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SOL. MILLER, EDITOR AD PUBLISHER.
THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION.
TERMS PER AJCTT, II 1DTAJCE.
VOLUME II. NUMBER 24, j
WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1858.
WHOLE NUMBER, 76.
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. HOME.
TW Stillowtmf toaatifal Hm m trittM by ft joug
took btrt.
1 IV rat tofliMd bower,
- A4 tW My caia f dnt l will fin boar r'
1 ,., Cud vr Mr hearts li ka slep; .
Ad ir drmwt oTUm "Uaki bowij bra" -
Wbteh km, oar childhood' earlj 4yt.
Ami bv, tW friend at my hw that rat,
Wat a boy, wbaw path aai foaa
O'er tW fiobls aad flowm of Jojr, wbteh Ft
Ltk a awtbrr, ami ted apoa; -And
iMttjctit of the tint whew oar bopot had wtn,
Aa4 MeaMry to Grieflrko a ynn timgt.
flit borne bad boa oa tbo atomy ahor
Of A)biMt' aioaataia laad;
Hi ar was tanad to the breaker! roart
' Aad he lored the bleak aea-ajtI;
Aad the wrrt din, aad the howling breeze,
E iid all hit toeJ't wild ympaihiea.
They haj told bin ulei of the taany bads
Wbjpb roe o'er India aeas;
. Where gmU hoae tperfcHn; dm rirer saad,
Aad airaaje frait heat the tres:
They had hrred btm awey from bis fatbrr't hearth,
With his tears of lore aad hir voice of mirth.
Mow the frait aad the rirer fleas wen aear,
Aad he strayed ta4th a tnjic warn,
Aad Ute roiee of prooiiea that thrilled ia bis ear,
la that joyfal boar, was ;oae;
Aad the hoftes he had cbrrihed 'mid the wilds of airbt,
ftad saehed away like a fire-fly li-ht.
Oh! J hare watched faisa ffaztac tons;
Where the borne war J vessels lay,
' Chasing smd Uioajrhts aith some old song,
- Aad wipiaf hi tenrs away;
Aad! wall I kaew that his weary Lreaet,
Like the dove of the Deluge, pined &r rest.
Tbere was a woroi la the bad, w!msc fold
leaed the leech's crt;
Cease mptioa't hectic (ilaeoeiet lold
The tale of a brekea heart:
The hey kaew be was dying, hot the sleep
Of death is bliss to thoe who watt-b aad weep.
. Re died bat Meatorj wiznrd power.
With iu ghost-like train, had come
T his heart's dark ruias, at that hist hour,
Aad he SBHrmnrei "Home! borne homer
Aad his spirit passed with that happy dream.
Like a bird ra the track of a bright sanbeam.
Ob! talk of Spring to the trunpled flower.
Of light to the fallen star;
' Of glory to those who In danger's boar,
Lie cold on the fields of war;
Bat ye mark the exile's heart, wbea ye tell
Of aught bat tiie home where be lores to dwelt.
(From tba ApalachicoU Advertiser.)
SELLING SNAKES.
- A short time since, as one of oar steam
boats was wending her way to the head
of navigation, she bronght np at an "im
mediate pert " between this place and the
junction of the Chatahooch?e and Flint
rivers, for the purpose of wooding or
landing freight.
As soon as she li.id touched the bank,
how-line mde fast, and plank out, she
was boardod by one of those not very
rare specimens of humanity, a full grown
lire hoosier, bearing all the outward marks
and brands which designate the " green
hirn" gsnns. Ouly waiting till the
noise, made by blowing off steam had
ceased, with his hat drawn down on his
eyeq anil hU arms firmly buried to the
elbows in his trowserloon'a pockets, he
marched resolutely np to the clerk of the
boat, and in a load, uncultivated voice,
inqniied "If he didn't want to buy a young
ratilesnnke."
, The clerk, like most of the "boys" on
our steamboats, being particularly fond
of a joke, and knowing his man, immedi
ately conceived a plan by which some fun
inilit be had in th e dull times and low
prices.
: Assomiug an air "as serious as a judge,"
he propounded to the snake man many
questions as to the size, age, color and or
der of his reptile, gravely remarking af
ter all his interrogations had been satis
factorily answered, that
"He was not just then in tbo snake
market himself, but there was a commer
cial house in Apalachicola who were load
ing a ship for Liverpool, and that part of
the cargo was to consist of a rare collec
tion of wild beasts, birds, and reptiles ;
that everything carious was in great de
mand, and snskes, if they were the real
pizen, would readily bring from fifteen to
twenty dollars a head."
t The hoosier, elated with the thought of
what a handsome sum he could make,
thankod the clerk profoundly for his in
formation, and immediately set ont for
heme, where he ordered ail hands to drop
everything else and go to catching snakes.
By the time the next boat passed that
way, bound for this port, he had succeed
ed in capturing, alive and unharmed, a
barrel of the most poisonous serpents, em
bracing every variety and hne that crawl
ed in his diggina the adder, the mocca
sin, the rattlesnake, &c, Ac, of all ages
and sizes.
Having them placed on hoard the boat,
regularly "shipped in good order and
well conditioned, marked and numbered
as in the margin, and to be delivered at
the port of Apalachicola, to Messrs. B.
k li," (" P direction of aforesaid,) he
paid, his passage and took them in his
own care, to make their delivery doubly
certain. :
- Aa soon as ha had arrived here, his first
inquiry was for the location of the above
firm, having found which, he presented
himself wrth all the dignity ef a man en'
gaged in legitimate trade, stated the in
formation he had received from the steam
boat clerk, and desired that his snakes
snonld be pnt at once upon the market.
Understanding the hoax at once, and
determined not to spoil the fun, Messrs.
B. & H. regretted that they Sad just fill-
a lueir last oraer lor snakes, but bad no
donbt they would meet with ready sale,
as there were several houses' in the trade,
and he was directed to one of these.
Br this time the newa became general.
and everybody knew that there was a snake
vender in town, and all had a disposition
to "humor the joke." Reading the signs
as he went along, onr friend soon arrived
at another counter and demanded "if they
didn't want to buy some snaix ?' Here
he was interrogated with businesslike
gravity, as to the age, size, and species,
to which he replied that "they were of
all. sizes little, middlin ami biff: old.
young and middle-aged; spreadin adders.
copper bellied, nigh land, and water moc
casins, striped and yaller rattlesnakes ;
but they were all the genuine pizen, war
ranted to bite if they could, and kill if
thev bit.
These were just the kind they had wan
ted, and they were extremely sorry he had
not arrived a day or two earlier, as it was
probable they might have purchased the
"whole lot ; however, thare was a firm
a few doors below, whe were in the snake
market, and would no doubt be glad of
so good an opportunity of furnishing their
friends in Liverpool with such a variety
of poisonous serpents, and to this house
he was directed.
In this way the poor, nnsnnpectinfr, nn
sophisticated snake catcher, was driven
from house to house, from number to
nnraber, until at last the day began to
wane and the prospects of a sale to. grow
dim ; be presented himself, with flushed
cheek and persnirinjr forehead, to the
captain of one of our vessels, who, he had
been told, would take the whole lot at a
fair price, and asked in a despairing and
almost suppliant tone, ' Don't yon want
to buy my tnauc f
The captain was props red for the ques
tion, as the joke had reached the climax
and an unaffected, irresistible roar of
laughter broke from the crowd who had
collected to hear his last appeal.
The snake man stood aghast, the very
pictnro of ntter aiiajemcnt nd wonder 7
but verdant as he was, a ray or light
broke in npon him, and he began to un
derstand that ho had been completely ta
ken in. If any donbts still lingered about
his obtuse intellect, they were effectually
removed by the remarks of the crowd.
"V ell, said he, alter pausing awnile
as if to bring his mind to a focus upon
the extent of his wrongs "well, it's a
d d mean trick any how, to serve a
feller. Here I've had three nigijers two
days catchin' snaix, takin a sight of pains
to get 'em without a bruise or a scratch
run the risk of bein' bit by the blasted
pizen things paid three dollars to come
down on the d J old boat ; deck pas
sage at that, and the danger of buslin' up
thrown in- paid thirty-seven and a half
cents freight on the barrel lost three days'
work myself, and wore my legs a most
off a trampin over your inter shells and
sand got your nasty neas an over me a
bitin and hain't sold nary male ! It's a
ow life trick, any way you can fix it, and
that's what a feller gits by bavin' any
dcalin's with your steamboat c!eik and
your town people the outlienest set in oil
creation ! HI cnop every snaix head off.
and take 'em back, for they shouldn't
crawl in no such dod rotted place as this
And the "green nn" was downright
savage. 10 appease his wrath, however.
the boys treated to tho best the town
afforded ; made np a subscription to pay
his passage back home, in llie cabin, ami
promised never to bny a snake from any
body but him, because he produced the
real pizen breed.
Having put his threat ot beheading the
serpents into execution, he left our city in
the return boat with his barrel 01 cead
vipers, in much better humor than could
have been expected declaring, however.
most roundly to the last, that "he'd never
believe a d d steamboat clerk agin as
ong as he lived," and that he had made
his first and last trip to Apalachicola.
The Steamer Emma Bobbed bt the
U. S. Mail Aoest. The Missouri River
steamer Emma was robbed a short time
since on her trip from Jefferson City to
St. Joseph, of 82,000 by the United
States mail agent on board the boat. His
name is Morris. He is quite a yonng
man, the son of a widow lady of respect
ability, living in the interior of the State,
and had heretofore borne a good character
for honesty, although considered somewhat
fast for his years. His mother was deep
ly affected npon learning the crime with
which her 6on was charged.
Many robberies have occurred of late
in the post offices, and on the mail routes,
and mnch complaint is made of the char
acter of the men appointed postmasters
and mail agents on the Kansas route.
The St. Louis Democrat says : " They
are selected in most cases for the reason
that they are National Democrats, or have
killed somebody in Kansas or elsewhere,
or have famished fraudulent votes for the
different Kickapoos, Oxfords, and like
precincts, which are now to be found on
all election occasions."
- Here is one of Trentioe's last : -
Oar foreign missions have been con
verted into "homes for the friendless" by
the charity of the President. Credentials
are not required, except so far as that
applicants mnst have been kicked ont of
Congress by their immediate constituents.
THE BACKWOODSMAN. .
k lb chop wild wood if letxly mi,
AjmI to twirif, bit brood -ax lik a ligbt null
His garb it awoatlibat hit- atop it proad,
Aad hit TOira, frtoa to paaketb, ia Crta aad lead:
The fbfatl facades aa bis stroas; ares ssrioS, ' '
Aad to letteth ia ligi Kke the Kief af Kiaffc -
tlii hat is ofkt, aad Us lafaa! brood
Teteble foclb. to rejoice ia that solitede;
They chase the boeej-bee borne to its store,
Aad the old tree fires ap what it aever bore;
Tber bide ia the brake, tliey nub thro' tbe stream,
Aad Sit to smd fro like tbe things of a dreara.
The mother ia pale, like the sweet moonlight.
Bet thejt say, ia her jroath, ao rose was so bright;
Site moves ia the eahia with a gentle grace,
Aad the homeliest things hare their regular place;
She sin;s as .he works with a sighing smile,
And tor far-off home riselb ia risioa tbe while.
(From Forney's Press.)
AN EPITAPH,
Over a Favorite Menial of the President
of the United States, recently deceased.
In England, of oM, it was ever the role
That the Kin kept hi Hatter, and alio his Fool;
Bat ia Model Repeblipa one maa will office
To be the Coon's Fool aad the bottles to ice. .
Tbe oae who lies here Buck's marketing did,
tiara cards ronnd fur dinner to tboe who were bid.
And eaalted o'er other, when not a-tked to dine
Oa Exeeotire mntton aad Cabinet wine.
This slab, oa feist Taesday placed orer his bones.
Shows the Conn Fool aad Bailer was earned J. G liner
Jones.
The Americans and Whigs.
Those Americans who hold on to their
first love, (and their name is legion.) and
those Whigs who have not gone after
strange gods, have much to encourage
them now. Notwithstanding dark and
portentous clouds have long been lower
ing over them, ami the political skies
murky,' a gleam of hope now appears.
Tho dawning of a better day is visible.
The dark clouds which have hung over
us are fast disappearing below the horizon.
The bow of hope is clearly to be seen
The dark spectres which were raised by
tho infernal incantation of the evil genius
of a corrnpt Democracy,1 are beginning to
disappear. The people are awakening
from their ""deep delusions," and are be-
gmninfr to contemplate the fearful abyss
into which the corrnpt policy of the Dem
ocratic party would plunge them. They
have become wearied with tho ctrnal
sectional strifes engendered by the dema
gogues of that pestiferous organization,
and are now willing to adopt any meas
ures that will redound to the benefit of
the country. They are now looking to
the conservative men of tho old Whig
party, and to tho American party, as the
proper agents to bring about the desired
reformation, and are earnestly looking
forward to a period when all that is cor
rnpt and unholy in politics shall be put
down and crushed out. From the signs
of the times, it is evident that there is a
chancre in public sentiment going on
There is an evident desire to rid the coun
try of the nefarious rule of modern bogns
Dcmocracv. that party nas long sub
sisted nnon the aliment furnished by the
agitation of tho slavery qnesfion. But
that has nassod away. Kansas is no
lonsrer tho slosn by which Democracy
can rally strength to carry its victories.
Let Whigs and Americans take conr
ago. Tho Whigs and Americans have
ever been conservative. They hare been
Datiiotic. Their principles are such as
will meet the approbation of a largo ma
jority of the people, and as such they are
bound to succeed. Let those who have
been discouraged and become almost rea
dy to despair, shake off their desponden
cy and prepare for a fresh conflict, and
for a glorious victory. Truth is mighty
and will prevail. Rutherford (Tenn.)
Telegraph.
Millemsm Still Lives. An address
from the Advent Church in New York
and Newark, to the "churches scattered
abroad," fixes the year 1R58 as the ono
which is to witness the end of all things
terrestrial, by a pyrotechnic exhibition.
The result is arrived at mathematically.
The square root of the host of Ezckiel's
chariot, was 8,563. From this, extract
"prophetic valne" of the "scarlet lady of
Babylon," 1.228, and we havo 7.281.
Tate from this the cube ram mentioned
by tho Prophet as "pnshing westward."
4,757, and we have for remainder, 2,524.
Deduct from this "the nnmber of beasts"
mentioned" in the Apocalypse, 6G6, and
we get at the result, 1858, the year in
which the end of the world is to take
place.
Althongh the Democrats are awfully
whinned in Ohio, the friends of little S. 8.
Cox, in the Columbus District, actually
got np what they pretended to call a torch
light procession in Columbus, last Friday
niehf, in honor of hit election. The ed-
itor of the fetatesman, in maKing me can,
gave a cut of " a little bantnm cock. He
ought, for the sake ot a pnn, to nave
triven twe snch cats, so as to make it
cocks such pnn would have becen just
worthy of such an occasion. Lou. Jour.
The Hon. Kenneth Raynor, of North
Carolina, has written a letter to a politi
cal committee at Wilmington, Del., an
which ho takes strong ground against the
Kansas policy of the Administration,
and in favor of protection to American
industry, which he regards as a national,
and not as a Northern question. -
. Knittiso Macbtsk. A knitting ma
chine has just been invented by a genius
in Seneca County, and it will knit a per
fect stocking in leu than five minutes.
Jenkins oa Oli Back at Home and at
. Church. -
Jenkins has recently been regaling ns
Lin the columns of the New Tork Observ
er with an account of a visit he paid to
the said Mr. Buchanan at Wheatland.
That sach stuff as it contains should find
a place in a journal making more than
ordinary pretensions to gravity, is of it
self sufficient to atseest en inauirv as to
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what we are coming to. The letter itself
is a piece of dull absurdity, and is only
worthy of notice for the light in which
the writer, and we dare say, many of his
readers no doubt regard the President of
the United States, tie is throughout
treated as an exact counterpart of Euro
pean sovereigns, and the broadest sur
prise is expressed in every line at his
not imitating them, lhe cullard who
favoreus with his experience, finding him
self in Lancaster, and hndmg that Air.
Buchanan was "rusticating" at Wheat
land, felt himself bound, as dullards gen
erally do, to hunt np the notoriety, and
indict a visit on him an operation which
these disgusting bores always signify with
the term "paying their respects." Hav
ing brought the gentleman to bay, we are
told in a tone of profound astonishment,
that he came out of his parlor, received
his pursuers in the hall, invited them to
sit down, and chatted with them in his
own house, with as much ease and good
humor as any other gentleman would dis
play under like circumstances. The next
incident is an emetic of the most power
ful kind :
"Nothing about this truly great man is
more wonderful than the ease and sim
plicity of his manners in private life. He
throws off alf reserve and makes his vis
itor feel quite at home in his presence.
While we sat there, a rough, laboring
man walked in without a coat, and salu
ted the President, "Good morning, Sir,"
and handed him some newspapers. Tbe
'rich brogue' betrayed the man's nation
ality. Mr. B. replied with a calm smile,
"Thank you," took the papers and tho
man left."
Think of an Irish laborer in his shirt
sleeves, approaching the President in his
country house, handing him a bundle of
newspapers, and saying "Good morning,
Sir ;" and more wonderful still, think oi
the President sstyi Jg "Thank yod," and
"smiling calmly.
We next learn that the Sunday follow
ing tho above astounding circumstance.
the same great man walked two miles to
to church. "His feet," when he got there.
says the veracious chronicler, "were cov
ered with dust, and the perspiration stood
on his forehead." Think of the audacity
of the dust in covering the feet of our
Chief Magistrate, and of the perspiration
in standing on his forehead I Moreover,
when he entered the church, "the congre
gation made no stir :" they neither rose
from their knees, nor bowed to him, nor
cheered him, nor in any other way made
fools of themselves, nor desecrated the
building so our traveler is astourfded,
"After church the President walked de
voutly," he adds, "and entirely unattend
ed through the streets of Lancaster." We
do not pretend to know what sort of a
eait "a devout walk" is, or what sort of
a train is expected to follow the President
of the United States through the streets
of a country town on a Sunday, but we
do know that the publication of such rub
bish as we have quoted above is calcula
ted to make both the President and the
writers of it laughing stocks of the pub
lic. 1 here is just as much .nunkeyism,
snobbishness and folly displayed in such
iross;p as this, as in the most arrant non-
senso that ever appeared in any Court
Circular. Will these roving blockheads
who make a practice of cooking np de
scriptions of people's houses and report
ing what great men have for dinner, ever
be got to remember, that it is almost in
excusable, in a foreigner even, not to know
that royalty comers, in monarchical conn
tries, not oa'y official, but social, superi
y ; whilst the Presidency of the United
States confers official superiority alone :
that in tbe exercise of his functions the
President is the first mane in the Union,
but that as James Buchanan, at W heat
land, he is. in the eye of the law, the equal
of the coatless Irishman aye, even the
equal of the Observer's correspondent
and in the church a wortniess, ttepravea
sinner, whose best works are dirty rags ?
A. F Timet.
Doubts about the new House of Rep
resentatives 1 This is the cry of the Le-
comptonites. How kind they are to the
Anti-Lecamptoa uemocrats liictman.
Scwarts. Montgomery, J. C. Davis and
others. They even class them as Demo
crats ; and we presume if John B. Has
kins and Horace F. Clark, of Ne York,
anil Gamctt B. Adrian, and Dr. Riggs,
of New Jersey, not to speak of the Dem
ocrats ef the Illinois delegation, should
be elected, they will class them,- too, as
Democrats. Wno inside, and who
outside, gentlemen of tbe Administration?
Phil. Prttt. -
A portion of the policy of the Admin
istration which is very suggestive, is set
forth in the following line of the Wash
ington correspondence of the N. Y. Times,
written on Friday last :
"The drafts issued each week are near
ly three times as great as the weekly rev
enue." Shot m. Kkott. A duel was recent
ly fought in Mississippi by 8. Knott and
A. W. Sbott. The result was, Knott
was shot, and Shott was not. Under
these circumstances we mould rather have
been Shott than Knott. .
A Philosopher in Defeat.
In the late election for Arkansas mem
hers of Congress, Mr. James A. Jones
was a candidate for Representative, in op
position to Mr. Rust. Jones was slightly
defeated say some six or seven thousand
majority ; and npon ascertaining the re
sult; came out in his paper, the Ouaichita
Herald, as follows :
DEFEATED, OB CP SALT BJVKlt.
"We ease." Measure.
"Not ia raja shoe id each examples "be." Brno.
We that is to say, James A. Jones,
editor of the Ouaichita Herald, and late
candidate for Congress are ingloriously
defeated. To nse a classical, and entirely
original expression, "we have met the
enemy and we are theirs." We evident
ly cast our pearls before swine. We
magnanimously, and at a considerable
sacrifice of our habitual self-respect, offer
ed to serve a people, and are not under
any contract to supply them with brains.
If they were wilfully blind to our merit,
the fault is theirs. If they are opposed
to receiving individually a hundred and
sixty acres of land a piece, they have a
perfect right to reject it they ought to
know whether or not they deserve it. If
they don't want the rights of the Sonth
"preserved inviolate, why, they may
have them pickled for all we care. We
did our duty, and onr conscience is easy.
At the enormous expense of sixteen dol
lars and thirty-two cents, we printed a
multitude of circulars sufficient, we
thought, to elect any man ; with which we
flooded this Congressional District and
a large portion of the Cherokee Nation.
We wrote to our friends, to rally to our
support. But they didnt rally. We then
concealed onrself as well as we could at
home, refusing positively to extend our
acquaintance, and to see more of the pub
lic than the public did of us. With these
precautions we deemed success certain.
A great many persons wrote us that we
should get an overwhelming vote they
were not deceived, it was overwhelming.
Many credulous persons told as that we
should be elected ; we listened to them
and were deceived. But we forgive them,
for they made us feel very comfortable
for awhile ; and all earthly happiness is
transitory. We shall never become a
candidato again without consulting some-
body on the subject first, and ascertaining
whether they do or do not desire us to
run ; for we are satisfied that it is folly to
be a candidate unless somebody does want
you to run, and will vote for von en the
strength of that desire.
We are not without consolation. We
are not the only candidate that was de
feated. There are numbers in as bad a
fix as ourself. Beaides, greater men than
we claim to be have been as badly beaten.
Gen. Harrison, afterwards President of
the United States, was once defeated for
County Clerk in Ohio, and James K.
Polk, was beaten for Governor of Ten
nessee. We are in good company, and
shall, therefore, not complain.
There is one thing for which the people
should be grateful to ns. We did not
bore them with long and tiresome speech
es as some of the aspirants did. We re
mained "quietly at home," and they so
highly appreciated our modesty that they
have given on the privilege of continuing
to do so. We arc thankful for small fa
vors.
Anions our many friends, ex-Governor
Drew is entitled to our warmest acknowl
edgments. His intention, doubtless, was
to assist us in beating Rust, by procuring
a large and influential majority of the
Democratic party to vote for him. With
this object in view he made a brilliant
canvass, ending in a no less brilliant fail
ure. But notwithstanding ho carried off
a considerable portion of our vote, we
honor him for his laudable intentions.
Hereafter he has but to command us, and
we will obey if it suits ns to do so.
.. rf .... ,1 s
To the fifteen patriotic ana cnivairous
voters, who cast their snfferages for ns in
Pike County, we beg leave to tender our
sincere and unfeigned gratitude. We owe
them a debt that it would be UiUicuIt to
repay. As a slight evidence of our high
aPDreciation and lasting regard, we pro
pose that if they will forward us a list of
their names, will send them tne ticraiu
for life at the usual price, 63 per annum,
invariably in advance.
In-conclusion, we desire permission to
" -a .
remark, that the small experiment we
have just made is eminently satisfactory.
Whatever aspirations we may nave nau
fnr trlnrv are entirely subdued. The pur
suit of a seat in Congress "nnder difficul
ties" is one in which we have no desire to
re-engage. We are satisfied that we car-
rv with ns into our retirement tne oest
wishes of a generous though ungrateful
people, and are content.
At a politics! meeting in Indiana, the
other day. a speaker named Long respon
ded to a loud call and leor. tne siana ;
but a big. strapping fellow persisted in
crying out in a stentorian voice. "Long I
Lorn? 1" This caused a littlo confusion.
but after some difficulty in making himself
beard, the President succeeded in stating
that Mr. Long, the gentleman honored
by the call, was now addressing them.
! . a ft
Ob. he be rt a i replied uie leiiow ;
"he's the little skeezicks that told me to
call for Long 1" This bronght down the
house.
It is reported that Hughes, the Great
Defeated of Indiana, has been tendered
the Mission to Russia, "in jost defiance"
of tbe disapprobation of hia eonstitnenU.
This may be incorrect, bat it w credible.
and aa creditable also, aa the si. uiancy
Jones appointment.
XAEY AT THE SEPULCHRE.
BT BET. WM. B. TAPPAlf.
"Jesse aaitk eat bee. Maty. 81
aaitb auto hint, Rabbsai; which is ta sar, Master. J
said aats bar. Teach aw not, tar I am not ret ascended la
my Father; bet re to mr brethren, aad eajr eats Ibes,
asceadaatomr Fslher and rear Father; aats mj tied aad
res Cod. Wsms k M, 17.
-m. X
JeresaJeaj is si best aosn.
Her priests ami srarriers sloes;
And disnlr ss roa raahsrl brew.
The sun their rigil keen.
Vabeeded is that reicelem gloom -
That stillness baa as dread
To her that weeping aeeks the tomb
orthe behrred Dead.
Tbe mora oa Zioa'a lonely kill,
Has cast as beams abroad;
Yet Mary's footstep liagers still
Bbe goes ts seek her Lord.
Why stands she woadering? Daads anknsea
liars bent the abroad and pall.
And rolled away the sealed stose,
Aad lent tbe prison wall.
Jesas, the Dead, she sees as more,
'Aad weeps ia fond alalia
Oh, shall she not apoa him poor
Her iranae, mrnb aad hahnT
Blessed One! thy lore aad faiib are great.
Is sot thy triomph near?
Tea, He tboa seek'st doth as thee wait
Marr! behold him here.
The Sword of Col. Jo. Daviess.
Miller sbitbq, Kr., Oct., 15, '58.
Editor St. Joseph Journal :
A thrilling interest took place at Lex
ington on yesterday the presentation of
the sword of Col. Jo. Daviess to the Grand
Lodge of Kentucky, now in session in
that city. It will be recollected that he,
with many others of Kentucky's noble
sons, flew to the rescue of tho citizens of
the North-west in 1811, when invaded by
the combined forces of British and Indi
ans. Col. Joseph U. Daviess, in a severe
charge made by tho troops under the gal-
ant Harrison, fell, bravely defending his
country. The sword ha bore during the
memorable battle of 1 ippecanoe, it seems,
passed into the hands of Mr. Levi L. Todd,
then a student at law of Col. Daviess,
in the city of Lexington, who afterwards
became a citizen of Indiana. The Col.
fell about two feet from a majestic oak.
which, after withstanding the storms and
IraoAmsa nf nanrlv half a rnntnrv. likA av-
erTthin(, earthly, withered and died.
From the trunk: ot this tree.
Mr. Todd
had a massive case jnade, in which were
encased the sword in its sheath and the
belt. Col. Daviess at the time of his death
was Grand Master of the Grand Iiodge of
Kentucky. Mr. Todd, being now far
advanced in life, thought it becomingly
fitting and a patriotic duty that he should
present this sword to be deposited in the
archives ot the urand LiOdge, as a sacred
reho and memento of Kentucky s valiant
son, and to which the present and future
generations might go and learn painfully
pleasing recollections of the past, and les
sons of patriotism for tbe luture.
Moved by these and other considera
tions. Mr. Todd, through the urand
Lodge of the State of Indiana, formally
presented the sword to the Grand Lodge
of Kentucky. This presentation was made
with touching allusions to the past and
sentiments of love and devotion for the fu
ture. This scene aroused tbe tenderest
emotions of the heart recollections of the
times and men of the war of 1S12 rushed
vividly across the mind ; patriotism glow
ed in every breast; pledges of fiiohty
were reciprocated between the sister
States. Long may thb fraternal feeling
last
On tho sworl were figures of rather
antique character, bearing the date of
1,'J3. and in large letters running along
the length of the blade, "LMrty am
Independence. onch events aro wor
thy of being recorded, and from them
should profitable lessons be learned.
Coxsouso. The Berwick (Pa.) Ga
zette thus consoles itself over the result of
the recent election in tbe old Keystone:
Thb Electios Rrrcr.xs. Of late, "fig-
... ..a r - e
are work; nasn i oeen mnco in our lavor.
We therefore have concluded to let the
Onnosition Danere numerate the retnrns
of the late election througout the State.
Suffice it to say, that we've met the en
emy, and" they've tehaled us ! We've
been swallowed by a eery big whale, and
our greatest consolation for which, rests
in the knowledge that punishment prop
erly applied, an l applied, at the proper
time, very often results beneficially.
Tm Cawxet. It is said that there is
much trouble in tbe Cabinet at Washing
ton, about what is "Democracy." The
President, and some of his influential
friends are for a "Tariff." arranged to
suit Pennsylvania, but Secretary Cobb
"frowns down" the tariff business, and
prevents the Administration from eVrm
sily recognizing the protective system.
Cobb has no financial policy, except to
borrow money to pay expenses.
An Albany paper enumerates the at
tendance npon the prize fight as follows :
Short Boys and Long Boys, Croppies,
Dead Rabbits and Live Rabbits, from
New York; Fly-by-night. Killers and
Ysmpyres, from Philadelphia; Blood j
Tubs, Ting Uglies, Rip Raps and Rough
Skins, from Baltimore ; Thugs from New
York, et id omnt genus from all over.
An Illinois paper says that the "orbit
of Mr. Douglas is as eccentric as that of
the comet bow visible in the heavens."
No doubt Mr. Donglas is as eccentric as
tbe comet, but we fear that be will nev
er be "visible in the heavens, either in
this world or the world to come. Lam.
Journal. '
Rk-Shinoubo Old Roots. I am fully
convinced that millions of dollers might
be saved in our country every year, by
generally pursuing the following method i
Whenever a roof begins to leak, and.
yea wish to re-shingle h, do not take off
the old shingles pot the new shingle
oe the top of the old ones bat make om
of six-penny nails in place of four-penny
or shingle nails. The advantage of this
method will consist in the following par
ticulars :
1st. Yon will save the expense of re
moving the shingles.
2d. The banding will not be exposed
to wet, in case of rain, before it ie fin
ished.
3d. The room will be mnch wanner
and tighter.
4th. Neither snow nor rain can beat un
der the bntts of tbe shingles, by heavy
inds.
5th. The roof will last good fun one"
third longer. '
I have tried this plan;, and find it ha
hese advantages.
It takes no more shingles, no more
nails ia number only a little longer
and no more time to Tjnt'them on, snd if
done in a workmanlike manner, will look
as well as if shingled. But it should be
done before the old shingles are too mnch
decayed. All the moss (if any should
be removed, or swept off with a staT
broom, before patting on the new shin--gles.
CcRixa Hams. As tbe time is at hand
for preparing these useful stores of rich?
and savory, a few words will not be ont
of place in regard to them. The legs of
hogs, short in the hock, are the best for'
hams, and should be chosen in preference'
to lanky legs. They miy be salted by
immersion in a clean pickle containing s
little sugar and saltpetre dissolved, or
tbey may be salted by rubbing ground
solar evaporated salt over them, turning'
them every day, and giving them a gootl
rubbing. A little sugar and ground pp-
per added to the salt will mush improve
the flavor of the meat. It requires about
a month to salt hams by the wet process,.
and three weeks by tbe dry system. At
the end of this period, they should be
hnng np for a few days ta drip, and then
they are ready for smoking, Much de
pends on the kind of material used for
smoking them, so as to seenre a sweet
flavor. Whatever fuel ie used- for thja
Durnose. one condition should never' be
overlooked ; it should be perfectly dry,
or else it will be liable to impart a bitter.
taste to the meat. Dry corn'' cobs, and'
some dry sweet hay are superior to- alL
other agents that wo have soen employed,
for smoking beef and hams.
Mntton hams may be Drenfired in the-
sarae mannor as those of pork, and they
are exceedingly palatable when the meat '
is good, and care exercised to smoke them,
slowly. Scientific American. t '
ICE AS AX AS-ESTHISIA. ThoCMLS.
Wakley, editor, we believe, of the Lon
don Lancet, writes to the London Illus
trate! News :
"The experience of the past few week
has proved to my complete convict ioa
that local anaesthesia can be obtained by
the benumbing influence of ice, without
resorting to the administration of chloro
form, which, by its subtle power, render
insensible tbe system generally, and occa
sionally produces those fatal effects t
which almost every surgeon eaa bear
testimony. I have tried the ice ia sever
al cases, in both hospital and private
practice, and in almost every rratance tho
success was evident, tne patient wnea
blindfolded, being ignorant of the nse- of
tbe knife.
Tattooed Ski. Onr- valued- friend
and contributor. Septi nms Fiesse. ioforma
as that the marks or devices which, some-
young people, arid sailor boys in partic
ular, ntaitt? an lae iim uj pncKing is
with needle, and thci rubbing the punc
tures with Indian ink, vermilion, aad iar
digo gunpowder, are so firmly fixed that
to remove them severe means most be
restored to. The following trsatmeak
will be found efficacious : Blister thenars
with a plaster a little longer than the
mark or "ornament," (hen keep tbe place
open with a green ointment for a week i
finally, dress it to get well. As- the 'new
skin grows, the eld tattoos will disappear.
Mc.ucbixo Cobb. To measure corn
in tbe crib or wagon bed, level it down,
measnre and multiply the length, breadth
arid depth together, then that product by
4 ; point off tbe decimals ; then the fig
ure remaining on the left hand represent
the nnmber of bushels, and the decimals
on the right hand i tenths of btuheTs.
This rale is strict enough for any Dractib
ra use.
To Stop Bleediso at thb Nosb. Dr.
Negrier, a French surgeon, says that the
simple elevation of a person's arm will
always stop bleeding at tbe nose. He ex
plains the fact physiologically, and de
clares it a positive remedy. It ia certain
ly easy of trial,
23 enbic feet of sand, ox 13 cubic feet
of earth, or 17 cnbjo. feet of clay, nuke '
a to.
18 cubic feet of gravel or earth before
digging, make 27 cable feet when dag.
- To Rxstobjs Wrra that bas Bacon
Boca ok Shab. FLU a bag with leek
seed or of leaves or twisters of Tine, aad
I put either of them to infuse in the cask.
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