Indiana American, Volume 23, Number 1, Brookville, Franklin County, 22 December 1854 — Page 1

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1 . 1 v ,"WE ASK FOR NOTHING BUT WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WILL SUBMIT TO, NOTHING THAT IS - WRONG." Oen. Jackson.;,', , ,1 I , VOL. XXIII. NO 1. , BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1854. , V ' ; WHOLE NUMBJBR 1U5. f r i . .i

J.B. DAVIS, M, D,;T

rhvilclan & Surgeon, sFPlCS kit etldenre, eorner of Malaaad VJJaaeittreet,Urooarlllt,lBd. . . e s ' Dl J.W. KEELY,. (iUlxii) Surgeon Dentist, OFvfcRoaKDOotiotrnioCTnR vaurt HOUSE.tr rr.iae. All work warrantd. 'targe for exannaUoa er adTlce. . . . , 4I-ly nYUCsklloOltE. Jaetleoaf the Peaea J aa4 Atloruey aB4CoaBeelloratlaw,BrookvUla, 4. urceesoaiaa.aaicoraerar mailt Sqaara. J, IBM. W.nOUUOTt Attorney and Coaatatlon iU, üaea Ho. THaUt'e aatldinr, Brook viue,,aiaae. 81-43. NM'O. ritOOKSnAXK, AUorney tad CoaneellnratLaw. omcelaHalle'tballdlng , EVAN OWENS. ' ATT0S5TT AT LAW K0TA2Y TÜ1L C, uarmii, Indiana. janates ALF. WARD, ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW, BrotkrlUt, Iatiana. O flee two doorinorta Burtoa't Store. rV. lt. 3IOI111IS, M757i Pltyiiclnn&Siirgcon Mt.Carmol.InJ., 21 tt-'63-year. , Dil. Pr.CK AOWOli DENTAL SURGEONS, 7 Ttt.Carmalt Ind. ' ' Will do ell wark eatrneled U tiiereara with aeataeae aad plepateh. Jna SO 3 mo MOSES J. KELLE Y. Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Oos drRouta of the Valley Hooie, ' llrOokrflla, Ind.. w1.1 'ILL lake aekeowledgmeate of 2eede, UWa ud eorllfy DopoalUoaa, Amdavlta At. HARRISON DIRECTORY. TJ ?OTT EKAIKR l.t OROCKXIKS A.XD XL Protuiona, Marktl tlraat, lUaaraoa, Ohio, kavpaea kaad agood aaaortoMBloC ailarUctoa 1a tUallna. . . ALSO a fooanl awortrntal of rVUItlTUUE, Vhlck ba wUIaall ckaap Tor euh or coantrr Jiro duct. , act 7 4 1W4. TTILTOlf TTJÜS.ILL.-O.XK DOOR EAST Of Ali. Uio Umf bvaro.IUaaiaoH, Oaio, Poalar la AMEAICAX, FRISCH XM ESGLISK XRT J- ' . ' OOODR, -BoBBOta aad Boaaot Trimmlnn of all ttrltt aad prloM Ladita, MUmi b4 ClilKlraot Boon kept con lUntlyon aand. . act r? 13 ". WW. lnr. TJXUJfZa& IXTSOJr.-DEALF.RS l.f KAJICY Jj au4 iumailio tii Uuobt, Ladita ireu CooJi or avary ktad. C roea n, Ilard f ra, H j o bi w r t , BooU, Sli o CrptUur,4e., , . Co Hum in Wiim Breun, . IURBtSO.V, OHIO. Oal t7 41 1834 . Z, T. rCLLETt. r K a L K n i.f rR-;n.M, AlaUieiu, i Olli, VarnUhft. Claw, I'Tt hiuff, 4., - Cor aar Main and Mark at Strcttt, uinaMo.v, ouio., OHIO IIOTXL.-CUK.KK MAIS a MARKET aaaau, , , , , nABJtisox, ouio. ' . X. ritllEll, Proprietor Oct S7 43 Uii goils of llcnis; jtlTWhy is a muff hko a silly gentleman? Uecauso it holds a lady's hands without squeezing them. Füxät. To attempt to braeak up a love match by shutting up the girl and abusing tho lover. T"Tho soldier who complained that his imagination ran away wih him, when tried for desertion, was not ac. quitted. , -

XtTAfcllowintheit.il wishes hoi n...,J i ' . ; had the small pox. so L could "break I Ur Pnnc,Pal JCoa to our preshout.' Ho has tried every thing else j cnt .vstem of b.inkmg is, that it makes but ho e-ta't como out. i money too plenty, and, consequently, A clerk in a mercantile esta-1 too cheap. (V admit that, if we had blishmcnt,' writes to hb friends at homo: no intercourse with other nations; jt Plaguey ewy times now-a-d ays very : would not matter, whether the noniU little to do-our firm don't advertize ; nal yalue of ft llunJrcd of pork' XiTTho difference between a car-1 wcro three dollars or twelve dollars, if riage wheel and aearnagehorse, is that, if other arüdei . d RCCOr one goes best when it it tired, and tho . , . , . , ., other don'u . jingly. , Hut when wo have to deal with - IT , . .. , , , , : other nations which have no inflated trllrsHollyhockthlnksit,'rather , . , ., , queer that tho rising of a little quick-1 currcncJ and m which tho price of silver m a glass tub should mako the I labor and of provisions are at a stand.at a at .. ....

weather so awiul hot. 3"William, I fear you are for5 me,' said bright , eyed girl to rttin(r her sweetheart the other dar. v ..... w -. kVa. . T 1 I V. "'i aio uvcu.ivr vvwiiy .

you these two years." " "4 ong if n v. s : as wo make paper money our currenXiTAftcr rolling all nuht in your,Ä mnA A- . . . . .ti-n xt . 1 . i cy, ana scnit oti our specie to ba tho berth till you aro miserably sick, to I 1 , . " have a steward open your door in the ;rrency.r other land-v morning and ask if you will have a Let us illustrato how, this inflated frtsh rvll for breakfast, is certainly t currency operates against us, and why provoking. - it; produces, in a short Ume, such XiTCharles Lamb hit tie hydro-! results as we now fvcl. Let us sup-

r ' r-r - . ... 11 . . ts Ants tl..) V. ! was as uia as wo uuulv, vuij uiak itiu first great application happened to kill first great application Wpened to kil 1 1 more that it eurcd. - , -1 3TA man rraUinc nnrt,r. tahl U tv-na so excellent a bevernze that, taken in 1 gTeat quantities, it made ono fat. "I have seen the time.!' said another, "when it made you lean." 2r"Doyoukko novels?'said acity e,?.Tl0,n!r,f.!!iLeT!.?1lU; T eatanr.but I'm some on youns ,um. . , TAn old author quaintly remark,, "Avoid artrument with: ladies. In spinning jams among tiU s and aim a man ia sure to b worsted nd twisted.; And when ft man is worsted and ; twisted, he may consider mimsclf ftlimn ' , , . .., . , ha hftn ho an ti full till J. , , , ,., .., .trii nas "the veil that ,v,r .....r. th fr t Vu. turitv U woven bv tho hand of Mercy "Seek not to raisothatvcilthcrcfore, .. .. a .a for sadness mi"ht be seen to shade the brow that fancy had arrayed in imika of gladness ... v- vt. t: ported that Captain Luc is about to imbaxk in business on shore Mr. C0LLI5S, it is said, declines re-cmploy-ing, on his steamers, any persons who were in service on board of tho Arctic.

IIIDIAIIA AIIERICAII.

rUMii act to "racrw, to LiaaaTf akb tw, a rTOk twTt vt, n ro ra aiLk wt. T. A. GOODWIN, Editor. i t 2S00KYXLLS, CTOIAKA BANKS AND BANKING. We gare, last week, a few minor objections to 'our tystem of malting bank paper th$ circulating medium of the country, and intimated that we are opposed to it, as even a partial medi urn, except upon conditions that hare neYcr yet been tried.' We are' not surprised that such' a position should create tome talk and much opposition. We knew it would From the earliest history of our' country, paper currency has been In rogue, and It appears like radicalism to adrise its discontinuance. Nevertheless, we win continue our objections,' and let the candid reader judge of their force. : ; ' 1 One of the first nnswers' to our oh-. jectlons, was," as wo had 'anticipated that the abandonment or a paper cur rency, would not leave money enough to carry on tho business of the'eoun ry, and that it would bo bctttr'toen dure the arils alluded to, and air others, than to encounter tho stagnation of business ' that would ' follow the adoption of ft specie' circulation, or ft bank circulation purely on a specie basis. This argument in ftror of bank paper, is coeril with banking.' ,And after all, thia U the chief. If not the only reason why banks aro tolerated to increase' tho 'amount of 'money, and consequently 'the prices of all articles In commerce. ' To cciio .usin'iuch a currency would manifestly lesson the amount of money, and, consequently cheapen all articles of trade. But to say that there would not bo enough money to carry on tho business of the country, is to imply that a boat or a car or ft wa.Lfon that costs half the nrcsent price would bo less capacious than at present, or that a furm when selling at ten dollars an acre; would produce less than the sanio fAm would, rated ! nt twenty dollars. To us it( appears piam, mat n ono uouar win ouy as much of any thing as two dollars can, it is just as valuable, and that when prices are just half as high as they are now, ono thousand "dollars will ! "carry on" just as much trade ns'two thousand can, now. Where then, it tho difference, whether articles be cheup or dear, if every thing rises or falls in Dronortion ana adapted to a ; specie circulation, it 'does make a difference, and it is this difference that brings bankruptcy on ' our couulry, every ten or fifteen years. .,1 ,, . , . ipose tnai a silk merchant arrives nt ?CW 0rk. W th W'0ü0 )'ard Sl1 buPP08C the lowest price he can afford U 006 dollar.-per yard. Of COUrsO bis caro comes to 50,000. Let ' thia take placo when pork is 8G per (hundred in Cincinnati, and about 815 pet barrel in New York. When pay. ment is t be made, tho-New York merchant says to his Livernx,l friend

Pos-!thftt.le hM a lot of pork at815

Pr Darrc which ho would like to exch or h silk- T the silk ,nn replies, that he would rather have money n.i pork is but 816 per barrel in Liverpool, and of courao he can nut ftrorJ to M , f d j . . , , wcjjiuuuiij vt gwu umes . me cw 'York man replies that it makes no dif- ' York man replies that it i " wrcoc, as poik is ft cash article. , He would juat as aoon pay caah, and he pays in the pnper of a New York , ISank. Aa thia would be at u tliacunnt ifl Livcrp0u,t tbc wach.nl Clllu fur the gold, and departs. Anotlicr car0 n f Vi' 7 l ?', "Other shipment of gold; is raadc.Let us .follow this silk westward, . to Indiana, if you please'. ; .Times are good, pork is high, and tho western'

merchant soon sells out his stock. A

hog weighing 300 lbs will pay for a silk dress, and silk, dresses become common. IndUna money i$ at par in New York and readily deposited in bank, so the western merchant ays in Indiana, money, , Out let this silk trade continue for a length of time. The gold of the New York banker be gins' to get low. ' He!( has' western funds out of which he could realize gold,, if he could call on the banks, but his business requires : him to slay at home and ho offers one of his neighbors one or two per cent to collect it for him.. . Hero is the beginning of the end,. Here is a, Broker, made such by the natural course of trade, and ho calls upon the nearest banks for specie.',' Ai first they' pay readily. But hi due time their gold gets low, and they i must send home some paper. Here Brokers are again made necessa ry. As mil ntter Dill falls due in XNew York, tho sold is required. This requiea the sending home of more distant paper at a greater discount. Now Indiana paper is shaved in New York. Gold must bo' sent eastward, and, in order to procure it, banks must be called on. la a short time just such a state of financial affairs exists as is now all : over the country. ' To meet the demands of Liverpool merchants, gold is at a premium in New York, and rumors .are "employed to visit tho western banks. This causes the banks to run on each other, and not a few to fail. ( Those who look not at tho first causo charge tho panic upon the Brokers, who are'but the creatures of tho banking system,' made necessary by tho system itself. ' But we need not enlarge upon tho effects, further, than to say that the paper of broken banks. and suspended bunks, and doubtful banks, forms the currency of tho peopie, rind just auch u state of finance. as is Koxr experienced, is tho result. Neither government nor Brokers aro responsible for it. The system of banking, that fixed a prico upon -our produco above the shipping point, is the true cause. Let us look at tho practical results of different , system. Goods nre i cheap, produce is cheap, forms arc j cheap and, in a hort time, nil things find their relative valuo at a lower rate It may cost something to como down to this standard, but, having reached it, there is a uniformity in prices . that discourages wild Speculation, and men hope to acquire property only by tho dint of honest industry. Then, a dollar is the representative of real value, and no foars of broken banks annoy, r '. . But maik the' effect on our foreign commerce. 'Say pork is 53 pet hun dred, instead of SG, and 7,60, per bbl in New York instead of 815. Now let the silk Merchant arrive with his cargo" of 50,000 yards of silk.' The price! is the, same, that it was when pork was 815, for our fluctuations do not produce fluctuations in Europe. Now the New York merchant pays as before, in cash, but pork ?hn bo bought nt $7 per bbl, while it is $IC in LivvcrpcoL l)ocs tha silk merchant take out gold or pork?- Certainly pork. Now follow the silk to the west. It takes two hogs to buy a dress, intcad of one, and consequently fewer aro bought. Foreign goods have not fal len in price, aa domestic goods have, for we can produce mostof them cheaper than they can abroad, since the price of labor und living is reduced ono half. Of course tho demand for them is greatly diminished. If silk can not bo sold, so as to buy another cargo of pork,' gold can well afford to be transported, to buy pork, when the price in New York is less than half what it is in Liverpool Thin turns, at once , tho current of affairs. We now become tho recipient of gold inEtead of the disburscr. , Tho west being tho agricultural region, which sup plied tho foreign demand, now finds the balanco of trade in her faTor. and gold comes west, ' instead of going east In . ft short time the intlux of gold, and' tho' foicin demand of our produco, advance w a permanent ba sis, the prico of everything. . What wc have supposed of ilk and pork will hold good of all foreign and all domestic goods. Let our prices be lower, and we will do equally well a niong ourselves and better abroad. If the piico of living and labor wero reduced ona half, wo could produce moist of the woolen goods that are now' Imported, as cheap as they can bo produced in Europe, and our flour, as well as our pork, would be in great er demand abroad. At half the price of lirinir. our own iron mines, that aro bottomless as tho mountains, could have been mado produco all tho iron for which millions of our gold have gone abroad. In our view then, tho effect of our banking system, on thy prices .of articles, is tho greatest objection "to 'it. Even If tho minor

erils of fluctuations and failures could be avoided, while ihc amount of "cur reney is increased, true policy, would dictate that we should discourage any system that drains our country of gold and leaves u mere .rags. Could gold at once take the place of all the paper money now in circulation, prices would

not be reduced, and the balance of trade would stiil be ntrainBt u-.', but tho restoration of. an equilibrium would not be attendod by broken banks and brukcrv merchant. - But more of this next week, v ,1 ('"'.; $otlri 0, WHAT A WORLD THIS MIGHT BE. . ' .: . t i'-.' Oh.whnla worldltmlgliibe, .. ,, If hrarU wert alwtriklod! ' If, Friendship, DOM woaKl illflil lha And Fortuna prova leu Mind; ; .( With lova'a own Toit t f ulUa in, Unchsmlnjrly and fond, ' With all w t w Uh txiitl.U u. And not a eara beyond, ( Oh t bat a world Ii mir hl te, V Mora blait than Ual of jror ' Como, learn, and 'twill rtqulta je',' To lota tarn other mora. if Ob! what a world of beauty A loving heart might plaa, - 1 If man but did his doty, M And helped hit brotuer mnn. ' Then Aorel-fvoela would brtghton The threshold with tnetr wlnri, And love Ul rlne enlighten The old, forgotten eprtng, " ' Obi what a world of beauty , . A lorlng hart might plan. If wan bat did hi duty, ' ' And holped liltbroluor man. St'Iecttb fault. r-rs ;t 1 TUE CROCKOF. GOLD. bt Manna rinvna nrraa,' ciiAimi xv.- , ' . , ' Another Olarovery., "Dame, here's one o' Ben's galli pots he flung away; its naught but honer, dame, maikedno, uo crock of gold; don't expect it; no such thing; uek like that isn t for such as mc; though, bcin? ns it is, the baben may likoit, vith their dry bread; open it, pood wife; I hope tho water mayn't ha spoilt it" Iho notablo Alary Acton produced certain scissors, hnnsins from her ockct by a tape, and cut tho knot, which to Ito''? r had been Gordian'. "Why, its bran, Acton, not honey; ooko lit re, will you." . , Sho tilted it up, and aloni with a cloud of sawdust, dropped a heavy 'lailstorra of little bits of Icathcrl "Hnllol what's that?" said Hoger, eagerly; "its gold, gold, I'll bo sworn." It was so. . Every separate bit of money, what ever kind ol com3 lltey were, hau been sewn tip in little shreds of leath er; remnants of old gloves of all colors; and the Naibonno jar contoined six hundred and tiyuty-stvenof them, These, of course, were hastily picked up from tho path whereon they had first fallen, wcie counted out at home, and the) gliUering contents of most of those litlJj leather bogs ripped up wero immeu ately discovered. Oh dear, oh dear, such asiiht! .Guineas and half guineas, sovereigns and half sovereigas, quite a little hill of bright clean, prettily figured gold. . . JlM, hip, lioorayr shouted Uo?er in an txtacy; "Hurrah; hurrah, hurrah 1" and in tho madness of his joy, ho executed, nn extravagant pas seul; up went his hat, round wont his heels, and he capered awkwardly like a lunatic giraffe. " ' ' "Here's nn tnd to all our troubles, Poll; we're as good ns gentlefolks now; catch mo a-calliiig at the Hall, to bother about Jennings and Sir John; a fig for bail iiia and baronet, parsons and prisons and all;", and ugain he rJurcd' Hooray 1 "I tell you what though, old 'ornan, we must just try the taste of our glorious golden luck, before we uo anvthinj else. Bide a bit, wench, and hide thu hoard till 1 return. I'm off to the Bacchus' s Arms, and I'll bring yu some stingo, in a minute, old gal." ' 80 oif he started hot-foot, to get nn earnest of the blessing of his crock of gold. , . The minuto that was promised to produce the stingo, proved to be rather of a lengthened character; 'it might indeed, have been a minute, or the fraction of one, in the planet Hersohel whoso year 1 as long ns cighty-hvo ol our Terra , but according to Green tea at. I wich calculation, it was nearer like two hours. ' , The little Tom and Jerry shop, that rejoiced in the classic heraldry of liacchus's Arms, had been startled from all conventionalities by tho unwonted event of the demand, "change for a Rovorciirn?" and when it was" made known to the assembled conclave ; that Hoger Acton was the fortunate pos sessor, that even assumed an appear unco uositivtlv miraculous. . "Why, honest Hoger,, how in. the world could you ha come by that!" was the troublesome inquiry of Dick the 1 anncr. "Well, Acton, you're sharper than I took you for, It' vou can squeeze gold out of bailiff Jennings," ujded tolomou bnin: and Hotrer knew no better way of hilencing their tongues than by profusely drenching them in liquor. S bo stood treut all round and was forced tj hobanob with each: and when that was gone, he called for more to keep their curiosity employed Now, all this caused delay; and Ma rr had been waitin? for the "stin-ro," sho would doubtless have had reason able causo for anger and impatience; however, she, for her part, was 0 pleas antly occupied, liko l'rinco Arthur's Queen, in couting out the money, that

to say truth, both lord and liquor were

entirely lorgolten. , , . But another cause that lengthened cut the minute was the embarrassing business of where to find the change. BaccbnVs didn't chalk up trust, where hard money was flung upon the coun ter; but all the accumulated wealth of Bacchus's; high .'priest, Tom Swipcy, and of tho seven worshippers now drinking in his honor, could not suffice to make up enough of chango; therefore, after two gallons left behind him in libations as aforesaid, and two more bottled up for ft drink offering at home, Hoger was contented to be owed seven and fourpence; a debt' he vcr likely to bo liquidated. Much speculation this afforded .to the gossips; und when the treatcr's back was turned, they touched their foreheads, for , tho man was dearly crar.cd, and they winked at each other with v gesture of ' significance. . ; . ;. . ' Grace, , while, musing on her new half-crown it was strange how long she looked at it had hoard with' real amarement that uproarious Imming, and,-just as her father had levsnted for the beer, glided down from her closet, and received ' the wondrous tidings from her stepmother.' 8he heard in silence, if not in sadness; intuitive good renso proclaimed to her that this sudden gush of wealth was a temptation, even if 6ho felt no secret fears on the score of shall we call it superstitution that dream, this crock,' that dark angel and this . so changed the spirit of her once religious father; what could she lhnk? "sho meekly looked to Heaven to avert all ill. 1 ' ! Mary Acton nlso was less elated and more alarmed than she cared to confess; not that she, any moro than Grace, knew or thought about lords of manors, or physical troubles on the score of the crock; but Mrs. Quarlcs' shawl, and sundry fearful fancies tinged with blood, these worried her exceedingly, and made her look upon the gold with an 'uneasy feeling, ns If It were an unclean thing, a sort of Ach aa's wedge, 1:,; . . .v . At last, hcie. comes Hoger back, omcwhat unsteadily I fear, with a stono two-gallon jar full of "the downright atinfjo.' "Hooray, Poll," he had not ceas ed shouting all the way from Bacchus' "Hooray hero I bo again, a gentlcfolk, alord.ftktnj, Poll; why daughter Grace, what's como to you? I won't have no dull looks about to-day, girl. Isn't this enough to make a poor man merry? No more troubles, no moro toil, no more 'humble narvent, no'tnorcft ragged ploddmg'plowman; but n lord, daughter Grace, a great, rich, lu urions lord isn't that enough to make a man sing out hooray? Thank tho crock of gold for this Oh blessed crock!" . i .. "Hash, father, hush! that gold will bo 110 blessing to you heaven send it do not bring a curse. It will be a sort temptation, even if the rights of it uro not iu 'Rome' one else; we know not whom it may . belong to, but at any rate it cannot well ha ours.

Notour?, child? whose in life is it!not i loso Hbcrally, or to givo away

thcn .'. : (one farthing, lo give, I say, for exMary Acton, made quite meek by n j travagant indulgence is another thing; superstitious drend, of having money nnd it was ft fine proud pleasure to of the murdered, stepped In to Grace's1 fcftSt a of fellows at his sole exhelp, -whom Roger's fierce mannerhad pense. ' If meanness is brother to

apallcu ' with " ' ' ' uogcr, ii ueiongeu to .mr. uaiies, I'm morally sure on it and must be Simon Jennin-s's, her heir. y r "What?" he almost frantically ex-t

claimed, "fchall that white hell-hound "S" lovely daughters when all is roh me yet . again? No,. Dame I'll glorv gallonade. and Gunter, when han" firstt the crock 1 found,, the Hubini warbles smallest, and Lablache crock I'll keep; the money's mine, ! is heard M, thunder on the stairs, whoever did the murder." spk. tradesmen, ye who best can Then, changing .his tono to one of , tul. the closeness that has eatcredfor reckless inebriate gaiety, for ho was j that feast; tell it out, ye famished milmore than half-seas over even then! J". gtound dowu to sixpenso on ft from the not-housc toastings and ex- ball dress bill; whisper it, ye footmen, citemcnt, he added, w- ' 1 . mtk your wages ever due; leC Gath, "But come, wenches., down . with J let Ascalon re-echo with the truth, that your mugs and help mc to get through - extortion U the parent of extravagance!

with ' tlie jar. 1 never leltsouryin all my life, Here's blessings on the crock, on hira as sent it, him as has it, and on all the joy and comfort it's to bring usl .Come, drink, drink, wo must all " drink that;-but where's Tom''" If 'Roger had been qui to himself. he nover would have asked so super - and all manner of other craft connec - ted with the antique trade of picking and stealing. '' . ' -"Where's Tom?" . : : . Grace, glad to have to answer any reasonable question, mildly answered, "Gone away with Ben, father." , . Alas! that little word, Ben, gave occasion to reveal u depth in Uofjer'B fall, which few could' have expected to behold so 60on. To think that tho liberal friend, who only last oiglit had frankly scared his all with him, whoso honest glowing heart would freely shed its blood for him, that he in recollection should bo greeted with a loathing! Ben would como and claim some portion of his treasure ho would ciy halves or who knows? might want all, all; and take it by atrong arm, or by threat to 'peach against him; curse that Kinkel he hated him. Oh Steady Acton, what has' made theo drink and swear?' Oh Honest ltogcr, : what has planted guile, and suspicion, und malico in thy heart? Aro these the first fruits cf coveting and having? lathis tho earliest blcsning of that luck which many long for the finding of a crock of gold? Wo would . not enlarge upon tho scene; upainfulono at ml times, when man forgets his high prerogative, and drowns his reason in the tankard; but in Hoger Acton's case, lately so wise, tcmperato, and patient, peculiarly distressing. Its chief features were these.

fluouH a question; for Tom wasalwavs on. wunoui so prim an usncr; io min one and the same, company, albeit produce our thoughts as they reveal never in onq and the same 'pW; he J themselves, ignorant of "their own an.l his Pan-like Mentor were eontin- degrees," not "standing on tho order nail torrntw tmlvintV M-ooJ-craft. of their coming but, as a pit crowd

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Grace tasted nothing, but mournfully loooked on; once only she attempted to expostulate, but was met not with fierce oaths, nor coarse chidings nor even with idiotic driveling, oh no, worse than that she felt; he replied to her with the maudlin drunken promise, "If she'd only be ft good girl, and lot him bide, he'd give her a tig church bible, bound in solid gold that 'ud make the book o' some real . value, Grace." , : ' , T Poor broken-hearted daughter she rushed to her closet in a torrent of of tears. ' t ' As for Mary Acton, she was miraculously meek and dumb; all the scold was quelled within her;' the word "blood" was the Petracio that tamed that shrew; she could see a-plenty of those crimson spots, which might . ' , Tb mulittadlnoa iu Incarnadine, . " And make the green oae red, '' dancing in the sunbeams, dotted on the cottage walls; sprinkled as unholy water, over that foul crock. Would

not the money be & curse to them any how, say nothing of the danger? ; If things 'went on as they began, Mary might indeed have cause for fear; actually she, could not a-lcarto look upon the ciock; as if it had containd a bottled devil. So there she sat. ever bo long, silent, thoughtful, and anyimng dui comionaoie. Y hat became of Uogcr 1 until next day at noon, neither he nor I can tell; true, his carcase lay there - upon tho floor, and the two gallon jar was empty. But, for the real man, who could answer to tho name of Hoger Acton, the sensitive and conscious soul that was somewhere galloping away for fifteen hours in the, Paradiso of Fools; tho Paradise? no the Maelstrom; tossed about giddily and , painfully in one whirl 01 tumultuous drunkenness. , . CHAPTER XVI. '.;. How the Home waBlel Thereby. . . . It will surprise no one to be told that, however truly such an excess may have' been tho first, it was by no means the last exploit of our altered laborer in the same vein of heroism. Bacchus's was quite close, and he needs must call for his change; he had to call often; drank all quits; changed another sovereign, and, was owed again: but, trust niro, he wasn't going tobe cheated out of that; take care of the ponce, and the pounds will take caro of themselves. But it was ditto repeated; changing, being owed, grudging, grumbling; at last he found out tho famous new plan of owing himself : and as Bacchus's did not sco Jit to .reject auch wealthy customers, Kogcr . soon chalked, up a yard-long Score, and grow so niggardly that they could not get a penny from him. , It is astonishing how immediately wealth brings in, , as its companion, meanness; they walk together, and stand together, and kneel togetheV, as tho hectoring, prodigal Faulconbridge, the Bastard Plan tagenet inKing John, does with his white-lircred puny brother, . Kobcrt. ' Wherefore no sooner was Hoger blest with gold, than he resolved weaiw, uisat any r ate nrsi cousin 10 " -0-- v. When the dowager collects "her tUear live hundred friends" to parade ieiore meircsn young ncirs ncr wax- , w).... n a foot note; but no one takes the l trouble to read notes; and with justice -too, for if u man has anything to say, j l rutt in his text, as orderly as may be. ; And, if order be sometimes ' out of the question, as seems but clear:ly uitable at present to, our hero's 1 manner of life, it is wise to go boldly 'it- A . ! 1. . A i , a benehi night, Dusinng over one moit' admired disorder, This will well comport with Hogers a w . r a . . a daily life; for, notwithstanding tho frequent interference of an Amazon wife tegardless of poor dear Grace's gentle voice and melancholy eyes in spite of a conscienco pricking in his breast, with the spines of A horse-ches-nut, that evil crock appeared from the beginning to have been found but for one sole purpose videlicit, that of Keeping niuuk iu avuci wiaiu ui fire of mad intoxication. . Yes, there were sundry other purposes, too, which may as soon bo told directly. The utter dislocation of all home comforts occupied the foremost rank. True in comparison with the homes of affluence and halls of luxury those .comforts may have formerly seemed few And far between; yet still tho angel of domestic peace not seldom' found ft rest within the cottage. Not seldom? always; if sweet-eyed Graco bo such an angel, that ever-abiding guest, full of love, duty, piety, and cheerfulness. But now, after lon enduring anguish, vexed in ber righteous soul by tue shocking sights and sounds of tho drunkard and his parr sites f for all the idle vagabonds about soon flocked around rich Acton, and were freely welcome to hit reckless prodigality,) Grace had been forced to sUal away, and seek refuge with a neighbor. Hero was ono blcsbingjthe less 5

, Another wretched change was in

the wife. Orantcd, Mary Acton had not ever been the pink of politeness, the violet of meekness, nor the rose of entire amiability; but if she were scold, that scolding was well-meant; and her trato energies were incessantly directed towards cleanliness, economy quiet, and other notabilia of a busy housewife. She did her best to keep the hovel tidy, to make the bravest show with their scanty chattels, to ad minister discreetly the stores of their frugal larder, and to recompenso the good man returning from his hard dav'g work, with much of rude iov and bustling kindness. But now, aller the first stupor of amazement into which the crock and its consequences threw her, Poll Acton grew to be a Fury; she raged and stormed, as well she might, at filth and discomfort in her home, at nauseous dregs and noisome fumes, at the orgy still kept up, day by day, and night by night, thro' the length of that first . foul week, which succeeded the fortunate discovery. And not in' vain she raged and stormed and fought too; for sho did fight ay, and conquered; and miserable Roger, now in full possession of those joys which he had longed for at the casement of Hurstlcy liall, was glad to betake himself to the bench at Bacchus' a, whither he withdrew his ragged regiment. Thus, that crock had spoilt all there was to spoil in the temper and conduct or the wire. Look also at the pre tfy prattling babes, twin boys of two years old, whom Roger nscd to hasten home to sec; who had to say their simple prayers; to be kissed and comforted, and put to bed; to bo made happier by ft wild flower picked up on his path, than if the gift had been a coral, with gold bells; where were they now? negfpcted, dirty, fretting in a corner, their red eyes full of wonder at father's altered ways, and their quick minds watching, with astonished looks, the the progress of discord. How the crock of gold had nipped those early blossoms as ft killing frost! Again, there used to be, till this sad week of wealth and riotous hilarity, that constantly recurring blessing of the morn -.nd evenmcr traver which Hosrcr read aloud, and Grace's rsalm or chapter; and afterwards the frugal meal too scanty, perhaps, and coarse but still refreshing, thank the Lord, and seasoned well with health, appetite, and the heartfelt sense of satisfaction that all around was earned by honest labor; and there was content, and hope of better times, and God's good 11 .,1 . oicssing over evcryuiing. Now, all these pleasures had departed; gold, unhallowed gold, gotten hastily in the beginning, broadcast on tho rank, strong soil of a heart that cov eted it earnestly, had sprung up as a crop of poisonous tares, and choked th patch of wheat; gold, unhallowed gold, light come, light gone, had seared or killed tho floek of unfledged loves that nscd to nertlo in the cotter's thatch as surely . as if the cash were stones, flung wantonlvby truants at A dove-cot; and forth from tho .xrock, that egg of woe, had been hatched ft red-eyed vulturc,'to tyrannizo in this sad home, where but lately the pelican had dwelt, and spread her fostering wing, and poured out tho wealth of her affections. ; . WHY SZKATOB ATCHX505 IS ABSEHT rSOJt THE POST OF DUTY. The fact has already been noted that the President of the benatc, Mr. Atcu iron was absent from his post, at the opening of the present session of Congress, and that he expected to be absent for several weeks hence ho re signed the presidency of the Senate The inquiry naturally arises, what important business keeps him away from Washington at the present time, occu pying tho high relation he did to the ben ate of the United btates? We saw it charged in some of. the papers, not long ago, that ho was engaged in the western counties of Mis souri, in organizing companies of young man to go over into Kansas and voto for members of the legislature, favorable to the introduction of slavery there.. In other words, that ho was engaged in the very discreditable work ofpipelaying a sufficint number of voters to control the elections in favor of slavery thinking doubtless, that with the institution once fastened upon them, like tho shirt of Nessus they could never cast it off again. We warned our readers last summer, that such would be tho course pur sued by the pro-slavery Advocates of 1110 ivansas 01 u, in oraery 10 consummate their ncfarirous designs upon that territory. What was then prediction, is now in ft fair way to become history, and that soon. Through, this abominable system of pipe-laying, a pro-slavery delegate to Congress has already been elected, and by tho samo base means a pro-slavery Legislature will soon bo returned. Such is tho impotant business that now detains Senator Atchison from his seat in Congress. On the Cth of November last he was in Platte county, one of the western county of Missouri bordering on Kansaa. While there he mado a speech to the people, of which the following is an extract, as reported by the Platte -4ry; "Gen Atchison said that hit mission here to-day was, it possible, to awaken the people of this county to the daugcr ahead, and to suggest the means to avoid it The people of Kansas in their first elections would decide the Jucstion, whether or not the slsre-hol-er was to bo excluded, and it depended upon a msjoity of tho votes cast at the polls. Now if a set of fanatics and demagogues, a thousand miles off, could afford to advanco their

meney and exert every nerve to aboliüonize the territory and exclude the slave-holder, when they have not the least personal interest, what is your duty? When you retde within a day's journey or so of tho Territory, and when your peace, your .quiet, and your property depend upon your action, you can without an exertion, send five hundred of your young men who will vote in favor of your institutions. ; : "Should each conuty in the.State) of Missouri only do its duty, the question will the decided quietly and peaceably at the ballot-box. If we are defeated, thcrf Missouri and the other Southern States will have shown themselves recreant to their interests, and will deserve their fate." X A. Trihine.

D02TT STAT LOKO. 'Don't stay long, husband,' said a young wifo tenderly, in my presence one erenint as her husband was ttrew paring to go out. The words themselves were insignificant, but the look of melting fondness with which they were accomnanied. SDoko volumes. It told ail the whole, vast depths of a' woman s love of her happiness when with her husband of her rrrief when the light of his smile, tho source of all her joy, beamed not brightly upon her. Don't stav'lonc. husband! And I fancied I saw thelovintr. rcntle wife. sitting alone, anxiously counting the moments of her husband's absence, every few minutes running to the door to see4ff he was in sight, and finding that he was not. I thought I could hear her exclaiming in. disappointed '.tones 'not y. ...... . 'Don't stay long. ' husband.' And again I thought I could see thejyoung wue, rociung nerseii nervously in the great arm chair, and weenimr aa through her heart would break, as her thoughtless 'lord and master' prolonged his stay to a wearisome length of time. . O, you that have wives that ssy Don't stay long, 'when you go forth; think of them kindly, when vou are mingling in the busy hire of life And try, lust a little to make their homes and hearts happy, for they Are genu too seldom found, and when lost too Bcldom rcplaced. You cannot; find. amid tho Pleasure of the world. lh peace and joy, that a quiethome, blesstl Ä tWlft, M.h . MAMr. ..A.A. .A vu mui auv.ua nuwau apivacucc, Will afford. Don't stay long, husbandl' and the young wife'a look seemed , to say for here in your own sweet home, is a loving, heart whoso music is hushed when you are absent Here is a soft breast for you to lay your head upon, and here are rjuro hns. unsoiled by sin, that will pay you with kisses for Think of it men. when vour wires say to you, doa't stay long and 6, don't let ike kind word pass unheeded as of httlo value, for though they may be to you, the disappointment or fulfilment of their simple loving wish, brings grief or joy to them. if you have an hour to spare, bestow it upon them and the puro love, gushing from their gentle grateful heart, willbe sweet reward. The newsjrom the old world, comev ever And anon to our ears, fullof aor ' row and death. When we . read the report of a battle, we look through the smoke of the field, to the de Ad and dying, and shudder. But alas it ends not here. There Are desolate homes to which thought goes mournfully The wife lookstor the husband in vain,' the sister weeps for the brave lost brother, the aged motlerthears not the voice of the son of her heart But thero is a consolation in this sorrow he died on the field of battle, he du d fighting bravely, the mantle of tl.e hero is folded aboihim, say the atricken one, wc have a good memory of our lost and loved. But of that great and noislcss battle, that curses America, where the husband And .son And brother, pass slowly away, there U little. said. The noise of the cannon the clash of swords is not heard; the implemens of death are slower but none the less sure. The father totters home, from this battle, with bloated form, tho son is a dagger to his mother's heart, the sister turns from her brother and weeps tears of shame. The wounded are ever with us, the blood shoteye, tho haggard facei the fierce torturing thirst that eats away the heart, are far worse than bayonett and ball, and tword. The homes, darkened with ft curse, hare no beam of joy, hope or honor, to illuminate them, We may turn pale and grow sick at heart, .to read of the thousands who fall in an hour; but oh, we should weep as victim after victim falls in rum's great battle. God of the just aid the right! Tern, Wreath.. . X3"A swell clerk from the city of New York who was spending an eveningjn a conntry tavern, cast about him for some amusement Feeling secure in tho possession of the , most money, ho made the following offer. "I will drop money into a hat .with any msn in the room. The ono who -holds out the longeet shall take the ' whole and treat the company "I'll do it, 'said an old farmer. Tho cockney drooped in (a quarter; the countryman followed with bungtown copper. "Go on said the cockney. "I won't said the farmer, tako the whole and treat the company ÄiTTho present is the first year sincu 1847. that MissAcmiseus nss elected a Governor by the people. tCJ-'A largo quantity of salt is repor ted as being on the way from hau nawha. liiere has been no salt of any account in this city for month.