Decatur Eagle, Volume 12, Number 4, Decatur, Adams County, 1 May 1868 — Page 1

THE DECATUR EAGLE, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. A. j. iriu., EDITOR, PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR. OFFICE—On the west side of Second Street, over Dorwin & Brother’s Drue Store. 7Z Zl— Terms of Subscription. One copy, one ye? r, in advance,, ?1 50 If paid within the year, 2 00 If paid after the year has expired 2 50 Papers delivered by carrier tweentyfive cents additional will be changed. No paper will be discontinned until all arrerages are paid, except at the option of the publisher. Rates of Advertising. One column, one year, SOO 00 One-half column, one year, • 35 00 One-fourth column, one year, 20 00 Less than one-fourth column, proportional rates will be charged. Legal Advertising. One square [the space of ten lines brevier] one insertion, $2 00 Each subsequent insertion, 50 No advertisement will be considered less than one square; over one square ■will be counted and charged as two; over two as three, &c. Local notices fifteen cents a line for ■each insertion. Religious and Educational notices or advertisements may be contracted for at lower rates, by application at the office. Deaths and Marriages published as news—free. ‘"OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. District Officers. t llon.Rob't Lowry,Circuit Judge. T. W. Wilson, Circuit Prosecuting Att y. Hon. R S. Taylor, . . Com. Pleas Judge. J. S. Daily, Com. Pleas Prosecut.'g Att'y. County Officers. Seymour Worden,Auditor. A. J. Hill..,Clerk. Jesse Niblick. . . . . . . Treasurer. M. V. B. Simcoke, ... . Recorder. James Stoops, Jr.,Sheriff. Henry C. Peterson,;Purveyor Kam. C. Bollman, .... School Examiner. Conrad Reinking, ] Jacob Sarff, >. . . Commissioners. Josiah Crawford, J Town Officers. Henry B. Knoff,Clerk. D. J. Spencer,Treasurer. William Baker,Marshall. John King, Jr., ] David King, LTrustees. David Showers. J Time of Holding Court*. Circuit Court.—Ou the third Monday In April, and the first Monday in November, of each year.-* Common Pleas Court.—On the second Monday in January, the second Monday in May and the second Monday in B.*ptember, of each year. Commissioners Court.—On the first Monday in March, the first Monday in June, the first Monday in September, and the first Monday in December, of each year. ? CHURCH DIRECTORY. St. Mary's (Catholic). —Services every Sabbath at 8 and 10 o'rlock, A. M.; Sabbath Schoobor instruction in Catechism, at 1} o'clock, i*. M.; Vespers at 2 o'clock, P. M. Rev. J. WemhofT. Pastor. Methodist,.— Services every Sabbath at 10] o'clock, A. M.. and 7 o'clock, P. M. Sabbath School at 9 o'clock, A. M. Rev. D. N. Shackleford, Pastor. , , Presbyterian.—Services at 10] o'clock, A. M., and 7 o’clock, P. M. Sabbath School at 9] o'clock, A. M. Rev. A. B. Lowes, Pastor. DRUGS. DOR WI V A BRO., -DEALERS INDrugs, Medicines, Chemicals, Toilet and Fancy .Irticlrv, SpongtK, Hrnaha, Coal Oil, Lamps, Patent -Ucdicenes, 3fc. DECATUR,INDIANA Physician’s Prescriptions carefully compounded, and orders Answered with care and dispatch. Farniets and Physicians from the country will find our stock of Medicines complete, warranted genuine, and of the best quality. v9n35 ts. ~ HARNESS, &c. SADDLE & HARNESS SHOP, R. BURNS. -MANUFACTURER AND DEALER INSad<lles 9 Harness, Bridles, Collars, Halters, IVliips. Bridle-Bits, Barnes, &c. Decatur, - - • Indiana. I keep cona’antly an hand and man- 1 ufacture to order,> Saddles. Harness, Bridles Collars, HiQtcn, whips, Fly-; Nets, &c., which I will Sell Cheaper | than any ocher establishment in the county. All Work Warranted to be of good material and put up in a substantial manner Repairing Done to Order ■ on short notice. Call and examine my work and prices. A good stock always on hand. SHOP—On Second street, in Meibers' building. B BURNS.

The Decatur Eagle.

Vol. 1-2.

ATTORNEYS. D. D. HELLER, . _A.ttorn.ey at Law, DEO A T UR, INDIA NA. Will practice his profession anywhere in Indiana or Ohio. OFFICE.—In the. Recorder's Office,. vlons2tf. I JAMES R. 8080, ■ .Attorney at Law, DECAT-UUR, INDIANA. Draws Deeds, Mortgages and Contracts.. Redeems Land and pays Taxes. OFFICE —Opposite the Auditor’s Os- • fice. vlOnfitf. J JAB.C. BRANYAN. HOMER J. RANSOM ! BRANYAN & RANSOM. ‘ .Attorneys at Law, Claim & Insurance Agents. Also, Notaries Public, DECA T UR, INDIA NA, & ’ ” References.—lion. John U. Petitt, Wabash, Ind., Wm. H. Trammel, Esq.. Hon. J.R. Coifrotli, First National Bank, , Capt, U. D. Cole, Huntington, Ind., Hon. H, B. Sayler, Connersville, Ind. Branyan is Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, “J a vllnl'Jtf. d. si übabaker, .Attorney at Law, -A-TsTjO Claim & Real Estate Agent, DECATUR, INDIANA. Will practice law in Adonis and adi joining counties; sccuim tensions and ■ ’ other claims against the Government; ■ buy and sell Real Estate; examine titles • and pay taxes, and other business pertaining to Real Estate Agency. He is also a Notary Public, and is prepared to ■ draw Deeds, Mortgages ami other instruments of writing. vlOnlltf. REAL ESTATE JAMES R. 8080, LICENSED REAL ESTATE AGENT. DECATUR. INDIANA. 3rif)D ACRES of good farming A J* JO land, several Town Lots, land a large quantity of wild land for, - ‘ sale. If you want to buy a good farm or wild land he will sell it to you. If you want your land sold ho will sell it foryou. No sale, no charge. ■ ylQnfdf PHYSICIANS. F. A. JEELEFF, t Physician and Surgeon, • J.VJjkl.V.f- ’ OFFICE—On Second Street, over A. Crabbs & Co’s Hardware Store. vSnlotf. C. E. CURTISS, Physician & Surgeon. ; DECATUR. INDIANA. ' Having permanently located in this > place, offers his professional services to the'people of Decatur mid vicinity. , Office in Houston's Block. Residence at the Burt House! vlln3l> ANDREW SORG, Physician and Surgeon, DEC.ITI ft, LVDIdAM. OFFICE—On Second Street overSpcn- > cer & Meibers' Hardware Store. vßn42tf. DENESTRY. 18. 11. JIcCONN ELL, Surgeon Dentist, DECATUR, :::::::: INDIANA. I VI work neatly executed warranted togivesatM 'Dll_l_LJi s faction. Call and examine specimens. OFFICE—With Dr. Jelleff, over A Crabbs & Co's Hardware store. v11n49 , ... .. — — HOTELS. MIESSE HOUSE, Third St.. Opposite the Court House, DKC.ITt’R, LVD., I. J, MIESSE, ::::::::::: Proprietor. In connection with this House there is a Stage run to and from Decatur and Monroeville, daily, which connects with ■ trains running both ways. vlln'Jtf. BOAROE HOUSE. MON RO E VIL LE, 1N DIA NA. L. WALKER,'. J'roprietor, ' ——:o*. This House is prepared to accommodate the travelling public in the beet style, and at reasonable rates. nsvlltf. MJir STREET EXCHftHGE. A.FREEMAA, Proprietor. Il’.st .Vain Street, near the I'uhlic Square. FOHT H’.llWf.’, I.I'O. alinllyl. IIEDEKIX HOUSE On Barr, hetteeen Columbia and .Vain Sts. FOR T W. 4 F.VA”. IND. ELI KHA It NSProprietor. Office of Auburn and Decatur Stage i lines. Also good stabling in connection with the House vllnllyl. MAYER HOUSE. T.J. LBtiMAN, '. . Corner Calhoun and Ifoyne Sts., FORT WAYNE, vllnllyl. lndCunu. - I — - - , MONROEVILLE EXCHANGE.; RONROEVILLS, IND. 7; < R. 41. COTEROALE Proprh-tor. 1 — :e: ( Mr. Coverdale is also a Notary Public, Real Estate and Insurance Agent. vlUllyl. I

DECATUrZTkD., FRIDAY. MAY 1, 1868.

The Llittle Hoy's Inquiry. WHAT IS HEAVEN ? Oh! what is heaven? I want to know. And what is passing there; Do gentle rivers brightly flow; And flowers perfume th» air? Yes, there are flowers which never fade, And streams that never dry; And there is known no evening shade, To dipt the glorious sky. Oh! what is heaven? I want to know, Are children playing there? And do they thirst and hunger now, And need a parent’s care? No never do they hunger there, Nor precious moments waste; But, beauteous as the angels, are With Christ's own image graced. Oh! what is heaven? I want to know If the field flowers bloom on high, And in the meadows green, like those below, Do birds and insects fly. I cannot tell, my dearest boy, If alight like these there he; But every one is fu’l of joy, And loveliest sights they see. But where is heaven? Oh, I it is far Above the ground I tread? Or is it. fixed in yonder star, Whose beams shine mildly red? No: ’tis the Saviour's smiling face That makes the heavens above;. And. would we reach that happy place, We here His name must love. Tis in his work that wo are told Os bliss beyond the sky And how to gain a'crown of gold, All glorious, when we die. Dear Jesus, may I not be Thine, And have my sins forgiven; Along with saintsand angels shine With Thee—for that is heaven. SirA. Myra Clark Caines. Mrs. Myra Gaines whom the recent decision of th Supreme Court has made the richest women in America, and whose name deserves to stand side by side with that of Cyrus W. Field as tin example of that tierless w ill and preserverance which accomplishes its object in spite of all obstacles. For -more than thirty years Mrs. Gaines has been engaged in this struggle to recover her father's estates, the story of which sounds more like one of romance than of plain, unvarnished fact. Mrs. Gaines was born at Philadelphia. in 180(5. Her father was Daniel Clarke, a native of Ireland, who beginning life as an adventurous trader, ended* it as one of the richest merchants of New Orleans. Her mother was Zuleima Currier, a French lady, who had . separated from a first husband ou I learning that he had a wifeliving; for this reason the marriage was ' private, and was afterward discredited by the pretenders to the estate. Mr. Clark took charge of; his daughter, had her properly educated, and testified paternal ailec- ' tion toward her. In 1813 Daniel Clark died, leaving an immense fortune, mostly invested in land in Nei| Qrietuas] and other cities on the Mississippi. I A will was produced, bequeathing I his fortune to his mother and the I city of New Orleans, who immediately entered into possession. Some thirteen years afterward Myra married Mr. Whitney a mem- i her of a wealthy and respected fam-, ily of Binghamton, New York, and I claimed the property as his only legitimate child. The wealthy i holders of the estate fiercely con- i tested the claim, and literally per- ' scented Mr. Whitney to death.— | His widow, youngand- beautiful, I and energetic, and left with three children to provide for, continued i the suit. Her cause seemed al-1 most hopeless when Major Gen-1 oral Gaines, of the Cilited States Army, became interested in the j fortunes of the beautiful widow, ■ and married her despite the great; disparity of years. His fortune of a quarter of a million was soon ; swallowed up in legal proceedings I and he died in turn, leaving her a-; gain a widow, without means, op- i poseil to a wealthy corporation.— The ease had lM>en tried and lost i at New Orleans, and carried to the • Supreme Bench at Washington I and lost there in 1852. Her suit now seemed hopeless, when. Just at this Juncture a will was discov-1 cred, duly executed by Daniel Clark, certifying that she was his only legitimate child, aftd creating: her his sole heir. This will Mrs. Gaines offered for probate, and sued the possessors df her father's property thereupon The New

I! Orleans court again decided aI gainst her. She appealed anew to the Supreme Court at Washington and after several years of tedious litigation, obtained a judgement on March 14, 1861, confirming the , will, declaring her the only light- | ful heir of Daniel Clark, and entitling her not only to the whole property left by him, but to the rents of the same during the thirty years that had elapsed since the first claim. i Just as suddenly as she risen from despair to success, her hopes were dashed to the ground. The civil war broke out, and suspendX’d all proceedings for the recovery of the property for five years. At its close, claims of rightful possession under the first will were set up by the holders of the estate, and carried local courts to the United States Supreme Court, where they have reJ centlvbcen decided in Mrs. Gaine's •rfavor. The estate in question embraces a large portion of the city of New Orleans; its value was estimated in 1539 at 86,180,000, and is said to have increased during thirty years to 840.000,000. Mrs. Gaines, during this lone* course of litigation, is said to have become one of the cleverest lawyers of the country, She is still in the prime of life, and we trust may live long to enjoy her hanlly-earned fortune. — Harp t r’s Bazar. Great Sayings by Great Men. ■ Resist with care the spirit of innovation upon the principles of your government.' however spe- ! cions the pretexts.—Washington. He who tails a Lie is not sensible how great a task he undertakes : for he must be forced to tell twenty more to maintain one. — Pope. Virtue is a rock, from which rebound all the arrows shot against it.—Kozlay. Wrong is but falsehood put in 'practice.—Pvnn. An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before—Swift. EuiicntioH is the cheap defense J ofnatjqis.—Brooks- \ Talkative men seldom read,— . This is among the few truths j which appear the more strange the i more we reject upon them. For what is reading but silent conversation ■ —Lander. Give your son a trade and you |do more for him than by giving ■ him a fortune. —Franklin. The greatest friend of truth is time; her greatest enemy is preiu- ; dice: and her constant companion is' humility.—Colton. Costly aparatus afid splendid cabinets have no power to makescholars.—Webster. Books are the depository of everything that is most honorable to man.—Godwin. i There is a comfort in strength jof love. ’Twill make a thing cnI durable which else would overact i the brain or break the heart!— I Wordsworth, The troubles of the country from uneasy politicians; its safety i from-the tranquil masses. —BeuJ ton. I Agriculture is the most useful, i the most healthful and most noble employment of man.—Washing- ! ton. Take care of the Constitution the Constitution wil take care of us.—Crittenden. One half of mankind are not ■ born with saddlcs’on their backs, Ito be ridden by the other half.— ■ Jellvrson. I would rather mv daughter should have a man without money | than money without a man.—The- : mistocles. Ignorance is the curse of God ; knowledge the wings wherewith we i fly to Heaven.—Shakespeare, j Success in life depends upon the I heroic self with which one sets out ■ in life—Lowell. Two hearts which mutually love I arc like two magnetic clocks; that ! which moves in one must also ] move in the other, for it is the i same power which acts in both. i —Goethe. The history of the worlds tells I us, that immortal means will ever I intercept good ends.—Coleridge. I had rather newspapers withI out government than a governi meat without newspapers. —Jes- j I ferson. The poor pittance of seventy i years is not worilil»eing:a villain. ! for. Whst matters it if nvi<rh- ■ I bor lies in a splendid tomb ? Sleep you in innocence. At a banquet in England a farmer was introduced whose family I had held the identical homestead and lands which he titled for more than eight hnmlred years. The oil of pennyroyal will keep mosquitoes out of a room if scattered about, iu small quantities.

The Reception of Sergeant Bates at Washington. A Washington correspondent writes as follows in regard to the reception of Sergeant Bates, and the surrounding circumstances: , | J The reception of Sergeant Bates ■ has been a small affair here, owing, perhaps, to the stormy character of the whether. He passed from ■ the Metropolitan Hotel to the Cap itol, under an escort of half a doz/en policemen, preceded by a band of music and four men on horseback. He looked very much like any other man of medium proportions, buried up to his knees in : boot leather, and carrying a small flag. Senator Doolittle and Congressjnan Eldridge met Bates (who is from Wisconsin) at the near end of the Long Bridge, and escorted him to his hotel. The radicals take no part in ademonstotion intended to disprove persistent alle-; ; ‘ gations that no man is safe in the ■ ’ South who is known to be favora | •' file to the Union. The Sergeant has , had a constant ovation from the • . day he left Vicksburg to the hour ■ of his arrival in this city. In pass- j ing the headquarters of the Con- 1 ’ servative Army and Navy Union, I -I on Pennsylvania avenue. Sergeant; ■ Bates passed his armful of bou- , ; quets to a gentleman beside him. ■ ; while the Sergeant himself saluted • . by a wave of his flag. On reachjng the Capitol doors the Sergeant found what he hail . not found during his tour through 1 - all the Southern States—men dis- I f posed to insult the flag and arrest - Ins progress. A imissioq to the 1 • Capitol ofThe nation was refused ■ i him and he turned from it in loathing and disgust, and declared bis I ppurpose to plant his little banner on the top of the unfinished Washj ington Monument, but the Jacobins - 'Twei'.r in their-wrath that if this be ; permitted by the Monument Asi sociation, Congress will never vote i a dollar towards .the completion of j this work, which, as it stands, is a, : national disgrace. "If any one attempts to pull ' , down the flag, shoot him on the : ' s|. r," was tile 'declaration of Gen- ' i era! Dix, ami this was echoed and ; - re-echoed throughout the land by ; th? radicals, so long as it applied | ’ to Southern rebels, but now the • ■ J Jacobins not only refuse to allow j ■ J that flag to be raised over the Cap | ito', but threaten vengeance if it II be allowed to float above the un- ! •' finished monument, commenced in I honor of the Father of his Country, s What will.the country say to this ? How can the Radical distraction-1 . ists excuse, palliate, or explain j | such r.a outrage upon the flag, and ; 1 such a violation of the common ' M deeeucie. of life? 'i Sax Frax'cisco. April 16.—Late • Arizona advices state that the A- : pache Indians attacked, near i ' Tucson, a large herd of cattle en > i route from Texas to California, j 1 and succeeded in stampeding the : . J whole drove; killing two herders ! i The depredation exceeds in extent! any before gomn)j.tte<l in the Ter-1 ritory. There were no troops in j ' the vicinity of Tueson. There is 1 : a general outcry for a regiment of | | Arizona volunteers, by Governor McCormick and the Legislature. General Crittenden ordered a puri suit of the Indians by a company ■ of cavalry. Various other outrages are mentioned, in which Indians have killed whites and destroyed property. The settlers are fighting bravely, and several rancheros burned. Philadelphia. April 18.—The ' ' contested election ease, in which i j Republicans tried to oust the Dem- j ■ ocratic officers elected last fall, i was this morning decided in favor of the Democrats. The judges de- • cided the legality of the election of ' Leach as Register of Wills, Rallier as City Commissioner, and M. E. Gray as Clerk of tho Orphans’ ■ Court, all Democrats. In Paris, it is stated thtrt there { is carried on a large traillmki live | rats. Tiie purpose’for which they 1 are caught is for use in training : rat terriers. They are in the first : place, caught by dogs trained to i capture them without injuring them at all and then are sold for use in i training. _ TJohn Deve’.in. the Brooklyn I I member of the whiskey ring, has I ' arrived at the Albany Penitentiary. and been set to making shoes. I He js worth wantgdj there he is ‘•Never listen to flatterers.” said I ' a mother to her daughter. “What i . mother, how shall I know that, they flatter, without I listen ?” was • the maiden's reply. During the past twelve months.; ' eleven clergymen of the Establish- 1 ; ed Church of England have joined 1 1 the Catholic Church.

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A Lady’s Opinion of a lady's Man. Mrs. Stephens, in her Monthly Magazine, gives a certain class of men, the like of whom are seen in every community, the benefit of her opinion as follows.: “Our ownppivate opinion of the ‘lady’s man’ is-that he is thoroughly contemptible—a handful of foam drifting over the., wine of life—something not altogether unpleasant to the fancy, but of no earthly use. A women of sense would as soon be put to sea in a man-of-war made of shingles, or take up her residence in a card house, as dream of attaching herself to a la-dy-killer. Wemen worth the name are seldom deceived into thinking a lady's manly intuition must tell them that the men who live for a great object, and whose spirits are so firmly knit that they are able to | encounter the storms of life—men ' whose depth and warmth of feeling ! resemble the current of some ! mighty river, and not the peb- ; hies on its surface—who, if they • love, are never smitten by mere I beauty of form and features—that i thpse men are more worthy even loj occupying their thoughts in idle moments than the fops and | men about town with whose atj t.-ntion they amuse themselves.— ilf we were to tell him. this he I would only laugh ; be has no pride 1 about him, although full of vanity and it matters not to him what we proudly affirm or quietly insinuate. | Soft and delicate though he is, he is as imprevious to ridicule as a i hod-carrier, and as regardless of honest contempt as a city aiderman. Were von to show him this article, be would take it to some social party, and read it aloud in the most mellifluous voice, as an homage to his own attraction. The Sabbath. “Welcome sweet day of rest!” No books to post, no orders to , fill, no projects to think over, no ; politics to discuss, none of the ' thousand wearying, temper.trying : heart-worrying cares of the every- : day world, to-day. One day of j and tranquillity- “emblem oi i eternal rest.” Mow sweetly comes tlfe peace of the Sabbath morning ! after the agitations and toils of the I week! Balmy as odors of Orient’s I spicy groves; gentle as the breath of sleeping infants or the dying I winds of evening, pure as the incense that rises from tho throne of God comes the calm of this morning—"dav of all the week the best. It is the day of home—home I hushed and quiet, home peaceful and full of-comfort. To-day the father is at home, and the mother with brow freed from week-days sits beside h:m ; and memories of Sabbaths in the by-gone time when shy hive made the day of repose a i time of joy. come back in all their ! pleasantness. Father is at home, i and the little ones hang at his knee I fellirfg their joys and troubles of | the past week, and rejoicing that : for a whole day he will be their i company, and lavish upon them 1 uninterruptedly his loving words I and smiles. Aye. pure, sweet and holv, is the day of rest in the family: but it is all too brief—transient as the outline of the silvery vapor that floats on the summer sky—for the rush and turmoil of the troubling world will come back to-morrow. Let not that thought mar the gentle .joy of this sweet dav; remember rather, there is a “home" whose ; peace is never interrupted, whose 1 repose dreads net to morrow, and I that a part of the privilege and 1 happiness of to-dav is to secure a place in that family whose circle is united forevermore in our Fa ther's home on high. A gentleman traveling in a railway carriage was endeavoring, with considerable earnestness to impress soqie argument upon a ! fellow passenger, who was seated ' opposite to him and who apneari oil rather dull of apprehension. At I length being slightlv irritated, he ! exclaimed in a loud tone. “Why. i sir. it’s as plain as A B C!’ “That | mar be.” quietlv replied the other, “but 1 am DE F!” A little girl seeking celestial in- : formation asked her mother.. I “Have angels wings ?" The uniraspecling mama full of memo- ■ ries of pictures and traditions, an- ; awerc4i “Certainly the have ”— Straightway YouUg Inquisitive I sprung her trap: ‘Then what did i thev want a ladder for to get down I to Jacob?” It is said that shatn diamonds : are now made to deceive even experienced jewelers, who trust to ; the eye alone. The only means of detecting the spurious gem is by weighing it and ascertaining its

Governor Baker on the Stump. The Greencastle Press makes the following comments upon the “opening” speech of Acting Gov- - ernor Baker at that place: Governor Baker opened the campaign in a speech to the Republicans of Greencastle on Friday night last. The Governor, byway of introduction, referred to the object of his visit to Greencastle, which was, that he might have an opportunity of setting himself right with those of his party friends who objected to some of his official acts. His excellency, as our readers are aware, saw proper to veto certain bills passed by the State Legislature, one of which protected the public against extortionate freight charges on railroads. We ■ imagine it will take the Governor a long tim? to explain or defend that veto to the satisfaction of the people., At least we judge so frbm his effort here. We have heard "leading Republicans who were among his hearers assert that under ■. i no circumstances could the be induced to vote for a man who sought the votes of the people on- ' ly to betray their interests f There is one other public act of his excellency that the people of Putnam county would like forhini i to defend, and that is. his pilgrim- | age to Ohio in behalf of the cou- ' stitutional amendment. That a inendmunt. while it enfranchised the negroes of our neighboring State, disfranchised, thousands of white men who served in the late 1 war, but failed to return to their ! regiments at its close. The a- ‘ doption of the amendment was ad- ; vocated throughout Ohio by Gov- , ernor Baker and his associate on ’: the State ticket, General Kimball. We do not believe Governor Baker cares to explain away that ' i portion of his public record. On the contrary, we venture to say he 'i is proud of it. Let us hear from ■J you, Governor. t j — - . ■ ,• •> A Great Mau. ’: The author of "Nazarine” thus speaks of President Jackson : He 1 was a man! W ell 1 remember the 1 ■ day I waited upbn him. He sat there in his arm-chair —I can see • him now. We tol lof the distress »! the manufactories ruined —the shrouded eagles in crape, which were carried at the head of ’ men in Independence Square. He heard us all. We begged hijp to leave the deposits where they were p' to uphold th? great bank at Philar delphia. At last one of ourniems tiers, more fiery than the rest, ihtij mated that if the bank was crii'hpled a rebellion might follow. The : old man arose—l see him yet. ’ 1 “Come," he shouted in a voice T of thunder, as his clenched hands ~ i were raised high alipye his white hair. “Come with bayonets your in hands instead of petitions —sur- , round the White House with vour 1 legions, I am ready for you ! M ith p the people at my back, whom your I gold can neither awe nor buv. I „ will swing you up around the capitol each of you on a gibbet as . high as Inman's.” f When I think of that one man standing there nt M ashington, bat 11 tling against all the powers of bank and panicjconibined, betrayr ed by those whom he trusted, assailed bv all that malice could hiss c or the fiend of falsehood howl—- . when I think of that one man " I placing his back against the rock, r folding his arm for the blow whila, 1 he uttered his vow, “I will not J : swerve one inch from the course I have taken.” I must confess the records of Rome—nay, the proudest davsof Cromwell, or Napoleon. cannot furnish an instance of a ’ ■ will like that of Andrew Jackson. [ when he placed his life and som and fame on the hazard of a die for t’. e 1 people's welfare. JefifersoiTii Fiddle. The wife of Thomas Jefferson ! was Mrs. Martha Skelton, a rich I widow, twenty-three at her second nuptials. She ws’f'bf good family beautful, accomplished and great I v admired. The story went that two, among the many for her hand going severally to her house on the same errand, to learn their fate from her decision, met in the hall, ! where thev hfcard her playing on k the. harpsichord, and singing a I lovesong, accompained by Jefferson's voice and violin; Something in the song, or the manner of th<v singing, satisfied both wooers of the folly of their hopes, and they withdrew The statesman was fond of h'is violin. When his paternal home was burned, he a«kcd, “Are all the books destroyed ?” “Yes, massa.” wa* the reply, “dey is; but we savetl de fiddle.” ■ _ _ Paris was recently excited by the announcement that the police . had discovered ift the Rue St llilq sure fourteen hea lt just aevPred from the bodies of cats. Many persons who had partaken of ''rabbit stows" the evening before were troubled with symptoms of ■ indigestion. H The lazy negroes of Savannah have invented a sort of swindle they call the “pigeon game.” which i : is more lucrative than picking I cotton.