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Year: 1859

The Indianapolis Sentinel makes the following
statement touching the return of Mess-s. Voorhes
and Mcdonald, (who came to Charlestown as cnun-
sci for Cook and their report of their treatment at
Charestown and the proceedings of the Court there
The Sentinel takes occasion to express some very
sound opinions.


Hon. J. f. Mcdonald and Hon. D. W. Voorhies
returned home from Charlestown on Friday nj ght
last. The public already advised of the convic-
tiou of young Cook upon the indictments for muir
der and nsurrectiOn and the sentence of the Court
that he should be hung on the 18th of December
Messrs. Mcdonald and Voorhies desire us to state
that from the time of their arrival to their depar-
ture, they had every attention and kindness shown
them by the citizens of Charlestown and vicinity
and the old-fashioned Virginia hospitality, for which
the people of that portion of the State are distn-
guished, was everywhere extended to them. They
speak of Judge Parker as a courteous gentle
man, upright and able, and that be administers
his court with great dignity and strict impartaity
The trial of the prisoners was fair much latitude
was allowed IN the defense could be, and the Vir-
ginia lawyers allotted to the prisoners made all the
defence that the cases were capable of-manifesting
IN their conduct of them both ability and earnest
ness. The prisoners themselves admit the fairness
of their trials, and the humanity and Kindness with
which they are treated. The promptness of the
trials accidental, the court being in session at
the time of the outbreak. This fact, however does
not initiate against the fairness of the trials nor
is it presumable that any different result would
have been reached, if they had longer been de-
layed.


Inc evidence against the prisoners was most di-
rect and conclusive, and, with the execution of
Cook, they were arrested while violating the laws
and committing the offences for which they were
convicted and are to be punished. The prisoners
can offer no justification for this wicked attempt to
incite servie insurrection. They had no personal
wrongs to avenge. The act on their part was vol
untary, and they voluntarily assumed all the conse-
quences of a failure They can make no appeal for
sympathy which should find response Whatever
may be the moral responsibility of those who hold
and teach the 'irrepressble conflict doctrine for
the acts of these misguided men, that is no apology
which the prisoners offer for their crime There
is too much morbid sensibility in the public mind
for criminals, and too much willingness to rel ak
| that maintenance of law and justice, upon which
rests public peace, security and good order. Our
pity for those who voluntarily disregard law, should
not lead any so far as to be willing that criminals
should go unpunished for their crimes We all owe
different duty to society. We have not doubt
but that the sober verdict of the people of the
try will justify the punishment decreed to the Har.
per's Ferry insurgents by the court of Virginia
Year: 1859

SOUTHERN Pacific RALRoAD-Important Conyen-
The stockholders of the Southern Pacific Railroad
will assemble at Louisville on the oath inst. Bust
ness OF the greatest Importance will then be present.
ed before them. The road is now freed from all
membranes, as shown by the Presidents report,
and its property is ample for its construction.
Year: 1859

The STEAMER GREAT EAsrERY.-It is at last
decided that the mammoth steamer is
notwithstanding her great size by no means
exempt from the ills that ordinary ships are heir
to. The directors having decided that the vessel
should 60 to Southampton, there to receive the fin
ishing touches necessary to her completion she left
Holyhead harbor on the third instant. In steering
clear of the Welsh coast, the Great Eastern put out
far enough to sea to give those on board taste of
life on the ocean wave 1t was supposed that the
steamer would ride upon the waves without rolling
or pitching like ordinary vessels, but this antcipa-
ton was doomed to disappointment On the 4th the
chairs and tables began to be unsteady to reel to
and fro like drunken man, and be at their wits
ends. Then the crockerv followed, and cups sau-
GERS and dishes rushed furiously to destruction
against the pantry walls and were dashed to pieces
like potters vessel. About five o'clock in the
afternoon giant wave came surging on towards
the bows, and struck the Great Eastern with a
loud boom, sending its green waters in heavy
lump clear over the forward buwarks, and drench-
ing the men on deck. Thus did old Neptune bap-
tie the gigantic steamer, exactly two wears from
the day on which Mr.. Brunei baptized her on the
Thames.


1t was also proved by this trial trip that the
Great Eastern will require three hundred tons of
coal day, to make her go at the rate of fifteen and
half knots an hour. So, on the whole, it nav be
questioned whether her gigantic size is not after
all, the chief and only merit of the mammoth
steamer.
Year: 1859

To the Charge dA6aires Of the Queen of Spain:


We nave received your letter of Yesterday (l6th
OF October), and we have understood its contents:
and we are much astonished at all you have stated
therein, for it is not in accordance with that
which you had told US in our interviews with YOU
nor in your previous letters.


We have been empowered as we told Won To
settle those demands that you mentioned in your
letters OF the 9TH September and 5th October; and
we further agreed, in our letter of the 18th of
Rabea, the first that you should occupy the high
ground requisite for the defence and security of
your town, but not for any other view You
had stated to us, in conversation, that YOU sup
posed that high ground might even be within the
marked boundary. We are not acquainted what
is the site you call Sierra BuIlones but if it be
the place which persons have told us it is, viz,
about three hours journey from Ceuta, we have
no authority or power to make such concession
Such Il demand must be referred to the Sultan


and a suitable term named to enable us to refer
the matter to his Majesty, who is at Maknas, and
that his Majesty has time tC consider it and to
reply.


We do not conceal from you our extreme surprise
that you should have written to US as YOU have


done, after the friendly manner we have acted-ac-


cedlng to demand after demand, on three different


occasions, solely with the object Of satisfying you
Should you break off relations and declare war
as you have stated, because we did not cede that
which we have no power or authority from the Sui
tan to grant, we shall protest against YOU tor all


the consequences that may happen now and here
after.


We have to repeat, however, we adhere to the
engagement we have made to fulfil the demands
mentioned to you in our letters, but not according
to the construction you choose to put upon our


words in your letter, for we have no power to
make such concessions. Peace!


october II, 1859. MOHAMED kHATEEL
Year: 1859

The Wheeling Iafeliigencer Of Tuesday SAYS;
The river is still rising with about ten feet water
IN the channel 1t rained slowly during yesterday
afternoon. The Courier is hers from Cincinnati
and will leave again this evening. The Eunice will
leave tomorrow. The Grand Turk expected to get
AWAY last evening.
Year: 1859

ARREST AND EXTRA DITIoN OF WIrNEssEs.-In view
of the fact that Stevens, the cOnsprator has been
delivered up to the United States authorities for
trial before the District Court at Staunton Vir-
ginia, the friends of some of the parties who are
alleged to be implicated in the Harpers Ferry raid
are beginning to consider whether the arrest and
extradition of any of them as witnesses will really
be attempted. The following Congressional
statute has been cited as one under which such A
proceeding will possibly he instituted:


"Acts Of Congress Of 1916, Aug. Sh, chap. 9S:
That on the application Of any Attorney of the
United States for any district, and upon satisfac-
tory proof of the materiality of the testimony of
any person who shall be a competent witness, and
whose testimony shall, in the opinion of any Judge
OF the United States, be necessary upon the trial of
any criminal cause or proceeding in which the
United States shall be party or interested, any
such judge may compel such person, so required or
deemed by him necessary as a witness, to give re-
cognizance, with without sureties in his dealca
tion to appear on the trial of said cause or pro-
ceeding and give his testimony thereon; and for
that purpose the said Judge may issue a warrant
against such person, under his hand, with or with
out SEAL directed to the marshal or other officer
authorized to execute criminal process in behalf Of
the United States to arrest such person and carry
him before such Judge. And in case the person so
arrested shall neglect refuse to give said recog
nizance in the manner required by said Judge, the
said Judge may issue a warrant of commitment
against such person, which shall be delivered to
said officer, whose duty it shall be to convey such
person to the prison mentioned in said mittimus
And the said person shall remain in confinement
until he shall be removed to the court for the pur-
pose of giving his testimony, or until he shall have
given the recVgnizance required by said Judge"
Year: 1859

The N. T. correspondent of the PennsyIua-
nian, in regard to the restoration of Bishop On.
derdonk, says:


The restoration of Bishop Onderdonk TO n
merely nominal dignity shows reversal of DO
sition on the part Of the Church since the days
of the Wainwright and Potts controversy
Then the dogma was "N No Church without
Bishop" The action Of Friday tends to create
a bishop without church. But the whole pro.
ceedings in this matter display lamentable
want of the straightforward gospel simplicity
which should characterize a body of Gods min.
listers and people. Instead OF boldly disregard.
ing personal feeling, and acting openly, accord.
ing to their notions of duty ADD regard for the
good of the Church, they practice what will be
considered by the world as mere evasion
Fourteen years ago the House of BISHOPS. al.
though convinced that Bishop Onderdonk ought
to be deposed, and intending virtually TO depose
him, only voted a suspension, and now, when
perpIexed with the consequences Of that an
omalous decision, they are expected to vote
sham restoration.
Year: 1859

GIVING CREDIT.-lt is not expected on the
part OF the press in general to receive credit for
every line copied, nor does the Commonwealth
practice what it breaches, for we have fire.
quently seen the whole of our " locals" in
condensed form, in that paper, without one word
of credit.
Year: 1859

Beechsr Yet Sano.


This brilliant divine, in recent discourse,
comes back from his late "rife" flights, and
places himself upon what we regard con-
scrvative Christian ground. He evidently
sees that the theories he has been so solicit
Gus to innoculate tho country with, are not
demonstrable except at the expense of great
bloodshed, and hence the return of good
sense to the brain Of this Bishop Of Fancy.
Hear him:


II. We have no right to treat the citi-
Gems Of the South with acrimony and bittsr-
ness, because they are involved in the sys.
tenn of wrong doing. A malignant
speech of slavery will not do any good Z;
and, most of all, it will not do those any
good who most excite our sympathy-the
children Of bondage"


80. The breeding of discomfort among
the bondmen of our land is not the way to
help them"


'3. No relief will be carried to the slaves
Of the South, as body, by any individual
or organized plans to carry them, or to in
cite them to abscond."


~. Still less would We tolerate any
thing like insurrection and scrvile war"


"By all the ways consistent with the
fearless assertion Of truth, we must main-
tain sympathy and kindness towards the
South. We are brethren and pray that
no fratricidal influences will be permitted to
sunder this Union"


Among tho means to be employed for
promoting the liberty Of the slave, we must
not fail to include the power of true Chris
tan prayer. Therefore, We have
every encouragement to direct our prayers
without ceasing to God that he will restrain
the wrath of man.
Year: 1859

Dancing.


A religious paper, speaking Of dancing,
says it is frivolous and corrupting. This is
common error with certain class Of re-
ligionists, and shows their ignorance and
folly. Nothing is frivolous which is inno-
cent and pleasant, and adapted to promote
healthy action. Persons who are capable
Of being corrupted by dancing will certainly
find some much more effective mode to be-
come so if this be denied to them. Dancing
among the very young is usually conducted
under the eyes Of very discreet seniors; and
well educated adults need no supervision in
dancing but that Of common sense and their
own self respect. But suppose dancing
could in any case be perverted, so may ey-
erything else be. If We are to do nothing
till it is impossible to err in doing it, what
will there be for any one to do?


As to dancing, we shall speak from some
observation and practice, and sum up the
Judgment formed Of it, thus: Dancing sat-
isles the demand Of nature for action. It
is action for both mind and body. Itisac-
ton which begins, goes on, and ends with
the attainment Of an object 1t brings the
human figure into its proper position, and
develops the power and use Of the muscles.
It is q social and not solitary pleasure
1t is an innocent and refining pleasure, be-
cause it brings both sexes to be acquainted
with each other, and improves the manners
of both. 1t is accompanied by music,
which is ono of the most eleyating and
grateful pleasures known to man. Dancing
is a dic:a of nature. 1t has been made
solemn by savage warriors; mode Of ex-
altsd worship amcng the Pious; one man
ner of showing social gratitication among
dignitalies. 1t has found its proper place
at last in being social, rational, elegant
amusement, which delights those who en-
gage in it, and those who are spectators.
Year: 1859

AccEPTED.-Tom Hyer's challenge to fight any
man in the world for $40, 700, has been accepted
by Mr.. Deck, of Noble county, Ohio. The ed
itor of the Noble County Democrat thus speaks
of him.


He is an American by birth, and one of cur
most respectable citizens and although we
know him to be a man of great physical force,
possessed of an unusual amount of daring and
energy, yet we little thought that he, of all men
else upon the continent, would propose to meet
the acknowledged q bull dog' of America in
single combat. He has many friends that will
back him. and who claim that in point of SCI
ence he is not inferior to fyer, and is able to
compete with any in the States in muscular
power. His hight is rising six feet, straight as
an arrow, and weight, when stripped 2O6
pounds. He is said to have been in the ring but
once and then successful. His huge and giant
like frame indicates him to be man of very
superior strength; and though we hope the
two combatants may never meet, yet if a trans
action so disgraceful should ever occur, we pre-
dict for the Buckeye boy the championship of
the world.
Year: 1859

When We contemplate the beauties of
nature as displayed in the visible objects
of creation, we are struck with awe at the
magni6cence of the scene. There is moth
ing that will arouse that spark Ct the Di-
vinity in man so soon as the viewing Of
the works Of the Almighty Creator.


When in the spring season of the year,
we cast our eyes over the widening pros
pect around us, while the green mantle of
nature covers the hills and wales, and the
air is scented with the soft breezes of spring,
we are filed to ecstacy by the sublimity
of the scene. But when we look to the
battlements of nature-the towering peaks
of rugged mountains, and see them reared
. by Almighty hand as observatories from
which to view the world at our feet ano
the great arch-way of heaven with all it
shining lumiraries by night, we are awet
into silence by the grandeur and power O
the Maker of them ALL


When we look on the beautiful scener,
beyond, where the landscape rises gradual
ly, until it terminates in a blue line con
Year: 1859

Bro. GoRMAN:-The proverb that forms
the caption Of this communication, is prob
ably as true as any other adage, and will


apply to as many cases and circumstances
in life as any other "old saying" Of which
| have any knowledge. The caption of
this article was suggested to my mind on


reading an extract taken from the "New


York Observer on the subject Of the new


and powerful movement set on foot to bnild


up, and put in operation, an Institution to


be called the "Inebriate's Asylum" The


movement is, by many, considered highly


philanthropic, and great benefit to GER


tain class of men is confdentl ly anticipated.
! Well, be it sol would be among the last


(even if | could) to throw any obstacles or


lets in the way. cannot, for the life of


me, view this movement in any other


light, than namely to cure malady or az


evil, which might with proper eforts)


have been avoided.


This is what the Sons of Temperance are


endeavoring to do-and if even one tithe


of the efforts and money that have been


and will be expended in building up thi:


highly Landed Institution, had been expen
ded in using the means the Sons are using
there would not only have been but little
need for an Institution of this kind, but
thousands would have been saved from 4;
: drunkard's grave, who were permitted t.
r 90 down to the inebriate's ''last resting
T. place" "unwcpt, unhonored and unsung.'
: Suppose the people of every State in tn
Union would agree, and decide to pass
). "Prohibitory Law" and would carry thi
resolve into execution-suppose this la,
t would extend so far as to prohibit the us
It of Intoxicating liquors as a beverage, an
5, would exclude the importation or introdut
y ton of all foreign liquors, by annexing


penalty so great that no one would dare t
- violate said law, and all the necessary reg
g ulations and restrictions were also mad
1t and heavy penalties in every instance al
1T nexed to the infraction or violation of sa
ID laws, were in all cases fully enforced, wi
re does not see that the dreadful evils of i
n. temperance, in all its appalling form
We would disappear, and temperance, virtu
b. good order, intelligence, and even religio
a. would be seen throughout the length a.
fe breadth of our beloved countryl Wou
ty it not be better for each State in the Q
I'd ion to make an appropriation of seve
re thousand dollars annually for several yea
d. if necessary, for the purpose of EMPLOY
Year: 1859

A MAN was walked in the night and told
that his wife was dead. He turned over,
drew the coverlet closer pulled down his
night cap, and muttered as he went to
sleep again, All how grieved l shall be in
the morning.
Year: 1859

WASHINGTON TAYLOR, THE NEW JERSEY
CCUSTERFEITERE REsCAPER-Between the hours
Of one and halfpast three o'clock on Wednes-
day morning, the celebrated cOunterfeiter,
Washington Taylor, made his escape from Cam
den Jail. lie was arrested recently at Long n
coming, with $40, 900 of counterfeit money in
his possession. The prisoner, who is a man
Of over sixty years of age, has long been en-
gagged in making and selling counterfeit money,
and has been an inmate of prison for large
portion of his life. In a cell upon the same
corridor were confined three men named Will
liam Askins, William H. Bean and James
Fluee, who escaped with him. The prisoners
must have been at work for several days and
nights in the execution Of their purpose The
bolt which secured the door Of the cell had
been sawed off ppOn the inside and was a work
Of much time and labor. The saving must have
been done in daylight The window could only
be operated upon st night and the marks made
10y the saw were filled up with black grease
until the pfsn was ripe for execution. The saws
used by the prisoners i'm the cell were concealed
under the fiOor. A loose board shows where
they were kept.
Year: 1859

USES oF lCE.-In health no one ought to
drink ice water, for il has OceasiOned fatal in
Examinations of the stomach and bowels and
sometimes sudden death. The temptation to
drink IT Is very great in summer; to use it at
all with any safety the person should take but
single swallow at time, take the glass from
the lips for half minute and then another
swallow, and so on. 1t will be found that in
this way 1t becomes disagreeable after few
mOuthfuls.


On the other hand ice itself may be taken as
freely az possible, not only without injury but
with the most striking advantage in dangerous
forms OF disease. If broken in sizes of n pea
or bean, and swallowed as freely as practicable.
without mneh chewing or crushing between
the teeth, it will often be efficient in checking
various kinds of diarrhna. and has cured yiS.
lent cases Of Asiatic cholera


A kind of cushion of powdered ice kept to
the entire scalp, has allayed violent iniamma-
ton OF the brain, and arrested fearful eonyul-
siOns induced by too much blood there.


Water. as cold rs ice can make it. applicd
freely 10 the throat, neck and chest with a
sponge or cloth, very often affords an almost
miraculous relief, and if this be followed by
drinking cOpiously of the same ice cold ele-
ment, the wetted parts wiped dry and the
child be wrapped up we'll in the bed clothes. il
falls into delightful and life-givins sumber.


All inHammstiOns, internal or external. are
promptly subdued by the application Of ice or
Ice water. because it is converted into steam
and rapidly conveys away the extra heat, and
also diminishes the quantity of blood in the
vessels Of the part


a piece Of lee laid on the wrist will often ar
rest violent bleeding of the nose


To drink any iee-cold liquid at meals retards
digestion, chills the body, aud has been known
to induce the most dangerous internal conges-
tiOns.


IL ice is put in milk or on butter, and these
are not used at the time, they lose their fresh
ness, and become sour and stale; for the essen
tIal nature OF both is changed, when once
frozen and then thawed-IIaIT's Journal of
Heaktk
Year: 1859

newly married country couple were put in
to separate rooms at hotel at Wheeling, be-
cause the man entered his wife's name separate
and as Miss. The next morning the green hus-
band called one of the porters aside, and whis-
pered, "What did the young fellow over there"
pointing to the unsuspecting clerk, 'do with my
icife last night?" The clerk was astonished and
explained "Oh, yes says the verdant one
"we've been married four days, and were on our
wedding tour; but didn't know you allowed
the men and women to sleep together in these
big houses, or I'd made fuss last night
When they left, he said to the landlord, ''You
keep first rate grub, old fellow, but the next
time a party comes this way who amt up to
snuff. just you explain to them that man can
room with his wife if he wants to-"
Year: 1859

THE AMERICAN BoARD.-The May number
of the Missionary Herald the organ of the
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign
Missions, says that the financial prospects of
the Board do not brighten. The receipts for
the first eight months of the present financial
year were less than SlS0,000. Should the four
remaining months produce corresponding in
come, there would be debt of at least S40,-
600 at the close of the year. TO relieve the
Board from embarrassment, the receipts for the
remainder of the financial year must reach the
sum of $4,000 month.
Year: 1859

COOKED CUcuMBERs.- Cooked cucumbers
are said to be as good as cooked egg plants
Here is the way to do them up for table use
"Take full grown cucumber, ripe, but still
solid and slice it thin-that is, not over a
quarter of an inch thick-and dip the slices in
q -four batter so as to coat them; fry in very
hot lard and plenty of it, mot In creased skill
let,) and eat them hot, and see If cucumhers
are not eatable. Slices of fat pork, treated in
the same way, are good accompaniment In
both cases the batter should be cooked Of an
even light brown"