Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-10-20

              K'.it-"4f i.-.. y.rn Jtv ,i 'i;11 it r.iri rrT-iT-r ?ti t-i 1!,M .Vi..-iUj ,ii jUI HIV MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 20, 1857. NO. 0 VOL T t 1 t II S .W .V ?i "11 41 Vi ' J 1111 It Jl 1,11 KII 111 AW IF' 1 1 til in. DliY COOPB JHEftCil A NTS. J, flpdrf i Co,, M!-t'( 1 door north B. 8. it Coj, Bank. CurtUi 3app A Co,, Itnld'lt., 1 doof loath Young k Hyde's jewelry store, if, fi, Wuodbrldo, Merchant, Produce Douler and fjottlinission .Merchant, Muin-at. Hoard A Mead, !fo. 3, Ducliingliilln's Emporium, S. ', W. corner Main and Oaiubior-sts. N. N. Hill, corner Jlain and dumbier-sts, D, 1), Curtis, No, 3, Kremlin Block. J. MotntyreA Co., Norton Corner, opposite Warden li Burr'a. ' Vardon & Burr, Stin-at.,No. 130, J. W. Millor, Malu-st., botWooii.Vlno anil Gnmbior Is. B. Ward.oorner Main add Vine, Ward's Rlnck. dames nutchlnson,Maln-st.,opp. Lybrnnd House, , , GltOCi ItS. S. W. Wearer, Wholes, Jo Orocor, No, 102, Main-st. O. B. I'otwm, Wholesale Oroeer, Kremlin No. 1. Bmith A Ulchards, Grodfy and Provision dealers, Main-st., Banning Block. W. T. lkssett, Orooer and Notion dealer,Muin-at-Jaiuos George, Wholesalo and Retail, corner Main and Uambier. S. A. Trott, Main-st., t door south Russell's Drug ' Store. It. Thompson, Main-st., Masonic IlallBuilding. Jos. Watson, corner Jones' Block, oast end. Jos. Sproulo, Jones' Block, west end. BOOT A. D MIOES. Miller A White, No. 3, Miller Building, Main-st. f. V. Frederick, Main-st., 3 doors south Woodward Hall. ' Waltor Smith, Main-st. next door to R., S. 4 Cos. E. S. S. Knno & Sun, Warner Miller's Bliwk.Muiii-st. Nat McUiffin, Buekiuham's Emporium, No. 2. CLUTllINU il KitC 1 1 ATMS. A. Wolff, Woudwar.1 Bl.wk, Main-st. L. Munk, Sigu of tho L ,noStar, Maln-st. J. Epstein It Ilro., Lybrand Block, Maiu-st. , Miller & Coopor. 1 door south Kon yon House. , ! . . TIN AM) .vrovks. Sob Evans, south end Main-st-.' ' IP.'Hua t'abarry & dun, Masonic U:ill Building, 51ain-st iiAUim Ai ti. A. Wosivor, Main-st., fow doors S. Ticnton House. C. C. Curtis, Main-st., ncxtdoor to Ilydo & Young's. J. MoCormack, No. 1 and , Kremlin Block. .s 1)1)1. litiY. G. W. Hauk, Main-st, llauk's Building. W. M. MoiTunl, northeast oornor Marliut House. A. OiUiuin, Maiu-st., over CurtU' bardwaio store ' '" M I'i U C H N T TAILOKS. II Clark, Main St., Ward's Blook. A. l'ylo, cornor Main and Gauibior sts. IHTTBUS W. L. King, Muin-at.yKriirf's Block. 0. Silor, Main-at., balow G.tmbicr. Diti ensrs. W. It. Uusscli, No. 1, liuckinghani's Einp., M:tln-st, City D.-ug Store, Maiu-st., opp. Kenyon Houso. M. Abcrnotliy, Main-st., adours ubuVo Gnnibicr. Jt.W ICI.r.US W. B. Brown, Main, I door south Woodward Block, nydo& Young, Main-st., opposite Woodbridge's. Win. Oldroyd, Mainst., West side. QUKKSSWAKU. -o. p. Arnold, TVituuwam umcn, Mnin-t. IM'VI'ISIUY. O. E. MoKown, Ward's Block, south-acst oornor of Main mid V mo. : CM. Kelsoy, Gambier-st.,2 doors oast of Main. KoOK SIOUU. M. Whito, Miler's Block,Main-at.-A. W. Lippitt, Main-st., oppoaito tho Kenyon House pwirrr--MM,iiw'in1M,w " -f "' h "' ' - ' ' MOUNT VERNON, OniO. R'Wtns in Haul's Jiirialin- , Main Slrxt. rfMIE COURSE OF INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN A doniilod tlio m-nt thorough, oxioudod and practical one now taught in any similar Institution. It embraces, Bookoeping in all its varii us bran-elios, as applied to Wuolosulo, Kotnil, Shipping, Coimnmioii, Stoarab ,ating, llailroaditig, Jobbing. Munufaotiiring, Compound Cuinpaiiy Buaiuoas and Banluog. Ljctures d .'liverod on Comm ;rcial taw, Commercial Ethics, Political Economy, io. TERMS: For full courso timo unlimited iticluding lcc- turo- , For full oourso in Lidics' Dcoartincnt,. 20 DioUmt, 2 For full particulars send for circular. FOR SALE; In.VVE ON HANI) A GOOD TURNING LATHE 'Hiiablo tor Uuoniui.O.i. and various purposes which 1 Will sell on renscnablc torun. . ,W II COCHKAN, RcalEstuto July21w3 and Uon Agent. BAr.iiAIN. A good Thrashing Mnoliino A llorsv l'ower for sale at a bargain. Inquire' of - ' W. II. CtH.'llHAN. Real Kstnteiind : m.rll I t Hon. Atfnnt. - .SnElUffS SALK. Anthony B inning, v Daniel Mctirady and others. BY 'BRi'UU of an ordor of salo isauud out of tho Court of C .mmou I'lcus of Km x County, Onto, and to mo llncu.cd, I will off. r at public sulu at thod'Hirof tho Court House in the city of Mount Vernon, on Saturday, Novomb.-r 7ib, Ida?, between tho hour) of It) o'elick t in o I 1 i in f sud liy the following decribil real ot.it i, situate in the -County of Knox and State of Ohio-, tn-witi Lot No. 18 in the town of Mount Vernon, Km i County, Oaio; taken in execution and to bo sold as the prop-.try of the dofondant to sati-fva judgment in favor f the plaintiu. I. t'NDEUVN OUD, Shlf. ootl3wiprl'id . r Z S IEIUFFS SALE." William n.Ciiruu,va Jaonb B. I'ratt and others. 1, UltSUAN'f to su order of Solo ismied out of the Court of Coininou l'i..-as of Knox County, Oitio, and to me dirue.ed, 1 will otter for sale at public auction, at the door of the Curt House, in the city of Mount Vernon, in the County and titnto aforesaid, ou Saturday the U;h any of Noveuihoi', A. D. Isjr, botweeu the hours of 10 o'clock a ui and 4pm on said day, tho following described real estate, situate in tbo County of Kimx und State of Ohio, ud being lot No 1 2j two iu Henry B. Curtis' addition to the town of Ml. Vernon, in said Knox County, O., as designated on the recorded plut of said addition; taken as the property of the in id dufeudani, Jaeob 1). Pratt, and to be sold to sntiafy a judgment iu favor of the plaintiff. . I. UNDERWOOD, Stiff. ocU3w5prlt:j LICUAL NOTICE. ' HarrUtB. Straiten vs Milton Stratton In Knox Common Pleas, O. l'otition for Divorce. The said Miltont Straiten Is hereby notified thst the said HarrietV S.Tatton, on tbt 8th day of October, A. D. 186r,tcd in the cffl,-e of th. Clerk of the Court of Comiriun Pleas of Knox county, Ohli , a politioll against mo eatu ,-niuon tstraiion, praying for a divoroe from him ou the ground of wilful ab-tence for more then throe years, and that said petition will none on for bearing at tb. next Spring -Torm of said Court. , ooUwd DELANO. SAPP4 SMITn, Attys for Plh. JfcSSE VEHNON'S ESTATE.' ' The undersigned have been duly appointed and qualified as Administrator and Administratrix upon tha (state of Joss. Vernon, deceased, lata of Knox Co., 0. All persona indebted to said ostatearo required to mnko payment withoutdcUy.and those having claims against the same win prescqi mem, uuiy au .Utentienttid as the law direct". . JONATIIAN WOOD, oetl3w3 " -, ,, nACHEIi VERNON, AND ramembor that TUB plaoe to buy gr4 Om it and cheap cboods, and anything you wnnt from a pin to a log oton, la at jiil,lxh r. ' apriHtf. ' 1 From tho New York Independent. '8TEIt ST1IAI01IT TO HIE." A Tathcr rowing with his little uon, touched nt a Bttiall island, where ho loft hi in to await Ins rvturn. Hut when ho would have gone buck to the child, a fog so denso shrouded the waters to cut him Dtr enlirel y from tno in- lund. Wunderhig lung here and there, in despair of uccotnpllKhing bis object, a sound hum nlur tloaled to lim ear, and tie recotrntzen the voice of his little child, "Steer st a'-lit to nio, father steer slruight to me." ith this for tt guide, tho way so dubious was opened before him, and the bout soon reached the little island lor his rescue. Some days afterward the child sickened and died, leaving the mourning and Unchristian parent longing as before to regain his lost one, but in despair as to tho way ', and then did memory bring buck the dear child's voice from the lonely isle, and eagerly he obeyed the same voice now that ever seemed culling him from Heaven, " Steer straight to me, lather steer straight to mo." A sdnny l-lo on the ocean lay, And abark at morn had aailed that Wayj And there on the islet green and wild, A father bad loft bis little child. "Stay hero, my boy, til' I oomo for thee;" And far away on the waves aailed he, But ere his bark to the islo wont back, A fog came down on its silent track. And wandering now was the father wild, About on the wavo for his darling child, For nothing thoro was toguido his way, Where the islo at morn with his treasure lay. Wearily, drearily sailed her on, Nur nearer came to his little one, And wearily, drearily wnrotho hours, To tho boy, now tired of the woods and llowors. But list! what floats on the thickoncd air T Who culls to tho frantic wanderer there, , And whence is tbo sound that ho stops to hear ? Straight tome, father father steer." It floated long, and it floated wido, And it pointed the way o'er the darkened tide, 'Twas a childish voice, but swoot and clear, Straight to me, father father sioer." Days passed, and a bark wai. launch 'd onccmorc. And the child was left on a heavenly shore ; Again was tho fathor wandoring lone, Without a guido to his darling one. But deep in tho midst of woo and sin, A little Voice was culling him, An angel's voioo, and ho stops to hoar "titruight toino, fnthor fathor stoor.,' nei iLitu u tow N INDEPENDENT FAIR! OCTOliEll 8TU AND UTH. Eq Cochran hear Sir: Being present on the 2d duv of this Fair, it gives mo pleits- uro to send you a fow items thereof, as they passed Deuiro me. Of course a report so hastily produced, must bo imperfect in some points. The pcoplo of this enturpiizing coininunity still show a spirit of activity, intelligence and good order rarely met with, and the large display of good humor, together with the harmony of tho pleasant grove and tho beauties of the day, made every thing pass oil' very happily. We found a good corps of Officers, and a good arrangement tor the display, of which wo proceed to spenk ft litlla in detail. The entries at the guto of all kinds are 806 At Floral Hall, 150 Tiitnl, 450 In this Mail are displayed a largo variety of quilts, needle-work, &c, and a larger variety of Indies. 01 vegetables tho variety is not great, nor the qualities remarkable yet Mr. David Cis-net-and Mr. Wulford made a very respectable display of potatoes, squashes, beets, pumpkins and corn the lust being particularly large, and yielding enormously, Mr. Cu-D-ii's tsivng no le s than 107 bushels per acre. Others also show very largo corn, proving that this year is a successful one, nt least in this important grain. Mr. C. Co-ner gives us n sample of his potatoes, sq'iashes, and Tobacco I (Did not seo any vihuknj w ith the tobacco, though they usually go together-) Fuller and Daniels show their skill in th inging wheat into splendid Hour, while J. C. Anton shows white w heat, so pure and plump as lo produce a smile on every face, mid a feeling ut the heart very much like Yankee iIuikIIo. Geo. Neptune also shows a beautiful sample of Hay wheat not lo bo sown but reaped in May, I suppose. Of manufactures on exhibition, carriages take the lend. Messrs, Dowler & D.uigtass and Mr. Gibson of this place, each shuw a carriage of exquisite stylo ind workmanship, doing cretin to their taste ana skill, ana Honor to I ho place. Mr. Smderson, of Mt. Vernon, also favors us with two carriages from his establishment, which proclaims his taste and enterprise in n way decidedly creditable. Let me say here that if our mechanics meet yours next Fall in full fair at Mt. Vernon, as wo now cxpict to do, yours must look out fur their laurels. Wo noticed a single carriage wheel made by Mr. ilough.on the Allen Farm, near town, (who is recently from N. J ) which is very hard to beat for symmetry and strength. Ik-is no duubt an excellent woikman. ' Of horses there is not much display and in this l.ne others must furnish you the i etna. Of cattle, wo make a good shownifr,. f he beautiful Bull of John Meridelh of Morrow county, is here, and wmiu of his other stock This Hull is a very fair competitor w ith that of Citpt S. Wright. They arc both very fair animals. Mr. Meredith's heifer " Fanny," 2 years and 4 months old, and weighing 1205 pounds, asserts the value of his stock in unmistakable bingtigo. We noticed a 2 year old heifer of some body's that weighs 1OC0 pounds. This wc call "fast stock" in a belter sense than the term gencrnlly signifies. Wo also saw a call 7 months old which weighs 700 pounds. Such a growth seems to justify good feeding. Of swine we have gome good specimens. Tbo Sultblks nd Chestor Whites appearing as ri-vals ; the latter probably taking the lead for making heavy pork, while the former may make pork at a less expense. Mr. E. Martin shows a lot of very eood Merino Bucks, assuring ui that the reign of " broad cloth'; ia out likely to fail for want of raw material. We must not omit to mention harness displayed by- Mr. Lucien Kigby, a young manufacturer of this place, i lie workman ship deserves patronage ; and this leads me lo bring before you, as a friend of the whole hu man family, tho manifest truth that our Agricultural Societies do not give encouragement to Manufacturers of things intimately related to Agriculture, But I will reserve the discussion of this subjoct for another time, with your leave1. While I close these notes, the riding for tho Prize is going on. I am not much interested I coi.fess in this part of the show. . Kespcctmlly your obedient servant, F. F. P. S. T would not on anv account forsot to mention the abundant, neat, and rich re-niwt nrnvided on the trronnd bv John B Hub erts, Esq., at which the physical wants of over iW persons were tuny supplied, lor me mou-erate sum of 25 cents each. In this matter this show is incomparably better than the Stato Show at Cincinnati, and ut half the price. Tho number of people in attendance is very lanro and resuectable. No druukurd-mukers here or near here. F. F. Beautifully Said. We tnako the following beautiful extract on tho Homestead Exemption Law, from a letter recently written by Judge Dilliahunty, of Tenn. i " Secure to each family, whoso labor may acquire it, a little spot of free earth that it can call its own that will bo an asylum in times of adversity from which tho mother and the children, old age and infancy, can still draw sustenance and obtain protection, though misfortune may rob them of all else, and they feel they are still free, still entitled to walk tho green earth, and breathe the free air of heaven, in defiance of tho potency and power of accumulated wealth, and the domineering of the pretending and ambitious. The sacred-ness of that consecrated spot will make them warriors in time of eternal strife " Those shocks of corn," said Xenophon, " inspire those who raise them with courage to defend them. The largest of them in the field is as a prize exhibited in the middle of tho Stago to crown the conqueror." Secure a home to every family whose honest labor may obtain one. ai'ainst the woakness, vices or mislor-tunes of the father, and you will rivet the attention of the child in years of childhood by a stronger bond than any consideration than could exist. Ho will remember whore he gambled in his early youth, tho stream upon whose fiowery bunks he has played, and in whose limp.d waters he has bathed, and the family altar where he felt a mother's kiss and a mother's love, ami the green spot within that little homestead where sleep the loved and the lust." 05" " Marrying in haste to repent at leisure,', is aptly illustrated in this case, An elderly woman named Prudence It. Wilson, called upon Alderman Enuc, of Philadelphia, on Fritla , und made a complaint, in which she stated that she was a resident of Mana-y unk, was fifty-four years old, and had a short time ago. alter a courtship ol three days, married a man named James 13. Wilson, who represented that lie had a pleasant home on the Puint in Baltimore ; that she sold her furniture for $HJ, which, with $llil cash which sho had previously saved, she gave lo Wilson, directing him to take it to the Commercial Bunk; that W.lson had not returned after going to tho bunk, nor bad been hoard from since. Wilson, it seems, captivated this wo-mam by what she terms hi a gooi looks. She also slates that tho minister that married them is good lookiug too. Wilson had represented I that he was worth a large amount of property !:.. ............... l... I.:,. ...:r. i 111 Ullicruilb qualm,, uui. ma iiuw wile nil!, since discovered thut all his representations wore false. Thus she said Wilson has secured the nice little sum of $201, whilst Prudence is once more a widow to all intents and purpo ses. Tub Poor Siiupubbii Boy The Rev. John Brown, when a poor shepherd boy, conceived the idea of learning Latin and Greek ; und having procured a few old books, actually ac complished the task, while tending his cattle on the lulls. So success! it I was liu, that some ol tho old and superstitious people in the neighborhood, Concluded that he must have been assisted by tho "evil spirit." On one occasion, he went to Edinburgh, plaided anil barefoot, walked into a bookseller's store, and asked for a Greek Testament : " Vv bat are you going to do with a Greek Testament ?" said the bookseller. " P.Ciid it !" was the prompt reply. " Bead it !" exclaimed the skeptical book- . . . -, .. . . I. f .1. seller Willi a smite, "ye may nave iv tor noiii-imr if ve'll read it." Taking the book he quietly'read oil' a few verses, and gave the translation ; on which ho was permitted to carry oil' the G:-eck Test iment in triumph. lumbulCa titmasoj ixotuinu. Tuc Ii-ciij T.i-riAT. Pkr A trcntlcman of Cincinnati states that Nicholas Lungworth, who was in his native Stato a shoe-maker, practiced law on his removal to thai city du ,-;,, I... vh.n 1,,-ueoon 18114 and 1820. lie once received as n legal feo for defending a .... , , - .. .it . hursu-tliiel two seconu nanti copper suns. The gentleman who had them iu possession refused to give them p, but proposed to Mr. Longworth to give him a lot of ihii ty-tliree acres on Western Bow, so culled, in lieu ot them a proiosal which the latter, whuse sanguine upiniutis of the valuo of such property were ahead of his time, gladly accepted. The transaction formed tho basis of an immense Ibitune. tho naked eround being now worm over two millions of dollars. Irish DiKHftVctlon iu Kansas. J u in pit rtcilimth. Kansas correspondent of the Missouri .Democrat, mioiuis inui paper that: Tha Irwh vnterit of Leavenworth had held a meeting and unanimously repudiated the National D.-mocr.icy. Uiu.so mo oogus legislature disfranchising foreigners, although V,.l,muka I, ill cave them the ri-'lit of suf frage ; and the law making it a fine lo kidnap a white baby and death to kidnap a nigger, which bus been dwelt upon recently wuii great ell'ect. Kcpiibllcim Giiiiis in Culifoinlfl Tn 1R-UV tlm vote in Co. i forma- stood, lio- rnAA fil.U'25: Fremont. 20.337. The vote for Governor, this year, stood, Welles, Democrat, 40,000; Stani et, Republican, 27,-000, being a Democratic loss of 11,U25, and a Republican gain of 7,000, a t otal change in one year against the Democracy of 18,000. Cm. lorn. Mns. CuNNirJOHAB'g Baii,. It h heon often stated bv the friends ol Mr Cunning ham, that she ia refused bail on the present charge against her, because she is a woman. But a letral friend at our elbow assures us that .his is not tho case that a man guilty of Mm Cunningham's last olTunse. would un Uuubtedly be treated with equal vigor. N. Y. A Dollar or Two. With cautious atep aa wo tread onr way through This Intricate world, as other folks do, May wo still or our jnurnoy be ablo to vie Tbo benevolent face of a dollar or two. For an excellent thing Is a dollar or two, No friend la so true aa a dollar or two, Through country or town as we pasa up and down No passport's aogood as a dollar or two. Would you road yourself out of the bachelor crew And the band of a female divinity suo T You must always be roady the handsomo to do, Although it should cost you a dollar or two. Love's arrows are tipped with a dollar or two, Andufluotion is galnod by a dollar or two; The best aid you can meet in advancing your ault, Is the eloquent chink of a dollar or two. Would you wish your oxistenco with faith to Imbue, And enroll In the ranks of a sanctified few? To enjoy a good namo aud a well cushioned pow, You must freely come down with a dollar oi two. Tho gospel is preached for a dollar or two, And salvation li reaohed by a a dollar or two, . crimes You may sin some at times, but the worst of all Is to find yourself short of a dollar or two. Correspondence of the Mo. Republican. Di'tuils of Kimsits Eleftloii News. How the Free State Boys took them where they could Hold thm. Leaveswortii City, K. T., Oct. 6. Editor Missouri Republican ; Tho election yesterday at this place, and as far as I can learn in tho country, passed ofl' quietly. Indeed, it was tho most quiet election I ever saw. There was a company of U. 8. troops in tho vicinity of town. They did not make their appearance at or in sight of the polls. But tho Mayor had a Dutch police aruuna the polls, lor the ostensible purpose of preserving order, but they aided mure in getting their "Free Slate" brethren to tho polls than anything elso. At Ihe door where the votes were received, a barricade was erected in front. But ono man at a time could get (o the door, the place of voting. A long lino was formed, and uch man advanced as the front men voted, taking it by turns. The Free Stale, or fiepublkun party got possession of this line, and, consequently, gave the largest number of votes. Correspondence of the Mo. Democrat. Lawdesce, Oct. 6 A. M. Yesterday was Ihe first day of tho election. According to the bogus laws, the polls can be kept open two, or even three days, if ihe judges see lit. This provision of the laws will be taken advantage ol in many localities. The polls are to be oiicned again to day in Lawrence When they were closed last evening, 615 vot'-s had been cast. Of these, only 0 were pro slavery. At Lecompton, the Free State men came ineurly in large numbers. They went mmetdatelu to the polls, an l theju lges ap pointed under bogus rale not being there, they i . i . . r . -.. , -t .1.. elected mree oj viar own itumuer jumjci oi election. Two if these were out-and-out Abolitionists, anl the other a vrry good Free Stale man. Three hundred Free State votes were cast, and about one. .hundred pro-sbvury. The polls, will be opened again to-day at Locoiiiptou. At Lexington, a precinct on the Shawnee reserve, 08 pro slavery and 24 Free Stato votes were cast. At tho precinct nearest Westport, the polls had just boon opened when the express came through. The Free Slatemen were present in large numbers, and were challenging Missouri votes. A strong loree ol pro-slavery men was mustering against thctu. A dilli- culty was anticipated. It will be noticed mat donnson county gives a heavy Do-mocntic majority. The readers of tho following paragraph, from the Missouri Democrat, will not wonder at it : Tho Democracy in Johnson county have made arrangements admirably adapted to their purposes, tins county lias been divided into eight precincts. For a county so lliinly set tled, this is a most unusual numhor. I he most populous county in tho Territory has only four. These uight precincts all lie within a few miles ot the Missouri border. Each precinct has three judges of electiun. The judges of election at one precinct all reside in Missouri. ' Uno or two ol tno judges at sev eral other precircts are also Missourians. It cannot be supposed that these judges will pre vent their brother Missourians from voting It is expected that at least twelve hundred votes will be polled in the township of Little Santa Fe. This town lies just within the Missouri border. A few houses have, how ever, been built on tho Kansas side of the line, and polls have been opened. It is Iron) places like this that tho National Democrats wilt receive their largo majorities. Who will wonder if thoy succeed ? (jdf One of tho survivors of tho Central Amaica. in narrati -.g his sensations while flouting on the waves after tho vessel had sunk, gives tha fullowin j forcible illustration of the power of conscience and memory : " I guess I had been about four hours in tho water, and had floated away from the rest, when the waves ceased to make any noise, and I heard in y mother say, 'Johny, did you ent sister's grapes ? 1 hadn't thought of it for twenty years ut least. It hud gone ctear cut ol my mind. 1 had a sister mat died of consumption more than thirty years ago, and when sho was sick I was a hoy of eleven or so a neighbor had sent her some earlv hot-house grapes. Well, theso grapes J . " i i .. i i were ion in a room wnore w as, mm i ought to have been skinned alive fur it, little rascal that I was I devoured them alt. Mother came to mo after I had gone to bed, when she couldn't find the fruit for sister to moisten her mouth within tho night, and said, "Johnny, did you cat sister's grapes V " I did not add to the meanness of my conduct by telling a lie. 1 owued up, and my mother went away in tears, but without flogging me. It occasioned mo a qualm i f con.cience for many a year alter ; but, us I said, for twenty years at 1 ast I had not thought of it, till when I was floating about benumbed with cold 1 heard it as plain as ever 1 heard her voice in my lilo I heard my mother say, "Johnny, did you cut sister's grapes ? " 1 don't know how to account for it. It did not scare mo though I thought it was a pressure of my death. : Au old nirtu'a Testimony. Grant Thorhurn, in a letter addressed to "Mr. Printer," aud writton on ltis eighty-tint birthday, says the Bible has been the guide of his life, lie contiuues : "It's all a delusion," gays the ghost of Tom l'aino. the Pope and the Devil. If so it .is a very cheap delusion, (you can buy a Bible for a very little) rery pleasant and very comfortable delusion ; it has carried me over the storms of eizhty winters. - It will carry me over the swelling of Jordan, the noigj of w hose waters are sounding In my oars. . Having carried this chart (the Bible) during a long voyage and always found it correct. I recommend it at a sure guide 1 THE MARCH OF TUB ANGLO'S AX- OH. Did you ever seo the story of an old Swit- zor who had parted from his kindred, his lund, and hit lungtinge, and sought a home in our western world f Years rolled on, and the time camo for the old man to die ho lay upon his bed voices were hushed, for the old man slept tho lights grew dim, diintnor than the eyes of the faithful watchers. Slid? denly the dreamer started hislips moved; ho was dreaming uiouu. i tiey listened to catch his words, but the accents were strange, and told of anothor land. In his dream, ho was a child again, beneath tho shadow of the eternal Alps ho was at homo, on tho freo soil of his fatherland tho rush of the wild torrent swelled upon his dying car tho song of his sister floated clear and sweet through the door of tho "cot where ho was born" ; but again he started, opened his eyes and said. " It was beautiful and holy, but 'twas all a dream tho Alps aro not hero, my kindred are not hero ; no, no ; I am still marching with tho Anglo-Saxon." There were volumes of history in that old man's sentence Yes, he was marching with that Iron race whose star was now in the ascendant, and who wore tracing characters deep and broad, fur tho Ait tiro to read, from the scroll of time. Thirteen centurie3 before, that proud race with whom tro old Switzer was marching was prowling with its peer the bear in tho dark forests of Northern Germany. But rapidly had the great wheel of human destiny revolved rapidly had the mighty glory or former races rolled away rapidly had that flerco 'ribo emerged from darkness to power and civilization, und now was rapidly rounding up in its meridan. Was it not an Anglo-Saxon who struck the negative from that mutto, and with " Plus Ultra" nailed to tho mast of his fragile bark, when the wind blew Ireo, grasped tho " tiller " and went down like the king of day in the dim west ? Did not that wild adventurer, too, after months had confirmed the fear that he had sunk forever beneath tho waters of the western ninin, annonco to a wondering world that ho had discovered a sister world, a real giant Amazonian world, more glorious in its reality than sages wish or poets dream ? Anon, too, did not Anglo-Saxon forms stand firm with a fiiith unshaken upon tho icy rocks ot Plymouth ? And who can tell what saved them whon, friendless, housless, nye, everything but faithless, the blasts of a now England winter howled through thesnow-covor-ed pines of a Nw England forest ? . But the scene changed tho forest monarchs bowed benoath tho vigor of Anglo-Saxon strokes, and soon harvest songs floated o'er valley and hill ; ami now the Saxon had gained tho rocky threshold of Plymouth, "a place whore wolves might fear to prey." But his tireless inarch went on. Away to the west lay tho valleys of tho Mohawk aud Genesee, half fabulous in thoir fertility ; but, to possess them, the Saxon must pass hostile tribes, exaggerated in every respect save their inhuman cruelty. But this did not sfop him. Soon tho ring ot the woodman's axe was heard on tUo banks- of Van MoUa'wk, and next tha Saxon was sowing wheat in tho " Genesee country." But tha ''Gencseo country" did not stop him on he went, and soon the crack of tho Saxon's rifle reverberated along the still waters of the Ohio. Well, ho " blazed " tho forest trees, and on he wont, threading tho tangled wilds of tho West a name as boundless a? his ambition. Soon again the Saxon stood upon the banks of a broader, darker river. It was tho " Father of Waters" tho turpid Mississippi; but the canoo of the red man ferried him over, and with "Plus Ultra," tho pass-word of his race, he plunged into tho waving grass of the western prairie that imuiense meadow of Omnipotence. Tho Indian and tho bison fled from his track, as no trees could be " blazed," the occasional gravo of a comrade told the rear thut hero the Saxon van had passed. Weary days rolled on, and slill the Saxon was marching toward the selling sun. At length, a long line like a low cloud or furrow i i the prairie, broke the inouony of green and blue. It was a lurrow, a Irosted lurrow. in God's great western field. Tho Saxon stood at tho baso of I ho liocky Mountains; but tho "Southern lass was won, and "Westward Ho ! " echoed along those rocky peaks, and through and on ho goes, till tho murmur of tho Pacific falls upon his ear. Hero at last, tho Anglo Saxnn for a brief space haughtily bows to the God-terminus. But already has he cast wistful glances toward tho "isles of the sea." He lias Hidden from frozen Alaska where tho " wolf's low howl " has answered back his shout, to tho smoky peaks of tho Moxican Cordilleras. To pacify her spoiled children, the goddess Fortuno leased them tho " Ophir of the West," but it hardly caused a halt ; fur,soon,too soon, tho roviello sounds for a Southern march, and tho Anglo- Saxon " folds his tent like the Arab," and complacently prepares to plunder tho " Pearl of tho Antilles." liutot this anon. Holla. Marble-Head, Sept. 21. ,1 Case of I'rub ibie Suspended Animation. On tho 2J of October wo published the death of a married lady, of this city, which occurred suddenly on inursnay me isi insi. Tho friends ol the lamily assembled on Saturday, tho 3d. to attend the funeral, but it having been di.-covered early on that day that the body still preserved its natural ap-nuamnco. it was decided to perform the servi ces in tho house, deferring tho burial lor the present. Tho body was accordingly removed from the collin to the bed, and now continues in a stato of nerfect Preservation and natural condition, on this the seventh day since its supposed decease. , Tho utmost solicitude exists, of course, in tho family, and cverv elfort is beintr made to assist nature in the restoration of Tier func tions, althaugh as yet no symptoms of active life have nunearcd. It would seem to bo a case fur tho must extreme measure to bo adop ted, lest tho prolonged suspensiou ol lilo may of itself nrove fatal : and vet instances of a pause of weeks in tho natural powers, are said to have been rccordod in Europe. .v. i . rost,un. ' ftir A good ji ke, say's the Svracnso Stand ard, is related of Miss G, a laughter-luving, good-natured lass, who was spending the al- lernoan wttb a neighbor, and during supper ihe conversation turned to hens, &c. Miss G. observed that her lions did nut lay scarcely any eggs, and she could not tell the reason. u Why," observed Mr. P., " my hutislny very well. I go out among them almost every day and get egji." " Gracious !" wag the irstunt rojoiner, " I wish you would come aver to our house, and run with our hens a spell, I'm sure fathor would pay you well for your trouble." She'll do. ... OrKoep your store of smiles and your kindest thought for home ; givo to the world only tho3C which are to spire. Correspondence of the Cincinnati Commercial. LETT E It FUOItl KAN.AS. Lawiiehce, K. T., Oct. 4th, 1857. Eds. Cosi. : I have not written you for sometime, not that I have lost all interest in Kansas affairs, but I had become too thoroughly disgusted with the administration of affairs in Kansas to write about it. Walker has at last shown his full colors, and is "horso, foot und dragoons," with all the influence he can muster, operating with tha cut-throats and nullifiers. for the subjugation of Kansas. For two weeks past, he has laid around the fort, holding secret caucusos with tho mort violent pro-slavery men, such as Isaacs, LccomptoV Co. About a week ago, a reliable Freo State man was sont to Gov. Walker, duly accredited as a simon pure Border Ruffian ; Walker was very sociable, and said, among other things, that By God, wo (the pro-slavory men,) must carry Leavenworth county." Carry it just as thoy aro preparing to carry it, by invasion. Hundreds of Missourians are to-day camped upon tho Delaware Reservation, in defiance of law, for tho purpose of voting to-morrow, who say, with Gov. Walker, "DyUud, we must carry Leavenworth county ;' whilst in our district, the populous Free State county of DoiiL'lus, is attached to the btiawnee Ueserva- tion, with a scattering population, but which lies nlong side of Missouri. In Douglas wo have four election places, and many voters must go fifteen miles to vote. Johnson, with not one-fourth tho population, has seven election precincts, and they are nearly all just along the Missouri lino. One at Oxford, men can stand in Missouri and put votes into tho box on the Kansas side ; and this is what we aro told is a fair election. Walker refuses to send any troops to the frontier, but such towns as Lawrenco, Topeka, &c., &c., arc to be honored with a 'small squad of "soldiers to protect the ballot-box ;" or, in other words, to intimidate tho Frco State men and prevent as many from voting as possible, with the aid of their pro-slavery judges. 1 he luct is, with a Free Stato majority of ten to ono, we are to bo beat 1st, by disfranchising over one-half of the Territory in counties. 2d. In counties almost unanimous for freedom, by giving only one voting place in a county, thus obliging voters to travel from 10 to 30 miles or not vote. 3d. By appointing all pro-slavery men judges, who will allow anybody to vote who will voto the pro-slavery, alias .National Democratic ticket, and exclude as many Free State men, with tho troops to back them, as possible ; tho invasion of from three to five thousand Missourians into tho unprotected precincts along the line. Yet the Free Sta'e men aro working hard, and what may possibly bo tho result it is hard to predict. My op:nion would be to-day, that, in spite of the odds against us, we shall elect our Delegate to Congress by fruni five to ten thousand ma jority, and that tho Ruffians will again carry tho Legislature. 1 will try and Keep you posted from day to day. Yours, OHIO. You Lore Me so Dearly. There are times when- we learn as much from our children as they learn from us. There is something in the artless simplicity of childhood that proves stronger than the care'worn severity ol mature years. I was sittiin' on the piazza at evening, musing too doubtfully on the future, and letting tho cluuds uf care darken tho beauty ol a brilliant sunset I will not say what burden weighed upon tho spirit, nor what doubt bad risen as to the course of Divino Providence. Just then little feet were heard, and my child ran gaily to my extended arms. Catching the playful spirit of my little girl, I seized her in my arms and held her over the railing as if to let her fall. Astonished nt her want of fear, I asked, What, not afraid ? Why don't you cry ? won't I let you fall ? No, papa love me so dearly, was the instant reply. I cannot tell what instruction thrilled like coi-dial through my soul. The words of period confidence lingered in my ears and entered my heart. It is impossible that a father's love should let full the child who lies smiling in his arms. How then can tho Heavenly Father let tall tho children who trust in Him. Every doubt is rebuked and and every for-boding put to tho blush, by the lesson which a clvld has uttered. Are wo not the sons ol God ? And is our future destiny too sublime fur comprehension, so it doth not yet appear what we shall lie ? Kind Woid. They ncvor blister the tonguo or lips. And we have never heard of one mental trouble arising from this quarter. Though they do not cost much, yet they accomplish much. They help one's own good nature and good will Soft words soften our own soul. Angry words aro tuel to the flame of wrath, and mako tho bluzo more fierce. Kind words make oilier people good natured. Cold words freeze people, and hot words scorch them, and bitter words make them bitter, and wrathful words mako them wrathful. There are such a rush of all kinds of words in our days, that it seems desirable to give kind words a chapce among them. Thoro tiro vain words, and idle words, and hasty words, and spiteful words, and warliko words. Kind words also produce their own imago on men's souls. And a bouutiful image it is. They sootho, and quiet, and comfort the hearer. They shame him out of his sour, moroso, unkind feelings. We have not yet begun to use kind words in such abundance as thoy ought to be used. 1'ascal. Grape from California. Mr. Stetson, of tho Astor House, has been entertaining his guests recently, with grapes from the other sido of tho continent. Thoy wero plucked some forty days since, at Lo Angelos, California, and were nearly as fresh and fragrant as if they had been brought yesterday from Croton Poiut. Thoy aro sweeter than any that come to our market, and have a stronger flavor than ours commonly possess. In t-iie tho dilferencc is not material The success of this shipment shows that California may yet bo ablo to export commodities of more valuo than her gold. This city niiuht during certain seasons, furnish a market for Ave hundred thousand pounds of grapes por month at fifty cents a pound. And if so, why is not the grape, olive anu iig culture, and the wino manufacture of California worthy of tho attention of New York Capitalists. K. Y. Ptst, "ith. Eutvt Aupao! At the lato Illinois State Fair held at Peoria, the products of Union, the banner county of EgvpU "astonished the natives." lleiup was exhibited 1 V leot huth Chinese sugar cane Id feet high, planted In June and fully ripe ; corn I'd feet high, with the highest ears 13 foot high ; 65 ears weighing tft pounds. A bushel of corn In the ear weighs 70 pounds, and contains from 90 to 100 ears. This gives some idea of tho monsters pulled from a fnrty aero field. Wili lor no Mum Wcaltlt, '' "I wish I had hit money," said younyt hearty looking man. as a millionaire- tasxei him in tho street. And so baa wished man a youth before him, who devoted so niucb timo to wishing, that too little ia loft for working. But never does ono. of these draw a comparison between their several fortune. The rich man's money looms up like a balloon before them, billing uncounted cares and anxieties, from which they are free ; keeping out ot sight those bodily ills that luxury breeds, and all the mental horrors of ttmut' and satiety ; the fear of doalb that wealth fosters, the jealousy of life and love from which it is inseparable. Let none wish for unearned gold. The sweat by - which 'tia gathered is tho only sweat by which it ia preserved for enjoyment ; for in too literal a sense is it truo, that " 'tis easier for a carnal to pasts through tho eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven." Wish for no man's money. The health, and strength, and freshness, and sweet sleep of youth are yours. Young love by day and night, encircles you. Hearts unsoiled by the deep sin of covetousness beat fondly with your own. V -1 I ,!,. i .. J .1 . f ..one, guuui-iiKo, listen tor me ocatn tic in your chamber; your shoes have value in men's eyes only whon you tread them. The smiles no wealth can purchase, greet you living ; and tear? that rarely fall on rottuwood coftius, will fall from pitying eyes npou you dying. Be wise in being content with competency. You have to eat, to drink, to wear, enough ? then have you all tho rich man hatb. What though ho fares more sumptuously ? He shortens life, increases pain and aches, impairs his health thereby. What if his raiment be more costly ? God loves him none tho more, und man's respect in such regard comes ever mingled with his envy. Nature is yours in all her glory; her ever varying and forever beautiful face smiles peace) upon you. Her hills and valleys, fields and flowers, and rocks, and streams, and holy places, know no desecration in tho step of poverty ; but welcome ever to their wealth of beauty-rich and poor alike. ' Be content 1 Tho robin chirps as gaily as the gorgeous bird of paradise. Less gundy in his plumage, loss splendid his surroundings. Yet no joy that cheeM tho eastern beauty but comes upon the barren hills to bless tho nest that robin builds. His flight is us strung, his noise as gay, and in his humble home the light of happiness shines all as bright, because no envy dims it. Let us, then, labor and bo strong in the best u-ie of that we have, wasting no golden hours in idle wishes for things that burden thoso who own them, and could not bless us if we had them : as tho gift ulready bestowed by a wisdom that never errs. Being content, the poorest matt is rich, while he who counts his millions hath little joy if he ba otherwise. hunt's Met' ' fliant3' Magazine. Land Office Decision. In a recent caso where an individual unable to surrender his duplicate certificate of lo cation applied for the delivero to himself of his land patent that had been made out and alleged that tho duplicate certificate had beea fraudulently obtaiued from him. and was un justly withheld, the local Land Officer applied io tno urenerai juanu uuicer lor instructions to his duty in the premises, and was answered by tho Commissioner, as follows : . "Tho general rule is, that the duplicate, must, in nil cases, be surrendered before the delivery of tho patent. But when tha duplicate is fraudulently withheld Irom the owuer, the following courso may be pursued ; , , Let tho purchaser send a notice to the wrongful holder of the duplicate, demanding its return, and stating he will make iinmjiliato application lor the delivery of tho patent to him. Then let a notice to this effect bo pub. Iihjd by tho bona tide owner once a week for lour consecutive weeks in the district news-paper having the largest circulation, of the wrongful obtension ol his duplicate, and his purpose to apply for the patent in his office, with a certificate copy of tho notice and publi- cation, tho patent may be delivered, unless good causo should bo shown to vou why this suuuiu noi oe uonc, ana, in mat case, you will stay proceedings for instructions." COUBTSUIP AND MABRIAOE BV ExpItES. A wedding touk place on the lightning express train of tho Michigan Central Railroad verier. diy. between Kalumuzoo and G lesburg. Ihe Iiuppy couple were Mr. W. 11. Webster. of Otsego county, N. Y., and MissEmeline O. ueacli, ol Uurnsey county, Ohio. The wore married by John Edwards, Esq., a Justice of Kalamazoo. We are informed that the courtship took place during the ride from Chicago to that point. When people of the opposite sex do their courting in ihe short space of some four or five hours while riding at the rato of about thirty-two niilus an hour, and marry while riding at the samo lightning speed, we think no ono will dispute that this is a lost ago. i no nappy pur went to Clove- and by steamer last evening;. Detroit Aluxf User, Aug. 28. The beniiiy of a Blush." Goetbo was in company with a mother and her daughter, whon the Utter, being reproved for some liiult, blushed and burst iuto tears. lie said : ' " How beautiful your reproach has mads your daughter. The crimson hue and those sivery tears oecoaie her belter thau any or. natnent of gold und pearls. These may be on the neck of a wanton, but these are never een disconnected with moral purity. A full bluwn rose, besprinkled with the purest de is not so bcauutu.1 as this child blushing bo-neuth Iter parent's displeasure, and, shed, ding tears of sorrow for her fault. A blush is the sign which natuo hangs out to bhott where chastity and honor dwell." r Too Suaiip to be Healthy. An old ant) very sharp broker in Cleveland, thinking to lessen tho express charges on a package of money, marked it $15UU, when in mlity there w ere S'WW in 'he ;akago. It went it that rato, but uufui tunutely it was lost, and the broker not daring to olajw tho wkole amount, had to accept $ 1500 1 rota the Express. Compauy. thus paying $850 for his shartipeas. Tho best of the story is, the Company kiv-ud (ho package after tlicy had paid th) broker, and discovered, tho cheat that ttt4 atirWhe4 thorn $350. -i - - - .. il' -i Sals or VmaistiA . Lasim. Within th last three or four weeks no less than $100,'Xy worth of laud, in tbo immediate vicinity of Frodcresbttrg, Ya., has been disponed of to pea., sons froia abroad who intend to settle pcruja. ncully in' that section ol country, ami the Recorder states that there are bow BUiuorojm applications to owners to sell. . ass T- - - i 'i . ..-" CT God's peoili art liko star that fcbina, brightest ia tho night ; they are like gold toiv is blighter tor the fu nace ; liko incense, that, become fragrant Irom burning ; like the cam. omile plant, that grows fastest whon tnawloi o. '