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NEW SERIES--YOL. XII,

EXCELSIOR STOOK

Of

HARDWARE!

TTnsr CAR LOADS

Of English, German J* American

HARDWARE!

Cutlery, Tools, Iron,

OILS A.X3STTS,

And an endless variety of

BUILDING MATERIALS,

.AND

HOUSEKEEPERS GOODS

JUST RECEIVED AT

THE EXCELSIOR HARDWARE STORE,

-BY-

Campbell, Galcy & Barter,

*•. 7, Commercial B«w,

Cra wfor ds ville, Indiana.

25,000 lbs. Best Quality of

IRON,

Just reoeirod ami for sale at very amnll advance on Manufacturers' prices.

500 Kegs Assorted Nails.

Por»on.

in trade wishing to replenish their stock can do no at this House

.'it Cincinnati Prices,

Adding fifty cents per keg for Freight. In

Wil! Ilicl liere si.uk to select from that i-snhsoluto-ly niiniriKi-i-i'il in e.xienl.variety. ami :h-njnet«, by anv other House in tin- West, tor

Wagon and Carriage

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POLES, SHAFTS,

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SEAT STICKS, CARRIAGE SPRINGS,

PATENT AND ENAMELED LEATHER

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Silver Bands and Mountings,

OF ALL KINDS.

DAMASKS,

FRINGES,

MOSS ami IIAIR,

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50,000 Feet

PLOW LUHBEt BEAMS

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Persons wishinjg to furnish an of the above must oonsolt us first inrcgard to dimensions and quality, as we are determined to use none in the manufacture of our Plows bnt the very best quality.

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OTHER

FARMING IMPLEMENTS,

Constantly on hand and for sale.

FARMERS, MECHANICS

AND ALL WHO WAST I

HARD WARE,

Of the

belt

quality, at low prioes,

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•OTEKEirn-SITBTBBIOVS OPB BATIONS-PBACE OB WABT New York papers of Saturday bring fall accounta of the sudden change in Navy and Army affairs in the vicinity of that city within a few days, and especially on the day previous. We make extracts from the Times:

The exciting topic of conversation thro'out the city yesterday was the reported activity of the war department the concentration of Government troops at this point, and the rumored expeditions aboat being dispatched from this port. To ascertain the facts of the case, diligent inquiry was made in the proper quarters, and in the absence of any positive statements of the officers who are connected with the expeditions on foot, our reporters were left to judge mainly from actual observation as to what is going on.

The steamship Atlantic, of the North Atlantic Company, has undoubedtly been chartered by the Government as a transport for troops, and will sail to-day. She is laying at the old Collins Dock, foot of Canal-street, having on Thursday evening been hauled from the north side of the dock, where she lay out side of the Baltic, to the berth at the South side.— On the pier, and on board the ship, great activity prevailed throughout Thursday night, and all day yesterday. A large gang of men were employed in coaling the vessel, putting on board large quantities of salt provisions and army bread packing the ice-houses with fresh meats and cabin stores, such as poultry, game and beef.— Carpenters were busy below in making such alterations in the lower hold and in the birth-deck as would be nccessary for the sleeping accommodations of six hundred men. The steward's force was actively employed in overhauling the saloons and state-rooms, putting in mattresses and bedding, and dusting out the place generally. The cook was heating up his coppers, and cleaning and scouring up things in the galey, and making preparations to feed a large company of passengers, while the engineer and his assistants were cleaning up the engine, and evidently getting ready for a sudden start. On the dock, in close conversation with the agents of the steamer, were observed several army officers, «who were evidently urgeut that matters generally should be hurried up, and the ship got ready for sea instanter.

At two P. M. Captain Gray, of th^Baltic, "appeared at the Cust'jm-house and cleared the ship coastwise. In answer to questions as to lier particular destination, lie replied that lie had been directed to get the ship ready for sea, but he knew nothing whatever as to where she was going. Colonels lveesc and Brown apppearcd to have the sole direction of the expedition, 'judging from their frequent interviews I with the owners, and by their presence at the Quartermaster's office, in State-street, where thov were directing affairs generally. I At the latter placo several Army officers reported themselves during the day, each with his baggage, or with his valise in hand.

Every thing indicated unusual activity land a movement in some direction." The Herald says that it is a fact that the Government has chartered the Atlantic, ml i« in treaty for the Baltic, as well as for the Vandrrbilt, Ariel and. Champinn.

The Times reporter adds: Yesterday morning it was decided, in obedieuce to instructions from Washington, to put the Poxehattan stream frigate in commission, and send her off, at all hazards, before nightfall. Captain Foote, Lieutenant Almy and Mr. Brady have not slept for nights, owing to the press of busiuess in equipping this vessel. All day yesterday extra hands were working on her. Captain Brcvoort, of the marine barracks, sent down the marines, consisting of a full frigate's guard, at one o'clock at quarter past one the crcw were sent over in boats from the receiving ship North Carolina, and clieercd their old vessel hastily on reaching her and at two o'clock the ensign was hoisted and the Powhattan was turned over by Captain Foote to Capt. Mercer and his officers. All hands then were mustered on the quarter deck, and the ship duly declared in commission for a special cruise.

The Powhattan is a first-class sidewheel steamer, of 2,415 tuns burthen, and was built at Gosport in 1850. She carries II guns aud about 300 officers and men. Her service list includes two general cruises and one special cruise. She returned from China last summer, and was about to bo put in ordinary when she was ordered suddenly to the Gulf of Mexico. She was to have been stripped on Monday, when the instructions to get her ready for sea came from Washington. She is the only steam frigate ever converted from the -'lying up" condition into the commission state, in space of the three days.— She will probably convoy the Atlantic.

There are DO special orders to fit out any other man-of-war here at present.— The corvette Savannah will probably be put in hands to-day, or early next week, but it will be done in compliance with directions to have her placed in a state of readiness, which the commandant received weeks ago. The work on the Roanoke and Wabash is going ahead uninterruptedly.

AFFAIRS AT GOVERNOR'S ISLAND.

Our reporter visited Governor1! Island yesterday, and found men actively engaged in loading a lighter with mortar shells. Major Thornton, of the ordnance corps, who has charge of the munitions of war on the island, was superintending their labors. When asked whether he was at liberty to say anything eoneerning the destination of the materiel, or of any contemplated military movements, he replied politely, but firmly, that lie could not, bnt that his visitor might freely visit any part of the island and see for himself all that was to be seen. The lighter arrived at Governors island yesterday morning, laden with proriiieni. These were speedily re*

moved, and while the soldiers, elad in dark bine flannel working shirts, were engaged in rolling the shells, one by one, on to the vessel, Major Thornton occasionally reminded them that they mnst work expeditiously.

MONSTER MISSILES OF WAR.

On the dock, besides a large quantity of these morter shells, were piles of the smaller bnt more destructive balls, with which columbiad guns are loaded. Two of these guns, weighing 15,000 pounds each, were on an adjacent wharf, at which lay a sehooner, the John N. Genin, which arrived there yesterday, and which, it is conjectured, is to be laden with munitions of war. Within a month past two other schooners have been thus laden at the' same pier, and have departed for parts unknown. In the vicinity of the wharves are collected 37,000 shells, a large number of gun carriages, and other warlike contrivances, on each of which are painted the words "Captain Yogdel, U. S. A. Fort Pickens, Florida." Whether they are designed to be sent to the fortress mentioned in the superscription, is a question that is open to debate. Major Thornton would not say, but he observed that what was written might be intended to mislead unofficial inquirers. It is a fact, which may have sonie significance, that this same Major Thornton, .of Albany, was stationed on the same island during the Mexican War, and superintended the embarkation thence of 47,000 shells, which were sent to Vera Crus to be used in the reduction of that place. What they affected there our readers know.

RECRUITS ARRIVING THE WAR FOOTING. Major Holmes, who is a native of North Carolina, and graduated at West Point in 1829, is in command of all the troops stationed there, except those connccted with the Ordnance Department under Major Thornton. Recruits are arriving daily at the island from the recruiting offices in New York, Boston, Rochester, Carlisle, Penn., and elsewhere. The Major examined thirty-six of these, just arrived yesterday, and more were expected the same day from Carlisle. The Commandant has orders to fill up the companies under his command to the war complement —eighty-four men, as speedily as possible.

THE FEELING.

We asked an officer of rank what the feeling was among the men with regard to the possibly impending war. He replied that they did not care. If ordered to fight they would fight, and he added that

there were no better soldiers in the world.

A detachment of United States recruits arrived yesterday from Buffalo, and were immediately sent over to Governor's Island to be detailed for regimental service.

Captain Barry Company of Artillery,

accompanied by some mechanics, reached

town early yesterday morning, and joined |eajjt

the Sappers and Miners at Fort Lafayette.jtbo .terun

A company or two from Fort Columbus

The Herald's special Washington dispatch, full of oracular declarations, speaking of all this sudden change and activity, says

But although the inauguration of a fratricidal conflict is now evidently impossible, it would be injustice to cliargc the doleful calamity to the Federal Administration. It does not mean to engage in any aggressive demonstrations. Its men of war are not put in fighting trim, and its troops are not collected in large bodies for a war subjugation. It simply means to discharge its constitutional duties. It intends to strengthen, protect and defend, in case of attack, all the Southern forts still in its possession, excepting Fort Sumter, which it is ready to abandon, in order to avoid useless bloodshed. It wiil use all the resources at its command to collect the revenue. If the revolutionary powers of the South, shall interfere with this discharge of duties which the laws of the land impose upon its Federal ministers, the interference will be repelled, and then couflict will come. But the Administration will not strike the first blow.

WHY THE CHANGE OF TOLICY. The dispatch further says The doings of the Administration since the beginning of this week were studiously sought tj be kept in the dark, but not only its actual purport of the naval and army movements has also leaked out in regard to the Cabinet proceedings. It is known that Mr. Seward advocates an adherence to the former passive attitude, but that he found his colleagues unanimously advocating a vigorous response to the appeal of the commander of the naval forcc3 in the bay of Pensacola for additional supplies of men and provisions, which demand together with the representations of the necessity of some action in regard to the collection of the revenue, formed the immediate occasion for the consent for the present armament. Postmaster General Blair was foremost in urging the adoption of energetic measures.

PRESSURE ON THE PRESIDENT. I I The President during the week was reported busy in opening and reading special dispatches, all of a sensational character, and exerted with considerable influence. Here is the character of one that we have heard tell on

A prominent Bell man of Cincinnati telegraphed to a Western Congressman to tell the President not to budge an inch— that to yield anything was to yield everything, and that a million of Northern men would spring to arms should the Southern forts be attacked. The dispatch was handed to the President this morning by a member of the Cabinet.

THE PREPARATIONS FOR WAR

The Government is exerting all its power and energy in all its departments to earry out the polioy decided upon toward the seoeded States. That they are of the most determined and extraordinary chartotsrii clearly evident from the move*

39. CRAWFORDSYILLE, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, INDIANA, APRIL 13, 1861.

ments that ire in progress, bnt the impression is that they have waited" too long. The Confederate Government is in better condition to-day, for defense and active operations on land, than is the Washington Government.

Governor Curtin of Pennsylvania, besides being closeted with the President an hour, has had an interview to-day with Secretary Cameron and General Scott, and at eleven o'clock to-night had a private interview with one of General Scott's confidential officers. What is up

Massachusetts has six thousand six hundred and seventy men, all equipped and ready to mareh at twelve hours' notice.-:— Among them are two flying artillery batteries, almost as expert in the drill as the best regulars, and several dragoon and cavalry corps, not surpassed in efficiency by any in the volunteer militia in the United States. The infantry corps are well drilled.

New York State is pledged to furnish ten thousand men at forty-eight hours notice, and other States in proportion. Illinois and other Western States are beginning to be called into the field. We have lively times before us. ACTIVITY AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY-YARD

IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS AFLOAT.

Yesterday (says Friday's New York World) was a day of unusual activity in the Brooklyn Navy-yard. The weather was attractive, and the various newspaper reports led many persons to pay a visit to the inclosure, and from ten o'clock in the forenoon until sundown the yard was thronged by the curious. Workmen were hurrying to and fro, stores were being brought from the store-houses, sails from the lofts, and bustle and excitement was manifest everywhere. The work on the steamer Powhatan was pushed forward with more than usual alacrity. Caulkers, painters and scrapcrs were busy outside of her, while at a short distance apart riggers were aloft reefing off new rigging, and putting everything, from rail to truck in sailing trim. In the afternoon the ordnauce stores were put on board, and at three o'clock shot, shell, powder and small arm amunition was hurried on board at a rapid rate coals were wheeled on deck by laborers, and scores of trimmers were busy below, stowing it away. Officers were hurrying hither and thither, giving orders, while the sailors filled with excitement, were working as busily as if they were to face an enemy at an hour's notice.

We were informed that never in the history of the yard Iwis HO animated

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and companies II and Iv Second lufantry, jie

were also to ha\e gone up last night.— J^euteuant James M.Bradford MasThese troops are all under orders to de-j

part soon tor some destination the lattitude

of which no one can find out. Ihere arc pjorjja_ fow

now 401 men at Fort Hamilton.

Tin: ADMINISTRATION POLICY.

been witnessed ,5t3 that presented

yesterday. A large portion of the crew which returned in the ship were at work, although they had not beeu regularly drafted to her. The work on the ship contin-

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A thousand rumors arc current in regard to the movements of these vessel*, but the policy of the present Administration has been thus far to keep their business secret, and up to the present time they have done so faithfully.

There is possibly some truth in the rumor that the steamer Corwin, Bibb and Yixcn will be drafted iuto active service they are well fitted for one class of duty, but arc totally unfit for fighting ships.

There is but little doubt that some important. movement is about to be made, but where the blow is to be struck time alone will tell.

IIOIV TIIE CHINESE »0 Bl'SIXESg. A traveler in China says A tailor has brought home a new silk petticoat for the master of an eating shop. The two Chinamen catch sight of cach other at opposite ends of the shop, advance with gravi

not

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to

The insignificant young dogs are well," replies their father, and are your servants ever. I hope your illustrious father is well your servant saw him yesterdsiy looking out at the door of his magnificent meat pie shop, in the splendid lane, which he honors as his residence." The poor man my father is well, your servant thanks you." The price of the work having been previously agreed upon, the owner now produces it, and proffers it with a profound bows but the tailor retreats, and in his turn bows, pretending as if he could not think of taking it, and protesting that the honor of working for the illustrious master of the eating shop, is in itself sufficient reward. The master of the shop however pursues him to the door with fresh bows, the tailor at .length takes his money, and being careM not to turn his back on his customer, the two part with gravity and renewed compliments and protestations.— This little scene ia not the least exaggera*®d-- V,ia,

9tf There are twenty daily papers— thirteen morning and seven evening—published in London. "1

PHYSICAL, theory of TBB PBES- in or dead, conciliated, President will edency.

The telegraph tells us that President Lincoln is sick. We do not doubt it.— He has cause to be sick. It will be a miracle if in six months, he is not either dead or dazed.

Mr. Lincoln is evidently overtasking his powers. His views of the duty of a President are clearly Utopian. He believes sincerely that it is the right of every citizen to approach the President, and if he has a complaint, to make it or a petition, to present it. And this right of the citizen involves the duty of the President to hear attentively and answer respectfully.

Mr. Lincoln is now living, or trying to live, up to his honest but mistaken conceptions of the Presidency. He is breaking down under it, and must abandon it or die. Splitting rails is monotonous and heavy work, but an able bodied man may survive it. Navigating a flat boat on the turbid stream of the Mississippi river has its hazards, but what with a jolly dance at night, when the boat is tied up to the shore, or a quiet game of seven up" when the waters are placid and the channel straight for a stretch of twenty miles or so, a man may make a score of voyages and remain a tough sailor" at the end.

Riding the circuit" a dozen immense Western counties to attend Courts, promotes health and longevity, and stumping the State against Douglas may be unattended with harm—provided it be only in the field of debate that the capacities of the Little Giant are contested. In all these avocations Abraham Lincoln has acquitted himself with signal ability, and he may proudly claim to be a representative American." lie is equaliy a man of musclc and of mind. And his humble achievements as a man of labor, combined with his later triumphs as a man of thought., have given him the deep popular sympathy that made him President.

Mr. Lincoln appreciates this fact, but he mistakes the duty imposed by his fame.— His conccptioDS of his duty as President are radically wrong. He hears every complaint that comcs up to Washington. He allows every petition to be presented to him. He endeavors to make himself acquainted with the merits of every contest for office that occurs, from Maine to California. His ambition is to sec personally to it that the service of every man who helped to make him President receives its recompense, and that the gift shall be gunged by the clearly ascertained value of the service rendered.

Was ever so gigantic a task essayed Was never so important an achievementaimed at No human brain will survive the persistent effort to accomplish such a work. Omniscence alone could master it.

We can appreciate the earnest sense of duty that impels the President. Aud if the effort he is making were to result in nothing worse than his own sad disappointment, we might he silent. But when we .see the rightful expectations of a great republic in jeopard}', and the interests of millions of non-political citizens sacrificed to the impertinence of the office-seeking few, it is notonlv our ricrht but our duty

to protest-. Mr. Lincoln owes a higher

'sailing of the Release the steamer Vixen duty to the countrj-,^ to the world, to his steamed up to the yard from her anchorage and proceeded down the bay. Rumor says that she is to take a detachment of troops on board. She had not gone to sea at seven o'clock last evening.

own fame, than to fritter away the priceloss opportunities of the Presidency in listening to the appeals of competent office hunters, in whose e}'cs the loss of a thousand dollar clerkship would be a catastrophe little inferior to the downfall of the republic

And is it to this complexion" that American statesmanship has come at last? If the subject were not too grave for mirth it would be the hugest coinctly of the age. As it is it deserves the satire of every peu till the country is schooled to decency and wisdom.

Consider for a moment the perplexities of a President, and the confusion of all ideas of statesmanship that must- arise from the moment that party service," and not personal merit, are the sole in-,

duccmcnt of political appointments and

the still turther involved corrollary, that

antecedent iffiliatiors and distinct classes

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petticoat," replies the tsiilor. The other net office or a foreign mission. vention of Texas, called by the loud voice man recoiving it answers, In your hand-j But Presidential candidates are nttmer- of the people against the denunciations some shop work is done with such punc-'ous now a days. Every State has one or and opposition of Gov. Houston, having) IVOKU WAK.M.-U tuality and elegance that I, poor man, can more. And it pays so well to be an un-: passed the act of secession,

not

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renewed

at the last moment on the comparative heat or lukewarmness in the canvass of the men he is proposing to honor.

Is this the end and aim, the sunt and substance of American statesmanship If so, then God help us. Let us quit— dissolve the Union—outer a mad house— hang ourselves. Shall we survive this great principle" for two terms longer of our 1'rcsidency Consider a moment where it must land us. If the German element" demands recognition, so does the

Bohemian." And if both, so does the flaiboat and rail-splitting element."— And if these, where are the other trades and pursuits that conspired so effectively in Mr. Lincoln's election. Are the cordwainers to have no consulates The tailors to "cabbage" no pap': The butchcrs to have no bureaus ihev milkmen to have no missions .' I lio prolctaircs no postofficcs

And if the old Whigs must not be forgotten, nor the Democrats slighted, nor the l:nion men lert out ni the cold, why not take care of (,'alvinista and Americans and divide between Jews aud Gentiles?— And then poverty has its pitifulness, and wealth has its claims. Married men have families to support, and the single need encouragement to matrimony, which conserves the public morals and builds up the h'tate. Are not all these various trades aud creeds and tribes and classcs, distinct and powerful elements" in our Government that labored earnestly to clect Mr. Lincoln? And will they not help just as heartily to elect his successors?

If American statesmanship is to consist in awarding exact pay to all men for their patriotic labors in the Presidential line, let the principle be carried out in all its fullness. For it is evident now that, with the best intentions in the world, of the most "able bodied" President we have had for years, a cormorant few are wrong-j ing the fit and faithful million.

In the meantime, if revolution impend —if commerce closes its channels—if

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and nationalities arc to be recognized, and

to have awarded equal distributive shares |,

of the official patronage that goes with the

Presidency.

ty, stop three times, and each time make tizen" that anxious to be President, but.' Times. profound bows. What is your honorable business with me asks the luastor of tho house. Your inconsiderable servant having received your commands, has done himself the appreciated honor to wait on you in your splendid shop with your new

admire and envy it." The two successful candidate in Nat-ioual Conven-jand ratified the Constitution of the Con-i Rev. C. l'inckney, and just published parties agaiu bow profoundly. "How is tions, that the number of candidates ijtiad-!federate

your handsome and much to be envied rcnnially increases. We will suppose a to be taken by all the State officers, 'i'his j, |',,f...... ». i.--,TT,,,i ».« 11 *i, wife?" inquires the tailor. The homely President elect has looked over the list of oath included a renunciation of ali al'e-

woman is well, I thank you humbly," an- his late competitors, and made up his ap- giance. to all foreign powers, and especial- striking passage occurs, swers the Chinese husband, with tho disparagement which politeness demands of him. And your industrious and estimable sons, the cinder gatherer and the vendor of roasted crab," proceeds the tailor, "your servant trusts they arc well

covered now that the German element has been entirely overlooked. Then conies a mighty uproar and charges of ingratitude, and threats of vengeance, till the beleaguered President buys bis pcace by a third remodeling of his Ministerial programme, addressed him:

Is he sure even now of, being right and safe 1 By no means. The Tariff" States want a Protectionist in the Cabinet, inasmuch as there is one free trader there. And the Southern States want a fair offset in the Cabinet to the men selected of Northern domicil. And the West is entitled now to balance the East. And finally the ultra wing" of the President's supporters will never be content, unless they are ai distinctly recognised and as highly honored as the conservatives." And then after every shade of opinion has been consalted, and every prejudice of party, liv-

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lunch-basket with him proceeded to put up numerous little articles of private property, and to stow them away .very carefully. Catching his foot in a hole in the carpet and stumbling, the General suggested to

When the names of the choscn chiefs ot Governor Clark that the new Government his administration are finally sent into the Senate, it is probably found by the unhappy President that he has not the first man about him that he originally desired to have, and no man goes abroad to represent his Government exactly where, in his-judg

ought to afford a new carpet for the Governor's office, whereupon the Governor remarked that the executive of Texas could get along very well without a carpct.

Approaching the waahstand, the Goneral called the attentiou of Governor Clark to

ment, he would have sent him. He finds two pieces of soap—one, the Castile soap,! himself in the condition of the orphan who complained that he had been married out of the family." First, his father died and bis mother married again. Then his mother died, and his step father married again, and the poor boy having neither father nor mother at home, was turned incontinently out of doors.

So the President becomes a stranger iu his own Cabinet, and a novice in the midst of his own machinery.

But having got through with the initial difficulty of making up his Cabinet and selecting his foreign Ministers and having become thoroughly bewildered by the conflicting claims" of defeated rivals, and of influential delegates that nomiuatcd him in the National Convention"—after having balanced honors between old Whigs aud Dcuicrats, Protectionists and Free traders, ultras and conservatives, the natives and the German clement," the North and the South, the East and the West, the zealous workers aud the lukewarm the President might rest. But no he allows himself to be dragged into a rehearing of this Babel-like controversy over every smaller office in the gift of the Government, enlivened, entangled and superheated by the zeal, artfulness and falsity, more vehement, and less responsible competitors. And Mr. Lincoln it would appear accepts the programme. He means to hear them all, unravel all their individual stories, and "do justice" to their respective claims." Did the world ever hoar of such an alarming reach after impossibilities and absurdities

was his own private property the other, a perfumed articlo, was the property of tha State, and added: "Governor, your hands will require the very frequent use of this cleansing artielc whereupon Gov. Clark pointing to the washbowl, which was full of very black and dirty water, remarked: "General, I suppose that is the bowl in which you washed your bauds before leaving the office."

Having gathered up all his duds, old: Sam made a little farewell speech, very much in the style of Cardinal Woolscy, declaring his couvietiou that, as in the past, the time would soon come when Texas" would call him from retirement, and he hoped Governor Clark would be able to" give as good an account of his stewardship as he couid now render. Halting at the. door, the General made a profound bow,, and with an air of elaborate dignity said:"Good day. Governor Clark." "Good day,, Governor Houston," was the Governor's^ response. Anil thus the "Hero of San Jacinto" concludcd his political careor!—• X. O. Delia.

THE PKRIM OF IT81 Xi-A \V(»»i:ic Fui, kscapi:, il'roiu the Dubuque Times, March -S].

On Wednesday last an accident ocurrcd in the mines which borders on the marvelous, and is an illustration of the awful perils incident to the life of a miner. An old gentleman named Day, was at work alone in a deep shaft iu I'runskill aud Palmer's neighborhood. At about one o'clock in the afternoon as he was busy at work, the rocks and earth caved in upon him. One huge stone heavy enough to crush him to atoms, fell behind him, while another of still larger dimensions tumbled down" in front of him, leaving a small crevice where lie stood, and penning him tight .".gainst the side of the drift. -These great, boulders came up as high as his shoulders, and keep him from crawling out. The loose earth and sand kept constantly tumbling down fur a long time, and filled the place about his body solid full. At last it began to fill up about his face and over his head. Slowly it rattled down pieec-meal from above, filling up the space about his mouth and torturing him with distracting suspense. It was like being chained to a stake by the sea shore, and and drawing by the tid.». He imagined that a few minutes would only claps beforo he would be smothered and die a horrible death. Such a tension of anxiety ia enough to unset reason somelimos, but this old man maintained his self-possession ,, entirely to the last minute, and by wagging his head from side to side managed to get air enough for respiration. The earth ceased falling down sifter si while, so he no longer suffered" anxiety from the fear of being smothered, but how much worse fate was left for him. It would be by the merest chance that lie was missed for a long time, and if missed, no one would know where to seek him. He had ju.it commenced on these diggings unknown to his neighbors, so slow starvation stared him in the. 1'aec, if he was not relieved.— The long afternoon passed away, and as the night approached his wife began to look for him. The slow hours wore away, when she became alarmed, and sought, the assistance of her neighbors. A party soon collected,and with a vague idea where to look for the missing man, the} started out.

Arriving at the right diggings by nif-re ,,'incident they called out his name at the

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pointments for the Cabinet, and for foreign Uv to the government of the United States,! Let us not rest our hopes upon identity Courts. He is pleased and speaks of his and a declaration of fidelity to the Consti-iof institutions in the Southern StateB.— determinations. Alack! but he has blttn-' tutiou of the Confederate States. When I Slavery is itself no bond of L'nion. ft has dered He finds to his consternation that the oath was proposed to Gov. .ustou, he become so with us, simply as the result of twenty of his elcct Ministers were Whigs peremptorily refused to lake i: wheroup-! outward pressure. The Chaldean monsomo ten years ago, and only ten were ion the convention declared the office of! arcliy, tise Roman empire, the fJreck rcDemocrats in that bygone time! Of. Governor vacant, and Lieutenant Govern-1 publics, the South Americans States, were course, reconstruction is inevitable, and or Clark, under the Constitution, having I all slavehoiding countries. But th«y hsve many tantalized victims are put. aside. A taken the prescribed oath succeeded to all fallen to peicos not withstanding. Of second time the work is completed, and the office. Gov. Clark was not slow in en-J itself, it is a mere rope of sand, with no perhapg the chosen favorites invited to tering upon the Gubernatorial functions, more power, politically, than any other Washington. Unhappy committal! Even and proceeding to the Governor's office, recognized relationship. Let us not repose handed justice, it is true, is done, as be- assumed the chair and entered upon the! on our sigrieulturai ftspics. Cotton ia tween Whigs and Democrats, but it is dis- the duties of the office. Bv and by, the

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failed to be nominated, makes a virtue of necessity, and supports the nominee. Mag- disposition of sam ciocsto.'v. nanimous man His state votes for the The circumstances attending the deposi-: nominee. The defeated candidate for the tion of Sam Houston, as Governor of Tex-: nomination gets the eclat and crcdit. He jas, were quite dramatic, and in some recarried his State He must have a Csibi- spects ludicrous and comical. The con-1

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^instil portion of the man's face was discovered. He stated that he was uninjured, but very much cramped in his position. 'The men set immediately at wo-rk to release him, and worked all the night thro', not being able to get him out until ten A. M. vesterdsiy. The first, thing he asked for when he was raised to the surface, was a chew of tobacco, and within a few minutes fainted. He slept severai times during his confinement, and from all appearances he unhurt.

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deposed Governor came hobbling to his ips 1 ut its rcsgu may px*- away office—old Sam's Sau Jacinto wound liav- like other human scepters. It is not now ing broken out afresh, as it always does on I more firmly established in its supremacy occasions of political trial. Perceiving! than Nebuchadnezzar was in his. »udGov. Clark occupying the chair, Old Sam denly as the ancient monarch was hurled from his scat the dominant staple may ho

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jser duce of Southern fields, and cotton scarcc"Yes, General," replied the Governor, ly known. Seventy years hence sumo with a great stress upon tho military title of his predecessor, "I am illustrating the old maxim, 'the early bird gathers the worm.'" "Well, Governor Clark, I hope you will find it an easier seat than I have found it." "I'll endeavor to make it so. General, by conforming to the clearly expressed will of the people of Texas."

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