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VOL. I, NO. 20.
UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14, 1853.
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LILLY DALE.
'TVa a calm, still night, and the moon's pale
light , r
Shone soft o'er hill and rale ,
When friends mute with grief stood around (ho
' death-bed
Of my poor lost Lilly Dale.
Oh, Lilly, sweet Lilly, dear Lilly Dale,
Now the wild rose blossoms o'er her little green
'Neath the trees in the flowery vale.
Her cheeks that once glowed with the rose-tint
, of health,
.. By the hand of disease had turned pale.
And the death damp was on the pure white brow
Of my poor lost Lilly Dale.
Oh! Lilly, sweet Lilly, fcc. 1 '
"1 go," she said, "to the land of rest,
, And ere my strength shall fail,
I must tell you where, near my own loved home,
' Tou must lay poor Lilly Dale."
Oh! Lilly, Sweet Lilly, Ac
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" 'Neath the chestnut tree, where the wild flow-
, ers grow, vale,
- And the stream ripples forth through the
Where the birds shall warble their songs in the
spring,
' Ther lay poor Lilly Dale."
Oh! Lilly, sweet Lilly, fec.
THE CRISIS OF MY EXISTENCE.
BY AN OLD BACHELOR.
I'm not a sentimental man now.
I
have passed that 6tate of existence long
since, as a man whose whiskers have got
bushy while the hair on his crown has got
thin, and whose eyes are surrounded by
little nascent crows' feet, decidedly ought
to have done. I confess that I prefer a
crood dinner to the most enchanting of
balls, claret to polkas, and a jolly, bacba
nalian ditty tojthe pretty small talk of the
most dainty damsel that ever floated thro'
a quadrifle in ringlets and clear muslin.
Horrid wretch!' I hear some young la
dy .reader exclaim, as she peruses this
confession, and prepares to throw down
the book in disgust.: , Stay, one moment,
fair lady, I beseech you, and you shall
bave a little genuine sentimental reminis
cence of my 'days of auld lang syne'
and then then you may throw down the
book, if you please, and call me a 'horrid
wretch' if you can.
What a pretty, little, gauzy, , fairy-like
creature was Angelica Staggers when first
I met her! The very recollection of her
at this moment makes a faint vibration of
my heartperceptible to me, while then the
sound of her name would startle me like
a postman's rap at the street door Bill
Staggers (it isn't a pretty name, Staggers
but then, Angelica!) was a school-fel-;
low of mine. Schoolboys don't talk much
about .their sisters, because they get'
laughed at if they do; so that I knew lit
tle more than the bare fact that Staggers
had a sister. ; In after years when we
left school, and Staggers went into his
father's counting-house in the city, and I
into my father's office in Gray's Inn, the
matter was different.
Staggers introduced me to his family.
This consisted of his papa, a pompous old j
fellow who" always wore ;a dress-coat in
the street as well as at home, and whose
pendant watch-seals certainly would have
drawn him under water, if he had ever
had the misfortune to tumble overboard
from a Margate steamer; of mamma, who
was a lady of vast dimensions, with, the
usual superfluity of eolor in her -cheeks
and .cap ribbons on her head; of a sister
of Mr. Staggers, senior who might have
been agreeable if she had not given you
the idea of being pinched everywhere
pinched in her waist, pinched in her nose,
pinched in her mouth and pinched in her
views of things in ganeral; and lastly, of
the daughter of the house the divine
Angelica herself, i : ' .
How shall I describe Angelica as I first
saw her, one fine summer's day, about 2
o'clock ' in the afternoon, dressed in the
most charming of muslin negligee dresses,
reclining in a large easy chair, and em
broidering on a frame a pair, of worsted
slippers for her papa?. How shall I ever
give an accurate picture of her beautiful,
light," golden hair, that litterafly glittered
in the rays, of the sunshine that made
their way through the half-drawn green
wenetiau blinds of the window by which
he sat, in the drawing-room of that de
lightful villa at Peckhani that looked out
on to the smoothly shaven lawn with the
large washing-basin of a fish-pond m it,
containing ever so many shillings' worth
of gold and silver fish? fcan't do it. I
have let all my poetry run to seed, and I
feel myself as incompetent to do justice to
. the charms of 'Angelica, as a sign painter
would be to copy theMadona of Raphael
or a street ballad-screamer , to sing the
'Stabat Mater' of Rossini. I must give
up. the attempt: but cannot the reader
help me out of the difficulty by imagining
. something very fair, pink and white, very
6light, very, animated,; and very ethe're
al-Iook altogether? Of course he can--then
there is Angelica Staggers before his
eyes directly. 1 f
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" From the moment I saw her I felt that
my doom was fixed, and my heart trans
fixed. I admired, I loved, I adored her,
and the very atmosphere that surrounded
hex (I don't mean the smell of roast duck
that was steaming up from the kitchen)
seemed to breathe of paradise.
' Accordingly, as a very natural conse
quenceof this feeling of mine, I behaved
verv sWniahW MiisliPd and Bt.aTnTr,irpd
and tore off the buttons of my ffloves,
etuek my legs into absurd positions from
pot knowing what the deuce tp do withlsentent?
them, stumbled over an ottoman as I took
my leave, and to save my own fall, caught
at a china card-tray and smashed it- ef
fecting my retreat at length in a state of
tremor sufficient to have brought on a
nervous fever. ; ' -
My friend Staggers quizzed me:
Why, Jones, I never saw you so quiet
I always thought you such a devil of a
fellow among the ladies. You've lost
your tongue to-day what is it?'
What is it? As if I were going to tell
him what it was. Supposing I had told
him that his sister was an angel, the fel
lew would have looked at me and grinned
and thought I was mad. Men never do
believe in the divinity of their sisters;
they are almost as incredulous as hus
bands touching their wives. The last man
in the world I would select as the confi
dant of my love affairs would be the broth
er of my adored one. I should know
that he would annoy me by the most an
ti-romantic anecdotes of his sister's child
hood, and tease her to death by frightful
stories of myself. And so nuventecT ex
cuses about being 'out of sorts,' and that
sort of thing, to account for my unwonted
taciturnity and embarrassment as this my
first interview with Angelica Staggers.
I was soon a very frequent visitor at
the Peckham Villa, and I had reason to
suppose that I was a welcome one. The
old gentleman was very civil; mamma was
pressing in her . invitations; the 'maiden
aunt' affable in the extreme; and Angel
ica always received me with a smile hat
I valued at a higher price than California
and Australia together could pay, .
The Staggers family led a quiet life,
with the exception of Bill, who haunted
the theatres and cider-cellars, and harmo
nic meetings, and passed ,as disreputable
an existence as a city clerk well could. ; I.
seldom met any one at the Peckham Villa
but the family, and occasionally a Signor
Fidilini, Angelica's
singmg
and mu-
sic master, and was sometimes invited to
tea in the evening, that he might delight
Papa Staggers by playing and singing
duets with Angelica. I can't say I liked
his doing so myself, and I always consid
ered his double-bass growl spoiled the sil
very notes of his pupils voice; and then
I had a great objection to seeing his jew
elled fingers hopping about and jumping
over Angelica's on the piano, in some of
those musicle firework pieces they played
together. But he was a very quiet; gen
tlemanly fellow, and remarkably respectf
ful in his manner to Angelica, so that there
could be no real cause for jealousy but!
the word seemed quite absurd to use in
such a case ; ' - ' '. " r-
My father pronounced me the idlest
clerk he ever had." - I am sure that he was
quite wrong, but he little suspected the
cause. While I ought to have been draw
ing abstracts of t;tle, I was drawing fancy
portraits of Angelica; while I should
have been engrossing brief-sheets, Angel
ica's form was engrossing my thoughts;
instead of studying declarations at law,
I was cogitating a declaration of my at
tachment. To plead well my own cause
with herself and her father was the only
sort of pleading I Cared for; while the
answer I might get to my suit was of ten
thousand times more consequence in my
eyes than all the. answers in all the old
Chancery suits in all the lawyers' offices
in the world. As for reading, Moore and
Byron supplied food to the mind that
ought to have been intent on Coke and
Blackstone. Apollo! god of poetry, and
Venus, deification of love, answer . truly!
is therere a more wretched being, a more
completely fish-out-of-water individual
than a lawyer's clerk in love? "
After long and painful watching, I be
came convinced, in spite of a lover's fears
that Angelica was not insensible to my
attachment. The little bouquets I bought
for her at Covent Garden Market were re
ceived with a look that thrilled through
my very soul. . (I hope that is a ' proper
expression; but my poetry having grown
rusty, as I before mentioned, I am in some
doubt about the matter.) There, wasi or
rdreamt it, a gentle pressure of the hand
as we met", and we parted, that could not
be accidental, and could not .be that of
mere friendship. There was a half tini-.
idityin the tone of her voice as she ad
dressed me,, different from the self-possession
she displayed in conversation with
others. In short, there were a thousand
of those little signs, visible though inde-
cnbable, that Angelica Staggers knew
that I loved her, and was gratified by the
fact.
.wow most men would have thrown
themselves at her feet and made their
vows, in - such a case; but I was doubtful
whether that was the most safe course to
take in order to secure the prize. It struck
me that her, father was just one of those
crusty old gentlemen that look on a young
fellow as little better than a pickpocket,
who dares to gain a daughter's affections
without first asking her papa's permission
to do so. , On the other hand, I was quite
aware that young-ladies don't like to be
asked of their papas before they are asked
themselves; there is too much of the Ma
hometan and of the Continental style , in
such a proceeding to please jour free-born
island lasses. Still, I might get over that
- l difficulty, by explaining how hopeless 1
believed lfc to he to secure her father's
consent at all, unless I got it first. I was
right; and so I resolved to havelnjnter-
view with Mr. Staggers and explain my
Did any of readers ever drive in tan
dem two horses that had never been bro
ken to harness? Did he ever let off . a
blunderbuss that has been loaded for ten
years? Did he ever walk through long
grass notoriously full of venomous snakes?
Did he ever ride a broken kneed horse
over stony ground? Did he ever take a
cold shower-bath at Christmas? Did he
ever propose the health of the ladies them
selves, and before he had at all "primed"
himself? Did he ever walk across a nar
row, greasy plank, placed across a chasm
some hundreds of feet in depth? . If he
has done all or any of these feats, I "can
bear witness to the fact that he has had
some experience of nervous work; but if
he has never been back-parlored with a
grave, pompous old tather, ot whom he
is about to ask his daughter's hand, then,
I say his experience of real, genuine 'ner
vous work' is but infantile after all. Ma
king a' declaration to the lady herself is
nothing to it, though little embarrassing
too; but then you know that the faironc
is in as mnch trepidation as yourself, and
not watching vou with a cold, calculating
l T t
eye, weighing your expressions, and draw
ing conclusions perhaps prejudicial to your
reputation for sense or honesty. I declare
I would not go through that ordt al again
for the wealth of the antipodes (that's the
last new phrase:) and, between ourselves
that is the very reason why I remain to
litis uay a : uut siay x am auuui-
pating
I : cannot give an account of my inter
view with old Staggers, because, even half
an hour after it was over, I had but a con
fused recollection of what took place at it.
I only know it haunted my dreams like a
nightmare for nights after. ' I was eter
nally jumping up in my bed in a cold
perspiration, with my hair half thrusting
my" night-cap off my head, in the midst
of 'explaining my intentions. However,
a great point was gained -Mr.: Staggers
agreed to offer no opposition to the match,
provided my father consented also. ;
'I shall call on him to-day, my young
friend,' he said; 'so dine with us at Peck
ham at six, and you shall know the result.
I don't forbid your going there earlier, if
you feel inclined to do so.'
This was handsome.: I expressed my
gratitude as' well as I was able- and at once
took a Peckham omnibus and hastened to
Angelica.'- 'y : ;'"; '
'Missus is out, sir; and so's Miss; Stag
gers; but Miss Angelica s in the arawmg
room, sir.' " '' ;-.:.:
'Very well." I'll ' go there-: you need
not show me up.' '' "! : ' '. 1 -
Su -Tsaj-mg I-oprftjug-lightly up StatrS,
and was in the drawing-room in aa instant;
A sadden 'shriek a short,- quick, half
stifled one met my ears as I entered, and
I saw Signor Fidilini move his arm very
hastily, as if it had been in far closer
proximity to the waist of Angelica, who
was at the piano, than I should have con
sidered at ' all necessary in an ordinary
music lession. ; ' : ; ; .
'Oh dear, Mr. Jones, how you did star
tle me,' cried Angelica, blushing terribly
as she rose to shake: hands with me. 'I
didn't hear 1 you coming at all, I assure
you.' - h- -
I didn't need that assurance and I be
lieve I said something of the sort. -
'Mees Angelica so feared, dat I put out
my arm to stop her fall off from de stool,'
said Fidilini; and he looked so perfectly
truthful and embarrassing sas he spoke,
that my dreadful suspicions began. to be:
allayed. .- -. .. ..i
'I feel quite nervous at the present mo
ment,' said' Angelica. .'Indeed, Signor,
you must not ask me to take any more
music lessons to-day.' ;
Signor Fidilini bowed gracefully his. as
sentand I cast a delighted look at An
gelica; for was she not getting rid of that
tiresome music-master for my sake? Fi
dilini packed up his German sausage roll
of music, and, bidding Us good-day, bow
ed himself Out of the room.
We were alone! We looked uncom
fortable and we felt sc I am sure of it in
her case as well as my own. ' ' ;
'Angelica!' I exclaimed. '''
She startled, and looked surprised.
'Angelica, I love you you know it: -
but you do not know how deeply and how
devotedly,' etc., etc. I suppose it is quite
unnecessary for me to give the remainder
of the declaration, because no one can be
ignorant of the usual form of the words
in' these cases. It is as 'stereotyped' ' as
an Admiralty Secretary's letters but I
suppose it means a little ' more, or what a
deal of fibbing lovers must be guilty of
whenjthey come to the grand scene of the
domestic drama of 'love!' .. .
Angelica hung her head, and blushed,
and panted. 1 I felt she; was. mine, and I
seized her .hand and began, to cover it
with kisses, when she snatched it from me
in such haste that her diamond and pearl
ring scratched my finger. I was amazed.
'Mr. Jones, I can listen no more. ' I as
sure you I must listen no more!" '
Why so? Your father will not oppose
my wishes, for'' 1
'It is not that, sir; it is, that I cannot re
ciprocate the attachment you profess for
me.'. ; y, r, ,.!;, 'r --;
'Oh! do not say so no not ' . -
If you have any generosity in your
heart, Mr. Jones, will cease this strain at
once. ' You have mistaken my feeling al
together.' " " -
'It's that cursed Fidilini!' I cried in a
i rage" forgetting my good breeding.
I beg, sir, that you will not use such
language in my presence, especially with
reference to a gentleman for whom I en
tertain a feeling ofj-' f .
'Love!' I said, with a stupidly indig
nant laugh, and an attempt at an air of
tragedy. 'But I care not. I will shoot
him within twenty-four hours, or he . shall
shoot me;' and I started to my feet with
a thorough determination to call out Fi
dilini without an hour's delay.
'For heaven's sake don't speak so,
cried Angelica, 'There will be murder;
I know he'll fight, and you might kill'
'Thank you; I might kill him yes:
you don't seem to have any fears lest he
should kill me. ' However, he shall have
a chance,' and I strode towards the door.
.'Stay,' cried Angelica; and she seized
my arm; 'stay, you shall have my secret,
rnd then I throw myself on your gene
rosity. k He is my ' husband!'
'Fidilini? the devil!' I exclaimed.
' 'We are "vatt'ly married,' said An
gelica, 'but, for the present,' do not let--;'
Here we were interrupted by the arri
val of Mrs. and Miss Staggers, who en
tered the' room' to our great discomfiture.
Angelica, with an' appealing look towards
me, hurriedly left the room,
If ever a poor wretch felt'imself in'an
uncomfortable position, I did at that mo
ment, and during the rest 5f that evening.
Mr. Staggers brought home a city friend
with him, obviously to aviod a tete-a-tete
with me after dinner; but he took care to
inform me, in a whisper, that his negotia
tion with my father had failed. I dare
say he was very much surprised at the
cool indifference with which I received
this piece of information, he little knew
how worthless were the" consents of the
papas in the present instance.
Of all the artful little hussies that ever
lived,!decidedly that girl is the most com
plete! thought I, as I watched the quiet
and composed manner in which Angelica
behaved during the dinner and the" even
ing which followed: She played and sang
as freely as ever, and even expressed her
sorrow that Signor Fidilini was not pres
ent, that she might sing one of her papa's
favorite duets: If he had been present,
I believe I should have strangled the fellow
against all resistance.' ' i:
Howl passed that night I won't say,
butldid not sleep. " , J
Next morning-1 ' was at the office as
usual, and really trying to work hard to
keep my tho'ts from dwelling on Angel
ica. "v: About ten o'clock my father rushed
into the room where I was seated at the
deskj in company with Mr. Staggers. ! ?
'Villain!' cried Staggers to me.'
'You young scoundrel!' screamed my
father: ' :-'; - - " -
I was really alarmed, for I thought
that both those respectable elderly gentle
men must have gone mad. I stared in
open mouthed astonishment. :
'Where's my daughter?' bawled Stag-
gars.
'Answer, sir!' shouted my; father, as I
looked, if "possible, still much more surprised.-
' .: . .' -
'h'Slon't know,' I replied. ;
'You lie, sir, cried Staggers. ; ';
1 You ; are . quibbling, sir,' : added my
father; 'we don't ask where she is at this
very moment; you know what we mean.'
'Is she . married?' said Staggers; . 'an
swer that.' f; . . . , , .. . ; ;
'Really, I V, j ":." ,
'Answer plainly, sir, and without shuf
fling,' cried my father. - " -
I believe she is,' I answered.
'Believe! why, you young villain, when
you know whether you have married her
or not, how dare you talk aboutwhat you
believe? "-' - v":r; . : ' r.; ;
'jmarry her! I'm not married to her!'
I cried, in surprise 1 ; ' " -
'What the deuce does all this mean?
exclaimed my father, losing all patience.
'Miss Staggers has run off from her fath
er's house-with you, it is suspected.'
'Indeed!': I exclaimed, interrupting him
'then Fsuppbse I may tell the truth; ;no
doubt she is gone with her husband, Fidi-
lim.'r . - ., ; . : ' " ,; ' , ... .
Never shall I forget old Staggers' rage
and surprise when he, heard my simple
story; .nor ibis savage' indignation . when
my father,hinking only of his own son
being out of a mess) exclaimed:
'I'm deuced glad of it.' .
I am going to the christening of Mad
ade Fidilini's seventh child to-morrow.
They like an old bachelor for a godfather
sometimes, because he has no other child
ren than godchildren to provide for.
Grandpapa Staggers will be there, and so
will grandmamma and grand-aunt; and
the latter will be very attentive to me; but
she is more pinched than ever, and looks
like a dried ' herring in figure and com
plexion. 'I shall dine with old Staggers
afterwardsj and he has some superb clar
et, much better stuff than well, never
mind, I have done! "
The Times Mr. Bak.net. The Times
of yesterday afternoon, says it "hopes Mr
Barney will be elected,' and says further,
that it will write or publish nothing ' to
damage his prospects, unless as an act of
self-defense against Mr: Barney or the
Enquirer. Very well ! Let it be so.
The Enquirer only made a protest against
what seemed, at least, to be an act of dis
courtesy on the part of the Times toward
the Democratic nominee." If, however,
as that paper says, it is not. opposed to
his election, we, are pleased to be be cor
rected. (Jin. Enq. . ? ; v - .- i
A man Restored to Life nfter a Jlnrial of
i. ; Ten Mouths
The subjoined extract is translated from
the Paris Journal of Magnetism, which
quotes as its authority a very remarkable
book, published by Mr. Osborne, an Eng
lish officer, on his return from. the Court
Runjesting, in India. ; Wc must also add,
that Gen. Ventura, whp.was one of, the
witnesses in this extraordinary, testified to
the correctness of the statesment when he
subsequently visited Paris. Mr. Osborne
says: , . ...
"On the 6th June, 1838, themonotomy
of our life in camp was agreeably interrup
ted by the arrival of an individual who had
acquired great celebrity in the Pendjab.
The natives regarded him with great ven'
eration, on account af the facility he pass
essed in remaining under ground as long
as he . pleassed, and then reviving again.
Such extraordinary facts were related to
the country concering this man, and so
many respectable persons testified to their
authenticity, that we were extremely, des
irous of seeing him; for ; instance: Capt.
Wade, of Lodhiana, informed me that he
had himself been present at the resurrec
tion of this Fakir in the presnce of Gen.
Ventura,' the Rajah, and several men of
destihetion among the natives, and that
after his interment had lasted several
months."- : ,-..- r-
The following are the details which were
given him of the interment, and those that
he added nobis own authority of -the. ex-r
animation: ' .... :- n-; ; ; . .
"At the end of some preparations .which
had lasted several days, and which would
be too tedious te enumerate, the Fakir de
clarde himself ready - for the experiment;
the witnesses met around a tomb of mason
work, constructed expressly to receivehim.
Before , their eyes the Fakir closed with
wax (with the exception of his mouth) the
apertures of his body through which air
might be admitted; then he stripped off all
his clothing. He was then enclosed in a
linen bag, and by his direction his tongue
was turnd back, so as to enclose the en
trance of his. throat. Immediately after
thia operation the Fakir fell into a lethar
gic state. '"' The bag which contained him
was then closed and sealed by the Rajah.
This sack was then placed in a wooden
box, which was locked with a padlock, and
sealed. The box was lowered into the
tomb,over which was thrown agreat quan
tity of earth,which was trampled down and
then sown with barley5 finally,' sentinels
were set to watch it day and night. Notwith
standing all these precautions, Raj ah was
still suspicious; he came twice during ten
months .that the. Fakirr remained buried,
and caused the tomb to be examined; he
found the Fakir precisely as he had left him
and perfectly cold and inanimate ;
u The ten months having expired, they
proceeded to the final examination. Gen.
Ventura and Captain Wade saw the pad
lock opened, the seals broken and the chest
raised from the tomb. The Fakir was re
moved; there was no indications the heart
or pulse. In the top of his head there re
mained some slight sensation of heat. Af
ter first placing the tongue in a natural
position, and then pouring warm, water
over his body, he began to evince some
signs of life. After two hours he was quite
restored and walked about. This wonder
ful man is about thirty years of age; his
figure is unpleasant and his countenance
has a cunning expression. ';
"He says that he had delici ous dreams
during his interment, and that restoration
was very painful to him," ' '
Who Sent Them!
Old mother Bender was pious butpoor.
In the midst of her extreme want her trust
and confidence was in. God.
It was late One chilly night in the autumn
of the year when two rather wild, young
men were passing her cottage on their way
home. One of them had under his arm
some loaves of bread which he had por
cured at the village store. A faint light
glimmered from mother Bender's case-
o . ....
ment. Said the one who had the loaves
to his conpanion, "Let us have some fun
with the old woman."
"Agreed." said the other. They appor
ached the house and peeped into the win
dow, saw; the old woman upon her knees,
by the hearth; where a few , embers were
smouldering in the ashes. She was engag
ed in prayer. They listened and heard
her offering an earnest petition for bread.
She was utterly destitute of food.
Infurtherance of their fun, one of them
with the loaves climbed softly up the roof
of the cottage, and dropped . the loaves
down the chimney. As they rolled
out on the hearth, they caught the old
lady's eye, and in the fullness of her heart,
she exclaimed - '.. ' '
'.'Thank the Lord, bless the Lord for his
bounty." ' - ; '
"But the Lord didn't sendthem," shout
ed a voice form the chimney. : ;
"He did, cried she undauntingly; "the
Lord sent them, but the devil brought
them."- r:w '.,::-.;.. .:
A Discrepancy. Alady at Columbus,
Ohio, recently inquired of the spirit rap
pers how many children she had. The
spirit replied four. The husband, suprised
at the accuracy of the reply, 'also stepped
in and inquired how "many children he
hadVnd was answered two. - "' ;
Probably that was t the same mother
who, on another occasion, got indignant
at her two children for fighting over a sop
pan, cried out,' 'Now you John and Sary
Ann,, if you . don't jist stop that I'll go
right out and teH both, yovr fathers r
AVashingtou Gossip.
The Tribune had the following dispatch:,
: Washington, Sept." 4th, 1853.
The National Whig of, the Democracy
are greatly incensed because of the ap
pointment of Ezrah L. Stephens, an AbolJ
itionist, and devoted friend of Giddhigs,
to a clerkship in the Indian Bureau.
It is rumored that Mr. Gordon, the Web
ster, Whig Postmaster, of Boston, will
soon have leave to retire to private life. ,
The St. Louis Postmaster questonis still
undecided, i Judge Bowlin is pushing the
claims fo Mr Colburn, anti-Benton, vigor
ously. - .. .. ;
The Administration is anxions to please
the ants-Bentonites, but dread the wrath of
OldBullion. n -i
An heiress of wealth, beauty and tender
years, eloped from the Academy of Vis
itation connected ' with ; the. Convent at
Georgetown, D. C, thia, afternoon, and
was soon in the arms of her lover. The
affair created a great excitement at the
Convent. -, ?- ' " :, .
A .Swindled , Editor. The Cleveland
Plain Dealer relates how our old friend
Vaughan,. editor of the True Democrat,
was swindled by a cute rascal put of 9500
last week. A sale of lots was to come off
and a "confidence man,"; who, probably,
had found out that Vaughan desired to
bid, approached him in the most familiar
way, with "Good evening, Vaughan; how
are you?' and calling himself Dr. Ryder
said he was the agent of the land owner
and would bid a couple, of lots off for the
credulous editor if he desired. Vaughan
having indulged largely through the veg
etable season, was greener than usual, and
so taken with the fine, gentlemanly ap
pearance , of .'the agent, that he absolutely
handed him out $500 to make his bids
with. ,,The next morning he went to the
sale, found Dr. Ryder there, and asked
him if he had made a purchase.
'O yes! don't you see those two fine lots
on the corner? Those are yours, and
a fine bargain you have!'
Vaughan was, of course, delighted,and
requested the Dr. to call at the True Dem
ocrat office at four o'clock and settle; but
the weary hours of all that night passed
slowly away, and no agent came. , The
principal conductor of the "under-ground
railroad" up there was scorched !
Vaughan says "he wouldn't treat a nag
ger so
:;i5TThe whole World's Temperance
Convention, which met,in New York on
Thursday, was attended in the morning
by about two thousand persons, and in the
evening by three thousand, including
spectators. ; Horace Greeley and Rev.
Miss Brown, a spunky little. female, were
the leading orators, One of the resolu
tions that they passed read thus:
"Rosolvtd, That we impeach the use
of termented or alcoholic wine, in the the
solemn celebration of the Eucharist as a
profane and impious desecration; since that
which poisons and destroys ?.en can be
no true symbol of that which purifies, re
stores and saves." ' ; '
This is about the strongest resolution or
"vote of censure" that has been passed
upon the sentiments and example of Jesus
Christ since the crucifixion! ' ' We have
no doubt that if the Savior were to1 come
upon earth and again turn water into wine,
Greeley and his cracked-head fanatics
would be after him : with a "crown of
thorns," crying, ' " Crucify him ! crucify
him!" Gin. Miq. - (
Terrible Loss of Life at Sea. We
have had a brief notice of the loss of the
British ship Nessree, and the drowning of
nearlv three hundred people. Early m
April she was chartered to convey a num
ber of pilgrims (who were returning, after
a lengthened pilgrimage through Arabia,
to various parts of India, ) on a voyage to
Bombay.' She was fitted up accordingly,
and, on taking her departure, had beside
the crew, no fewer than four hundred peo
ple on board, also a valuable cargo. The
catastrophe happened on the nighfof the
17th of June, thirty miles south of Bom
bay. Shortly after midnight she struck,
and the next minute her masts, with at
least one hundred of the unhappy crea
tures clinging to the rigging, gave way and
fell overboard.- The occupants were ei
ther crushed to death or perished by drow
ning. . In the course of a few hours the
vessel entirely broke up, and the whole of
the remaining passengers and crew were
plunged in among the breakers. Great
loss of life . followed. - Out of the four
hundred and fifty souls who were alive the
night previous, all, with the exception of
ninety-four, perished., . The ninety-four
survivors were . washed ashore on
ments of the wreck, Cin. Enq. ;
frag-
. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Fail
ure to Neoociate the Loan. We learn
that the efforts which have been made-to
nifmcifp a lnan for the constnif!iIon - of
the double track of the Baltimore and Ohiot's 83,000 for his right leg, and hopes-
Railroad have hitherto proved unsuccess
ful. . Of the exact nature of , the proceed
ings in the matter we are unapprised. . It
is sufficient for us to know at this moment
that the fact is so. Baltimore Sun.
: jS3T There is a girl in Troy, N. Y
aged
twelve years, of French parentage, whose
face is almost entirely covered -frith hairof
a dark color and abouf two "inches long.
She " is in'ielligent, fond of books, and at
tends' school regularly. Her playmates
jest with her upon her hairy face, bat she
seems pot to be troubled about' tlif-ir mer-
trmKsrfc"" ' ".' v. .'
' From Gov. Wood. -We have seen a let
ter from Gov. Wood to Col. Medary, dat -cd
at Panama, New Granada, August 4f
which states that without accident he has'
arrived there, and will leave in the English
steamer which left August 5th. Hestates
that he has expeirenced no weather so hot
and uncomfortable as he had in Ohio be-'
fore he left, and that the thermometer has
not been above 82 since he left New York
On the day he wrote, it stood at 80. The' '
Governor seems to have had some of the
experiences of traveling.. He says of the
negroes on the isthmus, that unless you look
sharp, they will steal the mule from under
you and ride him away before your eyest
He cautions Col. Medary, when he follows
him, to watch the darkies, and pay them
no more tham you think right without re
gard to their demands. Ohio Statesman.
S3f The following recipe for smallpox.
scarletina, and measles, is going the round
of the papers. We publish it as" we find-
it, knowing nothing of its virtues;
"Take one grain each of powdered fox-
glove or digitalis (valuable in-the ratio of i; ;
its greenness, the dark should be rejected)
and one of sulphate of zincj (this articlo
is commonly known as white vitriol.)--1
Ihese should be rubbed thoroughly, in a
mortar, or any other convenient vessel,"
with four or five drops of . water; this done
a noggin (or about 4 ounces) more, with ' ;'
some syrup. of sugar, should be added
Of this, a table-spoonful should be given7-
to an . adult, and two tea-spoonfuls to! a
childevery second hour, until symptoms";
of disease vanish. . " J ' ' ' ' 1
Conflicting Testimoxt.- The other V;
day we had the testimony of John Neal,
the fine literary scholar of Portland, Maine -- if
too the effect that there is now as much
liquor used, and as much intemperance in' - i
that city and probably in the State as be-1
fore their prohibition law was put into ex- f
ecution. The Advertiser, of - that city,: ' i
denies the declarations of Mr. Neal, as we
see it' noticed in the Boston Common-
wealth, of the 5th, affirming that there are ' .'
but few hotels in the Statend none in the I
city "where the sale is open and undisguis: i
ed as in the city of New York," as charged ; -
by Neal. It says that it is true that liquor TV"
is furnished in some hotels, but there is: ;";
caution observed in giving it outr and that J
there are: no open and undisguised bars ! v
Tipped with the. Romantic. There is i1
now in the mountain region of Western.,
Virginia a young lady from Kentucky, de-. j r
scribed by the Parkersburg Gazette as , ;
young, pretty, educated and sprightly,,.,,
who is thereto protect her rights to a larger
tract of land, which descended to her from
her ancestors, to whom it was patented for .
Re volutionary services, but is now claimed , '
by a land pirate, who formerly acted as
her agent. To defend , her rights, solita
ry and alone to the disputed territory, she -
went, made a clearing, built a log cabin, . ,
and located a tenant. She always carries r
one of Colt's revolvers, and thus armed
roams fearlessly over the mountains, fol- ,
lowing paths seldom trod save by the pan-. 7 j
ther and bear.
Worth Knowing. Adams fc Co., at
Sacramento, Cal., were recently prosecu- ,.
ted by a depositor to recover : $ 480,, the ,
certificate of the deposit having been de f,
stroyed by fire. . Adams & Co., admitted
the deposit, and averred their readiness to
pay it upon the production of the certifi- ,,:
cate, or on being indemnified for any fu- . ,
ture liability upon it. The Distrtct Court -t
held that they had no right to, require such ... -r
indemnity, , and rendered judgement ..for 0 J
the amount claimed and costs. r From this fa
decision the defendents appealed, but the..
Supreme Court of the State , sustained it-
To be Hung. The brothers Kelley, for
the murder of Miller and Gardner, on the
fiat-boat in the Ohio river, have been found
guilty of. murder in the. first degree.- '
There was very little excitement, ex
pressed throughout the trial, andno doubts '
were expressed of their guilt. Sentence ' '
of death was passed on them on Friday,
but from the condition of. the younger onei
it is more than probable" he will die before .
the law can take effect. He has been de- "
clining for some time. Cin. Enq.'
An Interesting Scene. On the 3d '
inst. the proprietor of the New York Sun
celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its ' "1
existence as a penny paper the first es-
tablished in this country. The entertain- !
ment was a splendid one,' given to the em-;'
ployees of the concern, with their wives,
making a company of about three bun- :
dred. -" ' '' ':' " '' ''
it Santa Anna, it is said,: intends pe-
titJbning Congress for his left leg, 'now in -.
Barnum's Museum, and, if not obtained,
is determined to declare war against our
Republic. As an offset to this, Barnum. ,
toget it. Free Press.
If there is half a' chance, Barnum will
have a boot on the other leg. : - ' 'v :' Ati
Guano. Francisco Rivero a Commis-; t
sioner appointed in 1846 by the Peruvian r'T
Government to examine the Guano Islands
belonging to that Republic, estimated "theiu
quantity of Guano on the three islands at-i
18,250,000 tuns.
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JT "Sambo, what am your 'pinion 6b
rats?". 7 v ;
1 "Why, I think de' one dat has the short--'
eft tail, will get in de bole de q'uickes.'
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