Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1860-04-24

              r-r St) u R v. N W TOLUME XXIV. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO : TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1860. ...NUMBER. 1. i 1-1 1 N X : VS . TV "V The Deautlftil Land. -: - ? - -j Titer it a land immnrUl, ' ' Th bMatlfal of Unli; Ccsid th tncioBt porUl, ' A lentr grimly tUnd. Utonly ean Hod H, And pen wide th door; And taortala who pass through It, Ar morUlj nrer aior. Tbat jlorion land ia ITaTB, . And death thd entry grim ; Tba Lord therefor baa given Tba opea keya to him. And Tnon'd cpirita injinj Aad awrrewing for aio, . Do sa lb gat in djing. And freely euter in. . Though dark and dreary the paatag That leadelh to Ibe rale. Yet grace ctoiea with lb measag. To mull that watch and wait; Aad, at the time appointed, - A ntucDger coiuea down, And lead tbe Lord'a annotated from the croaa to glory's crown. Thrir aigha ar lost in rioaiag. They're blessed ia their tear, Th lr journey homeward winging, - They leave to earth their irars. Death like an angel aoemetb - W welcome thee." they cry, Their faee with glory beaiuelh 'Tia life for thom to die. C7 lll iVUKiJ V IIVU . ; The Biver Usumasinta. Vfe hd now traversed the region f ln?oon, aud fairly entered the river, 'lia bt.L Wf re b-:ropt, and composed of a soil calf sand, balf tla-. . Where the shores were fiat, they --were covered with reeds and long grass, while here and there the j were magnificently shadtd by forest trees. Between the walls ol verdure might be seen the Tlu perspective of the lagoons, terminating in a dim belt of distant forests. As we advanced, 'vegetation assumed a more and more interesting appearance. As7ne advances towards the interior, great willows with trailing branches, gigantic bamboos, beautiful sjperaccce or sedges resembling the papyrus, aquatic palm trees with their slender stems,' the cecropia -with its im mense leaves all unite in ornamenting boh banks of J he riverT Besides these, mufses of erdure, spangled with bunches of violet flowers prodigious white tree trunks, and vines slender a,nd delicate as the rigging of a ship, continually present themselves to the eye. I observed, a iong other beautiful trees, the laguate palm, wtih its graceful branches bending over the w ler. Its fruit is acidulous, and of the shape and ize of an acorn. It is much sought for by. children, and is not without its appeal to the travel, ler. A great variety of birds enjoy their existence in peace in these solitudes. Among them is the ibis, with Its brilliant plumage, the aramos with its ringing voice, aud the blue porphvrio, called by the inhabitants rjallo de Montezuma (Montezuma's chicken). The kingfisher, with its ringed neck, is also found here, of much lar gersizethan with us. It flutters continually over the wa'er, while the falcon, uttering piercing shrieks, plunges suddenly into the river, rises perpendicular! with it prey, and then whirls it self upwards high in the air, until alrscs lost to the vir. In contrast with these pleasant aights, we fancied that we discerned numerous alligators, moiion!ei!y watching us from tbe chores of the Jittle coves of the river but then it was almos' impossible to dialing uh those amphibious ur.on-aterafrom the uprooted trunks of trees, which the river had covered with its slimy sediment. He-posing, on the deck, wrapped in mv cloak. I en joyed with rapture a view truly, enchanting from its novelty, and si-IIiciei.tly exciting to make up for the lack of association?. Duritig the whole of my journey there pleasurable emotions continued; my interest ai.d curiosity were r-ons'ant ly excited, for I was travelling towards the utux-plored and unknown; and alwss excepting the impression produced by my Erst view of the New World, I must say that the scenes cm the Ubu-tnasinta, lij their melancholy grandeur and jri-milite poetry, have left the moet ; rofoui.d aud lasting tmprersions on my mind. Morelet Travels in Central America.. The Leeches of Pegu. In the "White Elephant," recent work by W. Dalton, is riven the following account of a tronble which other - Oriental travellers have scarcely touched npon: . Mj sleep, : however, became troubled, for I . dreamed we had again fallen info the hands of the Burman soldiery, who were puttirg me to death bj rolling me down a hill in a barrel lined with dagger points, the pricking of which awoke me. when the cause of mv dream became more evident than agreeable. My arms and legs were potted with the small, hungry and loathsome leeches which infest the marshes of Pegu. " Vv-Saon, Naon 1 the beaat are sucking me to " datb,n. I exclaimed, endeavoring to tear one off my skin. " t : "The sahib must not touch them, or thej will .Weed him to death!" exclaimed Naon, looking ltgbast, and fearing to pull them off; knowing, as - he did, that, if thus removed, dangerous ulcers would oie. .. y-.'. -.- "Bot this it onbearable. What j to be, done, Naon? I aaid almost crying with pain. "Tombakooombakoo," replied he, pointing . to a field within hort distance, I comprehended hi meaning. It was a tobac- CO. fields where, fortaoatel for me, the plant was "Mt only plentifal, bot blackening to ripeness.- .JQathering some, and having well, .moistened it, -ilaoa poorei the jaice apoa the Tampirea, who; , t3 oj great delight for the attachment was en-lirtJ oa one sids dropped off one bj one, lea- tng me however, ia a very nneaviable eute, for ; the bleeding did not entirely cease for some hoars afterwards. '; iae most cartons, and to jon, I have no doubt inUreating part. of this adventure will ba told " i,1., dangerous reptiles" haVe little fa com Y a aiihar with tha horse-lcefii crtc cici - I j czilctl ea ia this cenntrj. The; art cf a dark, speckUd color; and o ot larger than fclood worm; neither do tbej crawl ik the leechei I hare named, bat more forward tj m aenea oj je:kings, by first fixing their heads on a spot, and bringing their tail op to it by a sudden jerV, while at the -same time their head is thrown forward for another grip, thus, their movement" are so quick, that before thej are perceived they contrive to get op one's and fix cpon tbe skin; and that, too, easily, through the light thin clothes worn in an Indian, climate. Japaneia F&nf rait. Their method of burying the dead i pecnliary novel. For the following description of the funeral of a Japanese official, we are indebted to theprivate diary of an officer who witnessed the obsequies. The bedy was placed in a kneeling posture with a barrel about four feel huh. being wrapped in a superabundant mass of clothing to prevent the exhalation of offensive odors. It was then placed in palanquin, and borne with great pomp and ceremony, attended bv the beating of gongs, the tq staking of pipes, and the cries of bereaved relatives, to the temple; on arriving at which the body was transferred to a more gorgeous pulanquin. attached to tbe temple. The attendants here assenbled around the body, in a kneeling posture, every individual carrying in his or her hand an artificial fl .wer, priticipollv tie white lily, which is the fl iwer of worship a- mong the Japanese. These they waved at infer vals and rubbed their leads, in token of ibeir ooncurretice in the sentiments of the priests, a ho in gorgeous attire, were kneeling before their Mols murmuring their unintelligible chants. After half an I our thus spent, the body was placed in tbe first palanquin, and, followed by the people, was borne to ia last resting place.-Arriving here, the pripsfs assembled around the grave, which wa3 simply a circular hole, ten feet deep and five feet in diameter. Again chanting sotiga, in which the people joined, the body was placed in the grave. Every person present then threw a fragment of earth iuto the grave, and sadly took their leave. Men employed for the purpose then placed food in plenty ebout the body, filled tbe grave with earth. The food was placed there to supply the wants of the spirit, as they believed it required this on its journey to another world, and the swords as a mea'js of protection against evil persons who might haunt the way. The bodies of defunct official are buried, while those of the . lower orders of people are burned and their ashes all gathed up and inter red. ' imtniign - Lever tells of a Tipperary peasant, when asked to pay for prayers for his- son, who had come to grief, refused, saving, ''My boy when a-live, broke out of every jail in Munster, aud he won't stay long in purgatcry." A man was lately brought before a magistrate charged with stealing a dead sheep;, the magistrate dismissed the complainant, obsferving that there wns uo such thing, as when a sheep died it became mutton. -A merchant, examining a hogshead, of hardware, on comparing it with the invoice, found it all right except a hammer less than the invoice. . We were considerably amused' by an account that we letely sawot a rtmatkable duel. Tht-ru were six men upju the ground and six Musej. .-' . : A lawyer, on his passage from Europe, ob served a shark, and aked a sailer a hat it was, who replied, "Here we call etn sea lawyer! ' What is the difference between ope who walks and one who looks up a fl'yht of tairs?-One steps upstairs, atd the other Ktares up steps. . Th litis band who doc-s not prefer his own fireside to any otLcr sput on earth, La no place to be happy iti. : " ' M-.1 if you will give me an apple, I will bo jiooit." ".No. my c-hild, jou must tun be ocd for pay you out ht to be good Jot Huthiny!'' . "Och don't be throu bled about that, jer honur," atd his Irish porter. an ure the naif ur lus it out to open the cask w id it." ''Tommy, my son, what ia longitude?'' clothes'-line. iapa," l'rove it, my sou." "A Be cause it sireti bra from pole to pole.' There is a man at To'nes who walks so slow that they soy lie wears a pair t f Vpurs to keep his shadow from treading on his heels. - I An eminent artist of the city is about leettifuz np a "pHiiorania c f a laaVuit." Jt opens in the year one, and close 8 with doosday. r It is easy to exclude the noontide lijtbt by cloMng ihe eyes, and it is easy to resist the clear, est truth by hardening tbe heart. Ihe reason why whales frequent the Arctic seas is protably bocause they supply the "north ern lights," with oil. Why idiould potatoes grow better than any other vegetable? Because the have eyes to see what they ere doing. The man who wedded an opinion found h,aielf married to a one eyed dear, (one idea.) Men of genius are often dull and inert in so ciety, as the blazing meteor when it descends to earth is only a stone. -With the assistance Of a microscope, a erain of gold may be seen divided iuto fifty millions of distinct parts. v If the Mexicans want to tearn the secret of tialle government, perhaps they had better tend tor nir. ttarej. .- ; t . 4 . , When may a man be said to be literallv im mersed in business? When he's giving a swim ming lesson. : Tbe reflection of the son's rars in a mirror has been distinguished at a distance of twelve miles.' i , - ,-' . Why are shepherds and fisherman like beg s;ars? Because hej live bj look or b crooX;. What tree represents ; av person who per setts ia incurring debu? Willow, Jwill owe.J T" 0ttht to have dates . at, one's oget ends, seeing thej grow npon the palm. V A i '""it" J!! F3 f raw aUk of the stlh worn doet not weigk a graia. " ; fiorju l4Uel Mcrihed himaelf as uhead gardner to tb ladies,' . No dost afTecte the eye like gold dnst, ad aoglasseslike braodj glasses. ; . -. . AY by ia the world like a piano? - IWinu u is full of aharp aad flats. --; - love thee sti.'I. as lis quiet htuhand taid. to jtha chatterin :wiiiv;- -o -?iVt ' ' ' ;; ' C.i tl trjiggsa aho fcseosrti tla rtTn asatoapT . general 11 The Origin of "Hail Columbia." In the 'Recollections of Washington," just published, occurs the following anecdote: "The song ol llail Columbia, adapted . ia measare to the President's March was written bj Joseph Hopkinson, of Philadelphia, in 1793. At that time war with France was expected, and a pat riotic feeling pervaded the commuoitj, Mr. Fox, a young singer ; and actor, called upon UopkinsoB one morning and said, ''To-morrow evening is appointed for my benefit at the thea- Not a single box has been taken, and, I fear tberexwill be a thin house. If you will write me some patriotic verses to the tune of the President's March, I feel eure of a full house- Several people about the theatre have attempted it, but they have come to the conclusion that it cannot be done. Vet 1 think you may succeed.' Mr. II. retired to his study, wrote the first verse; and chorus, and submitted them to Mrs. H., who sung them to. a harpischord accompaniment. The time and the words harmonized. Thtt song vas soon finished, and that evening tbe young actor received it. Tbe next morning the theatre placards announced that Mr. Fox would give a new patriotic song. The house was crowded the song was sung the audiencewabdel-gh-ud eight times it was called for and repeated, and when auug the ninth time the whole aud ieu;e stood up and joined in the chorus. : Nipht iifier night, Hail Columbia was applauded in the theatre, and in a few days it was the universal song of the boys in our streets. Such was ihe origiu of our national song, 'llail Col urn Lia." :.v; .-;::;: Qaeen Victoria's Crown. The crowu worn by . the Queen of Great Brit-ain it the opetiing of Prliament is Composed of hoops Of silver, which are completely covered aud concealed by precious stones, having a Maltese cross of diamonds on the top of it. In the centte of this cross is a magiificeut snpphire. In.-ront of the crown, above the rim, is another Maltese cross, in the middle of which is the large unpolished ruby which once graced the coronet of the chivalrous Black Prince, and underneath this, in .the circular rim, is another immense sapphire. The arches enclose a cap of deep purple, or rather blue velvet, and the rim of the crown, at its base, is clustered with br'.l Hants and ornamented with Jleurs-de Hi and Maltese crosses equally : rich. There are many other precious gems emeralds and rubies, sap phires and small clusters of drop pearls of great price. The crown is altogether valued at over half a million of dollars. Indeed, were it possible to re collect and again bring together such precious stones, this estimate would fall much below their intrinsic value. The old crown of England, made for George III, weighed upwards of seven pounds, but notwithstanding this gor geous display of jewelry, independent of tbe gold cap, the present crown only weighs nineteen ounces and ten pennyweights. It measures sev en inches in height, from the gold circle to the upper cross, aud its diameter at 'the rim is five inches. " - ' . .. . "' . - m --' l- Extraordioary Foliticla Wager Kicking ngamti tne uriCKS. One of the most singular wagers we ever heard of was made in Chicago on the day before the municipal election in that citj. Went worth and Gurney, the opposing candidates for the Mayorality. The bet was between a Water street merchant and Ned Osborne, of the Tre mont House, the largest cigar and tobacco dea ler in the city, and was to the, effect that if Went worth was elected, Osborne' should have he privilege of kicking the Water-street mer-hant aforesaid, from the Tremont House to Spring-street. The day after the election, the merchant, having lost, came to QsbornY store and presented his person to bim for the contem plated kicks, and demanded that Osborne should uke the Hakes. Osborne had been training his riv'ht leg all the day previous, and had armed his foot with a heavy cowhide boot, with soles as thick as two clp-boards. " The merchant started up by the Tretoo.it, Osborne delivering a heavy kick as he started, but drew back his fool with a spasmodic action and paroxysm of countenance absolutely pitiful. J : lie tried another one, bot the 'loser flinched not, and kept leisurely on his waj, undisturbed by the volley he had received. The result of this was worse than the first, and he fairly curled up on the ground and howled wi h pain. The mer chant stopped and calmly inquired: Wby don't you take the 6takes?" 'What have yoa got in the basement: of your pants?" cried Ned. "Milwaukee bricks," shouted the. merchant; ''and we ain't within a mile of Spring-street jet.'' Osborne subsided, paid the champaign, and has been wearing a list slipper ever since. V : . " Eich Men of New York. The New York correspondent of the Charles ton Jfercury: "The late Stephen Whitney is spoken of in the pas per s as the third richest man in New - York. I should taj he was the second. The first, as evejbodj knows, it Mr. . IS. Astor. , Hit property tt not - far from $30,000,000, or about twice what hit father left him. About tbree-fourtha of his m oner is in vested in city houses and stores, ia eligible loca tions, from which he derives an enormous annual revenue. Mr, Astor keeps out of public life altogether, and does not have a large private ae. qtuuatance. To the world be is rather cold and distant, like all other first-class millionaires; but ta the circle of hit intimate friends he it said to warm apr and deport himself very jovially. , Mr. WbitneyV fortune was' about $10,000,000 which. is much larger ' than that of Cornelius Vanderbilt, who has been set down by some ol the omniscient journals as Ct rxius Nol 3 of New York citj. Mr. VanderbUt is worth fS.COO.CQO perhaps. ' Aftef him there are a dozen persons who" wool J claim the honor of the fourth place, hot I should ivi it to Un Peter pooler esti-saatiajUa at aLoBl "t3,C53CiD.r Of eiiaa who can honestly call themselves smUlionaries,, there are probably about thirty. " : . ' ' ' Secret; of Wood'a Success. . . Major Wood, in his harangue to the cartmen in New York, the other day, told them the following interesting etorj of his success ia life: lt has been one of the secrets of mj little success in life that I have never said 'I cannot. Applause. I have always aaid 'I would' (Wood?) I have done it if I did not I bad Ihe satisfaction of knowing that I had exhausted every energy of my life and being to succeed. The highest position is as open to you as to any other men. Wealth is open to jou as it is to other men The wealthiest men in this citj were much poorer than those sitting within the round of my voice. 1 here is no man be re wbo at tbe age of twenty-one wit. more poor, more obscure, than the humble individual standing before jou. I do nut speak in this roanuer because I assume to be anything; but I have been a working man, and I Lave earned my liviug in the city of New York b j these hands, I am not asbanredVtosaj it- Let every man rely upon himself. Do not lean upon others. Walk abroad under the great-canopy of Heaven, and feel that within your selves is all that the Almighty vouchsafes to any of his children. You .have life, energy, jouth, and all yoa want is determination, Vigor, aud indomitable perseverance." Marriage by tho Light Of ft Prairie onfThomas was ruu through the bod wi;h a lance Fire. On the night of the 28ih ult., Mr. Jeremiah Mackay and Miss Mary Phiester, both of Wood CouLty, Ohio, were married under circumstances somewhnt romantic. They procured the license in Sandusky county, and called upon a magistrate of tbe same county to officiate. He at once told them of their mistake. The San-dusky Democrat says a messenger was instantly dispatched for a Wood county Justice. 'Squire Stanton immediately mounted his horse and came over to the verge of his jurisdiction, bringing up at a point on the south edge of Sugar creek Prairie, which, was On fire to the north and burning briskly. Upon; the. return of tbe messenger, the bride, groom and company, went over the county line, where the found the Squire ia waiting on horseback. Without dismounting, he proceeded To business, and by the light of tho burning prairie he read the marriage ceremony, and pronounced the loving couple ' Bonner's Horses. The Spirit of the Timet is j ustly enthusiastic over the famous horses of Mr. Robert Bonner. He has steeds," says The Spirit, Phaeton might have envied, viz: Lantern, Lady Wood ruff, and the Flatbush mare. Lantern , and the Flatbush mare, taken all in all, beautydocilny in harness, and exact remembrance ate justly esteemed the fiuest team in the world. . Both have long tails, both have white faces, and are so mat ked that, to the common observer, they look, when harnessed together, exactly alike. There twina'trot together, without a brebk, with the precision of beautiful machinery, and have acsoir.plUhed unparalleled speed, attached to a common road wagon which we are inf rmed it J used by Mr. Bonner in his everyday driving. Hiram WoodrufT, Vm. Wheeiau, , Uogland, and others of the Oest authorities, assert that the Bonner team can beat any other horses that can be brought together Tacony, Flora Temple, and kiudred stars of the first magnitude, included in the CAtego.y. . Onr Presidents. All of the Presidents, during, their terms of office, were assailed by calumnious tongues. The Gdnc8s of WashitiKtnn, and the wisdom of Jefferson, could not shield them from the venom of the traducer. Tire lesson which this fact teaches, is that the purest and most patriotic discharge of duty, will not exempt the Presidencv from the thafts of malice. IJ have never had a Lad President. Abused as they all were by their respective cofempbra-ries, jet in every instance the' calm, just hour ultimately came, in which their vindications was complete. The lesson which that fact imparts to the people, is that accutatioas made bv partisan foes of the Chief Magistrate, are whollj un-wortbj of belief. The reflection of a moment will convince anj sane man that ; the possibility of having a bad President is a very remote one for the reason: That while there can hardly be a conceivable motive for the President to do a voluntary wrong, the inducement to do a voluntary wrong, the inducements to a patriotic discharge of duty, are so numerous and imperative, as to be almost ir resistible. Must -Vote the Ticket." : Down in Egypt, Illinois, Deacon Smith was one day called upon to marry an old-couple hot less than sixty years of age. A crowd assem bled at the old scboolboose to see the happy couple joined together. The deacon and the marital candidates rose. "Mr. Jones," said the deacoL, "and Sarah: Loner, tlaud up. . Do you Mr. Jones, take Sarah Long, whom jou hold bj the right hand, to be your lawful and wedded wife so long as jou both shall live?". 'No, sir, Deacon Smith," said Jones; "so long as we both shall agree. This matter being understood, the deacon proceeded! "Do you, Sarah Long,(take Mr. Jones, whom yon hold by the right hand, to be yont lawful aad wedded husband so long si yon both shall livef. No, Sir, Deacon. Smith; so- bag as Mr. Jones shall vote the Democratic ticket, replied the patriotic' female. The hap-pj couple were joined .together, and went on thtir way rejoicing. . :? o 'y - ' Plirtatlcss- cf Zlarriei 7cae3."i '.' The Mtoceai ttirtalSoa'of married women is one of the abominations of modern "society. Even a desire for promiscuous admiration I is wrong in a wife. The love of one and his approval should be aU that she ought to desire-Let her be ever ao beantifsL it is' a disgusting and srpal'.ipgf silt to sea her deccratio th at ttlJAor.F?i: feeher seckic the) aixanuos x senseless Hi around, aad rejojcia j j in the admiration ' of other eyet than those !f her husband. Iler beauty ' should he for him alone, aud not for the gaze of tbe fools that flutter aroa ad her. There is always among the sedate and wise a sensation of disgust when a married lady attempts to ensnare or entrap jou osr men by a profuse .display of her charms or an unlicensed outlay of her smiles, uch charms and such smiles are loathsome to the indifferent beholder, and the trail of the serpent is ovr them. . . Fata of tne Apostles. Matthew is supposed to have suffered martyrdom or was slain with the sword at the citj of Ethiopa. Mark was dragged through the streets of Alexandria, in Egypt, till he expired. Luke was banged on an olive tree in Greece. John was put into cculdrnn of boiling oil at Rome and escaped death. He afterwards died a natural death at EpLesus in Asia. James the Great was beheaded at Jerusalem. James the Less was thrown from a pinacle or wing of the temple, aud theu beaten to death with a fullar't club. Philip was hanged up against a pillar, a Ilieropolis, a city of Pbrygia. liarthofomew was flayed alive bj the com. maud of a barbarous king. Audrew was bound to a cross, whence he preached to the people till be expired. at Coromandel, in the Eist ludies. Jude was eho to death with arrows. Simon Zelotes was crucified in Persia. - Mathias was first stoned and the beheaded. The Oreat Prixe Fijht. Geo. Wilkes, the sporting editor, writes from London, favorable accounts of the condition of the American pugilist, Heenan. The English f porting men are betting 6 to 4 on Sayers, but Mr. Wtlkes seems to thiuk there are other opiu' ions. He says: '1 find that, ont of pugilistic circles, the pre vailif.g opinion of well informed people is at va riance with odJs, and I contiouallr hear tt said that '"the American will win." Youth, strength, and health must be served, t&j they, aud they aad that tt does not stand to reason, their Utile man, battered aAd worn out by training as he is. and of 'the age-ol .Jo. can contend with a fresh young llercuies like Heenan. Tbe tijluinir men on their part, say that Heenan must be "a very bad'un it he losses," and, ; although, I fancy that the betting is standing rather rtill. Sayers aud his backers are very confident, and really believe they have asure thing; but they express their feeling without offensiveness, and no oue can cavil at the manner in which thej support th,e pretensions of their man." The fiarht comes off the 16th inst. "Thin Shoes-Thin Shoes." - The Cleveland Ptain Dealer says: "Yesterday at three o'clock a young lady of sixteen summers took fiual leave of father, mother, and all earthly friends, including a husband to whom she had been married less than half a year. A aad, ad half-honey moon has it been: to her aud her has- baud, as well as the parents who doted over this, their oaly child, for, even a year ago, the alarm ing heclic elicited the whisper of possible consumption."Like thousands of others in blooming youth she heeded not sufficiently the kind caution a" gainst little violations of the laws of health, and admired little light feet. Yesterday, a very dear friend, about her age, who instinctively hovered about the djing bed of her youthful friend, was present when the interesting scene closed. During the leave-taking, which occupied considerable time on account of the shortness of breath, the dj ing bride forked earnestly at her young friend, and Said, 'Mattie come here, and then summoning her breath for an estra effort, added, Thin shoes thin shoes!'' "At what a fearful cost was that lesson learned, and how few seem willing to learn it for less-To morrow, in her full wedding robes, Lizzie passes to the silent tomb, leaving, with the thou and pleasant recollections of her almost faultless life, the eloquent sermon contained in those expressive words. Th in shoes thin shoes! uDied-Yesterday at three P. Mo consumption, Eliza U., wife of E. Pedrick, and daughter of A. U. Ilawlej, in the seventeenth year of her age." . Corsets and Consumption. In his last lecture on sanitary science, Mr. E. Y. Ilobbi ns discussed the subject of corsets and consumption. Mr. Robbins quoted an English author to show that even a roan who, when not dressed, could inhale 180 cubic inches of air in a given time, could, when dressed, iubale only 130 inches. And of course a greater propor tionate difference was observable ia woman, by reason of their mode of dress. He contrasted the ravages of cholera with those of consumption, Drought on by an inatteo tio to the laws of nature which be now sooght to inculcate, and strengthened his argument by the statement that during the cholera season of 1849, there died in New York from that disease 31,506, while ia the same jear there died from consumption no lest than 33,516. To show how much more than men women were, from their babitt and mode of dress, liable to this disease, be asserted that in the same year 1849 5,640 men died of consumption, while no less than 10,-195 females were its victims,- ; Of all the women who have died in. this ncrtheastern section four countrj, more than oue-half died - of OQtaarp-tion, and these bet ween the ages of fifteen and twsnty years. , : ' ' ' ' r, , . Soma one who has been curious enough to fa thorn the April faahioas for the ladies, as set forth in the magazines, says, inr respect to the sea of flounces on the full-feathered dress, that the busy hand of the seamstress must stitch and sew, to finish this one dress, to the extent of niae hundred and seventy seven feet!-: Add to this twenty three-feet for the', waist, and jon have one tboa- sand feet, or ona mite of sewiu- ,ia",ahott. va buzz. This is fxihl-'ah, abifs' grpadmcnt. THE PURITY OF THE EEPUBUCANS. TBSTrjfoxr or tom roan axb jobs n. seraxes. Ford and Defrees have been before the House Printing Inquisition, and made a sorry display of themselves. Ford testified that when he was candidate for Printer, he promised to "take care of tho wounded." lie made use ol this happy form of expression to all who approached him on the subject. In a conversation with John D. Defrees, Ford had agreed that he "would help him to a disliuct amount so much, not in mon ey, bt so much." Ford also said, "U as sup. posed that I would be called upou to contribute to the Era.' It was hard for him to say whether he agreed to contribute to outside papers. ' Some of those persons" he had promised to help" might be editors ol newspapers. Here is choice extract from the testimony of Thomas; - I promised to take care of another man. a little I guess he baa no paper Morau of Philadelphia. - Q. What paper is he connected with? A. Us is not connected with any, that I know of. I hnve said noihing to him fciucc about any amount I was to give bim. Q You told bim before your election that jou would tttke cre of him? A. At.d -since: my election I have said to him that I thought he would make -na good a thinif ut u( it a I would. I agreed to take care of "Panborn. of il.t.84chn.elis, and I believe he has n paper, the Atlas & Bee. I believe he is one ot the ed iters, reporters, or souieihin?. Q. You agreed to take care of him ? A. Yes, sir. : Q. Were there any other sufferers jou prom ised to provide tor 7 ; A. I have named Defrees. Moran and Pan? born. Well, I. do not know of any except a man by the name of Wilson, who had been here all winter. I had intended to help bim a little, home at least, if I ever got any money. That I considered entirely gratuitous. 14. Were there anj oilier persons jou prom ised to take care of 7 . A. 1 do not. think ot anv bodr : there was a man. a man by the name of Doertner, from Indiana. I do not think I promised to take care of him, but if he had staid here, I would. D"freea had drawn up the contract between Ford and Larcombe and English, printers. . The practical primers agreed to ive the official printer twenty per ceni 'on the gross azregle a-mcunt ot the printing to be executed." Mr. Ford was cot to have any trouble, but to perform the duty of pocketing his twenty per cent. We give an extract from the testimony of Mr. Defrees: Q. In what establishment, or where do Lar-comb at English do work ? A. As I understand it they are thebosess of Wendell's establishment from t'ai trustee. Q. What is tbe extent of your interest ? A. It is a contingent and"not a defiuite interest. It is a per cent, and contingent. Q. That i-piL9 wtnonnt of the profits re-alizid. A. Ye"8''- Q. Ilow rsuch percent i it ? A. The amount is not fixed. It has been left open. As to the proposition to fork over to the Ite-pubiicau Executive Committee : " " On the night ot the Republican conference. I did authorize a member of Conrress from mv State ta say to the conference that I would I am not certain whether I stated the amount, but I think U was one-halt of the profits, or that 1 would be liberal in my contribution for the pur-pose of distributing political documents in the four doubtful States of Pennsylvania, New Jer sey, Illinois ana Indiana; I distinctly limited my contribution to the distribution of politica document." Q uestion by the Chairman Would you have been elected if Mr. Adams had voted for Ton. A. Yes. sir. Mr. Adams, the son of John tjuincy Adams, m whose support 1 urst yrofe azainst General Jackson, refused tit vote for roe, when on three ballots bis vote would have elect ed me. . ' . Mr. Kiljjore. of Indiana, was the member who aiibrnttte I to the Rpublicin caucus the proposition to pay a portion of the protit of the printinsr 10 the U-pnblican Committee to circu-late d-tcuments. Bxine examined on thi pint, Mr. Kilj rrt " sd mined the fitet and justified the object a being equally pnper-with tbe distribution of tracts among the heathen. Thviy and the Democrats both needed liht.' Corcde and his Apologists. Next to th baseness which prompted Covode and his confederates in the proceeding which has obtained an infomous notoriety i.i tba which now iriiiuates au a4Klgy for. it 011 ihe pretence ihnt there has leei a lxk of abuse and corruption about the Administration f Thia is the .audacious piea of that organ .of Seward in the citj of New York whose immaculate reputation trives it such a title to prate about purity and integrity. A gross and fligrnnl outrage upon official decorum and constitutioual right is perpetrated at the instigation of malignant and vindictive partisans and then this nefarioos act itself is brought forward as an indication that there must be some ground for it! We are impudently told that there must be something rotten on the slate, or these arcu.sations would not be made. Nor is this all. Younjr persons who are just enter ing upon political life, and otbera who are imperfectly acq iaiu;ed with political histories, and know little of the excesses to which party ani. mosity will drive men, are worked-upon by an imposing array of charges ; and they are urged to bUeve that auch accusations would- never have been brought against an uptight aud un-Corrupted Chief Magistrate! Now, without referring to the analogies to the present case of malicious assault upon President Buchanan which are presented in the histories of some of hs later predecessors, we will simply recall to those who employ such a mode of argument the conduct of soma of their own prototypes towweds General Washington. Mr. Buchanan himself quoted, in his Protest, from the lofty and affecting appeal of the Father of his Country, contained in a letter to Mr. Jefferson, showing on whatexaggerated and indecent terms he had beea assailed. Marshall's biography cod-taios many equally striking illustrations of the same spirit 00 the part of his -enemies. That historian states geaerallf ... ,'A X - ai ST - J r - a - -- rowuntarKiinic vue extraorainarj populari ty or the. hrsLfresident pt the Uaiied Suits, scarcely slid anj act of bis ad ministration escape the most hitter In vectivr. i ; . - -: Even his mod of Ufa and Stylo, of cntertain meat were Stigmatized ? n'r i .. The Iwe of tba President and the evening parties of Mrs.. Washington were said to be imitations of regal, institutions, designed to accustom the A menca people to the pomp and manners of EnropsAa coarUV V TheiS defa-rt stopped at nothiegr that could ; vilify r degrade the great patriot, j , . . ' , - With, equal virulence th military and poiiti cal character cf the President was attacked, and fc was avsrred ta be toUilf-deatituta of merit either as a soldier or a statesman.": . .. ,: Aa Jsxeachaent was nCan one paUicIj suggested ; and some Covode or Ilaskin of thil , day unblushiojtly asserted, according ta Marshall, that he had drawn from the treasury for his private use more than the salary annexed to his Seel" Did these wretched libellers ohtait a victory over the reputation of Waahiogtou ? No; they are cooaigoed to universal scorn. And such will be the fate of the confederated calumniators of President Buchanan ; while, with th people, the confidence folt io the integrity of their-Chief Magistrate will remain unshaken I Ji'cui " ington Constitution. From th Okie Eagl, April C. The Lobby at Work The Attack onGorv lledlU. We notice in the proceedings of the See at on last Monday, that Senator Green, oa that day introduced a resolution of censure against Comptroller Med ill, for refusing to pay au unjust and Ubfouudcd claim against the Government. These are strango times that we have fall at upon, when the Senate of the United Stales, cau he invaded by the lobby, aad a gravw Senator by it be iuduced to offer a resolution of censure against a government oCcer, for firm!, conscieotrously and boldlj dtring his duty, and stopping the payment from ibe treasury of a million eight hundred thousand dollars, tor or. dollar of which then was no just claiar against the Government. We know all about this Carmick & Ramsey claim to which Green's resolution, refers. Wbea we were in the Comptroller's flea it was referred to u for investigation, and "w thiuk now as1 then, that a more impudent, unfounded claim was never asserted against th government. We pr pose next week to publish tbe Comptroller's decision which is attacked iu Green s resolution, and have only to say here, that the decision was iu conformity with aud sustained by the written opinion ot tbe Attorney General, was approved by Postmaster General Brown, and Secretary Cobb, was referred to Congress aud approved there by th J udiciary Committee of the House at the last session. Has been sustained by the press aud the people of the United States, and the highest encomiums passed upou Gjv. Medill, for bis fire honorable and stern discharge of duty in - d feating the cormorant horde, who followed and scented this claim through all of its meandering!? until it was finally killed, and, as was supposed, buried out of their sight by the Comptroller's decision. . The Comptroller's decision wss mads ia August, 1858, the claim had been pressed sine 1855, and it was hoped that the thing was not only dead but stank. It has now it seems got into the hands of the lobby, which with Jackal instinct digs up old buried claims, and gloats over them. They have commenced operations by a public attack upon the faithful ounce r -who ataud ia their wsj to thwart them. What next thej will do after getting through with this filebiting process, we know not, but we guarrantee, that so long as honor and integrity influence those in power, the vermin of the lobby will have no feast off this stale and iniquitous olJ claim. Kejroes Elected to GfScs. At the late election in Van Buren Township, Shelby county, one Bishop, a negro, was elected a Justice of the Peace-. Irvin Scott, colored, by force of the decision of the Supreme Court, "a free tcAis mate citi zen of tbe United States," and as such eligible to oIice, was elected Supervisor of the Road District adjoining Bellefontaiue. Lot an countv. on oionaay tasi. - The Logan Gazette furnishes the following, to be song by Irvin Scott, the negro Supervisor . elected by the Abolitionists in that county. Krcusop and Aky, are leading Republicans ia that region : A soo roa ravis scott. I is a whits mala citisen of de United States, Elected Supervisor bf da friends of 6ward and Bates; I votes, and I holds office, an J I'so speetin somsSa higher, D whit folks when dey wriU to me, wrU 'Irrl a Scatt, E.quire !" - - Oh, whit man. take your eoat off. And work a little fastq I ts do Supervisor big. : I i do white man's master. ' Dick Krousop! What jou doiu'of? Y09 lasy, loa. : ta, nlgjer ! Tako hold of dat are mattock dar, and balp d tud- dor nigger! . Ton Brudder Aky ! hump yo'sef ! you id! stapil fellow. , Or I will tako d ox-gd bore, aal lam Jon thl yoa' bellow I Oh, wbit man roll d sler p. And work a gocd deal faster, I is d Supervisor here . I 1 d whit man's master. I like to work d whit folks, X's glad Ts Sopr " visorj Dey used to call m 'uiggah' bat da Cort ba made 'cm wiser; v lurrah for d Upublieans, hy iotn l was elecUd. Aad now d Lcoufucos ' 'Tit juat at ws erjMC d" DIek Kroutop. uk your coat of. And Aky, thorel faster, I is de Supervisor hero I is de white man's uiasUr. The President's Protest. ' The protest of the Preidut has met with a hearty response from ever j portion of th country,, ; . We copy the following very aids" article upon this subject, from the Boston Courier, a Whif paper 1 . - , - It is manifest, from this view of th suhjsct. that the President not only is right ia the points presented by him, but that he discharged his simple doty as the Executive head of the nation' . offering bis remonstrance to the insid tousled unparliamentary, and dangeroua uiethod adopted by the House to investigate vague charges against him. Such an investigation we hold ta be altogether inconsistent with the principle aud provisions of the Constitution, and in itself of the worst possible example. If then is iu poa-session of members of , the Uosm serious foun dation for grave charges against the conduct of the President ia the administration of his high office, this, would Constitute r round f impeach meet, which is the ouly conslituttd means pro vided for trying him. If there are sach charges, they are either defioit aad specific, or they are not so. If not, they should not be eouste canced by the House, which otherwise becomes a star chamber, an inquisition, or a grand 'jury for inquiry, not for accusation. - If the j are ad. then tbe coarse of. procedure is clearly . pointed out bj the law.io th way of jw peach meet. The President claims that this power of ia peschment is the onlj aulhotitj possessed ty lis House ia the premises, and he tt right. Ia .ct the people cannot regard viih loo rsech in':;--tion the conduct of the lloasa. If it hai-y sens "of justice or rand or, a matter of tLi sort, if anything so indefinite were coantenancf d st all, would have beea reforred toaStandlc mittee not to one . raised to gossip ar.1 t' t over such an- a?Tir. If Sr. Covode, who tnada the motion, fcl any snie of honor, "ha w-u!l be ashamed to sit on the Committee a-- -",l for such a pnrpoe -on his own .irtctioa. :l2i. Sherman. wh-s Crit.coinrriente 05 ta r-.r-;-ft we perceive fouli-hlj and f!ie!j r l inj-, trioes was like that of Charts I. whic. cc)