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Year: 1859

Don't DO afraid Of . little fun at home, good


pcople Don't shut up your house lest the sun
should fade your carpets; and your hearts, lost
. hearty laugh should shake down scme OF tho
musty old cobwebs tbcre IL you want to ruin
your sons, lot them think that all mirth and
social ell njoyment must DO LEFT on tho threshold
without, when they come homo at night. When
once homo Ia regarded a. only place to cat,
drink and sleep In, tho work Is begun that ends
In gambling houses and reckless degradation.
Young people must have fun and relaxation
somewher II they do not find It at their own
Il viii be sought In other, aud
perhaps lees profitable places. Therefore lot tbs
firo burn brightly at night, and mako tho home
nest delightful with all those uttlo arts that
parents % perfectly understand. Don't repress
the buoyant spirits Of your children; half an
hour OF merriment round the lamp and fifelisht
OF homo blots out tho remembrance Of many
. care and annoy ance during tho day, and tho
beet safeguard they can take with them into tho
world 10 the unseen influence Of bright little
domestic sanclum.--LiJe Illustrated.
Year: 1859

application. specifying the error defect or ON is
sion complained of. and Of the time and place o.
hearing the same has been duly published for sil
consecutive weeks in some newspaper in genera
circulation in the county where such application
\ may be made, and in all other cases whenever'the
party or parties interested have been duly brought
before the Court In the manner prescribed by law
for making service in civil actions, and upon be
ing satisfied that such mistake, error omission
has 5esn made, shall grant and make an order 70
correct the same. which order shall be filed in the
office in which such record is required TO be kept
and from and afte. such filing the said record and
the order correcting the same shall be received a.
evidence in all cases. in all Courts the same il
no such error omission or defect had ever existed
Sec 3. That when the record 10 be corrected is
in any way connected with any body corporate,
the proceedings mentioned in the last preceding
section shall be had in the Court of Comm IN Pleas
the county wherein the prime pal office OF such
corporation is located. and in all other cases the
cord is kept.


Sec This act shall take effect and be in full
10 A''' '''' A'''' WILLIAM B. WOODS.


Speaker of the House of Representatives.


E. BASSETT LANGDON,


President pro tenn OF the Senate


March 10, 1859.


No. SO. AN ACT


Supplementary to an act entitled IAN Act of the
Jurisdiction and Procedure before Justices OF the
Peace, and of the duties of iConstables in Civil
Courts, "passed March IA. 1858.


Section l. Be itenacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of Uhio That if the defendant in
any action before tn Justice shallappeal from any
judgment rendered in favor OF the plaintiff in such
action. and after having filed his transcript and
caused such appeal to be docketed, according to
the provisions of the act TO which this is supple
mentarv the plaintiff in such action shall fail TO
file petition or otherwise fail to prosecute the
same to final judgment, it shall be lawful for the
defendant in such action to file his answer setting
up whatever claim or demand he may have against
such plaintiff and may prosecute the same to final
Judgment in which case if the defendant shall re-
cover judgment against the plaintiff, all costs which
have accrued before the justice. and in the ap-
peate court, shall be adiudged against such plain
tiff, or he may on motion to the court, suffer iudg
ment to be entered against him for the amount of
Judgment below. in which case all costs which
have accrued before the justice and in the appel
late court. shall be adjudged against such defend
ant.


Sec 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and afte; its passage, and its provisions shall
apply to all appeals now pending.


- WILLIAM B. WOODS,


Speaker of the House OF Repre- esentatives
E BASSETT LANGDON,


President pro tenn of the Senate.
Year: 1859

GpThe "MajOr," who enjoys sport, but who
is constitutionally averse to being bored, sends
US the following


SILLY QUESTION when you are going
along the street, the thermometer ranging from
80 to 100 in the shade, to be asked half dozen
times IN walking half a dozen squares by as
many different persons "is IL iDdTm enough foy
you Z" is most decidedly pleasant. Besides. it
imparts so much interesting information and
displays so much sense and original thought on
the part Of the person asking the question that
IL is quite refreshing. IL is a most decided
improvement upon the old sterotyped saying
Of the PaTrOt-"Polly wants a Cracker" Sensi
BILE people II they reflect a moment will not use
the expression.
OF course not but then, some people must
say something when meeting an acquaintance
merely for recognition, when nod or bow
would answer the same purpose, and would be-
vastly more convenient In this weather. When
returning to our office from the FIRE yesterday
afternoon, the thermometer 80 in the shade, we
were asked the question. about which our COR
respondent complains, just ten times-snd this
within the distance Of a square lnde,d, by
the time we approached our door we could think
Of nothing else aud meeting friend at the
threshhold we involunisrily Asked-"is the
weather hot enough for you r. The ridiculous
ness Of the thing struck Us so forciby that We
ran on up stairs without waiting for an answer
Year: 1859

W The only case Of positive "sun stroke
we have heard Of as occurring in this city this
hot season was that Of a very valuable mock>
ing bird, belonging to Mr. Dister, at the Bar
Der Shop and Bath House, Market street
Tuesday. The bird was put out in from,
Of the house in the morning, and being
forgotten, was LEFT out in the hot sun all day.
In the evening he was PROSTATE, and died the
next morning, evidently from the effect of the
severe heat. Birds should not be left in tbs
sunshine this warm weather,
Year: 1859

~ There will be Temperance meeting this
evening at the United Brethren Church. eass of
the canal. Que or more addresses will be de
livered, aud efforts will be made to extend the
membership. 1t is hoped that the impression
will not obtain that the meeting ia called only
for those who favor the formation Of temperance;
rybOdy is not only invited but desired to
attend.
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

R@- -Brandenburg will have a very large
quantity of berries here tomorrow, and will
probably be able to supply every body He
informs US that be viii sell them at the very
lowest figures possible-at any rate, as low
as they can be had any where in the city
Better leave orders this evening at No 800,
30 street
Year: 1859

L WANT" When am dead / want TO lie as
snug and cozy as, can be; l want you all to weep
and sigh, and make great fuss over me; want
you all to wear your BEST and even better if you
can, and, oh let each invited guest be nothing
but handsome man. But if there comes some
females, too, don't let them bring their hrats
along; and I'd have poets, not few that they
might put my name in song, / want to have a
handsome tomb, if such thing can handsome
be, and let the rarest flowers bloom, upon the sod
that covers "me." want pompous marble
stone to dignity the silent spot-to sound the
name OF her that's gone-in praises, "whether
true or not;" / want splendid coffin, lined with
satin all around my head-in short, I've Just
made up my mind to be some pumpkins when
I'm dead"
Year: 1859

THE ensuing exquisite little article was pre-
pared in mining cabin, Inhabited by one of the
good and true of the earth.


FAMILY CIRCLES.


A happy place, indeed, is little family circle;
a sun bright morn, filled with fragrant flowers,
and singing birds; gently flowing stream which
buries beneath its tranquil surface what else
might rufle its even flow. Thus it is that we are
accustomed to think, speak, and write of our dear
old family circles; and it is we'll to retain those
golden memories in our bosoms, and nurse them
there, that they wither not, nor grow dim. But
are there not friends and pleasures outside Of
that little circle worthy of loving thought Is
not the world enc great family? And do not
each Of us compose one, in that great family cir
Gle? We remember of once composing part Of
little family circle. 1t long ago; still it is
bright spot to look back to. An oasis in the
desert of life. But it were wrong for us to grope
our way through life, sorrowing for past joys, or
murmuring at the DEGREES of Providence. If it
be decreed that we must leave our home circles,
and navigate strange waters in the ocean of life,
let us cheerfully unloose our sails to the breeze,
and as we voyage along, gather the flowers, the
gems which we find by the way, and entwine
them in one great, never-tading wreath around
our hearts, then will we truly see that the world
is our parents, and all people our brothers and
sisters, and that we still live in great family
circle, with thousands to love and assist in lifes
rough, deviating ways. Then will we sigh no
more for our childhood's home. spot, alas !
which too often exists but in imagnation-but
seek new home where'er our paths may lead us,
and strive to bring to it the ornaments which we
so dearly loved in our dear old home. G.
Year: 1859

Oh the snow, the beautiful snow,
Filling the sky and the earth below;
Over the house-tops, over the street,
Over the heads of the people you meet


Dancing,


Flirting,


Skimming along,
Beautiful snow it can do nothing wrong.
Flying to kiss fair lady's cheek;
Clinging to lips in frolicsome freak,
Beautiful snow, from the heavens above,
Pure as an angel, and tickle as love
Oh ! the snow, the beautiful snow
How the flakes gather and laugh as they 20 !
Whrling about in its maddening fun,
1t plays in its glee with every one.


Chasing,


Laughing,
Hurrying by,
1t lights up the face, and it sparkles the eye !;
And even the dogs, with bark and bound
Snap at the crystals that eddy around
The town is alive, and its heart in glow,
To welcome the coming of beautiful snow.
How the wild crowd goes swaying along,
Hailing each other with humor and song
How the gay sledges, like meteors flash by,
Bright for moment, then lost to the eye:


Ringing.


Swinging,


Dashing they 60
Over the crust Of the beautiful snow:
Snow so pure when it falls from the sky,
To be trampled in mad by the crowd rushing by:
To be trampled and tracked by the thousands
of feet,
Till it blends with filth in the horrible street.
Once was pure as the snow-but fell
Fell like the snow-Hakes, from Heaven-to hell:
Fell, to be trampled as filth of the street:
Fell, to be scohed, to be spit on and beat.


Pleading.


Cursng,


Dreading to die,
Selling my soul to whoever would buy,
Dealing in shame for a morsel of bread,
Hating the living and fearing the dead.
Merciful God have | fallen so low :?
And yet was once like the beautiful snow
Once was fair as the beautiful snow,
With an eye like its crystals, heart like its
glow:
Once was loved for my innocent grace
Flattered and sought for the charm of my face


Father,


Mother,


Sister, all,
God, and myself have lost by my fall
The veriest wretch that goes shivering by
Win take wide sweep, lest wand er too nigh ::
For of all that is on or about me, | know
There is nothing that's pure but the beautiful
snow.
How strange it should be that this beautiful
snow
Should fall on sinner with no where to go!
How strange it would be, when the night comes
again,
If the snow and the ice struck my desperate
brain


Painting,


Freezing,


Dying alone
Too wicked for prayer, too weak for my moan
To be heard in the crash of the crazy town,
Gone mad in their joy at the SHOWS coming
down;
To lie and to die in my terrible woe,
With bed and a shroud of the beautiful snow
Year: 1859

~ 1t would be impossible to conceive more
unpleasant weather than we have at present.
We would prefer decided rain or shinsi any
thing but medley Of all the disagrseable points
10 which the weather can vser.
Year: 1859

RAOH ING AEoy w u Ilnes. aug. J.


That worthless and most outrages libel upon rail-
road managemeDt-the Albany Northern line-bas
been again brought prominently before the public
in connection with q dreadful butehery To the
dark catalogue of disasters that have marked the
career Of this desdicable aair, we have added an
other, most mOurnful Of ell A dozen lives-per-
hsps mOre-and the bruising and msngliDg Of
score Of beings who had entrusted themselves TO
the Company, are the sacrifices upon this altar of
base cupidity. rotten bridge rotten that when
tried with nail its pieces chipped and crumbled
OH like punk-has given way beneath the ponder
Gus weight Of mighty engine aud a train of cars.
Down into chssm, thirty feet from the level Of this
death trip, went four cars, two Of them filed with
human beings, to be reduced to a common wreck, to
mingle with the dead, the dying and the wounded
in their sgony, with splinters and fragments. The
bridge was about sixty feet span snd some thirty
feet above the surface Of :he water, which ran be
loR it to the depth Of nearly four feet and il had
been reported to the company as dangerous. 1t
was to be replaced by new one, which was already
framed, and would have been thrown over the creek
in any event this week. But, meanwhile, trains
were still across this rotten punk To be sure,
we told that the engineers we're Rprrsed Of the
danger and ordered to extreme caution So
much the more convincing proof against the ofieals
who are responsible for this disaster If bridge
was dangerous to cross and those off ,als kneR it,
they guilty Of g crime every time they allowed
. trsin to pass over it,
Year: 1859

At 81 o'clock last evening. a train came down the
road al an ordinary rate OF speed. Il vas drawn
BY the locomotive Ten Eyck, and consisted of ten
der, two baggags cars. and two passenger cars-ths
latter well filled. The bridge there rotten and
fractured, ready to csiVe then, pirae's gang,
plank receives yictem to oOnsign him to his death.
The engine passed over in safety. But just as it
had reached the South side, while the tender was
upon the bridge and the rear wheels Of the locomo-
tive had not yet left it, the engineer Charles Fl.
Jones, felt that he was sinking. His hands was
upon the throttle valve. In falling backward, his
whole weight rested uponit. The valve was thrown
wide open. Its whole volume Of steam rushed upon
the cylinders. With mighty strain. the huge ma
chine pufed, baked an instant, and then bounded
forward off the falling bridge breaking its eonnee-
iions clearing the track running along side Of The
road for about fifteen feet, and stopping Just as it
had begun to turn over upon its side Rs if worn
cut with its great effort


When the engine cleared the bridge il had prob
ably sunk about two feet below its usual level The
tender did not follow the locomotive, but dashed
against the abutuent, aLd then sank, with great
crash, IuIo the stream. The baggage cars came
laundering upon it, and were broken to pieces
lying in q heap in the water. The FIRST passenger
car plunged headlong down the chssm, striking up
on its forward end at q short distance from the
sbutment, upon WHICH the rear end rested The
second passenger passed directly over the first
and remained resting upon it. The position Of the
train after the accident, therefore, this: the
debris of the tender and baggage lay piled TO-
gether upon the bottom Of the stream, little
than midway between the ends Of the broken bridge
which had given way in several different portions
some going entirely under the water, and thus
naming pendant against the sbutments. The first
passenger car was sustained by the wrecks both Of
the bridge and Of the tender and baggage cars,
while the second passenger car rested entirely upon
il.


When the accident occurred, everybody on board
~. A. kh.k,
the engineer and fireman. The passengers in both
ears we're hurled violently frOa their seats, and
Year: 1859

We know that you are not 'by constitution
al popularity" bold bad man, and We dis
like to see you used to sustain and advance
the reckless politicians who would subrert
every safeguard of law and liberty and
trample under feet every sentiment of vir-
tue to secure their own advancement.


BY such men you are employed, with or
without pay, to peryert the sense OF right
and Justice in the public mind, and to defend
and sustain men who have been guilty of
stealing the Poll book. Will the public JUS
tify you in this course? Is it light for you,
even as the attorney of Thompson, to hold
this public record in concealmens in your
own hands? Would you be justified in thus
acting in reference to the records Of the
courts in which you practice? Could you
from s'taste or habit" stand up before the
court, with a record Of tina. court in your
pocket, and strive to deprive men of the
rights which they held by virtue of that rec.
ord? Would your ''taste' incline you to
take as your fee portion of the money
known by you to be stolen by your client,
and then contend that he did not steal it?


If your F" tastes and habits' incline you
to such course, we trust that no such
constitutional peculiarity'' may creep into
the the new code which you are assisting to
frame.


"The Register will pursue the course
marked out for Itself" exposing rascality
to public condemnation, despite the assaults
Of the knaves and dastards who writhe under
its lash, or the digniied sneer Of those who
claim the exercise of genslemanly courtesy
while engaged in transactions which bring
the blush Of shame or the glow of indigna-
ton to every cheek, not hardened by indul-
gence in vice aud crime.
Year: 1859

Sometimes you wind along the bottom of
a deep ravine, occasionally so narrow as
barely to afford you footing between the
bluff and the torrent, and then widening out
into beautiful glades, covered with grass or
grown thick with shrubbery. These widon-


ings are often short, and by stepping few
yards away from the brink Of the stream,


YOUR vision is " land locked" on every


side, and you find yourself in an immense
basin, out of which you can see in no direc-
ton but skyward. In many places there
are patches, of more than thousand acres
Year: 1859

~ Bailey has . large and elegant
stock Of "Dusters" which he il determined
to close out at such prices - will induce al
the ladies to possess one Of these very useful
artislsA A beautiful stock Of Dry Goods
slseAvt9s the inspection Of our lady
frisnda
Year: 1859

A Coop kA'-Commissioner Ba-
ker was yesterday engaged with force Of
hands in fixing the crossing and gutter Of
Post O6ie alley on Brady street which has
been stopped up by an accumulation of dirt
and garbage. Room for work on ali the
streets Mr. Commissioner.
Year: 1859

@ There is very great lnstltu-
ton of learning in this city. perched upon
the bluff at the head of Main street, which
has been on the eve of moving away from
this inhospitable place, for the past three
years. What is singular to US, however, is
that they continue to stick here like sick
kitten to a hot brick. The lands Of this
institution run along Tenth street to Brady,
at the corner of which is nuisance that
causes US to pray for that College. every
time We pass it on q wet day. The ground
at the point named is much higher than the
side walk, and Whenever we have shower
the rain washes down the loose earth on the
walk. rendering it almost impossible. The
College people have been frequently impsr-
tuned to fix this spot 90 ss to render it less
Questionable, but they are going to sell
out and leave, which Of course accounts for
the lack of courtesy on their part. To be
sure they ask at least four prices for their
property, but they may be able to pick up
some chicken green enough to pay it. We
would wager . new hat that they could not
be induced to leave Davenport, under any
circumstances. Their threats of running
the town by moving to some other place
which they would build up. is all bosh. By
their arrogant course in this city they have
lost nearly every friend they had. and many
Of their firm, ardent supporters, are now
ready to turn round and kick them out of
town.
Year: 1859

BE CAREFUL of your tobacco box, and how
you borrow guns. A young woman in New
York has lately sued a man for breach OF
promise Of marriage and recoved $4,000. The
principal evidence against the defendant Wal
the fact that he gave the plaintiff his tobacco
box, and borrowed gun Of her father.
Year: 1859

A LITTLE scamp FIVE years old, stood at a
switch on one Of the Philadelphia city rail-
ways, and as the car approached threatened
that il the driver did not give him cent he
would move the switch and throw the car of
the rail the driver told him to clear out but
the boy stopped down TO move the switch,
and his hand was taken off by the passing
Year: 1859

GAMBLING IN THE MOUNTAINS. Neva-
da Journal OfFridAy says:


One who knows descants to us dolefully
of the increasing immortality Of the people
Of our goodly city. He tells US that never
since 1852 has there been SO much and so
heavy gambling carried on, or intoxicating
liquors drank so literally as at present In
all ages Of the world there have been found
enough who look on the dark side Of human
life and beRail the corruption of the times.
But We are certain our informant is not one
of these. The evidence he produces and the
statistics he has at command are convincing.
When business men, lawyers. judges and the
common hummer are seen together from day.
light till dark, and even till the small hours
Of ths morning engaged in games Of chance
Tor the miserable consideration Of ticket in
lottery or drink Of whiskey. and make
regular business Of it, there is some reason for
repeating the ejaculation of Cicero, o tempo
raj o mOresl which our informant does with
gusto. We rather suspect he has been too
familiar with bean poker or "Pharoah" Of
late and pefhaps lost.
Year: 1859

Fast Drictng on Franklin street, west of sth,
is very much complained of at this time. The
police are on the lookout for offenders, and
may detect some of them when they least x
Dect it.
Year: 1859

kidnapping BG5e.-Some short time since
we noticed the discovery of 4 newborn male
infant lying in the old field near Prentiss
row. and the fact that the little fellow was be-
ing taken care of and provided for by a colored
woman. A few mornings ago two ladies, one
middle age the other young and pretty, called
to see the little stranger, and after fondiing
and caresstng it for time, sent the colored
nurse to a neighbors, under some pretext-
She had been gone but a few seconds when the
ladies left, taking the child with them. Whe-
ther either OF the ladies were related TO the
child, or obtained possession of it by stealth,
in order 10 adopt and rear it, is not known at
present but there We're parties who saw and
followed them, and who can give any infor-
nation that hereafter may be necessary.