Indiana American, Volume 22, Number 25, Brookville, Franklin County, 9 June 1854 — Page 1

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Hare a for aaatukuation vr aUvko. 4l-ly J.D. DAVlö, M, lMiysician & urK'coii, OKFKK at hla raatdenca, coroor Ol Mali kh4 Jama trtU, brookTtll, in4. CV it v n k it a: o tt i: juitioof m fe, aad Attornay and touuaallor law, Urookvillo, lad. omcomu fct Cornor of I'ubllu siuar. 43, loiJ. ÜlO Uli O XV V" ÄltörnoTi n d CooniaUorat ,Uw, UUe .No. 71UUoS buildlnir. UrooltUla,iodiana. n d."jo?ii:s V LaW,Urookv ding. ilU.Ua.. Üfictlo lliulo'a bull NITI'C rilOOKSIIANKt Attornay an4 t CounielloratLaw. Ufflco 1 Ilailo'a buiUlug, bruokvlUo, ludlaua. iWl JII. IHCti;nE AttornoyatlJtw. Omca , ou Bur(ittroot,twodoortuortti ofReo.ilolland'fOfflca.BrookTlila. 45-53 KVAIV OWEiS, NOTARY PUBLIC. Residence, Mt. Carmel, lnd. 3IOSES J. KELLE Y, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, LACRKL, KKA5KLIS CO. IN D., ILu lake aclin'" f 'tgnnix, rpnai,!!. carUfy DepoaiUoiui, Aflldariti i.e. ALF. WAIID, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, ßrookvllle, Indiana. Offlc two doort north Burtoo'iStora. iv. it. aiounis j5Tii7 P li yslciau&Surgcoii lit. Carmel, Ind., . 22-2-'5S 1 year. A C0MM05piSXTisPBiTXD. Impromptu from Haltwhistle, by a lady, on reading in tho Gateshead Observer: 'There can be no doubt tliat Providence has willed that man should be the head of the human race, even as vornan is its heart!' 8 Heaven detlnatd man for tho hutlt Acd woman for tho Ararr, Ahl now t a th rcatou why H't'rt called lit letter part. "Doctor," aaid an old lady tho other day to her family physician, 'kia you tell me how It is that tome folks is bom dumb?" "Why, hem! why, certainly madam," replied the doctor, "it is owing to tho fact that they carno into the world witheut the power of speech." "La me!" remarked the old lady, 'now jest see what it h to have a physic education; I've ax'd my old man moro nor a hundred times that ar same thing and all that I could ever get out on him was, 'last h is." X5T 'Mother, don't you wish you had the tree of evil in your garden.' Why, Josh, you serpent, what do you mean? 'As money's the root of all evil, if we had the tree couldn't we get all of the precious stuff?' ' fX3" What an agony of wit is in tho following! the Czar has mustered a hundred thousand men. The Sultan will pepper them, and England and France will assault them, and Austria and Prussia will 6how a vinegar face; so there will bo a pretty pickle altogether. Why did you not pocket some of those pears" said one boy to another ; nobody was there to see. 'Yes there was 1 was there so see myself, nnd I don't ever mean to see myself do a mean thing JGTlIappiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued is just beyond your grasp, but which, it you will sit down quietly may alight upon you. CC5" Biddy, has that surly fellow cleared the enow off from tho pavement?' 'Yes, sur. 'Did he clear it off with alacrity, Biddy?' No sir, with a shovel.' JßrFights are easily got up. All that is required arc three participants two blockheads and a pint of new rum. XiTAn English jury in a criminal case is said to have brought in the following terdict: Guilty, with some utue aouDi as to wnctner no is man. tho JTli is stated that the man who went to the suburds insido ot an hour, returned upon tho outside of an omnibus. Our modern poets dilute their ink.

Capywrlght curo 4 aooorJInj l) lw. Ul Mils PARGHMEHT.

on THE SATANIC LICENSE, CHAPTER II. snocma HX271T3. 14 Ah met from ral hjliiei we tray, Jly vir bowlldorod; vk whkb, alwaja leuJa, However fair at flrtt,to wlUa of woo,'1 a . w a Another incident occurred some years after, which mado Mr. Donald son a very strong temperance man. A great many men who are not reformers because of the right or tho blessings which flow into families, and tho benefit to tho world arc mado fio by tho providences of God. There are many temperance men, because their son, their fathers, or brothers, or t omo other relatives are in danger of be coming drunkards. It is better to bo a'tcmpcranco man from nuch motives than not at all; but every one should bo an advocate of tho causo from luvo to god and sympathy for outraged hu manity. Lvcry man should oppose tho license law and labor for its repeal, because it will honor God, elevate the'nation in tho scalo of morals, con vey unspeakable blessings into thous ands of families, and buyo tho souls of men. Mr. Donaldson became a temperance man on account of tho enemy's encroachments upon his family. His son-in-law was fust becoming u confirmed inebriate. Ho had given las daughter in marriage to Hrastus Baker, a young man of promise. Ho was from a good family, and had received a religious education under tho care of pious parents, who lived in the Stato ot Connecticut. Ho camo to tho town of Harwood to cngago in the mercantile business. His morality, his frankness, his strict business habits and good deportment in a very ßhort timo drew around him a largo circle of friends. On slight acquaintance, ho pid h'u addresses to Fanny DonalJson; his hand was accepted, nnd they wcro married. All congratulated Fanny on being tho wife of one so virtuous, so kind and amiable. In tho basement of tho building which Mr. llaker occupied was kept a largo liquor store, to supply landlords with all kinds of choico liquors from different parts of tho country. Tho owner of this establishment had licenso to deal out his poison by small as well as largo measure. It was the custom of Mr. Baker, after his meals. to po below and smoto a cigarTTmct f occasionally take n g!a"s of cider or ale. Being the custom of the place and the usae of the age, it awakened no fearful apprehensions in tho mind of his wife or her friends. Tho first winter after her marriage, Mr. Baker speut nearly all his evenings in that den of inramy. Most of tho young men of that place had becomo passionately fond of whist, and assembled there to plav .for. amusement, uut often that which commenced simply for sport ends in a very disastrous man ner to the morals and souls ot men. It was so in this case. Every young man connected with the club became a confirmed incbriate.and filled adrunkard's grave. Baker, not being on his guard, was drawn into this feiirful malestrom of ruin. At first they ppent their eveniners in plaving cards for pleasure, it is true; but they used intoxicating drinks very freely to give life and rest ,to their games. Before spring, Erastus Bator was n confirmed inebriate. It seems almost incredible that a man so soon forgot his young wife, the prayers and counsels of his pious parents, and lose all respect for himself. But ho ran into temptation, in defiance of light, conscience, nnd former instructions and God removed all restraints, which doomed him to a sudden, fearful, and irretrievablo fall. In that "breathing holo of hell" he wasted his time nnd substance. His busmes rapidly ran down, Iiis customers left him, and creditors forced him to make an assignment: thus closed up the business nnd career of Erastus Baker, which had opened so prosperously. He seemed to forget his wife, or at least tho obligation ho was under to love, protect, and support her, Tho Ixtoxicatmg cup wasted his property, ruined his character, chilled his warm affections, blotted out his hope of immortal life, and changed the amiable and kind husband into a fienk. The kind entreaties of friends, tho tender expostulations of his aged father-in-law, and the tears and anguish of his broken-hearted wife had no power to reform or even restrain him. His np)etite for strong driuk was fixed, nnd le recognized no law but his passion lorrum. lie lived to gratuy his ap petite; to accomplish that end he sac rificed business, property, reputation, health, companion, and eternal life. He even went so far us to take, wi thout the knowledge of his wife, her wedding dress, and sell it to Doty for liquor. As soon as she discovered what he had done, sho called on the laudlord to expostulato with him on tho im propriety of his conduct. When she entered tho bar room, she found him in the bar. "Mr. Doty," said she, "did my husband brincr you n silk dress, and dispose of it for liquor?" "le yes, ho brought an old dress here, and wanted mo to take it on what ho was owing me," said tho troubled landlord. "That was mv wedding dress. Will you not bo ko kind as to return it to mc?" inquired Mrs. Baker, tho tears uowin-rdown her careworn cheeks. "I will, if you'll pay mo what ho owes me." replied tho heartless rumseller. "How much is it?" "About five dollars, I believe." Mrs, Baker leaned her head against tho wall, covered her face with her

hands, and wept like a child. Sho had no fire dollars to give. Tho proligacy of her husband had reducedhcr to tho deepest necessity, thercforo to

meet tho demand was impossible She had no heart to call upon her fatherhe had already help u her to a con siderablo amount. Sho desired the dress because it reminded her of the days when sho was a happy bride, and when her prospects wcro as bright ns a cloudless sky. She could consider her husband only as lost, and all his fortner virtues tu buried. And as tho fond mother caiefully looks over tho toys of her dccui-scd child to refresh her memory of his coodness, so Fanny desired the dress to remind her of what he once was. "What uro you snivelling about, woman?" asked Doty, evidently cha grined. "This is indeed hard moro than I am nblo to bear. You and other rum seller! have ruined my husbrnd. You havo taken from him his character, his property, nnd all that is dear in this world; and now you havo taken my wedding dress for liquor tho last relio of my days of happiness. 0, this is too much. I cannot en Sho could articulate no further, Her heart was too full to utter another word, and sho sank down upon a bench and soooed aloud. 'Well, womifn, you are getting upon a pretty loud strain, I should think. Don' t you want your husband to pay his honest dcbts7" "I do not consider it an honest debt. When you sell to a man whom you know will injure, and bo the means of making his wife miserable, you ou-nit to loso it," said Mrs. Baker. "Yes, but I havo a license. It is my business to sell. Debts contracted at my bar for liquor aru honest debts; tho law makes them so, and I shall collect them if I can," retorted tho reckless landlord. Mr. Baker saw thero was no uso in pleading with a man for her rights whoso object in retailing liquor was to ruako money, and who was shielded and protected in his infamous business by tho law. Sho withdrew from his presence, and went back to her lonely and dcsolato dwelling. "Landlord," inquired a well-dres sed gentleman, a traveller, who had been listening to the conversation, "who was that lady?" "It 8 Baker s wile old Jeremiah Donaldson's daughter." "Sho isnfino appearing: lady," ad ded tho strunger. "I should think her more of a lady fslio would stay achomo imd rulnd her own business," was the reply of Doty. "I think, if you was in her place, you would consider it apart of your business to look after your husband; especially if ho had sold your wedding dress for liquor," continued tho stranger. "Sho must be a great lady who don't want her husband topay his honest debts." "Well, landlord, I agree with her. It is not an honest debt. It is as cruel as death for you to treat that poor woman in this way," replied the stranger. "Do you mean to say my business is not honest? Don't you know, sir, that tho statute lato of the State males it an honest business" said Doty, with an air of triumph. "I know it makes it leoal. I know to my sorrow it shields you in your wickedness.. And for your cruel, oppressive treatment of that poor woman, were I in your place, I should fear the judgments of God would ovcrtako mo before morning. You won't always escape because you have a license. God has pronounced a woo against you and your bloody traffic," answered tho stranger. "Iiow do you know what God ha3 done? How did you come in possession of his secret purposes?" inquired Do sneeringly. "Iiis no secret, sir. God has puhlisecd it to the world: "Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that ho may set his nest on high, that ho may bo delivered from tho power of evil! Thou hast consulted shamo to your house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. lor tho stone shall cry out of tho wall, and tho beam out of the timber shall answer it. Woe unto him that niveth his neighbor drink; that pattest thy bottle to him, and malest him dr unlen also, that thou mayestlook on their nakedness! Thou art filled with shamo for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin bo, uncovered : the cup of the Lord's right hand shall be turned unto thee, andshameful spewing shall bo on thy glory.' This my friend, is what God says about you nnd your wicked tiafiic. You 'covet an evil covetousncss to your house, 'you 'cut off people not a few,' you 'give your neighbor drink,' you put 'your bottle to him and make him drunken, consequently you must be the man against whom these tcrnblo woes are spoken. And when God shall como out from behind his cloudy pavilion to avenge tho injury you have done to that poor woman and others, what goodwill your license do you? When he shall make inquisition for blood, then you may havo ten thousand licenses and statutes to show your business is legal, but that will avail you nothing." "You are some temperanco preacher, ain't you?" asked Doty, trembling. "No matter who I am; give heed to the Bible, and do right. Kestoro that dress to that poor woman.or you won't lcep much to-night," answered the stranger, as he passed out of the bar room. Mrs. Baker's husband continued to "wax worse and worse," and became so quarrelsome and abusive that it was not safe for her to be with Ahim alone when intoxicated. The night after

Fanny's visit to Doty'a, ho returned

homo from there' drunk, entered tho room in a perfect ra-'r, laid violen hands upon her, and most brutally kicked and choked her, saying, 'I'll rive you wedditv dresses I'll learn you to expose me before strangers!' Fanny fled to tho neighbors for safety. Atter sho left, this wretch nay, uevi mado so by tho license law, ran sacked tho house. Leathered up all o Fanny's fine clothes und threw them in the well, then took a pole and jam med them to the bottom, bho saw there was no alternative bnt to leave him. They separated; or rather rumscllers separated them, and were sus tained in their infamous work by the statute law of tho btate of hew 1 ork Sho went to spend tho remainder of her days under her father's roof, poor, disconsolate woman. Erastus, under the influence of rum, continued a depiovcd and ruined man, wander mg irora ono haunt oi vice to nnother. Her feelings, after sho returned to her father s, may bo judged of from tho following Utter written to an in timato friend: Hau wood, April 12, Mr DEAn Alice: My heart is so full of trouble that I must unburden it tomy dear old friend. Bo not suipriscd when I tell you that hrastus and mvself havo narted. Who could havo believed on the niirht of J M ----- our wedding party, only two years and a half since, that tho destroyer would enter our bright and happy circle so soon! Sweet spring has again returned with all its beauty, but it has no charms for me. Tho singing of birds touches no chord of harmony in my soul. The springing grass, tho open ini; buds, and the sweet fragrance of spring flowers, once so attractive, are now n burden to mc. Unrestrained grief has taken full possession of my soul. 'O,grlof liolh cliaugod mo alurovomaw mt 1ml; And caroful liourt, with tlnio'i defor uod hand i Ilav wrltldii lUaiigadoroiitumU my fuco," O, my dear Alice! could tho tempter bo removed from Erastus, I should aain bo happy. Thero arc so many places where it is loyally sold, and se ... . . t many to take ndvania''eoi ins appetite, who aro shielded in their wickedness by law, that thero is no hopo of his roforming. And U, tho inougui oi ins lyin" as ho is! how can 1 enduro it? The Lord has said, "To drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of God." Pray for mc, dear Alice, that I may bo sustained in. my great affliction. Come and kuu ma as soon as you can. lour sister and 6incero mend. FANNY D. BAKER. This terrible aflliction.in consequence of tho liquor traffic, confirmed Mr. n 11 1 a. uonaius'on in ins temperanco princi ples. Perhaps if he had followed th example of Mr. bcribner, and, years before, had adopted hi3 plan, the de stroying angel would have passed by lis family circle. Multitudes of men who havo been slow in embracing the reform, or havo been conservative in heir feelings and actions, or have been opposed to it; have invoked the de stroyer to their own households; and have been compelled to see their sons becomo inebriates, and their daughters marry vicious and unprincipled young men. It is exceedingly dangerous for a father to keep tho poison about his 1 a 1 11!. . louse, io ueai in u, or even 10 speau igainst the reform. If he doeseither, the plague will almost bo certain to find its way tolas dwclling.and overcast the 1 l.l M Driirni horizon oi ins iamuycircic wuii dark, portentous clouds. Mr. Davison for several years kept the pledgo which ho made over the corpse of his boy. But the drinking usages and the corrupting influence of wicked associates seduced him from his noblo purpose. At firsthe drank mod erately; but his daily potations increas ed tho power of habit and appetite, which in a fo w years resulted in confirmed inebriation. He lost all selfrespect, his reputation was blighted, his friends left him, his estate melted away, and his love for his family was swallowed in tho vortex of ruin, rso toncruo can tell nor pen describe the anguish, sorrow, and overwhelming grief that came into that family in consequence of tho sudden, fearful fall of its htad and father. After ho had pent.hisnll in profligacy, he aband oned his family to the cold charities of the world. Ho went west, to wan der as a miserable vagabond for a few years, and then die. Yes! William Dawson died a rum maniac; a stran ger in a strange land, where no mon ument marks the placo of his sleeping ashes. Surely the "memory ot the wicked shall rot." jXoxjj Mr. Grant became sostrongIv impressed with the evils of intemnerance bv the death of Davinson's son, that he excluded liquor from his premises. His sons rrew up tcmperntn nnd imlustrions men. and one of them is now preaching the gospel. To be Continued. HORRIBLE. At Norristown, l'a., last week a miserable mother cut off the head of her own child, an infant six weeks old The head Avas cut off close under the lower jaw, leaving the whole of the neck on the body. Probably the near est reason that could havo prompted her to do such a deed, was disclosed in a store pass book found in the house. In tho space of twenty six day twentu nine auarls ot liauor were j charged therein, and in about two and a half months sixty seven qvctti were charged. She was committed to tho Montgomery county prison. The man who sold tho liquor should be made a party to tno muruer. vincinnau urn quircr. The "Pay Nothings" are an old and numerous order. The nre the worst foes that printers have.

fiorrtsjtonJitnte. GnKKKCA8TLE, IxU , ) May 2Dth, lßö-1.. f J. Kditor: By some means my former communication is lost. As tho papers have generally given tho principal facts alluded to in it, I will not reitcrato them in this. I have some later news, some bad, and somo good. I told you somo timo since that webky was working vil hero as well a elsewhere, but facts go to show that this evil is increasing. No less than six murders havo been committed in Putnam county since the 1st of January, 1861. I have not reference to those who have died on account of drinking too much themselves, but I alludo to those who have been stabbed and shot. This is a fearful state of affairs. Yesterday (Sabbath) afternoon tho report circulated that a man was killed on tho public square, nnd soon a crowd collected. Tho report was too near true, for there lay n man literally

chopped up- iho lellow was mtoxica. ted, and was covered with blood and whiskv. It seems that a noor. Emilie. wretch had opened his doors; and this man nnd a German shoemaker got into a brawl, which ended as above stated. Tho man was not dead at noon, but doubtless is by this time. This is the second murder committed in this groggery this spring. Tho citizens of Greencastle called a meeting this morning to take measures for protecting themselves and families, and the call was responded to in a spirited manner. Thero was no party lecling there, but whigs nnd Democrats stood side by side on tho side of right. A committee of 6 of tho best men of our town was appointed to wait on the ieepers of the beer shops and rumholes and to request them to closo immediately. They did their duty, and reported this evening. They announced that all but one house will bo closed at once and fo'tver. Steps were taken to abate that nuisance, and it will le abated . Tho people aro pro hibitory here, and havo taken things into their own hands. All tho uhvaiciani of our town except ono or two rumlovers havo pledged thcmielvcs to prescribo no liquors whatever that will intoxcate, without a written pres cription, or verbal order. This is right. J. he lionset democracy aro enraged at tho proceedings of the late State Convention, and will show in tho coming election that "Prohibitory law" is written on their banner, nnd carried in the front rank. Party feeling is disppcaring, nnd the only paper that pposed prohibitory law in this town died of rottenness not long since. Let me assure you once moro that old Putnam wi'll bo right .in the coming contest, and will speak for right; for usticc and for humanity. Our fellow citizcu, 1 rof. Matson .of the Law department of the University is recovering from his late attack very slowly. W. ON COHMON SCHOOLS, NO. II. Mr. Editor: In order that our common schools prove successful, in addition to good and well arranged school-houses, two things ar essen tial, viz. good order and competent , teachers. Good order in schools is n consideration of the first importance, i as u is one upon wiacu tu uasuu uu i tho beneflcial results to be derived k l ii therefrom. Then "order," should bo i the teacher s first law. Heaven with- j out order, would not less uenciis me spirits of the harmonious, than would J the disorderly scnooi-room, mo prcs- j ence of good feeling. But desirous as is this "first law," it is ono that is very seldom enforced. True, the great mass f teachers do manage to restrain and control their pupils, so that the exercises of the school are allowed to progress tolerably wen; buiiue oider thus attained is seldom mar, wnicn ; benefits the room; benefitting all alike. Now this lack of order in our schools, I think, is attributable, mainly to one fact, viz: but few, comparatively, understand what good order is. This is a question wo should settle at the threshold of this subject; that we may know when we have or havo not at tained tho desired object. Tho young teacher, especially, should havo a cor rect view of this point; as it may eavo him many unpleasant days. Public opinion is unquestionably wrong on) this subject. Stillness appears to be j mo muAiiuum. i s reausitc to the weltare ot a school ; ja l l but the means used to obtain and con tinue this stillness is the great secret of enpr.pq A rreat maioritv of teachers MMVWWW. b I regard stillness as the highest attaina ble standard, obtained by the application of penalties exclusively. But docs such order befit tho school room In a few cases, the application of penalty, as the last resost for refractory pupils, may be necessary. The question then is, can good order bo obtained and continued, without exciting servile fear? Certainly it can, ns a general thing. In tho first place, let every pupil in the school havo studies sufficient to occupy all the time of study agreeably. In the second place excite an interest in tho school, and thus beget a wakeful diligence in the minds of all. There is a difference between order attained by constant restraint and compulsion and that which is tho spontaneous fruit of diligence. Tho former is secured only by perpetual effort upon the part of the teacher, paralyzes mental activity; and is also unhealthy to the physical system; tho latter is the very clement of diligence, nnd is, almost self existent. A quiet school, indeed, is indispensable; but it should be the result of cheerful devotion to study, the careful discharge of duty, Like the faith ft 1 bee, each ' should quietly pursuo hi: labors, without molestation or disturbance of his neighbor. In the third placo the teacher should bo diligent in

school, begetting by example ns well

as precept, uingcnce, and chccnuincs. Then, I repeat that tho first thing In this matter, s not an array of whips; lai if i . . v .1 out to see mat cacn ono tias something to do sufiVcnt to keep him out of mischief, lias is tho experience of every teacher. Which aro your trou blesomo days? All will nay the idle. Hut in order that this kind of quietness is secured in School, parents must do their duty, not only in furuubing their children with the necessary booksr tVc, but see that they attend to the studies prescribed by tho teacher. It is often tho caso that the pupils refuse to engage in studies sufficient to occupy tucir nine in scuooi occauso ineir pa rents do not mannest a desiro to do so. In fad, some parents aro opposed to (!.!. -I.M.I : f-.1 min I.UIU1K1I o uuvhui;!U laiiuiT wi.wi reading and writing. In such cases there is no other way to obtain quiet ness, only by the application of pen' ally. . r . WEIBEL.. Eaton, Ohio, May, 1054. , . $ 0I itu.ii I . From the Chanticleer, THE DEMOCXATIC CONTENTION. In nnother column we publish tho proceedings of tho recent Democratic State Convention, so far as its resolutions defining its political action aro concerned. It will bo seen that the majority of the Convention tecm to approve of the Nebraska measure, and of tho action of tho majority of tho members of Congress of this State, who voted for it. Of course, this is an implied censure of Mace, Harlan, nnd Chamberlain for though the latter did not vote, much to tho surprise of his friends, and those who kne w his firmness of character yet it is understood ho would havo voted against tho bill, but for sickness in his family which detained him from the House. Ho paired off with another member, who madcthis explanation. The resolution which passed the Convention in favor of the Nebrarku bill, was passed, not because it was truly approved by a majority, but for tho same reason that the bill passed tho House of Representatives at Washington. Having been introduced, it had to bo passed to get rid of it, and to preserve harmony in tho party. It would never do to let tho matter go before tho people in an unsettled shape, for all Democrats do not believe in tho divinity of slavery, though they may believe in its necessity undt r tho circumstances. Besides this, the Congressional majority needed help to carry the load which they had Deen compelled to shoulder, and their very humble servants at home were required to helpbear the burden. So they swallowed the bitter pill, and of course will "go it blind." Tho resolution about Temperance occasioned more manifest squirming simply because it was a'qucstion to be canvassed and decided upon.. It defines nothing merely declaringagainst "search, seizure aud confiscation;" but the speeches occasioned great dis satisfaction. Douglas was indorsed, and we do I O . not believe the Democratic conventions 0f Indiana ever endorsed a worse man. ' tw will find it nut if ho ever tpU tn rJ ""- - . - . o . be President which he hopes to be nmi ;n f;1n,,ro of .'which he mav trv to Lou;3 Napoleon or Santa Anna, to cnaWo him t0 pUy his trick9 upon a iarr KC;vlo gn oie, the Democratic Couvention, in many respects, reminded us of the Whig convention! which i were held a dozen years ago, on the j eve of the decline of their power iu ! the State. I JO"Thc Logansport Journal concIuJu9astro -st th(J , , - . r repeal of tho Missouri Compromise with the following paragraph: No compromises hereafter, no concessions to slavery. Let the North insist upon an entire divorce of the General Government from tho system. Abolish it in the District of Columbia, and refuse admission to tho Union of any State that permits slavery. Its friends wage an eternal war on free tcrritory-let them bo met with their own weapons. Such ought to be the Bpirit of freemcn cvcry whcrCf but tho North has sa ion" cuomiLied to the intolerant - --." demands of the slave power that it doe9 not now seem to possess a spirit nbi vo the most abject and servile obedience. Journal. XZrX resolution offered iu the State Democratic Convention to discountenance tho Society of Know Nothings, was not adopted. Prairia City. The Prairie City is mistaken. The resolutions was offered by Dr. Mullen, and adopte'd witnout opposition. The Doctor is a Roman Catholic and is very severe in his denunciation, of the 'Know Nothings In a speech made bv him at Grcensburg, a short timo since, he indulged in their abuse. He was replied to by Hon. Thomas Smith, one of the oldest and best Democrats in the State, who expressed his surprise that the Doctor should entertain such sentiments of a Societ to which ho ( the Doctor) was so we suited, by reason of his ignorance, to belong. Ind Journal. JH"The Madison Courier a democratic paper, but perversely inclined to do its own thinking, says of the late Convention: It was unanimous in all things, except whisky. This was, however, decided in accordance with tho programme sent out from Washington city, and slavery, polygamy, Mormonism and free whisly are now the cardi nal principles of the party.

! KANZA3 TTHRITORY.

; It U stated that Dr. John J. Lowry, of Howard county, is a prominent can didate for the ofho of Governor of the hew territory jf Knnn. He is a vet(ran politician. Hn started with Ben ton thirty odd years ugo; i-tood by lam at times when Lis aid was invaluible, nnd was las chief manager in What was known as tho Boonslick country. Hut ho abandoned Benton tome years ago, when ho believed that Ben ton had abandoned the Democratic party, and has been lighting against him ever since. St. Louis Jiepublecan. XCrMr. Olds, of the Columbus 0., District Chairman of tho P. O. Committco in tho House of HepivKcntatives, has retracted a bad move against Cheap postage, by introducing a sub stitute for the Posli'o bill not long since reported by him. Its most Important feature proposes to abolish the franking privilege, making the postage on all letters now going l'reo in tho mail1 chargeable to the Treasury of tho United States. It further provides that the postage on letters sent under 3,000 miles shall continue to be three cents, pro-paid, as at present. gntttltuntl. . FronXthe Xorthem Farmer. OSETN MANURING. J. Miner, Vir; In tho December No. of the Northern Farmer, I observed a request for information fiom actual experience, of the results of different kinds of green manure. As regards corn, millet and buckwheat, I can say but little from my own experience; but presume they have their influence as well ns other green substances. ith regard to clover as a fertilizer, it ex ceeds anything I have ever used, or witnessed in the experiment of others. I have used clover extensively as a manure, and from my own observation I am convinced that ono ton of green clover is worth hs much or more for fertilizing, than three tons of barn manure. To illustrate my views clearly. I will state a part of my experience. In the vear lß.y, I bought a farm in the township of Mendon, Monroe co. N. Y. The soil was light yellow sandy loam; tho timber scrub oak or black jack, or what might be termed oak barrens, on a soil of tho poorest quality conceivable, in a state of nature. The man of whom I bought reserved seven acres of wheat, which when harvested and threshed, yielded not quito lour buMiel to the cere, and ho told mc that tho most he could raise was ten bushels of corn per .;crc. On tnis samo hind, the following fall, I sowed twenty acres inwheat,in March following, I seeded it down with clover; in tho latter part of April put on 100 lbs. of ground plaster per acre this saved the life of my clover, and I presume materially benefited my crop of wheat for I found on harvesting my crop that I had near fifteen bushels per acre. The next year this clover, from the influence of the plaster was rank and fine. About the middle of June,when I 11 - T if 1 11 clover was in blossom.I put in a double teana a"d a largo Wiard plow, and turned the clover under. During the . ...... . mouth of the ensuing August, I again plowed it; and from the 1st to the 15th f O .1 . 1 "I .... l.-l XT 01 oepicmoer, bowcu i as ueiore. now

upon alirom mis crop l oouuneaoii uusneis, I n little more than 32 bushels to tho

e T V. ' 1.1 acre. This shows most conclusively the beneficial eüects of using green j clover as a manure, uut it may be, said that tho plaster produced this ; extra yield; but this cannot be, or; Ul preceding crop would navo been greater. I am convinced, not jonly from this result, but from many sub3e- , quent ones, of the fertilizing properties of green manure. 1 havo been a practical farmer up to tho ngeof 63, and havo through life plowed under a great many acres of clover; and could I influence oar young Iloosier farmers to try the experiment, it would furnish them with a lesson they would never forget. J0HNWII1PP0. Dublin, Ind. iJItsccUitii. KURSES. A young man named James Larken, m ployed in O'Neil's grocery store on Biddle street, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth, died at the Sister's Hospital at half past li ve o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from the effects of injuries received on Thursday night previous at tho hands of one Thomas Scott. The latter is a shoemaker by occupation and lived up staiis over O'Neill's store. Larkin, the deceased was a boarder with liim. On the night of the occurrence both had been drinking, Scott to excess, and had some trifling quarrel on reaching the house together at bed time. Finally Scott gave his wife some ill usage which induced nn interferenco on the part of Larkin, whereupon Scott oadered him out of the house, seized hold of and forced him out into a porch and threw him over the balustrade to the pavement below, a distance of fifteen or sixteen feet. Scott was arrested tho same night and has been held in custody to await the result of Larkin's injuries. IiUelligencer. EXPLANATION. The Louisville Journal says: We do not think that an instance can bo named where a man of social position in Kentucky has ever been hung or sent to the Penitentiary for killing a man in open daylight, though there have been what seemed to be very a'ravatcd cases of such killing; aud to far as we know, this is true cf the whole south.'

eolei:l2. On Wednesday night last, tho dwelling, houso of James McErayer, of Lawrtnct-burgh, Ky., was entered by somo person with an axe, whilst the family were asleep, who cut Mrs. McIJraycrin several place, Severin" ono of her limbs almost from the body! The husband and a little girl were also severely cut. Mrs. McB. is cot expected to live. The Frankfort Com-' mon wealth hays that Joseph McBraytr ' a son by a former marriage, U sas-T pected of having couiaättcd the deed. He has been arrested, nnd held Let hail

In tho sura of five thousand dollars. The father become his surety. EFITNKY. Langdon, of tho Jioclport Flatäer who has been trying to publish a eheao paper thus informs his readers in a late number: Our Terms: Tho nolo under terms proposing a discount to tho who pay in six months or in advance 1 will be discontinued after this week; hereafter no subscription will be received, unless for two dollars, paid at tha time of subscribing. Our bill r never worth the trouble and vexation ' of collecting. If auy who really wish to read ourpapcr are too poor to pay for it, they Lave only to mako tht facts known to ut and we will civ v. v. paper without charge. I A LEOAL TVZZLZ. A member of the barsav thatsnm time agovi rough customer, or rather client camo into h!a f,f; i. ' , . w.mw n.iu Lv U tf.ll 4 ..... . 1 .1 . . W to oiaie case raincr abruptly. "Sir; I camo to you for advice: I'i a nuhuand-m-iawi A what!' spoke ud the learned cmm. sei. Husband in law, Sir 'I have never seen that Affi.nnA among the domestic relations 'Don't know what a husband in-law is? Sir vou re no lawrert Ymi'm an guoramus! lam a husband inlaw. but not in-rucr. Sir. mr wife's run off." 11 M Israel Jones, near Pi;ul Monday week, went homo intoxicated. locked himself into the house where his mother was, and with a knife inflicted seven stabs upon her person of a fatal character and then escaped. LOVE. Love is the epitome of our whole duty ; and all the aweetnt-ss and endearments of society that can be, so long as they are lawful and honest, are not only consistent with it, but parts and expressions of it. J3TAt Indian complained to a retailer in ono of the settlements at the West that his rum was very dear. "Well, it may be," said the trader ' "a barrel of rum costs as much as a cow." "And it may be drinks as much water us a cow; but it no eats so much hay,"inimediately answered the Indian. A fugitive slave in the employ of Clark Si Pond, millers at Fulton N. Y., sent a barrel of specimen flour to Queen Victoria. A few days since he received an autograph letter from the Queen acknowledging the receipt of the flour, and enclosing 6300 in return. The following little apostrophe to Flats, an article wldch seems to be popular in tho city at present, is going the reunds: Flat forboauty ha! fcr pleasure Hat for na ye hat for lloiura Ilang-lnh over ejei of biure; You're a treasure beyond tneature! Shading well with Sowlna; treea, Snowy oeck and cbannlnjt dreaaoa. itZTThe most difficult ascent getting up a subscription. . IQThc following letter from the celebrated Dr. James C. Aycr, gives the honest side of the Nostrum question. Since the Public will use these remedies wo wish for suffering humanity there were more of them like his Cherry Pectoral and Cathartic Pills, which require no secrecy to make them go down. Lowell, 2Cth April, 1854. Messrs k Co., New York City. Gentlemen: Yours of the 23d inst., asking me to join in a combination to put down the Ohio Nostrum Bill, comes duly to hand. I cannot accede to your request for the following reasons: The law requiring; that the composition shall bo published, of every medicine sold in the State.cannot wort to the injury of anybody who deserves protection. I have published the recipes of my medicines for 15 years, and believe this to be the honest way of making their virtues known to the community, lhc ßledical l'rofession publish their discoveries to the world as soon as made, for the bnefit of all mankind. Why should we not? The Law which you fear will destroy your business, can injure only those who falsely pretend to discoveries and secrets which they have not It will expose the emptiness of such pretentions, and .the public will turn aside from such preparations as are found to bo worthless when their composition is known. If medicines havo real worth, ' they will be only the better appreciated and the better patronized by laying their composition open to the Public, that all may judge for themselves. If they havo not real merit, it is due in common justice, to the suffering sick; to the public health and to the cause of humanity, that the people should know them to avoid them. Yours Respectfully, JAMES C.AYER.