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OFFICE, S. E. COIiNER OF .PUBLIC SQUARE
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DENTISTRY
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Tlit.l*f ...
- A. SPRAG6g .WOllld raspretfully.:announee tO the
"eltiienn of Smethport and vicinity, that ho hoe fitted
. up an offiee,and is prepared to' ,attend id - all business
.in his profession. Artificial loath inserted upon .sei
.. entificprineiplest find's° Sato pre:s'orve the natural ex
/. pression of. the-Taco; All operations in Dental Surgery
. done in u skillful monitor. .. .- . - . ~••• lOU'
A. BL~LKE;
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riIINTIST; would respeatftillyinkhop 414 e• n . l o ant,-
of Olean and -surrounding country that he hesio
eated'himself permanently in Olean, for the ..practiee' of
hie profeasion, whore botrill be 'prepared to wait on up.
who choose to giro him a call. ' Otlictrover O. IL.. Things
• Ole , Nay 12 1860.
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OLEAN HOUSE,
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BAUD, Proprietor. Olean, N. Y... 'Oemilois rune
to and froth the Nehr'York and Erie Ruil Ruud. Stages
for Smethport and Cores. • • • , • ,
119II§E,
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S. J. 'Oscroiro.Tioilrieton. 'Ridgway,- Fa.. - This lintel . is
.new and furnished lii nwidern style, has ample acconi.
' modatians, andis, in alVreopects, a First Class Motel. '
. Ridgway, .tilkCo. Pa. May :11, 1.;r0 - •
ELDRED HOTEL,
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Jontr-.Weig, Proprietor , • This house is siluated. - balf
way between Brrietbport an 4 Olean: . .A - Convenient
an commodious bona,, attentive• and obliging 'attend
.' ants,..and low prices. -• : , • •. -
Eldred, May 17 , 1660. • ' • .. .•. 0, ' .
. • A. D...HANCLIN, . . - .
pinveydr, Draftsman'Conieyancer,
,and Real Estate
Agent: Smetliport, ill'Keannnurity; l'a. • ' -• ' • '
A. IL TAYLOR,
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Dealer in . Dr.i. GoOds, 9 rocorieo,' Pork, Flour;Solt, Fish
. 'Relky-.31.t01e Clothing', Boats mil Shoes. Smethport,
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•• • - . • * WILLIAM WILKIN, . ~
Practical Mechanic, Millwright Bridge-builder, Sc..,
Port Allegheny; M. , Kean county, P. ' ..
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;.' L. BRAWN,,
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BORVETOR., DRAFTSMAN. CONVETANOER ana Real.
.Ealate Agent:. Office, Williamsville; Elk Co.; Penn'a
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' Chapin A:. 116310, , ,Estee.,
•Hon. Thntnas Struthari,
' W.. B. Brownell,' Esq.,
Hon.. A. 1. Vl,llcoa,
CARVER
•. ' '.. • ' HOUSE , •• • : ' • •• .
Jong ff.. MILL Proprietor. corner . 611'7110.r and, Hickory
llitreets,..Warreo, .Pa. Oertoral..B.lage °Mee. . , . ...,
FOBES ROUSE,
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Fronting the Public Square, Olean, N. Y. ;Aims M.
: Mtm,ci.t. Proprietor. 'The Palms Hens° is entirely new
and built of brick; and .is , furnished'in.modern style.
The .proprietor ilaiters himself that. his aceonmuide;
• tione are ribt 'stirpassed by any betel in Western New
• TOOL, .Ceiriages male and from the : New York and
~. Erie hail Road., - .. •. ' ~ •• . • . 3d-tf.
BYRON D. HAMLII.I.:
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ArroiNct AT LAW; smetliport, lillitean County. Pe.;
' Agent for !items. Keating & Cold 'Lands 'Attends
especially to the Collection of 'Clohns; Examination of
Land Titles; Payment ; of Taxes, and nil' business rota.'
tingtolleal Estate. - Office in Ilanilin Work. • ,
GREEN''' HOTEL
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D. A. NVKl.corr, Proprietor,—at loni a n, 'Warren county
Pa:.... his Thblo ‘i,ill• be supplied with the best the
country ditords . , and ho spare no pahis ida'cc'otnoilati Ng
hie guests. • •
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E. BoUGHTOA ELDRED,
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Attorney and. Counseller a. Law,, Smeihport i , M , genii
County, Pa. Business. entrusted to .hil. care For the
. counfles-ef hiMeati,,Potter s and Elk will lie promptly .
attended fo Office in the Court Howie, ,second flour,
DR: L. B. VirISNER,
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PhyaWan and Surgaon;. araethpart; Pa; "will attend •to
ill professional calla with 'brolulitneaa. ' Office. in Sart
• well.l3lock, second. floor. ' • • , . , • ~- .. '
THING
Wholesale find petal Dealers. in.Bteple And Fanny Dry
Goods, Udriniting,.Ready , Made Clothing, and General
Furnishing. Goods • Boots end Shoes, Well and Window
~ Paper, Looking,thaSses4ce. At Olean. N. Y. ,
=MOTT HOUSE,
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Smethport,lTAtean Co., Pa. D.: R..l3aNsairr t ?ronde
toroppoelie the Court House. A new, large, Coln
Modlone ,and well.furnished Ileum.. • • . • , ...
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IQHN .C. BAcKUSt
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Attorney and Comaelior at Law, Sfrlo tliport, M'Kean On
• Pa.: Will - attend to all business in his profeeelon .iii the
counties of IP Kean, Potter and Elk. °ince over U.K.
Sartwoll & Brothers , Store. . .
• • . • • HACKNEY 4A0111§4, .
Corner of Second and LibertritHreets, Warren, PA: . R.
. • A. Manna; Prepriotor. , Trn.relerti will find good ac
cornmodations.and reaionable charges. ' •
E. S. MASON,
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Dealer in Stoves, Tin. Ware, Janpaned Ware; ~..t.e., west
side of the Public . Square, Smethport, Pa.. Custoin
work done to order on the.shertest notice, and in the
most substantial manner, . ,
.W.'B. HROWNELL,
Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Hardware,
.* Boots, Shoos, Hats, Caps, Glass; Nails, Oils &0., &C.
Bast sido•oi 'the Public ,S . otiare, Smothporf, Pa. - ' ;
LARABEE'S HOTEL,
R. LipansW, Proprietor,-:-A.llewhony
-Co , Pa.' This bonen Ie nituated about nine:milee from
Entethport on-the road' to Olean, and, will, be found a
oonvenientatOp.idng-place • ••• •. .•
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'.• . • ' .: EMPORIUM HOUSE,'.. • - . '. .
Sh.lppen,: - M'Koan Co., P. • 21; L. DYKE, 'Proprietor
A oommodlona . .and • well4uniialind lioueo.• Strange VI ,
and t A . veleru wUI and :good , aocomoiodatione. • • , .
FARMERS'
.VALLE 34 HOTEL,
By T. Goonwiir. TWA h6dso in situated aboilt five tulle
from Smetbport on tke real to Olean. P leasu ro portion
and otbet a can be aocommodatod on'tllo oltortentuotico•
PORT AILEOANY HOUSE,
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Zitoedit. DoLiam Peopeletot,, at Pert • Allegeny, Me—
.lCeen County , Pa. -This Hotel lstii tooled lathe Juno-
' . Oen of the Smothport aka Allegany Rivet loads, nine .
'.' miles east or Serrethpoet, .
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- ...ASTOWITOUSE'.
8111ETOPORT,..111 , 11f.EAN Ce 4 rn.'
WK. HASKELL : : : • :
. - Proprietor;
-This.nciuse le well - calculated tor the aedommodatien
or the Travelling Public; having' recently been repaired
and remodeled. -Gomillarns and slablea. ' Charges rea..
amiable. Btagee fur Clean,. Shipp en and Rldoray.
dinothport; July . 2oB6p. . - • •
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• Prdves that while. the nominee of the Reput 7 .
Heim:: party , for President, Abraham" Lincoln,
was a . rnember of cOngresS; the Wilmot Proviso
controversy' was in,p;rogress, anti hiit'.'be was
attive::in 'connection 'With Wm. 14.
JOshuall; Giddings, att(' other 'prominent aboli
tion members of Congress, in...keepiitg. up rho
.slavery agitation. He voted 'for • the. Proviso
forty-two times:: • • •. •
Also proves' thiit while a 61'cl-fiber, of Coni4; : ess
he. opiioled. the.Mexica n tlet Itiiin4 it
conseitWonid :a7d tarok ," and viited'agakit thi
Lill granting oiec hundred and siztj'erries of land
pi . ou'r brave and gallant volunteers. ' ,
Also provea that dating .thelllinois Senatorial
campeign,:in. a speech at Chicag,ci r on.'the 10th
• day of July; 1855, hesaid-"l.have always
liii
ted slavery;.lthirc, as muckawl/ alioNionisi:
I have been an old line Whig.•. I have. alway s
hat ed•it, and I alWays believed it in course of
iinate
.extihetiOn." If I were in' Congress,
and. a vote should cunie.up on a question ,A.'hellt7
er slavery - should be prOhibited in a neiv• terri
tory,in spite of the Dted Scott decision, I should
vote' thitt it shotlid: , • •
.0 is aECprn
Also proVea that in- a simech at.Galesburg,
1858,..1ie said , j. believe that the -right
of property, in 'a. slave is not distinctly rind
and, expressly a,firmdil in the.,Consfitutiort."..
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.Also prcoies that in -a-, Speech,
,at • Qiiincy,
:20th October,'lSsB, he said—Wl:he Republican
party, think it (ifavery) wrong--.We'think it is
a moral .a social, anit . a political wrong.. We
think it is a wrongnot'confining, itself , merely
.to•-the persons or the:States-where itexists, but.
that it is a Wrong in its. tendency, to say the
leasr,.that extends itself to the criNtew re Of . the
Whole notion. BeCause we think it wrong, 7 . 6 fl
projlOit a course of policy , that shall deal :with
it as with any ottier - wrong;-in so far as we can
prevent its growing' aay•largeri eidid so- (leg"
with it thatiii 11 run or time there. may be some
pro'ritise of whcud,to it:, ' •
Also ; proves that in a:.speech'at . Springileld
on the 17th June, 15'48,- . he'declaredol
honke dividell against itself cannot I.
believe this government_ cannot endure perms- .
nently half-slave an . d half free._ It will become,
all'one thing, or ali the other.... Eltherthe.opp6-
Dents of slavery will arrest the further spread
of it,'(i.;l;/ - place it when.the intldic mind shrill rest
ire thelelief dine it is iu the . course of ithidiate
extid!ction; or its advoeataS will ptish.it forward
till it shall-beccime alike lawful the States;
old as Well:aitiew—North as well as Seuth.'?
And there atentimerous witnesses itt dd.,' city;.
Republicans as well as Democrat,s,'whO - heard
hjin r in a speech delivered infront.:ofthe:gotirt
House iti.this:eity; admit and defend the posi
tion.dssurned.iit theidive'.extract claim to be
the Atjthor of tlie i , lrreprt,ictbl4 Conliice...'eMe--
"triiv n and.virtually charging Wm. IL
• Beward•
vt itn appropriating it. -. , • .:•".,
Brief as it his record,-we itnaginethat it will
"white=washing". by, his wOuld-be
conservative followers, like Dtr. CorWin, 'to.
,proye•to'the'satisfactioti of the people thht Abra
ham Lincoln, thy Republican ponninee for Pres
ident, is: a 'national, conservative than, 'and
worthy to fill - the,highest olfiee in the Aineri.
.can' Re pit blie.Dayton
iti,ll„two . y, Pa
'Warren, • Pa
. Smetlieurt, l'a.
Buena ya
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• From, the .Dlxir York Me.rcuiy.
FUNNY LIVES OF- THE• P.RESIDEN
. • TIAL CANDIDATES.
The 'subject of our•biog,raPhy, was born at
13unkiriiill on the 4th of
,Joly 1.776, and. 'wad
one of the'original signeri of-the preCious doc
ument which scaled our liberties on that'day.
We refer to the Declaration of Independence.— .
His father'Sname was Mr.:LincOln, his 'moth
er's Mrs. Lincoln, and,if • he had sisters •they
were knOWn as the , gisses.Lincolns.. At the
age of two.yeare, young• Abraham commenced
Splitting rails, for a •liVing,, singing beautiful
hymns while so engaged, and .displaying all
those,noble Virtnesfor, which he has since been
drstinguished. When he was abOpt. ten' years
old, Boston suddenly became. : the hilb of the
universe, and required -so much 'greasing, that
cleanly people were obliged to move away.- , ---
The . Lincoins went to-Illinois Moro Abraham
became the ablest lawyer in*,the . State in:less
than a,week, and learned to thew tOscco.,-
His reputation for., elognence was unparalleled
-..and as a specimen,of his wit we give the fel,
lowing ,• • •.
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on,One Occasion 'Mr. Lincoln
. was Splitting,
a rail in the'perlor of Judge Dnuglas's'residence
when the latter joined him, and thinking to
make-a good -joke about our Hero's extreme
.leanness, remarked:, •
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"Why, Abe, you're'a rail youlaelf." .
Mr. Lincoln looked up from his' work with
thatsublime glare...which has often - petrified . a
world, and gravely responded: •
sir, are the reverse of a - rail." .
.Douglas immediately:grasped - : his hat and
.carpet bag,, went, to Washington, and asked the
President to explain' . what Lincoln meant - by
that.
"Why," replied the President, c{the reverse,
of rail is rail spelt baelyards."..
Since then, Douglas and Lincoln , have- been
warm
The subject of our biography was defeated
by Mr Douglas 'for the United States • Senate,
in 1851, on account of sickness in • the. family,
end, has since been known as tqlonest Old Abe'?
to the whole.country. . He is a man of unflinch
ing integrity., and thOugh he.cliews'tobace6' -at
preserit will not choose the.Wee.d Ter a compan.:
ion if eiccted President'. • .
.N• ni , --- The author of: thiti
.hiography-'died
.!namediately after penning . the above work.
LICE OF ; STEPHEN: A 11.0 ' Ll"). lOUGLAS; .•' •
• By one ablto biome' him since he ViZS . so high
Mr. PouglaS was.born at Bennington Verrnot,
on:the 4th of, July 1176, and demonstrated, the
utility of Squatter SOvereigntylmfore he trew
off his crinoline: His parents belonged to,a no
ble•Scoteli family, and when Stephen was
,two
years old, they emigrated With him to
It was during, this, journey that he gave vent to
a remark Which has since become
His father asked' iim if he would have an apple;
and, ;in receiving an answer in the affirmative,
made , a “spl it" in it—preparatory. •te dividing
it into two' pieceswhen 11jr. Douglas ittlOeu•
ly,gra4led 010 . 1,01016 exclaimed: • •• .
SMETHPORT, - IVYKE.AN : couNTy,...PA:,.. TUMSO4Yi... - 00UST. 4 . 0,
.1569. -
HIS RECORD.
• LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
• •By.ollC,Tho.k/107O'S.hinl:,
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uTheUtilon maitiand shall beiireserired.!'
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This immortal senteil6e.waiimmediat.ely•tel
egraphed to all the paperS,in the United States,
and . c.'atiada;and procureir.thOelectioti of Mr.'
bouglas . .lo.the office.ofjadge.Of good.Whialteyi
.as aeon . he' arrived in hen about ten •
years old, he commenced writing for •Htrper!s'
Magazine, and finally coati ibuted • a Series ,Of
huthorous articles; , to the .editofial .coluains:- of
the C h icago Tim:c.v . :- •
:By way of concluding - Our biography, We give
the folloWing 'extract Irom.one of Mr. Bougie - es
Most eloquent speeches. • • •
• f' • ". • Squatter Sovereig,nty,:gentlemen,
[great•npplatiSe] iS•tiot ..the right of one
. man
Over anether . rearr, accorded:by - the Constitution.
brit the right of allot:11er 'man over this
that min over this man, where mantis. lvillilig
that roan should be hiS . own . Mau, independent
Of. every other man. ..This, gentleman, is Squat-
ter S,oirereigaty,:without•rnitiga.tion:'?
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RArrAtti.toWiT.,-Eriginenr Stnne, or ns he is
more generallycalled:among his acquaintances,.
Old. ROck," whq 'runs no the.enst end of the
Peoria' & 9quawaka, Rrllroad, is a : natpral
wag, quick at a repartee and drins - a chip.- • -
Poe day.4tock?' 'met git a.lOt of th'e , St.•Louii
Alton'& Chicago Railroad boys at Peoria'Jtinc
tioii, and. they 'stepped ihto.Snmj:intnery'e, for
a social glass Of ale.: Conductor Iledges';of the
St,..,Louis road, as'a sort of a sentiment give,
"Old Rock, otherwise Stone, a. perfect brh.k."
''That's very good,i.fexelaime'd Stone. •
to' Oil • pruflt, Otherwiee Hedges, n
. .perfect
stick:?'. The. next that. was.seee 0 !:.` 1 . 11 °7" he
was pursuing a c.tWo-frortyoi: g4it• towards . his
.engine, liedgesWith. a stickclosa.".on to his
This "not. quite us.i.mod as the repartee of Nick
Deuton,whilotrra division en,gineer'on the LW'.
aois:Cential, at' a festival.severfil yeays:ago • in
Dc \rift County, A fellow. named Jack' R.
gave as a sentitineM: tairi . Nicks—Old
Nick and Nick 'Denton."' The tables came
down with a clatter: Nick rose as•grave.its.a
judge"., • When the noise:hail subsided, he.:said
he fully appreciated' the honor Conferred upon
•bitri in being named:in connection. with• .Jack's
.most • intimate frierni! He hardly knewhoiv.do
requite dhe.kindness, but as one good turn al.
ways deServes 'another, he:would- give:—" The
Ttiv Ja --
ck's:,jack 11, and •Sackas.a." Jack . ..R.
collapsed. and the.conmpany welit into hyster4
Excfroa; SCENE 1%17:11 M...Rnittnr.,-The
.Most exciting scene-•«'e ever -witnessed. was .
'what vi 4 mkyfairly'call a mortal 'combat-be-.
tween man and . the :horse..A-powerful
mostbeatitiful thoroUghAireditallion was intro
duced into the arena: - The 'hoi•Seiooked round .
the audience, stood on his hind legs, Plowed up
the ground, and.pres'ented,the Most . vivid Pic=,
titre Of a: wild and irreclaimable beast." He
liter . alLY roared.in fUry, and kicked oat of pure
viciousness:, 'He snapped: at' the spectators,
snapped
• grOoM and Mr. Huey, and act
ually bit his flesh severely' in hiSpassion.-.• He
tore to pieces every.stran that waseplacedunOn
hiM,..hurling the groom; -who. had come to Mr.
.Rare Y's tissistanceigneatiiiiously.. the :whole
length-Of the'arepa:. At o'ne. time tile : , horse
broke clear away from.thern all, and ' stood . .for
a moment as a conscious victor in the midstOf
the excited audience.. Mr. Dycer and Mr. Far
tell both cattle to Mr , itarey's. help,.but they
were utterly, unable to hold the animal:
. He
scattered -every .man and :everything around .
him like 'chaff. He- was. bathed a white
foam, _and up,vapor from his body.. • At.'
orie moment hp tossed up•the strait/ .wildly, at
'another lie".sent.the barriers flying in aHdiree
tions and for some time he stood .the complete
Personification Of , diablerie rilimein: the arena-,
roaring, furiously, and -tearing at the. barriers
-with hisleeth:. , ••• •. .
Mr . ..Rarey, having washed his hands and
rested for.a few minutes, again ventured to.ap
proach him. .Then began a : Contest such as no
one:Who.Witnessed itcanaver forget. It waaa
. strtiggleof art. and tact . against:overwherriling,
: strength. ' Whoever ' , aaw that. combat' could
'never he skeptical as to' the wonderful power
For.full an hour the battleifor it
was nothing else, continued, node man' had
gained the vtetery,.now the horsq: arid thean
imal, toochin6 the earth.seeneed toderiVe fresh,
strength from every fall. At last: Mr. Rarey
extemporized a strap from the fragments of the
broken bridle, and had 'gained his first step
to conquest; still
,the brae' fought' furiously,
rising in the air, and plunging in all' directions;
endeavoring to bi,te his assailant Or trample hiin
down. It gave 'one some idea of . theanimating
scenes of the roman ampatheater to see a com
pact,:alight,.but sinewy man confronting 'se
furious and vicious an animal. A long struggle
ensiled ) but eventually, the hors? .was fairly
beaten out, and lay doWn'panting and thorthigh
ly aubdued.— Irish' Times.. ' . ' • • •
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Lovely women will "stoop tojolly," arid: fall
*into the arms of dishonorable 'Ain. pretty
girl from ClarkSville,,Tenn., who recently at
'tempted to commit. smote. Cincinnati has
the .following sail hiStOry•to: relate. Several
'months
. ago she !meanie acquainted ivith,a man
nanied . . White, and three _weeks . since they
Were Married, Li the innocence 'of heartless
nature she gave him her
. utmost confidence,
end placed in hiS hands the sun; of eight thee . .
'sand dollar's. Alter their marraige
. they Fame
to Cincinnati, and a - few, days. afterwards the
felloW disappeared, leaving the " among
strangers, without. a dollar, and located in, a
hotel intended only. for 'stevederes. Cruelly
betrayed in.her love,.encUstill more cruelly de
serted, she was induced to the commission of
suicide. • •
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FIATIINESS op CiiiitAcTna.—Hardness is a want
of minute attention to the •feelings of, Others..
rt
It does noticeed froth malignity ors careless
ness of inflicting pain, but from awant of del-,
icate'perception of those little things by which
plcasurc iscOnfered,.or pain excited. • . •
IRON AND COAL•
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Tln , ir iltattial Deponilency-- - •'1716 Eden Oil IViirks
' Can thp .111:anniiictuteil 'Chi topzietit :with 'do
' % Dia turnl,lnrreaied valinnycohl by Cokidg—,
~- :linnzensa Peiamiti:or.lran---Pnvorable Ltnl'i! in?'
.jar Smiling „Fitinads—The h. 8:.4 , . P.' Rufl-
Nov; thaioil ivot ks at 'Eden are about to go
into' operaiicitt, ihooestion naturally arises
whether the manufactured article cart success'.
tully.coMe.into competition with the . natural
flow from the'extr'rtOrdinary snit apparently iti
exlimistable wells . in.our vicinity.
' The natural oif ells•at the..Worlcs . fdr $,10 . •a
barrel. Now if it can he'.manufactured 'for a
leSs figurd . than that, trialuding:the value ofcoal,
ther'e trill be a margin of : profit as every.. dno
not being fully pOstpd as ;tn. the ;c
prose of distilling .the Oily Products froth .the'
raw material, we Wilt assume that it is'lpre
tharr3o,etints a gallon for the crude oil, and.
eY'en:then may be made prefitabl&at the: same
Mice Of - 10 per '
Iron .srnelte'dfrom thO ore.with coke or char
coal is worth front 50 to;.-100 per, cent.. more
than that obtained by bituMerous .coal, couSe.,
qutmtly'cOlie dtight . tobe worth more per bush
:el'.than the coal.frornwhidh , it is matte, , :rind .
thia:fs actually - the masters' pay.
more for".cokOthip-fdr: Coal,by.tho
They even colce it themselves, wasting the vo
latileproducts; or all 'tyliich.the oil mai - infector :
to.sav :seen thousands
of bitshels underg,oing.ltliis wasteful 'process• of
coking per A•c;:forpuddlitig . fgrnacel and•rc:lling
mills, where bitunienous coal, is' unfit for 'use,
and were 'inforined,hy the proprietors that iron
smelted with coke was y 0111 1 .75 per cent; more
than theSotherilhey being, willing to pay. that
But•the question arises, how many bushelA of
'Coal are required to make One: of 'coke? Mere ,
again, he result is favorable to. the - distiller,
experience showing that 100 bushels of coal ,
make 117 bushels of'coke, •So we we have two
direct 'Sources of profit, which taken togetlier
are sufriei.ent to pay n considerable part of the
expenses of mairefacturing, p`roVided, we can
getiron smelters to use the Coke.. .
.Now, have we , iron the immediate Vicinity.
of the.coal? . We. have: Four varieties of rich
ore are found, one in immediate contact swith
the coal, so that it may beremoved from,.t he
same :shaft 'or' drift, . the. iothera- near, and
together footing up.such an : amount • of gross
tons as staggers our belief in the credibility of
figures.
Shall - we- have a smelting furnace among us?
WhO will be the first to' put up a • stack? 'The
early completion of our railroad, which, Will
.now.be regarded as a certainty,-will place us
within half a day's ride of the rolling mills now
erecting at BUlTalo,.and the pioneer in the iron
busiiiess:here, may reasonably expect toreapb
rid' harvest, even without dlie ceoperetioh of
the Ortisiness;• with that,-who shell predict
theglowing future? . .
In oqr opinion, the:man need not.be anenthusi
fist who says that one day, and that very anon,
iron shall be ati important item in our exports,
rivaiing,'and probably. exceeding the lumber
trade. .ViThere is the capitalist ' that .Wants to
be made rich?—Bradiecd
A FUNNY F.orron.-L-A great deal tabeing said
at the present about daellingond. we . wilt re=
Produce M. S.'N..ilatilmon.:l's letter to . a 'St,
Lonis , gentlemamin 'which 'he.gfves'his reasons
for not meeting an enemy in mortal combat:
While I. edited the Albafiy Rees . ter:l offended:
hot-blo'oded member of the.F. - F.'S. of New
sent 'a pdlite invitation through a
'friend, for me to visit Bajtimore. '.:llmine no
buSiness 'in that:direci •I'delined.
again; through a friend invited me (o"visircan
ada,. HaVing just rettir'ned from a fishing , . ex
cursion in the' interior of her Ma j esty's colony,
and •haVing bccaihinto go that way;st..cle
clined...He then.:in direct terms invited roe - to
name friend and tirrie; weapons and place; toin
durge'in the pleasant, pastime
. of cutting each
other's thioats; I thought . the matter•• Over;
and declined a third times assigiiing the follOy-
":t. The thing. was contrary to the law, and I
had no•.desire to he hung for killing him, or that .
he should be hung for killing me. ' •
... •
,•• 2. I had a wife who loved me; and who woUld
mourn.for me if •I fell.. lle hid only a mistress,
who would: rejoice at his death, as. relieving ,
her from the necessity of flying 'from his pro-
tection to that of. some other'man..... • -'
3..1 had three children, for whose education
I was in honor.and by nature bound to provide.
'lle. had none.. •.• •
4. SoCiety , had no stake in his tile. His con
-tionance eoulti• be no blessing . „ and hie &semi.
tinuance - no lois., Society had claim's upon me
—upon himH had none.
'3. I'd-see him — 7 — first.
And there the matter has rested ever since
'There is editor° not.less in ,carirage than in
behavior. The sensecbad in old castles, could
rank all the guests without error by their con
duct.
If.you want 'to annoy, and 'puzzle, and baffle
a man full of trick and duplicity,'.you have only
to praCtice a straightforward, simple. integrity.
If'the old'inaxim is'irue, that the idle head
workshOp of-the Devil,' there are locali
ties its all oar,villages and cities where a large
amount of manufacturing is daily going on. .
DEMOCRAT.
A STijitYWITH A MORAL.
. .
:That truth is sometimes strange . r than diction
is not, disliked, and, it falls to'the lot of .a .
pOrter, to be ccignizarit of many strange'
startling stories.; One Of :these snail - be trans
gcribed...lt has re local characte . r, and the par;
ties referred to . are well known in Philadelphia:
.
. About , fi ve years ago au •'eaterprising. firm
was:engaged inn lucratiVe•bilsineas on Water
.street.: • I taintegrri yin busineis was' . beyond .
suspicion, or cavil. the PromPtness with which
itsobligittions was:met was the subject.of. gen
ersl..encomiuniomillts. paper, had; in every
case, "the: value of • bank notes or ot : specie.—
The firm was composed of two Members, both
otThern.weaithy. With time their riches grew
npare,•and with cash their kindness 'and.integ- .
The eanier'partner.yeaide&in
a tnagnifieent west•erid mansion, Surrounded
by. all the luxuries .which: money' could com
mand and teste.eauldi ask. The junior. part.;
ncr lived with his farililk rural distrirt
small farm.: pasSed he business
hours in his. establishment • upon Water street,
theco9l of the evening • rested in his
cot tage. , His children grew:up• healthy
contehted,:and all the fireSide:virlapagernboled
about hie. feer.' ••' ' • ,
. .
. .
.
• In the lapse•el time the firm dissolved.,. ..'lts
purposes hdd f beea sabserved, in the success of,
its business', and the preservation of its integ . .
rity, and .each 'partner - retired:to: his' 'house' to'
enjoy the prolits'of his labor.. -:• . : -..- :.
.:- The saddest part of the picture is'now to
corne, , and ~c, N ature's sternest iminter and • yet,
the best," might delineate with pity. the-dis
grace of• the one and the happiness of the other: ,
ei \
The west 'end millicinaire has:foil itedthe re.s .
.pest and friendship of 'his,ancient p ruler: , We
passed him last night -in'a.state.of deatetl irt'
toxiCat ion ' filthy: with- exposlute a tt absolute
Mini.. The melt with4ur
hohe °nee' .asSocia
tettwould. blush-to -day to recogni/it'. him. His
fortune bee been. squandered • iti6on tinned ex
cess, his' family . scattered antrpenniless—and
the sole pint of his degraded ambition is' to find
'the ~ : ylierewitlinl to.pUrehase drink. The, jan;:
for partner has not chstiged in circumstancei.-
The home ties have proved strongeriwith him
than the attractions of. yiee;and he still lives
to demonstrate the advantages of retired virtue
and contented eompetence,—Phil...Eriquirer.:
A ItlisTAs6l NOTION.—IfOaven help the man
.wke imagines he can-dodge'gfonemies" by try
ing to.please everybody,• :d i(
.such an individual .
ever 'succeeded, should be glad know it.
Not that we believe inn. man's going through
the.•world trying : to
,find a•hearn .I,6.•knock his
head againsti disputing. every : man's
.opinion;
fighting:and 'elbewing.and Crowding every' man
who may differ from him, That is. only ono-.
ther. extreme.. ..Other people: have a - right to
their opinions, so have you to yours; don't fall
into error,bysupposing that they will 'respect•
you more tot turning - :yettreoat„every day :to
match theirs. Wear. yonr own colors spite of,
wind '. end •weather,•steina •olysunshine, .Until
•conVinced:,-argu . tanne .alone that you - are
,
Wrong.... It Costs the veseilating and•irresolute
ten times the trouble to wind • and.shuille and
twist; tfint it does-honest; manly independence
to Stand their ground. • i' : •• '• •
ovarrunnirritio.—Whols there that has not
a deer; dreamYremeMbrance. of his 9;' her
iiveeihearting days--those 'bliss-giving, sugar
coated, honey-dew'd days when faith and hope
were neiMpaired • by rude' contact with a ruder
world? Not many; we' iinagirre, Well; we
have a friend—not on :old man, not - . a.,.young
man—who.was unfortunate his first love, or
rather no love a t all, but who has now swpet,
hear, the ver.Y.emodiment of all:that is good
and noble,' it: we' except her.proelivity to swear-,
ing; .he . belieires..Harry sinceile , but despises
monotnny, so th e otherday she thus questioned
,
c.Do you,"9itid Ada in a witching; Way,•
(.(Love me in earnest as, you say?
. • Or are thone tender, words applied.
• Alike'to.fifty girlii beside?"
.
((peer, cruel girl," he ((fcries, orben;
For by those eyes, and lips . I swear,"
She stepped him, as the oath he took, •
And said, ((You've Sworn, wpm - kiss die b9pp
And he did • kisit the beauteous volume sive.'
rat times,.with a will. ' Such a girl . will be . an
inestimable bleising—when. ho .gets her, ma
king up to hirnfor disappointment pastas, well
as sorrows • present. For the 'benefit of the
forthcoming generation,...We. hope- to see: the
present edition Of this work continued.
Small acts of 'kinilness! how .Pleasant :and
desirab,le do theYmmke life! Every_dark object
is made light by. them, and every tear Of , sor
row is brushed away. When the heart is sad
and despondency sits at the entrance of the
soul, a trifling kindness drives despair away,
and makes the path cheerful and pleasant.
.TIIE . AMAZON.—The Amaion, the laSgest
river in the world, has an area of drainage near
ly three times asdarge as that 6( . 01 the rivers
of Europe that , empty themselves into •the At, .
!antic. This plain is entirely covered with
dense primeval forests, through which the only
paths are those made by the riverand its innu
inerable tributaries. This forest .is literally
impenetrable: Humboldt remarks that two
'mission stations might be only a,few miles a
part, sand yet the residents would require a day
and a half to visit each other, along the wind
ings of small streams . . .Even the wild animrls
get involved :in .such impenetrable masses of
wood, ;that they (even the 'jaguar) live for a
lona time, in . the trees, a terror ro the monkeys
whose'domain they have invaded. The trees ,
often measureltom eight to twelve feet in di :
ameter; and the intervals areoecUpied by'shrub- ,
like plants, which here , in , these.t . ropical re
gions, become arborescent. The Origin of the
Amason' is unknown; it is navigable for two
theusand.miles from the ocean; it is,nearly one
hundaed miles wide, at the mouth,caqd in some'
•placesaix hUndred feet deep; and its torrents
project, 'it were, into the ocean, more than
three hundred miles, perceptibly ~altering ,its
Waters, at this 'distance from the American
crDo you love me Simon?" cgDo.I love you
--ask the suit if it loves flowers-.-ask a cold
'kitten if it loves a liot brick-bat. 'Love you?
show me the mnn who says I don't, and I'll
cave his head in with n cistern Pole!", ' ,
• A YA:NK . EE TalOn.-4r the tollciwing. be 'true
,
it illuatratee Yankee ahrewdneaq. • •
A.weok or . tvio 'ago;: four .creditors started
from 'Boston in the same train of ears, for the'
.purpose of attaching the property Of - a 'certain
Uebtrir'in'Fartpitigton,•Attine.-'
one separately;: and. they each were suspicious
of the'object ofihe, other, but dared not- : say
'word' about it... So they ' rode, acqUaintenees
all, talking upon•eyerythinir except that which ,
they had most at 'Heart. . When they arrived
at the depot aS iarmington,• Which 'was
.three
miles from the .debtor's:. store,: . .they.l.lthind
nothing . but a .solitary cab, tovrard which 'they
all rushed. Three get in .and . refuself .clmitt
mice totbe fourth,,And - the.cab started. 'The.
fourth rair r iiffei.roul mounted upon Ilia: outside,
with the thivfir. Ile asked the' driver •if he
wanted to. Sell his horse...He replied :that
did not—that he was hot wcirth.more than sso, ' .
but he would not sell him for that.. lie' asked
lifm, if ho would take 'sloo u
for him.
. 4, Yea
said be.. The gtfoerth'nean'? guicky pie over'
.the morey, took the-reinx, and backed-the 'Cab'.
up to a•bank- 7 -slipped it from the harness, :and'
tipped it up so that the door could' not be •open.'
oil, and jUmpetl . npon the. horse's . back
. and redo'
•off i while thescinsiders" mere booking out of
the. Windovir.. Hp rode toil lawyer's, got a -writ
made'and served, andhis debt secured; ind,gOt
backto the hotel:just as the . iiinsiders" - came
'up and blowing., The cab • man bought
bark his herse• for $5O, The , icsold' , men off
•ered to pay that surn, if the fortunate one, Who'
found property Sufficient to pay his :own debt,
would not. tell it•lif Boston.'• • •
. .
..A YEAR 01; Pnastlr.--Trom all,riarts of the.
country we receive the most , satisfActory
•counts of the harve'st. ,The extent of ground
under cultrvation is' greater than in gny pre- .
vions year, anttthe husbaadm'an's labor is prom-,
Isetra rich reward.. Tlie.grent cereal 'crops,'
wheat rye, .oats . and torn, are generally in a
most flourishing.condition, and even oichard
fruits are more abundant 'than they have' been
for many past seasons. - The' receipt of•grain
at Buffalo, Chicago and , hlllwaukie have been
unprecodentally large within On last 'few
months showing that the farmers-are hastening
to empty their ganaries to make room 'for the .
year's produce: '?The effect of , this is telling
upon the business of the Western railroads gen
erally, but especially upon the twp great trunk
lines from Buffalo to tidewater. When, in'
connection with.the liberal hirvest, it is rec . +,
lotted that the season has been unprOpitious
many parts of Turope, add, that•especiafly in
Great Britain gdearth is .beginning. to bemppre
handed, it 'will be seen than the proapects of,
a inost prosperous season for our agricultural,
and, commercial classes, and through them , for
all classes of the community, were never be.tter
than they.are now.. • • •
, Artemue Ward sap:. The moosic which Lite
most use to is the inspirin'. stratum of the'
hand orgin. I hire a tirtietic•ltalyun to grind
for me, payin him his vittles ficklosa & spose it
was them straiten which fus put rnoosical
taste into me. Like all (twirlers he has seen
better dace; having formerly been a, Kount.---
But he aint of - much, ikount 'now, except to
turn the 'argil) and drink.beer, of which_ bevrige
; he can hold a churn full,'Casy.•
A : case has rocentli arisen - before
ard;of the Supreme Court, sitting in New York
city, where a certificate of marraige by a Nota
ry publicovas Offered - as evidence of the Mar
riage, and thik-Tudge held thatdt *ass net.legal
evidence ; be not being legally authorized ..to
perform the ceremony; but held that evidence
could be offered to show t hat he parties mar-,
lied themselves, by ogreettient+. - That marraigo
ia.only a civil contract is fast gaining •pound,
especially in theeyes Of the. law.. .
RATI , IER SEl.Titc.-L-The Saratoga Springs car
reepondeut of the Charleston Maretiry tolls the
following: . •, • .
Mr. 111. who is n true Democrat, has in his
possession a' ortrait of Abraham Lincoln, 'with
whinn.he ia well and .farnilitirly acqttainteil.--t
A few days since an ardent admirer tind -politi
cal friend of the Republican candidaterer „the
Presidency woe at Ihe . honse 'or Mr. M.., when
the conversation turned upon the subject'.of
Lalitte, the notorioue buccaneer and, free
boater of - the 'Gulf of Mexico, who once ba
hiS head-quarters at Barrataria .' Mr, M. be
ing inclined to a bit .
of sly fun, and well know
ing the poiitcal ptocliicities °ibis friend, inqui
red if .he'inid any knowledge of the youngest
grin of Lnfitte, and tit theintme time informing
hinkhat he , bail in his posseision, a picture,
which was immediately produced, bid. so held
that the • natne of the original could .not - be
seen, as the portrait was mot (rained. ' The
vistor gazed with wonder and astonishirient on,
the picture before him and , exclaimed with in
dignant leeling,s' that all men .could see in the
linaments of that face low cunning, deep,. and
damnable treachery and piracy, most distinctly
marked. After intllging in this strain' of re
mark for a feW . minutes, Mr. M. slowly •re
moved .bis lined from the lower port of the,Pic
tare, .when the naine of Abraharri-Lincollri was
discloSed to his view, completely paralyzing
the visitor, anti for a :time rendered .him'
'icM..COYSERYATISH: — An Old national'
Whig tor many years a representative•in Con=
gross in. this State, n :warm friend of Henry
Clay when living, and of his Union Conseriative
principlessince he is 'iload, remarked :the other
day.that.his first rind ':ne Intel choice -in the .
present contest Arnett] be 8.1 l and Everett.- -
•But Retie believed they could , not ba elected:he
rrinit and should vote the'Dernocratic ticket.—
lie had no where else to. gii,;he saitliexcept - to
the Democracy... They had ever been .11, CO*
stitutional and. conservative party. Hu',hart .
ever respected them. - , .mesisuri.e . had)
made our'country great, prosperous,. and every..
where respected;' and he was, pleased to ,unite:.
himself with their ranks; and, to Make them .
his politiaal.asseciates during the remainder of
his days.' This it praetical.conseriatisini and
tioithy, to be itnitate(l,l?.tt . former. Nationak
Whigs.—Wirt York Daily Nom • • ,
The Hon. Daniel•E. Sickles. of New.
: York,
has d'one n creditlible thing in annonireirs
ho will , appoint io a eadetship "at Weet.
and to a naval sclinle‘rahlp AtirtipaH4;, , ,tbis.,
two best scholars in: l he•publie Alchoolk.„iorthis t
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