Indiana American, Volume 16, Number 18, Brookville, Franklin County, 28 April 1848 — Page 1

HMIMAWA

CAJSi OUR COlsrilT-OCR COl'XTRT S INTERfcSTS-AND OVK COWNTRVS FRIEND. BY C. F. CLAUIvSOX. nitOOKVILLK, IXIHAXA. FRIDAY. APRIL 28. 1S4S. VOL. XVI XO. 18.

AMJEISI

RELIGIOUS.

From the New York Tribune. Letten frMt Ilea. J. Q. Adam to his watfce Bible and its Tntrhijr- 5. ta the promise with which my last letter to .u ri-i. . . ij i ...J.. I. I

v ... ! should not only have survived the wreck of a tuk from the performance of which I havei,., M , . , . , , , . : those empires, but remain to tins day rules of

been hitherto deterred bv lts Tery n,Bnita j nd importance: the more i reneciea upon me subject, the more sensibly did I feel my incomoetency to do it justice, and by a weakness so! . . . eommon in the world from the apprehension of ln.bimvtoomplUh.smchLlought,I hav. hitherto withheld from the attempt to ac- ... ... , ' . i

year has elapsed, leaving me still burdened with: ,, " , r " " , ' ,. ; all the writings of profane antiquity put togeththe load of mv promise; and in now undertaking' , . ? ', , . to discharge i't, I must premise that vouar civ' f ' Cinh- T1,e m i to expect the desultory and indigested thoughts'. I"" MoSeS 0,0 mon rt"k,nS "d hr .. u . . .., f. , . , I oea their wisdom appear. It would be a labo-1 which I have not the means of combining into a1 . . " . , i tegular and svstem.tic work, t .hall not en- " invesi,iSa,i"- U tangle myself in the controversy which haa! T c!asS,f5callon ,ik lhat of I sometime, been discussed with a temper not' of Justinian or the Commentaries ) Yery congenial either to the nature of the ques- f Blackslonp. lhe Code of Moses, which tionit.lf0rthenndn,,blednrinrilK,ofrhrU- ien,l,racesnoton,',,U ,he "'y subjects of

ti.Bitv wh.her ih-RiKI. i;k. .11 nil,.-.- 1 of morality, lays the ultimate basis cf all human duties in eelf-love, or whether it enjoins duties onthrinrml.fn.,f. . ,)U!ni.iJ h.. l"'

nerolence. Whether the oblivions are MUC. i11 me tM fer Pnl purpose, which tinned by a promise of reward or a menace of:" mere'-v ,0 eoniUer the Bible as a system or punUhment, the ultimate motive for its fulfil-'0? 7 '' M lherefore no,ice tW Parls of inent may justly be attributed to the selfish con-,,helarWhichniSy U P"ticu'ar,.v to

.U.r.t;nn. P., it A. .:ii -r n... - uu... V'Ul' tt.. . VI .III; ..111 VI VTVll . . , , , , ... , b the universal and only foundation of all mor.i j, . .. j at duty, special injunctions may be binding up-! ... - " , .... n the consciences of men, although their per-: formance should not be secured either by the . ., impnlse of hope or fear. The law given from ' Sinai was a civil and municipal as well as a moral and religious code; it contained many statutes adapted to that time only, and to the particular circumstances of the nation to whom it waa given; they could of course be binding upon them, and nntv trnnn tfim nniri .l.mt.1 v... the same authority which enacts them, as thev afterward were by the Christian dispensation: bnt many others were of universal application laws essential to the existence of men in society, and most of which have been enacted by ' every nation, which ever professed any code of laws. Bnt the Levitical was given by God himelf; it extended to a great variety o objects of Indefinite importance to the welfare of men, but Which could not come within lWMrUfh.,.

man legislation; it combine.! the temporal and maa VirtUe- Nelt ,0 ,h tiuties oward t!le Crepiritual authorities together, and regulated not ft0r' U'al f honor'D? the farl!,ly parents is en- .... ininAit- it i. a ,1 . ..... .

only the acUons but the passions of those to whom it wasgiven. Human legislators can und.rtake only to prescribe the actions of men: they acknowledge their inability to govern and direct the aentimenU of the heHr ihe rr Itself is rule of civil conduct, not of internal principles, and there is no crime in the power or an individual to perpetrate which he may not design, projret and fully intend without inmrring guilt in the eye of human law. It is one of the greatest marks of Divine favor bestowed fc. . .....,n., v,t iii.r Id.Ur UWluWPO pen the children of Israel, that the Legislator gave them rules not only of action but Tor the government of the heart. There were occasionally a few short sententious principles of morality issued from the oracles ofGreecc; among them, and undoubtedly the most excellent of them, was that of seir-knowledge, which one of the purest moralists and finest poets of Rome expressly says came from Heaven. But if you would remark the distinguishing characteristics between true and false religion, compare the manner in which the ten commandments were proclaimed by the voice of the Almighty God, from Mount Sinai, with thunder and lightning, and earthquake, by the sound of the trumpet,

andinthe hearing of six thousand souls, with';Waros i,s punishments, had reference only to the studied secrecy and mystery and mummery present 1,fe""d 't had no injunctions of positive with which the Delphic and other oracles of the beneficence toward our neighbors. Of these the Grecian gods were delivered. The miraculous ,aw was not entirely destitute in its other pans; Interpositions of Divine power recorded in every but' K)tn iu t,lis respect and in the other, it was part of the Bible, are invariably marked with Percted by Him who brought life and grandeur and sublimity worthy or the Creator i,nmor,aIi,y to light in the Gospel. Upon which of the world, and berore which the gods 0r Ho- 9uh-iect 'ott shaU hear more mer, not excepting his Jupiter, dwindle into the j From your afr,l;onate Father, most contemptible pigmies; but on no occasion JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, waa the manifestation or the Deity so solemn, so J (tj- If what vou have reTeTed from God vou awful, so calculated to make indelible Impres- share to the poor, vou thereby gain a blessingions upon the imaginations and souls of the but ir what you have taken from the poor, vou' mortals to whom He revealed Himseir, es when give to God, vou purchase thereby a curs--" for He appeared in the character of their Lawgiver, he that puts the pious usury, robs the spiritual The law thus dispensed was, however, imper- to build a hospital; and the" cry or the one will

; ii wm ursuuea 10 ue parity suspended ana improvea into aosoiute pertection many agesaf. . 1 U .1 rr i .. wrw.ru U) uo oppcamuce ouesus jurist upon arm. TT i. :..M r : - n '" JUUK" "l "w"cul" " ttm of laws, it mart be compared with human code which existed or were promulgated at nearly the same age or the world in other na- 1 Uona. Remember that the Law was given 1,490 year before ChrUt was born, at the time the Assyrian and Egyptian monarchies existed: but; of their government and laws we know scarcely anything save what is collected from the Bible w. ... ,.u ! r..j state, at tne same period, little more is known. ' r . . i The Prewdent Gorget, in a very elaborate and Ingenious work on the origin of letters, arts and1 sciences amone the ancient nations, savs. that 1 'the maxims, the civil and political laws of these - i people are absolutely unknown; that not even an idea of them can be formed, with the single , wcvpuoB 01 me ijycians, 01 wnom tierocotus ... ,,.,.. , . m .1 T t. A I , . r , , " , w.... x ui wiuio Bumur conirasis me total darkness and oblivion into which all the iustitutions of these mighty empires have failen, with tho fall nees and clearnes and admirable compoeition of the Hebrew code, which haa not only descended to us entire, but still continues the national code of the Jews, (scattered as they are er the whole face of the earth,) and enter, so largely into the legislation of almost every civilised nation upon the globe. He observes "that these law. have been prescribed by God himself: the merely human law. of other cotemporary nations cannot bear any comparison with them." But my motive in forming the comparison, is to present to your reflections as a proof and to tny mind a very strong proor of the reality of their divine origin: for how Is it that the whole system of government and administration, the maniclpal, political, ecclesiastical, military and moral laws and institutions which bound in society the numberless myriads of human beings who formed for many tk endive ag the Ma-

l""""" ... have perished entirety mil been obliterated from the memory of mankind, while the laws of a

'paltry tribe of shepherds, characterised by Tajcilus, and the sneering infidelity of Gibbon, as the most despised portion of their slaves," faith and practice to every enlightened nation i of tlie world, and perishable only with it? The ,,. ,, . . .., , . reason is obvious: it is their intrinsic excellence ; .... ... , i '.luiiiuasmra-MTO uirni ironi ue uesirumon ; ...,,,.. . , , ,, i - Wh,C,al,ihe' T1,e i V f S uiscios mom suviime truths more maxims esCji 1 1 nil t tlllUH In lha hann naea nF mn ll.nn Legislation together with the principles of reliK " mmm DUl ,aws 01 .as.asticai o,- j rections concerning the minutest actions and mis, nowever, wonia v-ul "u nl pseui musi conune myseu to at . . a lew remarks upon tne decaovue itself, which. ... , p "-.i, , having been spoken by the voice, and twice . . J written upon the stone tables by the finder of , , , 3 " ' '""s e cousn.emi as me loundaiion of t!ie .whole system of the ten commandments, em phatically so called, for the extraordinary ami miraculous distinction bv which thev were mulirated. The first four fifth and tenth are nromrlv n,t '.!.- al and domestic rules; the other four are of the criminal department of municipal laws: the uuily f 'l" Go,!he!1,, Prohibition of making graven images to worship; that or taking lightly (or in vain as the English translation expresses it) the name or th Deity, and the injunction to , N"""1 M a da? HRod and set T lh WOrhip' Were aU iatM iu" "'",e the verence for the one only and true : C,od - that profound and penetrating sentiment "'P" wh;ch' in " former letter, I urge,! as the ; great and only immovable foundation of all huJ ' rveT individual owes , lhe Rreatesl obligations, and to them that he is j conse1uent,y bound by the first and strongest! f a11 arlh,y lies- Th following commands, i aPP!-v,I,g l relations between man and his ! fe!,PW mortaIs. arell negative, as their applicaU" WM uuiversa'. to every human being: it was not ",1,,ired that any positive nets of benevo- j 'nc wwjr.1 thtm should be performed; but on- I ,y ,0 a-staiB rro'" wronging them, either: 1st in ,,"ir Persons; 2d in their property; 3d in - v v i i ( u III j the'r coniUB rights; 4lh in their good name: ' after w,'ich, all the es.-ential enjoyments of life j g thus guarded against voluntary injury, the tenlh "n,, c,osing commandment goes to the Very 80Urce f all human actions the heart "nd Posi,ive,y forbids all those desires which first prompt and ,ead to everJ' transgression upon . . ProPe"X no- righl of our rehow-creatures. aill indeed Would be the innd .I. ..: .... , rl tings of profane antiquity, (not merely of that remote antiquity, but even in the most refined and philosophical ages of Greece and Rome,) to find so broad, so complete and so solid a basis for morality as this decalogue lays down. Yet I have said it was imperfect its sanctions, its reoutplead the prayers or the other -V " -urilllB v.....!; ui ninis . reierted hv t;, n :. : . i r . . .... . done only to be seen of men; or it i I is so far re- . . jected, as it is tinctured with tht,t ,i..;..l... our Savior fold the Pharisees, they had already their reward. He that rears God truly, serves him faithfully, loves him entirely, prays unto him devoutly,' and distributes to the poor liberally. The fear of God is the greatest treasure of the heart of man; it will be attended with wisdom, justice, oeace. iov. rfi., sweet plenty, and spotless glory. To. ... i..,-. , tet us BJwajs remember Gd is omnipresent; if po nn ,. irMl.AB ,. s ,,, ' down into MIi IIe j8 lh(re m ,n e formr l .: it:. :c:. ... .' ' i ti a ii in luiiiiiit- hip rr in in lui ia j in , nai vengeance. t lake no pleasure in the favor of an idiot, nor jin the frenzy of a lunatic, nor in the frenzy o 1. ,)rnnlr.rrt. m,i. ti,m ,k i.- . t I aranarJ, make them the objects of your pity, nl of your pastime; when you behold them, reflt b( w much you are beholden to Him that suffered you not to be like them; there U nodifference between you and them, but God's favor. It is dangerous to jest with God, death, or the devil; for the first neither can nor will be mocked; the second mocks all men some time or other; and tne third an eternal sarcasm on those that are too familiar with him. There is no real felicity for man, but in reforming all his errors and vices, and entering upon a strict and constant course of virtue. This only makea life comfortable, renders death serene and peaceful, and secures, through Christ, eternal joy and blessedness hereafter. XTThe word "apple" in the book of Genesis should have been translated "citron," according . Ti n 11 . 10 vr. 1 ar&nursi. tCTThe Peace Society has issued a circular which terminates thus: " Arbitration is friend lywise easy and cheap, foolish diilicult and dear." War Is fiendish

FUX AX I) FANCY

Oarrnl l'n. The Chicago Journal says: "General Cass has written a letter three columns long in favor of extending slavery, while the one to the Chicago Convention, in relation to River and Lake improvements contained only six lines." This is hardly fair; Cass's letter to the Chicago Conven- I jtionwas encored, and read twice. Give me , di his J iue. XJ lawvi rA lawyer, now decease.!, a celebrated wae. was nleiili nir lwf.- -?il. T.. 1 -.u 1 leading inlore acotcli Judfre.with whom h " most intimate terms, and 1 mppeniaSl h cl !frndant in action j of the name oFTickle, he commenced his speech ,n lne roimf,g s,ra": "Tickle, mv client th J.Ln.I.ni ... 1 y cnenl l ,B "eiendant, my lord." The auditors were almost driven Into hysterf latter by the Ju Jge wplyine:"Tickle her vnnra-'f ,-.,... . n n . icsie ner yourse. t, joureas well able to do itM I ' A rlr.dlT nn.l Announcing the Pros,ct of Democratic Cam-pa-gn papera, to be published at Washington. the Louisville Journal, with its wan'ed candor li . lhat might have satisfied Dr. Johnson himself. ! so -loveo a good hater-thus ven.s itself: The association will have its campaign paper . tvnt.,,e win nave his, and these two campaigners will hate each other like cat and )og, and some first rate growling, caterwauling, , t,n scratchi"R "'ay be expected. May th Devil sharpen their teeth and claws. - - - r .r,-i ..ni..D8. VA" R...I r.n !.. ... . c .in. i n.rr luuun in me uostoii Llironotype, of the 2.h1i ult , the editor of which is a shrewd man but a very visionary one. Th? paragraph is editorial: A discovery of Trof. Bronson in regard to that sublime optical instrument, the human e-ve "s siini,,e practical as it is philosophical is exciting much attention and interest in I Hccity. By a very easy and painless external ! rPration, he is ensbled to relieve those ilef,i t4 wh,ch ca!l f,,r e,a,s's1 both the concaw and cone, ami ooui young people and old ones find themselves able to lay aide their spectacles. Jur faith in this discovery is so full, that we ommend to all to whom siHit is valuable and ! n" LLUK-'au iiiniu, eii.eiic,io see nis card 111 our columns and resort to Prof. Bronson. An exchange paper gives the following effusion or some inspired poet. I kissed the tiny hand I held, I pressed the fairy form, I vowed I'd shield h.-r from the blast, And from the world's cold storm: She raised her melting eyes to mine, They were filled w ith drops or wo, With quivering lip she faintly said "Now darn ye let me go!" r.l .l... : : . . . An Irishman went asquirrel hunting. With Pun ,oa'ied to the murzle, Tat . blai-d away, off went tl,e squirrel chirping away in the top or a h'6h tree n,i down went the Irishman whom '. tne Bun nad knocked flat upon his back. Pat nn irini,tU,nm,l .;.,;., :.. . 6 oi.iiuj. a..av in ueris- 1 ion of his bounded antagonist, angrily exclaim f. ,T . i .1 . ii ed "And faith ir ye'd been at my end or the gun, devi' the bit would ye chirrup so!" Buffalo Advocate l.o.l Time. I tl. rew a bubble to the sea, A billow caught it hastily; Another billow quickly came, Successfully the prize to claim; From wave to wave, unchecked it passed, Till tossed upon a strand at last. Thus glide unto au unknown shore, Those golden moments we deplore; Those moments which, not thrown awav, Might win for us eternal day. ITiryou are desperately enamored oTa pretty race, be sure to see it at the breakrast table. This remedy has been oHon taken with success. I'pitnph. Here lies that part oT C. B. L. That hampered him from doing well; Here lies that film or muddy clay, Which kept the light or heaven away. H all his faults thou can'st not brook, Into his heart a moment look: If still to judge him thou incline, O, unforgiving, look in t!iine! UFA western preacher observing one Sunday that a considerabls numberofhis congregation were crowding the outside seats, where a better opportunity to stare, whisper, and disregard the solemn services, whilo the front seats were vaant, addressed them in the following eewntric j style: "Young ladies and geutleman, you have no doubt heard it remarked by farmers that the : Anici.U .Am. r .I..... : i...:. c.1.1- .. r u... . Mmnic i v .. o vi vuii. in mrii iic-1119 was VI UUI ,. , , . tune value, tne squirrels generaly destroying1 them; so it may be with you on the outside there, the devil may come along when you are not aware, and grab some or you in the outer, rows and destroy you, as the squirrels do the! corn. Some orthe young ladies are good look-; ing, aud wish to be considered respectable and j young men like to have a good name therefore J , , j , . s , let me kindly inv.teyou to come up among the good corn ... the front rows, and you will be much more respected The young Ud.es rushed to the Trent seals, and the young men soon fol - lowed, and the preacher had no more difficulty afterwards j inr Moriu. - . . i Ther. mar ..!.',.. than ri.. more joy , than pain more love than hate more smiles than tears, in the world. Those who say to the ... , , , contrary we should not choose for our friend or companions. The good heart, the tender feelings.and the pleasant disposition, makes smiles, love, and sunshine evry where. A word spoken pleasantly is a large spot or sunshine on the sad j heart who has not seen its effects? A smile is like the bursting out or the sua behind a cloud to him who thought he had no friend in the i wide world. The tear or affection, how brightj ly it shines along the dark path of life! A ihou1 sand gems make a milky way on earth, more glorious thau the glorious cluster over our heads. j "Drink what is clear, And eat what is new. Conceal what you hear, And speak what is true.". Book learning. "Wealth may flee, aud friends deceive us, I Love may change its sunny look f.. . jjut those treasures never leave us, Which we garner iu from books."STIn China a man condemned to death can pro core a substitute by paying about three

hundred dollars.

lit 'rm Again. W e admire the following independent resolution passed by the Temperance Ladies of Georgia. A few more such licks will bring the boys to their senses, sure:

"Resolved. that we hold dninknn n,t ;t. votaries in utter scorn; that moderate drinkers lack but time to become drunkards, and deserve i to ! iliimiu..j i. ......... i mi .... ..,.,1Vj, u uj us, auu wo win never j i .i . A ... iwionie me wives ol men. not members or this Cold Water Army." SCTRulheirre said to Talleyrand "I know not why I am called wicked, for I never in the whole course of my life performed but one actofwickedtiess." "But when," replied Talleyraud, "will this act be at an eud." EFWhat a mysterious thing i a blush, that A QiHitIa ...nv.l n t..l- til I I ,vlln. ura mmiinii enouin fena i.,,..... nini nun name carnation over the cl.erk, like soft tints of a summer sunset! Strano-e too. H...I ;. :, i .u r.. ..... , . ........ ..I., , K,,r- idu--me iiiiman lace mall is capable of Mushing! The bander foot does 1 not torn red itt, .o,i.- . ...v.. liiuuv.-n vi oiiuiiiv tiuj- tliur . than the glove or sock wh t'ie face that U in heaven! ch covers it. . It I There mav be traced tl"" intellectual phenomena with confidence amounting to a moral certainty. Fu n n -3rt1 pit t. 0!grims cesded, that gudol sole, Wenere shalsey im ore; E uzd 2 ware anole gracote, Ollbut n'd doit u bl. IT'Did it rain, tomorrow?' asked Xoggs. '1 guess it was, replied Bdl. A lively country girl had a bashful lover whose name was Locke. She got out of patience with hiinat last, and in her anger declared that Miakspeare had not said half as many bad things as he ought about fhy Locke. A (Jooil Definition. A boy was asked what meekness was. He thought a moment and said 'Meekness gives sm0011' ans" rough questions Liability of Iltri-iitn. It has beeu decided in one of the Xew York Courts, that a physician, when once employed luuuena n pauent, cannot altervvards with craw 1 himself, without giving due notice to the patient, 1 Muses to take his prestations ... 1 frrJohn Djnkey says, formerly the seat of i the French king was spelt t-h-r-o-n-e; but since j the article was pitched out of the Tuilleres win- ' dow, we write it t-h-r-o-w-n. The I,nl King. The Presse gives the following as an extract from a Harve letter: "M.R.- -, one ofmy friends, was present ' at the embarkation of the ex-King in a fishing- . , Tl . , . e , : boat oil Thursday last. hen on the point of quitting the French soil, Louis Tliillippe turned toward R and said ,, n I I" ' ii.iiu iu? ivrut.iMii; frankly and sincerely, Tor I carry with me the .1.1111 .uu11.111.11 , , auu 1 nuau nesruo wiin 11 to ... . ...... t . - . ' . I'ron.i AT.... 1 t.l...ll I . . -.1 . . Adieu , ' me lomo. i nave been the last Kunrnf i r.mei.. ' O-On a beautiful summer's day a clergyman ' was called on t.i preach in a town in Indiana, tn . ' , n Vnllll!, I ncnniinl I ,..ll j 6 lT,..Ta. K,rpu,uU. mine ciose of the discourse he addressed his young hearers iu such words as these. Jlnxim. for I.ovrr.. Love takes deepest root in lhe steadiest mind, It is a degree or impurity in a woman to love a sensual man. True love is ever accompanied with fear and reverence. Platonic love is Tlato'iic nonsense. The prooror true love is respect, not freedom, !.. r. C. . r r . . . . . UU,OT impressions ougm lobe trusted orencouraged in love. A lady can have but small hopes or a lover, over whom his own worthy relations cau have no influence. The more ardent a man is, while a lover, the more indifferent he will I. ,,r,,ll,l.- i.. is a husband. Pride and vanity are often the cnumo ri r . , Respectful love iusoires nol.le nriinn. larringr. It U neither just nor honest to marry, where there can be no love. Marriage, with tho best prasnects is a very sol emn engngement; enough to m.'ike n young -ni.t.in.'l..rti...,.l,l. iiiiun .1.. ,i.:..i :

ously or it. j Court, was opposed by me. 1 cs of ,he cil'- During the past three months j Marryfirstiandlovewillcomearter.isashork-i It was my impression that this Court or In- lhn v"XcUme" ''d taken into custody, 2.412 ing assertion; since a thousand things may hap- l"ry grew out or private animosities among Persons; of this number 61(6 were females. ; pen to make the st ,te but birely tolerable", even "" the officers-that it was entirely inex- T,,er" 1,ad Wn 100 robberies committed in the ! when it is entered into with mutual affection. ; pedient. and not connected with the good or in- MIT,e en&h f time, to the amount of 9.M6 dolj How unhappy must that marriage be, in which terest of the service; hence the reason, mo-t 1,1 aidil'On t0 the arrests by the Watch, the husband can have no confidence in theaffec- probably, why the result or its examination was da' p' ,,ce ,,aJ maJe 634 are'it!, Ti,is wo,,l', tion on.is wire! not forwarded to my Head Quarters, or to the mke "nnui"y 80 '"t f.M1? arrests by watchj How much easier and pieasanter it is for a ' Wr ( Iff., o, at Washington. mpn ''V lhf d".V police; and robberies to woman to obey the manor her choice, than1 'ith the supplemental letter of Gen. Une, of. a""U!'1 ,n,ount of 40,000 dollars. And all one she would not have married could she have M l- ,n. wr.llen, as is st.ted, to correct tl,is ' on,y ,he detected crime. What, then,

avoided it. Invectives against marriage are a reflection upon the laws and good order of society. Marri ige is the highest stale or friendship. p ' in p. ! , ...... , , . . i has a flight notion or the matrimonial duties smj wi un J n jg ; ma) ( w n - , P ....... ' . , , im iiKiiici niiuiu tun. V, 1. 1. til II IllUmeS. W nO V .,il. - I. ..... Ex ailed qualities may be sunk in low ai un unequal marrisge. 07-There were fivehundre,! and ninety-nine . 1..1 . . . . .. ; i passeu ai me recent session ol our L.eg.slatare. All those of a ceneral nature have been 1 published in tho Journal. A new wnj lo keep dry. I say, Jim, said a ploughboy to his companion, I know a fashion to keep out the wet,' Whatsthal?' 'Why, if you e it a red herring for breakrast you'll be dry all day. 1 The MrhMlraastrr W.tntrd. The following note was picked up near the Boston Custom House the other day: "Dear bob. Eye have two in form u that wee shall dead eye Cate our knew haul nex fry day the 22 J ultimo at won o Mock: Due be ou hand urlev. Yours til for bid, Cefus Klark. p. S. iff ruth has dun them air stockins bring um with U. O A colored woman fell from a three story window, at New Orleans, on the 4th inst., but a'ighlingou her head, she picked herself up. and walked oph as ir nothing had happened, and without stopping to see the injury done to the-sidewalk-tt.iLr.... .1,. t -. Albiou, "are now butchered under the influence

Ofcblorefortnanddieinbltaa."

Til II TIMES.

Tlw sVrond Indiana Rrgiinrnt ! We thiuk some of the I ndiaua officers, who . have been so raving about Gen. Taylor's inius,ice to l,le 2d Iud. Rejrimeut. will soon beirin to hide themselves. Below will be found a letter from Gen' Ta lor in reply to one from Hon. Geo. G. Dunn. It v,l:,in f;,i r..,t.i ' .u,,, auu ti,,H,ij nil ilia ,l;fr.si..li i .t. . .... . 1 """"lun maner. i nose who still continue to blame Gen. Taylor can not even' have the cloak of ignorance to screen them. If they still contiuue to charge him, it is throuEh corrupt and malicious motives. His letter is as follows: liru. Tnjlor' Urplv. Baton Rouge, La., March M, 31 V Dear Sir: Your communication, under . 12, 1?J. accompanied by an intro - .).,,. i- 1 . 'iic vi i eu ductory communication from the Hon. Mr. j Crittenden, have been v r,,,('"0',l. "e been duly received ti, k' ... J '! "J TT T. I ' 1 " ' mucn sooner, but for visit ol some weeks up the river, which has pre vented an earlier consideration and replv. Fl' P. I T". Mnlt'ini. .1 : . , ' . . . I -I- ., i-, inrv 11 j , iu several particular points touched upon in your letter, permit me to say, in general terms, in reference to the current impression, that my official Report had none great injustice to the Second Regiment of Indiana Volunteers, that nothing has been developed, since the date of that report, and no statement in an official shape has been made to me, which, in my judgment, uflVcts its accuracy, saving only in the case of the offi ial reports (supplemental) of Gen. Line, of the 3d, 5ih, and 24th of March, 1SJ7, and which, as they were forwarded to the War Department at Washington, were deemed sufficient correction to my own, without burdening that office with additional reports. You are right in the supposition that personal observation 011 the field, ami reports nf subordinate commanders, are the proper and only basis upon which a commanding General can frame his reports. My official statement of the conduct 01 the ditl- rent corps at the battle of Buena Vista, was made strictly in accordance ... .. . ... un this principle, and so far as the conduct of t,le Serond Indiana Regiment was reported to ,ne' omiiUvi my own observation, inmost ra's sustains the truth and accuracy or these reports From the moment that personal crimination and recrimination began to pass between some of the officers, I advised, as often as opportunity ..mi, . ..c nu.iiii.ii 01 noiinng in relation , ,!, ., , e . . . n I7 -egimeni. or as to who was, and who was not most to bame. I ... 1 .1 . , iitii. nnirii inni M.i-ri a movemenr wm.iii nn v y.; w uir liriiiinu nU U 1 1 Idlr. C1.1. I truly regret that such forbearance did . net supgest itself to those interested. ri - 1. , . . Tl,p C '"ant character of the citizens of T.idi- . , . . . . . I ana, t nave good reason and good opportunities ilo know and annreemte. In il.ia ilmv n surpassed l,v any State in the I nion. Mv rn. fi'onro i 5.i d..: . rr men. was still maintained after the reverse or the 2.1d, Tor I remembered that in all armies, ti e j best and most experienced troops have at times been most unaccountably subject, and yielded lo i temporary panics, by no means compromising '. their reputation for bravery. I had resolved, anu expressed the determination, to nlare that .... 1 .v. . v..ihi iit-ii,-i., viucer auu Regiment in action the following day, had ths enemy resumed his attack, in the full convic tion that the officers huJ men, unitedly and mdividual!)-, would hare acquitted themselves ; ... ... wiui steadiness and gallantry. This belief I . have always maintained. With these remarks I now refer to the several points dwelt upon in your letter. On reference to the records of oflW-l nn.

, in the office of my Adjutant General, I find no'' , ' U Sum,ny wuiK. at ! evident that tl,. .,...ii. r ..... r- rtU remont Temple. He stated that there

- i" - i v-viiii i ui - Innuirv, instituted at the reouest rne I .., were ent to me. To the best of mv r.-rnll- " " ! tion. thev certainly were not. In tin. ul.oii r ! Major Bliss, my Adjutant General, I cannot ' Pp3k '""re positively. The order constituting I the Court was issued by Gen. Wool, and as it ' originated at his Head Quarters, its proceedings, he probably conceived, not necessary to be sent to me. Ili4 rnurw. I.n-.r. ii. .r.L, j the disposition o do injustice to Indiana, I have ' nothing to do. It was not, and could not be 1 termed, a Report, either supplemental or otherwise; hence the reason why you did not find it ' nn re.iril ill tl... U nr 111 k. I. r.rsl mt m.. t - - . .-..-. , m iii, in , ! .... ; t.. ..,.i.,..,., r . ,ee 1,1 the columns or a newspaper. i After th, filldi of farl9 b ie Collrt of ,. I qnify ,,,, t;r Une ow.n . Report demamled correCtioll, he wouU, it wn)s fair to suo.mse. have ..di , ..n.l.m..i.l 1 " i i report, as in the cases of the 3d, 5th, and 24th of March, directly to Gen. Wool. No such correciive statement was, so far as I know, ever made. Without such a statement, either from him or Gen. Wool, tl.ere could be 110 warrant for a change in my own detailed Report. Under such a state of offirial facts, which have notsubseque.it'y been affected, by supple I mental official Reports, it is not to he expected

that I should address a corrective Report to the CM"a 10 aD0Ul -"" P,ac our,"& ,a" u,r War Department, affecting auy portion or the "'o"11" to quell drunken riots. The city govorigiual. Such a report must be based upon or- ernment had trie,! to check this; one tnan had ficial data, nrooerlv rendered, else it can be or P"id nine fine8 in many m0011"; bnt the

no avail. In my detailed Report the word "ordered" should be replaced by that ol "intended," agreeably to the supplemental Report or Gen. Lane, or Ma-ch 24th. It was thought sufficient rectification to forward this report or Gen. Lane to the War Office, for the original statement iu . r.,..j.j k:. ,.i ill y vnu i tjfiii 1 w no iu u mini u jr-' 11 1119 v ea 1114 whatever correction he made in his report must nectssarily, in this particular, affect mine also. By a non-erasure in the original word in my repoit, (au erasure that could only be accomplishi fd by a subsequent report,) it was the rarthest from my intention to convey any inference i whatever, moch less to express, that the Iodi troops, when in line, show! any indisposi

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! The better relation of occurrences at the bat-! My Wife and Cow. tie of Buena Vista, so far as the Indiana Brigade! An honest peasant having settle! iu a little Is concerned, would have been more plainly es- village, and by his good conduct gained the established, had Gen. Lane followed, immediately teem of aI1 h neighbors, had the misfortune to

after the battle, the custom of the service, in cal,in on fcis subordinates for reports of the operatioug and services of their Regiments. It is notorious that Col. Bowles has never mr! j omnia! rennrf nf ih .:!. .- . ' " r' regiment 1 ,n ,he ac,ion. while the report of Col. Lano was made more tnan lhreo uiouths subsequently . t0 lh,:te pf he battle. It is possible that a report made by Col. Bowles even at this late date, might tend much to exenerate his regiment and himself from unjust linputations; and I am ready to re-eive and forj ward ,0 He War Department, as official, auy re- , PPrt of ,nat character which he may address to

In regard to the difficulties that occurred in' "Gracious heaven!" exclaimed the unfortntlie second Regiment, it may not be amiss, in nate maD "w,'at a country do I live in! my this connection, to observe that Col. Bowles wife ls dead, and you tell me that I may easily called 011 me, when on his march out of Mexico SUPP,V ner P1"" if I 'H accept your offers, but with his regiment, in much distress of mind at' wllen ,Iiy cow diedi not one of you offered me the attack which had just been made upon him. ; "nomer." He remarked to me, that the want of efficient PrnioBFrH Tree, drill and discipline iu his regiment, was due We may not be able to give any satufactory much to his own personal difficulties with Gen. j reasons for preferring May to March for trimLane that his absence from his regiment (made ming apple trees. Most farmers, however, anecessary for a personal visit to Indiana, to es- gree that the sooner the wound is healed the tabhsh his claim to the command of it, a claim belter, and that it is not of service to draw forth which had been denied to him by Gen. Lane,) , much sap at the wound. Now, it is certain was the cause, in a very great measure, of its , that a wound never begius to heal till the tree imperfect drill and discipline, and his own im- ; has put forth its leaf. It has no means to form .....r.. I. I - J r . . ' . .....

niiuwirugeoi me customs and require-; menu of the service. I In my official report, I was as forbearing iu narrating the conduct of the second ludiana Re- , giment as it was possible to be, under the solemn duty to render exartjusticetoall engaged iuthe! battle; and I assure you, sir, lean reproach my- ! self with no act of injustice, written or implied, committed by my agency, towards any corps or individual. Willing as I am to add anything to my report which, to dojust.ee to any, shall come before me in proper form, it will nevertheless be readily believed, that I never will make any statement at variance with propriety and a just and strict sense of duty. I certainly have every inducement to go as far in the effort to exonerate the Indiana troops , from censure as I would in the case or the troops j or any State which has served with me during ! l'"1 war. I feel warmlv mtach.l i.. th. .1 - . ! and her sons, by ties which were woven in my earliest service. Early associations, and a friendly regard for her citizens, have always attached me to her, and in her good name and prosperity I feel deeply interested. It has been my aim, in this reply to your enquiries, to give my candid opinion, so far as I have deemed it proper; and it has been my wish and endeavor, to make my reply as satisfactory to yourself and the State as is consistent with truth and propiiety. With sentiments of high regard and esteem, I am, deal sir, your most obedient servant. Z. TAYLOR. Hon. Geo. G. Don, Washington, D. C. Immoral & Druiitntr Conditio oflhr Ent. The following facts, whk-h are given iu the Boston Traveller, call loudly for the action or L hnstian philanthropy. And whilst the rich, religious, moral, and intelligent West is sending missionaries to the farthest India, aud schoolmasters to the children of the forest, would ii not be well to direct some of our christian efforts to the destitute of our own country. And where is there a wider field for our exertious than immoral and destitute Boston: rnl" of Uwim. . arsion dehvered an address on r i i- . . ... I ,M m" A,,n" llous of this city during the the , I...-, . o I ) i . - ' ' V"' n expense ol nd reiiel had been administered to those of",e A,,,n' IIoU' ,0 ,l,e amount of ' bee" landed here a"R 1' : paSt ,n0 fowi?ners, a large portion of , "m CJ,ne ,rom 'e very oregs ot turojean society. i i.e lecturer advened lo the criminal statis- ' ,,,c "K,uul ' wicaeaness mai ebcapes nanotk'"i1 What was the cause of this alarmamo"t r crime? The children were very lnuc,, rxPosfA the various parts of the city. i t iscp vnmrn nPTiir riinni.'v i. U....I.U.II..I.IUUV. nn. viunini... j OF THIS CITY NEVER ATTENDED ; ' '', ' n'"- '" ' SCHOOL; these associated more or less with abandoned characters, and were influenced by them. It was the neglected child that made the banJoned adult. Theeiposure or the young ... , , .i lo '"'mrce was . powenui cause o. evil, ere '" lhi city 1'tm grog-shops of various K,m's' "oln u,e "na Mloon 10 ne ll'-v c,,"ar; ,hre "eT lhr hundred of these in a w ard f ,1,e 614 BTTr,t' madV lh 1 drt" !''!i',.25 were occasioned by drunkenness. Of the 2.4H arresU by watchmen, 1,24 were caused by drunkenness and of these 2C3 were females. In addition to this, the police had been .it.,, fii.ii 1 1 ... . . .1 "'h0' of the fi,,M di(i oot P8? the txPn of the police lo keep the peace in his very neigh borhood. Some might r-fer to the school as a remedy; out nai coum .u nuoi. oo g,, . ... . nii.n 1- j. I nil kir.,iuiin.T whnl rnuld tl.A 1S rhnrrhM. ' which were Often one day in seven, do against' these bar-rooms which were opeu seven days auu seven nigm . :..,., ...e leclurersaid lie migni mem.ou m-euorn.ou. .mount; of licentiousness, ana me violation 01 me saobath which was in itself a great evil, and also a prolific cause of other evils. Pretty Stsoxc. It is said that is has lately, - Wn a eommon uractice to hits wbilo 'God save - Qllee. j. Mog performed io th. tW at

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j wife took the loss so much to her heart, that she , died 8000 fter. This new trouble rendered the good man iuconsolable. and he remaint v.r.l - . . . : months withnnt ffMnn r I.:- I ti. . ms unusc. nia ! nelgnbors, at last, came to comfort him. I "My "'end," said one of them, "the wife you have lost was certainly an excellent woman; bul sne was not t,le "'y one. You are young, j neaIthyaud understand your business well; yon ma7 eas'ly find another wife. I, for instance, nave three daughters, and should be happy to j '"" von 'or a son-in-law. ' Another offered him his sister, and a third his j niece. "e wood until it has leaves, for the sap that farms new wood nassM ihrn.,o-l, fK. l.r v - I fc ' " ... .ti. . lull. the time of trimming, then, to the forming of '' leaf, the wound is exposed to the weather, and the process of healing has not commenced, There is a critical lime iu July, between the first al'd second growth of the season when the "aP w ill run from a wound aud will discolor the bark for a foot or more below it; we notice this in pruning nursery trees, aud we think trim'""g 't July not judicious. As to the comparative waste of snp in March aud May, we call the attention of our readers to the practice of tapping the maple for the purpose of gathhering sap. All know that no sap can be gathered in May, aud not much in Anril in our latitude. Sap ruus most freely in March. rr ibis reason we never trim grape vines in March. But after the leaf U formed the vines will not bleed. Exchange. A-lonUhing Revelation by CifiirvoTance. The Boston papers of the 10th, contain the details of the following remarkable case, and vouch for them aa authentic and reliable. Wo condense the account or the Chronotype. About Feb. 20, 145, John S. Bruce, aged 25 years, left Westford with a span of horses aud sled or straw for Boston, 25 miles distant, expecting to return next cay. Months passed, aud no tidings were heard of him. Mr. Otis Hildrelh, had arranged with young Bruce to take a keg and have it filled with molasses, which r course was never returned. In July Mr. H. saw his keg at a stable, and on inquiry found it had been left, with a span or horses, by a young man, which not being called for, were sold at auction. Iuduced by this circumstance, the rather again visited Boston, and was persuaded to employ the clairvoyant power of Mrs. Freeman, in aid of his Search. The principal features of the clairvoyant's revelations comprised the known facts detailed above concerning young Bruce 's journey to Boston, with the declaration that shortly after hia arrival he was induced by certain persons to take something to drink, which threw him into violeut convulsions, of which he died that his body was concealed for some time under a manure heap, but afterwards taken by a colored man in the night time, carried out upon the water and sunk in the harbor that it was subsequenily discovered, and was to be found in a certain tomb in the City Burial Ground on tho Neck! The clairvoyant also stated that the drug was administered to Bruce for the purpose or obtaining money, &c. which he was supposed to possess, and that a certain iudividcal cognizant or these transactions had since been dangerously ill, and came near divulging them, &.C. Thse representations so inflamed the curiosity of Mr. Bruee and others to inspect the Cemelery, that on Tuesday afternoon last, accompanied by Mr. Franklin Smith, one of the city undertakers, they proceeded thither for an examination. Abidii.g by the minute instructions he had received from the clairvoyant, Mr. Bruce requested that Tomb No. 15 might be opened, and if the remains of his sou were uol in the lowest coffin in that Tomb, he would be satisfied without further search. Mr. Smith accordingly pulled down some dozen or fifteen Coffins, and un prying up the liJ of the lower one, maribile dictu! the lather recognized the dress or his son within the coffiu! he having len entombed with bU clothes on, as is usual when bodies are found in a decayed condition. Of the remains nothing was left save a portiou of the stomach, which appeared to be in a singular state or preservation, some locks of light auburn hair, and teeth, two or which were also identified by the faher from so tie peculi r appearances. A pocket book which the deceased brought with him to the city was not found. It was evident he was buried under a false name as bis proper name was not to be found on tho Superintendent's books, and but one a colored man had been interred as "unknown." Mr. Bruce took from the coffiu a piece of the partaloons, the vest, and the other ariiclt-s described, and relumed home. As snon as it was seen, the clothing was recognized by member I of the family, and a storekeept r iudentified tho buttons, needles and thread as sold by him ta young Bruce the day before he left Westford. The identity of the remain being thus c, . y,- the falhr on appllcation to V Mr. Lincoln, buperinlendent of Burials, was - . .. - granted a permit to remove them, aud on Friday , , . ,..j lh um. .,.,, . a. uwwh - j 'F u j he Bnoud lhe dtomach analyzed nd thus th; .ingaa,y mysterious case rests at present. ETA horseman .topped at a tavern, and without dismounting called for a piutof beer. Ho Lked it and took annother. After the second. he said. landlord, wboao beer b tbi.T "iVrot . air," "Well ,U ewell.nt -tuff-IH get

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