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THE OHIO STAR".
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Luther Day, Common Pleas Judge, Otk Dist. 2nd
' Sub-Division, composed of Trvmhul Portage
and Mahoning counties.
Ebenezer Spalding, Clerk.
Horace M. Clark, Deputy Clerk.
Lather L. Rrown, Probate Judge.
James Woodnrd, Sheriff.
John G. McBtide, Auditor.
H. C. Hawkins, Deputy Auditor.
"Charles Green, Treasurer.
Xndrew Jackson, Recorder.
jSaml. Styiwder, Prosecuting Attorney.
John M. Tilden, Coroner.
Samuel D. Harris Surveyor.
Abel Fowler, Auctioneer.
Andrew Jackson, Com'r of Insolvents.
Joel H. C-jrtiss, ' .
Moses A Birchard J
Ebenezer S. Harmon, .
Commissioners.
Kelson Eggleston
Andrew Jackson,
Dt. J. G. Willis,
School Examiners.
Lyman fline.
Willtnm Crane, j
Jacob Slough. Jr.
Direct's Co. Infirmary.
OMccrsof the Farcers' Insurance Company of
Portage County.
Richard J. Thompson., President. 1
David M'Intosh, Vice. President.
Henrv A. Swif', Secretary.
Enoa P. Brainerd, Treasurer.
Directors David M'lutosh. Eli Booth. Alvnli
Udall, Moses Bundy, Jr., Samuel S. Spicer,
Lewis E. Booth.
Officers tortus Co. agricultural Scticty.
William Coolrr.ap, President.
Alvah Udjill, Vice President.
William Finzer, Treasurer.
Alson A. Harm. Secre lary.
Executive Committee, '
Wallace Williamson, Rei j F. Pnrje-t j f.
tog F. SpelmanrPorrernv IJeed. A'is'iri ('..llin.
Ufieers Portage Gov Br. State 15a uk tl dhio.
K. 15. Campbeil. President.
J- H. Egbert, Cashier
Mail Arrive, at and Depart fium Ravenna
. .. os foliates:
Cleveland Mail arrives at )2 ai. Inily
do do departsat 4 P. M. do
Pittsburgh do arrives at 4 r. M. ilo
do do departs at 12 n. do
Warren do arrives at 12 . do
do do departsat Id at. do
Canton do arrives Tued:iyi.V!:;:iiiirdays4 p.m.
do do departs Monday A; h ridays 8 a. m.
Chardon do arrive Weclncsda) Fridays 4 p af.
do do departs Tuesdnyni Tlirsd:iyU a.m.
Gurreltiville departs, Mondays. Wednesday? nnd
Saturdays at a P. a. Arrives same days fit 12
Sr. J. G. Willi,
Physician and Surgeon treeta!-oro.,Ol.in.
II. rati, 33. E.
PHYSICIAN AXD SURGEON,
OiTice in K. W. Seymour's buili'in on tlie puldii
square, nearly op iwite tl.t fi utt I lm.se.
Jilt. lfn;iK IVotljii jri, n. i.
PHYSICIAN AND S'L'RU.EON.
OJice on .Vain street. A' - VJ9,
K. II. Wlf. M. f)
PllYSICH.V ASO SL'ftflEO.V,
KtVSJN.tt. PoRTACK t'ol'NIV, OHIO.
ID OiSce at the old st ind of tf treaior & Hail,
liavenna, llarch S, II 51).
- i i t,
Ur. B. 'i". .iu l!HJ.-t6J,
Den 1 it Uavei.ni Ohio. Itnliee in Seyniuur's Cljck.
over the Post l)i:ice.
.11. ESirchard& J. W. tylvr,
AT I'Y'S ft COUNSELLORS AT L.A W,
Have agreed to become jo nliy inJercs' i d in iheir
professional business in Portage co..nty, 'I I ey n.av
be consulted at Kavenim darmj; the Urtn of cou.t
' Or at their offices in vaca'ixn.
Address in vacation Hire! a-d ft Sutliff, Warren,
O., or Birchard Tyler, FranMIn Mflls. ().
Ilicrcr & Jt-flries.
Attorneys at Law. Office ovorSwii't's Druj Store, ojipo
site the Court House. - .
F. VV. TAI'FAN,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law, &
Licitor is Chancerv.
Ofliee nearly opposite the Prentiss House, Hnvenna.
Bamli Straw d
O. P. Hhob
Slrawder & Browit.
Attorney at Law lUvennn, 01iioOff.ce at the
Court House.
II. II. U ilJard.
,' A TTORNE YANDC OUNSEL OR AT LA IK,
AND 80LICITOR I.N CHANCERY.
- Palmyra, Portage County, Ohio.
August 31, 1819. 3s
Andrew Jat'ksou.
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW
And Solicitor in Chancery,
- . . . Vjva', onto.
r. Collections end all other business entrusted to hi,
are will receive faithful anu prompt attention.
ANDREW JACKSON, NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office in Seymour's Block.
t. t. RANSET. .
a. B. TAVLCR
Itanney & Taylor
ATTORNEYS & Counsellors at Lnw and Solicitors
in Chancery, Ravenna, Ohio.
iLf Office over Seymour's store.
Darius Lyman.
ATT OR NE Y AT LAW,
Ravekka, Portage Co., Ohio.
1CT Office in Hood's Building, over S. A. & R. A.
YJillatt's store.
Kavenna, June 1, 1819. . . tf-26
R. P. Spalding.
Attorney at Law Cleveland, Cli io Office in Par
na' BlockSuperior Street.
D..JU. SOMEKVIIaLE,
'AILOB,
HAS removed h. shop a few doors west of the post
office Ravenna, Uhio.
SA&B Atti.Iett
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware
" Jron, Nails, Glass. Ac, north side pub- '
lie square, Ravenna, Ohio.
F YV Seymour
Dealer in Dry Goods, Heady Made Clothing
Groceries, Hardware, Iron. Nails. Crockery,
Boots, Shoes c.,noPth side pudlic square,
Ravenna, Ohio.
Rowel I & EErolber.
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries. Hardware,
Crockery, &c, Mason's Block, Main street,
Ravenna, Ohio.
II Ia & l Dav
Dealer in Fancy Dry Goods, "Bonnets, Hats
Caps, Boots and Shoes, Beady Made Clothing,
Carpeting &c., at their New Store, Main at.,
east of the Public Square.
VOLUME XXI IINaniVer 47.,.
linit. OreRRell & Co
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Iron, Nails
Hardware. Glass &c, Franklin, Ohio. 5
V &. 3 C Prentiss
Dealer in Dry Goods. Groceries, Stoves. Hard
ware. Iron, Nails, Glass, &c. Brick Block,
west side pjblic square, Ravenna. Ohio.
E. T. Kicsiardsoii,
Dealer in Kriglisb and American Hardware, Sad
dle. Harness mid Oaariage Trimniingj, Ircu,
Nail j. Steel, Ac. &c: at the old stand
of Maon Brainerd. Ravenna Ohio.
Agents jEtua Insurance Co., Vtica, Pi. Y.
GARRETT & BRIGGS,
t 'nder the Post Office. Bonk Street. Cleveland.
THO.MP.SON'S PR1SOX L1FK nnd Re
flections: Memoir of the Martyr, Torrey: Memoir
of Lovejny. Memoir ofO. Scott: Henry liiuOB nar
rative: James Parker, tl)e rugrive; iarrauve i i;c
Lire of Frederick Douglass: Narrative of Uenry
Walsoiu a Fugitive Slave.
MEMOIRS OF MARGARET FULLER
OSSOLI. one of tlie moat dittincuished anil pnjm
lar of oar American I ariy writers whose sad fate awak
ens a painful and mebncolly inter est in her history.
THE f lilowing Bi'giap!iis,vii'..Fraiik!in'9. J. Q.
Adams. J. C Caliioun's, Andw Jackson's, Madison
and Monroe's J A n Kardoljih's Silas Wrigl t's, Gen.
I.ayfayett's, Louis Kossuth';, Geu. Taylor's, James K.
VoK's tc. &c.
YOU ATT ON THE HORSE ; Stable Econ
omy: C-Vman's .Acric.iiture; Farmer's Every Day
Boo.;; Kopers' chntific Agriculture ; Farmers and
Emigrants Hard T5i'i ; Mr, Beecher's Domes'ic Econ
omy ; Vractic.il Receipt Boot.
AN Tl SLAVERY PUBLICATIONS. A
good sj:;ly of tlie lea ling Aiui-Slavery VVor.s issi
eil frotn the Ami-Sla.ery Publication OCC.ce in New
Yort, forsil-at un' lislier's prices.
SEW MASONIC TRESTLE Board: Tim
V-ei M.isins Monitor: Odd Fc-llova' Amulet;
National Temperance Off-.-rinif ; Sotia of Temperance
Offering; I he Clirystal Fount
NOTES. Explanatory nnd pmcticnl on tl
Boot of Kevki.ation. by AlJerl Jjrnts a new
volume jus puMis'ied.
SEQUEL, to Riley's Namtive; Srhoolcnift's
American liaiinrs : Pacific and lead Hea Expeairiors:
l'he Li.-es of tlie Governors of New Y'ork, with lie-
mss's. '
THE NAPOLEON DYNASTY S;v;n? the
ori ,:ti nud iiroiiipss of ilie Boonparle Family, the
best history ot tbt times Lf Napileon yet piib-
I'sheu.
THE GOLDEN CHAIN, or Links of
Fri.'nds'iip for 'dd Fellons the w orld over. Ediled
by Miss C. B. Porter.
Three links amid the Golden fetters,
Thai hearl to heart entwine."
HEARTS and HOMES, by Mrs. E.lis ; Fam
ily Monitor, by Mrs. Eil s; The Heir of VVast-Way-lar.d,
a Tale by" Mary lluv.itl.
THE SCAT. LET LETTER; a Romance by
N.thuniel llar.l.o:r.c.
JAY'S MORNING aid Evening Exercises;
I Pnian.'s Family Frnjers.
PULTE'S DOMESTIC PHYS1U1AM
(irjniOBopalhic.) BIBLES, !aj;i nnd small, a good arsrlment
METHODIST HYMN BOOKS, large and
snmH.
F RE MONT'S EXPLORING FxpeHiiion.
SIR JOHN FRANKLIN' and the Arctic Re
gions. ' '
MORAL, RELIGIOUS. SeWntifie, Poetical.
Bi.'grap1; c.d, Hisu.r.cai und Mi uelhueuua Work?,
a jj' e t v ti ieiy.
FOWLEIX'S 'WORK"?, bound, nnJ in cheap
pnmpliitt eilitions -
IO ; n Ta'o i f the Oldoi Fane, by K. Barlon.
GOLOPENS A god mtie'e. .-
CLOVERNOOK. bv Alice Carey.
WOMAN'S FRIENDSHIP; a St ry of Do-
inrst.c Life, by Grace Ajuilnr; The Vale of Cedars,
or The Martyr, by Grace Apuilar.
WASHINGTON 1RVINGS WORKS; J.
Feniinore Coooer's Works; Walter. Colto-t's AVorks.
ECLECTIC DISPENSATORY" of the U.iit
ed Stutea. For e:il nt
HALL'S BOOK STORE.
Km. 17, 1852.
Afflicted Head.
riiititdei-pltia 31lical House,
ESTABUISAKO IS YKABS AGO, BY .
It . HINEKLlN,
North-West Corner of Third and Union streets, be
tween Spruce and Pine streets,
PHILADELPHIA.
"miFTEfCN years of expensive and uninterrupted prac-
Is lice sj-ent in this ciry, have rendered Dr. Iv. the
most expert nnd successful practi ioi:e far and near, in
the treatment all diseases ol a private nature. Persons
aliliclcd with ulcers up on the body, tliroit, or legs.
pain in the neatl or not.es, mercurial rneumaiism,
strictures, eravel, disease arising irom y outhful exces
ses or impurities of the blood, whereby ihe constitution
nog beeoms enieenijo. are an ireaieu w uu success.
He who nlaces himself under the caro of Dr. K. may
religiously confide in his honor as a gentleman, and
confidently rely upon his skill as a physician.
TAKE PARTICULAR JVOTICE.
. Younrr men who have injured themselves by a cer-
Inin practice indulged in a habit frequently learned
from evil comoaniou-4. or at school theetiects of which
ore nightly felt.cyen when asleep, and destroy hoih
mind and body should apply immediately. Weakness
and consiitutional do hi it v. loss of muscular enersy
physical lassitude and general protralion, irritability.
and all nervous alfcrtions, iuc'ti-estion, sluggishness
ol the liver, and every disease in any way connected wnh
the disorder ol the pro-creative functions, cured and
full vigor restored.
READ!!
Youth and Man h o o d ,
A VIGOROUS LIFE. Oil A PREMATVRE
DEATH.
Kin&elici on Svlf-Prescrvatiosi !!
om.t. 25 :r.si'r.
I'his Book iust pnhlished. is filled with useful inform
ation, on the infirmities und disenses of the Generative
Orcans. It addresses itself alike to Youth, Manhood
and Old Aee. and should be read hy all.
The value, advice nd impressive wnrnintr it civca
will prevent years of misery and suffering, und save
annually thousands of lives.
Parents by reading it. will learn how to prevent the
destruction nt tlieir children.
A remii taune of 25 cents, enclosed in a letter ad
dressed to llr. Kinkelin, norlh-west corner of Third
nnd Union streets, between Spruce and Pine, Phila
delphia, will ensure a book, under envelope, per return
of mall.
Persons at a distance may address Dr. K. by letter,
(posl-pan!) and be cured ot home,
fnekases of mrdiriues. directions. Suu, forwarded, by
sending a remittance, and put up secure from damage
or curiosity.
. Hook-seller. News-A cents. Pedlars. Canvassers, nnd
all others supplied with the above work, at very low
rates. Mav54. 1R52. V- llSMy
A Si O V
OF VILLAGE LOTS.
AS been opened this week in the vacant tract di
rectly veil of the Knilrnnd OiTice in Ravenna
tonkin-! the most desirahle sites for residences, in the
best part of the lilnntint.f.t Ifiwri in Ohio
These lots are for sale at great bargains, nnd those who
" Ioil -o secure mem, must make application soon, to
HF.NRY A. SVVIF.T. or
.. ". SAMUEL J. HOPKINS.
Jlay 2oih, 1852. ' H69
Kole and Ilnnvr I.onthop.
OLE and upper leather troin lifferent Tan
nerys. inoludine the Buffulo tnnned Leather
and Baldwins & Sons soft slaughter leather for sowing
Kept cousuiniiy uu nana oy i, U1L.1.1S ol Co.
.Kavenna, Oct 1st.
1 Family Scwspaptr, Dtfoted
Eerp op a Cool Heart.
Keep up a good heart! and look forth to the morrow.
Don't turn to the past, it may serve to depress;
The ills of to-day,-for the future will borrow
A sunshine of gladness, to strengthen and bless.
Be firm as the rock that in ocean is planted.
Be brave aft the tempest that faces the storm;
Go forth, with the step of a hero undaunted.
Keep home for thy compass, and life beating warm.
Keep up a good heart! it is useless repining.
See glimpses of light on the track of life yet;
Be hoping anl striving, not always diviniBg
A pathway to sorrow, with thorns ill beset.
Tis better to watch for the rainbow that shineth
In beauty beyond, where the winds are at rest;
"Each cloud hath a fragment of silver that lineth,
. To temper misforsuue, and niaketh us blest.
Keep up a good heart! never sluggardly waiting
The rich gems of thought and of feeling away;
Go forward to duty, press on, and be tasting
The produce of action, nor longer delay.
Tis true, we must travel o'er many a mountain,
And pant with the life load of wearisome care;
Yet deep in the valley there gushes a fountain,
Its waters are living ho! never despair.
Keep up a good heart! 'tis the best way to lighten
The yoke of existence, whatever thy lot;
Ere daybreak 'tis darkest the morning will brighten.
Fear not, and for all there's a sunshiny spot;
Hold fast the assurance, and firmly relying.
Fear not, thou wilt reap the reward of the just;
There's peace and there's pleasure a comfort undying.
Who, true to their conscience, make Heaven their trust
Conrtsliip and IlQiiey-iTIoon.
BY J08EPH WILSON.
This is love fait hf ul love
Such as saints might feel above.
If we were constat. tly to bear in rrjmd in our
passage through life, that 't' 't iflea make the
sum of human thing"," how much of the misery
itito which many of us now heedlessly plunge.
ri-igbt be entirely avoided. Unhappily there
are bkt a few in the married stile who, in their
rpminiscene?, are enabled to look back upon the
unbroken chain of bli-is o beau iful'y depicted
i'i ihe lines above quoted; and the only reason
inst we can i nagine why it is mt oftener real
ized is. (next to the nutural perverseness of our
race) tlie wat t of proper at cti'i in to the thous
and ii t'e occurrences and unpleasai.t passages,
trifling in ihemcelve?, which, in. the aggregate,
'ainke up in number what they want in weigh'.'
It H not however, our i' tenli ir, even wete
we rq ial to the task, to digress into a disserta
tion upon the various ilia which afflict humani
j, on the probable causes which produce them;
hut merely to present tho render with a biif
sketch, whijh will perhaps serve, in some re
pecttp i'lustrt.t?, as well the ease with wl ich
he seeds of unhappiness may be incautiously
. - At t . f .. , .
Mrown in t-ne nenns oi tnose wno love us, as
also what may be cons-i-lered the infant or incip
ient stbta of that blight exisler.ee, warmed by
that 4 sacred dune" which can only qualify us
"To love the wini'ry age the same
As brsi in youth -we lov'd. '
A fe;t'-vul was given by a young man id la-
one of a numerous ci-c!e of acquaintance -
on the return of her birthday, wl ich was like
wise tfie fir.-t anniversary of her young friends,
the gi eaier part of whom had kneeled at the hy-
meiiial altir at about the same time with herself,
and wete present to en'iven the occasion. Mr.
nd Madam Mayland, (for such shall be the
name of the host and hostess) presented a most
felicitous union, and were noted for&h,eir tender
regnid for each other, wl kh partook more of
lieromani; fondness which characteiises ihe
young and the hopeful lover, than of what is
usually observable in the siaid realities of a
mani d life, of even less than a year's standing.
Happy within themselves, they neglected no op'
portui i'y to administer to the joy and comfort of
their friends whom thty gathered about them,
and possessing the most agreeable and winning
iimnner-, it was rarely that their effoit to please
were unsuccessful.
Wiih such beings to entertain, it is easily im
agined that their visitors at such limes would be
under very little restraint in pursuing the pleas
ures of the hour, and restraint in Mich cases as
all know, is a great bar to enjoyment.
The conversations were animated, and for a
lime were participated in by all. Glowing with
warmth and animation, after a number of t-ipics
had been exhausted, the ever prolific theme of
matrimony was brought upon the tnj-i. This
in some respects, was perhaps peculiatly appro
priale lo the exigence of the occasion; but unfir-
tunalely it was suffered to lake a turn, the only
result of which, if left unchecked, would be like
ly in time to grow into an unconquerable evi
Tl:ii untimely interrup'im of the general har
mony which marked their intercourse a few mo
ments previous, was caused by some of the young
husbands present who were disposed to treat the
subject in a mol disagreeable light, by nveigh
ing against matiimony, and by iiiicu'ing that
condition and its vaunted pleasures, when com
pared with their former '-single blessedness,"
Some of the coarser-minded among them went
so far, and thi-i in the presence of their wives',
as to d;scourse eloquently upon the bright fields
for various achievements which they miht en
ter, if they were unmarried
'1 would travel," scid one.
''I too," sai I onother. "1 would explore the
old world, and feast upon its curiosities nnd won
ders, ere 1 became a settled man.
I would enter the lists of Fame at home,"
said a third. "1 would not yield lo the blind im
pulses of Cu id until I had reached the highest
seat in the Council of Slate."
"My choice." saj J a fourlh, '-were I permit
ted to recommence my career,should be the Na
vy, instead of a wife."
'And mine the Army."
Thus they proceeded through the lengthened
category; but, alus! none snid they would en
deavor to make themselves and their wives con
tented and happy in their then present condition
All they did say, though apparently without any
evil or malicious intent, broadly enough implied
that their wives were burthens which kept ihtm
from rising.
But there are some things too exalted to be
assailed with the trifling jest; and there are
hearts whose cords are too exquisitely sensitive
to Central Inttlligtiice, ffiistellancous Beading,
RAVENNA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27,
io refi-rt the wihering influence of the imperious !
sneer, when coming from those they love, be the
mo'ive what itwil. It was evident that the
words which fell from the lips of some of the
party, descended like drops of molten lava upon
the hearti of their young and trusting wives,
rendering ihem incapable of continuing their
participation in the evening's enjoymenl. This
though readily noticed by other, and particular.
ly by Mr. and Mrs. Mayland, was entirely over
looked or unheeded by those who were the cause
ofi'. -
Painful indeed was the result to all but such
as were its active promoters. Mr. Maylant',
who had withdrawn his voice, and was sitting a
silent spectator of what was going forward du
ring this part of the conversation, was justly in
dignant at the excesses of his guests, and longed
for an opportunity not only to change the tenor
of their unbecoming observations, but to admin
ister at the same time, without involving a breach
of ho8pi'altty, some suitable and effectual re
buke. They, however, continued their bitter re
marks; and at length, noticing Mr. Mayland's
silence one of them opppoached, and tipping
him on the shoulder said:
'Well, Mayland. here you sit, as quiet as a
mouse. What do you think of tHe matler. the
advantiges and disadvantages? We should like
to have your opinion! What would you do if
yen were not martid?"
Mayland's sweetheart wife was H iinga little
distance from him when this question was pro
pounded. She had been highly delighted that
her dear husband had abstained from the reck
less flow of words which had been passing, but
now, seeing that he was directly appealed to,
her heart leaped, nnd she rivetted her eyes upon
him with mingled emotions of hope and fear.
It was not at that moment, a matter of much dif
ficulty to read her countenance. It seemed to
ask. "Ani am I to be compromised by my bus-
bnorVis mv fritnds have been by theirs?" But
her suspense wns of short duration.
What would I do?" slowly repealed the lov
er husband; nnd then turning to meet the glance
of his wife, he continued, "I would go immedi
ately in search of Miss , (repeating her
maiden came.) offer her my heart and hand, be
blessed by receiving hers in return, and get mar
ried as soon as possible.
This unexpected reply, so deliberately and
firmly expres?ed, had the effect to produce in
stant silence. The st' ical portion of the young
gentlemen understood and appreciated its fine
force. They were suddenly abashed. It wa
a contrast with their own conduct too striking
not to have its own weight. The young wife
who was the subjec t of it, was so deeply affec
ted, so filled with gratitude, thot she had been
spared the affliction of a pain she so fervently
denreciated. that she sornne from her seat and
fell upon his neck, and with a tar of joy glis-
temne in her eve. sai . tn n subdued toDe:
My beloved husband; "that answer is in con
sonance wi'h what lo me you have ever been.
Would that 1 were more woithy of your most ,
devout affection."
More worthy, my dear wife," he answered,,
you cannot be. You are ti me a jewel of in
estimable worth. - Deprived of you, life would
be to me but one unrelieved blank."
He then impressed upon her forehead an im
passioned kiss, nnd aentsd her gently besile him.
But the scene did Dot end berp. The voices
of those whoa few moments before were loud
est in vain prattle, were now hushed in silence,
and that silence needtd to bo broken by some
spirit that could suggest a different and more
agreeable pastime than that in which they had
just been indulding, but which none now seem
ed disposed to renew." At tKs erisi3, a married
sister of the husband who hod so suddenly chan
ged the order of things, which she viewed with
much satisfaction, noticed likewise the kiss, and
for the purpose of puit;ng an end to ihe awkward
intermission, playfully asked.directing attention
to her brother.
Are you not ashamed to be courting her be
fore all the company?"
"The company," he returned with an air oi
triumph he could not well repress, "will please
excuse us; we did not commence our regular
courtship until after marriage nnd it is not yet
ended! We trust that it may continue through
the whola course of our natural live, and that
we may spend our honey-moon in Heaven!"
This was enough. The scene was indeed
changed. The offending gentlemen became lul-
ly convinced of the pernicious tendency of their
conduct.frankly acknowledged tneir error, apol
ogised io their wives, kissed them all round, and
soon retired in perfect good humor, all well
pleased with the lesson they had learned, aud
whiih was perhnps the means of saving ihem
from many after years of discontent, alienation
and misery.
A happier company than that party when
they ogoin assembled, were never met together!
And this assurance, kind reader, is alltse moral
that need be written.
A Parkkt. A pnrent, who loves ao obedient
child, will sometimes give him a picture book, a
musical instrument, or some other thing as a token
of his confidence and love. But if the parent
should find the cbilJ so much token up with the
picture book as to forget the parental commands.
and to be getting into ways of disobedience he will
lake it away. And thus God sometimes imparts
especial spiritual consolations to his children; but
if he finds them as he sometimes does, more taken
op with the jo s he gives than they are with him
self and his commands, he will remove them
And he does it io great mercy. It is certainly
better to lose the gift, than to be deprived of the
giver; to lose our consolations, than to lose our
God.
Thb Old Indepenoence Beli, The Phila
delphia papers 6tate that this relio of the " times
that tried men's souls " has been brought down
from the tower, and is iri'Thture to occupy a posi
tion in tbe Hall of Independence, unon a pedestal
that has been prepared for it. This bell was oast
ninety-nine years since, and from the prominent
part it bas taken in proclaiming liberty, will always
be an object of interest to the visitors to Jhe Hall
of Independence. "
and the Eights of Man.
1852.
The Clerical Dancing Blaster.
When Young left the University he was a mas
ter of arts, and brought away with him a vast quan
tity of Greek and Latin. But the fire of a fine
imagination was not extinguished under the heav
ier acquisition of scholastic pursuits; its vivida tis
and enthusiasm survived, and when he began the
world his heurt was new and perceptible to each
impression. 1 bus constituted, a person will not
go far without meeting Lore on his road ; and
Young soon discovered it in the chhrmin; smile
and piquant grace of Anna Bowley, to whom he
offered timid homage, which was aocepted with
out hesitation. The society in which she moved
became the centre of his universe, and the ladies
that composed it possessed in him a most devoted
cavalier.
One summer evening he escorted them to the
river side and the hour was that delightful one
when the wings of the breeze bring coolness to
refresh all nature ; which was languid and ex
hausted by the beat of one of those oppressive
days which give us a taste of the torrid clime. Ac
tivity prevailed around ; the r'.ver as instinct with
life, and a thousand boats gallantly manned, fur
rowed its broad bosom.
Young enjoyed the seene with a Poet's eye.
and found ample material for the indulgence of his
satirical turn, when one of the ladies proposed that
they should all go to Vauxhall. The proposition
was received with acclamation, and a wherry was
soon freighted with the joyous ( ompnny. By way
of amusing his fair friends he drew from his pock
et a flute, and his notes were so perfect that a
crowd of boats soon gathered round ; among oth
ers was one filled with officers, which pulled has
tily up, and took a station alongside. As Young
only played fur the gratification of his company
laud himself he did not choose to be made a pub
lic spectacle ; so be ceased and returned his flute
into his case. One of the officers took offence at
this ; and, thinking that his game was sure with
the young man in a clergyman's dress, and whose
aspect was anything but martial, he ordered the
player to begin anew. Young shrugged his
shoulders at this impertinence, but took no further
notice of it; it was followed by threats and curses.
The officer, angry that his orders were disobeyed,
and his menaces despised, directed liis rowers to
close with the boat of the refractory musician,
and swore that he would fling him into theTbames
unlesa lie began playiog. The alarm of the ladies
was intense, and seeing the soldiers putting his
threat into execution, entreated Young to yield to
the exigency, but the indignant flutist still resist
ed.
" Edward," exclaimed a soft voice, "will you
do nothing to oblige me ?"
Do you wish me, Anna, to submit to the de
grading insolence of such a brute ?"
" Yes, if you have any regard for me."
Young drew out his flute without another word.
whilst the triumphant soldier bent time with oh ten
tation, and looked around as if to impress upon tbe
auditors the idea of his irresistible importance.
The company reachpd Vauxhall, where the par
ties separated. But though Young's exterior was
calm, he folt deep resentment for the insult in his
mistress' presence. Her accents soothed bis
wrath but could not oxtinguiali the desire of ven
geance, and of making the oppressor ridiculous in
his turn; so he determined not t loose sight of
the aggressor. Ao occasion offered when ho cool-'
ly addressed him:
" Sir," said he, " you have got an awkward
habit of speaking too loudly.".
Ah !" rejoined the other, ' that's because I
make a point of being obeyed."
" But that depends upon your hearers, and 1
have a different opinior,."
"Have you? it seems just now "
' " You know why I submit to your rudeness."
" Well what is your wish now, Bir ?"
" To give you to understand that if I produced
my, flute, it was not to gratify you, but solely to
oblige tbe ladies, who were frightened at your
long sword and loud oaths, but they are not here
now, no "
" You know this is a challenge, and your
cloth "
" You affronted and owe me satisfaction."
The soldiei smiled disdainfully as he said:
"As you please, when shall it be?"
" To morrow at day -break, in Battersen fields,
without seconds, as the affuir only concerns you
and me, and my profession compels me to have
same regard for the proprieties of society."
"Be it so, what are your weapons?"
The sword," replied the juvenile member of
the church militant.
The conditions being thus arranged, they joiued
their respe c'ive parlies,
"On the following morning they were both
punctual in their appointment. The officer had
drawn bis rapier, when Young produced a large
horse pistol from beneut his cloak, and took a
steady a'-m at his antagonist. '
"What, asked the astonished soldier, "have you
brought weapons to assassinate me."
' That will depend on yourself. Last night I
played the flute.this morning you dunce."
" I would die first; you have taken an unworthy
ad van' age by stratngem."
" As you did yester day of the ladies' presence ;
but come, oaptuin, begin your minuet."
"I shall do nothing of the kind, sir your con
duct is most ungectlemanly."
" No strong language here, captain; dance at
once, or I will fire."
These words uttered with earnestness, and ac
companied wilh corresponding gesture, produced
the effect desired. The offioer, finding himself in
a retired place, at the mercy of a man he hnd
grievously offended, who seemed determined to
exact reparation after bis own fashion, did as was
desired and stepped through the minuet, while
Young whisteled a slow an 1 appropriate measure.
When he had finished Young said :
" Sir, you have danced wet); much better in its
way than my flute playing. We are now even ;
so, if you wish, we will begin another dance, in
which I will bo your vis-a-vis. Say ing which he
drew his sword. But tho dancer had received a
proper lesson, and appreciating tbe man be had so
wantonly insulted, thought it better to have him
for a friend than an enemy. He, therefore held
out h'tB hand to Young, who shook it cordially, and
in perfect harmony, arm in arm they quit the spot
which might have been fatal to one of them, but
had, fortunately, only served to give and take a
lesson in dancing.
ty Literature is a garden, books are particular
views of it, and readers are visitors.
C5- it is usually far easier to prevent than to
cure disease.
Whole Nnraber 1191
UiitlergTouiid Itaiirond.
One evening last week a family of fiflctn (fugi
tives, including children and grand children.) came
lora it ii vniaga by the mail train, and stopped over
night, Their fare had been paid to Dunkirk by
the liberality of aomefriends along their route from
the South. Notice was so ,n n.L, .i, wi
eagerly embrace the oppo:tunity of speeding on
the panting fugitive, and further means raised lo
carry them to Canada. It was deemed prudent
to send in advance to Dunkitk, lest the slave cntth
er migni tie in wait lor Uis moveable "chattels" and
accordioly M. F. Lucas and Daniel Doming went
on in the uwrning to guard ngiinst surprise.
Providentially all was safe. The family left in the
afternoon reaching Dunkirk a; niht, and were
soon bnfely housed in one of the up-!ake steamers,
Mr. Lucas accompanying ihem.
The noble Captain, ou reaching Detroit rirer,
took occasion to wood and water at Maiden, on the
Canada side, thus enabling' the fugitives to avoid
tbe risk of recapture nt Detroit. Language can
not express their grateful feelings when their feet
trod upon the free soil of Cunada. The pLlfirm
oi Dotn parties seem to be of little account in this
village, as Whigs. Democrats, and Free Demo
crats joined heartily in expressing their sympathies
for the flying bondsmen. The under ground rail
road is in fine wording order, nnd raiely does a
collision occur, and once on the track, passengers
.1 n aan. ,1. 1. L I ,
" luiuu"u veiweeu sun una sun. UOmiAg
Journal.
Gen. Seott's Conversation with the
Mississippi Delegation.
Gen. Scott in his conversation with the Missis
sippi delegation! used the following strong l in
guage :
" I was in point of lime, the fourth or fifth man
who declared for the Omnibus Bill. Clay nnd
f.... . I. , T ,
wo uuiy men i reinemosr wno pro
ceeded me. I, afterwards during the passage of
tlie various compromise bills, sanctioned and sus
tamed each, as it came up, in all its length and
breadth. I have, on an average, ever sinna. at least-
five times a day, declared the same sentiment.
declared for those measures as early as the 1st of
p ebruary, 1850. Mr. Clny visited me on ihe d ty
or the next day after their passage by Congress,
and, l may say, embraced me as a brother and
partner in success. I am surprised at, and cannot
account for, the contrary rumor that has gone
abroad, especially amongst my friends at the S utb.
I am gratified to hnve this opportunity of setting
myself light in presence of the accredited men of
Mississippi. lam willing,
and even desire, if any man of good character will
state that he heard me Bay otherwise than I have
said to you, tbat the word "infamaus" should be
written before and niter my name."
Perkins and Pepnard.
Hon Jacob Perkins, a loading and influential
Whig of Trumbull Co., has left his party, and is
now actively engnged in winning friends to Hal
and Julian.
Hun Samuel G. Poppard, at present a 'Democrat
ic Senator from Harrison and Jcffeison counties,
nnd by odds tbe ablest and most promising young
man in eastern Ohio, has renounced the tham De
mocracy, and is now laboring wilh his eloquence to
swell the Free Democratic vote of that sectioc of
the State.
Courage, friends ! The instincts and hearts of
all honest men are with us. Have a little patience,
and the day will be won for Freedom. True
Democrat.
Right to the Point Almost any one can
be courteous in a neighbor's house. If anything
goes wrong, or is out of time, or is out of place, or
is even disagreeable, there it is made the best of,
not tbe worst ; even efforts are made to excuse it,
and to show it is not felt, it is atti ibutuble to acci
dent, not to design ; and this is not only easy but
natural in the house of a friend. I will not, there
fore, believe that what is to natural in the bouse of
another is impossible at home, but maintain, with
out fear, that all the courtesies of social life nny
be upheld in domestic societies. A husband will
ing to be pleased at home, and as anx'ous to please
as in a neighbor's house, and a wife, as intent on
making things comfortable every day to her family,
as on set days to her guests, could not fail to make
their own home happy.
" There !" snid a young man odcb, as he pointed
to a diseased limb that was destroying his life
there it is, and a precious treasure it has been to
me. It saved me from the folly of youth it made
me cleave to God as my only portion ; and I think
it has now brought me very near to my Father's
house." It may be "against" the ungodly world
ling to go to the house of mourning, but the true
saint finds it often a meet preparation for the Mar
riage Supper. Il may go "against" the enemy of
Gud most fearfully, to lay his head on a dying pil
low, but to tbe saint that pillow is one of down;
for
"While he feels his heart-strings break.
How sweet the moments roll I
A mortal paleness on his cheek,
But glory in his soul I"
'v r jj
ur An honest felbw dowu in Maine, dying in
testate, left two infant sons to the care of his broth
er, who wished to know of him if he would act as
his executor. The latter applied to a man of
moderate abilities for advice, who advised him to
consult a civilian. He did so, and the following
conversation took place :
" Pray, sir, are you a civil viHa-u ?''
" Do you intend to iBsult me, tir ?"
" It is for that purpose I came here. My broth
er died detested. He has left two infidel children,
and I wish to know if I can be their executioner ?"
A Good Hit. Theodore Parker soys : Mr.
Leaning-both-ways is a popular politician in A
merica, just now sitting on the fence between
Honesty and Dishonesty, and like the blank loaf
between Ihe Old and New Testament, belonging
to neither dispensation."
Methodism in California. The Methodist
Church South, and North, are contending vigor
ously for the mastery io the Gold State. The
South ohuroh recommends herself by declaring she
hns never changed her position; and by charging
upon tbe church North, hypocrisy, in making a
great outcry against slavery, aid yet greedily
grasping all the alaveholaing territory possible, and
retaining in fellowship slaveboldiog ministers and
members.
Expectiko too much. You think much too
well of me as of a man. No author can be as mor
al as bis works, as no preacher is as pious as bis
sermons. J. Paul Riehier.
.Speech of Jlr. Townsend.
OF OHIO, ON THE PRESENT POSITION OF THB
DEMOCRATIC PARTY,
Delivered m tht House of Representatives, June 23, 1854
(Concluded.)
In the endorsement of the Compromises fugT
tive bill and all I think the managers Of tbe party
wore guilty of poor generalship. . I think the party
was placed entirely -at the mercy of the Whigs;
nd if they did not profit by it, it argues folly on
their part, rather thau Its absence ou yours. Had
they refused to endorse those measures, I can
scarcely believe thera'is n single Northern State
they could not have carried. And the South should
remember that the North can elect a President
without their help. Whether such a result is -
PSOBciatlv desirahla is f..r tho Knnth tn crri
iiow tar have you succeeded in rendering a fe
vnnr nnrii!i:ir "n-iarif-itt-i.in ? "V.... 1 ...-.i..- l ,. ,
the country a sectional issue. Was this wise ? I
think it poor policy to make such an issue in the
present stute of ihe eoun'ry. "We have thirteen
and a half millions cf free whito3. You have
about six millions, and t o: nil of those, nor, indeed,
half of them, directly or indirectly interested is
your system. If you iniist on a sectional fight;
the result must bs "that the weukest will go to the
wall." ' "
You will lead to the formation, not porhaps of i.
pirty, but of a league ag uast you, that will defeat.
all your policy. Men opposed to the extension of
slaveiy, and lo its varied pretensions, will unite to
di-feat any candidate that favors your views, just as
you now defeat nny candidate ihnt does not sustain
them. Men will niit leave their respective parties,
perhaps, hut they will act in and through thejr par
lies, nnd secure their result as certainly as you
have done. And cveo now the material r snch a
league is at hand. Two hundred arid ninety five
thousand in 1843 voted against the doctrine of the
Nicholson letter; and that number of persons, and
many more, are now ready to vote against any
candidates that sacrifices the interests of freedom to
the demands of the slave power. They may not
leave their parties; they will not all denounce your
candidates; but you need not ba surprised if your
expectations in future are often disnppoiotedV
Your allies at the North are forcing yoa into ex
treme nnd danger ius measures to serve them-'
selves; they demanded the endorsement' of the
Compromise as a protection ngainst the indignation -.
F T... .1 -!ir .t.'-
course lead 1 It wiil only hasten on the final issue
which you alone have to dread. .
Do you expect to calch your runaways nny bet- t
ter : liioujnnus ot genuine Democrats nil over
the country w II still believe the Fugitive Slave "
Law to be unconstitutional. Your miserable plat-.
furrn will not change their opinion nor their course
of action. They will treat it as Jefferson and
Madison treated the alien and sedition law, "as
absolutely null nnd void." Do you say this is a
breach ot taitb, pligu'ed in the national compacts
I answer, no. Ohio passed just such a luw as her
sister State RettJc!,y askei for, but it was set
aside by a dec'ston of the Supreme Court, and -after
wuids repealed. That law was passed in ac
cordance '.villi the requirements of the constitution
al compact, os then understood; but this in plain
violation of our State rights, and will not be re
garded. In b irao remarks formerly made by me
to this House, tho gentleman from Maryland Mr.
Wulsb sys I perverted the resolutiocs of '98 to
serve the csuse of felons nnd th eves. I quoted
those resolutions to establish the doctrine that
powers not distinctly granted ta the Federal Gov
vernment were not possessed by it, but remained
with the States, or with tho people. I quoted
them t establish the doctrine that Congress was
only authoriz -d to punish a specified number ef
crimes, none of which nro among those for which
fines and ponaliies are inflicred by the Fugitive
Slave Law; and, a so, to establish the doctrine that
no mere executive or ministerial officer could con
stitutionally seize and hurry off a prisoner, with
out jury, or trial, or witnesses, or process, etc. I
shall not answer the charge of aiding the cause of
felons and thieves by employing such words in re
turn; but I w II submit to the arbitration of au en
lightened world, who best deserves those epithets:
Do my constituents, who will g've tlieir bread to a
hungry man, be he white or black who, if a man
inquires which is North, will point out the pole
star or if he snys he i3 struggling for liberty
which thy believe to be every man's birthright,
will fcive "aid and comfort" .' Or that class of men
iu this country who will take some of those who
are declared b our Declaration of Independence
to be born free and equaj, deprive them of liberty,'
and of the free pursuit of happiness take their
labor without wages, giving them nothing except
ing such necessaries as prulent men give the
brutes they owu take wives from husbands, and
sell them, or husbands- from wives take children!
from parents and sell them, nnd parents from chil
dren, for the same purpose ? We can afford to
allow the gentleman to use such epithets as he
pleases, but nn enlightened world, and his own
conscience, if he have one, are against him. I am
ready to submit to any impartial tribunal, to decide
who are the felons and thieves.
And further. You are depriving the country of
the services of some of her ablest men. States
manship is a profession, like all other professions,'
requiring knowledge and experience. Men can no'
more be statesmen without study and proper train
ing, than they could be. lawyers or doctors without
proper study and practice. Men may be intelli
gent on many subjects, a nd y et not statesmen.
Skill in this department does not come by accident
or intuition. Our country has many men emi
nently qua! Bed to render good service to the State,
and the Democratic party has men of whom the
nation may justly be proud. There is the distin
guished Senator from Michigan, General Cass, a
man of uahleuiisliod personal reputation, of fine
natural talents aud most extensive acquirements'
of almost half a century's experience iu the service
of his country, at home and abroad In my judge
ment, tbe Democratic party or the-country has no
man better qualified than he to guide the helm of
affairs. And why was not ho selected ? I thiuk
simply because in nn etil hour he listened and lean-'
ed to the South, doing violence to the sentiments'
cherished in his own seoiioo of the country,'
Whatever his motive, he unfortuuately weakened
himself nt tbe Nonb, in proportion as he served
the South. Aud what is the result? The South
of course is highly gratified, but she finds there
may be demands that General Cass could not
comply with. Ho bas served hor in the pas, but
she doubts bis ability, lame as he is from wounds'
receivea in uguuog ut-i ouiiies, io ao tier service
in the future. A base ingratitude dictates her
course, nnd tho Senator tioin Michigan is desert
ed, and left to any, almost in the language of
Wolsey :
" Had I but served my God with half the zeal
That 1 have tlavery served, he would not in mine ags"
Have left me naked to miue enemies."
How is it with the Senator ftpm Texas, Gen
eral Houston ? He had done more than any
other man to extend the Republic in the direction'
where slavery wanted to be strengthened. Jle
had won Texas for the Soutb.Tuis ahuulj have
secured for him the everlasting gratitude of that
section. In many Northern States he was a fa
vorite with the people; they looked with admira
tion upon his eventful history, and on his many
noble traits of character, and he would probably
have been the most popular candidate that could
have been named. Unfortunately for bis pros
pects, be wrote a letter, which, like those of other