Indiana American, Volume 22, Number 9, Brookville, Franklin County, 17 February 1854 — Page 2

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tO'A PPIMXTICK waxtkd. jtir sE'dlil:orjKs tu IXVIAXA AJfEIUCAXcn bo had at this oßcc, neatly enveloped and prepaid with etaiaps, atrt (tnti eh. Aclmitlt4tiMiti. Wt art under obligations to lion. J. II. La, fur en importaat ptlkj document tht speech of Hon. Charles Ilugl.s of New York, on tbo lUaoe and r.tria. TIet ltrkvllle ltnk Wt arc glad to announce that lltta bunk It now ia opcratioiw A an ci dc act of the confidence of tbo people in lt,wc learn that though the bank did not profess to bo open, and the ofticcrs more tban tinted tüt they wer not ready t9 do badness, wafly IIIOOO were deposited on Friday and Saturday, and several persons wer gl vi. ig gold for tha f apcr of tka bank. It will do ft good business. If any bank is safe it U. rxo advtrtUcmcnt. rur Our Cincinnati Correspondent, saye: "Tha market in flour la Inactive. Buyers ar not willing to pa the price while holders art wilting the arrival of not steamer." It la selling (or from 91,83, toffl.DO. - Wo will publish next week Hon. J. It. Robinson's explanation, denial, bc. Jkc., of matten and tiling eonectod with tbo Freeman cava. We presume from hi never bating denied any thing, or explained any thing till now, lalhia) silence la against him at WfleMngtem, for, if tho things alleged gainst him r true, the Fugitive Slave Law ia ft horrible law. Detter late than ntTer. iTA ttritgent prohibitory lam It bf fort tht Maryland legitlaturt with a itrvng protxtlility of U pottage. M't will try to malt room for a tynoptit bf it next week. A timilar IUI il befort tht V nniyfvania Legitlaturt, eitk lett probability of yetting. 2TWenrt requested to say that th plank road reading to- tho college U free, and that bullet and gentlemen srro invited to travel upon it. Every parent ought to visit the tchool bit or her child attends, at least onco ft quarter. (CrThe bUt repeal the Liquor Law of Rhode Jtlandf and aubstltutt License Law, wss taiJon tht table, on tht 2 lit, Vj ft wota of 20 to Tt. (rTbt elUrene of tht District of Columbia have petitioned Congress to allow thtm tht prlrilegt of prohibiting the liquor treftle in tht District. The petfcloav contains two thlrda tf tht votera of tht cWrcf. ' XJTlIon. II. D. Johnson passed through our town last week on bit re tarn from Washington to hie borne In Iowa, llii views on tht Nebraska ,ucs tion will bo found In another column. ttT Our Washington Corrcspon denet tarnt too lab fcr thia week. There (a nothing of inrportanco on hand bs4 the ilUeusston of the slavery extension bill. It will past the senate, beyond doubt, but its fate la tht House la uncertain. nuii Tho Southern, preaaia charging upon t NertUtht reopening of tho alavery discussion in Con-rrese. ihey tM1 it first, beeauso they did not permit tho Nebraska bill to past without die vnt; and secondly, beeauso Douglass, though a alavtholder. il frtuv the Nortk. WUatlogicl The Franklin Democrat at .tfrookTille has also coma out as an ultra prohibiliuist. W fear, however that the editor lull a real without knowledge, and in his blind e (Torts to overdo tlve thing, he may render himself ri dicuioui. y A. Tribunt. It ia astonishing 'that theso prohibitionists counot agree upon our poiti tion. Our neighbor Goodwin elairas ns ftj being just rlht; but our friend . of the Tribune say a wo are too ultra. Gentlemen, when you decide this mat tr. let us be informed. 'Franklin . Now neighbor, that it too bad. After all the trouble we took to set youry.t, U receive no more thanks than that. If republics are ungrateful editors ought not tobe. , Why don't you just Uka ofl your bat and confess that we act you right? AN iMac We learn with much pleasure that the Grand Jury last week pronounced the Jail of this county a nuissnct. Thie la one "true bill." Mala Iwr In levraw The 8upreme Court of I owe, at its re. cent session, decided the liquor law of that atate to be constitutional. The defeodante in the case were indicted for sllifl j liquor by the flan. They plcid4 that the law was unconstitutional; that the indictments should run agalnat tht house in which tht liquor waa sold, and not against the person selling It. They made tsversl other objections, all of which the court overruled, and aus taloed tb Indictments, and the decision of the tourt waa sgainat defendants. . CAVe call the attention of our mer chants to the cart! of Winston & Co. wholesale dealer lis dry good, No. SO pearl street Cincinnati. Their assort ment ia good, and we think their prices wilt be found to be suited to the Urne. Girt them a eilL ' ICPoins in Court and some oth er oattcjrs crowded out. , J

The Nebraska Quettle. Fkicsd Goodwin: I seo from eomo of your late editorials that you arc, to

use a common phrase, "down upon ! the Nebraska Dill now pending m Con gresa, and 1 also see that you aro gro ping in the dark in red rcnto to the subject, cot perhaps having Investigated it, and, as all travellers who pass through a strange land in darkness, aro liable occasionally to make a fatae step, tumble into a ditch, or run against a wall, so have you been deceived, in some rcnrocts, and per hnps lost your way and fallen into er ror. You are evidently of opinion, that Judge Douglass has, by hs Introduc tion and advocacy of tho fltOrAsaa bill, '"ouVred a "bid for Southern fotes." As you did not originate the idea, you nio chargeable with it, only so far us you pive currency to- it, by its ro-publication, and tacit ndorso ment. The facts are, that on tha 1 4th Dec. Iat, tht Hon. A. C. Dodge of Iowa, introduced into the fx-nato, a bill to ornnixo tho Territory of Ncbranka, wlucli bill was entirely silent upon the subject of slavery, tho bill was refer red to tho CommitU-o on Territories, and that Committee on the 4th of Jaw uary last reported tho bill, with a substitute as an amendment. The llrport, mado by Senator Dou glass, the original bill, and the substi tute, I lure with trannntto you. It will be well for you to bear In mind and your readers also -that theio aro two chuvs of persons In the United HUtes, who are very sensitive unon tho mention of Slavery, and very ollen will not let any question pass, wheru that subject can potsibly bo In trodueed, without bringing it up. I mean tho Nave holders who have an interest and ft liht to act in tho prem ies, and thu abolitionists whohavo no interest, and no riuhtto Intermeddlo with the "peculiar iimtiiuUon." Immediately after the 'introduction of Mr. Dodgo'sbill, it was found that neither of tho parties just alluded to, wert) satis.lüd with the bill. The sla very man: because his r'ht to eml grato to Nebraska, with his property under the protection of Law was not ! ) I .1 . 1 ! .! A I rrcuguuci, una uio anoiiuonist, uu cauo then was no prohibitory clausa contatncü n the bill. Neither party being willing to let it pats wiiimui an explicit enunctatioa upon the subject. The friends of Nebraska wanted the territory organised. That could only bo done by action, and action could only be had after a report from the isoiaomioe. mat report waa made through its Chairman, Judire Douglass. Asyou charge him with the act, 1 think ne is entitled to be heard, I therefore respectfully request that you publish thatt'eport and also his speech sube 3ucntly delivered upon tho subject, I o so because I know your readers de sire to read Uoln sides of this question. I deny that the action of Judire Dou glass, on the question, is it bid for the Presidency. His report is an able one, and his speech is invincible, let your readers aeo for thcmselrea and judf-e. Another error I sco you have fallen into, which ia not to bo wondered at. You seem to think that tho'dimion of Nebraska, and tho attempt to organ lie two territories was the work of slav" bnblrv. ""t . iill promt; another lurkcy-iiuxxard . S M t ottoralion; a demjn on llieir part to create one slave htat and giving to us Ol me nonn a ireo anas iurauyuui sard statu and by Uio way do you a a . 1 really think my dear sir; that tho sla very side of 30. JO. Is tho Turkey and the freu sido tho llutiard? 1 have always thought that in tha celebrated case of White man ti. Indian, tho farmer got tho best game, and havo always thought the freu JStates much tho best olf, perhaps I am wrong. The simple truth, in reference to this charge, is, that it is groundless. The Houth had nothing to do with it. 1 believe it is conceded at Washington to be a mall job of work accomplished oy your unworthy correspondent. As early as Octcbcr last, I marked upon my map, at home, the line of division, and commenced stirring tho question, known)! as 1 did, the vast extent of cood soil, in tho Territory, and its adaptation to a division, and tho necessity of such division, I under took to accomplish tho object which I thought so desiruble. I arrived at Wahin?ton tho day that Judjo Douglass mado bis report, of courso ioo uio to get uio plan arranged for the division, but afterwards, by tho asistance of othersgentlemen of influence, who btcamo aalistied that my plan was rijht tho commit tee consented to make another report, providing for two territories. This is simply the true state of this case. lour idea therefore of this being t southern plan, tho work of slave hold en, is it "marts nest" which I hardly supposed vou would have found. liut to the main point: I understand you to take the ground th.it tho Oil seeiionof the act of 1820, prohibiting forever, slavery norln or 3u. 30. was solemn compact, entered into between the north and south, and. as such. ought to bo adhered to in good faith. A solemn Treaty between this and any other Government, ought to bo strictly kept. All laws of Congress enacted in conformity with the provi sions of the Constitution, ought to be enforced. And, all acta of Congress made in opposition to, or without authority of the Constitution, are void. Theso three are comet propositions, as you will, I thiuk, allow. Vou do not contend that the act of 1020 is a treaty. Neither I suppose will you be so rash as to deny to Congress aright to repeal a former Uw, An act however to repeal a law, which U void, for want of a constitutional sanction, would admit the constitutionality of the law repealed. Ai therefore, that compact is not a treaty, as it is simply an art, either binding or void, it is clear that CWrcss has power to repeal or to declare il inopei alive. This brings us directly to the point. I therefore bold un inuovater as you may pronounce mo to bo -deny the constitutionality of that section which declares that slavery hall forer er be prohibited from that or any other Territory. In a word, I deny the right of Congress to create a single ulnve, or to set one free to contract tho area of slavery ono inch, or to extend it, a single hairs breadth. The te ry moment j-oxi aJmit a rtjht

to do tho one, you concede tho right to do the other. I care not who may havo voted for tho compromiso, or who

ftlnst it. AH men who go to Congress volo according, 1 suppose, ns seems best to them, and wo ouht not, and I do not, question their motives. Uut because in a Ulay, an Adams or ft Webster may have voted for or sanctioned a law, that is no reason why wo In IS6-1, should blindly adhere to it. Neither is that a sumcicnt reason why we should withhold from questioning its legality. There ia no-error so time-honored; none, embraced though it bo by names oven so illustrious, but what i error, should bo abandoned. Tho cumpronmo of 1020 wns an error, It U baaed upon anumtl power. .No wonder then, that it has ever been followed by trouble. I have heard it said that the only true method of treating n wound is to probe it to the core, remove the cause and tho disease will become- curable. Hut ecn tho you may succeed in healing over tho surface, if the eauso remaine within, the outside liralins amounts to but little, the wound is euro to bleed afresh. 8o ilia in legislation, and in every thing else indeed -patch-work will not do. An evil existed. What was it? It was this. A lurking Idea, afterwards mado manifest, that Congress eouhl eontrol the subject of slavery. The consequence was, concession, compro misc, a iui tor wnairio aavu tno union. I hold that the Union is In no imminent danger so long as we adhere to our Constitution. That compromise was adopted. A temporary peaeo was concluded, tern porary only, and suhject to bo broken at tho will of any who might sue proper to distuib it. The Compromise of Ifl.V) was thought by some to bo a futility, but even now wo seo that It Is tuU. No indeed; and tho only finality which you will see in any act of Congress, is that which recognised to tho peoplo tho right given them by tho Constitution. When therefore Congress does this, ( which will bo done if the present Ne braska bill becomes a law) then will we have a comprnmixo ui ii a compro misc, one recognised bv the Constitu tion, and acquiesedin by tho people. Hut to tho law: Tho Constitution has granted to Congress certain powers specifically, amongst them theo to "borrow money, levy taxes, reguhite commerco" Ac. and also, "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for car rvinff intoexecution tholore'oing pow ers, and all other powers vetted by this Constitution in the Government of the U. 8. or in any department or oflker thereof," and further, "The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all necdlul rules and reg' ulationa respecting tho territory and other property, belonging to the United fciates;" Again: "This Constitution and tho laws of tho United States, Tib ich thnll be made in purtuanet there of," Ac. "shall bo tho supremo law of the land." This gives tho power to legislate respecting tho territory or other property of the U. 8. but none respecting tho property of tiusent of the V.o., unless it bo to tax it. Article v. ot amendments to the Constitution, provides, that, "Tho enumeration in tho Constitution of certain riuht, shall H(4 bo conntrued to deny or dipnrago others retained by tho people, Article 10. provides that, "the powers delegated to the United Statu by tho Constitution, nor prohibited by it to tho Statee, are reterved to the Stattt respectively or to Xhvpenplt," Tho powers of Congress are therefore limited and I believe are of two kinds; first vested, or fixed, and aru in express terms, and therefore lndipu table and , camIv understood. Will anyone bo found who will nfllrm that Congress has a vetted riht, to legis late blavery into or out of any Slate or territory? I presume no sane man will so affirm, frk-coml implied powers. Then whero can you find it by implication? What law enacted by Con gress, by virluo of her vest -d rights, tan possibly necessarily demand either the extension or suppression, by Congress, of African rSlavcry? None. Ml needful rules and laws, mado in pursuance of tho Constitution can bo carried into execution without the aid ot far fetched implied poicert. That African (Slavery is an evil, ia true, and nono feel it more deeply than tho slave holders and their children. That it exists, and is recognized by law and by tho Constitution, none will deny. That it will cease toexUt when thosu who have tho control over it, seo fit to abandon it, all no doubt sincereJy desire, and tho philanthropist prays for a speedy abandonment ot it. Hut let it be dona properly and in order. Let us stand by thu Constitution. That sacred instrument has said that all powers, not fixed in Congress, and those not needed to carry out the first, aro reserved to tho Slates, or to tho people. To the states, if admitted as states, and if not to the people of the territories, and that, Mr. Editor, is what we want; we have no slaves in Nebraska. There never has been one that 1 know of, and I presume never will be, but wo do not want Congress to arrogate the right to enact Slavery wilhin our borders, as we deny her ngnt to üo that, wo ot course by the samo rule deny her right to say that it may not exist u wo ueciau mat it hall. In other words we believe tho people are capable of self-government, as well in the tern lor les as the ö.ates: that tho Constitution and tho principles of Democracy give them tho right to enact their owu laws, and for Conreas to pass acts in contravention of these rights, is wrong and subversive of our inalienable rights. Let therefore, tho people of Nebraska and Kansas decide upon this question, for they are more interested than mere outsidu politicians. Neither one of these will ever, in my opinion, become a slave State, but it it should, the responsibility and tho curse will rust whero they ought, upon those who carry slavery there. 't here aro aorao who, as a pretext for opposing the principle, under cloak, deny the necessity tor organiiation. To uch I will say, as you are not interested in, and know nothing about the question, you ought to iuform yourselves befuro you express au opin ion.

Not less than forty thousand American citizens annually travel through Nebraska with millions of value in property, and no laws are there, no courts, no officers, to protect the lives aad property of your own citixens. Organizo tho Territory, and lifo and property would bo safe. You bring into cultivation avast extent of valuabio country, rich in agricultural nnd mineral wealth, but now useless alike to savago and civilized man. I mL'ht nlludo to the fact, that the principles of the act of 1 0?o wcro abandoned, when in lCßOUtnhA New Mexico were organized, with a privilege to settle, when they become tSlatcs, tho question of Slavery, for as Judge Douglass has conclusively shown, Utah contains a portion of that territory obtained by treaty with France, and lying norlh of 38. 30. and from which slavery is forever prohibited. Who will tell us how many of theso raving patriots who are now so rampant against JuJgo Douglass and Nebraska voted for and sustained that act? All of them aro now or havo been

cither vociferous in lauding tho provisions of the compromises of 1060, or elm acquiesce therein. Yet bow few seem to know that they proposed to do in e fleet, just tho samo that is proposed by Judge Douglassto leave the question to the people. I might alludo to the fact that your old Hewttor, the late Uon. James Nublo, in 1020 voted aiauut the Missouri CompiomUu, nnd was afterwards sustained by tho people of Indiana. Are the neon o of Indiana still wtl linir lo sustain tho principle of State and i'enpte t ngfitn I r they are, let llif m advocate, support and defend the lueipio involved in the iNebraskablll, li'ivo done, Very truly, your ob't, Ac. II. D. JOHNSON, Of Nebraska. (tCrWe give place to the foregoing, with the utmost plessure. It Is just such a document ss we have been soliciting, and we acknowledge our obligations to Judgo Johnson for thus furnishing it. We sre nut only willing but aaxlous thstuur readers should see both sides of the qucstLn, though we csn not glvt plsjo to ao lengthy a document as the speech of Judge Douglass, and its sc companylng papers, on either slJe. In the first piece we deny thst aboil llonlsts art tho only persons who oppose the nationalization of slavery, unless the appellation bo given to all who do not bow tho knee to the Moloch of slavery. It is so much easier to ctj abolition it m than It is to meet tht arguments of freo men, that the friends of slavery ixten tion and their allies, answer thoie argu ments generally, by that odious word, knowing that there la a just abhorrence even in the north, of the fanatics who bear that name, and make the abolition of slavery, the polar atar of tholr aocial religious rnd political faith. Tht truth however Is that there are very few auch in tho nttion. Wo do not know ono such In Franklin County an! but very few in Indiana. They are odious, and justly ao. They would interfere with slsvery wherever found. Not eo with tht masses of freemen that look upon slavery os a natlonat curse, and, while they would not interfere with it where It I, they would, by all honorable and lawful mrans prevent Its extension. Dut the very resort of slavery propsgsn dista lo thl meant of argument, shows that they have no confidence in tholr cause, when viewed in tho light of res son snd common senso. Judge Johnson denies that tht action of Henstor Douglass, in this cat?, la a bid for the ''residency. Perhaps wa wert uncharitahle. in ao regarding It. V. ell, we will see what wt shall see. If ht la not put forth by northern men, aa acceptable to the south, wt will, In duo season, tskt It back. Hut the clTurt of our correspondent to evade the point in our Illustration, In the compromise between tht white man and tht Indian la a failure The south in the compromise of 1820 got alt that was then In dispute. They got the ad mission of a slave atate, and promised, In consideration therefor, to forever prohibit the Introduction of slavery Into the territory now in question A thing that Judge Johnson now labors to show the had no right to promise, and therefore the promise Is null snd void. Who got the buzzard, Judge! The south got a reality, the north a prom lie which it now worthlcu. We do not call It a treaty, nor do we regard it ss a law that can not bo repealed. It Is only against the repeal or the law that we now object. It is a law and as such the United titstes courts In the new territory would have to observe it. It Is such a law as sould prevent the introduction of slavery into the territory while a territory, and while governed by the lata of Congrtt$. This is all we ask It is all any sensible msn asks. That a few fanatics desire ultra measures, does pot fasten upon all who are opposed to the extension of slavery tho odium of Abolitionism. There is much margin in the Judge's decision on the Constitutionality of the compromise of 1820. If we understand him ho means only to say thst tho Con gress of 1820 could not pass an act that the Congress of 1834 could not repeal. We have no objection to that. But if he meant to ssy thst thst act is now in operativo because Congress bsa no right to prohibit the Introduction of slavery Into a territory, we come down we do not join issue, for we havo not tho boldnoes to join lMe with one who pro nounces the statesmen of that ago ig norsntofthe meaning of the constitution. Judge Johnson knows that the constitutionality of the question was thoroughly canvassed and heartily approved by the greatest men this nation ever knew, and even the fact that the Judge was raised in Krookrille should hardly give him the assurance necessary to set up his judgment, against such men as then lived. It Is riht enough to examine even the acts of our father. We love to see Young America closely scrutinizing the acts and deeds of olden time, and abandoning th) errors of those times. But

it will hardly do to say now, that such men as Clav snd Webster and Calhoun and Crawford and a host of such men, were mistaken when they sssumed thst

n the government of a territory Con gress hsd no right to any slavery should not be protected. In Joed the men of the aouth do not believe It. Douglass does not believo it, or there would be no effort now to repesl the prohibitory clsuso of thst act we do not ssy treaty or compart It la simply an act, that mar be enforced or repealed. True, thre is the Implied promite ot thst Congresa that neither they nor their chit Iren would ask Its repeal but that is not bind ing. They got tho turkry then and now they want It again. We do not complain of tht views en tertsined by Judge Johnson as to tho Inability of Congress to forbid slavery In the stales. Congross has no such thrht. Weinalntsin thst if the people of Indi ans should decree to-morrow that It should be a slsve slate Congress has no right to Intcrforo. If Minnesota asks to-morrow tobe admitted as a state, It a no business of Congresa to enquire whether tho Constitution of Minnesota provides for, or prohibits slsvery. The people In forming a state have a right In refrrenct to their domcitlo Institutions, that Congress can not, dare not Infringe upon. Hut conceding litis la very differrnt from conceding that the people of that territory have now the right to h'dd slaves, while operstlng un der the laws of Congress, ono of which positively prohibits slavery there. It la )9 protection of alayrry by tht lawa of Congresa'ln tht territories, thai wt ob jectto. It Is tho repeal of the law that now forbids slavery therein, agsinst which we speak. And against that wo expect to lift cur voice, now snd hrre after. And we predict thatlf tho House ot Representstlves permit thst bill to pasa, it will take more than Haltlmort resolutions to reconcile the people to tho endlose concessions made to slsvery Let it be borne In mind that tha territory In que. tion Is of greater area than all the present free slates exclusive of Csl ifornla. Let it be borne In mind that the repeal ofthat law opens even Min eeaola to slavery, and lot It bo rotnem bored that the territory aouth of that la already slavo territory, and that when ever more la needed more can bo had by purchase or conquest. And yet tho half has not keen told. The repeal of that act virtually turns the power and influence of the nation to apreading the plague apot of slavery. The plea of Judge Johnson and of oth ers tint there is no probability of the Introduction of slavery there la false Slavery already exists there among the Indians. Msny of these are already ex tensive slave holders. Hut they are such without the protection of our gov eminent. Look at the map. Tho Kau aaa portion of the territory Is just west of the atato of Miasouri. No probability of slsvery there! Tut! That msy d to tell in Congress but it will never be believed by intelligent people. Why then, If there la no probability of the ex istencv or slavery there, are those men so anxious to remove the barrier? It an Insult to the aouth, they say, to' be told they shall not go there with their property. Poor thing! l'ver since 1787 they havo been told that they ahoul not enslave frco territory, and never till now did they discover that they were Insulted! Itut we shell have occasion to refer lo this question agnl n. Wt will only add that It Is a cheering feature of the times that but few if any papers in tht north except those In the employ of govern merit, favor the movement. We could fill our columns with extracts from tht leading Whig and Democratic papers of every state In which the whole subject Is handled without gloves. Wt close with an uuwrllten chapter of tho history of Nebraska. Our readera know that It Is tbo Indian Territory aa laid down in our msps. There are not a dozen white families In tho whole territory. "II. D. Johnson ofNcbras ka," lives In Iowa. Do you ask how ho became a member of Congresa from Nebraska! Thus. He, and some twenty or thirty others went from Council DIutT, Iowa, some ten miles out In tho Indian territory, and held an election, and returned the same day or remained only to hunt! This election wss duly certified up, and thus he became the delegate from Nebraska. A similar election wss held by some citizens of Missouri and J Ion. Mr. Guthrie became also a delegate from Nebraska. An election was held also at a Missionary station and Rev. Thomaa Johnson became a delegate elect. Two of the delegates being slsve holders, the third did well to rescue the small portion now called Nebraska from the lion's paw. Dut more of this hereafter, Too Had. On ..... uurtngour visit to Indianapolis wo took quarters at the Capital House, bo lieving it to be the best house in the city. We were kindly treated, and snugly roomed in No. 31, and we had no occasion to complain. In giving our account of tho visit in the American, wo simply stated the fact that wo stopt at tho Capital, which, aa a matter of courao waa taken as a rccommendstion of the house by those who know us, for we alwaya hunt good quarters. A friend going to Indianspolis last week stoped there on the strength of our notice lie was put In the upmost story to sleep. It was raining hard when he arrived, and tho water was pouring into his roo ti so that tho bed had to be moved frOUl til e drip before he c?ulJ "turn in." Ae ho was musing on his situation and, we fear, concluding that if editors would puff that huusa they would puff any house, the door opened, and astrsngcr from the southern part of the atate waa Introduced aa liia reom mato pro tern. The atranger listened to the pattering of the rain ou tho roof, and then to the mu sio of tho drippings in the pans that were arranged for catching the falling water, and not knowing who waa in the other bed or where ho waa from, exclaimed

Good Heavens' what a place to put a

man to sleep! I never would have eomo here but for tht recommendation of the editor of tho American." Thia Is too bad, friend Sloan. You must put the resders of the AmrrUnn In No. 31 or some piece equally good or they will quit stopping with you, and what is worse they will quit bolieving us. We will take back what wt aald, unless you re-roof the house and otherwise repair and refurnish It. raise Njrmpatlijr, A gentleman who shall bo namclesa, nlbcite hat a name, and ono becoming extensively known, was much Interested in the wtlfaro of a voumr man ST O of bis acquaintance. Tho young man was worlhy, but there was a depth in the senior's sympathy difficult to ao count for -'on tho ordinary laws of evidonco." One dar however, tha ST - " sunior chanced to speak of his father. 1' atherl havo you a father? asked the senior. "Uertainly " was the answer. Inquiringly given. "Well, well, I have e - - f wasted n great deal of sympathy on you I thought your father was dead, and remembered bow I had stru ryled with orphanage ami neglect." Now, this did honor to thu irentleman showed the depth of his heart, and iho right direction of his impulses. at there is a great deal of "wasted sympathy" In theso days, and a vast deal of a spurious character. Miny spe cimens could be given, but we foibear, and give our remarks one direction only, As a people we are much given to sympathy wllh victims of oppression in the Old World. Commodore Inraham Is Apotheosized for his conduct in tho Konzta airalr. "DUtanro lends enchantment" this happened nway olf at Smyrna. Who mado bulf that fuis became a i'iieicuan whs conllned in tho Indianapolis jail under direct perjury? A mot striking instance has recent ly been given. John Mitrhcl, the "Irish patriot" bahl managed to get to New Yoik. The sympathy of the Gothamites was all put forth. Could good old "Diedrich" have com in among tho sympathizers, ho would havo broken bis pipe and loosened bis waist-band in wonder. Public meetings wcro held, funds given, Ireland in her woes, her chains, buttermilk and potatoes, were so described, that ladies who wcro rich enough to afford ten and twenty dollar handkerchiefs nppli cd them to their eyes and held them llicro soma time; whilo at the mention of England' perfidy and oppression, young gallants twirled their mustaches fiercely and clenched tho fist with tho jeweled rings, and said "Shamo 'ponhonaw." Cotton mcrchante.Union savers, Stock-gamblers, wcro carried away with tyinpathy. John Mitchcl, the poor "Irish patriot," the "Second Kinmett," the "KmerlJ-Tt. Washington" was on, band "flow winds nnd crack your cheeks." Mitchcl bears this nt well ns ho can. Ho bad never dreamed of being mado a deml-god. It never had entered bis cranium tin. t men would adore him that news of his coming would fly all over this great country along tho wires, and that "the wise men of the East would come nnd worship him nnd bring gifts nnd gold." lie at last concluded to make himself useful as well as ornamental. lie will be nn editor. Subscriptions pour in he counts them by scores of thousands; tho people expect to weep over his delineation of down-trodden humanity, oppressed freedom. "The Citizen" appears "Oh what a fall was there my countrymen 1" This martyr for liberty this true witness of universal right this xoalous advocate of human equality, announces it ns tho highest object of his heart's desire to have a "plantation i Alabama, well stocked with healthy negroes," This man, who stands up as Freedom's Champion, wishes to breed Slavc to raise men And women for abject bondage. Nor is this all. lie apeaka very coolly of "employing coercion" to compel slaves to labor, says it is right to "make a slave work" and there is "no way to make him work (as a last resort) but tho fear of the lash!" Now we believe that the mnn, who under euch circumstances, could write such sentiments, deserves to bo a ty rant's slave. He ought to tako bis own medicine, We would have no objection to seeing him in Alabama, "on a plantation," but we would have bis lodging assigned Mm in tho "Quarters, " and not in tho "great house." Can there bo any wonder why Ireland is degraded, if su:h are tho scntimcntsof her boldest liberty-champions? Such men would only seek to throw off the yoko that they -nijjht impose a still heavier ono. "The little finger" of their oppression, would "be greater than the loins" of English misrule. Whero England chastised with whips, theso would "chastise w ith scorpions." It is fortunate for Ireland that a revolution led by such miscreants did not succeed. It is sufficiently degraded now, but then it would have found "a depth below the deepest depth!" OrMrs. Howard hss moved Into the house formerly occupied by Mrs.Csrmichael, and opened a boarding Jiouso. Enough said. Folka that want good boarding will now know where to go. 07-Mr. S. S. Cooper, wboso card ap. peart in our advertising column this week is a son-in-law of Mr. Robert John of this place. Mr. Cooper solicits the J patronage of tht reader of the American 11 u i. vii ictuimi v, .im a am iv w.. . .. . - r li. . 1 1. ... sn mitrh s on on lh B account of liavil)?

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That lcctare Through the politeness of Mas. Ma-

sox wt wert furnished, last Thursday, with a ticket to attend ber lectors on Geology, of course we attended, first, because wo like the aufyVrf, and secondly becsuse wa hsve no objection to encour. sgclng strong minded women in their efTorta to open new fields of labor and usefulness for their aex. We know no reason why women who can lecture, or preach, or any thing else that will give exorcist to their powers, may not. At about eight, Mas. Mason, accom panied by a good looklngyoung man, entered the home. Bhe waa politely escorted to the very steps of the pulpit, which she entered alone. Ofconrsethe first duty of the audience wss to receive anf itnpreuion, If wt mey speak for tht others, thst Impression waa that the lecturer waa about S3 the faahlcnablo SK fr young wldowa. Without being handsome Mra. M. la good looking and souiewlist intellectual In her appearance. Her drcsa was appropriate, and not re msrkable In any particular. In dut sea aon alio arose, and bega her lecture. Then came second Impretaions. Iter volet ia feminine, snd neither very agresblo nor very dlsagreable. We soon discovered thst the lecturt wss well written. Wt discovered also that It waa on (leolngy, fur It waa a tissue of big words, with bar.ly enough good l)n gllsh to weave thrm together, It wss a well prepared epitome ot the facte of (Jcology. Uut the reading was misers ble. Hhi seemed to be reading It fur the first time, and, as If It was written by a Iswyer. There wss much repetition. -And then her patltiml It Is not proper to criticise a lady's performance, or we would say that tht place where ehe laid first one hand, and then the other, snd then both, la not tho place laid down In the books. We csa spologixe fur her shifting from one foot lo the other, as if nearly exhausted, for It it tiresome to aland long at a time. Hut the part that waa not written, which related to some unpleasant transaction ot the hotel just before going to the lecture wsked up the audience and aet ua all lo wondering who would dare insult the lady. Summing It all up, we conclude that there are a dos en young ladiea In Urookville College that can write aa good a lecture, give them a book to write It from, and there arodotens thst could resd it beller, when written. Nevertheless, Mrs. Mason will attract congregatlona wherever she goca. It Is an age of wonders. As to the difficulty at the hotel we refer the curious to our neighbor who lives next dooi. Il ht does not know ho ought to. l'or our part we just won't tell, and ! Ii'a no use to ask ua. P. S. A friend at our elbow, who haa becnrcodliijBoewel.eayalhatawumBn'e lecturing Is like a dog'a walking cn his hind legs a thing that can be done, but not well dono. CoN.MÜS ICATID. Laurel Items That msn who sttempts to publish rspcr in rrsnsi.ncoumy w.inout poy.ng 1 1 . 1. 1 1 ... . 1 . due respect to the interests or j.surel, does not consult hie pocket. It Is true,

James Conwell, Henry VsnDergen, and tobelnmlns. 8me bosrds were csr(leorge (i. Shoup, no longer mnvo in its'rjC( f, v or six miles, commercial .fTsks-nor give life to its 0 Ci ot b foUDJ. religious movements or munlclpsl enter . , r , , , , prises. Uut they still hsve hero the resl Pn"1 ,,e,rJ from wealth of a city or town. It It the real house a, bart e snd timber wert blown working mechsnlcs and merchants men down.

who cannot count thrlr tena of lliousinds, but who can always control their buii noss. Homo hsve thoujhtthot Laurel was on the declino In population and In burners. Ho fsr as population Is concerned this Is rertslnly a mistake. Kvery houso in the town Is occupied, and houses rent quick and for good prices. This, con netted with the fact thst ni houses have been burned or removed, and some have been built the psst season, tells positively thst the population is greater than at any former period. y lormer perioii. From tht fact that no pork has been packed her this winter. It Is boldly sta ted business Is on tht decline. This, however, Is only evidence thatltscltlxena ere exercising thst ceutlon snd forrslght In business that should give thrm ereditover many business men. Tht Paulsons msde some arrangements to pack here, but when thev recollected the tinstsb't character of our canal, and tho unc.en.lnty ot getting their pork lo market at any seasonable time, ihey re moved their operation to Iiidianupolia, And this will be the reult eo long as our Feople rely upon our dry or frosen ditch, t slwsys happena that when wheat or flour Is high the canal is frozen up, out of repair or washed away. The same In nork nperationa. Then if the people of Laurel have not packed nork it Is to their credit. Infect, It is almost enough to throw doubt upon any man's financial character to find him so reckless aa to pack pork on ao lame a commercial thoroughlare. The business of Laurel waa never done on a aatcr or sounder basis than at tho present time. Nor wss there ever a time when thej people could bo accommodated with goods on fairer terms. They buy their goods for cash, snd oti good terms. The mechanics of Laurel are also busy, and are realising (air profits. And none are more worthy. There are eoroe changeatnd move ments here, yet of some interest. David Hazzard, (whoia by general conaent the Mayor of the tywn.) has purchased Mr. lledrick'a life Ustete in the splendid Iledrick farm just above Laurel. He will remove there iu a few weeks, and insta! himself Lord of the Manor, whi'e his excellent wife will adorn as but few women can, thst msgnifirent residence. Mr. Iledrick and his daughter and son in-law, C. V. tfmith, are to remove to the residence now occupied by Mr. Hazzard. Mr W. W. Adams, havincr sold his fine property In Laurel to the Hail Road, removes this week to Drookville. Drookville thus gains and Iaurel loses one of tho best and most industrious mechsnlcs. That fine residence, eroctod by K. W. Pstlisou, at considerable exSensCi just west of the town, just left by Ir. Adams, has been rented by Mr. Henry pierce of the Rtil Uoad Company for a boarding house, Louis C. Font has removed to a farm two or three miles from the town, and M.J. Kelly ia about to move to lirookwill-?. Thero is a goners complaint with the citizens, of the long continued draught en their time and pationce, in esiimg them so frequently and in such numbers, as witnesses to attend Court at lirook villo. The long and complicated settlements connected with the Lstates of jan,e, Couwell and Geo. u. Shoup. James Conwell and Geo. J. Shoup. and vexatious suits for and airainst r. A. ;' Con w ejl, (in tbie wt do rot pretend to'

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ssy w ho la In fault,) have exhausted the patience of the citixens and they threap ten stronrlv of either removing the Court House up there, or removing a few (f their citizens down to Drookville. We doubt if Urookvlllo will consent to either. The school In this piece le said to bf Rood. It is under the ersrg of the Rev. luos. hpencer. who Is an excellent man, and wesrs well. The removal of Mr. Henry VanDergea from here Is seriously felt by thel'reaby terisn church. The Ilev. JMr. Buss (Methodist) hss been very aucteaafuf here. He hss been laboring under aerloua hoanenrta an sort throat all winter but while he could not preach aa welt, he hss prayed more, aad visited more. I nere is a mama here that Is doing no f ood. Dut it is useless to tslk sgsinat it 'sshlon is more inexorable In her de crees than the Rusalan Autocrat. Who1 cannot recollect and notice how matters go In thia Country. In the little country towns of from 000 to SC00 Inhabitants, let one or two of tht richest get lint carriages, and In rapid eoecestiun the w hole u wn will have them.dow a to thosewho art nut able to psy their merchant or their butcher. The aame Is tht caat w Ith an elegant sofa, or other article of tine household furniture. To be fssh ionable, families will havo sofas If they haver to borrow a wash tub of their neighbors. Hut the great and ruinous mania of the present day ia pianos. Wt lovt its music, but It soursls awfully amid pover ly and rags, Thia mania is extending to our country villages In a msnnef known to but few. There Is, to-day, mure money Invested In pianos In P.auref than In churches or probably school houses. There Is one for about every 60 Inhabitant, Hut how ran It be helped It is unfsshlonsble not to havo themand every .griitlema it's daughter la looked1 upon aa coarse and vulgar who does not grind nuisio on the fsahlonable humbug: of the day, And whtro Is there a father w ho can bear to aeo his dsujfhirr sit back? In the stiude, even il merchants suiter fur their bills, or the mother wears her nallt oil' wa.blfigl There Is nothing like a piano we even hesrd a vounif Isdrssr. a short time since, thst ehe would rather hsve a piano than a man and wo know she would give all Iter eyre for a mslecoiupunlon. Therelore we must let tht mama rnge must let fathers mortgage their farms end lots for a piano. OCrTho Niagara river Is froxen at Toiiswanda tu (irand Island ahore, a elfrumsisnce whkh hss notoccurrrd for thirty years, tiii:3ii:ndous TOIL NADO AT IIAintlSOIV t OHIO. About twenty lieust threw a dtwa Iii I'resbr terlutt C laurel sarssl rd, Ths JlllidlM Chare damaged. Nallves lost, lty letters from Dr. Hughe and MrWhite we learn that about three o'clock I. M. on Tueaday last, Harrison was 1 vt-lted by one of the severest tornadoes known for many yeara. Tht roof of tht Presbyterian Church waa blown off, and a part of the walla blownln. A brew, cry was nnroofed. and In all somt 15 or 20 houses were damaged or oesiroyea. The Methodist Church wss slightly dsmstred. The Tornado covered a track of sbout three hundred ysrds In widthThough no lives wen lost, one msn wss bsdly Injured hsvlng his leg broken. T, p,cj0ver the town of Do . . .... .... . . vor in Dearborn County which Is aaii If w t receive additional news by next week wo will furnish It. Coxnvcron. Mioollit Affrny Homo four or five Irishmen got Into a difficult vesterdsv afternoon, when one .,',, v r f m lJ m of Wm' ,,mf 1 " 1 atrurk threo or four times with a "sling hot ' by ont of tht party, whereupon bt (!rfw , revover Inj .hot In self defense, ... .... . kU .u Tho ball however did not hit tht Inleoed one, but struck Anthony Coynes, (another of the party) In tht breaitj : ..... SIB .llnnl.l.n an Br Inn I . I h I ( h ra la 1 . . li. ,,,.,, but little hope, of Ms ecovery. aert that this party had not been drink Ing or that the a (Tray kapprnnl la an orderly house) Let the enlightened rea. ders of the Amerlcon think for them, selves. ftf-Tho White Water Valley Times, of last week msde Us appearance wllh a new "hrad drot,"' and aundry other changes. Wo aUo notice Sjl. Maker haa taken an Interest In it. We of course, shall anticipate somt aharp. shooting from him and bear somt ssttnuhlng developments, that will make tht Nations of the Esrlh tremble for fearr. Let all papera in thia latitude "take du notice and govern themselves according fy-The old story that change lerer scarce has pretty much psssd. The; Dsnks hero are paying it out freely for.Hank notea, and aoon it will be as plenty a could be dcaircd. For Tt Llfhtnlng Trsla. DIED' On tht 3d Inat., Mra. MaryAnn, wife of Dr. P. Maeon,eged 49 years, and 4 days. The deceased was a native of Wilmington, Dela., and emigrated to Drookville, Franklin Co., in the year 1820. Early in life Mrs. Mason wss the suhject of religious impressions, about tht year 1841. she made a profession of religion, and for manyyesrs was a member of theCumberland Presbyterian Church. At. the time of her death she stood Jconnected with the Presbyterian cbvrch In Con nersville. The memory of Mra. M. will be dear to many from the energy and efficiency for w hich she was chsractertied in life, especially at the bed aide ot the sick and dyhig. She was enabled to. welcome death with calmnesa and security, and to boar with pstlenee and fortitude the extreme Buffering of ber, last illness. Her loss will ke deeply felt, by none more deeply than her urviving partner and family. Bui tkit loss is doubtless her gain, for tA die an4 be with Jem- is far bitter. T.