Indiana American, Volume 23, Number 1, Brookville, Franklin County, 22 December 1854 — Page 2

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"MtDOtD BIT TO TRI'TH, TO LlkKRTY AB law, NO ftVOR HAT It, AMD 0 1111 ftHAlL . T. A. GOODWIN, Editor. BSOOtVTLLI, nrDIAyA. . ruiDAY. nKCETinr.ic i, isst. XiTThe JclIA Dcmo.vis will please excuse" ns for not saying long ago, tliat they would have a fair in connection with their supper. Well, wo will 'say it now. r Sorry we can't possibly be there to disenss ther pig's feet" question! They will please sent! Our share of the good things lö th office, or send one of their number to set type while we attend the fair. That following' is their cardr ; - - ;" Fair and Sapper. - The Julia Dumont Sewing iSociety will hold a Fair in the College ' Hall, on tho 22d of December, for the purpose of raising funds to furnish a hall for the use of tlin Julia Dumont Literary Society. There will bo various articles for sale, bottt fanciful nnd useful. Oysters, and other refreshment also, will bo prepared. The public arc respectfully invited to attend and parents are especially invited to briog their children', as the Society ha taltcn grcatcaro to prepare suitable ' Christ mas present Ada, 1Iatmoxd, . v. LAftU 1I.TT, :) CoMUTTM, 1 r i - Slavery in. Kansas. The Cincinnati Enquirer ' has at length discovered that thcro U danr of Slavery going into Kansas , It no w icta that tho plea of squatter , sour cignty wm all a humbug. . It thus alludes to the'efforts now mating f n Missouri to introduce slavery there. 1 low strangely this contrasts with tho doctrine of that ahect a fW weeks Ago when ; contending that slavery could not go to that territory. The inquirer ftyi:: . S ". ''. '.;, Thcro teems tobe little doubt that there ia an ultra Pro-slavery party in the State of Missouri, with Senator Atchison at the hand, which Is moving bearcn nnd earth to introduce tho institution of slayory into Kansas-!. That gentleman has recently made several speeches Jn the western counties of Missouri, urging upon his hearers the importance of their taking measures to secure that end.. So busy is he in hU projects of slavery extension that ho is unable to attend to his duties in the United States Senate, of which body he has lately resigned tho Presidency. Owing to hU counsels and ' the efforts of, tho ultra Slavery party, there has" teen improper and highly censurable interference . upon the part of Missourians in thodoracstio concern of the people of Kansas. This (actis established beyond controversy by -the letter of Covenor Reader, in reply tö a call mado upon ' him toy public.' meeting to issue a notjeq for.thd election "of members of tha Legislature. ! Oovernor " Header very properly declined to do so, and asserted and proved "that the pretend ed meeting was almost, if not entirely, composed of. citizens' of tho State of Missouri, who had no idea of settling in Kansas! It is charged,' too, by a numbtr of letter-writers that in the late delegate 'election; hundreds; of Missourians crossed tho boarders and voted in various; prccints, and the assertion, taken-in Connection "with the letter of Covenor Header and the tone of the slavery press 'la Missouri, has an extremely proVabto look. r. . .' ... , " : : Tho Homestead Bill. ' Wo ; are happy to announce to our readers that Mr. Dawson, of Pa., the if ' " -' author of the .Homestead Dill, which passed the Ilousq at. its last session, and was amended to death in the Senate, (to avoid the Presidential Veto which it was supposed would till it, if it made free grants of lands to actual settlers,) La already given notice of a new one.. It provides that nny person, who is at the head of a family, or Is 21 years old, arid isacitizenof the United States, may eater , a quarter section of .land at the rate, of four teen and a half cents ' per acre, to be paid in five years, on condition of ac taal Icttlemcut thereon', for that length of time.,' Abandonment o( it for six months at any one time, forfeits tho land. - r Section C place on an equal footing with citizens of tho United States, all foreigners now' In the country, who shall have declared their intention to become citizans before the passage of this act, and shall perfect their natu ralization before the issuanco of ttlic patent. " Persons entering lands under this law are to pay tho Kegistcrs and Receivers, of the Land Office, the same compensation as tho Government now pays, when they arc entered with mon 7- ' '.' This bill lias not yet been taken up foraction. , n .. . . ' Laurel School. This school, under the supervision of Mr. Miner", Vecms. to be in, a flour ishing condition, between one and two hundred students being in attendance. Mr. M. is said to be a competent teach er. Sec advertisement. ..

Slavery in Missouri. i Tin St. Louis FnUlligcnccr, of the!

lith, has an urticlc in reference to the rapid inert hsu uf !nii.r lhe untl i-gruunl railroad. It thryMtrf. h)' that paper, t sul-rt the inntittitioti t of silvery in I lie Stat, und unhnsef fectU'dlv checked, it will erriainly Jo ! BO. ! The Intelligencer says: I So far ns we are rn rsonully concern U'd.wt-do not a-k sympathy for our I losses in thu line. We were weak cnough two years oyotobuya netjro man in Kentucky on hi own and Iiis white friends' entreaties, to bring him to St. Louis where his "beloved wife" was. We bought him, paid for him, and brought him here nnd hugged oursclf for having a human heart that1 pitied tho sorrows even of a poor darkey, who was "separated from the wife of his bosom." I5ut, lo! in a few brief weeks the grateful and affectionate Kentucky darkey flVd fiom the coveted embraces of his "dear wife," and sought refuge in the more loving arras of Chicngo Abolitionists! We have had no attack of nigger. humanity since, and feci ourself cured for hie. ; . ; ." . ' The same writer Bays that there are ten negroes taken from Missouri now to one that was "spirited away" before lY.o passage of Douglas's bill. There is just enough of slavery in the Statt) to prevent the white mechanics and laborers from coming in and settling, and not sufficient to do thousandth part of thj work which ought tobe done in the Statt.' If c proposes as a remedy that slurry be , cither abolished altogether, or that the African slavo trade be opened, And by that mcaus ottsin a plentiful supply, and recommends that Douglas and Atchison give heed to the latter proposition.- ' ' ' ' ( ' The it. Louis Uepnblican recommends tliu establishment of a border police, to prevent the slaves from running oflf. Tho Intelligencer considers this rather an expensive raodo of doing thingv and says that' if lave prop r rty.wcrc taxed to support a police to protect a statu line a thousand miles in length, it would aoon render alave property worthless. . I II .1 . . Sandwich Islands. On the 1st of November the U. 8. iloops-of-war ! Portsmouth and St. Marys, aud tho ntcam' frigates Susquehanna and Mississippi wero lying at Honolulu. Uio two former accm bomcsticated, while tho former was the bearer of the mails wo ' havo just re ceived, and the latter is on her way homo from Japan. An English frigate ami a French sloop-of-war are also there watching the progress of events'. On tho night of Oct. 2Cth; the Com mander and Officers of the U. S. sloop-of-war St. Marys gave a largo and splendid ball ou board their vessel. This most beautiful of our national vessels presented a very splendid ap pearance in her gay dress of many and rich colored flags, to which the bay onet-build chandeliers, and tastfully disposed groops of "muskets nnd cutlasses added a brilliant, and, at the samo time, a military appearance. About forty whalers had at rived at Honolulu from the fishing grounds in the Okhotsk Sea, and from the Japan cost. They had met with but indifferent success. ,. Doubtful Banks. We predict that in less than a week the Drookville Dank will throw out tho paper of the following banks: Dank of Connersville, Northern Indiana at Logansport, State Stock do. State Stock Peru, Drover's bank Rome Plymouth bank Plymouth. Trader's bank Terrc Ilauto, Orango bank 'Posey ville, Bank of , America Morocco, Merchant's bank Springfield, Merchant's bank Lafayette, Elkhart Co. bank, and somo of the Illinois banks. Let our readers bo careful about taking them. , . . 1 The Light of the Teraple ; Is a book of raro excellence. Dr. Strickland has surpassed any of his former efforts in its production. It is a book that every Mason should read, and everybody clso may read it with plcasuro and profit. It is "got up" by Jacob Ernst inn beautiful style, and. reflects honor on tho publisher ns well as n the author. Turkey for the Holidays. ! Will not somo of our country friends send us a turkey or Shanghai, for a Holiday ronstV Lawrtnctburgh Jltg ist er, You mut be crazy, Uro. Register, to desire such a gift. What! an editor sit down to a roast at his own table!Wo venture to guess there is not a f irmer in Franklin county that , would dans rUk being thanked to death, by making ts such a present. v . ir , , A Oovernor for Utah. Col. Steptoe, U. S. A., has been nominated by tho President, Governor of Utah. The Colonel is now on tlw 6pot, is supported by a military force, and is said to be a man who combines thoso essential qualities for tho posi tion, moderation and iirmncsss. The nomination will probably bo confirmed immediately. - : . Tho Ladies' Repository, For January, has come to hand. This has, from the first, been the Lest printed Magazine in the West, but tho present number promise, that the next volume shall surpass'all its predecessors. It is on nev type, and now has G l pages, not one of w hich is unworthy of being read. .

Swisshelm on Stone. If h certain gallant gentleman we

wot of were, a subset iber to Mrs. KwUshelm' paper he would discontin ue immediatelr on account of bercrit-j isism of Miss Stone. Here nw th I woman talks of the lecturer: "Miss Stone's discourse was a complete failure. Her intonation and pro I nunciation are bad, very bad; her ap. Eearance very unprepossessing, and er voice, deficient in depth and power. She is not handsome, and the manner in which she wears her hair and dresses would disGgaie even Venus herself until she would be scarcely passi bier and we do sincerely wish she was done lecturing, and settled down, at her proper vocation, whatever that is." This is deriddly: uncourteoiu, but worse: ' 1 ' ' ' "If any woman hat the gift of public speaking, she has aright to speak; but we have never yet heard one who displayed any more than very ordinary ability in this line. We have never yet heard a woman delivera speech that would have been more than tolerated from a man, and it docs appear to us that' in a proper distribution of the world's worV, there would be very few women , to spare for, public speaking." . That is too naughty, .Sister Swisshelm. Remember Miss Stone is a woman and your mother was a woman and, ergo, you ought not say anything against tho dear creature. But UU us,- Sister Swisshelm, what are your views about female lectures. Do they claim exemption from critcism because they are of the feminine gen der? If they do, . will they do the came when ' they become politicians and candidates and all that ? We want to know, for thereon bangs important questions. Awful Execution.' The death of Darry, who was exe cuted at Buffalo, on Friday, for the murder of his wife was a most shock iog occurrence. That criminal was robed, in a frock of white, girt by a black crape sash, and ou his brow the fatal cap. During his dressing for the grave, the distracted man cried out: "Great Cod! Oh! my God! what an end I have come to! Merciful God, look down on me! Oh! Lord have mercv on ray soulf ' It was rum that did it." . ' To his dying moment did that ter rified man proclaim that his murder ed wife did not offend him in anything, that he loved her, and yet under tho nfernal until of rum had he imbrued his hand in her blood: that hand with which, but thrco short months before, he had ' pledged her his love and protection. He shrieked with terror, and his cries for mercy were piteous, Out lie had been guilty of one of the foulest murders on rtcord, and he must die; the safety of society.deraan ded his life. Through his imprison ment but little penitence was exhibit ed, nnd his attempt to break jail, and his subsequent efforts to commit suicide proved that the physical tu Uc ring, and the ignominy of the scanold alone mado him the coward. But he could not escape his fate, and ' during the preparation for tho execution continued to cry out,"Oh that I should come to such an end: It was rum that did it! ' Bank Paper Annihilated. A correspondent of the Albany Ex press, writing from New York, furnishes an acccunt of a new, invention which bids fair to work a revolution in the prodnction of bank notes. The inventor is a Yankee, who has contrived, by photography, to manufac ture spurious bank bills which defy detection. As a test, tho inventor took from the president of a bank in New York a 85 note of his own bank, and, on the following day, returned, it with an imitation which so closely simulated the genuine that the presi dent was unablo to identify his own bill. He deposited the spurious bill with a number of good ones, at the counter of his bank, telling the officers that he believed one of the bills to be a counterfeit, but . the toller decided that all wero equally good. Important to Executors and Admin , lstrators. It would Fccm from tho decision in the case of Lasure et. al., v. Carter, that the law of 1863, amending the law of '52, by which executors and administrators can allow and pay off claims out of Court it unconstitution al. And that tho law of 1C62 is still in force, which requires all such claims to be tiled in tho Common Pleas Court. LAuan. pom PAcrao. The pork'scason is now fast winding to a close, Not. so much grunting And squealing at formerly. About 3000headhavc been slaughtered, but principally by Messrs. Mitchcl tt Co., and Christler & Ulum, at prices ranging from S3 50 to 64 0 per 100 lbs., net. " ' ; 1 Tn: Tkkahcrt to me Emptied. A Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Hun, sayt. Inasmuch, as tho character of the next House is already supposed to po determined, nnd at it it not expected to be remarkably favorablo to the views either of the Administration or of tli present majority of Cougrcas, the expediency of depriving tho next House of the sinews of politics that is to tay, the urplut in the treasury is generally acknowledged. .. Measures are in contemplation for reducing tho amount of money in the Treasury, especially if tho revenue bo not reduced. Cengresa may find many nnd proper objects of publio expenditure in paying debts, settling long-contested and troublesome claims, making publio improvement, aug menling the Navy, and carrying out u proper tyttem of coast defence, by stationary or other means. - i

2Btn' IRtttHon. "rCorn is selling at 60 cents, in Cincinnati. Oats, at 35, flour at 7CÜ. XNa-ic-ation at Wheeling Va. is

dosed by ice. So it I at Brookville. X-iTGen. Sam Houston was baptised by iramcrsiou, at Houston. Texas, recently. XITMadam Rcuor says that one of our distlnguiihtd young men intend to send us some cake next week. : 'STThe revival in the' Methodist church in th;s placo continues with unabated interest.' "" " ' jKärSwiggett says he is coming to the Fair and Supper. Going to wear that blue overcoat, Selb? JSrWe have a new set of Clark's Commentaries for sale at twelve dol lars in Connersrille money. - t . ; ''3Tlfyou are afraid to lend your money go and buy some of that land Geo. Holland offers for sale. It will sell cheap unless some body runs it up. 3TSome Shy locks are demanding gold of those indebted to them, and at the same time advocating the cause of banks.. , JtiTThe Auditor of Vanderburgh county lets out the "Delinquent List" to the lowest bidder. This saves tho county a handsome sum. JtiTWANTtD, about two more heartless wreckers, who are willing to make a fortune out of the abandonment of the railroad. , . JfctT"Since the Sons of Temperance have admitted the ladies to the Division rooms, they have had good meeting'. - -v. JtW President Pieree rchched his fiftieth birthday on the 27th utt.V the Thanksgiving day of the District of Columbia. . . . irThe meeting ot stockholders of the Valley Railroad, last week, resulted in a determination to disband, if it can bo done without too great a sacrifice. iTApadlock umbrella has been invented for security to owners. A small padlock it afilxcd, which cannot be taken off, nor the umbrella opened, except with the key. TNyo Sc Snow, of New Trenton,

have told their ttock of goodt totho;109-- w,lily ,ivinS. he had l.i breathe ton-in-law of Mr. Nvc. Mr. Nve will ihe same air poor people did. To be

probably move to Richmond, and Mr. Snow to a farm near Drcwcrsburgh. . . . . . . " ' . . I jL-tj innnKB in iu-v. i. ni. r.u iv i n... n if t.i.t.. r . i for a copy of the minutes of the South Eastern Indiana Conference u?ycar.

nave none oi me conicrences pumisn th( nfttlonillity of ,olaml xnv. ed minutes this year? , ' ry and Itily. We learn from another XiT Who are you in favor of for source that England and France have Senator? is a question often asked us. about determined to do so, unless Well, we don't like to say, as wo dojPmssia and A ustiia declare against not wish to embarrass the action of tho j Russia. As these powci s will not do legislature in the'premises. i that, we regard tho war as but begin-

J&TOut neighbor Bentley, is to bo a candidate for Clerk of the Senate, this winter. Mr. B. is an accural and ready scribe, and will make a good officer if elected,

XiTTho New Albany papers aeem.iJeriibi0 tnrouch j, ftnd visitej lhe

disposed to lort French, of the Jeffer tonville Republican, about that tunnel he talks cf making under the Ohionear the Penitentiary. XiTvVe learn that our city Fathers have determined to tear down the old Market House. What disposition they intend to make of its poetry, we aro not informed. i23TThe pork market in Cincinnati, has been quite changeable since our last. It was down to 4 00 last week, but it is up again to near 5 00 for very good hogs. TThe Senator from Switzerland must excuse us. We can not conveniently arrange our business so as to spend six years in tWashington. Wo hope we are not to be annoyed by any more such applications. 3 The Democrats have a majority of one in the Senate of Iowa, but in consequence of one being disabled by a broken arm, there is a tie, and at the last account from Iowa city, the Senate have not organized. jftTDoes not prudenco dictate that an embankment should be made immediately, just noith of tho old tanyard? A few dollars spent there, before the flood comes, would aave thousands. The flood may bo expected in about two weeka, and a great one too. What will Coxoaiss no? We can't tell certainly, but we guest they will meet at high twelve, and adjourn at about two adjwurn from Thursday to Mondayfrank speeches that wero never made take eight dollars a day until the 4th of March, and then retire, iTThe Supremo Court of Indiana has decided that a tax levied by a vote of a town or township, for school purposes, is unconstitutional and there fore void. Look to this, taxpayers. We will publish the decision in full next week. rrrOur Countv Treasurer was re - fc!n t;,ia f ff R.v iMuij satt sasssM'T vi -- 'twwtat Mwttvji last Wednesday, owing to tho State m 1 a .1. t - ireasurers reiusing to iaKetomene had sent out, 'He will probably take . .1. ... omc maus ncxi wee, diu wnai, ne docs not now know, X3TAU honest people in the neighborhood of Westport, Decatur county, Brecautioned not to trust a fellow living there, by tho name of S. S. Seely. Any man who will allow a paper to go to his addres nearly two years, and then refuse to pay for ft, is a mean man.

jTifAt the late session of the U. S. District Court for the District of Ohio, Rush R. Sloan, Esq.- of Sandusky, was found guilty of t violation of the Fugtire act, and in a civil suit a judgment for damage amounting to three thousand dollars, anc cot, was rendered against him. JCJTlt Is rumored in Dunlapsville that somewhere within a great ellipse of Oxford and Liberty are the foci there is to be a paper started an the organ of the "Araerican"party in the region adjacent. As to the Editors, Publisher, Jtc., in ad a me rumor has more to tay than publie documents. ; jCSTThe experiment of employing females to wait, on the table, at the Dcnnison House, succeeds well, nnd is followed by many other first elass hotels. We arc glad of this," not only because it furnishes the best kind of attention at the table, but because it furnishes another menn ef employment to worthy girls.

; Decision or the Svphk jk Court. Shillu-o v. Tk State. Appal from Franklin Circuit Court. Davison J. : Indictment under sec. 60, ch. 63, U. S., 1843, allcdging' that Shilling did on, Ac, nttfc,. keep a ccitain tippling house, wherein tpiritou liquors were sold, without license, to be drunk in and about the tarnc, which , tippling house was then and there kept by him at' m a iisordcrlv manner, to the nnnovaoce, Ac. Trial. Judgement for State. ' ' ' . . ..... . ... ; ! Held, That- the ' offen i ufli. ciently charged in the indictment Whenever tho charge connist of a series of actt, at in tho present case, they need not be espcrially tlencribed, sinco they arc not the offen itself; but merely go to makeup thu evidence of the offense. 1 Chit. Cr. Law, 171. 3 Blackf. 507. , 1 Judgmen affirmed. ' Hot.LAM) for appellant. ..'.. , Hord for appollee. Shockiso. A man worth $ßoü,ouo was killed, In one of the 'disasters" east, and the fact of his being rich and not being known he was buried in the Pottcra Field with poor people ! What a pity 1 It Wii bad enough I t !. .1 1.1 buried with them is shocking. JTin Kossuth has made a gnat t i ..... sDeecn in lionuon on tiio Mos ern war qucslion. He think9 u lhe lnIt üU f tho Allies , tU.clarein fllvor of ng. May God defend the right, and promote the cause of human liberty. , JC5T Rev. Jno. Gilchr st has returned from Kansas. He spent twelve davt in the territorw travelled eonMissionary stations of the Presbyterian, Baptist, and Moravian Churches. On his return to Dunlapsvillo, he do livered a public lecture, giving a description of the cotntry, climate, drc. Ho was n.uch pleased with the Stale, but tells some hard stories of tho "squatter sovereigns." Ho thinks it will be a free State. We hope ho will furnish some items for publication. Dtino. While most persons dread dying, it is convenient to have dying done sometimes. Mr. Truesdalo of Cincinnati is prepared to dye silks or any kind of goods, at a reasonable price. We saw somo specimens of hit work last week that looked as well as new. Remember the place; sec his card. Alahmixq vxiir. John Mitchell, the man who fought for tho Irish independence, and wrot against tho lib erty of tho negro, has intimated his intention to quit America because of tho spread of Know Nothingism! He thinks ho should prefer Russia or Spain to tho United States, if Nativcism con tinues to triumph. Very likely. The man who has so strong a liking for a cotton plantation nnd a lot of likely negroes, as JoJin Mitchell, in better fitted to live under a despotism than a republic. But what will t tho couutry do, if John Mitchell fulfills his threat, and transfers his dear self to the soil of Castile or to tho city of the Czirs? We "don't know" certainly; but we think he will leave our hhoies very much tas his countryman Patrick did, when he went back to "ould Ireland." Calling to bid one of his companions adieu, I'atnck expressed hm regrets ! at being obliged to leave "Aiiictiky." His friend replied, by saying, 4'And ' sure, Patrick, there'll be lots of dry eyes the day that ices yo go." So wo ! think it will be with Juhu Mitchell. ' Thcro wiU Lo of dry eyes when ihe starts on his voyage across the seas. Lct lum SP Thk anmxation of tho SandJ wich Islands) may now bo set down as i - fjxcj ri. RnJ ilA vnl,. ,.f ,r now possessions, is an interesting subject of investigation. Tho Sandwich Islands that nre inhabited are eight in number, an ug; regate area of 6,000 squaru miles, being about one-fifth that of the Island of Cuba, Of theso C.000 square miles, only a small portion is arablo land. . Honolulu, the leading port

possesses the only safe harbor at present; but there are harbors in the other islands, that could be made available for shipping, with some artificial means. . The exports consist of sugar, syrup, molasnes, galls, coffee, salt, wool? rora nuts nnd provisions.

The climate is represented as being remarkably uniform and salubrious. The temperature of the" eastern sides is seventy-two degrees : in winter, tho thermometer rarely goes below sixty degrees.' , '. V 1 The soil and climate of the Sandwich Islands are well adapted to the cultivation of wheat, cotton, tobacco, coffee, indigo, silk, arrow root, and potatoes. Sugar U becoming one of the leading producta of the islands. Pierce's Resignation. , While the canvass was going on between Pikrck and Oen Scottj for the presidency, one of the best arguments ufied'in favor of the -election of Pierce, was based upon the fact that he resigned hit place in the Senate of tho United Stales, to which he had been elected by the Legislature of New Hampshire.- ? ' " He resigned that very honorable position it was said, and jt was generally understood, because official respon bibilitics were annoying to him, and because he preferred the quietude of professional avocation, and the i felicities of privato life.. , - . v This pretence, believed .to be a.rra litj byjjthe people, gftvc him thousands and thousnnds of votcs,--whiIe Scott't foolish pondering, under the guidanco of shallow demagogues,, to theMrihe Dutch accent, and tho swats Irish brogue, "loKt bim.quit as many.. If the Tanptranct men all over 'the land had known the (rut cnuso of the resigning of hi place of United Statea Senator from New Hnranshiro, they would not have voted,, honestly, for Mr. Pierce,' for President. But they did not know tho true cause, or, if any of them were told, they were told as wo were, that, hs had reformed. ; We weiu not told this, however, until after the election. If we .had been, we would not have voted for him.' Wo want'-men : for Presidents 'who are fonned right naturally; not men who med, to reform thsmselvot, becausenaiuru may havu erred in their conformation. , . . . . . Mr. Pierce, it Is said,' resigned his plnco as a Senator, in accordance with tho advice of his personal nnd conti deniial friends, who thought, it the beet thing ho cuiild do for his credit as well as for theirs. What we want to get at woip is, whether any of thoso old and true friends of Mr. P. are dill living, and if so, whether they have any influence over him? If yes, we think they would do tho country great servicc'by repeating their former ad vice, and getting him to follow it again. We know there is a great obstaclo at present in the way of this. Atckisox, who is known in Missouri, as"0j Hourhon," is now President of the Senate, thus Vice President, and thence President, if Pierco should resign. But the next iScnate might bo induced to elect a better man than Atchison to bo its Piesidcnt, and thus that difficulty, and that great objection might be removed, and the government once mora could bo put uuder tho guidance of sober and discreet men. (Jhanttcleer. . Mahried In Denning, October 27th, by Jacob Osterhoudt, Esq., Mr, Nathan Hincklit to Miss Mart ., Doxalrsox, of rxeversink, Sullivan county. There were some peculiar circumstances attending tho above marriage which do not usualy accompany ccri monies of th'u kind. Tho parties were to hare been married on the 26th. Mr Hinckley started to the . residence of his betrothed, somo nine miles, but before arriving thero was met by a youn man with a gun, who told him he could not go to the house. There was a notice on the gateway, or bars leading to the house, reading "NO ADMITTANCE." The young man with the gun aslced Hincltley if ho had read it. Hinckley repliedthat he had.whereupon ho was informed that he had better give heed to it, and somo demonstrations wero made, intimating that there mfaht be somo shooting going on'if he did not. Deeming prudence the better part of valor, young Hinckley beat a retreat, and forthwith took counsel how ho might accomplish by stratagem what he did not like to undertake to bring about by force. He finally'hit upon the following expedient. He re mcmbcrcd that Miss Donaldson had in her possession a ring that belonged to him, so what docs ho do bat get out a warrant for her, send the constable, nnd bring her forthwith before 'Squire Ostcrhoudt, on a charge of petting goods under false pretenses. That Is exactly what ho did. When tho constable went after Miss Donaldcon, her father was at work somo distance frum the house, nnd of couroe kneja nothing of ub.it was foing on, till the constable, with the fair prisoner, was well on his way. After the officer and prisoner arrivcJt at 'Squire Ostcr houdt's, it did not take lonfor Hinckley to withdraw the complaint and pay costs, after which the arrangement of the notice given above took placo in 8tantcr. 6frr, V. 1, Democrat. Law and Freedom in Indiana. Th Hawsvillo, Ky., Jiagle, of Nov. 23J, contains the following: "COMMITTED. There was committed to tho Jail of Breckenridgo Col Ky., on the Gth day of August, 1851, a negro man calling himself Rybon Mayo. He was taken up in Indiana, about UO miles below Louisville. Ho states th.it lie is free, but lins no free papers: ho says, also, that he is from Manchester, Va., and that he was born free, and left there in 1848. When first committed he said he belonged to a man living in Campbell co., Ky., by the name of Wm. Carr, living about 20 miles from Covington. Said negro is of a dark copper color, about b feet 0 indies high weighs about 175 or 1 GO pounds has the mark of a fish on his left side, and a scar from a burn on the right side about 30 years old. The owner, if any, will plsase come forward, prove property and pay charges, or he will be dealt with as the lota directs. "J. H. KEEN AN, "Jailor of Brcckenridge Co., Ky."

Freemen of Indiana, what think you of this? A man taken from your own Slate, and incarcerated in the prison of another State, without any charge of crime, or even un alledcd suspicion of crime,' and without being claimed either as the runaway property of any slaveholder. 'For ought appears he is as much entitled to freedom as any citizen of Indiana. Yet kidnappers have seized him, and unblushtngly advertised for an owner. An owner of course will be found; the kidnappers will see to that, though it makes little difference whether one claims him or not, unless he has money to pay the charges, or friends that will do it for him, for he wiil have tobe sold into slavery to pay these charges, i "He ha tio free papers!"; Has it come to this? Ia Indiana so much of a slave State that h man must carry free papers with him to save him from bcin? kidnapped? How long 'will the people submit to such insulis, to such uegTcdation? Free Democrat. ? jtiTWe learn that Professor Larrnbee has been tendered the appointment of President of the Iowa. State University, with a. salary , of 81600 per annum. Cambridge News. --... : Wt leeturi T frbm""anoUir.. 'quarter that he has been tendered an editor

ship by tho Harpers. , , , t x . &0rrcsp0nbt nee; , OxroaD, Onto, Dec, ICth.,..., Mm. Editor. Docs Mrs. Victoria, queen of England,; take -the .Brookville American ? or does Lou w Napo leon Esq., of France, tako it ?. or has your paper, jvlon svith the Titrut and Tribuns ot New York, been interdicted in ; the Gallic 'kedentry ? ' J ask tbese questions becnuw I m abort t to writo . a paragraph . on, , the , ''CRitcrn question" and .inasmuch as.- 4nbv takes .position. on "neutral ground," I will not like to involve the government in tho quarrel on vvj account. ? In regard to the great fight, then, now going on between tho Csar, and tho allied army, I feci precisely as the old . lady did . whon her husband was fighting the bear "I don't care a cent which whips." The miserable , pre: tence that England and Franco are engaged in lbs war in behalf of, tho op pressed tomainUin the Integrity and the existence of Turkey, is simply a grand humbug, : It is a war of am bition and of conquest on the part of tho allied powsrs, as .truly as it is in the part of Russia. . And tho govern mcnt of the Unitea States has more to fear, in my opinion, from the gras ping powers of England and France, than from any other source whatever. While Turkey fought alone, something t was tione brilliant victories were gained; but now, all we hear is that Sevastopol is not taken, and that the Turks are cowards, and ran away!Viva la humlugf "'Hard Times" will do for my next paragraph. It i tho all-absorbing subject of remark. 3t costs such a tremenduous sum of money , to get flour and potatoes, and butter and eggs. Every body is wondering how any body can stand it, nnd yet every body lives on, jusf as'bigh and fast as when tho times wero easy. You have written somo very sensible articles on tho subject of economy, but I am afraid they will not do nny good. In this country Extravagance is tho ml ing passion, and the prolific sou reo of ten thousandjbankruptcies. - Oh, fool ! why do you live beyond your income, to gratify a vain desire to outshine your neighbor? . I have one fault lo find with the present editor of the Brookvillo American. , He don't encourage the poetical talent that exists in such abundance about Brookville. Clsrkaon used to publish a whole column of doggerel verses once in a while, for the amusement of the public, ' and I have laughed over somo of the "poems," until the 'tears ran down like rain.' I hope the poets will send in their favors ns fast as possible, and that you, Mr. Editor, will encourage western "genius." It is your duty to do it. Tho season of new books is at hand, and it promises somo great things. The lifo of Barnum is out, and is, without doubt, the greatest of all his humbug. People will buy it of course for somehow the people love to be humbugged. I suppose it will run through a hundred editions in a short time, be cause it is such a capital humbug 1 Oo and get it,' dear reader, as you will, all the more, because 1 tell you it is a humbug 1 You nlludc, in your Inst week's pa per, to one John Smith, that never wai married. Can it bo possible that any one ot tho Smith family is so in fatuatcd ns that ? Lct no reader of the American Suppose Jthat I am' the "John" referred to notby 'no means'.' While I write theso lines a duplicate copy of my beloved self, slumbers sweetly In a ''crib" hard by and I perfectly agree with Mr. M. F. Tuppcr, that a "babe In a houso is a wellsprint of pleasure." Do tell that a - John Smith to' go and get married. Does ho want the name to become extinct ? A printing press arrived yesterday; and "on or about" th first of Janua uary, will be issued ho first number of the "Oxford Citizen." May 'it flourish a thousand years! The. New School Presbyterian Seminary building met with a sad necident a few days ago, in the falling of a part of one of the outside walls. It will bo repaired . .o,i;i nmciM Tr I fall pl'vvu"; " 1'-"- - our new President, has not arrived yet"; but is expected in a few days. It is though that the Old. School Trcsby.

terians will withdraw their patronage if they do, the Allege will feel the loss very sensibly. They have heretofore had the entire control; but Dr. Hall is "New School." Smc renval influence is experienced at present in the O. S. church, under lhe rnin'utry of Rev. Mr Mahby. JOHN SMITH. ' .Btb'bbtrlistmtnts. GREAT SALE" OK.. REAL ESTATE. BTOÄDZR OF TinT COüBT OP COKKOlf Pitta.. of Frauk Im rnuuiv. Ind.. In Iii cm ll)im J. Hoben, at. ft. J..h KoWrti, 4,1. tb iHler-ig-ned Commission 111 u-ll ti ftabiie outcry, on lb pre Bilk, In Wait WaWtawnahtr. la county, on i . - , , , Tuesday, the 22d of January, 1855, , The follow Inureal f"UU,aitual4 UtiU count': No. 1. Tha qr of mcIiud 4, law a . run . containing' ICO tw, more or Irr. VUlt it u lu. prorad farm, lib a brick Joalllog bUH on it, U tineofttietMBe!jriibvrl.ooJa t Ut ronntj, ami .

a uc.irii.in ioauin. . Tba u oder LcaL aa rnymUiAi,.. bf aal4 Court. ill alto sail .1 ui.li. - , Oldenburg, in .uloou(U,o .T... u - -H V r -' Thursday, January 24, 1855. 1 TliotulW-rleff.tarta of land alLitUf ia i.ui a.g. .lbnw rrxtkonal aeiia ti, town w. ' nre 18, containing f3J acre, axceil Uia blf eroof aoltl k Jama UonM. ronUinlrr 54 0,-100 frei. , , .... ÜO. 3. The toiiUi hk of U.a'uV ar of "acUon ' !l,tr-ralO,riiige 12, conllnlrg 7 ;e.iüt aa mora or I'm. r- . Io.4. TUe t oof lHaa trqraf aar IT, tow l, rar.0 JJ.nrirJ.O.II.mmo.d-a.. ,. . ÜO. 5 TUe 1 or Hi e n w nr t,t of-'n rarg!S. pu-ta IS. . W' II, 7: , TUfe 1 M tiMi n V ar 4f .4 to. Wn'l I. rang n of " w ,,r of "C TClt.VISriovtl.l.Tdown, tU riui.lu.lor In onaanrl twoyaar-.wm.lnut.ti U- ,rmra.tbi nota4 n;rra4 a.rity, -a,.,.. ban.t praUaaitui law, , u b taad ban t hol purchnu money I rU,aiUr the dlrortioa of aia court. UKO. Nol.l.i(i) Icaiabr, j . 'Cui!..i, ' " ' i alao r ' ' At Iba aairf Üm ui w-. i fc-Mt Mil on thOMua Wtn.. .Irublir auction" '' " w nrnr m n w qrofane It, to JO, ranga 12, In Urinlr,b(lBgsi'rtof tba NoMulUti laud. Abotitlwo ud a unartnr acraa ara tlrnrad, thraml..rt..r I, (lmlrd. a 10. Tftaiirjtr Hv a w röf W,LU 10, rsngt 13,ptrlnf tb am Iniid v llili ibara I about ona ac-arW-fit. ' 2 ' 11 I ba w nr tka w rraaa is, tnwa U. ranf i o a nart ft U nr ma Und bot t ferTM lrAfil 4t bi alOM it a log dwelling toon-, barn, N,Mt jirj)tNNl'fe, - .,. i tio I; 1lir of iba n w qr , tn u 10, rang It.-. On tnu lot iüra ara auaut 131 arra, rlfarad. ,. 'o 13. Tha t lialf of Ut ,0 ora 17, town 11. rani 13. nwr Jnl.n 12. ntiiimoml',. . No 1. Uio p w of Um. n a u 'jv, ka II, ra'g IS. - .No is. Tba w of Ihn tt o nr ,sc 2fl, loa II fing l.l. ; ' ;', i .' . o 16. Tlldiil tof lU'ri nr ft rr,tAs II rangt nt , .No I?. ' Tba a of h h or , M, vrn II .Na I. Tlio of th( n ftr Ci!, Iowa II. rang II. ; ' lo I. Tlia a ;oft n a t ?fl. Vita II rstigall. .., ., i . f .j . !so iiu. Tbc p c o( U w ort 3, to a II. rviga ii., . , , loc.JHt CEO. II0U.AÜ1. Tauret; mr sFiioolT rpiTE WINTER QUAETXR IOF.THIS SCHOOL X willcouunajra lire, tftt, H44. aal -. l.nue 14 warki. Tba rtrvn luitlun rnpa ttmm HWlUl.Wjrq.i.rli.r, Kor rarlber rorucn. lantddrai. UKO. W. MI.XKR, rTbitMa-J, iC 'A 31 laaral.Iadiana - ASSINEETjOT IOli "niCHAÄD TtTTElt Uli MADE ASSIOlf. XV lurolol ni )ruertj , uU.-cU.ittit, a.ruunu, and claims to lha utidonignrd. Tba ilook aro no ok-4 and Iba account raailjr for Plllmonl lliry nre to Ira fuuud at Ui dwalllng boat of A burr MrCam, in bom pattnent mutt ba made. Tha uott nra to ! f. nn.l at tba .mca cf Gaa. Ilulland. fkjmaul of thaaa liin inuit ba mada forthlib, wlUiOMl ilUtinciion of lcroi delay taunot ba allowed. C rod I lor biukI and lllhavotbtlr Mtay. , f.'KO. Ilttl.l.A.Nl, I . . ilwN AH.Nf.H Wi VAKTV, A"C"" ArsOinSTRATOB'S ÄOTICE.-Sotlr Ii herby fiuu tkallua unüerai;ud baa baau ap. J'oiutou Aauiinuirnor or liiaetuteof FamuclC. qnet, lata of FrunL.Hu rountr.avrraaod. dee 13 3w JOltt M. JAnlES, Administrator's Sale. STOTICEIS IlEaEBY r.tVEX THAT f WILL 11 toll at public auction, an baiariUy.Uia eta dar ft January, leiA. at lha lata rtldaaoa of Samuel C. Jaquea,lato of Franklin county, Indiana, oceaiod, all bti pcnoi.tl proporly noijukan br tba widow, conalailiig of oim llr, Cow. Hort (. ram ouo two haraa warnn and rer, houachold ana kltchan furnitaraavr. A credit will bo given, tha purcliaor giving bit not- wltb approvec. ccunty, walring valuÜoM and n praUami.nl lawa. ' JOIIX TU. JAUltü, AdmMr 11: EaOi Practical Boot nnd Shoo Makor. a.'-'X TlKnS Jvalo Inform lha cllUaaaaf V Utiiilapa-fllle. that ba earI I riaa oa buamcM tn ilia a)ovallaala 1 V l)uiilaptvlllo,bra b will bo happy V-O,to see his frieuds, and hopes by itrlcl attention to biulnrmand bis atparlaaaa la the trado,and with a flrm doicrmlnat'.en t work nothing but Ilia baatof trk and warrun goodllU, ba ttipacUto 110 rll a iliara 4 iniblia 'tronag. I'rgor wcd ladlaa wojk of all da criptiant insao to oraor, aoi or tba teal faraiai. and I'blladelphlantjl.-i. January 6 leM-1 yaar. SIBLING OFF " AT NEW YORK PRICES. A Splendid Assortment of . FARQXraARtlTLlNCK, Ate now -oiling lha tnrga and dctlrabla lock of rnercUndlo of Nr. Hiftmrd Trncr, at hla otd and well knowa Und lo Hrook villa, at . VERY RF.Cl'CKU FHICKS FOK STATE STOCK MOSEY a? PAR. Tba Rood mtikt b told and T.rii nV.neliva bargitlm cau b" tocurcd. Country JlercbanU ara lutlir.t to ritamlnaUta Klork, which It vary larar, writ eorva, and of Ilia cbolcaal qnalit); to WbOBi wo pmsilaa loducamnU to purchM. lllatknmUfct' will find It to tlmlr lutorellulajr In" tholr Hock of Iron whon ihr-y mnuiC'Suw btork rltonay.' Uaolleniaiily and acrominixUtliigClorkt will b In atlendanca to rro o with dt.palch at all II ia al the "Obit; rluti Klon Cwer." doc 13 i. '21 3 111 S. & H. RTJFFNER, Manufacturer and IWteri In and Wbolea&lo and RaUlt GB.O.G-EBt'S, If. E. CO a. WESTEKN SOW A; PEXltL STS, , C ltlATI, , C7T1ia hlphr! markel prlra pulJ far HAIS, OU KOFB and otiur papar aUMik. iiov IJ JSly ' ' ""TBÄllVAliK7S NW imm yx'zz is VValbUl ItpoI, balweon fltUiaiid Seventh, oppoa Ita lb WaluulKtraal llou.a. .No f oiinacllpn,a lib any otlir bou.a In lha rlty. (!.n.li out t Kvpreai with proMir Inatrut Uuli, will bava (irptupl and laiiiinii aiwiuion. Addraa, W. TEA HULK. dec it i "illy A EMnaSTRATOS'l IAlI.-oUs U "y .iiFuumil will oft. rtur aftla oa baturday, it. eh day of January, IMS, tba (taraonal propar ly vt Iba tat William Aliul.al bit late rr.ld.nr lit Codi? Crova, Franklin rmrtity, Indiana. The. reoporty ronatet vt tirooortoa, ronrarimaatlKK loum-bold and MUhi-it Funt Uir, Cora l "'t Hay. Alaoono row and ona Hog. TMiU mad a known on day of aU. ! to rwmtra at 10o' clock A. M . I.AF.AKfa .N.HAKHG. drsUiw Adiulalilrklor. t "in ! 1 7i x sa A in i i isoricC. Xa, .Nolle 1 l.r bv given tb.l tba Jornrfc4 b.a tuken out lo tiers of AdmlnUlraMow dal hob, al tba retain of Oot?4 Valtoi'ne,dtc'd, taU of Franklin eouut), lud. , lha o.tato I probably iolvrnl. . . . dee USw I.AF.AKt'H 5. 11AKDK:. rMt3riaTaAToa,sioTia..-3'oii' I l U Klcn l.kl llif h.ierii.tJ h Uu out r.T7t.r of Adinlt.-irUo.t..at.iaf William Atac'.'WaaM'U, lalo of Fmnklia roanly, lJ I'enion bavlng rlalni ftgulnt tli rUtv, or Indnbtijto It.ara aoliSndiu uiako ImmadiaUj Ucmanl. Tba ixUW I I'ml-ut-ly tolvanl. Uoc 133 LA LAZAKU3 N.HAKlJl.NC,