Indiana American, Volume 18, Number 32, Brookville, Franklin County, 2 August 1850 — Page 1

IMMAWA

AMIEIEIAMo

OCR COVSTKT-Ot'R COUNTRY'S INI E RESTS Ap OUR COUNTRY'S FHIENDK

BV C. P. CLAItKSOK.

Religions DenominationsThe Catkclic Church. Tb principal tenets of the Jansenites are at follow: 1. Thattheco are divine precept, which od man, aatwithstanding their desire to obMrv them, are, nevertheless, absolutely unable to obey: Rr haa God given them that measure of grace winch is esaeutially necessary to render them capable of such obedience. 2. That no person, la his corrupt state of nature, can resist ti influence of divine grace, when it operates poa the mind. 3. That, in order to render tinman actions meritorious, It is not requisite that they be exempt from necessity, but that they be free from constraint. 4. That the SemipeUgians err greatly in maintaining that the ataman will is endowed with the power of either receiving or resisting the aids and influences of presenting grace. 5. That whoever affirms that Tub, P.KvibI mait Ynlatlnn. hv hi nffUrinira j j r .l r ii ! j t And death, for the sins of all mankind, is a Semi- ! pelagian. It will be observed, that tha Jansenists hold soma opinions not very much unlike soma of tha Calvinian tenets. Many of tha English Catholics are attached to Jansenism. The history of the Roman Catholic Religious Orders may be concluded by the following account of a Society formed few years ago in America, under the title of the Order of St Sulpicius. Ths persons forming this society were fortunate enough to escape the horrors and dangera f the French Revolution; and saving a small remnant of their property, took refuge in the United States, and established themselves at Baltimore; where conformably to their profession, they engaged themselves to communicate religious and literary instruction. In the beginning their labors were confined to the instruction of young men, destined for the church ; but the candidates for the priesthood being few there, they afUrwards admitted respectable persons of very description, to the participation afforded by their institution. Those that profess the catholic communion are regularly instructed iu the doctrines and practices peculiar to their church; whilst the Protestants are merely obliged to attend the places of worship to which thsy respectively belong. Their course of education is not limited to the study of Greek and Latin, Literature, Philosophy, and the different branches of the Mathematics; but comprehends tha liberal and ornamental arts; as dancing music, botany, natural history; and the living languages. In sddition to the previous details of the catholic religion and ceremonies, the reader will be instructed by the following eloquent passages from the Life of Chancer: "The authors or improvers of the Romish religion wtst .perfectly aware of the influence "6 'Vbss overfjjeJjMrt and the lMM.ok pi. t, J? . , 7.rjv covenant; .(erQ : - . j -to Ada-J l8 public worship are exqUi.t?ry "rVTTeTabU. Their stained and painted windows admit only a "dim religious light." The magnificence of the fabric, its lofly and conaave roof, the massy pillars, the extensive isles, the splendid choirs, are always calculated to inspire the mind with religions solemnity. Music, painting, images, decoration, nothing is mttted which may fill (he soul with devotion. The uniform garb of the monk's and nuns, their decent gestures, and the slownoss of their pro cessions, cannot but call off the most frivilous mind from the concerns of ordinary life. The solemn chant and the sublime anthem mnst compose and elevate the heart. The splendor of the altar, the brilliancy of the tapers, the moke and fragrance of the incense, and the sacrifice, as is pretended, of God himself, which make a part of every celebration of public wor ship, are powerful aids to the piety of every sin cere devotee. He must have a heart more than commonly hardened, who could witness the pr formance of the Roman Catholic worship on any occasion of unusual solemnity, without feeling strongly moved. Whatever effect is to be ascribed to such spectacles, was generated In ways infinitely more multiform in the time of Chaucer, than in ny present country of the Christian world. Immense sums of money had been beqealhed by the devout and the timorous to pious aud charit able purposes. Besides the splendor of cathe drals and churches not now easily to be con etived.ths whole land was planted with monastic establishments. In London stood the mitred abbeys of St. John and Westminster, In addition to tbeconventaof nuns, and the abodes of monks and friars, black, white, and grey. Every time man went from his house he met some of these persons, whose clothing told him that they had renounced the world, and that their lives were consecrated to God. The most ordinary spec tacle which drew together the idle and the cu rious, was the celebrstion of some great festival, the performance of solemn masses for the dead, T tha match of some religioua procession, and tha exhibition of the Bon Dieu to the eyes of an admiring populace. Henry VIII., the worse than Vandal of our English story, destroyed the inhabitants and the memorial which belonged to our ancient character, and exerted himself to the best of his power to make us forget we ever had ancestors. He who would picture to himself ths religion of the time of Chaucer, must employ his fancy in rebuilding these rained edifices, restoring the violated shrines, and collecting again tha scattered army of their guardians. "Besides every circumstance belonging to the Teligion of this period, we are bound particularly recollect two distinguishing articles of the Roman Catholic system; prayer for the dead, nd tha confession of sins. These are circumstances of the highest importance in modifying the characte-a and sentiments of mankind. Prayer for the dead is unfortunately liable to bases, the most dangerous in increasing the power of the priest; and tSs most ridiculous, If vre conceive their masses, (whi;h were often directed to be said to the end of time,) and picture to ourselves the devout of thousand ears go shoving and elbowing out, by the multiplicity of their donations of this sort, all posterity, and leaving scarcely a bead to be told to the memory of tha man who yesterday expired. But, if we put these and other obvious abuses a of car minds, we shall probably confess that ' difficult t think of ia institution more eon-

sonant to the genuine sentiments of human nature, than that of masses for the dead. When I have lost a dear friend and beloved associate, my friend is not dead to me. The coarse of nature may be abrupt, but true affection admits of no sudden breaks. I still see my friend; Istilltnlk

to him. I consult him in every arduous que- ! tion: I study In every difficult proceeding to mould my conduct to his inclination aud pleas -are. Whatever assists this beautiful propensity of the mind, will be dear to every feeling heart. In saying masses for the dead, I sympathise with my friend. I believe that be ia auxioua for hia salvation; I utter the language of my anxiety. I believe that he is passing through a period of trial and purification; I also am sad. It appears as If he were placed beyond the reach of my kind o dices; this solemnity once again restores to me the opportunity of aiding him. The world is busy and elaborste to tear him from my recollection; the hour of this mass revivea the thought of him in its tenderest and ..... r most awful form. My senses are mortified that they can no longer behold the object of their cherished gratification; but this disan vantage is mitigated, by a scene, or which my friend is the principle and essence, piesented to my senses. "The practice of auricular confession is exposed to some of the same objections as masses for tha dead, and is connected with many not less conspicuous advantages. There is no more restless and unappeasable propensity of the mind than the love of communication. The desire to pour out our soul In the ear of a confident and a friend. There is no more laudable check upon the moral errors and deviations of our nature, than the persuasion that whet we perpetrate of base, sinister, and disgraceful, we shall not be allowed to conceal. Moralists have re commended to us that, In casea of trial and temptation, we should imagine Cato, or some awful and upright judge of virtue, the witness of our actions; and that we should not dare to do what he wonld disapprove. Devout men have pressed the continued recollection of the omnipresence of an all-perfect Being. The Roma u religion, in the article here mentioned, directs us to some man, venerable by character, and by profession devoted to the cure aud relief of human frailties. To do justice to the origiual aud pure notion of the benefits of auricuiar confession, we must seppose the spiritual father really to be all that the office he undertakes requires him to be. He should have with his penitent no rival passions nor contending interests He is a being of a different sphere, and his thoughts employed about widtly different objects. He should have with the person he hears, so much of a common natore, and no more, as should lead him to sympathise with his pains, and compassionate his misfortunes. Iu this case we have many of the advantages of having a living man before us to fix our attention and satisfy our communicative spirit, combined with Vs ' t superior nature which appears to us inaccessible to weakness and folly. We gain a friend to whom we are sacredly bound to tell the little story of our doubts and aiixiatis, who hears us with interest and fatherly afft-ction, who iurlges us uprightly, who advises us with an enlightened and elevated mind, who frees us from the load of undivulged tin, aud enables us to go forward with a chaste heart and purified conscience. There is nothing more allied to the barbarous and savage character than sullenness, concealment, and reserve. I here is nothiug which operates more powerfully to mollify and humanise the heart than the habit of con fessing all our actions, and concealing none of our weaknesses and ansuraities. 'Several other circumstances in the Roman Catholic religion, as it was practised in the finr- ! teenlh century, co-operated with those wh -'i have just been mentioned, to give it a powerlul ascendancy over the mind, and to turn upon it a continual recollection. One of these is to be found In the fastsand abstinences of the Church These were no donbt so mitigated as scarcely to endanger any alarming consequences to the life or health of the true belieer. But Ihey at least interfered, iu some cases, to regulate the diet, and in others to delay the hours of customary refection. One hundred and twenty-six itsts may easily be reckoned up in the calendar, which were modified by directions of this sort Thus religion, in its most palpable form, was coutinuuily protruded t the view, and gained entrance into every f imily and house. "The preparation for death is one of its foremost injunctions. The Hot, that is, the true nd very boil of his Redeemer, is conduct, d in state to the dying man's house, conveyed to his chamber, and placed upon hw parched and fevered tougrre; he is anointed with holy oil; and. after a thousand awlul ceremonies, dismissed upon his dark and mysterious voyage. Every thine, is sedulously employed to demonstrate that he is a naked and wretched creature, about to stand before the tribunal of an austere and rig orous judge; and that his blameless life, his undaunted integrity, his proud honour, and his generous exertions for the welfare of others, will all of them little avail him on this tremendous aud heart-appalling occasion." The state of the Catholic Church has greatly meliorated since the Reformation, ami their progress in improvement was never more rapid than at the present time. Tha number of pereons devoted to the ascetic life, withdrawn from society and usefulness, confined to th idleness of the convent, is daily diminishing. Thtcdiious trihnnal of the Inquisition, if it he not al ready, finally abolished, survly must be soon The increase of education and the establishment of common schools, in all -alholic countries, a distinguishing characteristic of the present times, will gradually destroy many of the offensive features of their religiooa system. The intercourse bttween Cathulics and Protestants is constantly increasing, nnd this will lead o-ood men to see their own neficiencies, as well as the excellencies of their Christian brethren. A svstem of relieiou that is stable, maintaining the primary priuciplea of the gospel of Christ, not to be withdrawn from its own steadfastness, is always more safe, and a greater security to the cause of righteousness, than one that is carried about with every wind of doctrine. No civil government waa ever more attentive to passing events, and to the general slate of mankind, than the court of Rome. The events of the present sge have given an tmpuls to the moral world which ia irresistible. The religion and government of nations must aud will be adapted to the state of the times. Individual opinion must be respected, and the minds of men most be convinced of the truths they are called to believe, and of th reasonableness oi the duties they are required to practise. While the Lord Jrsus sends his gospel to nations that hitherto have known him not, he sheds increasing light upon those countries in which his truth has been long obscured by the darkneaaof error. We trust tha day of the peace of the Chnrch is approaching, when God will give to his Son all parts ot meeariii lor nrs possession It ia not to bo exoected that the Catholic Church will be lost, in the changee which will take place at the approach of that dBj: but, like every portion of the visible church, will be purified of its errors and corruptions, nd be made meet for the approbation of its Saviour. It baa little strength, and in an important ene, ht not denied tne nerrt of the Lord Ja.

From the Cincinnati Commercial. WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT. Hrriine Rmiic ccllpaed hv ltealitr. The details which follow are true to the letter.

as relaleo in the editor of this paper by the woman I ersell. We saw her first in 1648, just after she was married to Toll. She is French Canadi en. :f mo-Mom size, of a rood heart, but of a i very Of cuied and determined turn of mind. She loves hk- to nngel, and hates likende.non Her course has been chequered, as this relation will show. She became acquainted with Toll, her present husband, iu Mackinaw, and by promise, sueh as men only know bow to make, he won her heart. She had monev his acta. -ft-. ...I....: I I . 1 . 1. . . : . . l ' uci wiiiiiiiik iici iicBii( biiuw mat u wa me money that he was after. The parties took a "trip south," and were married in Nashville, and the marriage certificate, together with the attestation of the Governor of Tennessee to it, that all was right, we have been. After spend Ing some time, and going through some scenes sam time informing her that he had denied she was his wife and requested her to "keen still ami go away from there to Minnessota, or some other place where he had friends. Mrs. Toll returned to Hamilton to see to her child, and on other business Here she hea'd that her husband was very anxious to obtain his child, which he had never seen. She wss warned hy a friend that all Toll wanted was the little blue-eyed bov, and it was thought after gaining possession of it, he would entirely and forever desert her. She therefore took advice and procured an infant from the "Cincinnati Orphan Asylum," and leaving her own in good hands, proceeded to Mackinaw; but her hushand would not permit her to land, but came onboard the ateamer she was on and accompanied her to Chicago. Toll hugged and kissed the little orphan with all the fervor and love of a real father, and the mother acknowledged to us that she repented herself, and was on the point several times of telling him of the stratagem she had practised to test his fidelity to her, which already had ben more than mistrusted. A'ter the parties had remained at Chicago two or three days, Toll- informed his wife that she must go to Rochester, N. Y., via New Buffalo, and by cars to Detroit thence by boat to the city of Buff do, N. Y., to which from his kindness and plausible stories of love and fidelity, arid the aid of his friends there, she consented. During the stay in Chicago Mrs. Toll was treated with great kindness by her husband until the last night. Indeed the wife was on the look-out for some trick, yet could not think her husband wonld he guilty of any meanness towards her. And it may be well to remind the reader Ihat there is a pnrt of this narrative omited, which would explain the husband's feelings towards his wife. But to proceed. The hushand arrived home vry late on the uight preceding the one Mrs. Toll left Chicago. Oo his return, that night, he a-ked his wife for her purse, and put into it an American eagle, a half eagle and a quarter eagle, all American gold, and then threw the same into her trunk. In the morntnfr tha hnshand rarl.Mtd m ticket f Uo passage of his wife to Buffalo, and accompanied her to the boat and saw her set sail to cross Lake Michigan, on her last trip, as he fondly hoped and believed. On bidding his wife adieu for the short time they were to be SHDaraterl,(!) ho cried and fondlv kissed his supposed child the little orphan from this city several times! The parting scene is closed, and the separation takes place; the mother and child go towards Rochester, the husband returning to Mackinaw. On the trip down, a female entirely unknown !e k.ly in question, forced herself upon Mrs. To T ac c.ninNiiee. She had begged her palwrr ,!. wn L- k Erie, in the steamer, attesting i:i .he wsv, that she had no money. On arriving h! in':F.iin, this same unknown, went before ie. and swore that Mrs. Toll hud stolen !. r pu"i., n hi !h she avowed contained ra,iw, an.' :?!() V'at part of the money was nn eagle, a half ete!e, and a quarter esgle, at the same time .'escribing private mark on the coins! Mrs Toll was accordingly arrested in Buffalo, and her trunk search'd! The coinsdescribed by this wnrr.an, which Mrs. Toll hed received from her loving hushard, were found in her possession! The proof appeared positive of Mrs. Toll's guilt. She was Indicted before the Grnd Jury, of Buffalo, and would have been i-nt to the Penitenti ary, had there not been a fl iw in th indictment; as it was. the conrt arranged matters, believing her guilty, notwithstanding her protestations of innocence, she was sentenced to one yrnrin the work house, and soon after was clothed in the common prisoners' dress and put to labor! Her Indignation and sense of injury knew no hounds. She now discovered that her husband had sent this infamous woman after her, giving her a desrrip'ion of his wife, and entrusting her with lh fonl anil infamous pint, that would free him from his "better half," by sending her to the Penitentiary! The woman who had sworu against heri was a pro.t:tut-, of Chicago and l.irt hv To'l to clear him of his wife, for which she. was to receive specified sum, in money. The coins the perjuied creature swore to, were the same that she and the husband prepared, in Chicago, and given by Toll to Mrs. Toll, on her departure! .... t. Our heroine now found herself in the workhouse, butby the help of some friends she obtained hail for a new trial, and then put tha little omhan child oOt for sale keeping, inr. ieg home took charge of it But from some cause,

not necessary to mention here, the partiea re- Blackmail's house, about two miles from the """'B memoer oi tne uaninet, inconsiderately, -6-"u i-no couut cesuced to I aj lor, on his way to Washington cni! d turned to this city, and the husband, for reasons falls, at Lundy'a Lane, where she remained about wrongfully, and censurably acted as the agent i 0CCUPy " proud eland among the Literary In- 'my house iu Keutuckv I h i ' i," ' " T kA,7.l 10 i,,n,e""'1treat,'d h!8 ?"y i ,w0, "d h ?' lh,8 h 'Rl'est term. of ,aid cIainl, whlU a member of lhe Cabinet. i"on. of the country. Jdisttlct fc . . , lhe indeed left her here and returned to Mackinaw, of the Dr. and hiBfamilv. After leaving Dr. B's , . .. ,, , . . . . ,. a ..!.. t , i,- . , uisuici where l is relatives live. In tha count hi. place of abode. Hi. wife remained here, or the kind hearted man furnishing the means, she But ,he llowanc f h" '"'"'' by A ,',"U fur " P""'t endowment was 0f conversation, he said, -Writ. M.j-I- iw near the city until delivered of a fine male child, preceeded to Detroit, and from thence to Mack- Secretary Meredith, has been the pretext for ProJ:ted iu lfcU-l by the sale of perpetual schol- j kilM Gen. Harrison at W h" ' a darling boy, with blue eyes aud black hair, at inaw, and there confronted Toll, her husband, every Locofoco Press and Locofoco partizan in "rt,,iP- Active agents were placed in the field 1 (,IOnth and m T mg oa in one present a vear or so old. She afterward, went meetin him in hi. stor. ( We have neglected the land, to keep np incessant railings and .ecu-i "arry out this pian. Up to October, lg,'TMr. b'u. T lhinfc r "? T" " 1 in to Hamilton, twenty two miles distaut, and to mention, that after Toll heard of his wife he- .. . , .L. ! tl,er l..t h n . u, a s u . 1 1 1 I tiuna after standing Mexico I can opened, restaurat. Some month, since she ing committed to prison, he went to Cleghorne's. l'on. against the admmistrat.on and the V h.g I'-d" been collected in cash and notes, by l.,Bod Washington.' 'Now "it seem-' sU l! heard that her husband was about leaving for in Buffalo, and procured the littl orphan, sup- party of corruption, plundering swindling, &c. j ,ne "a,e of scholarships, $:04ii00. This) Marshall 'that Mrs T 1 ' I ir California, and in orr.er to ascertain the fact lor posing still it was his child, and hired a nurse, The charge is gro mirfless as egaintt the Ad- , B'"'ut added to $10,000. given bv ten individ-! heen he.. H... I !. d or was "g''- He ha certain, she took pas-age for his residence. f.11, luk it to Mackinaw, put it out, and visited milstra,ion and the Whicr nar.v. it h. ' 1540 for the endowment of the nrofess.r-' V" B y'"r At ,h:t mo"

probably from the stories rane.1 ny tne. iniainuus them, while, they mock his endeavors and woman Toll had employed for his purpoe-s. she. , wisar-in prrt Into custod put in a man s cell f s. Md msnJcd! Her situation, she says, gave deed, doe. the evening of l.fe set in! All is her nneommon strength, and by pers-verance j poor nni cheerless. He can neither look backshe hrok her chains: with a chisel a friend had wnf with ronlpaCpnry( nor forward with hope; furnished her she broke the lock and got out or j Christian, relying on the assured her cell with the manacles still onherle. t " . . Pome liberty had previously been allowed her j merry of hi Redeemer, can calmly reflect that throngh the day ; and during Oiat time she h.d j h, dismission Is at hand; that his redemption fixed her ev- n a large coil of rope in the w ish- drawpfh nieh. While hieetreng'h declines, and

H.n airs s-ot this r- pe. and dragged it up to the scuttle-hole on the roof Here she pushed" it out. a little at a time, and drew nersen op a.irr. She now foond her-elf on a steep roof, some five or six storie. from the groand, With manacle, on her feet, aud nothing to cling to but the ridgepole of the house, and knew that a misstep would prove fatal-wonld plunge her down aud dash her to pieces on the ground below. "But." to use her own graphic and impressive language, "when I beheld the blue vault ol heayen above me. and the bright stars shining sweet- ... L If ..It... Intnl'e and I felt that God would support mo nirui. Liberty I wanted, and liberty I had resolved to have, either in this world or the next. With this resolve she crept a ong lh. roof as and I felt that God would support the right.

hot at leneth she reached the end, and to her when the Christian Is in full possession of richgreat delight found a chimney to which she w and ,pedor, and rank, and all the gifts of

fastened the rope, ana ""--"-"-: . 1l!?lto T swung clear. Then she caught hold of the rope with herhands, and let it run through them, lMLgitl" down "witha terrible .hock, but without break - Ing ny of her limb.. The friction of the rope, bwevir, tor her bands terribly. nd I they -were om enmplet gore of Wood, the mirks of which

BROOKVILLE, IXIHAVA, FItlDAY AUGUST, 2, 1850.

are still visible. Shesetout then aud left the city, walking eight milea that night, and laying over in the woods through the dsy, without a morsel of food. The second night shedrew near to Niagara Falls, and in (he mornins- trot ferried over ; to Canada. . U hen Mrs. Toll reached the water's edge of Niagara river, the ferryman, seeing her dress, and knowing it was a convict's, and seeing the i manacles on her feet, demurred. Mrs. Toll in formed him of her situation, showed her lacerated hands, torn by the rope, told her wrong in full, and ended by declaring that if he would not take hsr over, she would attempt to sw im the dixzy distance. The ferryman and We are glad we know him personally, for he ia a mau, every inch of him, and it cid us good to hear this injured woman name him rowed her over, aud if we are not mistaken in our "guess," he broke the irons from her feet on lain ing on the Canada side, aud saw that she hud new dress, and rej freshmeuts. ing his affectionate fatherly kisses upon the little stranger. j lhe hrst words she said to him, were, "Where is that child?'' He replied, "it is here, I have obtained my object, and you may go to h II." Mrs Toll then replied: "Areyou sure you have obtained your object You can hire a prostitute to imprison me, when I am not expecting treachery; but prisons were not made for me, gates and barscaunot hold me, not being guilty or any crime. The child you have is not yours! and if you have been hugging aud kissing some other person's child, it is your own fault." At this information Mr. Toll, as may be supposed, flew into a great passion, and treated Mrs. T. with the harshness aud couluuiely of a brute He tohl Mrs. T. she was not his wife: this rous ed her ire ami in a few davs after she left for Nasnvilie, Tennessee, where she procured the documents showu to us, proving her legal marriage to Toll. By a letter received here, of late, at the Cinciuali Orphan Asylum, which letter we nave seen, bearing date Mackinaw, July, 6, lfc50, and signed Michael Dusman. it aunears that Toll, alter his wife le t for Nashville, sent the little orphan back to Cleghorue, of Buffalo, where it now is. We were, en Saturday, called upon by Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Mitchell, of our city, who have something to do with the orphans, to know if we could inform them how they could ouiain tne orphan, and steps are now being taken to have it sent back, provided Mr. Cleghorue is willing. We can add here, that Mrs. Toll, at the time of her arrest in Buffalo, gave Mr. Glegnorne a gold watch and chain, worth about ScO, and a trunk, worth $24. packed full of clothing, worm J'-iUU at least. Airs. Toll also states, that Mr. Toll paid Gleghorne some $50 when he took the child. At this rale Mr. C. is well uaid: still Mrs. Toll will pay the transportation of the or phan, if require.!, Iiack to this city. The winding up of this singular narrative is as follows: iVlrs. loll lei I here some time since to place her child beyond Toll's reach, which we presume she will effectually do, after which she intends starting for California. Bo much symiiathjrnd i.np are manifested iu mrs. jon soenaii tv respectable citizeus of this city, that her credit is almost unlimited She takes out to Califor nia a large stock of goods, aud inteuds returning as soon as it is disposed of. lINote 1 oil will uever regaiu his child. 1 ha little orphan will be returned. Mrs. Toll with her indomitable spirit and courage will make money. If any disputes her narrative, she refers to several gentlemen in our city and in Hamilton, to the Governor of Tennessee, to Mr. Douse man of Mackiuaw, to Mr. Cleghorne of Buffalo, to Dr. Blackman at Luudy's Lane, to the iudge of the court at Buffalo, and numerous persons wnose names are deposited with us. Ed. Com The Shavers. The Barber shaves with polished blade, The Mercer shaves when ladies trade, The Broker shaves at twelve per cent, The landlord shaves by raising rent. The Doctor shaves in draughts and pills, The Tapster shaves in pints aud gills. The Farmer shaves in hay and oats, The Banker shavea on bis own noles. The Lawyer shaves both friends nnd foes, The Pedler shaves where'er he goes, . The wily Merchant shaves his brother, The People all shave one another. Eflccis f Religion. When the pulse beats high, and we are flushed with youth, and health, and vigor; when all goes on prosperonsly, snd success seems almost to anticipate onr wishes, then we feel not the want of the consolations of religion; but when fortune frowns, or friends forsake us; when sorrow, or sickness, or old sge Comes upon ns, then it is that the pleasure of religion is estab lished over those of (iissipation and vanity, which are ever apt to fly from us when we are most in want of th-iraid. There is scarcely a more melancholy sight to a considerate mind, than that of an old man who Is a stranger to those only true source, of satisfaction How affecting, and at the same time how disgusting, is it to see such an one swkwsrHly catching af the pleasures of his younger vesrs, which are j now beyond his reach; or feebly attempting to elf on the fidelity of God; and at the very enj tranc, 0f the valley of the shadow of death, he can lift np an eye, dim perhaps and feeble, yet occaslonllv sparkling with hope, and confidently looking forward to the near possession of his heavenly inheritance, "to those joys which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive." What striking lessens have we had of the pre carious tenure of all sublunary possessions! Wealth, and poer, and prosperity bow j dispenses her choicest cordials in the seasons of dispenses ne , exigence, ii I , Veath. n poverty, in exile, In sickness and The essential superiorly of nature and fortune. But when all these are -ept .way by the rude hand of time or the rough blasts of adversity, the true Christian rtMdfl ike the e,ory 0f the forest, erect and "erUSi 8lr,pped" iudeed,f his8Ummerfoli- , age, but more than ever discovering to the observing eye the .olid .trength of his substan,tnM.Wilberforce.

Whonrei the CSnlphiniieaf j Be it remembered that a Locofoco Senate, du- i

m. t. ... ...... i j .. . mg nir. luiti aauunisiraiiou, oraerea me s "Galphin claim" to be paid and ihat President Polk -'approved." Be it remembered faat Mr. ' Polk's Secretary of the Treasury paid the priu- j cipBl, reserving the question of interest thereoti;, and that aaid Secretary testified before the "Galphln Committee." that he should have felt con-1 strained to have paid the interest, if, like Mr. ; Secretary Meredith, he had received from the ! Attorney General of the Uuited States, an T1"1"" lavor oi ib payment. tins is a .... r.l. I. I . loKiumi ui ine wnuie case. Now we are of the opinion, and have so expressed if, that the interest should not have ..... oeen allowed, and that Air Secretary Crawford, tortured Into any thing more than an error of judgement on the nart nf th jriu.v nfili ' - "----- - j Treasury, and of incousiderste and unwisq conduct ou the part of the Secretary of War a, Locofoco Senate, a Locofoco President, and a J Locofoco Secretary having allowed, approved and paid the prlucipal of the claim. It is a mad dog hue-and-cry of "stop thief," to shield frctni observation the real "Galphii.ilcs " j Mr. Stanley, of North Carolina; iu a capital speech on the "Galphin claim," has proven from j the official records, "who are the Galphinites." j Irom his speech we glean the following offi cial facts; which exhibit in naked deformity the real Galphinites, and disclose Locofoco pecula tions, plunderings ar.d swindling, worthy the attention and execration of all honest men. Passing by the plundering and stealing of the Locofoco office-holders, to the amount of millions, duriug the "Swartwoutisg epoch," we will notice only the "swindling" of the "spoils party," under Mr. Polk's administration; the plunderings that the present Whig administration have discovered and exposed, and concerning which the Locofoco press are sflent, and against which it has no expression of rebuke or denunciation. Among the Locofoco-office-holders under Mr. Polk, and who were all, or nearly all, in office on ths 4th of March, 1849, Is a list of Indian Agents, Collectors of Customs, Contractois, Navy Agents, Marshals, Pension Agents, &.C. in bli thirty-one who held on to, misapplied, or used for t lectionetring purposes, the aggregate sum of eight hundred, twenty-six thousand, two hundred, four dollars and sixteen cents. The defalcsiions J pl.mdWiugi., the present Whig administration discovered and exposed, but where is the Locofoco press or partizan that ever made public mention of it. Again, there is a ballance now due from Surveyors of Customs, i;., appointed between March, 145, and March, IS43, of one hundred and thirty-nine thousand, three ImnJrJ snd seventy-eight dollars and sixteen cents these Galphiuiles were turned out of office by Gen. Taylor they were the poor victims over whom the Locofoco press made loud lamentation. Again, there is due from Receivers of Public Moneys from land sales, who were appointed by tha last Locofoco administn lion, now pot out of office, the sum of twenty-five thousand, four hundred and forty-two dollars sixty-one cents. Again the Senate at the last session, ordered printed 10,000 copies of the opinions of the Supreme court, in two cases, making a pamphlet of 181 pages only. Mr. Belt, the nominal "printer to the Senate," charged for printing these 181 pages f37,200!! Mr. Borland, a Democratic Senator from Arkansas, reported to the Senate, that the printing of this pamphlet, under the contractor the 13th Congress, would cost only $532:50. Now it turns out that Mr. Ritchie,' (ha editor of the Union, Mr. Polk's organ, was the surety of Mr. Belt, the assignee of Belt, and held the contract for his own benefit, and that thrs same Mr. Ritchie was made the arbiter to settle the price, and he decided, claimed and received twelve thousand hve hundred dollars lor printing 10,000 copies of a pamphlet of 181 pages, worth f 5-22:50! And yet the same honest Mr. Ritchie, this same Locofoco orginist, has ceas ed not, day nor uight, iu his public execrations of the "Galphin swindle," aud the Whig Administ ration. Then again, the last Locofoco Administration had its favorites, besides the defaulters snd plunderers, upon whom the people's money was lavished. There is Mr. Andrew Jackson Donelsou, of whose public services there is no record that wa are aware of, who was sent to Berlin, and from one petty kingdom of Germany to another, for which the last Administration paid him, from April 10, 1S46, to November 1, 15:49, the sum of fifty-four thousand fie hundred dollars. Then there was Mr. Attorney General, Clif ford, who', nnder Mr. Folk's reign, had done pood Mexican service, in bungling with "Pro-

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tocol," and impairing the honor and endanger-J Cabinet were in tbe office, mauy rooms from ing the peace of the country-he had to be paid , the sick chamber, but about fifteen minCtes bcout of the public Treasury ror his Locofoco la- fere his death were summoned to bid him adieu, bors. Aud the official records show, that from They took their shoes eff, and crept slowly In,

March 18. 1848. to Seolember 4. 1S49. he received thirty-four thousand three hundred fortynine dollars niuety-two cents. :ents

, . . . . , . . for severa dsys, neither to sleep nor eat. ne In view cf such official ract. we ask, "who "" j r ii - i., & t r c ... : reclined by him, watching every breath, and are the Galphinites" A Locofoco Senate or- '"" J . V . . , . .. .... t r r..i.j. knew quite as well as tae phys-.cians the chander claim to be settled a Locofoco President M , i f , - . ,.. r ges for the worst. Dr. Pyne read the prayers approves,' and Locofoco Secretary of the Bc ' r , . i f,h of the ehoreh about art hour before he died, and Treasury allows and pays the principal of the " . . 3 ., ,. , a it was believed he was sensible, and comforted claim, reserving the question o: luterest. A " , , ! by them. Whig Secretary of the Treasury, iu the on- ivjrg. Taylor went to Mr. Meredith's on Sundoubted liouest discharge of his official duty, oay even;ng as I mentioned she intended doing allows and psys the iuterest on that and there jQ m auj hopes to be strong euough to go goes up one universal howl, from the Locofoco t(j Tmore to-morrow evening. Mrs. Bliss camp, of "Galphiu's swindle," while there- naa DOt left the Executive mansion. Mrs. Wood cords show that the office holders of the last Lo- BD(j herself accompany their mother, whenever cofoco Administration swindled, plundered and ,he is able to og. stole million of the people's money, and not ..q-j y,iiey" left for ,ne Pre""n ' whisper of denunciation or disapprobation, or (jeoretowu, (consigned, we presume, to the accusation, ia heard from the Locofoco pressor clree 0f Captain Boyce, one of the lata Ptesiparty. A just retribution may be slow, but it is danl.s B08t jntimate friends,) to remain nntil sure thereat Galphinites will be dweovered the family return to Louisiana, where ha goes and rewarded. Cln. itn ihem.

Indiana Asbwry l uirmilT.

Ma. Edito. This institution is located, as! . most r t. . .. ....nnntgw, at tjreeucasue, torlT niile west of Iuuianapolis, near the National Ko. on the line of the kichmond and f Terre Haute Railroad. It was projected by the Iudial Conference in 1835. An act of inr-cr- j P0'",ion wa" "laintd in 1837 from the LegisUture of he S,,e. '- same year a prepar- J "'"y cl'00' ' opn-d- j From ,hal ,'",s to '-' preseut. its career has; ' "rrn oae ' unremitted, and I may ij, unpar- "" 'ruiiRr, on ! thf Rliviinl.'iflM nf an,l.twn...l.. I I . 1 .( I .--- ."cu..-., n hub nrugg;eo j fO"Cn every cirhoully, eupporred by the prl j i y1 contributions of iu fiieuds, until it has i i i . ... ... i i "-- p:"n rquni u not superior to any IsOlle "hiP o Mathematics, makes $1 14,000. Agents sr now engaged in collecting this emnm.n. . : " lne ,,t,e 0UC t it may be safely and

profitably invested, fur the permanent support! " " o lhe University . j (. lion-.-s Au.us ibe VErihoUUts. 1 ne Board cf Trustees have established a If John Wesley could revisit our earth, and Me-iical Department, which weut into opera- iwf8h'P in the modern churches of soi.ie of his lioD '" cit" of Indianapolis in Nov., IS49. jfollowerp, and see their style or dress and modes The Medical Department Commenced under iof w or!;"ip. l.e wouid doubtless eicluim, how most favorable tuspi.ts, and promises much for j 1,ave Ule mighty failen! A correspondent of llia future. Forty-nine students entered the 'e ester-i Clirisliau AJvocate, writing from &'si session, of whom ten were found worthy Englaud, thus inscribes the church iu

to receive the degree of M. D. The board at its w"lc" oue of their Conferences he!J its Sessions: last session adopted measures for the establish- f "l ' Dui'1 of brick. Tiie steeple cames quila ment of a Law Departmul. Jdown to the foundation, projecting forward from Ou Tuesday, the lClh insL, Rev. Luc-ien W. tlhe middle of the front about half its depth, and Berry, D. D , w ho succeeds Pres Simpeoa was (r,-,DS P cear,y lwo hundred feet, terminating in iuaguraled President of the University. The ,a Pointed sPir5 The iut-rior is plainly, but ehcharga was made and the keys delivered tothe Rttn,'y finished; the whole of the walls are painPresident by his excellency Gov Wright. The ied ia iresc, "d back of the pulpit is one of the

address of Gov Wright was such as might

have beeu expected from such a man. It was a ,eTer wen- The painting is evidently the work sound, practicil, common sense production, and l a rea' "fists. The pulpit is of pure Italian contained sentiments which do honor to his . marLie. beautifully clouded, and acuiptured and head and heart. polished in the most elegant manner. Th The inaugural address was a most able produe-' wiio'" arrangements and furniture of tbe church tiou. It. great length (nearly three hours) are cf corresponding character, destroyed in part its interest with many who The aeut. in this church are occupied as pews, wers present; but when it shall be published an unaf n annual reat. This ay stem prevml. read, it will be found to be a performance of no ',not exclusively in our oharches, in all part ordinary mind. Dr. Berry is a mau of uncom- of E,,''aU1- . It is also much in usa iu mon powers of miud, and an iuderifi u- "t of the Conferences in the Stat of New dent. He is a mau of -od and varied learning, ad I learn the same ia becoming mora and thooa.. ns hitherto been but little kuown Bn,i m"r the Case, in a!! '.he Northern portions in the literary world, yet s'.iould he be spared, of tl,e VTeslem St;.:es, which have been chieQv he will without c'ojibt, take a high rank m9?? settled hv n New 1 .. the Literati of the Land. !lhis time' U H prcblo llmt ubout two-fifth, of On Wednesday, the 17th iuM., the comment tl,e members cf the. Methodist Episcopal Church, ment exercises took place, iu the presence of an "'-'? P cliur. h.s, aud the proportion immense concourse of people. Nine young geu- of thatch ia constm.tly increasing. For mytlemen having graduated, received the degree self, I d.shne the change iu our usages; bull of A. B. The perfcrmaocea of the graduating Eee '"l lt CaUuo1 oa resisted, and deem it onclass were highly creditable. After the degrees wise ,0 W'1 "g"'"'1 were conft rrsd, Pres. Berry delivered a Bacca-j . l,ntj .llnn'a MolitoquVlaureate address, which was truly admirable ' Tlihl's the talk, by thunder? No man has No one could have listened to that address with- rgl.t to posfesa any of the superfluities of life out feeling that he wa. lUteuirg to more than while others are waiitinj iu absolute necessaries, ordinary man. The catalogue shows for the Good! Them's my sentiments to a T; aud blow, past collegiate year, thfes huudred and thirty- of I don't glory iu ths fnl.ir's spunk as wratv thrte students, including those of the Medical 'em. What Lustuess has any rich chap w it'll Department. The next session will commence more'n a bare living, while 1 cm hard ly raise a on the third Monday of September. 1 glass of liquor ? That's hat I ar.t you for to I n conclusion, allow me to commend this Iu- tu'd me, M.-sa Johuring us the niggers singers stitution to those of your readers who have sons say. What ef they h ive worked hard to get to educate. Without any disparagement to olh- their piles of mony? is that any rula why they er Colleges in the State I may eay this has ma- should spend it all oa the nslves, a.-id such as ii y superior advantages. Its local ion ia decided- me not be able to raise a fi.i to their name? Noly healthy aud agreable. It will soon be easy air-ee! I say, down with every rich f.-ilar, and of access by railroad, an) besides, the system cf make "cmdevide with them as hadn't got any. go-ernment in the University is such as parents Go and rork, you lazy curse, uj vou say T Ves, generally will desire. Let me ure parents to that's always what licli chaps is saying. They send in their .one; give lhm thorough collcgi- wai.t ns pocr men to work auj Sil liieir pocket; ate training, which will be worth to thein far but this child inl to 1-e gammoned that way he more than great wealth, without the advantage knows a tiick worth two of that. I Unto work, of education . DELTA. , I do, and always did worse'n I do drinking wal-

July 19, 1950. Mad. Ceur. General Toylor'a Oralis Be. Washington, July 17, ljl'. A very remarkable expression of General Taylor's, on the dsy of his death, has not yet, I believe, found its way into the public prints. Opening his eyes, after having been dozing or deeply riflecting, and looking at Colone I Davis, he said "ArPLT THK CONSTITITIOM TO THS MEASl'RC S-SGASOLSfS OF COfiECQUr.SCF.S Whatever was the train of thought in the Patriot's breast, ft was evidently concerning his , j .i i ... . count ry s welfare, and the glorious constitution . , . .. L . ii t 1 1 l l. was to be "applied," that all should be right. ,,...,...,. He was sensible to the last, saying "yes and "no," and even drinking, whn asked todoso ' by a physician a few minutes before his death, which was without a struggle. The only per-, sons present were his family physicians, Dr.; Pyne, and Major and Mrs. Hunter. The well , : . ,1 .. .. ur.it. .n .a u Phitnelnhin I1R-. B . r. i . . i i-

p ' ' . ' ... , .; the same sex as the royal infant, end the day plomatic corps being present, Mrs. Taylor sent ; ' r o i nfiip esrh was horn, and so she haa coiit-.rren fn

for and fainting," was purely liejilious. i ne one by one. Outside the coverlid ley his hand, which they gently pressed, aud ud then returned to the office. Mrs. 1 ay lor liaj to the oflice. mrs. l ay lor i.e. not ieu ...s s.B

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Crarral Taylcr-. ft, tuiDurvnrc. corrufnonrlent .f il, n..r i r . .' .. - ... ..u,;a,u v.uiuuiercia! Advertiser writes from Wellington thus- A about eleven o'clock. omieg'frcro the Unse of a frietJ, I met one ci'reet'y from the PreshVntV. Upon asking how he m a9, he replied with a choking voice, "VkadV- I turned and left for my room, too much tff.cud to wish to eee an one. As I pasa-d op t':e avenae I overtook Cof Mar.!.!l, tf Kentucky. "Well." be tu-ked "how rrcentiy have ou heard from ih Wt i ' II..us-7" "At lhL mom. n! " I erswer,,) - 1 :ie resident is dad!" "My God" ha . . " ' ; ejaouiated with stdrt'inir .n., ng eujphaais, "is it poawb!e?" We walked on a few moments in pf-" found sl'euce. At last he siJ, "This is some"thirg l-iri'jie. ' for,h , solemn n.,-1 Zu oll-J ... ... . . ? i oilier oetis. and tha mel.ioclL.Ivf,... I .......I ,. .,.. . j. ,, of the liemost Pfect perspective recesses that I have er; and it's a dead open and shut thut I won't strike a d d lick uuI-sh I'm forced toil. But, go aheud, you reformers you newspaper editors what's devoted to the Caus? of li-vinj ail men share alike. I go in for you all the time, and I'm bound to read your papers every t.Tiio I can borry 'em. And III vole for you, ef you run for office, I will, of you'l! s'aud lols of I'qoor. Yes by thunder! as long as you go agin the rich. I'll stand by you till aii's blue again. Holloa, Bob! JV" 1 r" ' 1 -:ll -;- -'! r... .. I i T . r. J , i f urious CoinriHcncr. Ihereisnow residmg at Havle and a native i 6 - of the place, a man, named Joseph Harris, ,. 1 . . . . . journeyman carpenter, who was m -rried th umAaw ma tin. 1 .1.1.' ( ........ V I., t 17.-. ' the Princess Royal was born; of a sou the day the Prince of Wales was born; and as her Majesty was subsequently delivered cf a prince or prin. cess.his wife also presented him with a child of co up to Tuesday, the 2d ult , when she was delivered of a son; thus making seven children, and an equal number of sons and daughters as her Majesty has princes and princesses, Mrs. Harris only allowing her royal miktress to take the lead of her by on day. Thomna En ia;-Senator. By telegraph, we are advised t.'iat 'Gov. Ford has appointed Thomas Ewinj, U. S. Senator, iu place of Thomas Corwin.' To this appointment all good Whigs and trj, will respond A hi- Mr. fcwing is one of the strongest ii:te!!ecti al men iu the country he was t7ie ablest member of President Taylor' Cabinet, and libored incessantly and succeasfa.'-' ! y in the h?w Department, of which he was tha c"hlf and did the country invaluahle service. ;ia will be "al Home" m the U. S. Seualo and it once take position among the ablest of the distinguished body. JCT'DiKtnr, every sine'o nut-cracker in my head aches like sixty; I wbh you would jerk one' of 'em out." "Whv pull a single tooth, my lad, when they ,11 ache'" "Never miud, doctor, suake out tbe first on' you get hold of; and if that don't frighten tha rest into p-stieserve 'em all th. Tr;a sass .Ouch-."

A little over a v.sr . r:.. .....l