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Anistrator's notice-no. MmdZui
-nlct is horohy Riven that at tha Prohato Cotirt for i, , i
nont Count, the undersigned was appointed a -, p w,e4n ,,h"
td us Administrator of Robert Drock Dee'd .-M-"rs-"
ol Belmont county j Home in Ft. I
hose indebted to Mild estate, nr.- requettad to make IS51'! ?nf ""'
late payment and those f.avlng ilalma aialnst 1' ,V '""V,
estate are rtoti.icl to present them lor sctlk-iiieui n-,!"!
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rE HAVE THE PLEASURE ol nnnoimring . .,,
that wo have in preen, anil shall publieh about "'
irt December, a new worji or nation, entitled
0 0 (J L i it K ,
k. KO.lIANCE-ny FANNY FMRNt
0 latt work, and flrst continuous tale of lhi brlb
and taeionating atlUioreea, "llulli Hall," acluvnl lV virt,,.,
icosa unxemsmpled in the annals or letter. In! I . '.
mmianeof a lenduij periodical, l "created a more 1 --'rt'ecu-d i
uud sensation than auy (which has Iwen issued ' County I
ig a quartet or a century." Hut it is unnecessary 1 Wtilnesdan'tl
aite totbs merits of "SuthHall.', Judging iron, "e""y,M
lUinhorol copies ol It we have sold, we judge that netween the he
'body in the United Slates has read it. Jit rj. P. M. of raid da
s the work wc have nenv in press, liosi: 1.'luk, we ' 11 St, Clairavl
inly ray that we regard It aa. In orory reapect, a flcaerlbod lands
or better work, ami are confident it will not only! Iwlnglnthe con
in, hut even increase the reputation ol its dlatin-1 bounded and dee
rd authoress. We lure reaeonfoi thinking Rose
i will make a greater sensation than did "Ruth I totlw rafd BaJ
vill form an elf pant 12 mo. volume of over ftOI ''"tc tlie
. Price ! AS, on receipt ol which copies will lie ; ..'""'i
iy mall, post paid, it will no for sale by all hook- raid Bare ii'ky !
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inns, and sending usa copy ol p.'per. with adver- u . , '
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HE hlghekt mnrkct price, in caih, will
e Riven lor oats and com at J. Thompson's I
y, corner Main h Marietta street, 8t, Ulairaville I
.vc.ii.cr. rV virtue
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DMKn'ISTRATOR'S NOTICE tvJlity il0' 1 3
CI is hereby given that at the Probate Court Tor ntday Ik
nont t nuiity, the UuderaiRlied WU appointed between the p
Jieda.sA.li istrator ol the cute n( itob't 1 clock, P. M.ofa
a, late of Heliuout County. , House. In 81. Cl I
tse indebted to tuld estate, are requested to make I iuglanda and t
te payment; anil those having claims egainat Mid county or
la aie noiiiie.l to present them for settlement ' am' described el
ne year Iron- t.iisdatc. BelngthoM
AS 1 tiARItKTSON tor ol section Nl 1
, ih.ij 3t. Adminiatrttor sontatnlngO eel (
: fixtures, inclmli
Attachment. cupfedby
r. Folt'cr, t TVToliou ii liertby given flint Nov. ,W! I
lnt , It ut my instnncoa writ of at- I
ftvall, ) laohment wu thia ilnv iaatea I
kBall, jucticaolthe peace in and for War
it ment, Co., Ohio ogainat the good chi litea v
its ut. I. W.Duval), a non reaident !or nb- rj
I debtor, lor the sum of Forty Uollara, debt, Jc 1 1
ht, find COM of '.Ilia auit, say ten Dollara,
lSjb fut lor trial,
MISCELLANEOUS.
How to overcome Evil.
,1 once had a neighbor,' saya Mr. White, .
whu, though a cleier ttiun, came to me
one huy-day and said:
'Esquire White, i want you to cuine and ,
get your geese oway.'
'Why,' said I, 'what are my geese do
ing!' 'They pick my pig's enrs when they are
eating, olid drive them uwny, und I will not
have it.' i,
'What can I do!' said I. j
You must yoke them.'
'That 1 have no time to do now,' said 1 1
'I do not see but they must run,' I,
'If you do not lake care of them I shnl ,' (
said the clever shoemaker, in anger. (
'What do you eiy, Esquire White!'
'I cannot tnke care of them now, but I
will pay you for all dlBiagef.' ' ,
'Well,' said he, 'you will find that a hard
tiling, I guess.' (
So off he went, and I lieurd a terrible
equalling among the geese. ,
The next news from the geese was, that
three of them were missing. My chil- (
dren went and foLnd them terribly man
gled end dead, and thrown into the bush- ,
es.
'Now,' said I, 'all keep still, and lot me
punish him.'
In a few days the shoemaker's hogs
broke into my corn. I sa.v them, but let
them remain a long time. At last 1 drove
thorn all out, and pickrd up the corn which
they had tern down ami fed them with it,
in the road. Ily this time the shoemaker
came in gr at haste after them.
'Hitve you seen anything ol my hogs!'
said he. I,
'Yet tir: you wil find them yonder, eat
ing some corn which they tore down in my ,
Geld.' i I
In your field!'
'Yea sir,' said I, 'hogs love corn, you ,
know they are made to eat it.'
'Hojv much mischief have they done!'
'Oh, not much,' said I.
Well, off we went to hok, and estimat-!(
vd the damage to be equal to a bushel and i
a halt of corn.
'Oh, no,' aaid I, 'it eant' be.'
'Yes,' said the shoemnker; and I will pay
you every cent ol damuge,'
'No,' aa'td I, 'you shall pav me pothing,
My geese have been a great trouble to'
you!' '
The shoemaker blushed and went Home.
Hie next winter, when wo cume to settle
the shoemaker determined to pay mo 'or
my corn.
'No,' said I. -I shall take no'.hing
After seme talk we parted' but in a day
or two I met hict in the road, and fell into
conversation in the most friendly manner.
But When I started on he seemed loth to
move, and I paused. For a moment both
of us were silent. At lust ho said:
'I have some'.hing laboring on my
mindl'
'Well, what is it!'
'Tl ose geese. I Killed three of your
geese, end shall never resi until you know
botv I feel. I am sorry. And the tears
enma into his eyes.
'Oh, well,' 8nid I, 'never mind: I sup
pose my geese were provoking.'
I nevar took anything ol him lor it; but
whenever my cattle broke into his field ut
ter this, he seemed glad; because he could
show how pitient ho could be.
'Now,' sniil the narrator, 'conquer your
self, and ynu can corquer with kindness
where you can conquer in no other way.'
Dr. Dunn Brown's Experience in
Foreign Travel.
CORRESPONDENCE OF THE SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN.
Atlantic Ocean, (Top of it, and pretty well
along towards the East side,) on board clipper
ship Quickstep.
September 13th, 1855.
After several days of delay beyond the
appointed time of sailing, owing partly to
man (want of men) and partly to IVrovi
dene, (want of wind,) we did finally buc- !
ceed in sailing from the quarantine station
in New York harbor on Monday, August
27th. The pilot, appearing on board early
in the morning, in spite ut rather Unfavor
able wind and nn amount of twenring, (I
could hardly tell which was the greater oh-1
Btacle to the execution of his orders,) was
successful in tnliing u out of the beautiful
bay into the sea. Since 1 o'c'ock the!
same day we have seen no land except that
portion ol our native soil which still re
mains on the fuces of gome of the sailors;
but we gWp, if our favorable wind holds,
to make Land'a End to-morrow am! London
eurly next week. However, Ill's is all guess
work with us, (passengers.) for the offlcrra
of the ship take particular pains to tell us'
the most ridiculous an I conflicting stories
oa to our whereabouts and progress. This,
und frightening the women with fearlul
titles ot the dangers of the aea, conati ute
their idea of wit in its highest tf'vel pment.
First day out. Strong no theust wind,
which, as that w.ts precisely the direction
we wished to go, was not nn t!i ) whole
fuiorable to our progress. The ship per
sisted in leaning over at an angle of forty
live degrees, so that you could wulk Willi
equal ease on the floor und on the le Ha d
side of the cabin. Passengers were to .
seen leaning over the bulwarks eon
leinplHting the ocean waves with signs of
deep emotion, and occasionul outpourings
ul feeling very touching to the beholder. !
Second diy Precisely similar to the f rst
TAird day. If any thing a little more
jo: the wind a little stronger, the ship a
little steeper, and the passengers a little
b cker ; every thing in short slightly nigra
rated. The evening Was delightful. Sit
several hours at the stern in the moonlight
watching the bubbles of fire in the waves
and musing upon home and Iriends. "Sail
on the lee bow" shouted the lookout, and
gradually a dirk shadow became visible in
the dim distance, glided ike a spectre
ilowiy past, and vanished. Waxing decid
edly poetical under the combined influence
of the moon, the Waves, and the phantom
ship, I was recalled to the realms of the
renl by a huge wave leaping over the
tatTruil and depositing ut least a buTel of
'he "briny" In my lap, Thus pickled I re
tired drippiig to my slate room, ' a wiser
snd a wetter man."
Fourth day. A lurch of the ship sent
three cups ol coffee, two men. (one of w h im
ivus not your humble servant.) one bnwl of
sugar, a woman und baby, three plates of
mm, one hair brush, six roasted potatoes, a
ar of pickles, and a Wash-basin ol water
with a soapy boy in it, all into a corner
j the cabin together, Selecting ourselves
jut of that heap of r"iscel!ureous articles,
and leaving the rest to be picked up by
the steward, resumed our break ast as if
nothing hud happened. Smart ship is the
jld Quickstep, only ruther play ul.
The first few days are a fair sample of I
the whole passage hitherto fgir, beautiful, I
Jul!, and stupid in the extreme Life at!
sea is very poetical one hour perhaps out!
of he twenty-four, but prtniaiu enough the
other twenty-three; may answer very well ,
jiio day in the week, but deliver me from!
Ihe other six. We ure but a dozen of us
passengers, mostly cockneys,,, returning iu
disgust from a briel sojourn Ft Yankee laud
to blessed llolr. Hengland, t'te 'ome of their
hinftnoy, Beery one of us disagreeing with
every other one on all possible suuj lc(WI
pet live together in great harmony, per
forming mutual offices ut kindness and good
felluwehip; a little bulltt-headed Dutchman
jfferi g a siiare ot his cherisl ed Schiedam
Schnapps to the sick wile of ,. Hungarian
refugee; a Kentuekian and a Lmdoner
endi.ig a wrangle of an hour and a half
i tost the merits of their respective coun
tries in a couple of Ir.eudly brandy punches;
I free-thinking London bookseller and your
humble servant, after spending the whole
afternoon in the main top-mast-crosi-trees
in discussing, metaphysic illy, theologically,
knd scriplurnlly, the NOMhiea deluge, after
wards discussing a bottle of perter togethor
thoroughly exhsustiug both subjects.)
Though the Miine law be an admirable
institution on lend, yet if any body argues
in favor of it here we silence him directly
by presenting to his inuuth anil nose a ghsi
of the diluted eui 'tic which goes under the
name of water on board ship. One dose is
sufficient. The patient recovers immedialy
from his delusion.'aiid prontnunces the Maine
a smlnend) a UrmMal animal. If rai
8,1,1 coffee wire decent the case W OH III
be different I but 11 il is w' nre absolutely
Iriven to porter, and some, I am afraid
"ven to stronger potations.
Youre, respectfully, DUNN BROWNE.
Amos La BIROI, Fifty years ego ut
more, a young clerk, In lh( store ol John
Braier, Qroton, Mseiichusetts( tuok the
ground of total abstinence. It was an odd,
independent stand in those days, and new
as odd. "An eleven o'clock" was tio uni
versal custom, and because everybody drnnk,
he was laughed ut for not drinking. That
step laid the line of his track. Fidelity tc
his mora! perceptions blocked out the cha
racter of the man. That man was Amoi
Lawrence, afterwanl the nrinrelv msrrliani
of Boston, princely in weullh, virtues and
benevolence, His lile, long looked fur, and
just issued by Oottld & Lincoln, is a Book
lor the Times It contain life-like like
nesses ol both Abbott und Amos, whose
benignant sweetness of expression, faith
fully transferred to the page, we shall nev
er forget, as it wag oncbent on us, in
encouraging approval lor some humble work
ol our pen. We hasten over its beautiful
typography, lor which t'-oso publishers are
so justly d.stinguished, to point ut the
moral significancy of its lessons.
Let young men study well (and it is
hop'd evi"-y young man will own this book,)
the foundations upon which were reared
his business character uud success. What
were they! Restraint upon appHite; dis
cerning and discriminating judgment; strict
economy; system in minute dettils; uncom
promising integrity. These are not fashion
able accomplishments we kno.v, or favorite
virtues, in this ay, but they are none the
less pillars of strength, to every man who
builds Uion them.
Blended with these, and growing up in
social sweetness, was a benevolence which
was as the very atmosphere of his being.
It was not merely the throwing off of his
surplus fvinds, ten thousand here, fifteen
thousand there, und five thousand elsewhere,
which rich men may do from other motives
than u liberal nml conscientious spirit. This
he did, right royally but it was, also, the
benevolence, which takes thought of, and
cares for tittle, things; which is personal,
affectionate and sympathising) which di
verges in a thousand rills, 'vhise unseen
flow fertilizes without noise, and gladden
without glure. It is perhaps only under
such nature, that the accumulation of riches
is a ble.-sing, uud not a curse to its pos
sessor; and men, who are making their
thoueynda) Christian men, whose success is
in danger ol corroding their hearts, and
corrupting their principles, would do 'tell
to take homo this noble example of intel
ligent and conscientious stewa dship Puri
tan lieerdcr.
The House of Rothschilds.
A paragraph has been going the rounds
of the press that the Rothchilds were worth
eight hundred millionB of dollars. A deni
al of the truth of this statement has been
put lorth. It ould be a waste of words
to discuss which estimate is correct. The
wealth ol the Rothschilds do?s not consist
in lunds and tenements, the value of which
might be asce tiined, but in stocks, bonds,
and other descriptions ol personal por party,
the amount of which n i one knows but
themselves. They may be worth the sum
suggested or even more, and they may not
be worth a quarter of that amount. It Is
even within , the range of possibility, though
it is not probably, that the Rothschilds may
bs worth nothing at nil. If, for example,
they hold he loans themselves which they
have negotiated since ihe war began, t lie
depreciation on those loans which has taken
place lately has caused u loss ol fifty mil
lions ol dollars. Or, eguin, a house like
theirs, dealing wholly in fluctuating securi
ties, might maintain iis credit for years al
ter it was absolutely bankrupt. Putil, Blra
hiiin & Co. is u case in point, though on a
smaller scale.
The power of the Rothchilds nay bo es
timated rvith mo.e ce ta.niy. It is e or
nioua. No singl Europeun mon .r. h Is
strong enough to oppose it. Bo fur back
as fnrty yeurs ago it proved too great for
the first Napoleon, for it furnished the sinews
of war to his enemies, and thus brought
ah' ut his downfall. The Emperor, tware
oi this. Bought to conciliate tie Rothchilds
in his return Irom Elba; but the m ad of
thut house repulsed his advances by the
significant remark, "there are two Napo
leons in Europe," and time soon showed
that the moneyed Napoleon was the most
powerful At present the house is arrayed
ugainst Louis Napoleon, both because he
rejects their intervention in obtaining loans,
and because ihe war, which he has inau
gurated, is damaging their securities so
seriously. Austria, it is conceded, has
uttered failure to make p.'uce The R ,ihs
chiids, it is generally oonjeoiired, are now
trying their hands, tor the disturbance in
the specie market has been traced home to
them, and there is certainly a Strong chanee
of success, because n lining will make Eng
land so ready lor a peace u a Continued
pressure on the money market.
Wa have alluded to the loant negotiated
by the Rothchilds since the war Began
These loans reach the enormous amount
of five hui cired and fifteen millions, viz. to
Eimland 8U,0t0 000; to Turkey 40,000,
000; to Ausiria 9 1 SO, 000 ,000; a first loan
to Rusiia, l i; n,M) 11 1 ; to Sardinia $10
000,000; to Bngland, m exchequer bills,
I. 000.000; 9!id a second loan, just being
perfected, s'ov . It is this last loan,
which the Rothschilds, it is eaid, have
agreed to msk" in gold, that is supposed to
be at the bottom ol the specie movement.
Most of there loans, it is to be presumed,
have been soli out before this, the Rolhs
childs merely acting in such cases as agents
between the public and the Governments
that borrow. Nevertheless, the house that
can evm temporarily assume such n bordon
j wihin lillle more than a twelvemonth, most
i be ono of gigantic influence, credit, and j
, power. It is now plain that this aamc , .
house is on the sido of peace. It apparent- ,
ly fnvori Russia if peace should fail to be ,
made. The conflict is thus n ndered more ,
equal; for the Allies, with the Rothschilds ,
j against them, have, as comm re i nl nations, ,
J nn enemy within their own borders; while ,
Russia, with the Rothschilds on her side, ,
'has a certainty of being kept in funds, ii. .
I money was that In which it now appears, H
I she was most deficient. Ledger.
1
The Mob Spirit in Missouri—The
Parkville Affair.
1 1
I The St. L mis Drwiwcra, of the 20i'i Inst., ; ,
contains the latjMi news we have hoard I TOO
Parkville. We trust ihe people will stand
by their SlJsetW, and teach the rufliiiis and
! out-laws that they have outlived the day .
when they can trample upon the rights of;
Ainer can citizans with impunity. We 1
copy the following from the D moCral ol ,
the ;ibove date:
I "We nre in receipt of In'clligencr from j
Platte county relative to the unsettled con- I
dltion of things there, which we have time
.only this morning to detail in the briefest ,
(space. Oar informant was an eye-witness
of what he has related to us, and his aC-
count, so fur as it goes, can be fully do
pended upon. Mr. Park, accompanied by (
Ins lady, arrived in Parkville about a fort- j
night sin e. II- wis kindly rec ieed, and ,
v ent quietly about his business, expecting
as soon 11s that was settled to proceed to t
j Texas. A day or two alter his arrival he j
1 was informed on good authority that the
! 'Secret Association' had met some days e
previously in Platte City, at the call of ,
J the 'Platte County Artillery;' that they were v
I determined to drive him off at all hazards,
land that they would be down soma morn-
I ing of that week. Revolvers were report- 1
j ed to have been sent down, letters were i
said to have beon received staling that the r
Association would destroy Parkville if op
position was made. Intelligence o' this j
state of affairs having quickly spread through c
the town, about two hundred oi' ths inlnb- v
Itania assembled, and passed resolutions in- ,
viting Mr. Park to eraain. At the samj
t'liia n committee was appointed to meet
the secret body, when they enmo Into town
and represent the wishes and determination ,
of the citizius of Parkville. Much discus- .
sion took place on the street, and Mij. ,
Richardson, Cjl. Summers, Col, Burnas, j
Capt. Burn 'V and uthers made speeches to e
Mm crowd in support o:' justice and right l
When the Committee ol the secret organi- .
Sltion arrived, they wero lift by Colonel 1
Burned, and much exciting discussion en- s
sued, when th? Committee left town Next 1
day another committee arrived. In ths t
meantime several men from the surround- j
ing counties had gathered into town to
defend Mr. l'ark. Anxious to restoro
peace, Mr Park made an address to the
committee, declaring that he had come in
a private capicity to transact business, and
while he could never concede a single right
he. was rei.dy t do anything that was
manly nnc' honorable to pievunt the effusion ,
of blood; but he wa9 in the hands o; his r
frienJi. Co'. Humes then asked them if j
they ere satisfied, to which they respond- j
ed, "no1" Col, Burnes then said: "Then c
let the principles be settled in blood. We ! j
nsk the honors. of war. S t your day and 1 1
we will meet you. but don't sneak downa
in the night. Came openly, and blood will a
flow as 'reply as in the Mexican war. We t
light fur principles, for right!" Col. Sum- t
intra added: "Let them come nnd the !a
streets of Parkville w.ll bn hotter than H
hell in fifteen minutes!" Meetings, both M
ol the friends ol law and order, and of the c
secret league, continu'd to be held up to ;
the lime when our information terminates, ri
and all kinds of exciting rumors prevailed. 0
It was reported that Atchison was ut I'latte (
city. Our informant learns that proposi-
lions for civil war and disunion had been r,
strongly urged by members of the secret n
leugue. We shall await' further tidingj with
anxiety ."
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English Criticisms on American Books.
The altered tone ol English reviews when f
speaking of American publications, is quite ,
remarkable- Witness the following from r,
the Lmdon Literary Jotirna' o'' October ,
ISth I' occurs in an article in which u
Willis's "Famous Persons and Famous Pin-
-cr," and Bayard Taylor's "Visit to India,
China and Japan are noticed 1 j.
' In the paralysis of home litrature pro- 0
dueed by the war, ve receive our most
abundant 1 upply from America. Our own w
publishers prudently refrain from appealing gl
to a public 1 10 Mob impoverished, and hav v,
ing thoughts too far divertel, to lis. en to j,
appeals of authorship in England. Am, ri-
cn, mors fortunate, continues in its gr "it u
career of civilization, in which we have u
mad" so sil Iden a st uid-still, with a future
of retrogression) and is rapidly passing us c
in the race The books that come to us .,
from the United Slates manifest continuous ,.
Improvement, Every success ve importation (l
introduces the English reader to new works -in
his history, fiction, poetry, which eclipse
tiie modern pro-luction el our own authors, .,
excepting only some lew of be greatest of
tliom "
Il is S lid that Mrs. John Tyler (who was a '
Gardiner) is heir to a just discovered fortune
in England, by which she will get $500,000.
Think of John Tyler being accid ntally
President ol the United tjlates, accidentally
murrying one of the handsomest women In
America, and accidentally having a lortune
of half a million!
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Forty-five pairs of loaded coal boats float- d
rd past Pittsburgh, November 13th, lor the C
Southern market. The Post says there are
seventy-five additional pairs at Pittsburgh,
waiting for a rise.
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Election Riots in New Orleans.
New Orleans papers give the following
iccount of riots in that city on the day
)f the recent election:
"As noon approached an r-citemeht cum
nencrd at the eighteenth precinct, in a
MBlMt for prergdencp in approaching the
Jolls. Major Henry Blaite, one the officers
a German military company, who as
named a Championship on the Democratic
tide, struck one of Ihe Americans, and I
hereupon half h dollen revolvers' were
Irawn on b in. lie Started to run, snd;
mots eighteen or twenty nhnU were fired ,
it him. One bullet took effect in his!
high, another in his foot, and a third
aassed across his brenst. Soon a'terj
levcxsl fights snsUed, and among others E
I). White, a coy tesai, .., .... k.jir
leaien aud wounded.
"The next difficulty occurred st the
twentieth precinct. A tran named Antonie
Fuller, a native of France, who hid his
IfttUraliSation papers ID his hand, wss
"tabbed in the centre of the abdomen.
His Iricnd put him in tab and conveyed
ilm to the Charity Hospital, but he died .
oelore he arrived there
"Towards evening Dr. Sherrer, who kepi
I drug store at the coftler ol G-'rman nnd
It. Ferdinand streets, was latally Woitndpd 1
y a pistol shot at tne polling boothe or I
ha twentieth district It is said he went
0 the pof With his natural Jtation papers
n one hand and a pistol in the other, and
hat, being opposed by an American, he 1
ired at him and wounded him iu the arm;
he Americans then returr.el ths fire, and
he sh 't proved fatal. A man named An
ui lie Wall was also shot in the leg. Sev
ITS I shuts were fired at James Hoy Ian,
vhile he was on horseback, and a German
vns stabbed or wounded ill his luce.
"Towards 11 o'clock a party broke into
he ninth precinct, and destroyed the ballot j
iox with its contents. Tnere is said to
lave been a Democratic majority of sixtv I
if seventy iu this pr-cihet.
"At midnight s crowd forced their wav
nto the engiiie-lu use, where the inspectors
'I the seventh precinct were counting the
otes. Tney at once forced the inspectors
iiid clerks to retire, when they seized the
tallot-bot, & iid utterly demolished both itj
nd the ballots."
Tie perpetratora of these outrages de-
erve nnd meet With no syi psttty from ,
aspeetable sources any where. Trie editor
il the .New Orleans Bee asserts that he I
las not seen an iudivdual who dues not
x press detestation at them, end calls upon
he civil authorities to use every ejrerlionl
o discover and punisn the giiity parlies;
md, in behalf ut the American party. It
ays, "better, far better, be defeated even
iy fraud und dishonorable machinations
Itsa lay violent bunds on the sacred re
usitory ol the suffrages.'"
1
Illness or Sevatok Docclas. Dr. E.
lead, the physician ol Judge Douglas, writes
rum Terre Hiu'.e, nd November la, to)
'he Chicago Tunes as follows:
' I hu7e noticed various paragraphs in re
ation to the il ln -sa of Hon. S. A. Douj-las
rho is under my professional care, which
nay have some tendency to m.siead the
itiblic mind as to his real conditi in. Know
ng the general anxiety throughout the
ountry in regard to him, and that the time 1
s near at hand when it may be expected 1
hat he will resume his dutios in the Ben
te, I have thought il due to his Iriends '
nd the public, to stale ihat fur the Inst
liree weeks he has been senously ill, and I
bat during that time he has not been '
ble to leave his bed. At 01 e period there i
as a slight amendmai.t uf his symptoms,
rhich induced the hope ol a speedy re
overy, but it pr.md to be delusive, and I
ere is not any change which would war-
int me in saying wlien it will be prudent
r sale lor him to leave his room. I trust '
lis statement will likewise afford s suit-
ble upulogy to the Judge's numerous cor- 1
sunn dents, as he has not been nor is lie 1
ow,in a conditio ! eitner to write or dictate.' I
Occupation a Balm for Sorrow Mrs. 1
tspbens, in the "Old Homestead," says: (
' Occupation! what a glorious thing it is
ir the human heart. Those wl 0 work
ard seldom yield themselves entirely up to I
incied or rea sorrow. Wh-n grief sits t
own, folds its hands, an I mournfully f eds c
poll its own tears, weaving the dim sh id-
ws, that a litt! exertion might sweep v
wav, into a funeral pill the strong spirit 1
i shorn of its might, und sorrow becomes v
ur master. Wuen troubles flow up in I
cu, duik and heavy, toil not with the t
'sves wrsstle not with ihe torrent taratlrsr
ek, by occup ition, to divert the dark r
aters thut threaten to overwhelm you. t
ito u thousand channels which the duties t
f life always prerept. Before yon dream
f it, these waters will fertilize the present, 1
nd give b rth to fresh fl iweri thst may t
righten the future HoWeiS that will be- ''
ome pure und holy, in the sunshine which c
enetrates to the path of duty, in spite of t
very obstacle. Oriel, after all, is but a c
rlliah feeling) a id moat selfish is the man c
-ho yields himself to the indulgence of I:
lay pSSslul' SVhlcb brings nu joy tc hts,
;ilow man." ' s
r
f)i7-What is a Ton or ('oal! Judge , t
rier of the United States Supreme Court e
as decided thut a too weight means: p
.it lbs., and that no State law can be
naded altering tne quantity. According
1 this decision, every coal dealer who I'1
ires hot 1 - a - to the ton can be ur- P
letfd snd convicted for swindling. The a
iw of Pennsylvania makes the ton only
ce 1 ins., and a violent warfare has for "
nnc time been waged against the coal '
ealers, with the result as above ststeo. 1
hicago Titbune.
The total vote in the city of Baltimure, at ,
it- late election, wus go,'.' ill tbe largest ,
rrr made.
For The Belmont Chronicle.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 21, 1855.
Of.i'tR vVlfDttX HoLMF.) lately gaVe
several lecture-; in this city, lie is the m- n
who wouldn't write ns lunny as he could, aa
it would ii., nicies he fatal to vest buttons.
He says the first physical product of Ameri
can civilization ia a slump, and the first in
tellectual prueVct, the ifllDIJI IJsSflall .
Just now, when ao much is said of Gov.
Shannon, I hope it Will no, be mat-apropos
lor me to "put in Hfjf oar." When I was in j
Baltimore, ( I wish there was some way of
getting rid of this spectral personal prnnoen;
how would it do to say when "we ediloriall' !
speaking, were in Baltimore!) I had a num-
be- nf books nnd pamphlets, which proving
rstber cumbersome in traveling, I resolved to
'Th,, asast the purser part.
Anil lit .- tne purer with Ihe other Pan.
Among the number to be disposed of was
a copy ol the 'Democratic Review," eu.bel
lished itn a pnrtrait of the Governor. When
the bibliopole, to v horn I sold them, saw the
Roflew," and the portrait, he shook h's head,
and eai nothing coiild be done with such '
things in that section. I know not to which I
he look a dislike ihe "Review" or the Gov !
ernor. The Governor is not an ugly man. I
To-morrow will be "Thanksgiving," and
from a. I indications, the day will be general-
ly observed in this city. ' Let us sing praise 1
unto the Lord." "Th" earth is the Lord's,
nnd the lullnssa thereof, the world, and thev 1
L.
Cleveland, Medina and T. R It The !
Inst information we receive in relation to !
this road was to the effect that the line from
Grafton here would be under contract lor i
preparation for the rail in a short time. We
presume tl.ere is no change in the prospcc'f
or condition of the work since that lime, and
we look forward, therefore, to its construction
11,80 early day There s.;ems to have been
an unuunl degree of apathy in relation to;
this work, both here and along the line of it. !
The farme-s, whu are to derive the greatesi
benefit from it, have not cone forward with
promptness to take the slock tiecessery, and
the company have there'ore been delayed
with the work. Tbe valu-; of produce along
the line of railroad is increased just in pro
portion aj the cost ol getting to market Is
lessened. If the wheat and corn crop is in
creased m value five cents per bushel, the 1
increased value of th product of the two
woi Id be annually over 950000. Tina is fo
much direct gain to the larmers along th"
line of th-; road, and is more than ten times
the interest of nl they need now sul-crine to
it, and in fact is more thin the full sum '.van'.
ed to complete the work to this point. '
With the fact before tnein we should nol sup
p ise there would be any iesitation but thai
the money would be realized at once We
hoped the days ol backwardness and delay are
abont over, nn I that in a very short time the
shovels and tire p.cki will be again performing
thwir office u on it to the satisfaction of all
parties. Massilon Xews.
What a Change! Tbe Zanesville our
ier, ol Wednesday says: A special train on
Ihe Cincinnati, W ilmington and Zanesville
Railroad came in yesterday evening, bring
ing Messrs. Corwin, Tallmidge, Hall, snd
McLean, of the B iara ol Directors; Russslt,
Pierce, Case end Bremigan, of the Wilming
ton, Washington and Circleville Editorial
:oips, and Oen. Sinderson, of Lancaster.
rite track is in good order, much better thsn
was expected .
In ISO I, Gen. Sanderson rode the mail on
lorseback, from Zanesville via Lancaster to
Jliillicothe. Yesterday, he came from
Lancaster to this city ly Railroad. What a
ihange!
In 180(1, he carried the mail from Whce
ing to Chillicotbe, and was here at the '.line
)f the total eclipse of the eun in that year.
I'm- mail, at that time, was opened only at
Wheeling, St. Clairsville, Zanesville, Lan
:aster and Chillicothe. The Post Office
as nearly opposite where our office now is,
ind hazel bushes grew in abundance. Mr.
bel Lewis was the Post Master.
Gen. Sanderson has now arrived at a good
Id age, is in comfortable circumstances, and
mjo) s good health,
Capitol Hvildixg The new CapTtol
tailding at W.i- n.; n is spoken uf in the
ligh- st term- of admit stioo. We copy the
imensivns from the Baltimore Sun:
Tub entire length 0, to Capitol ejiflci
rhen completed, will be 751 feet 4 inches;
engili oi w,ugs. Including s'eps, 3J4 (set;
vidtli of Wings, 142 leet. The srea o:gmund
ictualiy covered will be 103,112 feet, or
nore tlian three an) a halt acres ol ground,
riie old Dome is fast disappearing when
amoved, it will be superceded b) one tar
ixceeding in utility and magnifiencs even
hat of the celebrated "St. Peters."
The beautiiul irivntkn of Professor)
Yalters will rise three hun Ired iset ubove
he basement floor, und reach three hundred
!iid eighiy feet above lide wat r. Il will
ontiin 124 windows, many of which will
e eiglceen feet in h ight. Decorated with j
ntublaturps which will be emblematical, j
if the most important events in American I
lis.ory, and stieh arrange, nenls have been !
dopted that all visitors, from those in tliej
pring-tide of lile to the hoary-haired vete- I
an, can easily ascend, and ir.sm the lof
iest of all our lulty eminences behold the
xtent aad gruodcur of the National Metro
olit. fjT-Niepiece, the co-laborer of Dagnerre
as succeeded, after year ol study ui d ex
eneoce, in almost perfecting th art bis
s-ociate discovered. "I have begun,"
ays he, "with producing in the camera
bscurs colored engravings, taken artitici
ily, aad lastly, t'eud eature. I have ob-
iued all be colors, and, whit is m re
ixlraordinary and curious, gold and silver
ire depicted with their metallic lustre, snd
mrcelain and alabaster are depicted with
he lustre natural to them."
-
0Ot'Bors Orators." "9. 8. Prentiss,'
asys Putnam's Magazine, "wss s Aorn
orator." Much was not ths testimony ef
the Inte Alexander K. Met lung, whoss in
timacy with Mr. Prentiss during Jibe meat
glorious part of his life, gave him pr
rt'liar advantages for forming a correct
judgment. MrClung used to aay that hs
had known in his time, but two "born
orators" men who tnlk'd eloquently si
ways, because they rotilden't help it be
bnufp they .vere perpetually inspired and
needed no previous prepsrstior,: one of
them was Tom Mirshall of Kentucky, AV
the o'her, Tom Corwin ol Ohio. All ths
rest he had eer met, including Prentiss,
the most eloquent of all, had to preparo
themselves carefully and laboriously before
ban-1. PrrttlSf, he said, sometimes fsiled
Marshall and Corwin never. Memphis
L. M Neely Normal School.
ine onic State Journal in spesking of this
school, ssyi---.-This school, situated at
Hopeilnlp, Ha-ri 'on county, two and s dslf
miles from Miller's Station, on the Steuben
vills and Indiai a R. R. will open regularly
on the 2'iin InSt , unJer tbe moet favursblo
auspices.
"A Teachers' Institute was held in th
building during the fuurih wsek in October,
which was attended by nearly two hundred.
More than $3,000 was subscribed for tho
endowment of the school ouring the session.
"Mr. John Ogden, for someyesrs Principal
of the normal department of the University
at Delaware; has been elected Principal.
Mr. Eh Regal, who has inr some time had
charge of the school euslsiued by Mr.
M'Neely Wil continue in cbargo of the Ac
ademic Depnrtmc nt."
John IJ trough, the celebrated temprrance
lecturer, was wn.ted upon in England, prior
to his departure for the United Statea, with
his Income Tax bill, which was charged at
87 10 shillings, being the tax towards the
exponses oi the Russian war, on his iucomo
as a lecturer, ettimated at 1500.
A friehd who recently happened on ths
same car with Horace Greeley, tells ths
lollowingl Mr. Grec'y was trying to read
a newspaper by the "Jim re ig ous light"
of a ear lamp. In order to see, he raised
the wick; but hardly had he done so. belore
the lamp-'rimmer came along and turned it
down. Th-i moment his back was turned,
Greeiey raised it up aiin. The knight of
the "Dark Lantern presently came along
ags.iu, and partly shu off the liht by which
the philosopher was reading, Greeley re
monstrated. The ofhVial thrust his lantern A
iito his face, survey ing . him with a con-
tempiuous sir s moment, and cooly replied:
Old fellow, you talk too niuch." Buff.
Hep.
OyThe Washing'on Correspondent of
th" Nev-York Sun says:
Whoever denies it ihe fscr Is, Russia
his made otcrtures to our government for
placing all her 'arritrries in America at
our disposal, and a new Minister is coming
to propose tlrs und other important advan
tages to the United States, offici-illv, ns
well as to inform the United States that
the terms of peace with the Allies will dt
must embody vast commercial advantages
to this country. Two months will prove '
all this."
For.FtfiitERs asd Catholics at the
South. The following statistics, compiled
from the census returns ot 1850 lor par
tisan purposes, possess interest in other re
spects. They show the proportion of Forei
gners and Catholics to the total population
of the fourteen Southern States. Compar
ed with the nstivs population the number of
oreignera is but two to thirty-nine and the
Suttber of Catholics not quite one to thirty -'
five:
States. Xlalhn'ies oToreiim. Native.
I. Alabama. 7,498 5.200 426,514
2 Arkansas. 1.4G8 1,600 162,180
3 I-'iorida. 2,740 1,850 47,203
4 Georgia. 6,452 4 250 52 1, .'..72
5. Kentucky. .140124.240 761,413
G. Louisiana, 67.308 37,780 205.491
7. Maryland, 51,011 37,100 417,943
g. Mississippi, 4,782 9,250 295,718
9. Missouri, 76.570 33,950 692,001
10. North Carolina, 2,565 1,400 553,028
1 1 . South Carolina, 8,508 6.030 274,563
12. Tennessee. 5,618 l,4t)0 76,83'i
13. Texas, 67,620 6,760 154,034
141. Virginia, 22.953 7,930 884.800
Total. 30,514 172.710 5.WJ.30S
The Republican have a majority of two
uvtr all the other parties in the Senate of
New York.
Commodore S'oekton has recentlv wtiite"
a very strong & decided letter In favor of ih '
American party.
Tiie St, Louis K publican learns that a test
vote was taken on the 15th iust., in the
Senate of Missouri, on the propos tion to
loan $300,000 to :be Pacific Railroad Com
pany, and that il was decided in favor of J.he
loan.
The New York Mirror predicts that within
twenty-five years the United States wil! not
only supply ths American people with tie
pure juice of the grape, but will become the
largest wine exporting nation iat ths world.
New Cousterwt. On F'iday evening
last, several counter eit bills, 6's and !0's on
the Western Bank of Virginia, were put in
circulation in this city. The papsr is mis
erable and the execution equally so. Zones.
Cotir.
Te new British somm nds- in ths Crimea
Gen. Sr Wm. Codrii-gton, is in his 60th
year Hs -a his fi'st active service in lbs
field during the recent campaigns in that re
gnu, He is a son ul the . elebraled Adm ral
Codrogton, who commanded the Brirtsli navy
at the bsttle of Natvrino.,