Indiana American, Volume 16, Number 15, Brookville, Franklin County, 7 April 1848 — Page 1

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O OfK COLMRY-OVK COUNTRY'S IXTEUKSTS-AND OUR COtNTHVI FHIEXDS. nv C. F. C LAIS K sox. CKOOKVILLE, IXri VXA. FRIDAY. APIUL 7. 1S48.

VOL. XVI XO. 13.

RELIGIOUS.

From the New York Tribune. letter- from Hon. J. . A.lnr... to hi. Mob, on .he liiblennd u. Teaching - i The first noint of view in which I have invi- , , . , " . . . ,, . ,, .ru jvu .u wu.ur. .u., .c ... ..fa Divine Revelation. And what are we to understand bv these terms? I intend, as much as ,oss!0!e to . o.u u.e . e.u , .1.. . sj.L.cji.r . l:i , " , ------"- --- - nave milt? rwprvi miu miu less luuuiiauuii. - ,, ,, ... r,. . ... . , . . - . ... - - - " . . ' ,.r- .v. iJi; .r lr"

inree points 01 oocirme, me oeiiei oi wmcn i,a nr ii . . ,. forms the fonndation of a,l morality. The firstr ZCZZ T?

wonautym uieuamanui; ana tne third is,, Suppose it possible for a man to disbelieve either of these articles of faith, and tl.atman will have no conscience, he will have no other law than aionneuger. oru.e snarKjuie laws ol man (

may uiuu mm in cnains, or may put nun to ( cou!d ist npon earth nnless follnded p0I1 pi. death, but they never can make him wise, vir-jety? but could not settle it to his own satisfaction, or happy. It is possible to believe tliem' tion. The ray of Divine light contained in the all without believing that the Bible is a Divine1 principle, that justice has no other foundation Revelation. It is so obvious to every reasons-' than piety, could make its way to the soul of ble being that he did not make himself, and the j the heathen, but there it was extinguished in world which he inhabits could as little make it-. the low, unsettled and inconsistent notions erlf, that the moment we begin to exercise the ; which were the only foundations of his piety, power of reflection, it seems impossible to escape ' How could his piety be pure or sound, when he the conviction that there is a Creator. It is e- did not know whether there was one God or a qnally evident that the Creator must be a spir- ' thousand whether he, or they had or had not itual, and not a material being; there is also a any concern in the formation of the world, and consciousness that the thinking part of our na- ., whether they had any regard to the affairs or

,n "ul luiiciini, uui ;..! iLUJi mai u is not ubject to the laws of matter, nor perishable with it. Hence arises the belief that we have an immortal soul; and pursuing the train of thought which the visible creation and observation upon

1 ..... . i. . . ' . ...... JBUlr vo ...em ,n r: n r n T or evi! f"" ' ator, the immortality of the human soul, and a , future ctftta nf ntrili..tnn ra fmrnt.. j"'ectiy conCenial to natural reason when once o-.scovered-or rather it is . impossible for na-

oursenes suggests, we must soon oiscover that the first af human duties; and not a doubt can the Creator must also be the Governor of the thenceforth remain, that fidelity in the associal:aiverse;that His wisdom, and His goodness, Ucns of human piety, and that most excellent -mist be without bounds that He is a righteous virtue Justice, repose upon no other foundation. God and loves righteousness that mankind are At a later age than Cicero, Longinus expressly bound by the laws of righteousness and are ac- quotes the 3d verse of the 1st chanter of Genesis ..r,..;.i . tl m r... !.. !.J: .-.I ..' ... 1

IT 7; i.n-i uwonu The true sublimity is in the idea given us of; too hoaert to subserve their purposes, commen"em the liirhto: natur.vl rean rnul.I asnns onf- t- . ..... . . . ' u'l" vuiiimen-

fice for their discover: but the conclusion " ."

hii t-iit-eriuiness, tne inuute ot homage oid not be correct. Human reason may be , which it never could pay to the numerous gods suffic.ent to get an obscure glimpse cf these sa- of Egypt to the dissolute debauches of the Hacred and Important truths, but it cannot discov- then Mythology, nor even to the more elevated, t them in all their clearness. For example; but not less fantastical imaginations of the Gre:nall their numberless, false religions, which 'cian Philosophers and Sages, have swayed the minds of men in different ages From your affectionateVather, vid regions cf the world, the idea of a Ged has! JOH QT'IVCV

"Father of all! in every age. In every clime adored By Saint, by Savage, and by Sage Jehovah. Jove, or T.or.'. So says Pope's Universal Praver. But ills the Cod Of the Hebrews alone wbn ia nnnnun.t ....... ws as the Creator of the world. The ideas of God entertained , .Hit ...ill..,..:., , J luutiuiu?, mm most ingenious nations of antinnifv na and absnrd. The Persians worshipped the Sun-! the Frrvntians believed in i,,.. ....' ntade of gods, and worshipped not only oxen, crocoflltes, ttofs and cats, but even girlies and onions. The (ireeks invented a poetical religion, and adored men and women, virtues and vices; air, water and fire, and everything that a vivid imagination could personify. Almost all the Greek Philosophers reasoned and meditated upon the nature of the gods: but scarcely any of them rellected enough even to imagine that there was but one God, and not one of them evr conceived of Him as the fre.t world. Cicero has collected towther all Apir ! opinions upon the nature of the gods, and pro-' nonnced them more like tl r """""vu than the sober judgement of wise men. In the Crst book of Ovid's Metamorphoses, there is an account of the change of Chaos in the world.-' Before the sea and the earth, and the sky that surrounds all things, fsavs Ovid there w.a .1. thing called Chaos, and some of the Gods (he dees not know which) separated from each oththe elements of this Chaos, and turned them mto the world; thus far and no farther could human reason extend. Hut the first words of the Bible are "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." The mj ..... lime idea of God as the Trevor f .1, T's the souree of 'l h r. ... ' , .... v ,,njr, u. c,. j tu-i v. r n , the Sages and Philosophers of Greece and Rome groped in darkness and never found, is recalled in the first verse of the book of Genesis. I call It the source of all hn man virtue ,n,n....i. . . . . ' u iiui- , ' 1 ' dness; because when we have attained the conception cf a Belnr. who bv the mere e, nf in. .n 3 "ted tlie world, it would follow as an irresistible consequence even if we were not told that the

p . . ieeu wiiiiiing to see you ever since. "i am sune lieing must also lie the Governor of His J own creation-that Man, with all other things Ith tlmn' eif: "nd tllBt "mwn raVed my 8n1, as also created by Him, and must hold his fe- ma,ie a '"inist,,r "fine, and yonder is my church! licity and virtue on the condition of obedience The rnver,s of that "", sir, are all over to His will. In the first chapters of the Bible jhio:" there is a short and rapid historical narrative of j The Campbellit congregation of Wellsville, the manner in which the World and Man were ( Ohio, have excommunicated some of their memmade of the condition upon which happiness jbers for belonging to the Sons of Temperance, and immortality were bestowed upon our first j Those excommunicated have formed a new parents of their transgression of this condition ; "Deciple" church of some 20 persons. cfthe punishment denounced upon them !

and the promise of redemption from it by the , "Seed of the Woman." There are, and always have been, where the j Holy Scriptures have been known, petty wit-! Hngs, and self-conceited reasoners, who cavil at j ome of the particular details of this narration. I r.ven serious inquirers after truth have sometimes been perplexed to believe that there should have been evening and morning before the existence of the Sun that man should be made cf 'lay, and woman from the ribs of man that they should have been forbidden to eat an apple, and for disobedience to that injunction, be with all their posterity doomed to death, aud that eating an apple could give "the knowledge of good and evil" that a serpent should speak and beguile a woman. All this is undoubtedly mar'Uous.and above our comprehension. Much ef it is clearly figurative and allegorical; nor is

iteasy to distinguish what part of it is to be un- I

-.derstood in a literal and not in a symbolical ! ,. i . . . . . sense. But all that imports ns to know or understand is plain; the great and essential princij p!eS) Bpon which onr dnties and enjoyments de a : i.j x. . -.,.. r' " ouscuniy. a-too, me .creator and Governor of the Un verse, is reveal-

, - ... 11 , common parenl of mankind are exposed to ns in i u.e i-.earesi ngiu. uisoueience to the will of ; i H .. ...i . i . . ; -w, was the oiienee for which he was precipiiaiea irom nranipp; o'pripnr tA tho wi i r rirtj i - ' ls lne ment by mch paradlse ls ,o le med lle,, l"e,, 'S t!,e roundali0a pr a" moralitywith that by which the whole duty of man is , ciuumcu u ViH-LirUUB ll IIIS Will. 1 IlSVe I) 11served tha; natural . ht suffice fof a obscure perception but not fofB theclear discov. erv of these ruths. F.rpn rWm rmi. , .,. to his own mind the question: Whether justice tne conduct ot mankind .' Unce assume the idea of a single God, the Creator of all things, whose will is the law of moral ob!iration to man. and to whom man is accountable, and piety becomes as rational as it is essential: it becomes ! ' 8S an example of the subhme. "God said let ,here be ,iRht' and t,,ere was ,if;M;" BnJ wW(uaisucm.fL'i puwer premen fo itie mino, wuii ; the moct striking simplicity of expression. Vet .1 . , .... . . iiiis verse ouiy exliibits the etlects or that transcendent powe'r which the first verse discloses in announcing God as the Creator of the worl l 1 -i .-.-..i .... 10 sucn ViOil tne Heart ot mnn iiiikI ' -. inml rrmon. We have heard a story of the elder Dr. B?echer, now of Cincinnati, that is said to be true, and IS wortll putting into types, as illustrating the i ....!. ...11 ...1... i we never can ten wnat may result , Irnlll Rtl nrill r (111.' r.ir. infiirnth..nl np'inn 1 " ' The Doctor once engaged to preach for a coun"i ""oer, on excnang", and Hie faUliath proved to be one excessively stormy, cold and I UU omfortaU'- II W1,s in inter, and the :ow was V1' ia heaPs n11 alonK h T s "5' hJ' ,Z1T.. JL!! . V- .1 ,..t- ... . 7 , , , , " tin ne reacnea tne church, put the minimal in a 1 1 ashl and went in. As yet there was no person jn the house, and after looking about the old ,7 gentleman then vonng took his seat ill the 1 pulpit. Soon the door opened, and a single in-1 U'.vuinai walked up the aisle, looked about, and ', took a seat. The hour came for commencing service, but no more hearers. Whether to preach to such an audience or not w question-and it wa. one t!.at I.yT!? T B feU t,,at he ,u,d a !,,,' to P"form and he had no ... , , .i :. i , t , , , v ;C0U" hfl pf a"d he ! t thEh ' Trying, singing, ! B"d benediction, with only one nearer And Tt-rten sti wn. np.. l.A : t . ... ' cu , down from the desk to speak to his "congregation but he had departed. i A . . ,. FO rare was re,ereJ to "T Ji" iJ " ! "'"f ;'"S Pomewrher ,n 0h,' ,he doctor .lighted from Ule s,p- on ' a pleasant village, when a Rentlemau stepped up and spoke to him familar- j rillimv Kim Kr. ... ..r j . . ' filing mm oy name. "1 flo not rememLH-r vou," sad the doctor. "I suppose not," said , 11 ' rtranFpr5 "but wnt two hours together, iu n iiouse, aione, once, in a storm. "I do not " slr man, "pray when ., ... w:.s t, ? " 'Do you remember preaching, twenty ears B?' ,B s"rn " P,ace-10 a s,"S,e Peron ' Yes, yes," said the doctor, grasping his hand, ! "I do, indeed, and if you are the man, I have been Sanihit. T GEOaOS HARBFRT. O day most calm and bright! The fruit of this, the next world's bud; The endorsement of supreme delight, Writ by a friend, and with his blood; The couch of time; care's balm and bay; The week were dark but for thy light: Thy torch doth show the way. A minister, praying over a child apparently dying, said "If it be thy will," the poor moth er's soul yearning for her beloved, exclaimed "it must be his will I cannot bear ifs." Tlie j minister stopped. To the surprise ot many, tne : child recovered, and the mother after almost suf . . , . . fering martyrdom by him while a ..tripling, lived to see him hanged before he was two and twenty. . Oh", it is good to say. "N'ot my will, but thi n- '

ed in all His majesty and power; the terms upon with a view of holding that city under the com - which He rave existence and lisnniiioN in ilin'm n,,! nf!) t. . ..

POLITICAL.

- ! From tlie Indiana Journal. v,rn. Taylor -n.l I...!?.,..- ir. . ; . j In the Spring of 1S4G the gallant little armv unJer Gen T - ... . .- c ' I" sition within the Mexican State of Tamauli ' it. upas, Ft. T!rown w.i. nn 1 ; .f u .aiauiuiitsl ii was uepenaent unontie post of feint Isabel for supplies. The Mexicans crossed the Rio Grande ude, in great force, for the JT a'.l communication with es at Toint Isabel were in purpose of cutting off i n?t i iie siores at i otnt Isabel were in determined to re. ,' move them to Ft. Brown. Leavi i . , . 1 " When a knowledge of the danger which surng men suffirounded his little army readied the United ! , Mnfaa . . I " Know its ! I ' ' J ' 1 1 U;most ,mP.twcf AtJPnP,h th J nit. tin vilU .'III UI 4lli was received. The skill and bravery of Gen. Taylor received the praise and commendation of the whole people. He was directed by the President to eo further into .Mexico. After a desperate battle, Monterey was taken. Here was exhibited one of the prominent traits of the Old Hero's character. The spirit of humanity, ever a cherished feeling of his bosom, prompted him to spare the effusion of the blood of women and children. An armistice was accordingly entered into and the Mexican army retired from the citv. The battle of Buena Vista was fought. The American army, although opposed by four times its number, was again victorious. Again, thro'out the whole nation, did the people accord all honor and praise to the war-worn veteran who directed the movements of that noble and invinril.l- r,. J The eyes of the people could not but be directed toward one who had accomplished so much. His whole procedure gave evidence of the possession of a strong mind and an honest heart. In a short time his name was mentioned in connection with the Presidency. He had never Wen in noliiiml lie, .i m. : ,",ion ,o m""-of , i the rreat political parties, and each, on ninny occasions, united in recommending him as a suitable person to fill the Presidential chair. At length some of the leaders of the Democrane party. Knowing him to be a Whig, and rpH denouncing him. An attempt was made bv that party in Congress to withhold the vote of thanks usually tendered to our commanders when victorious. Kindred to that effort, and with the same object in view, Is that now making, in this State, to create the impression that he did the second Indiana Regiment marked injustice in his official acro.. of itie battle of Biicua f ista. Let us see what he did say about it in that report. We find the following: "In onti-r to hrin- hi. m.-n within t-flVctive ranire, O. n. l.ane onlrrr.l ihr anillvrr and J.l Imlian, r, ..,. u"-". I ne nrnlUry ailiauc.it within mii-l. rJ"-r"1 ' y r...n M.x.can mfamrv arvl ajr,,,,,, i, ,,i,h pre., eflv-ct, bt i,hut h.; ,i,ie , ' 1 I" a.tva n.e. The infiuilrv nr.!. r. H upport had lallm bark in dlv.r.l, r, Ik in? t xpoje.l, an i ll the battery, not only toa si v.-ri- tire .it" amall arm from tin- fn.nt, but at-.i a mtiroVrniK cros-tirr nf cr.tne an.t runi.li rlniiii a Mrxipan l.:ir,. rv .1... i.r. c"P,Iin o'Hri'ii fimnd it imposii)!,- inn'tain hi ,.o ,1111111 U illlilll .llloin.1 1. .. ...... 1 i.i... ' " " 1 ri'"1 ' . . winy atiif to wunnraw two hn prices, all the horsis nn.l cannoneer of the tlnnl puce heme killed or disabled. 1 hs Sd Indiana I... ". - u, cimiiu no. r. trinu r t, hich had fallen hack as Mated, could T" .l-Ueana""c1"o,o; i.'iee. tne Mis,"ippi r.B.meiit, ami did eood "r"r "" who, at a later p.nml m the .In, a.cic .l it. .t..e......:.. .. .i... 1 . n..e... v,s,a. Th pi)r,in :fZr", hTin'ien r... T,r Vi'-rS-f r,Trri:r, " "vf," h.-.imi.ii.ar 1 ,rt' f.J""t onr leti Hank, the lie!it troops which had m""'rv'' "l'h f""11 rife on the niountain were pa"? o! .irder1"" 'Jr'Z d".f, , nee of which tin v nticrw aid rontritiiiud Now is this true or false? If true, was it not the duty of the commanding officer to state it or was it his duty to report a falsehood ? That it is true we have the testimony of Generals Lank and Wool, who speak from personal observation. Gen. Lane, in his official rennrt to Gen. Wool, says: "My i.ifmtry, (the 2d regiment) instead advancing as I intended, I re grvt , wv . ,n some ; n, nota-ithsIamii ow anJ th J " ... .n i.p vere efforts of mv nffieer i ., tbo. " i And, again, in another part of the report he says: I "1 tie 2d nuiment tinder my rommand which opened the battle on lhe pl;in.in Mich gallant sty le.des. rye a passing remark. I shall attempt to make'nn apolocy for their retreat; for it wa their duly to stand ordie to lhe la t man until they received onlers to rt tire; , hut I desire to call your a'tention to one fact connected with this alfrtir. 1 hey tt niained in their potiiion, I in line, r'ceimc the fire of Soou or 4000 infiintryin : frvtit, exposed at the same time on the left flank to a desperate rakin? tin- iron, the cm n- battery. pst. n wu-iin point oianK not, until they hnrt delilierat- ! discharged twenty rounds of cartridfva at the en. my. Gen. Wool, a brave and gallant officer, second in command, and whose veracity cannot be impeached, in hi official report to Gen. Tavlor makes the following statement: "In connection with this movement, a heavy col. limn of the enemy's infantry and cavalry and the batleft, which as held by line r.m. l.ane, wiih the 2A nt, sill.' f lite mull.l.in m..-. Jl ..... Indiana regiment, ami i.ieut. n linen s section of artil'i.'ry, by whom the enemy's fire w as w arntly returned, and. ow ihr to the ranire, with cn at clTct. hy t.ient. 0'Hii n"s artillery, ti11u r.1l l ane, acretahly tn ..iv ord. rs. w ishilif to hrin? his nifaiiirv i i hi., .tri. i L in distance, orilend his line to move fnru.ril This onlir was duly olieyel by I lent. O'Brien. T he infantry, however, instead of advancing, retired in disorder; ami. in spite of th" utmost efforts of the . i i. . ... .. .i ii . and lied the lieltl ut halt ie. Some of th. m were r-. It, ed by Colonel ,,x"Kv h!,'r","Jj 'ehc fr"n" . Ml the j dV"uericr" 'id.tpl I cencra. .0.1 ... ....,...,, ...v. rj .in nner.en 1 'l"?".' " T.V. 01 ,,u'm d" "rl .""""" ,0! tnr iniu,au iiiu ui imm vi'iniiiiirii muir iiiliii m i Sahiilo. " I .ent.O Pnen he,n? ,.r,ipporn-d hv any infantry. 1st lhe htv a destrnctive r0erePriThrr 1 Miliimn Kritir-ti.i n tinnn him tli l. timenvp ' tinftll hick 011 lite cemrt', Ituvitionf ti huh n(l the cannonerm mitt hon ems,dvel'V. 2d Indiana rcrimcnl, and the r neqni nt advance of the Mexican infantry aud cavalry upon the cronnd previously occupied b it, the ritleniell tlliderthecommand of t.lon, 1 Marshall retreated from their posilion in the mountain, w here they had been so successfully encai;ed w ilh the enemy, to the other side of a dry b. d of a deep and broad tor.ent that is inimrdiati ly in nar of our position. Here many fled in disorder to the rear. Sonieoflhem were subs, qtiently ra 1 1 ICQ . o.l uruu .ii. iiiiu .!.., w.io .i.e.. ui.ir companions! oth. r. were stopped at the hacienda of nut-na ita, ami inere re-tonmu d-,ne,r otneers. These facts are not denied by any one having . t - . T- i.r ' !11.J.l a regara lor iruui. iu miugiuion, h is aneug-u that Col. Bowles ordered a retreat. This is no . doubt true, ana yet it aoes not aner me statement . 1 .1 1 rr. ot tacta as given oy tne aoove omcers. Now, notwithstanding this unfortunate oc- j currence, we believe the men composing that regiment to be as brave and as good soldiers as those composing any other regiment engaged in

that bloody field. Why should they not be? i They were just snch men as made un the third

Indiana regiment and the Kentucky regiment. They were generally Kent, ckiaus or their descendents. They were, however, unfortunate in the selection of a commander who. thoui'h i . . rnot deficient in personal courage, as a court of 1 e,,(luiry afterwards reported, was iucompetent In rnmmml tlmm Taki"& into consideration, in conj nection w ith ,'"'ir Pd situation, (being exP0Ped to lhe murderous cross-fire spoken of bv I Gen" Tayor) their retreat is not to be regarded as any evidence of cowardice on their part. That Gen. Taylor ever attributed it to a want of courage is untrue; but, on the contrary, he always had the fullest confidence in the second Regiment, as we are gratified to have it in our power to prove from under his own hand, . .. .eiier was received irom luill a few days ago, in reply to one we addressed him enclosing the resolutions which passed the Senate last winter: riaton Iloiige, La , March 3d, 1?!?. Dear Sir: I have had the pleasure of receiving your letter of February 17th, encloi-ing a Ti,Q ru : 1 .. . , , copy of the resolutions adopted by the Senale of Jiidiana, relative to the service of the officers and soldiers who were under my command iu Mexico, and also ti myself. It is deeply gratifying to me to receive the marks of approval and grateful expressions embodied in these Resolutions, but it is infinitely more gratifying and acceptable that they are testimonials from a State to which I have, by early associations as well as by a friendly and warm regard for her citizens, always been warmly attached. The remembrance of my earliest service upon the borders of Indiana, and my intimate acquaintance with her early history awaken in tne the pleasantest feelings. It would have afforded me very great pleasure to have accepted the invitation to visit the Slate as expressed in the Resolutions, but 1 am induced to await iu the neighborhood of this place, where I have located my family, such orders as the Department of War may at any moment commu nicate to me for future service in the field. In relation to the impression which seems to lie current, that my official report of the battle of Ruena Vista has done marked injustice to the 2d Regiment of Indiana troops, I have only to say, that nothing has been developed subsequently to the date of that report to cause me to change it. It was founded upon my own perso:il observation 011 the field, and upon the official statements of my subordinates and I would say, that nil might have been well had not many of tho officers agitated the subject in a manner greatly to Injure the Regiment and involve the credit of the State, which I very much regret. In all armies the best and most experienced troops have been at times subject to panics unW a murderous fire of an enemy, which are inexplicable. Such, it is most probable, may have been the case at the time in question. I am prond and ftee to state, however, that my confidence in that Regiment was not lost, but it was my intention to have plseed It in action had the enemy resumed his attack on the day following; and I have always felt assured and confident that had the battle been resumed, the 2d Indi ana Regiment would have acquitted itself with gallantry ond intrepidity on all future occasions ! before the enemy. Tlease convey to the members of the Legislature of the State my high sense of the compliment they have so flatteringly conferred upon the officers and men who composed my command in Mexico, and for their honorable notice of myself. With sentiments of high respect, I am, dear sir, your most obedient serrant, 7,. TAYLOR. John D. Defuff.s, Editor of the State Journal, Indianapolis, Ind. Hereafter, let no more be said about injustice having been done to the second Indiana Regiment by Gen. Taylor. Although it became bis duty to speak of its retreat, as he did of the retreat of other portions of his army, yet, under the circumstances attending that retreat, he NKVER LOST CONFIDF.NCE , IT, and proclaims to j the world that he fully K-lieves that it would I on all future occasions,' have fought as heroical-' j ly as any other regiment in the field. Gen. Taylor could not have had any motive to do in justice to any of the troops under his command. ' , , , . i nnu mi cnarat'ier lorcainior and honesty torbi.is the idea that he would avow any opinion which he does not entertain. To all candid minds this avowal will be satisfactory. It cannot be otherwise, because it relieves the second Regiment from an implied charge of cowardice, under which it will now no longer rest. ToScrarr Fruit Trrro from lro-t. ! The following simple and easy method of se- j curing fruit trees from the eff-cls of frost, we' li,rAG.'inliiTlili.rnm,. av.i. . .t . .i : v ..lf;...j . tv .iMiiue.iue.i. i utve Q lllll'K rope and entwine it among the branches of a' fruit tree in blossom, the end of which should lie directed downwatds so as to terminate in a pale of water placed at the fool ot the tree: should, a plight frost take place during the night, it w ill ; not in the smallest degree aff'ct the tree, while the surface of the pail whirh receives the rope win ne covered Willi a tmu ice; though water , !,... - . ..... , . .. ... 1'""- I""' V '"'-Muviii 11, ly way t.f experiment, may not, from the slig'itness of the frost, have any ice on it at all. I u this case' the rope aids the evaporation of the water, am - i thereby cools it down to the freezing point. ... . . . . . , ... . mi-ri-i) uir cutvi ui rum, hiiiiii, luiell.ili a negative quality; namely, the absence of heat As evaporation carries off" heat and reduces ternter aids this is favorable to freezing. ! Early hoar-frost may, it is said, be rendere.led I harmless in its eff-cls by pouring fresh spriug ; water on the trees and vines thus covered before the sun rises. W hatever prevents the formation of dew wil . . protect plant; hence a covering of net or thin gauie Will often preserve the blossoms of wall fruit rut th mostt efft.clUllI IllranR i8 (o clleck tmJ radiation, by screeinirthet.lant from thechil- i iing aspect of the clear sky. Itrmch or7Inrrinyr Prorata. The jury in the case of Helen Mahers vs. Henry Frolic, in the Court of rommon Pleas of ( New York, for breach of promsse of marriage, gave a verdict for the plaintiff of $1,0(10.

FUX AXD FAXCY.

Impromptu on n ronplri. Pome years ago, a couplet met the sight, Most pithy, pungent, witty, just and trite, before the following men were Presidents, And some conventions were not precedents, J on" wuincy Adams who can write, i Andrew Jackson who can fight." If those great men could wield the Sword & Ten, ! There is a man can , ! , ,s a '"an can wieI i whom t''e qualities i 'S 'M Z,ck Talor,' vinri-, uviii, we Hen, lesas strong unite; who can write and fight. Ixrc of llmnr. 1CrThe love of home is deep implanted in our I ver' l,eing. Let us wander to w hat portion of i eilrt'' we n,a'' t,le h,?art turns in its longings to ' ,he ,,a,,ow'ed precincts of home. When I see ' n.i.A ... 1. 1 . . . 1 w j xes 10 le auraii better than at home who appreciates a life of wandering to the ! pleasures of domestic, rural life I place it down i thit with such an one there is something mor- I uy or virtually wrong. True pleasure is not 1 found mid the ignoble crowd in the wide world and serene, pure, solid happiness, if fixed tof .. r nna cunt i . . . . , ? , UWe"S a,n'd U,e ceiit joy "Home, that earliest flower In memory set Let me wander where I will, I have the love of home about me still.' Christian Citizen. Tainted Itrrezr. l lie J ennsylvanian. I.ocfoco. mihlid. nt

Philadelphia, says that the Progressive Demo- j ProlabIy about 5,000. Total number of church cratic party has '"Hung it., principles to the j meni,"'rs in Indiana, IW,2;.4-wl,ich is one breeze." We think that special breeze has the Prof"ssor of religion to every eight of the popworst of it. We shall keen to the windward ' u'a"on 'n the State.

when it comes along our way. CTThis whole life is but one great school. From the cradle to the grave we ire all scholars. ri , , ., . iic nil M' O I n. ... , c. r o, tnose we love, and the wisdom of P-t "pes, and onr own experience, are our tea, hers. Afflictions : g:ve us discipline. TI spirits of departed saints whisper to us, " come! up higher.,' When he signed the treaty ceding I.nuiU na to the U. S. Napoleon, rubiiintr I.;. 1,...,.! . claimed, "There I have given to England a rival that in fifty years will master her." An old bachelor who edits a paper somewhere out West, puts "Melancholly Accidents," over the head of marriages. The old bachelor is a judy, and when he dies, it should be put under the head of "Gratifying Incidents." Xi ha in a (i-ntlrinnn. Whoever is open, generous and true; whoever is of humane and affile demeanor; whoever is honorable in himself, and candid in his judgement of others, and requires no law but his word to make a bargain and fulfill his engagement. Snch a man is deservedly entitled to the name of a gentleman. Where can he be found? Mmrp Shooting. "Down East," observed a Southerner to a Yankee, "a cow and a calf, and a calico frock, is said to be a girl's portion and that's the place you come from." A l'rivirrn of 'I hr Arc We notice among the many wonderful inventions of Yankee ingenuity, a mode of operating by animal magnetism which bids fair to materially lower the price of provisons. Food suffi cient for one person is prepared and placed upon tAe taWt around which the guests are seated? The operator then mesmerizes the whole compa ny, and proceeds to satisfy his appetite. The rest, of course, from mesmeric sympathy, are satisfied wheu the mesmerizer is. Py this means large dinners are given nt n very trifling expense so says somebody who is not very tenacious of the truth. Time AlKtut. Two Yankees were strolling in the woods without any arms in their possession, and observing a bear ascending a tree with its large p.iws, clasped round the trunk, one of them ran foward and caught the bear's paws, one ia each hand. He instantly calledout to his comrade: 'Jonathan, I say, go home and bring me something as fast as you can, till I kill the varmint. Mind don't stay, for I'm in a fix. Jonathan ran off as fast as he could, but was 7. . V , 5 .uml. i-'UM,,, ln"d' wrttl Hesperato at J"'"1? " f ,,im heW "" A an exceedingly long time returning. During At length Jonathan came back Hailoo Jonathan, what the duce has kept " , ' , Jouatli vou lan replied: 'well, I'll tell vou? when i ; nt home breakfast was about ready, and I guessed it would be as well to wait for it.' 'Here now, Jonathan,' said his comrade, i 'come vou and hold it and I'll kill the critter in .iij.tny.' Jonathan seize! the bear's paws, and held ! the animal while the other could kill it. 'wcll, Johuathan, have you got hold of him?" 'I guess I have,' replied Jonathan, 'Very well, hold him fast; I guess I'll go to dinner. U"Racliel, my daughter, why dou't you learn as fast as your sister II ma th?" "Why don't every stock of clover bear four leaves, mother?" "Go bring in a basket of chips, child." 0A gentleman, iu consequence of the use of free words, was once compelled to apologize to the House of Commons, and went on his knes to do it. On lising, he quietly wiped bis paillS WHI1 1!S 8 OC Ve. retlltrkl II T. oUd eilOllfr I to ' ' ' - -- j heard, never siw so dirty a bouse. j ILJ"UV wived the following verses from , F0,ne anonymous person, and we suppose a ..... t i ... . , . . ; ou"K ' - Sue says i n her letter that she would like to have them printed for the benefit t ..... of bashful young men, and ugly old bach- t elor- U H"""" did not iuteud to cast any ! 'ejections "I would have been wed long agi. And living perhaps very happy, Put I had such a sheep of a beau, He would'nt ax mammy and pappv." "What a pitiful set these old bachelors are! Every person of taste must allow; And to kiss one believe I'd rather by far. Give a buss to mammy's old cow." tJrorgr Washington Iifoyelle. Is a member of the French Chamber of ( Peputies, snd, at the last election, Oscar, the i grand son of the old republican hero and patriot, ! who iuherits the name of the immortal Washington, was elected to a seat beside his father, .. . , - . .j ..V" . , "Would yon believe it, aunt7 exclaimed a Pale-faced young lady, of the "upper ten."

would vou believe it? IT

tells me that ladies out west actually spek to ! j the tradesmen and retail storekeepers! They I must be sadly in want of society, musn't they?" j "Humph, yes," interrupted Uncle Solomon, j "They are as b.t dly off for society, my dear, as j our father was when he pulled radishes and asparagiisforaliving.and your mother sold them in the old Fly Market-ha. ha.-societv. humph:" Miss Tolly Dolly Adeline fainted. It.ipiUi. in Intliann. In 1?12, the population of Indiana was 47.i T?0. At the same time, there were in this State j I.37G Biptist communicants, or I to 35 inhabitants. In 1ST2, the population was 407,278, i while the Baptist communicants were 11,334, ; or 1 to 37. ln m the population was f,S5,-' i Pfifi; numlvr of R,ptists, 16,2:U, or Ito 42. In

1-47. population ! ,020,000; Rap.i.t members,! We arJ tl, t t!' , , 27.S03, or one communicant to every 37 of the Lav I ? v. W,,t,on of them population y 3y ,0ok BO,1,ehfc' extravagant; but if they These statistics are by the Rev. T. R. Cres- ''r"!. f

.1?,' ""i 'anapolis, CorrespondingSecretaryloi.ee.

vi me te .1.-1. i ... . - - v . . . , hi ,uo in jf rpnnri n i Hie aKWrid 8t t iPir "iniiii il .. . i i . . October l,.7 -,'. 7 " "eG,ord' ,n Mr. Cressey also furnish. tl. following nccount of other denominations in t hat growing State: The Methodists have fi,),23 G church members; the rrerbpterians, Old School 8,000, probably; the Disciples, (CiwnpMlites,) 25,000, the i:iscopalians, COO; the Regular Baptist, 27, 20.1 communicants; other evanffelical denomin.t;. j AM to h """nn nil.olir. in Amrrirn. Th. association (in Europe) for the propaz ion nf flu. fai.l, . . . .... v ..a. .- t-ramea to the missions in wnenos. t us venr. cvr. nni, .i. r- i. . - ,, ". ' ' 1 1 u" 1 p-L " J ', r ' ''P "Wroitj 1,000 to j Rishop of Cincinnati; $3,000 t0 ISishop of Phila delphia; $3,000 to Rirhinniwl. 4 0110 . n:..i.. v ... . . '" "mn'V iUrR; i,t""i to priests of .Alercv. N i.0'0 to Hartford; 3,000 to Nashville; 3,000 to I.ouisviller H.nnn , Ri..b , ,-: , 1 nun . . T.J '""-nes, ana .(,11110 to comrretrat nn nT r.. jcese; G.OOO to St. Louis: 2.2.-.0 to -Tilttl. - " - . v. . , i u.., t-ii 1 1 e ant .'1.500 tollishop of Little Rock ; 7,500 to Rishop Quarter of Chicago; 3,500 to Natchez; 1,750 to New Orleans; 7,500 to Mobile; S.000 to Charleston; G,000 to Lazarists in the I'nited States; 2,i.io lo.-ooeiy ot Jesus, Mo.; 9,000 iQ Society of jesus in the l.ochy .Mountains; 750 to Dominicans in do; 10,000 to Dr. Ordin, Vicar Apostolic, Tex is;. 1,00!) to Jesuit Missions in America; 2G.W0 to West Indian ad South American Missions; 11,000 to the Archbishop of Oregon City; 4,000 to Vicar Apostolic Hudson's Biy; 20,000 to British American Missions; 11,500 to Oblats, Canada and Hudson's Bay; 6,000 to Jesuits in Canada. These grants, with the donations of the people, will uphold a very large number of missionaries of the Church of Rome on this rontineut. The it pi in K. A young f cotchinan having wooed a buxom damsel, persuaded her to accompany l.im to a Scottish Justice of the Teace, to have the ceremony performed. They stood very meekly under the operation, until the magistrate was laying the damsel under obligations to obey her husband. "Say o more atKUit that, sir," said the half-made husband; "if this hand remains upon this body, I'll make her obey me!'' Are e married yet?" said the exasperated maiden to the ratifier of covenants beiween man and woman. "No," said the wondering Justice. ' "Ahl very well," cried she, "we will finish the remainder to-morrow!" and away skipped the flHIllM i..n.rwltil..t:.. 1. Ii . -..uia.iiij; iierseii on her narrow escape. Prize Problem. 1 - If 5'j,' yards make a perch, how many will make a trout? II. If 2 hogsheads make ' a pipe, how many will make a Clear? III. If 2 jrallons make one peck, how many will make one thirsty ? If 1G drachms make a pennvweicht. how IV. how many will make a creditor wait? The Will of I-oiii-I-hillippe. A Paris correspondent of the London Atlas says that the will of the late King of the French was executed a short time before his abdication. and that his M ij-sty has acted like a kind and generous parenl. He has distributed his own fortune amongst his children so as to render their pecuniary positions as equal as possible after his death- thus the poor Duke de Nemours aud his rich brothers will all pretty nearly on a par. , ILT So great is the popular hatred of tlie Austrian Government in Italy, that a short time since, on some Austrian officers eutering the theatre nt P.rescia, a man rose in the pit, and exclaimed, "Let every true Itilian withdraw:" Wh-reunon all the spectators, except the Austrian officers and the governor, instantly quitted the hause. The FroeroH. Farmer. Mitch may be gathered from signs in this world, and an attentive observer ol them, has been setting down a few of them, as indicative ef a go d fanner. 1. Whn a farmer is seen marrying young, " . I it shows thiit Trovideuce helps those who help ,!,, melves, and that in future lie will have .1.. !.. ..t II -I- .1 ..rip m ii.'.m siuu, 1111,11 uiir. o When lights are burning in bis house hefore brenk ol day. in winter especially, It shows that the day will never break ou his break the winter of adversity ling iu 0. .. nr uu Mi, uirn larger man nis house, it shows that he will have large profits an, pl;, fil,ctiou. 3. When vou see his barn larger than his UA droll fellow was asked by an old lady ( to read the newspaper; and taking it up began J as follows: j "Last uight yesterday moraing, about two o I clock iu the afternoon before breakfast, a buni Pr' k' a''out forty yearsold, bought a fip cus- : tard for a levy, and threw it through a brick ' ...... , wall nine feet thick, aud jumpiDg over it broke , , ,. ,r v. .1 l . I j his ancle right off above the knee, fell into a 1 ' dry mill-poiiil and waa drowned. About forty! years after that on the same day, an old cat had nine turkey goblers, a high wiud blew Yankee Hoodie ou a fryiny pan, and knocked the old Dutch churn down and killed an old nw and two dead pigs at Hosting, where a oearand dumb ' ?i- r l man was Ulk.ng French to his aunt Teter." The old lady, taking a long breath, exclaimed, "Iu tell:''

THE FAIOIEIt.

".Tlorho- Hog. Mr. .Silas Stevens, of Half Day, Lake counfv, informs us that he has some hogs passing under this name, which he describe as very extraordinary auuimals. They attain their growth in about six months, and may then be fatted t weigh from 200 to 250 pounds without any difficulty. They possess extraordinary 1,-ngtfc of hoJy a sow now in hi, possession measuring five feet in length with remarkably short legs, bearing them scarcely six inches above th grou mi. They are perfectly symmetrical, very quiet in disposition, and furnishes pork of excellent flavor. Mr. Stephens states that the breed may be found in Broom and adjoining counties, N Y.,and that a fr-uim.n . "n. Tit ; 1 .. . Til hrA . . i n- h .h . . i . -imv.i ii ptMiirwnai rwwm io ; I -, in form and habit. j 11 powible that this breed may have been riscribed under another name, for we have at present no recollection of thic; and perhaps ether, of our readers may be acquainted with it. The advantage of skill and exactness in cheese making are well st forth in an address by Col. A. Petrie. before tho Tt.t:... ,t v . . "Some farmers make less than .100 pounds of cheese per cow in a season, w,il other, PKW b00. Perhaps some of this difference may be accounted for by the inequality of advsnfe. but I am of assured by a penile,,,.,,, in whose art we have the highest confidence, that there i. r great oitterence in the product per cow, when ... B0 vat"P- are equal. One case I will men. , tion: A gent'eman who had for four years madT - "1-uuuos per cow in a season, from a dairy of 2o cows, let out his dairv to . t.. mnra fiiun mi 1 . j whose reputation as a common cheese niake t was of iIia Hirho it , . . . . na observed that tho tenants cheese were smaller and lighter than .i . ... njjnmr man thev EhnnM l.A . .. J , r, ou Mispecnng the cause, watched his mode of making them, and found it to bo hke that of nearly all the cheese makers in the country-by guess. The milk was tempered, and set, th. curd scalded without a thermometer, and less care was taken in other parU ef the process than he was accustomed to. He attempted to teach the tenant, who was rather prejudged to "book farming"remir,dd him of the reputation; the landlord, however, made a few cheese himself, and the tenant looked on. These were found to be larger and heavier than the cheeae made by the tenant. The tenant then adopted the improved mode, and ho could make as large a cheese as his friend. Both gentlemen now agree, that the improved mode increased the amount 10 per cent. Now the tenant was evidently more than an ordinary cheese maker, for he would have made over 400 pounds per cow during the season, bnt by the improves! mode he made over 000, Prrwr ration offjrnpr. A writer in the Horticulturist gives hi. mode or preserving grapes for winter uw as follows. "At my farm, a few miles from the city, I ...... o.. ....use. wen constructed, which keep. a supply f ice lroUffh the wio!e yw Jn this I practice one mode of preserving grapes. This mode is applied to those which I wis!, for more immediate use, say fr0m the season of frasts till near Christmas. I have, in this house, a series of open shelves, made of thin and narrow strip, of pine, so s to form slender lattices. As soon us there ie dan-g-rofa frost which might injure the grape (iu general early in October,) 1 have the grapes for tins purpose carefully picked, and la.d in single layers ou these lattice .helves ia the ice house. There the temperature is so low and regular, that no perceptible change takes ,,aCe for a longt.me, and I am therefore able to supply my table every day with grapes, as fresh, to all apItearance, as when picked, for a month or six weeks after they are usually to be had in market. The second mode is calculated to preserve them for a longer time. By j,s means, I usually have a good supply from Christina to March, and have once or twice kept them quite sound till April. It is very simple. The grapes should be gathered a little before full maturity say the last of September here. A fine windy day should be chosen, and the fruit be picked and packed away, quite dry, as upon this depeud. their keeping well. You should be provided with a proper number of small boxes, holding about a peck each, grape jars, or champaigne baskets the latter answer the purpose well, if lined loosely with paper defore using them. I put a layer of cotton in the bottom, and then a layer or grapes, and so alternately till the box is foil; I then cover with a layer of cotton, ml fasten the cover down with nails or otherwife. I do not find it best to endeavor to exclude th air entirely. Decay takes place sooner when that is done. For the same reason I have found it better to choose small boxes, such as may be ottened every week, as vmiJ f..- .,.. .. .i. . ,. . ' , ' ,olu tll.-lll lartrM. nr.ua Inftarurr of (he "roon That the mooii affects the tide, and in like manner atlracis the water of the clouds, all ought to know; hut if any think it ex-rt a controlling influence over the weather, or the growth of vegetation, it is well to remind ttem of the result to which the late Dr. Olber.. the distinguished salronomer of Germany who discovered the planets Pallas and Vesta,) waa led by an examination, founded ou careful meteorological observations for fifty years in different countries. "I believe," he says."ih it I have demonstrated that the influence of the moon npon the weather is so small, that it is totally lost amid the great variety of other forces and causes which change the etaU of our atmosphere and that its oretended influence nn mi. i mats, or plants, u all of it due to illusion and pre ndjo, "ua ir-pw-k t k r ' singing, now away up aud now away down tossing their head, and rolling their eyee,"i i think, well Miss, if you knewwhat folks thought f Jl" y0U d phut yo,,r rooutnJ1 ., ,,ru 1 "r " lady a'-olding till every i room itngs; or tatthug from house to house or j waudal-mongering; I think, Ah, my bvly; with "H your schooling, vnu nctcr lrte.i !, to shat your mouth.