Indiana American, Volume 22, Number 45, Brookville, Franklin County, 27 October 1854 — Page 1

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. ' j1 )! ''. . Pi il SOI e .ii BY T. A. GOODWIN. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY; INDIANA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27,1854.. VOL. XXII.- NO, 45.

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9ntiuareort,thr') woks.... ?ijW or vry adJlllooal aatorlloa under MnKtKa . ...... . . .S3 -Yearly Advertising. One rpire or lei, ono year OaerortaofaeoluraaS moe 'SI mot J"-"" m year... 13'" On halfefaeoluma 3 mo "O'JJJ " " moe ?? " 1 -not M Oos column 3 mo 'Jim t. 8 wo. ..... H mo. ...M For each Insertion over Ihre week sua than three mouthi.Si eents a square will 6 fVanar eoniiitt of 330 on. ton lln.i Honparell. Anything let hn e square lo D eoandie.! fall -Hr; frai-uoo over a square, ait eqtiare au.l a hair, a fraction over a sqaaro and a A I .. I . ..J .".rnnna PIl',I.DrL Al mlulitrl lion auJ other legal ooücea, raotl bo paid la advanco or amply .ocureu. m nv ..ink. . r an i rr iha nrtuter'a fee. J torneya will be held rtootlble for Iho legal ad'Annoenclngoendldateeof every description, 1 toiubtcrlberi.and g-.tothoto who are not payment iNv.ai.sLT m -AJr.rtiMD.DU not marked on the eopyror epeeiflod number of insertion., will be eouilnne until ordered out, and payment required aceoi ih. .rn l. a deflnllo date, wne th. IIL b InwrreJ to tbal dato. If marked "till forblj,"lhey will, of coin., Ueluteried until or All a lertUineuu fromauantor ortraoilent perea4to opaia la aaTBDG. Apectal .Nolle., PulT., and Commonlcatlo , bo . t . . . . . . . . f,,m .ii'h In kMPliotl . MarrU8an 1 Death! tro announced fratultNo aJrertUemenl will bo ln.erted wttho ompeusaiion. . . T. A. GOODWIN, Ed. American.. C. B. BKS (XKY, Ed. Democrat. roltssional Carte. Dr. J. W. KEELY, Sarge on Dentist, rvFVtCKO.IE DOOR SOUTH uf ina Vf I10USK, rp IT4IKI. All wwtirrw ' ar rorxmlLüoD or adlco. - "jTb. DAVisTMTD" nii.ti.iK.oii A- i ii v f? i n II j. ii 9 1 j a - r, , OmÖK at hie rldnr, corner of Mala and Jamei atreeM, Brook tlle.lod. nvnrKil.ROIIE. Ja.tlceof the Potco U and Attorney and Counsellor at law. Brook Tille lad. omceSoutataat corner oi ruuus aoumro 43,ldi3. ITT WOIIIIOW, Attorney and Countellorat if i Law, Office So. 7 llaile'e euua.njr, orooa Tille, tndlana. siu. T JI C. CIIOOKSIIAMC, Attorney and 11. Counellorat Law. oaicelnHalle'.ouiiainjbrookvllle, Indiana. J IK. l'CLrilE AttornoyatLaw. Offleo t o Burresaaireet, two door, north ofOe. Hoiaad'tOfflcetUrdokrllle. 4i-'S3 E van" mVENs7 " ATTOaifltT AT LAW e notaey pttbl c, 71. Car mo I Indiana Jane 30 3rao ALP. WAIIU. ATTORNEY Si. COUNSELLOR ATLAVV, Brookrill, Indiana. Office two Uoonnorta liurton't Store. I. It. 3IOKRlS,3I.D.fP la y h i c i : n & S u r g c o n Mt. Carmel, Ind. 21 22-'53-ycar. dim. PF.r.K a owr.s. DENTAL ISURGKONS, TIC. Carmel Ind. Will do all wnrkenUutted to ther earn wilb uealneu and pUpatcb. Jun 30 3oio MOSES J. KELLEY, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, One door Fonth of tho Valley Houie, iirt'WKTine, ma., ILL take acknowledgment of edi, take w aid cerliry uopoiltloni, AmuaTlu &e.

AiffCDoTis or M. Webster. A correspondent of tho New York Evening Poet, writing from Slarshfield, gives tho following , toucMn,? incident about tho last illness of Mr. Webster : "During his last sickneflt ha called for Hatch, one of hi-s laborer, and told him to keep a favorito sail-bout moored at the ilioro of tho Like with a lantern burning perpetually at the mast head until his life shoulJ be extinguish ed. Just a n'jtht or two before his death , while he was momentarily expecting the ai rival of his lat hour, a tremendous galo blew over tho land from the ocean, all eight carrying wreck and destruction in all direction. At an early hour the dying stteman looked from his win dow to seethe fate of his boat and Ian tern. There they were, tho boat still safe at her moorings, and tho lantern glimmering still as bright as ever in the griy of morning. Turning to a friend who was sitting by hi bedaide, whero he had bfen watching all night, he aaid with afaint ami'o of antl. fiction, "Well you seo our homo squadron seems to nave ridden out the gtle." He appear ed iy think thathU own fato was in noma way connected with the safety of the

OOat." This calls tu mind another character Istlc anecdote of the grate Statesman, which has nevr been publUhJ : At tho dissolution of .'resident Tyler's, or more properly, (ieneral Harri lon'i Cabinet, as they were erlglnally appointed by him, tho Northeastern Houndary Question wse unsettled, and Mr. Adams told Mr. Wobnter that on no account would ho reaißn until after tha settlement of that delicate and im portant isuo. lie said that his country had higher claim, upon l.lm.tban any party. Tu Haje of Q ilncy knew tho confi dence of the Driti. Ii government as well as that ol his own country uii'ii, and pir tlcultrly thoan mutt iutitreated In the ilieoatclt ttrriniry, t!o p(.f.o 0f Maine and Mataachuteita, In Mr. Wobiisr, and the utter want of It In the l'realdint at that time. On tho other hand, some of Mr. NWbsfi'r'a friend in th. Houao thought it saleat for hl.n to n'Mlon, and had done no, (t mlht have enhanced hU chances for th rreiideney i but ho followed the dicute. of his own will and Judg meiit, which arcorded with the advle olthe ex-l'reeiJrnt, Tle mm day thai the resignation of his collogue was piiblihcdt hi reply to a gcuilmtn who waited on him at the Stile Department, ho said "I am alck, Sir, and oijht to bo In my bed. III as I ant in body, I am worso in mind, but I am determined tu ride out the Horm t Let th consumers be tu mo what they may, thu country alialt snflVr from uo action of mine." How he rodd out tho pale Is matter of history, but how many wevy houra of auxirty and wotching on the part of the pilot who eteered tii ship of the State through all Iho dilliruliio of that negotiation till tt u.'imato rodilkntion, when he pave up th nHL o that ho had so IN luatriou-ly dignifled, no one can know but he thai breedelh tho spirrwws fall. OCT When is a woman nut a womou 1 When aho is a little cross.

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For the American. ' XW1U0HT. it KU. Jims r. AIKIDO. I lore the holy twilight boor, I lore the calm It bringe, Wlia inch a soft and wlthertnf power, And e'er my spirit Blnft. It bids tho cordi of memory play A io ft and tender olden lay, Of early friends now faraway. 01 twilight hour! 01 twilight hour! How oA beneath tho twilight iklei, We're whlipered words of lore, And watchod the evening surarleo, . To tare oar hearts abore. Odo they, do they cherlih yot Thoio boors that I caa ne'er forget, Till memorle'i lUr In BeaToa shall sett O! twilight hourl 01 twilight hoorl O.iome of that dear circle gay Aro happy now as then, And some hare lain their smlloi away To wear them ne'er again. Andiorae of that beloved band, Ars Joyful la tho spirit land, And lore us there with angel hand. 01 twilight boar! O! twilight hourl O; orange Bowers are waving now With love's own halo soft. Round more than one (al sunny brow I've gaiodopon so oftf And one ofthoeo bright garlands wave (v. TMiovad mothera rravo Whom nollhsr prsysrs nor tears could lavs. 01 twilight boon! Ol twiugatnour "0YZ2 THE LEFT." O, don't you remember, Bill Bprl-i, mother, O' iprlgi, that lived at Uo mill; With eyeijualllko a pig's mother, With a tnrn-up ehln, And a yellow ihlo, Ho wa.Ju.t tho man for a beau, Over the left, you know, mother, Over tho loft, you know. Ho fame to court mo ooeo, mother, When wo lived over sooth; And tried to ales mo ths dune mother,. And poked his chin In my mouth. The old ecape grace; I slapped his fuce But aald twae a loving blow: Over tho left, yea know, mother. Over the left, yoa know. . He was ugly and old but rich, mother, Tho last aa Important thing So I lelthoitupld wretch, mother, t Como when a pr lent he'd bring. He laid, "My tove, vVlll you bo my lovef w : told him, "Oh, yga! Juit to ' Over the left, you know, mother, Over tho left, jou know. And Harry got qolte oa on., mother. Although no reason had he, And slghd like a broken bellows, mother, I told him "Jrlddlde-doe! It'e all a aham Tho old thing to bam; For all tho love I ehow. Is over ta o left, you know, Harry. Orsrths left, yoo know. And er I was wedded to Harry, mother, I still my humor would please; And though I'd consent to marry, mother, I yet could ,iot help but toaoe. 1 ibouM love evermore, Old Sprigs, I iwore, It made Harry as mad ai a shoe; But twee oyer the left, mother, Over tho left, you know. Vt'hea I stood at the altar, mother, To wed Iho man of my choles, I pretended to tremble and falter, mother, And ipoko with Inaudible voles, To"loveaadobey" Dear Harry that day To pledge I was no ways slow; But 'twaeover the left, you know, mother, Over the loft.you know. rOEQITOZSS. at jonscammsf ramcs. Man hath two aUendant angels Ever waltleg at his side. With him whereio'sr bo waaders, Wboreio'er hit feet abide; One to warn him when ho walkolh, And rebuke him If ho stray; Ons to leave htm to his nature, Andio let him go his way. Two recording iplriU, reeding All bis life's m'.nuU.t part, Looking la hit lout, and tUUtntng To the beating of hti heart; Kara, with pea of tro electric, Wrltee ths good or evil wrought wrtlos with truth, that adds not, errs not, Purpose action word snd thought. One, ths Teacher and Reprover, Marks earn heavea-dceorvtngdeed; Crave It with the lightning's vigor, Nal It with ths lightning "e speed; . For Hie gooc1 11. al man achteveth (loud beyond aud angel's doubt Fuih remains for aye and ever, And cannot be blotted out. Ons (evere and silent Watcher!) Booth every crime and gullo, Writes It with a holy duty, Soil H not, but wall awhile) If Ue evil door cry not "Uod forgive met" ere ho sleeps, Thun the ad, Harn lrlt avals It, And ths gonl'or H'lrll woeju. To Uie sinner If KepenUnoo Cometh aoon, with boallng wlngi, Then the dark areomtl ta cancelled, And each Joyful angvl slug.; WMLl the erring one ptrvslvsih Now his Uoulilou. hour te o'er Munlo, fragrance wafted to bint Krom a )Qt uulroduon ihort! Mild and mighty la FerglraeM, Meekly warn, If mookiy wont Lot our heart go forth to lock II Kro the tailing of as taut Augul wait and long la hsr us A.k lt.tr the time be flown; Lei et give It, end reoolve It, fcre Uie intdulghl eniueUi downt An Irishman who had commenced building a wall round hi lot, of rather uncommon dimensions, via : four le-rt high, and tlx feet thick, was asked tna object, by a Irlend. To save repairs, me honey I Don't you tee, that if it ever falls down, it wel.l do higher than it is now 1 Cftr An excha.jje paper says, when David low Hollah with a allny, the latter fell stone dfad. and of course was quite astonished, as such a thing had never ei.tcrcd hi head before. CCT'Ned ha run away with your wife," said one friend to auother. Poor fellow I pity him was, tho reply.

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OBSXBVATIOHS TE0M UT WTJIDOW. BT ALICE CART. Not long sinco my occasions called me to a store for the sale of dry goods. It was near evening, and Saturday, so that tho clerks were all engaged; for most of us require some trifle Saturday night for the convenience of the day on which purchases can not be made. What trifle my exigencies demanded I remember not, and it matters not, my atory hanging more on the circumstance of my being in a dry goods store than the particular object which called me there. As I stood at the counter, waiting the leisure of the salesman, I noticed near me, and engaged in making purchases, a man of (middle ago and a child of nine or ten years of age. I supposed them to bo father And child, not so much from personal resemblance as from other things which I shall proceed to state. My attention was first fixed by the care-woin expression of tho man; ho seemed bewildered and weighed down with perplexities. Ilia hat, something the worse for wear, was covered to tho top with faded crape, fastened on with white pins. Ho wore no neck-cloth, for he was not a fashionable man, and the weather was warm, and the soiled collar of his shirt was buttonlcss and awkwardly fastened with a pin. Sundry uncomely spots on thu collar of his coat and red waistcoat, for he was not in full mourning, indicated a careless supervision of his costume. The little girl beudc him was no less shabbily dressed. A heavy woolen shawl, sufficiently ample for the needs of her grandmother, if she has one, was wrapped about her puny shoulders, and dragged back along the ground as she walked; her frock was of coarse material und illy made, her shoes down at the heel, her stockingi full of holes, and her glovcless Lands not over clean. Her bonnet and veil were good in their kind, but altogether unsuitcd to her; and the money which had evidently been paid for them, would have drcssod her comfortably and prettily for the entire summer, if it had been expended by a careful and judicious friend. I came to the conclusion that the persons before me were not only father and child, but that they were widower and orphan as well. It was near night, as I said, and the shop was fo dim that a practiced eye could not havej'udged correctly of the goods: but the man and child were evidently little accustomed to select ing goods in any light, and, therefore, required the advantage of light, and ! also of an honest clerk; and he who served them, it pained me to see, was I less conscientious than he should have been. i "Have you any mourning calicoes ! or ginghams?" asked the sad-looking j man of a clerk behind the counter. 'Yes, sir, any quantity; step this ! way if you please," and the young i patterns of coarse material, and turned them over, expatiating all the while on the beauty and durability of each and all.' "Do you see anything that you like, Caty?" said tho father, looking at his watch. The child hung her head and snid nothing. "0 you must find something to please you in all this variety ; don't this suit? it m;ikcs up very handsomely. My wife has a dress of this, and she thinks more of it than she would of a silk. Shall I cut you u pat: cm of this, air, for your litllo daughter?" And taking tho scissors tho young man made a pretense of cutting. "Do you like that, Caty?" asked tho father, rubbing the thin stuff j through his lingers; "it necms to me f poor quality; it isn't like your mothcr usf.d to buy, is it Cuty?" "No, sir," answer Caty, "and I don't liko it." "She don't like it eh? ah! well, let me show you something else; wo hnvo tho largest stock ol these ioo u to uo found in the city, sir, and wo don't a..k anything for showing them. About what price would you liko to give?" "0,1 don't know! I want to got my girl something that nho likes und that ain't very dear." Precisely o, and I am uro we can suit tho young lady's tast. What do you fancy, MUa stripes, plaids, or figures?" Tho littlo girl wh'upoml to her father something which I thought meant the didn't know till alio saw, f.r ho replied, "Show us what you have, and may bo we'll sco something that suits us." "There, air, is u very pretty thing; that gooiU cost ui more money, air, than we nsk for it; it look splendid ovei white. I have sold sixty yards of this very article to-day, an J not a yard for lc than four hil!ing; but I want to please you, and if you hike ten yard, nay, 1 II put it down ft three and ftixpcncM. Tin-re, air, that's a bargain; ehall I cut it?" "No, lr, l gut'.anotjit looks like vail slutV alinoit, it's ao thin; tuy liitlu girl Uara till her clothe to pieces any how. Caty, you wouldn't liko that, would'you?" Hut Caty evidently did liko it; for she spread it across the muslin and looked at it admiringly. "Ah, llmt is her fancy precisely; better let mo cut the drom." Caty looked leeechingly at her father, who couiinued to regard thu articles as of too frail a f-tbi ic, and not so low -priced as ho had proposed to purchase. I nasuro you, upon my honor," ddd the clerk, "that good coet ui more money than I nk you but rather thanhavoyou leave tho store I will tak o three hhillnigs a yard; there, you caa't refuse that."

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two shillings," said the man; "and beside, Caty; it won't do you any good; it ain't strong enough." But Caty looked as if it would do her a great deal of good, and tho clerk proceeded to say it was very strong and durable fine as the texture was, it would outwear many a finer piece of goods; and as to tho thinness of the article, why, that was as it should be, Warm weather was at hand, and, in fact, tho man, he knew, would bo more and more pleased with his bargain the more he saw the goods. "How many yards did you say?" "How many did your mother used to get, Caty?" But Caty didn't know how many her mother bought, nor how many were required. "We can guess at that. We usually sell fifteen yards of this goods; but twelve, I should judge, would make a dress for you, that will bring tho price, you see, to a trifle." ., "I guess, Caty, wc will get a better article. I would rathergivo more and get a better thing; it would be the same as throwing away my money to bur this." But tho clerk spread the goods before tho admiring eyes of Caty, and assured Caty's father that in nil the city he would not make so eligible a purchase; that it was the same as giving away tho goods, in fact, to offer them as he had. Caty dikn't want to look any where else, and while the disconsolate man examined hia purse tho pattern was measured. "Don't you think twclvo yards too much, Caty?" asked the father; but the clerk said he knew very nearly thin goods required great fullness, and twelve yards were cut off. "Now," said the young man suppose you look at a stouter fabric. We have a fine assortment of ginghams, slightly damaged by the lato disaster. Wo arc selling a great many of them; let mc show them to ycu perhaps your little daughter may fancy one of them, and he brought forward some remnants of coarse, spotted, and wrinkled stuff, for which ho demanded an exorbiant price, stating that the goods were uninjured, but soiled a little and sold at a great reduction. "Pick out one of them if you liko it, Caty; they are something like I meant to buy for you; but 1 thought," he said, after a moment, "you could buy such goods for a shilling rt yard, and this, you say, is eighteen pence." "We will be glad, sir, to pay a shilling a yard for such an article, if you will tell us where to find it ; it's the real Scotch plaid, sir. You had better take a dress pattern of this." Caty didn't like the gingham; she saw something on a distant shelf she liked. "A different sort of goods," said the clerk; "but something that will please," nnd he brought forward aparcel of heavy woolen fabrics. "Th'i3 is as much too thick as the other was too thin, it appears to me," said the purchaser. "Ono, sir, it is a stout but not a warm material. It is made expressly for summer wear, and nothing this season has been more sought. There are always damp, cool days when just such a dress is required." "What kind of stuff is it?" 'Silk and worsted; you canexamino it for yourself." But tho man didn't know silk and worsted from wool and cotton, nnd, therefore, was pursuaded to purchase the latter at n price double that given for tho first. Ho didn't mind tho money so much he said, if ho was only sure of getting a good tiling. "Any thing moro I can show you tonight?" a.sked the obliging clerk; but the man was counting thee.on tents of his tockctbook.amTdid not at first answer, t was evident thathismcans had been drawn upon moro largely than he supPscd; for ho counted again and again, nnd looked more nuzzled anu anxious. . . a i t t "Yes, papa, whiepereu tlio Child, "I want nome white muslin and some locking, and then, you know, we must go some other placo ano get tho shoo." "(Jot any good muslin?" asked the father. "How much do you want, Caty?" The child didn't know how much she wanted, and on b.ing shown a thin, unbleached piece of muslin, the father bought three and a half yards, which, together with tho previous pur chae, seemed to drain pretty ill'eclu ally hia slender pursi. Tho child whimpered something about the stocking, but ho shook hi head, and, taking up their parcel., they wer leaving tho store, when a pleasant-faced old ludy interrupted and hook hand with them. "Ueally, Mose," shu said, "I urn glitd lo meet you, for I didn't know whero to tiiul you niuco you have moved. I havu laoitut to come all uloitg since Catharine died; but a body ttlway ha o.'otih lo keep them at homo, you know, wheio u body a a t t a 1 ha so miny c hi wan lo make and mend .or. How do you get nlong with every body, and nobody to take caro of your houeeV" () wo don't get along at all," said tho man; "we only stay, and, as you say, havu every body and nobody to attend to the house and children." After some furllur condolence and cotnphtiut, tho mati mentioned hi place of residence, which showed him to bo it near neighbor of mine, 1 had, indeed, often reiiiniked the house and children; for, from one of my widow, tho back yard and puich were plainly vii bio. I had uflen.usl said. ivmaiked the house and the doer-yard, for llu i v wa a m-gUcUd nn. cumforlles air about both that drew cutioMty toward the tenants. Tho indows were curtainless and standing, for tho most part,

ill of them, often with rough hair, and often quarreling,. . . .' . (; , Tho yard was filled with all sorts of rubbish; tho. grass trimpled down,, and boards, and stones, and bricks scatteied along the walks and over the flower-beds. There, sometimes, a child not more 'than two 'years old cried by tho hour, without eliciting any notice or care. . Sometimes I seen the man, whose namo I now learnod was Moses, sitting listless at the window in the evening, or trying to quiet the chiJd that seemed petulant always. A3 I returned home from that little shopping' excursion, I pondered. on what I had heard and on my past observations, and concluded that Moses was a poor mechanic, who had lately lost his wife, and was ' trying to get along with a family of littlo helpless children as best he could. I saw clearly, I thought, how, injudicious friends had bought and made mourning for the children on the death of the mother, thus increasing the ' perplexity of the father without benefiting dead or living. I saw, too, how foolishly Caty had drawn upon her father's slender means, and that she had gone home without shoes or stockings all the money of a week's earnings, perhaps, expended for dress, as ilT-6tlected as they could have been. ' Of course I felt a new interest in the residents "f the old house, and often seated myself at the window that way. About a week after tho purchase I have mentioned were-made, I saw Caty at play in the yard in her thin black dress. It was , stylishly made with flounces and ribbons, and the original cost had evidently been added to a good deal by the making. Caty seemed highly pleased with herself, and walked up and down the yard to the astonishment of her little brothers and sisters, for a while; but she Beemed to forget the dress in the course of an hour, and fell to playing. Toward night I looked from the window again and saw the dress muddy and torn. At the end of a week it was quite unfit to wear, the flounces pinned to the petticoat, and the ribbons dangling loose. Caty seemed to be a sad romp, and to requiie the constant supervision of a careful guardian. Two or three different servants I would , see about the place in the course of a week some times, but from my observation I could not tell that one was more efficient than another. Moses ' continued to look worn and dispirited, and sat ' idly about the windows of evenings,- unshaven and untidy. It was, perhaps, three months after my first acquaintance with Moses, that I heard him one evening humming a tune in hU own yard; and looking out I saw that he was brushing his shoes as he sung. It did mc good to see his more cheerful aspect,' though I could not at' first divine 'what could make him hum a tune, for he was surrounded by half a dozen dirty and uncombed children, quanelingand clamorous. ' ; ;' He presently disappeared within doors, but I saw him again standing before a small glass placed on the sash of the window next to our house, a cup of steaming water on the sill, and a razor in his' hand.', .' After this came a careful brushing and shaking of the coat, which had been neglected so long, uftcr which process' 1 observed that Moso3 wits engaged with needle and threat, stitching on buttons .ind remedying other little defects of his apparel, as I inferred.' Tho man had taken new couraire evidently. A few dav vs a similar process was gone throu' ior which I fthsorved that Moseskisafle ,l M it, oi,;i,i;M h ft tri hon.., comforting them as if seemed.' with e - .-I- T r assurances of an curly return.. I ft thermote observed that the crapo was j;ono from tho hat. These littlo scenes had frequent enact mint, and all the while Moses grew more and moro cheerful apparently, so

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evidently so that it was not unsual to which. In tho end, will draw tholr possee him, arter a . day's work, join in lessors t'own to the lowest depths of

thosi.orU or tho children, once or "JJ;J"UU"'' , . i ...i.i. thrtvnru. , ft Men do notcoinmcticc drinking st los twice 1 saw him jumping tho rope. lfl Thev llaft i iho higher But al. at onto lie ipor t eemed fho and. miny-imct tl lli9 hp,W and among the children I noticed that iJ() vnd upon tho wives, mothers tho baby was' missing. There was ni0l)t ,tters, who do no frown upon doctor's carriage at: tho door every "drinking In tho homo and social circle, day, and an uuuual number oMihts rests a fearful responsibility. For the at night, and of strange persons. wealth tf worlds, wo would not incur It. Then 1 noticed that tho window was The safeguard of woman's happiness

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imeu, nun tiint iw ivn phi. nww. - - , i. ,1.. tlw huu.0. Mov. wU t liomo II I'l" ' " ' 'h,7rLV !. It J.r. nnJ tlio rMMrc. k.dIM .orrow- ÄSmÄ fully together, making no noiio. Ad j. f lfr sex-then Is that cariiagu was brought, and u littlo cor nom inj coinmunlty doubtly cursed. tin was carried out. 1 felt that the Cayuga Chi f. baby wa dead, 'perhaps from want of, ',,,

care. Thoro was another timo of deject ion. ilurin" which things seemed to n grow worse and worso. r or days theru would Im no servant about the .,mi ...nlv . I from workjiisbisl a U seemed tho mistrnhlo attempt at house-keeping mnde by the girl, Caty bail work liny uiado, 1 judged, from thu troubled aspect of ihe man and tho untidy look of thing. Coffee-grounds nnd egg diflla were strewed about, and iho heads of fishes, and cabbage-stalks, and bones finished up tho garniture of the phice that should have been gar dun and tloor-vard. At lenurth Moses took heart again, and whiskers began ! to show themselves on hit cheek, and a new black vest took the plate of the old ud one. Mose grew more frisky man ever, and affected a boyuhness of; dr ss and manner wh ch wa sonic-...t.-.i. ....... ......... Mu M laughable to seu. 1 eou im i 'inu nothing wmcu count havu wrought such change buiathri ving suit. Ouo evening as Isat at the window, I noticed a smart littlo wagon at tho

street door, from which Moses with gloves on was assisting a. lady to alight. r A .middle-aged , woman she seemed, neatly but plainly, cladthe first glimpse I caught of her face preposed nio in her favor, so - hearty, ood-natured, and ' reliable was the expression ''.'j i ! .v.l.' The following morning there appcarep atthe back door the same short, chubby " woman, ' She ' wore' u heat dress of calico and an apron of gingüam, and her hair was put away under a plain but pretty cap. There was smilofon her face, not even when Moses, comingly slily, behind, slipped h is Brm' around her ' waist.' She shook him off with a .liltlo . impatience, I thought; however it might nave ltecn dignity. , ' After a few words Moses took leave informally, aud I heard the door close behind him energetically. Tho woman presently, called . Caty, and I perceived the child h id a clean face and'ismooth hair, and after a' Tittle talk the two set to work with goodwill, apparently to put the yard in better order. Boards, sticks, and stones disappeared, and after the labor of an hour you'wbuld not have 'recognized the place as the samo one they set to work in. : i I need not relate allmyobservrtions; suffice that at the end of a week things wore a different aspect at the oldhouse there were curtains at the windows and a look of neatness and comfort every where.which had nevr been there till after the coming of the chubby woman, who still ' continued to keep busy. By degrees tho dresses of the children , were . patched, and . washed,

and rcmodled. 'and glioses .himself seemed not to be the Moses of old, but a younger and happier man. That he was ntarriedjl felt pretty confident. But assurance was soon moder doubly sure. The pleasant-faced woman had been an inmate of the old house about a week,' when' the servant maid, who had previously been mistress of affairs there, came in one evenfag to unburden her ..mind. Moses married, and she was too much outraged to remain in the family anylonger. If any man was a mind to marry as Moses had done, that was all she wanted to know about him. she liked to sco a man wait till his wifo was cold, after her death, before he got another. He would get paid 6he was sure, and she hoded he would, for he deserved to be turned out . of hisi own house. The children would be saucy and hate their step-mother, and she hoped they would; and if the house burnt down it would not be the cause of making her pity i the ' hard-hearled . wretch. She held in her lap the bundle containing her earthly possessions, while she talk ed, heaping all manner of abuse on the newly-married Moses ; when bum had concluded set out in search of new pla.ee, doing herself more despite than she did cny one. else. ' ' ' '' I thought she but gave expression to the oommon opinion of the friends, for nothing is socommon as to censure a second rparriage. - But from the saopping scene, and from my observations from fdio window, I am led to believe that Moses has done a good thiny for himself and children. ' ' Since the departure of the outraged servant I have seen none take her place, and from the cheerful activity with which Caty and the pleasant-faced woman move about, I think none is indeed. So endeth the chapter of observations from my window. Wise DtiaKiBo Ladies. Tho proffering of , the wine cup in fashionable homes couverts those homes into strongholds of the liquor traffic and makes them fountain-heads of drunkenness. i No doubt many of the ladies of this city would shrink at baing in the same scale with the Vrbbwomin who - whisky not a dozen doors from our office. Dut - BOfarti Miag tBd .u,t,ining tho rum ri(Rc u roncerncd( thcy do for rao,t lo. ' ward8 t t,an p. , possible for her to do. with a full 'knowledge of all the evlhi which roiult from drinking, they add the first firo to . smouldering sppotltes, rests on the sanctity of home. If her Qr A couple of Old Liners from ; tho bsck part of tho county who havo read nothing durln trio summer inn mo lunacies oi tne citato pcihuici ami wnuocralic riaiiorm, nsppcncu 10 do in town yrsterd.tr, and observing the workmen Mill irsttl In II -tri m r the iliteh alonrr Main tharwpllon of gas pipes, one of lpm f.cui,n.. .How me, if them nfvnial abolillonUta ain't making an muler-ground railway right slap through Lafiiyettel" His emotions at tho discovery may ho moro easily Imiiglned than described. Lot perhaps lelt something similar in lilt fast aearcnior oouom anu (JoinorraVa rightootianesii -Lafaydtt ionrnal. ' i at i . I t ... a. 4 I a OCT A good dearon making in official visit to a dying neighbor, who was a very unpopular msn, put tho usual que. ffIen(, , ... ' , . k : v."-. . : : . I mi glad of thit, said the deacon lor all the neighbors are willing. ' The tain who underteyk to convince a a. hopeless job,. Ho siUit wi lhardost subject ho over got hold of: nimseu mat no was wronp, cnv up ss the

, or rrsfrohocitct. raoic oSevaSsvSGcokbponDENT. Evaksyillk,' Oct. 13, 1 854. Mr. Editor After alone: silence

I propose. to talk with you again from the "Pocket.?: I' have been tossed about ia all sorts of ways since you last heard from me, , and have seen sights enough to fill a volume, but then I don't know that they would be worth the paper nnd the printing, much le.s the writing. . For months past we have had but one subject of thought and of conversation among the sovereigns in this region the lection. This with the matters growing out of it has engrossed tho whole attention of the good people, and they have been more excited man ever ut;iore. liut the agony is over, the election passed off so qui etly here that no one could have told that such a thing was goinir on, if he, had not gone ,to the place where the votes were cast. This was not as it was anticipated. Many persons tho't there would bo a great deal of bitter feeling between the natives and foreign ers, and that thor would probably be trouble if not bloodshed. The city authorities took the precaution to employ a' number of deputy marshals, who were Seen on the morning of the election moving about with Urge walking sticks and the sigu of their office fastened to tho breasts of their coats. They were a sturdy looking se t of fellows, these "Deputies," and they would have done good service if action had been' called for; but they had nothing to do but walk about and sec how very quiet the people could be. ' But why was alf this peace and quietness? Was it because these officers were employed and provisions made for the prompt resistance and suppression of any thing like riot? No sir. The city Fathers took another precaution, which had more to do with the result than any thing else:; They had all the drinking houses closed for the day . . I saw no man drunk during the day, nor did I hear of. one. I do not say there would have been a riot if these houses had been Jeft open, but there 'Would have been more or less fighting and it is highly probable there miiiht have been a general riot. Had a difficulty occurred between a halfdozen natives and foreigners, under the excitement of ardent spi.-its added to the excitement growing out of the elections, scores of men under the same .influence would have rushed into it like madmen, and there h no teding when the difficulty would have ended. But the people were sober and felt no disposition to fight like dogs. Say what you will, after all the. drinking houses are the chief cause of all the riots in the land. Let laws bo enacted that will bring this damnable traffic to a perpetual end, and there will be an end to mobs. Men do not feel like rioting and fighting when they are sober. Two men may quarrel, get insulted at each other, and fight, but when any body around them is sober, the fight will soon be ended, and nobody will think of making a general must out of it. The result of the election here has rather disappointed many of the people. The "old liners" have carried the day in this county; and it is now pretty certain that Miller is elected over Hall, though by a very small majority, compared with that he received in the former election. Tho democratic majority in this district has been near 3,IXJU; but Miller's majority if elected, will probably be less than five hundred. This will probably bo the only district in the state that will send a Nebraska man to Congress. It is said that the "Pocket" is a dark region of the state, and this will bo taken ns evidence of it by many. As I have taken no part in the contest, but have been simply "a looker on in Vienna" or rather in Kvansville, I will not undertake to decide, but with your permission I will tell an anecdote or two lo show that tho Pocket was o.nck a dark region, J Demising however that the darkness tas well nigh passed away and that this is becoming ono of tho bright spots of the Great West. Homo whero in this region theio was onco a Justice of iho Pence, to whom a man went with a complaint that his neighbor had killed his cow. He insisted that his honor should try the man for m i-anica. His honor hesitated. Two questions nroso which ho could not at onco setlie, first, whether ho had jurisdiction in a murder case; and secondly whether tho case under consideration was it cae of murder. The question of jurisdiction he soon settled; but to decide tho second it was necessary lo examine the statute . Tho statute was carefully read, and ho found that It said, "Whosoever shall kill any reason-.blo creature" ifcc. 'There it is" said his honor, "a cow is it reasonable critter" and the question wa. at once decided. A jury was forthwith empanelled, and thu man was duly arraigned on ra charge of murder. Tho man began to think by this timo that ho had better prepare for defence So ho called in a lawyer. The lawyer endeavored to convince thu Squiru that ho wa in eiiorott tho two questions ho had decided: but no, ho atUlto had the law Lefoio him for his guido, heeould'nt lako a lawyer's word, especially when ho was interested in the case, anil the trial must go on. The lawyer ll.eu turned lo the jury nnd succeeded in convincing the jury that ihn man was not guilty as charged, end ho was acquitted. Another incident is related of a certain Probate judge, in these purls. You know in thu davsof Probate and Assoclaio Judges, w used to have some green specimen on tho bench. I have seen men setting on the bench to judge law for lawyers, who did not know the A B C of tho law, and could

hardly read their own hnguBge. But to my story; i i , " .,,- A foreigner, was brought btfre the Judge to be naturalized. He had previously declared iis intention ia due form and now. camo, with, his friend who said to the Judge, "thismanwisb , es to take the second sUp,V. ' 4U p&uaw 'ed, supposing thai theiJndge would have nira sworn to testify as to his friend's qualifications . to be admitted , to the rights and privilageg of a citizen. But not so. ' Looking hini, li the face steadily he said,' -'B.,- do ydün know this man? "Yes" said B.- "How -long have known him?'' . I have known.j him six or seven years." 'Now B,' said the Judge, looking him sternly jn '. the face, "are you right sure bVisnot ' a prince, potentate, Kate sovereignty or1 anything of that tort? . "Iam'! said! B., and the Judge bowed him aside and ordered the papers to- be made out.The days f those functionaries were i . , . ..-

aarK aays, but they arc past. ' wore Anon. ' UAJvER. . . - - "" "e , .';f I I j ISAJTOATHDf AJTYSZCEXT SÜCHTYPIXIV , Bao. Goodwis: As an editor is 'nra. sumed to know almost verythtng, 'ltn has been suggested to me ' to ask you your opinion in the case denoted by the , heading or this article to be anawerixt in your papers. For certain it ia, that : men either conscientiously and honeatlr t differ in this matter, or otherwise, we have in the country,' men who have hon-" or and conscience oa the one haftaV and on the other a class . who possess' neithv. er. .... Now if such obligations be binding ;at'" all, there are men. claiming t&a reanret.! of their fellow citizens in communltv.; who are either crossly iVnorant or la. meutably depraved and wicked. If the1 lorwter, they abould be enlightened if tho latter, rebuked. Cathtlicn. f am. fully aware, excuse themselves, or pet meir iTiesia io aosoive tnem. On' the 1 broad ground, that no obligation ia bind i ing, of whatever characterwhich would In any way ,whatever,' conflict with the Interest of their ' monttroos1 dogma. The inquiry then is made with -. reference only, to those claiming to beProtestants. Csses have occurred recently with1 young men, upon the insurance ol tbdse; who were , older, by dint of persuasion i and argument, and sometimes by bribe-' ry; that after having taken the most' solemn obligations of secrecy opon.ihemseres. voluntarily and wilhagly that they have ceased to regard suica' obligations as in any wise binding. 1 l The question is, are not such person, really in fact, morally perjured, and,, tuose, under whose counsels aid Inflii-" ence they are acting, equally- fuiltyll If you can throw am licht on the anb. ject, please do so, nd truly oblige sevI ' i. ' . lM.j ciui mujuu inquirers, WHO WOUla 11KB' to be posted on this matter. : I :r..: DICTUM.;;, A rHACAS. . ' ! The quiet of our city was somewhat' disturbed Saturday evening last' by a' fracas between Hon. J. H. Lano,' our Congressman, and J. B. Vaile. Esa-of our city, in which the latter shot the former in the side,' though not to hurthira much.' rrom all that we can learn the facts an about these. About 5 o'clock in the ereninz Vail was standincr on Parrv's corner and Laue came up and without speaking sirucic mm several limes with a heavy, headed cane walked across the street and into tho McCormick house. Vail followed after and going into the barroom and up to Lane demanded an ex planation. Lane told him in substance to go away that ho would give him no explanation, and at the same time drew his cano to again strike Vail. .Tha latter seized a heavy poker with which parried off tho blow, breaking Lane's mi . .1 1 i cane, xucy men closed togcincr, Lane backing Vail out of the house on the pavement, when the latter drew ä pistol nnd shot the former ia the side. At tins mncture the crowd which had got together interfered and the combatants were separated. Lane was taken into tho McCormick IIouso where Dr. Brower soon examined hit wound and extracted the ball from under the skin of hislufl side. In tho course of the evening he got into his buggy and went home.' This difficulty is supposed lobe iho result of an old quarrel. McpendetU Prett. '! a roLmciAif in a rnixMr. Hendriks, the "old Una" candidate for Congress, in ono of hisspceches, having expatiated largely, upon the "popular sovereignty" humbuj was, at tho closo of his . remarks, aqcostcd by a worthy Quaker omowhit after the following manner; , :' .. "Friend Hendricks, I nndervtand from thy discourto thee i much in favor of popular sovreignly. Now, if it should happen that thee should bo beaten In this raco for Congress, by Mr. Barbcur, thee would probably rejrard it u an indication that tho peoplo of thi district arc opposed to tho repeal of the Missouri Compromise." ., ' "Certainly," said Air. Hendricks. "Then, friend Hendricks, .would llu-o ft el bound by tho principle of popular sovreignty lo vote for its restoration next winter?" . ; Mr. Hendricks, with somehcsitatlon, answered that ho would. "Well, then," said Friend Quaker, "w will try and i loct Mr. Barbour, and thus secure thy vote for that very desirable measuro." j Hendricks went homo with a flea in his ear, and Barbour was elected. Or An old logy, In Nsw Hamiplre, was recently overtaken by a "train of thought." Through skillful medical treatment It Is hoped ho rusy survive tho shock. 03- Eli'vntlog the oiisifs," This what takes place on iht Mississippi rrylime a high pressure steamer bursts up. 7 !