Indiana American, Volume 19, Number 7, Brookville, Franklin County, 7 February 1851 — Page 1

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OUR COUSTRT-OUR COUNTRY'S INTERESTS AD OUR COUMTRT'S FRIF.Jn.

BYC. F.CLABKSOX.

TE.TirERAiCE. fr tt fnf.;n Jmrrtrmn. TrMPrrnr "1" rurred. Ma Eprro. In your issue of the 24th Inst. I find T(r' writ,n review of Ronald's tie ws on Temperance. As I am an advocate .rfrfe discussion in its broadest import, I cannot Hme the writer for differing with me, nor for tttempting to be witty at my expense. And Rustic" as I am, I have been often enough to mill and market, to rare Tery little personally for newspaper castigations. But as Great Britain say of the possession of Nicaragua "there it a point of honor involved" in some of his statements that demands attention. The solution he renders of my mistake as to the increase of intemperance will not do. It is true that Ronald "has recently removed to the cits" of Madison, on" not "from the country or some small vill? where intemperance is less rife." Roaald has been in town before he ever nw Msdiscn he has not like 'Q" passed all his dys "in the corner." lie has travelled some, and reads some "Temperance papers." Now I ask "Q" if the work of destruction is not advancing as I stated in the article alluded to? The article stated that it was in our large towns and cities. Does Q deny this He admits it f Madison. It is true of Cincinnati. It is true of Louisville of New Albany of Evansville. Is it not true of Brookviile? Last week a very intelligent merchant of Indianapolis told me he had never known so much open dissipation in that city as there is at this very time. Perhaps "Q" may say this is owing to the presence cf the Convention and Legislature. Cat if so, urely there was supineness among temperance wen or such wine bibbers would not be there. The very men are there whom the citizens of Indiana prefer before ell others. Iu the large (rue, fashionable intemperance is on the advance. The sideboard Is again covered with wines the yoang ladies furnish spirituous liquors to their gallants, and defend the practice. It is again fashinoable to turn the ball-ronm and evening party into places of drinking to drunkenness. Five aye three years ago this would have been considered an outrage upon the feelings of society. These are facts. Everybody who lives in town know them to be so. So also would "Q" had he not spent his days "in the corner." Intemperance is Increasing. See the thousands of the foreign population who land upon oar diorej. Hundreds ofthem are intemperate. They come from ale and beer houses. They ere far from being total abstinence men. How many of them are enrolled among temperance men? Will my friend who from "the corner" reads his "temperance paper" tell me? See the thousands of cur young men becoming Inebriates. See the rapidly increasing number of grog shops. See the increase of stamens a!! floating Rum palaces. Look at these things and tell me if Intemperance is not moting onward ? Look at the princely Distilleries -long our Ohio River turning out their fuoussnis of barrels every day, and tell me If the monstrous evil Is being destroyed? I would gladly believe with "Q" that thecvil ii dot advancing. Cut the facts are too stubborn Perhaps the prosperity of the Sons ia our state the at quarter may be plead as a proof agniu'.t my position. I rejoice to hear of that prosperity but a Division of the Sons may flourish In a citv and intemneranm a3ra t)"a At Iha c ma tlmA The circles of society beyond the reach of the "'jy aua oo gainer numoers to the grog 'op. Will Q tell me of a town In Indiana b population cf 6,000 souls which numbers w.'U "ontT I belleye -Q" has not controverts - tn that "Legalized Intemperance was never "'.rencned more firmly than now." Bat the gentleman thinka me inconsistent in acaneing the manner or certain Temperance Lectnrera trMte Titos! n c... t r , J I - v 0r,,ir V fii. sen. nil. mere tB no discrepancy. The traffic cannot be 1 Painted nnleas In Mak ;i .. -1 Etc auu nine 1 1 1 u in i ilea with the baleful glare of hell, but then these men of whom I have written many or them come before an audience of ladies and gentlemen -they utter expressions low, vulgar and obscene. They indulge in bitter tirades against the ministry, the church and sometimes against the Bible. All this is interspersed wiln coarse jokes-sule negro tales, etc. Now Mr. Editor, I would as soon place one of George Sands novels in the hands of my child as take him to luten to such . man. And yet when he comes "! all who do not drop all and go to hear him w denounced as enemies of the cause. On point 1 conl f 'to names, bnt I forbear. ftotwithstaading the sneer of Q" we need 'acta-w. need them to stare the drunkard mam the face-fact, which exhibit in trne col--"aught extenu ating nor aught sitttetnfficand the responsibility of the whole P le permitting this "merchandize of the Z t T need eloquent appeals" to the moderate drinker, to stop in hia deathward I march-to the father ind mother to guard ell he,rMnstndd,aghters-to our citLns victim f ' 11 f0r lhe i-ebriate-the h. T 'P"1-" will reach him Prchance-but nothing else can. cIommmV7lhankrU, t0 my friend t0T h" nd 2Z T f my h0mWe the -ter would ZZ'ZnZ? wouSL UghtM wUh8ame. II. J up twenty years eince. pw!h?d h6 UthM" he M take 17 ? V "Q" frm "h"orner" and 1 hou!dbeto7 n'?W Lest 1 him to .1! 6T9' We confine l w01f,H l:;.dareer f ""h,, - l o doubt Wln h! -P"." d h.ve.Ro- " I tnffer!! M no doubt do it ' "uuemartera." Rut . ' th ythePe b one imprecation in Q's en be m "SWere hIs "I'Hon, how could any hCdre.wTcthanRona,d- H the tni avowing open hostility drves to Bee hia son die a drun,a kit d1Bghtor wwl ent wh0M int?mpe.

ranee wui break her heart " N,y Mr. Editor, I can not thus Inkoke the scathing bolt of Divine

vengeance npon the innocent for the deeds of me guilty. In conclusion I thank Q for his noble sentiment which every man should adopt as his motto. "XsmtALiTT is Tbkasom." Aye it is Treason more terrible in Its results than that of Arnold. Let him repeat It let him sound In the ears of the slumbering and arouse them to action and then will "Intemperance no longer be on the advance." RONALD. Madison, Jan. 29. 1831. The I.naiinr T Flower. Being present at a party not long since, our botanical knowledge was brought into requisi tion by several persons, who were desirous of sending bonquets to their frieuds, composed of flowers Signifio.nt of iKair unlimant. A woll as we are able, we gave the most approved floral language to our young friends, and this week we resolved to publish that attached to each of the common blossoms. It is a pretty thoucrlit which Godhas strewed all over th'eill JlW a td i. : n i. i - i.i . .. . and vallies of our land. It i a recorded of a cel ebrated botanist Linnaeus, the Swede, we think it was that he flowers. The flight of opening and closing. language commonly attached Dahlia is Forever thine. Hyacinth AffVctiou returned. Jonquil First love. Blue Violet Faithfullne-s; or, I mast be sought to be found. White Violet Modest virtue. Althea I would not act contrary to reaesn. Bachelor Guttou Hope even la misery. Cape Jessamine My heart is joyful. Cedar You are entitled to my love. China Aster. You have no cause for discouragement. Bay I change but In death. Broom Cera Industry. Heart's Case Fcrget me net. Locust Sorrow endetli not when it seemeth done. w5noha Ferseverence: or, you are on cf - - "alore 8 nooitiiy. -Myrtle Love. Withered love betrayed. Feach Blossom Here I fix my choice. Fink, varb3ated-You have my friendship; ask no more. Evening rrimrose Man's leve Is like the changin- moon. Rose Bud Thou hast stolen my aflVciions. Rosemary-Keep this for my sake; I'll rcmr"1!rjt.hCo . . Daffodil-Se.More is thy besetting sia. Ice riant Your very look- freeie me. Ladies' Slipper You are too wild for sober company. O.ik I honor yo'l cbove e.ll others. White r.o?e Art has spoiled yocr beauty. Taney I mean to insult you; I declare r.-ar agaiart '"ou. Wlier'. Take c.-.re cf your ears, thry ere the best part about yen. cd Minosa Year irritability hides qualities. Box iae I cliantre rot. Well Flower ily affection is c'jotc ti:ae or misfortune. enin Aow thy art is known, thy rpell tisj not. Holly Come n?rme if you dare. Butter Cup Deceit is often thus covered. Anon Krrr-fv. in Women. We find, in c California diary, the following glorification of c quality vre are not sare we shoutd like. A man of few words-' is very well, but a women of few words is a matter open to arpument. "I encountered, to-day, In a rvine, some three miles distant, among the geld crashers, a woman from San Jose. She wes at work with a large wooden bowl, by the side of a rtream. I asked her how long she had been there, and how much gold she averaged a day. She replied, " I hree weeks and an nnnee .' ?Ter renlireminded me of an anecdote of the late Judge R . ;.i r. and asked her, "How deep did you find the r. - stream? what did you get for your butter?""Up to the knee and ninepence." was the reply. "Ah!" said the Judge to himself; "she is - thegir! for me; no words lost there;" turned back, proposed, was accepted, and married the next week; and a more l.anpy couple theconjugal bonda never united; the nuptial lamp nev-

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er waned; its ray was steady and cler to the - ""' u. ...eannilast. Ye who paddle of and on for seven years, Verear-T Colonization Meeting, at the Capitol, on and are at last, perhaps, capsized, take a lesson Tuesday "ening next. of the judge. That 'up to the knee and nine- Wr Stary Graham has made a verbal conpence' Is worth all the rose letters and melan- ract wi,h Messrs- DaheD' Gillcr' Frcnrl!-'1 choly rhymes ever penned." Moo,' ' of New York' ,0 crfCt Dpck in California, for which Congress at its last ses0Mr9. Harriet N. Frewett, Editor of the sioa made an appropriation. The contract wil Yaxoo, Miss. Whig, In speaking of Woman's be completed and signed in a day or two.

Rights Convention, uses the fultowirg very sensible remarks they will have their influence: We have received the address adopted by the Woman's Rights Convention, lately held at Waterloo, New York, with the modest request to

copy." We would do so with pleasure, if we :and Bbslraclions Were the c,aim8ll1fl exclu. thought such an address at all needed in M.s- Lve,y Virgil)ianSi ,hereare wicked people enough sissippi; but the fact is, the women here have in h worlJ ,0 believe that Mr Robert T. M just as much power as they desire. In truth we jIIunter couM hw found materiai for a very are of opinion, that the mn are'submissionisU' lg,rong arg,lmeut in favor. Where is the in too many cases and have serious notions orlVirginian who is Bot siy, in Congrcsss or out, calling a convention to set forth their wrougs. viiig or Locofo, to support almost any claim

Sam Slick, who has very proper notions about some matters, remarks that if two ride one horse one must ride before; now the women of Mississippi, as a mere matter of taste and convenience, let the men ride before, always reserving to themselves the right of directing them which way to pull the reins. Chirkea Pie . Several cases of familes having been poisened by eating chicken pie have been mentioned in the papers, and It Is suggested by the New York Sun that when chickens, after being cooked, are left to stand for any length of ti me cove re d closely, they breed a kind of a poison; and also that, in the case of pies, it is necessary always to cut a hole through the crust to let In the air, and when cooked in any other way, It is necessary to leave them sufficiently open to allow free aceets to the air.

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Corrr.pond.-nrr of hc BaUimntv Pri i th'"e Pr th"1 rt i W indeb,ed io D'- Tatterson, the superinWASIIINGTON, Jan. 19, 1S51. Mr Ewing. in the Senate, offered a similar tendant of this institution for his intetesting anLast night, in the Hall of the House of Rep. ! reso,ution of in1uiry "hich was first passed, nBa' report. We are proud of our State Instiresentatives, Asa Whitney, Esq., entertained ! then recons'i'1,'rwl Bnd ''! the table. j tutions, for the Insane, the Mute and the blind.

n attentive audience with a masterly defence ! -"rrow .Mr Secretary Graham will reply I hy re the brightest monuments of our chaand exposition of his e rent railway from the 1 to ,h rp90'ution or he Hous-. He has been rity ""d benevolence. We read their annual . 1 a 1 K f ... i .. . i

Mississippi ,iver ,rt .u. pHr:fir xr k. . . v. wuuKresswno listened to his views, arguments ana statements of fact, have assured me that they were made converts to Mr. Whitney's great enterprise. To-day, in the same Hall, the Rev Dr. Hawks. of New Yorl., in the presnce of a very large, fashionable an4 intelligent audience, preached one of the mw powerful and thrillingly eloquent discourses, on the rise, progress, power, and future destinies of this great Union, that !!"" I,B" brro there or any where else, delivered. The eloquent divi, pketched with n,.i-,. hand, the rapid growtt,, prosperity, blessings and power of this iri ... rt . . . -"'tire , r reedom, and pictured in strong colors its future nower r.t means excellent Institutions, lis advancement of civilization and the rt ,j the triple power of steam, lihtning and wealth. j u.,u uuw u cnnri oy which ispace over our vast republic would annib;i. .... 1 ffAJ e.1 lk.. ... . I am- mo wt-nvures oi Asia and the Eastern j isies oi the sea would be brought Into our coun- ! try's lap, as t!u r;reat commercial depot of the , world. He save a franl:. n-.in,. r .-mm jandefwhat com norce, enterprising, persevering, shrewd End keen cf soon!, with no motive jbut thut cf interest r:;J -t. Ocd but thct cf gain, .,cou!d anJ-- t,!J c, a the pi ?ress of the groat (revolution new oii:g on throughout tl s v.-iv.U, towarj et-!iar.eiQg the greatness an.l povrcr of tliU mighty republic of the Western Ileraisiphere. j He spoke of ancient Vekfce, when mistress of lho sear and in the zeni:h of her power, and said ;tho commerca r.t the world this country will (8con be what Venice was until Vasco de Gama di.-corered n- ,k.. i:J , - . ;vrt ouu tim iaiu me lounnanon lor en ice jo be shorn of her ( wo puui ii i urr vumnierciai sirengin, and, .'consequently, of her power. But there would be PO Vasco de Gama ami nn donhl inn riU Cape of Good Hope, he said, to bar the onward progress or the American commerce of the preeent progressive age. j IIe he,j vp to v"Jew onr wioaU prealBelt jour Freedom, as seen by the eyes or all the wcr!d-ocr coble institutions, the envy of all jnations-our eminent success in self-govern-j lnent for soventy-four years-our happinessand ; enjoyment our lacjrns-e, spoken by more millions than speak any cth.-r ca iibed toni.uet! noLla deeds c. oar I.evomtioaary fathers, and their toils and svfTerirgs and loss cf blood and life in ti:t caue uf Frec.lcm, r.t;d to !ea-e aa inherilar.ee to their pcrterily, mere ncblo than the world ever before had kcor.a r.-i;) call.??, in thrll'Ia tones, to know w! who v.-cu!d raiso the. cry ofcisnnion! who would dare to despoil our nati.-aal flag, and thereby extend the sceri!;jrous haa.l to undo the noble work of our Revolutionary fathers, &C. &c. I cannot jire even a faint Idea of the eloquent orator's pon-er.'j! apperl to his cotitrynien all, to stand by and rrcserv? the Union, cad then fore I will eoarc the r.lterript. In co crlusion, tie rnjoauM npen all cf las countrymen to cherish oneGod.cne faith, one language, cno freedom, and one country. At thc conclusion of the discourse, Richard S. Coxe, Esr; , moved that the Rev. Dr. V.ar. I.e. beroquestcl tj furnieh a copy cf his excellent production fo publication which motion was carried witiioul a dissenting- voice. The chefp ppsj1 '0;n n-Mrh passed the House by so larg a majority, will go through the Senate with but little or no amendment. It is a popular measure. The new three cent coin for which the bill provides will probably be tn-o-thirds copper to one-third silver, an.l will be about the size of our cld-fashtoncd h:'.ll"cent. The Xew York and San Francisco Branch MiDt" wi" be pran,cd 1-V ConCre?s Bt rrceent session, no doubt. The Shar.g-hai l ino of Mail Steamers, it is 'U?r"1 ""J ,,? Pai, mucH att.r to su,pr " " 1 " " cl"1Jr "- annual T"" , Th" .bony Line will bo warmly advocated, ;,d gh ,0 P ,hr(1"Ch- Mr- O-y nd Mr. F. F" ?,an,0n c,,airma of th Committee cn NaV ivepresenlat.ve., w.,1 Correspondence orilir tlaltimore Pafriot. WASHINGTON, Jan 21, 1531. In the Senate, yesterday, Mr Hunter, of Virginia, made a speech of considerable ability against the French Spoliation Bill His argument wna mnitilv tnnHe nn nf Virginia sophisms against lhe Government which may be set up in behalf of an old Virginia soldier or sailor, who had the good luck to belong to the family of F. F. V.'s?" To-day, Mr Seward entertained the Senate with a strong, well-fortified argument in favor of the French Spoliation bill. He is not so fluent a speaker as Mr Hunter, but his arguf ... . . . i, ment will read as well, in my jungemem, .ur. Seward returned all and each of Mr Hunter's Wei. spoused objectionsto the bill. v..hiM.Ar ...! w.a done In the House ' , , . tnrfiv. Yesterdav the House passed a resolution j . - . j , offered by Mr Bokee. calling on the Secretary of the Navy for information as to what has been 3 TV done toward the erection of a floating Dry Dock in Califrnia, for which Congress made en anpropriation at Its last session, and whether a ry Deck eculd not be erscted open some other'

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INDIANA. Fit I DAY, FKBHUAUY 7, 1S51

oian, costing a less sum of mooev or somekept back from completing the contract with It r..U- r. . ... u,.,, mrniiinir, n . mo very strong and perserving opposition to Daken & Co. which has been kept n kr 1... j . i .... . r .uu.,v.alUiI. mm naventurers, who, anxious to have their own fingers in the pie, l. . . 1.. .1 . . . . n.c ...nu- timrpr!. 10 me i resident and the t-ec-retary ot the ISavy against Daken Co , which the public interest rennired chnnM looked into. Consequently Mr Secretary Graham appointed, at difii-rent tlms, two beards of experienced officers, to go to New York and ! Thiladelphia and make all the necessary and '' ProPPr estimates nnd calculations for the action of the Denartment nn ihp enhixf Ti, , ' " "'" ; ho"rds h"vp reported, and upon their estimate! i ,h "tary made up his mind, several days 'o contract with Daken vV Co. to erect the ' con,,"mpln'd California Dry Dc.rk. The pa - ' . --v v- umu hc : cou,,i fir9t wP!y to ,he r! of the House, nnd in irinr v in inv n snid in. nnntrt .:! . ,lflrn wUl f...ll " ,MI t,,rr n:ii,(n any, Lottgrresn may choose to take in the matter. The Secretary's

reply, when receded, will doubtless be rpf-rred i dy t0 eink wilh deepest aflliaions, has been to the Committee on Naral Affairs, where the ' ,nail to rejoice over the restoration of theso who appropriation of th- last session for a Dry Dork 'iave Deen 5ent forlh from '''is institution, "cloin California originated. that if any clia:;e thviS, end 'in their right mind." Some who in the law on the subject is deemed necessary, i ,,a1 '""e" n'S'ied to a felon's ce!!, for no it may speedily be rep.-.rtfd and arte.! cn. or in cri!!1P' l,at for Miffortunes only, have be t a raithe event that no chanj., shonld be deemed ' J fr0:u t!,e !ivip" f?!,u,rhre8 1,1 w'"ch they had

necessary, that the Socre'.ary rf the Navy and tha county may U readi'y Informed ofthl fact to the report of the Committee d;d the action of the House. On? thin? is pretty certain th? Dry Dock is greatly needed in California, and w ill soon be commenced. The annua! Colonisation UTeeth-g was held to-night in the Four-:,nd a-bn!l" street Church, and not at the Capitol, es I had understood it was to have been held. The Church was densely and fashionably crowded. Mr Clay made a great and thrilling speecth on the occasion. All the proceedings were highly interesting and enterlaining. The scene at National Hall, last night, where a Circus had been opened, brggar3 description. The raised seats, on the west side of the great room raised as they are raised at Circuses when well loaded with ladies and gentlemen, and before the performance commenced, gave way with a crash, followed by another an 1 another crash, amid screams t he most terrific. I'or about-forty feet along the wall the raised benches, with their living and breathing burthen went down to the floor beneath, and taking thut floor nlong, descended en masse to the cellar, raie thirteen feet! One hundred and fifty to two hundred persons went down in the crash. And yet not a limb waw broken! The remainder cf tho audience made fer the doors with great velocity. Mr Speaker Cobb was about the f:r. t pjrson out of the house, in safety. Of thju-slicjuishcJ who went clown with the eras!;, were the lion. George Wood, Tresioent cf the reat Nc-.v York Union meeting, and of tho Union Vigilance Committee, and the Hon. Senator Bell and his lady. Mr Woou fell flat upon his back, and looked up, very calmly. Mr Bel! ret all coversd with durt nnd dirt, and looUe.l as if h had hnrl a bard li.r- of it. Mrs. Bell, ih; moment she recovered her feet and voice, threw w ide cpen l.er arms a,!.d exlaimeJ "Where Is my child ?" Noi odv answered. "Where is niv c!ii!J !" slm re-w.i...l Si i, nn nno r..t;...l A :.....- J , . ..... ..-..... ..,,,.. apimM licraar.si'ii, ". ,icre is my child?" And with this Istin.-e exclamation, the rushed into the crowd of bewildered am:i7-d cso;le,seperatin:!iem, right and left, urlil the nobie and indomitable woman gained the object of her heart's pursuit. POTOMAC. WASHINGTON, Jan . 2.1, ISoI. The Sena'e, to-day, soon disposed of the Freeh Spoliation bill, by c.rrierin it to be engrossed, which is equivalent to passing it. The vote on engrossment stood 3i to 2i7. The indications are that the bill will go through the House, but there is no certainty about it. To-morrow will be private hill day, so the Senate will not take up eny bill of a national character before Monday next. There was a short Executive sesrjjn cf the Cere.te t"-dr.y, but what was done has r.r! rs vet bern divulg'd. ome sur;.:!se that tl.eCaliujrau ii.iiiila :'.ioa3 cf Feu.r.il oiiieers wcr? t: '-.-i np. Iu li.a House, the deficiency bill was under consideration, in ciTnittee ef the whole. Tha rleoate wes umtileresiicj comparatively shaking. The people are floking to this city, et this time, in grer-.t numbers. They could scarcely comethicker and faster if there were to be, in the course cf a few days, a Presidential Inauguration. All the hotels are craned, and nppiicants after replicants for quarters have to be. turned off, to find shelter where they best can in boarding or private houses. What does this mighty influx cf peopta at this time mean ? It means that the short session of Congress is past its tenith and drawing to its close, and that a vast multitude of speculators, claimants, politicians and otTiee applicants, are deeply anxious to get something done forthemselves, or their sections, or friends, before the light of the existing Congress flicker out. Hence they come and how they come! "I see them on their winding way, Lord, how they make their trotters play !" This is a erent country. Col. George T. M. Davis, the worthy and acmplished chief clerk of the War Department, comDlished chief clerk of the ar Department, h" resigned his office, the resignation to take ! effect on the 1st cav of March next. Ia him , Covernmenl ofin one of its best and most j efficient officers. Colonel Davis, like Dr. Foote, . late Charge des affaires to Bogota, resumes the editorial profession, to do battle in the true big cause. lie wields a strong pen, ana wo 10 mose . , . i, j;,.. hniieri,.. bvhiupi ivn ii ... . ... - i understand the rumor, that Mr. Commissioner Ewbank, of the Patent Office, is coon t, retire from the official position lie now hold e, is ' Jt j.ppcteJ that the bill to amend the Talent Laws, now on the table nf th Senate, will be taken up for action on Monday next.

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reports with as mnnh care and interest, as if . ' we ....hiuum owners oi moee establishmine institution for the Insane there is a greater field for research ami exnemnenti ..i.i . . . . '. " "pucaiion ct science anil learning. In this respect, our State has been favored in the .h n .. ""mr. ratterson, for Superintendent. me mndness of hi manner an.l voice, with a 801,1 deeply svrttnathisino- with 1 (Tiiii. r 8,1 r Adam's unfortunate descendants. A man of strong intellectual powers, with a thorough ual education, he is peculiarly fitted for h artious labors. ( V e make the followlnv eiracl fron? !;is lute Annual Renort. tn-wit-H is now less than two years sines a portion , "fth Indiana Hospiul for the Insane wa. cpe uea lor u,e reception of patients. During that ' Period, fifty-eiht have been restored to the to The v rnirr Mil ri'Hss i nun i ha n.n... . 'it-v.ruiiig ; a prujioriionab,y greater nnmber having reroverad. and the ! lill m.i1:t.. Ln: I r-. ... ' ,uul,a,ilv uriujt Since the last anuual """""ng ol your Board, many a heart, reaoeen crtomueo; am; restored to reason 's sway, have returned to their homes, to fill stations of usefulness ia society, and to gladden the deFoUte hearts cf sorrowing end dependent families Among lho?e who have been under our care, during the prist year, are the rich and the poor, tho learned and the unlearned, the old and the young, the hoinocidal and the suicidal, the raving maniac and the subject of dark melancholy. No rank or station, no circumstances or habits of life, seem to afford an entire immun ity from this disease; and there is no one of the numerouscitizens of our happy commonwealth, who is not liable to need the care of this, or some other Institution for the mentally diseased. Twelve months ago, a lady or much respectability and excellence had comfortable health, mental and pliyic ii, and was 'in the enjoyment of all the blessings of society and friends. Severe afflictions visited her family, attended with ill health, loss of sleep, anxiety and fatigue. Nervous irritability and decided mental alienation soon followed. When brought to the Hos . . . pital, ail was gloom; every thought was sad, and every contemplation seemed to overwhelm her mind with dark and fearful forebodings. She had repeatedly attempted self-destruction by starvation, by hanging, and in various other ways had tried to put an end toiler miserable existence. Horror, agitation and alarm, in short all that constitutes extreme wretchedness, was hers. There being apparent physical disease, thislady was put upon appropriate medical treatment, her mind calmed, soothed, and encouraged and her person guarded to prevent suicide. Under hospital treatment and care, slight improvement was in a short tiina manifest. Light, though useful employment, was regularly furnished; innocent amusements were allowed; much exercise in the open air was taken, by ! walking and ridin;; and in four months from the ! data of her admission, she was returned to her! home, in the enjoyment of fine health nnd spirits, and is now a useful member of society, n . Messin- to her family and frien.ls, an.l n nmau- I went iillcsiing the efficacy cf philanthropic sci ence to gather up, and build anew the rcattered fragment cf the human miu.i in ruins. In the month of a re?-ect ibl? firmer was t.-.ken from the jail of county where lie had been jilaced for safe keeping; was bound with strong cords, and conveyed to the hospital for treatment. (Ii insanity was probably the the result of religious excitement, of the variety '.lermonis.n. H was sleep'ess, neiy, violent, raving mad. His cords were im tiedi.ilelv loosed, temporary solitude, baths, medicines and diets suited to his condition were prescrilied and faithfully administered. He soon became calm, was admit!? ! to society, continued to take such medicines as sre calculated to allay nervous irritation, e.nd invigorate thn system; took much exereisfl in the opvinir by ri.Ii"?, w.-.lking, b.il'-p'ayinu nn.l labarin- rpoa the (Vrm; and in throe rr!0!il':o from the time of his admission, left the Ilorpltal in excellent health, and resumed h;. p!ae as a hurband an.l parent, at lhe head of a lare and dependent family. A yo'jn- lady was a lmitte.l from . county insanity of two months deration. She i had been maniacal in the commencement of her r .-t.i .. , disease, for Winch, to her great inmrv, she had ' - " been repeatedly and excessively bled, end whieh I doubt not produced a fir wore alarming condition; that approaching to dementia. Pile was perfectly incoherent her sensibility, understan ding and will were prostrated. Tha brain had II lost the power to perceive or retain impressions unmeaning words and sentences wereuncon- , sciously uttered. Her memory was gone; she .was without desires or aversions, joysorsorrows, love or hatred without interest in passing events, without judgement, or icean upon which to reasou. She was almost bloo.Iles.i. having lost several quarts withal the space of a few weeks pale, emaciated, feeble, miudless and altogether, a most pitiable creatnre. By i long-continued care, and perseverance in the j use cf remedies, the mind was reclaimed from its incoherent mutterings, and aroused from itstorpor; au l this excellent, and hitherto useful lady, was restored to health, both mental and physical; she left the hospital in fonr montbstfrom the ,. , . . :.,.,! u," "c " " " well. Vmw .r fiws ndm'.tted since Cpc. iSli. Men. Women T. Unknown, 20 4 If. 13 , . , , " health of various kinds, XVV rtnuse Irem orunKen m-s.,..., Excessive uss of tobacco, T'ns pr property, 111 treatment rrein re.a' , I cmsttc a, Miction , stions.

5 10 Intense application to study, 4 Disappointment in love, 3 Epilepsy, 5 Want of occupation, 2 False accusation Sc imprison. 1 Indulgence of temper, Jeatousy, Exposure and fatigue, 7 3 3 1 7 6 6 o 1 1 3 9 10 2 3 1 I 6 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 10 urrirerm, ruerperal, r.xcessive use ol q linihe. 2 3 1 4 1 , u.aappoiuied amutiou, b-i:nai irritation, 1 . . ' 1 2 1 1 iourpicai operation. Loss of sleep and exposure ! Mexican war excitement ' ! M 1 ' '""erism, Pulmonary disease, Dyspepsia, 1 3 2 1 1 j Masturbation, ! R-ading vile books, Mesmerism, itScn. Farmers, Laborers, Merchants, Studeuts, Clerks, Shuemakers, Blacksmiths, Physicians, Teachers, Tailors, Wagonmaker, Plasterer, Brewer, Miner, Cooper, Chairmakers, Clergyman, Punipmaker, Musician, Total, Woe Housework, School Girls, Tailoress, luolructreea 17 4 4 4 3 5 2 5 X 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 c4 G3 I 4 Total 162 Agennt which iusnnllf comturnrrd Under 20 years of age, From 20 to 25 years of age. From 2." to 30 years of age, From 30 to 35 yearn of age. From 35 to 40 years of age, From 40 to 45 years of age, From 45 to 50 years of age, From 50 to 55 years of ag From 55 to fit) years of age, From GO to C5 years of age, From (15 to 70 years of age, From 70 to 75 years of age. We continue to report a lurge number of patients uudercare, who have had insane ancestors and relatives. Nothing" is more certain, than that a susceptibility or predisposition to insanity may lie inherited front parents. The.children often escape, wheu the effects of hereditary disease are clearly neen in the grandchildren. It is ! lieved that this predisposition to disease is more frrnnantty inberi'.rd f.-cra tba mother than from the father. The intermarry ing of relatives is a cause of degneracyofJboth mind nnd body, and tends indirectly to insanity. In several instances that have come to our notice during the past year, more than one member of the same faniilv liave become iaranp There are In the Hospital, at this time, two sisters from one family, a brother and sister from another. We have had during the pasl'yeara father and his daughter; and applications have been made for the admission of two brothers and a sister. We have also; as' is rarely the case, a husband and his wife as patients in the institution, but neither of the last mentioned cases so j far as I can learn, suffer from hereditary taint. Tho husband became 'insane from , and the wifo fromjanxiety and loss of sleep. In the care of her afflicted family, during the early period cftlie husband's insanity. These are indeed severe afflictions. They fall heavily upon the soul, and are sufficient to make the stoutest heart quail. Families broken up, and the diff rent members thereof scattered uudercircumstances the most painful and trying. The brother, a raving maniac; and the sis ter, sitting in melancholy darker than night; a repose more dreadful, and a silence'tnore fearful than that of the grave. These are the woes which Indiana, by establishing a hospital for tha Insane, seeks to assuage. She hath done lioldy in this. She will not see those of her children, who are already grievously afflicted, receiving stones while asking bread. Indiaua could boast not of her bold streams and fertile plains, while no refuge, but the fellon's ceil could he found within 'her ample borders, in which the child of misfortune might find a shel ter and a resting place from the storms of adversity. Dnnrinif. A c. "While alluding to lectures, we would repia. the advice we gave a year since to our friends iu every town and village. Get up a course of lectures for the wiuter. Call upon your best speak-rs. If you have no speakers of experience give untried ones an opportunity to commence. By such a course, instruction may be imparted, taste will be cultivated, the social fee liues W'H be improved, and unworthy amuse ments will be discountenanced. Society will . . ,i u , ., . . , 3 use either their heels nr their henda. (.iva mnployment to their brains, and they will not be j inclined, 'When youth and pleasure met, To chase the golden hours with flying feet.' " I ur. t-impsoii, ot the W. C Advocate. I he I'ork Trade. Mr. Editor The following may be relied on as a correct statement or the number of hoes ' I I . - 1 1 . .. . .... im hta at i r rre-name, tins henion. I he number packed at each establishment is derived from the owners of the Pork louses: At Messrs. II. I. Williams & Co's, Do Bnudinot &. Warren's, Do J. L Hiinmston 'c Co., Do J. D Early & Co.'s, Dj V.'iUon &. Co.'s, 12,701 22,015 3.M5 1 i,3j 12,513 C5.54S 5,000 At Messrs. Barbour & Barbour's, (Durkee's Ferry,) Tola', 70,54? The above Is famished us from a source which may be relied upon as correct. Terre Haute Ex. IjA droll story isgoiugthe rounds, of an honest old farmer, who, attempting to drive home a bull, got suddenly hoisted over the fence. Recovering hin s-lf he saw the animal SG on the other Fide of the rails, saw ing the air

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The good old man looked steadily at him a moment and then shaking his fist at htm exclaimed; "enrn your apologies you needn't stand there, vou tarnal critter, a bowin and scraplD,' vna did it a purpose, drti you"

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Wanted. AX HONEST, INDUSTRIOUS BOT. We lately saw an advertisement headed as above.. It conveys to every boy an impressive moral lesson. "An hoiiest industrious boy" Is always want ed. He will be respected and loved; hs will be spoken of in terms of high commendation; he will always have a home; he will grow up to be aman of known worth and established character. He will be wanted. The merchant will want him for a salesman 'or a clerk; the master mechanic will want him for an apprentice or a journeyman; those with a job to let will want him for a contractor; clients will want him for a lawyer; patients, for a physician; religious congregations, fsr a pastor; parents for a teacher of their children; and the people, for an officer. He will be wanted. Townsmen will want him as a citizen; acquaintances as a neighbor; neighbors as a friend; families as a visitor; th world as an acquaintance; nay, girls will want him for a beau, and finally for a husband. An honest industrious boy ! Just think of It, boys, will you answer this description? Can you apply for this situation? Are you sure tha1 you will be wanted? You may be smart and active, but that does not fill the requsitlon are you honest! You may be capable are you in" dustrous! You may be well-dressed and create a favorable impression at first sight are you both "honest and Industrious" You may apply for a "good situation" are you sure that your friends, tea hers, acquaintances can recom mend you for these qualities? Oh, how would you feel, your character not being thus established, on hearing the words "can't employ you." Nothing else will make up for the lack of these qualities. No readiness or aptness for business will do it You mnst be honest and induntrious must work and labor; then will your "calling and election" for places of profit and truutbe made sure. I heTkirlr pierea fStilver. Among the legends of tha early ages of Christianity, m one respecting the Thirty Piecos of Silver which Judas received for betraying his master, nuJ wich he bro't back to the priests when he saw that Jesus was condemed; the pieces which the priest would not receive, because they said "It is the price of blood" and which they could not restore to the public treasury, because it would be defiled by them, these thirty pieces of silver were employed to bui field to bury strangers in, which was callrd "The Field of Blood." This Ihtbl and cuied silver is not, according to the legend, a common and ordinary coin. Wheu Cain fled, after the murder of Abel, his tous invented the Arts, those instruments and j punishments of the passions of mau and Tui J.-I'-aiH, thn eldest sou of Caiu, disco verrd the art of casting metals. It was he who atrurk those thirty cursed pieces which were paid to the brothers of Joseph when they s.-.ld him to the Egyptian merchants, and which down through the ages, serving for, I know not how many treason; and crimes, have reached nt last becoming each day more crushed and fit tithe hands of Judas, for whose execrable perfidy they were the reward. The inyl rious pedestrian attributed llies pieces of silver, which passed thes from Cain to Judas the price of the blood of all the just forged by the son of the first murderer upon earth all this is great an J beautiful; but this C 'lilaining a great moral icea for tiiere are few great poetical inventions which do not contain some great moral lesson- These thirty pieces of silver of Judas' this lat.d money has hud its use iu the history of all mankind; these pieces de not belong merly to the history of Joseph or Jesus Chribt, they are so t" speak. Satan's treasury upon earth. When the Maid of Orleans was sold to the English by the Burgtindmns, it was with these thirty pieces of Judas' silver that England paid for her blood Revue dedeuz Mondes. The Good Hire. There can be no doubt whatever but that a good wife is a great blessing, and it is also equally true that all wives desire to he good Many, however, think they can be good without exertion. This Is an error. Mental exertion and sacrifice of feeling is required. But see the reward. The Influence of a good wifo Is immense. The power of a wife for good or evil is irresistable. Home must be the seat of happines, or it must be.forever unknown. A good wife Is to a man, wisdom and courage, strength and endurance. A bad one is confusion, weakness, discomfiture and despair. No eond tion is hopeless when the wife possesses firmness, decision and economy. There is no outward prosperity which can counteract indolence, folly and extravagauce at home. No spirit can long resist domestic influence. Man is st'ong, but his heart ia not adamant. He delights In enterprise and action, but to sustain him he needs a tranquil mind and a whole heart. He expends his whole moral force In the conflicts of the world. To recover his equanimity and compo sure, home must be to him a place of repose, of peace, of cheerfulness, of comforts, and his soul gains strength, and again goes forth with fresh vigor to encounter the labor and trouble of the world. But, ii at home he finds no rest, snd there is met with a bad temper, sullenness, or gloom, or Is assailed by discontent, or complaint or reproaches, the heart breaks, the spirits are crushed, hope vanishes, and the man sinks into despair. ailiirrrr la l ink. The Washington correspondent of the Evening Post writes as follows: In a recent conversation with an Intelligent person from Salt Lake, I learned that many of the emigrants from the South, had brougl slaves with them into the Territory, still he'd them there, and entertained no fear whateyrr that they should be disturbed in what they called their property, before Utah should be ready for admission as a State, when she Is just as likely to be a Slave as a Free State. The population is ascertained to be about twenty-five thousand. I presume the same statement of facts will apply to New Mrxico, except aa to population, which is more numerous than Utah. flrA dii came off at Schenectady, lately between a pare of exquisites. They fought with lucifer matches, on the tow-path. One of the parties was slightly killed, and the Other mortally frightened.

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