Crawfordsville Review, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 19 March 1859 — Page 1

NEW SEMES-VOL. I, M). 35.

A TALI OF THE EMPIRE UNDER PETER THE GREAT.

CHAPTER I.

The tunc at which we open oar story is mid-winter, and towards the close of the seventeenth century. Russia is the scene. "In the suburbs of Moscow, and very sear the river Moskwa, stood an humble xM)t, which betrayed a neatness of arrangeznent and show of taste that more than made up for its smallncss of size. Back of the cot was an artisan's shop, and other out-buildings. This shop was devoted to

the manufacture of fire-arms, mostly.— fiome swords, and other edged weapons, were made here upon special application. 4.. The master of this tenement was the he--j,| jO of our talc, Ruric Nevel. We find him standing by his forge, watching the white ,, smoke as it curled up towards the throat of the chimney. He was a young man, not ovor three-and-twenty, and possessed a isj frame of more than ordinary symmetry and muscular development. lie was not large i-y —not above a medium size—but a single glance at tl\e swelling chest, the broad .. shoulders, ami the sinewy ridges of the Vf bare arms, told at once that he was master of great physical power. His father had been killcif in the then late war with the

Turks, and the son, leaving his mother with a sufficiency of sustenance, went to Spain soon after the borcavcment. There ilio found work in the most noted armories and now, well versed in the trade, he had ,,, returned to his native city to follow his calling, and support his mother.

Near by stood a boy—Paul PecpofT—a /bright, intelligent lad, sonic fifteen years ttj'of age, who had bound himself to the gunj|niakor for the purpose of learning the art. •'It Claudia Novel, Ruric's mother, was a :noble looking woman, and the light of her ,..still handsome countcnancc was never brighter tnsji when gazing upon her boy. fthc had a tlianA'.r«l. loving heart, and a ''aycrfiil, hopeful sou/. ,,

is snowing ara'n

'1 l:ml -A"

fast?.'.'' ever,"

remark' as lie took ki.s s« afc at the guppof-tablu, in company witn the oJicrs. "Ah," returned Ruric, resting his kii'fe a few moments while he bent his ear to listen to tho voice of the. storm. "I had hoped 'twould snow no niore for the present. The snow is deep enough now. And how it blows!" "iicvcr mind," spoke the dame, in a trustful, easy tone, "it must storm when it Jijicth, and we can only thank God that we have shelter, and pray for those who have none.-' "Amen!"' responded Ruric, fervently.

The meal was at length eaten, and the table set back, and shortly afterwards Paul retired to his bed.

Ruric drew his chair close up to (he fireplace, nnd ed his head in absorbing thought-. This had become a habit with him of late, lli.-. bserved these tits of ab-1

aning against the jam he how-

nothcr having observed these fits ot ab-1 ,*

motl st rie was so constanilv and so moodilv brooding.

ie to tell her what it. was over which

was ot Rosalind ah,a. (the orphan dangli-J^

in arms ... their youth and their club ren

had been playmates Rut when the elder

"Then follow quickly," said Rurie.— visit "Hero—give me your hand.-Thcrc-n nv

co,"f•

"heyouth found the thickly-gloved hand I

—gloved with the softest fur-and having js'

led the invisible aPP leant into the hall he

closed the door, and then led the way to'

the kitchen. Without speaking, Ruric

turned and gazed upon the new-comer.-

1 hc stranger, who was ajualh, rlesnous of

ascertaining ,c/«U mannerof man Ruru:

tra-f, was a monk—and habited something'f ...

fkV

like one of the Ulack monks of fci. Michael.

lie was of medium bight, and possessed a rotundity of person which was comical to behold.

At length, after warming himself by thc fire, thc guest asked if hc could be accommodated with some sleeping-place, and be-

weapons therein. Ruric questioned him closely as to whether he had ever met him before, but the Monk replied evasively, and after saying that in ease thc gunmaker Bhould ever, in auy great emergeucy. need a friend, that he might apply to him, he took his leave.

can be quickly and satisfactorily settled It is my desire to make the Lady Rosalind my wife."

Ruric Nevel started at these words, and he clasped his hands to hide their tremu lousness. But he was not long debating upon an answer. "And why have you come to me with this information, sir?" he aSked "Ruric Nevel, you shall not say that I did not make myself fully understood, and hence I will explain." The Count spoke this as speaks a man who feels that he is doing a very condescending thing, and in the same tone he proceeded: "The Lady Rosalind is of noble parentage and very wealthy. My own station and wealth arc equal with hers. I love her, and must have her for my wife. I have been to see the noble Duke, her guardian, and he objects not to my suit. But he informed me that there was one impediment, and that was her love for you. He knows full well —as I know, and as all must know—that she could never become your wife but yet he is anxious not to interfere too much against her inclinations. So a simple denial from you, to the effect that you can never claim her hand, is all that is necessary. I have a paper here all drawn up, and all that I require is simply your signature. Here—it is only a plain, simple avowal on your part that you have no hopes nor thoughts of seeking the hand of the lady in marriage."

As the Count spoke he drew a paper from the bosom of his marten doublet, and having opened it he handed it towards the gunmaker. But Ruric took it not. He drew back and gazed the visitor sternly in the face. "Sir Count," he said, calmly and firmly, "you have plainly stated your proposition, and I will as plainly answer. I cannot sign the paper." "Ha!" gasped Damonoff, in quick passion. "Do you refuse?" "Most flatly." "Butyou will sign it!" hissed Damonoff, turiMngpale with rage. "Here it is—sign! If you w'.'uld live—sign "Perhaps he cannot write," suggested Urzen, contemptuously. "Then he in:*J-make his mark," rejoined the Count, in the same contemptuous tone. "It might not require much more urging to induce me to make my mark in a manner not at all agreeable to you, sir," the youth retorted, with his teeth now set, and the dark veins upon his brow starting more plainly out. "Do you aijck a quarrel with me?" "Seek?—I neck what will have. Will

As these words passed from the Count's lips in a low, hissing whisper, he aimed a

I is a a

gunmaker had not dreamed of such a daset, and he was not prepared for it.

traftion. became unensY .n.»d pressed Ru-1

let lie dodged it, and as the Count drew

R„ri(f Joillt him a blmv tlin

hemg tlms urged, l.nnc confessed hat it stqihen

The man

eonc

JNevel was slain in battle, Imrie was _vet a boy, and the widow and her son remained poor and obscure wliil" tnn.ite, had risen to ing left Rosalind a title and a fortune jdeathl

and

a high rank, and dy-.

lie y.mng people, however, had not for-

his mother sat debating the

'Is there any one here?" the gunmaker asked, as hc opened the door, bowing his head and shielding his eyes from the driving snow with pne hand. "Yes,"' returned a voice from the Stygian darkness. "In God's name let me in, or 1 shall perish."

tQ (lic fl(J0r H].0

Urzcn

]l0 whisper-

to {hc an as tha

tw ot a uomcman, and now the ward ot ., ... i.„ .. vidua! made a movement as though he Oig i. the powerlul and haughty Duke ot

Tula) lie was thinking. Ruric's father, and the father of Rosalind, had been comrades

indi-

would come forward. "I am not myself now, and you arc safest where you are."

,husad(lrcased viewed the un-

a mmnc auJ he see

jude

ihilc A .ildai, niO'C toi

,ucj

that lie had bettcr llvoid

a pcr-

jsonal encounter. Conrad Damonoff slowly rose to his feet, a few

g.ized jnt0 ljjs antagonist's face

1I10n

,pnts

in si

icncc.

gotten each other. Ruric loved Rosalind! 1 Ruric Nevel, lie said, in a hissing, with all the fervor ot his being, and he felt ...

nssured that Rosalind returned his love.— As he and matter on that stormy night, a loud knock upon the outer door startled them.

His own

foC)

uul his Nvhule frame iver

a to a

I. can overlook your plebeian stock,

And with hc

[amed

I "Paul," said the gunmaker, turning to his boy, after the men had gone, "not a word of this to my mother. Be sure."

On the following morning, as Ruric was preparing for breakfast, he saw Olga, the Duke, pass by, and strike off into the Borodino road. Now, thought he, is the time to call on Rosalind and as soon as hc had eaten his breakfast hc prepared for the

Re took a horsc and sled and startcd

offfor tho Kromlin witU

rcs ded

tlful moMcd fcct forn) with thc

Pi full flush ot health and vigor, and possess-

ing face ot peculiar sweetness and intel

ligcnce. She was only nineteen years of age, and she had been ten years an orphan. There was nothing of the aristocrat iu her look—nothing proud, nothing haughty but gentleness aud love were the true elements

i,cr

sou

ing answered iu the affirmative, Ruric "How now, Zenobie?

showed him to a chamber and then retir-j^ j)Cr waitiug-maid entered. cd himself. "There is a gentleman below who would jcome back." The next morning, after breakfast, the see you," the girl replied. Monk went with Ruric to his shop, aud ex- "Then toll him I cannot sec him," said amined with much interest the various Rosalind, trembling.

But it is Ruric Nevel, my mistress." "Ruric!" cxclaimcd thc fair maiden, starting up, while thc rich blood mounted to her nrow and temples. "O, I am glad

Towards thc middle of thc afternoon, just as Ruric had finished tempering some parts of a gun-lock, thc back door of his en to her feet, and taking one of her hands and in half an hour more they reached

shop was opened, aud two men entered.— in both his own he pressed it to his lips.— They were young men, dressed in costly It was with difficulty ho spoke. But the furs", and both of them stout and good-look-ing. The gunmaker recognized them as the Count Conrad Damonoff and his friendStephen Urzen. "I think I speak with Ruric Nevel," jsaid the Count, moving forward. "You do," returned Ruric, not at all surprised by the visit, siuce people of all /classes were in the habit of calling at hid -place to order arms. "You .are acquainted with the Lady Ronalind Valdai?" he said. "I ain," answered Rurio, now beginning |to wonder. "Well, sir," resumed Damonoff, with ,nsueh btoghtioCH, "ptrbipi my bniiiwii

emotions of his soul became calm at length, and then Ac received Rosalind's promise that she tpotild never permit her hand to be disjxtsed of to another by the Duke of Tula. Rurio informed her of the visit of Count Damonoff to his shop, its purpose and the result. Rosalind was astonished and alrtrmed. Still, she could not believe that the Duke meant to bestow her hand upon Damonoff. The Duke owed him money, she said, and might perhaps be playing with the Count

Ruric started as a new suspicion flashed upon him. Had the Duke sent Damonoff upon that mission on purpose to get him into a quarrel. "Aye." thought the youth

to himself, the Dake knows that I have taught the sword-play, and he knows that the Count would be no match for me. So he thinks in this subtle manner to make me an instrument in ridding him of plague." But the youth was careful not to let Rosalind know of this. He thought she would be unhappy if she knew that a duel was likely to come off between himself and the Count.

After some minutes of comparative silence, Ruric took leave of Rosalind, and was soon in the open court. Here he entered his sledge, and then drove to the barracks in the Khitagorod, where he inquired for a young friend named Orsa, a lieutenant of the guard. The officer was quickly found, and as he met Ruric his salutation was warm and cordial. After the first friendly greetings had passed, Ruric remarked, I may have a meeting with Conrad Count Damonoff. He has sought quarrel—insulted me most grossly— aimed a blow at my.head—and I knocked him down. You can judge as well as I what the result must be."

Most surely he will challenge you," cried the officer, excitedly. So I think," resumed Ruric, calmly. "And now will you serve me in the event?"

With pleasure." And there upon Ruric related all that had occurred at the time of the Count's visit to his shop, and then took his leave.

He reached home just as his mother was spreading the board for dinner. He often went away on busuiuess, and she thought not of asking him any questions.

On questioning Paul, in the shop, in the afternoon, Ruric, to his great surprise, learned that the Black Monk had been there during his absence, to purchase a dagger that he had drawn out of the boy a minute account of the visit of Urzen and Damonoff, and that he seemed to be much pleased with Ruric's conduct. As they were talking, Urzen called and presented a challenge from the Count. Ruric at once referred him to his friend, and he took his leave.

That evening, about eight o'clock, a sledge drove up to Ruric's door, and young Orsa entered the house. He called Ruric aside, and informed him that the arrangements had all been made. "Damonoff is in a hurry," he said, and we have appointed the meeting at ten o'clock to-morrow forenoon. It will take place at the bend of the river just beyond the Viska Hill."

you sign?" will bring his own, and he gives you the "Once more—No!" privilege of selecting such an one as you "Then, by heavens, you shall know what I choose." it is to thwart such as me! How's that?"

A a as Swords," returned Orsa. "The Count

1 thank you, Orsa, for your kindness thus far, and you may rest assured that I shall be prompt." "Suppose I call here in the morning for you suggested the visitor.

I should be pleased to have you do

better."

He dressed well, and no man in

haJ a n()bler look whcu the d„st

,, of toil was removed from his brow and

in which the duke

Jn Qnc of (bc tll0Us

rtn)Cnts of the pa

iy furnished

l.*cc of the Duke of

T'ula sat Kosa]ind Va'ldai. Shc was a beau-

so,,' the gunmaker said and thus it was I evidently not contented with the situation arranged. h0 was in. He was carried by the humane On the following morning Ruric was up individual to his home, and properly cared betimes, and at the breakfast table not ajfor. His lady immediately took a mother's word of the one all-absorbing theme was

care

were Toledo blades, and of most exquisite 'peculiarly strange in her manner, except workmanship and finish. Ruric took out perhaps an apparent uneasiness. She the heaviest one, which was a two-edged handed him her ticket and he passed on.—

metal. He placed the point upon the floor, and then, with all his weight he bent the blade till thc pommel touched thc point. The lithe steel sprang back to its place with a sharp clang, and thc texture was not started. Then hc struck the flat of the b'ade upon the anvil with great force. The ring was sharp and clear, and thc weapon remained unharmed.

CBAWFOBDSYILLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA, MARCH 19, 1859.

you angry, and so unhinge your nerves.' Never fear," answered the gunmaker. The party halted when they reached the interior of the rough structure, and the Count threw off his pelisse and drew his sword. Ruric followed his example. "Sir Count," the latter said as he moved a step forward, ere we commence this work I wish all present to understand distinctly how I stand. You have sought this quarrel from the first. Without the least provocation from me you have insulted me most grossly, and this is is the climax. So, before God and man, be the result upon your own head."

Out, lying knave Hold," cried the surgeon, laying his hand heavily upon the Count's arm.— "You have no right to speak thus, for you lower yourself when you do. If you have come to fight, do so honorably."

An angry reply was upon DamonofTs lips, but he did not speak it. He turned to his antagonist and said,—

Will you measure weapons, sir Mine may be a mite the longest. I sack no advantage and I have one here of the same length and weight as my own if you wish it."

I am well satisfied as it is," replied Ruric. Then take your ground. Are you ready

I am!"

The two swords were crossed in an instant, with a clear, shary clang. The above is all of this story that will be published in our columns. We give this as a sample. The continuation of it from where it leaves off here can only be found in the New York Ledger, the great family paper, for which the most popular writers in the country contribute, and which is for sale at all the stores throughout the city and country, where papers are sold. Remember and ask for the New York Ledger of March 19, and in it you will get the continuation of the story from where it leaves off here. If you cannot get a copy at any book store, the publisher of the Ledger will mail you a copy on the receipt of five cents.

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A MOTHER TROWS HER INFANT OUT OF THE CAIIS. The Cleavelaud Leader of Thursdav

says: Soon after the mail train Inft Erie yesterday afternoon, going east, and about two miles beyond, a workman engaged on the road found a male infant kicking and floundering upon the track perfectly nude, and

of the little foundling. While Con-

uttered. After the meal was finished the due tor Murry was gathering up his checks gunmaker went out to his shop, and took previous to arriving at Eric on the same I the Board of Commissioners granting him down from one of the closets a long leath-j train, he discovered a well dressed young license, and the County Treasurer's recrn case, in which were two swords. They lady |n the saloon of the ear, with nothing eeipt- for the fee as aforesaid, the County

weapon, with a cross hilt of heavily gilded After the child was discovered, and the a privilege of permitting the same to be

fact known at Eric, the conductor of thc train, theu about an hour out, was telegraphed the facts, and telegraphed in reply that he had found the mother of thc child but having no process, or perhaps no inclination, shc was allowed to coutinue her coursc: taking the New York and Eric road east.

Thc cars must have been running at the

By St. Michael," said the gunmaker .ite of twenty or twenty.-five miles an hour to his boy, "Moscow docs not contain anoth-j ijcn thc little stranger was inhumanly cr blade like that. Damascus never saw a pUt

ff the train.

—I«I

I think you are right, my master," thc THE GREAT COMET.—A docuuicnt has boy returned, who had beheld the trial of! been issued from Harvard University, rethe blade with uubounded admiration.— lating to thc recent comet which attracted

But," lie added, could you not temper the vision of the whole human race, a blade like that?" This celestial visitor, which slipped so Perhaps, if I had thc steel. But I gracefully along its invisible line in space, have it not. The steel of these two blades was some 240,000,000 miles from us at came from India, and was originally iu one the time of its discovery in June, and it weapon—a ponderous, two-handed affair, was then traveling at the rate of 65,000 belonging to a Bengal chieftain. Thc miles an hour. This velocity constantly metal possesses all the hardness of the increased as thc grand phenomenon apfincst razor, with the elasticity of the most proached the sun and, like the swelling subtle spring. My old master at Toledo dimensions of the illusive phantasmagoria, gave me these as a memento. Were I to it seemed daily to expand in bulk as we mention the sum of money hc was once surveyed its filmy outlines. Its maximum offered for the largest one, you would hard- velocity was nearly 130,000 miles an hour, ly credit it." excelling the speed of the planet 3Iercury.

After this Ruric gave Paul a few direc- This was at its perihelion point. 52,000,tions about the work, promising to be back 000 miles seems to have been the measure Just then Orsa drove up to of its distance from us Octobcr 11, or some

before night. iui .• uisuniw num -, uowi j.

Ruric was all ready. His mother was proached the sun. The difference between

in the kitchen. He went to her with a1its aphelation and its perihelion velocity smile upon his facc. He put his arms seems to be the difference between 480

asked Rosalind, about her and drew her to his bosom. miles and 128,000 miles in an hour. The

God bless you, my mother. I shall! difference between its remotest and its He said this, and then he nearest solar distance is 14,144,000,000, kissed her. -or nearly eight times the distance of thc

He dared stop to speak no more, but planet Uranus. This iinmencc reach, howopened thc door aud passed out. ever, would hardly carry it to another sysHave you a good weapon asked Or-1 tem, when the nearest fixed star is billions sa, as the horse started on.

hc has come. My prayers are surely an- swords will bear." And after some fur- The size of its nucleus varied as well as swercd. Lead him hither, Zenobie." ther remarks he related the peculiar cir- jts speed. That ranged from two thousand Thc girl departed, and ere long after- cumstances attending the making of the miles diameter when about 140,000,000 wards Ruric entered the apartment. Hc sword, and his possession of it. miles from us, and only 500 miles when walked quickly to where Rosalind had aris-1 At length they struck upon the river, iess than one-third that distance. and in half an hour more they reached m» 'REASONABLE CURIOSITY JN A DYING

the appointed spot. The day was beautiful. They had been upon the ground but a few minutes when the other party came in sight around the bend of the river.— The monk was there also.

As soon as the Count and his second and surgeon had arrived, and the horses had been secured, the lieutenant pro posed that they should repair to an old building which was close at hand. "Aye," added Damonoff.-—"Let us have this business done, for I would be back to dinner. I dine with Olga to-day, and a fair maiden awaits my coming."

Notice him not," whispered .Orsa, who walked close by Ruric's side. That is one of his chief points when engaged in an affair of this kind. He hopes to get

the door. 4,000,000 nearer the earth than it ap- shall sell or barter, directly or indirectly, BLAKE, JOHN

leagues from us us. Its period of or-

I have, Ruric said quietly "and one bital revolution is about twenty or twentywhich has stood more tests than most gve centuries.

MAN.—It was bright thought that of Smithson, the founder of the Smithsonian Institute, when he was dying of an unknown complaint. Smithson had had five doctors, and they had been unable to discover what his disease was. At length they told the patient he must die. Calling them all around him, he said: "My friends, after I die, make a post mortem examination and find out what ails me for really, I have heard such long and learned discussions on the subject, that I am dying to know what the disease is myself."

19* A rascally old bachelor says the friendship of two women is always a plot against toe third.

BY AUTHORITY.

An act to regulate and license the tale of Spiritous, Yiniaus, Malt and other intoxicating liquors, to repeal all former laws contravening the provisions of this

Act, and prescribing penalties for violation thereof.

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OP ITIE STATE OF INDIANA, That no person shall sell or barter, directly or indirectly, any intoxicating liquor, by a less quantity than a quart at a time, within this State, without first procuring from the Board of Commissioners of the county in which liquor or liquors are to be sold, a license as hereinafter provided nor any person, without having first procured such license, sell or barter any intoxicating liquor to be drank, or suffered to be drank in his house, out-house, yard, garden or the appurtenances thereto belonging.

SEC. 2 The words "intoxicating liquor," as used in this act, shall apply to any spiritous, vinous or malt liquor, or to any intoxicating liquor whatsoever, which is used or may be used as a beverage.

SFC. 3. Any white male inhabitant desiring to obtain licensc to sell intoxicating liquors, shall give notice to the citizens of the township in which he desires to sell, by publishing in a weekly newspaper in the county, a notice, stating in the notice the precise location of the premises in which ie desires to sell, at least twenty days before the meeting of the Board at which the applicant intends to apply for license, 6r in case there is no such newspaper in such county, then by posting up written or printed notices in three of the most public places in the township in which he desires to sell, at least twenty days before the meeting of said board and it shall be the privilege of any inhabitant of said township, to remostrate, in writing, against the granting of such license to any applicant on account of immorality or other unfitness.

SEC. 4. The Board of County Commissioners, at such term, shall grant a licensc to such applicant upon his showing to the satisfaction of said Board of Commissioners, that he has given notice as above required, and that he is a man of good character, and fit to be trusted with said license, and upon his giving bond payable to the State of Indiana, with at least two freehold sureties, residents within said county, to be approved by the County Auditor, in the sum of five hundred dollars, conditioned that he will koep an orderly and peaceable house, aud that he will pay all lines land costs that may be assessed against him for any violations of the provisions of this act, which bond shall be filed with the County Auditor of said county.

SEC. 5. Such applicant shall, before license shall be issued to him, be required to pay to the Treasurer of said county, fifty dollars as a fee for license for one year, to be applied and expended for common school purposes in the same manner in wich the revenues of the Common School Fund are or may be expended.

SEC. 6. On the execution of the bond as required in the fourth section of this a:t, and the presentation of the order of

Auditor shall issue a license to ihc applicant for the sale of intoxicating liquors in a less quantity than a quart at a time, with

drank on the premises as stated in the aforesaid notice, which license shall specify the name of the applicant, the place of sale, and thc period of time for which such license is granted.

SEC. 7. No license as herein provided shall be granted for a greater or less time than one year.

SEC. 8. A license granted under the provisions of this act, shall not authorize the person so licensed to sell or barter any intoxicating liquors on Sunday, nor to any person under the age of twenty-one years, nor to a person or persons in a state of intoxication, nor upon the day of any State, county, township or municipal election in tho township or city Ivhere the same maybe holden.

cated, after notice shall have been given!father—see them trembling before him,

SEC. 10. Any person not being licensed according to the provisions of this act. who

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or shed wherein intoxicatiog liquor arc sold, bartered or given away, or suffered to be drank, if kept in a disorderly manner, shall be deemed a'common nuisance, and the keeper thereof upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty nor more than two hnndred dollars, to which

SEC. 14. Courts of Common Pleas and Circuit Courts, within their respective jurisdictions, shall have concurrcnt jurisdiction to hear and determine all complaints for the violation of any of the provisions of this act, and the grand juries

and it is hereby made their duty to take cognizance of offeuces against its provisions, as in cases of felonies.

SEC. 15. Justices of the Peace within their respective counties, shall have jurisdiction to try and determine all cases arising under the provisions of this act: Provided, that if in the opinion of the justice or jury, trying any such case, a fine of twenty-five dollars shall be an inadequate punishment for such violation then the justice in such case shall recognize the parly in sufficient boud and surety to appear at the next term of anv court of compotent jurisdiction to answer said charge.

SEC. 16. All laws and parts of laws coming in conflict with any of the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed but nothing in this act shall be so construed as to prohibit the Common Councils of cities and the Boards of Trustees of incorporated towns from demanding and enforcing a fee for license from all

ASHBEL P. WILLARI), Governor of the State of Indiana. STATE OF IN IAN A,

SECRI- TARV,S OFFICE.

State..

appetite.

or suffered to be drank in his house, out-: ^th of

house vard, garden, or appurtenances

t-hereto belonging, shall be fined in any

SEC. 11. If any person shall sell, batter .,

or give away any intoxicating liquors to

any person under the age of twenty-one

SEC. 12. Any person who shall adulterate any intoxicating liquor, which is intended for sale, by the admixture of any deleterious substance therewith or any person who shall offer for sale or sell any intoxicating liquor, which shall have been so adulterated as aforesaid, on conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less tfran fifty nor more than five handred dollars, to which the court or jury trying the cause may add imprisonment in the county jail for any determined period not exceeding three months.

*"^bc. 13. Every place,house, room, arbor vice of the Stnto.

THE NEW STATE PKISO.Vernor has appointed Messrs.

jjC drank

barter any intoxicating liquor to be drank!

nev\v '7

I do hereby certify the above to be a true and complete copy of the enrollment-, now on file in the office of Secretary of

Witness my hand, and seal of the State, at Indianapolis, the 10th day of .Marc!., A. D. 1859.

CRY US L. DUNHAM, Secretary of Stale,

HIE DlilMiAItD'S HOME. Of all the woe and wretchedness, which awaken our eompassion—of all thc scenes of misery which call so loudly for sympathy—there is none so harrows up thc feelings as the drunkard's home! Look at him who begun life with the love of friends,

admiration where thc love thatoncc was

Look at the woman, who, when she repeat-

iar(

ed "for better or for worse" would have j,v |,,. distinguished leaders of the Demoshrunk with tcrrorsat the faintest shadow of |cpatjc j,!irtVi involves, first, the diMnle.gratlie "worse fallen upon her \oung heart. tion and then the reconstruction of t!iat Is that she who, on her bridai day,

w:'.s

adorned with such neatness and taste.'— jnsl, ad of appealing first to thc people Ah, me! what a sad change! And the chil-10j- ^jie fyrritories, and in the event, of disdrcn, for whom he thanked God at their appointment, then to the. Supreme Court of birth the little ones of whom he had been

SEC, 9. Every person who shall directly or indirectly, knowingly sell, barter or give away any intoxicating liquor to any so proud, whom lie had dandled on his knee their rights, the freemen of the South de person who is in the habit of being intoxi- jand caught to lisp the endearing name of terill

him by the wife, child, parent, brother or and endeavoring to escape his .violence.— ,})n ^reat eonstlt iiional doctriii" of NONsister of such person, or by the overseer Look at the empty basket and full bottle J_\TKRY KNTI' )N .then we can see bn'. or overseers of the poor of thc township the natural wants of thc bod\^ denied to jjttle hope of harmony in the Democratic, where he resides, that such persou is in satisfy the unnatural cra\ings of a depr.ncu anks upon this issue of •-ceiiritv Soutlithc habit of being intoxicated, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be lined not less than five, nor more than fifty dollars.

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WHOLE NUMBER 875.

From the Philadelphia Pres*.

TRIAL BY JURY.

Two hundred years before the Magna Charts, and perhaps much earlier, the trial by jury was esteemed a privilege of tbehighest and most beneficial nature, and since that, time it has always been iusisted

may be added, to the court or jury trying upon, in England and this country, as tho the cause, imprisonment in the county jail bulwark of liberty but there is no denyfor any determined period of time not exceeding three months provided, that no drosecution shall be institute 1 or maintained agaiDst any person for violation of

ing that on this side of the Atlantic, it has lately fallen into much disrepute. Every one admitted that trial by one's peers, (sanctified as it was by antiquity.

any of the provisions of this act occurring land its glorious efforts against tyranical between the time, when it shall take effect, persecution,) was more equitable—at least and the close of the first regular session in theory much better than tho old trial of the Board of Commissioners of the by battle or the arbitrary decision of a sinproper county thereafter the beginuingofiglc man, be he caliph or emperor. Quod which session not taking place in less time |placuit principi war altogether inconsistthan four weeks after this act shall have ent with Anglo Saxon notions of liberty. taken effect.

But the theory and practice wore different. In the the working of our jury system, idlers, tavern-loafers, ignorant or unscrupulous men, were frequently selected and where there was an atom of respectability in the juror, it was more than overbalanced by the fact that he was

of the several Circuit Courts, shall have, iperauuated, or deaf, or otherwise disquali QTT/1 IT ID NR)/K AA/1 F.. I

fled. Through favoritism, or solicitation, incompetent men were drawn, and the trial whether in civil or criminal court, was a mere farce. In the former, the most senseless verdicts were sometimes rendered, and in the latter corruption sccurcd an immunity for the most desperate and hardened offenders.

It is not necessary to refer to instances in which juries were packed to accomplish a certain end. Grand juries were defiled by the introduction of infamous men and the court, house filled with bravos and convicts anxious to be called as jurors when the panel was exhausted and a (airs prayed, in any case where one of their boon companions might be the defendant, no matter what his guilt. The law was set at naught, aud justice derided. No supervision of the law officer and judges could prevent these outrages.

This state of affairs demanded reform, and we have it inannst satisfactory shapo.

keepers of coffee-houses or other places The old system has been abolished, and where intoxicating liquors are sold and now it is nearly impossible to have an iiir drank within the limits of their respect ive corporation.

SEC. 17. It is hereby declared that an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this act. It shall therefore be in force from and after its publication in the Indiana State Sentinel and the Indiana State Journal.

J. W. GORDON,

Speaker of House of Representatives. A. A. HAMMOMI), Prsident of the Senate. Approved March a, 18o!J.

competent jury. It was provided by law, by our last legislature, that the judges and some municipal officers should meet and make out a list of men comprising our best citizens, who should be liable to jury duty. This has been done, aud now jurors are drawn in open court from this select list. In-making out this list precaution has been taken to select IIKMI from all the walks and avoeat'ons of life, only taking care to exclude the objectionable* and worthless. We need hardly say that already a most gratifying change has been experienced. The society of the court room has been improved. Moving _about, may now be seen unusual faces—the thriving mechanic, the active merchant, tho retired citizen in fact, a bettcr class of men altogether. The business of the court progresses more rapidly, and the verdicts give general satisfaction. All that is required to make this new order of things a permanent, blessing, is a desire to perform this jury duty, and no attempt to avoid it by applications to judges to bo relieved.

I "THE FATAL IKSFF." Under this head the Memphis Appeal, thc ablest and most influential Democratic 'paper in thc Southwest, alludes to the late debate in the Senate, in the course of •which it was eoiitend-d by Davis, Rrown,

Mason, and other Southern Senators that

the admiration of society, the prospect of, should intervene to'prytert slaextensive usefulness, look at him in other vermin the Territories. years when lie has learned to love the! The debate,

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'Iraught, which we shudder while we say jn^ ,noro interest and comment from the it reduces him to the level of the brute.— press generally, of-tho North and Where is now his usefulness? where thc

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comc of

jn jiat }J(, |y for

his? Love? none but. the love of a wife or results from the"fact—whii-iut would child, can cling to him in his degradation. ),0 f(Juv

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conceal—that tho main issu-j

presented, if urged and insisted on

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Oh! God, have pity upon the drunkard's Tims, by makingMieh an inopporhome!

-The GovJOHN W. B. I'. M. i.

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'•uantitv LEN iue uuaru unum iw select a site

intoxicating liquor in a less nnnntitv i.r.N the Hoard ot (. ontro to

than a quart at a time, or who shall sell or and superintend the letting and construe-

tioi of thc new ta,e 1 rlson to ,jG

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Thc appoint-

lj"lsness

Rational road. The appoint-

are gentlemen experience 111 pu

timc-honorcd organization.—

States, for the establishment of

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to make the is*ue in Congress, ami

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that body to intervene against

rights, or even of the perpet ui' of tho

tune issue, we lose the three tron^est points which all Southern Democrats have heretofore ,-truggled and fought to maintain: we lose the security of the rights of the S'i'ith, within tin- 1'nion and, lastly, we will very probably lo-e the union of the States in th" end. If the South goes tn

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years, or to any person at the time in a ^scw Qrleans True Delta of state of intoxication, thc person so offending shall be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, to which

thc court or jury trying the cause mayadd imprisonment in the county jail for any determined period not exceeding thirty days.

to go forward. number received prrson

O 11 85,516 Lhtis. were shipped by sea frjui

last resort to

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hundred dollars, to which the court or jury f""}' discharged to ad.ance tie consi era- |K .separation from the 1,'nioa. trying the cause may add imprisonment in t.ons which influenced the erection of a the county iail for any determined period pnson. There will be an active coinnot exceeding thirty days. pe«t.«n for the location, but the Board ,. ,i .. thoroughly examine the advantages offered

to an

u..fanatical Supreme Ju

dieiary, wleirc her rights are forf-ite,!, -dm

probably fail, and with the failure

[The folly and madness of such a course is inore apparent from the fact that, there is tical cause for such an appeal,

now no praet The Territories

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Franklin and New Orleans, and JO,L up thi.j, asks the Appeal, sufficient cause the river. Assuming that the b.i ance

portion, the True Delta calcu a cs ia momentous consequence.^We think amount of the crop yet to come llP ,ie not, a.nI can but warn the distinguished Mississippi is 74,000 hhds. sugar and 1^0,000 bbls. molasses.

S6F"Dr. Joshua Webb, a practitioner of medicine and a Campbellitc preacher, was arrested last week at his residence, near Salem, Ohio, for adding to his other vocations that of uttering forged bank-notes.— He will probably have the chance of learning still another trade or calling in the scr-

not as yet failed to

tL'ive protection to slave property, whenever there has been occasion lor if. he issue is founded alone upu.i the incautious

and

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the crop will be shipped in the same pro- ilivuh

.j., tating upon the eountrv so grave i.recii'itating upon ttie eountrv so gr

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crcntlcmen who have hazarded it

pause

before they press this unwise i=.suc upon the Democratic party and tho country.— New Albonij Tribune.

t®"Thc preparations for war still continue in Europe. The world is on the cvo of great events. We predict that Franco and Austria will be involved in war bcfcro tbe*rlose of tho ve«.