Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1856-01-08

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IT A II transient advertisements to be paid io advance, and none will be inserted unless for fk definite time mentioned AGENTS. ' The following persons are authorized to ro veeive money on subscriptions for The Rkfudli Ji,inu receipt tnereior 1 Dr. J. B. Ceooly. Homor, Ohio. Ono.Mooaic, Rathoxu Bubr, ilr S. D. Joxi, Pavid Rss, Hixey L. Osdokx, Thomas Haxce, ' W. O. Stboxo. Kev. T.M.Fix.nkt, Jno. Savt, .. Hl.fBT DoTNTOX, Utica, Delaware, Oranvillo Chestervil'o, Bennington, Marengo, Fredericktown, Martinsburgh, Danville, Monroe Mills, ESQ. Cochran Sib: In listening to Mr. Coggeshall'j lecturo on Tuesday evening last, I was much pleased with his remarks on Contentment nnd Discontentment. His idea that a contented man, though " he may be as happy as a clam, and oare as little for his fellows," having but little incentive to action, and that "discontentment is tho spur of progress," is undoubt-ly correct. Tho annexed poem, clipped from the "Western Home Visitor" of 1854, inculcates the some sentiment more 'in extenso, and I think you will agree with me, is rather happily expressed. 4 DEBATABLE GROUND. Discontentment vs. Conteutment. BY E. 8. 8 EClSt. -Contentment t what art thou ? a word a theme, Though ofiou harped on little understood; A pleasing myth n fond, poetic dream A still unrealised Utophn good. Poets mny praiso and pray for thoe in vain, To make thy home wi.hin the troubled breast; For could they but their fond desires attain, No blessing else could make them so unblest. And well it is, thnn seldom art attained; . The world would stagnate, else, in dead ro pose: Contentment ne'or a noble purpose gained, Nor caused the wild to blossom as tho roso. Progression had but small advancement made. Beneath the influence of thy torpid reign; And left were each emprise all unessayed, While stupor ruled thy effortless domain. The world owes everything to discontent, The restless prompter of the human mind ; Heaven ne'er to earth a goodlior blessing sent, Kor surer pur to energizo maukiud. Whate'er may bo our sum of earthly bliss, Imperfect still it is and incomplete; Action alone enhances happiness; '' ' Content is lifeless, profitless and effete. TV bat works of labor e'er bad been performed, ' Wow human energies for ayo unbcnlf What rays of science e'er the mind had warmed, Wrapped la the apathy of dull content? Oentcnt in ignorance still to grope the way: . Content in squalid poverty to dwell; Content In darkness that excludes the day, . When rfuconlent might quick the gloom dispel What artist e'er bad plied his busy trade, Absorbed in listless and ignoble easel fo fancy's fields, what poets e'er had strayed i' What truths bad taught what flowers had tt- colled to please? 1 What man had wooed -ror woman smiled assent, ' Were all contented In their lone estate? Adam, himself, a bachelor's life had spent - Ere trusting all to fig earea -and to fatel Mbere then had been our Anglo-Saxon race, Bad Fate decreed them (xjt Platonic love? Vacant on earth, were Us afcUicg place, '. It needs ho potent argument to prove. ' .. .. ... . i With all the various races of wankind '. The history ou-ld have been alike sueetnet-Not that they rose to gMtUuts and declined, But were not are not by default etlnct. Whate'er the faalti of the primeval pair, We owe them chiefly for their discontent; ftm that we trace our being all w we, - T that we owe our origin and descent. Jf w may rightly judge them by their race, , Tby were the fit progenitor of men; ' ftirei and passions in their heart found place, Qf the had lept and wi had nerer been Contentment I dread paralysis of mind I 'Twould check progression and retard the oul ; While dire Inaction would debar mankind From aspirations for a loftier goal I 'Ti discontentment prompts mankind to act 'Tis discontentment betters man's estate : Inert content were but appropriate fact, Deducible from some blind decree of fate. But action is the principle divine, Which permeates incessantly God's domain Devoid of action, suns would cease to shine, And man to exist, or but exist in vain. Then discontent porvades both earth and sky . Since all display disquietude and unrest ; And without action man would droop and die, In life unhappy, and in death uublcst- Man's mind by heaven unfashioncd for repose, With aspirations evor prone to advance ; His happiness much enhanced by what he knows Depends not on fortuity and chance. So discontent in life or death prevails, And after death, 'tis thought prolongs the - strife . For truth ani knowledge, elsowise what avails A torpid, dormant everlasting life ? " It is unreasonable to suppose, that man even in a higher sphere of existence, will acquire all his knowledge at once, or without exertion of those intellectual energies with which he is endowed. " For the range of investigation presented to intelligent beings is boundless, extending to all the objects and moral dispensations of God, throughout me immensity ol ins empire. " And could we suppose finite minds capable of embracing the whole of this range of objects, at one grasp, their mental energy would soon be destroyed, and their felicity terminate ; for they could look forward to no turther expansion of th ir views, nor to a succeitsion of a new range of objects and operations, through all the future ages of eternity. Dick't I'hiletnphy of a future Hale. LOVE AND JEWELS Y. Mr. J. V. S. Granger resides in Burling ton, Vermont. Mr. G. is a gentleman of prepo3scsing appearance, sports a jet black imperial anu travels sngmiy on uts 6inpe, Air. Urangcr tins a very excellent opinion of himself, and runs away with the idea no lady can look at him without experiencing a slight palpatation under her chemisette. In July last, Mr. Granger visited Rocka- way, put up at the pavillion, and indulged in sea-batliing and clams for about ten days. On Ins way home he stopped in this city to spend a week, lie put up at the Dele van House. One afternoon, while prome nadtni; up Worth fearl street, he saw a very fascinating young lady sitting by parlor window belonging to a very fine three-story brick dwelling, not a mile from Steuben street. The young lady smiled Granger lifted his hat and dropped his head about an inch, inch and a half, or two inches. Having done this, he passed on, and in duo course of timo found him self at his hotel. If ever Mr. Granger felt well toward ull the world and the rest of mankind, it was that afternoon. He was so buoyant that if anybody had cut his suspenders we have no doubt he would have gone up like a balloon. The next day Mr. Granger repeated his stroll. He again passed the Pearl street man sion, and found that fascinating young lady sitting at the window. The third time he grew more courageous, tie not only lift ed his hat and smiled, but be ascended the sloop and twitched the bell-pull. The young lady flew (o the door, opened the same, dropped a courtesy on the matting and invited Mr. Granger to walk into the parlor. Mr. Granger did so, and, for a few minutes, felt slightly embarrassed. He overcome this, however, in a little while, and entered upon a chat that satisfied him be had made a ten strike t timed the conquest of an heiress. On leaving, Mr. Granger and the young lady exchanged cards a ceremony that enabled Mr. Gran ger to know that "the best looking girl in nil Albany" Was Miss Douglass, of North Pearl street. They parted in the hall with a squeeze of the hand that made Mr. Granger look like n boiled lobster for ah hour afterward. Mr. G., is a gentleman of sanguine temperament, hence the ease with which his face takes to vermillion. Mr. Granger left for home the next morning, and took along a bosom so tilled with sunshine that there should not be a hard winter in Vermont for the next fire years. On arriving at Burlington, Mr. Granger opened a correspondence with Miss Douglass that continued till Tuesday last, when Mr. Granger came to Albany to see Miss D. in person. lie went to tho Pearl street mansion, pulled the bell, and was answered by a Biddy of late importation. With Biddy the following conversation took place : "Is Mies Douglass in?" "Who?" "Miss Douglass." "And who the divil ia Miss Douglass?" "A young lady that I saw here in July last your mistress I suppose," "You do ? Well, then, let me tell you you're mistaken. The young lady yon met here in July last was a forward minx that Missus left to take care of the house when the family went to Niagara. She was as modest a girl as ever was, till a blackguard in Vermont made a fool of her." "You said a blackguard in Vermont, I think?" "I did, and I repeat it. If he had not been a blackguard be would not have sent her a gold watch, and an undacent lctlher with Utile boys flying all around the edges with more bowarrows than breeches bad luck to him." "Well, nover mind about that. Can you (ell me where I can find the person referred to," "No, I can't, and if I could I woulden't, for I hare an idea that yon are so betther than the other blackguard." Biddy having said this, slammed the door and retired to the kitchen. The information received at the Pearl street mansion truck Mr. Granger "all of heap."- The idea that he bad been courting a servant girl fur an heiress drpre jim almost to destraction. But this was not the worst of it. Mr. Granger had not only jnfiered in his 'bussom,' but in his pocket. During his correspondence be forwarded the following presents to Miss Douglass, One gold watch valued at 9120 ; one set of ear-rings worth $75 and a diamond breast-pin worth $95, making a grand total of $290. To get back a portion of this treasure, Mr. Granger repaired on Wednesday to the police office. He told his story to Justice Parsons, and wished to swear out a warrant for false pretences against Miss Douglass. "For doing what ?" asked the magistrate. . . . "For putting on French airs and doing me out of two hundred and ninety dollars worth of jewelry," replied Mr. Granger. The justice informed Mr. Granger that there was no law forbidding "French airs," and that he could not possibly have a warrant."And what would you hare me do?" "Go home to Burlington and resolve never again to be sold by a Pearl street chambermaid even if she indulges in French airs and smiles from a parlor window." Mr. Granger left the ofhee saying he would think it over. We saw him about an hour afterward inquiring the way to Mr. Holstein's law office. Whether he intends to commence a lawsuit for the recovery of the goods, will be known at the next Court. Albany Police Tribune. Vegetable Giants the big Treei of California. A correspondent writes the following in relation to those wonders of the Golden Stale : Washington, Mammoth Grove. Last Wednesday morning, I leftmyres-dence in San Joaquin county, and took up my line of march for tW locality, and arrived here about 3 P. M., yesterday. In my way hither I passed through Sonora and Columbia, crossing the Stanislaus at "Abbey's Ferry," in the mountains. The road from Sonora to this place (Big Tree) is in splendid order, and can be traveled with perfect safely in a buggy or carriage. The distance from Sonora, via Murphy's Camp, is twenty-five miles. On arriving at this place I was surprised to find a first class hotel, with every convenience of a similar establishment in a large city. It is well fitted up for the accommodation of la dies, being amply provided with bedrooms, parlors, etc.; there is also a commodious stable on the ground, which will accom modate some forty horses. In the body ot the big tree there is a house, fourteen by eighty, which contains two fine bowling alleys. The stump is intended for a boll room. I measured the stump myself, at a distance of eight feet from the ground, and found it to botwenty-six feet in diameter at the narrowest place. I am indebted to Mr. Charles S. Stevens for his kindness in guiding me through the forest, and tor giving me the names ot the trees. The Mammoth Tree Grove contains in its valley eighty-five monster trees in an area of fifty acres. The "Big Tree" is not the largest tree in the grove, but it is the largest perfect one. It is nineiy-hve feel in circumference, and measured, after it was cut down, 300 feet in length, the stump standing eighty feet high. It Is estimated by the grains of the stump to be 3,000 years old. Fire men were occupiedtwenty-fire days in felling it ( which was done by boring,) and three weeks to strip off its bark to the bight of btty-two leet. "The "Miner s Uabin ' is eighty teet in circumference and nearly 200 feet high j it is open in front about seventeen feet. The "Three Bisters" are a group evi dently grown from the same root, about three hundred feet high, and ninety-two in circumference. They are perfect, and tho most beautiful ones in the whole group. The "Pioneer s Cabin is one hundred and fifty feet high where the top is bro ken off it has a small opening througn it. The "Old Bachelor" is quite a forlorn looking gentleman, having many rents in his back, and the roughest looking bark in the whole group, and is three hundred feet bigh and sixty in circumicrence. The "Husband and Wife" are about 250 feet high, and each 60 feet in circumference. They are very affectionate, leaning toward each other at the top. The "Family Group" consists of twenty six trees, the father, mother and twenty-four children The father, from appear-ance, was blown down many years ago. This tree measured 110 feet in circumference, and the supposed bight while standing was 450 feet ! the remaining length where it was broken off by falling against another tree is 300 feet, it is bolJow the entire length, and large enough to ride into on horseback. Nearly half of the trunk is embedded into the ground, and measures 22 feet in diameter above the surface. The altitude of the grove is 4,500 feel abore San Francisco, and 2,400 feet above Murphy's Camp. Railroads and tbb Saddatii ikMis-bouri.-A bill passed the Senate of the State of Missouri, of which tho following is a clause: "The Railroads in this act mentioned shall not run trains on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, except a single train each way for the conveyance of the mails, and for every violation of this section, by either of said railroad companies, they shall on conviction be fined in any sum not less than one nor more than fire hundred dollars." Jt& A trial of much interest was concluded lost week at Cbarlestown, Virginia, which attracted crowds of listeners. A Miss Beall had sued a Mr. Miller for breach of marriage proniise, and tbt case must have been an aggravated one, for the jury found a verdict of $8,000 for the plaintiff. Messrs. J. M. Mason and J. Hunter for the plaintiff, and Messrs. R. Z. Conard and Wm. Lncas for the defendant. We believe it was the first ease of the sort ever tried in that county, and bence the unusual interest, ...... From the Albany Police Tribune. ' A "TALLER" CAT WITH BRASS BUTI0IS. Mr. and Mrs. Hall hare resided In Albany for some months. Their home was formerly in Michigan. Mr. Hall is a gentleman of full habit, and a strong passion for duck shooting this accounts, perhaps, for his having bagged Mrs. Hall. Mrs. Hall is a bright-eyed, middle-aged woman. who does not like to be left alcne. She is subject to fits of nervousness, and runs away with the idea that the more solitude you have in a house the sooner it becomes haunted. Mrs. Hall is a very agreeable woman, has a magnificent eye, and talks "fluidly," as Mrs. Harris Would say. So much for the general appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Hall. On Monday last, Mr. Hall imprinted a kiss on Mrs. Hall's check, and told her he was going a shooting on Long Island, and would be absent from home for a week. Mrs. Hall burst into tears, and said such an absence would be the death of her. Mr. Hall said " Pshaw 1" and con cluded the speech by promising to bring tier a cusare a dollar dress lrom Stewart's. Mrs. Hull was mollified. In consenuence of this, Mr. Hall repaired to the office to "write up the caeh book." and a ve the clerks such advice as would keep their ruo- luis fiwvbi lur me coming week. During Mr. Hall's absence at the office. Mrs. Hall busied herself in filling his sat- cnei wun a lew necessaries for the tramp. In the collection were two shirts, four dickeys, six handkerchiefe, two pair of socks, a Dome ot cougb medicine, a pair ot razors, one lather brush and n broken cup. Mr. Hall returned to the house, fixed himself up, and about half post six o'clock started for the steamboat. Mr. Hall intended, when he left home, to stay a week. Instead of thut he only stall one day. On arriving in New York, he was overtaken by a sore throat of such severity, that his physician said he must instantly return home, as a week's duck shooting on Long Island would lead to an early funeral at Albany. Hall took the advice, and on Tuesday returned to town on the Hudson River Railroad. He came up in the five p. m. train, and got home about half past ten. He was met on the stoop by the house dog, who wagged his tail, and, when the door was opened by the servant girl, accompanied him up stairs. Mr. Hall found Mrs. Hall still up and dressed. Mrs. Hall was surprised at Mr. Hall's sudden return, and hoped "nothing had happened." Mr. Hall said, " No, nothing serious, only a sore throat, that a little care and boarhound would soon overcome." Mrs. Hall said she was rejoiced to hear it, and gave Mr. Hall a kiss that " reminded him of old times." Just here the dog Carlo went into the bedroom and commenced barking. "What's that dog barking at. mv dear?" "Can't say, unless it's, that distressed cat that has annoyed us all summer." " Not that yaller cat that I tried to kill last week i " Tne same, I suppose." " But how did he get into the bedroom?" " Came in off the back shed I presume. I saw him there just before tea, He will go away in a moment." " Go away I not by a long shot ! Get me my revolver and I'll blow his brains out." " Not for the world, my love. Don't bloody up the carpet. Raise the window and call Carlo away, and he'll go out himself."" I don't believe in any such arrange' ment, Mrs. Hall. I've been after that cat about a month, and I am now determined to blow his brains out, blood or no blood." Mrs. Hall tried to dissuado him, but without effect. Mr. Hall had resolved to kill the cat, and he would do it. As Mrs. Hall would not " touch a pistol for the world," Mr. Hall went to the bureau and got it for himself. Having examined the load, and adjusted the caps, he advanced toward the bedroom, preceded by Carlo, who poked his nose under the bedstead, and guve a yelp that waked the baby the nurse had in the next room. Mr. Hall dropped on his knees. Mr. Hall then leaned over bis hand, and by this means enabled himself to see as far under the bed as Car lo did. Mr. Hall gave one look, and then asked Mrs. Hall "if that yaller cat wore a blue coat with brass buttons?" Airs. Hall gave a screech, and " lost her reason." Mr. Hall told " the yaller cat" to como out. The yaller cat obeyed the order, and, when he did so, he was discovered to be " an old mouser," who keeps a lumber yard in the vicinity of the Little Basin. The yaller cat fell on his knees, and promised to explain matters in the morning. Mr. Hall said matters explained themselves. In proof of which he ordered the yaller cat to " Take Mrs. Hall by tho aim and leave the house." The yaller cat did as he was ordered. This finished up tho business of Tm slay night. On Wednesday morning Mr. Hall appeared at the police court to enter a complaint against the yaller cat for "crim. con." Justice Parsons informed him that crim. eon. was not a crime in this State, and that, if he wanted satisfaction, he must sue for it in some other cturt Mr. Hall handed the case over to L. D. Holstein. What will become of it will be known at the next court. We should not wonder if " the yaller cat with the brass buttons," had to come out about $10,000. SaiUno of Missionaries. The follow-i ig Missionaries sailed yesterday from Boston for Malta and Smyrna; Rev. Daniel Bliss and wife of Geneva, O.; George A. Pollard and wile, Bilem, Mass.; Henry 11. Jessup, Montrose, Pa. ; Tilman 0. Trowbridge, Birmingham, Mich. ; Miss Sarah E. West, Palmyra, N. Y. ; and Miss Mary E. Tenny, Hartford, Conn. . They all go out Under the auspices oi tne American Board of Foreign Missions. -Herald. BAjTtsT Board. The donations and legacies receired by the Missionary tynion in August and September, amounted to $18,-222 fiCwmaking for the first six months of the current year, $47,668 82; .$38,967 76 received in the corresponding time in Wh - - ' Separating the Sexes in Sohool. On this point Mr. Stowe a celebrated Glasgow teacher, uses the following language : The youth of both sexes of our Scottish peasantry, hava been educated together, and, as a who!, the Scots are the most moral people on the face of the globe. Education in England, is given separately and I have nerer heard from practical men that any benefit has arisen from this arrangement. Some influential individuals mourn over the prejudice on this point. In Dublin, a large number of girls turn out badly, who have been educated alone until they attuin the age of maturity, than those who have been otherwise brought up the separation of the sexes has been found to be injurious. . In France, the separation of the sexes has been found to be positively injurious. It is stated, on the best authority, that of those girls educated in the schools of convents, apart from boys, the great majority go wrong within a month after being let loose on society.nnd meeting the other sex. They cannot, it is said, resist the slightest compliment or nattery. The separation is intended to keep them strictly moral, but this unnatural seclusion actually generates the very principle? desired to be avoided. We may repeat that it is impossible to raise girls as high intellectually, without boys as with them ; and it is impossible to raise boys morally as high without girls. The girls morally elevate the boys, and they intellectually elevate the girls. But more than this, girls are morally elevated by the presence of boys, and boys are intellectually elevated by the presence of girls, Girls brought up with boys are more positively moral, and boys brought up in schools with girls are more positively intellectual by the softening influence of the female character. In the Normal Seminary at Glasgow.the most beneficial effects hare resulted from the more natural course. Boys and girls, from the age of two or three years to fourteen or fifteen, hare been trained in the same class rooms, galleries and plav grounds, without impropriety; and they are never separated, except needlework. Facts About the United States. The United States are composed of thir ty-two States and nine Territories. 1 hey contain a population of 25.000.000. of whom 21,000,000 are white. The length of its ten principal rivers ia 20,000 milts. The surface of its five rrreat lakes is 90.- COO square miles. The number of miles of railway in operation is 51,310, which cost $G21,316,300. The length of its canals is five thousand miles. It contains the loneest railway on the globe the Illinois Central which j sev en hundred and forty-three miles. The annual value of its agricultural production is $200,000,000. The amount of registered and enrolled tonnage is four millions four hundred and seven thousand and ten tons. The amount of capital in manufactures, six hundred millions. The amount of its foreign imports in 1 853 was $367,968,947; and its exports 1220,-671,197.The annual amount of internal trade $600,000,000. The ralue of its farms and live stock $5,000,000,000. Its mines of gold, and silver, and topper, and iron ore, are among the richest in the world. The valuo of gold produced is $100,-000,000.The surface of the coal fields is 138,131 square miles. Its receipts for customs, land, Ac ,;n 1852 was $51,482,394, and its expenditures. $43,543,945. Within ber boundaries are 80,000 schools 6,000 academies, 234 colleges, 3,800 chur ches. ttethodist Protestant. The last Virginia conferenre of the Methodist Protestant Church passed by a unanimous rote.a resolution declaring that they will not "either directly or indirectly, interfere with Slavery," leaving that matter "entirely" to the civil authorities. One would think they might at least call to ac count tnose v rotestant Methodist preachers who buy and sell their brethren in the Lord. The same conference adopted the following excellent resolution on Tempo-ranee t Itcsolved, That all the mihisters Of this Conference be requested to preach on the subject of Temperance at each of their respective appointments during the present Conference year. Would it not hare saved the church from the evils of political strife, had they referred the whole question of Temperance to the civil authorities, and then have "given themselves entirely to the work of the ministry?" Religiout Telescope. The Grave of Madison. A correspondent of the Fredricksburg News, in Culpepper County, Va., gives a melancholy picture of the last resting-place of tho illustrious Madison. He lies with his family in a graveyard a short distance from his house hpon his estate at Montpe-lier; The family cemetery is surrounded by a brick wall, and the gate is entirely down. The correspondent says that not a stone marks tho great man's resting-place; dark running green box wraps it with verdure, and the tracery pf branches from an old leafless chestnut tree, relieving itself sga'ttit the warm azure iky, nod and wave over the dark mound. 'Tis a solemn, calm and peaceful spot. The correspondent adds that Mrs. Madison's remains are in the vaultof the Congressional ground at Washington. Her direction was to be interred by the side of her husband, but her son has never fulfilled her request. - "An edition of the Bible has ben published in Nashville. The Southern Christian Advocate thinks it is the fiist that has been published south of the Ohio nd Potomac rivers," ' ; - - .... Sharpe's Rifles. The following account of Sharpe's rifles, from the Missouri Democrat, will be read 111. 1 n , MCA B , - , ,1.- t . . wim iiiwiuib ab Mio jjreacut moment . " This recently-invented weapon, If it possesses one-half of the power and capacity claimed for it by its proprietor, is des tined soon to supercede every other weapon of warlike purposes now in existence, It is the most efficacious and terrible fire-arm in existence. The small carbine now used by the U. S. mounted men throws a ball with deadly accuraoy one quarter of a mile and can be fired ten times per minute. It is not complicated in structure, is easily cleaned, and suffers no injury from wet weather. Mr. bharpe is now preparing models for four new species of bis weapon, namely : A small pocket pistol, calculated to throw a Minnie ball one hundred yards; a cavalry pistol with a range Qf one mile, and a large gun to throw a two-ounce ball or a small shell one mile and a half, or as far as a man or horse can bo seen to advantage. With this latter weapon Mr. S. de clares he can set on fire a house or a ship at a distance of nearly two miles, and prevent the use of field artillery, by killing the horses before the guns are brought within good range. This rifle in the hands of a good marksman, is equal to ten muskets, bayonets and all, for, place a man six rods distant with a musket nnd bayonet, and before he can bring the bayonet into use, the rifle can be loaded and discharged ten times. They carry balls with great precision and force. Mr. Sharpe intends these rifles to become a national weapon, and Bhould Congress, by using a little liberality purchase the patent, the country would be possesse4 of a means of warfare unequalled in tho world. Death of a Miser. The Sandusky Vindicator announces the death of a German named John Herryman, at that place, leaving a fortune estimated at from twenty-five to fifty thousand. lbat paper says : " lie was one of the lowest elass of mi sers, equal to the most loathsome ever painted by Dickens. For the last sixteen years, he has constantly worn the same blue, linscy woolsey wamus and pantaloons, carefully run or darned all over with strong thread, so as to prevent the the possibility of wearing out, except on some important occasions, euch as land es, or something of that nature, when they gave place to a suit of black velvet that he often boasted served him faithfully for forty years. He contracted the disease of which he died by walking over the bad roads during the most inclement weather of the season, all the way to Putnam and Henry counties, to pay his taxes on the land he owned there, without sufficient clothing to protect him from tho cold. In fact, we are informed that he scarcely ever wore a shirt or under garment, and that the one he had on when he died had not been changed for over three months. Al though rich, he has been known to chaffer with the smiths over the price of a horse shoe which he had picked up In the street So far as known he leaves no heir. He always resented any questions as to the place of bis birth, relatives, or early history. Model Bar Appeal. "Judge, your time I know is precious, as must be the case with so valuable a member of society. This case is perfectly clear, and I know your learning and lucid intelligence. For me to argue would not only be a waste of time but an insult to your penetration. Much might be said but nothing is needed. Before any other Judge I would lay down the rules of law, but here I know they hare been deeply studied and wisely understood. I look around me and behold an humblo house of logs,yet see before me the spirit of truth, the unpurchased distributor of law, and the old tenement rises before my mental vi.ion proud and beautiful as a majestic temple of Justice. Judge, I hare a bottle of prime Monongahela in my pocket ; for the respect I bear your character, allow me to make you a present of it." " Verdict for the defendant," said the judge. Southern Minnesota. We have been occupied some days past, says the St. Paul Democrat, in making a tour of Southern Minnesota. We were prepared to see a superior country, yet we were pleasantly surprised along the entire route from the Iowa line to our city. Rich in every variety of soil, and Varied with every phase of surface forest, opening and prairie it is watered more generally and with purer streams than we have ever seen elsewhere. On every hand saw and flouring mills are erected, or in prd cess of building. Villages, whici in the" East would be the product of a quarter century 's growth, have sprung into existence within two years, and that without exceeding the wants of the adjacent country. The whole section, when it is considered that only some three years since the Indian title was extinguished, seems to the traveler a panoramic illusion, rather than the product of sober delving labor. FxxDtito a Fcrnack Nicxssart Wobs roa tiix Sabbath. In Mifflin county, Pa., recently, a Justice of the Peace summarily convicted a number of persons for an infraction of the Sunday law, in doing work necessary to keep in blast the anthracite furnace of Etting, Graff fc Co. The case was remanded to the Court of Common Pleas of the county, by writ of certiorari, which .tribunal, after a careful reviewal of the facts, reversed the decision of the Justice of the Peace. Judge Wilson, in delivering the opinion of the Court, laid that he was satisfied that the injuries consequent upon the stoppage of the blast of such furnaces for twenty-four hours out of seven days, would be so great and general as essentially to be fatal to the manufacture of iron in this Country, and that the act of assembly brohibiting worldly employment on the Sabbath, does not impose i a bub on me wont necessary to keen a fur-m iO blast, - - County Papers Their TJae, ', ' County papers are of much more' um Uhan people imagine. Tk.11 U.M M.lAM They very materially aid in direc tin ir publio attention to matters in which every citizen of the county is more or less interested. ' , , They eonlribute in a variety of ways. to the formation of public opinion, on subjects of publio interest. They furnish very convenient m'edfiunis, for the discussion of questions of local interest, v. '. . ') '0 ,., .. r They aid in giving character and importance to the county in which they are published. They stimulate a taste for reading, and disseminate, in the course of one year a vast amount of useful information, much of which would not reach a portion qf tho readers through any other channel. . . , They are of essential use in a family, in fostering a taslo for reading among children, County papers enjoy an advantage over papers published at a distance, because many of their items are of a local interest which naturally attract a child's attention. The advertising columns of these papers are particularly attractive to this class of readers, . They afe of essential servide In publish ing various items of local intelligence iq which the citizens are more or leas inter ested, but of which many would remain uninformed, were it not for these papers. In short county papers add, in a great variety of ways, to tho character, intelli gence nnd prosperity of the county, in which they are published J and therefore, have strong claims for support upon all who are directly or indirectly benefited by them. . , As the objection we not unfrcquently hear urged against the support of county pperSj that the' price charged for them is too high, it maybe replied, that the price' at which it can be afforded depends mainly upon the number of its subscribers.- The chief expense In the publication of a paper, consists in setting up the matter.-- One thousand, or eren ten thousand cop-pies can be furnished at a very small addition to the cost over and above the cost of composition. Exchange. Escap of McCrea. The special correspondent of the Tribune writing from L.wrence K. T. gives the fo(i lowing interesting particulars in reference to the escape of McCbba : "Another event occurred late to-night of a different nature, but equally startling. McCrea, who was on trial in Leavenworth1 for killing' Clark in self defence, arrived in' Lawrence, a fugitive. This will be kept' secret here, and Mr. MoCrea will h,g sent elsewhere.for however waim the sympathy ,1 1 t r v; ..: luupo upj-u inay nave ior o9 rjnpiunnnej, they could not permit his presence to jeopardize the lives of citizens or bring mm civil war; well knowing that the scoun-t drels below hare only to learn of his presence to come up and demand him. It would be a capital excuse ' "The cause of hts presence here arises from a contingency which I foresaw. As I stated in a late letter, the Court at Leavenworth granted a change of venue. This- it could not avoid, and yielded, no doubt,, through fear that its strange ruling jn the case might go up tq the Supreme 0ourt.- Those who were bent on having his life ' Were making preparations to take him out of jail to lynch him. This he knew they-would do, or fight the Free-State men at . Leavenworth in the attempt to do it. Tho latter foreseeing the event, and anxious to avoid a bloody scene in their town, took. McCrea out of jail and persuaded him to flee, and, yielding to their solicitations, ho made his way to Lawrence, the stronghold1 of Freedom in Kansas. He is willing. 1 even anxious for a trial, if he can have an ; impartial one. Where he will go, or what . his wife and little ones whom he h is left' behind him in Leavenworth will do,I tnoW ' not." .. . . Ekfkcts of Spiritualism. A Philadel phia correspondent writts! "Yesterday-morning a young man named John Crow ley, residing with his parents in Mechania . strept, was arrested, charged with commit-" ting a murderous assault upon his niother ! as she lay in bed. The weapon, used was 5 a hatchet, with which he inflicted two blows a severe ope on the back of the head, and another on the forehead. Fortunately the " weapon was dull, or death must have en- , sued. .After inflicting the blows he ran int to the street, and, with his hands all cor- ' ered with blood, made his way to the may or'a office, where as he said, he desired protection. It is rumored that bio mipd ; has become diseased through the influence of spiritualism." " .,. , A MonsTEB Chilo. A wonderful child , is now on exhibition at Mansfield, at the ' Melodeon Hall. It ik three and a half ( years old, and weighs one hundred and-nine and a half pounds, its height three feet two inchest circumference of head twenty-three inches, shoulders forty -sevenl , breast forty-foilr, waist forty-eight, and thigh twenty-seven inches. So one can have an idea of sUch load of flesh in so young a child, without seeing it, and ft , it can walk about shd amuse itself wlili toys, as other infants at that sge. Its mother is a young woman about sightoen, . of medium Bite. ' 1 ' iw Last FridaV evening the Torrontoj ' Railroad excursionists had a grand prome-, ( nade concert In the Railroad Celebration Ball Room. About twelve hundred persons were present, and as a good band was, in attendance, and the musie cheerful, an' extempore dance was got up and continued 4 until near midnight. At the close three-cheers were given fer the Queen. - x iii ii i j 7 Bishob IyKS.-.Tbis ecclesiastic, late ,t Episcopal Bishop of North Carolina, aps , recently converted to Catholicism, lectured ,! on Romanism in Newark, N. J., lut week. He described the mission of the Catholic, as one of "peace and self-sacrifice, a iiter of love to his race, and In soot 3 kuVp? a type or representative of lict ho seat him," ....... ... x f,