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A Weekly Newspaper, Ucvoted to tho Interests of Wood County, Polities, Literature, Agriculture, Education, the Arts and Sciences, Home and Foreign News.
PEREYSBURG-, O., TTrtUllSDVY, AUGUST lO, 1858.
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A Requiem.
Into tin eternal hdoir
Tint girds or lit'o around,
Tntr the Intlnite silence
Wherewith Death's shore is bound,
Thou hast gone forth, beloved!
And I were mean to weep.
That thou bust left Kite's shallows,
And dost yo?css the deep.
Thou Host low nnd silent,
Thy heart Is cold nnd still,
Thine eves are shut forever,
And IieatH hath had his will;
He loved ami would have taken,
I loved and would hvc k pt.
We strove, and he was stronger,
And I uav never wept.
Let him possess thy body,
Thy soul is still will me.
Mora sunny and more gLtdsomo
Than it was wont to be:
Thy body was a letter
That bound me to the tlcsh,
Thank (1ml that it is broken,
And now 1 live afresh!
Now T can see thee clearly;
The duskv clou I of clay,
That hid thy st.irr.v spirit,
Is rout and Mown away:
To eaitli 1 iive thy body,
Thy spirit to the sky.
1 saw its white wing growing,
And knew that thou must fly.
' 'ow I can love thee truly.
For uotliing comes between
' . Tb senses and the spirit.
The seen ami the unseen;
Lifts the eternal shadow,
The silence bursts apart,
And the soul's boundless future
Is iu heart.
—James Russell Lowell.
The Honored Guest.
A SHORT CHAPTER FOR WIVES.
"Well," said I, ono tine morning lust week, "I
have the prospect of a leisure afternoon a some
what unusual thing with me ami, all being well,
1 will do a littlo needful shopping ; call and pass
an hour with my old friend Mrs. Ashburton,
whom, on account of tho distance, I huvc neg
lected of late ; and then drop in to take a friend
ly up of lea with my niece, Clara Whitford."
Having completed my household arrangements,
I accordingly set out, after nn early dinner, and,
the shopping done, made the first cull Mrs. Ash
burton's warm welcome, pleasant talk, and cheer
ful fireside, would have proved strong temptations
to induco me to accept hi r invitation to remain
for the evening, had 1 not lelt anxious to sea my
niece, whose residence was much nearer my own.
. Ou arriving at Clara's door, I was a little sur
prised to see a light in the Iront part of tho house.
" I am afraid they are from home," thought 1,
with a regretful mental glance backward at tho
pretty home picture I had just left. But I was
mistaken. A servant came, in answer to my ring
at the door-bell, and, ushering me into tho dining
room, lighted tho pas, and wont to summon her
mistress. 1 had ampljime to look about mo be
fore Clara made her appearance, and could not
help admiring tho perfect order and good taste
which prevailed in both the apartment and its fur
niture. I was the more pleased to note this, us
my niece, when unmarried, did not promise to be
come very notable as a housewife.
. 1 was beginning to tiro of waiting as, my bri.-k
walk over, I felt chilly in the Tireless room when
-Clara ontercd, fastening a little article of dress,
evidently just assumed. Her greeting was most
coidial ; yet there was a shade of regivt in her
tone, when, our first salutations was over, she
eaid " Why, my dear aunt, did you not let me
know you w.-re c lining, and 1 should have been
.better prepared to receive you ?"
"Surely, Clara," 1 replied,- no preparation is
needed before you can bestow a cup ol tea on ho
near a relative as 1 am. Tray do not make my
friendly call into a ceremonious visit ; or I shall be
tempted to run away again, iu place of waiting
fos tea, and begging Mr, Whitford's escort home."
' Pray, dour aunt, do not think ot such a thing.
1 will light this fire in a moment, and the room
will be warm and comfortable."
So saying, Clara was ubout to apply a light
between the bi'rs of tho grate, when 1 stopped
her.
."You must have a fira somewhere, my dear," I
aaid ; "and where you were sitting when I ar
rived, will, I am sure, suit me the best. If I am
to disturb any of your arrangements, I will leave
you forthwith.
" then, if so, aunt, you will have to excuse my
lakina vou into the nursery."
"Anywhere to u warm fireside, Clara ; but is
Mr. Whitford from home T"
"No, aunt, he is here," replied my niece, her
color rising as she spoke.
. I laughingly congratulated her ou her husband's
liking tor the company oi ner nrsc-oorn ; cut,
perceiving no eviueuce ot pleasure on ner coun
tenance, 1 asked if the baby wns well.
Oh yes, quite so, thank you, aunt. To say
ihe truth, it is my doing that we are in tho nurse-
xy. to-night, and rodericK is too well please..
bout it ; but it saves so much trouble, und the
other room have just been cleaned and put in or
der. But do not say a word," she added, us she
opened the nursery door.
My nephew advanced, shock mo warmly by the
.hand, and then, turning to Clara, he said : "1
tope, my dear, you do not intend to make youi
aunt a uursery guest, li you do, l snail not woti
der if her visits become, still more rare.''
: I hastened to assure him that I had bi en
brought there at my own request, and begged no
difference might bo made; but quietly ringing
ike bell, he desired the servant to ligh the dining
room Ere, und bring wor 1 when it was well burnt.
Clara bit her lip, and looked red and uncomforta
ble, while I, feeling still more so, occupied myself
in admiring the baby. 1 could, however, distin
guish easily enough two or three; little articles
which convinced mo that a tea equipage hud just
boon removed ; and certainly this was not what
'I should have expected to see in Clara's home,
knowing tho comfortable und even ufllieut income
.of her husband. I felt sorry my unceremonious
visit should have produced such au alteration iu
the arrangements ; fori could tell, from the pro
duction et sundry keys, &o., &e., that many arti
cles not in common use were to be brought out,
and the evening meal deferred ou my account
Besides this, I felt grieved at Mr. Whitford's Ill
concealed vexation, uot displayed towards mo,
but bis wife. .
At length wa were summoned to the dining
room ; end truly a wonderful ci.inge had been
effected there. A bright fire illuminated every
comer ; an elegant tea equips was on iha ta
ble; in short, cveitbing looked as I hud hoped
at first to fiii I it in uccordunce with the posi
tion of the owners. Moreover, the pleasant as
pect of affairs binis'ie.l the cloud from Mr
Whitford's face, and s i agneably did the time
pass, that I quite regretted when obliged to ui.i
ray niece good night.
VGood night, dear aunt," said Clara, sff o
tiouttely kissing me : ' do come ssain very
toon, but do let me know when to expect you."
..'And then," added Mr. Whitford, lifter the
door wss closed, "the dining-room fire will be
lighted before your arrival. Dar sunt, what
do' you think of Clara's new notions respecting
domestic economy 1 When we were first mar
lied, she was rather ignorant of household nut
ters ; now we are so exceedingly orderly an. I
can-fiil, lhat every thin is too g o I to usu.
The drawing room tindetwvnt a ihorouuli leno
vation ; and the nursery, resorted to for tempo
rary convenience during the repairs, has become
our regular abode, the others being used on state
occasions. Probably our next remove will bo
in the kitchen. I go into other houses nnd find
that their masters can introduce a friend at any
time, with the certainty of causing no embar
rassment. In my homj, on the contrary, tho
call of a relative even produces quite a do
mestic revolution ; for plate, china iu fact,
everything presentable, is i aid up in lavender,
like the rooms. I wish you would say some
thing to Clara on tho subject, and I know you
nossoss creat influence in that ouirter."
"Have you named the miller, Frederick ?'' I',
ailed.
"I will try, at anv rate," said I, as I took
leave of my nephew in law.
Having thought over the matter, I arranged
inv plan of operation. I decided it would be
better to try the effect of an opposite picture
on Clara's mind, before giving i.Meruiiee to any
remonstrance, tor 1 well knew that oung house
wives do not generally relish the pointed inter
ference of their el lers. I th' refore called for
Clara -having previously given her due notice
of inv intention to accompany me iu a loi:
ramble; an I 1 contrived to be near Mrs. Ah
burtous just as tea time was appioaching, and
we were thoroughly tired.
' Clara," said 1, " what i there to prevent our
obtaining rest and refreshment? lean assure
you a el come to both, and. beside, you are not
quite a stranger to Mrs. Ashburton."
"Oh, dcur, aunt, 1 could not think of such a
thing; we should be sure to cause incon
venience." "You shall judge for yourself, Clara," I an
swered ; "and if you think so half an hour
hence, we will journey homeward.'
The moment we were admitted I frankly told
my friend that I had come expressly to claim
her oft-tendered hospitality for my niece and
self as we were, but still had a long walk before
113.
"How glad I am that my house lay in your
loute !'' replied s'.e. "Tea is just coining in,
and my husband will be here, directly."
Iu a few moments he arrived, und we were all
seated, prepared to loin in luu social meal. 1
noticed Clara's glance at the perfect order which
surrounded ns, and the elegant but simple prepa
ra ions for tin repast, Besides these, it whs i mi -
possible not to let I the thorough comfort diffused
uround us.
"My mere,'' said I to Mrs. Ashburton, " was
afraid of causing you inconvenience by coining!
upwards, am! taking two places ut your tea-table
t,y storm."
A cheery laugh from Ashburton and a bright
smile fioni his wife, followed inv words. "Airs.
Whitford," said the gentleman, " 1 am the most
foit'.iuute fellow in the world, for nothing even
causes my wi:e inconvenience. ou understand
me, I dare say 1 mean none of those domestic
invasions which are usually expected to cause a
bustle. She hisa p'culi.ir theory of her own,
which she most thoroughly reduces to practice,
consequently we are always able to welcome n
friend, however unexpected th ! guest in ly be."
Clara blushed, and stammered a lew words iu
repU ; and. perceiving her confusion, I change I
the conversation.
On our wiy home, after spending a delightful
e veil ill niece was unusually silent ; but nt
lengili sh" asked il I could tell li 'i what theory
Mr A-hlmrlou alluded to when he said Here
she li' si ute I.
" 1 undersoil ! you, Clara," I answered, "and
I can explain it to you in a few words. Mrs.
Ashburton siys that, being sure of the daily
presence of our i;ust at her table, whom she
wishes t honor above all cvli-rs, she always
prepares for that one, and is of course ready foi
any visitor, uud at uny lime."
" But I say no guests besides ourselves.''
" Did you not? And yet th person 1 uliu led
to was tiieie."
"Where? whom do you mean? You are
j 'Stiii r."
'Indeed, my dear Clara, I am not. Th : one
whom Mrs. Ashburton considers worthy of all
honor, is her husband. She says, and I think
justly, that she should think her marriage vow
but ill performed did she bestow puius to make
her home, attractive to- the eye of a stranger,
and fjrudgo doing so for him whom she has
promised to love, honor and obey her husbau.l,
and the father of her children."
Clara did not speak iu reply ; but when wj
parted, the moistened cheek that touched mine
convinced me that the lesson was taken home;
and I have little doubt that when I next visit
my niece, 1 shall find her opinion is changed as
regards the guest more deserving or honor.
Grand Triumph of Religious Toleration
Grand Triumph of Religious Toleration--A Jew in Parliament.
The I tig i foieign niv,.l brings the account of
the admission id 15-iron Rothschild to Parlia
ment, he having heretofore been refused a Seut
because he would noi take the prescribed oat h ,
" upon the. faith of a Christian." Owing to this
refusal, an acl was passed in I'ailimneni , which
gav (he power in either House ot Parliament,
bv resolution, u permit a Jew to omit so much
of the oi'.h as sv.s, ' And I inike this declura
tion upon the true faith of a Christian."
0:i the vote being tek 'ii in the House of Com.
mons, the resolution in favor of allowing a Jew
such privilege was pissed by a majority ol 33
The scene immediately after the discussion
and vote is described thus :
Lord J. Russell and Mr. J. A. Smith then
proceeded to the table, where Biron Rothschild
had remained waiting during the discussion,
and conducted him to ihe lib'.e, th lion, mem
uers progress aiong uie noor oi tiv Mouse being
hailed by loud cheers from both sides.
The clerk, after conferring for a moment wiih
Biron Rothschild, informed thu Speaker that
the hon. member desired to be sworn on the Old
Testament, as being more binding on his con
science.
The Speaker Lit the hon member be sworn.
The clerk then read over tho words of the
oaths, which the hon. gentleman repeated after
him, omitting the words "On the true faith of
a Christian.' The form of the abjuration used
by the hon. member was "so help me Jehovah,'1
vhile uttering tha words he, according to the
Jewish custom, cover 'd his head. The moment
the c reinouy was eouvileted, and the hon. mem
ber hud signed his name to the Parliamentary
roll, he wis aeuiu rwiled with loud cheers. Sir
Li-ii nis Li Murcliaut then intro luced liim to
th' Speaker iu l!i4 usual form, 'who shook him
cordially by the hand. On passing t lie treasury
bench, oi his way to his seat, Mr. D israeli stop,
pe I him, and welcoimd him by the shake of the
hand; and when he had taken his seat, whicu
he di I below tho gangway ou the front opposi
tion c:o.-j bench, as it is called, a little below
Lord Russell, and next but on to Mr. Roebuck.
Mr. J A. Smith, Mr. C. Foster Mr. Fox, and
lastly Mr. McCaiiii, left their seats to congri'.a
lato hi iu in the 6ams manner,
A Speech from Governor Chase.
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The Republican City Convention of Boston,
alter choosing delegates to the State Convention
on Monday niV. adjourned to the Revere
House, where Gov. Chase, of Ohio, i-" staying.
He was brought out on ii balcony, and received
w i til loud cheers. Upon being introduced to the
gathering in the street, he spoke as follows :
Fellow Citizens : You take me entirely by
surprise. It is impossible lor me to express the
feelings which agitaie my bosom hen received
in s kiml a manner as I have been to-day, by
the citizens of Boston. I came to your city a
few days ago upon a visit to my own native
"Commonwealth," of New Hampshire, but you
have made, me feel, by your kindness, ns if 1
were not a stranger, but a brother. My ances.
ters were among those who shared the early tri
als of this Commonwealth, and 1 trust I carry
with me the It ;h of the lathers of New Kng
laud in those rent principles of civil and relig
ious liberty which have distinguished your Com
monwealth in its glorious progress. I have be
come a citizen of a State which was then a
VVYsierii Stale, but has now, in the progress of
population, und the wonderful expansion of our
glorious Republic, become not a Western State,
hardly a Central Suit ', but almost an Eastern
State (win sifter of Mussm husetts, and still
the Empire State ol the Valley of the Mississip
pi. (Applause.)
Some yeais ugo, many years ago, more years
ago than 1 should like to tell if there were uny
ladies pieseut, lutighter. I was riding along the
banks ol i he Ohio, with mat illustrious citiz'ii
of Massachusetts win se remains now repose up
on the shore ot Maishlield, and he said to me.
contrasting the appturance of oueshore with the
other, the great progiess ol Ohio with the slow
progress ol Ivcniucky : "My young friend, do
you know what has made all this diliercuee?
It is the Ordinance." That lns done it the
Ordinance which, iu its own glorious language,
impressed upon the soul ol Ohio an incapacity
to bear up any other than free men. It was
that Ordinance which did it. And whence
came that Ordinance? Why, fellow citizens, it
came from Massachusetts. That Ordinance came
from a Beverly man; it wus the work of Naih
nn Dine. It was, therefore, Massachusetts wis
dom and Massachusetts patriotism, which, God
be thanked, reaching lorward into the future,
impressed upon ihe soil of Ohio, lhat glorious
incapacity.
And now, fellow citizens, what have we to do?
Our country expects us, the world expects of ns,
that we shall never prove faithless to those glo
rious principles which came to us iu the May
flower, which were rcittratcd in the Ordinance,
uud wnic!i are now scattering their manifold
blessings over the great West, and have already
brought California into the Union, as the tluc"ii
Slate of the Pacific, clothed ail over in the glo
rious panoply of Ireeduin In order to adminis
ter the Constitution us understood by our fath
ers, und in order to obtain those glorious results
at which t'ley aimed, we must see. to U that our
principles of freedom ure made to animate eve
ry function of the Government and every oflieer
concerned in its administration. And to do
that, what is our duty? Why, simply that we
disregard herulter those petty differences which
we hive sullere l to divide us; not to inquire
wlr iher the man was yesterday or the day before
u Whig, American or JJemecrat : but whether
he is penetrated by the great Whig principles ol
"7ti, the great American principle which setdis
to place the American nation in the front rank
of nations, in power and action, us she already
is til freedom, and whether ho is animated by
that glorious principle of Democracy which be
lieves iu the. humanity ol every man, ana de
nies to ull legislatures nnd to nil associations
of individuals Mie power to take away any man's
rieh;s which (jo 1 has given htm asking only
whether he is animated by these great principles,
forgetting all the pa.-t, and pressing on to achieve
the. ei'eut results tor which our lathers prepared
the way. Applause.
And iio.v, lellow citiz-its, having briefly ex
pressed to you gome of the views which I r'-:ird
us important, and thanking you over nnd over
iigtiu from ihe bottom ot my heart tor the kind
uess you have shown me, let me bid vou good
night, not as nn Ohio man, not as a Massachu
setts m in, but as an American, embracine in
my regard, all the interests of our whole glori
[Continued Applause]
From Emerson's Magazine.
What Matter the Way.
BY CHARLES SWAIN.
What matter's the way if we tread it together?
iStdl uear thee the sunny sidtt ever must be;
'Ti little the loving take heed of the weather
Though uhilly or stormy 'tis pleasant with (hoe!
Pur the Heart is tho Sun and it' that ba unshaded,
If l.ove be tlio atmosphere warmed 'neiith its ray,
'i'liuuh summer be gone, uud though autumn lio
laded
Still wuile wo'ie together what matter's the way!
The world's full of change, uud so mortals have
foil ml ii.
The promise o. life is too often deceived;
TliL ie B scarcely a spot but misfortune hath crowned it,
There's scarcely a haurl but too oileu haili grieved!
Yet still while, our footsteps thus journey together
Content with etch oilier, and tnauUuil each day
It i.ur H iiiits lie merry what mutter the weather?
F iti t'to ( i. are tin nuU-HtoiiiM that lengthen the wuy I
1a.c:ili'H, KitgUud June, b."!.
Gkkiim of EsKtKiV. There iu n g.-niu in life,
like the genius of energy and industry. You will
learn lhat all thu traditions .-o i uireut among very
young men that certain great characters have
wrought their greatness by mi inspiration, us it
were, grows out ot a sad mistake.
And you will further find, when you come to
measure yourself with men, thai there are no ri
vals so formidable us those earnest, determined
minds, which reckon the vuhie of every hour, and
which achieve eminence by perMstent application.
Literary ambition may ii.ll ime you ut certain
periods ; und a thought of some great name will
Hash like a spark into the mine ot your purpose ;
you dream until midtdght over books ; you set up
shadows, and chase i hem down other shadows,
and they fly. Dreaming will never catch them.
Nothing makes the " scout lie well' iu tho hunt
after distinction, but labor.
And it is a glorious thing, when once you are
weary of tho dissipation, uud the ennui of your
own uiinless thoughts, to taku up somo glowiag
page of au earnest thinker, ami read, deep ami
lontf, uuti! yea fee! the metal of his thought tink
ling on your brain, and striking out from your
flinty lethargy, flashes of ideas, that give the mind
light uud heat. And away you go, in tho chase
of what the soul within is creating on the instant,
and you von l;r at the fecundity of what seemed
so crude. The glow of toil wakes you to the
consciotisno s of your real capacities ; you feel
sure that they huvc taken a new step towurd final
developme.it. In sueli mood it is, that one feel
gratelul to tho musty tones, which at other hours,
stand like euriositv-imiking mummies, with no
warmth and no vitality. Now they grow into the
nfll'clious like new found friends ; and gain a hold
upon tho heart, and like a fire iu thu bruin, thai
the years and the mould cannot cover nor quench.
The Cable of the World.
BY B. F. TAYLOR
The world is finished, its spinal cord is lal 1, and
now it begins to think.
A lixlng nervo has been unwound from the Anglo-Saxon
heart, and tied in it true love knot be
tween the Old World and the New; Time turns
loiteier on its westward way, und Sua, the narrow
selvedge of the globe.
When tho Crystal Palace was opened in London
like a gftut eye, its rutin painted with all forms
of art and science and industrial skill everywhere;
from the marble that only waited Divinity s smile,
to kindle into life, sing it Meiiiuoiiian. and bid hu
manity make room for it in heart and household,
to the tall corn, that had waved its green sabres
uml saluted a prairie morning; from the India lace,
" the woven air" of Dacca, thnt ono night's Jew
could hide, to tho American canvas that stands
uiireut, like a sea-birds wing, in the pipings of
Cape Horn: when that Rival eye of tho laboring
Ago was thus tilied Willi Us shapes ol beauty, there
came to it iu a sealed case, a imniuti. ok rxowKR.
plucked from the bosom of the New, nnd sent all
fresh and fragrant as they Were, a token to the
Old.
We remembered wlnt long years of experimen
tal toil, alternately darkened bv defeat and bright
ened by glimmers of success, that little gift had
cost; what earnest workers, what horizon makers,
had died without the sight; what mines had been
wrought, wliui forges glowed, what chemists stud
ied, what Knltons triumphed; anil of all these,
those western tlowciv weie token, The leaves must
fade, they said, but can we narrow space nnd lend
captive time, and lay them blooming yet within
tliut English heart bewnd the sea?
H seemed to us then thai nosegay liko a
fresh thought, borne over the waters even as Ihe
olivo brunch of old, ami like that branch, a token
of love and peace.
It was a bringing near of the ends of tho earth;
it was a flower that had grown beside a kindred
Saxon's door; we were neighbors; we were friends.
It seems to us now this Oceanic Telegraph a
kindred triumph, though a closer bond. There
has been a wedding in the English household, uud
this morning the Old World woke like Adam, with
a bride, and found tho New World sleeping by
his side.
To-day, we hope, but if not to-day, if no! ul
ready, then some oicr day, there shall come from
tiie court of St. James, to the President ol this
Republic, the pleasant voice of woman: it shall
hid him and it, " Good morning and good mor
row!'' a wish for now uud a hope for then; il
shall be thu voicj of England's royal lady; and
then, face to luce in that sweet presence, ui curli
est as a prayer, the Pie.tident shall answer for him
self and for u, "God save the Uu"en!"
And beyond the golden nmuilo of our western
uoon, those words, the greeting and response shall
go down into the deep, dry-shod, as went the Pil
grims guided by ihe God or the defied Sea; and
they shall conio up, here and there, from the sublime
baptism, with all the freshness and ftoedoiu of u
spoken answer.
And this is no achievement to make mere woe.
der; within the sea, set like a precious writing in
a mighty enietnld, is one line more of the earthly
Gospel of sweet pence. No bilter thoughts can
crow inveterate now; no time for weaving dink
Suspicion's web; no space to make the warm word
cold. I ho azure curtain hung so low betwacn two
Cou:iociits, that its folds were trailing ou the deep,
a ludiant bund has put aside, mid in the blue eni
brazure, like two friends, they stand und whisper
round tliewnrld.
And when wc think of tho.-o weary tossiujrs on
the winter sea, mouth after mouth; wIihii wo re
member how like the " Ancient. Mariner, they
hung for breathless weeks amid ihe summer calms,
that lay upon the waters like the Savior's " peace I '
on stormy Galilee,
" Pay afUr day, day nftnr day.
Thy stueli, nor breath, nor motion ;
As idle t u iuin!.ed
I'lioii a imintml oeuuu ;''
when we ibiuk what Ihey were bringing; some
limes words ol cheer from friend lo Ii ieud ; moth
er culling to her wandering son; a piudignl'.s cry
of " L wiil go to my father;" syllables of love and
hope; bread for li e starving; work for thu waiting;
when we think of llioau tomb-like gull's of broad,
dumb days that lay between ihe uttered hope ami
the hungry heart, uud then turn to these little
families of words that shall walk undismayed,
through the wilderness of the ocean plateau, in
the tune of a heart beat, we give Fancy u furlough,
Tor here is a luct whose lai-lluug shadow it had
licvur painted.
The old Northron caught the Morning by its
wings, and wrested from it the time und secret of
its flight; a Gallic hand stayed il us il flashed from
a human face en route for heaven ugain, nnd lo,
upon tho metalic plate, " tho couutoil'eit present
ment," an Enjflishm in locked it up, us he. express
ed it, in a cell of iron, and thu locomotive darted
like a shuttle through tho iron loom; an American
kindled a glowing soul within the ribs of oak, uud
sent the hteamship panting round the world.
Greater than ull these is that American Prome
theus who brought down tiro from heaven, ami
lived to tell the story. What shall wo say of Itiui
then, who played schoolmaster to those loud-voice
tongues of flame, and taught them the language
wherein one bhukespcure wrote, one Milton sang;
who baptised them iu tho Atlantic, by un Anglo-
baxon iiume, that they may go speuluiig forever
such words as hearth and heart, us homa, hope
and heaven.
A caiii.k it is indeed! Science siood by ami the
lingers id Amity twisted every strand, To it is
ultached tilt) " best bower," let down deep in the
hearts of two great Nations, nnd its flukes nro em
bedded wining their living fibres. And now swiu
side by side in middle sen, aie the two great "Ships
of State." For naught that is ever named among
men save Truth and Liberty, let that anchor be
weighed, but Mother and Daughter be willing con
sorts, woile Iro n age to age thu Muse of History
shall pass the word-, by t hosts bouks of hers,
" The men wlioupcult aloud for future time to lie. u"
" NOlt YKT. NOB VKT, II AS TIMT BEST IlOWtll C0.MC
iioMt!" Chicago Journal, Aug. 0.
A Suok.makkii's Phomisk. The Kiiidcrhook
Rough Notes tells the following about a shoe
maker who plies his awl in lhat village:
Once upon a time he promised to have npuirol
hoots finished at a Sjieciliuj day for Ex Prestdeni
Van Buren, but failed to have them when called
for. In the meantime the Ex-Presideut started foi
Europe, and was gone three years. Upon his re
turn he culled for his boots, and wus to,d they were
liniohed, with the rxceptiun nf treeing out !
'Off with the Oi.n Love uii On with tw
New." -flu workmen engaged iu excavating a
cellar in tho rear of thu Iraet Society building,
Coinhill, Thursday, uncovered a touiosioiie, daleo
laid, the romance connected with which is this:
A yuuiijr man t;np!ocd iu the vicinity at thai
limn, was dep.'ivfd by death of ihe young ludy in
whom lis wa.i attached; und lo coinnio.uointu he.
memory caused this tombstone to bo made, ami
appropriately Inscribed, expecting to hao it
placed periiiaiiuntly iu his worksiiop. But at that
critical junciuro his utlViiiui mldeuly became
traiufcnod to another lair object, when th t nub
stoiia. now r tiif hist lime lor forty veai s tir.m 'ht
to the V','hl, wa.- h i-ie! I.oui sight. t f-' irt Jsj ir.
For the Perrysburg Journal.
WILLIAM!
I've called lilm when tin violet with sweet sprint;
Hrtowersi were t,
I've inlle l Ii i in iu the gtorioui days when Summer
w urai lud net
Her robe of crsen, 1nr crowu of tur, gf mined with
ii einieent bright,
V'pon tho ii v form of Spring, that Autumn wlmU
would blight.
And when tho Autumn, with its Held of rl. lily wavinjr
Kain,
lturnt on tho vision, followed by Xovunlier'a d.irksn
Iuir rain:
Through ih lon hours I'vs whltptircd with lips nil
cold mid Into
"Come luck! coiub back! ami from my heart remove
this chilling blight."
And when tierce Winter stornlv throws luu ley mantis
o'er
Tho oneKlad fs.th, I a.k ray heart," Shall I ever
e him iiinr?"
Ne'nr mm to pros my lipi to hi with a lit, lon,
lin :i iiiir kim.
And feel that sense of beimr loved of which to divnia
U Mi
Is there no hone? Must t give o'er tho thounhU or
moiitin him
Uutil we meet beyond thnt vale whose pth It dark
end dim?
liarkeu! a voice sound from afar, wIiimu tones are
low and wel,
" Have faith! Have faith, my Helen dear, in Uo.iveu
iiRain we meet."
HOME, Aug. 1, 1858. HELEN MORNINGTON.
I
- - - . .
A PicrtiKK of Mahomet. The following is a
pen portrait of tho famous founder of Mihoiue-
d. in ism :
Klijnly above th,. middle siz his figure,
though bipiare, was handsome and coiuniaudiin;,
the chest broad mi I open, th.) bones i il l frame
work large, the joints well knit tegelher. His
neck was long und finely moulded. The head,
unusually large, g(1Vu S,act) f,. nd m .
hie brow. The hair, Ihick. jet black, a .d slight
ly curling, fell down over his cars; the eyebrows
were arched and joined. The countenance thin
but ruddy. His large eyes, intensely black and
piercing, received additional lustre from their
long dark eyelashes. The ims-i was high an I
slightly nipiiline, but Hue and at t e end ottcnii
at d. The teeth were far apart. A lng, biacli,
bushy bi'ard, reuchiiig lo thu breast , added man
liuess and presence. His expression was pen
sive and contemplative. The face beamed with
intelligence, tlum ;h soinethiiig ol the sensuous
also might there be discerned. The skin of his
body was clear and soft, the only hair that m l
the eye was a line thin lino which lau down
fioni the neck towards the navel. Mis broad
buck lee.ue I slightly forward as he walked ; and
his step was hasty, yet sharp und decided, like
that, of one rapidly eescendiug a declivity
There wins nn thing unsettled in his bloodshot
eye, which refused lo rest upon its object.--When
lie united toward yon, it was never par
tially, but with the whole body.
The billowing paragraph was in the origi
nul Declaration of of In lependence as prepured
by JeH'eijon, but was stricken out before it was
submitted. It was read both in the German uud
English languages ut thu recent Fourth of July
celebration at B llville, III.:
" lie (the King of Great Britain) has waged
war against human nature itself, violated its
most sacred rights of life und liberty in the per
sons of a distinct people who never oU'ended
him, captivating anil carrying them into slavery
into another hemisphere, or to incur a misera
ble death on their transportation (hi her. This
piratical warfare, the upprohriutn of injithl pow
ers, is the warfare of tho Uiiuistiin King of
Greut Biitain. Determiurd to keen ooeu a mar
ket where n en s' mild e bought uud sold, he
has prostituted his prerogatives for suppressing
any legislative attempt to prohibit or rostruin
ex-crabli! commerce, nud that this assemblage of
b ii'om might wuut no fact of distinguished die,
he is no.v exciting these Very people to rise in
ui nis ninon:. us, mid lo pinciiuso lhat liheity of
which he Ii is deprived them, by murdering ihe
pcopl ii.ioi: w hom h" obtruded ihcm, thus pay
ing olf iriiu s which he ui'.vs them ;o commit
Hgiins the lives of number."
.Ml- The State Temperance Commi'.teo of
Mass., have issued all able address to the citi
zens of that Stale on tho subject of To in p. ranee,
and at the clos-s of their rem n Its they oll'trud the
following statistics of intemperance :
Numiier of Places Wiiehe Liquoii is Sold.
Dram shops and Saloons reported by the Chief
oi i once, ; nousi-sol ill-l.uie., where lujuor
is soiu, reported ty inn Uliul of Police .213:
(truce is, (none of whom sre included in the
above estimated.) 50 J ; cellars, dwellings, cte.,
ccc, mostly kept by foreigners, (estimutcd,) 770;
total, 3,500. In view of the ahoio tho Chief of
Police asks, "Is it a matter of surpriso if intem
perance is on the increase, with the train of
evils which follow ?"
Chimb. Arrests iu 1837 bv the Pr.liee. fnfli
cial.) l'J.OJS ; arrests iu 1S37 by other ofiio rs,
(estimated.) 2,000 ; total, 21 .05)3 : 3,020 of these
were nou -residents, and 17,173 inhabitants of
Boston. Iu addition to the above there were
10,913 Lodger at the SUtiou Houses, and HI 3
assisted heme by the Polieo. The Chief of Po
lice siys: "It is an admitted fact that intem
perance is the direct origin of more v, veiitv
more cuimk, an I consequent suffering, than all
other causes combined."
The f ni ians in O.ieoon. 'I he Superintendent
of Iu. linn affairs in Ore-gen suggests to iliu govern
ment that the troops desiiixil to operate nguiiu't
the Indians in tliut Territory be withdrawn at once-,
und that our true policy is to send u peiict maker
uuiong them to redeem 'the promises made of A"
r.eulinral implements, tVe. The President is lis
s a red that thu present hostile position of the In
dians ic not owing lo the noii-iiitificaiion ol the
trea ies ma le with them, but proceeds rvom other
Cftii-rs, the principal of which is their fe ar id ha
insfdiiven from their lioinot, und of o'her tribes
from the Puciliu cnist being forced upon them,
They promise to creaio no further difficulty if the
troops ure wi hdrawn and their lights respected.
Thu number of Indians iu Oregon ami Washing
ton Territories in said to bo greatly exaggerated
by parties interested in army Kpecufatiom.
Skiktu ji. Parson Biowulow laments tha'
Skirl loin i. widening the dis nnce between the
s ays; but he seems rather to like it, utter all.
ll.i says :
O.ily think of tha display in our str-ets, iu
the S'nte Capitol, ut chinch, in the parlor, ol
tht grnii l and graoeliil skirls; lootn'iig up all
round one, fascinating, charming, and bwiuejn
touullro like so miny things of life. T.iU
about the gran leur of a lirst class stewiner, ol a
tiaiu of oar propelled by steam. Give in h
tiam of tioOie I skut-1, uuder.the folds of which
are so many hum ,n locoinntives, M uid'iig liw
fvt It'll inches ill slippeiH, liieil up will) Ihe
blood ot Hum! henrls. uud pnlling uud llowiiig
with loe. k ii I words and living snides, and I
would show vou a ighi that wul I run a vonng
man crasv. r a denl bached r lollfe, uud in ike
u.i nil w i lower commit uici l,
1 he Slave I owi.it.-As long as Slavery rules
ever, thing at Y as h.ngtoii, we must expect that
he money ,a,s., by U,e industry and sweat of
the North will ha expended in the South. Ac
cording to the late census, there Bro in the Slave
States -r mhKwjm ol white inhabitants, Blll ,tt
he Free Slates fW,.f miWlllM. Tll, l() '
he d ree States have just about double tho nuin
her or the Slaxe States. And yet, when Mr.
I nchanati chooses a cabinet, ho takes four from
the slave Slates and three from Ihe free Slates
Iu theKreat court of the United States, which is
to decide all questions relating to slavery, thero
rire Judges rrom tm slave States u,,d four
irom the free. Nor is this nn accident. Tha
same thing occurs in the distribution of nil tha
great olhces of State, and iu all the minor
"fheesin the Washington bureaus. Lan win
ter a coinmilteo was appointed to examine aml
report how the oil ices were distributed ; whe
he following larts appeared. There were fro
the free Slates. -12b; from Km slave States. 773.
t he nfiwera from Ihe free Stale, drew ,,v t(,
tha .mounter (fb-JO.000. and tho ofliceri from
thu slave States to thu amount of tyS() 000
No tha South has had the Presidency 13 i.r,',w
"hilotheNorihhnshad it only 5, c ' va
K to the Army and Navy we find the sanm
favoritism prevail, ,1R there. T, ,sv ow
ru es every thing, and it is fast converting our
republic into a despotism.-A'cu'itr American.
A Romantic MAnuuuE.0.uite a rom.,ti0
wedding look place at Mz maic, , this coun
ty, ast eve.,., ,g Th,; RriM., was a ictu.ued
Cal forn.H,,. who left Ins w i0 fr Bllrif,
land about seven y ours ugo; ( ,. mi,le.
w, e that nas lelt. S un , tin... after he readied
U liorniu u jv, r or more his wife received in
telligeucc ol l,,s death. Two or three vet.rs later,
she heard that the story of his , lea th wus nut rue.
but that hu never intended to return. Upim
tins, Wuh thu advice of (Viands, she obtained u
divorce.
Two or three days since the wanderer return
ed, und called upon his former wile. Old ulleo
tious revived, lailh was uliehicd -, ,.,i i.,.
Kvcuinsr he led lur. M,i.i,; i.,.t.i.. .
, , " , , o oim. ii, o H-
tar for the second tum,. Tha happy puir. thus
repaired, proce.ded forthwith to the depot, and
tool, the evening train cast on their bridal tour.
JLuhtoii ( Uts.) Journal,
A NOT..EK Human Case of Ola Kot Ks.-Maduni.T
I ulcikoll, u lender of Parisian society .left Puris n
short time uoo, on a su.mncr tour to (iermauv.-
bile slcppuig rioin the door of Ihe Opera llbusu
at I ei'lm to pUll ,,,. 0rtPri.1Kl.f ,10 ,el ()110 of
her bracelets close to Mm pavement. Stoopim- to
inc .- ii ii,, u I,. ,..; i ... .. . .. . ' . ?
, "i " "" cu hi. lucaiuno lime, lau 'hinir-
v. ilitu " one ol ibn l,,,,v,.u 1...1 , " "
nage close a hand, hud dropped his head so close
to her ace thai ho I, .,1 i t. . i i .
. . , , uuciuTii ner, nun en a
uioi.st kiss upon her check." u f,,w ,llu uu
oituii itelaijy wus taken ill with tliut horrible dw
use, ii landers, uud inn li.vv . I. ........ i i
, , ' . . . , - V" I'lcillllt'll
her last, in suite ul the m t t ....... . ,.r . . i ...
,, ", ; - -v me iiim liny-
sieians or I eiliu, und every resource to bo obuiu-
ed by wen th, or by the const-loss vigilance or
riMotu I., tit ..... n.. .. ,
I ,
The Heaviest O vwn n,,. t, . .
.n. . 1 ributie. sit vs ili.it ihn i,,..,.
alscd in Alilenca. if nut '.. , I... n
, . , - " i.iiiui wus wm
one knowuas '(Ji-iiron vv..ui, . .... . ...
, .. . ... -;, un, wiiosesiuii-
u. skin in life-like proportions, is preserved ut
New o.kc.ty. Ihn ox was slaughtered in
. .,e o years, y months and 11 days old.
His live weieht w.s .t oil I , i i. . ' ,
, .. , I'u.unis ; WIICII (irCSS-
ed the two foru qiurtcrs weighed 1,210 pounds.
Ullll I III! IWll III, l.l ,,.,,.,.... li-,. 1 ... '. . '
. .. . , .us., iiio ioiui weight ot
the beef, 2,213 pounds. .'Red Jacket," killed
in a.)l, weighed alive, 3,080 pounds, and ma e.
-.114 pounds ot beef; aml .. john Hun0OLk;.
killed ai the samn time, woiglmd alive 2'JIO
pounds, and produced 1,810 pounds of beef.
SlNOt LAB Cake nv Ttitm...... k . .:. t.. ,
-..u.ior.. .-v fcuH, lufd,.
voice is now i.tndine in ilw. in.;.. i ...
a man and Ins wife, who are said to huvo lived
together Very llannitv Inn, 1. 1 .1 -
. , , .' i . - - ", om inn cio.se oi
uhlell U C ll d w.s i,ir I
ol tue domestic dilhculty tli.it will end in their
: 1 ' " i,,u '"fusion iiciiw mi uhiiut an
innocent nauvj Kiveii louu innocent in'uut.
Ihe w. re. iiitnuated lo In r husband tl.ul slm
would hi,, to huvo the child called Ailiol. At
Ih.s the liege lord objected, remenh,, 0(! ot
her "Mines- hetore marriage; slm ineed ; ho
lelused, she wept; he f,rew obstinate, and said
she need not liopo to shaka his resolution by her
teiirs-l,o was marble, when a principal wus in
volved. Stir iiimiei n..,t iIi. m w.,s a .c,.,B.ly
0 wind, she would not object; ha con.nre
leiided I, t meunine, nd hence t,u application
tor divorce.
--Tlui llupidcs (La.) Democrat, of (lie 30tfi
ultimo, tells a curious story of a sluxe who.
sin years ago, ran away from his mister in
' 'l,rri"'. " '" icd a white woman, who had sev
era! children by him. and saitled near Hertraud's
Irairie, K, plcs parish. His personal appear
ance had never led any one to suspect his Afri
can blood j but his old master by some mcms
.car,i"d his hiding place, un I cume on in pursuit
ot him two or ihieu weeks since. Ho iK
coinpuiiion, armed with shot gnus, m.-t and r
cognized the shun, and, ou his atteiuplin.' iocs-
cape shot him twice, w. ,ig him, but not
severely enough to prevent his L.SCtl.)0
owner otT.rs liS200 for his arrest.
A Mvstckious Casc Quito nn excitement is
said to exist near Millers!)!!!--, Iowa, in eo,ise.p,ci.ci
of t..e Hpintmd rcv.-Uuions of , bov who rUscru
that 1 homas (whose inysterioiis dUappcuraucu woi
iiolioed about a year ugo) was shot and then
thrown into the well of one of the persons mrcst
o I about thut tiniH ou suspicion of lieing his mur
derer, und thut his horse was hacked "' down tlm
well un I the well fj,., ,,. A ,,,,,.
persons con-n gated about the weii on thu 3 in.st.,
to dig down and aseeriuin the truth of the boy's
story. When they had dm; dovn ubout 23 t.-et.
a slouch niie so nauseating that they had to till
up t.ie well. It wus their ifeieriniiiuii.in, however,
to dig Irom the side or the well. It it ihfc owner
swciirs hu will shoot any ono who makes any fur
ler attempts. '
Directly after the ' Marriago " head iu news
papers comes the Obiiiimv." Tvpic.,1 0f the
wedding i.r huj.pim.ss and h f ; ,t'lis Tilu
shouts and song, uml K,.e o(- ,m.rr. onvH t0 dliy
will lo broken by ihn wuils of sorrow to-inoi iow.
for the sod will bo piled on the breasts :i'Komc wo
thought not so near tl. cjruve. We read who mo
married and wih Ihein joy; n liny below is the re
cord of death, und wo hay niounifullv, pence lo
their ashes ! Sorrow treads upon the heels ,.f Joy ;
sonjrsuw l,il,he. by ho rootl.id of Deinh; UliL
are i a lely broken voices, no mailer ho.v muicai.
are t illcd iu a momeia.
1 On Saturday bfleriioou the son of Michael
Cihill, lie I ween five uud six yetim of age,
had bo'h lee.s uikI ankle hones crushed in ilia
Inrii-lnbY ut the Pv iir,id depot in this place.
Some right oi len bo'sot ht,.it ihe same uo
were turning il rum I when the accident liUp
peiied. Alihon-h ihe litilclellow is Urriiily
nun, l.is lather r. luscd lo r..nply with the.
wislu-h ..I ih physicians and luv. nis tens nn,.
puuicd; it is now (Wrdne.luv) thouj;hl ha m
1,-t ubni --', ,f Journal.