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Year: 1859

AN INTERMITTENT HUsBAND.-An INDECENT cit
izen Of Montreal suddenly disappeared;, two
years ago, leaving his indignant wife to her own
Tor him to come up again, she married a second
husband A FEW months ago this man, too went
of-but II was with the consumption and new
suitor appeared, counting her most assiduously
ana begging for speedy union. He was re-
tnrned Californian, badly scared by the sma H.
Pox, from which he had just recovered, and rem
dered very round-shouldered by working in the


mines, from which he had brought home to Mon
tredi many big Jumps; but in spite of his dam
aged exterior, she yielded to his importantly (be-
cause ne was wealthy, perhaps.) and they were
married After the union was fully consummated
the happy man astonished her with the intcli-
gence thar he Icds her first husband who had run
away that he might go and get rich for her sake
As she bad not recognized him upon his return,
ana had been married second time he had
Thought best to court her over again. and have
the ceremony Performed anew. We have not
heard how she liked IT,
Year: 1859

He is DEAD.--Yes--the friend who
was by our side but yesterday-whose
laugh was as loud as our own, and whose
spirits were as light as the most active
is now dressed in the habiiments OF the
tomb. His voice will enliven no more
no more will his presence cheer-no more
will joy and gladness spring up in the hearts
Of those who were wont to be relieved from
the benevolence of his heart. He is dead!
lie has looked his last on field and flower


spoken the last kind word and given the
last kiss of affection.


The flowers of spring will wither upon
his gNave-the birds will sing above his
resting place, and the merry voices of
children will float upon the air--but the
sleeper will not awake till the ssound of
the archangel's trump shall call the dead
TO life. May we learn useful lesson
from the sudden departure of one who so
recently was engaged in the active scenes
of life. May we SO iiYe, that if called sud
denly from the purs&t Of time, we may
be prepared for the beVef world where the
weary are forever at rSStA.
Year: 1859

FORCES CONCENTRATED. What mou,a
tain of Stoves and Tinware Rupp must
now have in his establishment at Middle
port. He removed his stock from Pome
roy last week, and load after load was
taken away. With this stock concentra
ted at one point, he WILDE able to draw pat
Tonage from all sections of the county,
And his large stock is not the only in
ducement. lie affirms, and those who
have dealt with him will substantiate, that
he can and scW sell Stoves and Tinware
cheaper than has ever before been offered
in this market. Do not fail to give him a
COLL
Year: 1859

aA- The r. R. Bridge across the Miami
west of the city, caught fire yesterday
doubtless by some sparks from locomotive
which had passed over few minutes be-
fore the fire was discovered. The watcbman,
who went through the bridge just after the
train had passed through, Gas he always
does,) did not discover any thing wrong
A few minutes afterwards, he saw the blaze
and running to the place, put it out in a
minute or two, water and buckets being
close at hand. The sparks were deposited
in cavity between the timbers and the
weather boarding Oh the south side Of the
bridge, where they could not be readily seen,
and hole about foot in circumference
was burned, but the bridge timbers are not
damaged. But for the watchfulness and
presence of mind of the watchman, the
whole structure would probably soon have
been in ruins.
Year: 1859

The committee to whom was referred the SUI
perntendence Of the grading Of Wayne street, re-
port that they find on examination that portion
Of the street is too high by from five to seven
inches upon the east side, that the road through
the cut on the hill is too narrow by from three
inches to one foot, and that the gravel is only
from two to four inches deep at the edge Of ths
road, whereas 1t should be nine inches. The
committee therefore report that they cannot re
ceiye the work om Owen TrAnor, the contrac.
tor.


The City Solicitor, TO whom was referred the
encroachment Of d. NJ. Curtis mill upon the
street, presented an acknowledgment Of the
same, signed by MIR. Curtis.


He also made report upon the culVert run
ming under the canal near seely's basin, giving
his opinion that it was the duty Of the City to
repair the same.


The ordinance increasing the number Of pO'
lice officers TO seven, aud providing for the ap
poinsment Of Captain, was read the third time
and passed.
Year: 1859

Es- The Scientific Artisan of the 10th inst., presents an engraving of a knitting machine which resembles a sewing machine ln appearance, and is worked in the same manner. It takes the yarn from the skein. carries it to the spools and thence to the needles where it is changed into stockings at the rate of stocking in eight or ten minutes.

 A late number of the same paper con tanned an engraving and description of counting or reckoning machine by which numbers may be added together by semi circular motion of the hand. The Artisan IS valuable paper to mechanics and others. Price S2 year.
Year: 1859

THEATER.-lne LiIrle hock Theater, un- der the management of Col Tunbull with large company, opens, we are told on Saturday night. The establishment lacks one convenience. There should be a back entrance so the actors could reach the stage without passing through the hall and the audience. A flight of steps to one of the near windows would admit of ingress and egress behind the scenes, and cost but little
Year: 1859

N- Senator Iverson of Georgia thus expresses himself with regard to the free laborers of the north:

 'The proud and enviable condition of the poor white man in the south, compared tothe degraded white slave of the north. is owing to the existence of African slavery in the south. If the question of emancii- pating the negroes were to-day submitted to the people of Georgia, nine out of ten who own no slaves would vote in the nega- tive. Slavery must be maintained-in the Union if possible--out of it if necessary peaceably if we may-forcibly if we must. He was once an advocate of squatter sove- reignty, but had repented of and recanted the error. Subsequent investigation had convinced him that the true theory in rela- tion to the territorial government of the Union is that it is both the power and duty of Congress to pass laws for the protection of slavery wherever it exists, or may exist, upon the soil''
Year: 1859

STAMBoATs OF LIGHT DRAUGT-Is it not wonder that boats of the kind described below have not been brought upon our western waters?

 The Wheeling Intelligencer says:

 The new steamboat built by Capt Will son for Messrs Reed & Mitchell, of Evans vile, Ind, is now about completed, and will leave for Green river in day or two. She is hundred and ten feet long and six teen and half feet beam. She has an up- right tubular boiler, similar to those used upon locomotives, and an immense deal is thus saved in weight, space and expense. With about ten tons of freight to give her an even keel, she will only draw about ten inches water Steamboatmen who have seen her say that if the tubular boiler works it will introduce an entirely new idea in boat building, and her coming out:is there fore looked to with considerable interest," As an emblem of her extraordinary tlraught, her owners have placed upon the top of her jackstaff large water. sprinkler.
Year: 1859

SUBLIME Except in the transcendent perora-
tlon of Webstcrs great speech in reply to IIayne,
we have never met with anything more beautiful
than the following passage from the Address de-
livered at San Francisco on the 4lh instant, by
John V. Watson, Esq:


"Amid all the contests that have marked our
career, the Union has been the prevailing and
triumphant sentiment. Let it be the Eternal
But if the time shall unhappily come, when this
mighty fabric shall yield to the parrc idal attacks
of civil discord, pray God that its fate may be
oblivion, that no wreck vestge OF its existence
may remain to attest its former greatness or in
cite the story of its fall. Let the Atlantic and
the Pacific meet in mournful embrace over its
ruins, and their commingled waves sing its re-
quiem."
Year: 1859

TO Buy HIM OFF.-The New Orleans Delta
proposes that the Democratic party, in order to
redeem itself from the scorn Of the nation force
Buchanan to resign bis place-paying him the
salary for the remainder Of his term, by contri-
button from the several States. The suggestion
is not bad one but Buchanan, If we may Judge
by the margins on coal and lumber contracts, has
too good thing to give up for the salary alone.


Pay him a coal and lumber bonus, then.
Year: 1859

SEWING MACHINES DANGERoUs.--A northern
editor who has tried it says 1t is said to be
dangerous to be working with u sewing machine
near window when there is thunder storm.
II Is also very dangerous to sit near some sewing
machines when there is no thunder storm
Year: 1859

Go 1T WHILE YouR YoUNG, &c.--The Troy


Wing says there is a girl residing with her pa
rents In the lower part of the city, who Is twelve
years and four months of age, and is mother Of a
child about a month old. It's father is only in his
sixteenth year.
Year: 1859

a sEMI-wEEKLY campaign paper, to be called
the True Democrat and Settler and to be under
the management of the Popular Sovereignty
County Central Committee, is to be published ut
Petauma.
Year: 1859




We alink it would be diiiculsAto fnd more
striking picture of covetuous man-of the
real meaning and madness of greediness for
gain-than the following passage from that ex-
ceflent work, Laws Serious Call:


If you should see with large pond of
water, yet living in continual thirst, not sufe r
ing himself to- drink hal Il draughr for fear of
Icssening his pond; if you should see him vast.
ing his time and strength fetching more waite r
TO hispond, always thirsty yet always carrying
azbueket of water in his hand, watching early
andla to catch drops ofrain, gaping at every
cloud, and running greedily into every miro IN
hopes of water, ,sand always studying how to
make every ditch empty into his pond: if You
should see him grow gray in these anxious la
bors aud atlast end careful, thirsty life by
falling into his pond, would you not say that
such an one was not only the aut or of his own
disquiet. but WIS foolish enough to be reckoned
among madmen2 But foolish and absurd as
this Character is it does not represent half the
follies and absurd disquiets of the covetous
man. A s8 1 S
Year: 1859

rLA:ETAnr.-Thc good steamer Planet went
down the lake yesterday loaded down to her
guards With excurslonists. A dollar to Mil
wankec and return was too great an attraction
to fail Of full load Of course.
Year: 1859

The State Depar gives notice that the
restrictions in Brazil have been further relaxed The
port duty of ten per cent heretofore charged sugar.
hides and other native products had been reduced
eight per cent by recent decree of the Emperor
is now in full force.


The earnings OF the Central Railroad Company of New
York for the month of Sept 1852 $3.50 43S 10
For the same month last year.. 653,3730 06
Year: 1859

CORNER EUTAw AND MADISON


TEA DEALERS AND FAMILY GR0CERS.
Have constantly hand at either the above establish
ments large and constantly renewed assortment of
article in their line (ExCEeT Spurious LIQUoRSl which
from their experience and ample facilities, they
enabled to sell low any other house in the United
Rates.


IN THE STAPLE ARTICLES PARTICULARLY,
those of every day consumption, think
interests purchasers stock being large and
laid In always at the most favorable time


OUR FOREIGN GOODS
of direct Importation from houses OF the high
standing abroad and have received the
baton of our customers.


Wepay particular attention to TEA, and guarantee to
every purchaser entire satisfaction, both in QUALITY
nd PRICE sS-eo6mrE
Year: 1859

lin held an inquest over the body of a woman
named Mary Keys, who died suddenly during Mon
day night at the residence of her sister on East
Fayette street near Central avenue. Deceased was
forty eight years of age, and for some time past
has been subject to rush of blood to the head. The
jury rendered verdict of death from natural caus-
Year: 1859

At halfpast two o'clock yesterday morning fire
was discovered in an unoccupied two-story brick
dwelling, on Half Moon alley near East street.
Policeman Pierson endeavored to give an alarm
from box No l6, but was unable, when he went to
Engine house No. 6, and the alarm was given from
there. The property was partially destroyed
Owned by Daniel Kane and fully insured in the
Equitable Insurance office
Year: 1859

! Said a young person to lady, who sal


holding her child Now what good will


all your education do you? You have


spent so much time in study, graduated


with high honors learned music and paint.


ing, and now married only farmer. Why


do YOU not teach school, or do something to


benefit the world with your talents. or, II


you choose to marry, why not take a teach


er clergyman, or some professional man?


But as it is, you did not need 50 much


learning for a rural life"


The lady replied, '.you do not look very


far into the future. Do you see the boy on


my lap? needed all the study, all the


discipline, both of mind and body, that I


could possibly get, in order that may train


him Alright You see have the first I'M


pressions To make on the fair bland Of his
pure heart, and unless my mind was first
cultivated, my own heart first purified, kow
could 1 well perform the task now set be-
fore me? And, besides, do you not sup
pose that farmers have hearts like other men,
tastes Just as pure, because they guide the
plow and till the soil for its support? Do
you not suppose their minds are susceptible
of cultivation and expansion as other men?
Have they no love of the beautiful, in their
nature of art? Cannot good painting be
Just as much admired on their walls az 9TH
crs, or does the evening hour never pass as
pleasantly with them, when they gather
aroud the piano after days labor is fin
ishcd? All, my young friend you have
made sad mistake in your reckoning"


OF all the occupations, give me that of
the farmer 1t is the most beautiful; his
Lie is free from care, his sleep is sweeter,
lis treasures safer. A farmer need not be
/ slave of any, for he has none to please
1ut himself Not so with any traderman,
or professional man. They have
more or less to do with the world at large,
md have all manner of persons to deal with;
o that they have need of the patience of job
o livel They are well aware that they
must not freely speak their minds at all
ines, that if they do they viii loose custom;
or they depend upon the people for living;
therefore, they are servants of all. Then
that can be desired moro. what is more
eaceful, prosperous, honest. healthy and l
appy than farmers life.
Year: 1859

As soon IS the present harvest is over.
the next thing in order is to get in the seed
for another crop. Farmers have had


pretty severe lesson this season. in consc-
quence, part of which were purely provi-
dental and beyond human control or fore


sight, and consequently past crying about;


but another part-and We leave it to cart


ful and honest people to say, each for them


selves. in how much-was the direct and


palpable result of natural and reasonable


effects following mismanagemcnt which is


inexeusable, or worse than that. It has


often been demonstrated that though farm


ing not only pays better in all seasons. but


Is far safer in extreme ones. that. it seems


strange that people who can so i'll afford il


viii continue to throw away hard labor in


half doing their work. when they get no
pay. How is the land for the fall sowing?


Is it in clover or in rich fallow, ready to
take in the seed and hold it like gener-
Gus mother, and bear it up in liberal crop?
or will it 'have to do" poor starved field
that is Of no use even to pay over. and
from which nothing short of miracle will
bring You the seed againl Faith is good
thing, but in farming particularly, you can
not get along without that other grace of
Good Works and this latter well laid out
viii wonderfully strengthen your faith when
it ultmates in fruition. Better have one
here Of land got in right and in season, than
I've acres half done. The first viii pay
lou5le, the last viii not half pay, or not at
ii, and leave You feeling Ike a very much
lbused individual besides. Some men will
make money on five acres, while others viii
lot Iaake decent living on hundred
Jhi0 CaLirator.
Year: 1859

Dear Chronicle:


Seated upon the topmost pinacle of Pilot
Knob. with huge rock for writing stand
the spirit moves me to adress few lines
to you. @


This Mountain is situated in beautiful
basin-like valley, surrounded on all sides by
very high hills; it is solid body of iron
orc, little more than a mile in cireumfer-
ence at It's base. The top of the mountain
commands one of the most beautiful views
Imaginable. Hill after hill rise in the dis
tance, on all sides, far as the eye can reach.
To the south, and within three miles of the
mountain, arc seen the beautiful villages of
Ironton, county seat of Iron county, and
Arcadia noted for its Seminary, which was
established there fifteen years ago. At the
foot of the mountain, on the north side are
situated the Iron Works, and the depot
buildings at the southern extremity of the
Iron Mountain Rail Road. The sides of
the mountain, as are the adjoining hills
also, are mostly covered with bushy oak
trees; near the top rises a massive pile of
rocks more than fifty feet in perpendicular
hight From this circumstance. and the
fact that it, for a long time, served for
guide to the hunters in this part of the
country, it received the name of Pilot
Knob.


This part of the state is valuable prin-
cipally on account of its minerals. The val
leys are tOlerably productive, but the hills
are rocky and barren.


Farmers here arc busily engaged harvest
ing their spring wheat and grass; fall
wheat has been standing in the shock for
some time. A few of the earliest pieces of
corn are tasseled ont. Crops all look well
and times are much better than in central



With due respects for friends in Trum- !
bull, | am respectfully


Yours, RIDGLEY POWERS, Jr.
Year: 1859

/ Did you ever see a beautiful man, reader!


If you have, You have seen one of the most


awkward, ungainlys creatures among the


human bipeds. Now there may be some
thing very attractive and interesting in the


shrinking timidity ola blushing girl, though
confess that | have my dOnbts in regarG.


to it, but baShful man, who ever pities


him? Though despised by one sex, and


laughed at by the other, always doing what


he never ought to have done, and saving


what he never intended to say. he is one of


the most pitiable objects in existence.


To be sure, in these days of brass and
assurance, when everybody thinks himself
as good as his neighbor. and a great deal


better, they are very rare. But still they
are to be met with occasionally, though
they are quietly disappearing and probably
in few years there viii be no trace of them
left. ~ Et


My friend, Joshua Wheat was one of
this unfortunate class of people. l say
was, for he has wonderfully improved of
late years. But l will not anticipate.


No one could have seen Joshua enter a
room where there was company, especially
ladies, without being aware of this pcculi-
arity of his. He generally either blundcr-
cd along, looking red and foolish, or shot
hurriedly in, with white. scared face,
hiding himself as soon as possible from OBJ
servation behinh door, or in a corner
If there was a chair or stool anywhere in
the room, which was very apt to be the case, !
he generally managed to stumble over it, |
which was not at all calculated to increase
his selfposscssion, or add to the grace of
his entrance. If pretty girl spoke to .
him, he stammered, and turned all sorts of
colors, looking as frightened and ashamed |
as if lie had been convicted of sheep-stcal-
ing


Poor Joshua. there certainly never was a
man who had higher opinion of the better
part of creation, or was more capable of ap-
prcciating the blessings of matrimony; yet
he had reached the age of twenty-eight
without being one step nearer oward real
izing them than he was eight years before.


He had five brothers, but though none of
them had half of his good locks or sense,
they possessed what he did not, plenty of
assurance, and a tact of showing all they
lid know, and were all married and hap.
PLY settled in life. while he remained
Horlorn, disconsOlate bachelor.
Year: 1859

\ Yankee recently stepped into an acad
emy up town. and informed the principal
that he had dropped in to learn French and
navigation that afternoon, as he was going
to sail. as mate Of vessel. for the port OF
Slarsailles, in the morning
Year: 1859

5as- On the 18th of September, IL young
Engiishman in New Orleans was at the Lake
end oi the new Shell Road, in compan v with
two ladies. After dinner at the hotel, it was
proposed they should go to the shooting gal.
lery. The gallery keeper was absent, and
a negro boy, belonging to the hotel keeper,
volunteered to load the pistols. He did not
perhaps understand the process thoroughly.
The first pistol he loaded would not 60 off,
and he laid it down. He tried his hand at
another; as he laid it down it exploded, and
to the horror of the bystanders, the poor ne
gro fell dead at their feet-the ball had gone
through his heart.
Year: 1859

AGUE CURE.-This is something OF a science
as well as medicine. The supreme difficulty Of
the science is to accomplish his end without IL
Jury to the health-the supreme excellence Of
the medicine is in accomplishing just that
Fever and Aguehas long been cured by Quinine
Arsenic, Bismuth, Mercury, but the mischief
was, the deep and often painful footprints they
have left on the constitutions treated by them
DocToR Ayers new remedy cures without q
particle of either of these or any other delteri.
Gus substance. And he promises not only
absolute safety but perfect certainty of cure
with which we may mention another quality Of
excellence not TO be overlooked in these times
and that is his low price. which puts this crown
ing glory of his art. within the reach of all
Herald, Lake Co., Ind.
Year: 1859

B@-A tooth Of some extinct monster was
found near Lafayette, Ind, few days since.
1t weighed two pounds and over A similar
discovery was made in Fountain county
about the same time. A portion of the jaw
bone Of some mastodon was found which
measured feet long and foot at the widest
mart
Year: 1859

Rev. Mr.. Barns, in his sermon on "Life
at Three Score" illustrates the magnitude
of eternal things as he approaches the end
of life, compared with those which ordina,
rily occupy the attention of mankind, by
the following beautiful figure:


The earth, as it moves in its orbit from
year to year, maintains its distance ofnine-
ty-fre millions of miles from the sun; and
the sun except when seen through hazy
atmosphere at its rising or setting, seems
at all times 10 be Of the same magnitude
Ito human view an object always small,
as compared with our world. But suppose
the earth would leave its orbit and make
its way in a direct line towards the sun.
How soon would the sun seem to enlarge
its dimensions! How vast and bright would
it become! How soon would it fill the
whole. field of vision, and all the earth
dwindle to nothing! So human life now
appears to me. In earlier years enternity
appeared distant and small in importance.
But at the period oflife which have now
reached, it seems to me as if the earth had
reft the orbit of its annual movements, and
was making rapid and direct flight to the
sun. The objects Of eternity, toward which
l am moving, rapidly enlarge themselves.
They have become overpoweringly bright
and grand. They fill the whole field of
vision, and the earth, with all which is the
common object of human ambition and
pursuit, is vanishing away!