Indiana American, Volume 22, Number 37, Brookville, Franklin County, 1 September 1854 — Page 1

BY T. A. GOODWIN.

BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1851. VOL.nil.-NO, 37.',:

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VIIIVitH !- 1 m iui " , nn - -ly.ar W On kir of aotao 3 saos. "Smo ' " " - I'.V'.Ä OaesolaanS M M .- i'im U H BOO ...IMW -For . insnion OTor Ur ... uro months, U eooU a aqnara etil bo "AQuoro eoo.l.U of SO obo-Ub Udo Äonarll. AaTlhiof loMoBoqarolobo ooonMaaarull Maar; a frmctloo ovr a aquara,aa qaoM and a anlf, a fraction ovar a square ana a a, . ii.a.taaMia: .nil AO OB. Uon and oihaf lift aolle, Mil bo PI4 inndfane or amply sard. In -u h. hald rosousibl for ibo Ural ad lrAnnoanclnf canUUawaof vry description, ilKsuicrtlr,ana $i w iboao bo ara nol ' J-A JfVimQU not marked on the eopy ror a apociQad auiabar of IneorUona, will b eouiiou.d r. . . . .... . -.4 h.imdnt rnulvia aeeor J... ... .i...,K..Mr.f ia daualie date, wna it..? .lu h i.roJ lattat dal. If narked "till rorotj," Wey wiU, of ore, be laserwd anlll or--i Ä .. 1 ih uAiikt rata. All edmiMU fru.a iraag era ortrsntUetj parsouslo bapaid ta advance. '-Special .Police, ruth, and Communication 4eigud i promoi privat latreta, will b .K.r. .a a i mm lauti fur mk loruon. Mrria'au 1 Uaaibe af aaaoutcad gratalU I. k aJvertUoiaeot will b Iniirted without OBOnMltoa T. A. OOODWI. EJ. American. C. B. BK.IItfiY, td. Democrat. " professional tzxte. Dr. J. W. KEELY, Surgeon Dentist. i nnni cnlTTII OP THE VALLKY 0 ah worn wik'u Sarge rorexaniiualloa or advice. HULSK. cp ITAltt. 41-iy J.B. DAVIS, M,-D, Plivaicinil & HlirffCOIl) Main and Qjames streets. Brook vtlle, Ind. nYUUSKlXCOItE, Justleaof tha Fesce, j and AUurnev and Counsellor al law, Brookvuie, lad. Ofleasoulh Bast Corner of raoua aquaro. 43, 1833. DD. JOi:, Attorney aad Conasellor a . l.Hraok.vlllv.lud. ÜtOce in HalU'e bull av-1 f dg. 43-'33 fir TIOUIIOIV, Attorney and Connsellorat tf , Law, Utnca Ho. 7 Haile'e villa, mdiana. bullJlB. BrookNJl'C. CltOOKIl Counsellor at La. Attorney aad Offlee la liatle's bail.! lug. Brookvllle, Indiana. T II. N'C'LUIIE, AttornoyatLaw OSce Jt Bargensslrwet, Iwodoors aorlh ofOeo Hoi' anl'sumoe, Brook vine. EVAN OWE Ns7 43-'33 ATTOaSYT AT LAW V KOT AST PTJBL C, , rut. Catrnael, Indiana Jana 3o3mo ALF. WAIID. ATTORNEY i COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Brookvllle, Indiana. Office two doors north Barioe's Store. I. U. MOItltlS, M. P., P h y a i c i n & S it r s c o n Mt. Larmel, Ind., tl 22.'53-year. DM. TZZZ & DENTAL SUROEONS, Dil Carmel, Ind., will do all work entrusted to their ear with ealMM and dlspatoit. jua 30 3 mo MOSES J. KELLEY, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, una ooor aoutn nr the Valley House, Urookvllla. Ind.. WILL lake ark now ltd-.ants of Daeds, take and certify DeposlonUa.Amdavlte die. XtTTbo Portale Democrat calls the Nebraskaitc, Neb-rascals. XirLooV oat for counterfeit dimes mad) of type metal galvanized. XiTWby U bonnet with a faded ribbon lik a lamp burning dimly? Ans It wants new trimming. H3"There will be no visible eclipso here durinsr the whole remainder of the year. XtTJonea, what in the world matrimony into your head?' put 'Well, the fact is, Joe, I was getting snort 01 shirts.' CT No tee-totaler can bo consistent to the end. lie may refuso wino du rinir his life, but must come to his bier at last. XSrThe heart is a small thing, but desirttth great matters. It ia autücien t for a kite's dinner.ytttho whole world is not sufficient for it. XITJacob Littlo, tho great 'bear' In Wall street. New York, is said to have pocketed over half a million of dollars by tho recent decline in stocks. XtTDsatVATioN or Bess. Buss to ki.HS. Re buss to kiss again. Blunderbuss two girls kissinjr each other. Omnibus to kiss all tho girls in the room. Ip-Whcn it is noon at London, it is etght minutes to seven in the morning at Washington, and when it ia noon at Washington, it is eight min. utea past five in the evening. i5TA preacher onco aid that la dies were very timid; thoy were afraid to sing when thoy were asked; afraid of taking cold; afraid of snails or Spieler but he never knew one afraid to get married. XT"The man who ia in the daily practico of profanely swearing, is guilty of a breach of morality to God's law. No man will swear in the presence of a lady, it being tho high est breach of decorum. JCST'IIusband, I hope you have no objection to my being weighed?' Certainly not, my denr; but why do you ask that question?' Only to see, love, ?f you would let nio h ive my own w?igh onco.' attTln Chicago on, Saturday, Webber, a bar keeper, was killed Mr. bar bein-r struck on the. head with a of iron in the haniLtof a man whom he was turning into tki street. Liquor jab.

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It thonU bo briaf, If fcnfthy, It will swap Oar heart In apathy, our ayea In aloep; Tna dull will yawn, tha chapel-loungur doie, AUanUoa flag, and memory's portals close. Il should b warm, a living allareoal, . To melt tha Icy heart and charm tho tool; A espless, dull harangue, however road, Will never rouaa tha soul, or raise tha doad. It should ba simple, practical and clear! So Bo apna theory to please tho oar. So curloe lay lo tickle lotterM pnde, And leave tha poor and plain unedlfled, ,. tend ,nd ,ffocil0nato . . . ... As als warm theme who wept lott Baioro i law, I ba ry law, with word oflov allay 'd, Will awootly warm and awfully perauado, Itahonld bo mtnly, Jutland ratlunal, WlMly eoneelved, and well expreat'd withal; Not tluffod with llly notion, apt lo etaln A hc red dutk, and ihow a muddy brain. It hon Id poM a woll-aJapted graoe, To 1 ltuatlon,andlac time and place; A aermoo formed for acholara, tatetmen, lords, Wltlt petnanU and mechanics 111 accord. Ilhonld w Ith evangelic! bean tie bloom, Like FaarsatCortnth,AUien,oraiRome; W'hlU soma itorn Kpictciui or Klorneeslcera, A gracious Savior Ulh goapel themcl It should bo mU'd with many an ardent prayer. To rosea tho basrt, and Bx and fallen Die re: When Cod and man are mutually address'd, Cod grant a blessing, m au 1 truly blossed. II should be cloeely,well spplledat last,' To make the moral aall securely last; fu'u art the man, and thou, alone, will ruate A Felix trouiblo, and a David quake! Frow the Troldenre Joorual. Ode, on llic Battle of CJreytoivn" BT A. B ALLOC. Attllcrolo THE INVOCATION. Ye maes of tlie ancient bard attend! Celestial Clio, strike my slumbering lyre! Majvatle Call lope, de lg n lo lend. Twenty-dva cent worth of poclio flro. Not like the fogle brand of olden 11 111 I sing of sieges and protracted wars; A livelier ;hema ra!li forth my humble rhymo, AmIiI me muse In a nobler 1 auiel TUE BATTLE. All tha atmosphere grow dark, Veiled the sun hi oaelca splendor, At tho Cyan irallant bark, Manned with Ya ikeos to do fund nor. On a sultry summer's day, Furled her salls.and reefod ber spanker, And In Grey town's nolde bay Quickly dropped hor heavy anchor. When the tidings reached tli town. All tho motley population Xcgroes, monkeys, gathered round, Flllod wlthawaand admiration Ther, , as on tho walls of Troy Leaped adventurous Ulysses, E'en as Priamaot.1 boy Rhonldored corpulent Anchlso. Even so brave Captain Ho'llns Acted with immens docUlon, Landed on thai fearful shore And proclaimed his vengeful mission "Men of Grey town, black aud white, Listen to this proclamation! You have acted Impolite, You've "saed" our mighty nation! "Bao Mosquitoes, y0n have doua Mr. Borland vllo dishonor; Bottles at his bend you hare thrown! For those deeds your town's a 'goner.' , "Damages Tvo flxod as fbllowsMy demand la mild and civil; Pay me twenty tbuusand dollars Or IH blow you lo the Beck leas of the danger nigh, Yankle Poodle's power defying, Back they toot s bold reply, Ills poltto request dunytng. Cloar Ui Jorks! fierce Holling rrled, They've refuted all sallafiicllon; Scatter bomb.shellt far and w Idol Flpa all hands, preparo fur artloa. Then Columbia's gallant tars 0'rlously commenced the buttle Bl -m1 sway like sons of Mars! How they made the hantln ratllo! Meanwhile, Creytown', Umld son, Era th sound of strife grew lo ;do , IJMIo pleased llh sound, ofg-un, Liking not tho imoll tf powder. Rooner than a fun was Brod, Wloly making no resistance Tos safe retreat retired. Feeling bettor at a dlatance. Proudly fought our g Hanl mon Forth honor of the nation. Fought till they wr tired. and then Ceased tho work of desolation. Thn on shore that vallnnt ere w d around lu sll.-nt wondor, All astuulslied "nol a few" Tby had wait. -d all thai thunder: Not a shriek or dying groanNot a VanqnUhed army Sjli.g NonghlbutUint lll.faud town In a mass of ruin lying, Loud U-elreMeftoln cheered them on; "Onward! and tho town's our own, boy,! Now the enemy la (one, W can Cght !t out alone, boys." Brightly gashed the biasing brand, O'er the seeuea wild glare Blnglug, While rrom out lhl conquering hand fsnoulsof victory loud were ringing. vhout an anthetn of the froe! How our nnllont prlds It rouiei! We bae gained a victory! Smasnda lot or vacant bobm! Vide Homer' description of the 'landing of tho Greoks before Troy. EUOUOn EOAD. The St. Louis Intelligencer denies tho correctness of tho statement recently made in relation to the suspension of tho work on this road. It says: No suspension or slacking on has taken place, however, except such its tho hot wt-ather has occasioned on all work of this sort. It is cunterapla. ted to greatly increase tho force in September. Our informant says thai the thing will be put through with the gnr,trBjitTgy.

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(Copyright secured according to Law.) HE UYSTEHIOUS PABTOEST, OR THE SATANIC LICENSE. - CHAPTER XII. THE I8STJ1. "( I see) to argue 'gainst tba grain' Or.llke tha stars, Incline man to What they're avero themselves to do ; For whon dispute ara wearlod out, Tis Interest still resolves tha doubt." ocrioner, you may say wnat you please about the character of these men and their business : all that does no touch the question of right in their case I hold that a man has an inalienable right to buy what he pleases in this re public, and sell it again, If he chooses But the law you are asking for, saya he snail not. it prohibits a mao Iromhav itrg it about his premises. You are mistaken, sir. As I undei stand it, any man can keep it for his own use, but has no right to sell it to others as a beverage. That is the same thing. Accordins to your own understanding of the law no ona can purchase it with a view of trafficking in it. Is not that your idea 01 u f My view of the law is, that no cne has a right ts deal in it except for medi calond mechanical purposes. If a man purchase a quan'ity for tho purposed retailing it as a beverage, by this law it con be destroyed. Is that the idea? Certainly. Well, sir, I do not hesitate to say that such a law is cruelly unjust and opprcs sive. To bo consistent, then, you must pro nounce other laws unjust and opprcs sive. Suppose you pay your money for a dog, and he runs mad and endangers tho lives of the citizens; will the law spare him because he is your propTtv We have a law which makes it the duty of public otiiccrs to destroy the imple ments of gamblers : do you consider thst an unjust and oppressive law ? We hare a Jaw which seizes and des troys counterfeit money, and all dies and plates for making It, no matter how much they coat ihe owner; do you think that is an U'ijual and oppressive law 7 We have laws which prohibit men from doalingin lottery tickets, tainted meats, and all contraband goods; do you con sidor thoso 'crnolly unjust and opprcs sivo' 1 I understand all tint. But bring up as many laws as you will of that stamp, they do not change the character or seventy of tho law vou are askinc for n the least. It is manifestly unconsti wtutional, and everw man of intelligence must see it so, said Morrison sharply. You have harped a good deal on the unconstitutionality of the law ; now, hove tho goodness to tell me wherein it is so. Well, sir, that I will do. The consti tution of the United States gives to Congress tho power of regulating foreign commerce. Congress has, by law, authorized the importation of apiritous iquors. The law which you propose comes in collision with that law, and thus subverts its constitutional power. Your argument, Mr. Morrison, would appear moro plausible if it referred to the whole trade in spirits. But it does not ; it only covers importations, which s less.than one sixth ol all that is soH in our country. Granting, therefore, tho validity of your argument which I do not when you cotihno It to importa tions, it has but littlo weight. I cannot tell how tho matter appears to you; but to my mind it is clear that such a law would contravene tho law of Conereas and tho constitution of tho United States. That '. a very strange opinion for a legal gentleman to give, certainly. I should think a well-informed child would know that Congress has no power or right to force the nale of liquor upon onv of tho states. This clause, which is In the constitution, may throw some light upon the subject: The powers nut delegated to tho United States by the constitution, or prohibited by it to the ststca, are reserved to the states respectively, or to tho people" Now, if Congress has made a law whereby liovors may be imported into the country, it it clear they have no right to force thoso liquors upon tho individual states. Wo have a enso at hand which clearly illustrates this point. By an act of Cou-f-rees, the importation of negroes into l,7,'e country was lawful up t 1808. Previous to that time some of the states aboliähö'l slavery, and by law insdo it a erime for ny poraon to introduce and hold them as .,,avf'- But, 1 LbetlifJ0 ,lho objection was i urSeJ lhat lhe 'W was unconatitutio "1 becaueo it conflicted with tho law o.' Congress allowing their importation. Yes, but thero is oi vcry mprtant clause in tho constitnt wJ,ich ou have studioualv avoiJc. 'Congress hall have power to rcula ' commerce i.k m a m nn hrt min loreign nations, and several states, and uith I tribes. That certainly ssys anion? ;ne kt Indian hat Con gress shall huve power to ferula te m merce among tho states. Now, I. wo. grrna has paed a law allowing the 'm. portatiun of liquors Into the country it ) ia plainly implied In thia passage that every stnto law interfering with or contravening the sale of that liquor in the cverul atatra ia unconstitutional. The phrase, 'among the several states,' has always been understood as mean ing 'between state and state,' and nev er aa touching internal tradcbetween citizens of tho same slate. By turning to Story's celebrated Commentary on ttie Constitution, you will find tho fol i s lowing : 'Commerce among tho states means commerce which concerns mora ststca than one. It is not an apt phrase to indicato tho mere interior trsflicof a singlestote. The completely Internal rotnmerco of a atate may be properly considered as reserved to tho state itelf.' It Is very plain, therefore, that tho cluuao in Ihn constitution under con sideration has uoreforenco whatever t any law which an individual state may enact to control a business or trafllc internal to I tso If. And it seems to mo that no legal gentleman of standing would peril his reputation by clvinir contnry opinion. i on arc paying quite a compliment to my Ire a I kuowledzo, ia!d Morrison, eurrripjijr . a ' i

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tation by publishing the opinion you have advanced on this question 1 It will be time enough for me to show what I dare do when I am placed in circumstances where I shall be obliged to express my opinion publicly. You know, I suppose, Mr. Morrison, that thia question has already been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States 1 The rumsellers of Massachusetts carried their case up to that court, Ind employed Daniel Webster to defend it for them, and it was decidod against thtm ; in other words, the law was pronounced constitutional. And whan Itf Waka,..... . I. .-. .J ... I . .

...... " ..v.. Min v voivr w aa us neu w uut. . he thought of the decision, his reply J was, 'Uentlemen, if I bad been on the bench, I should havo made the same dc cision.' It is very clear, therefore, that in the opinion of that clear-headed statesman, a law to prohibit the sale of araent spirits as a beverage in the state is not unconstitutional Yes, I am aware of all that ; but still to lorce matters through in this woy, by taw, manes costs, and creates unpleas ant feelings in neighborhoods, which ought to convince any one of the im propriety of it, to say tho least. Moral suasion should be employed, and not lo gal enactments, to curry forward this reform. I have already shown you, Mr. Mor rison.that it can never be done in this way. And besides, if it is unconstitu tional to suppress the traSic by law, it is no less so to do it by moral suasion. In other words, if the law of Congress wnicn allows the importsuon makes it the dnty of the leveral states to buy and uso it, then a law to suppress the traffic in tnose states is no more unconstitu lional than the ue or employment of moral suasion is to suppress it. The truth is, Mr. Morrison, if your position is correct, then every temperance or ganization is unconstitutional, and every lecturer is guilty of opposing the constitution of his country. Indeed, il you are correct, then no man has anv right to persuade his neighbor or son to aoanoon the use of liquor, for it tendindirectly to lefsen tho d.mand for im portation. Really, you are getting quite captious; you seem to be in one of your hair-split ting moods. Not at all ; I only want to run things oui to tneir legitimate conclusions. Well, Scrjbner. suppose you cct the Maine law this winter, w hat will you do! Sustain it, for one thing, and enforce it to tne letter. That can't be done. You can't en force it in this town. The opposition to it would be so great that yau would need a standing army around every gro eery and tavern in town to carry it through. If what you say is true, Morrison, most certainly we need such a law. This is a very good resson why we should have the law. If men have be come so depraved as to resist a good law, that is the vcry reason why you and every othor good cit'zen should labor for t. It would not be cood policy to with hold law from gambling because it would stir up opposition ; or from piracy because it would lead to bloodshed. Dut you are not correct. It can be sustain ed and euforced. It has been done in several of the states, and can bo in this. The people are not less law abiding than in other states. Well, suppose you get it and enforco it, what practical benefit will result rom it j Mr. Morrison, there is no such thing as measuring the good which will result from it in a very short time. In the first place, it would greatly reduco our taxes. According to a very sale calcuatlon. moro thsn two third of taxa tion in conscquenr.o of pauperism and crime is the result of intemperance. It appears from official returns made to the secretary of tho State of New York, that the cost of pauperism, in 1849, was eight hundred and seventeen thousand our hundred and forty.ono dollars, ui this, six hundred and seventy thousand one hundred and forty-three dollars were set down to intemperance. It wtuld prevent an astonishing amount of human suffering. Thero is no class on earth which suffers so much as the drunkard and hisfamily ; who can estimate the amount of privation, want, hunger, cold, nakedness, oppression, cruelty, and physical and mental agony that the ine briate's family sutlers, and all in conse quence of the legalized trauio in rum i All this, Mr. Morrison, the Maine law would provent. Tho sale of intoxicating drinks Is tho procuring caue of nine tenths of the blasphemy,' Sabbath breaking, street brawls, assault and batteries, and defiance of (iud and his holy pospel. Stop the sale of liquor, and a change would follow Immediately in the diminution or crime. 'Of the one hundred and clgnty thousand six hundred and forty-aix person committed in six years "and a half, eighteen thousand seven hundred and ninetythree were for assault and battery; twenty-five thousand one hundred and sixtyfour for disordo. ly conduct ; two thouand six tundred and foriy-fivo for fighting In thestroet; forty-four thousand three hundred ond eighty-three for in toxication ; thirty-nye thousand and for- ... l. r. !.....:-.!:.... -r.A j:.n.,i.,i. .iirht r.ir iniiivirution and disorderly conduct: fourteen thousand eisht hundred for vagrancy making one hundred and forty thousand seven hundred and eighty-iureo for offences resulting almost entirely from the ue of liquours I. ... i -i t. . t. gully tola in cram snops. s rom m Y stibulos or hell men como lortn at an es of fclzht, prepared to fight, tire Unl Idlings, excite street brawls, and to . I Rf I.... a ...ill Comf1. Ml mururr. i n iuiiu uw irm put an pnd t0 this immediately. Il would .reform every Inebriate in the land, and ave thousands of young men rrom becoming urunxarua; u wouiu end peaet, comfort, and plenty into the I t al d m Ik Vi aa I la in fro ebruto's lamiy, save mo ouuuam tu desecration In many thouaanda of . I .1 . I.M... low ligio are i. fjrog"crics, anu recomuiciiu iu.-u-t t Jeaus Chrixtto multitudes who ww so stupefied thot they have in L. ..I tn rnfnrm. or CVPn to .. " (.ii in.ifirni. aim eternity . rid ui im iiu . . ivi '"I - - ----- - aii ki the Maino law woulJ do, and at 1 1 III. Haft In ft lOrOs very well, Mr. Scribner i v aa ss i j ts All th but the carrying think ail at is vsy you propose to irei law i the matter Into politics. I flnn. and reforms, should be k This que ready in poll entoutof politics entirely slion, Mr. Morrison, is attics, and basboen for many understand very well the years. You ffl'urta the ru forth every si rojcüori of th s town put riper to eiset men who will grant llcso crrrybg the' ma Oea. 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now, because we ask the legislature for a prohibitory law, the welkin is made to ring from one end of the state to the other with a cry, 'You are carrying temperance into politics. It is both natural and right for men to fight in self-defence. Rum dealers go to the ballot box to retsia their rights, because you and other fanatics go there to deprive them of their long-established privileges. That, cSrtainly, is nothing wrong, for you and your party are the sggressors the active assailants. .Very well ; to tho ballot, box it is then. Let both parties have an equal chance at the ballot box : if the people ustain them in their work of ruin, we

will submit to it, but if they sustain the principles of temperance, then they, like good citizens, should stop their work of death. We ask no unreasonable thing ; we are Killing to submit to the will of the majority ; if they will agree to do that, the question can easily be settled. I am wholly opposed to deciding the matter in any sucn way. You and your party have pressed this question until feu have broken up the political parlies into fragments. Nu matter what great political question is up, you must throw in your hackneyed topic, to distract, divide, and break up the parties into factions. That, undoubtedly, Mr. Morrison, is the, secret of your opposition to thia law. You well know how many men are elected to office by the aid of rum. You are a man of too much sense not to know that rum is a powerfull ally to the present political parties. You understand very well the influence of rum in elevating person to stations of honor. How docs rum do it! By you and your fanatical party, all the evils ia the world ebarged to rum. I think 1 can show you so you can understand it. Ono year ago last fall, when Samuel Legget was elected assembly nan, he spent more than three hundred dollars. Jenks peddled out more than two barrels of whisky, that were bought with bis money, for votes. Five or six years ago, when James Halsted was up for Congress, he spent over a thousand dollars for liquor, which the landlords in the Congressional district, peddled out for votes. It was a common report, you remember, that all, or nearly all, the drunkards voted for him. And you, I presume, have not forgotten that, when Mr. Henderson was up for magistrate, Doty had a barrel of liquor concealed in his old horse barn, and charg ed Ned Darby to give it out freely to all who would vote for him, and to be sure and tell them that he was in favor of granting licenses. Now, Morrison, I tor one am opposed to this kind cf business; and it seems to me that you and every other respectable man should be. Mr. Scribner left Morrison feeling that party ties are closely drawn, and that, unless men can be induced to act from principle in their political rela tions, the temperance reform could nev er be carried to its triu.nph. As ho passed through the town securing names to his petition, he relied on Mr. S.imuel Colburn, a gentleman of standing and urffnlfli Ufr f?nlhiipn af an ..1 im formed an appetite for Intoxicatin? -,v... . ww.wu. .., u V... IT u&b, drinks, and became quite intemperate, He had possessed good na m al tolents, energy of (haracter, and a passable busines turn. Soon after his marrla-ro he became very intemperate, and spent much of his time and money with dissi - pated companions. Through the instrumentality of Scriboer's father and Jeremiah Donaldson he was induced to sign the pledge, which saved him from bankgh tho nstruruDtcv. disrrrace. and a norinaturA irravf. He owed his all, under the providence r of God, to the tern perance roform, and and ouuht lo have given his influenco ond money to carry forvard the cause. When Scribner went in he found Mrs. Coiburn sitting in any easy chair, with her poodle ia her lap, reading the anti quated novel of "Paul and Virginia." Mr. Coiburn sat near nil wile, for whose edification ahe was reading aloud. We are deeply interested in this book, said Mrs. Coiburn to Scribner; I don't think I have ahed so many tears in threo years ss I have since I commenced it. .... .iit. It is very touching, is it i asiccu acnonet. Indeed it is. It fills my eyes to think of their sufferings. Poor paul saw many hard times. I have beon Informed so ; I novcr read it. You haven't 1 Why, you should, to learn something of the difficulties and asperities of life, especially among the afflicted. 1 can learn thtt without roading novels. I was In at Whipple's- tho other day, and 1 thought I aaw something of the roughness of life there. Whipple wss lyi 12 on the floor drunk j two of h'.a children were sick with the scarlet fever ; and two others were crying for bread, not a mouthful of which had they in the house. And Mrs, Whipple said they had nothing in the house which they could eat. The poor womon reeled, as she walked from ono sick child to the other, from hunger and weakness. Indeed I I was not aware that there were any so poor as that in our town, i said Mrs. Colbi rn, with an indilJf rent i air and tone of voice, rocking in her easy cnair. Thero are eight or ten jut such families in town ; and th.-y are in a suffer inr condition, and n?ed help. Their Intemperate habits, I auppoae, said Mr. Coiburn, is what has reduced them to auch extreme want 1 Yes, rum has ruined them. And as long as the sale of It is legalized, there is no hope for them. I am to-day soliciting names to a petition for the Maine law. You will give me your name, I auppose, Mr. Coiburn 1 Well, really, Mr. Scribner, I hardiy know what to say, lam a temperance nn n, you know. I am not quite clear In mind aa to tl: constitutionality of the law.' 1 had a littlo rather not now, until I get a littlo more light on tho subject. (f you will take pains to vloit some of tho wretched families in this town, made so by intemperance, you win gei ngni TaBt. perhaps, you need or even doin . i i . air. ,. vnuuci, Fiv.uni. ' He left them to weep over their novell wmio tne sous, rrmns, n ,u7 of the inebriato's wile, and the pluous cries of her innocent btbes fur bread, could neither secure their attention, nor excite a particle ol sympathy in tholr hearts. The case of Mr. ana1 Mrs. Coiburn Is I . a. I a I m I ail AmA I RIPSI aWa TTri rl W noi an iwi y., ; 7 Cölbcrns in our Hat. They owe their

life, heath, reputation,' property, and all the enjoyment af their domestic relation's to the temperance reform ; and yet they are not willing to give a single dime to promote the cause. They snarl when lecturers take up a collection to buy tracts and documents pbject to the Maine law because it is unconstitutional find fault with temperance men because they go too fast and fly into a rage if called upon for money to assist the poor and perishing in their own neignborhood. O thou inconsistent man, thou art spitting in tt-y mother's face! We have many Mrs. Colburns also. In almost every society we have those who bestow their sympathies upon their pet dog, and weep profusely over the imaginary wrongs and sorrows of some creature of fancy ; but poor, crushed, bleeding, shattered humanity lies beyond the limits of their anxiety and care.

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Bainbridce, Ind. Aug. 15. Mr. Eoitor: This city as your peregrinations in other days will remind you, is situated nine miles north of Greencastle, in old Putnam. The New Albany and Salem Railroad, and the Indiana and Illinois Central, cross each other ac this place. The former is finished, and the latter is in the hands of thoso, who will vigorously push it to completion. Our citizens are an industrious class of people. Easlern capitalists are here, and have gone into improvements upon a large scale, such as sawmills, flouring mills, five story warehouses, Ac. But the great topics upon which the people of this part of Indiana are wide awake, aro Temperance and Freedom. Each party has its candidates and the friends . of humanity rejoice that they have an open field and fair fight. The contest resolves itself, at once into the following, 'free whisky,' and slaveiy, against temperance and Liberty. Lniisted under such a banner, and against such a foe, we will coi qner. The candidates for representatives, in this county, addressed the people here, a short time ago. Tho standard bearer of tho whisky and Nebraska party, culls himself an old line conservative whig, nnd declares that the party has left him, instead of his leaving the party, for ho still stands on tho old Clay platform. He is right about the party a 1 aving him, and he will find it so next October, they will leave him at home, and send McMurry, a gentleman,, and good temperance man to the legislature. H.(D. Scott, of Terre-Hautc, is out for Congress in this district, against the notorious, truckling, slavcry-pnn-dering administration tool, John Q. Davis, who would sell his soul to Pierce.Douglas, fc co., for a dimc.and take it out in whisky at three cents a I II. ... Ml L I A . H,ass- wo, wm oe eyt ni nomc lass p50" fTfoko Iier.e last Friday ,md lift a good impression. He is it wholo team on the stump, and will ennvass the district thorouirhlv. I heard old j democrats say, lifter his speech, that ; they had voted all their lives with .1 ' Dftrlv bu t now thcY could do it no longer, Davis had betrayed them i j - j and they could notsupport him. They were tired of such dough-face dema- . .. j., . gogism.nnu ucrcnucr tney imenacu to I send men to the national council. Let I all tho people say Amern Bei bit a native born eastern Indianian,! am greatly interested in whatever transpires in that part of our beloved state, and nothing pleases me more, in perusing yo r valuable paper, than to find that you aro battling manfully in the cause of humanity. I admire the bold and fearless course you have taken. It is just what wc need. It stire up the great pool of political stagnation from the very bottom, and causes tho putril carcasses lhat have so long been covered up by pnrty rubbish, to rise to the surface, where tho 'people' can see them without going behind the curtain; their innato meannes, becoming thus pluiuly visible, and their rottenness becoming a stench in the public nostrils, enraged humanity will liso tn masse, and by one dny'a work at the 'polls' hurl them to their merited oblivion. Go on then. Yours truly, if. a SriUNu Vallev Farm, Fatxtie) co. Isu., Aug. 22d, 1 054. j Mit. G. I wish to say to tho readers of your paper, that this is the first time, that I ever attempted to writo an article for publication nnd they will have to look over blunders and mistakes; when they como to anything they don't understand, call it John L. Robinson's Platform, a whisky barrel, and a big negro, aud go on. I will now try to give you a short account of our two daya temperance meeting, on the 19th and SOth, of this montn. I will say in the first place that we hud a glorious meeting, a great uprising of the people. On Saturday morning by 8 o'clock tho people began to gather, nnd by 1 1 o'clock, we had a sight tht would do a temperance man good to behold. In tho beautiful grove just west of our village, were not lebs than threo thousand of tho prettiest women, and handscmcst men ever assembled in Fayette county. Thcyatf looked well to me, especially (he fair ser. The meeting was called to order by our noble and weighty President, Henry Simpson, and opened by prayer from tho Rev.L. D. Potter, of Dunlapsvillc. Then a most beautiful, heart stirring speech from Bro. Cotton of Conncrsvillc. The next speaker was Bro. Z. Casterline. God bless him. His heart is In the work sure. After the two speeches, it was announced from the stand, by the President, that refreshments were prepared for dinner to whidi wV wound adyburn fenr

one hour. The crowd marched to the table, loaded with everything good, and desirable. All partook to ' satisfaction of the splendid repast, got up by our liberal Ladies, (heaven bless them,) and pronounced it tho best and nicest diyicr of a public charactcr.ever seen in the county or state After an hour of intermission, the people were called together, and the exercises commenced by a speech from that good and noble souled, Bro. ' L. D. Long, of Conncrsvillc. I tell you Bro. Goodwin, that speech came from one whose heart and soul is in the good work. I must say God bless him too, for I believe he has n heart as big as a tea-lettle. The next speech, was from an old whcul-horsc m the cause, who has laboured as long or hard as any man in eastern Indiana. I mean John Yaryan, of Liberty. This closed the first day, with the" exception of a call for a vote on the principle of "search, seizure and coniscation," which resulted in a unanimous vote in favor. On Sabbath morning the people commenced gathering from all quarters, and by eleven o'clock, we had an audience of not less than four thousand. The meeting was opened by prayer from Uro. Jonathan Eyeston, and speaking commenced by our neighbor and friend, M. R. Hull, which told by the strong arguments hc advanced, sustaining the, good cause of temperance and giving life and animation to the meeting. Now comes Dr. Caslcrline, who had went home, but his heart 1 eing full and running over with love and zeal for lhe cause, he returned Sabhath morning, and made one of the most effecting speeches I ever heard. I looked over the congregation, and saw the briny tear coming from many eyes. Turning I saw teais big as turnips falling from cur Presidents eyes. You knew he's a lig man, and the tears were in proportion. Our next speaker was our sprightly looking lawjtr Gilbeit Trusler, who made a very good and forcible speech. Who next? Ah who? I'll tell you. It was Dr. Hall, who is doing battle all the time, doing as much or more good in tho cause, than any other man in Conncrsvillc. I bid him God speed. G. on Doc! Victory will be

ours if we are faithful! This with some remarks from others that were with us, closes the two days Temper ance Meeting at Albuin. Ihecausoof temperance is gaining ground. Our meeting his resulted in giving heball of Temperance an impetus in Fayette county, that will be felt. We say go ahead. Let tho ball be kept in motion; and just n? sure as we net. and act together, wc will come off victorious in October next. We now give warning to the whisky -drinking, nigger robbing Nebraskaitcs to gel out of the way, for unless you do, you and your whisky and negro platform, will be run over, and torn to atoms. I will close by requesting the temperance men of Indiana to "6tand firm, knockneed, shoulder to shoulder, and the gates of Hell will not prevail against us. Yours respectfully. ; JOSEPH D. ROSS. , ; LETTI.H l iio.Ti iiKV.E. nr.Ks. j Mr. Editor: Hon. J. L. Robinson I in l;. cn,.,wO, ntiiPArAviH.. on in ??,! inst., staled that the Ca'.holics were the first in this country to establish , religious toleration to all who believed in Jesus Christ. In this the gentle- j man is mistaken. Ro-er Williams, a Baptist clergyman, was tho first to

proclaim religious toleration in mod-' of tho changes and accidents of life. cm times, aud founded tho first Re- Connexions may be broken up, by publican colony in this country. ' death, or failure, or change of inter"Roger Williams was the first in j c?,ts I3ut character remains through modern Christendom, to assert, in its H"v II belongs to the individual, and plenitude, the doctrine of libcrtt Of ftbovo the chances of fate. Thou-coascience-the equality of opinions 8:,nJ" who have lost all Clsehate before .he law, and in its defence, ho i "covered themselves by caving a

was the harbinger of Milton, the pre- j curnor and sup riorof Jeremy Taylor. n,nft' ?. IT R vnlt.tv S7fi i .,... , 1 "Ro-'er Wilhams, a clergyman of, Salem, bein; banish od on nccount of itiu tj.liivi. .no vti.ura llirtflr h these i ...i!..,iB.i. .;;.,i.f nf ...IS,.. lib. rty,or the frst time clearly asserteJ, bucame tho founder of Rhode Is-: land in USC. There a government was established on the principles of political cqyality und religious toleration. Thus Rhode Island, through the influence of her foun.lcr, has the honor of being (ho first colony in lhe New World to set the example of civil nnd religious liberty." Goodrich's History cf all Xations, pp. 1 UDO 1091. Thus, the verdict of History is against Mr. It Vinson. Roger Willi tms founded Providence, R. I., in IC3G, in his own language, "a shelter for persons distressed of conscience." More than ten years after, this colonial power brought into being tho famous stntuto of Maryland. "I have now before mc," says Dr. Fuller, of Baltimore, "tho boasted statute of Maryland. It was passed o. the 2tst of April. 1649. Williams, in 1644, published what was called tho Bloody Tenet, in which I e took strong grounds against religious intolerance. (Sic Benedict's History of the Baptists.) In 1G46, two yean beforo the Maryland law, the civil codo of Rhodo Island was enacted, proclaiming to 11 men perfect liberty in religion." I commend these facts to the consideration of Mr. Robinson, that, herafter, ho may render "honor to whom honor is due." ELI REES. JJroolville, August, 25, 1C64. irA maid was heard to exclaim, while sitting at her toilet tho other day, 'I can bear adversity, I can encounter hardships, and withstand the changes of fickle fortune; but ohl to live, and droop, and die a single pink, I corn's cmrun jtnd more I wim't.

KASZ A CHASACTZS FOB Y0TJZ8SLPV It is related of Giiard, that when a youn tradesman, having bought and paid Tor a bag of coffee, proceeded to wheel it home himself, the shrewd old merchant immediately offered to trust his new customer to as many moret bags as the latter might desire. Tha trait of character revealcd.by the young man in being his own porter, had given, the millionare confidence in him at once. His reputation was made with' Girard. He became a favored dealer with the enterprisingmerchant, throve, rapidly, and in the end amassed a for-, tune. , No mere capital will do so much for young men as character. Nor will always capital and connexion com4 bincd. . In our own experience, ; we havo known many beginners who have, utterly failed, though backed by ample means, and assisted by the influence1' of a largo circle of friends. In sorao cases, indeed, considerable experience, as well as industry and perseverance,, have benn added to these advantages, yet without securing success. 'We have known such persons, after 'a fafl ure in their first pursuit, to try' a second, and even a . third, with; do better result, although still assisted! by capital, by friends, and even by their owi activity. The secret was that they had missed, somehow, making a character for themselves, r r:.i . On the other hand, it is acorn mon occurrence to see yoang men begin without a cent, yet rapidly' rise to fortune. They achieve , this ' triumph by establishing, at the outset,' a reputation for being competent business men Few are so fortunate aa ta do this by a single characteristic act,, like the purchaser who won Girard'V good will by wheeling home the bagf for generally neither veteran merchants are as shrewd as the famous millionare; nor young dealers as energetic as hit young customer. But a consistent, lifo of 6agacty, economy and industry, invariably establishes the right kind of a reputation in the end. Confi-. dence grows up, in influential quarters,' towards the young beginner' Old. merchants shako their heads approvingly, and say, "He is of the right

stuff, and will get along' ' Credit comes, as it were, unsought. Connexion follows. The reputation of the young aspirant widens and deepens his transactions begin to be quoted as authority; trade flows in from every, quarter; and, in a ew years, he retires with a competence, or remains lobecome a millionaire. All this is the. result of cr.tablishing at the outset, a character of the right sort. , , .. Wc may say to every young man, about to start in life, make a character (or yourself as oon as possible. 'Let' it also be a distinctive one! It is bet' ter to havo a name for excelling all others in some ono thing than to enjoy, simply a notoriety for merely generaL .are vou n strip your fellows in skill. Are yotf j a young lawyer? become superior in' K?? 7 T r ou c,bn" be lh? best book-keeper your cm ployers have. Arc you in a store 7 nke yourself acquainted whh the ,vanous buyers. In short, become known for an excellence peculiar to yourself; acquire speciality, a. it u called; nd success is certain, because 7" "M h.ave' M lt cre. a monopoly., can dictate your own terms, Money may be lost, without fault of our own by some one or another 7 "luxl ' 7 has even risen fiora the ruin caused by the loss of capital, or the dest , ' t Jm:i t.j destrueJ , LDT Lawtiks. 'One of the females P 'ke t the Woman's Rights Cen vention, having stated that she , was study Ins law with view to practice, tho New Bedford Mercury treats the subject thus humorously : We wish the new I'ertla all possible success, though we cannot help thinkin ? she would do better with a little 'un than Lyttleton.wilh acap.thanacapias. All women like a declaration, though most prefer another kind than in a writ. Still, our niackstone in skirts msy sue cced wonderfully well in courting, aad win a silk gown in advance of all competitors. The only Injustice if that rhetoric msj be heightened and rendered more heavenly by a pretty countenance, the present race of lawyers bele by no means beautiful In thephlx. I that case, as Sappho filched the UureU rrom Pindar, not by force of her poetry, but by the ftirnesa of her face, so Squire Nancy or Polly may carry ofl decisions from eorthearted judges, when the law and the evidence are both on the side in some long-nosed, ill-favored special pleader of pantaloons. XITSir Francis Bacon wii iwont lo commend tho advice of a plain man of Buxton, who sold brooms. A proud, lazy young fellow, came to him one day asking a broom on trust, to whom he said: 'Friend, hast thee no money? Borrow of thy back and belly, they will never ask ther for it. I should bo dunning thec every day.' Sam Julius, whar did you get dat coat. Jvuvs Down here to Push's. SAM-Whar's dat? Jt'Utrs Little ways down in Brattlo street whar it says 'Push' on do door I pushed and went in. H said Pull' on de odJer side I pulled . die coat im d ru n .'Horton I Vrl.