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ß WE ASK FOR NOTHINQ BUT WHAT IS RIOHT, AND WILL SUBMIT TO NOTHING THAT IS WRONG." Gen. Jackson. VOL XHI.-NO 3, BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 1152.

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T J. JUT!, K. D .-PUTBICUÜ 8URtl üsox. UffKt, at hie residence, corner f Jfaln and Jamet tireeti, Brookvtlle.Ind. TiS J. W. mtT,-t KOEOS DESTIST. j . urwi, oua ioi souui i Valley Honte, ct Taint. All work warranted. Wo charxe tor eiemtniUmv advice, ei-iy U .o4 Aoreey Coentellor tl law, BrookUU, Ind. Omca, South feast corner of Public no, aere. ' 3-iess. Yt Wiir'uw. Orrtca, 5o.7, Halle'e Building, Brook vlUe, lad 1 3 Trrlr.oörrüx,- attorney asd li, COOaElXoHArLAW. Orrite, under the American Office, Brookvlllc, Ind. 43 'S TTfAJt 0WTXS,-ATVR5Et ; AT LAW AND JLl 5oT4it Piene, Mt. Csrmcl, lnd. 23 WIT Tr K.TZJ A TT O R XXT COCN 8 EL LOK A 'T LA Mf , 0,nc; tar l-owere' store, Eröokvllle, lad. . , 1 TTTTTT ATTOK.TKY AT LAW Ana )t4t l'c.Lio. Ono a tota door au of U0 Valley Hoeea. Broohvllla. lad. Wfl taka acknowledgment! of Deeds, take aud certify DapoatUona, Amdevtu Aa. entreated K tat'r aar wit aaataeM and diepateh. J un 30 Sino mnoitAi J. wirnx-rjoTARY public, X Unii,lmi., will Wk dopotltloni and aekaowtad nu and attend to Notarial buatnaaa generally - - TÄRRTslTDiRECfoRYr HUT. DKALCR 1.1 QKOCKRIKft A5Ü Proiioiia. Markal atraaU lUaacaoa, Oaio, naac kaapaot ttnd foa uionmontoi auarucmi kiaiitta. ganaralaaaortmant of riRN IT UBE, silica bo will tall chatp for cuh or country rro doaa. otr7iei4. TTTLTOX door KANT OP XJL Uto ktrtg bkora,Ilkuoa, Oaio, Daalar In AMERICA, VRESCrt ASD E5CLISII DRV ooodm. Bonnet tnl Bonnet Trtmmiop of nil atylai and nrloaa LaJiaa, Mlaaatand Chtldreni' Knot kept con elaally ea baad. act 17 45 1 1. lln wm. Liana. TlUUirXadi IZÄOir.-DKALKRJl 1.1 FANCY Ji u4 ioiuo Good, Ladlae Droit Good T ata ry ktad. Croeerli.l!trlwre,4iieeDtwkreUooU,!'booi ttrpallnf. Ae., Coaaaa Makbit ab Walput Btiini, UARItIS05, OUIO. Ott 7 43 VH , Tk, X, B. TTJIlXa. UKALKK IM UK JOH, j Madloiuaa, l'aiui, Olli, Verolihoa.Clat, lya Corner Mala end Market Klraelt, HARItt90!T. OUIO. 0ttt7ll4 OHTO HOTXU-tyK?1111 MAIS A MAKKKT biraaia, niRRISOX, OHIO. D. rmicilt Iroprletr. Oct 7 43 1IQ4 Bxnkiaff Old Bachelor!. , Tho LesUlaturo U in session now, and they hyo every interest N)f tho State before them. They havo to rroTJe for the various benrolcnt in laatitutions, common schools, and oth er adAirs. They even appropriate so much towards colonitiog frco negroes. It seems that ever cla.s of tho unfortunate, except Bachelors and old Maids tre gathered under the wing of the State. Is it right that they should bo unprovided tor I . It is well known that they arc miserable beings. They ate not alwayi dependent beings, true: but ofKrT they are. It mmy oe eaid they Into tho ability to maintain themselves, and are not entitled to the protection of the State. Some of them are, and some are not. One thing we know that as they are, they are of no advantage to the tState, or to the race of man ; and we think they ought to be compelled to be netful to each oth er. Tcrhaps there is no bachelor in the land but can well provido for himself: but old mAids may not bo so for tunato; they have not tho same resources. Wo think it would bo well, therefore, if the State would purchase some fine farm adjacent to the Capitol, and erect a handsome dwelling for an Old Maids' - Asylum, where all old maids who had attained an age to be determined, migt go and live. We would say;- the farm should bo well stocked with cats and birds, and such otherniö nacs as old maids miht desire, and netcr an old bachelor oe per mitted to put his noso over the fence, : . . . . . i . i but upon Dona ana security in si no would marry tome one of the inmates before he came out We would havo this a State institution, but at the samo time, we would it maintained entirely at the expense of bachelors. -A tax of so much, should bo assessed on the property of all bachelors who had attained an acre to be determined, for the benefit of the Old Maids Asylum; and the property of bachelors should bo confiscated to the Stato for flie benefit of tho Asylum, after they had attained the bachelor age of forty. In lieu thereof, tho Stato should provide them with a home in the Insane Asylum. ' The Old Maid's Asylum, we think, would bo both useful and ornamental to the, State. Any surplus fund that migH exist, might bo appropriated in part to poor and destitute bachelors, and the remainder to be loaned out on individual liability bonds, to persona to bank on, so that we might have a safe and sound currency. To tell tho truth, this last is our whole idea in establishing tho Old Maids' Asylum We know of no other way of establishing a sound paper currency. Most all persons have their peculiar notions about banking, and this is ours. Wo think the surplus fund arising from the tax levied upon bachelors, and loaned out as we suggest, would afford a basu for banking, in which the people would have confidence. Loeomo- . tiet. flj'How are you Count!" said a noted wag to a spruce-looking specimen of the genus snob. ,Sir!' exclaimed the indignant swell, 'who are you; and why call me count?' Whv. I inw Vrtti ermntiniT nrtlrr. In j w - - J New York last week, And I supposed youwtreof royal blood, said the wag. Snob .vamosed. . XThe heart of a girl is like a nest where the little swallow chirps, shows its head, tries its wings, ana watches the favorite moment to fly.

Written for tho Indiaaa Amorlctn. THE CLOSE 01 THE TEAS. OY JESSIE GLF..W Tho year kit flown, end oB lu wing Kaport, onto theKinfof klnft, Of all my Umo kaa foot . All Ihae done ach word Po -peken , Each good rotol aach promlte broken ; It no w t for the Thron! TU fona! I cannot do again, What I bare left undone; ' ' Lire o'er tha lima I'ra ipent la ein, ' Sor right wbat I've done wrong. The tchedulefreth It teratlnlied ' By penetralia an! ayae That know the right from wrorg; Calf k runt their glance along the Hit, Aad not a waated boar la anlaaad, ' Nor yet a deed well done! t o,noi an angry word lot til p 1 - . Pram tale anHallffwah, haatTltp, " By pattlon tempeattoeed While not a word that'a kindly rpokro, And not a water-cup for tnken Of lore to God-It lotü Methlnki I tee a tulle enllght That angal face with glory bright, At record t?lli a wish tlncero To live for God alone t Futile the withfor era the tun Hat one day'e revolaUon dene, Mn hat entrapped the eonl And now a lear bedtmt that eye, That Adam'a reo to long thonld IIa, Subjoctlo Sia' i control. Kernen now eeeke with darkened aloud The tolf-aecualag eoul to ehroudt One only ray thlnet doer My tendnr, tympaUiliIng Lord Bpaaka to my haart a rarloae word, And bid me cett out Mr. Ile'e pledged to open to my knock Thehearenty door he will unlock; lilt promlte It uncor; He knowt my want. IIa knowt my cry Tha healing oil will not deny; Crace for each hour lie will lupply; Have I not ground for cheer? Kepoulaut, yet not In denpelr, I lift mine ejroiV) thee; Lord, thoa can't! lore, and long forbear, KIm hop were not for me. Wllh tlrengUt from Thee I will e'arcome, And reach at latt my heavenly home. Ptntriata, Mata.

Prom tha !.Y. Tribune. BETEEIE 07 A SENSIBLE If AX. 0! the It good; the very air hoe in, holler when the brealhoi It; Hur heart It glad; the brlglitott ptare It darkened If alio leavet It. Prom her clear eye beami forth tho light Of Truth, that cannot varyi Hut one tad thought dlina my dotlght TMt-iho It literary. And the Is boauilful and fair Her tmlle It toft and winning, And turb a love-lntplrlng air Would tempt a taint to tinning. She druanai lu true cltuto tate With faiinieunillltneryi , My prnclnatlova I mM imt vate, For the It literary. Hie rca.li at no one eUe car read Plie playt and tlngt divinely; She write, with quirk, alactrtc tpeed, AadUlktof khaktpara fliioly And Uwahorttore of hlttory Would charm an antiquary; Obt what a traature aha would be Wart lbs not Iltcranrt I know that It la wallanough, Theaa book, ami all thlt knowledge; Hitl life U mads of "iternerituff " And when onee out of college, Or wlldeat fanolat downward float To regtoM tublunary; W' wanta wlfn to mond a coat, And thun the literary. And then (he timet are very bard, And fa I are getting harüor, So much for butler, boor and lard How can I fill the larder? ortyflve ihou.and but the read I am not mercenary; But how thould I tupply Uieneodt Of one it llierary? I know It well I love my eata lilt my only weakneu: I want a wtfo my whlmt to pleato, With tpirlt rull of mockueiti Aud ometlmei, In abutinett preae, To be my aecretary; Uut the would never ttoop to Uil, Sho It to literary. My mother aften eaatlona m Toahun the fatclaatlona Of those whote mlada do not agree W1U kitchen avocations; And, though I've heard the bakct and ttewt, I deem It doubtful-very; Tit to anllko romantic vlewt Of tadlee literary. My heart It tad I heave a tlgh How can I think of wadding? I thould have pootry for pie, And puni Inttcad ef pudding: Tenthouaandllle enough, In all, To cruth a dromedary; And all thlt weight on me would rail, fthe It to literary. A dUty motion 011a my head My very heart It bleeding; I hear m j children cry for bread, A ad the wrltea on, unheeding. Kweet Innocentel Ohl let ma take A wife mora ordinary; Blest my jood ttart! what an eteapo From oue to literary! Then glve,0! give to me a wtfo Who eaa cook beef and mutton! Who falnu not at a carving-knife, And tackt each itrajlng button! My future tpoute! forgive thlt tlgh! Tit but a commentary The latt that I shall ever try Onladiei literary! uiuui mas. m mis ana many T5 T. w .i uuiers ccuons oi me state, we are trouble with buggy peas. A few years ago i sowea a tieia of peas, in part wun ' 101 me previous year, and m part with seed of two years old. They were of the same kind, and sown the samo day, and alonjj side of each other. The product of the new peas was very bucry. w hile in that from the old seed, 1 scarcely found a bng. 1 He next year, I had no old seed. and used seed of the previous year. The result was, a crop of buggy pea. I kept some of the same seed over the seccond winter, and sowed it the third year. The result was a good crop, almost entirely free from bugs, while fresh seed the same season, produced very buggy peas as before. Cor, o Country Gtntttma.

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ike n rasi i mm. A TRUE STORY. Vaimi roa tub Irduiu Amaican, BT "ONI 05 TUE SPOT." Thk people of Hoosierdom are a great community. Tho land is fertile the 'domestic institution" is prolif ic, and the corn-crops, especially, are often wonderful. All that is necessary is just to stick tho seed in the ground, ana me aDunaani narvesus certain. To those who are acquainted with the locality and resources of the Stato these things have ceased to be a wonder, and tho sudden developments and strange sequels of local circumstances', are considered as the common order of nature, orat least accounted for on the principle that "what is to bo trill be, and can't bo helped. But to my stoSome ten or twelve years ago, by an unexpected freak of political fortune, Judgo C, 'a graduato of Oxford,' and a scholar of no mean abilities, was by a vote of the Lcbislaturo made and "legally constituted" ono of tho circuit judges of the rising commonwealth, The Judge, like Zacchcus, was small of stature, well put together, and was remarkably quick in thought is well as in action. No one who knew him doubted his qualifications for tho station, and tho Judgo felt himself equal to any emergengy of the office. A new Judgi in any Stato is apt to bo an object of general observation and not unfrcqucntly of rude and unJencrous remark and criticism. But udge C. was not to bo abashed in tho ordinary routine of legal duties and ho started upon his circuit with high health and spirits, everywhere meeting public expectation. In the round of his courts he came to tho city of L., where, after receiving tho congratulations of tho legal priesthood, ho opened tho judicial session for tho dispatch of tho cases in litigation in that county. Tho day passed away pleasantly, and just as tho evening shades drew near, Iiis honor was CI! tiled on by a"rcspcctahlo looking gencman" to officiate, in his behalf, in tl tho ruoro agreeable court of matrimony, at 0 o'clock that evening. Tho application, though referring to a prerogative of his office, never even rca med of by tho Judgo, was received by him in his usual pulito manner, and tho pwomiso was given that ho would I u forthcoming and on hand at "the Uiaaful hour." Left to himself, Judgo C. began to feel tho delicacy of his position. Tho duty was a new one with the etiquette and furmuU of tho matrimonial servico he was but little acquainted and for tho first time in his legal history tho Judgo felt himself fairly cornered. But a friend learning his embarrassment, suggested and obtained for him a Methodist Discipline which contained an excellent matrimonial ceremony, and suitablo fot tho occasion. At tho appointed hour, with that peculiar grace and confident dignity so justly characteristic of tho Judgo, ho reported himself at the appointed place whero ho found a crowded room of living Hoosicrs anxiously awaiting the "fun of tho ceremony" and tho "good things" of tho occasion. His arrival produced an evident sen sation among the spectators, and in a few moments tho "blushing bride" and "loving groom" stood before him. The Judge, with book in hand fronting tho affianced pali- with a modest blush playing over his countenance, passed through with his offic ial duty with n grace of utterance and dignity of manner tnat would nave done honor to tho Reverend "Manchester Bard" himself. Tho ceremony over, and usual sal utations and kind wishes made, tho Judge began to recover from tho em barrassment ot the occasion and to exhibit his wonted flow of spirits and racy humor. In duo turn he approach ed and greeted tho brido and groom, and with hearty good will ho wished them many a pleasaut year. "But," said the Judge, addressing bimscir to tho "happy gentleman," who was ex pected to reap the chief advantages of the occasion, "as this is my lirst performance in the matrimonial line, I must claim that you name your first son C. C." "Certainly, certainly, Judrje: we wo will esteem it an honor to do so; if we are ever favored with such n gift of Heaven, your name shall be remembered." The Judge seemed flattered with the promise the bride blushed, and those of the company who heard the colloquy wero "carried away" with the modesty of tho Judge, and tho rosy cheeks of the "fair and lovely being" before them. Supper over, tho company retired, and ia an hour after the stillness of the starry midnight reigned tholloosier city. throughout Early the next morning a small group of "moral invincibles" wero seen standing before "Smith's Grocery," immediately opposite the Hotel where Judge C. boarded; and each one appeared to be perfectly cognizant of "the news of the morning." With their risibilities stretched to their migtiest tension, and bending over nearly doubling th outer man they could scarcely restrain themselves. Passers by thought them fools. No one could divine the secret of comical 1 J .a uy wnicu ever ana anon oroke out in such ungovernable peals of wholesouled laughter. Finally, one of the crowd could hold in no longer. ' An explosion was

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so as to get breath for his utterance with his eve-balls on fire with tho fun of his secret, to one who enquired' "Why, BUI, what in the Dickens is the matter? what's up?" ho replied: ' J "Up! Sam?it un't up at all it' out! I tell you what, that little Judge is a lectio the smartest man to marry folks that has ever been in this neck of woods. He is a rale steamboat and no mistake. IIa! hat ha! He goes it on tho electric-magnetic style clean through." "Why, how is that?" interrogated Sam, whose curiosity by this time wa far above zero. "What do you mean, Bill? I can't understand." "Understand! Texas and Mexicol" replied Bill, "who will understand itl Didn't the Judge marry a couple last night? and didn't ho a$k. the man tt näme Iiußritborn son for him? and didn't they 11 the bill to the letter this morning, by threo o'clock? Who ever will understand it? The Judgo is the af . greatest little man on the top of tho earth Morse's Telegraph is nowhere side 'o him!" Bill vamosed collapsed caved in exploded! And the whole town was in an uproar of indignation, wrath and laughter. That day, before noon, the Judge divorced the samo man he had married tho night before. Under tho conviction that his services at Hymen's altar wero ominous of "bad luck," the Judgo ever after declined in favor of ministers of the gojpcl. Cloqucnt bhfss. CONFLICT OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN THEORIES OF MAN AND SOCIETY UY HE.NRr WARD BEEC11ER. Tho Eighth Lecture of the Course before the Anti-Slavery Society was delivered on Tuesday evening, at the Tabernacle, by llev. Henry Ward Beccher. Tho subject, at tho present time, is ono of peculiar interest, as touching the questions of Slavery and Know-Nothingism, and, together with tho popularity of the lecturer, drew together a house-full of auditors. There wero a number of gentlemen of distinction occupying seats on tho rostrum among whom were the Hon. Joshua it. Giddincs, James Mott. of Philadelphia, and Mr. Dudley of Buff' alo. Mr. Beccher was introduced to tho audience by Mr. Oliver Johnson, who sum: Ladikh asüGentlumkn: Thespeaker who occupied this platform on Tucsd iy evening last, in tho courso of his remarks upon tho wide degeneracy of tho Amerienn clorirv on tho Slavciv question, reminded us that there was a Brooklyn pulpit, a man. Wo tho't you would bo glad to avo and hear sucli a ram avis, and therefore have besought him to como hither to-nijjht to instruct us by his wisdom and move us by his eloquence. I trust that, whatever you may think of some other parts of the lecture of Wendell Phillips, you will, when this evening's performance is over, bo ready at least to confess that in wliHt he said of the Brooklyn preacher ho was not moro eulogistic than truthful. Mr. Beccher, on presenting himself, was received with loud and hearty applauso. He spoke as follows: Tho questions which have provoked discussion among us for fifty years past have not been questions of fundamental principles, but of tho application of principles already asceitained. Our debates havo been between one way of doing n thing and another way of doing it between living well and living better; and so through, it has been a question between good and better. We have discussed Politics, not Principles. In Europe, onf tho other hand, life-questions havo agitated men. The questions of human rights, of the raturo and true foundation of Government, are to-day, in Europe, where they were with our fathers in the year 1C3U. In this respect, there is a moral dignitv. and rvn rrrnndinr. in thm atrnrr. gles secretly or openly going on in ItniT, auni iu, bjvi luaiijr miu X I UIICC, wiucn never can belong io tue mere questions of mode and manner which occupy us boundary questions, banks, tariffs, internal improvements, currency; all very necessary but sec ondary topics. They touch nothing deeper than the pocket. In this respect, there would boa marked contrast between the subjects which occupy us, ana tne grander iiio-tnemes that dia nify European thought, wero it not for one subject Slavery. That is the on ty question, in our day and in our community, full of vital struggles turning upon fundamental principles. If Slavery were a plantation-question, concerning only tho master and the slave, disconnected from us, and isolated then, though we should re gret it, and apply moral forces for its ultimate remedy, vet, it would be, ( as aro questions of the same kind in India or South America, ) remote, con Stitntirur n Kinirlf 1noirit in iViat rrlnho of darkness of which this world is the core, and which Christianity is yet to shine through and change to light. But it is not n plantation-question. It lmpuca oy tne violent relations between the owner and the chattel may i'ii ... . only morally touch us. 13 ut the dis putcs between the masters and the Government, and between the Govern

ment, impregnated with Slavery, and the Northern citizen, these touch us sharply, and if not wisely met, will yet scourge us with thorns f Indeed, I cannot say that I believe that New-

Encland end the near North.will be

ffected locally, and immediately, by adverso issue of the great national struggle now going on. ' But the north will be an utterly dead forco in the American nation. She will be rolled up in a corner like a cocoon waiting its transmigation. The whole North will bceome provincial; it will bo but a fringe to a nation whose heart will beat in the South. But New England was not raised up by Divine Providence to play a mean part in the world' affairs. Itcmtrnber that New England bro't to An."rica those principles whish ev: ery Slate in the Union has more or less thoroughly adopted. : Tse.v hngland Orst formed those in stitutions which liberty requires for beneficent activity; and from her, both before and since the revolution they have becn edpted throughout Tliö lan if. Having given to America usiueas anu its instructions, I think the .Sörth is bound to stand them. Until IDOO.tho North had distinctive national influence, and gave shape in due measure, to national policy, as she had before to national institutions. Then sho began to recede before tho rising of another power. For tho last fifty years, upon the national platform have stood arrayed two champions in mortal antagonism New England and the near North, representing personal freedom, civil liberty, universal education, and a religious spirit which always sympathizes with men more than with Governments. Tho New England theory of Government has always been in its clement first, independent men, democratic Townships; next Republican States, and, in tho end, a Federated Union of Republican States. All her economics, her schools, her policy, her industry, her wealth, her intelligence, have been at agreement with her theory and policy of Government. Yet. New England, strong at home, com pact, educated, right-minded; has gradually lost influence, and tho whole horih with her. Tho Southern League of States have been held together by tho cohesive power of Common Wrong. Their in dustry, their policy, their wholo interi or, vital economy, have been at van anco with tho apparent principles of lacir own ouuo iruvcrnuicnis nnu wun tho National Institutions under which they exist. They have stood upon a narrow basis, always slinking under them, without general education, without general wealth, without diversified industry. , And yet, since the year 1800, they havo steadily prevuled sgainst Representativo New England and the North. The South, tho truest representation of Absolutism under republican forms, is mightier in our Nation! Councils and Policy to-day than New England, tho mother and representative of truo republicanism and tho wholo freo North. And now it has como to pass tint, in the good providence of God, anoth er opportunity has been presented to the wholo North to reassert her place and her influence, and to fill tho insti tutions of our country with their original and proper blood. I do not desire that she should ariso and put on her beautiful garments, becauso she is my mother, and your mother; not because her hills were the first which my childhoed saw, that has never since beheld any half so dear; nor from any sordid .1 . . I. . I .11 I. l! am union, mat sua snouia uo great in tlits world's greatness; nor from ftny profane wish to abstract from the rightful place and influenco of any State, or any section of our whole country. But 1 think that God sent New Englaed to these shores as his own messenger of mercy to days and ages, that have yet far to come ere they aro bornl She has not yet told tho Continent all that is in her heart. She has sat down like Bunyan's Pilgrim, and slept in the bower by the way, and where sho slept she has left her roll God grnnt that she hath not lost it there while she slumbered! By all the lovo that I bear to the causo of God, and tho glory of his Church by the yearnings which I have for the welfare of tho human kind, by all the prophetio expectations which I have of tho destiny of this land, God's Almoner of Liberty to tho World, I dcire to sco Old Representativo New England, and the ofCliatcd North, rouso up and do their first works. Is it my excited car that hears an airy phantasm whispering? or do I hear a solemn voico crying out, "Arise! Shine 1 thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is arisen upon thee!" I am quito aware that the subject of Slavery has been regarded, by many, as sectional; and the agitation of it in the North needless and injurious to our pcaco and the country's welfare. Whatever may have been the evils, the agitation has only come through men, not from them. It is of God. It is the underheaving of Providence. Mariners might as weU blamo you for the swing and toss of their craft when tides troop in or march out of your harbor, as us, lor heaving to that'tide which God swells under us. Tides in the ocean and in human affairs are from celestial bodies and celestial beings. Tho conflict which is going on springs from causes as deep as the foundations of our institutions. It will go out to a crisis, its settlement will be an era in the world's history, either of advance or decline. I wish to call your patient attention to the real nature of. this contest: ' It is tho conflict between Northern theories and Southern theories of Man and Society. There have been, from the earliest period of the world, two different, and oppugnent, doctrines of men his place rights, duties and relations. And the

theory of man is always the starting point of all other theories, systems, and Governments which divide the world.

Outside of a Divine and Authori-

tat'VO Revelation,: men have had but one way of estimating the value of man. lie was to them simply a creature of time, and to be judged in the scientific method, by his phenomena. The Greeks and the Romans had no better way, They did not know enough of bis origin, his nature, or of hi? futura destiny, to bring these into account, in estimating man '"Accordingly they could do no better than to stnay nun in ms aeveioptments ana rank him by the power which he manifested. Now, if a botanist should describe a biennial plant, whoso root and stem belong to one season, whose, blossom and fruit belong to another, as if that wete the wholo of it which the first year produced, he .would commit the same mistake which tho heathen

idea of man commits in measuring and life, and swelling forth to such a desestimating 'arcing whoso' truo llfeTthvjtf ' Ck-arihftphcctwTSertTfctandlt

comes hereafter, by the developements which ho makes in only this world. Frora'this earthly side of man springs the most important practical results. For, the doctrine of man, simply as ho is in this lifo, logically deduces Absolutism and Aristocracy. If the power of producing effects is the criterion of value, tho few will always bo the mo3t valuable, and tho mass, relatively, subordinate, and the weak and lowest will be left helplessly worthless. N And the mass of all the myriads that do live, are of no more account than working animals;' and there is, in such a theory ,1 no reason) a priori, why they should not be controlled by superior men, and made to do that for which they seem tho best fitted work and drudgeryl Only long experiment could teach a doctrino contrary to the logical presumption arising from weak ness. There could be no doctrine of human rights. It would be simply a doctrine of human forces. Right would be a word as much out of placo as among birds and beasts. . Authority would go with productive greatness, as gravity goes with mass In matter. J he whole chance of right and the wholo theory of liberty springs from that part of man that lies beyond this life. , . As a material creature, man ranks among physical forces. Rights como from his spiritual nature. , The body is of the earth, and returns to earth, andtis judgedby earthly measures. The soul is of God, and returns to God, and is judged by Divine estimates. And this is the reason why a free, unobstructed Bible always works toward human rights. Itis the only basis on which tho poor, the ignorant, the weak, tho laboring masses can entrench against oppression.' What, then, is that theory of man which Christianity gives forth? It regards man as a, perfect thing, put into life to blossom and die, as a perfect flower doth. Man is a seed, and birth is planting. Ho is in lifo for cultivation, not exhibition: ho is here chiefly to bo acted on, not to bo characteristically an ngent For, though man is also an a-tor, ho is yet moro a recipient. Though he produces effects he receives a thousand fold moro than ho produces. And he is to bo estimated by his capacity of receiving, not of doing. Ho has his least value in what he can do; it all lies in what ho is capable of having done to him. Tho eye, tho ear, the tongue, the nerve of touch, are JalUimple receivers. The understanding, the affections, tho moral sentiments, all, are, - primarily and characteristically recipients of influ ence; and only sccondanlly agents. Now, how different is tho value of ore, dead in its. silent waiting-place from tho wrought blade, the all but living .1 i engine, ana tne carvea ana curious utensil! Of how littlo value- is a ship standing helpless on the stocks but halfbuilt, and yet building to ono who has no knowledge of tho ocean, or of what that helpless hulk will become tho moment she slides into her clement and rises and falls upon tho flood with joyous greeting! The value of an acorn is not what it is, but what it shall bo when nature has brooded it, and brought it up, and a hundred years havo sung through its branches and left their strength there ! He, then, that judges man by what he can do, judges him in the seed. Wo must see him througsoroe lenses we must prefigure his immortality. While, then, his industrial value in life must depend on what ho can do, wo have hero the beginingof a moral value which bears no relation to his power, but to his futuro destiny. This view assumes distinctness and intensity, when we add to it tho relationship which subsists between man and his Maker. This relationship begins in tho fact that we re created in tho Divine imago; that wo are connected with God. therefore, not by Government alone, but by nature. This initial is made radient with meaning, by the teaching of Christianity that every human being, is dear to God; a teacher which stands upon that platform, built high above all numan deeds and histories, the advent in carnation, passsion, and death of Christ, as a Savior of man. The race is a brotherhood; God is the Father, Love is the law of this great human commonwealth, and love knows no servitude. It is that which gilds with liberty whatever it touches. One more element to human liberty is contributed by Christianity, in the solemn developement of man's accountability to God, by which condition hereafter springs from pure character here. However heavy that saying is, every one bf us shall give an account of himself before God in it is the life of the race. .. . You cannot present man as a subject of Divine Government, held re-

sponsible for results, compared with which tho most momcntuous earthly deeds are insignificant, plied with in

fluences accumulating from eternity, and by powers which, though they begin on earth in the cradle, gentle as a mother's yoico singing lullaby, go on upward, taking everything as they go, till they reach the whole power of God; and working out resusts that outlast time and the sun, and revolve for ever in flaming circuits of disaster, or in sacred circles of celestial bliss; you cannot present man as tho center and Subject of such nn august and eternal drama, without giving him something of the CTandeur which resides in God himself and in the spheres of immortally I , ; Who shall trifle wilh such a creature full bound upon such an errand through give nira room ana nein, out no Hin drance, as he equips for eternity I loosen the bonds of man, for God eirds him I take off all impediments, for it is his hie and death struggle for im mortality I That this effect of accountability to üod whs felt by the inspired wt iters, cannot bo doubtful to any who weiorh such language as this : 'So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. Let us not, therefore judge one another any a. Ta a more, but judge this rather that no man put a stumbling block, or an oc casion to fall in his brother s way By' making man important in the si jht of God, he becomes sacred to his fellow. ' Tho moro grand and far reaching are the divine claims, the greater is. our conception of. tho scope ami va'Arlli nf hninrr ' Tliimnn vwrVita become respected in the ratio In which nun an responsibility is ieu. tvnat ever objections men may hold to Pu ritanism their theory since tho days ot St. Augustm has constantly produ ccd tendencies to liberty and a prcva lent belief in the natural rights of man and on account of that very feature which to many, has been o offensive its rigorous doctrine of human ac countability. llerc, then, is the idea of man which Christiany gives in con trast with tho inferior and degrading heathen notions of man. He is a be ing but begun on earth a sued only planted here for its first growth, lie is connected with God, not as all mat tcr is, by proceeding from creative power, but by partaking tho divine nature, bv the declared personal affeclion of God, witnessed and sealed by tho presenco and sufferings of the world a Redeemer. He u a being up on whom is rolled the responsibility o character and eternal ccatiny I Of such a creature it were ns foolish to take an estimate, bv what ho ra nnd what ho can do in this life, ni it wouK bo to estimate by an eagle's egg, wha the old cnglo is worth, with wings out spread far nbovo the very thunder, or coming down upon its quarry as tho thunder comes I It is the Future that gives value to tho Present. It is im mortality only that reaches down a measure wherewith to gaguo a man. If a heathen measures, tho strong arc strong, and the weak aro weak: the rich, iho favored, must rule, and their shadow must dwarf all others. If a Christian measures, ho hears a voice saying: "there is neither Jew nor Greek, there Is neither male or female 'Tor ye are all one in Christ Jesus." "Whosoovcr shall do the will of my Fnthcr, which is in heaven the samo is my mother, and sister, and brother.' These lire the things that give val uo to man. . a a . a .. it is not to do sam that there is no difference between men; that one is not moro powerful than another; that ono is not richer in genius than anoth er; that one is not more valuable to so ciety than another; that education, re finement, skill, experience give no pre cedenco over their negatives. But God takes up the least of all human creatures, and declares, "Inasmuch as ye havo done it unto tho "least of these ye have done it unto me." In a household, a babo is vastly less than tho erown-UD children. But who dare touch it, as it it wero as worthless as it is weak? So God pleads his own relationship to tho meanest human creation, as his protection from wrong; asthcevidencs of his rights, as tho reason of his dignity! There is something of God in the meanest creature. . lie is sacred from injury! In these truths wo find tho reason why Christianity always takes hold so low down in human life. Things that have got their root need little from tho gardener; but seeds and tender s routs, and dimcult plants re quiro and get nurture. A Christianity that takes caro of the rich, the strong, the governing class, and neglects the poor, and ignorant, and unrefined, is the antitype of Christ. ,: (to bx COSTISUED.) ijrK S'oung lady recently returned from boarding-school, being asked at the table if she would takn some more cabbage, replied: "By no means, madam gastronomskal satiety admonishes me that I have arrived at the ultimate of culinary deglutination consistent with the code of Esculapius." 2TMrs. Partington, oubeing asked respecting a pair of twins with which she was said to have been recently blessed, replied that if such be so, it needn't be wondered at, for 6he beonged to -a very growing family, though none of 'em had had twins yet several had some withn one of it. 3TThe rumsellers of New York have started anew secret societf to counteract the friends of Temperance and thwart the operation of the Liquor Law."

I From tha Liberty Herald. KANSAS, No. 2. That rart of Kansas Territory bor-

doring on the Missouri river, possesses a material advantage over the country on the opposite side, with regard to sites for towns, health, and facilities for settlement.. As far down as the river washes tho Territory, the bank's are, with few excepstions, composed of solid rock. and rise abovo high water mark, while on the other Eide, they ere low and the country subject to be overflowed or mues Dack. For this reason, as well as from the fact that these high bluffs are on tho west side of the river and bottom, it cannot but be moro healthy, andmust hare the chief of the river towns. As the land on the east side is too Jow, tq be, cultivated. ancLia studded wflh chofse timber, not needed fof the adjasccnt lands in Missouri, there will be an almost inexhaustahle supply fr the rich prairies skirtini? the western side. It was stated in my former comraunicaion, that wo entered the Territory at the extreme northern boundary, crossing at what was called tho Iowa Point. ImmcdiaUy nt this crossing is an excellent site for a town: per haps unsurpassed by any in the Territory. From its position, it will prouaoiynot nave a rival in 15 or 20 miles distance, aud will likely be tho terminus of regular boatinir. It will doubtless be the prime depot for tho rich country back, and the princpial market for thoo exceedingly fertile lands ia north west Missouri. It is well watered, beini? almost surrounded with, bold - littlo streams, somo of which can doubtless bo used for water power. It will We the advantage of abundance of lumber hand v. inexhaustible, quanWof stone of good ucwujr uvm, uiiu com mino in tue adjacent region. Thu silo is included in a quarter section of land, reserved by the Indians for the Presbyterian ' Mission among the Iowas, and ' will probably be brought into market in lots next spring. .;.'.'. Leaving this point, wo traveled over a few miles of broken land, tho soil rather poor, and occasionally coverercd with a point of low, scrubby black oaks, and then entered a scope of rich and fertile land, abounding, in many places with hazle-builies, and hero and there a heavy burr oak and walnut trco. In the midst of this is the Iowa Mission house, C miles from . tho landing. This we consider an inviting point for a settlement, cspocinlly for Presbyterians. Tho location is beautiful and healthy in tho extreme; it is near to what is supposed to bo a good coal mino; good stone handy, and lino springs in almost every direction. But thr1 principle recommendation of this point, is its religious and educational advantages. The Mission consists of Rev. Mr. Irvin and fumilj-, Mr. Williams and family, and somo two or three assistants. They have a large nnd substantial threo story brick building, already constructed and completed, containing, besides a, commodious kitchen, family rooms, dormitories, and a well fitted chapel, convenient school rooms ,nd indeed almost cvery convcnicnco for a good school. Besides the qusrter section of land already mentioned, the Indians havo reserved for their uso onehalf section on which the building is located, well improved, and one quarter pection to be located wherever they may ce fit in their lands. j These, when mado available, will almost support tho mission independently, and enable them to employ a good teacher for a department for the whites. Indeed, they have au accomplished teacher already employed for this department. And while the missionaries will still continue their labors for tho Indians, who reside some eleven miles off, they will also render their aid for the whites. Here. then, are already in waiting, in the heart of a good country, and handy to what will doubtless be a good market, a good seminary, with its teachers and apparatus, a convenient chapel, with its Pastor ready to occupy it every Sabbath. Sabbath school with its teachers, and institution free from almost all temptations, and under a wholesome moral inflence', and almost independent of tho ?ontincnt support of settlers. Added to this, about 1 miles from the mission is the Indiau Agency, where, beridos a large farm, they have a blacksmith shop, a carpenter shop, and a store. It is only thirty miles from St. Joseph) the principlo market in western Missouri. This land, for several miles around tho Missouri, is reserved by tho Indians, to be surveyed at their expense, and to bo set up for sale to the highest bidder, and theproceedes to.be entirely their own. It will probably be brought into market sometime next season, when the purchaser will not be subject to all tho uncertainties and vexations annoyances of the squatter or unsurveyed lands. About 3 miles back from tho Missoui, the lands are subject to pre-emption claims. : Should any person wish more particular information with regard to this point, he can address Rev. S. M. Irvin, St. Joseph, Mo. Doubtless similar advantages may be bp d near some of the other mission stations, though we had uo opportunity of knowing. ' Jons Gilchrist. A Blue Sose. . The horticulturists of Paris have succeeded, by artificial crossings, in obtaining a natural rose of blue color, which is the fourth color obtained by artificial means that nnd the yellow or tea rose, the black or purple rose, and the striked rose, being all inventions, and the result of skillful and scientific gardening.