Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-11-03

              lJ .J.-,.-..,1, totem MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 3, 1857, NO. 51. VOL III. J 11 f J 1 1 HI . CITY DiBEBTttBYi DKY r.O(Jl)S MEUCHANTS. J. Sparry & Co., Main-it., 1 door north K. 8. i Cos. Bank. Ciirtia.Sipp & Co., Maln-at., 1 door louth Young llydo' J(iwolryloro. J. E. Woodbrnlgo, Merchant, Produce Doalor nnd 'Cummlulon Merchant, Main-at. Bonm Mend, Nu. 3, Bnckiiisliain'a Emporium, S. W. oornor Main and Uiiinbicr-!ts. N. N. mil, oornor Main and Cambior-t. D. 1). Curtis, Ko. 2, Kremlin Block. J. Midntyroi Co., Norton Cornor, opposito Warden A Burr'a. Warden 4 Burr, Main-at., No. 130. f. V. Millor, Main-st., botwocn Vino and Gambler jL B. Ward, cornor Mnin nnd Vino, Ward's Block. 'James IIutclilnon,Maln-st.,opp. Lybrand House. 'J. W. Weaver. Wliolosalo (irocor, No. 102, Maiu-st. te. B. Putwin, WlmloMilo Orucor, Kromlin No.'l. Smith Richards, Grnctry and Provision dealors, Main-st., Banning Block. V. T. Bassott, Grocor nnd Notion doalor, JIain-st. jaraos Goorso, Wholesalo and Retail, corner Main and Uambier. S. A. Trott, Main-st., 1 door south Russoll'J Drug Store. It, Thompson, Mnin-st., Masonic Hall Building. Jos. Watson, corner Jonos' Block, oast end. Jos. Sproulo, Jonos' Biuclt, west end. BOOTS A l SHOES. Millor & White, No. 3, Miller Building, Main-st. T. P. Frederick, Main-st., 3 doors south Woodward 'llall. Walter Smith, Ma!n-?r, next door to R., S. & Cos. E.S.S. It.iusojfc S..n, Warner Miller's Bli k,Main-st. Nat MoUiBn, Uuekinham's Emporium, No. S. CLUTIU.VCJ MEltCIIATNS. A. WolIT, Woodward Block, Main-st. L. Munk, Sign of tho Lono,IStar,Main-st. J. Epstein Bio.,Lybraiid Block, Main-st. Millor A Cooper, 1 door south Kcnyon Houso. TIM AND STOVliS-Tob Evans, south end Main-st. J.HuntsbcrryiSon, Masonic ILill Building, Ma'in-st HAKUWAIlE. A. Weaver, M,nn-st., few doors S. Kcnvon House. C. C. Curtis, Mnin-st., ncxtdoor to Hydo Young's. J. MoCormack, No. 4 aud 0, Kremlin Block. sadi)I.i:ky. O. W. Ilauk, Main-st, Hauk's Building. W. M. Mcffonl, northeast cornor Market House. A. Gilliam, Maiu-st., ovor Curtis' hardware storo. MERCHANT TA1LOUS. R Clark, Main st., Ward's Block. A. Pylo, corner Main nud Ganibicr sts. HATTEHS. W. L. King, Main-st., King's Block. G. Siler, Maiu-st., below Oambier. DRIIGfiiSTS. W. B. Russell, Xo. 1, Buckingham's Emp., Main-st. City Drug Storo, Main-st., opp. Kcnyon nouso. 11. Abcrncthy, Main-st., 3 doors above Cnmbier. TV. B. Brown, Main, 1 door south Woodward Block. Tlydct Young, Main-st., opposite Woodbridgo's. Wm-Oldroyd, Maiu-at West sido. QUEEPiSWAnE. . B. Arnold, Woodward liloek, Main-st, lll.'NTIS I'llY. G. E. McKonn, Ward's Block, south-acst comorof Mam aud mo. CM. Kclscy, Gawbior-rt.,! doors cast of Main, HOOK STOKE, ir wkit.. Milor's Block, Mia-sU A.' W. Lipid", Main-st., opposite the Kcnyon Houso. Jt'lELITS 3I0UXT VERNON, OniO. Knyrm in Haul's uihlin,j, Main Sired. rpriG COURSE OP INSTHUCTION HAS BEEN . JL dooided tho most thorough, extended and practical ono now taught in any similar Institution. It embraces, Bookeeping in all it; various branches,, as applied to Wholesale, Itotail, bhiiming, Commission Steamboating, Railroading, Jobbing, Manufacturing, Compound Company Business and U Loc'tufni dolivcroa on Commarc.iul Law, Commercial Ethics, Political Elj.1 0, For faourse-timo unlimited inoluding Ue- or full oouVso'i'n Ladios' Dopartmout 20 Diploma For full particulars send for circular. FOR SALE. InAVE ON HANI) A GOOD TURNING I.ATHE mitable for Gunsmiths, and vnrious purposes which I will sell on reasonable, terms. W 11 COCHRAN, RcnlEstato July21w3 n"J l,c" AS"ntl ud Tbrushing Machino & Horse B A mil IN' A irn Power for snlo at a bargain, tmiuiro ol W. 11. CUlauiA., ucai bKiaiBiinu april 1 i Gen. Agent. farm fin' Kills'. 4 net Al'ItKS V MILE OF ANKNEYTOWN, 0 1 1 1.1 fr,.,n Mt. Vornon. and from t redo i.v inn unrmolnaruil. of which 31 are meadow 5 acre apple orchard-flue soil good timber sugar camp 2 or 3 goo., spring. Two story brick dwelling also, barn, stable, 4c. A branch of Owl Crock . tkmiih ihi.f.rjn. and meadow all bottom A choice farm and can bo had at a hiirgain. W. H. COCHRAN, Ucnl Estnto 'octl3'57tf andGcu'lAg't. SALK. A boautirulCottngo House, oi mod-1 ornstilo,contaluingHrooms,a fine cellar, largi .'..t.rnn,Ui,nirl.,iirwull.fruittrcosand shrubbery it is situated on MainStroot, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, near ho eeter of the elty. It will be sold low nnd on terms to suit tho purcliasor. Inquire of J. W. UUMSEY, or W. U. COCnRAN, npril 11 tf . nnlTKna Fnn SALE. Four acres of cround Jf in two aero lots, S(o. 30 and 81, in Davis' addition to Mt. Vernon. Tho grounds are all under fonco nnd in a good stnto oicultivation, wnn agoou spring in tho middle. . 11. tu,uua.i, uglStf RoalEstatoAOen.Ag't, nnd'others, SHERIFF'S SALE, AnllmtiT Ttnnnlna T Dailll'l .McGradT nd' 11Y VnilTL'E nf an order of sale Issuod out of I J tho Court of Common Pleas of Knox Count; Ohln. nnil tn nis dlroctod. I will offer at nublie snlo at tho door of the Court House in tho city of Mount Vornon. on Saturday, November 7th, loo', botween tho hours of 10 o olocK m ami 4 p rt of sain y ii.A f. twin tlewiribl roul estate, situate in tin Countvof Knox and State of Ohio, to-wit : Lot No. 187 in tho town of Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio; taken in ox"CUtlon and to be sold as the nron- trr of tho defendant to sati'fya Jndgmrntln favor of the iJaintitf. I. UNDERWOOD, Shu. ootl3waprf3 MberitP Mule. .trm n ffnlwr. t Amos Roborts. BY YIRTUE uf an order of sale issncd out of the Court or Common Pleas of Knox County, Ohio, and to me di rented, I ill offor at public tale ai the loorof th Court House, tn the city or lit. 1 ernon, v. r.inni. Ohio, on Saturday. Not. 7th. 18j7. between the honri ot 10 o'clock a m and 4 p m of aid day, the following described real estate, to-wit: Ik)1 No. 120 In Norton'! Northern addition to the town of Mount Vernoa.and being the same premises conveyed to Amos Roberts by Edward 0. Flynn, by deed dated, A. D. 1851 1 taken, in execution and to be Jold ai tho property of tha-fendant, to JT octl3w5prf.1. JUST RECEIVED A CHOICE LOT OF 8U- Cnr.d Ham,, Sheul and lnt THE QUAKER'S COKN CHIU. A man lmJ boon in tho habit of stealing corn from his nuighbor, who was a Qimkor. Every ni'lit he would go softly to tho crib nnil fill his bag with tho ears which the good old Qtiakur's toil had placed there. Every morning tho old gentleman observed a diminution of his corn pile. This was vory annoying, and must bo stopped, but how ? Many a one would have said, " take a gun, conceal yoursolf, wait till ho comes, and flro.'i Others would have said "cutch tho vilUin( and have him sent to jail." But tho Quaker Was not prepared to enter iuto any such govern meastlrcs. He wanted to punish tho offender and at tho sumo timo bring about his reformation, if possiblo. So he fixed a sort of a trap close to the hole thro1 which the man would thrust lilt arm in getting tho corn. Tho wicked neighbor proceided on his unholy errand at the hour ol midnight, with the bag in hand. Unsuspectingly, he thrust his hand into tho crib to seizo an oar, when lo! he found himself unablo to withdraw it ! In vain ho tugged and pulled, and sweated, and alternately cried and cursed. His hand was fast, and every cITort to releaso it only made it tno more secure. After a time, tho tumult in his breast measurably subsided. lie give over his useless struggles, and began to look around him. All was Bilenco and repose. Good men were sleeping soundly in their comfortable beds, while he was compelled to keen a dreary, distraceful watch through tho remainder of that Ion hand in constant pain from tho pressure of tho clamp which held it. His tired limbs com pelled to sustain his weary body, would fain have sunk beneath him, and heavy eyes would have closed in slumber, but no ! thero was no rest, no sleep fsr hitn. There ho must stand and watch tho progress of tho night, and at once desiro and dread tho return of tho morning. Horning camo at last, and the Quaker looked out of his window and found he had "cnughi the man." What was to bo dono ? Some would say, "go out and give him a good cowhiding, just as he stands, and then release hitn ; that will euro him." But not so said tho Quaker. Such a co.urso would have sent the man away embittered and muttoring curses of revenge.. Tho good old man hurried on his clothes, and started at onco to the relief and punishment of his prisoner. " Good morning, friend ! " said ho, as ho camo in speaking distance "How does theo do ? " The poor culprit made no answer, but burst into tears. "O fie!" said tho Quaker as ho proceeded to release him. " I'm sorry that theo hasgot thy hand fast. Theo put it in tho wrong place, or it would not havo been so." The man looked crest fallen, and begging forgiveness, hastily turned to make his retreat. " Stay," said his persecutor, for he was now becoming such to the offender, who could have received a blow with much better grace than the kind words that were falling from tho Quaker's lips. " Stay, friend thy bag is filled. Thee needs corn, or thee would not havo taken so much pains to get it. Como let us fill it," and tho poor fellow was obliged to stand and hold tho bag while the old man filled it.interspersing theexcrciso with all the pleasant conversation imaginable ; all of which were like daggers in tho heart of his Cann ed and mortified victim. The bag was filled the string tied, and the sufferer hoped soon to bo out of the presence of his tormentor, but again his purpose was prevented. Stay,4' iiiid the Quaker, as tho man was about to hurry off, having muttered onco his apologies and thanks. "Stay, Ruth hasbreak- fast ero this ! thee must not think of going without breakfast j come, Ruth is calling." This was most unendurable! This was heaping coals" with a vengeance ! In vain the mortified neighbor begged to be excused. In vain ho pload to be released from what would "bo tohiin a punishment ten times more severe than stripes and imprisonment, ihe Quaker was inexorable, and ho was obliged to yield. Breakfast over, "Now," said the old farmer as ho helped the victim shoulder tho bag, " if thee need any moro corn, como in the day time, and thee shall havo it." With what shaitio and rcmorso did that guilty man turn from tho dwelling of tho pi ous Quaker ! Evory body is ready to say that ho never again troubled the Quaker's corn crib. I have something s'.ill better than that to tell, lie at onco repented and reformed, and my informant tells me that ho afterwards heard him relate, in an experience meeting, tho substanco of the story I havo related, and be attributed his conversion, under God's blessing, to the courso the Quaker has pui-su- cd. to nrrost him in his downward course Exchange. Keuarks. Such treatment is humiliating and very severe ; yet mora efficacious than any legislative enactment now in voguo fur reforming the ) ilferers. Our laws, though sc. vcre, expose the offenders and do but little towards working a reformation in them. Tho exposure of the crime hardens the villain in believing his reputation is gone : that his acquaintances consider him guilty and treat him accordingly. . Therefore, instond of trying td reform and elevate himself in the views of community, he abandons all ides of restora tion and looks upon himself as an outcast in society, considers himself as in open rebellion against truth and honesty and conducts himself accordingly. Many old offenders, equally cu'dtv. ore usually tho first to- promulgalo the evils of others, Tor they leel the horrors of their own condemnation and to screen themselves with the appearance of honesty, aro always, ready to point the finger of scorn to their less wily neighbors. Ehitoii. T1IU LAN Dl.Oltl) OUiWUTfcD. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Tress relatos tho following amusing anecdote uf one of tho citizens of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. Ben. W. Morrison is tho person spoken of and is said to bo ono of those free-nnd-casy, good-hearted, humorous fellows, that aro always ready to crack a joke or porpotrato a "sell:" Some fifteen years ago Bon was travelling in Butler countv on professional business. Tho roads were intolerably bad, and worst of all, the stugo drivers and the landlord at a certain hotel where they stopped for d;nner, had un understanding with each other some, thing liko this : tho passengers wen taken in to dine, and when cleverly so Ued, tho coach would furiously dash up to tho door, and the driver would call lor his passengers, stating that ho could not delay a minute, on account if nuikm? his timo. "Thi'V would rush out, leaving tlioir meals half finished, for fear of being left. For the hall finished meal they wero charged half a dollar. Tho victuals wore kept for the next load ofpassengers, when tho skinning process was repeated. Ben had heard of this place, nnd when thov arrived nt tho hotel he set his wits to work to see if ho could get tho full valuo of his money. Ihe hell rang lor tlinnor, ami the crowd rushed in. l hey nau scarcely goi comfortably seated when the conch reined up nt the doorj nnd tho driver vociferously shout- " Tassengcrs all aboard em't wait but five minutes." A general rush was made, but Ben sat still, and uto his dinner very composedly. The stago drove off and left him, but he seemed to caro very little about it. llavins disposed ol ins dinner, no was en I......., .f n li.no Tlino ill till! sille and tedious night, his Ji ' " " " "7 ";. " V mn,llC(1 ,liiu sav. rouiu, whuii - i t . "I beg your pardon, sir; but did you see a set of silver tea Rpoons on tho table when you went to diuuer? " I did sir." 'Well, they aro missing can't be found " " Ah, yes," replied Ben, " one of tho passengers gathered them up -I saw him do it." "Would you know him again ?" gasped tho landlord , " Certainly I would," replied Ben, with great coolness. " Will you point him out to mo, if I hitch up my . horse and buggy and overtako the stago ? " . ' Certainly I will." Bonifice was ready in a few minutes, nnd "ettina. Ben in with him, drove liko Jehu for r i i. .u.. - i. ir.. sjven miles, tut ne overiooit mo tmuu. no drove up alonside and hailed the driver. The coach stopped, tho driver looked liightoned, and everybody wondered lo see the landlord covered with mud and his horse foaming wiih sweat. , Ben jumped out of tho buggy nnd got into tho stage, when tho driver, thinking that he had hired tho landlord to bring him after, was on tho point of driving off, when tho latter yelled out, ' Is Unit passenger in there ? " " Yes," replied Bnn. "Aro yon sure ?" " Yes, sir-ei.'' shouted our bachelor friend. " Which ono is it ?" "It's mo," replied Ben, with a grin. "You!" thundered Bonitace " what the dl dll you dn with them .yyxmn! t " "I put them in the ecjfee.pnf, uny it please your honor ; you will tin J Ilium all sa:e." replied Ben, with a curious twinkle in his cyo. " Sold by ginger! by that darn'd Yankee," yelled tho landlord, whilst the passengers roared with laugnier, aim puiiing mo mu,v to his horse drovo back, resolving to givo tho passengers ever afterwards amplo timo for dinnen 1'iiiitinS Ollice Utile. Tho following havo been unanimously ad opted by the " craft," and aro expected to be observed : 1. Euter softly. Sit down quietly. Subscribe for tho paper. Don't touch tho poker. Say nothing interesting. Engago-in no controversy. Don't smoko. Keep six feet from tho tablo. Don't talk to tho printers. Hands off the papers. Eyes off the manuscript. Gentlemen observing theso rides when cn tering a printing office, will greatly oblige the m inters, aud need havo no fear ot the devil. Tho ladies, who sometimes bless us with their nrcsenco for a few moments, aro not expected to keep the rules vory strict, and it will be very airrceablo to us to have them breaii the ninth rtile as often as convenient. Boys, unless accompanied by their parents, aro particularly requested to keep out of the office. New York Huroldfur n Higher TiinlT. If tli'jro i-iany onj mjasnra or principle that tho Saw York IhtiU Inn stovlily al vo-cated it was a low tariff; indeed, moro correctly (.peaking, it was tho champion of a no-tariff. It has been uniform in its hostility to protection of American manufactures, nnd has nhvays advocated free trade. But the present financial Crisis seems to have wrought a total change in its sentiments. It has come out for a higher taiiff, as well as for a batik-runt law, and endeavors to inako its readers believo that Buchanan is also in favor of them It has arrived nt tho conclusion that the American people must supply mora of their own wants, nnd purchase lesj goods from Kuiono: that thev must live within their means, and either buy less or bl-11 more, so as J to slop tho drain of tho precious metals to England, Fi ance, and Get many, nnd change the balance of tnulo in our favor ; ond as ono ol tho best means of effecting this result, the Ilcriill recommends a "little moro incidental protection to our iron, cotton, and woolen interests, in tho modification of our revenue laws." Hero is what it says in its issuo of the 8ih inst. : " The Sub-Treasury is a good institution as a great financial balance wheel, as far as it goes ; but in the midst of a general financial derangem nt, and with failures and suspensions on every hand as tho order of tho day, aometldnn more than a Sub- Treasury willlje ex pected from tho general government. Unquestionably, something more will bo expected of Mr. Buchanan. A judicious Bankrupt Law, and a modification of the tariff, including a more mtrke.l incidental protection to hnw maiuifarturers than that of the law of and its amendments, nro among the relieving measures which, in tho connection, will first suggest themselves to tho political economist Surrounded by the iron manufactories of Pcnn-svlvania. Mr. Buchanan, as tho representa tive in Congress of the peculiar interests of that State, was nlwavs. we believe, something of a protectionist. But now, with the iron interest of the Union covering twenty times tho capital labor which it commanded when Mr. Buchanan was a member of the United States Senate, and with our numerous cotton lactones, North and Smith, 'hvealened with bankruptcy, from the high price which the raw material commands in England, and from tho low prices of English cotton goods in our own markets, a little more incidental jiroteetion to our iron, cotton, an I wnalen interest in llio modification nf our tariff, would un to'ihletly afford a large mayin of ,'m;ue Hate relief lo our manufacturing aiu wnnwg class." triiiisof Il4!iilici':iliu Policy. Tho Albany Evening Journal, having given a list of the manufacturing establishments in that vicinity that have stopped altogether, or aro working half time, adds this comment: The stoppage of these works is tho stoppage of lood and clothing and fuel to thousaudsaiid thousands of people, through the cluuioa ol tho only industry in which they are suitieu. Tim utoiipagp, too is n;wm tlia udjn of n Ions and cruel winter. N hat siiltering there is in store for American labor, all can divine. No policy could havo averted so much ol the existing monetary pressure as is duo lo bad investments in unprofitable and unfinished railroads and speculative purchases of land in tho extreme West. But good government could have made it unnecessary to cIosj the manufacturing establishments ol our country nt this uopropitious moment. II our revenue system had been framed to protect and foster American lauor, uimcuu oi uiai ui j.uiu', our working men and women would not now be standing idle, meditating upon a coining winter of unemployed tune and tantaliiea iy seeing foreign cloth and iron passing by them, imported under low duties, dictated by slaveholders and British freo traders. FROM KANSAS. Tho rinnl Triumph of tho FrP Ktnts-I'liily. Tin) Ti'iiudulniit Ili'liirn from Ov-Tord Thrown Out oy (iov. Wulkcr - Tho Governor's Prtieli.nmlioii. Corrtspondoncoof tlio Cinilnnat! Caze'.to. Qi'lNii.ilio, Kansas, Oct. 21. Tho Freo State party have at last triumphed completely, over frauds and everything else, nnd there will be a large Republican Free S:ato majority ill both brandies of tho Territorial Legislature. The frauds wero so gross that Governor Walker has just issued his proclamation declaring his rejection of them. I wish I could givo you somo idea of the excitement produced in Quindaro by this proclamation. Tho financial panic, tho speculation in town lots, and in claims on tho Indian reserves, arc nil nowhere. The nervous grasp of the hand and tho bright countenance with which every man greets his neighbor ns he says : " Triumphed at last we are all right now," would almost lmiuce a stranger iu o.- lieve that these shrewd speculators never did really care about anything but the freedom of Kansas. But to tho history of this proclamation : On Thursday last, a protest agaist these frauds, signed and sworn to before a Notary by thir- ry prominent men of Ihu territory, was presented to thu Governor. THE rr.OTEST. sets forth that 1,020 votes wero returned from Oxford, a precinct that contained less than a hundred voters; that in fact all Johnson Co.. which is an Indian reservation, did not contain a population, all told, equal to ll o vote returned ; that 01 votes were polled on the 5th Oct , (election day,) and 1,538 were returned us polled on the next day, when it could be proven that there were not twenty persons around the polls lh.it whole day. j tho genuine record of tho votes taken at the election. The law lequircs one of the poll-books to j returned to tho Secretary, the other to be deinsitud with the clerk of tho Board of Commissioners of ihe proper county. 3J. As the vote of each elector was to bt recorded for each ono of twenty-two candi dates, and in moro than a hundred cases, for twenty-five, and th it by a Win tw vote, it was a physical impossibility that the number' of voles pretended to have bjen taken on the second day, being moro than fifteon hundred, with the name of the voter written, nn l each of twenty-two can Jid.ites prop.'i ly designated, could have been taken and recorded within the time prescribed by law. 4th. It is an extraordinory fact, tending to throw distrust upon tho whole proceeding, that of the sixteen hundred and twenty eight voles, only one is given to the iMegate elect to Congress ; and only one hundred and twenty-four aro recorded as having b;en cast fur the local candidates of the township. Influenced by these consideration", and impressed with the grnvo responsibility resting upon us in regard lo tho fairness of the election, nnd its freedom fium all fraud susceptible of detection nnd prevention within the scone of our duties, we deemed it essential to truth and justice that we should ascertain every fact calculated to re.'uto or confirm the conclusions derived from the face of tho papers. Accordingly wo went to the precinct of Oxford, (which is a vilhio with six houses, including stores, and without a tavern,) and ascertained from the citi.uns of.that vicinity, and especially those of the handsome adjacent village of Santa Fe, in Missouri, (separated only by a street, and containing about twenty houses,) that altogether not more than one- tenth iho number of persons represented to have voted, were present on tho two days of the election, much the smaller number, not exceeding thirty or forty, being present on 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 6. 10. 11. l.'nrllier, that Jounson umniy ana y,u ,,,. .I, fifteen bundled limits oi nre repr votes The people scnted as having been given of Oxford, ns well as those of the precinct in particular, is within the in Indian territory, which is specially rcser- , I .1 1 1 ..ftl.rt T,.. . -.fnm- nl veil oy u.e 0.s....- - - i j vilII:1!r0 of S,nta v.. ,vcre as lor i d o .... loundsd at the magnitude ol tno return ; nnu all persons of all parties, in both places, treated Hoys out nt Night. It is ono of tho most ruinous, dangerous mischievous things possible. XoLhiflg so speedily and surely marks their downward courso. We havo again alluded to those melancholy facts, and must continuo to do so whilo we havo strength to lift a pen. It is ruinous to their morals in all instances. They acquire, under the cover of night, an unhealthy stato of mind, bad, vulgar and profane language, obscuro practices, criminal sentiments and alawless and riotous bearing. Indeed it is in the street after nightfall, that the bovs principally acquiro tho education of tho had. and capacity for becoming rowdy, d is- solute, criminal men. Tarents, do you be lieve it ? Will you heed it r W ill you keep vour children ort home at night, and see that your homes aro made pleasant ond profitable ? Or take them to tho bouse el Uod, ol praye' and praise ? " Evil communications corrupt tiood morals." A little leaven leaventh the whole lump." Beware of tho serpent. A .1Ielaueli;y V n lc. Tho village of Colchester, on tha Chicago Quincy and Burlington road, was tho scene of a sad affair ono day last week. A young lady of that place, daughter of an cstimablo cit izen, had for some timo past received the ad dresses of a young man in opposition to tha wishes of her parents. They remonstrated with her again and again up in the subject, but to no purpose. Finally the father told her ho would rather follow her to the grave than sco her tho wife of a man whom he regarded ns so unworthy of her. Shortly afterwards tho young lady was scizfd with an alarming illness, and in three hours more was a corpse. Just before dying, and when she know sho was beyond the reach of remedy, she confessed to having procured nnd taken a largo portion of arsenic. Tho unhappy father's alternative was presented lo him sooner than ho could havo believed possible. Chica go Press. Sa Fiiaxcisco a REriTBUCAS Cirv. The city at the golden gnto of California is Hepub- i: t ,1... Tim v.iIa ttt flip, lata tdje- i taii iu m ivi, . - - Kansas, that such Territory was unopen legal settlement on tho fifth and sixth days o: October last, and remains the samo at this time, and that no legal settlements can ba made within suid reservation now, nor could not on tho day, nor at any time prior to saiii election. On receipt of this protest, Gov. Walker, ac companied by his man Friday, went to Oxford to investigate iho caso, and on his return issued tho following proclamation : PROCLAMATION Til TUB TllOI'LU 01" KANSAS Lkcomftw, Oct. I'D. 1S57. By the 22d S.'ction of tho Organic Act establishing this territorial government, it is provided in reference to the eltction of a delegate to Congress, that the person having the greatest number or votes snail no declared by ihe Governor to be duly elected, and a certificate thereof shall be given accordingly." Py tin loth Section of tho act of the Territorial Legislature of Kansas, entitled "an aC to regulate elections," it is made the duty dT the Secretary lo cxamino tho returns in the prcscr.ee of the Governor, and to "give to tho person having tho highest number of votes in their respective districts, certificate of their election to the Legi.-lative Assembly." Under these two provisions of the laws prevailing in this territory, the recent general election has presented for the joint consideration of tha Governor and Secretary, a ques tion of the gravest importance, not only to our own pooplo but also to thoso of tho whole Union. This question arises upon tho extra ordinary returns mado from the precinct of Oxford in thecounty of Johnson. What pur port to ba the returns of tho election held at that precinct on the 5th and Cih inst., have been receivod liy tho Secretary, containing sixteen hundred and twenty-eight names of pretended voters, or nearly ono half tho num ber given in tho wholo Representative District. Tho disposition to be made of this snp- ffj- Tho Buffalo Express tells a good story of a Quaker who was charged the' exorbitant sum of seventeen dollars lor a uorse ana nug-gy for a shortdrivo, ond upon being proSdntcd with the bill, simply remarked " Thou mis- takest mo. I de not wish to purchase thy cs tablishment, but only to hire it." rt7-"01d Grimes is doad." Mr. S. D. Grimes died recently in -Georgia at the great age of 110 years. Ho was never s:ck. lion for Gov -rnor stood l Stanley, Republican.. Weller, Democrat..., Bowie, K. N ..1,337 .1.430 . 3(50 Republican majority. 1,107 Last fall, for President, tho city stood : Fremont 4,997 Buchanan 6,3J0 Fillmore l.&'l Making Uuchanau's inability 401), nnd show ing a Democratic loss an I Republican gain of 1.31G votes, 'iio SUUJ wuu soon, aiso, oo l.epublican. (r Two Irishmen were in prison ono for atoaJin? a eow. and tha other for stealing a watch. "Hallo, MiUo, wbato'-clock is it!" anid the cow stealer to the other. u Aud sit re Pat, I haven't ray tiinipieco handy, but I thitiK It's a won i miiKHig nine. frV " Somehow or ether" said Frederick tho Great, "Providence seems to do tho most for tho best diicipliued troops." ' I havo a! vfays noticed," said Napoleon, " that Provl deuce favors tho heaviest battalions." the whole affair with derision or indignation. not having heard tho alleged result until sev- ' end days after it had occurred. In Ihe courso of our jnurirey to and horn Oxford, we passed over much the larger part of the county of Johnson, and we became thoroughly satisfied that there is no popula tion in the wholo county from wliic'.r more lhan one-third the vole of that single precinct could have been given. o learned that some very few persons, having cabins on tho Reserve in Johnson county, nnd claiming a residence therein, though generally absent,had voicd at some of llio preciuts in that county ; but we are computed that but a vory incon siderable number, not reaching, wo believe, one hundred, of Mi.isourians or other persons bavins no admitted right to vote, did claim o attempt to excrciso that right, any where within that county. The people of Missouri cannot be justly charged with any interfer ence in tlio Into election, nor nro ihey in any degree complicated with tho evidently fraud-lent returns made from the precinct oLOx-ford. Thoso returns, beyond all doubt, are simulated nnd fictitious. Under these circumstance?, we do not fool embarrassed by any technical difficulty, ns lo our right to go behind tho returns. Wo hold tho returns themselves to be defective in form and in substance, and therefore inadniissublc, Wo go behind them and inquire into the facts, only fur tha purpose of ascertaining whether by these valid objections to the were rcUirii.?, our rejection of them will have the ffect of defeating the will of tl.e people, sought to be fairly expressed at the polls. In tho event of such consequences, we might hesitate to reject a voto upon any defect of form, however essential in law. But in the present case, we feel ourclves bound to adhere to the very le' ter of tho law, in order to defeat a gross nnd statutes for tlio judges of the election, the rc turns being thus clearly invalid and ni w lielievo fictitious nnd simulated, we have under thu circumstances no alternative but to reject tho whole I'oturn from tho Oxford pre cinct, nnd to give the certificates to those who appealed U havo been elected by virtue of tha other regular returns. R. J. WALK Hit, Covernor of Kansas Territory, Fred. p. sta:cton. Secretary, lt i4jili( Bayard Taylor, writing from the Arctic n gions Xorthem coast of Russiasays: I tun tired of this unending daylight, and would willingly exchange tho pomp of tb Arctic midnight for the starlit darkness of homo. We are confused by the loss of night; we lose the perception of lime. Ono is never sleepy hut simply tired, nnd .aflor a sleep of eight hours by sunshine wakes up ns tired as ever. His sleep at last U broken nnd irregular; ho substitutes a number of short naps, distributed through tho twenty-four hou-s, for tha ono natural rep iso, and finally get into a stato of general uneasiness nnd discomfort. A Ilanimerfest merchant, who has mado frequent voyages to Spitzborgvn, told mo Ih-Jt in tho latitude of 8i) deg , he never know cor. tainly whether It was day or night, and the cook was the only person on board who could tell him. At first, the noctdmal sunshine strikes you as being wonderfully conve.ii.-nt. You lose nothing of the sceifcry ; you can read or write as usual; you never need be iu a hurry, because there is lima enough for everything. It is not necessary to d. your d iy's work in the daytime, for no ni0'!it cmnetli. You are never belated, and somewhat of the stress of life is lifted Iroin your slioul lers. But, after a time, you would ba glad of an excuse lo stop seeing, aril observing, an I thinking, and even enjoying. There is no comi-.il rive rest, such ns darkness brings im sweet isolation, which is tho best refreshment of sleep. You lie down in the broad day, nnd the summons, ' Arise '" attends on every rwijDiiing of your eyes. I never went below and saw myfill-low-pissengers all asleep aro in I up, without n sudden feeling that something was wrong. They were drugged, or under soma unnatural influence, thnt they thus slept so fast, while tho suiis'aiile streamed in through the port holes. A Model WoHia i'. " Did you not say, LUen. that Mr. B. is poor ? " ' Yes, he has only his profession " " Will your Uncle favor his suit ? " " Xo, and I Can cxpwt nothing (nun him." " Then, Lllen you will have to resign fash-ionabto society." " No matter ; I.shall see the mora of Fred." " You must give up expensive dress." "0!i, Fral admires simplicity." " Yo.i cuiaot ko.-pa ca.i.i;e " " But we can luivO delightful walks." "You must tako a small bouse and furnish it plainly." Yes fur clegnnt furniture would be out of place in a cottage." " Yen will Lave to cover your floor wilU cheap thin carpet." " Oh, then I hear his step the sooner." posed vote is rendered all important by tire j J consideration that our fact, that tlio political charactor of tho Legis- ' 1 ........ ..... lativo Assembly will bo controlled by tho nd- lition of threo Councilmon and eight Repre sentatives to tho strength of ono party or the dCT "Aid you ever know such a mechani cal eeniua as inv son ? ' aaid an old lady. He has mado fiddle out of his head, and ho has Wood enough for another." jT'' You want tt flogging, that's what you do," said a parent to his unruly son. '" I know it. dad but I'll try to get nlong without Ml," replied the brat. other, ncconling to tho adoption or rejection of tho returns in qucs'.ion. In point of fact, it is well known, that even tho wholo County at Johnson, comprising, s it does, part of an Indian reserve, which, upon examination of tho law, wo find is not yet subject to settlement or pro-cuiption, can give no such voto as that which U represented to have been polled at this inconsidcrablo pro duct of Oxford. But whilo this unofficial knowledge, well established nnd universal as it may be, could not become tho giound of de cision nnd action upon election ro'iirns, iu themselves regular nnd authentic, the lcgitl" mate effect of an apparent enormity, such as that in question, would necessarily bo lo in duce a closo examination of the paper present ed, and to rcquiro for its acceptance a perfect coniplianco with all tho essential provisions of tho law. Bucll an examination of this floes-ment, conscientiously and impartially made, has brought us to the conclusion that the returns from Oxford precinct in Johnson county must be tvholly rejected for tho following reasons : 1st. It docs not nppcnr on the face of the document presented to , or in any other nm'nnef, that the Judges of Flection took tho oath imperatively required by the statute, to scenre Iks " impartial discharge of their duties sccording to law." 21. It docs not appear that llio paper presented to us Was one of iho two original poll- books kept at tho election, as required by law; but, on the contrary, it does appear from un mistakable inlcrnat evidence, that the paper own party, by ibis decision, will lose the imv jority in tho Legislative Assembly, does not make our duty in the premises less solemn and imperative. The elective franchiso would be utterly vol-uless, and freo government itself would re ceive a deadly blow, if so groat nn outrage as this could bo shielded under the cover of mcro formstind technicalities. We cannot couseid, in nny manner, to givo th sanction of our respective official positions to such a transaction. Xor cart we fee! justified to relieve ourselves of tho proper responsibility of our o I'.cers, in a caso where there is no valid return, by submitting tho question to ttio Legislative Assemble, and in that very net giving the partes that might claim to be chosen by this puilous vote, tue power to Uccda upon timir own election. In view of the condition of affairs in Kansas for several years past, of the efforts so long made to put in operation here a revolutionary government, and of the fact that this effort wns susjicndcd under tho belief that tlio po litical difliculliesof Uiis territory might al length bo faiily adjusted nt tho polls ; if that ailjustuiont should now bo defeated and tho people deprived of their rightful ytfwer undor the laws of Congress, by fictitious returns of votes never given, it is our solemn conviction, that tho pacification ol Kansas, through thf exercise of A olcctirs frauclnso would be-como impracticable, and that civil war would imtnediaUiy bo recommended ! !iis terrilci'y, extending we fear, to adjacent States, and subjecting thogovcHunojot of the LVion lo imminent pcrH. . Because, Uiereforo, the paper now under ex amination is not of tht original poll-books, by It am . " I had always in my life," says darkey Hannibal, " found de gals lo ba fust in lub, fust in de fiance, and de fust in do ice cream saloon, mid do fust best nnd de last in do sick room. What would we poor debbils do without dem ? Let us be burn as young, as ugly and as helpless ns wo please, and a woman s arm nm open lo recebo us ; idic it am who gubs us our fust doso oh c istor oil and puts clozo 'pen our helpless naked limb, and cub-bcrs up our footscs nnd loses in long ilannol pott?eoat, it am she, who, ns wo grow up, fills our dinner basket we 1 doa nuts and ap- , pies as we stnrt to school, and licks us whc wo tears our trowsers." BE.vns ix Maisf.. The bears in Piscataquis county havo bean making g'cat devastation among tho young stock. Tha B.iagor Whig says that many calves nn 1 shep have baen killed by them this fall in tint county. At a recent husking in M.m ton, the cries of a calf were beard nearby, and tha man rushing out. found a largo baar holding tho calf with owe paw and boating his skull with theother.--Ho was so determined upon his prey that h turned and offered fight to the first man who came up, but thought baiter of it when lis saw tho man's backers and made rapid track lo tho woods. "The AiiEiitCAS L.vsouaoe." Tho Russian govornmcnt has decided that hereafter, in tho public schools of Iiluintsh, where fhoir principt cominerco is with America, the German lanirnago shall bo suppressed, and tli American bnguaga substituted in its place. "This is tho rst time," say the L"udo f -respondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser, " that I have seen tho English officially called iho American language." llASnsoMR Pnr..f.sT. President Ruvhaniua has forwarded n Quo gold watch and chain (valued at iW) to Cipt. ol'iiMn, f ti Norwegian bark " Ellen," as a recognition of his noble conduct iu tha rescuo of the Central America passengers. It was tirwavded thro .ho hands of Collector Siwyer, at Nor!blk.-r The compliment is well dejarved and v:pHbestowed. .. i ,un.ni nr i law reauired to bo returned, and from theab- has ten ...ado up for the ccc .sion, nnd is not sence of the rath fixmU ty the terntorml conjecture, A Paniuuf is Jsdiasa. V pamW wan killed recently star llet&vR, Jtfaoroe ,ov' Indiana. He moasurcd, from tip lo tip, near, ly scvon feet, and weighod upwards of a bun,. dred pounds. Whonce bo ctue is jxist all I a V . y. m iv : J.