Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 3 November 1855 — Page 2

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SATURDAY MOUNING, NOVEMBER

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done on short notice, and on reasonable terms.

'Agents for the Review.

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Titui-Y IT UT RE N"niNO.—The regular time of holding the Chris. Miller lodge Know-Nothing) in this place is Thursday night. Wc are happy to learn that the Meetings are to be discontinued for the future—cause, the officers and leaders have too much business at Judge Hurley's on Thursday night to attend to business. The Judge has been politely requested to close •.•••doors on that evening.

JP-fT Tennyson, in his poem of "Fatima relates the strongest case of Miction within our knowledge nt present. Speaking of a lover's kiss, he snys, or rather she says:

Last night, when

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TjfV Wc wish it distinctly understood, that we r, lmve now the nr.sT and the r. A no EST assortment of cious oratorical crime of plagiarism, but ^ANri1"•'OI1Tv.rl'?v®r\v^rk

nnd wewill»how them our assortment of'typs,euu. sufficiently critical, nor sufficientlv adept in

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Evans' Buildinir. N. W. corner of Third and Walnut Streets. Philadelphia. Pa. S. H. PA IN

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East corner Columbia and

Main streets, Ciii'-innati, Ohio is our Agent to procure advertisements. V. B. 1'Ai.Mt.n. U. S. Advertising Agent, NewYork.

This contemptible (rick hardly needs fiiither exposure. The argument is not against the Democracy, but lies at the door of the liquor-loving, unprincipled Know Nothings themselves. It is not very astonishing c-i-

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JUDGE HURLY AND DR. FRY. The Journal of last week was terribly exercised because Judge Hurly has opened out at his old trade, and is now selling liquor to the serious detriment of the regular Town Grocery. It charges this event as a consequence of the success of the old line ii r» friends of these two great Know Nothings party, and bewails it in rry usual temper- fe &

ance bombast. Every one can sec the oo-. ject of the lament, but docs not know that BUCKEVK SALOON.—On invitation we had the Judge is actually conducting at the re- an excellent dish of oysters last night at quest and under the auspices of Fry and this restaurant, formerly called the'"Young his brother hypocritical Carsonitcs. 'America," and now under the present name

The following are the facts. Only a day kept by Messrs. J. C. & S. Barcus. The or so after the lection, James Wilson and rooms are very neatly furnished as it is the one or two other temperance gentlemen design of the proprietors to have the ladies sent Judge Hurly word to open his grocery, come in occasionally and try their suppers. nnd go to selling, assuring him that he would There is no mistake about it, an}'body that not he molested or disturbed. Thus encour- wants a first rate dish of oysters, ser\ed up aged and absolutely solicited by an attorney in first rate style, by a first rate set of felof the Gnrsonitcs, Judge II. hesitated no lows, let him call at the Buckeye. longer. This statement is derived from head-quarters, and may be relied on.

the same gentlemen who thus pre-

vailed upon Judge ITurly to open his Gro-

cerv, are they who had the legalized Town Grocery established. Whiskey is whiskey *if its sale is iniquitous at all, it is so whether authorized by law or not. And now, if anybody is made diunk, or any poor family ruined, or crime in any shape ensues, by and from the Judges liquor, we charge it as superinduced bv the hollow-hearted leaders of Crawfordsville Know Nothingism.

one spoVo

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O, love! O, fre! Once he drew,

name.

From my swift blood there wont and camc.

A thousand little shafts of llame

Were shivered in my nanow frame:

With one loncr'-kiss. my whole soul through

My lips, as Minlijrht dritiketh dew.

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iooal tour of the United States.

POWER OF THE PRESS.—It is said the onslaught of the London Times upon the contemplated union of the Prince of Prussia with the Piincess Royal, has put nn effectual extinguisher upon the wooing of the Prussian.

£fTThe Troy •••Whig states that Dr. Kane, of the Arlic Expedition, is soon to be married to Miss Margaretta Fox, the second sister of the spi: it-rappers.

iff?"During the seven weeks M'lle Rachel was in New York she gave twenty-four performances and two readings, the gross receipts of which amounted to §86,26-1, of M'hSfdi she receives ?30,0C0. Never before, sarc the Herald, has she received so jiuich money within the same space of time.

Ole Bull is about to make a profess-' v1 and prayerful deliberation they have concluded to qualify—and if the Journal man JtW The British government has in its will call at the respective offices of these exerriploymcnt no less than 60,000 tons of cellent gentlemen, he will be treated with American shipping. ... such respect and deference that his little brim full. They will make an old liner of him before he knows

ErTl*«y raisa an "Irish gray" potato in ^lidbigan, specimens of which weigh over two pounds—enough f»«r a family meal. I Russia."

EOT The Kentucky Statesman, in speaking of a great Know Nothing affair which occurred at Falmouth lately, makes a good hit. It seems that the occasion was the presentation of a flag. Hon. J. J. Crittenden and the Hon. Garret Davis were the speakers. They are both represented as pitching into ihe Democracy very generally, with glowing defamation of the stars and stripes, and any amount of fulsome ha-

.„.T rangue on the lofly vaultings of the Aracri-

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED RVEKY SATLR- J*

MORNING BY can

Eagle. Mr. Crittenden opened the

BOWKN. ball with very emphatic declarations that

C'niwfordsvillc Review, famish- "Americans shall rule America, and Mr. «1 to Subscribers at *1,30 in advance, or S2, f)aVis with swollen veins and distended nosif not paid within the yenr.

jtnls, also insisted that "Americans shall

Crawfordsville! ,vcr)' difficult to distinguish between the A.t vrrti^rr. call up anil examine our list of I •, ,» Aa\cruKT. merits of the speakers, and goes on to re-

All kinds of JOB WORK done to order, indulged in, by the respective friends and

To Advertisers. admirers of these two eminent Know NothEvory a-lvcrtlttMnrnt linn«lo«l in for publication, jnfrS. Crittenden's followers contended that MifMil.lhftVC writcn upon it tlif number oftmie? the a.lvortiwirwislicsit inserted, lt'notpostutcl.it will Davis stole his thunder, that Ins ideas were

rule America." The Statesman finds it

remark that there were some harsh words

re-production of Crittenden's, and

that he was consequently guilty of the atro-

the only difficulty was, the crowd were not

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refined distinctions. Crittenden said that "Americans shall rule America," and Davis said that "Americans shall rule Amerijca and at first view this looks like saying pretty much the same thing. The States-

man however explains very satisfactorily, 'which will be seen at once by a close comjparison of the matter in controversy. Notice the language carefully. Hon. J. J. C. '—"Americans shall rule America." Hon.

G. D.—"Americans shall rule America." The Statesman thinks this distinction given by an impartial judge will be entirely satisfactory, and expresses the hope that the

I? n,n ob will "mnkc up" and quarrel no more.

To THE INHABITANTS OF SLIANNONDAE AND VICINITY.—We are informed that Mr. Wm. II. Carson agent for Davis and Garvin has just opened a new store at Shannondale, where he will keep a large assortment of all kinds of goods wanted by the country trade,

all of which he will sell at Davis and Gar-

vin's

(ons vc

Crawfordsville prices. From the ex-

notation Davis & Garvin have for

selliiv goods cheap wc believe that our friends in the vicinity of Shannondale will find it for their interest !o call on Mr. Carson.

WHO'S THE MAN THAT STRUCK BILLY PATTERSON. Wonder who in (he devil the Alamo correspondent can be? There has been a great running to and fro in the Know Nothing hos2ital lately—(formerly called the Council) —great many sick and wounded there,

They do say it has been found necessary to bore this Alamo man and scribbler for the simples, and that the patient himself is badly scared lest the writing and the surgical operation put together will make an end of him. We hope not however—let him cheer up—drink a hot toddy—take a cold bath occasionally—quit attempting the quill—and he'll be right soon, we guess.

We take great pleasure this morn­

ing in informing the Journal, that Messrs. ,W. C. VAXCK and JAS. GILKEY have received their commissions, filed their bonds, •and like good and faithful servants of the jpeople, entered upon the discharge of their official duties. We only make this statementthat the inquiries made by the Journal, jas to whether they would qualify or not, mav be put forever at rest. Upon mature

it. The Journal man however must sober, old liners men about them.

Confectionerv,

dont have anv but sober

Just before going to press our devil

came into the office perfectly laden down with an assortment of the finest Confectionery we have seen fur manv a dav. Th

vy

COREY'S PREMIUM CORN PLANTER. Our townsman, Jason W. Corey, is win-

•af-

ning considerable reputation abroad by his recent inventions. At home here his Corn Planter is a thing of universal commendation but as what is said of it by outsiders may be a matter of curiosity to our readers, we subjoin some extracts cut from our exchanges. \Ve will state in the beginning that, over strong competition, it took the first premium, a splendid silver cup, at the last State Fair, where, for its simplicity and excellence of arrangement, it was the surprise and admiration of every practical farmer who examined it.

Upon the issue of the patent, the Evening Star, the Sentinel, and the Xational Intelligencer, papers of Washington City, noticed it as one of the best inventions of the age. The Intelligencer especially spoke of its excellence at length and in the highest terms.,

The following description of the machine is from the Republican, of Indianapolis, published previous to the State Fair:

COREY'S CORN PLANTER.— A Beautiful Machine.—Our neighbors, the Journal and Sentinel, have both noticed the above improvement in terms of deserved compliment. It is the invention of a citizen of Indiana, and is something to be proud of, while we have no doubt it will take the first premium at our coming Fair.

There are plenty of corn planters abroad but the superiority of Mr. Corey's consists in giving the workman entire control of the dropping, independent of a wheel or other device forming parts of the machine thus enabling him to drop the seed where he pleases, so as to cross-plough it afterwards. The process of dropping is very simple. A device called a "slide-box" is bolted below the beam in size it is large as a quart cup it receives the grain from a hopper above the beam, and has a sliding floor, which is slotted to allow the passage of the seed. A wire attached to this slide, passing through the beam at the side, runs up along the right handle of the planter to the benf, below which it terminates in a ring while the hand is upon the bent, the finger is inserted in the ring, and by a slight upward motion moves the slide at the bottom of the box, and thus does the dropping.

The slide is adjustable so as to drop regularly one or eight grains at the pleasure of the operator. There are three teeth to the machine one before the dropping box to make a furrow, and two behind it, to cover the corn and behind them all is a light cast iron roller which presses the earth on the seed, and is grooved to give shape to the hills.

From this it will be perceived that one man is enabled to do whole work of cornplanting fast as a horse can walk, the operator, by the machine, FURROWS, DROPS,, COVERS, and ROLLS. Nor is this all: after the planting is done, by a simple detachment of devices, the machine is convertablc inlo a CULTIVATOR, as efficient as any ever patented.

No proper conception of the simplicity and beauty of the invention can be formed from a mere description it must be seen. We prophecy that it will attract as much attention from farmers as anything exhibited at the Fair. Territorial rights are for sale, and we assure our friends it offers a rare opportunity for public benefit and private speculation.

It will be for inspection at the Fair grounds, or at the office of Messrs. Coffin & Co., in Dutilop's Block, north of the Bank of the Capitol. Our mechanics cannot do belter than call and pay it their respects.

About the same time the State Journal spoke of it as follows: A NEW IMPLEMENT.—Inventions, saving the slow and often imperfect labor of the hand on farms, are thickening upon us.— We hear almost every day, of some new straw-cutter, or reaper, or cultivator, some invention to make farming as independent of manual labor as other pursuits. But among all that we have seen or read of, we think Corey's Planter one of the best. It is intended to combine the Planter and Cultivator, and succeeds, it seems to us, very completely. .It closely resembles a plough

completely. .it closely resembles a plough nm

in shape and size, lhe planter consists of I

a hopper of any size that may be needed

opper ot any

for the seed corn

an ingeniously contrived valve or slide, worked by a wire extending up the handle, so that a motion of the finger drops the grains wherever it is wanted. The hole in the slide can be guaged to admit more or fewer grains, as may be required. A stout share "opens the place of deposit" for the seed in the ground, and two smaller shares behind set at the proper angle, cover it.— Thus the plough can be pulled by a team right along through a field, the corn dropped, covered and rolled, (for their is a concave roller to the machine, which presses the row into a neat round shape to throw off the water) and never stop a moment.— When the planting is done, the shares can

keep be set as to make it a cultivator, and the

owner has in lhe one

needs to raise corn.

were senl to us by our friend J. D. Master-, Fair, and our prophesy has proved correct, son. Tlicv are directed to our lady, but Thousands of farmers availed themselves of we havo pitched into them just deep enough

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to form a correct idea of their excellent ... .\ iplicity and excellence ot its arrangement quality. Any body who wants nice candy,,

nrc

soft shell almonds, Texas pecans, Smyrna ing into universal use we cannot see. It figs, or any other descripticm of firit rate only requires to get into the hands of some

implement, all he

The Republican mentioned it after the Fair most handsomely. It says: COREY'S CORN PLANTER.—We prophesied the other day that this beautiful machine

would take the cup (first premium) at the

opportunity to see it, and the highest

i, satisfaction was expressed by all. Thesim-

^ru]y astonishing. How it can help go-

let him call at Mastcrson'8 wanufacturcr °f energy and capital, some "if, I one who can

get

one door south of tl.e roi.t on.ee. pitting by hand'obsolete. Wc 0^7~A late letter from St. Petersburgsavs hope, for the salic of the faiming commu-

that "American genius rules the hour in'ni'v* some of our firms for the manu ifaclureof such implements will effect an

them up bv the thousand,

immediate arrangement with the proprietors. Call at Coffin & Co's, Dunlop's Block The Danville Advertiser, of October 25, quotes the description from the Republican in full, and says:

CORN PLANTEK.—We noticed at the Fair the machine referred to in the following description, from the Republican. It struck us as an excellent invention, combining simplicity and efficiency in a remarkable degree. The inventor, we believe, is our friend Mr. Corey, of Crawfordsville. Will not some of our enterprising mechanics examine it, and procure a right for its manufacture and sale in this county?

In the following opinion from the Lafayette American, it will be seen that excellent Daily not only compliments tho invention, but thinks it no small honor to our town. Wc will add that the American, under McCullom's conducting, has started out with a liberality of sentiment toward Crawfordsville, which shall be handsomely and materially remembered:

THE PREMIUM CORN PLANTER.—The competition in corn planting machinery at the State Fair was very great, and as some seven machines of the class were on exhibition, it is no small honor to our neighbor, Crawfordsville, that she should take the silver cups (first premium) for the best article. We e.all attention to the following description of the machine from the Indianapolis Republican. If it is what it has been represented, it is without doubt the most important discovery in the Agricultural way, of the age.

Our own opinion of Corey's invention may be gathered from a single statement. If we had five thousand dollars, wc would quit printing, purchase sufficient territory in Indiana or Illinois, and commence the manufacture and sale of Corn Planters at once. We prophesy without hesitation that in three years Corey's machines will be as universally used in those two States as plows.

Our neighbor of the Montgomery Journal has expressed himself of the same opinion.

As Lew Wallace has the management of the invention, we have no doubt of an ultimate fortune to the inventor and himself.

AN AMERICAN DECLINING RUSSIAN HONORS.—The following anecdote appears in the London Times, of October 2d: "Some time back, when Russian prospects appeared far brighter than they now are, a proposition was made to an American gentleman, recently in Paris, to enter the Russian service with a high title and a position near the person of the Emperor.— The reply was, that "too high an estimate was placed upon his talents, but that such as they were, they were due exclusively to his own country, and to Republican principles."

It is understood that the American who made this reply, is George Sumner, of Boston, brother of the distinguished Massachusetts Senator.

GIVING HTM THE NEWS. evening, during the play

"(), I die, Horatio.

-On Thursday of Hamlet, at

Phenix Hall, the news of the fall and destruction of Sebaslopol arrived just as Taylor, as Hamlet, was in his death scene, exclaiming,

The potent poison fpiite o'er eomes my spirit,

I cannot livo to hear the news from England.

A friend of the Allies immediately cried out—"Die away, old fellow Sebasto])ol is taken/"—Petersburg Va.) Express.

SALLTE St. CLAIR.—The Dubuque (Iowa) Tribune, in speaking of this pleasing danseuse, and describing her farcinating charms gives vent to the following glowing paragraph, which is worth passing round: "Her voluptuous form is the fittest setting for her diamond soul. Inspiration quivers down her snow-white arms, and trembles on her finger ends passion wrestles in her shivering knees, and shudders through her fainting limbs. Her soul flickers up in every accent, and looms up in every pantomime."

Mn

may

At the bottom of it is

Gov. SHANNON'S POSITION.—Gov. Shan-

thug lains his ition in a ]ctter to

L'»dsl-T.

riri

late mcmbcr of

Congress

from the Sandusky district: "The truth is, I stand on the Kansas Bill. I believe the people of the Territory should determine for themselves the character of their domestic institutions and I do not think it would be proper and in accordance with the principles of the Kansas Bill, for the Chief Executive Officer of the Territory, sent out by the Federal Government to use any accidental influence that office might give hira, to control the public mind on the question of slavery, either one way or the other, but to leave the people of the Territory to determine that question uninfluenced by any one, for themselves. Such are my views, and I have on no occasion, either expessed or acted on any other, since my arrival in the country."

PEEP AT KNOW NOTIUNGISM.—Hiram Turner, Esq., of Walnut Bottom, in this county, was elected a Justice of the Peace last spring. At the time of the election he belonged to the Know Nothing order. Seeing the iniquity of the party and^ the impro- jarj^y

of remaining in the Council, he with-

priety ui ... is a drew. When he asked for dismissal the

have conferred upon him. He made no fnr

upon

compromise but availed himself of his privilege and served his connection with the party holding on to his commission. The Council subsequently demanded of him his commission, that they might return it to the Governor and have a new election. Has it come to this—that a man must always remain in the party? Do the offices of the country belong to the Know Nothings?— Henderson A'y Reporter.

HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN. We take the following froin the New York Commercial of the 24th, concerning the action of the simon pure Wbigs in convention

THE WHIG PARTY RE-INAUGURATED.—It is proper that we should say something in reference to the Whig convention of yesterday, Constitution Hall, and the important action taken by that bod} All merely political boasting aside, the convention exceeded all expectation, both in numbers and character."

Three fourths of the counties were represented in this convention, but altougb great harmony prevailed, yet there is an evident tone of despondency throughout the proceedings. Among their numerous resolu­

tions are the following: Resolved, That to establish a Northern party on geographical landmarks, where, voters, before they vote, must study the map rather than the constitution, is to make necessary and to justify the establishment of a Southern party also, to exclude all from the North. And "that all such parties are not only in violation of the solemn warnings of Washington's Farewell address, but revolutionary in spirit and in results, if not in intention utterly subversive of all unity of action among the people of our thirtyone independent states. We know of no existing circumstances to justify a sacrifice of the peace and harmony of the 20,000,000 of white Americans to the imaginary benefit of the three and a half millions of Africans among us.

Resolved, That because we have neither time nor organization sufficient to give promse of any practical result, we deem it inexpedient at this time to nominate a state ickct.

From these, and other resolutions it is quite apparent that the pure whigs of New jYork, will be found fighting against Sectionalism and in the absence of a regular nomnated ticket of their own, will throw their influence in favor of the Union Democratic party. The prospects of Democracy are

brightening.

MODERN DISCOVERIES.—In the course of a lengthy article in the New York Tribune, wc find the following summing up of the achievements of discoveries within the last quarter of a century "Within the last twenty-five years all the priucipal features of the geography of our own vast interior regions have been accurately determined the great fields of Central Asia have been traversed in various directions, f.om Bokhara and Oxus to the Chinese Wall the half-known river systems of South America have been surveyed the icy continent round the Southern Pole has been discovered the North-western Passage, the ignis-fatuas of nearly two centuries, is, at lenst, found the Dead Sea is stripped of its fabulous terrors the course of the Niger is no longer a milh, and the sublime secret of the Nile is almost wrested from his keeping. The Mountains of the Moon, sought for through two thousand ye.'.rs, have been beheld by a Caucasian eye an English steamer has ascended the Chadda to the frontiers of the great Kingdom of Bournou Leichard and Stuart have penetrated the wilderness of Australia the Russians have descended from Irkoufsk to the mouth of the A moor the antiquated walls of Chinese prejudice have been cracked and are fast tumbling down and the canvass screens which surrounded Japan have been cut by the sharp edge of American enterprise. Such are the principal results of modern exploration. What quarter of a century, since the form of the earth and the boundaries of its land and water were known, can exhibit such a list of a achievements?"

NAPOLEONIC WORDS !—Since the fall of Sevastopol, the Emperor of the French that man of deep, inscrutable, unflinching purpose—announces from Paris, in the true Napoleonic vein "I will now make Russia traverse her own wilderness to meet us on her frontier. There is not a man whocnters the Crimea that has not undergone all we suffered in the retreat from Moscow. There is not a regiment that ariives at Perekop that is not decimated. Whole battalions have been engulphed. The Russian loss, according to their own estimate rendered to the Emperor last December, was two hundred and seventy thousand. The allied troops at that time had not lost one-tenth of that figure. I am content to protract the struggle in the Crimea on these terms." Was there ever a more lordly, a more Imperial talker than this? Sooth to say, Louis Napoleon is as great a man in his way, as his uncle was in his and we are much mistaken if all Europe, as well as England, does not yet acknowledge the power of his peculiar genius, and the might of his quiet but most iron will. He still adheres to his purpose of placing himself at the head of an army on the Danube and every steamer across the Atlantic brings some fresh proof of his matchless skill and far-reach-ing statesmanship. Those old Imperial bones entombed at the Invalides may rest in peace. A new and not unlineal Napoleon presides over the destinies of Europe.

Cc^-The Indianapolis Journal attributes the defeat of the Republican party in that State at the recent election to the unpopu-

0f

(}1C prohibitory liquor law.

similar

This

is a candid confession by a paper which

a]| a]ong

Council demanded as a consideration his Republicans of Ohio must not commit resignation of the office they claimed to

advocated and upheld the law.

blunder. The people are not pre-

nr^ nn

_Cm. Gazette.

pared for prohibition. Fusionist or Know-Notliingism all over! "Weathercock politicians! They would go the Maine law, but the people are not prepared for it. As soon as they find the peoI pie are not ready for an ism they will drop it. Very well, the people will give them this satisfactor}- reason for dropping Americanism, Abolitionism, and the whole batch of follies and sins the demagogues are now living upon—Louisville Democrat.

GREAT INNER SEA IN EQUATORIAL AFRICA. The following communication has been addressed to the Atheneum by Mr. Augustus Pe term an "A communication from Mr. Rebmann, the missionary at Mobas, on a very interesting feature of inner Africa, having been made tome by Dr. Barth, of the missionary society at Calow (Wurtemburg,) I am induced to offer the following few lines in reference thereto. The communication consists of three letters from Mr. Rebmann, dated "Mombas, the 13th, 20th, and 30ih of April, 1855," and a small map comprising the greater part of Africa, drawn by that gentleman at Mombas under the last of the dates—the purpose of the documents being to announce the discovery of a very large inner sea, which the map is represented to occupy the vast space between the equator and lOdeg. south latitude, and between 28 deg. and nearly 30 deg. east longitude Greenwich, having at its southeastern extremity Lake Nyassa, attached to it like a tail-piece. This immense body of water, with an area about twice as large as the Black Sea (with the^Sea of Azoff,) is inscribed with the name of Ukerewe or inner sea of Uniamezi, its narrow elongated south-eastern end bearing that of Lake Nyassa and the discovery is said, in the accompanying letters, to have arrived at by the concurrent testimony of various natives dwelling on or close to the lake, both on its eastern as well as on its western shore, with whom the missionaries came in contact." RAILROAD MANAGEMENT IN GER­

MANY.

A correspondent of the New York Sun gives an interesting account of the manner in which railroads arc managed iq Germany: "Every railroad company is bound by law to have a double track on their lines, and no person is allowed to walk on a railroad track at any time, by day or night, under penalty of the law. A barrier, consisting of two strong planks, is placed along the side of the tracks to keep off animals. Every fifteen or twenty miles along the track, there is a station for a guard or watchman, who lives in a little but beside tho road, and whose business it is to be at his post, with a red flag in his hand, Rt tho approach of every train and before tho train is due to patrol his beat to see that all is safe, and to remove all obstacles which are sometimes placed upon the track by miscreants. In the case of danger, tho .. guard hoists on a telegraph, so called, which stands near each guard-house, a red painted "cascet," which can be seen by the engineer a great distance but if everything is right, the two wooden arms of the telegraph are stretched in the air. During tho night, there is, instead of the cascet, a lantern with a deep red light placed in the air as a warning of danger, and a common one if all is in a safe condition. At every crossing there is a gate, which is locked up as soon as a train is due, and any one, either on horseback or in a carriage, who desires to cross, must wait until the train has pass-tsu ed."

HARD TO RELIEVE.

The following tough yarn is guarantied'by tho New York Tribune of the 2d inst., to be "strange but true." If so, it is probable the most remarkable incident of doub isle conception on record:

STRANGE OUT TRUE.—About 12 months ago a young and blooming Lady of Ludlow st., in this city, entered the bonds of matrimony, and about eleven weeks ago shu

presented her husband with a fine healthy boy. Last Friday she was suddenly taken sick, and her mother being with her sent for the Doctor, believing she had a touch of the cholera. Not finding Dr. J. R. Wood, sh« called in a strange Doctor, who, upon entering the room, said to her: "Madame, is your daughter married?" The mother answered: "Certainly, sir do you not see her boy lying there just eleven weeks old to-day?" "Eleven weeks old," replied he "why, woman, she is going to present her husband with another child."

And so it turned out instead of tho cholera, there appeared a bouncing fat girl who is thriving and doing well.

The writer of this knows these facts to bo true, although they may appear very strange.

YOUNG GENERALS.—Alexander the Great died at the early age of 32. Hannibal gain ed the battle of Canncee at about tho same age. Scippio fought at Zamo when not much over 30. Julus Ciesar had conquered Gaul when he was 45. Germanius was poisoned in his 31th year. At the battle ef Plassey,. Clive's age was not so advanced as that.— Napoleon gained his mighty victory at Austerlitz when he had scarcely completed his 35th year and at the time our own immortal Wellington finished his campaigns in the plains of Waterloo he was only 4G years old.—English papers.

Qr^The great comet of 1856, which was expected in 1840, and on account of tho non-appearance of which Sir John Herschel put a crape on his telescope, Mr. Bomme, a distinguished German Astronomer, finds not to be due until 1858. With immense labor he has gone over all the intricate calculations, and estimates that the comet would be retarded to that extent by the influence of the planets. The periods of its present period will be longer by nine years than ever before.

BEGINNING AND END OF KNOW-. NOTHIS.H. The first man in America beaten by the Know Nothings was no less a man than Col. Thomas H. Benton.

The last man elected by them is to bo no less a man than "Hangman Foot," L\ S. S«nator from California.

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The New York Spirit of the Times

calculates that if the war last another year horses will become FO scarce in Europe that they will be imported from the United States.