Indiana American, Volume 19, Number 14, Brookville, Franklin County, 28 March 1851 — Page 2

AMKRICAIV DKOOKV1LLE, INDIANA FRIDAY. MARCH 28, 1851

Oro. M. Brain, is a candidate Tor Justice of ; the Peace, in Brookvllle township, to fill ihe ': 1 place of Esq. Grasmuck , at ihe April election. ITFuaxch Grasmcck, Esq. la a candidate for re-election to the office of Justice at the April election Last year there was rather a short crop of j this very liecessary article of diet. There may j be soma Inquiry for seed and connumption. At I present there are for sale 400 bushels choice nnlalAM at t ...oLr A Farpp haa an. 4 Han Mp.t- I . I car's, In this place. There is probably In this country no crop more profitable than potatoes. Two hundred bushels to the acre is not a large yield. At the present price, 60 cents per bushel, the proceeds per acre Is $120, whilst the labor is but little more than on an aero of corn. On our first page, an article giving experiments on large and mall potatoes for seed, will be found interesting. In this country new ground just cleared from an old deadening is best for this crop. The i next best is sod ground. In clay soil, from the 1st to the 20th of June Is the time for planting. But In sandy soil, the sooner, after the disappearance of the spring Crofts, the better. lloaC It mi king.

On Sunday last, the house of Mrs. Thompson,' . , , , . ,., ' , ,..,. .apparent honesty of purpose, almost takes one near Mount Carmel, and Mr. C Bartlow s, one I , , ... , T . nr , ... , , , , ... back to the days of John Wesley, mile beyond Carmel, were broken open, whilbt ... . ,.

the occupants were at church. The locks of bureaus, trunks, and cupboards were all broken, doing much damage to the furniture. At the 1st named house tha thief obtained about $7 Iu money. At the latter nothing, Mr Bartlow having wisely secured the avails of his late California trip from the fingers of pilfering gentlemen. Upon inquiry a strange boy had been seen passing through the neighborhood. He was pursued, caught at Venice, Ohio, and bro't to this place on Monday evening. On searching, money was found secreted on his person, some of which was in his stocking, suiting the flpBrrintinfl nltha mnnon l.b.n II.. ...... A , , , , r , .... ... ined before K-0 Grasmuck. and h H In hail in the sum of $ 400, in default of which he was ta ken to the Counersville jail. Then pettifoggers commenced their business being accessories oferim.. Thpin,,.,!M.i.M...-. ... .7 . ' ' "" " " ru

cailing the assocate judges together, to havejf. . . ..".-.:. 'r

the boy brought out on a habeus corpus; when the witnerpes would have to be dragged from this county to Connersville, or the prisoner be released. While this was preparing, our sheriff defeated their schemes by bringing him back to this place, and is keeping him with kind words and bread and butter. It is light and proper lhat attornies should be employed loaee tint ju.tiee is administered to the tunorentand the vniltv: but not for n-t. tiforrem Ia matta t .Ku;. k.,.:.. i , . . 1 the sir..... .1 j...... ...... . ! ' - - i iiiu ucicii juii CO DT the aid of mean trickery and evasion; A lawyer that clear, a scoundrel by such means is no better th- vilhin for whom he labors. We have seen case, where we thought justice would be rendered, if the lawver h lk. hy some other process, could be brought before - J vui rui-f aj Judge Lynch. Lawyers have no more right to j be hired to do wronger defeat justice, than any i other man. j 03 Brown, of the State Seminal pul.liches the following preputial Ticket For President, Mrs Jane Swis.iei.w For Vice President Horace Grkelkv As it may be desirable to have 1V9 by the candidates some what similar in ability, dis position, and personal appearance, we suggest way of amendment For Pre?itent Mrs. Anne ivoyal ror Vice "resident, m. J. Brown. Richmond Palladium, That is a gooi hit, Mr. Palladium. But could you not fill out a cabinet for the last named ticket. It might gire it strength, for the people ' to kuow what lo expect? From ihe Ind. p,d. , Prr... " - i LCrln our last number, we staled th.t R. ! II B. Hi bbf.x, had accepted the appointment of P.-iacipil of t'vs .VTrsncsbaruh Institute, on th resign itiou of tin furmer Principal. Such was the f irt. We learn that he has since de clined the station, and gone to Jeffeasonville, to establish an academy in that town, similar to this. The Truster of this Institution, it Is said, 111 at an early perioJ. select some on. in fill ,

the vacancy. i Important trnt'n In a prominent point of view, Since writing the above, we were shown , j a,,d i,lu,ltr,,le il 'citously. And if of the specircular of "The Indiaua Institute," Jefferson- CI" mst0,ie" ' in the present instance, it villa, InJ , which states that the Institute will j sll0uld ""y lively idea ofthe manners, be opened on the 7th proximo, with the follow- j custom8' forms of speech, and modes of thought,

ing Board of Instruction, Rev H. B. Hibben Principal pro tern, and Teacher of Ancient Languages and Mathematics. Miss Sarah J. Hibben, Teacher of Mentnl and Moral science, la., i.c. Miss Mary B.Wirt, Principal of Female Department. Mrs. H. Hibben, Teacher of Music on the Fiano Forte. mis institution is newly organized, and the design of the Trusters, as appears from the cir- ! cular, is to establish and mainiain one worthy , .. .11.1111.111 in., wuriny the patronage of that community. In ,he se lection of Mr. Hibben, and of those united with him. in the Board of Instruction, ihe Trutsee, have secured ihe service, of faithful and compe-' tent teachers. Under their .uo.rinted. I and tuition, the Institution will prosper. A Card. , TO THE CITIZEN'S OF DEARBORN CO ' tiaving been urgently and repeatedly aolici-

. , ...any ol i8 people, or all parties, to be- mm Anne or the shoulder-knot, and its woncome a candidate for Clerk of the Daarborn Cir- j itrM restoration in the moment of danger, euit Court, I therefore comply with these gens- I AI1 this is well enough told, but, so far aa we roue solicitations, and appeal to ihe voters of can Jud8e nt a whit better than othera have this County, for their influence and support for ' ,0,d w- Nor can mare narrative, however reliaone term ouly. j ble as history, constitute the merit of a historiHaving labored for the intellectual improve- j 0,1 1,0", Ths ordinary sources of history are ment and moral advantage, ofthe citizens of I accessible. Hume narrates the events of Enindiana for 15 years, I feel that I have aome ' lUh H'lory at thia period, and Hume can be Identity with them, and some slight claims, iu bought for two dollars and forty cents. The appealing to their friendship and partiality. , truth is. we read novels, even of th historical Being thus before you, and in your hands, I clas' no to learn history; but to see a faithful eubmit my election to your deliberate decision, i portraiture of every day life; to hear bow men and whatever may be the issue, I .hall bow . a,,d women talked; to observe how they moved, w ith submission to the sovereign will. j aJ lived , and dressed in a former age; in short March 20, 1S5I . W. W. HIBBEN. ' to 8,ean those minuter circumstances, that erave

From Washington, .secretary Corwin ia very sick. A telegraphic dispatch to the war department !

announces the death of Brevet Major-Gsn Geo ! 1 a to""ament was, M Brooke, at San Antonia, Texas jsndto behold, aa in panorama.', the Cruaader, ;- . - i the Saxon, and the Jew; and to catch the manJohn Hancock I-l. , Bers of the people of the middle ages. Th . it. T MlrCh A ,0P't. there is absolutely none. Beside. The steamer John Hancock, with a heavy , he narative, there i. a transcendental disquiload from Cincnuat, to St. Louis, struck a n., ; sition. that wet,! ,:. , " T

lire miles aSo.P.n Rir.r.la.r. .:. , v..w.uudM, , i . lh mar- , and mo. , B. og, and sunk immediately. Boat .1 f Ik. r. ..... , I . . . , U"I

THE Mlf IXDER BKOT, or .krtchc oj

ike thrcc-ToM LIT of .Haa. A .lory of llc rrralrrslk rcatary. By B. a?. Trtt Harper ana Brother; w York. Thii la the title of Book, a copy of which was prevented to u. a few months .Inc by a J friend. The multiplicity of businer. gave us no time, and the crowd of matter Incident to the Session, of Congrei., Stat Conventionaud .the Legislature, pave ua no room, to pay our editorial respects to the work. Bro. B, F, TefTt, the author, holds ao conspicuous a place in the religious and Literary world, as warrants us In 4trniinv It more than a mere nasalnir narairraDh. ... p. 1 b 1 r r . lie is a member of the Indiana Methodist Con- . ference, late a Professor in Indiana Ashory Un iversify, and now editor of the Ladiea Repository at Cincinnati, a Magazine, owned, published, and sustained by the General Conference of the .a rt.. L.f.l.tl.:,.JO..I.. I Such Is the mystical and Imposing title under which the public are invited to read a methomst novel. It la a methodist book -ar. exccllkncc. It haa the veritable odor of sanctity, and the unquestioned stamp of orthodoxy. It i written by a Methodist Preacher; issud by lethodist ! publishers; and dedicated to a Methodist bishop. This last particular strikes us as "the most unkindest cut of all." Bishop Morris la a plain man. tie has the old fashioned traits ol me pij oneer preacher. No parade of learning; no pomp of philosophy; no meretricious graces of j manner disfigure the pleaching of this sensible land laborious btferintendent. He, himself, has published a book, a volume of sermons, nip-h for rlnrn.u timnliKilr nlnin uno. nA concerts us. It upsets our ordinary notions of propriety. We cannot help thinking it took tha good bishop by surprize. Wo fancy him seated in his study a plain room, simply furnished, with such surroundings as you might expect from the character of the man. His table, with writing materials at hand, exhibits perhaps the preparation for the next Sunday, and is over spead no doubt with the familiar volumes of Wesley and Watson, Clarke and Benson. The good man, lost In his thoughts, Is ronsed by a rap at the door. A boy comes in with the "presentation copy" of Dr. Tefft's novel. It U kindlv received by the bishop, I - 1 ' ho, adjusting his spectacles, utros to the title psge. He soon despairs of learning any thing there; for the author, in this as in fome other respects, following the multitude to do evil, ha selected such a name for his hanlllnr,. . Wa- . .. nfthahnnk Th.lnpnln. r....l...l rv..: s . . .g, r.lni In Ina Hpwiip.at.nn nana n : : . . " IH.lt, llUUIlUg , broad type, to his dimay and ours, he reads his own name as god-father and patron of the book. We will not do such injustice to bishop Morris as to suppose him irritated at this trying moment. Let ns conclude, that with snch a foundling as thia novel deposited at the episcopal door, he was for a moment disconcerted; but , summoning lo his aid the charity that endures all things, with a sigh for the degeneracy of the 'f' h rr8ol"d to ft It, ,f he Could. I-.,. ..... r . , .... ' T f ?'? , . T" " ' "Cr"'1 " P"" If:"' ,heI; f'P0""0 J "Stakes "dri"f f ' "d Bskfr M'". '"l?," ,,b,r'r.!' 'f I" """" " 'P"' v.no pa.m. on a counterfet bank note is arrested, tried, convicted, and punished. So let society deal with the man who produces a counterfeit book. When we ak for bread, let no man give us a stone. .. . c .oejped, man; that , t shall be cast at his head. j Here then we have a book, of the genus, noel; srrciM, historical. We fancy Dr. Tefft ! would hardly allow, aa appropriate in this case. a nam so distasteful to many preachers, who j denounce novels openly , a nd never read them except in secret. Iu a brie f preface the author would hardly allow, a. appropriate in this case, oracularly intimates som. deep philosophical j design, and expresses a wish "to see the manner j r hi production lost sight of, in co mparison to . i,s meaning." This evasion will not do. The manner in which a thing is done is of great i poitance; and it is not a very orthodox msxin ,l.. ,p, i.. i :. . : r . i .. ' r"" Jus""" " means. A n0TN a wor of art or 00eht to be. It should have a respectable plot, gracefully developed, and brought to a striking conclusion. It should have soma merits of style. It should be true to nature, both in the description ofscene-.-y, anl the portraiture of character. There should be some dramatic skill evinced by the writer, in the development of the several staves I i mo Biurj.iina m me grace, sparkle, and point t .i . i . . 01 lne co,lq'l passaf es. Il should place some oi me age lo which It professes to conduct the reader. Without a decent share of these quali lies it cannot be clnssed with "books that are books." As lawyers say, it is false, forced. fraudulent and pretended. The mithn r .-.. a volume should be brought to condign punishment for the grave offense of counterfeiting the j imperial coin ofthe Republic of Letters. I There runs through this book a narative o? adv"tur' of Duke of Buckingham and the Prince of W ales, (who afterwards became r-u i . . . . . nK,Ch"H" 1,f'- " ,n,Y Pa through France . me lauercoun- ' " T'T'r f "" and the re' W.I "l"1' J"mM f England; Louis T." " w' M Austria; Mary of M. dicis; Richelieu; and other characters, who play a less conspicuous part, are introduced. There ! n account of the vile intrigues of Richelieu and M'y to destroy the French Queeu; Ihe amo-oue impudence of Bnckingham; the giftto 1 I writers have hitherto rejected, aa "beneath the dignity of history . N0 man reads Ivanhoe to , t T . of the Lion Heart; - - ouuuer land, aud form fair chapter in th. hi.tory of th. Rochester knocking., when It shall be writ(at, nd this U. Th-r is, accompanying

the stately movement of Kings and Queen,

and Dukes and Duchesses, no gentle curreut of bumble life. No pleasing story, inwoven with the "sterner stuff" of which history is made, lenda llghtnessand grace to tha book. We have sometimes, in observing the spplauso thia book haa received, from respectable periodicals, inhaled as much of the "clrcumambient air," as our editorial chest will contain, and whistled our best and shrillest. But the wonder ceased , when wo reflected, that if the Homo Journal puffed Dr. Tefft, Dr. TefTt baa it in his power to puff the Home Journal. We propose to make some extracts, that will illustrate more clearly the defective style of thia book, and show that the author haa not the remotest idea of the way iu which ordinary mortals talk. To begin with what is intended for poetry: at a court masquerade, Anne of Austria,! supposed to feel very unhappy aad to mourn. In the following lines, over the burdens of rank and wealth. 'Tie not the world can give me joy, With all iu wealth and show; A crown Is but a heavy toy. That weighs the head f ull low. The diamond sparkling on the brow, The pearls that clasp the hair, Could please me once, but pain me now, So false while yet so fair. Are we to understand that her most christian majesty had been cheated by a French Peter Funks, and that her diamonds and pearla were paste; or do the epithets "false" and "fair" apply to the royal lady herself? Observe the striking originality of the last line, when read in connection with Watts' hymn, beginning "How vain are all things her below How false and jet bow fair. But hear the queen out: "0 for a cot in humble life, "Beside aome winding stream, "Far from the din of royal strife, Where thi ngs are what they seem. What confusion of Ideas. The lady must have been in distress, orshe would not have left us in doubt, as to "whether things are what they seem," in "royal strife," or somewhere else. "Watched by the one I'm bound to love, But loved cot in return, O, for the wings of any dove, To fly away and mourn. A sublime indifference is hero exhibited as to the species of dove whose wings are to be borrowed. "Any dove" will do, whether ring dove, or turtle dove, or even what poor weaver Bottom describes as a "suckius dove." One j . . , ,. '"'. ny B lug away, would leave her mourning behind, like a widow f 1 J of grief. But no; she will fly away and mourn. Here too ia anoriginal idea, that happened also to occur to Cowper, in his lines' on Selkirk. See how he handles it: "Society, friendkhlp, and love, "Divinely bestowed upon man, "0, had I the wings or a dove, "How soon would I taste you again. Two more verses conclude the lament. There is a rest, they tell me so, For weary nature given. Where stricken hearts have no more woe That iest, they say, is heaven. Then lay me down in soft repose, Till called again lo rise, I spurn a crown so full of woes, My crown's in yonder skies. What utter Irtish this Is. Observe how the words, "they tell me so," and "they say," so enfeebling what little force there is otherwise in the lines, are brought in to make out the requisits number or syllables, and to furnish a word to rhyme with ..wo.,. Af,er gravely told, lhat, "Anne of Austria, having thus unburdened h. ..,! i u! mBCh relieved ofthe sorrows that oppres I We c.n easily believe that. Her m.je. well afford to be thankful for any in emetic thbt dislodged such a load of no much relieved ofthe sorrow, lhat o'n.I,., " sty might tellectual nonsense as this. The following worda are put into the mouth of Richelieu. "Our secretary qualifies himself that they are Englishmen." Here the word "qualify" means, if it mean any thing, that the secretary swore, so and ao. There is no such meaning for the word. It ia a vulgarism. It is true that an officer ia not qualified to discharge his functions, until he ia sworn; but the act of swearing ia not the act of qualifying. No correct speaker, much less writer, would ever venture on such solecism, as to say of a witness who had sworn to fact, that he was "qualified to It." In a certain dream which Buckingham forges, the following language occurs, "The virus spread rapidly through his head, like a coruscation, then downward through his trunk and members, till he was all luminous." Webster defines virus to mean, "active or contagious matter of an ulcer, pustule &c; poison." If the reader will substitute the word small pox, or itch, for the word "virus" in this passage, he will be better able to appreciate its beauty. We have aome fear that we ahall become as tedions as Dr. Tefft himself; but we cannot let the reader go until weshsw him how Richelieu and prince Charles are made to talk, and with whatelephantine wit the volume sparkles. In a colloony with Rnrkin.Kam nu. ,.. . -..a..,., UCtu I M fcllO nignt.and in a time of great danger, Charles ! finds opportunity to make the following Incld ! speech. "Most true, my lord, and the centre to which the currents of a man's heart do run ' is the one he loves. She is the pole star of hi existence; and the boreal beauties, that stream up and dance upon his darkest midnight's horiion, are but the chargeful hues in the robe of her high potency. I have told thee where the star my de,tiny h arisen." Most men entertain "speci lor the character of Charles 1st "0,w,thstandlng his faults, he had a natural eland c'ta,tTt mat carried him gloriously through misfortune; and there ia a touching pain... in nis allusion to his "grey, discrowned head." He waa a gentleman; a man of education; and the moat princely and discriminating patron of art that ever occupied the British throne. A writer of ordinary sense and taste could never have put such words, as we have quoted, into the mouth of an intelligent man. Our next extract is the language ascribed to that profound atateaman. Richelieu; he ia trying to convey to Mary of Medicis the complicated idea that day ia breaking: "I hear the cock's shrill signal note of morning; and, aee! through thia open casement, break, the first faint blush of daylight Aurora comes tripping over the distant hill tops, scattering her pearl, and dewy flowers npon the primrose paths of early risers; and the world waking from its quiet slumbers, refreshed by balmy sleep, goes forth lo honest labor." Diplomatic, is it not. We fancy we hear the old fellow aa) ing, sententiously; "Madam it ia day." On another occasion, when this really great man has occasion to examine a stable keeper, as to the appearance of Buckingham rnd Charles, he pours out such questions, as the following: lel! " what J"0- nw' nrd, or orew by inferences, touching the age, language, manners, habit, ores., voic. appearance, six,,

'height, weight, name, appellations, disposition, ! character, destination or country of these .Iranj gera. Deal in circumstances if you will, honest

man." "Had they no airs, no atately walk, notosstngs of tha head, no Inalienable habits, which properly interpreted would act the traitor to their purposes f" This is really a wonderful way to examine a witness. One thing at a time, la a safe rule; but here we have every thing at once, and aome things twice over; as "names" and "appellations," must mean very nearly the same thing. In the delineation of character, the book is an utter blank. An old stable keeper, named Sampson, ia remarkable for Interlarding his talk with the epithet "sir." This ia ao evident attempt at drawing an original, and the failure Is deplorable. Wo then have a court buffoon, whose wit ia retailed at aome length. Toahew Dr. Tefft 'a utter unconsciousness of the existence of any auch things, In thia "visible diurnal sphere," as wit and humor, we shall conclude thia notice, by a few specimens of his own: Mary of Medicis is the first Interlocutor; she addresses Ricbelieu 'Tell me not, sir, what seems. I know the skims of mortals, and tha sums, too of this world, &c." Here ia a flagrant pun. Sydney Smith writes, "I have very little to say about puns; they are In very bad repute, and so they ought to be. The wit of language is so misoraoiy inierior 10 me wn oi idea.-, f .I.", r . . ., . that it is very deservedly driven out of good company." If we never meet with better 1 play upon worda thrn the above, we shall hear- j tily concur in thia sentence. But Armstrong, the court buffoon, maksa ' them equally bad, by the page. He is thus ' supposed to talk with prince Charles: ! i.iw. ...... r...in.v Arotivf nrhn .i..! I. IIII IUIIVI'."JI J t give as a history: treason gentlemen! The prince of Tories' hai becoma fond of hiw-Torie! Itm no hUfiTory, sir!" Another laugh at the expense of Chailes, who, to cover up his ill-luck, immediately responds, "No, no, Archy; if you do not like history, give us one of your love stories." "Loves Tories! Worse and worse, good gen tlemen! Do we hiss those we love? The prince f nas una nis neaa turned, gentlemen, but aside not his heart!" "What kind of a Tory are you, Archy, if not a hiss-Tory?" inquired Charles, fearing to do more than ask a question. "Kind of a Tory? Why. air, I am no kind of a Tory; in ather words, a no-Tory, and that I Intend to make more and more no-tori-ous!', "Why, that's a fine conceit, Archy. Notorious in being aao-Tory." "Nay, my lord, no-tori-ous in my no-Tory-ousness. That's the conceit, air, may it please your loftiness." "Marry, yoa are witty this morning, Archy." There is something here to laugh at. Certainly not in the extract itself; but in the mere idea of a mas of letters, of experience, professor, who has heard the jokes of the recitation room, a religious editor, who may have occasionally glanced at the wit of an "unsanctified press," deliberately writing such a passage, with the evident opinion that it la humorous; and then, more deliberately still, embalming the precious labor of his brain in print, that the veiy "frontiers of posterity" may laugh too. We conclude by wishing, for the honor of the church, that the next methodist novel may be a better one. A. CaBfMate for Cragm Arm led for .Harder. Pittsburgh, Sunday, March 16. Gen William Cullum was on the 10th inst, nominated for Congrea by the Whigs of the Nashville Dntlrict, in Tennessee. A few daya preveioua he shot Thomaa Davidson at Gainsboro' Court, and the latter died of his wounds. It appears thai Davidson had just been released from the Penitentiary for shooting Gen, Cullum some years aince- He was pardoned npon a atrong petition in which Collum joined, the latter ia said to have acted on the defeusive. and ..I .... . . . . in iitb enow nis antagonist a Hundred paces uisiaoi witn a rine, ne naa been arrested and held to bail in the sum of $10,000, with two securities, each of $10,000. 'I he Virginia elections postponedThe Legislature of Virginia on Thursday passed an act providing for the submission of the new Constitution to the people on the fcurth Thursday ia August, aud for the postponement or all the elections, both for Congress and the State Legislature, until the fourth Thursday in October next money obtained npon n Forged Eadoi snent. Nashville, March 25. Oao of our most respeotable brokers, Wesley Whelers, paid out four thousand nine hundred and twenty dollars on a genuine draft, with a forged endorsement. The draft was drawn by W P Partee & Co, of New Orleans, on S L McGee & Co, New York; and payable to J J Hodge & Co, Nashville. The letter containing the draft was taken out of the post office by one J J Hodge, formerly a resident of Wheeling Va, but lately a resident and blacksmith of this place. He presented the draft, and received the money on his forged endorsement, and cleared himself this afternoon for parts unknown. From the Lswrrneeburrh Regiiter. District Drsnocrntic Convention. We publish the following from the democrat. The editor proposes Napoleon and the 4th Saturday of May. Ve have no choice about the time, but last week proposed to accept the soieestiou of the vevsy Palladium as to time, provided he would concur with us aa to place. As the papers are not likely lo agree, we move that Dr. Berry, of Franklin, be appointed a committee of Free Conference to set the time and place for the meeting of the Convention, and we agree to abide his decision: "TheV.vay Palladium suggests the fourth Saturday of April as the time, and Versailles as the place, for the Democratic District Convention. For our prat, we would suggest a later time and different place. We think the fourth Saturday and Napoleon, would suit the Democrats of this end of the d istrict better. Napoleon we think ia more central, and has been the place of holding our Convention so long, that a nomination made there seeme to carry with it an "odor of success." As to the time, we think the fourth Saturday of May would be better in several respects; the people would have more leisure, and a larger attendance, with it. accompanying benefits, would probably be obtained. It would also afford plenty or time for our candidates to canvass the district. We think that long canvasses are net productive of good, and that to charge home npon the enemy at once, is the best method in politics aa well a. war. What say onr friends of the corps editorial at Rushville and LawrencebnrghT Frons stew fork. New York, March 25. Henry Clay arrived at Havana on th first inst The greatest possible attention was paid him by all classes. Immediately on hi. arrival. , , l" wuerai sent him an Invitation to mm at nis palace He also TmViZ ! viution to attend mn.i-.i -r .u. . . -. . , vllo VI in, v.mtc.. i rrioceiy raiace. Me intends r. ma.ning two or three weks before retnrninir to ! me united State: " I

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from C.n. uomtnerctni, .narcn, . A Challenge-. llakkss-Bsl Fight. . , . f or aome time past, as wa learn from gentlemen residing in Lawrenceburgh, in our aister State, there has been a feud between Lieut. Governor J. II. Lane, of Mexican war notoriety, and Col. EbenezerDdmont. of the Indiana Legislature, and also one of the participants in the Mexican war. This fud at length became serious, and Lieut Governor Lane sent challenge to Col. Domo.it to fight a duel. Contrary

to expectations. Col. Dumo.it accepted the prop- for aome lima in surprise, and as the sounds diosltion, signifying that he would be ready to rd )". he said to himself, v Well, that fellow fight within twenty-four hours. After several ' thinks he can play; but now I'll just show him daye, the duel proposition having been accepted, ' whal 1 can do-" Taking op bis flute, he play-

and arrangements made, the parties agreed on the place of meeting, viz; Petersbnrgh, in our. liinaiaier Stm. Kontnekv. t.in. r.n..rnn. -1 . j , -. . uiiii kcouu, a we ore luiurmeu, was o.pi. Thomas W. Gibson; that of Col. Dcmost, Lieut. Mosher of our city! A celebrated physician was engaged, aad the interesting party started for the place where blood was saon to flow and wounded honor healed. After the fighting parties left, aome twenty or thirty citizena of Lawrenceburgh started Iu pursuit, to ses the fun! The fighting parties arrived on the ground, measured the distance, examined their weapons, and all i . . . . - . was pronouncea reaay lor me iray, wnen a very welcome and very sensible termination of hostiIitie wa, announce1 by the seconds, Lieut Governor La ne withdrawing the challenge - ... . As the details came to us, we are left with the impression that Lieut. Governor Lane bad no idea that Col. Dcmo.nt would "accept," but as we hear it, he not only accepted but was "eager' for the fight. Although not the largest man in the Hootier State, he was found to possess spirit in a proportion considerably larger than the 1 common lot that fil, P the iuterstices ofhuman composition; with regard lo the bravery of Lieut Governor Jane, tR?re never has been a shadow of dobut, but in this instance he must have become sensible that it was not policy to exchange shots. In the very impressive words that have obtained here of late we have only to add so we go w . , Corretpondenceorthe Cincinnati Commercial. . Letter front ajol. Dnntont. Lawrencibcrch, March 22nd, 1851. Editor or the Cincinnati Commercial: Dear Sir I have seen your paper of this day, purporting to give correct account of the final termination of dfficulty between Col. Lane and myself. I propose not to go into any detail, but only to say that you have been misinformed and that the account given is by no means cor rect. In the final adjustment of the difficulty between Col. Lane and myself his conduct was both brave and honorable. 1 desire not to wear laurals that I have not wonRespectfully, E-DUMONT. Note If Col. Dumomt will do us the favor of stating in what we erred, we will be obliged to him; also, what part of our account it was that ascribed any other than "honorable" and "brave conduct or Col. Lane! We stated that,', "with regard to the biavery of Lieut. Governor j Lane there never has been a shadow of doubt." Now we hold that a truly brave man is an hon" : orable man! Aa an honorable man we hold that Col. Dlmont is bound to state the facts of the case; his word may be good that our account was "by no means correct," but in what particular, the people have a right to inquire. The ppj-p-ll-tl . . .. m -uciaim crruiuiy wouia De interesting irom to high a source as one of the parties. Ed. Com.) Later Partiralan. I he Cincinnati Commercial of Wednesday, three days later than the foregoing, elves thi following particulars: j Tfce DitBcnlly kctwrcn Col. Lane and Col.. Dumont. We mad a statement on Saturday last, concerning the difficulty that lately occured be- ' tween Col. Lane and Col. Ddmont, residents of L awrenceburgh, Indiana, the former holding th.high position of Lieut. Governor of the StateIn order to give the facts cf the case, we have been to aome pains to obtain a full statement, which is as follows. On monday, March 3d, in a rencontre on the trt. Pnl T ana ...J , ppo tpuuciaiuuu vui- lyumoui as expressing the desire that he Col. Lane, should challenge him. Col. Lane waited until the Friday following, and then addressed a note to Col. Dumont, reciting the language used by him and in that note expressly stated that if ColDumont intended to convey such an insinuation, he, Col. Dumont. could receive the note es an invi tation, and make his selections. Col. Dumont accepted, and asked for and re ceived three days to select his friend and mato hi. arrangements. The day Col. Dumont accepted, Col Lane wrote to C.pt. Gibson Charleatown. Clarke county, to meet him Cincinnati. C.pt. Gibson did not ,-e.i ... i .t ... . . Lane waited until Tuesday night w hen he kft LiVfrttoCtflGZJS Col. Lane and Capt Gil cam, to CincinT.lf and cant. CliWn r-.. "" me following Wednesday. notified him that he was ready to act as th friend of Col. Lane. Cant Mnah.. a notified v.. i.iuoaiDy telegraph to get on the mail boat at Lawrenceburgh the other parties being on the mail boat. Col. Lan and Capt Gibson paid their passage to Louisville, intending to meet below the falls. On the arrival of the boat at Lawrenceburgh, Col. Dumont did not get on board, but motioned his aecond to leave the boat, which he did. Col. Lane, Capt. Gibsonand the surtreon. were enmnaiiaj i i r . . . - "Yum. LU ICVa th. boat at the first point below, which was Petersburgh. After waiting there some time. Col. Dumont, Capt. Mosher. and some doxen persons from Lawrencburgh, came down. On their anval at Petersburg!., a friend of Col. Dumont auggested that the matter should be settled amicably. Capt. Mosher, the second of Col. Dumont. stated that no negotations for a settlem.nt coulo be had unless the invitation was withdrawn, to the propriety of which Captain G.bson assented, Capt. Mosher then suggested that tie thought If the invitation was withdrawn a settlement might be effected. Capt Gibson then withdrew the invitation, for the purpose of negotation. Col. Dumont, through CaptMosher. thtn ata nlminu n the .cca,i0" from which the pres.n difficulty arose, he neither intended by any lan guage used by him. to ch.ll. n".' ,an and'rV"91 and that if his language was so n.H.s.il ?J Col Ijina it ... 6 " unoratOO(l by voi. Lpane, it was a minmrh...!.. ' This proposition at once annulled ih. i i fight Co-one, Uno, UboULVoZZZ moot him AP Jkinat I made. VS"" ,iwJ i.ij AB Vr.ngem.nt This arrangement a. . l . . "c,u wnere ihe fiaht wa. tn take pl.ee, bnt befoie the gro.nd Ji",-',.0 or the time fixed. It tt.-. 7 "1 ?1 between the DartiM that .n ... should be forgotten and be .?.B ZmatmMttl S, C., i. dead. 1H21 . ai- j enl(,red Congrew In ik. u HZ """.oe.B ancceseivelv In n Mirhl m.h . . n J ' until 1841 . n.n . '. .ulD,oneres, .1-. Hie: VH inan PiBhl M.H . . n In which h. .ern '!!,M '0 tn Senate, h- i,,.::. Z1 ' "r rhen lncrea.ini-and .!.,. .-I"'" d hi. retirement frompublie ' "l ""

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. a...-, A poor blind boy, who is highly gifted with ..... . . , . . .l- .1 , musical taieni, ana wno realties iu mo uoimcruj part of the State of Mississippi, had expressed 1 auch great anxiety to hear Jenny Lind aiog that his friends raised a subscription to send him to this city to gratify his wish. On arriving here, he accidentally took lodg- ( ings in the same hotel with Mr. Kyle the celebrated flutist. Oue evening Mr. Kyle, hearing ' some very wild and sweet flute notes, listened , d lha ir of ,he "Last Rose of Summer," w ith variuiiuuB. ne onna Doy usienea wiin cream " i ! I 1 I . . i - . ... . less delirht. and folio ins the sound, he came j v - , " - j t - ! tl,e ,Ml nolea ceased. With a feeling of impulse j he could Dot restrain, be knocked at the door. j"Come in," said Kyle, and not recognizing the ,ad h" 8aid "what do you want air?" I am blind," said the boy, "and have been drawn hilLer by your sweet music. Do tell me who you ,are-" 1 am bnt a Poor musician," aid Kyle, 1 "and am travelling with Jenny Lind, as flutist." , "Yoa "re!" exclaimed the lad; "Oh! sir, do tnklt mn In l.paar Ttinir T.ln.l. I tia. .ma a 1am i J "'-"p - way 10 near ner sing, but the price of tickets is ao high that I am too poor to buy one. Can't I . . . 1 . , . n . . . 1 -yuu loe me " "car ner, sir ( ne couunnea I Wllh reat feeling ; "I have heard she is so good, Kenerous 80 prUy, end sings so sweetly, ! 1,iat enaI1 "e'er be happy until I hear her." j Kyle felt deeply for the boy, and proml- . sed lhat he would take him to hear the lovely , Swede- Accordingly, he took the blind boy j tllat ni''1 and sealed him in a chair behind the , cen- The sweet songs of the Nightingale . affecled llie Iad eply, and produced upon him v tnp i.nnn. ... pp... . r : - "" ui wnen jenny sang i "Home, Sweet Home," he melted into fears 1 0n her rehring she was attracted by the sound I ' boy 8 oM'fgs, and inquired who he was. '' wen to'd 'ler tlla h'atory of the lad in j few words, which much interested her; and j sending lor mm ins next day, the poor boy left

the generous songstress one hundred dollars ! not stop to inquire whether it be right or area richer than when he reached the city. N. O. J but go into it pell-mell. This is tl-p way Picayune. some of he people of Boston. They ha. .e I'nion Railroad C ompany. j the'r Pa93,on aroused and their sympathies We are indebted to Mr. A. W. Hubbard for j "8,ed iu td10T ol tDe Bf &res. Apparently th,,the following information in reference to the ' 0Te them better than this glorious Unionabove named new company: They compose but a very small part of the civ. "At the last session of the Legislature the j lfns The great mass are cool and deliber.e.i name of the Rushville and Muncietown R. R. : and act from reason and not from pasM'oa.-(

i company was chanced to the Union R. IT. C.n and the original charter ao amended as to authoriie the compxny to construct a road from Rushville to the Bellefontaine road on the State line. Under this amendment the commissionj tn named in the Muncietown charter have reorganiied and resolved to open books immedi- . alely for tho subscription of stock, to construct their new road from this place to Cambridge vity. I am informed by those who have charge of the affairs of the company lhat they expect to obtain a sufficiency of stock this spring to enable them to put the clearing, grubbing, grading ' the road to Cambridge City under contract early in the summei. Tbey have no doubt that the grading can be finished during the coming yea'-" 1 The present aspect of things abundautly proves ... . . .

, ",Bl " wish any wing done in the way of. '. Railroad improvements, we must go to work ! ( ourselvee. The way is now open, and having ,

,l,e a 'termined good will and ample ability . t,le Pe0PIe aloug the line of the proposed new road enlisted in its favor, our citizens should lose no time in pushing on a work which promises so abundantly to repay them. Thi. road, when completed, must necessarily give the people on the line a liberal field from which to choose their

marnet in communication, as they will be, ! "pint of war which has heretofore exitted bewiththe Eastern Cities, Pittsburg, the Lakes! ! tween the two countries, will be rimembr; and the "cities of the Falls." If they are am-j and known no more. Difficulties which may bilious to have "the thoroughfare of the west" ' hereafter arise between them, will be settled b.pass by theirdoors, this is the project to engage ! Umpires, and not by the sword, and the buil-t. in; or, if the ttt centim is the obiect. wa i The day is advancing when the lion and lit

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When we have more time, w. shall perhaps j 'ghlened loose the spirit of war. Warsareoohave more to say on the subject. Rushville i the relics of Barbarous ages. But as the Jacksonian. j knowelcge and spirit of the Bible spread3 and

ItlcInnrbolT Snicidca. The following is from a telegraphic despatch In the Baltimore Patriot of the I'th instant. Rochester, N. Y., March 15. Charles McVean, a son of David McVean, Esq., committed suicide by shootinz himself re lllMn.1. .L. I . PV.I . . I inursoay e-en.ng. ori ,u B g 'y r"Pcta' "d at ! f t COn,necUons- had J0" returned from ! . . WM '?tDlilDZ the evening at ancie's i with his wife, when suddenly he rose, ' ,T LW'''e' "Dd dreW ' pi'to1 "Dd 'hot h;mV;epr7DCe f ',IJnthe-om- The ' k0"?, "n'T be haddonehe , botUe of chloroform and drank It, and is now e1 'n I dangerou" slate' The cause of this i " "u w nave Deen in consequence , uiiifB nimpn iv hat wua i. i j

. .. t.ccu iD lamer ana son in 11 appears mat relatione of intimate friendrelation to the division of some property. Much ship had existed between Dr. R ,and Miai

ympamy is manifested for the family. n man named John Marrett, a resident m maioro. cm nis mroat on 1 hursday, with a razor, which put an end to his life. He left his u weiiing eariy with the pnrpose, as was sunpo !..J i. .. : . i wonting on nis place. He was not again seen till 8 o clock, when his body was found vp mui irom ui nuuse, bhit, wun nis mroai cut and etark In death. He was a native oi rpngiand, and about 23 years of age. T he storm-. Ea.t. On the 19th the North and East rivers, New York, were higher than had been known for seve ral years it had rained, snowed and blowed for three days. The cellars of the river street. were filled with water lumber yards submerged vessels sunk and damaged docks overno wed steam ferry boats damaged the Bos', on steamers were nnable to leave, and sever lives were lost. At Boston it was the severe mow storm the season-snow fell a foot deep in the country, and the drifts were 8ve and six feet deep. The railways in n directions were obstructed. Long wbirf was overflowed, doing much damage the cellars In th Custom House filled with water, damaging the oil, sugar and goods. In Federal and India streets the water was over foot deep. It is anticipated that the freshet and storm had done great damage along the coast and in the interior. Later. The damage done to goods stored at Boston in cellars, is estimated from $100,000 to $500,000. Nearly every wharf was aubmerged boat were rowed bet wean State atreet and the Custom House, and from Long wharf to Milk street Los. to the U nited Statea is no1 less than $25,000. The tide was higher than at any time since 1839, and the amount of damage cannot now be ascertain. JV?a Name. Somebody at Lafayette write, his name mdraVch,-eBh?rable- M " W the

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; A""-ricS. . Bangor, Maine, March 1st. k-," '. r .. t.i -J' n nas oeea a lot, , since I have taken my pen to vou, and even now I do not tit. r-mmuDic4;t. HOW fiud anything down here, in this coid Slat ' win uo luicicamig iu jour react-rn V here on the Eastern boundary of the U ; - & . I; here we remnin, while the Western has been receding farther and fart!. '"'mi It lias crossed III"! Kocay mountains ted itself Upon the Pacific coast. There ' lime it will have to remain. But . alway be the North-Eastern bo-inr. r : i : . ' l! iiu.iuvn Die ict;viiiii;g u iieay , Zui j. ring to become part of the Repubiir.a Con'.. . M 1 1 l. . I - a .... ' - '; " tu prcu.ci wuere the Fodi ! bouoOary will be. California will. v. t l." r j y " vi uJC f j States. The people at the South are rtt; j their arms to grasp Cuba. One day she f j be added to the Union of States. Part.of ; j ico and Yucatan, are growing uneasy isj j manifesting a predilection to become rbb..' j the U. S. The ultras at the South and JJ j rosy cry out a dissolution or the Union, , V j will not be, it cannot be. This Union is fc , to stand. It is bound together bj the . rn r.5 1 a f rnf arapit 'f'ha KTi.tl. l . ... iouum ure on i me sontn, neither can the South ire ; oat the North. The cry of disunion at mint naapi twit aam aia C... r .. .'"ui varoiini m,. attempt to nulrfy the laws, and a few negroes Massachusetts may attempt to prevent their . ecntion, but all will be in vain. Tfcepeop;,,,, for the Union and for sasiainiug the W, (i Congress, and the Constitution. T:ittKn, outbreak in Boston reminded me of anux, the American from the pen of the Editor..... J the time ofhis visit there, in June ome of tha people of Boston thought iccrc' i .. ., ..... negroes man mey did ot the whites." T;,f ! may be true, but the great mass of the peopi,: ! Massachusetts, and all the New England J are iu favor of law and order. They are a iii l) ' abiding people There always have beenanitL always will be, wild fanatics who are rsacn engage ia every thing that comes up. Thejc;. . That portion are for sustaining the comnm.,.J 8e" ' the Constitution, aud the laws of Cot-! : gross. They ask nothing but what U gatnn- : tied to them by the Constitution, and they arc! i nt willing to yield anything thai itooniK! ' guarantee. Maine will .u-uin the lawn, i. ! wheu called upon, enforce them. i ! I did not intend when I commenced wrilicr,' ! to allude to any political matter, bui somt hts i cr'Pl " accidentally. ; While Congress have beeu dhiussag ihe r rious great political questions ofthe day, for lU 'at year and a half, out of Congress great r ; eutific questions have been nnder discussion- ' Thi. show. itelf a. a day of improvement, b ta in the scientic and political wold. Paine of : Worcester, Mac , has astonished the world wia his discovery of producing both light aud lists 'p . p., , ,!om Bier, wnicii, wnen it comes into vo-ot, which will be in a few years, will revolution the whole scientific world. It will open Be of . helJa for invention. The great North Amtrican and European railroad, which Ins a'.reaoy been surveyed through this State, at th expense of the State, has been unrirr difcusfi". both in Europe and the United Slates, -.HI, when built, bind the interests of the U. 3. and England more closely than they now aro. Tin - lamb will I.a dmvn p...l.. i. : ,i. : l ..: " "-!," . -" p.vr ed ofliv Tni.l. " .-"I""-". as they become enemenates, that spirit of enmity and revenge din frorn out of the heart of man ' Capital punishment is another of the relictcf i barbarous ages. That is dying out. Law au j J"s,ic are looking for reform in the violater ol the law, father than revenge. Capital punifhHe j v mnictea in time oi pe.. ' man - 1 . 1 1 A . .... Ir. -- oe puni.neo ny inwuiiDgn, . One man ha. the same right, moral!,-, to tab an .--", ."., me pub.re .uthorHie. ha i 1 trust the day is not far distant when Ia I k m T' bjeCt f rer0rm' ' PT-t of revenge. A. L. S. r.vc. -e. The Milan (Ohio) Tribune relates the follow . ing novel incident which recently transpired ia of tnat village, "on a wedding occasion." ii ,t ... B .for some two years which resulted in of , their presenting themselves at the Episcopal j Church last evening, for the purposes of mar , riage. The first portion of the service, embrt - cing the vows of the bridegroom wen, nrnmntlv ... " e r-t responded to by him. The covenant of th bride was then read.by the clergyman to which bub promptly responded "flol" Tne minister . asked her if she was in earnest ia what tho said "Yes, sir," said she, "II perjured hlmeelfj tr,a,d Wlth the affection of others and I havs bnt done him just!ce :M end turned around h i t00k K'ntleman.'! arm and left the church. Dr. j promptly asserted hie Innocence of lbs cbarp-e Qiade against him. A correspondent of Toledo Blade writes that ' Am Batman was willing to pay for the joke. whatever her object may have been. He sav: "Some three weak since, she telegraphed ths I Doctor at Cincinnati, to come on. that she wai of; read7 to 09 married. He replied that he hsd been sick and had no means to come with. SHe remitted funds for that purpose- After his "rival, she paid for license, and before going to ths church she gave the priest ten dollars at the ohnrch door handed a note to the Doctor which after the close of the performance, ho found to contain ninety dollars, with an Intimation th' was intended for expenses back to Cincinnati," bis presence would be no longer needed at Milan." From St. Iponia. St. Louis, March 21st Tickets to Jenny Lind's third concert brought this morning five dollars premium on an ever age. Nearly all the seats are taken. There great excitement, and the city is Tull of strtngers,come to hear the bswitohing Swede. Fro present appearances her stay w ith us may b prolonged, and it is her intention lo yisitNa8'1" illeand Louisville, on her way to CincinnatiftiT Joseph W. Chapman, Esq , has reeeirfd the nnoinr.er.t nf -asns.o'' - MaJi"