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Year: 1859

DRovE A LITTLE TOO NIGH-A few morn
ings since, says the Oswego Times, as the train
was leaving Fulton, farmer attempted to
cross the track ahead Of it with wagon load
ed with lumber, and not having made the right
calculation, the hind end of the wagon was
struck by the locomotive, and the load, wagon
and farmer were scattered about promicuousIy
The train was stopped as soon as possible and
backed up to the spot, the witnesses expecting
to find the driver a corpse, but instead of thot
they found him sitting on the fence, wiping the
perspiration from his face, and all right, except
being terribly frightened On seeing the con-
ductor and engineer approaching him he ex-
claimed, Boys, guess I drors l1tIc tao
NIGH"
Year: 1859

WEIGHT OF TIE EARTH.-COrperniCus first
demonstrated that the apparent terrestrial plain
was free and independent material mass
m wing in definable path through space
Then Newton explained that this independent
mass moved through space because it was un-
supported by props and chains that, in fact
as a massive body, it as falling forever through
the void but that as it falls it sweeps round
the sun in an never ending circuit, attracted
toward it by magnetic like energy but kept
off from it by the force of its centrifugal move
ment. Next, Smell and Picard measured the
dimensions of the heavy and falling mass, and
found that it was spherical body, with cir
die of twenty-five thousand miles Suisse
qnently to this, Baily contrived a pair of scales
that euabled him approximately to weigh the
vast Spere and he ascertained that it had
within itself about ,256 l65 go 900 900 00O-
600, 600 tuns of matter To these discoveries
Foucault more recently added demonstration
to the actual senses of the fact that the mas
sive sphere is whirling on itself as it falls
through space, and round the sun, so that
point after point Of its vast surface is brought
IN succession into the genial influence of its
Sunshine an investing atmosphere Of com
mingled vapOr and air is made to present clouds
winds, and rain, and the inverted surface to
bear vegetable forms and animated creatures
in great diversity. The world is, then, large,
solid sphere, invested with loosened shell Of
transparent, elastic, easily moving vapor, aud
whirling through space within the domains of
sunshine SO that by the combined action of
TIC transparent mobile vapor and the stimuIant
sunshine, organized creatures may grow and
live on its surface, and those vital changes
may be diffused, among which conscious and
mental life stand as the highest results.
Year: 1859

BSTL Learning is not offensive in woman,
if she only preserves gentle and thoroughly
feminine disposition. Some one has very sig
nfcantly said, that it does not matter how
blue the stockings are, if only the petticoat is
long enough to cover them
Year: 1859

R6F Religion will snstan Us through the
uneven and uncertain journey of life-support
us in dying hour, and bring us safely to
heaven at last, where we shall enjoy the bliss
ful presence of our Saviour forever.


DssrIt may sound like a paradox, yet the
break of both of an army's wings is pretty
snTe way to make it Hy
Year: 1859

child had been seized by men who claimed
them as fugtives, and the law of the land for
bade you to ask any investigation, and preclu-
ded the possibility Of any legal protection or
redress, then you will say with me, that you
would not only demand the protection OF the
law, but you would call in your neighbors
and your friends, and would ask them to say
with you, that these your friends could not be
taken into slavery. -, zn..-ya - b1A ;..i'i.
And now thank you for this leniency, this
Indulgence, in giving man unjustly condemn;
ed, by tribunal before which he is declared


to have no rights, the privilege of speaking in


his own behalf. I know that it will do moth
ing toward mitigating your sentence, but it is
privilege to be allowed to speak, and thank
you for it. shall submit to the penalty, be
it what it may. But stand up here to say,
that if for doing what 1did on that day at


Wellington, 1 am to 90 in jail six months, and
pay fine of thousand dollars, according to
the Fugitive Slave Law, and such is the pro-
lection the laws of this country afford me, I
must take upon myself the responsibility Of
selfprotection when come to be claimed
by some perjured wretch as slave, l shall
never be taken into slavery. And as in that
trying hour would have others do to me, as
| would call upon my friends to help me, as
would call upon you, your Honor, to help me;
as would call upon you, Ito the District At
torneyl to help me; and upon you, to his
COUNSEL and upon you, Ito Judge Bliss 50
help me COP! I stand here to say that will
do all can, for any man thus seized and held,
though the inevitable. penalty of six months
imprisonment and one thousand dollars fine
for each offence hangs over me! We have
all a common humanity, and you all would do
that; your manhood would require it; and no
matter what the laws might be, you would
honor yourself for doing it, while your friends
and your children to all generations would
honor you for doing it, and every good and
honest man would say, you had done right
Great and prolonged applause, in spite OF the
efforts of Court and Marshal)
Year: 1859

Reader, constant or inconstant, of course
you know. the Toothpickers. One meets them
at every evening party that one goes to- In
fact, no evening party would be thought COM
plete without them. One is sure to find a
herd of them in the doorway of the drawing
room, and a straggler or two is always to be
seen upon the staircase. They derive their
name OF Toothpicker from the sort of after
Gnner u, toothpick air there is about them
lney come generally in couples, and come
rather late, and with the lasyazler look of
men who have just been dining. So long as
the toothpick-chewing mania continued the
Toothpickers were always seen to be afflict-
ed with it, and nothing but the fear of being
Year: 1859

Fiction has her marvellous heroes, but
now and then some plain creature of every
day fact surpasses them in romantic ad-
venture.


Ia 1855, a young man was arrested at
Cleveland, on charge of passing counter
felt money, and on evidence which many
thought insufficient, was convicted and
sentenced to the Penitentiary. lie was
brought to Columbus and incarcerated;
but it was not long before he effected his
escape, successfully eluding pursuit. He
fled without daring to show himself to any
one, until about thirty miles from the city
when, spent and famished, he ventured to
apply at house rather remote from the
others, for shelter and food. Both were
promptly afforded him. The poor wo-
man who dwelt there alone with her two
children, was true to the generous instincts
of her nature, and admitted to hearth and
board-not the escaped convict, but the
weary, hunted, hungry wretch, who claim
ed from her that boon


(which all the happy to the unhappy owe"


He rested and refreshed himself; and
when he again set forth upon his wander
ings, she gave him suit of citizens clothes.
Thus disguised, he travelled northward, un-
til within short distance of Cleveland,
when he obtained work, and earned forty
dollars, which he sent to the woman who
had saved him. He then went to New
York, engaged in business, and prospered.
Still he remembered his benefactress, who
recently received from him three hundred
dollars.


The truth, meanwhile, came to light
It became apparent that he was guiItless
of the crime with which he had been
charged; and had suffered for sin lie had
never committed.


A petition signed by the Judge who had
passed sentenced upon him, the jury which
had found him guilty, and sixty-six mem
bore Of the Cnyahooa bar authenticated
by the members of the Legislature from
that county, were sent to the Governor,
praying for the pardon of the escaped con-
yict


Here a difficulty arose. He could not
be pardoned as long as he was not in the
custody of the State. He was communi-
Gated with; and came to Columbus, within
few days past and gave himself up to
the Warden of the Penitentiary. He was
once more placed in the prison, and the
key turned upon him.


There his pardon was handed to him,
and be came forth-not more guiltless
than before--but certain in his liberty and
the esteem of his fellow men.
Year: 1859

A REPUBLICAN LEADER NJ
Booth, of Milwaukee, the founder and &C
knowledged leader of the Republicans in
the State of Wisconsin, is now before the
District Court, on trial for the seduction
of girl not fourteen years of age, at the
time he is said to have ruined her. The
leading facts as sworn to, are, that the girl
whose name is Caroline E. Cook, resided
with her parents, neighbors to Booth, and
was companion and playmate to Booths
children. She sometimes stopped all
night at his house, with his children, and
on the night of the 28th of February last,
she stayed with them, Mrs. Booth being
absent, and that night Booth accomplish
ed her ruin.


Booth is one of those great ''triends Of
humanity who are met with occasionally
in society. The Glove of humanity" has
been with him the ''great principle" to
which his life and talents have been devo
ted, and the morality of reason he esteems
as being superior to the morality of the
Church. "Humanity,' as the sentinen-
talists define it, he has always held as su-
perior to revealed religion. The idea of a
He'll for the punishment of the wicked, he
always regarded with adherence as the
invention of cruel religion. Capital
punishment is a thing so barbarous to bis
mind, that he has always spoken and writ
ten against it.


Yet this is the man who has a heart
full of lust and sensuality. This is the
man who married second wife almost be
fore the first was cold in her grave. and
who thought it no sin to blast the char
acter, the hopes and the life of little limo
cent girls who came in his way. lie i:
now on his trial, az we have stated, fol
the ruin of one of them, who had friends
to prosecute him, and it is to be hopeC
be will get justice done him in one cas-
at least -Dubuque Herald
Year: 1859

ellie De Noir! better you had cast yourself
down from the highest rock of this range and
been dashed to pieces below, than have thus
fallen into my power"


SO far we have followed the lovely heroine
and her friends; but the foregoing is all that
We can publish in our columns The remain
der of the narrative can only be found in the
New York Ledger, the great family paper,
which can be obtained at all the periodical
stores where papers are sold. Remember to
ask Tor the Ledger, dated February IL, and in
II you will get the continuation Of the nara.
tive from where it leaves off here. If there are
no bookstores or newsofices convenient to
where you reside, the publisher of the Ledger
VIII send you copy by mail if you will send
him five cents in a letter. Address Robert
bonner, Ledger Office, AZ Ann street, New
1ork. This story grows more and more inter-
esting as it progresses.
Year: 1859

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the


house,


Not a creature was stirring not mouse,


The stock ings hung by the chimney with care,


In hopes that 81 Nicholas soon would be there.


The children were nestled all snug in their beds,


While visions of sugar lus danced thro their heads
And mamma in her 'kerchiet and IN my cap,


Had Just tiled brains tor q long winter nap
When out in the lawn there rose such ciat'er,
sprany from my bed to what was the matter;
Away To the window flew like a Hash,


Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash
The moon the breast OF the new i"!itn snow,
Gave the ,ustre of midday TO objects below;
When what 10 my wondering eyes should appear
But A miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer.
With little old driver 50 lively and quick,
/ knew in "A moment X must be 81 NICK


More rapa than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whispered ana should and cal'd them by name
d" Now paSher now Dancer! now francer! now vixen
On Comet on Cupid on Donder and Blxen
To the top of the porch tn the top ot the wall !!
Now dash away, dash away, dash away an
As the leaves that before the hurricane lily
When they meet with obstacle, mount TO the sky.
So up to the house top the courSers they uew,
With slei III full of boys-and St Nicholas, too;
And then. in IA twinking, | heard on the root,
The prancng and paving OF each little hoo.
As drew in nv head ami was turning around,
Down the chimney st. Nicholas came with bound
He dressed all in fur from his head to hs loot
And his clothes were all tarn>hed with ashes and SCOT
A bundle of toys he had lung on his back,
ne looked Ike \ pe,:lar Just opening his pack
His ewes. how they t~inkled his Qlmples, how merry
His cheeks were like roses. his like cherry,
His drol little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard on his chin aS white AS the snow
The stump of a pipe he held tigh in his teeth
And the smoke il encircled his head Ike wreath.
He had a bread face and a little round belly
That sho,k when ne laughed like IA bowl full of jelly.
He chubby and plump-a right jolly old ELF
And laughed when saw him, in spite OF myself
A wink of his eye and a twist OF his head,
Soon gave me TO know had nothing to dread
He spoke not word but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings-then turned with JERK,
And laying his finger aside OF his nose,
And giving a nod up the chimney he rose
He sprang his sleigh, To his team gave "A whistle,
And away they all flew like the down OF a Thistle
But heard him eyciaim lie drove out ot sight,
:. MERRY CHRISTMAS ALL, AND To ALL GOOD NIGHT!
Year: 1859

The message has been altered several times
in consequence of the delay in organizing. 1t
has been intended to send it to Congress to-
morrow but, if dispatches are received giving
assurance of a treaty with Mexico, it may be
deferred still longer. The great public have
ceased to feel any particular interest in this
document, as the Presidents recommendations
have been unheeded, even when his own
party was dominant in both Houses But
for the lIarper's Ferry affair he would be to-
day as powerless in the Senate, with 4 politi-
cal majority Of twenty, as he is in the House
of Representatives, where, while there is no
distinct party majority, the administration is
in decided minority, as will be seen by the
developments which follow the Speaker
election Wash. Cor Of Mira North Amer-
icdn,
Year: 1859

We envy not the princely man,


In city or in town,
Who wonders whether pumpkin vines


Run up hill or down; -
We care not for his marble halls,


Nor yet his heaps of gold,
We would not own his sordil heart


For all his wealth thrice told.
We are the favored ones of earth,


We breathe pure air each morn,
We sow--we reap the golden grain


We gather in the corn:
We toii-we live on what we earn,


And more than this We do,
We hear Of starving millions round,


And gladly feed them too.
The lawyer lives on princely fees,


Yet drags weary life,
Has never known peaceful hour


HIS atmosphere is strife
The merchant thumbs his yardstick DER
Grows haggard at his toll,
Why don't he leave his pent-up room,


Why don't he till the soil;
The doctor plods through storm and cold,
Plods at his patients will
When dead and gone, he plods again


To get his lengthy bill.
The printer-(bless his noble soul,)


He grasps the mighty earth,
And stamps it on our welcome sheet,
To cheer the farmers hearth.
We sing the honor of the Plow,


And honor of the Press
Two noble Instruments of toll,


With each a power to bless.
h.nn n..t nf hn- q ~


True wealth of human kind
One tiils the ever generous earth,


The other tills the mind.
Year: 1859

AN ENRAGED PRINTREss.- "A young female COM
positor employed in a newspaper Office in Cleve-
land, lately 0tacked journeyman printer of that
city for using, she alleged, slanderous express
pistol, and sought her traducer. Meeting him on
the street, she drew her pistol, which he seized
before she could fire. and wrenched it from her.
Afterwards she met him in the hall of his board
grazing his head. He sprang forward and
wrenched the pistol from her hand before she
could fire second shot. She left vowing ven
geance.
Year: 1859

A correspondent of the Name Farmer
says he has valuable COW that has Civ
en- bloody milk for six months-has giy-
en- garget TO no purpose, and asks what
he shall do; to which the editor replies


Unload the blood vessel of the I'D
der, and stimulate the udder 10 a more
healthy action. The udder is a large
gland, whose Office is to secrete milk
from the blood conveyed to it by the ar
teries, and to retain it in the milk cells
until MIXED away. If this becomes de-
ranged in its action, the blood becomes
mingled with the milk.


Bleeding from what is called the milk
vein will unload the vessel for time.
Strong cathartics will do it, though not
50 rapidly, and cold bathing and frictions
of the bag will stimulate TO more healthy
action"
Year: 1859

One man sucks an orange, and is
cboked by a bit another swallows a pen


knife and lives one runs thorn into
his hand, and no skill can save him
another has shaft of a gig driven COM
pletely through his body, and recovers;
one is overturned on smooth common,
and breaks his neck and another tossed
out gig over Brighton Cliff, and sur


wives; one walks out on windy dav,
and meets his death by brick bat; an
other is blown up in the air, like Lord
Hatton in Guernsey Castle, and comes
down uninjured. The escape Of this
nobleman was indeed miracle. An ex-
plosion of gunpowder, which killed his
mother, wife and some of his children,
and many other persons, and blew up
the whole fabric of the castle, lodged him
in his bed on a wall over hanging tre-
nendous precipice. Perceiving a mighty
disorder (as we'll he might he was going
to leap out of bed to know what the mat
ter was, which, if he had done. he would
have been irreyocably lost but in the
instant of his moving flash of light
ming came and showed him the preci-
pice, whereupon he lay still until the
people came and took him down.
Year: 1859

Nor IMPROVED BY SLAvERY.-Presi-
dent Benson, of Liberia in his last NESS
age, thus explodes notion which has
been loudly maintained and quite extern
sively believed in this country:


my fears and anxieties for the last
five or six years have been that the NOR
al, Intellectual and industrial training Of
majority of the immigrants who may
arrive here from the United States, as
we'll as that Of our posterity. bred and
born in this country will not keep pace
with the advancement of the aborigines
in those elements of individual and ma
tional greatness. In order TO show that
these fears and anxietes are not unbound
ed, have only to state what is pretty
well known in Liberia. that there are
thousands OF natives living within the
jurisdiction Of this Republic. who are
Intellectually in advance of at least one
half of immigrants that arrive here anun-
ally from the United States
Year: 1859

Mr.. Evans, merchant of the village
of Paris in this county, has mad
stone," which he is confident is a sure
remedy for the bite of mad dog. He
informed US last week that he has applied
1t to fifty-nine persons and ANIMALS with
N few years past; all of whom had
been bitten by rabid dogs, and that in no
instance has it failed to effect cure
We have heard lately of persons passing
through here for Illinois on the hunt OF
a mad stone," unaware that there was
one in this section. Perhaps the Press
of the State would do well to give this in
formation to their readers, that those who
have faith in such things may know
whore ii can be found Mr.. Evans saws
he would advertise largely, but as he
makes no charge to any one for the use
of it. lie cannot afford it, Paris the place
of his residence, is on the Wapsipinecon
river about twelve miles north Of Mari
on.-Lian Co. Register.
Year: 1859

VALUE OF A WIFE.-WE know man
in Western New York, who could not
write when he was married, but who was
instructed by his wife SO thoroughly,
that within five years after his marriage
he was elected TO be high sheriff of his
county, and within ten years served four
in Congress, and is now one Of the most
prominent 6nanciers in the Empire State.
president Of bank, and worth probably
half million of dollars.


We also knew a member OF the L. s.
Senate, man who was formerly Govern
or of Stale. member of Congress. DC,
whose wife taught him his letters after
they were married. We arc never too
old TO learn. ."-Er.
Year: 1859

The Memphis Eagle and Enquirer learns that
new paper, to be called the Presbyterian Herald, is
soon to be commenced in that city, under auspices
which will insure its permsuent success There is
large field to be susplFd with Presbyterian paper,
and we cannot doubt but that this intelligent and
infuentisl Denomination will ably sustain we'll
conducted organ of their religious faith. The first
number of the paper will be issued on before ths
first day of February next.
Year: 1859

which he appears unboundedly CRATE
full. He is now engaged in the in.
vention Of some means by which the
blind may be enabled to have their
regular newspapers, and if anybody
can accomplish so benevolent a re-.
suit he will do it.
Year: 1859

Many persons spend SO much time in
criticisng and disputing about the gospel,
that they have none left for practicing it.
AS if two men should quarrel about the
phraseology of their physicians prescription.
and forget to take the medicine.
Year: 1859

Meeting Of the Merchants Of Rich
mond.--Thc merchants of Richmond,
Va, lately held Il meeting and appoin'
ted a committee TO report upon the
propriety Of establishing line Of
packets between that port and Liver.
pool. They also adopted the follow
ing resolutions:


Resolved, That in future, so far as
our capital and facilities will enable
us to do SO, we will import our own
goods of foreign growth or man.
ufacture direct to this port.


Resolued, That those Of us who now
have orders in the hands of agents or
manufacturers, awaiting execution
for the spring trade, pledge ourselves
to use our best efforts to have the
goods shipped to James river, even at
an advanced rate Of freight, and that
from aud after the first day Of Janua'
ry next, we bind ourselves not to give
an order for foreign goods to any part
without an understanding that such
goods shall be shipped to James river
when practicable and, furthermore,
in order to facilitate the object we
have in view, we hereby pledge our
selves to unite upon some one or more
responsible shipping agents at LIVER
pool.
Year: 1859

| do think that one OF the worst sins
a man can be g.ilty of n this world
is TO be idle. can almost forgive a
drunkard, but lazy man do think
there is very little pardon for.
think a man who is idle has a good
reason to be n penilent before God as
DaAid had when he was an aduIterpr,
for the most abominable thing in the
world is for man to let the grass
grow up to his ankles and do nothing.
God never sent man into the world 10
be idle. And there are some who
make tolerably fair profession, but
who do nothing from one years end to
the other.-Spurgeon.
Year: 1859

MUTToN.-We mean TO report a
thousand times, or at least till what
we say has some effect upon our coun-
trymen, that a pound of lean, tender.
juicy mutton can be produced for haIl
the cost of the same quantity ol lat
pork; that it is infinitely healthier food
especially in the summer season. ana
those who eat it become more muscu-
lar, and can do more work with great
er ease to themselves than those who,
eat fat pork. We know nothing more
delicious than smoked mutton.hams,
of the South Down breeds Of sheep
venison itselfis not superior.--Ameri.
cas Agricalturix, s.a
Year: 1859

The Chattanooga Advertiser says :
"The name of this gentleman stands
prominent among those of the North
for the nomination to be made at
Charleston. If the candidate is to be
a Northern man, the justice and ex-
pediency of which we question, the
nomination of HoRATIo SEYMOUR would
be strong one, and one that would
command the entire strength of the
Southern Democracy"