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Y n I"TlHHT!-lNH etf COl'NTRTI FRIENDS CLAUKSON. DKOOKVILLE, FRAXKLIX CO. IXI1IANA, FRIDAY, FED. 13, 1852. V VOL XX. NO. 8.

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AGRICULTURAL.

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TreKTHKlOTlflAt. Bt L . HOLtMAX. c-'t' Satiudat, Jan. 31, 1S52. n- ' vns of Knox County presided.

, .a(t;B for discussion was, What grasses :,ptfd to different soils, the best for

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..nrtnJ me..o t V sew i anJ lhe l,est lnodS ct curinS the ,:orhiV? ... ' , f,et.-hrt lnal enluir3r ,,a" been m:l"e ..rit whether our common blue grass , j that of Kentucky. At the first tAf tins country, blue grass was found

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C ""' st ,n's P'ACe- e ',ai conversed

w trw E"3'' "' , Arf. .tad thev all concurred in the

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- j - Terr l no ai'iTvuiuu.v mv vi 1 1 - attributable to particular and r".' When the ground was trodden ...f-jss becomes sinall hereasitdoes from Vo itt Kentucky, and both then pre-

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in tennsvivania

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-us is called Green grass. It is well adap-.-;sv so if, that are not too wet, and also .-Udtluveb.H?!! drained. It grows

;tw jcut'i as middle Tennesee, especially

TEMPERANCE.

From the New York Tribune. Trmiwrnnre l.rsiln lion. The benign operation of The Mains Law ts very properly attracting attention throughout the Free States. Hitherto the current cavil ..

ties still more;in short.by the eubjectlon.through party machinery, of the majority to the minority, tf the Samson of Temperance can only break the green withes of party discipline, he need fear nothing from all the Philisteins of tha grog shop. We hope, not without fear, that he

j will do this, and that the Temperance men of I Connecticut will prove in this Election that

bunches and did not form a tontinuons so'. Which was the preferable grass, had long been and is yet an unsettled question. The objections to the English are, that it will not bear trampling as well as the Kentucky, and its spring growth is more in the formation of seed than leaf. But the fall growth forms a heavy leaf, which continues greener than the Kentucky grass. Hence for winter pastures he regarded tt as the better. It will grow in a thicker wood

land. It was a matter of great surprise to him

that farmers should toil through the spring, summer, and fall months to raise enough food to keep stock over winter, and exhaust their cultivated lands in so doing, when with little labor they might have blue grass pastures which would almostkeep their stock. The recentcensus showed that in Monroe, as well as in many other counties, the number of acres of unculti-

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The average value of lands there is about I0 stealth, if at all. and with m.rh Inr, i.J.l "omar 1 ""P y h superabundance of

,is. i nun tais

been ou never can repress Intemperance

far mo. . u,a; i - thKm .s is APPe

cavil Ma.nk ha. trn;A . .r... i ,,ts w,lh t,,pir ionl.tn.

non. intemperance, indeed, is not ent;relv

As to our own State, we hardly know ...i.-.i i i- . .. . .

rooted out of the Sin.- i " ! ""P "r learsnouut predominate. That

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itnoU t.!ar l,nr- at.-i,: r; i upgwauire wou d pass the Maine Law

known to be sold, except for Medical purposes, n ., 'T U thi within the bounds of the Slate. l, U t. ' i ' ,w- Rl,t mflu-ncs prevailing at

lar as all the rM;.I- nfV.. r-ij n, . ' ! Alh,n- "t favorable to abstinence from all

0- ... cv -i jiii.mu. i nere : are donbtless some drinkers left in the State,but ! thev have hard nrnrV in fin.I l , r i

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mat can Intoxicate, ad these become more and

I i -f;l"ilo as me session an-

per acre, and every one can readily see what an

immense outlay is made inlands yielding nothing but now and then a tree for farm purposes. Yet all this land, without detriment to the valu

able timber, might be made productivo and

profitable with but little I vw and expense. The rarmers had not given that consideration to woodland pastures which they ought to have

done, and which thev must do. if tlier n-nnt.l

mountainous districts of that te-, preserve from entire exhaustion their ploughed

it as Hie oesi gr.tss lor t''n';'K"-: Unds.

Mr. Secrest remarked that ill Putnam county all grasses were very successful, because that county abounded in lime and potash. Theri were three kiuds of blue grass in cultivation there. The first is the common or little blue grass, which is not found in the At!a .tic States. It is the only variety that propigatos itself both by the root and seed. Hence it forms a sod,

but the English blue grass grows in tufts only

i better than Clover, and

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around, he preterwa u lor nogs. J- WfcWOhiJ had informed hi:n, that if

.iton this grass itunng tue wiiuer, ; -At fat in the spring as readily as if

jjietafcdoncoru. Uunugtlie monm ..-.Vr he ha i kept 100 head of cattle on t 'lorfscf Blue gass which had not been pasfssiwmthe June previous Tliey remained jovi c n iitioa as they had been in the : previous. "hen they were on good timo-cmc-a.'.ow". He U.l not allow them to eat too I?t thewture nvght be injured. r,o mianertn which he put tho grass in was ; -.:nru tin s-pli'ngs and deaden all nseless V-. f'M-n .i Mo 100 trees might be left to The common error was to be too :.; :;'!''." timber. He himself, for nwoy rx-"-i i:i tlii matter, t'n one occasion ..-.: a Putchmc.i t. H len from fifteen ; .. r-'s for iiini dornj his absence from . ,'roma misun.iert t!i :ng of his Cirectii s r.ua h id dea li ne ! n atly all the timber i -a ! ' rturn"J hoin- he thought was : "i"-' y t'l it i-t ho h 1 1 gi;ie 1 several : il-.rs K nt t ts hid Informed

a;': it "i iff th-ir I l at dollar

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- 1 : - . " & sjt, ; ,m.:1 rest, t ix a.i I 1J dollars per . V..;-co trtO high :i v.due ui wood, sup.vf t', t it lv ViihiaWe at some future v. P i' h s . v; rience s itii icd him that tliis .MpfiM:?;, Kortwciit . years wood h .s

between drinks than they would prefer. Eve

Members who rarelv or never drink at

; good liouor proffered thorn for nothing, to taste,

the immediate influences are immensely benefi- th " C,, T , PP

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cent. The fountains of Intemperance are drying up; eld soakers are reforming; moderate

drinkers;asthey supposed tehm.elies)aro desiV

perance, take n quite different aspect when Viewed through brandy glasses, from that they n.hiMtli. w.d. - .1 t 1 r . i

s ...... .miiiv niuiuM ns a mailer ot 'i l .,...,.. n- . i cmire ti. . .1 i ,. !r,,nk w,,re strong for efficient legislation, now course. IS one other than a man who reallv : , ..,..... . loves I ionnr n-t,n 1 - . I "Xn l fcar ''" ,l W" ,,,,rt ,he Cnus f Temloies L.iquor who has acquired a ilrourin . . . rwnffl ;, f ., ... IU'7l,a "7- perance to repress th trafnC.Llquor.and to dilate raging tiiirsl lor it will sn-ak around into .11 . - the hack cellars and benighted, fZ d" n 7 'T r ' r' which alone it is now to L foi ! f" UT J The R-iviiiTln . . .11 .Session, but we have hopes as well. The ine saving to tli3 5tat In the hare cost of rri 1, r ,u , Liq,,oruloneu,stamounttolu,,,dn-dsof,ho ii' t IT " 8ke-t,,at is sands of dollars per annum, while the saving i '"f the time ,,! in morals isoff.r grea,er,of inestimM, le ' T f Those who , . , .'e.ner,oi inesumanie are against us wi l pursue their own coursevalue. Pauperism is drv ng up; Crime is soiree- i. . ,. ' . u,e'ow,, cour.-., ly known; the Police of the cities of M ihm finds ' r TV "f M very little to db,and Taxes A ?l nl2l S ! a I ''t ""' SJh;,U U U'tM every few years, may heSh o I ?" T lhU diminished. But. better than ev ,he 5 Z. ' h-'

If he remembered aright the only other prnw Youth of Maine r. no longer tompted Into the I douhie-dealinrr i's jus't what they do nol'mlnn ,u in the State that spreads by root is the white ay which leads down to perlition. If any sul)mit to. He tho votes to live 112

And it is owing to this quality that it -K realtor contract habits of ,he ,.,,.. is a wpr, pm,mv ... ' f-

n Krth directly ag.inst us, and willbe .rented accor-tleb-S, f veragesareunder dlns,y. Lpt boH, fak the ban of the law, and made so because oftheir ground and stand or full by it. and they will

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bvii.ihu mi tut- MIM lime to drnk must realize, as he sueaks mid skulks round one dark corner after another on his way to the rumsvller's outlawed and closely hidden

burrow, that he is doing a base and guilty act, which the wise and good sternly reprobate and

clover.

takes and retains its hold on the soil

It is a common opinion that it will root out i

the blue grass itself, but this is attributable to another cause. If the blue grass be pastured until the end of May, it will not form seed that vear, but the white clover seeds t ice, and so

i close to the ground that it is not easily destroyj ed by pasturing. He dissented from the opinj ion expressed that English blue grass w ill grow I in the t-hade. The small blue grass and orchard

; grass will do much better than it, and the last

I of these is usually kept for pastures in the ' s:'ark f virtue or true manhood iu his characI months cf Fi-bruary and March, on account cf 1 t": ,nust 1,0 not pause and consider i Must he

have done their best to prevent. If there is one

. j not scrutinize and judge the friend who is luri

' e in v. due, In c-i:i-e tho use of ms. -d so great! v th a;;iount con-

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etiic,.T V tvoes, he burned the

?s i-.f;:'to in the fall, ;.ud io the spring folijsoivej t!ie seed. He usuaHy bought it : ;n the cutting box. ;;.! of this sowed from

' t tiro and a bail "bushels to the aero. lie

i'.i notliy with it b.Taie it f rnied a pas'uer, and was soon roote out bv the ;-.it. Tiie Iir.-t year he t:ld not pasture it,

second ir he turned cattle upon, it to (- cowa t';e sprouts. Ilcr,arter he purposed

own the saplifis ui'lil a-ler he had

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rM" "' "in a ueiineraie ueeision, one way or another, they feel that they have a right to, acd a leui.il of it will not be tamely endured.

cut .

;lar -.!. it';

'i ll it v to the Interw-t of

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m:it have more blue

.10 ether kin ! ofgnis t!mt

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!if m.iia! tin

firmer to keep more cattle; that we were "'. .'.v-'u i -at i 1 this kind of stocK, and tint

gmss. so well

r sulwe-jneut tillage, for the six! kin I of ii-itriiii 'tit l. corn or

it. To t'l q ios'i vi 1 1 t hii he mi as'.e.l ,t e. lert be Ci-stnyed, his owa experi--'--til it if t-inied over t'l the spring after t.ootti'tieuce! growi:!g, it nevcrcame up but t i'' .'. it won! 1 keep growing. :';i :'i sii.! that i;iiport.:uf improvo-

iii titfvrent rroducts bv

t -11 !.i i.'.e in ( i;tt

'e-resit vavi.'ties through the pollen of

""- a. ,s ;t s,v, ;,,.;) f b. conceded that the aUcr t-'.ue gra was better than oars, by tgAttwo tog, '.her a permanent improva-

e made ia our own variety. Pif-

i-rv th.

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I i.o I .,(M.!'i.r irrrtii .lerii.fV irint.. A ? f

lfr : trrnn-in,- in tilfls iv i'.l lint l.e:ir I r . ...,! I r, ,r ;,. ..-u'l ''';n on that forliddoll, loathsome nnlll? Til,,

as those which form a compart sod. The blue j x ice are too often strewn at the outset grass i f she Atlantic States is different. ltisofjwi,!l '-owers, which aro only transformed to

a deeper color, almost of an indigo bine. There ; 'lcr;,s gradually and almost imperceptibly as I

it forms a deep so J, but hero it is lilit. Our main reliance, be thought, must be on the blue grass. Its advantages are not sufficiently appreciated even by these farmers most usimx it. One of these in his county had sold two fields, one of corn for 2l'0 dollars, p.nd one of blue grass pasture lor 100 colla s. The first fed a lot cf cattle one month, but the last sustained them for two months; thus showing that the corn for which double the price, was given, was worth but half as much as the blue grass. The usual mot'e of feeding it was to let the young stock run on it so long as the weather allowed them to graze up u it. It was only when it was covered with snov.-, that it was found necessary to feed with l ay or fodder. As to sowing it his experience was that if

sowed on snow, the leaves ueed not be burned i s,llninSoff, for the snow carried the seed into the) But we must not ask nor expect Maine to ground, but if no snow, the leaves will prevent j s,;,"l "P fr years alone. The contest is it noil from t '.king e.n immediate held, but tae seed i m,a' n"d unfair. The w holesale liquor-dealers

is never destroyed, and will ultimately find

way tu the ground and come u.. In Putn

county it was not usual to fence the ground un- P-a' f tm's '-uv- The Rum-selling interest gentil after the grass came up. Fcr the first year "'"' might better contribute One Million Polafter being enclosed, no stock were allowed to '',rs ,v procure the repeal of the Maine Law go upon it, but it was permitted to seed- After ',an bave it stand staring the legislators of other that, it required no further attention. States in the face and pointing them to the path

There were two varieties of red clover the ; of duty, for even three years, common red and the winter. The latter starts! We must keep the enemy on the defensive to grow later in the spring, and bears its seed j must attack him on his own ground. We tho first cop. It is better on these accounts to ! lm,st carry tho war inlo Africa. The Rummix with timothy for meadows. The English j filing interest of Poston, of Portsmouth, of blue grass mixed with clover made a good ; Xw-York, must bo supplied with plenty of

1 meadow, for the former held the latter up. The J work at home. We must make a determined

1 timothv is usual! v sown iu the snritisr uuoti the strujrsrle for the Maine Law in Veor Vnrk n.l

grasses often do better together j , I t,. ..11 . v...r,1i.,,i .

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The best soil for grass was indicated by the, j the demonstration on tho Center and West. growth of trees. Potash tri es, as the tuiar, W hH thus escape all danger tlio danger of will show where grass will grow luxuriantly. repeal iu Maine by meeting it fully half In the south where such trees do net grow, ! way. il...,,a,..r.,.ii,.!i.An,,..f , TI, ......,....,., ..f , ! We belierA tliA ...,., r rl...l.

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liti i n w lod l.i.id pastures ;is small tlie gird- ' .Massachusetts and Rhod Island are likely to litg of the trees, cutting down the saplings ' pass laws identical i: principle uuj purpose, and and the cost of the seed and sowing it, did not I scarcely dissimilar i:i details, to the Maine Law. exceed jl 70 cents per acre. 1 If either should disappoint us, tho next election Mr. Murray remarked that as it was nine ; will be pretty certain to ?ct the matter straight.

1.10 lK";;iLied one ailvai.ers. In 1,,. tl,A

outlet gives ample w arning of the true nature cf the career and its fearful goal. Who can doubt that thousands, thus seasonably warned, will -hun it and choose to walk on in the paths of righteousness and peaee? Who can soberly dou t that this Maine Law is doing more to form the children of that State to lives of virtue and happiness than all the other l.iwa on her statute-book? The Li gislature of Maine is now in session, an ! eu effort to repeal this noble law is anticipated. As yet, howevor.we see no move made, and our friends iu that State assure us that it cannot sucoeede. It would lie sad, indeed, if 'the Star in the East' were to be eclipsed, just when her sisters are beginning to lie warmed,

j gladdened and lighted on the way of life by her

jj of Hoston alone could richly afford to give the am Average price of a Legislature to insure the re-

Itrnntlv nml IVnirr nn-lrr 1ifHcultir. An enterprising friend of ours went to Portland the other day and put up at the principal hotel in company with a number of lloston passengers. One of the latter, a man whose enormous rotouudity betokened a relish for creature comforts, walked up to the bar and setting down hi liltlo carpet bag said, "Well, Landlord, I think I'll take a littlo brandy and water.' I am sorry to say,' suid tiie host, ".hat we cannot accomdato you. We are no', allowed to keep any spirits.' Oh, I understand, you don't have any publicly. Hut then you know " "Yes to be sure,' rejoined the host, "we used to keep it on tin sly, but they came round and searched evcry closet yesterday, and as lam alive man, we have not a drop in the house. We should K glad to furnish it to gentlemen, but the thing is impossible. They have got so they will searcli a man's pocket for it, and there's no knowing who inaw.be here now.' "Well says our fat friend, "H take a room, and I suppose you'll sen I in a pitcher nf water and some tumblers. Oh yes, show the gentleman a room.' The waiter in obedience to orders, laid hold of the large man's little carpet bag to carry it up stairs when he snatched it away with a ferocious malediction, adding I guess you don't take from men hat little brandy I've go!.' Tremndous cheers and some laughter Boston Com mouwealt'i.

".! s.vn separately. In Pennsylvania!

s.-.i-tsowu U!i timothv for meadow, s

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referred. Here the objection I

; - '!' .overdid not ripen early enough, ' V '! tl,.it t'-.e timothy was suffere ! to

One Thirit Oriiiiknril. 'In taking the statistics of five of the most emperate counties in this state, it was found that one-third of the male adults had, for a long series of years, died drunkards. The same result would hold good on the average, I have no doubt, throughout the State and Union.'' This is Mr Peleyan's statement and opinion. It is to us one of the most astounding ami alarmi ng ever inmie, and were it not for the authority under which It is made, we could not believe

it. That there is one county in the late of

New York, where one-third of the mala adults diedrunkaids, is sulliciently fearful, but it beconits painfully so to speak of five, and then to add that these are among the most temperate countiss of the State. What must the rest b.VJ We are certain that the statement of this fact will rouse those to renewed effort, who have

fell that the temperance cause is now triuinI pliant, and needs no farther help. N . Y . Ubser-

t i.ie .j-mss.fi aro especially W.iere gras-4 will grow !o rich, no matter how ex-

oaio by improper calti-

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-la 1 e,..ny!vania the farm is generally :a: ton Prions, of which three are in ' l Mi seven in grass. The rotation is - . then w heat with manure. The land t.r ti' W't!l S"3 while in wheat. This rota- " i wiys improve land. Put iu the South

f rasscees not grow, the soil cannot

be

aen exhausted, tlie only al-

sor tae planter to seek another loea-

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"ia said that the experience of the

;r ia Monroe county sustained gsu-

'remirksof Mr. Fletcher. A farmer

Jfi.., UIUi wuo naa oeen r.usea in ..stid who had extensive wood nas"wreuee, bad informed him, that the

-tr s-tween the Kentucky hlue grass and j

- W;is owing to the soil of Kentucky s ?r '!2hterand warmer, and the climate C 'a Mouroe it was regarded as ry to bun, the leaves before sowing the vL,1 soeu P103 where this ' n ''"P'rfectly done, aud for years after U burued could readily be distinguished pliees which had not been burned hav1 t;,e wa$oa j3 unfavorable for ',? t'atn the leaves ought to be rakei into s ad burned. This was especially neces13 the ciklauds, for the leaves of the oak

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o'clock, and much yet remained to be said on other parts of the question, not yet alluded to, he moved that the same subject be continued for discussion at our next meeting. Which motion carried. When the meeting adjourned. Tlurdrr. Win. N. Lyons, Postmaster at Florence, Switzerland county, killed John Vestal by stabbing him with a shoe knife on the ."ult. Lyons was taken to jail in Madison for safe keeoing. James G. Bimey died at his residence in Saginaw, Michigan, last week. His uame has been identified with the Liberty Tarty for several years. iLTtlen. Frank. Pierce, who was reccommended as a candidate for the Presidency by the Xew Hampshire Democratic State Convention dsrliues having bis name preiented to the National Co nveution in connection with that office an i reiterates his intention of remaining ia a pr.vate life. U"Xine ounces, says tha Scientific American, of pure, fresh lime, dissolved in forty gall ons of water, will purify five hundred aud sixty gallons ol hard water; the prectpate is chalk. It takes sixteen hours for the water to settle, and all the impurities to fall to the bottom of the vessel which contains the water. This is a useful fact

J? rottinj. It was regarded hest to sow

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Ule grass, anc! the more the t. ,,r,Cou!J b" tKeu off the better and greater

ri,' V."roe county there wag much of the ' in chemistry, and i not Tery extensively :'3!i,lt.M,,u;,.! 'Pi.:. i ! .

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sipiril ll:ipii)r. The Mount Vcrnoon ((,) Times relates a

case of 'spirit rapping' which beats all other

Mii .uitest ilion,' aud is of an eminently practi-

lady (of

That the IVo.do of these iu-., S,:.. ! Cnt.te cliara- ter. l ne meemm was .

n.t-,m..,,fn., r..,. 1' i course) whose husband had been in the habit of

full confi

dence. Vermont now prohibits tlie 'sale of intoxicating Peverages, and her People have s;;:d 'Well donel' in several Elections held cxnress-

ly to pass on this Question: and their last maior- i l,,ai'1'

. - j ity for No Licence was, if we do not misrecol-

lect, larger than any preceding. That she will, soon modify her present prohibitory law so as i to conform its provisions and penalties very j

mearly to those of the Maine Law, is morally

certain.

visiting a certain Grocery in the place and there

spel ling much of his timo and the subsistance of the f.imilv iu communication with the spirits

The lady bore the evil until "for-

1 bo irauce ceased to be a virtus when one 'evening week before bust, she took a club, pre-

ceedea to the grocery, demolished all the bottle decanters, jugs and glasses of the concern; and

on departing demolished theironi wiuuu is.

At the time of the manifesfations the room

rOETICAL.

he TTesl. I love the West-Nthe gloriom West, Beneath her smiling sun! Where manly bosoms ever beat, And valorous deeds were done, When Freedom bared her holy form, To meet the gallant strife, And conquering stood amid the storm And perils of young life. Where fathers sage In conncil met, The glory of our land When war's hallowed star had set, And fell the gory brand. I love the West I ever shall. Since with her name is fraught A nations purest destiny, The noblest end of thought: W hat though the crimson blood hath dyed Her rich exuberant soil! This is her glory and her pride, For this her manly toil!

Since on her battle fields were wou, The gaudiest laurels there, And perished mauy a Ca-sarson, With spirit taught to dare! Since withered on her verdant plains, And on her hills so high! These hardy ones of ancient days, The glorious chivalry; Aye well 1 love the glorious Wert, For all the good and fair; Her gallant sous and virtuous maids, Are for her mouu tain uir! The spirit walls so pure and free, Upon her verdant breast! Aud life, aud love, and gallantry, Aro in the mighty West, For these I love, aud ever must The virgin growing West. Till, mingled mutually our dust, I sleep within her breast! Our lEeiur. "Ourhome isa beautiful home no more.' Rose Ringgold. A link iu tho circle is broken And a voice we loved, no more Will lead our prayers at morning's dawn, As it led iu days of yore. But a dream-like glory lingers, About our hearth-stone yet, And a sense of rare communing, Which the heart can ne'r forget. Then say not thou the beauty Of our ritiet home is fled, That its brightness has u'.l departed, And its hopes lie serjand dead. There's a radiance gleaming o'er us Though the sunlight streams no moreLike the pensive glow ot twilight clouds When a summer's uy is o'er. And a pleasant voice, and tender, With a calm, serene control, Like an evening psalm, is sounding Through the chancels of the Soul. And the mild light of affection, That dwelt in those gentle eyes, On memory's lifted vision falls Like the blue of distant skies. And a new star just above us, Gilds our twilight of regret, And iu Faith's unclouded firmanent,

That star shall never set! E

POLITICAL.

, be sold for less than half price by the owner,, j and land warrants hawked in the streets by the

Thirdly, the unequal and nniust maner in

which Congress grants land to tha Riti!rnI

Companies, is another means of pnblie plunder. I Take the case of the grant of the Mobile and Illinois Railway. This grant waa immediately farmed oat to a company ofsnMulin ,v,

IVoies by the Rand Side.

CixciMxvn. Jan. 31, l?5t. I

General aspects of Politics Factions-Systems of '

Public Plunder Washington Agencies Our

Connections with Philadelphia Pennsylvania

Railways

Inclosing a correspondence, which has now' run ibrmtirli eovnral ....... f : T -J ..

last "Notes" from home, merely that I may re de,,ben,te,J knlmted. lt the land, granted view some things, which have ocenred to my !T wortI; lynty millions of dollars, and aent mind at Washington. Mot of voor readers are bert J-" aIk" Refunds on the grant!-

familiar with Goldsmith, and will recollect the ' ' " a'mSt e1naI to fa-miDff out th, following iines: n?nch K,vem,. the days of Lonis the XIV. "For just experience tells, in every soil. I " l,h9 eTZnt of land to Railways. but the 1 hat toei!it think m.i ?ven. tl.,.,e th , trail. I PeIldthri". unjust, unequal manner in which And all that freedoms highest nimacan reach. ! tlle are me, which is the subject of complaint. Is but to lay proportioned loade on each." j T whom do tn Public Lands belong? Is it The Italic are mine. Goldsmith seems to j not the People? Has the mechanic in his shop havenssamed, that thos? who toil do not think. .and th" farmer0I bis farm.no Interest in thern. And is not this, even in our own free country. I 1 must concIude by sayine. that the Pennsyltoo sadly true of the many? his thoueht.or i, Vauia Railway. through Pittsburgh, will not bolt mere pasion. or prejudice which has delivered , COme the ulti,nate connection between Philadelover the political nower of the rnniitrtf n Pha and Cincinnati. Philadelphia must adout

jhan ls.for the most part.ofdemagojrnes? which ,he IIemPfielJ route, and connect with the Ciu'i i . , , . Ci 11 ll.lt i an,t M.irlulla P:l .... ,

nas causeu me oniv rnquirv totie. in whatoilar- or yield to Uie

: Baltimore route.

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ter nit4 fhn tviml t T .1., nnt ,,,A. ,1,; :,. uru

jence to parties; for ail parties are aliko in this Kobt Dale o wm nod Itt liioo. .particular. I spak of the spirit, which evident-1 1 is well known that Mr. Owen does not seek ly governs all politicinns how, ut.d the iliou-ht- Xa. iu,ctrinate others with his peculiar Religious , less indifference in the body of the people, which lMaJl.it V "P?U Re,'CijuI,. , . ., , " Ke.ieious Institutions: hut thu he ureeure tolerates it. Universal sullrage, wilhoul t!:e iu bis character all that is honorable and u ri -ht

capacity aud habit of vigo ous thought, amo:,g '' man. all that is enlightened and statesmau-

ff.cieiit "R "i a '-ff'slator. every act of his life, both Pu 'c -and pnvnte, has shown that hi . ,ii

P,k,uu,,m,..u.,i,i11.i. i,eCe ii is are hiffh and honoraM-..eK - i. j " .

that I have done the little which lay in my paw- nothing from tho standing of a Christian een-

the masses of the people, is not ul -ne su

, to secure republican institutions. Ilenc

tlemnn.

'rr. iu encourare i ut ie inui imn h. .:.'n...:.?!.,ii

and to make the habit of thinkin-.' its first and hl'i,y ff" n',at t,,is ' ,ho c!"racter Gf .... . iii, . . ,r-OweiiaiidchalIeug"conlradictijn flt., essential element. Had the eighteen mi!iio:is burgh Gazette. "ia.tujn. Oreensofthe French, who cannot read, not only) As th? editorof the Gazette speaks thus kuoj known how to road, but how U think." they had ly, .nd challenge, contradiction, it may be well Inever been bon,ht up. like shee to the sham- ; to inquire whether Mr. O. does seek to iudoc- ; bles, to vote for Louis Napoleou. Every thing triate others with his peculiar R-j0us view. , in Europs would have been changed. The ; or makes war on Religion. Let Mr. Owon rei Bourbon and the Napoleon would alike have ' ply for himself. been hissed from the country-It ily would iir.ve Some twenty years ago, according to Mr ,been free and Hungary independent. This fact( Owen's statement in acard published last week is so well known to tlie whole race of oppres- iu the State Sentinel, he held a public discussiou sors, that throughout the world they ::re uu ted j in New York with a clergyman on a crLiia

... a lu......0.i iimrcu oi a i r-c i.;itir.ii aua a t ree text in Romans, beginiug "Let every soul ba 5ich""1-, , subject to the higher powers." Ia that uUcm-

Y. R.

I At Washington City therein vuible something of the saiiie general idea which pervades European Governments, of course in a less obvious and Imoro moderate form.hut, the same general i lea. ' that the thinking is to he do no for the people, and not by the peo;i!e. Ofcourse, wli.-n the tiling, ' whatever it may be, is properly fixed up by ' Members of Congress, nothing more is to be said. If the Democratic Members of Congress ' can settle upon a plan to put up General Filibuster, or Commodore SjiiffiiVins, tha Convention will ratify it and tho people will vote it. So of tho Whigs. So of all parties. There is no

precedent for our country in tiie Republics of

Antiquity. If there were we should be filled with fear, for never was Greek or Roman indifferent to even the leust of public uTiirs, till ' Philip had overshadowed the oue and Augustus debased with luxury the other. I Another aspect of politics is the tendency to 'factions. So longas the great and venerable names of revolutionary memory remained they ' had a weight and a glory which carried the country with them. Inferior men dare not oppose them. County court lawyersdid not expect to be President. CupUins of companies did not expect to be field mar.-ha's. Captains of frigates were not made Senators and secretaries. There i was a respect paid to real and positive service; to

The following is from a volume of exquisite merit manifested in acction; to fame, acquired poems enti tied, 'Utterance, or Private Voices not by profession of patriotism babbled in the to the Public Heart, a collection of Home Poems,' streets, but by a long life devoted to the service by Caroline L Ilriggs. From the volume of the country, and the benefit of mankind. we select the first stanza of a charming little po In hch times great meu ruled the country

em; "Just sixteen! Her laughing eys Wear the tint of summer skies; Curl of bright, sunshiny hair, Bathe like light er forehead fair; Dimples play at hide and seek Round her warm lips, ruby bright, And along her tinted cheek Fresh with girlhood's rosiest light. A Hint to tetter V l iters.

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n.e ...i.uwmg unes, wr.ueuoi. vile the Whigs to do not that wise art recomof an unpaid letter which passed through tho Inn,,,,d ,)V Heynard-cut their tails offPortland post office the other day, may serve as MS9n,. s,evenSi Toomb9i CoU)t re le a hint to correspondent, to pay their postage, rai,fr, of ,llis fKlion. On the other hand, the

, Free Soilersof the North form another body ! like Stanley or Posworth Field willing to emerge from neutrality, on the successful side.

on the score of economy,

The post an entra gain has made Because your last was not prepaid; The same is true with this reply You've lost two cents and so have I

determined i , , . , .,. ,i. vi,T..r nf the'srtirit ranm-iTs' th-.t

hie to iutemoso. Dayton Jonr.

n-:!s full of believers, but they were all so as

Connecticut will require more

effort. The Rum interest is very strong in her 1

cities, and Alcohol has many devotees among ! uaj

her people. A strong etlort will be made forthwith to p lace Rum in this Stare under thecon- i.iresis IcWm

tinuetl protection of what is called Democracy

and thus shield it from the fate it merits. That 1 f,re which broke out on the morning of the nt.,,iMV 1ia Pith ult

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Moodier I'tMtry. The spirit of tho age is beginning to devilope itself in Indiana, where one of the boys uiihurthens himself of the following sta'd'iiza; The lloosier boys so fast do grow, That stages now are all to slow; The teams are good, aud shine like stars, But're much to slow for railroad cars. Then jrrt out of the wv, with your mini I like Mjf They're only fit for the darker ages.

Kindnree. As stars upon the tranquil sea. In mimic glory shine, So words of kindness in the heart Reflect the source divine; Oh then be kind, who'erthou art, That breathest moral breath, And it shall brighten all thy life. Aud sweeten even death.

sion he used the following language: "I know not what tha private opinions of thoe sturdy patriots were who iu the old Philadelphia State House appended their signature, to the immortal document. Bat this I do know.that when they didso it was in defiance of the Bible it was in direct violation to the l.iur of the New Testameut. This I know that if in Deity be the author of the Christian Scripture, the signers of the Declaration resiste l the law not of the King of England only, but of thj God of Heaven. "If a being who cannot lie penned the Bible, thru then Georgn Washington anj every revolutionary soldier who drew thesjeerd in'tlie republic's army for liberty, expiate at this moment in hell fire the punishmeutof their unguu. ly strife! Then, too, John Hancock.aud every patriot whose name stands in America's title deed, have their places with the devil and hii angels! All resisted the power all, unless God lie.have received to themselves damnatiou. "The text is plain as language can make it tho conclusion irresistible. For my part.did I believe in the Bible, and hoped to reach Heaven, I should feel certain not to find oue revolutionary soldier there! I should know that the poor Poles; who are now pouring their life's blood like water on the altar of their conntrv'a inde-p-rd-nre,Rhalt never seethe face of their offended Maker, but shall sink from the dark battle liwd to the darker era of everlasting misery, thereto expiate by an eternity of torture, their reclilesj impiety in resisting the ordiuance of God embodied in the manifesto of the Emperor Nicholas." Tho traitorous and blasphemus BenlirneaU contained in the tbove, Mr. Owen has never yet retracted society therefore holds him respoueib!e for them. Aud yet wo are told Mr. O. "makes no war against Raligiou or agaiust Religious Institutions." It is vain to attempt to disguise Mr. O'e hostility to Religion under the pretence of hisdisproval of this particular tt the infidelity of the heart that would utter such sentiments against God and humanity must be dark as Htll aud poisonous as the Upas tree. Call us bigot, zealot, or what not we can't help but doubt tha purity of his morality who denounces and ridicules the Bible we can't help but regard liiuia an enemy to society and to his country, eveu though he bo a mighty mm in the Democratic camp. Of late years, Mr. O. has sought U identify himself with the popular movements of the day. He is the self-constituted champion ofWomau'e Rights sometimes speaks decently of Religion orcurrys favor with eectarianists or again, discourseth profoundly of lha beauties of inorality in the abstract. But it requires no apeur of Ithunel to disclose all this flimsy demagoguery and shallow hypocricy. An enlightened public opinion will place a little more confidence in Mr. Owen'a morality and patriotism when he repents in sack cloth and athesover tin

black calumuy ha has heaped upon the fathers o f l, r.iiji' ii li.i n . I . 1 , -

is not at all improbable that new revolutions in!. " "cenl' . I works ol his earlier years, and cleanses his soul Europe may give cause to some great move-! , ., . , , , ' "-""""""oui .... , b , i of th? dark leprosy of the past bv batliin- seven ment in thu country, and require us to take .. . . r ; utuim, ' . i times seven iu the waters of Jordan. prt in new measures, to secure tho just ru-lits ... , of mankind. t Wo,eek not to heaP Public odium on Mr.

uwen we simply de;re every man to stand cr

might have parties, hut it could not have f.ic

tions. The last is the creation of small men, in a day of deeding patriotism. It is to faction we now tend. Iu the Democratic party we have the Secessionists of the South, who were so near a mai ority in four States that they were only barely defeated. This section is only a faction who wish to bend the geticril Pemoeratic party to their own particular purpose. On the other hand, the Unionists are a race of mongrels of no particular breed, mostly Whigs, who in

put the great parties are so modified and managed by these factious, that neitherof thim have at present any definite character. D lubtlegj the Presidential election may cause a merging fora time, of these factions; it is more than prob'able they will arise after the eloction with greater force than ever, uuless the country can be engaged in some great national movement. It

One of the practical things at Washington , to !

fall by the doctrines he has town broad cast la

society. Local Press. L.occafore.'im ia ile trite colers. Tlio constitution of Ohio requires that the

which the people see-n uudiffereut, and vol which concerns them deeply, is the Plunder of the Public, which is continually going under various popular pretences.

First, we have the constant increase of the public priuting shall be let out by contract tj

Pension system, in which thousau.is of men. wo- i0'"' bid !er- T'18 cr ot the House is a

men, and children aro pensioned ou the public. froiner oi sam. .ieaary,tne rutlian tditor of of which no one ever saw a battle Id orsuffer- . l',e hio Statesman. Without receiving a bid

. r '.xZ,r7' 1,1 1 n ed a hariNhin. i from any oiherestablishment, and without any mW- Lurn frrttrt til Ml. Cnrmel Mil.l T?efT- lru 11 bils.iii. J

;.teribat two bovs were frozen to death in the Secondly, the outrageous system of Land

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uireci'uu irom ineiiouse inecierK made a con.

The Mil.vaukie ropers gives an account of; r,,ni.v nfVe,on. Trcountv. in Illinois on w arrant-, the only effect of which

a majority of the legal voters of Con necticut j i St! ult , in Buffalo. Aaron Dean, daguerrean ; ca)ipeii , eac, other's arms, and a faithful uog

would uoliesitatingl y vote lor ine.uaine Law, nr,ist ,Vas sitting m an upper cnamoer or me wi,jch bad accompanied them, was lying by if required to vote directly for or agaiust it, we i burning bouse, with the corpse of his child, and teir yg bodies in a perishing condition. cannot doubt; but great reliance is justly placed M,1(,thered before assistance could be ren-J ; by tiie Rum interest on party t ictics and party .j u is opposed he was asleep, and from j tTWhen mam and woman die, a, poets sung, feeling to defeat the popular will. Thousanls the ra,)U spread of the flames, his room was filled 11 is hearU llle ,ast "arl "wv-h last IM wbo would indignantly refuse to vote for Legal- ; before he was awakened. The falling walls ton8ue-

ized Tippling will nevertheless 'Support the Reg- : buried several others in the ruins. J $XTo get rid of an acquaintance whose so

ti create 1 tract w'tn brother to do all the printing of

When found thev were gigantic system of LanJ ftpeculat.ou. The v,u resolution v. lien lound, iney were ( - - instructive the clerk to inform Sam. Medmv

last ingress passe,, a iau warrant aci. that the oontract for printing was void, as bwhich compared with the former was a whale ing contrary to the Constitution and unauthor-

among minnows. It gave a land warrant to uea cy the uouse. i ne resolution passed by

every man, who ever saw a military button, or ""joriiy , ai inougn ine n ouse is largely

'ar Nominations' of this or that party, Temperance or No Temperance. Such Is the influence, and the only influence, able to defeat the Maine Law in the approaching Connecticut electiou. It will be beaten, if at all, by the voter of men who like Temperance ome, but their respective par-

ciety you do not like, if he is poor, 1-nd him 0A steward wrote toa bookseller in London, f0me 'money; if he is rich, ask him to lend you for some books to fit up his master's library , iu seme. Both means are certain.

the following terms: "In the first place 1 want cark t;ainM wiJow f Gencral six feet of theology, the same quantity of meta- . GainMj. S. A., has purchased a beautiful farm physics,and near yard of old civil law la folio," :nd country residence near Binghampton, N-Y.

1 lumnilrrfti ft TiniiiHiMtiv uli... , I. .. .. J ...... ..

smelt the luucli-pin of a guu carriage. But mei S.tln. Mr. Casad at.H b,..e,l him in

there was one little check on this wide wasting the most gross and vulgar manner. Tha State

of the public domain. The warrants were giv- Journal says that "he was in a perfect rage en to the real holder; and were not assignable.- w"a hi" fita-told Casad he had known liim

, i i i Iur iwcuiyTo years, anu umi no was u a The consequence was, they were to be held by r.cathat he had fought fifty fighu iu the the owner, and not speculators. What follow- Streets of Col ambus and he was ready to ficht

I edt A terrible outory has come up from ageuts, again thit he, Cxsad, had made d d fools of

brokers, and sculutor. that the law must be UM '"" Z ,?a , . ,, man, over fifty years old, and Medary it a larga amended.and the warrants made assignable. Ujf-oating bully ! He is tho loader Of Loeofe jOf course the whole ruaee of these lands will im ia Ohio! State Journal.

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