ol Psbllcalfsii- XtlE xiOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is pub lulled every Thursday Morning, and mailed to sub acribei* «1 the eery jaaoqnshle price ,pf-#>« Dot peronaam, imnsUy tajaimtUt.-. It is mtend ed-to notify every subscriber when the term Tor Which he has paid shall have eXptrdd, by the Stamp —“Time Out,” on the margin of the tot paper- The paper will then be stopped until a further re mittance be received. By this arrangement no man can be brought in debt to the, printer, Tae AoiTAToa is the Official Paper of the Goan ty, with a large and steadily increasing circulation reaching Mo nearly every neighborhood in the Count j. B is sen I/res of postage to any Poal office jvitliin I county limits, and. to those living within the U nils.fantwiidiie most conveaienlpbstoMce J m«'y be in an adjoining County. Business Cards, not exceeding 5 linen; paper l in* cJuJed.44 per year. - From the Weslgan,. tiie Ooral Dlapen»atioa- • - War- • -Sla very and Polygamy, ■ “Good morning, Mr. Dodge,” said Rer; Mr. Corbin, “what did you think of my lec ture last evening V' l , “O it was nice,” said he ; “ft M ' as a feast to me. Call at niy store Mr Corbin and se lect for yourself, cloth tor a suit. 1 feel un der great obligation ; and I read, “The work titan is worthy of his hire." ’ “When do you design to start on your Voyage, to join Gen. Walker T' inquired the tiery'poh’le nod smiling clergyman, whose Ibngue grew fluent by the unexpected pros pect of a costly suit of clothes. “When'dp you sail John “Within two weeks, Mr. Corbin; nnd you shall hear from me often.” said Mr. Dodge. “Thank you John,” said C.; “you are very kind; very kind indeed.” The great saloon, where purse-proud to pers who visit New Orleans, trout every land delight to drink, was now filling fast oy men who hold the mysterious political wires; by bankers, stockholders, by lordly planters, by in sugar, in cotton and slaves, by and genteel priests. How grand the sight I- Men walked to and fro, over the vast floor {of the saloon, with stately steps, with necksterect'; every face, though smiling, bore the mark of independence ; for every man was armed, and able from instinctive impulse, to discharge the contents of a six shooter in a moment. Many recognized in Mr. Corbin, the elo quent clergyman, whose lecture on conquest, they had heard with so much pleasure, and hearing his enchanting voice, gathered around him, and bestowed on him such smiles, as they bowed complacently, that ho was in duced to reiterate the substance of the lecture. He went through all history from Nimrod to Gen. Walker, and showed to the satisfaction of his hearers, that conquest had been the civilizer of the world. He dwelt long on Roman conquests; especially their conquests over our German and British ancestors—on the influence of the Normans, in elevating the spirit and 1 manner of the English, and giv ing that lofty and noble-carriage, seen in the English gentry, and in the weahhy masters of America—and finally to the astonishment of some, who traced their pedigree to the Cavaliers of Charles I, he bestowed boundless eulogium on Cromwell. Some murmured in bo under (one. “He’s a Yankee fay fairlh; a Connecticut Yankee; but never mind, he is with, us, and King Charles has been 100 long dead to care for their praise on old Noll. Our orator had armed himself for his grand work, fay a glass of wine when he began to walk with Cromwell, and here the powers of his great soul, his vast eloquence were devel oped. With Cromwell’he walked back thro’ dim ages to the Mosaic dispensation, and look his pattern from Joshua ; and while describ ing the destruction of the Caoaaniles—the fall of Jericho — the hewing of Agog— the wars of Gideon, Sampson and David—we thought of Demosthenes. He thundered, he lightened, the earth seemed to rock, by an earthquake’s upheaving power. In this as tonishing drama, when Joshua and David left the stage, Cromwell stood forth in brilliant majesty, the modern Joshua, the protector ! Protector-of what? muttered a man back >n the crowd, “Protector of Calvinism, and Local Church Independence,” muttered an other, pinching-his elbow. “Protector of the Liberties of his country, and all lands; of ht» age, and all ages, thundered the eloquent son of the Pilgrims, He then followed the spirit of his modern Joshua to America, and traced it m the destruction of the Indians, the modern Canaanites. Here ho fell into the cam, the tone and manner of Cromwell’s fge, spoke of the Lord delivering the Indians tmo the power of his elect people— spoke of the burning of six hundred, including squaws and children in one brush fort. When he came to the American Revolu tion, long and loud hurrahs for n time drown ed his voice. “Bring the oraior a glass of wine,” cried a score of voices at once. A glass of wine was brought. After drinking he employed his brilliant powers on the gin rious achu-vments of our fathers. Beseemed a Rbadtim nthus, consigning each tory to hell, and every whig to the celestial gardens. Onward and onward our orninr moved, wt'h increasing light, over the falling wig. warn, the bleaching bones of Indians, in the holy march of the Lord’s elect, to the pos session of this land nf promise. Still with majestic march he introduced us to the clori oua conquest of Mexico, the taking of that r arous people under our humane and chnsnnn care compared Walker to Joshua ArheT I,?"' 1 said his P"D' er should efforts f( J r , ,h ® divine blessing on his solution n 'i. ,h | j blessings of our Christian in- del no°m d c r, up f r Darien ,o ,he cheers * e j ud nnd lon ft con, mued loon whetuh!. nd t? hoed 'bmugh the great sa- FilllhlV n ° b!o oralor dosed. r Und him ’ nnd «« offer of°a b - e 'J?' he had forgotten the Was a beautif | SU,,, r b' n Pelt that this verypofe 2 WOr,d ’ and i,s P e °P' o «« seemed to him Even s "mblerg scribed Illr J" 5" e Gentlemen, as they sub best op a f'" d 'bo bean,” P ,a Mr. C. in the cordially wiill'' 10 ™’ s b«°k hand* most and r* c i, SB , T er y man of purse and power, onairea, and > . m ' r ' ta *i° n s to dine with mill!, the Cicero of h flattery to view himself many cities * ge ’ thought of visiting s planter th>> ° re pealing his lecture; when broke the rever:«^r\° r 8 lhou9and slaves, Issking him i “■ self-complacence, by lion ofS mi!!' Ur, . 0n ,he DWoe *dge 6 f hi,fl, d i w,nulin B thst bis know). and facility with which be THE AGITATOR. ~ ~ • r- aietotciy to m mpttrnicn oc tfce area ol JFreeftom a«U t&e SgrtaU ol f&ealt&g a&ciorm. WSUpG TBSBS SHALL BE A WSOBB UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “31 Alt's INHUMANITY TO HAIi" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. VOL. H. applied the institutions of Abraham and Mo ses to our time, would enable him to do great service to the interests of the South. - When; all eyes:were „„ Mr. Corbin; when it wtoterident that he Was the lion of the sa loon,-he? anticipated his lecture, spread in» be lore bis astonished admirers alt qf the'siat me* oFMoses relating to servitude; introduced the venerable slaveholding patriarchs, arid made capital for the qoiei of some peculiar concieociUß, out of the case of Hagar. Among those «*ho shouted applause, .was a shun man, very strongly built, whose round head-rested, nearly wiifiout a neck, between his great shoulders. His, large, /ape ,\yaa equally drvidedi horizontally, by an enormous mouth. His grisy Sack'Was'buttoned to his chin, and his fists were pressing the bottom of his podkels, when he cried, “Gentlemen listen to me! I have heard with''attention the speaker and have ndmired his profound reasoning on the subject of conquest, and the subject ;of servitude; and have been thinking with what ease polygamy can be supported from the same source. Why should my friends, and myself at Salt Lake be under odium? • Cromwell is with propriety called the mod ern Joshua, and our Puritan fathers, killing the Indians are properly compared to the an cient elect, destroying the Canaanites; and that venerable Planter,standing by the speak er, the owner of three hundred slaves, is com paied to Abraham the venerable slaveholder of yore. Ail this is very well; hut gentle men be consistent and listen. Who pattern after the patriarchs more truly than we I We respect your institutions. Will you res pect ours ? When you go to the mosaic dis pensation, to the example of the patriarchs, why should you be astonished to find us with you ? You are after law, and example for war, and slavery ; we are after example and law for polygamv ; and our authority is as clear as yours. Gideon, whose examples you follow in war, we follow in the blessed insti tution, which gave him seventy sons from his many wives. You pattern afer David in his wars. We follow David in his effort to propa gate his noble nature ; his firs: seven sons being born of seven different women. None of our saints have been able to come to the glory of Solomon. Your patriarchal slave holder, Abraham, is our example; and I judge, by the bleached faces of many of your slaves, that you follow Abraham in more respects than one. 1 saw significant countenances when your eloquent speaker al luded to Hsgar. On the slavery question gentlemen, we Mormons have decidedly 'the advantage of you, and on the war question you have no advantage of us. “Blasphemy” cried Rev. Mr. Corbin. “Ha, ha,” cried the chubby oralor, “the barking of dogs never frightens me,” your cry of blasphemy is powerless ; Either never again enter the Mosaic field, to justify slavery and war, or acknowledge the saints to bo the true successors of Joshua and the Lord’s ancient Israel.” William W. Crane, Memorv-Neveb Dies. —One ol ihe survi vors of the Central America, in narrating his sensations while floating on the wives, after the vessel had sunk, gives the following forci ble illustration of the powers of memory : “I guess I had been about four hours in the water, and had floated away from the rest, when the waves ceased to make any noise, and I heard rny mother say, "Johnny did you eat sister’s grapes J” I hadn't thought of it for twenty years, at least. It had gone clear out of ray mint). 1 had a sister that died of consumplton'<more than thirty years ago, and when she was sick—l was a boy of eleven or so—a neighbor had sent her some early hot house grapes. Well, these grapes were left in ihe room where I was, and (I ought to have been skinned alive for it, little rascal that I was) I devoured them all. Mother came to me after I had gone to bed, when she could not find the fruit for sister to moist en her mouth with in the night, and said, • Johnny, did you eat sister’s grapes ?” I did not add to the meanness of my conduct by telling a lie. [ owned up, and my mother went away in tears, but without flogging me. It occasioned me many a qualm of conscience for many years after; but as I said, for twen ty years at least, I had not thought of it, till, when I was floating about benumbed with cold, I heard it as plain as I ever heard her voice ip my life; I heard my mother say, “Johnny, did you eat sister’s grapes 1” 1 don’t know how to account for it. It did not scare me, though I thought it was a presage of my death.” Jane Evbe's Opinion. —l, know lhat if women want lo escape the stigma of husband seeking, they must act or look like marble or day—cold, expressionless, bloodless; for every nppearance of feeling, of joy, sorrow, friendliness, antipathy, admiration, disgust, are alike construed by the world into the at tempting to hook a husband. Never mind ! well-meaning women have their own con sciences lo comfort them after all. Do not therefore, bo too much afraid o( showing 'yourself as you are, affectionate and good hearted ; do not harshly repress sentiments and feelings excellent in themselves because you fear that some puppy may fancy lhat you ore letting them come out to fascinate him ; do not condemn yourself to live only by halves, because you showed too much imita tion, some pragmatical thing in breeches might take it into his pate lo imagine that you designed to dictate your life to his inanity. The Syracuse Standard says that one of the ladies on board of the Minnehaha, el the pio nlc recently, exposed her under skirls du ring the shower. On the beck of.tho skirt was printed in a circle, in largp Wus letter#, “Extra Genet«« a 49 pound*" WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY .MORNING. FEBRUARY 4, 1858. Incredible Story Relating to its Poison. —To give you an idea of the long time this poison retains ittpro petty. I shall relate a cutioud but, well aurttefaicamd aeries of facta, which took- plnaa-in a central’'district of the State of Penns; ivunia some- twelve or fifteen yea ra ago. ■ A farmer was so slightly hit through the boot by-a rattlesnake, as he was walking to view his ripening -com; fields,' that the pain fell, Wns thought by him to have been the scratch of a thorp not hqving seen or heard the reptile, femWidS'talu.rri home he felt on a sudden, ilw Stomach, vom ited with great a few hours. - - ■ Twelve months after this, the eldest son who had taken his father’s boots, put them on, and went to church at some distance. .On his going to bed that night, whilst draw, ing off his boots, he felt slightly -scratched on the leg, but merely menioned it to his wife; and-rubbed the place with his hand. In a few hours afterwards, he was awakened by violent pains; complained of a general giddiness frequently, and expired before any succor could be applied with success; the cause of his illness was also quite. a mys tery. In the course of time, his effects were sold, and a second brother, through filial affection, purchased the boots, and if 1 remember rightly, put them on about two years aftei. As he drew them on, he felt a scratch, and complained of it, when the widowed sister, being present, recollected that the same pain had been fell by her husband on the like oc casion. The ynutb'sufiered and died in (he same way that his father and brother died before-them. \ These repeated and singular deaths being rumored in the country, a medical, gentleman called upon the friends of the deceased to inquire into the particulars, and at once pro nounced their deaths to have been occasioned by venom. The bools that had been rf>e cause of complaint', were brought to .him, when he cut one of lhem .open with care, and discovered the extreme point of the fang of a rattlesnake issuing from the leather, nnd assured the people that this had done all the mischief. To prove this satisfactorily, he scratched with it, the nose of a dog, and the dog died in a few hours, from the poisonous effects it was still able to convoy., In con firmation of these facts, I have been told by native Americans that rat tlesnake venom, would cnrry-deerh-forages after.— Audubon's note on the rattlesnakes. A Noble Irishman.— The Washington correspondent of the Pennsylvania Inquirer relates the following incident in one of his recent letters : “The discinline of parly compels the offi cials of the House to make a clean sweep in their appointments, and not one of them has been left a (ree agent. In the case of door keeper, the whole matter is in the hands of a self-cnnslituted committee, of which a -dis tinguished member from Virginia is the head, which distributes the various positions nomi nally in his gift, without reference to him. A curious circumstance worth relating is told in connection, ns having occurred a day or two ago. The chairman of this committee brought a stalwart young Irishman to the Capitol, to introduce him to his new station and i's former occupant, whom he requested lo explain to him his duties. “The new comer looked at. the man he was about to displace, and discovered that he was a cripple. On asking him how he had become thus- mutilated, he was tolib he bad been shot and ‘cut In pieces in the battle of Buena, left for dead on the field, and only recovered to find himself hopelessly maimed for life.’ The generous hearted fellow looked first at one and then the other, and finally blurted out, as he turned nn his heel—‘lf this man’s place is the only one you have got for me. I’ll nhl have it at all I’ Such an incident as this iarcerlainly refreshing amid the wild hunt for office.” Pat’s Encounter with a Hornet’s Nest. —An 1 was a mowin of a mornin, just a while since, on the mash forninst the wood, an I seed a big, beautiful bird’s nest on a bush; an I axed Mr. Davis what kind pv a bird’s nest it was, an he lould me, bad luck lo him, ’twas a hum bird’s nest; an I went up an peeps into it, but divil a bird could 1 see, nor a bit of a place for her to lay ; and then Mr. Davis tould me—may the divil run away wid him—to shake the bush an the ould bird wud come out ; an I shook it, shore, but instead ov a bird, out cum a thousand, ten thousand—ocb, a million ov thedtig green heads, and they flew into me eyes, nn into me hair, an into me mouth, be jabers, on they bit me till shurely I thought I was dead jist; an I screamed, an I ran—och, didn’t 1 run ? but they stuck lo me, an no more could I run away from the varmints than I could run away from meself; an the first I know’d I tumbled into a ditch ov about two feel ov water, an thinks I now, me honies, I'll cum the St. Patrick on ye, who jist give the likes ov such spalpeens a little howly waiher in .nuld Ireland. So I ducks me head under the waiher, and jist hild inhere till I most kill meself, and intirely kilt every mother’s son ov the hum birds—bad luck to ’em. Can a body eat with these th'ngs?” asked ao elderly lady who is handling a pair of ar tificial plates.in a dental office, and admiring the fluency with which the dentist describes them. “My dear madam,” respond* the demist, “mastication can be performed by them wi’b a facility scarcely excelled by nature herself.” “Yea, I know,” replied the My; but £9** a body est with them?’ The Rattlesnake, ©ommumcatConD, Education and the Educator. BY J. WALBEIDOE. No other branch of the human constitution ■hows more visibly our distinction for soci ety, nor tendsmoreto out improvement, th-m the appetite for esteem; for as the whole con veniences of life are derived from mutual aid and support in society, it ought to be a capi tal aim :to secure these conveniences, by gaining the esteem and affections of others. That appetite, at the same lime, is finally ad justed to the moral branch of our constilu-- (ion, by promoting ull the virtues; for what paeans are there to attract love and esteem so effectually as a virtuous course of life; if a man be just and ben.-ficent,, if he be tem perate, modest, and piudent, he will infallibly gain the esteem and love of all who know him. because genuine virtue embellishes, en ables, expands, and recreates the human soul. Tq implant principles of truth in minds of the young should be the chief aim of every educator. Truth is certainly sirriti ger than fiction. The mind naturally ac commodates itself for the reception/of that which is the most plebsant in its nature. The power that fiction has over the mind affords and endless variety of refinetr amusements always at hand to employvacant hour: such amusements are a fure resource in soli tude; nod, by cheering/and sweelning the mind, contribute mightily to social happiness. Yet those who have recourse to the perusal of'such light trash, will find when loolate, that their minds are emasculated-andreridered. totally unfit to grasp ideas of a more sub stantial character. Many will find that fic tion though pleasing, lends to lower them eten'below the natural order of intelligences. Fiction dwarfs the mind and renders its pos sessor a prey to ull (he base passions of a defective organization. The ch'ld should -learn to love the truth for the sake of truth. - The nursery is the proper place to com-, mence moral instruction; the mind during the season of childhood is plastic and capable of,being impressed by conceptions of truth. If perchance the little child shall have left its parental roof to complete i's education in a secular school, it. is the teachers duty to see that it regards the truth as its rule of action ; he may sometimes hod that bis charge is destitute of scarcely any knowledge of that principle so essential to the formation o( human character; yet it is his duly aa a teacher of the young to see that proper in struction is imparted to amend this want of correct inorsl discipline. To accustom the mind to accurate thinking should be the first effort at mental culture. Those studies should bo pursued by the student which re quire a lest of the reasoning powers. He should be taught the necessity of learning to think methodically on every subject presented to his mind, for faculties and powers are of of little value, till they are brought into ex ercise and directed to their proper objects. The sludy of the natural sciences are emi nently filled to train the mind <o habits of careful observation. There seems to be a wonderful adaptation between the young unperverted mind and the natural world with which it is encompassed. The intellect of the young is excited by curiosity ; the child pries into the reason of things and seeks for causes and effects; it asks a thousand ques tions re<pec'ing the changes incident to the material creation. It often inquires ivpnt causes the formation of such and such things? From what are they derived? How do they exist in nature? What are their constitu ents I And various other questions apper taining to the subject under consideration. Admitting the importance of the study of the natural sciences as a imam to communi cate suitable instruction yet I th-nk that no study tends as greatly to strengthen and de velop mind as the study of mathematics. The old adage that mathematics cannot lie, is a true maxim. Unity is its basis—unity is the fundamental element of nil enumera tion. By the repetition of this element, we are able to form numbers to any extent. The«e numbers may be combined among themselves and employed merely as express ive of mutual relations, or we may apply them, if we choose, to all external objects whatever, to which we are able to give a common name. The mathematical student is more exact in his observations nnd calcu-, , lotions than the student of natural science. The basis of his reasoning is definitions and axioms—a basis of first principles which are self evident. By making a proper cnmpari. son of propositions he gains an intuitive per ception of their agreement or disagreement. Whenever he arrives at the last step, the mind in effect, intuitively, perceives the re. lulion between the conclusion nnd the condi tions involved in the piopositions at the com mencement of the series, nnd therefore, demonstrative'certainty is virtually the saun as the certainty of intuition. But it is not so in moral reasoning. We may arrive at a conclusion on a moral subject with a great degree of certainty ; not a doubt may be left in the mind ; and yet the oppo site of that conclusion may be altogether within the limits of possibility. Mathematics fix the attention and direct the mind to a thorough investigation of its subject. — There are few mathematical minds—minds that can grasp and comprehend assumed premises with readiness, and thereby succeed in 'constructing formulae, solving problems, -and demonstrating theories. It requires something more than an ordinary mind In perceive the agreement or disagreement of those established truths which occur tod he student of mathematics. The nature of mathematics is such, that its votaries are necessitated to become exact in their require-, men’s, therefore you may put it down as established fact rhat no person is so apt in cavil about small mailers as he who hasjo mathematical mind, consequently, care should be taken by those who have been nffleialK promoted, lest they inflict permaneminjury by placing tan much stress bn particulars. Notwithstanding persons thoa/cnnstiluled may commit manifest errors, yet 1 hold that no person-can become truly eminent in any calling, unless he has devoted a. suitable share of bis time to it of this important branch of educat gotod education is that which prepa ■ ourl future sphere of action. Bui t we! expect td have a superioriiy.ofiuielleciual or[ natural cali bre, if «b neglect to pursue [those studies which have a tendency to make u 3 intellectu. ally great/ 1 1 / 1 1 / {To be continued j) eocrraponDmcf. Cobb; Eighieen| hundred fifty eight is, us yet,ao unfamiliar combination.— I hud scarcely learud to write 1857 when lo I it is gone. .; { < ‘■What I gone without a word!” j Alas I’tis so. 1q oue brief j moment it has yielded up the ghost, nnd the new year is born. “Call thU a birthday T -tie alas; joo|«lear, -Tie but the fuaerT of the former year.” Yes, the Old Year has gone Uuh all its joys and all its sorrows, and who'shall make mer ry at the parting? who shall stand upon the threshold of the new/year and hot feel a lone liness steal over him us wheri purling from an old familiar friend ? not call back to his or .her remembrance some bright and sunny' spot ever dear lo the heait?|»as there no oasis in the desert ? If none dear reader, thy song should he 1 “for pleasures past, I do not Nor perils gathering near, ’ My greatest grief is, that 1 lea to ■ Nothing that claims a tear.’* | True, we have remembrance pf sorrows as well us joys, but who can say the new IVlead shall prove better than the 'ut'd I —Nut you or I.- But we shall still toil on without ceas ing on the great tread-mill of life, and as the wheels of time fast glide beneath our weary feel let us struggle earnestly jfeir the right— for a right in abstract is a right in fact—and cling to Hope j j “Of alt the ills that men endure, j \ The only cheap and universal core, , Than captive’s freedom, and than 1 sick man’s health 1 Than lover’s victory, and than beggar’s wealth!” The New Yeariias stolen silently upon us, yet it has come with a bright and.smiling face—a face all radiant wiihj joy—bright, sunny days and starlit nights. And what more would we ? No biting quid creeps m beneath the poor man's door ; no snowy man tle covets o’er the fields, but ulf is bright nnd warm and beautiful. The greai'North West, the very name of which makes|Pennsylvani ans shiver, can boast thus far of warm, au tumnal days ; an ekeing out of 30 culled Indi an Summer ; each day it’s felltiw’s.counter part—warm?smoky, dreamlike; while at the close the glorious sun rerired lies rest upon u golden pillow. The -‘lowing ihird” has ihus far ranged in freedom o’er the wild prairie, unmindful of the cure of man. We have had no cold weather >et, and but two.or three slight sprinklings of snow which im-liedl ns soon as it fell. A day or two since we had a fall of about four inches which-aliM remains, and owing to ihe smoothest of our road makes good sleighing. This! is ihe second winter 1 have spent in this region, and my experience is that winiers hereiare far more pleasant than those I have passqd in P.i. Business of all kinds is being resuscitated. Money is again being remilted fri’in the east for investments. All me firinjm the belief that the “gund lime coming” will arrive wiih ■he fust boat in the spring, j Provisions are plenty and the laborer has plenty of emuioy ment. Money is siiil scarce, and those who have it are making great bargains from off those who are in debt and hence must sell.— Real estate can be bought now for a great reduction in what it will bring in cash as soon as navigation opens. The Land Grant R. R. is located and five miles of Ihe 'rack on <h“ Superior Road from this city northward is under eontiacl for grading and jwork will be commenced early in the spring.j Game of all kinds is plenty ; large quan tities of deer and elk come daily into our market. The Si--ux and Chippewa Indians and Yankee hunters have been alike success ful, and owing to the warm weather the hear have not taken lo lh'-ir dens the hunters have been enabled to kill an unusual nuinber Of them. The number killed iij this vicinity thus far will exceed three hundred ; they are mostly very large and fat and bear meat has censed to be a rarity. 1 ! Opr pisca'orial friends are also having a good time. Our market is stocked with pick erel caught in.our lakes front’l to 25 po-rnds each, and with speckled trout tjpiughl in our streams weighing from Ito 4 pounds. One man caught in one day $9 worth at 15 cents per pound after being dressed; I Quite a fisfi storv, you will say ; but the story is not lar ger than the fish. J In the political world we have nothing new; The democracy 'with the exception of G--v. appointees, enthusiaslicallv endorse Douglas, Walker & Co., and\ are even nore no leal than the Republican parly evejr was. The Republicans are quietly 1-oking on thinking it a very good fight as'it is, j j “Contention* like a bone, I I Fall of high feeding. madly\hath broke loose, And benie down all before him.” j [ We have no local news that [would be of interest to your readers, but should we gel up a fire, or burglary, or murder,or anything of that sort. I’ll lie “tnkin mites’’end you may “prent ’em.” But for the present having nothing to say, I'll commence!'(o hold my longue, (pen) remembering the while that five words cost Zacharies forty weeks Silence. - Yours, ( o,\y. £. Hudson, Wi*. t January llj ’58. \ Advertisements will be charged 81 per square of fourteen lines, for one, or three Insertions,and 2S oents for every subsequent insertion. All.'advertise ments of less Ulan lourteen lines considered as a sonars. The following rales will be charged Qjr Quarterly, Half-Yearly, and Yearly advertising:—■ 3 months.. 6 months. 13 mo’s Sqa*re,(l4lineis) - 92 50 $4 SO SBCO SSqwrc*,. . • 400 600 809 1 column, - ... 10QO |5 00 SO 00 Column,* . . . ,18 00 30 00 40 00' advertisements not having the camber of ln« •ertfon* marked ajion them, will be kepi In oolHor* dered out,and charged arcordiu^lv. Foster*, Handbills, Bill,and Letter tleads,snd all kinds of Jobbing done in cnnntrv establishments, executed neully and promptly. 'Justices’, Consta. bles’and other BLANKS,constantly on hand, and prjnled lo order. NO. XXVII. A Tkemenuous Fast House -Many t ears ago a soliary horseman rniglv huvr been seen 'tytfily riding towards Toledo, Ohio. The sun had just set in ihe western honzin. It was the close of an eleciion day, and that solitary horseman was courier l\om an im portant town-hip in Lucas county. The re ruriis from every township in the county, but the one we speak of, had been heard from at Toledo, and Iho vote of this very township was needed to tell how the county was gone. At lengih the solitary horseman arrived in Toledo, and reined his foaming Bleed up lie fore the Indiana house. A big crowd—De mocrats and Whigs—rushed for ihe news. “Betler lime,” said ihe solitary horseman, looking at his watch, “was never made by I'nehoss! Fifteen miles in thiriy-lwo min utes ! What d’ye think of that, gentlemen 1” asked the horseman. •‘Cuss ihe hoss,” yelled the excited crowd, how Has township gone ?” “Gen’lmen,” replied the solitary horseman, “I disremember. It went either Whig or Democrat, hut I’ve been so taken with the speed of this ’ere hoss that I forgit which ; but, gen’lmen,” roared the excited horseman, rising in his saddle and frantically waving his whip in the air, “you may just rest satis fied on one point: A’ll can’t beat this hoss !” Just Savkd Himskif.—A pious old gen* lleman, one of the salt of the earth sort, went out into the field to catch a mate that was wont in bear him to town. He moved on the most approved mode. He shook a measure of corn lit her to delude her into the belief that site was glad to tier u ; l,i,t she was not In be deceived by any such suspicious act.-—* She would come nigh and then dash o(Tagain, until the good man was fretted very badly.— AI last he got her in a corner among some briars, and made a dash at her, when she .bounded over the wall and left him sprawlng among the bushes. His Christian fortitude gave wav at this, and gathering himself, he cried, “Oh, hell !" • The ejaculation had passed his lips before he thought, but immedi ately conscious of its wickedness, he said— “lelujah” nod translated the profane word in to a note of triumph. —Boston Gazette. Habit. — “l trust everything to God,” said Lord Brougham, “to habit, upon which, in all ages, the lawgiver, as well as the schoolmaster, has mainly placed his reliance": habit which makes eveiything easy, and casta all difficulties upon the deviation from a wont* ed course. Make sobriety a habit, and in temperance will be hateful; make prudenca a habit and r ckless profligacy will be as contrary to the nature of the child—grown or adult as the most atrocious crimes are to any of your lordships. Give a child lha habit of sacredly regarding the truth or care, fully respecting the pcpcriy of olhers : of scrupulously ab-taining from all acts of im providence which can involve him in distress, and will just as iikelv think of rushing into an element in which he cannot breathe, as of 1} mg or chea'tog, or swearing.” An hme'Si Jonathan from the interior on his visti in' ’he metropolis, »as awakened one night l>y heating theory of “Oysi f buv any nys'ets !” In ilie mellifluous nines of 0 vender of Ihe luscious shell fi-h, who, was passing uud'T,he window of ihe hotel. A noise so new to him Mariled him, and he asked hia room male »hal it meam. oil’s only oysters !’* replied his lellow lod ger pelii,->hly. ‘ Oysters !” exclaimed Jonathan, in aston ishment ; o a nd do oysters holler as loud as 'hail" Smith and Jones, merchants, were rush ing round, just ten minutes before 8 o'clock, rae-ing money, when going-found a corner Jones came in cnniact with Smith, knocking him. down. Smith was excited, and ex claimed : “Do that again and I’ll knock you into Ihe middle of next week.” “My dear fellow,” shouted Jones, “do it and I’ll give a thousand dollars; for if I can only get through till then without breaking I’m safe.” . A Devout Convert. —Francis, of the Troy Times, says he once heard an ignorant hui.very sincere and devout convert at a camp meeting, telling his experience, in- which, af ter speaking of Ihe great mercy of the Lord, said : “My brethering, I have crossed the great AlUnlic Ocean; I have crossed Ihe Hudson at Albany, and (he Oriskany creek at Oriskany ; and I’ve often tho’t if the Lord had.noly a mind lo have been a little mean about it bow- easy he could have destroyed me.” A genilhinan gave his Mule son some ii lii-ky to tas e ; hm ihe moment it.touched his lips he (lew buck, chipped his hind upon hi- muiiih. mill cried mu In nnonv of nnin, “0 ijupii ! pnpu ! it will kill me!” Had ihe Hnlc M-flow .been iu-pired bv Heaven, he 'could nul have -|nil;en riuu.- iriilv, Kill ihee p mv liule friend ! Ye-, as ii has killed mil lions already* and will kill millions more. Snooks’ mother and old Mrs. SmhTis were inlkir.o nhoiii Mule babies. “Why, ’ said Mr-. Snooks, when I wasa bahv they put mu in a quart eun and pul iho lid on.” “And d\j you live?" was the astonishing inquiry of Mrs. Smiths. “They, tell me I did,” was the astonishing reply] “Well, did you ever!” and Mrs. Smiths fell to knitting tike one pos sessed. It is no' great wealth, nor high station, which makes a man happy. Many of ihq most wretched beings on earlh 'haye both. But it is a radiant, sunny spirit, which knows how to bear little trials and to enjoy little comforts, and which thus extracts happiness frt>mrevery ine'jjem of life, Bates of Advert Islas-
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