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Year: 1859

Tune" Old Folks az Home"
Sad. sad! is my poorheart, and weary


Lonely am I.
How slow the cherries days and dreary,
Mournfully they pass by;
Always thinking of the sad tomorrow,


Bitter tears will flow
Still sitting in my home Of sorrow


Thinking Of my days of woe.
CHonus-Opce had home of gladness


But now. lost to me,


Now, tits filled With grief and sadness,


Obi how mourn for thee.
Once happy in the cheerful dwelling


Edwin was kind.
But now, my heart with anguish swelling,
Prays for a better time;
Once how dearly loved to meet him,


At the cottage door,
But now, my wretched heart is beating
For me- he smiles 20 more
Cuonus-Once had home of gladness, &c
One hope withn my heart is swelling


God is kind
He will hear me- in my humble dwelling,
Happiness. may yet be mine.
All my hope is in the blessed Saviour,


He is my trust.
And all who pray and seek his loving SAVIOUR
Surely will be blest.
CBoKUa-Once had home of pladpese DO
Year: 1859

p, HUMAN LIFE.-Ah! this beautiful world.
Indeed. know not what to think Of. it,
Sometimes it isall gladness and sunshine,
and heaven is not far off; and then it
changes suddenly and it is dark and sor-
rowful and the clouds shut out the sky. In
the lives Of the saddest Of us there are
bright days like this, when We feel as If we
could take this great world in our arms
Then come the gloomy hours, when the
fire will neither burn in our hearts or on the
hearths, and all without and within is dis.
NAL. cold and dark. Believe, every heart
has its secret sorrows which the world
knows not; end oftentimes we call man
cold when he is only ssd.-Longtellow.
Year: 1859

gsD"A poet. after Longiellow, gets of
poem of which the following starza is fair
specimen: =
In the worlds broad field Of battle,


In the great barn yard of life
Be not like the lazy cattle


BE rooster in the strife
Year: 1859

A NIoE ONE FOR A WIFE-In a neighbor,
ing town, says the East Haddam Journal
not long since, young lady who hal con,
ceived the tender passion for young man
who resided in a neighboring city, resolved
TO visit him, as his business was such that he
couldn't come to visit her. Her cruel par
ents objected, as they did not approve of the
individual in question as son in law bat
she woman-like said she would go at any
rate. Finally, her parents seeing nothing
could be done with her, told her brother to
take her toward the nearest railway station,
get her little quieted, and then turn about
and go back. The young man obeyed the
parental injunction, and when they reached
piece Of woods q mile or so from the house,
he being afraid to trust her any further from
hume, turned around to 60 back. This
would't do; she was going to the place she
started for, as he persisted in obeying
orders, she jumped eutpulled her trunk from
the wagon, and sat down on it, declaring that
she would await for the stage-go back she
wouldn't Her brother, finding remonstranoe
Of no avail proceeded homeward, in accord
ance with his instructions, and she after
waiting two or three hours in the cold and
nearly freezing took the stage and went on
her way rejoicing
Year: 1859

100. F. FAR-SEooED Wick We are
sorry to learn that the Fair at Beckel's Hall
during the past week did not prove remunera-
tive. 1t is not necessary for US TO point out the
reasons; it is quite enough to say that the
Daughters of Rebecca have taken the Fair in
hands, and it will be continued this week un.
der their charge. Every feature to which any
one could object has been removed, and we
hope that this week proper degree of interest
will be manifested in the matter. The object
is good one, and we hope the Daughters
will receive real beneth during the week -
Let the good citizens of Dayton patronze the
Fair at Beckel's Hall this week. Remember
the Daughters" now have charge of the insti
tuition.
Year: 1859

UTA neat little paper entitled the Versailles
Dispatch" appears upon our table asking an
exchange. We are indebted to line in one OF
the advertisements for the names of the town
and State IN which it is printed. We suggest
TO the publishers that Versailles, Indiana, ia
not so widely noted that the mere mention Of
the name would indicate its exact location.-
We are quite unable to ascertain from the mat.
ter in the Dispatch" what is its devotion, but
we iufer that it is "RsutraI in every thing
Its local news is well given.
Year: 1859

TJ'The Utica IN. ~ Herald tells story of
young lady who had become SO attached to a
young villain in that place that she used all
possible efforts to marry him, notwithstanding
the fact that he had just received sentence of
five years in the State Prison. When taken to
Auburn to be incarcerated, she followed him,
and after repeated solicitations, was permitted
to Zee and embrace him. She declares she will
wait till the five years have expired, and then
marry her darling in spite of sheriffs and
keepers
Year: 1859

Notwithstanding The bad weather Of this
spring, the health Of our citizens has been, and
is better Than usual at this season Of the year
The bills of mortality at our Cemeteries cOpclo.
sively prove this.
Year: 1859

ANOTHER VIoTM.-In New York, on Thurs
day last, young lady named Matilda Sewyer
was burned to death by the explosion of q
campheue lamp, while she was sewing on the
clothes in which she was to be married in a
fe,U lava
Year: 1859

rTThe brick manufacturers hereabouts are
very busily engaged in getting up supply Of
that necessary article and if the pleasant
weather will continue for week or two, build
ers will have little cause to complain of the
annnlu
Year: 1859

GrThe shulls have vast number of bran
new attractions at their elegant room, corner Of
Main and Third streets-every thing nice for
mind and body. They can supply almost any
demand made upon them in their line. Their
store is curiosity
Year: 1859

have labOred hand in hand with us during the
last 1--WE years in the great struggle to make Kan
sas free. Victory has crowned the effort, and il
is universally conceded that the HERALD OF
FREEDOM has done more than any other Journal.
or sinsleiustrumsntality. towards bringing about
that glorious result. Clubs of ten copies. with
one copy TO the getter up Of the club, are fur
nished one year for fifteen dollars; or one copy .
year for two dollars. with copy Of the UNITED
STATES JOURNAL one year. gratis, II freQEssfsd. 10
each subscriber paying the two dollars, or to the
person. if preferred. who furnishes the sub
scriber.


To the many kind friends who hsve aided in ex-
tending the circulation Of our paper during the
last few years, we take this occasion to return
our hearty thanks. We hope each and all Of
them will make Assc effort now. As times are
very close with Us, and it is extremely difficult to
keep our business moving. bat with that energy


which has carried us through the past, we have
confidence to believe we shall triumph in the
future.
Year: 1859

HT The last week has been exceedingly
cold and cheerless. We tremble when we
think of the destitute poor in this territory.
May a God of Mercy shield them from
harm! Those with means should open their
hearts and purses and contribute whatever
is in their power to aid the needy and suf-
fering at this time.
Year: 1859

@ Our paper has been delayed on
account of changing the location of our
power press, and repairingit. Ithas thrown
Us back so far in this issue, that we shall
be compelled to forego the pleasure of
issuing a number next week.
Year: 1859

THE adventures Of this famed Kansas hero
over the Union, the coming winter. Whatever
may be said of his nationality, one thing is GER
tain, the old man did what he has done. not for
himself but for over three millions Of Slaves
right for our Revolutionary Fathers to obtain
their freedom ut the cannons' mouth, is il not
right for the slaves who suffer, as jefferson has
said, an intellectually worse bondage than our
Fathers did. TO initiate their example? And If
Lafayette did right in coming to America TO help
US, did not John Brown do right in going to Vir-
ginia to help the slaves?


This may not be so; but whether il is or not.
all persons wishing TO discuss the subject, can
do so at my store without running the risk of be-
ing arrested for treason.


have on hand at my store,
Year: 1859

Among which are the celebrated HORACE
GREELY" BooT, so called from their imitation Of
the boots Horace wore in Kansas. They are
pronounced BY good judges, to be BY far the best
boot. for wear, ever brought into Kansas, and
boots all hollow. They will be sold at very
small advance from the prices at the factory
where they were made.


An ENTIRELY NEW FEATURE IN MY BUSINESS!


For the accommodation Of my numerous pa
irons have established retail
Year: 1859




ANALGAMATioN.-The following state
ment of the Detroit Free Press. though un-
doubtedly true, is hard to believe, because
it comes from a section of country whence
the finger of virtuous scorn has been SO Of
ten pointed toward the South:


'Ehe extent to which amalgamation IS
carried in this city. is really beyond the
knowledge of nine -tenths of the inhabitants.
There are hundreds of families, the parents
Of which are of opposite colors. and although
the marriage of whites and blacks is illegal
and void, vet they live together and bear
children. 1t is remarkable fact, that out
of all this number, no instance exists where
o white man lives with . black woman
They are always white women, and gener-
ally the blackest kind Of men. Whether
philosophers would argue a superior degree
Of dcpravity in the amiable sex from this
state of facts or not. we are unable to say:
should think they would be unable to avoid
it. The same condition Of affairs prevails
On the other side of the river. to the intense
disgust. VIC are happy to add. of all good
and loyal Canadians"
Year: 1859

We see it limited in the papers. that the
Republicans and the Americans in Con
gress will unite and elect the Officers of the
House, and thus secure the control Of that
body. Although such transaction as the
the union of men representing pro-slavery
constituents in the South, and abolitionists
in the North, would be regarded as an infa-
nous treason to the South. and a total
abandonment of Southern rights. and would
bring down upon the heads of the nefarious
conspirators the scorn and contempt of all
honest men in either section of the Union.
great good would doubtless grow out of it.
The sooner such corruption eliminates AMI
is exposed to the country the better.


Their designs would be unmasked. the
people would be enlightened, and the con-
servatism of the country would overwhslm
the Opposition with defeat. Such coali-
ton will effect the complete overthrow OF
the the last remnant of Opposition in the
South. Not one of them will ever hold a
seat in Congress again and it Will arouse
the conservative elements of the North to
the danger which the country is vcrging up
on, and secure the election of the Demo-
cratic nominee at the next Presidential
election.
Year: 1859

Mn. EDITOR have recently had oeca.
sion to refer to the new" edition of Lang.
trees map of Arkansas, and without de.
signing to injur. the author, desire to state
for the protection of the public that there
are many errors in the work. AMI it is there
fore not reliable. One noticed ut the first
glance which struck me as Indicating great
ignorance on the part of the author, or else
a wanton. malicious neglect, and in con-
tempt of the people in the western
part of the State-and it is this
Every projected line of railroad in the
State is put down in remarkably straight
lines but the one from Little Rock to Fort
Smith, which Mr. Laugtree entirely ignorcs
Our railroads of which we are now cherish
ing snch fond hopes. is utterly unknown in
Little Rock. All / have to say is that any
one in such position towards the public
as Mr.. Langtree occupies, who can SO yield
to either interest or prejudice. is. in such
capacity entirely unworthy either the con-
idence or encouragement of the public.


Yours, for the


RAILROAD.
Year: 1859

MR. DUNHAM Dear Sir In your pa
per of last week. a correspondent signing
himself '35th PARALLEL" in alluding to the
prospective extension of the South west
Branch OF the Pacific Railroad of Missouri
to point on the Canadian River. takes oc-
casion to direct the attention of "our Rail-
road Company" to the duty which they are
presumed to owe to Van Buren in the prem
ises. Although the people of Fort Smith
have sense enough to know that communi-
cations of the character mentioned above are
made without the knowledge of "osr Com
pany," they may imagine that they are
significant of the sentiments of the Direct
ors, and they are well calculated to foster
feeling If hostility to the company, on the
part of the people of Sebastian county; and
for this reason such communications are
doubtless very onnoying to the Directors of
the Company.


do not wish to provoke discussion
with any one, but am warranted in say
ing, that it has never been the design O; the
Railroad Company to extend the railroad
on this sisle oi the river. for the purpose of
cat,ing off Fort Smith. but, on the contra
~, it is their intention to cross tine river ..
,his point, AMI carry it to Fort Smith. a.
cor'iing to the requirements OF their charter
AMI the law Of Congress, making the lanl
grant. Our sister city may conf iently rely
upon the COOL faith of the com pany in this
respect. and am assured that, whenever
she manifests desire to aid the efforts of
the company. she will be cordially permit
tel to have her due share Of influence in the
control Of its affairs. H.
Year: 1859

ECONOMY IN FCEL.--Very much of the
fuel consumed in our stoves is lost. fit
is not dry, all the water it contains must
be converted into steam, aud this requires
a large amount Of heat Cauld this steam
be conducted to some reservoir, where the
heat was wanted, and there condensed, the
heat would be saved, but in ordinary cases
it passes with all its heat to the chimney.
Tie only exception is when the stove pine
is very long or passes through a cold room,
and then, % what dirty work the drip.
ping makes" Drying wood in the stove
by fire, when sun and wind are afforded
free, is like using sunlight to sleep by,
and gas and oil to work by


Another orror consists in admitting
more air within the stove than IS necessary
to promote the combustion of the fuel
and also admitting it where it does not
aid the combustion. The object Of tho
air is to afford oxygen to unite with the
carbon of the wood. In this chemical
union, forming carbonic acid heat is pro.
duced or given cut.


Now all the air admitted to the stove
which does not pass through the fire so as
to be decomposed and yield a portion at
least of its oxygen, becomes only an alb.
sorber Of heat already made, and q carrier
of heat off into the chimney to warm, not
the room Or its occupants, but " all out
doors A very great error IS often made
4 by those who study economy. They zplit
their wood fine, put but little in the stove
at time, and give It a full draft in order
to make it burn rapidly, SO that little
wood shall make large fire. But this
little is repeated SO often that the aggra.
gate is large.


Would you study economy, convenience
and comfort, then you will fnl them all
in the same management, Leave most o.
your wood large. Have little quite fnt
for starting your 6re, use sun and vino
to dry it. After your fire is started keeE
full supply of wood in The stove. nevel
letting it get down to one stick, and give
it so much-just SO much, and only 81
much air as will keep the fire sufficiently
alive to give tho desired temperature tt
the room. Any person who will follow
these directions with one stove, will sav,
enough each winter month to pay for tn
CRdte1ia one year, besides securing
large amount of ease and omfort.-BsyI
shire CU(tUriS.
Year: 1859

little ones became more and more advanced
and threw off children's things, Jareb and
Uncle George put them on and became
children themselves One day the two
old men were caught in the act of jump.
ing leapfrog over each others shoulders
and had not Heppy come out and stopped
them, there is no knowing how many necks
might have been broken It was FORUM
ato for them that The good dame retained
all her strong sense, for there we're many
reasons when, in the hight OF their child.
ish joy, they might have done much mis-.
chief, had she not been ever near to watch
over and protect them and once Il have
it from good authority,) when she caught
them wrestling at side-long" she took
them by the ears and led them into the
house.


But they had to indulge in rough sports
for as Uncle George had suddenly become
thawcd out from the ice Of misanthropy
and lonesomeness, and as Jareb had full
as suddenly been lifted from the dark
depths Of poverty and want, they found
themselves moved by spirit Of JOY and
gratitude that wouldn't be cured So Hep.
py had to watch them until some Of the
children became old enough to reason with
them; and then she played with the girls
in the house, and let the boys take care
of the boys out Of doors.
Year: 1859

ARAD MORALS AND MANNERS.
curious specimen of Arab manners was re-
Gently presented to the Military Tribunal
of Algiers. An old Kabyle named FL
Hadj Mohammed, and his son a young
man, Mohammed Fl Arbi, Of the tribe Of
Benz Bou Youssef resi1ing in the village
Of Tiferdond circle of Fort Napoleon, had
occasion to absent themselves from home
on the Sth of August last, and were to
return at daybreak the next morning. The
young man arrived first, and, partly open
ing the door of the hut, he was Mortified
to see his sister Tassadit, wife of a man of
man Of another tribe, but who was on a
visit to her parents, lying on the arischa
"a sort Of estrada on which are placed
and reposing near her one Sghir, who,
though a marabout, was noted libertino /;
while the aged mother of the young man
and his sister, Fathma sat looking at the
guilty couple, As the fact of strange
man being with his sister was an outrage
on the family honor the impulse OF the
Young man was to kill both her and her
paramour but he waited until his father
arrived. The old man, coming up shortly
after, was likewise excessively indignant ;
Year: 1859

IOr tue heRiSter.
The Dying Wife to her Husban
Fold me still nearer, dear one
Nearer to your heart;
Keep close your arms around me now,
As we so soon must part.
For lam dying now, darling
My life is going fast.
One quickly feeting hour, darling
Is all my breath can last
Then place your hand upon my brow
And look into mine eyes,
hat may read your secret soul
E'ermy heart lowly lies.
With my head upon your bosom,
And your breath upon my cheek
May feel once more, darling,
The love words cannot speak.
1t seems so sad and strange, darling
That your fond wife must die,
With the bloom of youth upon her cheek
And its sparkle in her eye.
To think that no,O, when Life seems new
And earth so fair and sweet,
That death should come for me, darling
And leave your heart to weep.
My spirit bleeds for you, dear one
Since you'll be all alone;
For none will ever love so true,
As your poor wife has done
Oh, you'll so often sit and think
OF love and days gone by,
Then will your heart cry out for me,
Not knowing am nigh.
My spirit meier can leave you, darling
Till you come unto me;
I'll keep loving watch Ger you,
Wherever you may be.
And If, at eve, all tired and sad,
You'll bow your head in prayer,
Then will speed my way to earth
To carry comfort there.
And then you'll raise your soul, and feel
So calm and pure within;
You'll think an Angel as you prayed,
Had famed you with Ills wing.
But twill be my spirit, darling, come,
And tchiperins unto thine;
And the peace and JOY 1t bring, to thee,
VIII prove Ito love divine.
Now foreiDeU, darling kiss me
Der and DER again
And lay your hand upon my heart
To take away its pkin;
And tell me that you'll lore me STILL
Fen tho in death lie,--
While you are whispering thus to me,
shall so sweetly die.


D. P. w.
Year: 1859

GRACEFUL PARTING BENEDIeTIoN.-At the head
of the local column of recent number of the Lynch
burg virgnian we find the following amiable para
graph:


Absconded.-The wretch whose business 1t is to
write paragraphs for this column has gone off on a
tour OF observation to the Natural Bridge Being en-.
vous of the reputation recently won by Mons Blon.
dn it is said he intends attempting the astonishing
feat of climbing up the Bridge with his head in q
as he reaches the top will throw three successive
backaction sommersets on the celebrated .scedal
stump" The strong probabilities are, we hope, that
be will break his neck.
Year: 1859

MIR. Story, son of one of the proprietors
of tue Rochester Democrat, writes 20 that
paper an account Of his visit to the Office
Of the London Times. We copy portion
of his narrative:


"One of the most interesting and novel
departments of the establishment is that in
which the stereotypiug process is carried on.
You know, perhaps, already, that every
number of the Times is printed from stereo
type plates, thus saving great part of the
wear ard tear Of the type. The stereotype
plate is taken from the "form" In three min
utes, BY new process, invented by Swiss,
and known only to him. A thin layer of
soft and damp paper mache first receives
the impression Of the type, and after it has
been hardened by the application of heat
the melted lead is poured on, which is to
form the stereotype plate. Tie paper naache
has the power Of resisting the action of the
melted lead, and comes out Of the fiery
trial uninjured, and almost unscorch ed.


"The plates are re.melted every day after
tue issue of the day is printed from them
and the waste of typemetal from day to
day is very slight. BY this power of multi
plying the number of forms from which
the same side Of the paper can be printed
the Times can use three or four presses at
once, and thus print its $4,000 copies, on
an emergency, in two hours time. The
Times employs in its establishment some
$50 persons. 1t has eighteen reporters at
the Houses of Parliament and for these,
as we'll as the majority Of it's compositors,
the working hours are the night hours, ex-
clusiveIy. 1t owns four cabs, which are
employed solely in carrying reporters and
reports at night to and fro between Printing
House Square and the palace at Westminster
The reporters relieve each other at the House,
every quarter hour, and thus, though the
debate in the Commons last till four o'clock
in the morning, the Times gives it in full
BY sunrise, though it cover two whole pages
of the journal"
Year: 1859




shall not initiate the Seuat or, in vim
dlcating my vote against the English Bill,
on the ground that the Senator does not
command my respect as leader. But, /
will here assure him that his estimate OF
myself is not higher than mine of him.
The Grand Jurors Of Oglethorpe, I doubt
not, possess the average intelligence of their
class elsewhere in our country, though the
Georgia Senator must place it quite low
for political leadership from his using it as
disparaging standard of the fitness of
Gen. Quitmau and myself for that distinction
Some of them Isuppose, would represent
the country with credit, and would be NO
'gnobe leaders and instructors ofthe people
They would, perhaps, be none the worse
that they have not been so long in Washing
ton as himself Now, the Senator offers
the ch1nces of drawing, for our counter.
parts, the best men in the box, with the
hazard Of drawing thu most Indifferent.
will be more liberal to him he may take
the box and pick out, if he can, the name
of one more unsafe and less fitted than him
self to advise the South in her present
need.


am, Gentleman,


Very Respectfully Yours,


N. L.BONHAM.
Messrs. J. W. Cantey and others, Com
Year: 1859

DAILY BLESSINGS.
Gently rs the falling dew


Comes at morn, Comes at eve,
So we blessings ever new
From the Lord receive.
Plcnteously with heavenly grace
Doth he US endue
Says, Fear not We comfortless!
will come to YOU
Quietly His angels come,


Come in joy, come in wo;
God His mercy to each homo
Freely doth bestow.
Welcome poverty or wealth
While on earth we dwell,
So He gives His saving kealth,',
All will yet be we'll
Let the messenger of death
Call us soon, call US late.
Through the might Of Christ our Lord
We will camly wait
Sheltered in the church Of God
On that mother sbreast
Let us lean that dear abode


Gives the weary rest.