Decatur Eagle, Volume 2, Number 48, Decatur, Adams County, 7 January 1859 — Page 2

THE E AGL E H. L. PHILLIPS,) W G. SPENCER,S EDiroRS4I ' KOI,III DECATUR, INDIANA. ntiK.n MORNING, .jay. r. i<->n. BLANKS! BLANKS!! BLANKS!!! Blank Deeds. Mortgages, Justice’s Blanks, of all kinds; Constable's Blanks, of all kitids; Bl ink Notes, <ic., <te , of the best quality lor Sale at this Office. Wood Wanted, Any amount of woo l wanted at this office on subscription; and those ol our subscribers who have been premising us wood on their accounts, will, we hope, now bring it along. We have no intention of paying cash for woo l during the winter, and then taking it on accounts in the summer when theje is no demand lor it. Now is the time, brin<j it alono. “ o The Delinquent List. During the past year, much has been said and published, by selfish and designing men, concerning the publication of the Delinquent List, the price charged, and who pays the expense. Persons unacquainted with the law, nnd the manner of doing county business have been led into gross errors upon this subject, and we have thought it would not be amiss for us to say what is true with regard to the collection of delinquent taxes, and who pays the expanses of the same. Now on the third Monday of March in each year, the Treasurer and Auditor settles, and all persons are returned delinquent who’s taxes remain unpaid at that date. From, and after the settlement, the Treasurer is authorized by law, to collect, by distress and sale of personal property, of all resident delinquent tax payers, for which he is allowed an extra) fee—they paving the additional cost.— Their lands are never advertised for sale, as the published list show. Tne County Auditor is by law required, between the first and the fifteenth day of November annually, to cause to be advertised four weeks successively in a newspaper, having general circulation in the county, the lands remaining delinquent for the non payment of taxes, belonging to persons who are not residents of the county, charging each tract with the cost of advertising; and giving notice that if the taxes, penalty, intere-t and cost are not paid before the first M mday in January thereafter, the land or so much thereof as mav be necessary, will be sold to discharge the taxes an 1 costs thereon, i

Now, inasmuch as no lands but that, of non residents are advertised for sale for taxes, and the cost of advertising is charged to each particular tract, it follows that not one cent of the cost of the publishing the Delinquent List comes out of the pockets of the resident tax payers. Then why circulate such base and unmitigated falsehoods? Was it intended to deceive the honest and unsuspecting who have not an opoorlunity of examining the question for themselves? We think it was so intended, both by the man who invented the falsehood and his satelites who circulated it. We desire every one to make a thorough examination aud they will be satisfied.

The price charged by us, was in accordance with our published rates, and we never have, either to the county or individuals charged more than those rates, and never will. There is another thing equally certain, we never did, and never will, play the rat, no matter under what circumstances we may be placed. . New- Agricultural Paper. We have received the first number of the Indiana Farmer,” a paper recently established at Indianapolis. It is to be devoted to the interest of the farmer, and should be well sustained, ami we have no doubt will be, by the farmers of Indiana; for in no way could they better advance their interest than sustaining a home journal devoted exclusively to their interest. Published by F. Wellhouse & Co., and edited by J. N. Ray. The terms are, Si per year in advance, for single copy, or eleven copies for 810. The Ladies’ Home Magazine. We have upon our table the January Number for 1859 of “Arthur’s Home Magazine.” It is a valuable work both to Parent and children; it gives us pleasure to peruse its pages, we commend it <o our readers. See prospectus in an other column for terms. The Legislature. The regular session of this body convened on yesterday, and we hope that they %re now prepared to do some business for the benefit of the Stale, and not devote their time ex- la-.iv-.dy to party purposes.

Notice to Travelers. The Harrisburg, ( Pa ) f/nion says that the following “rules of the road” are based upon legal decisions; they ought to be universally made known:—“lt has j been legally decided that applicants for tickets on railroads can be ejected from the cars if they do not offer the exact amount of their fare. Conductors are not bound to make change. All railroad i ° • • tickets are good until used, and conditions “good for this day only,” or otherwise : limiting the time of genuiness, are of no ' account Passengers who lose their tickets can be ej cted from the cars unless ) they purchase a second one. Passengers are bound to observe decorum in the cars :>i I are obliged to comply with all reasonable demands to show tickets. Stan-j ■ ding upon the pletform, or otherwise vio- ) laiing a rule of the company, renders a person liable to be put from the train. — | No person has a right to more seats than I I he has paid for, and article left in a seat | ] while the owner is temporarily absent, i entitles him to the place upon his return.” 1 Persons in the habit of traveling by rail- i j road, or any one who is not in the habit, |, but intends taking a ride in the cars, , should read the above and then they would < know what they are entitled to and what 1 they are not entitled to. A Singular Dream Terrified. | s The Abington ( Mass.) Standard relates 1 that while Mr. 0. G. Tinkham, of North J Bridgewater, was recently on a visit to ( Vermont, he dreamed that a valuable . dog which he had left at home had been t stolen by three men, and carried to a J thicket in Abington, where he was pitted against another dog; from thence convey- a ed to North Abington, where another , v fight was got up, and the animal being ’ killed was hurried near by. Mr. Tink- r r ham returned home, and found the dog j missing. He immediately visited Abing- b ton, and was informed by a man residing t in the thicket that his dog had been c brought there by three men, and after- ■ 7 I ward carried to North Abington. On go- t ing to the spot indicated in his dream as J the place of burial, he probed the earth with a ramrod and struck the body of the 1 dog, which was dug up and conveyed to 1 North Bridgewater, and the skin taken off and stuffed. The three men have been y arrested and held for trial in April. s

Removal of Judge Douglas, The New Hampshire Patriot, one of whose editors writes from Washington, in speaking of the silly movement in the Senate against Judge Douglas, says: — Judge Douglas still remains upon the committee, and has all the influence he would have possessed as its chairman. What avails it therefore that be has been removed? To us, when we consider the dignity and gravity ot the men engaged in this small movement, we must say the proceedings smacks of the ridiculous.— ! So far as the political effect of the affair !ie concerned, its tendency i? to create sympathy and make friends for Judge Douglas.” We might fill our columns ■ with similar notices fiom most of the ablest and leading Democratic papers.— It is certainly easy to turn the blunders of a man’s enemies into favors.

. The Wild Africans. The Augusta (Ga ) Chronicle, of the 16th ult., learns from reliable authority that about two hundred and seventy Africans, a portion of the crew of the Wanderer, are now on a plantation in South Carolina, two or three rndes below that city, on the Savannah river, having been brought there a few days previously, on board a steam boat, from some point near Savannah. Sales of some of the camo o bad already been made. Georgia newspapers generally offer very little encouragement to this business, and the local authorities of the State will probably soon give it a quietus, unless Uncle Sam should save them the trouble.

The Penitentiary. We are informed by General Randall, j one of the Trustees, says the Daily State Sentinel, that there were four hundred 1 and eighty-six convicts in the Penitentiary on Monday. Nothwithstanding the overcrowded condition of the Prison excellent discipline is maintained, and the health of j the inmates is good. About one hundred of the inmates is not employed in consequence of the limited capacity of the work , shops, which can only accommodate about three hundred and fifty workmen. The , financial report for the past year shows 1 most favorably for the present system of emploving the convicts. For current ex- 1 penses the Prison is only about two thou-1 sand dollars in debt, while there is due to it from the contractors about twelve thou-I sand dollars. The present condition of ( the Prison shows forth both the necessity and economy of providing additional qtiart, rs for the convicts of the State.

The Fillibuster .Schooner Susan. , I Li< utenant George F. White, of the re- ' venue cutter McClelland, gives the following account of the escape of the filli• buster schooner Susan from Mobile Bay: | On Monday December 6, Lieutenant IS, B. Caldwell, and a boat’s crew from McClelland, boarded the Susan, then lying in the Bay of Mobile, some six miles above the fleet, and demanded her papers. i The answer was that the Susan would wait at the fleet for them. Lieut Caldwell made this report to Capt. Morrison, lof the cutter, who ordered Lieut. Caldwell to take the Susan to Dog River Bar and there keep her; nnd ordered Lieuten-i ant White to remain on board until otherwise directed. Capt Maury would not permit this and ' Capt. Maury concluded to accompany the j Susan to the fleet, and the two vessels went down on Monday night. Here they I remained within one hundred yards of each other all night. Captain Morrison having informed Captain Maury that if he attempted to go out he would sink him. - j

On Tuesday morning about ten o’clock both vessels weighed anchor and sailed ■ about the bay until three o'clock. J'rom three until dark the time was passes? in sending and receiving communi»airans from each other. The last communication from the Susan to the McClelland was received at 10 o’clock on Tuesday night. Lieut. White was then informed that there was an agreement that the vessel should come to anchor for the night and hearing the anchor chains. supposed the Susan was coming to anchor, and returned to the cabin—and it was not until midnight that he heard orders which led him to believe that the vessel was still under way. On returning to the deck, l:e found the vessel heading down the channel to the Mobile point light, and discovered she had not anchored at all, but by letting ■ out the chains had deceived both himself and the officers of the revenue cutter. It 1 was a foggy night, and but one vessel was visible, which was supposed to be the revenue cutter—but this, of course was a mistake. The lieutenant then immediately ordered the vessel to come to anchor, but was informed by Captain Maury that though it was the duty of the lietenant to make the order, it would not be obeyed. The vessel then proceeded on her way uninterrupted. Captain Maury stating that she was bound to Greytown, and had Mississippi and Minnie rifles on board. There are two hundred and twenty men on board, besides the crew. Among them, besides Captain Maury, there were Col. Frank Anderson Col. Bruneau.Col. McDonnell, Maj. Ellis, Col.Rudler, Capt. West, and Capt. Dreux. All the men were armed with revolvers, and there were swords and other weapons on board. Lieut. White was kindly treated by the officers on the Susan, and remained on board until last Thursday, when he was placed on the Oregon, by which vessel he was brought to this place.

Major Van Dorn. The Port Gibson Reveille has been shown a peivate letter from the above gallant officer, a native of Clairborne county ’ Miss. The letter was to a member of his■ family, and referring to his recent and desperate ccuflict with the Camanches, he says: I charged a party of Indians during the battle, which lasted about an hour, and after shooting one of them got shot myself—one arrow entering my arm a little above the wrist, and lodged near the el- - bow, another entered my right side, pas-1 sed through the upper part of my sto-; I reach. ranging upwards, cut the lower part of my left lung and came out on my left side. j When I pulled the arrrows from me, ' j the blood followed as if weary of service . and impatient to cheat me of life—spilling : like red wine from a drunkard’s tankerd. It was sublime to stand thus on the brink of the dark abyss, and the contemplation was awful. It was doubtful for I some time if I should survive. I bad faced death often, but neveT so palpably before, I gasped in dreadful agony for several hours, but finally bsCnine easy, and am now well. My noble, faithful horse, sprinkled with blood stood over me, where I fell, and looked the sympathy he could not utter; and if I had died there he would not have been friendless. If several soldiers had not come up as I was shot, I would have been stuck as full of arrows as Gulliver was by the Lilliputians, and my best friends could not Lave picked me out from among a dozen dead j porcupines.

Spain and Mexico. The speech of the Queen of Spain on ' opening the Cortes was a comparatively lengthy one. In regard to Mexico she states that all means compatible with the national dignity to prevent peace being disturbed had been adopted; but if, contrary to expectation, and immediate result is not obtained by pacific negotiations, a vigorous and eneigetic employment of the resources already prepared will be resorted to. The steamer Asia brings us intelligence that the Spanish expedition against Mexico will be on a much larger scale than was at first supposed.— States. An Ohio Editor says; “What can be more captivating than to see a beautiful woman, say about four feet eleven inches high, and eleven feet four inches in circumference, passing along the aisle, just as divine worship commences?” It is better to have a clear concience and be threatened than (o have a bad one and be flattered.

Laramie Territory. This is the name chosen by the gold hunters at Pikes Peak and thereabouts, for the new territory they propose to erect out of the western parts of Kansas and Nebraska, and the Indian territory, , the northern strip of New Mexico, and the I eastern section of Utah. It is all in the mountains which cover a district from four hundred to nine hundred miles in width. This is the very section Colonel Benton had planned out for a mountain I State, though he never dreamed of gold ! being found there. He termed it the bucolic State, but the gold seekers, with ! a wholesome contempt for such classical nonesense, have christened it Laramie, after the fort, which for so many years was the outpost of civilization in that dreary wilderness. Had a similar good taste prevailed generally thoughout our j country, we should not now have had to deplore the existence of so many Romes. Atticas, Palmyras, etc. The passion tor individual names of antique origin died out in consequer.ee of the southern pan-. ters (mostly college bred) naming their ugliest and roughest negroes, Csesar, Pompey, Marc Antony, Hannibal, and so on; but the ridicule seems to have been ineffectual to prevent the spread of a classic nomenclature for towns.

It is evident that the region which ! these gold hunters have pitched their tents, has no connection with our other settlements. Immense desert tracts surI rounded them, and if the gold should continue to be found further in the heart of the mountans, there will spring up a colony of a peculiar character. From the Kansas settlements, and the arable district likely to be in the future occupied . near them, Laramie territory is seprated Iby the Great Plains where water is only I found at rare intervals, and vegetation exist only on the margin of the streams ■ From Utah it is seperated by a difference 'of interests and character not less extraordinary than the huge mountain barriers I which intervene. New Mexico, Texas j and Nebraska, are large enough without it. They have fifteen hundred persons out there, and have founded several towns. Next season many thousands will be seen wending their way thither across the plains from the Atlantic States’ and towns will spring u'p everywhere, and gold hunters explore the reeessos of the mountain district. Already, as we learn from the St. Louis Republican, settlers are to be found along the whole route, from the Missourri border to Salt Lake city.— These are rude farmers and pioneers, who foreseeing the future greatness of the overland routes, go in pursuit of a good location. They have occupied land, put it under cultivation, built houses, and drive a brisk business in selling provisions I and fodder to the emigrants, travelers, ■ and hunters traversing the great wilderness. Last season we noticed the starti ing of a party’ of these settlers ti occupy a part of the route. Now there is such I a chain of them that the traveler is never ■ a day without seeing one of their habitations. Moreover, the travel between Missouri and Utah has become very large constant, and important. The whole route is dotted with trains, continually. ; Under such circumstances, we regard the . proposal to organize a new territory in the mountains as meet opportune. It will 'give an immediate impetus to the settle- ■ ment of the whole overland route, render [ our mad connections permanent, and aid • in acheiving that great consumation, the ■ building of the Pacific railroad. — Phila. North American.

A Massacre by Nlaeves. The Bainbrigde (Ga.) Argus of the ■ I 10th inst, gives the following details of an I attempted massacre of a whole family; About 9 o’clock on Sunday night, the sth inst two negro men—one the properj ty of Mr. Perkins, the other of Mrs. Kenton —entered the house of Mrs. Margaret Sadler, about twelve miles northeast of Bainbridge, by breaking down the door, and commenced an attack on Mrs. Sadler’s oldest daughter, atred about eighteen years, cutting her on the arm and breast, and bruising her head, but not wounding her totally. One of them nex’ seized a gun from the rack and attempt- . ed to discharge it at Mrs. Sadler, but finding it empty, commenced beating her over the head with it, bending the barrel and breaking off the breaching, so severe were the blows. They also beat her with i boards, which they had torn from the door, nnd cist her dreadfully with knives. ,' She survived only about two hour’. The second oldest daughter made good her i escape, but two other children were badIly cut and bruised—one of them a boy ■ about eleven years old, is terribly man- - 1; gled, aud cannot possibly live. The othr er is an infant, only three years old, which - will probably recover.

Popular Sovereignty. •Popular sovereignty’ is becoming decidedly popular in many quarters not heretofore supposed to be friendly to the doctrine advocated by the Democrats from 1854 to 1858. Many of the Republicans now seem inclined to support the bill offered by Mr. Morris of 111. (AntiLecompton Democrat. ) which discards all Congressional interference with the Territories, and authorizes the people thereof to elect their own Governors, Judges and all Territorial officers. This is turning the political tables, if not the heads of many of the politicians who in 1856 were death on popular sovereignly. Plain Dealer. Ex-Governor Walker, of Kansas, is about to proceed to California, to take personal charge of some important private interest there.

I Important Arrest—A Wife Poisoner i Caught. A man named Jonathan S. Owen, a '; resident of Montgomery county, Indiana, : was arrested yesterday by Messrs. Tuttle 1 tfc Champ, private detectives, on a requisition from the Governor of Indiana, he s having poisoned his wife about three i weeks ago, and upon suspicions being excited and the body disintered, fled to escape arrest. The circumstances, as givj en by the sheriff of the county, who came on in search of him, are at follows: Some weeks since he made an attempt upon his ' wife by striking her on the bead with an axe. The blow injured her severely, and a surgical operation was rendered necessary. by means oi which a portion of her skull was removed. She recoverd, nnd he having represented that the occurrence was accidental, the blow having been ini flioted when the two were in the yard, where he was chopping, no notice was taken of it, nor would it have attracted suspecion but for subsequent occurrences.— About three weeks since, his wife was j found dead in her bed in the morning.— She had been up and at work as usual on the day before, and went to bed well at night. The consequence was'thathe had hardlv got her well under ground before the neighbors began to give vent to their 'suspicions, which at once alarmed him. i They found where lie had bought some strychnine a short time before, and the old ladies’ putting their heads together, coupled the present circumstances with | the fact but one of their number had died sixteen years before, in exactly the same manner, all of a sudden, she being the first wife of the now suspected man. The mysterious disappearance of two of their number without the slightest warn-

ing and under the same circumstance, confirmed them in the belief that there was foul play afloat. Another circumstance not the slightest in their estimation, was, that he had a woman living on another part ; of his farm, whose connections with him I were of the improper order, a circumstance ■ which they failed not to discuss to its full extent. It was finally lesolved to disinter the corpse, and the proper authorities were accordingly summoned and the operation at once proceeded with. At this turn of affairs, which occurred six days after the death, he became alarmed and left the country byway of the nearest railroad, passing by the assumed name of Moore. The chemical examination of the stomach of his wife revealed the presence of a large quantity of pioson. He came directly to Detroit and crossed over to Windsor, and thence went back into the country, where he remained ■ some days, and then, with a view to realizing some means, wrote to his son, eni closing a power of attorney, and direct- , ing him to sell his farm, valued at five or six thousand dollars, and send him the proceeds. By this means it was ascer- : tained that he was here, and Messrs. Tutj tie & Champ, being informed of the circumstances, set themselves to ferret out I his whereabouts. He was traced through to his residence a few miles from the riv- , er, and yesterday was arrested on the opposite side of the river. Laving come in : to await an answer from his son, and been recognized by deputy sheriff Bratt, of I Winsor. The sheriff of his county, Mr Wm. H. Schooler, had been in the city several days, and immediately took charge of him. He was thrown into the I greatest trepidation, and seemed in mor- , tai agony from fear of the consequences. He is a man of about forty-five years i of age, is neb, and has borne a good-char-i acter with the exception of the frailties which have been ascribed to him in connection with the female above mentioned. He was ambitious to be regarded as a ; Christian, and was somewhat distinguishjed in his own circle as a maker of long i and loud prayers, being a member in i good standing in the Methodist church : and occupying the position of deacon.— ) lie starts on his return this morning in custody with Sheriff Schooler.— Detroit ' ■ free Press.

Heavy Robber and an Arrest. On Thursday, Dec. 16, an unknown person called upon Dr Wm. E Cole, No. i 4 Staniford steet, and stated that the services of the Doctor were required in a distant part of the city. Mr. C. went in pursuit of his patient, and while he was absent the same man who had summoned 1 him visited his house the second time and 1 stated that he wished to see the Doctor and would wait until his return. The servant girl showed the stranger into the j office and left him, but no sooner had she returned to her duties than the visitor commenced operating on a trunk which ■ was in the office, and obtained 8178 in bank bills, 821 85 in gold, eight shares lof the Bank of Commerce, valued at 8834; shares in the Northern Railroad i of the value of 81,810; 817 in silver and othei property, which made the total amount to 82,860 85. With all this I amount the stranger walked off and after I the Doctor returned home, having been unsuccessful in finding his patient, he i was astonished at his loss and speedily i informed the police of the fact, but no tidings of the property could be obtained until Cap-ain Wm. D. Eaton, of the tourth station, obtained a description of the visitor, and yesterday forenoon arrested William Tucker, who keeps a vile house of ill fame over a stable in South Margin street, (within the jurisdiction of the third station officers.) and upon coni fronting the prisoner with Doctor Cole and the servant girl, they readily recognized him as the man who had called the second time and was showed into the office.— Boston Herald. In conversation,confidence has a greater share than wit.

rni Xece<isi ‘r ofUaC/’M t Hie Washington States of n, ' | has the following in reference t u , ; htical sentiment in that city ■ With some opportunity for obs I ,il gives us pleasute to sav th R . n,l| «il ' never witnessed better’ temper*' k,, 'l ' j greater disposition for peace and 'i in party than now prevails att M ital among leading Democrat, in M ; of public life. A growing feeling exists, that . I ’ | ough union of the Democracy i s I ly necessary for success in IB6o' j I ’ determination to permit no side ’i, ’I no supposition cases in the f(lt “M may or may not arise—no reviva' 0 fl Linet questions, to mar and dis'' ° f, '| I councils, is prevalent and almo/Sl sal with the prominent men ot the i) f 'l , cratic party in Washington. ObviSf enough there can be no complete u ' I except on a basis of oblivion of the - I and on a strict adheranee to the nan “ l 'I ganization. 1 - Or 'l We commend these sentiment utl cons.deration of the Democracy We see no obstacle m the way which not be overcome, to prevents Union J . die party m this State so as to secure J triumph in 1860. Personal diff e ,. ea i and side issue, ha' e caused thedisser-l isions which have existed in our ranks ~ i Upon the leading principles of the p ar ij | there is no division of sentiment. With ) union we can triumph in the future,.but a united party can only be secured hr w oblivion ol past differences and a strietad. herence to the party organization. Wha*. Democrat will refuse to yield this much for the triumph of his Sentinel.

Th»‘ Kansas Gold 31iue9. s Hon. H. J. Graham, delegate elect to I Congress from the new Territory of Lara I mie, went to the Pikes Peak gold mines I in September last, and left Clierey Creek I the 10th of November. He took with I him two experienced California miners. I and, in company with them, wasengaged I in prospecting most of the time tlm’Jie I remained. He has recently arrived in I Chicago, and states that the gold district I is very extensive, and is not confined to I the beds of water-courses. The entire I country is auriferous. A panful of earth I taken from the gold-bearing stratum, I which is to be found almost anywhere si I a depth varying from six inches to twenty feet, will always turn out more or less of the dust. It would seem that immense quantities of gold had been triturated br some unknown process, and liberally sprinkled over the plains and valleys.— As yet, none but the rudest modes of separating the gold from the earth acd sand have been applied. With sluices, long-toms, and other adjuncts of the art it is Mr. Grahams opinion, aa well as tho opinion of his two California miners, that mining will prove very profitable. It is also his opinion that further search will lead to the discovery of far more valuable mining districts in the mountains, the source, evidently, from which the im men.se auriferous drill proceded. — States. Ancient Coins —Among the coins presented to the Tennessee Historical Society recntly, was a Grecian Drachma, of silver, of value about 17 cent?, coined in the days of Alexander tiic Great, 335 years B. C. It was picked up in tho streets of the once buried Pompeii by Wm. H. Polk, esq , while he was in Italy as charge d’affairs of the United States tothe Two Sicilies, in 1815 It has ononaside the head of Alexander, on thereverse a figure of Jupiter sitting in a chair holding a hasta, pvra (spear ot favor) in his left hand, and an imperial eagle in the right. There are several symbols, and the inscription Alexandron on the same side.

The Republican press, which omits nroccasion to assail the sons of Henry Clay with malignity, have lately put forth a misstatement, which James B. Clay, in a card to the National Intelligencer, corrects: ‘I request that you will do me the la vor, by publishing this note, to make known that 1 have not sold Ashland.— that I never intend to do so; and earnestly hope that during my life no necessity may occur which will force me to P a,t with a home so full of memories dear to me. Exportation of California Wine — It may not probably be known by t » general public that the exportation oCalifornia wine to the eastern States an Europe is gradually on the increase— This, nevertheless, is the case and almost every clipper that leaves han Fran cisco for the East carries more oi less o this production, which, at no distant day. is to be the source of great wealth, an perhaps of more importance than the go product itself. Fourteen packages an twelve cases, containg four hundrei. ga lons of wine, is on its way to New oik. Boston- and Philadelphia. Blowing out a Candle. — There isone Ismail fact in domestic economy which is not generally known, but which is usefu as saving time, trouble and temper, the candle be blown out holding it above vou, the wick will not smoulder down, and mav therefore be easily lighted again, but if blown upon downward, the contrary is the case. Childhood. —Blessed childhood! Thy shortest life, though but a span, hath yet its mission. The tiniest babe never lai its velvet cheek on the sod till it had delivered its Master’s message; heeded nothen, perhaps, but coming to the wakeful ear in the silent night watch, long a™ l the little preacher was turned to -lust.