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BY HENRY J. ST ALE.
38" YEAR.
TERMS OF THE COMPILER.
('The Republican GiFipiler is published
every Monday morning, by HENRY J. STABLE,
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per annum if not paid in advance: No sub
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the publisher, until all arrearages are' paid.
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dispatch. .
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ly opposite Wampler's Tinning Establishment,
one and a half squares fro& the Court House.
Quire poetry.
From the . Keokuk Post
Dissolve the Unionl
Is there a man beneath the sun,
Whose frenzied brain has now began *
Or heedless to the brink will run,
To dissolve the Union ?
What ! cut in two our glorious land,
And doom her sons in twain to stand..,
While other nations fix the brand
Of a dimolved Cniou!
Cull Mississippi's waters roll
From North to South, and not behold
The brave, the free, the fair, the bold,
All bound iu Union?
Far be from us the darkened day,
That shall to every freeman say :
Our land and nation now must lay
A shattered Union !
Oh. God of Nations ! God of Men !
Beach forth, and with thy mighty pen
Write" Freedom !—Our Country !" they
A never-ending Union !
The Little Maiden's Prayer.
There is a touching sweetness in the following lines,
which were originally published in the bhurchman, from
ibai pea of an anonymous contributor :,
Bhe knelt her down so meekly,
• Believing nnne was nigh,
Clauped her little hands so sweetly,
And, then, with upturned eye—
Said. "Father! please to bless me.
Through all the long. long day,
-And keep me all so safely,
Till 1 come again to pray.,,
She simply asked forgiveness
For evil she had done,
Then said, ""Now I'm forgiven,
Through Christ, God's own dear Son."
She prayed for loved ones near her,
For friends, both far and wide ;
Said, "I want thee, God, to bless theta,
And all the world beside "
Zetert
Petition for a Divorce—Truly a Romance
in Real Life.
A week or two since, a petition from Mrs.
Mary L. Pell, asking a divorce from her hus
band, was presented to the State Senate, by
Mr. Spencer. Mr. Spencer stated that the pe
titioner, a daughter of one ofour most wealthy
and respectable merchants, was married to a
young gentleman in every particular suited to
be her.companion through this 'checkered life.
They entered the married life with the best
wishes of their friends; and with prospects of
a life 'all happy before them. But, alas ! a
few short years of 'anxious mercantile life arc
found to affect the health of the young husband.
'lle is struck down in a fit, and-insanity soon
follows. All attempts to restore his health
prove_ fruitless, and at the end of two and a
half years the fond wife is forced to see her
cherished partner the inmate of a lunatic asy
lum. Thus separated from his young wife
and - his two children, (now become of age,) the
fruits of this marriage, the husband has re
niained a confirmed lunatic for a score of years.
The petitioner, for more than twenty years,.
has been living a life of retirement, hoping
against hope, that the partner of her early life
Might be returned to her. His case is now in
deed hopeless c and Wirth the tii4C—affeeticit-Fo
wernan and a wife, she has generously set
apart for him, from the income bequeathed her
by her father, for his maintenance, the liberal
sum of '510,600. From' her income she has
also saved a small fund, which she desires to
invest in real estate ; but being advised it could
not be sold, should such a disposition of it ever
be desirable, without the consent of her hus
band, and that being impossible forever to ob
tain, she has reluctantly consented to fellow
the advice of her friends, and hence she peti
tions the legislature for a divorce. This is a
very sad case, and much as we are opposed to
the granting of divorces by the legislative body,
we hope if this statement be correct, that Mrs.,
Pell will gain the relief she asks for. She has
- certainly manifested a.noble spirit in deferring
her application for so long a period,—Buchester
(N. Y.) Tribuue.
Evil Speaking.
. The following anecdote is related of the late
excellent J. J. Gurney, by one who, as a child,
was often of his family circle:
One night—l remember it well—l received
a severe lesson on the sin of evil speaking.
Severe I thought it then, and my heart rose in
childish anger against him who' gave it ; but I
had not lived Jong enough in this world to know
how flinch Mischief a child's thoughtless talk
may do,_and how often it happens that great
talkers run off the strait line of truth. I was
talking very fast about some female relative
who did not stand high in my esteem. and was
about to speak further of her failure of temper.
In a few moments my eye caught a look of
such calm and steady displeasure, that I
stopped short. There was no mistaking the
weaning of that dark, speaking eye. It brought
the color to my face and confusion and shame
to my heart.. I was silent for a few moments,
when Joseph John Gurney asked, very gravely,
"'hest thou not know any good things to
tell us of her ?"
I did not answer, and the question was more
seriously asked: "Think, is there nothing
good thou canst tell of httr ?"
"Oh yes ; i know sor&good things, certain
ly; but—"
"Would it not have been pett...?.r, then, to re
late these good things, than to have told us
that which must lower her in our esteem ?
Since there is good to relate, would it nut be
kinder to be silent on the evil ? Cirtrity re
joiceth not in iniquity, thou knowest."
tr'The N. Y. Dgtelpizan says that whoever
wishes to get along in this world has only to
take a few }sons of a hen chasing a grasshop
per. With a long itedk and-sharp eye. take a
few hurriLd steps. stop short. peep ov=er. peep
under. now to the lett, now to the right. one
flutter and a rush. and then yuu have hint•
TLat's the A - ay iI,Y done. -
fulutl Arnapaptr----IfiruaW talido, , ...4grittaturr, titrraturr, 3rt3 krirurro, T4t 311arltrt5, Crutral farriga 3atelligrart, .rl(artising, unorineut, r.
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Another Grace Darling.
The Buffhlo Commercial contains a detailed
account of the exploits of Mrs. Becker, who re
sides on the Canada shore of Lake Erie, in sav
ing the lives of eight seamen who were wrecked
near her residence-; •
. .
On the morning of the 20th November, 1855,
the schooner Conductor left the port of, Am
herstburg, bound for Toronto, with a cargo of
ten thousand bushels of corn.--,The wind blew
frpsh from the southwest all day, a heavy sea
running meantime. About five o'clock, P. M..
the wind increaseetti a perfect hurricane, and
all the canvass was reefed' snug down. To
wards midnight a severe storm arose. The
topsail sheets were carried away, the boat was
%leashed from the davits, the deck swept clean
of everything, and the vessel would not obey
her helm, and seemed to settle in the trough
of the sea.
About four o'clock in the morning of . the
21st the crew of the schooner made what they
supposed to be Lorin' a Point light, but it was
really the light at Long Point Cut. - The thick
ly drifting snow instantly obscured this light.
and in about half in hour after the vessel struck
bottom. Although the vessel rc as not more
than two hundred yards from the shore, it-was
impossible to form an accurate opinion as to
the locality, because of the thickly drifting
snow. The sea made a clear breach over
. the
vessel, and forced the crew into the rigging,
where they remained from 5 o'clock in the
morning, until 2 in the afternoon. Ice was
making fast all the time. The crew then des
cried a woman and two little boys approach
ing along the beach.
. The woman and children built a fire on the
shore, and made signs to the sailors to swim
ashore. The sea was so great that they were
afraid to venture, until.the captain, thinking
the risk of drowning better than almost cer
tain death by cold and exposure: struck out
from the wreck, and by extraordinary efforts
nearly reached the Shore ; Vut his strength
failed,,and being caught by the undertow, he
would - have been carried out had not, the. wo
man come to his assistance. She seeing his
critical situation, came to him as speedily as
the deep water would admit, mid havinn• walked
in up to her neck; fortunately reached him, he
being utterly exhausted. The woman sup
ported the man and -drew him ashore, having
been herself several times beaten down by the
force of the waves.--W ith the assistance of the
boys she drew him to the fire and resuscitated
him.
The mate of the schoone
but in like manner failed
and sank. The captain,
sufficiently restored, went of
the mate, but again himself gave way. and the
woman again went into the angry waters, out
to the utmost depth at which she could stand,-
and brought the two men ashore. The mate
seemed to be lifeless, but was at length re
stored. In addition to these efforts, five sev
eral times did the woman go out to the receding
surge, and at each time bring an exhausted
drowning seaman ashore. until seven persons
—the master, mate, and five of the crew—
were saved. It was evening now, and one
man who could not swim still clung to the
rigging. During the whole night the woman
paced back and forth along the shore, renew
ing the fire, encouraging the rescued men.
giving them food and warm tea, and adminis
tering to their comfort. Froni time to time
she would pause, and wistfully regarding the
stranded vessel, thus give utterance to her hu
manity :
"Oh, if I Could save that poor man I should
be happy." When morning at last came; on
the 22d. the storm having abated, the sea was
less violent. The master and crew beinc , now_
invigorated and strengthened by the food and
fire, constructed a raft and reached their com
rade, whose resolute spirit, though fast giving
away, was still sufficient to enable him to re
tain his position in the rigging. Thus-he, too,
was saved - , — though bally — frozetiT — The crew
remained at the cabin of Mr. S. Becker nearly
a week before they were able to depart.
On the week following this occurrence, two
American vessels were lust in the same point,
whose crews were greatly comforted by Mrs.
Becker, whose husband was still engaged in
trapping. The crews of these yessels were
sheltered in her cabin, and were the recipients
of her hospitable and humane attention and
care.
Mrs. Becker has received a purse of SOO,
raised by private subscription in Canada ; she
expressed the desire that the money should be
appropriated toward the education of her chil
dren—a noble purpose.—When Captain Pax
ton made the gift, she said "she knew how to
save the lives of eight perishing sailors, in six
feet water." Mrs Becker is a large, mascu
line woman, about six feet high, weighs 200
pounds, was born in Canada, and k 3-0 years
old.—She lives on, the island of Long Poini,
with her husband, and they gain their subsis
tence .by fishing.
SINGULAR DISCOVERY IN VIRGINIA.--011 the
20th ult., a band of laborers on the Central
Railroad, in Allegheny county, Va., on Cady's
section, penetrated into a cave, the mouth of
which was about 305 fe•et • from Jackson's
river. Some of the workmen entered it, and
continuing on their course, passed under the
river and came out on the other side of it. In
the cave was found the dead body of a hunter,
with all the equipments lying near him. About
$OOOO in bonds payable to Mrs. A. Cross, and
dated in 1823, were found on the body, which
was in a wonderful "state or preservation.—
The . bonds are signed by runny of the oldest
citizens of Allegheny and Bath counties.
,rl - 71t is hard for the judgment to keep up
with the heart where our sympathies are chal
lenged. How often do we pass with difficulty
the outstretched hand of the street beggar, how
often fear we have done wrong in not giving.
and how often fear we have given unwisely.
No rule will seem to fairly apply to the matter.
and it is difficult for one to know how to act.
We have just met with an article in the London
Examiner which has set us to thinking upon
this sitlject. —A person who gives alms at
random," says the editor. "may he compared
to One who tires at tanflom among a crowd.—
There is a seed of social mischief in cv'ry
iil
bestowed Nany, though the eye does not see
what the heart rues. flow nrini,7 a criminal
has to curse the careless hand that first en
courages him in a life of idleues, imposture
and vagrancy."
r".tl person wh) had been lis - tening to a
very- dull address, reninrked that everything
wen! well. cslwcially tile audience.
~- " Tliere are now 53 post °M.:Ns in Kansas
ut,
ire,
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GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1856.
Mr. Crane Walks Out.
tWe giye below one of the most amusing of
the Bedott papers. The widow had an affair
with Tim Crane, an elderly widower; for whom
she had "set her cap," and who was extremely
polite to her because he had a secret fancy for
her daughter Melissa. Mr; 0; "asks-a-private
interview with the widow, when the following
scene ensues :j
"Oh, no, Mr. Crane, by no manner of means ;
'taint a minute tew soon for you to begin to
talk about grttin' married again. lam amazed
you should be afeered I'd think so. See—
how long's Mrs. Crane been dead ? Six
months !—Land o' Goshen ! why I've knowd a
number of individuals get married in less time I
than that. There's Phil Bennettvidder,
was talkin' about just now-r-sho'Cwas Louisy
Perce—her husband hadn't been dead but three
months, you know.. I don't think it looks
well for a woman to be in such . a hurry, but
for a man it is a different thing—circumstances
alter . cases, you know.—And then, sittiwated
as you be, Mr. Crane, it's a terrible thing for
your family to be without a head to superin
tend the domestic cohsarns and ten' to the
children--to say nothing o' yourself, Mr, Crane.
You dew need a companion and no mistake.
Six months ! Good gracious ! Why Squire
Titus didn't wait but six months arter he bur
ied his first wife, afore he married his second.
I - thoughtthey warn't no partickler need o' his
hurryin' so, seem' his family was all growl
up. Such a critter as he pickt out tew ! 'twas
very unsuitable, but every man to his taste—
I hain't no disposition to meddle with nobody's
consarns. There's old Farmer Dawspn, tew,
his pardner haint been dead but ten months.
"To be sure, he ain't married yet—but he
would a been long enough ago_ if ssrmebody I
know.on'd gin . him any incurridgement. But
'taint- for me to speak o' that matter. He's a
clever old critter, and as rich as a jew—but
lawful sakes ! he's old enough to be my father.
And there's Mr. Smith—Jnbi ter
,Stnith—you
know him, Mr. Crane, his wife (she 'twas Ati 7
rory Pike) she died last summer; and he's.
been squintin' around among the women ever
since, and he may squint fur all the good it'll
dew - hin " Miami
Smith's a respectable man—quite young and
haint no family—very well tew, and quite
intellectible—but I tell yer what, I'm purty
particklar. • 0, Mr. Crime ! it's ten years come
Jinniwary, since t witnessed the expiration of
my beloved companion ! an uncommon long
time to wait, to be sure—but 'taint easy to
find anybody to fill the place o' Ilvzekier Be
4ott. I think - you're , the most like husband of
airy individual I ever see, Mr. Crane. Six
months, murderation ! earns you should -be
afeared I'd think - 'twas tew soon—why I've
know'd—"
Mr: Crane—"Welk, wilder, I've been think
in' .about takin' another companion, and I
thought I'd ask - you."
Widow Mr. Crane, egscuse my com
motion, it's so unexpected. Just hand me
that are bottle o' carulire off the mantletre
shelf. I'm ruther faint—dew put a little mite
on my handkercher and hold it to my nuz.
There, that'll dew, I'm übleeged tcw ye ; now
I'm ruther nro - re — e - o - triposcd - , -- yoirmay proceed,
Mr. Crane."
Mr. C.—" Well, widder, I was goin' to ask
you whether—w hether —"
Widow—"Continner, Mr. Crane, dew : . I
know it's terrible ernbarra.ssin'. I remember
when my dezeased husband made his supposi
tions to me, he stain inered and stuttered, and
was so awfully flusterated it - did not seem' as
if he'd never git it out in the world, and I
s'pose it's generally the case, at least it has
been with all them that's made, suppositions
to me—you see 'they're generally uncertain
about what kind of an anser they're agwine to
git and it kind o' makes 'em nervus. But
when an individwal has reason 'to &pose his
attachment's reciprocated, I don't see what
need there is o' his twin' Hustrated, tho' I must
say i t's--quit-e-etn-batrassa---ta-mo-i-pray-com--
tinner, Mr. Crane."
Mr. C.--" Well, then, I want to know if
you're willing I should have Melissy f"
Widow—" The dragon !"
Mr. C.--1 hain't said anything to her about
it yet--thought the proper way was to get your
consent first.' I remember. when I courted
Trypheny, we were engaged some time before
mother Kenipe knew anything' about it, and
when she found it out she was quite put out,
because I didn't go to her first. Su when I
made up my mind about Melissy, thinks tne,
I'll dew it right this time, and speak to the
old woman first."
, Widow- 4 .01d woman, hey, that's a purty
name to call me! amazin' perlite tew ! Want
Melissy, huy Tribbleation ! gracious sakes
alive ! well, - give it up now. I always
know'd you was a simpleton, Tim Crane, but
I must confess I didn't think you was quite so
big a fool—want -Alelissy, dew ye ? If that
don't beat all ! What an everlasting old calf
you must be, to s'pose she'd look at you.—
Why, yGu're old enough to be her father, and
more tew—Melissy aint only in her twenty
oneth year. What a - redickilous idee for a
man o' your 'age ! as gray as a - rat, Lew !- I
wonder what this world is comin' tew ; as
tonishing what tools old widdiwers make o'
themselves ! Have Melissy ! Melissy !"
Mr. C.—" Why, widder, you surprise Me—
I'd no idee of being treated in this way after
you'd been so polite to one, and made such a
fuss over me and the girls."
Widow—" Shot yer head, Tim Crane—nun
o''-yer--sass-to me. There's yer hat on that are
table, and there's the_ door —and the sooner you
put. on one and march out o' other, the better
it 'ill be for you. And I advise you, afore you
try to get married again, to go out West. and
see if yer wife's cold, and arter ye're satisfied
on that pint, just put a hale lamp-black on yer
hair—'t would add to yer appearance undoubt
edly, and be of service tew you when yuu watt
to flourish among the gals—and when you've
got yer hair fixt, jest splinter the spine of yer
Luck—'t woulden't hurt yer looksr%
you'kbe entirely unresistablt.: if yuu was a
little grain straighter."
Mr. C.--Well, I never !"
yer tongue, you consarned
old coot you -1 told yer there's yer 1, it and
there's: tile door—be oil with yerielf, quick
loutre, or I'!1 give ye a hyst with the bi tom."
.\lr. !"
Widow, out, I say—l dint
agwine to stand here and be insulted under my
own ruff, so alt along, awl if ever ye darken my
door agair;, or say a word to Melissy, it, will
ZA Z3=l . .
Mr. C.--Tlemenjous What a bluster!"
%Vidow—'•Go 'along—go 'long—go 'long.
ye everlastin' old gum. I won't hear auother
word—stops her ears)-1 wou'L, I won't,
won't.' {Exit Mr. Crane.]
"TRUTU 'IS firIGIITY, AND WILL PREVAIL."
" 'Boat what," ses she.,
to ,
"Shaw," ses she. turning away her head
and blushin' dreadfully : "you better tell your
own courtships yourselves I reckon." -
"Yes, but none of us ever had any beaus,
Becky, and you's a married woman. Come,
now do tell us all about it. Ido love to hear
about courtin' so much," ses 'Betsey Bowers.
"0 yes, Becky. do tell us. 7
"Well," ses Becky. after a good deal of
blushing and twisting about, "I'll tell you all
how it was. if that'll satisfy you."
"Well, now," ses- the- gals.-!all getting
'round her so that they could hear good.
ses Becky, putting an emphasis on
'bout every other word, "John ho corn to our
house to see me :" ses she, turnin' away her
head and kind (Moo kin' down sideways,under
her arm. "Fool I ho better go to see his self.
gracious knows I didn't care nothin"bout him."
"Well," ses the gals.
"Well.-then he sed he loved me. Fool ! bet
ter loved his self.l section,"
too. am set yes. oo—.
"That's the sort of daddyi," said the gals,
rubbin' their,hands.
"Then mammy she went to town and got a
white frock for me, and white gloves to put
on my hands for me to be married to John.—
Ilem ! foot, she better be married to. him her
self. I tcckon."
ses the gals. "go on Becky."
"Shaw, no, I- ain't gwine to tell you no more
'bout it, so I ain't."
"0, yes, Becky, do go on ? Oh. do tell us
all about the. wedding, Becky !—that's a good
soul."
,
"Oh, hush, gals, 'bout sich nonsense."
"Oh, do, now—that's a good soul."
"Well, bimeby, the preacher-man, he cum to
our house, and a whole heap of people, to
marry me, Fools ! they great deal better staid
to home, I reckon. Gracious knows, I didn't
want to see em."
"Never mind. Becky—go on."
"Well, then, John, he cum to take me up to
The preacher-man.orUp be married: — Fo — o - rrt
never did feel so mad —and then—Oh, slimy,
gals; I can't tell - any more." •
• -Oh, yes, go on, Becky."
"Well, then, the preacher-man. ho nx'd me,
if I would. have John to be my lawful hus•
band. Item ! fool, better have him his self, I
reckon. And then—shaw, gals, I won't tell
any more."
"Oh, do, Becky. - Now you're jest cumin' to
the interestin' part. Oh, do tell us ,the . rest,
Becky."
" Well, I never said nothing and the preachy
er-mun, he sed , must have John to be my
husband, when he was sick, when he was well,
and when he was better or worser, and rich
and poor, and love him, and stick to him, and
mind him, and Lord only knows what a heap of
-- thi trrs ; -- mrd — thtm he set 17 - peo l tl e-:what----he-put
togeler it was agin the law for any body to
take apart ; and so I was married, hard and
fast, the fnst thing I know'd. - to John."
"Well, what then, Becky ?" ses the' gals.
gettin' more and more interested all the time.
"Why. then, the preacher-man, he went
home and then all the fellers•cum a pullen and
• haulin' me, and kissin' and squeezin' me, and
sich other carryin's on as they did cut np.—
Fools ! they great deal better kissed their own
selves. I reckon."
. "Go on, Becky—tell us all about it," ses the
gals.
"Well, then, after they all went away,
John, he—on, shaw," ses she, "I ain't goivine
to tell you another word more. When you get
married yourselves, you'll know all about it, I
reckon."
I nITHIRITIC.- - First class in mathematics
stand-up. What is simple division ?"
•Please, sir, I know. Breaking Bob Smith's
cake and eating half yoiirgtilf "
"Right ! What is compound division ?"
"Honking the whole of Bob Smith's cake
and dividing it between yourself and brother."
"Right again. Now go out of doors and
put your head against something cold, to keep
your .nose from bleeding."
EU — The following horizontal musings of a
leaning tippler deserve to be perpetuated. Hear
him wail :
"Leaves have their time to fall,
And so likewise have I
The reason too's the same—it
Comes of getting dry ;
But here's the difference 'twixt leaves and me ;
I falls more harder and more frequentlee."
p 7 "Bill, did you ever go to sea 3"
guess I did. Last year, for instance, I
went to see a red-headed gal, but I only called
Once
4 , Why so ?"
"Because her brother had an unpleasant
habit of throwing boot jacks and smoothing
irons at people."
One of the "Epitaffs."--
"Here lies the body of Jeems Hambrick -
who was accidentally shat
On the hank of the pulls river
by a young man.
He was accidentally shot, with one of the large
colt's revolvers with no stopper for the cock to
rest on ; it was one of the old fashioned kind .
brass mounted, and of such is the kingdom of
heaven."
—A--cor-pti-katA:w-hekr—friend-ours,h
.. t is ears rozen, •st nsf; t, 'u• eto e'
snoozing away in his selfish loneliness. If
such a warning does not terrify hisn into ma
trimonial ?speculum:li. %re h•lpe he silly never
mu v. out 'lieu VC fre , ezeb az-Ala.—J/11. Iris.
Becky Wilson's Courtship,
4 ' 0 , now, Becky, do tell us all about it,"
ses the gals.
Becky hadn't been married more'n a month
and hadn't got over her bashfulness yet.
"Oh. that's so funny." ses the gals--"go"on.'
"Shaw." ses Becky. "I won't tell no more."
"Oh,- yes do —do,Beeky !" ses all of 'em.
"Well, then, John he axed me if I would not
have him. Hem, fool! better have his self, I
reckon."
"Then what did you say 7"
. "Hem ! I never said nothin'. Gracious
knows he wasn't gwine to get nothin'out of me."
"Oh, oh !" ses all the gals—"do go on,
Becky."
"Then John he axed mother if he moot not
have me. Fool ! better have his self, I reckon."
"Well," ses the gals.
"Well, mother she got kind o'flostrated, and
sod yes. Fool ! she better• Mind her own busi
ness. I reckon."
•And then what V'
• "Then John he sled daddy if he moutn't
have me ; and daddy he got kind o'fbistrioated
For the Republican _Comp iler
To Our Friends East. --
Come, leave the fields of childhood,
Worn out of long °wilily,
And travel west, and settle in
" . State of Illinois.
Your family is growing- up,
Your boys must have employ,
Come, then. upon the prairies
Of beauteous Illinois.
Superior soil upon the earth
Was surely.never known,
If Adqm should come back again,
He'd claim it for his own.
He'd say it was the garden where
Ho lived in peace and jny,
And - stra gill- he -wen Id - call-Edetrdeat-
This part of Illinois.
Then hie ye to the West, my friends,
Good bealth,you'll here enjoy,
And.rise to wealth and happiness
In pleasant Illinois.
Bow can you be contented on .
Those rocks to work your boys,
When you can have, rich prairie land,
Out here in Illinois:
Your daughters, too, hiing•thern along,
They, soon will find employ.
There's many a lad that's. waiting for
Thom hero in Illinois. ni. C. 13.
The Japan Potato
Is among the most valuable vegetables that
have been introduced into this country" for
some years. and is expected by many to en
tirely supercede the common - potato. This
species of vegetable, new to us. has been Com
mon in China and Japan for centuries, and has
been one of the staple articles of produce for
the support of the hundreds of millions of their
population. It was sent to Europe by the
French Consul at Shanghai. in 1850 : but was
not much cultivated till 1853, nor brought to
this country till 1854 ; hut, wherever it has
• • • •
to
el . 1
come into general use.
It is reported to be adapted to a cold climate,
and does not injure from exposure to the -. frost
when left in the ground : nor will it sprout in
warm weather, and thus injure, when out of
the earth..-The root is from fifteen to twenty
live inches long, two inches in diameter, taper
ing; from the head,'a nd in appearance somewhat
M the sweet potato. The tubers have grown
in France to the weight of two and two-and-a
halt pounds. It is planted in April and may
be dug in October ; but it left in the ground for
two or three years the roots enlarge in size and
improve in quality; so much in eighteen months
as to be three times as, large and more valua
ble, than when dug the first season. The
French experiments have given 36`,000 lbs. to
the acre - in six months, and 120.000 in eighteen
mouths. It is said to. cook in hdf the time
the common potato will, and to produce a pure,
tine, white flour, equal in appearance and su
perior in nutriment to the wheat flour . of any
lasmuLasits_admirer.
report, it is worthy the earliest attention of all
our farmers.—Newburyport Herald.
Agriculture in England and France-.
Some interesting statistics relative to the
agriculture of - England and France have lately
been published in Cornwall, from which it ap
pears that in England 'out of 50,000,000 acres
cultivated, 10,000,000 are sown with wheat or
other cereals ; while in France 50,000,000 are
cultivated for the latter purpose. The average
growth of wheat per acre in England is fonr
quarters, or thirty:two bushels : in France,
one and three-fifths, or nearly thirteen bushels.
—The produce of English land per acre is about.
£1 12s. per acre. The number of sheep is
about the same in both countries, viz :
fi 0 Idt he wool roduced about 60,000 tens ;
but, owing to the_ difference in the average,
time is something less than one-and•a-half.
sheep per acre in England, and only about one
third, of a sheep per acre in France. In Fri.nce,
4,0(10;000 of cattle are slaughtered annually;
the average weight being 250 pounds ; in Eng.
land there is not half that member ughtered,
but the average weight is about GUO pounds.
To Preserve Peach Trees.
Clear the earth away immediately next to
the trunk of the tree, down to near the root.
and then place two-or three lumps of unslacked
lime, each about the size of a goose egg, next
to the tree and cover it with a little earth. It
will eradicate the worm, and in a short time
give much vigor to the tree. The lime should
be applied when the trees are young, but will
answer as well for old trees by adding to the
quantity of lime about one-third. Once in
three or four years is all that is necessary to
ensure a vigorous. healthy tree.
Crust for. Apple Dumplings.
Take sifted flour with a little salt, and' pour
in boiling water enough to make a dough stiff
enough to roll out--then proceed with the
dumplings as usual. The success of this reci
pe will depend entirely upon the dexterity
with which it is compounded. A careless or
heavy handed cook will be pretty sure to fail,
but if the flour and water are lightly mingled
and lightly rolled out, the crust will be good,
and particularly acceptable to those who ob:
ject, to the richness of ordibary paste.—Cor. gf
Sat. Post.
A Discreet Governor.
Gov. Wright, of Indiana, having been solicit
ed by one the parties In Kansas, to interfere
in its behalf, says, Indiana has selected her own
doinestic policy, according to the great princi
ple that underlies all our institutions—the ab
solute right of each State and Territory to make
its own laws and its own institutions, without
the influence of others. She is willing to give
her neighbors the same right, and to suppose
them capable of choosing and deciding fur
themselves, without any interference from In
diana. -He -adds, that_no_effor t u
by him, to induce a solitary citizen to enter
upon a crusade against any portion of the peo
ple of the Union or their institutions. The
Governor seems to have learned and properly
appreciated the important lesson of minding his
own business.
A HUSBAND WANTED. —The following ad
vertisement appears in a Paris journal :—"The
• , -_of a youn7 lad a_ed 21, handsome.
per annum. but affected by St. Vitus's-dance,
offer to unite her to a doctor from 40 to 55
y.:arti old, who will pay her incessant at ten.
ilea."
11
While engaged in excavating recently. upon
the Milwaukee and La Crosse railroad, near
Schlesengerville, lowa, the Worktuen camp
upon the petrified 'remains of an Indian, anti
with the reu►ains some singular relics of olden
fered by• decay. His height, at the present
time, would be considered gigantic, measuring
7 feet 2 inches. On his brtast was a plate of
copper, on which_ were ,_engraved • immense
hieroglyphics, the meaning,of which can hard-.
ly be imagined. But they are a record of the
past. Could these hieroglyphics be read, they
might, perhaps, unveil some of the mystery
which hangs like a dark- cloud over the his
tory of the red man. An arrow of consider
able strength; and curious construction, was
alsolou n especiallyet in v tes the
attention of antiquarians.
A Letter from an Ohio Legislator.
The Columbus correspondent of the 'Cler.
toont Sun says the following , is a copy of a let
ter from a member of the Legislature to,a hotel
keeper in Columbus :
- of the Hotel Collumbus
Ohio i want you-to tnaik way for me at' yore
hotel so i can hay a rume on the fust (lore.
suppose youre hoes, air tent stories hi besides
the Sellor & i want my rume next the kitchen
i reckun i will want the runic while the ledgis
loiter ineats,of which oiterabel' body i am a
member and i live next the line of the Stait of
inclyamiy in the Stait, ov Ohio, the onerabel
member-in the Stait ov intlyanny las yere paid
a doler and a for board pur weak but the vit
tels were hyer then nor now and i think you
on to do a triful better 1 want on or two
cheers in the rume and a bute jacit'and, my
butes blaked onst a week on sundiei.
"Yours til death,
'T. S. rite positively & say if i ean'get'l thei
rumodireekt yore letter. to the kare ofTheiSec
retr. ry of llanyil Bone counsel in
,this county,as
they told me when was nominated to let em see
all mi politikel corrispondons. Yours, G fr. 4.."
BUTZ AMONG TAM BOYS. —The progress of
Blitz through-the , -cowntry-tnigh4-4).-:
traced by observing the tricks of the, littlo
codgers in 'the various towns where' he may
hove sojourned. He was lately in Hollidays
burg.and.the Standard says, all the youngsters
you meet there are now playing oil ventrilo
quism or slight ot - hand. One boy. the other
day, borrowed a stick of candy from a comrade.
to show how he could swallow it - -ana pull it
out of his ear. lle swallowed it and thea
twisted himself about in various wrws to et
tract it, but at length informed his companion
that hatted 'forgotten that part of the trick.
ROT nom; .To 13E1 Dttowxrk).—The Greens.
burg .Rr;•ur states that Mr. D. Geer, one of the
jurors who recently convicted Corregan of
murder, twenty-seven:years ago saved the con.
viet's .life at the imminent risk of his own,
when the former was drowning in the ICA°.
mil:etas River.
SAILING 'ON TUB Ter:. --A resident of New
- York last week went from Albany to Trop—
five miles-4m the river, upon on ice-boat—Tt—
WM4 an entirely_new mode of traveling to him.
and probalAy is to many others.* The boat is
a common sailing boat on two sharp runners
like skates. .It has only one mast, sloop
fashion. He says they easily outstripped-rail
cars, and, he went at the rate of over forty
miles an hour. The boatman said they had
gone sixty miles an hour. They beat up
against the wind as easily as a boat in the
water.' He went up to Troy with a fair Wind,
and beat down against it. He saw several
boats of tit; same kind going up and down the
river between Albany and Troy.
A GRAIN OF TILE "ASSIEMBLEDAVISDOM."--
When the subject of the. pages' salaries Came
up before UM House the other day, it-was pro
diem, whereupon a member from the interior
arose, and asked to ..have the matter fully we
plained before going any further. Thcro had
been a heap of talk about retrenchin' aiid re•
form, and he desired Co know whether so much
per diem meant by the week, or month, or for
the term !"—Cal. Paper.
r"Father Wlvor wus one of the worthiest
of the Presbyterian clergymen. but. like his
ancestors, very much set in his own way. He
came from Scotch, and it was' one of his
forefathers who prayed at' the openinr , of one
of their ecclesiastical courts .—" Oh, Lord, t ' grunt
that we may he right, for thou kimowest we
are very decided."
JUVENILF: SIMPLICITY.—"SpeII CRC," said -II
little girl of five years' of age, the other day, to
a smaller one only three. "1 can't,"Avas the
reply. "Well, then," continued the youthful
mistress, "if you can't spell cat, spell kitten."
07-A lady, whose kindness to anitnals
amounts almost to a mania, was one day sadly
annoyed by a blue bottle fly. Calling h e r
maid, she bade her catch the fly. and without
hurting it, put it out the window. Feel ng, th e
.
girl hesitate to raise the
sash, she inquir'ed the
came.
“Why. madam, it rains so very. hard,” au.
swered the mischievous creature.
"True," replied the mistress. '•put the poor
thing in the other room."
r - " The Albany Express is responsible for
the following assembly :
""At an oyster supper the other night, there
were present, one father, three daughters. three
sisters-in-law, one uncle, one brother-in-law,
three aunts, four cousins, one wife, one neph.
ew, one grand-son, three nieces, one husband
and three sisters.—And vet, strange to say,
there were only four persons present."
(3.7 The bachelors of Cleveland are an un.
gallant set of fellows. At their annual supper
a few nights ago, the following was the seventh
regular toast : "Our Future Wives—Distanw
!cads enchantment to the view."
MGR PRICES FOlt GROCERIES.—The Centre,
ville Old.) 'nines notes a public sale of person,.
al property in that torn, at which common
whisky brought-franL 70 to 80 cents per gal
lon, by the barrel; and brxivin sugar. orAinari
ly sold at retail for 7 and cents. brought la
cents by the barrel. Other groceries sold in
proportion.
ANOTHER. PROUIBITIOY.-A bill has
•
tf“,les - and - ten-pia i a -rlpit-State-.
1- "fteforin those things in yourself that you
blame in others.
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR.
NO. 25.
A Petrified Indian.
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