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~\\~-~-J_· GSTON, N. Y., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1860. UBENDAR, THE STORY TELLER -o.o- Co 1 tl 1 Ju t;;e-HENR ¥ BaoolhlAD Ja 'l'be Last Charge of the Old Gmu d bai~tallion1sl w th such rapVJ footsteps mv1onu,ed a.way to two which less darmg on the ovet numl~e•·a that pursued COMMUNICATED 4. few 1V or& about Kansas. Ed1tor Peoples Press Perm>t me to diS& ~ JAM;ES H UaowN Jus of Se 8 ons 5 DANIEL L DEC!l!ER Shntlf-Asa A-H U[ A DEYO Ja fJ nder Sli.ertff-GHARLES BRODHEAD Jatlar-Dut.ro:-tn ELMENllOR~ Cfm.<niy Ole•k-StLA.S !::iA.noN Clerk s Dep'L y-MARVIN E P ARR<>TT Surrogate-JAMEs M CooPER Du;tr•et .lltto• ney-JosEPH D SHA:oima A new French work g ves the follow ng grand pen p1cture of the last <le•perntc charge of Napoleons Old Guard at Waterloo Durmg the day the art llory of the Guard under Dronet mamtamed 1ts old renown and s ngle battalion the debr • of gramte at !\larengo Napoleon flung himself- mander saw With terror fra1l keopmg lie was bnse the pubhe mmd of Ulster m regard to Kansas I am frequently !lSked 1f we do not have very poor water m Kansas and about the Kansas desert Its poor land, &c and sympathy thnt great actions are achieved 1n th1s world 'l'he flower placed m the cold and dark, ts ch11led and Withered, but g1ve 1t tho gemal mfluonce of the sunlight a.nd the dew and 1t unfolds 1ts beauty Thus would we by such acts as th1s not only cndeavo:r to make you happy (wh1ch IS om grea.test w1sh) but expand our own soul~, and thus become better fitted for the accomphshment of noble deeds and great acttons Good act1ons are port1ons of tho souls of men great souls are portmns of etermty For we all realize what yon so often tell us that- Treasu. er-IlT;rRA..M .HA..sBn;ouc-K New Pnltz Deputv TnM -J A.Con H DuBOIS R ngston guperl>t901' Vle1 <--RI>WA\Itt5 lli~I<BU:!lN ~ TH?AD»»Errs ELur Mod ana Com 8 of JosEPH H TuTlinJ. EllenVIlle Ezcose FRANCIS A VooRHEES Kmgston no Clerk-DI\.N{EL L DECKER Kmgston Do .fltt •J-NICHOLAs R GR /\.HAM Kmgston C 00 fTH,\.!'iPAR:ROTT 1\Ilton ') S h 1 ~ DA~ L T VAN BtrREtl Kingston d s 1 CtJ 1 EPHR 1\.IM DEFtfY Kysel\ ke 3 the Guard Itself had frequently been used to restore the battle m varJOus parts of the field and alwa) s With success The English were on fast becom ng exha.usted and 10 nn hnur pro~a(lhjng v1ctory he was mtent up (l uard could d1e A p E$11petror, he crted out ng mourufully but stern llng eagles those brave an eternal ad1eu and on he enemy were soon at the1r feet s tp t of Poor-B ,,. I FREER Gardner Poor Eio tse Keeper-MosEs CoNsrABLE n Pliy<zctan-ABM DEYO more IVUuld have been forced 1 a d s~tstrous defeat but for the t mely nrr val of Blucher But when they saw h m wtth 30 000 Ptus Sians appronch1ng the 1 courage revived wh le Napoleon was filled tv th amazcment.- A beaten enemy about to form a Jnnct on IV!Ih the all es wh le ili<>uchy who had been sent to keep them m check walf nowhere to be seen 1 Alas vl at great plans a s nglo 10 (jOG\'\\ were seen to destroy therro;se~vi'\• raLI\eor than surv1ve defeat 1 bus I believe 1t 1s the common op1mon m thts and other Eastern States, that K11neas has poor water and that ijhe Las other disndvanta g...s wh1ch we m Kansas know noth10g about It 1s natural that the people should thmk as they do when such men as Goodrich and oth ers tell them so I read a few days smce !dr Goodr ch s notes on Kansas 10 one of his Ge ograph1es I do not rcmnmher the title nor the aate Of thts work It V1111S however Writ ten afto the passage of the Kansas Nebras Ita b II,~ at a t1me when Kansas had taken 11 more prom nent stand before the world than any other Terntory ever has done at a t1me when no man should have presumed to speak for her except he know the facts Yet at th s time Mr Goodnch comes before the pub he a1 d e ther W If 1lly m sslales the !acts o,. proves h mself to be as 1gnoraut of the h1story and geography of Kansas as I am concermog the laws of the Lunanans As I hate not 1\lr Goodrich s work before me I shall not at tempt to quote 1 s exact language but shall not mT•represent h m Jatf do .ElDG~R .ElLTINGEl f Jou:N V!i:DD~R Saugert es OT s i::HCRCH Rosendale C<J 0 ers) 1 4.. .\C RT APLES Marlborough l JosrAH DuB rs J R! Ron lo t Co tv S'ealer-GF:o l\1 E~U<ET Ronlo t ~ H B FowLER Ellenv I e P '\'\ Road JnHN p Dtr ro\n K n~Eston Ia pecturs M OS-TERHOUDT Sn.ngert e~ I ~ PUr.::;U A~CE of n.n order of J mea :II Cooper Snrro~ate of Ulster Co mty not ce !s bereny p: ven tl1 all persons I avmg cia ms >g~ n t h est teof Ahr li11m Young l•ceo.e I 1 e f t • town of 1! r bn ough n ad county th ttl ev req re l to pre e!lt tl a r cl > ms wtth tl e vouol e s suppo t thereof to Step en T ber one of h. S.x.ecutor::i of ~n. J: est:tte at h s r lence n :\ J to :vn o or be: fore the 1st <} y ut \ ~u;t ne\ D tc~ J nn ry n'l I !Sou HE~ttl' D YOl$G tlQ n S )L \ION BlRD:>aLL STEPHE:\f TABElt E.:I:e-cntor~ ---- p U t:>U ~NT to \'n order of James M Co per Su:rrog Lte of Ulste-r county not ce s 1 ere by g v~n to 11ll parsons ba.v ng cla1ms ag;a nst tl a •• tte of El z beth Crons deoe!1Sed late of the town of Slmwnngunk n sad county that tl ey nr<> requ red to present the cln rna to the un l<!rs \neJ adro n stra.tors of 110:11. tl es t te ~t tl o offi of J me> G Gmham n sad town o o b fore the 18tl dny of' August next D •ted Febru ry loth 1860 J ~ \IES Cll \N;; \Jm n s rator_ P U t.:sU \~ .... o anorderofJa.nles l\1 Cooper Sor e of' Ulster county not ce s here ~ hy g v n to 1 pe sons hfLV ng cl m~ agn nst tl:e- e.sta e of J hn ~ Ma.ckey lecen.se l 1 e of the town f Plattek ll n s~> d eounty that tl ey ~ c r 1u red to present the a n e W th the Vt..nche ~ u support thereof to the un ier:; gn eJ a.l !I n stra x: of sa. 1 deceased. on -or be ore t e 1 h d 1.y of July next nt l er res dence n s 1 town D to 1 Fe rn~ry 6th !SO() H \HR.\. 'iHCKEY A lm n stl'atr ~ effie ent comma der ca 1 ov~hrow f corps In a mon ent Napolco 1 ~ that he could I Guard not susta the attack of so rna y f csl troop• tf o ce allowed to form a JUnctlO 1 with the all ed forces and ho deter nod to slake h s fate on 11. bold cast and en lcavor top erce the all ed centre With a grand charge of the 0 d Guard and thn, thro ~ h nself between the two arm es For tl s pu pose the In per al G a d was cal ed p an I d v ded to two mmense colun n wl ch were to n eet n the Br t ,h centre It at nder R le no sooner entered the flre than t d sappeared ke n st 'I he other was placed under ~ j tl e bra' est of the brave nnd the or ler to advance g •en Napoleon accon pan ed them part of the way do n tl e slope and I alt ng a ~ w moments m the hollow addres~ed them a few words He told them that the battle rested \ th them that he rei ed on the r val or tned on so many fields ' ve 1 Empe reur answered I n w th a shout that was heard above the tl under of the art llery The whole cont nental str g:;le presented no sublimer spectacle than the last effort of Napoleon to save h s s nl ng emp re The greatest.m htary sl II tl e work! ever possess ed had been ta ed to the utmost clur ng the day Thrones were totter ng on the turbu ent field and the sl adows of fug t ve k ngs fl tted through the field of battle Bonapa te s star trembl ng n tho zemth-now b!az ng out m ts anc1e t splendor no ' pal ng before h 8 wh ch he watched the advance of that col own defeat than any otoer ga n ng a vtctory tl e Olt.l tl e stage and the curta n career It 1 au S DEPARTMENT 'Vr ttcn for the Press t nts of morn are g earn ng i b 0 h y boam ng beams of open ng day drops of dew away R nomb r mo o.bovu aro 1 gl 1y sh n ng s fast dec1 n ng IJl hushed and shU Remember me mn•onlshed• hers Ivory glow our world below tr p through the blue Romembcr me through the sky tho•u)i4t. of day• gono by- seems to flow b ght and feshve scenes fa y land of dreams b oht and gay g uumy shadows play- Remember me 'II e follow ng arc a few of h1s statements 'I he water s poor and salt •1 The cl mo.te s much colder than m tl e States The so l except along the Eastern belt sa barren des crt Uut enOU 0 h of tJ S my ObjeCt IS to state tl e facts regardless of the opmton of others I am a c t zen of Kansas have res1ded for more thao two years m tho young beaut1ful and r smg c ty of Manhattan located m the nter or of Kansas at the confluence of the Kansas and n g Blue r vers a few miles east of Fort R lej 1 short I I ve m l\lr Good r ch s desert- I know the advantages and d1s ad va tages of Kansas and shall state them ft anl1 y and correctly w1thout fear or fa vo I :'< pur once of\\ ortlcr of Janes 'I{ Coope ::Sut-ro e of Ulster coun y not ce s her by g ve o a l persons b:l.V ng c1a ms aqa nst tl e~tatc ot He ry R Krom late of the town of 01 ve n s l co nty le ea e 1 tuat t ~y rc requ rei o present the same Wlth the vouc ers unx ous eye The ntense anx ety w l 1 And c umn and the terr be suspense he endured ' hen\\!'\\\···· darkly er theo lower est !tour \\ e have as good water n Kansas as you have n :-i Y We have one stream the Sa lcnc that s salt sh we have also several salt Spr ngs these however we look to With pr de as one of our advantages Kansas '\ well watered 11 e Kan l ke the l\1 ssoun IS muddy other nvers and streams are clear The ¥ater as good for wash ng and other purposes as tha of Eastern New York the srnol o of ha tic vrapt t f on h In affii Whon ar<!nll>J of Joy nnd ponce have Bed s 0 ht a d tl c u te Jc par or h s great I eart. wl en the cu tan I fled over a fug t ve armv stodns·fo•ll UDprotoeted hen.d- l he climate 1s m ld and salutary our wm ters at a such that s le ghs are not m nse 111 Kansas and cattle somet mes feed on the pra t t e eof to b.e un, lers 17 n-eJ: execa or In supp o h 1 and the de•pa r n<> shr ck ran\ out nt s J estate at l s res Ue-nae n t e R own e o 'I he of 0 ve on or before e lflth clay of Ju Y ncu 1 Guard reco 1, I the Guard reco Is I makes us D l r nu. cy !lth 1B60 for a moment forget all the carnn 0 e n sym Un 17 JOHN J BOICE E&ee M path) , th I s d stress I he old Guard f lt the pre,cnee of tl c m n ense respo s b y and resolved ot to What prove un ~ortl y of he great <mst comn tlod I Deor lo t It had never rec led befme a human Wh e foe and the all cd forces behelu w th a <e ts firm and steady advance to the final charge For a moment tl e batte1 es stopped pia} g and the fir ng cea•eu along tl e llr t oh I ne I ns w thout the ben. ng of a J. un r a bug o wte to cl eQr the r courage theJ no~ed m I de d s fence o e he fie d ll c r t cad vas t tom o Ol ve l ke r uJ l d thu le wl le t! e dazzl ng I el I L tt t ey ue req 1 re 1 to P ese t tue cln ng ruets of the c r a ; ers flashed I ng 1 s of t :; nJo lJ cl ne of th Exec 1tors f sa tl es ~- ' 1 • 1 0 e n sa <1 t wu on or !Jef e I gl t upon tl dark and t r h o mass tuat , el tl <1 y efS ntembe next II ed ~brc snept 1 one stro g wa'tl along 11 It! U f1A:-/D:> llEAC f D ouet was tl e an d h\ gu s and o every G BE~J n SHUrE Execu o brow was wr tten the unalterable resolut on to conquer or de I he next moment tl ear tillery opened and the beau of that gallant column seemed to s k nto the earth Rani th ng after rank went dow 1 yet they neither sLop tl at ped I or faltered Drssohmg squadrons and Rc nemher me upon d verse develop body Many childrc ant! ugly wh Je others pic'a*mt aRl SVi cct ns chtldi en oe1·re<'t or d1seased phJ s nr<od<>r or tmproJ er d et may uc ng these appearances example as a general Mothers do IWt realtze own feehng so far as lcountenll•ncos, upon the fa ~fl~.,.~;n, who scowls and r e all w ntel' I he so 1 w h tl e propo cd boundary of the future State of K•usas s for f rhhty and durab I ty ot equalled by any other sect on of tl s countty nor surpassed by any m the world I he streams of l\ansas are well timbered and wh Je many 111 the States thmk that there 1s a great scarCity of timber m Kansas the people of Kansa whom alone tt concerns th I they I ave an abundance and ask for no nore lhmms s well suppl ed w t1 cOttl and stone She has an adva tage over most new coon tr es m be ng tJ e great h ~l\\'l to the gold reg on\ wh ch w 1l soon alford her a market for all her products whole battal ons <.1 !iappca.r ng one after anot!r Ices of e; n the destruct vc fire affected not the1r f owns pa,t\'\'\ courage n e nmlo:o closed up as beCore and to look Mr Good roh states that Kansas except for pont cal purpose• w r not he settled very rap dly \h le the1 o s and to be bad m Iowa I have only to say tl at Kansas has already made a heavy dram on the populabon of Iowa and that we haTe no fear that Iowa Will take any rtf 0117 Citizens from us Kansas has to day a populat on of 130 000 exc)us ve of the gold regwns th1s populatiOn has been ac qutred m the short spaoo of s x years durm~ a port on or whJCh tnne the M1ssour1 R1ver ns blockaded aga nst ~orthern em1grants and for more than ha f the t1me smce ~4 \ the M ssour ruffians 1 e gned m tr umph n Krtnsa• bacl ed b) the U S 1'roops a cor rupt Adm n strnt on and the U S Trea~ury \ ct w th all tl ese d sad vantages she has a populn.t on of pern a ent settlers 1n number enterpnse and mtell gence never equalled by \VILTW~CK I.UllUL CEMETERY ASSOCIA.FION. T HE Scr p Qf the a.hove .Aasoc a.t o ean be ad of w m M H\'ye• at $22 5.Q p.er '\'\''• w hloh en- t tl 8 the buller 1<1 4(10 feet nf ground by the pa.y ! et f39 O.Otothe.Asso-ma.t 0-1). Onsurrende of tho men o ;r D W !son R•'i a deed Sonp to the'Soeretary ,,. BUDINGT<h-.: Pres will be ISsued ;:.Ec:--'\- nREsSGOODS-Conie !t!ld oee tl)em \\ U MERRITT & CRQ BY each trend ng over I s faiTen omrnue passed unO ch 1gly o The t orse 11! cl :\ey roue ~u k under h m a d scarcely had h mounted another before t also sauk to the ear h a I so another and another t 11 ll e su Cebs on had been shot lheu I tn h Sural\ n sabre he ng mother one ~hO\ nn l ousand and one quest ons stead of turn g m nd and fret\ ng at Is any other f r1 tory J S RoSA For the Press P1 csentat•oa rftne11s t.ouarJe\. an old wr ter who 1 ved n Bv the req 1~8t of a numoor of friends I have been preva led up!ln to have the fofio1\ ng Prose ta on Speech pu bl ,bed The g1ft was a beautiful gold headed cane -pre sen ted to n Professor of the Hudson R1ver I,_ G iUid could ha~o borne U.P ror For a long t me they slood and let tr,. can non balls pass through the r ranks du da 1 1 ug to turn the r hacks to the foe M chel at th~ hea.d <>f the battalhon fought llke a I on 'Io evory command o€ the enemy to sur render he repled ' The Guard d1es-but never surrenders' And w1th h1s last breath hequeathed t'!us glortous motto he fell a \VItness to ts truth Death trave1sed thooe 1 there tl e l rst sal s to parents over thy child m the Ap 1 tar1~1ng, !ellt the f osts of May \\ h le he JS a tender t11 g h m h 1st ho s a new vessel such as thou makcst h1m such shalt llnd h m Let h1s first and I s second shall be 1ve h s educatiOn m good n ost of thy ability and hill so.asc•q I s youth \ th lhe love of n ake the fear of h s God s k1 owled;;c If ho have her reel fy t1 an curb 1t among 1 s ch efest faults r pens observe h1s mcln a n a call ng that shall not '\''\\\'1 marl ages and call ngs sel h m both the mow and nr,.Jn<ue h1m as well for the dan ~Korn»su. as posses~ h m With the the philosophy of 1t but fa.•>t--q;bi·isl.\aoos who have noth1ng 'l'''u\\'ll of thomsel ves, medt P of GooJcnough - As the one appo nted by the m~mb rs of our b ble ciao• and others of the student< \ho although they do not regularly attend have cnhsted sympathies and good w•ll w th 1ts great a m and object Its Instructer nnd hiB noble endeavors to ild vance the nler sls or ~!! nndei hro ch~trg@ II becomes my duty to present you th1s Qffer 1 g of our• l sny duty but I assure you s1r pleasure IS n ngl d w th luty ThiS o!I'er1ng s I elf mater a/ but accept 1t s1r not as an emblem of our matertul ty for we are eon sta tly rem nd•d not only by your teachmgs but by nature herself that the matenal IS tranc1ent and fleetmg \the s1lver cord soon loosened the golden bowl soon broken -bot accept 1t as a token of our regard for you and our apprcc1ahon of your fa thful teachmgs We are all young and too apt to mdulge 1n dreams of th s world 'Ve revel 1n dres._ms of love of gold of power b\t you have taught that the.e a,re no so111 ees of a firm 1 chance 1n the extrcm1ty of human wea.kness-that ho man Jove IS often too trlliiSiant that gold IS or myst Cll:iulg a.J'tl become the prey of dark deceptive the sword brittle and the a.rm fra1l John struggl ng m the As an appreCiation, then, of these teaehmgs, that Jesus 1 s the Cbrwt we present you thiS oll'ermg-the token o£ our m<Wbld unmedmteJy efforts We wtsh by such acts as lbiS to b<)<:£honu~'m'san ~our 1 g marvelous sholl' our griltltude, and thus become 11thell to but here 1& tho htstory of you In the bonds of fr1endsh1p ~nd wtth you sa<lUiiSI;, for sutfermg for m 1 sg1 ving march on m the great army toWar<la the rerne4ly hilt llhrrm!$ a 1 d dotng realms of llt;ht It tB by mutual co operation The tide of life \' rolhng far Onward to the Wideomg deop Beneath whose wa.ves tho sun ~eta.l' Are buried tn etarnal sleep FR.A>IK Fr.oY MISCELLANEOUS READING Benjamin Belundband When one IS constantly praymg lor a dead horse he cannot expect to own a I ve one- Tts an old saymg that after w t 1s not worth much Some people go through the world always an hour behmd the tnnes It seems as 1f they had been born toa late and had been trymg to ca. ch up w1th old father Time ever smce There are many JURt such people m the world Ben Jam m Behmdh!lnd IS one or them He never was 1n season ror any thmg and some of h S ne ghbors used to say they feared he would be too late to d1e 1 When a boy Ben never reached school m 8 ell:son always had a tardy mark and has had one ever s nee Ben grew up to be a young man and l ke all other young men pa1d h1s attentwns to the lad1es but alas. he was a! ways too late I B ll Hurry was here an hour ago, and Mary .Jane went w th b m She thought you were not commg Poor Ben 1 he had all sorts of tnals to go through w1th If he d1d manage to secure the attendance of a pa1r of blue eyes and rosy cheeks somethmg ot other would always turn up to hinder When hts wedd ng day amv ed the parson thought he never would come and about gavo up tho Idea of domg t!ie JOb BenJam n Bch ndhand commenced busmess or tr ed to but ben g JDSI. a moment too late he bad to taKe up w th what he could get- He complamed of h s lot but no one p1tled h1m H s w1fe tned all the means m her power to g1ve l1m a push and make h1m even w1th otl er folks but all her efforts were ex pended 111 vn n-1 ke an obstmate mule he would not be pushed Strugghng agau:tst t me and ttde Ben Jam n Beh ndhand hved and died He was always m debt, never could see hts way clear The waters of th1s world seemed to be too deep for him to satl over ~rnd at last he sank \'thy was llfr Behmdhand always m trou ble ! He la d the blame a.ll at the door o tll luck Ills mother he sa d was born w1th a wooden spoon m her mouth that the moon pomted the wrong wa.y and hat eVIl stars were m the hor ion of h1s ex1stence All th s may seem true but w1th the world a.n othe1 1dea preva led 'I was satd hts wooden 8poon m ght have been a golden one were he liS fond of work as play The evtl stars would have turned to lm:ky ones bad »r Beh dha1 d kept an account of where the money goes He should have started r1gl t to beg n w1th He should not have ta ken a w fe until he was able to support one As to h1s excess ve large fam tly of children 1t 1s none o{ our cencern but moderat on JD all th1ngs IS a good max m for some to follow- No wonder the world IS fun of Behmdhands When wtll peopla take a h nt and learn wjsdoin from expenence I BrougbaiD on \Vasbington Lord Brough\m m h1s late address satd \In Wasl'nngton wo may enmempmte every excellence m llttaf) and ctnl apphed to the serVIce of h s country and of mankmd-a tnumphant warnor unshaken m confidence when the mo,t sangu ne had s. r ght to de spa1r a !Uccessful 1 uler m all t1 e d fficul tm,. of a course wf:w!ly untned-d ectmg the format on of a nc v government for a great people the first t me that so rash an e.xpen ment had been tr ed by lllan-voluntar1ly and unObtentallonsl.) ret r ng from snprenl1l pow er w1th the venera t10n o-f all parties of all nat ons of all mank nd that the r~ghts of men m ght bo conserved and that hH example m ght never be appealed to by vul gar tyrants It wlll be the duty of tire h1sto nan and the sage m all ages to om t no occa s1on or commemoratn g thts tllllst?IOOS man Mid on til ttme shall be- no mora w II a test of progress wh1ch our race has made m WISdom mrd m v1rtue be dcr ved from veneratiOn pa1d to the 1m mortal name of Wash 1 gton Daseoveey of\ Aoment Cities. l\lr C C Graham an Englishman who has bsBn trnvshng m the East llns made som11 ant q;uar an Fesea ehes of nieres!. Jn the Great Desert be) ond the nver Jm don Mr Graham recently read a paper before the Ro~ al As1at c Soc ely lle found far to the East of the d1stnct of the IIauran and m the regto11 nmnvest gated by lillY European trav eler five anCient towns all as perfect as >f the mhab1tants had JUSt left them the houses re tatntn\ the m!l.SSu e stone doors whtch are a \ ebara.ctenst1c of an:h1tecture ol that F~j,pon 0 10 of the cities 1s remarkable for a large built.lll g hke a castle bt11lt of wl te stone bealltlfully cut Further ea$tward otber places were found where every stone was cov ered w1th mscnpilODl> m an 1m known charao ter bearmg soma apparent hkeness to the Greek alphabet, formerly In use m So~U;bern Arabm Cop1es and express1ons of several msonpttons are presented and •nll no doubt ena;aga the attention of Or1entahsts r;:!S:' He 1a the best accountant who Cllll !lllllt up <:orTectly the sum of h1s own errOl'S :r:s:- Better be the head of yeomanry than th<> ta.1l of the gentry &necdote of Sydney Smith. Sydney Sm1th, the late lamented prelate and pre-emmeut satirmt of the follies and Vl oes of hus tilDe (aud the present), while trav ehng m a stage coach one day WAS long nn noyed by a young man who had acqu1red the polite art of swearmg to such an eJ~:tent that he could not help lnterlardmg h1s dtseourse w1th 1t !IS though 1t Were a constituent part of tbe language. As there happened to be a lady present, the matter Willi doubly annoy mg After enduring the young man's d1sp!ay for some t1me Smtth asked the company to be permitted to tell them a little anecdote and he thus commenced Once upon a time (boots sugar tongs and Iinder boxes) there was a kmg who at 11 grand ball (boots, sugar tongs and tmder boxes) p1cked up the Duchess of (boots, su gar tongs and tmder boxes) Shrewsbury s garter (boots sugar tongs and tmder boxes), :~nd s>lld Ho' i JOlt qUit maley (boots su gar tongs and tmder boxes) pense I whtch means m Enghsh Evtl be to h1m who (boots sugar tongs and t nder boxes} ev I thmks 'l hiS was the ongm of (boots su gar tongs and tmder boxes) the order or the g!l'rter When the w tty clergyman had concluded 1 the young gentleman satd A very good story Sir-rather old-but what the d--1 has boots sugar tongs and t nder boxes to do w1th 1t i I w1ll tell you my young friend answer ed S dney when you tell me what d--n my eyes etc has to do with your conver sa!Jon In the meantime allow me to say thilt ls my style of swearmg The ) oung blasphemer at once drted up Th1s nnecdote for01bly 11lustrates the te mark that of a:ll VIces profane swearmg-m a mere worldly pomt of v1ew-1s the most foohsh Other v1ces may have some sensual pleasure to pathllte them but the profane swearer gams nothmg by h1s mdulgeuce. Young AmeriCa Wonder>~ Why mamnm keeps Bndget at home from chn'rch to work all day and then says 1t 1s w1cked for me to bmld my rabb1t house on Sunday! Wonder what made paz a. say that h g word when Betsey upset the mk all over hlS papers and then slap my ears because I sa1d It when my k1te strmg broke i Wonder why our mmtoter bought that pretty cane With the hon 8 head on the top and then a:sked me for my cent to put m the miSSionary box D1dn t I want a J ewsharp as much as be w1111ted a cane z Wonder why mamma told Betsey the otho er day to sa.y she was not at home when Tommy Days mother called and then puts me to bed w1thont any supper when I tell a hei 0 dear there are lots of thmgs I want to know How I w1sh I was a man I Heat t\rom tile Stars: It IS a startlmg fact 1f the earth were depen dent alone upon the sun for heat tt would not keep ex1steuee 1u ammal and vegetable life upon 1ts surface It results from the researches of Poulllet that the stars furnL~h heat enough m the course of the year f& melt a crust of 1ce seventy feet th ck-almost as much as IS sopphed by the sun ThiS may appear strange when we cons der how 1m measurably small must be the amount of heat received from a.ny of those d1stant bod 1 es But the surprtse va.ntshes when we re-o member that the whole firmamen~ 1s thick ly gemmed WILh stars sonening Haad Water. A correspondent of the Sc1enbfic A mcneal\ states that some twenty years ago a well U'as dug twenty feet deep on the Cott11ge lltll Farm near Ravenna Oh1o, on which he re- Sided It eontamed etght feet of wrrter-a~ ter bemg dtoned-the earth about wh1ch was blue clay and the water was very hard - :fh s sePt<>UB defect was Clll eJ ent1relv and the water softened permMiently by putt ng tnt<l the well ab&ut four feet of gravel of the s ze of beans and upwards He thmks ti11S 1s a sure remedy m all such cases, and Wishes the faet made knoWn Recipe t\or the Dan. A. young lady~ frtend ol mtne was reeom mended by a cotffe or to \\\ sage water She was obi ged to dtscontinue 1ts daily nso as tt made her hrur too th:ICk Pour bollmg wa.- ter on the sag~ leaves nnd let them rem am sometime m the oven or near the sto.-e stram and apply the roots of the ha1r dn ly If any pomade IS needed an equal m1xture cococa nut an.i olive mls With a bttle per fume ts 'Very efficac10us ----- f\oa IUaeuuaansm. Bathe tho parta ~lfected Wlth wat~r m wh>ch potatoos ba ve been boiled ns hot ns cau be borne, JUSt before gomg to bed by the next mornmg the pam w II be much re- lieved tf not removed One np}}hCMion of th 1 s Simple remedy has cured.~e- most obstl nate rheumatte p~Uns .fir An ex<:ellent way to make pmk1es that l!~ll keep a year or more, IS to drop them mto botlmg hot water, bot not lQt thew bot!, let Ulem stay tan munues, wipe them dry Mtd drop mto c<>ld spteed vmegar and they w11l not need to be put rnto salt and wa ter ~ The vrunty of those dtstlncttons wh1ch mankmd pnde themSJ:lves wril u\\u'~ e~ently apparent 1f we conSider the three ces m wh1eh an men must meet on the.same level-at the foot of the cross, 10 tbe aud at theJndgmen~ bar ~ na can tented and thll.nkfu I 11 cheer• ful spun. makes labor hght sleep sweet, and all around cheerful • BY DANIEL BRADBURY. WHOLE NO. 37 4. LAWS OF NEW YOBX - (BY AU'l!HOlll!l'Y) [Every law unless A dlm.-;;;;;t time sh..tl l>o pr-..lhed lhoroin sbo.ll commence and ll>ke elfecllbt<>nlllJOot the State on 001d uot before th, twentieth -day after the day ot its fbia.1 p:l31!11l.gl;!' as-c;:erti.tied by the Secre~ of State Sec 12, title 4 chap 7 ,J>arl 1, ll6v!sed SW.toleli.J [.Every Jaw eo pnl>ll!lhed in tho State P'apsr may he •eo.ii In en<lenco from the paper In wlilch It tlla.ll h.e roo tamed, •n all the courtB or JDolico m $his ~111~ 1 .and >n all proceedings before any oJ11t,er. b®y or boa.'fd iB which Jc. shall he thought necessaey to refer theroto, until tlu'ee months after the cloBe of tho •t>S•lon In whlcll !I become a law See 8 title 7 chaJ1 8 part 1, 1\elisod Statutes AAdlaws orlS*G ohap 280) - U.R!PT.Eil 899 AN ACT to amend the ooveral a.otsln ~n to State l'riBollll l'AI!sd April 14th 181iU-thr.,.fiftbs he ng present. TMPi.OJ!!<.oJ' tlleSI.aieof New Yorlc,T'l!'T...m.dm&nal< and~lio S•miONl The th~W entitled An act for rowltyand atate prlsOOs or 'lll10-g- ~tin m'berf~ teentb lQlt) anen is hereby .ttmebded 80 as to It sbaU he the duty of each inspector to spend at least one week at the pnsen arwgoed him~t lt~ast once-m Mch month Whloh shall be Wl!llln tile llro! fifteen days of tho montb: except n tb'l' v;tOii tha when the quarterly meet lnga occur and he ehaU at that time d Ugent17 exrunine a.nd inquue into the eondlt on o.f aach prmon and gtve ench general dttectiona. J..n wr t ng.. ful'! tU! go-l'ernme.ot and dmc pi ~ as he shall deem to be necessary and ex pedient, proVIded the direc ioru so g~veD.ohalJ not conftlct w th the laweofthe state Of' 'With thegeDe :ai regulatiomt of tho pnsuna a:s establmhed by the board of mspootors E~h napeotor shall keep a.jOu no.l Of his pJllcecdings at Bi!Ch lllontbly or other visftattOilJ and shall repo:rt the 8aD1.6 to the board of in!!pectam at theu fir~t J91Ut meeun, thel'aa.fter sueh journal sliall also 00 entered bJI' the clerk in the book ot the prooeedi.Dgs of the ~oiU'd of m. Optlolo,.., kept n the pr!Bon to which tha Journal shall,.. l•te SEC'I'Io.N 2 The thirty-SJxth section of the l!llld act ut hereby amended so as to read as follows Evory tnspector shall ha.vo pow0r to suepend any officer for oanm nnd to make temrml:u.r appmbHn&nta. to snppl7 any vacant ea in oftice at the pnaon Imder his spe at cbs.rge wh oh appomttnents l!lhaU bG m 19-:rCc notil the Pe::n meet Dg of the board ortnapectGra but dunng such suspens on auoh officer shall not ~ce1.ve a~ Temunei\B-\ t1on whetever Whenever any inSJlector sha.Il st~spend any officer he shnll immediately notify the otller inspec- to s of eueb suspens on and the causes 1or whwh such sliSpc-nstou is mndo and reqnest a :meeting of the board to I.Je held Wlthin t.en days after tmch notice is g~ven for t.he purpose of CQDS ter ng the same Two of the mspec torg attendwg such meeting shall have powe:r to COllfu:m or dlB_Prove- such suspension SEC'.I!lGN 3 'I he thU'ty-.sev~ntb eection of said act uher ... by amended so- M to read aS f(lllDWS' Every a::ppointment to office made by an ~ector shall be by b m mmed u.tnly en~red n tl (.'1 Cfll'nal of blS proceedmga, kApt at the p man where such a)opomtment hi made aad shall specify the parti u.lar Vac&ticml! wh ch the same m kltt>»ded to :fi l aud wntfen notice thereof shall bo hy hlm. Immediately giVen to the nze:nt and W.a.J:'- de-n of sueh prl8on Everya.ppoitJtmentor remoYal !Wtde by the nspe tor~ shall be by them entered tn: tho regular m antes of the u eeting at WbJch the same i& made and like notice thereof g:tv~ to the agent and wa:rden of the p son affected thereby and if said appo n:t:Jn'ent or re- moval telate to a prison other tlmn that at wh ch such me'et Dg ahull be held a copy of the -entry of 6Ueh ap- po nttnent or removal. slg!H'!tl by them or a maJority of them, sbr.tll be rmmedia.taly transnutted to the a_gpnt and warden of the pot: son atJected thereby and alUt\U be'tl.u- tered by tho eJsrk n the book of record of._ mspectora meet ngs kept at such pnson The agent ana wa;rden ot' ewb pr!Bon, in every IICcount tendered tn 11\0 comp!MI lor oholl note ull obangoom th• Ol!\Cfllll of such pruon made a nee render ugh'lS accoant ne:npteVIOUJ' tl)ei;O'QJlto- SneTION 4 'lhe socond soot :on ct an act entitled\ An e.c\t to a. nand the several aets m rels.tian to state prb!:otiB B.l!d mak!ng app oprin.t ons for the Clinten Anbtll'n .and Sl\'n15 Siug p 'l8011H n passed .April ft:€reenth e.~ghteen hunltted and fifty four: :16 hereby repealed. SeeTON 5 The first section ofeh!Wt&r t'W6 lh\ndfed a:nd forty of ths Laws of e ghteen bulldred ond J!fty folll' l& heruh}: atllend\ed .ao aa to read as .ibllowa ellu.ll hold the r first of Jannary n euch and Smg S ng and at aucb number as premdent of 1he board fur tho eJURUng Jea:r &Ud shall W:ll$ gn to each inspector tlte epaclal charge and supen lilOn of one of the e.tate pru;ons., to be dfiSlgna.ted for- the flntmmg four months of the year and they shall mahe a siJnilnr asSJgnm.sraf and d~s g~aa a.t the com meneemant of each four months term tharea.fter but no mspeatoP.ahnll be f.oa.ss gned to or htn:e thespeaia:l eharg& of tbe same prmon fi.tt Ure o gbt next snccBc!dmg .ruonths Brn::TI.ON 6 Bubdivis on mae of aecuon fotti :e ght a€ chapter four hundred a.u.d auc.ty .of the Law.& pf ~hteen hu dred aud forty aeveu 1S hereby amended Ba as to read a.s follows To ta$e ~hargo of elf moll6;YS a!!d other a:rtleles wh ch m y be brought to the. pruon bJ' oonlicts,; and to ea.ma the stun~ mmcd ately on the rece pt th-ereOf. to be en Cered by the c e. kam<~ng the receipts of the prlson 'Which money uud other artrcles whenever tho convzet from whom tho same wue or were recerv.ed eh&Jl be discharged from prison or the same sb de ma.ud~d, shall bo retQrned b b& VJct or otbe-r\pie ~i':it\'e-neo for such money u1 by auy otheJ: peraon fer h sba:U l:le entitled t() i'DCeJ.Ve nterest at the rate or s.ix per cent from the time of such depoSit untH pmd, and voucU.. ers taken therofor ao ts now pronded by ll>w A aep•rota account shall atao be kept by the clel'k m a book ;proVl ded for thn.t p~se of ali moo.ey and othel\ artielea SG- reeeJved by the agent and warden m wlnc.h acco1.Ul.t each con\' ct shall be credited w th the money and otker arti- cles so :rece veil from hnn. SEei'IoN 7 Soot!on one liundred a11d !llllo of tha some chapter 18 hareby amended ro as to read as follows Wbeuover any conv1ct conllnoll m a Billie DrJSon oball escape therefrom it Hbu.U be t-he du.t.: \Ot the agent and wardml ol' the priBon to take all propw: meuuras-fOl\ tlnt app eltenswn ot the eonv d or C(H1W l)j:S $0.e!:etl.pe~amd itJ- hiB illBoretion he may o1fur a. rewMod.,. not e:xceedi:ng .fifty dollars for the a,ppreheiliDon anW d«ri very of -et:ery BUCh conVict or convicts and with ~e eonsentvfthe lll8peGtor m chiU'g& of the p aQn ~uc»r be neceat:~ed to a sum not exceeding tWo t-ty doUata each SECTION 8 Chapter fift\y of~~ ,Laws of eJghteeu hundred and fifty f~ u he nded. so u to read as follows All the fiscB:l transaetioDsaud de3tings on ac'OOttnt of each pr~on- shu.U b.e condueted bY audm the name of the ogenl !ll><f worden mat-tors -of finunoe on of th.e b~;tanl of who shall plnces,. an name or sue 14. r son to any fGl!mel! ~ent, or a~:ot JUtd '\\'ar.deJ+ qf .tAo pria ~ o to- Ml~ peop e of t1iia eta~ -on account uf &U(<h priSon b~1t ebdillnot :bo lawful m any e~uch eu tor lW tion for any defendant 01 defand~nta to Plead or onoonco llfl.f OllilOi or m•tter by way or j ldgp~ent agl!mBJ euch agtm.t au4 war4!;W iU auch Btut or tuotion., o~e1 thau for the coat& a.nd dlabursements the 'flin Alt;mon.eys ro ce vcd bJ any <.tgent and warden shall bs de}J(?Sited once In ea.ch week, W. the etedit t>f the tr.easurerol the~ m a bank located lD the c t.y ol! Village most adJacent to thB\ pnson. Ile shall send tO\ thecomptrol ~ ~eeKI); a t~ta.te men1: show IlG' 1he a:mount se. eceived,. and ftom whom. and when or for wha.'$} ree:Btve!!l: and dapoiiited, and ll~ daya on wh Gh such depo&J. s ~ere made tho etatell1ent of depos ts to be oo t fied .to by the proPJ;l'~mficera of the bank rece v ng such depus1t ur depiJ8Its the ugant u.nd wardtmsldiJ,lL a.!M) ve-rify by biBAtlldaVit -tba:t the snm sd> depos ted s all t1 :e :n.wney rece ved by him from '\olhat- sver source of pt\lSOD. mcom.e, dul'lllg the week IUld up to th-e time of depo&tt. ALl moneys ao depoa ted by the agent and w rden of any pr180D sh~ll be BuJ:tject to tbe quat\terl!y drafte at the t euau er of U e Btate. A\IIy bauk 1n Which depos tB shalt be made under the proV HlODS O( tB 8 act sh t.U, before rece v Qg an;_y such d.epos ts tile a bond w th the comptroller Qf the &tat-a, subjeqt to: his B.j psuva-1 fo such sum as he shall d em nece8Sn.J'y SS0'! 8N 9 Sa tion fo ty of chapter four hundred and s xty of the Laws of c ghtc:en hnndri~d and forty setilu. l1!' hf\rvby n Mnded so 88 to 1'5tld as tollo ra The llispootor.sShalJ ll,PPO nt io each of th~st:J.fe pr ODS the fo low ng office~ .An agent Blld warden a p.rlneittal k! epor a c erk a cbapla u R phy&cm.n and surgeon n. mut on fo the fen ulo p son at. IS ng Sing a stor-e k~eper at h.e Sing Sing pr!Soa £tD.d one kitchEn keeper at .each pr sou and who u.t Auburn aud Clinton prlBonB shall pe fvrm the dnt100 of store keeper aliEf so many kee_pera and ast~ stant matrons as not to exceed the p op.ortion of one to twenty -wu.r cou'i ctB WJ they 1UU03 dee-m lti expedient to ernp oy SECT O.N 10 i>ftbe
