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J. KEENEY,]

VOLUME VI.

the old oak.

e. hiust.

inissiv

Shuko, shake tliy lieiul in the wind, And wave thy lock.- old tree, That men, when they think of thy -lories gone,

Shall feel lor thy fall with me.

But they can never feel for tlice, {)kJ Oak, as the passionate Poet eun Per he hath the heart that loves ohl

mil-ik'.--,

And they have the heart ol man—

The cold and stern and stony heart, And the .stolid soul witlna That owns no God save the IdoliMi,

Xo priests but the priests ol sin.

I\mv, tlie Poet's heaving heart is warm, Aiid spurns the t.iiiit of the elod— warm with the love of the good of life,

And fresh from the hand of God.

And he will say, thou ancient Oak, That, though grim and jit-o Thy branches sung a gleesome song

In the merry month of M.i\.

•s-

That, likewise, in the hot Juh, 'J'hev made a pleasant sl'..ide For the wayworn traveler as he strode

Along the sweltering glade—

That August saw the cattle sleep Beneath thy branches greui, "Where the warbling wood-bud fed its «u»ig

In the depth of their emerald sheen.

-And lie will sing, old honest 0 ik, Of a thousand things like these, 'And spread thy fame on the wings of Spng

Away o'er an hundred sent— -'-sggdy

"-?Aud he wiiytve thee

lonir

and well,

And a Poet's love is worth The rarest pearls and the redklest And the liehest jreius 01 eurlh.

So, shake thv head i:i the wind, And rustle and whist!'.', old lit.e, 3ft.. To the gathering blast a- I' -iiLO-

A note of thy olden glee.

The Talisman.

Tho' all hath changed since nrst wc met, Love's golden hours have lulled aiuiig, His Talisman is with i.s }et,

If nut so bright, yet j-.nl as .-.truiig.

Tho' time hath changed lslV* W 'i"«N And stripped our path i/f r.i. 1 t'oxtis, -*"ot Love can giiJ the soifllue v»«.nv, *And smile upon the passing houcs.

•'i-fj, wcddetWjove thy inzpjs: spell iiy genuine rrutn hath ooum! us fast would not f: a diaik ru

Exchange the memory ol the past.

True, wc have seen life"-. a.w riy Eclipsed by many a

uttul

nas,

glouia,

-si* But light hath beamed on that bright That knows no change ueyonp the tomd.

Love, o'er the noiseless wa% ot t.mf*.

Hath nearly borne u.- to mat. sl'.ore, Where mortal becomes divine, And hearts are bound forever m:c.

Full soon we'll luul the joyous sight Of Love matured in heavenly bowers, "When one eternal day of light

Shall be atrain in Eden's deathless iloM'ers.

•J-Tlisccll

held, pursuant to previous notice in the city of Washington, on the 'JOth day of June, 1854, the Hon. Soi.omon Foot, of Vermont, was called to the chair, and

Damei

0overnment in the then unoccupied leriilories of the United States. In 1784 Jefferson proposed, and in 1 8 tho Continental Congress adopted, the Ordinance tor tno Government of the Territory lying northwest of the Ohio, by which it was declared that '"there shall be neither Shivery nor involuntfyy servitude, except for punishment of crime." The great and flourishing States organized within that Tenilory, on the basis "of that Ordinance, are enduring monuments of the wisdom of the. statesmen, ot the Revolution. The foreign tiadowas regarded as the source ot

Slavery,

univfirsailv

one,

an oii5.

A E S S

To the People of the United States. At a meeting of members of Cougrbss who opposed the passage of the bill to organize the Territories of Nebraska anil Kau

of Jndiana, and Bern ::-,- J",.

Fenton,MaceNew

of York, were appointed

Secretaries. A committee, appointed for thepurpo.se, reported an Address to the People of the United States, which, having been discussed and amended, was unanimously adopted and ordered to be published. It is as follows

To the People of the United States The eighth section of the act for the admission of Missouri into the Union, known as the Missouri Compromise Law, by which the introduction of Slavery into the regions now known as Ivansas and Nebraska was forever prohibited, has been repealed. I hat law, which in 1820 quieted a controversy which menaced the Union, and upon which you have so long reposed, is obliterated from the statute book. had no reason to expect anv such proposition when we assembled here six months ago, nor did you expect it. Xo Stated no citizen of any State, had demanded the repeal. It seems a duty we owe to the country to state the grounds upon which we have steadfastly, though ineffectually, opposed this alarming and dangerous act. ou need not 'be told that tiie Slavery question lies at the bottom of it. As it was the slaveholding power that demanded the enactment of the Missouri Compromise, so it is the same power that has now demanded its abrogation. African Slavery was regarded and denounced as a great evil by the American Colonies, oven before the Revolution and those Colonics which are now slave-holding States were equally earnest in such remonstrances with those which are now free State-. Colonial laws, framed to prevent the increase of Shivery, were vetoed by the King of Great Britain. This exereiso of arbitrary power, to enlarge and perpetuate a system universally regarded as equally wrongful in itself and injurious to the Colonies as one of the causes of the Revolution.

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iSt10,

When the war was ended, thero^was an imperious necessity for tlie institution ot included and that we depreca

AMOrkna

which, it was Wlic\ed,

v.ould

\^as

dried ui when that fountain should be closed. In adopting the Constitution, it was so

anticipated that i.io- f-.-tv. .*n

slave trade would be promptly prohibited, that all parties acquiesced in a stipulation postponing that measure until 1808. In ISOS,the foreign slave trade na« prohibit-, ed. Thun the source of Slavery was understood to be dried up, while the introduction, of Ma very into tho Territories was-prohib-ited. The Slavery question, so uir as-it was a national

understood

to bo hr.atl\.

-ailed and at the J'mc time th^ Ma'chad already taken up, and weto. Cfti5\ nig forward, a system of gradual emancipation.

In 1U0, Louisiana was acquired by purchase from France, and included what is now known as the States of Louisiana, Missouri, -Vrlauisas. anu b-ua, and. the 1 oiritories known as .Kansas and Nebraska.—shivcrv existed at the time in New Orleans ai"1 at" IM. L.xiL. and so tl.i- lu-eha.-e resulted in bringing the S!a\ery question again before oiigress.

In IS]2, the region immediately snirnunding New Orleans applied ior admission into the Union, under the name of the Staie of Louisiana, wall a Constitution tolerating Slavery. The new State was e.umilted. and the free. States acquiesced.— Light aftei u.ud. neiegicn connected with St. Louis demanded admission, under (he name of the State of Missouri, with a Constitution tolerating Slavery. The iree States reverted to the principle of 1 8, and opposed. the admission of Missouri, unless she would incorporate info her Constitution an iuhibi.ion the itiith i.itiodu..:mil of slavery into the Sia e. The idaveholdwig Mates insisted upon her ungual lifted admission. A controversy arose, which t».s 'sectional and embittered, and wiiich, weare figure 1 br ctnt'Tq oi.in-'oi.s lii-toiy, -ei-ou-lv imperilled the Lnioii. lhe frtuiooinen of that, day,, ru Congress, ..settled tats eon-Mu\ei-y

tl»c '-Sun- ,.f

•ihi« cnuiiivouiise. tho J-ee States a.-^enU' 1 to? •the admission ot Mi^oum v» xtl: tir:- shnehohbng Constitution, whiie the sl.ivelii.iJiVJ Nf'iU'- •!,: ivic'df 1 '"."kt.sion of Sh\eiv in ad tho :t,-iuiie of the lerriiory which lav north of ho deg. bt.l min., cou&tiiuiinu t'ic pii^U'tTeiiUui.'

v-i iv.'n-

sas Nebra ka. 'ihe si a vhoMiitj 'Slates-accepted this compi'rmi-.e „s a triumjih, and the fie States, after a I hue time,: a.-quiescod, and nave ever since lcit it tm':': distiul-ed and uraiucstiouc'l.

Arkan-'as, a part of iho ''""rrdory of. Lt)ui--,iaiia ^./hielt l:-y soniii oi -iu ueg.. min.. in eou'pii"nee -,\i'li an Mtiun v*. Sikh containe 1 in th's onvp'omi-e. v-alV'rward admitteil a-, a s!a\.'!i lding Sit', and (lie fi-e State arquiesced.

J'lorMa. a1hrrcl'1 !''"ng in'ov'nco

of Spain, was aecpiiied. '11 lis p:o\i:ice war, afterwards admitted* as a slavehoMingState. The free States again acquiesced., In 845, Texas, an -independent fdayevtoMing Stale, was annexed, witli a provision in -the article of annexation for tho subdivision of her territory into Jive State-. The free States, although they regarded tho annexation, with the probable increase of the number of slave States, with very great disfavor, nevertheless-acciuieseed eg in.

Xew Territories were acquired by the treaty of peace which closed- the war with Mexico. The people of California formed a Constitution inhibiting Slavery, and applied for admission into the Union. Yio-

lent opposition -was States, in and out tlie dissolution should be admitted. ground ot those alarms, Cougifss ,\doj tod another compromise, the terms of which, were, that ten millions of dollars of-the people's money should be given to Texas, to induce her to relinquish a very doubtful claim upon an inconsiderable part of New Mexico that New Mexico and Utah, should he organized without an inhibition of Slavery, and that they should be afterwards admitted as slave.or free States, as the people, when forming Constitutions,-'. should determine that the public slave trade in the District of Columbia 'should bo abolished, without affecting tlie existence of Shivery in the District and that new and rigorous provisions for tho recaption of fugitive slaves of disputed constitutionality, should be adopted, and that on these conditions Calilornia should be admitted as a free State. Uepuguant as this compromise was to the people of the free States, acquiesceiit'O was nevertheless practically obtained, by moans of solemn assurances, made on behalf of the slaveholdmg States, th-M". the compromise was and should be forever regarded as a final adjustment of the Slavery question, and of all the issues

i|iise, and of qnosdrou with the institution of Shtvory, -us^tjinc'cs sun/, vfchss. an'.' (hv'/erw.n."

A. few months-Bul'soqiientlyrlh Pe'mo--' era-tic Xational Convention met at -Caltitn'oro, and. assuming to speak the'' seuti-' mcnt-s: of the Democratic itai'ty, set..forth in its platform—• "Thai, the L'emoeraiic narfv will resist, all ait"r»,t at i« ie\iir in Connies-, or out ol ic, the agitation ot tho Stave,',

qiiCs-

tion, under whatever- shape or color the .attempt, may be made."' Soon afterwards, another Kafional Con\tiitii'ii a1-.em'ih'd ihf1 ime (.it a"d. assuming the right to declare the sentiments of. the \Viiig party, -.".id "We deprecate all further agitation of the questions thus settled, as dangerous to our peace, and will discountenance all efforts to continue or renew such agitation. v. henc\wherever, or buwevoi- ma io."

The.piv'sent Administration was elected dri'the principle of adherence to this compromise, and the President, referring to it. in his inaugural speech, declared that the harmony which had been secured by it sho'd not. he dLtuihed during his term of oliice. "•.« I'lCMihut, lecniiin to the same -isL 11 renewed his jiledgo in his message to'Congress at the beginning of the present session. in the following language ''Xolwithstanding differences of opinion and .sentiment whieh then existed in relation to details and specific provisions, the acquiescence of dist ingnished citi/.ens, whoso devotion to the Union can never be doubted, has given renewed vigor to our institutions, and restored a sense of repose and' security to the public mind throughout the Confederacy. Thai-.this repose is to suffer no shock during my oflicial term,-if .1 have the power to avert it, those who placed me here may be assured."

Irder the cio -lm-unocs, th p: ^pn ition tu repeal the Sliysourii'oni.proitiise was suddenly and unevpcctcdly made by the same .Committee on Territories Vhicli, only ten days before, had altirmed the -sanctity ot the M:--o".i Cuni],romise, an 1 d- •laicd. the end of agitation in tho following1 exillicit and unniistaiaibie language ::§m "Yoiu' Coiiihiiite^do. not feel to themselves called upon to--enter into a discussion .i' fl-o-' eontio-u" ied (H'C-tio:i. Th-'-* involve the Piiiiie grave issues whb-h roducgd tho agitation, tin scctiou.d tv.rife., and the toiijnl stru --:'!e of Aa Co-gre-s deemed vvi.,e

iijmI

•loutbig

prudent to lefrain from

matli to"tto\ei^v tUn.

eitherhy affirming or repealing the jU.dcan j.lv.s,

ly 'i dc u. 1 •], of

intent the Constitrtion, and the extent Oi• 11,i- oU'Crii:l K'll d'.'.l 1', tv

property

-in

ir.ictec are not prepaiod ncto to iceornmend ,1 d-'p.n t.lic flom the OOt'^iO pu-bucd qon.i rhc.t vi3iiicroLb: oc:as:-ion, ehhcrbv n_

made by' tho slave 1.sion of its rules by the majority, and the» it of'Congress, threatening exercise of a povrer unprecedented in the an-' if-the-. Uyl-on if California nals of Congressional legislation. it ted. Proceeding on the g-The deed is done, it is done with a clear proclamation- by the Administration audi by" Congress, 'that the principle which it contains extends not only to Kansas'and

which

could possibly arise out of it. A uew Congress convened in December, 1851. Representatives from tho slave States demanded a renewed pledge of fidelity to this adjustment, and it was granted by tlie House of Represent a tivos, in the following terms ''Resolved, That wc rocognisc the binding ef'lieacy of the compromises of the Constitution, and believe it to be tlie intention of the people generally, a.s we hereby declare it to be ours individually, to abide such compromises, ami to sustain the laws necessary to carry them out—the provisions for the delivery of fugitive slaves, and the

act of-the last Congress for that purpose, to all further

by affirming tK the 3-Ls-

or rq.c-alii-f/ tho eighth section s.nu ''yen^ a*t dei-kiic'".}

ni'-aning of the Constitution in respect the legal points in dispnio."

I'll.1 abioy,.. ha 1 a sua nee oi .tc len: in o.

lion, and bv means of its int'. \.u gr"-s. 3n the Uor.se of ibn ho-'y which moi imn i. Ide two 1 i-i -ieOcj al th«t'

"THE UMIONj THE HHI0H IN ANY EVENT,

OKAWFOiiDSYILLE, INDIANA, AUGUST

itation of QUESTION, embraced ntltw ACTSJ sion of Slavery in the valley of the AI i' 1' t'vh l's .o1'

n'e

^•hatl be rfenipro

Paniej.

MAC:-:,

li S t,

that ir bo

tintt i. .Li iiot n^bo in nkei lots-,«• v, hbouS tne vole.-,-of itepiescntaaws from ike free Slates. -!flw minority resisted tlie attempt to arrest, diseUnfebm upon thL grave (jueiition, through a struggle of longer duration tha any otSici- known.to Congressional history: An attempt wa^ made to stigmatize tha minority as "facfionist^ yet we fearlessly declare that, throughout the contest, they resorted solely to the powers secured to tkciiu by the law arul I he rules of .the House an the pas'sage of the measure through the. House -was effected only through a subver-

Nebraska, but to all the other Territories now belonging to --'tho United States, -and to all which may hereafter be acquirsd. It has been done unnecessarily and wantonly, because there was no pressure for the ornization of Governments in Kansas audi 2bvaska, neither of which Territories contained one lawful inhabitant who was a citizen of tho United States and because the was not. only no danger of disunion apprehended, but even no popular agitation of tho question of Slavery. By this reckless measure, the. free -States have lost ail the guarantees for Freedom in the Territories contained in former compromise?:, while all the States, bothr- slave and free, have lost the guarantees. of harmony and union which those compromises afforded.

It seems plain to us that, fatal as the measure is in these aspects, it is only a cover for broader propagandism of Slavery in the future. The object of tlie Administration, as wo believe, and of many who represent the slave States, is to prepare tho way for .annexing Cuba, at whatever cost, and alike annexation of half a dozen of the States of Mexico, to be admitted also as slave Slates.

These acquisitions are to be made peaceably if they can bo purchased at the cost of hundreds of millions' if they cannot be made peacefully, then at the cost of war with Mexico, and war with Spain, with England, and with France, and at the cost of. alliance with Russia, scarcely less repugnant. Unmistakable indications appear, also, of a purpose to annex the eastern part of San Domingo, and soto subjugate the whole island, restoring it to tho dominion of Slaverv. "And this is to be followed up bv an alliance with Brazil, and the exten-

the Atna-

judge wuethei, v.

P. ^h'.very shall hate made these additions to the United StatS, it v.-ill not-demand im

c.Midatiomil subn." -non on the part of the free States, aud,-'"ailing in that demand, attempt a witiidrav/iil ot tlie slave States, and the organisation of a "separate Umpire in ihe central region of the-continent. From an iict so unjust .and wrongful itself, and fraught with consequences so leariul, -wo appeal to the t'-Cople We appeal in no sectional spirit.ssAVe appeal equally to the North and to the South, to the free States and in tfe ^h.ehohh' Slate-, themselves. it is no tii.i" for .% ^ggei.'ti or for passion, and

th" ic si^ak ifmly of the

picnt. audi wein sobei riousiicss, of the future. It would not become us, nor is it nejcwuy, to s, oce-t lie m^asmes wliieh ought to be adopted in this great exigency. For ourselves, wo arc ready to do all that 1 be in onr power to restore tho Mi-i.- curi omise, and to cxceutc such further measures as you in your wisdom shall command, and as may be necessary for the reco\ei of the grv,d lo to Freedom, and to prevent tho further aggressions of Slaverv. S !J FOOT, Chairman..

., ,, beorchtru'*-.. iu:i i/s L. 1 vi

To I'lant-freturc Ditt'ikards—Socipe. Prei'are confectionary "brandy balls," anv quantitv blc-full of'l

...Let each ball contain at hiiurand v. -more or iess. Incor-

orate those balls, ad libitum, in your can sticks, eandv k".o:c. JBc cai-ol'ul to .'.mj.»p comes to the shop, with candy thus manufactured, The sugar renders the brandy palatable, or at lead tolerable—and an artificial appetite is formed directly for brandy itself-—and the little victim will soon be seen quailing cocktails with the nonchalance of a vefcran:-:-opCT and by the time lie is !li"h:"U. he will be a comirmcd drinker, and. nothing short of the Maine liquor law will: save hi

candy hull's eyes, c\ esy child who

in from

a drunkard

A thihing 1 "-lne-3, ia t! Ime li is been driven in various ..portions oi tho U-iu-tcd States, duiing a lev.' years Tin may i'-vount lortrv host- pi precouii dnuikards who i'ne (,ur ciimmnnuies, and •foi" the increase of female cu-auk^nnes if an a it or ii I

o$*eandies as the b( arc, and are as libely to be victimised. 1 'b .1 a 1 iegioiis of imn*--, damned ait undamncd, v4th ell i.heirj'owcriu! cum n1 o' 0c de-, vi'-cd a mo insure (hod lor d.-.» roving the. i'-irg leco, an 1 1 tui

woo thrunghuuttbe Lnd Many' o'f'dho -Cndci.

true

the lorrlroiies,

so your Jwm-

-ton anu

:on

tr ops and

stands in our own city, aoound ttiis kind ui ea.'dj cad cvwy oliild within (,rif -imits has been drugged with it, and \vill be again and again. .'Tho'iquanLitu.% of candies- niauufacturcd, and .-old, and devoured in this city, are iub-v imoi'-e. And thev arc seauored tb.i'Ougiic-s. oi tho! i" ^tatc. ("hildien uf-e (iiein f:vobr, old

tori3acii,:.a-ntl':ladies are fond of them, and soon

to ]uel:r bran ly br.ll.- tu all other

in S a

'v'and. afevi"da\s ag-, v.-hi-h Hiov.r,f driieged ui'l'es. A I,..:.- em in i.h a Jtandful, which she ,'ievonung. Her tc tch

t'i. iiviug th^.n, she broke a piece, and i, diiopp'1'! the brandy. 'J'he teacher r-aid to the cid'il: '"You ought not to cat such candies as tho ed' "O." said the little Miss, "I love 'tliis kindi better'n any."

On her being questioned, she said the groman gave them to her \ny man wb.o wiii thus sow the seeds oi

to the highest honors, the darkest' dungeons, ,nd the. hottest Hames in the giftoof his Sacs 'majesty,-.and if ho does not ootam such preferment-, ho will have good rigid to complain of injustice.

Gi:

eiul

Ar.siixo'

FonKiuxKns

in*

Orn Midst.—Boxes of muskets have .been soon to bo carried into Roman Catholic churches in this city arms arc daily sent, from Boston to various Jcaiit agents throughout Massachusetts the New i\ ork Sun states that that Irish military number throughout the United States,: up to the present, date, 50,000 armed and disciplined troops, and that- Captain Glover Byrne and' George Dowling have been actively engaged in organizing the Irish adopted citizens lor several month past, the design being to arm and equip no less than 100,000 men within a given period. If wo are lukewarm much longer, it will be too laic to guard our safety.—Pliladchihia Siai.

egotable-Diet is well hit olt by the

celebrated writer, Mr. Slick. Sam meta rahamite in his travels, and thus describes him: "His skiu'looked like a ftill grown'Lladder arter some of the air had leaked out, kinder wrinkled and rumpled,

Libertv

to sell tiie

Biule.

that the council of Cincinnati, tho other day, granted colporteurs the privilege of selling the Bible, thev having been hitherto prevented from so doing because they Jiad no license for the sale. Who would nave thought that duty would be- levied in an American city upon the Book of Books

Eagh advertising column of the

London Times yields the proprietor $30,000 per annum. ,The clear profits of the paper are estimated at half a million.

3, 1854.

Apple Trees—Alternate Bearers. It is generally well known that, there arc several trees which produce fruit only in alternate years. Having produced a good crop one year, they appear to require a rest lo resuscitate their exhausted energies, before they can again mature a crop. The Baldwin, one of cur best winter fruits and which wc are pleased to see is becoming more and more propagated in our region, belongs properiy to this category, as well as several others both, native and improved: It is not infrequently desirable, when an orchard, by chance has h»en- stocked with a huge proportion ci Utesp alternate bearers, to alter tho bearing years of some of them, in order to have fruit every year. Many years since it was proposed to effect this change' by removing the young fruit from the trees in the spring or summer of their proliiic years, and thus recover the energies of the system to bo exerted the svd'sequent season. In. a number ofilcvoy's Magazine of Horticulture, we find that Mr. Manning of Salem, Mass., tried this experiment on a Baldwin apple tree, with complete success.lie spent nearly two days in cutting off the blossoms, and the next season the tree was burdened with fruit. But this is a tedious and expensive process, and must in many cases, subject the operator to an expense equal to the value of the fruit. If some economical method of destroying tho vitality of the blossoms could be devised, vvilliout subjecting (ho tree to injury, the plan would bo deserving ot adoption as tor instance the application of some powder tobe scattered broadcast over the tops, so as to come in contact with the expanded blossoms, or of some strong solution, to be applied with a syringe. -g7 .V,'here trees bear every other

year,

tho profit is dimin

ished nearly in the ratio, of one-half,, and although the fruit may bo superior in its

bearers, wich possess tlie potver of piodacing everv year.—Ed. Ti'.

JP+*"\\'o believe it to be an ascertained fact that nearly all the real old line Dcni--ho (shared in the councils of and held nfuees under Genera! •!nekton, «-'e op-

to the Nebraska bill. Thns we iind ,s. J». Ingb.ain, General Jackson's-Secreta-ry of *ne Treasury, Martin Van Buren,'Gcn. ,j Secretary of State, J^cnjamin F. Bi«l «Jen. Jackson's Attorney Genera.!-, -an L\ BUr, editor of the Washington lobe, the C.iovernment organ through

*k un is of his admirii3tration -.'anl-%r iy*s 1 dbosoni friend and confidential s(\ Thomas H. Bcr'ton, the' 'conli'dcn11 bMi "icnt of General Jackson's views in the tinted StaLeit:,Souato, all in open opposition to ihis inigtiitoes measure.

On .ihe other "Ea-nd, v-e tin: Johr-v M. (diayton, of Delaware, Tombs and Sto:i (d

f«

-orgi.t, Badger of ?\orth Caroli

na, i'i'tit of Indiana. J.'ixon of Kentucky, '.}rneo/'rejoies.-::^ alt men bifbn' an'.idachso.i antece.ients, f'te Lad'V ciiar.q on-: of this measure, la all sobeme-s and caud.or, reader, where is ihe Den-vciatic. paity V—Lcfci/eUe Ai.nrica'u.

Hn:r

bb.'ioi.'i

aaked

themt^k foi hw till after school,

tin in tlie infant soul and body,-is entitled sight older lnan you are, you laoddting olil ytli.'' lii'diestdsnhnvs. 'be dnelrest• du-rtyoons.- fool i. la'U lie iionoCtttiC-iy Siit'tnav.ie'.l the i*ail and carried it homj.

NAI-OTXV-.'S RESPECT I-QII THE APOSTI.ES. —Napoieon having entered one of the citios of Italy, lift chinoh-wanIui.s recommonded to hiru the reiiqucs of their church. "Site, will ou deign to take om ax osides under your protection ... "Your apo.-ttCN are ti cv of wood?"' '"'No sire.'' 'f hat a.e they, then silver she—of Solid silver."

S ol id sil vev replied Nap te n, qu ck ly ycs .1 shall help them to fulHll their mission it* has been ordamed that they should £ro throughout the world, ami they shall.""

Haying said so the Emperor sent the twelve Apostles to tiie mini, at- Paris

"'No Dvixo- ox

and,,

his eyes

looked as a lamp that's livin oil a small allowance of ile. Me put me in mind of a pair of kitchen tongs, all legs and head, audi no belly 1 a real gander-gutted looking ereaturc, as hollow' as a bamboo walkingcane, and twice as yallev. He actually looked as if he had been picked off a rack at sea, and thrown through a gimblct hole."

Good Eeasc-ning.

We wish

kind, they are less desirable than poorer! their todyi-m, and that they are not aboliiionists themselves 1 It has beenfal,sly and recklcsslv said, that every body was for tho Nebraska bill, except the JWhigs and tho abolitionists. Now what are the facts

juiid

In the Iiot!so.of Congress, 46 true national Dent oerats*- from .the free States voted against the bill. And these 40 Democrat? constituted a majority of all the Democrats from the free States! This fact should prove that the Nebraska lull, at least in the ffce States, is not a very nice or reliable test of Democracy. It is true, thosegaliaul Democrats stood up manfully against the Nebraska bill, despite of the extraordinary threats and promises of the Administration which, notoriously .lifted all its power and patronage for the bill. 2. But we are told that tho repeal of the MiissoaiLConiproniLe line, is a fundamental principle of Democracy, and that no Trancim.he aDe.mO.qrat, who is not for it. '.This'is a new and stiango idea to mo, and less novel .and -astonishing, than it is ro-

mi in'

rr.—Ai'

old chap residiing rear here, -,.ho ndght be classed with the gvmis ••S& iWU) who was too lazy to woik, hut^^Lcd up a ijMng'bv pettifogging and other means moie oi ks I, vaj 4.tughr »y a nei'dtbor with a rail ou h.s back, which ho li t. -t apptopi i?ted fiom a Tu ^glihor's ten,-*© ]'•. iii'sv."ol. "'D-dlol on old seoimdroi !—vdiat a-o y.',u cariTing 'tt my fence' for was t-h.e salutation received from the owner. The old iellow turned round, rested one end. ol. tlie rail on tiie •.'round, and replied without.the least bit- of 'embarrassment "I. ain't siieh an almlghty

the pp.UKiEs.—Prairie

life, it would seem according to some, has a tendency to make the human frame immortal or imperishable. Cue of tho excursionists to tho Upper Mississippi says: "Oar driver was asked if it was healthy in the prairies. 'Yes,' ho said, 'people never really die on them they keep living until they kind o' gradually dry np, then they blow away. Sometimes when they want to die as they do in the East-, they move out of town and go down the river!!

-JtdirThe "wheat crop has all been gathered in Ohio, and is much hotter than was anticipated. \Yc felt sure that the accoun Is of tho ravages of the fly were greatly exagerated, and we could now publish two columns of extracts on the subject, from our exchanges, which would materially modify those published ty:c weeks since. Ohio Farmer.

AxoTiiEn Death.—An Irish woman was found dead about three and a half miles cast of this'place, on yesterday, in or near the public road, with a bottle of whisky by her side,.'. It is conjectured that she was boltle-stnlek. What a spectacle A. woman fouujMflKd upon tho highway, with aybottlcf by ker "ido- What an argument vie Beoconi

pugnant to common sen -e and comncn honest v. unless ho is

hat

fore our readers ger's communication, which appears State Sentinel, it is the best an-wcr to authority to act as delegate tins. the Nebraskaites vehaxo s-n. The foi- Convention, and hadno •participation what--lowing is a specimen f'T

a man not a Democrat or oi what ho honestly

behoves-to oe a- pa pa bio violation of the pii'/iited faith -ot tne -nation -ia oemg lo.'the Nehta.I.a b'll •J-cv.j a nan a i/cvoeial, then weie no democrats i:i tho- country tilLhist •,!aiuiary, for until a,en wiis new.

r..poi.

1 to tepc.d tjio jiiis.»u-

vi compr-'iuisc ancl beskles, i. tbis constitut DeTiio-nacy, a mrq'ericy the shivehrl"i'^ Wl'i, h'1-' .ih i0 "w ^m-oc»-'nt« for ihoy are in favor of this unjust and dangerous proposition, for the reason that the more slave territory they have, tlie more valuable arc their slaves. As a Dcniorrat, 1 -protest against the polution of the Demeciidic c:o---d, by incorporating into it, any such iniquitous principle as a flagrant violation of national faith. .-All measures of the present Administration which 1 believe are right-,-will receive my cordial support. But any measure which my judg eiJ condemns I will not suppo

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I have ail my life been a warm national Democrat, and expcct to continue so to tho end. And it is extremely mortifying and embarrassing to me, to differ with even a portion of ray party, on any subject. Yet I would rather follow the dictates of my conscicncc and judgement, than to follow the dictates of interested party leaders. I love my party yet I love my countiy more, and when the interests of party, and. the interests of the countiy come in conflict, I am

nperance cause—Prai- for the countiy. I cannot, and will^ not

support tho resolutions passed by the Dcm- market-.

[PUBLISHER.'

111

Having now ic-lie 1 to the piomi.vmt hau no desire to bo a delegate a Convcn"reasons' which have been assigned bv the "vhcre the understartding was to m$s friends of the repeal of the Missouri Com -\dovm. those who might utter sentiments, promise I will now sneak brieiiv of anoth-! opposition to those sentiments, which er class'of "reasons," employed bv' the the Convention was gotten up to endorse friends of the repeal, which arc not address- -1 mean no disrespect to the delegates ot tho f:]ie i-Convention, for I am happy to state, that ed to the merits of the question, butt interests of those whum tliev cto^iio do.j proselyte. 1. Several pe1 sons have told me they were in hivor of repealing tne Missoiui Cumpromise, beca^fee the most ot the free soiiers and abolitionists were against it. This is a ""cry low reason, to say the least of it, for doing a wrong act. "But after all it is pradent for some men to bo governed by such reasons If a blind man should hear wolves howling in the direction of his path, it might be prudent for him to turn aside vet this could be no excuse for a man who ctuild see that there was an impassable wall between his path and the wolves. There is more mental than physical blindness in the country, and those afflicted by fhe former kind, are perhaps justitied in being governed by signs and wonders 1 Cut a man who has mental vision enough to see the merits of the question, could not be thus excused. The abolitionists were unanimously in favor of granting land to the landless, but what national Democrat opposed .the measure because tho abolitionists were for it? I have as little confidence in the abolitionists as a party, as any man can have, yet I have as much confidence in them, as I have in that class of politicians wiio are eternally reading lectures to the abolitionists, in order to prove

NUMBER 52.

ocralic Convention which assembled at In-

it were in our power to lay bo-dianapolis on the 2^tli ult. I see iny name iers the whole of Dr. Nofsin-! Polished as a doligatc ijom I arke county, imitation, which appears in the to that Convention. This is a mistake. I

proceedings. And moreover, I

I regard them generally, as: a noble and mo-,t estimable set ofme.i. But wc know, sometimes under certain circumstances, the best of men are forced to tolerate things at which their consciences revolt.,... ...

Camphor

Pea Bugs.—A correspon

dent of the Horticulturist says Four years ago, last-spring, my seed peas were more than half destroyed by bugs, the largest and best varieties being most injured. The summer ''following, I had boxes made, one for each variety, with a cover and when the peas were gathered, 1 pnt into each box with two quarts of peas, from six to eight bits of gum camphor, the size of a largo pea, and mixed them together, and closed the box. The next spring there was not a pea injured. I have pursued tho same course every year since, and have not had one pea affected by bugs.

ifrsTThe Huntington Herald gives the following account ofa rather hazardous feat performed near Mahon, where some railroad bauds were at work grubbing the track:^

A large sized tree stood in the road and a lot of hands were engaged in grubbing it up. After cutting away at tho roots for some time they perccived that the tree was inclined to fall in an opposite direction to that desired. It was then decided that some one should climb tho tree and attach a rope to it in order to fall it in the right direction. Dan Prichard one of the hands, ascended to the bight of about 75 feet, and attached a rope to the body. Just at that moment a gust of wind started the tree to falling. Prichard commenced descending as speedily as possible, and when within about twenty feet of the ground, finding himself on the under side of the tree, he gave a sudden spring and landed on his feet, safe and sound.

Ti.ltxois Wheat Ciiop..-r-TL?J yr£-ld-of tlx wheat harvest in central Illinois, is very abundant. 'I'ho Spiingfield Journal says that it is only with the aid of the horsepowor reaping machine that it could bo gathered.

Indicted

(v ovrd (f abuse can possi

bly alter this: determu1 dion. Y\re are told ho^ve\t'

t'v "Nebraska bill" is an

Administration 'Measure, and therefore, all Democrats -should support it 1 And the party are advised and directed to "mark" di .Democrats who do not supportil Yes this is the advice of men who prate so much about''free go t'cvriinont," and the "right of tho people to self-government," yet at tho same time these men are opposed oven to free thought, and recommend "maiking" those who cannot- conscientiously support a vile measure, which has been tnrust upon tlie partv without its consent. "W hat tnen? Has if conic to this That unless a Democrat will surrender his judgement, his conscience, and tiie right of free thought, anu thus become tho mere sort of the President and swallow down every vile drug which may bo sugar coated with tho name of Democracy, that he must be branded with a "mark" by the pampered minions of the President. Others may do as they please, but as for myself, 1 would rather die a thou -and deaths, than to submit to such deep ignominy and. self-degrcdation. And as for"thosc tyranieal and iiifolorent bigots who talk of "marking" mo, for oxcreising the rights of a freeman, I simply scorn audi defy. These bigots, who think they can mould tho opinions of the Democracy to suit their own selfish purposes, by exhibitiiul only one side of the Nebraska question, are about as wise as the owl, that hides its eyes in the crcvice of a wall, thus blinding its own eyes, whiie its whole disgusting body is cxp^sfedlp the gaze of, all others 1

:per

enced brother editor says, in a recent letter to us "At present I am in the country, recovering from fourteen years of editorial life—bad eyes, crooked back, and broken nerves, with nothing to show for it',

man named Morgan, whiie dig

ging a well on his farm near Hudson, lib, had, sunk a shaft down 53 feet, when it stuck a rock, and in trying to loosen it, it fell with a quick plunge into a subterralieous stream of water, about four feet in depth which flowed with great velocity.

Mr. M. had barely time to seize the rope which hung down the shaft, to save himself from falling into the turbid waters., A similar phenomena is said to exist in Butler township, !Jackson county in tiie samo Plate' the water from which finds a vent in tho ride of a bluff, and is of sflicicnt force to turn heavy machinery,

Forn or

the

Hardin County Jcnons

fop.

Pep.uky.— The Louisville

Courier is informed, upon good authority, that the Grand Jury of Ha*.din county has indicted four of the notorious persons who composed the Ward JU'.-y, on a charge of perjury. The names of only two could be ascertained, and these were Mclntire and Eidson, It is to be hoped that full justice will be do^e them.

J£'2rThe following is said to be tho best title to a lot at San Francisco: "A shanty and yourself in it with a revolver. If tho title needs confirmation, blow somebody's brains out."

iSS?"Beauliful is the love and sweet theckiss of a sister but if you haven't a sister v.. handy, try your cousin—it isn't much worse.—Exchange.

If you haven't a cousin'of your own. try somebody else's—there's no dilference.

son, would 15F.0U-suppose that'

tho Lord's Prayer could be engraved in space no larger than the area of a dime ?"d "Well, yes, father, if a dime is as large1" in every body's eye as it is in yours, 1 think

tliCro would be no difficulty in putting it on about four times."

ifS?"A fellow out of health went t-o Saratoga to pick up a little, and picked up enough to send him to tho State's prison for three years. This is recruiting with a** vengeance.

jjjT'Thc publication of seventy-five new Newspapers has been commenced in the United States, within the last three months."''

The four prisoners who were condemned to death for the murder ol Story, at La-,': salle, Illinois, have had their sentence committed by Gov. Matteson to imprisonment for life. For this act the Govenor was burned in effigy at Chicago, last Friday night, by the Native American?.

JiST'We see it stated that that there are over half a million bushels.of Corn yet on' the Ill'nois river, -waiting transportation

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