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Year: 1859

Tbe BOARD of Trustees of the District Agri-
oultural Society, are fitting up in fine style
tbe Pavilion and Cattle grounds. From ap-
pearances, they will spare no pains to accom-
modate those who may contribute to, or visit
the fair to be held in this city, commencing
on the 3Oth of August.


The Cattle ground is located on Napoleon
eu,;.,ro 1t is the intention of the officers to
have track within the show ground for tAe
trial of Roadsters, and for Lady riders. We
are authorized to state, that suitable prizes
will be awarded to the best lady riders
There will be a grand ball given on Friday
evening of the Fair week. The programme
Of the order of exercises, we are informed,
will be published in day or two. 1t is to
be hoped that the citizens of this portion of
the State will contribute whatever they may
have worthy of exhibition. There is no
doubt but that the Northern District possess
es the means of vieing with the Southern
in any exhibition. 1t, therefore, only remains
for the people to make the effort


We would suggest to the citizens of Marys-
Vile, that it is time for them to be awake to
the matter of the coming Fair, and lend all
the aid in their power to the officers of the
society. 1t is imposing too much on the of
flers of the society, to require them to do
all in the matter that is needed to be done
The people of this city should become active;
urge their neighbors and friends TO prepare
and furnish articles for exhibition-they
should aid in making preparations; in dis
trouting information, and volunteer to dis
ksbarge those duties which have cost former


cieties so much time and expense.
Year: 1859

Mayor Ticmann yesterday took possession Of the
City Inspectors Department, aud gives Official
notice in smother column that no claims for work
done henceforth through that department will be
legal until the vacancy in the Office of the City
Inspector is filled. Morton is out at last, Judge
Allen having decided against his application for a
mandamus TO compel the Mayor to sign his claim
G., sals
Year: 1859

The Kansas correspondent of the Boston Journal gives the following iaforsnation relative to the effect of the climate of Kansas upon persons afflicted with pulmonary complaints:

 when they do occur, they usually assume the form of pneumonia. have never met with an instance of consumption contracted in the Territory; but many who come here reduced apparently by that terrible disease to almost hopeless condition, are soon restored by outdoor prairie life to robust and vigorous health. Whether this results from the pe- culiar dryness of the air, or some other cause, l know not but the fact is indisputable. Had 1 d friend suffering with pulmonary disease, would confidently advise him to come to the frontier amount horse or mule, or take carriage, as his strength and taste dictated and make trip to San ta Ee or the Rocky Mountains Now, when so many consumptivcs seem to be injured rather than benefited by visiting Cuba and other tropical re- gions, the plan is certainly worth testing.
Year: 1859

A writer in the Sierra (Cal.l Citizen, un-
der the title of Young Men and Tree
Frogs gives better lecture on morality
and better essay on mental philosophy. all
in a few lines, than are sometimes found in
as many volumes of standard authority:


1.-THE tree-frog acquires the color of what
ever it adheres To for short time. If it
be found on the oak, it viii be the color of
that tree; if on the sycamore or cypress, 1t
will be whitish brown; and when it is
found on the growing corn, it is sure to be
green. Just so it is with young men; their
companions tell US what their characters
are; if they associate with the vulgar, the
licentious and the profane, then their hearts
are already stained with their guilt and
shame. and they will themselves become
alike vicious. The study of bad books, or
the love of wicked companions, is the broad
est and most certain road to ruin that a
young man can travel, and a few well dl-
rected lessons in either will lead them on
step by step to the gate of destruction
Our moral and physical laws show how i'm
portant it is to have proper associations of
every kind, especially in youth. How dan
gerous it is to gaze on picture or scene
that pollutes the imagination or blunts the
moral perceptions, or has a tendency TO
deaden sense of our duty to God and man. !"
Year: 1859

John De Witt, the eminent Dutch states-
man, said to Sir VIM. Temple that che had
been very suspicious when he first entered
on the administration of public affairs, but
he had been so often deceived by it that he
had cured himself of that quality" The
boys at Rugby used to say, ''It's no use to
lie to Arnold, for he believes every word
you say" Yet few men of their day had
higher reputation for sagacisy and pene-
tration into character; few men were more
seldom deceived than De Witt and Arnold.
The statesman and educator, each of the
highest eminence in his own sphere, acted
in this manner from reflection and obsefv-
alton of mankind. We must never put our
selves in the power of others to such an ex-
tent as to endanger our own independence
or tranquility. Charity never requires this.
Wisdom never permits It. But generous
confidence in dealing with men is doubtless
nous policy. 1t often inspires the truth
and fairness which it supposes. Whereas
a suspicious demeanor causes not unfre-
quently the very aggression and wrong
dealing which it apprehends and implies
Just as man provokes an attack by throw
ing himself into posture of defence
And at the worst, generous heart would
rather suffer occasionally from the wrongs
and deceptions of others, than endure the
perpetual torture of its own suspicious
The moral effect of a suspicious habit on
ones own heart would induce him, in the
language of the great Hollander, to 'tcure
himself of that quality" Let the flowers
of hope and joy open under the genial
beams of confidence. They viii. alas, be
sometimes nipped by The frosts of treach-
cry and iDgratitude. But even that is bet
ter than to have them forever blighted by
the deadly shadow of suspicion. 3assslfa
Year: 1859

Coon FOR Low SP1RIrs.-The best thing
in the world for low spirits is to have clear
conscience and . warm heart Never De
guilty of anything that would troubls your
mind: keep your heart warm with lore toR
every one, and you viii pass through the
world as smoothly as over sea of glass.
Year: 1859

No ONE WITHOUT SOME BLEssING.-For
every one life has some blessing-some cup
that is not mixed with bitterness. Atev-
cry heart there is some fountain of pure
water, and all nen at some time taste its
sweetness. Who is he that hath not found
in his path of life some fragrant rose bush
seeming all the air with its sweet perfEme.
and cheering the heart of the weary travel
er with its beauty
Year: 1859

There is no fortune so good but that it
may be reversed, and none so bad but it
may be bettered. The sun that rises In
clouds may set in splendor, and that which
rises in splendor may set in gloom.
Year: 1859

The telegraph, during the latter part of last
week. was busy in reporting to the citizens be-
low, the malicious falsehoods that the miners of
this county were in a state of insurrection-that
they were beating and killing Chinamen-and
resisting the authority of the Sheriff. OF course
these reports afford our citizens many hearty
laughs. Not so with the people below, however,
for we find that Judge Bolts, of the Standard,
intimates wish to leave the country or die, ra-
ther than such things shall exist. As he is a
very able gentleman and good citizen, we will
save him the necessity of resorting to either of
these modes of getting rid of an evil, by inform
ing him that such evil only exists in mems i'm
aginations. To show how the Standard editor
looks at the matter from his standpoint of view,
we copy from its leader of the 4th inst:
Year: 1859

The Governor has received from Sheriff of
Shasta requisition for arms to quell the insur-
rection in that county. We neither know nor
care anything about the cause of this disturb
ance we only know that the authorities have
been forcibly resisted in the execution of the
laws, and we hope that this opportunity will not
be lost, of striking terror to the scul of the au-
thors of this mob. We have now, thank God,
at the head of the Government, brave man, in
whose energy and zeal in the cause of law and
order, we have the fullest confidence Let us
meet this issue at once and if need be, fight it
to the death. If we have no law, no government
no country-ifwe hold our lives our liberty and
our property subject to the whim and caprice of
mob, We want to live somewhere else or not
liv. at all. But we do not believe any such state
of things exists. We believe that the people of
California, the great majority, at least, are loyal
to the Government which they themselves have
established, and are ready at any cost or sacri-
fee, to sustain the majesty of the law
Year: 1859

By the last arrival from the Sandwich Islands
we have accounts of the eruption of the volcano
of Mauna Loa, ,on the island of Hawaii. Accord.
ing to the accounts it was one of the most torri-
BILE and magnificent exhibitions of the kind ever
exhibited on this EARTH The mouth Of the era.
ter is from five to eight hundred feet across,
about $500 feet above the level of the sea, and
about the same distance from the summit Of the
mountain. The Adcertiser says:


The lava does not simply run ont from the
side of the crater like water from the side of
bowl, but is thrown up in continuous columns,
very much like the Geyser springs represen-
ted in school Biographies. At times this spout
ing appeared to be feeble, rising but little above
the rim of the crater, but generally, as if eager
to escape from the pent up bowels of the earth,
1t rose to a height nearly equal to the base of
the crater. But the columns and masses of
lava thrown ont were ever varying in form
Sometimes, when very active, spre or cone of
lava would shoot up like rocket or in the form
OF huge pyramid to height nearly double the
base of the crater. If the mouth of the crateris
500 feet across. the perpendicular column might
be eight hundred to one thousand feet in height
Then, by watching it with a spygass, the
ccldrnns could be seen to diverge and fall in all





After leaving the crater the fiery stream run
down the mountains side in innumerable
streams until it reached the valley, when it
formed frey river about half a mile in width,
and thus flowed on to the sea, distance of
about forty miles The sight efit as it poured
into the sea- forming clouds of steam severa,
hundred feet high, is represented by these who
SAW it, as very beautiful


The same writer says:


Some of TIE finest scenes ofthe flow were the
cascades falls, formed in it before the stream
reached the plain. There were several of them,
and they appeared to be changing and new ones
formed in different localities as new streams
were made. One, however, which appeared
without change for two days, must have been
4 so te loo feet in height. First there was fall
then below were cascades or rapids. To watch
this fall during the night when the bright red
hot stream of lava flowing over it at the
rate of ten miles hour, like water, was a scene
not often to be met. and never to be forgotten.
ln fact, the lava near its source had all the
characteristics of river of water flowing rapidly
along, and gurgling with cascades, rapids, cur
rents and falls.


On reaching the plain, where it is more level
the lava stream of course moves along more
slowly acd in one general stream less divided
| than above. The stream which had run into
| the sea, had apparently ceased flowing and wa:
cooled over, SO that we crossed and recrossed i
in many places, and through the fissures we
could see the molten lava with its red hot glow
and intense heat issuing out from them. In
many places the surface was so hot that the
soles of our shoes would have been burned had
we not kept in a rapid motion.
Year: 1859

THE BENEFITS OF ADvERTIsIyG-A friend OF
ours recently lost horse which he valued suf-
fciently high to expend about two weeks time
in trying to recover. Not only this, but his bands
lost time in the same fruitless search. At the
end of that period he finally concluded to ad-
vertiSe the missing animal. The very next morn
ing the paper was issued, and few moments
afterwards a friend of his informed him of the
whereabouts of the horse, and how long he had
been there. Our friend said nothing more than
thankee, but hereafter when he loses anything
he will not be SO slow in getting to the right
source for its recovery.-Tehdma Gazette
Year: 1859

naE- Bayard Taylor was present at the Burns
celebration in Cleveland and in brief address
related the following among other anecdotes Of
the Bard:


" AT a time when Burns was exciseman, a
festival was given by his fellow excisemen, in
the course of which the toast of Robert Pitt was
given. All drank it save Burns, who sat with
inverted glass When all had drank to the
memory of Pitt, Burns arose and remarked that
he would give them a greater name than the
one they had toasted-GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Year: 1859

Bay one of our contemporaries says that there
seems to be a perfect unanimity of feeling be-
tween the Tories Of Great Britain and the Re-
publican party of the United States They are
both great friends of freedom" but it is nigger
. freedom not the genuine article, as applied
TO white men,
Year: 1859

EXPLANATION OF SENATOR DAvIs-Immediate-
ly on the reading of the journal this morning in
the Senate, Mr. Pugh called the attention of the
body to the late gross invasion of its Executive
session, made, evidently, by some one connected
with the Senate. Mr.. Davis seized the occa-
sion on this subject, to pointedly disclaim the
libel that has found its way into the press, that
he made any attack on the Senator from Illinois.


He stated that he had made no such attack,
directly or iRdirectly. Mr. Douglas replied that
such was his own understanding, and that
while he appreciated the explanation of Mr.
Davis, he did not regard it as at all necessary.
1t seemed to be agreed on all sides that some
severe steps should be taken Immediately to
protect the secret session Of the Senate Wash
States
Year: 1859

Bas- AT an election in Ware, Mass, a ballot
was deposited with the following heading =
Opposition to slavery, black and whte-whte
first, then the negro. A ten-hour law man.
This will be my vote every year till there is a
reduction of the hours of labor
Year: 1859

BaTA clergyman, who was reading to his
congregation chapter in Genesis, found the
last sentence to be, And the Lord gave unto
Adam wife" Turning over two leaves to-
gether, he found written, and read in very
audible voice, And she was pitched without
and within He had unhappily got into de-
scription of Noahs ark
Year: 1859

MAKIRG AWAY WITH IT.-On last Tuesday a
mulaIto map came over 10 this city with Con.
duetor Nichols, having with him a very young
child, which he said was just left an orphan by
the death Of his vile; and that he was going to
Richmond, Ia, to some of his friends for the
purpose Of having them take care of the child.
On Saturday last the Marshal Of Xenia was
over here in search Of a mulatto, who it was
charged, had made way with a new born
child" As near as we could learn the case
was this: The mulattc had recently married
widow woman at Xenia, who had a daugh
ter nearly grown. Il seems, however, that be
had better married the daughter, as on last
Monday she gave birth to child, of which sh'
afirms he is the father. The mulatlO states
that the child is safe and that he can produce
it. We presume It's production will satisfy th'
ends Of justice, although it will not at all con
tribute to the domestic quiet Of the family
Xenia is great place for irregular additions u
the census
Year: 1859

In SfsSIoN.-The Institute of the Montgom.
cry County Teachers Association met this
morning at the South West District School
house. There were over forty members in ats
tendance This is the largest number ever yet
convened at the opening meeting; and the mum.
Der and spirit manifested give an earnest OF
what may be expected from the labors of these
guardians of our youth" We are really graf.
flied to make this mention, and are confident
that we will have goodreport to make of their
deliberation and action. We will have a re.
port Of their doinRs tomorrow.
Year: 1859

G1We are requested to say that the
Committee of the Dayton National Horse
Show will meet at the Phillips House this
evening to make arrangements connected
with the successful getting up of the ap-
preaching Fair.


We are pleased to announce that the
work of fixing the grounds on the farm ol
Mr., Kiser is rapidly progressing. The Fail
will be one of the greatest attractions ever
presented in the West. We hope our busi
ness men generally will cheerfully assist the
Committee.
Year: 1859

GTon Saturday We stated that we would
publish the constitution and bylaws Of the
Temperance Association to day. We made the
statement on the promise Of the Secretary, who
promised Us q copy. bu. has not yet furnished
it. We make this explanation that our readers
may know Why We do not present II. according
10 promise
Year: 1859

II6~B BY reference to a military notice, it
will be seen that we are to be favored with
a aying visit from the National Guard, Of
Indianapolis, on tomorrow anernoon.-
They are said to be a fine looking corps, and
every inch soldiers. The Light Guard will
receive them in handsome style. We learn
they will attend the military encampment
at Troy which eommenoes tomorrow.
Year: 1859

FOUND IA green satin parasol, modern
style, was found this morning on the corner
Of Main and I'd Streets. The owner can
have it by calling at this Office, and paying
for this notice.
Year: 1859

urWe learn that fellow stole a handkerchief
from another over at the Garden" yesterday
aud then gave the chap threshing because he
asked for his properly The unfortunate iDdi
vidual will probably come to the conclusion
that il is both unpleasant and Improbable to
visit Gardens on Sunday. lie might have better
luck at church; il couldn't be much worss; and
we suggest he try it next Sunday.
Year: 1859

The wedding was over, the guests had
departed, and the happy pair had retired
to their chamber, and were snugly es-
sconced in bed, when Jack, in the course
of quiet conversation with his wife. un-
Willingly alluded to his favorite subject,
by casually spe( hg Of himself as being
a democrat.


"What!' exclaimed she, turning
sharply and suddenly toward him, "are
you democrat p


"Yes, madam, replied Jack, delighted
with the idea of having patient listener
to his long restrained oratory--" Yes,
madam. | am democrat, real Jeffer-
sonian democrat, attached to the great
progressive party, regular out and out
er, doubly dyed and twisted in the wool. ;"


"Just double and twist yourself out
of this bed, them" interrupted his wife !;
/" | am whig, am, and will never sleep
with any man protesting the doctrine
you do p


Jack was speechless from absolute
amazement That the very wife of his
bosom should prove traitor, was horri-
bic! she must be jesting. He remon-
strated-but in vain tried persuasion
twas useless --entreaty-'twas no go.
She was in sober earnest, and the alter
native left him was prompt rennncia-
ton of his heresy or a separate bed in
another room. Jack didn't hesitate. To
abjure the great and established doctrines
of his party, to renounce bis allegiance
to the faith that had become identified
with his very being. to surrender those
glorious principles which had grown with
his growth and strengthened with his
strength, to the mere whim and caprice
Of woman, was utterly ridiculous and
absurd, and he threw himself from the
bed and prepared to leave the room.
Year: 1859

AS he was leaving the door his wife
screamed out to him. ~


Il say, my dear, when you repent youl
heresy and your past errors, just knocl
at my door, and perhaps I'll let you in. ;


The door was violently slammed, ant
Jack proceeded wrathfully in quest o.
another apartment.


A sense of insulted dignity, and the
firm conviction that be was a martyr in
the " right cause" strengthened his pride
and he resolved to hold out until he fore
ed his wife to recapitulation.


In the morning she met him as if moth
ing had happened; but whenever Jack
ventured to return the rapture of the
night previous, there was laughing
devi'' in her eye, which bespoke her pow
er and extinguished hope. A second time
he repaired to his lonely couch, and a
second time he called upon his pride to
support him in the struggle, which he
now found was getting desperate. He
ventured curses cloud but not long," on
the waywardness and caprice of the sex
in general, and at his own wife in partic-
ular-wondering how much longer she
would hold out-whether she suffered as
acutely as he did, and tried hard to de-
lude himself into the belief that she
loved him too much to prolong the en-
arrangement, and would come to him in
the neutrality-suspicious. that very night,
and sue for reconciliation. But then came
the recollection of that infexible counte-
nance, of that unbending will, and of that
laughing, unpitying eye--and he felt con-
yinced. that he was hoping against hope,
and despairing, he turned to the wall for
oblivion from the wretchedness of his
own thoughts. The second day was a
repetition of the first no allusion was
made to the forbidden subject on either
side. There was look of quiet happi-
ness and cheerfulness about the wife that
puzzled Jack sorely, and he felt that all
idea Of forcing her into surrender must
be abandoned. A third night he was
alone with bis thoughts. His reflections
were more serious and impassioned than
the night previous. What they were,
was known only to himself, but they
seemed to result in something decided,
ior, about midnight, three distinct raps
were made at his wife's door. No an
swer, and the signal was repeated in a
louder tone, still all was silent, and a
third time the door shook with violent at
tacks from the outside. "Whos there?"
cried the voice of his wife, as if just
aroused from deep sleep. "It's me,
my dear, and perhaps a little the best
whig You ever did see." The revelation
in his opinion was radical and permanent.
He removed to another county, became
popular, and offered himself as a candi-
date on the whig ticket for the legisla-
ture, and was elected, and for several
sessions represented his adopted county
as a firm and decided whig.
Year: 1859

The satire of the following extract from
pretended correspondence of Turk
travelling in this country, is exquisite
The writer describes his visit to fash
ionable church in New York as follows


On a sunny morning Of the first day Of
the second week of my sojourn here, /
requested my young fcllow-lodger at the
St. Nicholas to conduct me to one of the
numerous sanctuaries. He proposed that
we should visit the Church ofthe Shining
kaleidoscope, and we proceeded thither.
On our entering the sacred edifce, the
Year: 1859


THE BRACELET To one jond Of di.piaying herr.
The people of God were through tho desert wand


ring,


Where naught was found to cheer them ON the


way: .. ..f r....... .
SO they sat down straightway with grief ard muir


muring


At their departure from their home; and cursed
the day. -...-'-...--.-....
The Lord To chide them brought the fiery plague,
Which Moses stayed by raising on pole
A brazen image. for Sstans likeness taken,
To cure their maladies. and rave them whole.
Now, whether l at God would causeless murmur.
And curse the day when first the light saw,
know not. Yet | think it proper
To toll you why this picture would draw.
At church. while l would fan my hearts devotion
To God for mereies past, so hunbly raise,
An image raised aloft takes my attention,
From all the bliss Of sacred prayer and praise.
know not that ts brass, but still its brs1cn
In one possessed Of such precious gift.
To raseit high aloft for everybody's gazing,
As Moses in the desert did the serpent lift. O.