe-
rienced, and with heartfelt ecstacy not
even dreamed Of, that the junior editor Of
this paper announces to his friends and the
rest of mankind, that son was born unto
him on the morning Of Friday last.
To those who have spent long weary years
in search of an unfailing source of joy, we
say, that we never knew what it meant un.
til we saw our darling boy. If We were not
so corpulent we would cut such fantastic
figures before the couch of helpless ini1o-
cence, as would make the angels laugh. A
general reprieve is granted to all political
offenders, and an earnest appeal made to
those in pecuniary arrears to liquidate at
the earliest convenience, as the young gen.
tleihan must be fed and clothed"
Year: 1859

The ceremony Of crowning the "most
virtuous woman recently took place at Su-
resnes, near Paris, by the Archbishop of
the latter place. He spoke in favor Of vir-
tue, wherein he exhibited all the good points
Of the woman's virtue, showing how she had
first came by it Tin this case by inheritance
her mother had possessed it); then how
she had maintained it-by never frequent
ing Sunday balls, and never reading ro-
mances, which latter self denial proved be-
yond doubt the divine grace which had
been shed over this specimen of the virtue
of Suresties. The village, however, declar-
ell with one voice that there were other rea-
sons for not reading romances, as the elect
one had neuer learned to read at all. The
special reward which virtue received in this
case was three dozen goodly covers of solid
silver with five hundred francs in money
to the most virtuous girl in the commune,
and one dozen spoons and two hundred
francs to the second best
Year: 1859

w-The following page from thief di-
ary found its way into the hands of Chief
of Police. But few readers, we imagine,
will be able to translate it, not being versed
in such lingo:


"When l was Kiddy went to the
Cross; the first lay was on a gabby who
had q fubsy dummy in his poke My Pal,
who was olli compolli, did the stall :; while
l frisked the feskin sacts and made his
leather. Paul tipped the office, and was
fly to the Cop, but it was no 60, for he pull
ed me to bed rights, my god-fathers named
me and the Beaks sent me to the Fremont
tory for six months. But my Pal got up a
bene mosy and sent it to the head bloke,
who gave me his stiff. l then went to my
kindsman to get some Kitties, so that
could 60 on the Gems Crack my old Pal i;
who thought was bens cove started with
me to crack crib, and came near getting
into an eternity box, but we made the swag
and fenced it with lavender cove for two
hundred cases my Pal gave my regulars,
and then spotted me to the fiat caps which
caused me- to jump on gnaway and put
for Dewsville."
Year: 1859

w In the year 1903 Mr.. Jay preached
a sermon before the Correspondent Board in
London Of society incorporated by royal
charter, for the propagation of Christian
knowledge in the highlands and islands of
Scotland; and the Duke of Athol and other
distinguished men formed part of his con-
gregation on that occasion. At meeting
Of the board, the noble duke being in the
chair, it was unanimously resolved that their
thanks should be given to Mr.. Jay for the
sermon, and that he should be requested to
permit the same to be printed for the soci-
ETY.. Such permission was given. The
text was


"Skin for skin; yea, all that . man hath
will he give for his life."


When the proof.sheets Of the sermon
were sent to Mr.. Jay for correction, he found
that the printer had printed the text thus


''Skin for skin! yea, all that man hath
will he give for his WIFE,"


Instead of correcting the error in the
usual way, he wrote on the margin under
lining the word wife


"That depends on circumstances"
Year: 1859

The secret Of the initiation Of the Sons
of Malta has leaked out, and the fellow that
tells it says you are first grabbed and tn, oNn
into tub of cold water, and forthwith sew.
eral large men begin to stick pins into you
Hauling you out of the tub of water, they
rush you into another department, and new
new men make a lunge after you dressed I'M
disguise, and Immediately commence pour
ing hot molasscs into your hair and boots
Meanwhile a stream of cold water is flooded
on you, and a man dressed in black, thrusts
snuff-boX in front of your nose, and all at
once you begin to sneeze vociferously, and
the eager crowd begin to laugh and hurrah
Showing you further along, the chief men
and bottle-washers grab you by the nose,
hair and coat tail, and in this way rip every
bit Of dry goods loose from your person,
and again the crowd roar with tumultuous
laughter at your nude state, with five or sif
men holding on to your hair and toes, fore.
Ing toh tip a soaPed pole with pins and
sharp sticks. You now begin to think you
are forsaken by all Of Gods people, and the
devil has certainly got possession of you,
knocking you on the head so that you see
stars as numerous as they are in the milky
way. You are handled in this kind Of tar.
talizing way for two hours, when the Off
GERS give you large dose Of livcrwort and
tar, and then let you CO.
Year: 1859

The FAsHIoNs.-The fall fashions have
set in WITH all their severity. There is one
thing, however, to recommend them; they
are extremely simple, and very easily fol-
lowed. For ladies bonnets, the dominant
tone, as our friend Genin would say, is
black. There must be plenty of black, and
other colors may be mixed with it to suit
the convenience or taste Of the individual.
Black and blue, black and yellow, or black
and green but the tendency is to black and
red. All the ladies, bless 'em appear tu
have gone into mourning. AS for the men,
or gents" as the tailor calls us, the ugliest
and commonest material possible is the
most fashionable for trowsers; We mean
that forked article Of male attire known BY
sewing women and journeymen tailors as
pants" Any kind of coarse and hideous
stuff which cart-horse would object to
having on his back is the thing for trow-
Sers.-N y Courisr.
Year: 1859

Some years ago Cincinnati paper re-
ceived and printed the first chapter Of what
appeared to be most thrilling romance, in
the expectation of being provided with the
concluding portions as might be needed
The chapter was very ingenuously written,
and Concluded by leaving the principal char
acter suspended over perpendicular preci-
pice. 1t attracted the attention of the press
and enquiries began to be made concerning
the continuation of the fate of its hero
Day after day the victimized publishers
looked for the remaining chapters, but in
vain. They never came to hand. Finding
that they had been sold, and wishing to put
stop to the joke their contemporaries were
cracking at their expense, they briefly con-
cluded the story thus:


CAArTER RII-coNCLrSIoS:


After hanging to the treacherous tree for
FOUR weeks, his pantaloons gave way, and
Charles Melville rolled headlong over the
yawning precipice. He fell a distance of
five miles, and came down with the small Of
his back across stake and rider fence, so
jarring him that he was compelled to travel
in Italy for his health, where he is at present
residing. He is engaged in the butchering
business, and is the father of large family.
Year: 1859

large variety which will be sold as cost and Yrsshts
Merchants would do we'll to give call and examine
stock wish to 90 out Of this branch Of the
Trade, Ne will sell low.


GLASS OF EVERY SIZE,
Those wanting Glass and Nails, will do well to sal
and examine our stock before purchasing elsewhere
g We will sell Cheaper than the Cheapest.
McGregor, May IL, lS59tf
Year: 1859

BosToN, March 10.-A diaboical attempt was
made this afternoon at three O'Clock. to set fire to
the State House by firing large bin filled with
shavings. in the basement. When the alarm was
given, and during the confusion, two suspicious
looking persons attempted to force their way into
the coat room assigned for members. The smo Ike
filled the whole building. The Senate took recess
and the House suspended business for short time.
Both houses were filled with spectators and mem
6ers at the time, and the excitement was very great


The flre was extinguished without much damage,
but there is doubt that it was purposely set on
Year: 1859

The alarm of fire last night at 81 o'clock, was
caused by the burning of stable on Liberty road,
beyond the city limits. The engines went out some
distance and returned, the flames being subdued be-
fore they could reach the snOt
Year: 1859

if elected by majority of the votes of the
American people, and consequently backed
by them, should fail to vindicate his right
to the Presidential chair. He will do it.
No man at the North is to be inundated
by the threats of dissolution which are
thrown into his teeth daily. Why do you
not do it? There is no law requiring you
to give us notice of it. You had better do
it at once without making threats. If the
Republican candidate shall be constitution
ally elected to preside for the next four
years Over'this people, my word for it pre-
side he will Who will prevent it?
Year: 1859

that that there is no state in this Union
that would gain so little and endure so
much by disunion as this glorious old state
Calm, deliberate, pains-taking and inform
ed reflection, will satisfy any impartial
mind that upon the theories-we mean the
commercial, and financial, and manufac-
turing theories of that school who advocate
disunion-Yirginia would find no place,
have no interest, and possess no voice in a
purely Southern eonfederacy. Mark that
Think of it! And if the calamity ever
comes, remember our words.


But, happily, there is no danger of all
this. The Democracy don't mean it It's
stage thunder and nothing else. The fool
hardy trihing-the studied resOlve-the
malice and the mischief of the Democracy
is impotent to peril the UEion of these
States.-Richmoad ( Ta. Ne,cs.
Year: 1859

LADIES FORWARDED BY ExPREss-We
have seen few novelties more practicable
and sensible than the recent forwarding of
young lady from New-York to st. Louis,
"by express" She was French girl, who
did not speak our language, and she was
safely and expcditiOusly sent to her desti-
nation, labelled and prepaid. If there was
tea and coffee on the road she was, of course,
not "to be kept dry" but, in other respects,
we do not see why such parcel might
not be as conveniently delivered as the
more common things that 60 this side up,
with care" In this land, where woman
is SO hOnOred, such a traveller would be
secure against impertinence or insult. and,
as the fashion of thus moving about without
a man in attendance would be great conven-
fence to the sex besides being in accordance
with the present struggle for female e-man-
cipatiOn,) We hope to see it become general.
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