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CTS. Whole No. 177. Morgantown, (Va.) Friday, November 155, 1858. ? MI1MM ISM, S. SIEGFRIED, EDITOU. TERMS? &1.50 Id Advance, otherwise $2.00 So subscription received Tor a sho'ter period ihtn six months ; and no paper discontinued un< ' lil all arrearages are paid. ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at usual rates: > Ono square, three weeks, $1 .00, and 25 cents for ' each additional insertion. Yearly advertise ments inserted at it discount on the above turiuu, por oontract. Candidates announcements -f 'i. Printing Office on Front street, corner ot ! Court Alley. I JJoctical. OONXBNTMENT. BY CIIARLKS 1>. RYDEN. The brightest gem the world can boast, The poorest man may >vear, And keep it as an amulet To exorciso his care. It never mocks at poverty. Nor makes the weaker pioud, Hut bheds soft lustra on his path, Like sunlight through a cloud. ? 'Tis one the noblo in his hall. '^in monarch on his throne, 'Mid lofiy pomp and pageantry, Can never call their own. It iaroly graces stately dames, Although it adds to beouiy; j It sheds unknown delight upon The least attractive duty. It is not to be bought with gold. Nor high estate can gain it ; And yet the humblest in the land May easdy obtain it. It is not found in Orient stream"?, In deep mines is not hidden, But answers to a fairy call, And ever comcs when bidden. Twill make a palace of a hut, A paradise of earth; And though it con bo cheaply bought, It is of priceless worth. And ho is wise whoever wears The jewel in his breast, His heart will own tranquility, However much oppressed. It keeps the brow from furrows free*, The spirit ever young, And teaches more and better troih, Than's often said or sung. It cheeks Impatient wandwrings, Takes pain from banithmfnt ; Add after all this precious thing . is nothing but content. The Lord Will Provide. A poor but pious widow in Boston, in lier eighty-seventh year, said to a 1 friend, "When I was left a widow with three little children, 1 was brought in- ? toeuch extremity that they were crying ; for bread, and I had nothing for them j to eat. As J. arose on Sabbath morn- 1 ing, I knew not what to do but to ask my Heavenly Father to feed mj' little ones, and commit myself and them to his core. "1 then went out to the well to get a pail of water, and saw on the ground a nix cent piece, which I took up; and learning that it did not belong to any' of those who lived in tho same house with me, I thought I might take it to f?ed my famishing children. Though it was a Sabbath morning, I felt that it would bo right to go to a baker who lived in tho neighborhood, tell hirnour circumstances, and buy bread with tho money Providenco had thus cast in my way. Tho baker not only did this, but tho Lord opened his heart to add a bountiful supply; and from that hour ; to the present, which is nearly fifty' years, 1 have never doubtod that God1 would take care of hid children, Krltoious Toleration. ? Wo road tho following in tho Indepcndance liclge: A parish in tho Canton of Thurgovia, (Switzerland,) has just giv en a grand example of toleration and union between the two conf<?8sior.?. ? Tho occasion was the installation of a new protestant pastor at Frauenfield, where tho two crecds count about an i equal number of believers. Tho re- j coption was accompanied by a certain! degree of pomp, xoung Catholic girls ! assisted Protestant girls in preparing! crowns; the Catholic clergy went out to ; Tncot the new preacher; o choir of men composed of Catholics and Protestants, , conducted by a cure, chanted hymns of , thanksgiving, and tho feto terminated! with a grand banquet, at which all tho principal citizens of the locality wore present. \ lawyer ih Batavia, New York, charged a client $782 for collecting a claim of ?800. The Herald of that place publish*! the docutncnt in proof of the fact. Miscellaneous. From South Carolina to Virginia, Ilero is a porfcct gom from ono of Dr. Mackay's recent "Transatlantic Sketches," published in the London Illustrated News: Away again through the eternal piuo forests for hundreds of miles! The railway is as straight as an arrow's flight Or a mathematical line; and we have to travel for thirty hours without j other'stoppnges than an occasional ten : ninutes or quarter of an hour for break fcist or dinner. The country is unpic- ' luresque, the railway tho reverse of jomfortable, and sleep, if wooed, is difficult to bo won in "cars," or carri- 1 ages where there is no support for the :>ack or tho head of the unhappy trav eler; where there is not even a place lo stow away a hat, a stick, an um- ! brello, or a bag; and whero about sixty persons of all ages and conditions in j life, including half a dozen of young children, and at least twenty people who chew tobacco nnd spit, arc closely packed in an atmosphere deprived of ill moisture and elasticity by the red heat of an anthracite stove that glows and throbs in this locomotive den. Bo liind tho stove, and on the side of tho cur, in large letters, is the following inscription: GENTLEMEN A It E REQUESTED NOT TO SPIT ON TIIE STOVE. And hero, as well as at any other point of my journey, I may as well eay what I have to say on the subjcct of tho odi ous practice of tobacco chewing, and its concomitant and still moro odious practice of spitting, so disgustingly prevalent in the southern and western i States, and to a minor extent in the northern. Before I saw with my own eyes tho extent and prevalence of this filthiness, I imagined that the accounts given by preceding travelers were ex aggerations and caricatures, intended to raise an ill-natured laugh; but ob servation speedily convinced 1110 that all I had previously road upon the sub ject fell short of the truth, and that it would be difficult to exaggerate the extent of the vice, and the callousness with which it is regarded even by peo ple of education and refinement. Amer icans who havo traveled in Europe do not seem to be annoyed that a stranger should take notice of the practice and be offended by it; but custom so dulla even their perceptions of its ofiensive ness that they consider the fault finders as somewhat squenmish and over sen sitive. Once, at Washington, 1 found myself the centre of a group of mem bers of Congress, two of whom were among tho most export and profuse spitters (I was going to write cxpecto rators, but tho word is not strong en ough,) whom it was ever my fortune to meet, when the conversation having turned upon tho military prowess and skill of several gentlemen who had dis tirigushcd themselves in the Mexican war, I was suddenly asked by one of them ? who clcarcd his mouth for the purpose of one of the most portentous iloods of tobacco juice I ever saw ? who was tho greatest general in America? Tho reply was General Spit. "Well," sai<] tho senator, "I calculato you nrc about right; and though you, as a lJrit. i8hcr, may say so, I should adviso you not to put the observation into print, as some of our citizens might take it as personal." On another occasion an eminont lawyer, who had filled some of tho highest offices of tho State, a man to whom ancient and modern literature were equally familiar, who had studied European as well as American politics, whoso mind seemed to have run thro' the whole circle of human knowledge; and who could converse eloquently on any subject, though while he spoke tho tobacco juice oozed out of tho corners of his mouth, nnd ran down upon his shirt front and waiytcoat, took a large cake of tobacco from a side pockot, and courteously offered mo a chew. ? Tho cake, I should think, weighed About half a pound. I asked him if ho had ever calculated how many gal Ions of spit such a cake represented? "Well," said he, putting tho cake back into his pockot, "it is a disgusting hab it. I quite agreo with you. I have made several attempts to break myself of it, but in vain. I cannot think, nor work, without it; and, although I know it injures my stomach, and is in other respeots bad for mo, I am the slavo of tho habit, and will, I fear, bo so to tho ond of my days." Even in tho pres ence of ladies, the chewers and spitters do not relent; and ladies seem almost if not quite, as indifferent to the prac tico as tho other sex. In theatres and lecture rooms are constantly to bo eeon inscriptions requesting gentlemen not to spit in the boxes or on the stoves; and in all places of public resort the spittoon is an invariablo article of fur* niture. Spittoons garnish the marble steps of tho Capitol at Washington; spittoons arc in all tho roading rooms, bars, lobbies, and offices of tho hotels; spittoons in every railway car; and in the halls of every Stato Legislature which I visited, tho parliamentary spit . toons seemed to be as indispensablo as tho desks and benches of tho mem bers. If tho American eagle were rep resented as holding in his or her claw a spittoon, instead of tho thunderbolt of Jove, the change might not be grace ful or poetical, but would certainly not be inappropriate. But enough on this subject, which I would gladly havo omitted to mentiou, if I had not hoped, as I do, that the concurrent testimony of all travelers will ultimately produco some cftect; and that, soonor or later, Americans will be shamed out of a habit so loathsomo in itsolf, and so prejudicial to tho health, bodily and mental, of all who indulgo in it." \ LEA UN til) COOK. Tho following anecdote, which wo find in the biography of an eminent ' mathematician and teacher of naviga i tion ? himself- entirely a self-taught man ? was translated by Rev. Mr. Young, from the Correapondance yls tronomique of Karon Zach, a very dis tinguished European astronomer: "Tho Baron is relating tho sensa tion caused at Genoa by tho arrival there, in 1817, of that splendid packet, the Cleopatra s Barge, owned by Geo. Crownir.gshield, Esq., of Salem. lie | says that ho went on board with all ; the world, "and it happened," to use ; his own words, "that, on inquiring af ter my friends and correspondent at i Philadelphia and Boston, 1 mentioned, ; among others, the name of Mr. Bow ! ditch." 'lie i3 a friend of our family and our neighbor at Salem,' replied the captain, ? a smart, little, old man; 4and that 'young man whom you sco thero, my ! son, was his pupil; in fact, it is he, and ; not inysolf, who navigates tho ship. ? ? Question him a little, and sec if he hitc. i learnt anything.' Our dialogue was as follows: 'You have had an excellent tcacher of navigation, young man; and you could not well help being a good schol jar. In making the Straits of Oibral I tar, what was the error in your rcekon jing?" The young man replied, 'Six milos.' 'You must then havo got your lon gitudo very accurately; how did you get it?" 1 'First by our chronometers, and af 1 torwards by lunar distances.' 'What! do you know how to take jand calculato the longitude by lunar ; distances?' The young captain seemed somewhat nettled at my question, and answered ine with a scornful smile, ? I know how to calculate the longitude! ? why, our cook can do that !' 4Your coolc!' Hero tho owner of the ship and the old captain assured mo I the cook on board could calculate tho longitude very well, that ho had a taste jand a passion for it, and did it every I day. 'There ho is,' said the young I man, pointing with his finger to a ne. gro at tho stei n of the ship, with a whito apron before him, and holding a I chicken in one hand, and a butcher ! knife in tho other. 'Come forward, Jack,' said tho captain to him; 'the gentleman is surprised that you can calculate the longitude, ? answer his questions.' I asked him, 'What meth od do you use to calculato the longi I tudc by lunar distances?' Ilia answer was, 'It's all one to mc; I use tho methods of Maskclyne, Lyons, Witohol, and Bowditch; but upoti {ho whole, I prefer Dunthorne's. ? I arn used to it, and can work it quicker.' I could not express my surprise nt hearing that black faco talk in this way, with his bloody chicken and knifo in his hand. 'Go,' said Mr. Crownin shiold to him, May down your chickcn, bring your books and your journal, and | show the gentleman your calculations.' I The cook soon returned with his hooks under his arm. He had JJow } ditch's Practical Navigator, tho Kequi jflito tables, Mutton's Tiiblos of Logar ithms, and tho Nautical Almanac. I saw all this negro's calculations of the latitude, the longitude, and tho true time, which ho had worked out on 'the passage. lie answered all my ques tions with wonderful accuracy, not in Latin of the caboose, but in good set terms of navigation. This cook had been round the wovld with Captain J Cook, on his last voyage, anil was well acquainted with the particulars of his assassination at Owhyhce, on the 14th of February, J 770." WILL CASKS. Tlio Providence Journal discourses on this subject as follows: Hardly a newspaper comes to us now-a-days that does not contain an account of some important will case. Either the probate is opposed or some questions are raised under it to defeat ! or modify its provisions. It is getting quite rare for a will that disposes of a largo estate to be quietly approved, J and tho property distributed without , litigation. To a great extent we know this must always bo the caso where a large estate is depending. Tho disap , pointed do not easily surrender long cherished expectations. No matter with what care the testator may consult and employ the be3t legal talent, the chances are moro than even that his estato will bo in the law. We have seen it stated and believe it to be a fact, that a London conveyancer, emi. ncnt in his profession, after accumula ting an immense fortune, drew his own will and it was ultimately broken. Thrco different views are already taken of tho will of the late Thomas Lloyd llalscy, of Providence, as to where the real estato shall go. Choate, I Curtis, Payne, Ilart, Jenckes, Currey, and Wood, we observe as lawyers al? ready in the case to urge the different I constructions. The large residuary i estate of the late James D'Wolf, now divisiblo by the expiration of the twen ty years named in the will, is before the supreme court upon a bill of the trustees for instructions as to the dis tribution. Curtis, It. W. Greene, Jenckcs, Payne, and Hart, are lawyers already in the case to assist the court in finding out tho meaning of what the testator undoubtedly thought he had .made very plain. The happy or tho unhappy possessors of large estates can avoid a part of the evil by overseeing : a part of the distribution in their lifo | time. I Romantic Affair ? How a Young ; Widow was Dkceived. ? A correspon dent of the Baltimore Clipper , writing from Philadelphia, says: Quto ft romantic affair occurred in the western part of the city last week. The fact3 are these: Mrs. B. , (a ! handsome and rich widow, and the mo ther of a pretty daughter of 15 sura* mors,) by some means became acquain ted with a young carpcnter, who, allho' a fine looking man, was in rather poor | circumstances, f ho carpenter visited the lady's resideneo very frequently, j gallanted her to church, the theatres, &c., scarcely ever paying any marked attention to the daughter, who some times accompanied them. Madame Rumor with her thousand tongues, ! soon noised it about that the carpenter and widow were about to bo made one, and his friends congratulated him on the prospect he had of so shortly being able to "hang up his hat." The wid. ow, too, was complimented by her ac quaintances, and in fact she began to ; think that the thing would take place ] although the carpenter had not, as yut, "popped the question." With the craft naturally possessed by "widders," she threw out a hint to her gallant at his next interview, and from this hint he took it for granted that she was any thing else than averse to a matrimoni al union with him. lie thought it was time to act, and undeceive the lady, which he certainly did, and astonished her too, for the next morning ho eloped with the daughter! This set nil the gossips in the neighborhood going, and they one and all pronouueed it "scan dalous." The girl's mother, however, being a woman of sense, takes it philo sophically, and has forgiven the young j people, who are now domiciled at t he family residence. She gives her daugh | ter credit for the shrewdness she ex j hibited in her courting, and also the carpenter for his discretion in picking j of tho two, the youngest and the pret tiest. Effbots of Coffkb on Diskasb. ? Dr. Moaoly observes in his "Treatise on Coffee," tlmt in consequence of the great uso of the article in Franco it is supposed tho prevalenco of gravel lias abated. In tho French colonies, where cofluo is tnoro used than in Kit ! gland, as well as in Turkey, where it is ' iho principal beverage, not only the ? ravel but the gout i? scarcely known. >r. Faur rolates, as an extraordinary instance of tho effect of coffeo in gout, tho case of Mr. Dvveran, who was at tacked with gout at tho age of twenty five, and had it severely until upwards of forty, with chalk stonos in tho joints of his hands and fret; but for four years preceding tho time when the ac counts of his ease had been given to l)r. Faur, to l.'ty beforo tho public, h< i had by his advice used coffee, and had I no return of the gout aCterwardi. ? ? >, ? i| 0. # Jfc - Extract from tlio Paris corres pondent of the True Union. BEES AND MONEY. Two rather remarkable phenomena of instinct among tho boes have lately been discoverrd in England. A farm, er's man found a bees' hive in a hol low tree, and drew from it three pails of honey, which ho took homo to his master's house. It was placed in the dairy; and the next day a great num ber of bees wero remarked in and a bout the house. The honey was all carried oft' again by myriads of bees. A gentleman purchased a quantity of honey in the comb from a village tailor. In this instance tho bees followed their own hard earned savings and carried it oft' again. INJURIOUS JUVENILE AMUSEMENTS. An Edinburgh paper recounts that a fine boy about 0 years of ago, a few days ago, so injured his back by at tempting to accomplish tho feat of j standing on his head, that death termi nated his sufferings on Sunday even ing. A singular instance of the absence of reflection in boys, occurred lately in England. Some four or fivo were at play, and it was proposed to bury one to seo at what distance he, the buried one, could hear their shouts; accord ingly a hole was dug and a boy of 12 years, laid in it; one offered his pock ct'thandkerchief to prevent the earth from getting into his mouth, which was folded and laid over his face, then tho earth shoveled in upon him. This fin ished, the others ran away to shout. A woman crossing tho field, observed a foot protruding and a spade lying near, with which she served herself to extricato the body, when she discover ed it was that of her own son, but life was already extinct. Another boy of 14, working at a smith's, saw a neighbor of his own age come and put his eye at a hole to peep in, upon which he poked a rod hot iron through the hole which entered the boy's eye and extinguished it forever, but inflamation of tho brain has ensu. ed, and his lifo is despaired of. I men tion these facts as convoying a warn ing. Death in Childhood Ilovr true and exquisitely beautiful is the following impressive passage, which is taken from the Dublin Uni versity Magazine: "To me, few things appear so beau tiful as a very young child in its shroud. The little innocent face looks so sub. limely innocent and confiding amongst the cold terrors of death. Crimeless and fearless, that little mortal has pass, od alone under the shadow, and explo red the mystery of dissolution. There is dentli in its suhlimest and purest page; no hatred, no hypocrisy, no sus picion, no earo for the morrow ever darkened that little face; death has come lovingly upon it, there is nothing cruel or harsh in its history. The yearning of love, indeed, cannot be stilled; for the prattle, and smile, all the little world of thoughts that wore so delightful, are gone forever. Awe, too, will overcast us in its presence, i for wo arc looking on death, but we | do not fear for the lonely voyager; for the child has gone, simple and trust ,ing, into the presence of its all-wise Father; and of such wo know is the j kingdom of heaven." Sleeping after Dinner. This habit, which is becoming so very popular in this country, and particular ly so with young persons, is an excee dingly pernicious one. In our climate, the stomach docs not perform its func tions during sleep, cxcept with slow ness and difficulty; if it bo heavily loaded, it remains in a semi torpid con* dition until tho sienta is finised. The result of such a daily torpidity is indi gestion, or some one of the thousand different forms assumed by the hydra, dyspepsia. In hot countries tho action of tho digestive organs is much easier than here, and sleep, unless very sound, impedes the stomachic functions hut very slightly, if at all. Tho siesta is, therefore, a natural and proper thing for the tropics, although totally inap. propriate to tho Uniocd States. HnT/t0t0N at lloMft.*? "T<at thetn loam first," says Paul, "to show piety at home." Keligion begins in a fami ly. One of the holiest sanctuaries on earth is home. The family altar is more venerable thin any altar in the "Sthedral. The education of the soul Tor eternity begins by the fireside. ? The principal of love, which > t to br carried through tho universe, is first unfolded in the family. Paragraphs from Prcnticc. Tiib expatriation of Glancey Jones will tako place in November, during "ihe melancholy days, the saddest of < the year." Our ways and means may sutler, perhaps, hut Jones should not diapond, for A listides.when Austracized 1 was recalled in less than six years, and he will be in less than half that lime. Wr. hare fears, for tho first time, in reference to the building of u tuilioad to thy Pacific. Tho President will ad vocate, in his next message, its immedi ate construction, which is proof potjilivo that ho will oppose it stiCHuously next year. The opposition in Now York have been trying to unite, but failed. They remind us of tho courting couplo who fell asleep and never woke up till tho candle burned down and sol fire to the table on which they weio reclining. Will tho Washington Union try the experiment of reading Hon. Mr. Wright, a Democratic member of Coin vjrtss from Georgia, out of the patty 1 He has incurred the "coise of heresy" by writing a le'ter to his constituents endot sing Seuutov Dotiglns and ex pi ebs- 1 iug the ppinion that the President and his Secretary might bo bettei employed i than in endeavoring to brcuk down the ' author of the Kaunas Nebinska Policy. | The United Presbyterian Church* Tho United Presbyterian, the organ of tho church in Pittsburgh, thus speaks of the late union between the Associ- ! site and Associate Reformed branches of the Presbyterian Church: "Our local Synods have been all or ganized, have transacted what business was before them and adjourned. Ilar 'raony seems to havo prevailed in all : the Synods. Not a word uttered to I wound the feelings of the most sensi- ' ! tivo, and what was of more importance | at present, not a word betraying a ! want of mutual confidence among breth ren, nor a disregard to our common doctrinal bond of Union. Enemies may prophecy and utter fearful fore bodings, friends may be faithless and distrustful, but wo trust that our union .is in spirit, and in truth, and that wo arc no longer two hands, but Judah and Ephraitn beconio one." We'll alt usect sitfuiu in the morn ing. Such was tho exclamation of n dying | child, bays the Newaik Mercury, as tho lied rays of tho sunset Mi earned on him through tho casement. 'Good by,p?pa, good by ! Mamma has come f<>r me to night ; don't cry, papa! we'll all mcd again in the morning /' It was as if no angel had spuken to that father, and hi* heart grew lighter under his but den ; for something told hi in that hi- lilt lo one hud gone to H i m who s;>id, ' S n ffe r littlo children to come unto mo, for such is the kingdom of Heaven,' There is some thing cheerful and inspiring to nil who are in trouble, in this, 'We'll all meet agai-i in tho morning.' Il mouses up the fbinting soul like a trumpet-blast, and frightened away forever thndaik shapes thronging tho avenues of tho out er life. Clouds may gather upon nut paths ? disappoir.tinents gather aiound us like an army with banner*, but all ihi* cannot destroy the hope within us, if wo have this motto upon our lips : ? ?All will bo btigh' in the morning.' Piiok 1-Ir'h O.VI.V a Printrr. ? Tim folowing tiihiito to tho noble prosoiva* tivo an we find in a contemporary, and wo commend its strong contiast to llio inUil ligent rcade r ; ?lie is only a pi inter.' Such was tho sneering leurnk of a leader in a ciscle of arist <ici acv ? tliM end flub qualify ? WlM ,was the Kb 'i <> t Sianlopo ? II e wut only ? pi i I'ft Wt.iii is I'rine ? ! Pi ede ; ick W i ' i a m . j ? #t ni ?? ' to tho ! Ptinress Royal t Ki ;land f I'fl too is only a punter Who w.-s William | Caxi nu,ouo of < ho fath ? - rs of Lit nt u v !.? ? j Ho was only n printof Ami Henpimi'i j Friiiiklin, what wa# he1? oi ly >i print- r. What was (r. I*. M hid, N. I' Willi.*, James Harper, Horace Orr-dy, Hiyim! I Tay lor, ( ' li 11 ie? I Mel - in. Thin i . I ^ ? | las Jrtt rod) Ceo. 1). Prentice. :?!><? >? im tors Dix? Cameron and Kiln ? They too weie piintciH. *Wln-t wn3 -Jam Buchanan, whr? occupies tho mo-t envi a bio posit iuii on tho eai th ? i I ?? t >o w?j* also a printer. Yoti, s'? called ptiotois 'devil,' woik on nevet let codfish aiis tocrarty trouble y on , anil you will pro bably be inukcd with \ho*<? men ? men that bavo been a honor to the wot Id. Every one cannot be a printer? bi ains ?re necessary, iJotJOt.Afl ANti CvtlA. ? In hi? speech at I'xdleville, Illinois, .Senator Douglas said : When wo got Cuba, (and put it we must sooner or later,) 1 am wf'Png to allow bar people to say whether they i will havo slavery or nut, ami I bavo no , doubt what their decision will be, since I ih?'y will never turn loose a million negmes to desoUte that beautiful island." Tho Grape crop at Cincinnati being t a failure, that place is supplied with grapes from Cleveland, whom tho crop h*s not failed for twenty -three year* ??mm? Tim Duelling Law in California. ? There is a law in California, tho pen' nlties of which are vory severe. It pro vides that if death ensues within one year after the date of tho duel, from any wound indicted, the survivor, upon conviction, shall be punished l>y im prisonment in the State prison for any term not exceeding seven years, nor less than ono year. The surviving party is liable for all debs of his vic tim, und for the expenses incurred, and the support of his family during his sickness ? if he was not instantly killed ? and the heirs of the deceased are entitled to recover ten thousand dollar3. This law was drawn up and pusscd through tho exertions of Mr. Johnson, who was lately engaged in a duel with Mr. Ferguson. Ferguson, it will bo remembered, was wounded in tho thigh and afterwards lost his life. Mr. John son, it is said has property, and a lu crative position, and it would be singu lar if ho should be callcd upon to make good the provisions of his own law ? Wheeling Times. An Example for Boys. ? We haro a carrier connocted with this office, who is between the ages of 13 and 14; who occupius a seat in the highestclass of one of our public schools, has the geography of his country at his linger'* end, and who can cypher round a he* vy of schoolmasters; and in two and a half years more, (which will muke h:u> sixteen,) he will probably read Cicero and lloiner to boot. But in addition to acquirements at school, ho has three hundred dollars in the Savings Bank, drawing five per cent, interest, and dai ly adding thereto, all gathered together by selling newspapers between school houra. ? Trenton True American. JJS ?5"* Tho Congregational Journal mentions the case of a man who, r. tow months ago, became a hopeful subject of divine grace, and united with tho Con gregational church in nn agricultural town. Though a farmer of limited means, ho solemnly devoted a young horse to the Lord soon after his con version. lie sold the animal for ?70, which the editors of that papor had received, with instructions to divide it between tho Missionary and Biblo causes. This is the more remarkablo illustration of the power of religion upon the heart and life, from tho fact that ho was never known to pay any thing before, either for the causo of be nevolence or the support of the Gos pel. James Bogart, generally known nn "Jimmy Bogart tho miser," recently died in Brooklyn, nged U3 years, leav ing property valued at half a millon dollars. lie lived for a long series of years in comparative comfort with his sister. Neither were ever married. ? Ho was an Irishman by birth, but ha l a number of relatives in this country. By his will he bequeathed ?1,000 to the American Bible Society and ?1,000 to tho Ameicnn Tract Society. These are tho only charitable bequeta ho made; the balance of his property being divided between his nephews, mooes, ! and grand-nephews and nieces. Damages. ? Tlic supremo court of Pennsylvania hns given Patrick Kelly ?3,000 damages against the Pennsylva nia Railroad Company bccuuao his eon i lost a leg while crawling under a train. ? Tho train stood across tlio turnpike, ami the hoy, who was going for pouiu I "baccy" for liia father, could net stop in case of such emergency for tho curs to go on. So he crawled under, and tho cars tin ted and ran over his leg Tho ?irt held that the railroad had no i i ,ii t to . top its cars on the turnpike t > obstruct travel; hence the vcrdict. ?*? f >-.-<?? ? . tm, PitiNTK.ns. ? Andrew Ken 'hi eninpositor who set iho first I l y | ? f > , wlitit is now the .Stato of Iowa, is woith $50,000. lie located til no early day in Duhwquo, Muck t<? hi* hnsHiasfj, never "tramped" and now leaps the vcvmid of pmpose in an in depondei t foil ii lie, Ho ho\Vf. ? ? ? , still , acts int ciimpodiioi in tho Times office. ? Indianapolis Citizen ? ? - - VV v. are Informed, snys nn exchange I paper, on tho aiiihmjty of a pi nmetiC li.lpli*t of Now York, ihat the churches of iluii denomination in the Empire City have i.lTcrcil Spurgcon, the ({real ?tur* proacher, $10,000 and his expound, >1 lie will consent to make a six motility tour in this country. ITooh at tiir Wi-st, ? Thera . sni<; to ho a good demand hi Olnciir > f i hn^n at fO,7C> not to be delis in DcC'-mber, Ti e Illinois Central railroad, which suspended in 18.07, has if mimed 'he P'-y iru-nt in fill, having during (he pat year, p?id off five millions of u* indebtedness.