Marshall County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 50, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 October 1857 — Page 1

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lusi'nfss Jlirtttorn. TUE MARSHALL DEMOCRAT, WBUSHEO XVEftY THURSDAY HOMING, IT a. c. Thompsons p. McDonald TERMS: If paid in advance..'.... ? Kt the end of six month, -2 00 delayed until the end of the year, 2 5J ADVERTISING: One square (ten lines or less,) three weeks,. 1 00 E rch additional insertion rr Column three months. Column six month, 12 00 Column one year, Column three months J; ' i Column six months, nj. 0ft '"Column one year, j nn l" Column three months, V 1 Column ix mouths 1 Column one year, c u Yeirly adrcrtHors have the privilege of one hansc free of charge. Democrat Job Office! PLAIN AND Gill. TYPE CUTS, RULES AND mius. &c, See. Our Job Department is now supplied with an extensive and well selected assortment of new styles plain and fancy JOB TTTDEE!, Which enables us to execute, on short notice and reasonable terms, all kinds of Plain and OrnamenJOB PRINTING! NEAT. FAST AND CHEAP; -SUCH cicclam, handbills, LABELS, f AMFHLET9, BUSINESS CARDS, BLANK DEEDS A MORTGAGES; CATALOGUES, And in short, Blanks of every variety and desjr ytion. Cal jjnd see specimens. - HB. DICKSON k Co., dealer? in Harare, . Stoves, etc Plymouth', lnd. lATTERSON & CLEAVELAND; -dealers in Groceries, etc., riymoutn. ina. OGLESBEE, SHIRLEY k ROE, dealers in Dry Geods, Plymonth, Ind nnnWKI.F.E. dealer in Drv Goods, Groceries, etc, Plymouth, Ind. B DARLING, manufacturer and dealer in . Boota and Shoes, Jinouiliiil. PALMER, DEALER IN DRY GOOD3 k Groceries, south corner La Porte and Mich- . ... Pli-mrtuth. Ind. gaP t ' . .nnw tt -Tfc M BROWN, DEALEhfnflARDWARE Stoves, Tinware, äc.,.. i lymuuwi, iuu . A DAM VINNEDGE '-V?' HOLES ALE and Retail Grocer n-outiif ma WM. L. PIATT, MANUFACTURER OF Cabinet Ware Plymouth, Ind. MW. SMITILJUSTICEOFTHE PEACE, . West side Michigan st., Plymouth, Ind. ELLIOTT k Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Wagons, Carriages k Plows, Plymouth, Ind. A K. BRIGGS, BLACKSMITH, Pivmouth.Ind, E DWARDS HOUSE by G. B. Stedm.n Michigan street, riymouiu; 41m. R. PMPLE, Attorney at Law, and Notary Public, Plymouth, Ind. G. OSBORNE, Attorney k Counsellor at aw. Plymouthjlnd. HAS. II. REEVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW & Notarv Public, nymomn. im. H ORACECORBIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW nvmoutn, inu. D R. J. E. BROOKE. PHYSICIAN & SURgeon Plymouth, Ind. THEO. A. LEMON, PHYSICIAN. STJRGEON k Druggist, Plymouth, Ind. R UFUS BROWN, PHYSICIAN & SUR GEON, riymouui, inu. TiTivTtrvriUM. PHYSICIAN A SURI.GF.ON, Plymouth, Ind. OIIN II. SHOEMAKER, WATCHMAKER and Jeweler riymoutn, ma. K LINGER k BRO. DEALERS IN LUMBER etc,. Plymouth, Ind. HENRY PIERCE, DEALER IN CLO thing k Furnishing Goods, Plymouth, Ind. TTENRY M. LOGAN & Co., DEALERS IN XI Lumber, kc. rijmomn, mu. CLEAVELAND & IIEWETT, DEALERS Vy in Dry Goods, etc.,. riymoum, m. T - IL CASE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, " ' riymouui, um. R. J. J VINALL, HOMEurAiiitoj Omce over Palmer's store, Plymouth, Ind. B ALDWIN HOUSE by Atee Baldwin south of the river bridge,, .riymoutn, ina. c nniiTfOUR. manufacturer and dealer in . RooUand Shoes nymomn,i.u nflVr or PMjWUO utmi, nr v u n IT T II . IND.. (Michigan ttreet, north of Westervdt s.) Collections made and promptly remitted for at current ratet of Exchange. Uncurrent money bought and NlcKERBocKERf Cashier. May 21.1 57 27 tf. Uwsital lusttnratnts! rrr;r- c& JAOOBO, rUHTWAYME, Keep con ttantly on band a splendid stock of - MELODEONS, - GUITARS, S-- 'VIOLINS, and all other Uistciu kÄents & Mssle Boote

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BT GEO. D. raiNTICX. Tin fad yet sweet to listen To the soft wind's gentle swell. And think we hear the music Our Childhood knew so well; To gaze out on the even, And the bo md'ess fields of air, A nd feel again our boyhood wish To roam like angels there! There are many dreams of gladness That cling around the past And from the tomb of feeling Old thoughts come thronging fast; The forma we loved so dearly In the happy days now gone The beautiful and lovely, So fair to look upon! To the bright and lovely m iidens Who seemed so formed for bliss Too glorious and too heavenly For such a world as this ! Whose soft dark eyes seemed swimming In a sea of liquid light. And whose locks of gold were streaming O'er brows so sunny and bright! Whose smiles were like the 6unhIno In the spring time of the yearLike the changeful glooms of April They followed every tear! They have passe!, like hope, awayAll their loveliness has fled Oh! many a heart is mournings . That they arc with the dead. Like the bright buds of summer, Thy have fallen from the stemYet ah! it is a lovely death To fade from earth like them! And yet the thought is saddening To muse on such as thev, And feel that all the befutiful Are fast passing away ! That the fair ones whom we love Growto each loving breast, Like the tendrils of the clinging vineThen perish where they rest. And can we but think of these In the soft and gentle spring, When the treei are waving o'er us, And the flowers are blossoming! For wc know that winter's coming Wich his told and stormy sky And tbe glorious beauty round us Is bloomi. f but to die! Essay on Domestic manures. Hand, Browx and Halsey, Committee Class A. Tl eie should be a depression or sink in I ho ground adjacent to the barn or stable, where all the trash, straw and chaff should be deposited, in layers from one to two feet in thickness, then a layer from the horse stable, suO lent to heat slightly, then ' 9 Jt . ..v. - ! i . i -L.nr i J-.-i. is buckwheat s: r, chaff, bean dust, or tobacco stems, a!l of which contain a large amount of niter, also swamp muck, the best ot which is found near the dry ground or edge of the pwamp. Wood a9hes, and decayed chips, from the wood-house or yard, forms a good coveiing, and prevents the escape of ammonia which is tr.e essential part of a compostheap thirfis an outdoor deposit. Unbleached ashes will pay a larga premium when bought at six cents per bushel, added to the mass also char coal dust, which can be obtained free from the pit inmany places. Stalks and hay should be fed to c.-ittlc in stables, when practicable, and a bin should be placed ad jacent uuder roof, to receive the manure, which will increase its value largely. Its application on corn laud should be in April. On wheat land it should be applied in June before the first plowing, so that stirring the ground will evenize it, for, if left in bunches, it will cause rust and weak straw, liable to fall. ü. S. C. Messrs. Hand, Brown and Halset, awarding committee of the Marshall County Agricultural Society, Class A. In compliance with the rule of said society, I would make the following report. My practice is to seed from one to three fields with clover and timothy each spring, allowing it to remain from three to four years, by which time the blue grass forms a strong sod, which is beneficial to turn under for a corn crop, and a light coating of compost, or barn-yard manure, will raise two additional crops, when I allow my land to lay until the following June Summer fallow and sow clorer as before. My previous crops' were corn, wheat, potatoes, rutabgas and turnips, with the usual Yegetablesof the surrounding country. My wheat has yielded from tentotventy-six bs. corn from forty to eighty bushels per acre in the fall. I used from 136 to 170 loads of manure. LIST OF PRETliriaS Awarded by the Marshall County Agricultural Society, at its Third Annual Fair; Held in Plymouth, Oct. Cth d' 7th '57. Class A. Farms. Scc. Best Cult. Farm, A. L. Wheeler, 86,00 2d do do do D. S. Conger, 3,00 do Essay on applying Domestic Manures.D. S. Conger, 3,00 do 20 rods Hedge Fence, D. S. Conger. 2' do Bee-hive house and management, D. S Conger, 3 2d do do do R. Corbaley, 1,50 do 4 acre com, G. O. Pomeroy, 3,00 . .a r 2d do do R. Corbaley, I ou Class C. Farm Implements. ' Best Cultivator, J. D. Armstrong, No competition.

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do . Wairon. E S & A P Elliott. . 2 (X) 2ddo do ..' . . same 1 00 do Buggy same . ' 2 00 2ddo do L H Andrews 100 do Ox-yoke and Bows, J Loudon, No competition. do., pair jborse shoes E S k A P Elliott. No competition. best 100 bricks. D Jacoby 1 00 do Cooking Stove and Furniture, H a Diekson fe Co. 1 00 2ddo R M Brown 6c Co 60 Class D. Farm Productioxs. Best bushel Irish Potatoes, G 0 Pomerwy I 00 2ddo do do R J Evans 50 do Sweet Potatoes II B Pershing 1 00 A V I. rp n ci n . do French Turnip, D S Conger do doz Rutabagas, atme 50 1 00 50 50 50 2Jdo da do do 2ddo do do do do do do do do 2ddo do do W J Hand $ doz beets J H Voreis do cabbage same braid seed corn R Corbrley 1 00 5J 60 do do do GO Pomeroy squash J Jones and largest pumpkin J Poulson 5J It doz parsneps J H Vöries 50 carrots W J Hand bushel onions A Kesling do beans same specimen peas John Cleareland 50 50 50 50 bushel seed wheat same 1 00 do do do D S Conger 50 do timothy seed, J Cleaveland 1 00 do do Hiram Baker 50 2ddo do do specimen barley G O Pomeroy 1 00 doz tomaioes D S Conger 50 Class h.. Horses. Best Stallion, William Mvore 2ddo do JA Shirley dojb rood mare, RJ Erans 4 00 2 00 200 2ddo do Sddo do 2ddo do 2ddo do 2ddo do 2ddo do 2ddo do 2ddo do do Joseph Lewis 1 00 3 year old gelding J Thompson? 00 do do do Moses Greer 1 00 do do stallion J Flora 2 00 do do do P Shirley senl 00 do do horse colt J Thompson 2 00 do do J Hazleton 1 00 2 do do mare colt H Baker2 00 do do do G O Pomeroy 1 00 1 do do colt J H Voreis 2 00 do do do A Baldwin 1 00 span farm horses Jacob Bailey 2 00 do do H Baker 00 draft horse Wm. Moore do do J Coil 1 00 50 4 00 Class F. Cattle. Best blooded bull, E Erwin 2ddo do P Deemer do milch cow E Erwin 2ddo do do ES Elliott do bull calf and heifer, E Erwin 2 00 2 00 1 00 No competition do yoke oxen 2ddo do do do broke steers R J Evans D S Conger R J Evans 2 00 1 00 No competition Class G. Sheep. Best buck John Loudon 2ddo do E Erwin do lot of ewes, same 2ddo do do A G Armstrong 3 00 2 00 3 00 2 00 Class II. Swine. None exhibited. Class J. PouLTitr Best Shanghais John Cleaveland. 50 do assortment of fowls Jas Cleavejand 1 00 Class K. Boots & Shoes. Best pair tine boots John Smith, no com. do do coarse boots same same do do fine shoes, Miss S L VanValkenburgh, no com. No premiums reported in this class, although the articles were very fine, and deserved the published premiums. Class L: Domestic Manufactures. Be3t rag carpet D Jacoby, no com do fancy bed quilt Mrs E Mcllrary 1 00 2ddo do do E Kyser, no prem. best plain do do do D R Samp.e do do counterpain Nancy Mcllrary 1 00 do white spread, Mrs B J Evans, no prem do coverlet do E Kyser 1 00 do needle work do T J Patterson 50 2Jdo do do MissS L Vanvalkenburgh no premium 3ddo do do Mrs II G Thayer no prem bst zephyr do Miss S L Vanvalkenburg do do collar do do Work do 2 J do do do Miss S L V anvalkenburg do Class M. Furniture. No report. Class N. Fruit. Best 15 varieties apples V J Hand 1 00 2ddo do D S Conger 50 best and largest variety of apples Thos. Fife 2 00 2ddo do do d JAShirley 50 best grapes D S Conger 1 00 2ddo do Mrs R J Evans 50 beat pears John Greer 1 00 2ddo do John Cleaveland 50 best bus. dried apples. A Kesiing 1 00 2ddo do do G O Pomeroy 60 Cuss 0. Fink Arts. Best specimen penmanship, D McDonald (donated) 100 do specimen ornamental painting, Mrs II M Packard, 1 00 Class P. Miscellaneous & Useful. Best 31b butter, Mrs G O Pomeroy 2 00 2ddo do Mrs J Cleareland 1 00 best loaf home made bread, Mrs D S Conger, no com. do sponge cake Mrs D R Sample 1 00 do jar pickles Mrs II B Dickson 1 00 2ddo do Miss S L Vanvalkenburgh 50 best pickled cucumber Mrs B J Evans no competition do pickled peache Miss S L Vanvalkenburgh, no premium 2ddo do do Mrs John Clea viand do best jar preserves W J Hand 1 00 2ddo do Miss S L Vanvalkenburg 50 best peach preserves Mrs A G Armstrong, no com do peach jelly Mrs T J Patterson no com. do specimen maple sugar and molasses G O Pomeroy, no com do specimen Chinese sugar cane and molasses, J A Corse 2 00 2ddo, not marked best 101b honey. R Corbaley 1 00 2ddodo do D 8 Conger , 60 best smoked ham A Kesliug no eom do 501b flour A fuller (donated) 1 00 Class Q Unesumerarjed. Beit specimen cranberries, 1 B HaUey

donated 1 00 do pair domestic stockings, Miss Clarissa Pomeroy, no com do stock rice corn R Corbaley no com. do hand cart, E S & A P Elliott 1 00 do wheelbarrow, same no com do sulky same do do pair bob-sleds W Moore . do do variety of jellies John Cieaveland do collection of guns, pistols, etc., D R Sample 1 00 do pair mules J Poulson 2 00 2d do do N Palmer 1 00 best corn sheller. R J Evans, no com D. S. CONGER, Pres't. D. McDojfALD, Acting Sec'y. Captain Iflollcy A Revolutionary Heroine. At the battle of Monmouth, Mistress Molly Hollis, whose husband was in the American Army serving a cannon, watched the fight fiom her own door, bur afier a while ventured out to carry water to Hollis, for he nobly and unremittingly worked on in the very face of the foe. She had refiHei her pitcher, when turning, she saw Hollis fall to the ground. With a blanched cheek and a with a terrible foreboding rushing over her heart she lost no time in reaching the spot. Alas! he was dead. A shot had killed him instantly. Take that cannon away said General Wayne, to one of the soldiers; we cannot fill the place by as brave a man as has been killed 'No returned Molly, looking upon the General with a face like death, yet calm in its inspiration of bravery heightened to heroism, ':he cannon shall not be removed foi the want of aomeone to serve it; since my brave husband is no more, I will use my utmost exertions to avenge his death.' Molly was now fairly aroused. She loaded and discharged the cannon, while the officers beheld har with undisguised admiration. 'There!' she exclaimed, afier the first fire; 'take hat, ye remorseless Englishmen, and wait for the next Again and again, she discharged the cannon, dealiug death and destruction at every shot. Whom have we here?' inquired Washington, attracted to the spot by the singular spectacle. 'An angel of the hosts of Michael. The powers of hell would drop before her!" replied Gen. Wayne. Molly now determined oncope de maitre. Accordingly, she reloaded the cannon with double the ordinary quota; then discharged. A terrible crash succeeded. Molly was thrown into the air several feet, then she fell to ground with violence Three British soldiers were killed, and an officer of high rnk was apparently mortally wounded. Many who stood near by were thrown down, and general confusion prevailed. The last discharge had broken the can-' non into fragments! For a few minutes Molly was insensible, but she soon rallied and rose with a steady eye. The soldiers loudly applauded her, notwithstanding which she immediately withdrew to her homo, followed by two soldiers, who carried the body of her husband. On the following morning Molly was surprised by a visit from Generals Washington, Wayne, and Lafayette, who had witnessed her brave conduct at the late battle. 'Our army, madam, being about to leave Monmouth, we took this early opportunity to express toyou our entire approval of your action of yesterday said General Washington, Sir replied Molly, 'I only wished to serve my country; the death of my husband made me almost frantic 'You merit a coat of arms lijje our Joan of Arc observed Lafayette; 'hers contained two golden lilies, and a sword pointing upward, bearing a crown 'I should prefer eagles in place of the lilies said Molly. 'You shall have an epaulstte for your coat of arms said Genera! Washington, rising in his accustomed dignity of manner?; I here confer upon you tne rank of Captain, as a testimonial of my regard for your services The other Generals arose, and crossing their arms upon their breast, beheld the sceno with a smile of gratification. Many thanks, General said Molly, the tears rushing to her eyes; but would that my husband had been spared to receive this honor instead of myself' 'I trust you will come to a glorious end remarked Lafayette 'unlike the Maid of Orleans, who was burned at the stake 'I have come to that already returned Molly, 'at least I have been taken prisoner by the Indians, and confined to a tree, where I should have been burned alive, had not he was afterwards my husband, nobly offered his life for mine.' 'Are you indeed that young girl who figured so conspicuously at the murder ot Miss McCrea?' asked Gon Wayne. Molly bowed, i 'Brave Madam!' exclaimed I.afivetle;

'before we leave, permit me to salute you after the custom of my country, when we would honor noble ladles like yourself A blush suddenly overspread Molly's cheek, as the chivalrous General imprinted a kis3 upon her brow. A few calm, earnest words Gen. Washington addressed to Molly, and then the visitors took their departure. Mercy on us!' exclaimed Mrs. Rogers, who had partially witnessed the scene; 'you are now really a captain! This is the most wonderful thing lever heard of in all my life The good woman quickly took occasion to circulate this circumstance over all the icinity. Many came to see the epaulette which General Washington had bestowed upon Molly, and henceforth she was called Captain Molly by the good people of Monmouth.

A Conversation, and What Came or It. BY CLARA 8XDXZ7. Why, in the name of all that's curious. May Benton, have you never got married?' This question was asked by a gentleman some thirty-five years of age, who had been for nearly twenty minutes watching the motions of a lady who sat near him at a working table. The gentleman was a fine, noble looking man, with frank, well-formed features and pleasant expression. He was handsomely dressed, and to judge by the look of his hair, you might have said that he had a wife, had he looked in other respects like a married man which he did not. The lady addressed was a person of fair, interesting face, and graceful form. .1 She certainly did look remarkably well as she bent her head with its abundant and shining hair, and plied her white hands in the task vhich employed her siht and apparently her whole thoughts. Probably a conviction of her attractiveness and worth had caused ihe question with her companion, put in such a hearty, abrupt tone, that May started and dropped the red worsted work upon which she had been intent. What a question she cried, wiih a light laugh 'just as if . I cared about being married!' Why should you not care. May? Surely it is the best and happiest stale for a man or woman.' Gran'.ed with a proviso said May; 'but Mr. Rossiter, if you think so, why have you never married?' You are a true Yankee, Mav, and answer a question by asking another; bnt tell me. now, why you are, at thirty years of age, still single?' How dare you 6ay I am thirty years old? Upon my word, if you were not brother to my sister-in-law, I'd not speak to you again for a week May pretended to pout, and it was quit becoming to her. Didn't you yourself tell mo your age. and only the day before yesterday? Your memory appears to bo very short, Miss Benton Well, I didn't expect you was going to throw it up to me that I was an old maid, to pay me for my confidence in you Oh! Mhv did I say that? and if I did you can break my 'glass house by flinging back my very taunt. But, come now, do answer my question I never could get any one to have me said May. shortly. 'Are you satisfied?' No. You need not tell that a person so interesting and attractive as you are, has never yet had ardent lovers. I know better. May: so tell mo truly why you are not Mrs. Somebody, now?' May suddenly sobered down and said, nervously 'It's because no roan whoso love I could return, ever loved me. And she resumed her work How her face had altered! There come it a stem, hari expression, as if she were saying, inwardly, It matters not; I can wrestle down those yearnings for something worthy and noble, true and strong, against which to lean; for something winning, and tender, and loving which to love. If there ii no heart on earth whose best love is the love I want, I can walk to the end of life as I havo walked thus far.' Rossiter regarded her in long silenco. He had known her for many years, and had often wondered at her great indifference to the attentions of gentleman. II had often taken her to task for her manner towards them. You wont allow them to become acquainted with you at all he skid. When you are introduced to a man, that's the last of it. All the young men admire, but they are afraid of you. You chill them to death. I heard one man say that he considered you a beautiful and interesting creature; but then he would as soon undertake to warm lovt into an iceberg as yourself, even if he had t!:. couni'e t make

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A skeptical srailo had been the only answer to such question. How could May believe that she was capable ot inspiring affections in others when those who knew her best were so lightly touched by it. Rossiter had been for three or four Tears absent, and had newly returned when the above conversation took place. He was a comfortable old bachelor, happy in disposition; happy in possessing an independent fortune; and happy in his sister's home not say happy in the companionship of May, whom he honestly believed to bo the best giil in the world. He had once dearly loved and suddenly lost a fair, charmiog bride, and never since had had he allowed to think of another. And besides did not know as he wished to marry. He was well satisfied with his 'state and condition when he was at home. To be sure, he did feel uneasy and dissatisfied all the while he was abroad. No body's company seemed to fill the void in his heart. He did not mis his sister so: and May oh! how glad he was to see them when ho returned: and how strange he thought it was that May didn't rush at him in the hall, and hu- and kiss him just as his sister did; but he took full satisfaction of . the contrary creature when she did come to welcome him. And so May isn't married yet he said, well it's rather too bad; but I am glad of it.' May came very near sighing, but she didn't at least not audibly. How many still-born sighs there are in the world. It is well it is no crime to smother them at their birth. Well, Rossiter sat studying that still stern face before him; and he thought now thoughts new as to their present relations. May he said at length 'May, was over there a man that you could have loved had he asked it?' Like a crimson dye, up rose the hot blood of that bowed face, and the hard look was put on the instant but she only said, not lifting her head or eyes: That you have no right to ask.' I have no need to ask, dear May Forgive me, if I raisi -kc; but I feel as if I had been favored by x revelation of of that 1 have been a blind and stupid fellow as ever lived. May, if an old man whom you regarded as you do the plain old fellow before you were to ask for your love, what would you say?' Yes said May, drooping her head until her face was hid among thi worsted. Will you havo me?' cried Rossiter, springing up aud oversetting his chair. Yes said a voice from the worsted depth. Rossiter was on his knees, and most fervently embracing chair, worsted and woman. Marry me! Will you marry me?' said he. 'Yes said the voice from amid the worsted. Then hold up your head, and lt me look upon the face of my wife. St. George, May, I believe I have loved you for years

And I know I've loved ou almost ever since I knew you said May, yielding to the eentle force which drew her from her low seat, and led her to one where there was room for two. And that's why you never cared about any other man's company and attention, my May?' ,Yes said May you begin to understand it now. Oh, Maj! my beauty, my dear, good girl! Why didn't I think of this before? Why didn't you tell me, May?' Tell you! I should have looked well shouldn't I?' Indeed you would have looked well looked charming in my eyes. What a pity you had not confidence enough in me to have allowed me to guess at the truth before. Why, May, I should have married you years ago, and havo been tho happiest . and most greatful man alive. How stupid man can bei but come May, we must go and tell sister she will be delighied indeed. And he led the embarrassed and blushing May into the presence of his sister, and admitted her to the great rejoicing; and, in a few weeks from that day, Rossiter and May were no more twain, but one flesh. Nobody knows what a month may bring forth, nor to what tho simplest question j may lead one. ! - 4 LJ J y 4 A M A V K A V . V ..vs.. 1 .v. ation, that is the putting the stops in the right places, cannotbo too sedulously studied. SVo lately read; in a country paper, the following startling account of Lord Palroerston's appearance in the House of Commons: 'Lord Palmerstou then entered on his head, a white hat upon his fest, large but well polished boots upon h' brow, a dark cloud in his hand, his faithful walking stick in his eye, a menacing glare saying nothing. He sat down," PwwA. . In Solomon's lime, the, value of a chariot from Egypt about 92.51, und of a wrv o"Ht of harness unknown.

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Reduction of Wages and Discharge or Men. The Michigan Central Railroad Company, after discharging sever si--hundred pen, have reduced thy wagta &! r-.: maining. The reduction forms a very important item, as it is large, barely la iu enough for the employee to like upu. Messrs. Jackson it Wily, theDtiuit Locomotive Works, and most of our other manufacturing establishments havo reduced materially the wages of all men retained by them m their shops. Large numbers of mechanics and laboring men havo br-su thrown out of employment all ovct the city, and the effects of tho proceedings are already severely felt among the poor. Beggars, usually a scarcity in Detroit, appear in the streets, and the potty larcenies which always follow such stringencies are bsitociing uumerots. One establishment w? robbed twice yesterday of goodg hanging in front of the store. The parties wer caught in both instances. A person fortunate enough to be the possessor of a pile vf wood is besieged with applicants for iL priviLge of sawing it up.- A gentleman, so applied to by an honest looking German, a day or two since, informed the applicant that he had no occasion Lr his services, when the poor fallow bagged, with tears in his eyes, to be allowed to do tha work at, any price. He was of course set to wurk, as no man with a heart could refuse to Ui honest labor cam a respite from slat va: ion for his children. Abundant opportunities will be. afforded for tho exorcise of chatiiv this winter, which, by the way, bring i'j mind a noble act that deserve? rcw.-.rd for the giver, viz., a donation of three hundred loves of bread to the poor of tl o city, through Mr. Willard, Overseer of the poor, by a leading baker of the city. Such humane actions will meet their own reward, and we hope to be able to chronicle many such. tet ws have a .Sound Currency. The recent crash of banks and the general rottenness which attends a paper currency, and the evils which it ktiiets upon the prosperity of the country, are again attaching the people to the Democratic ide.i of having a gold and silver currency. A writer in the Boston Post says : Gold and silver are commoduiei, in whatever form they may hi employed, tl.ey will circulate with other commodities am: find their proper place, according to their proper uses, if left to the natural lan s of trade ; but legislate them out of use, substitute a villainous promise to perform thvir office, and their value declines with the decline of use, with absolut certainty. N trick of tha currency no ingenuity or device of legislation can prevent th; loss vi that decline in ralue to the commuuiiy thst degrades them. They will leave the sccn . of their disgrace and go where they nr better known and appreciated, and" will leave a thing behind that will luaks the wrong-doer3 smart for it. I aver that the wretched policy of substituting fictitious money for real, u coiling this nation her supremacy in the commercial marino of the world. It is a mattcr of record that the tonnago of the Ut;ij ted States empled in commerce has exiceeded thai of any other nation, but if we i continue to expel our real money gold as fast as it touches .New l oik, furnishing freight, occupying a very limited space, to a few steamers mostly British in tho precious metal, to the value of $o0.000,U00 annually, instead of 500 cargoes of bulky products to the same amount, required by the real wants of mankind, how long i!l that supremacy be maintained? But, answers the objector, that u sound doctrine, but how do you propose to prevc'it this excess of specie from the country: j We do not believe that any other practical j and legitimate method can be devised than ' creating an additional demand f ,r it at Home oy preventing tne i-äue oi ail rank notes of small denominations, and thus leudering it necessary that email vj'dd ex-in should pass into general use. This is the true and only remedy. Our gold goes abroad because other nation, which do not issue small notes, require it for their ordinary circulating medium, and arc eager to minister to our extravagance t. obtain tbe precious metala. Wo make n serious efforts to obtain a metahc currency for our small business transactions. Wc ar satisfied with bank notes. We are st ill willing to run the gauntlet of counterfeiting defaulting and bank-breaking dangers. Wo authorize our legislators to bestow banking privileges to an immense number of eorjvurations, and to allow them to issue notes of small denominations of 6.5', and even 8 and 61. The worst currencv alwars :ittuiu the moRt circulation. In the presence of small notes gold vanjshes; or s left to accumulate iu the hands of brokers and bankers, ready to answer the call of any merchants who desire to obtain it, in large quantities,' for foreign goods. Reverse this nystem, and a marked and speedy change would soon occur. Drive out small notes from circulation, and when a California steamer arrives, a hundred channels in our own countiy would eagerly seek its golden freight to fill thu vacuum; and this counter-demand, without serious inconvenience or detriment ti tla general business of the country, keept-ui gold at home, at least till all our leguimatt wants aro supplied, and our circulating inc. dium placed upn a firm and substantial basis. X-tT A Vick8burg corespondent assutvs us, h a private loiter, that th fl!onin resolutions were passed by the H ard v( Councilmen in Canton, Mississippi: 1. Resolved by tl.is Council thai wo build a new jail. 2. Resolved that tho uew jail be built out of tho materials of the old y. 3. Resolved that the old jnil bo uac.1 until the new one it tjiwhd.' Could Dublin or Coik beat this? . Tho man who' injures .vioiher i nv.ie to b pi:id than tho m.nn 'v hirmt.