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THE PERRYSBURG JOURNAL. BY S. CLARK. "Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures" $1.50 In' AdVAnce. VOL. 1. rERRYSBURG, WOOD COUNTY, OHIO, MONDAY, FEBRUARY G, 1854. NO. 48.' Discovery of Van Dieman's Land. Skntimkntal (Jhookaimiy. Anthony Van Dieman. Governor of Batavia, had a (laugh ter, whoso name was Maria. Since she was irnor of the Dutch East Indies, Maria's im- ge was impressed on many a heart, and she had no lack of suitors. There were great men among them ; but, wilh maiden likej preversity. Maria most favored a poor young! bailor a liaudsome, dashing fellow, who! was very skilful iu his business, but had no pockets, nor use for any. The young sailor's! name, was Abel Janscn Tasman. lie was; devoted to Maria heart and soul, had ex-! 'hanged pledges with her. and had brought i matters to so serious a pass that the proud; lather determined to put the vouii" adven-i not only charming and accomplished, but also the child of a rich papa, who w as Gov- j turer quietly and courteously out of sight;; the doing so, he look to be a better and fatherly course, than the institution of a great family quarrel. That his Maria should become Mis. Tasman, lie knew very ! well was a thinn not for a moment to be i thought of. Whoever won his daughter! must have wealth and u patent of nobility. ! Sim was no lit mate lor a poor sailor. Tas-'been man, however, could be easily dismissed i from dangling after her. -) The' Haiaviau traders had at that time a j notion that there was a vast continent an unknown Austral land somewhere near! south pole; and Van Dieman determin-! d lo Rend Tasman out to see about it.: If I he never came back it would not matter ; j at any rate, he woidd be certainly a longj lime. gone. Van Dieman therefore fitted 1 out an expedition, and gave to yotingTasmani the com ma ml of it. i j Off the young fellow set in the year 1612: 1 and like, an enamored swain as he was, the I first new ground he discovered a consider-1 hblf! slirtc li of land, now forming a well j English colony he named cfter ' ilear love. Van Dieimin's land, and put Miss! Van Dicman's Christian nanus beside, her; patronymic, bv giving the name of Maria to: ; small ndjoining Island close to the south astern extremity of the new land That rer, lasmania. Continuing his journey southward, the young sailor anchored his ships on the 13th i f December, in a sheltered bay. which he tailed MiKxlenar's (Murderer's) bay, be cause, the natives there attacked his ships Mid killed three of his men. Travelling on. Ito reached, after "some ' davp. the islands and Van Uieman s lami we. nave ot late : Ix'gun verv generally to call after its discov- ! ; 1 . ! which he called after the three kings because lie saw them on the feast of the epiphany,!. and then, coming upon New Zealand from'" ihe north, he called it in a patriotic wavj iiftr ib c4atP of lfnllnnd- St iten T.nn,l . I but the extreme northern point of it. a fin" bold headland jutting out into f ho. sen. stron" his love, he entitled ngnin Cape Maria i for he liad cone out resolved, not indeed carve, hrr name on the trunks of trees," but! to do his mistress the same sort of honor inj way that would be nobler, manlier, and umiv .Mi.lminr : ova"e rrvnr. i d bv one. or two more, discoveries Tasman 1 rami; back to Hatavia. lie had r,ior. thani,or ,..-,r,,P,l l,; .if,.. r,,v bo li:.,l xvnii for b;,nc,.ir sudden and high renown, court favor, and fortune, (.ovi riior van Dieman got a fa mnno Kn.-t-i .-..I:. v fmrl there wiis rn rrr:c o the rest of the career of the most comfort-j0" able married coimle. Abel and Maria. Tos.!"'" man did not like another journey to New Zealand ; it remain d unvisited until 1769, when it was rediscovered by Capt. Cook, who very quickly r ecognized it ns a portion of the. land that had been first seen by the love-lorn sailor. A Fojojusn Mistake. Some people make utrarigc mistakes as to the. nature of angels. They falk of women as " angels." There's pot a word in the whole Bible about female jangels. They are always of the other sex. Rkykriskhating Halls. The difficulty! occasioned ny uie reverberation of pound in the new Capitol at Nashville has been rem edied by spreading a thick laver of sand dust on the floor, covering it with a heavy carpet and curtaining the windows with heavy curtains. I he. Ohio Constitutional Convention remedied a similar defect in College Hall, Cincinnati, by covering the walls with canvas. Success makes men witty. Santa Anna in reply to Gen. Gadsden's proposition for a new treaty, said that he did not sec why the United States wanted another; they had one treaty ratified which they refused to observe, and two negotiated which thev re fused to ratify. Among ihe lower animals tenacity of life is the most remarkable in the polypi; they may be. pounded in a mortar, split up, turn inore ,ed inside out like a glove, and divided into parts, wit liout injury to life ; fire alone is fatal to them. It is now about a hundred years since Trembley made us acquainted with these animals, and first discovered their indestructibility. It has subsequently taken up by other natural historians, who have followed up these experiments, arid have even gene so far as to produce monsters by grafting. If they be turned in vamie. side, out, they attempt to replace themselves, and if unsuccessfully, the outer surface as tlie sumes the properties and power of the inner, and the reverse. If the effort be partially successful Only, the part turned back disap but pears in twenty-four hours, and that part of the body embraces it iii such a manner that the arms which projected behind are now fixed in the centre of the body ; the original opening also disappears, and in the room of feelers a new mouth is formed, to which new feelers attach themselves, and this new mouth feeds immediately. The .healed ex kuown tremily elongates itself into a tail, of which the animal has now two. If two polypi be passed into one. another like tubes, and pierced through with a bristle, the inner one works its way through the other, and comes forth aeain iii a few davs : in some instances, nowever. tliev grow togetner, ana then a double row of feelers surround the . mouth, j If thev be multilatcd, the divided parts growl logethYr again, and even pieces of two sepa-!dcar rate individuals Avill unite into one. 1 j IW.MF.Rir.u, Laws of the Sexes. The last j census develops some curious facts. It fix-i cs the numerical law of the sexes thus : j I. There arc more males than females bom,! .iuout i per cenr. , . 5'cars a 1ms ProPontlerance entircdy lost, and there arc more females ll,"n f , , . : . , At4Q'ycars, the balance is again the n,'Rr wa.v iUU lncrc ar:i m0l' males than! ''"V' -: ,. At 70, Ihe soxrs are about even, and the t0ultimatc age of the human being is reached wilhntit any decided advantage to either sex. li"tUTCI1 70 "ml 100 "cai;s of Pe' there; ar? 1 &-31 1 more white females than males. t'n more . man J per ran. 01 uie. wnoieisucn number. Ueyond the age of 40 years, the lirol)a 1)1,1 !lrs of longevity are much greater American women than for men. This contrasts singularly with the fact, that the rankl?'''?7!?'" O'tivelv) of American women is iiiiciioi io vuui oi jvnjerii un jnen Liiaiiaci, as is shown, however, tells tremendously 10, i wn",ic between iho age of 20 and " V" ,r mortality is very great The longevity of some women is extrnor-', (Unary. There are 430 American women above 100 years of ac;e. , , A Hit. The. Boston Tost has tle follow ing hit at the Knud Iverson , monument af- 'Out West," remarked Aunt Kitty, look ing up from the newspaper ".they buijd mon uments to persons who don't steal," ; j,; . , " I suppose that to be the, reason,", repli ed "Roger, "why there aro so fcv,,rnonu: ments in that country," w A Nocturnal Sketch. BY THOMAS HOOD. Even is come ; and from the dark park, hark ! The signal of the setting-sun one gun ; And six is sounding from the chime, prime time To go and see the Drury-Lane Dane slain, ' Or hear Othello's jealous doubt spout out ; Or Macbeth raving at that shade-made blade, Denying to his frantic clutch much touch ; Or else to see Ducrow with wide stride ride Four horses as no other man can span ; Or in the small Olympic pit, sit split Laughing at Listou while you quiz his phiz. A non night comes, and with her wings brings things Such as with his poetic tongue, Young sung ; The gas up-blazes with its bright white light, And paralytic watchmen prowl, howl, growl, About the" streets and take up Pall-Mall Sail, Who, trusting to her nightly jobs, robs fobs. Now thieves to enter for your cash, smash, crash, Past drowsy Charley, in a deep sleep, creep, But frightened policeman B. '3, rlee ; And while they're going, whisper low, " no go !" Now pass, while folks are in their beds, treads leads, And sleepers waking, grumble, "drat that cat !" ' AVho in the gutter cattenvauls, squalls, mauls Some feline foe, and screams in shrill ill will. Now bulls of Bashani. of a prize size, rise In childish dreams, and with a roar gore poor Georgy, or Charley, or Billy, willy nilly : But nurse-maid in a night-mare rest, chest-presg'd, Dreameth of one of her old Haines, James Games, And that she hears what faith is man's Ann's barm's, And his. from Reverend Mr. llice, twice,' thrice ; White ribbons Honrish, and a stout shout out, That upward goes, shows Rose knows those bows' woes ! The Loss of a Wife. In comparison with the loss of a wife, all other bereavements are trifling. The wife! she who fills so large a space in the domes tic heaven ; she who busied herself so un wearedly, for the. precious ones, around her : bitter, bitter is the tear that falls upon her cold clay ! You stand beside her coffin and think of the past. It seems an amber color ed pathway, , where the sun shown upon beautiful Rowers, or the stars hung glitter ing overlie id. Fain would the soul linger there. No thorns are remembered above that sweet clay save those your hands may unwillingly have planted. Tier noble, ten- K 1 l,ul ul'"' IVJ Jvul U1U'U5' eignt. lou tlu" ot her now as aU gentleness, all oeauty, an purity, mu sne is cieaci s ine hea(l that laid upon your bosom, rests 111 the still darkness, upon a pillow of clay. The hands that have administered so untir- ingly, are folded, white and cold, beneath the gloomy portals. The heart whose every beat measured an eternity of love lies under your feet. The flowers she bent over with smues. uenct now aDove ner in tears, snaking the dew from their petals, that the Tendure around her may ba kept green and beauti- tul . There is no white arm over your shoulder : no speaking face, to look up into the eye of love ; no trembling lips to murmer, '0 it is E0 sad.' ... There is so strange a hush in every room, no light footstep passing around. No smile to greet you at the nightfall. And the old clock ticks and strikes, and ticks it was music wnen sne couifl near ltlisow it seems a knell on the hours through which you watched the shadows of death gathering upon her sweet face. . , And every day that clock repeats that old story. Many another tale it tellcth too of beautiful words and deeds that are registered above. You feel 0, how often, that the grave cannot keep her. "' A friend once, visiting an unworldly phi losopher, whose mind was his kingdom, ex pressed surprise at the smallness of his apart ment : " Why, you have not room to swing a cat!'' "My friend," was the serene, un appreciative answer, "I da not want to SAving a cat.'' , , . I The . same 'old lady who, on a moonshiny evening, remarked that '.' it was as light as n cork," in describing some hard swearing the pthei day, said The man swore as hard as a rock." How to Tell a Good Teacher. A gentleman from Swampyille, state of New York, was, telling how many different occupations he had attempted. ' Among oth ers, he had tried school teaching. "How long did you teach?" askekl a by stander. ' i f " Wal, I didn't teach long; that is, I "only went to teach." f ,. "Did you hire out?" . " Wal, I didn't hire out ; I only went to hire out." . ' . " . .. i..i; " Why did you giye it up?" ' J.'; ; " Wal, I give it up- for some reason or nu the r. Ton see,. I traveled into a destrivt, and inquired for the. trustees Somebody said Mr. Snickles was the mart I wanted to see. So I found Mr. Snickles named my object, interducing myself and asked him what ho thought about letting me try my luck with' the big boys and unruly gals' in tha destrtct. He wanted to know if I really considered myself capable ; and I told him I wouldn't mind his asking me a few easy questions In rithmatic and jography,' or showing my hand-writing. ,' He said no, never mind, hfi could tell a good teacher by his gait: " Let me see you walk off a little wayf:'' says he, " and I can tell jis's well's I'd heard you examined," says he. : - ! ' ' - ! ' "He sot in the door as he spoke, and I thought he looked a little skittish ; but I was consid'rable frustrated, and didn't tniad much ; so turned about and: walked off as" smart as I know'd how.' i He said heMHefl; me when to stop, so I kep' on tilt I trifcfught I'd gone far enough then I s'pected sufhing was to pay,, and looked round. - W&fiht3 door was shd and Snickels was gone ''; V:rjt T "Did you go. back?" ' 'y-' v.rj sf m ," Wal, no I didn't go back.?! v; ".d vrV "Did you apply for another school ,r.t "Wal, no, I didn't apply, for . anpther school," said the gentleman from Swampvirlj. ' " I rather judged my appearance was agarhst me. HOW MANY POUNDS OF PORK '. Wtiu A - bushel of Corn make ? From an exer : ment made by Samuel Linn, of this county,, with 58 hogs, as" reported ' in the Patent' Office Report for 1849, 65 lbs. of corrird--daced 1 lb. of pork.. ; .-. : . v ;V , From the experiment of the Hon. IJ. 'Ii.. Ellsworth, reported in the Patent Office. Re port for the year 1847, it appears thaf, 3 '4-$ i lbs. of cooked meal made 1 pound of pork. This experiment was oh a small scale. Assuming that it requires ,63 lbs. of corn to make 1 lb. Of pork, the cost of its,' pro duction will be seen from the following table. , The labor of feeding and taking.care' of the hogs is not included in it he .estinriitfr: When corn costs 12Je.' per bushel, prk costs lie. per lb.; at 17c. per bushej.yc. per lb.; at 22c. per bushel, 3c. per lb.'it 33c. per bushel, 4c. per lb.; at 42c. perbiisli- el, 5c. per lb. . , ; ,, , . ifi-t,!,; . The following table shows what. the farv mer realizes for his corn, when sold in the form of pork:' ' " ' 1 When pork sells for 3c. per pound,- it makes the price of corn 25c. a bushel; at i 4c. per lb. 33c. a bushel; at 5c. per lb. 42c. per bushel; at 6c. per, pound,! 50cvi bushel. v Big Pigs.. There is quite a strife amonj; the big pigs this year. We have Recorded some not small ones, but the cry of those yet unheard is " Excelsior.!', . Dorcas Blake, of Ashfield, killed one 16 months old that weighed 551 lbs. Parks & Squiers of West-. , field, have just killed two 14 months old, fat-' . tened by Geo- Nelson, .which weigheil 05CI and 475 lbs. respectively, total. 1,025' lt,. which netted 882. The News Letter thinks, this beats the world, but , its brother ofj jUe , Standard takes them all down by two pis 15 months odr raised by Jarries Noble 2d, on , Westfield corn in th ear, which footed 1120 pounds, or; 560 each. Springfield Kvj publican, .