Decatur Eagle, Volume 1, Number 22, Decatur, Adams County, 10 July 1857 — Page 2

*■ I—llll I I THE E AG LE. | H. L. PHILLIPS,) ■ Emtobs a PKOIT.IKTOBB . W. G. SPENCER.) "* DE C ATUR, IN DIANA. FRIDAY MOKNIXI-, Jt IY 10, ISM. Fourth of July. The Anniversary of our National Independence wac cckbrah d with a degree of enthusiasm by our citizens in one of those good old fashion wavs. The day was un-! usually pleasant and everything passed, oft pleasantly and to the entire satisfac-1 tiun of all, who participated in the festiv- j ities of the day. At an early hour the town was crowded; the procession was i formed under the direction of active and I efficient Marshalls, at 10 o’clock A. M.; then moved forward to the grove, where j John McConnel, as President announced the order in which the exercises would proceed. Rev. J.| H. Jones, as Chaplin, offered a very appropriate prayer; Dr. D. \V. Champer, read the Declaration of Independence in a very able manner, giving force and beauty to the instrument, admired and held sacred by tiu American people. Israel Allmon, Esq., delivered the oration, which wasi well timed fur the occasion. At the conclusion of the oration, the time for the | dinner not having arrived, the President requested Rev. J. 11. Junes to entertain | the assembly with a few remarks, which he did in a vby able and agreeable man-1 ner. The procession was then re-forined and repaired to the bower and partook of the good things of earth, prepared by Mr. Welker. The best of order and decorum I prevailed during the entire day. The followingarc the rcgularand volunteer toasts which were offered on the occasion:. Regular Toasts, Ist. The day we celebrate —may its annual return bring with it an increased love ot independence, and a more abiding attachment to the American Union. 2nd. The Constitution of the United ; States —a model for the world; under its | ample folds all dutiful citizens may rest, secure. Our bright prospects spring from ' the wisdom and virtue of its authors. 3rd. The Patriots of the Revolution--! may the liberty and independence purcha- [ ;,ed by their blood, ever be held in high I estimation by their posterity, and their sacrifices receive our grateful acknowl-! edgements. * 4th. The signers of the Declaration of! Independence —although, theyjiave long: since passed away from among us, yet, their names .and their deeds of devoted . patriotism will he -- ’ f h pmee in the human breast, sth. Washington—the Chief of Chiefs!' His is the brightest place on the roil oi the mighty dead. Gib. The American people—a safe depository of sovereignty. ‘'llnrfiy the land whose favored sons “Like pillars round a palace set, “And daughter., bright as polished .'tones, I "Give strength and beauty to the State.’, I 7th. The I’residentof the United States ! —may he be guided by wisdom in the j pi pt administration of his important! bill. The Congress of the United States j —may it, by the wisdom of its enactments, I dcvelopo the power and progress of the ! Nation, and greatly exalt and enrich it; and may harmony prevail in its counsels. 9th. The Army and Navy—co-ordinate branches of the national defence; may they never want for brave and skillful officers who are thoroughly posted in their profession; and never be wanted for the ' suppression of insurrections or expulsion I of a foreign foe. 10th 'lite Commerce of the United j States—second m importance to that of! no other nation. 11th. Indiana!—in her sisterhood od States, in the language of her late Chief; Executive, ’’She knows no North, no' South, nothing but the Union.” 12th. L’he Press—a necessary auxiliary to popular intellij Muy it ever be kept tree by public virture. 13th. The Ladies—they take an addi-i tional lustre from our American institu- i lions. May they preserve and highten ! its polish by their devotion to the institu--| lions which reflect it. We especially in- i vokc their happiness on this occasion. i Volunteer Toasts. Washington— when it is said of him, | “He was the Father of his Country," the eloquence of language is exausted. Let his hollowed name pass reverently round ; this festive board, for it is big with recol-[ lections of the greatest of the great. John McConnel ' Our Country— never want for soldiers in time of war to defend her rights ! oi citizens in time of pence to advocate her interests. O T. Hart.

I-r-KMB >1 ’•■■■■ rrviMiH Mimarii Chief Justice Taney—the greatest jurist and expounder of the Constitution.— ' His judicial dicisions will stand in all fu- j ture time, a proud monument of his great-I i ncss, and admired by the good and wise.! May he ever be venerated for his learning j [ and wisdom; and may his spotless purity ! of character be a model to the latest pos- [ terity. W. G. Spencer. The Orator of the Day—long may he j . live to practice the sentiments be has ex- i ! pressed to-day. P. Crabs. J. P. Porter—the thanks of this com-1 pany are due him for the manner in which 1 !he has served his country on this occa-1 I sion. J. M. Nuttman. [ Rev. Joseph 11. Jones—may he ever reach and practice the great principles he 1 lias this day so ably set foith in his exI temporaneous remarks. A Guest. The Ladies—may their influence always [ extend around a greater circle than their [ fashions. P. Crabs. The Gentlemen —may (heir virtues be as large as their coat sleeves, and their vices as small as the lower end of their pants. Hoops. The President of the Day—may al) his deliberations in public assemblies, be con- | ducted with as much decorum as Ims been j manifested to-day. A Guest. i Midway, Cooper Co., Mo., June 25, ’57. Dear Eagle:—Now really in the very i commencement of my letter there seems to Ibe a singular association of ideas. The word dear has always conveyed to my mind, the idea of something little, sweet, ! innocent and pretty; while an Eagle is : iSfty in flight, proud, terrible in conflict, and distinguished among it’s species as the type of greatness; but let this go, I shall try to have enough words, whether ! ideas harmonize or not. Now Mr. Edi-[ tor, we are enjoying excellent health, and we sincerely hope that you and yours can say as much. The incidents of my trip to this State | are too numerous to detail. Suffice it; my (journey was pleasant’ rendered so by bunjdreds of anxious travelers, (going west) a ! variety of country and improvements and ! beautiful scenery. I only witnessed one [ unpleasant circumstance, a difficulty oc- ! cured between to men in regard two a doli iar.one drew a pistol and shot the other; [ destroying one eye and injuring his head in several places. It was thought he ■ would recover. | St. Louis is the city of Missouri, Jefferson city is a poor little place; in fact there are but few good towns in the State; many , appearances than Mon- ! mouth or Molicbi, in old Adams county. ' The face of the country isjdiversified with hills and ravines, beautiful prairie and timber land taking it all in all, I should say that it is a fine farming country and a desirable place to live. The crops are very promising. Fruit in abundance, and I am told it scarcely ever fails in this : State. There is some excitement here I now in politics, Stewart, (Dem.) and ' Rollins, (Know Nothing,) are candidates j for Governor. [ Our Railroad from St. Louis west, is . progressing rapidly and will be a very | great accession to the improvements of I the State. There is nothing particularly exciting in this vicinity at present. Times are good and money plenty. The 16th passed over without the anticipated collision. Mother earth made good time that day, the track was clear and the comet passed on with- ■ out interruption. I may some time write Ito you on some topic of special interest ; and hoping to have the pleasure of taking . your good paper from my Post Office and i of reading it. S. L. COOK. — —■ 111 MB IM New Book —Our readers will find by i < reference to our advertising columns, a ! new and valuable book, entitled "Inquire,' I\\ ithin ’ and is sold at the low price of : one dollar, by Garrett. Je FHzger~lJ, r<o. 113, Ann street, New York. A New Feature in Ladies’Fairs.— ; ihe Troy (N.Y.) ladies have introduced I a new feature at the Fairs, which makes 1 them draw like steam engines. AU the I most bewitching girls wear placards, lai beled “kisses one shilling each,” and in I some places where dealers possess extra" j I ordinary beauty, as high as twenty-five j cents is obtained. Gentlemen who are ! fond of gathering this kind of fruit, “melting from trees,” go in for it according to i the weight of their purses; and one of the i newspapers state that one rosy lipped [ bright-eyed gal realized 862 in one eve- j ! A sound head, an honest heart, and an ' humble spirit are the three best guides' through time to eternity. '

The Old Illue J.nws. We are under many obligations to Dr. ' Hall, the young Surgeon and Physician ! lover Post Office Hall, for a bound copy ; I of the ‘Code of 1650’ being a compilation lof the‘Old Connecticut Blue laws.’ It 1 j, is a rare production and rare as it is rich. ■ [ The frontispiece is a picture of a Cdnsta- ! ble seizein;; a’mrni by the collar and tak- | ing him off to jail for chewing tobacco. It seems incredible that such a system I of laws should ever have existed among a 1 people who fled the Old Country to escape such tyranny. But it seems they I were not governed by their own reason I and discretion, but followed as many do ' now-a-days what they conceive to be a j‘Higher Law,’dictated and exponded to : them bv a base and bigotted Priesthood. !, Here is a specimen of their ’Capital! Laws.’ OAPITALL LAWES. 1. If any man after legal) conviction, shall have or worship any other God, heo i shall bee put to death. Deut. 13.6. 17. ! 4.—Exodus 22. 20. ; 2. If any man or woman bee a Witch, : that is hath or consulteth with a familliar , spirritt, they shall be put to death.. Ex- ; odus 22. 18.—Levit. 20; 27.—Deut. 18. 10.11. 1 3. If any person shall blaspheme, the i name of God the ffather, Sonne or holy . Ghost, with direct, express, presumptions i or highhanded blasphemy, or shall curse | in the like manner, he shall boo rutL to i death. Lev. 24. 15. 16. I 8. If any person commetteth admtery with a married or espoused wife u the i i Adulterer and the Adulteress shall surely | bee put to death. Leuit. 30, 10, and 18, i 20.—Deut. 22, 23,’24. J 13. If any Child dr Children above | sixteene years old and of suffitient under- j standing, shall Curse or smite their nat-! ] ural, father or mother, hee or they shall : 1 bee put to death; unless it can bee suifi- j; ciently testified that the parents _ have ! ] beene very uncbristianly negligent in the i education of such children, or so provoke I: them by extreme and cruell correCTidn ~ i that they have beene forced thereunto to . preserve themselves from death, maiming. —Exo. 21. 17.—Levit. 20. Ex 21, 15 14. If any man have a stubborne and rebellions soone of sufficient years and understanding, viz, Sixteen years of which will not obey the voice of bis father j or the voice of his mother, and that when . they have chastened him will not hearken unto them; then may bis ffather and mother, being his naturall parents, lay hold on him and bring him to the Magistrates as- | sembled in Court, and testifie unto them, j that theirc sonne is stubborne and rebellious and will not obey their voice and ! Chastisement, but lives in sundry notori-1 ous Crimes, such a sonne shall be put to death. But. 21. 20.'21. Such a law at the presient day would be death on the rising generation. Byway of showing the peculiarities of our pious New England Ancestery and , the progress made in the last two hundred ' years, we shall copy from this interesting: Elopement and Sad Result. —Last summer, a Mr, Brownell, of Washington county eloped with his wife’s sister. His wife sought her errant husband in vain. They had successfully concealed the traces of their flight. It was recently ascertained, however, that they went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where they lived some time I at a hotel, as man and wife; but in order ■ to avoid public curiosity, finally went to | housekeeping. Last fall, Brownell was ! attacked with typhus fever, and died.! His adulteous sister-in-law then attempt- j ed to become possessed of his property, I as his lawful wife, and made oath to the necessary papers. The advertisements in the case attracted the attention of the ' ■ relatives of the deceased, and a few weeks | since Brownell’s brother-in-law reached St Paul and exposed the guilty woman, ! who took the first downard bound pack-1 et and fled. The injured wife shortly afterward arrived at the scene, and was probably able to preserve her legal rights. The end of this tale of shame is as sorrowful as nearly all such are and must be. Retribution is ever on the track of the guilty.— Rochester (A 7 . K) Democrat, 19//i. More Lynch Law in lowa—Three i Men Hung and One Shot.—We learn i [through the Chicago Press that Judge! j Lynch has been again at work. It seems 1 | that a gang of horse thieves had been j ! for some lime lurking in the neighborhood lof Wapsapinccou river in that county) ! and the depredations bad arroused the propio »o wugence. A party went in pursuit, and several of the thieves, still in possession of stolen horses, were captured upon an island in the river. Judge Lynch at onco established his court for their trial. Two were hung on the 24th inst.’ one was hung on the 26th, and a fourth was shot. One of those captured had disclosed the names of the whole gang, and at the last accounts the judical mob were in hot pursuit of them, threatning to hang them also.— Cleveland Plain | Dealer. Norwegians.—At least a thousand Norwegains arrived at Milwalkee onj Tuesday and Wednesday of last week,! and from aoonversation with them it was: ascertained"that at least twenty thousand of their countrymen are coming tozkmcr- ; ican tbo present year. Bridging the Rhine.—A railroad ! bridge is to be built across the Rhine, . near the confluence of the Main, at. a cost of three million guilders about one and 1 a quarter milliou dollars.

Ckeating the Credulous. I The ‘Republican-’ leaders are continul- ! lv cheating their followers. _ This occur- ’ r ' e d most remarkably in relation to the deI cision in Dred Scott’s ease. Jhe leadmg l of the party promptly publ.shed j the dissenting opinions, and « lt ‘ ,out f ino- before their readers one of those oi the \ majoritv, showing what the court actual- | lv decided. Every materia, part ot the . decision was grossly misrepresented, and ( theiud-'es charged with holding as: law what isnot to be found in either of the ! opinions. In speaking of the estimation in which negroes were held formore than a century prior to framing the constitution, and referring to what people thought of the race, so far as political rights were i concerned, the Chief Justice said, that it was then considered that ‘they had no [ political] rights which the white man was bound to respect,, and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.’ He was, as both the sentence and context show, referring < to a past historical fact, which no well-in- [ formed man can question, stating what opinions white men held and acted upon some one or two centuries since. Ihe ■republican’ press and speech-makers have assured their readers and listeners that the court decided that the negro no rights which the white man was bound to respect.’ Those who have spread this falsehood knew that no decision to to at, effect, or anything like it, was made ano j they refuse to publish the opinion of the ‘ Chief Justice for fear their misrepresen-! tations should be detected. They wilfully persevere in spreading far and wide this known falsehood, for political effect, hoping to break the force and effect of the decision by creating the belief that it is founded in the untrue proposition al- i ludedlo. They know that in slave as well as in free States slaves have many i rights recoginised and expressed in the [ laws for their protection, which are enforced by the courts and ministers of justice. Whatis truly marvelous is that several ‘republican’ State legislatures should have been deceived by this fraud, and, without having seen the opinion of the court, have ventured to denounce the court and the principles upon which the case was decided. In some States —as in New York, Massachusetts, and elsewhere . —they acted before a line of the decision [had been published or read. Their leading organs cheated their readers, and the leading an talking members cheated their associates, into acting upon false statements, making them denounce what they j had not seen, and sentiments which bad | not been uttered. Is there a single ‘re- ! publican’ uaper that will publish the I opinion of the Chief Justice? In no other way can their readers know what he said or what priciples controlled the decision. If these papers intend to be fair, and not cheat their readers, they will at once lay that calm, logical, and sound document before those who look to their columns for truth.— Washington Union. «■< ■ 1,1 "■ Washington, Fndav June 26.—The Interior Department has received information that the Superintendents of the several branches of the Pacific Wagon Road are prosecuting the work with energy, and will hurry its completion. The subject of the Qveriand California Mail was again considered by the Cabinet to-day. .'l’he points in the route having i been determined, it r: w lies with the I Postmaster General to make the contaret. The President will leave for Bedford Springs about the middle of July. On : his return he will remove to his residence, | the Soldiers Home, four miles from Wash- ; ington. Mr. William R. Harley has been ap- ‘ pointed Indian Agent for New Mexico. [ Singular.—We understand that wild ' pigeons are building nests in the woods on the farm of James Denney, in Mill Creek 1 Hundred. This is a circumstance which i has never before occurred within the recolleclian of the oldest inhabitant. There are largo flocks of pigeons in the woods along the White Clay creek, and it is supposed that they have built hundreds of nests.—uDeZ. Republican. I In a quarrel between John Clay, a son |of the departed statesman, and a horse [ trainer named Edgar, in Lexington, Ky., lon Thursday, the former shot the latter ! twice with a pistol. One ball entered his ! mouth, and come out behind the ear.— [ Another ball lodged in his neck. Edgar is reported mortally wounded. Clay imfelt Lexington, and has not been heaid from since. The parties have not been on amicable terms for some time. Lately a gentleman of Chicago was accompanying two ladies to the panarama of the Arctic Expedition, when, in crossing Market street, he stepped, on a hogs-: head hoop, which flew up, (as hoops will I do,) and struck him across his not very ! handsome nose. ‘Good Heavens, ladies!’! he exclaimed, ‘which of you dropped that?’ 1 r , There were, it is stated, on the first! day of June, masses of frozen spray and i snow, fifty feet in solid thickness, under i the American side of the fall at Niagara. A heavy rock thrown upon them nmkes [ no more impression than upon hard ice. A popular writer, speaking of the proposed oceanic telegraph, wonders whether the news transmitted through salt water would be fresh. —«i fiw< A young man named David Robinson, I while running a foot race near Vincennes’ I Ind, last Sunday, full down a corpse.

Arrest of Counterfeiters!-- Over Five I Thousand Dollars Spurious Money . etzed! ’—Counterfeit Plates Secured! ! ! ; Yesterday morning, in consequence of J infomation, received, Capt.. Manning, of j the Independent Detective Police, of this ; city, succeeded in making the arrest of an > individual, on Maine street, near Carr, | named Nelson Driggs, who had in Ins I possession $5, 465 in counterfeit mon-; ey, of the following banks anddenomina-; lions: Bank of Chippewa, Wis., Fives. _ , Canal Bank of New Orleans, Twenties. [ Bank of Pittsfield Mass., Fives. Bank of Commerce, Va., Fives. N. W. Bank of Va., Fives. State Bank of Missouri Twenties. Farmers Bank of Md„ One hundreds. Northern Bank of Kentucky, ones. Greyville of Illinois, Tens. Southern Bank of Kentucky, Fives.

Os these counterfeits, $3,975 are of the Bank of Chippewa, and aro oxecuted in an excellent manner, being liable to deceive any who are not good judges. They are dated November Ist, 1856, letter A. horsesand locomotive in the center piece, and an Indian in a sitting posture in the vignette. The other bills, of which there are in the aggregate $1,490, appear to bo samples, some of them not befilled out. They are well executed especially those of the State Bank of Missouri. Driggs had also in Lis possession four plates°for the manufacture of bogus money, as follows: Phoenix Bank of Chicago, fifties. State Bank of Ohio, (face.)-twenties. State Bank of Ohio, (back,)-twenties. Saugatuck Bank, Westport, Conn, tens The plates of the State Bank, of Ohio appear to be new. The others have been i used, and impressions from them have been circulated in this city. Those of the [ Saugatuck Bank have been described in ; the Republican several days since. The plate of the Bank of Chicago differs from the gennine by the omission of the letter “O,” in the words “Phoenix.” Driggs was taken before Justice Ilerck enrath, who committed him for future examination. — St. Louis Republican, 24th. Shocking Superstition in Lancaster county. ( A case of superstition in this county, ; has come to our knowledge, which for ignorance and moral turpitude, exceeds the darkest pages in the history of Romankism, or even Salem witchcraft. On Sunday last, the good people o! Ephrata and vicinity, were startled and shocked by the intelligence that the remains of a certain Miss Sophia Bauman, who died about nine years ago, had been exhumed on that day, by two men hired for the purpose, by the friends of the deceased. Curiosity was naturally excited, and speculation started as to the cause ol such an open desecration of the dead on [ the quiet of the Sabbath; and upon inqui- ! ry ot some of the relatives, our correspondent learned that the young lady i allmlad, to died of consumption, since . nertfeaitt tw-J or ner sisters,fficr moiuei and two brothers bad died also of the same decease. In all these cases, a hereditary taint was strongly marked, and no doubt was left upon the minds of physicians and all sensible persons, as to the cause of their death; but the opinions of physicians were set aside*by-t-he incursions of ignorance and superstition, under which the belief was seriously entertained and acted upon, that, by some hocus poI cus. the winding sheet of the corpse had guo into her mouth, and that by continual suction,(the modus operandi of which was only known to the spirits,) she had actully drawn the other members of the family after her; and thus, unless tliis winding sheet was speedily removed from the mouth of the corpse, she would in like manner, cause the premeture death of the whole connection. Incredible as a belief in such a monstrous superstition in this enligtened age, may appear, it is nevertheless true; for, according to previous arrangements, the i hired resurrectionists commenced opera- [ lions on Sunday morning. The earth was [ removed, the collin brought to the surI lace, and the lid remove, under the direcI lion of a committee of inspection but to [ their utter astonishment, no winding sheet I was found there—the poor deluded creai tures having forgotten, in their superstii tion, thai the last shred of a piece of I bleached muslin would rot away long be- [ fore the expiration of nine years. With I disappointment depicted in their counte- | nances, the committee caused the remains to be quickly and quietlyre-interred, and then sought their respective homes.— Lancaster Express, May 27. Extensive Forgeries.-Wc learn from the Hartford (Con.) Times that forgeries to the amount of about $ 18,000 have been [ discovered in that city, on paper drawn i by various persons, pedlers generally, and [ indorsed by Dan. W. King, his father Dan. King, and Daniel W. Norton, all of Suffield. Some of the paper was in bank for collection, Some of it bad been dis-j counted, and some had been bought bv brokers. ———<>——— SLAUGHTER BY LIGHTNING.—Sixteen sheep of a flock of fifty-six, in Burlington county, N. J., were killed on Sunday night by lightning striking a tree under which they had gathered for shelter. ———<>——— ‘March Squalls.’—Under the head of‘March Squalls,’ an exchange tells us that a woman in, Pulaski county, Va., has regularly presented her husband! with an heir during the month of March! for sixteen successive years.

T-ieU. S. Supreme Court Notwithstanding all that has beensaidT republican papers and by orators of that party, the majority of the Supreme Court are not slaveholders.— Four of the justices reside in free States, where no one owns slaves. The Chief Justice is not a slave, i holder, nor has ho been for upward of I thirty years. He never bought or sold a i slave. Os those that the British spared E his father, when they polluted the soil of Maryland, some came to him by inherit, ance. After educating those who were young enough to be taught, qualifyi n , | them to take care of themselves, he voluntarily gave them all their freedom. who were so old as to be unable to earn their living, he cheerfully supported dur- ■ ing their lives. He has not since owned a slave. This is a full and complete answer to the statesments often reiterated in the republican papers that a majority 0 ( the court were slaveholders, and as such had been influenced in making their de- I cision [in the Dred Scott case.] —JFari- ‘ ington Union. Massachusetts, the home of the Kansas | Emigrant Aid Societies, the hot-bed of I the recent slavery agitation, the place I where people live who mind everybody I else’s business, and are more afflicted at | sin and misery at a distance than at their 11 own door—Massachusetts, when called I on to staunch the wounds of bleeding Kan- ! sas with its own pecuniary life-blood, has, ■ like New York, faltered. She gives I nothing but good advice. After band- | y ing back and forth between the two bran- I ches of the legislature a. resolution appro I I priating 8100,000, and trying to kill it I by amendments and a disagreement, it | was concluded to let it pass the legisla- I ture, and Lave a governor veto it. Ac- | cordingly, the governor, elected on the | Fremont ticket, and as the Fremont can- | didate, has refused to assent to any aid to Kansas, and the legislature has refused I Ito pass the resolution over the veto. & :■ Kansas must look elsewhere than to re- | ! publican New York or Massachusetts for I aid, except such as is rendered io hum- I bug political agitation. The money ii 11 wanted by the politicians at home.—.ll- ;J bang Argus. What has become of the Vermont ap- ■ proprialion of twenty-five thousand dol-B lars? Giving np the Ghost. The last Herald of Freedom, the or-M gan in chief of the great Shrieker panj, || printed at Lawrence, K. T., frankly comsL down in this wise: i We do not suppose there is one persotH in the Territory, or Missouri, who jg pects this to become a slave State. Ifev-H ery thing is quiet, and, from this time for-■ ward, the people aro allowed to H have their own choice, it would be pre-■ I ferable to remain a Territorial govern- I ment, under the United States, for tw | years to come than to push a State org» K | ization. Then, when we get farms opct>- H |ed. and the improvements made, M ■ Ka hufter ah!»> tn pay taxes and support t " State government. We shall also be bet- kj ter acquainted with each other, and know g who to select for officers. A Wealthy old Gentleman—-TIi»B present condition of Uncle Sam’s worldly■ affairsis thus humorously stated by the Ll I Brooklyn Eagle: ‘Uncle Sam, after carring on business | [ for the past eight years, having three B I wars, buying territory from France and I I Mexico, building railroads, speculating 9 ! in a bank, and trading with all crealius, I comes out with a snug little balance I hand of twenty-two mellions —eneugliltW ! set up several millionnaire among nati® ■ • Since our revolution England has natioi I ! al debt, and other nations of Europe liatt I [ run up a score nearly in proportion, whfe I Sam has paid off his debts, bought reti ■ estate, and has money laid by for a rainy | day.’ A Washington letter writer gives • fe description of the manner in which Ges' g eral Cass takes care of his physical health I He says the General carries out his hi- | gienic habits with the rigor of the Medes E and Persians. So careful is he of ta I health that ho will not dine out, not eva | ■ ! with the President, and cannot, und« | I any ordinary circumstances, be induce# || !to keep out of bed after 10 o’clock, p s ; When at Paris, at balls, at his own how | he would quietly slip off to bed at | above hour, leaving his wife and 7 .|| daughters to entertain the company pres- ■ ent. This regime accounts for bis!®’ $ wonted vigor at the age of 75 years, s.. Venus in Hoops.—lt is known to who are addicted to the luxury of eai.l; raising that the planet Venus, now U['g morning star, looks unusually large this time—larger, brighter, and j beautiful than it ever appeared to us ■ = fore. A country editor gives a different ■ I theory in explanation of the expanse 1 4 but we won’t mention it. The National Era, which has all ? regarded the appointment of Robert J. | Walker to the Governorship of Kanss' 3 ’ favorable to the prospects of the ternl°‘. 5 characterizes his inaugural address J ‘concilitory in tone, elevated in sentini'^ 1 ’ and says it ‘contains many wise and M 3!e ' manlike views.’ Byron on Editors. —Lord Byron said that, ‘with all his folioes he u-' g was guilty of stopping his paper, or |’f-, | venting the payment of any Editor s ■ because the editor happen Idis1 disp 11 ’ 3 i him.’