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A HEWS ÄND BUSinSSS PfiPBR-DSyOTED TO föREäßW AND DÖMÜST1G -NEWS, MAIS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, ACRiCMTURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OP SOCIETY. VOL. XXIII-NO. 17. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 13. 185-5. MOLE NUMBER 1161.
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TtlVTI If TJ PiTYSICUX A RUR I. (Jwü. um . i ble reeidenee. eorner off Mala aad Jamee iireeti.Broob vllle.Iad. TI. l.W. rHtT,-SUK:KO DKSTIST. v Houte.vr -ratal. All warraaUd. No chart for n aUea eradv Is. TTSÜS yrritoM, justicb er tb pkac-k. Li and Attorney o Coaniallor at law, Brook- -. - 1 a.i ..... ... I vmv, lau, vrm a, iwi " k v i fro all of Iba Caan lioute J I.N.J. 9V. ATTOK.IKY A fOUJtfKL Buildlof , B n, a i . n vrrn a. nvi tiauw . rookvll., lad. 1 II, .AirX.- ATTOmT AM) Ua Aaertcaa Office, Brook Till, lad. 43 'ia Aft Vvv.tivn At i.A... urrHinu.i i IF. aTO?: ATTOR5KY at cocä skllok Orrici, ver Poweri Store, Srookrlll, lad. TTCtZl J. riLLXT. ATTOKSKY AT LAW X,l Boraae PvabM. O mo .on door auuUt of the Valley Hoate, Brook lila. Ind. Will take aakBowledfmeate or Deedi, take and car ury uaaeeiuaae. a-naaviia ate. nnoaAi j. Tnrrnc rotary public, Jt LaeaeL, !., ui take dertoellloaa and eeluaMfaMtU, M tUaiiil la Notarial bualuou I feaerally. T frrTr.-D-WLKRI.f GKOCEHIER ASD X Previeiuae, starke! street, lUaataoa, Oaio, I keen aa baad a goad assortment of all arilclea In aw ii a. ALSO a raaaral aaaorttaaat af rVRNITVIIBi wiles aa will tall caeae for caia or country pro 4aaa. 117 43 IMI TTTLTC njriXLL-o.iK noon hart or A. k we uru store, iwaeieoa, unio, ueaierin AMkKICA.I, rKKSCU AMU .MOLl-U DRY OOI)H, Boaaola aad Baaaal Trttanilnca of all trial and rtaaa Ladlaa, Mlaaaaand Cklldraaa ftnoaa kaMaoa auauy aa aaaa. , m 87 4i - Mfy I M A M Ay aad Uomatua Kai Gooaa, Ladlaa Drata Qooda Oraaartaa, Hard vara, taaaniwaro.liooU, Rhoat varpaunc, a., Coaaaa Maaaai tit MTalnot Rtiüt, IIARRISOX, OHIO. 0lt?MlMI TiPk- K. lTrLLI.--lKAJ.EH IS HK-TOH, J J MauM'iuaa, rataka, una, varalana,uiaM, Uj luffi.Aa., m ' aa a a. a a . a . I lornar am tad Minn nireou, II AHR MOV, OHIO. alt7U 134 OHIO E3TXL. CORSKR MAI.1 ii MAKKK.T traoia. I IIARRtaON, OHIO. D. ri'imt, Proprietor. Oct J7 43 1W4 FBAIHIIH COUNTY DIEECTORY, CiarrtT Coca- maala Mia 1st Monday la Febru ary a4 Afu may all ihraa w..kt. Coaio" Kni Coil rmU III Motnlajiln Jan vary, April, July aad Octobar may alt two waeki. Ctitaa,iBa'a Cocar lt Moadaya la Jana, aaplarabar, Uoeanabar aad March aaay till II daiMactt lima. Cnaljr Offlctra. A. R. MaCtaary. Ranator, lima axpl raa Oct IflD w. A. jaiar, kb Kaah Millar, " " Jon M. JoUnioo, Clerk, M M. Ualiaar.Rharl tf, Wta. Kobaaaa, Traaaarar. " John H. Quick, A ad i lor, M Kadla Otbora, Kaoonf tr, M John Bowlbr, Coronar, M W. W. M aboard, Rarvayor, IH.V) ICJII Fob Oct I "VI Aug I.17 Mar lion on tm .Oct KVI Cor irr Coaaiaamaa-Crraa Quick, J. II. Fiarot, Elinor Hjiu, Um txpirvi Uci4cr, icm 7. Jaiallcr Ik lac. AfrOmTltLI TOWII Mlf Cyrm Kllforo.loromliilonixplrri Apr 19, Alftod Ward Apr 90", Wta. M. Mowall. Apr IMjfl iJ7 1 1 57 Jamaa Mawhlaaay " .Oil 31, Iril iMmoritLR Towmatr, JoMph Walah, Coramlaalon atplraa Oct 7, If.'ifl Caiat Yoeum, Sot I, 4.1 Ramaalllollldar. M " Apr 81, 133 booxiüoaaOTi TOWNiiu Dald alaoifhur, Caaamlaaloa atplraa Nov 1, 1".U a tnaii, " Ar VI, irjl I it-nil tow muir, A. B. Lina, CommUalon aiplrat Xotamberl 133 julraUarTay lHa, teil raiariaia Towaiair W.A.J. Ulldawall, Comm atrlrci VobSO, m JokaTaraar, JunaJ, Ism aiaai.aaaTowat.Nir. Francla Koacbt, Cotumlutou tiplrat Mcf It, l33 Fraaela A. Bowtn, Ovt 13, !aa Clamant CommUilon (tplrci I'ao S3, ikvj LadwWk Kmmlojpr M J(o J, l.it KoboftU. Jlaka M tKlW, J 'it MrraNoaa Towjunir, John !lor.?y, Commlnlon Jaiplre July 13 Jil voaaT TowatNip. Robk II. Millar, Commltalon aiptrat H.w,li Jamal II. Moora, July to, t47 T ToarntHir. Maary Rlmalar,rommlialon aiplrct May Ql las UlrtMHOaorga, May 7, 4J aiTtaiia Towaiuir. T.G. Abraham, Cotumlülon asplrot Dee 0, lui Itaaa Pklllipt, Kabll, U17 warra wtria Towatata. Walter Mltchall, Commlatlon aiplrai Rap Ellphalol Barbir, Hep 13, Ir-iO bat TOwaaiitr. Joba Rlaw, Coramlaalon aiplrat Juno i, I11 UwU Wkluman April l!, .i3i AHIU7AL A2XD DEPARTURE OF ZXAILS. j Ciarlanart mall arrWaa dally at 3 I' M. Ii, part daily at a A M. ladlanapoha mall arrlrtt dally at3 I M, Do piru daily it iX. Coaatrarllla mall arrival on Mondavi, Wad dai rrldaya at 0 P M. linparta Tuadaya,Tharda jt aad aalarday t at A M. CanlroTllI irrtTii MonJ)i, WaduotJayi inl Frtdayi all P M. Daparu TueiJavi, Thurtdaji aad Batardaya at A M. ' " Ro mail arrlvat Tuatdava and Friday at f M. Iiaparu Mundaya and Tbartday at! I'M. Oird mall arrival Friday at 10 A M. DoparU Prklaytal HAM. Maabvllla mall arrtvee Taaa,lav, Tbnrda aad Kaiordaya at 4 F M. Daparta Mondavi Wad RoadayiiDd FrlJTlU A M. Wlataravllla mall arrlvat Maturdaya at 6 P M. Daparta Frida ya at 0 AM. ' Varaatlloa mall arrtvaa TueiJavi at 0 P M. Do alarta tf oadayi at I A M. Lawroneaburgk mall arrival SalurJtrt at 3 P M. Daparta Friday at a A M. Lauert tobe mallad muilba In tht Offlco batoro lo lKkP M, pravloui lo tbo dapartur of all mall leavtai U Iba mornliig. UDioncöuHTY "ajirecwry r Cucon-Coca meal the 4lb Monday n rb raary aad Anauat may altt.o w..k. ch ,imCaaaoa FLaaaCovaT maauad Moudaytln rubruiry.Mar, Auruit,nd 5ovimber; axrr.pt hni tht re are Ivo Monday In tbo precadknf month-. -"" 7 n,niiwHiliirii lima. Caaaiaetoaaa'e Covbt meaU Ut Monday In Jane, Raptomber, Deco wber and Marek may ill all ttayiaacb lime. Caxtta I r Oil.,.. Oma. W.Clark. K..n F.aock Ward, Nheria, K. Hurdtlde, t Urh, m W. laon, A adiior C. aaUar.Traaauror, . Wm. I. Koaa, Coroner, JaeaoCook.Rarvaror. La wta J. Cllae, Rueordar Oct. nlo. A a a. 1KYI, Nov. I1.,!. Kov. A. it Oct. lfld. Oct. I .. Kov. laii. Rntdar, and Alan. M . Paddock , Uqje axplrct Sen! Umber, iMi-l-7. ar 1 Iwtae J not Ice) aff tbo) reace. K. Jarrall, Commlaaloa axplraa Anr W.Hraaar. fcp, Irailaiwetl I, in. H, tri-. Apr. H. hi. Hawartk. J. F. Ba Ma 5. If. -.7. O. W HunU uall, Nov. 83, IHA7. Oct. J0,13J. Pep. I, l."o(J. De.S4. T.J.ColTlri. Jaa Lam be, fl. R Idar, J W.awaaa. Jotana Brown, ' II. Keffer, e- vvtiaon J. F. Teraplelnn 1 7.. Feif uioii, ' Apr. O, IKMI. A ua. Frb. AuX.23,1"1.''!. May 3. I-..7. nc i. . i, IKl. , U,-..i. Apr. DU. O. II. MARTIN, PHT8ICIA1T AND STBOZOX, -AXDERSONVILLK. octrro dia5a.
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. iFrom tbs London Dally Newt. AN ARAB'S STORY. Come and Hat an F.aitarn tlory, By an Arab trev'ler told, How ho reacbod a mlehty nation In the wondroui day of old. Iron-ilnewed ttoedi wtro rnthlpt; With aed thai mocked lha wind. Leavlnf all the boailed flootnati Of lha Arab blood behind. allloia tblpt upon the ocaan On to dlitnnl rrglont bled Freighted Ilka lo Boating clllet Camion of tho wind or lid. Tbtro bo taw lha pondrout Iron It lo ai by Uio Tlu in h u rlad , And di'icendlngoa an anvil Fit to forge a fabled world. Force, centrifugal and tublle, Dade the water column toar Upward, In avolurao vlolng With a fulllnf tofrenti roar. Uy lao diitanco undivided Of lha wlJoly iproadlng plain, Converse held Ihlt wondroaa people Over mountain, valo and main. 'S uro," he aald, tu groat collective WUdomof Ihli land inailihlna With a plendirpat conception, To direct tuth foiea divine. "Speak," hi tried, Uarnid Kcfioto, 11 a ttrangor tin lenland . All th torrvU of the wonlri He hath wltned In your land.' Rtralgbl replied a lUtoly Vltler, "Thamet Ilk thet w deem a bor I Men of telenet and their marvela Her w utterly Ignore. "Mlnlttnrtar pra-iclenll la In abundance here you And, But the rulort of lha nation Kiver ropreiont It mind.' Allah Akbarl" trlod their ttrauger, 'Wondroui iighlia trav'lor toei; Uut lha lateit It the grwtteil, Wbara the d rottet control the beet.' The Autumnal Gneit. The crown from lha forehead of Rummer Had dmpt, Uiodlm wooJIandi wer ir, When there anloroJ our homo a Rtrangar Comer. A far from lb Kingdom of Fear, In Ilia myitlcal lull of the year. He darkened our doora, aad lha hour, Oik opening Ilk myrtlri In bloom, Ware blighted ai If they war Howeri Thai droop In the .hade or the tomb That winter and dl In lit loom. There came to orr cheek a ttraiiga pallor. Our ftord grow unfreqtient and low, llulona ofour number with valor Umlle J iwdol on that torrlbt foe. Aithoroaaan Iheeold falling now. My liar of the Mght and the Morning, My Joy and my Uoauty wanho, Tbaaeama lo my heart a forewarning, A blaitfrom the Winter to bo, Tho Winter that walloth In mo ( And I knew thai my Kingdom of Hummer Mini fade, and It crowndlaappear. Oh ! pillion grow that lreil Comer, Afar from the Kingdom of Fear, In the deaolate fall of the year. Strang tlml llearti ran lira ou afli'rbroak In !- At aldulghl my Darling wai dead. lUrboioin had roil from IU aching, Fond botnm her bablet that fed Pure botom that pillowed my bead. A Grave 'mall, thtplnc for my kicplnfr, IIa loft me, that orrowful tiuetl, A Roul that la weary with weoplug. A World" that In aba low Ii J rent, A Life that It wild with unreal. No tuorr, never raoro lo bthoIJ hor ! 1 ak by dgrri to tuy lo. I foci the cold world growing colder; On Morrow drear ot-eau I toa ; I fulnl 'n uth tlu loa 1 of my r roi. ' Yet high In the IiiOiilla Rummor, "Sr-yond th pale Kingdom of Fear, iidXAngol have crowned a New-Comer m (the tmllee from ber Ueaullful riphere Khoralli mc-thtf Morning linear I ' T. !.. If. A Song of the Huguenoti. V T. B. aUcai'LAV. Oh warp for Moncontour. Ott I weep for lha bonr When the children of darknea And vll bad power When the hortoinen of Valol Triumphantly Irud On tht botnm i that bled For IhelrrlgbUand their Ood. Ohl weep fr Moncontour. Ohl weep for th slain Who for faith and for freedom Lay alaughtored'd In vain. Ohl wrep for tho living, . Who linger to bear The renegade'e ahamt, Or lb exllo'e doapair. One look, one Uat lok. To the eoit and the towart. To tbo row of our vlnri, And lha bed of our flower. To the church where the bone Of ourfiithon iWajM, Where wa fondly had deem'd Thai our own thontd ba laid, Alail womuttleavo thee, Deardeiolata home. To lha tpearman of Url, Th ihavrtingt of Home, To the terpe.it of Florence, The vulture or Ppaln, To lha prMd of Anjou, And the gtill of Lorraine. Farewell In thy Co intaln, Farewell to thy iliaddi, Ta lha tont of thy youth, And the danre or thy mal da. To Iho breath of thy garJn, The hum of thy beet. Andtha long waiving lino Of tho bluo Pyreneei. Farewell, and for aver. The prlet t and the lave May rulo In the bnlli Of tho frra and the brave: Oar heart we abandon: Or Und w reilgn ; But, Father, w kneel To no alter but thine. Our Mother'i Grave. av tlPXBV BYBB IT Our mother lcea beucath the grouud, Wharo many withered Bower aro lyliift. o lately plucked and ttrown aound, With trembling hand and bluer Igblng: Hut though our heart, front founUIn dof. Pour forth lha gricr they cannot tmottirr. We hTO lo gial ere and weep M'hero thou art lueplne; rntl)-, Mother. II. Wu've made thy grave beneath lha tree. Where thou dldtt love to ill at even,
When fulreit flower were on tha loa, And purplo light wai In tho heaven j And now where onee thy feet would reit. Wo ofton meet lo greet eac h other, And itrew frth flower upon thy brent, And blei again ourgontlo Mother. III. We toon mutt leave tha dear old homo, And wide on earth our palhi may icver, And wheree'erouritepi may roa n, Our heart will mingle bore forever And memory oft will d p? the tear,
And rail forth gilef we would not imotber, A wa In aoul thalt linger noar, Where thou art teeplng.gentlo Molhor. (ß b t t i o n . EDUCATION Extract from Gover nor Wright'i Address at the In angaratlon of Dr. Daily. IIOMK EDUCATION. Wo have many Colleges in Indiana; many High Schools anu , Actulamics; and numerous other Institutions which afford public and pnvato means of in atruction;yct, it docs iceni to me, that the great prevalent error among our people, consists in this, they nllix to tho idea of education something that can only bo found a.yny from home The (general rulo that prevails among parents is, to enquire for somo Hoarding Scho'l High School, Academy or College, in which they may placo their sons or daughters, in order that they receive that kind of instruction ncccaary to qualify them to enter "po.i tho dincliarge of tho duties and reapomibilities of active life. Many parents seem to think that home is a proper place to cat, drink, talk and aleep; but thati all. Tho Almighty lias left us, in his word, tari'O positive institutions tho Family, tho Clinic1., and tho Civil Government". Thcso havo existed in aouo form, in every ago of tho world. Other Institutions have ariacn, and they aro before us and among us; they como and go, to bo seen no more. Hut the whole labric of socio y may bo changed; government may bo rent aiundrr; new dynaatio roar tnko the placo of tho old: a volcanic tcmpe.U , may sweep over the wiiolo laco 01 civilisation; yet, a soon m the ncceaanry time would elapse for tho settling down of society, in aomo form, shnpo and order, theno three institutions ordain cd of Heavfn would appear tho Family, the Church, and th Civil Government. Tho first of thcso is the Family; and it is in this institution that wo must look for the beginning of an education that shail bo worthy of tho ape and the nation in which wc live. There is much implied in tho phruse "Homo Kducntion." It is not tho proper cultivation of the intellect it is tho prop er training of tho heart, tbo ndVctiona, and tho social qualities. I do not belicvo that any man, let Iiis intellectual attainments bo what they may, is fit to go forth into Kocicty, if he has not had thrown around him, the gental and purifying influenco of parents, nistcrs, brothers, and the inUuenco of the ramly Government. Wo cannot maintain and perpetrate ur glorious form of Government in' its purity and excellence by depending alone upon tlio colleges anu universities of the hind. o must look to the education that controls and shapes tho family 'trclo. There can bo no love of country, where thcru is uo lovo of home. True patriotism derives its mighty strength from fountains that Sush outnrouud tho hearth stone; and ioso who forget to cherish tho household intcreala, will soon learn to look with indifference upon the interests of their country. I know a ruin of great wealth, an active member of the bar for 25 years, who resides near Indianapolis. He is tho father of nine sons, two of whom aro ministers of different rcligous denominations. Of these, one has trav eled in foreign lands, and has interested and delighted manr American audiences by imparting to them knowledge that ho had acquired abroad, Two are among tho most industrious and successful farmers ofour State One is a most gentlemanly Conductor upon ono of our railroads; another, under twenty years, of age, has penetrated tho wilderness Northwest of Lake Superior, ns fitras Pembina, und has returned with a mind welt filled with practical knowledge. Another is in active business in n produce store, on the shores of Lake Michigan; and tho two youngest are now scholars in n district school. I heard one of these nine sons say, at tho age of twentytwo, that he wna never in u Court House to hear a trial, or to bo sworn as 11 witness. This fi.thcr, to whom 1 huve rcf-.r rod h is u little domestic government ut Home. Itirt his practice, in his family, to hold frequent consultations, in which each member talcs a part in the discussion and determination of all questions affecting their duties, interests and responsibilities, in the affairs a 1W la ! A .el f of life. He taught hla sona to think. to work, to lubor. He has been able to invest practical labor with an inlereei u at eueers no ..eans oi i.jj around him, and that thus gives to LI v3 IU a a 1 .1 C . his homo the grace peace, refinement Home should possess. til .. rri i. ,i rri t. ti The results of this system of homo education i ore; seen in g ood conditions, physical strength, good morals, industrious habits and in tho practical application of e..i i 1. : 1 ii....: uav.u. 0. "v-iuuvu uy ro.cBi ulc 5luuas ruACTtt'AL iDVcviiON. Wc want, nnd wc must havo an im - I a 0 .II 11 proved system oi practical knowledge a aystein lhat shall bo adapted to the times, to tho nature ofour government and the condition of tho country. We want an American ay Mem ofKdttcation. Look around upon the immense ueias wia. invuo me inuors oi scnoiars i who aro well educated in the sciences' I a II a. T a i ,oi tnemisiry, weenames, ucology,
Botany, Ac, and behold how few aro
qualified for the work of scientific in vestigations in these fields. We havo hundreds of graduates who can trrns lato Latin nnd Greek, and explain tho menning of somo obscure texts in Hebrew; but who, Tis architects or cnginers, can tell you nothing of the proper plans to span rivers with Kailroad bridges, or of tha truo mean by which you may render your wet land produo live. Not long since, n distinguished Engineer in tht service of tho United States wished to employ rtn assistant; and hearing of six graduates at ono of tho first colleges of the land, ho visited them, nnd regretted to find that not ono of them wns qualified to discharge tho duties of nn assistant Engineer in his service. How little wo know of tho chemical properties of tho air we breath; of tho wntcr wo drink, or tho soil on which wo aro dependant for tho food that supports life. How ignorant wo aro of tho various qualities of the different ores and minerals that lie in profusion a a a a a a a . a. a all around usl YV hut do the students in our Colleges learn of tho botanical characteristics of our trains, crasscs e ...... i . w iruii.i, irees, anu iiowcrsi And, on their return to their homes what in tormauon can they communicato to their neighbors, in relation to the physiogical peculiarties of those ani mal-, which aro in most demand for tho farm or market. Wo demand in theso times Institu tions where our sons can bo educated to bo Farmers, Artiznns, Architects, Lnginecrs Mechanics, Geologists, Uotanists in a word, useful men Living In tho center of this Republic, in tho very heart of a rural population, wo require in this Institution (tho only connected with the State) a Model Farm, under tho charge of men qualified to teach the youth whoshallcomo t.!.i . e miner lor insirvciion. Ono great object of education aho'd bo to make labor attractive and profitabl; not n few kinds of labors, but of all kinds of useful labor. It is a part ofour mission in this world to brittle with the elementa earth, aeaa and skies and our fellow men for a subsis tence; and in this State Col lego the example ahould be prominently aet forth in order that its influence may be felt through all tho avenues of society; and that thereby we may elevate labor and make it the subject of attraction. JCuftrtstinj Storj. From llieMito Fn.llnal. Very Mysterous. Our readers may rely on on tho perfect accuracy of tiro following narrative as it comes from nn unquestionable source. Singular imtanct vf MUlal en Utnti ty A Question or J it r ist tor Sjjirdualists. 'A few days beforo tho adjournment of tho Legislature, two members from tho .South Western part of the Stato ono huiidrcil and sixty miles distant fro .n Indinnpoli, inquired if the Sunei indent of the Insane Hospital, his reasons for tho discharge of Alex, F., n patient from K county. Dr. Athon assured them that Mr. F. was still at tho Hospital, and had not been sent home, nor was his early discharge probable. They stated that they hud received letters from different persons, mentioning the fact thnt Mr. Alex. F. was wandering at large in neighborhoods near his old home; that tho citizens were nfriad of him, nnd were nnxious that he should bo returned to tho institution without delay. Tho next day Dr. Athon received rtleUcr from a guardian of Alex, making inquiry with regard to his escapo how long sinco ho left tho Hospital, and what was his mental condition when he cloned if elopement it was. I nm allowed to copy Dr. Athon's reN 1)1 ANA HosriTAL. FOR TIIK InSANK.) Indianapolis, March 3, 1855 ) i.H.S , Ksq. Dear Su-.r I am just in receipt of your letter of Iho 28th inst., and am omewhat surCrised to learn that Alex. F. is now to o ncen in your region. I am not n believer in mordern spiritualism, but if Alex, is there, his spirit is here; of if his spirit is there, his con pore nl aubatancc is here, and if both positions can bo substantiated, then there is something in spiritualism. Kut I think wo havo the inevitable, laughing Alex, here, so tho people need not be alarmed at hi elongated fcbadow r. ery respectiully, dec. A few days since the following let ter m answer to tho above, arrived. I give it verbatim with the omission of O a a o a names of persons, and places, it is from a gentleman who is entitled to tho fullest confidence: Ind.. March 10. Dear Sir: Yours of the 2d inst., in regard to Allel. F., came to hand. There is sotreihing very mysterious about this allnir ol snid Alex bein here and at the Insane Hospital, bot at one and the same lime. 1 have de- . nnswcrin , on RCCOunl of tM ,l tw i t rt ! a.g.ct Iin ( mt tfrw Tkntn UllIU IjU It 1 . OblU W HIV IUI VI 1 a AUVfV anj t,)e f-eU . u J on who are well acquainted wuh niiu nit nvu on u.imivu ni.it ..iiva, .,, ... 1 A II..n in a tu to. . a i-.. .i. . if. i .. .iuuui xuesuay tut: i ui oireuuary last, Alex. F. was eeeen approaching the 0 mills und distillery. He stopped at the house of n woman by , of Mr w and asked lor I water nnd a basin to wash his hands. , and it was given him and ho washed. 1 He then approached the O mills aa . A. 1 1 . I I . 1 Ji with a stall in hand, but halted lor a abort time ut n not her phtce or two. One of the hands at the mill by the ' name of Kussel J., saw him coming, and knowing lhat he hid belter be : watched, met him and went with him , in alibis journey through the mills and nog-pens. Alex, went up to tin gurret loft of the mill, observing to Itus -a .a .a. & ' sei J .. that lie wanted to see the ma
Ichincry. After which ho went in the!
distillery, and the distiller, J.H. said to him "you must not do that Alex," at which Alex, turned around and said "what?" lie then passed down in tho hog house, followed by it. v . (one o tho owners of tho mills) nnd Kussel J who watched him. He came out o th C hog house", and they said to him "Alex, j our brothers A. and S. an after you." On which he raid "they havo no business with me." Ho then passed on out of tho gate, and picke up his walking stick which he had left on coming in. Ho then went on est toward U. II., about ono fourtl of a mile distant, with n quick walk and lint is the last that has been seen or heard of him. They all agreed that ho looked bad aim iiiia visage, ramer paieanusica i it ... . . .. . .. -.1 ..-. l. l jy. no was not inclined to tuik', nnd said but very little. Old and young saw ntm.jind lie was no whero elac but at the 0 mills. Those lhat saw him havo been well acquainted with him for years, and they are willing to txcear thai it tea Alex F. and uolody eist, rorthey saw, heard, and I believe, felt him, and examined his looks closely. His warmed by ll c fire dur ing tho time. Tho names of a part of the persons V 1 .1 Ml f , who saw mm, ana nro wining to give their affidavits to that effect, are J. D,; It. J., K. V; 0. 13,; J. T,; and others. Are you certain ho was at the Hospi tal tho 27th of Febiuaiy? Respectfully yours, 11. 8. S , The arwer of Alex, on being ask ed when he was at home last, makes the " t'onfutlon won confounded," and the mystery moro inexplicable tie a once said, "about three weeks ago, I Mew down thcro to whip Kussel J., and make honorablo proposals to widow' Ho wasieminded that he had no. been absent froi.i tho Hospital since the 19ih of June. "I'll bite your car off,' he replied with some indignation, "I tell you that I did go. My spirit tiew down there quick and left this pair of clo.hes and the rest of me that you sco here in the ward, to takocaro of Anili-Christand ktcp the devil out of the bathroom. I. saw Kussel J., and threw o(T my coat to flog him, win n ho wanted to treat mo so I thought I 'would wait went with him in the distillery, saw it stand ing there, nnd asked, "is this plzen?" and drank a jus of whisky blowed up W a m iv. v . lor toliowing following me round didn't have time to marry the widow or wring brother A'a noe, they would'nt let mo alone long enough. Went down to tho village, got somo ale and then came right home. I did not see any body on the road, 1 was ho high up came with the pigeons. They were a cheering me, ha! ha! ha! "anil did'nt make no time at all. Igot homo first. Am going back again tomorrow. Tho whisky was rot- gut; will knock that distiller's face all to blazes it made my head swim run against tho lightning which singed my whiskers colored 'em red. Tho truth is, Doc they aro all crazy." io num up, wo littvo the positive testimony often or more reliable men, who had known him for years, that Alex was in H. Co-nty, on or about the 27th of February, and tho blightly unconnected, but corroborating nar rative of Alex himself, who is yearning to substantiate, at any time, by an unlimited cu ruber of oaths, some of them not altogether free from pro fanity. Un tho other hand, tho officers of tho Hospital, and at least twenty oth ers connected with the Instution, will solemnly affirm that they have seen and conversed with Alex two or three times every day for nine months. If this is a case of mistahr identity it is singular that no many persons should bo deceived, and at tho same tiino have bdc'i an entire conviction that they aro not mistaken. Many a man has been hung cn evidence ns to his person, much less conclusive. If ii is a case oi spiritualism, u is somewhat in advance of even mordern psychology. It is an instance of rapid locomotion, tho last improvement in transit of passengers has not got round much. Drawinc the hint from Alex.' clos ing- remark, ns quoted above, I would suggest that it t a caae of morbid mental manifestation that there ia a floating delusion contagious in id na ture, which cUccta ono and tho other of the parties alternatively; flying from Alex, to ins couaiy, anu irom nie coun ty to Alex, in an funcommonly short spaco of time. COL. MUZZE. The Governor on Secret Societies. The Shelby ville Volunteer gives the following as ono of Governor Wright's remarks at tho Hcndrick'a festival: The Ooveaner then spoke of the pol itic! of tho day, and administered a scathing rebuke to those preteedeu lov ersof American liberty, who skulk through dark aheys at midnight to take their horrid oaths, and concoct their schemes of treason. It was said that an opposition secret society was being organized calh-d the Sag .Nichts. lie had no sympathy with tnem, any entered his solemn protest against and midnight conclaves of tho democratic party. Let democrats biwaro of all such organizations, and denounce them as they deserve. Between the Governor's approval of j the prohibitory law, and his denunciation of the oM line pet, tho sag nichts, he may get himself into a very pretty stew with his party, nnd wc should
stew with his party, and wc should; dkak Sir: Your esteemed fai not bo surprised vf tho next State con-j lhc 27.h uU a reccivod. I re vention should give him the "go bjMforlhc gacs 0f hummanity, that
J) as contomptuousiy as the last one. e UlUSi uuviu iiiiM vuiisiBtviif sii vym A . . ! I ... 1 ! mmr secret societies amutiL' im own party but if he hopes to prevent old lincrs uoingor unuoing, maying or unsayiny anything that will help them to office, he has been aingularly negligent of his opportunities for learning their nature. State Jour.
QLorrcspnbeuce. Forgery.
It will appear from the following note, which wc received a few day ago, that some scamp hits been impo sing upon us, and forging Mr Smith's name. , We arc at a loss how to pro cecd. W do not want to deprive our readers of ho racy letters furnished us by John Smith, and wo don't want to offend this Mr. Smith. May there not bo two John Smith's after all? Andkhsonvillk, March 213, 1055. Mr.Goodwin: I havo frequently noticed in your paper letters signed John Smith. I .vish to say to you lhat l don t want you to eino my name, ...... ... to any more letters. I cannot write my name scarcely, and it is almost impossible for mo to read, corjscnucnt ly 1 am not the author of those letters that has nnneared in vour naoer I un dcrstund that some of thcso letters was written before I come to this place. i nave not been here mor than three monthi. l nopo lhat this warning . a a will do fur tholuturo. I wanto you too send mo too off thoso htcrstuat lias my name too as soon as vou can. JOHN h. T. SMITH. ANDtaso.iviLLt, April 2d 1855. Faurn Goo jwik. There aro some Typographical r -i o.n in the communi cation published in the American of, March 21 .rom a "Jaw abiding citi sen. lou Lucio" uuien." say: me mect'ng instead of beir? a Township ti tr .9 a a mi affair thioughou., by some fifteen or twenty "Sanes Creekers'who MtFar men in the region oi couniry. it w a t ay . should have been: The meeting in stoad of being a township affair, trat managed, throughout by some fifteoi or twenty "Sanes Crcckcra," who are aniot'i in tho region of country, txc, My raaaona for wishing this correct tion, are, that thoso to whou it was rpplied, aro harping over the matter, and, trying to make it appear, that tho intention of the article, was to tigmalize the Farmers, because they were farmers, which ia not tue ease, I am a farmer myself, and have too rr acb regard for my fellow farmeia for their occupation to caat any slurs upon t'i.CIJ. Our election passed off, rather qui etly considering the exciting issue, a av a aa a i.e. viz tho "Liquor Law and resulted in a triumphant vindication of said law; old Posey stands just whero we predicted she Uid "ltight side np' The opposition made- a tremendous effort, every "red eye" in tho Township, wns out, out it avaucu notning. i ncir zeal is worthy of a belter cause. It s a poor commendation to see men so zealous in tho work of iniquity. In conclusion, if it will not be too much trouble, please make the corrections referred to. Yours as ever, JOHN 8. MOORB. Meeting in springfield Township. During the election held in Spring. Geld Township, on Monday, April 2nd, 855, a large number of the citizens of said township, feeling agneved with the manner in which the Common School ft'.nd ii directed by law to bo distributed, htld a public- meeting, when, on motion, Dr. A. U.Mamt s was called to the chair, and John M. Creswell chosen Secretary. On motion of John IMJrady, Re solved, that a committeo of three be appointed to prepare a preamble and resolutions expressive of the sense of this meeting, whereupon tho chair appointed John T. Brady, Joseph Welsh and Levi Ayrcs, said committee, who retired a short time and prepared tho the following report, which was adopted: ' Whereas, an attempt has theretoforo been mado, by tho Legislature of inuiana, to ocprivu wie uutiui ut Springfield township, of the use of a portion of their Congressional school fund; aud whereas the legality of said law was properly tested before tho proper aoil legal tribunal!, and decided in our favor; nnd whereas, by subsequent legislation, the attempt is again mado to deprivo us of our just rights, by indirectly taking from us a portion of the school tax, which wc deem justly due us. Therefore, Resolved, that our township trustees be requested to take the nccesary steps to securo to us our propoition of the common school fund, regardless of any referenco to our Congressional School fund, whatever. Re solved, That each township, in this County, interested in testing the fegahty of the manner in which the distribution of the Common School Iund is directed by law to bo made, bo requested to unite with us in pros ccuting tho suit above conti mplated. Resolved, That wo will moat cheerfully submit to an additional tax sufficient to defray the necessary expense of properly and fafrly testing the matter above recommended. On motion of Levi Ayres. Jtetolvt, That tho proceedings of a m iaa1 l this meeting uo lorwaruea to me editors of the Indiana Ameriean and Franklin Demicrat, wilh a request that they publish the same in their respective papers. A. B. JAMES. Chairman. John M. Ckksswxll, Scc'y. Prohibition in Maine. At ovsTA Mo., March , 5. Dkak Sir: our esteemed favor of rejoice fur the Kakesol hummanitv. I hat VOUr , nobje Sutc ja ii aroused and is DUttiusr forth its strength in favor of the cause ot Temperance, as indicated by the popular branch of her Legiala - w atm a litre, to which you refer. I most ar - dently hope the Senate will net equally worthy of the -Kmpire Slate" I trust the enemies of Tcmperence, will not succeed in misleading any
1 friends of Temperance in your State
by falsely asserting that the Law we have docs not work well in this State. Nomnn who has care fully wat hed the operation of it, in suppressing the liquor traffic, will deny that it is doing a great work, and last extinguishing those haunts of vice, drinking-houscs and tippling shops, which have so cursed our State The people of Maine have decided that those nuisances shall be obaded, nnd they have the utmost confidence that it can be done by a Prohibitory Law. Notwithstanding tho opposition, the law has met from political men, who huve coutted the smiles of rum sellers and rum sympathisers; nnd moreover the armed neutrality which Executive officers havo manifested in relation to the enforcement of the law, it has accomplished a great amount of good. In very many towns where it has been enforced, tho rum traffic has been an nihilated nnd the sources of drunkennes and crimo dried up. Throughout the State it has immensely diminished the quantity of intoxication liquors, heretofore used, and the friend of Prohibition Law, yes, and its enemia too, aro fully convinced that the sale of intoxicntii'g drinks, can bo r s completely suppressed by penal enactment as any crime known to our laws of equal prevalence and magnitude. The Legislature ol this State, now in session, will, I havo no doubt, add more stringency to the law. and nmonir other improvements, punish tho offender with imprisonment for the first offense. Public sentiment demands additional penalties for violation of the law, and our legislators arc determin ed to give them. Never was the causo of Tem'nerancc so prosperous, and tho Maine Law ro strong in tko hearts of our people as at tho present time; and, locking at the .csuli which a partial enforcement of the law has produced, the friends of Temnerunco feel the fullest con fwl ...!, I Kut .1,1 l) In Maine are nearly numbered.- ... -" -"v.- -""b Grogshops will be closed. The traflic inlnLoyiratinn rlrinka will an u . thorouirhly rcatrained. that ofianaea of - - w . . iictu Ainu niu uv ni iuivm vviii(uuv-a aa those of larceny and other crimes for tho suppression of which penal statutes have been retorted to by all intelligent communities. Wishing you every success in your abors for the promotion of Temper ance, AK SON 1 . KOIUULL. EUsctlUuto us. CÜ5 Bounty Land Law. certain An Act in addition to acts granting bounty land to certain Ofbeers and Soldiers who have been engaged in tho military service of of the-United States. Be it enacted by tl.o Senate and louse of Representatives of the Uni ted States of America jn Congress as bcroblcd, That ench of the surviving commissioned and non-commissioned officers, musicians, and privates, whether of regulars, volunteers, rangers, or malitia, who were regularly mustered into tho service of tho Uni(d States, and every officer, commis- . . i ii stoned and noncommissioned, seamen, ordinary acumen, marine, flotillaman, clerk, and lends men in the navy, in any of the wars in which this country has been engaged since seven cen hundred and ninetv. nnd each of tho survivors of tho malitia, or volunteers, or State troops of anyvStatoor Territory, called In'? Malitia service, and regularly lurdered therein, and whoo services have been paid by tho United States, shall bu entitled to receive a certificate or warrant from the Department of the Interior for ono nunarca a a sixty acres oi innu; ttnu where any of those who hat o been so mustered into ecrvico und paid shall aro received a certiucatc or warrant ic hall bo entitled to a certificate or warrant for auch quantity of land as will make, in the whole, with what he may havo heretofore received one hundred and sixty acres (o each such person having served as aforesaid: 'roiwd. The person so hnvinizbccn in service shall not receivo said land warrant if it shall appear by the mus tcMolls of hu regiment or corps that ho deserted or was dishonorably discharged from service: Vrovided further, That the benefits of this action shall beheld to extend to wagon-mas tcrs and teamsters who may have been employed, under the direction of competent authority in time of war, in the transportation of military stores and supphea. Sec. 2. And I it further enacted, That in case of the death of any person who if living, would bo entitled to a certificate or warrant as aforesaid under this act, leaving- a widow, or, if no widow, minor children, shall b entitled to receive a certificate or warrant for the aame quantity of lund that such deceased person would bo entitled to receivo under tho provision of this act if now living; Vrovided, That a subsequent marriage shall not impair the right of such widow to such warrant if she be a widow at the time of making her application: And provided further. That thoso shall bo considered minors who aio Boat the time this act shall take effect. Sec. 3. And le it further enacted. That in no case shall any such certificate or warrant be issued for any service less than fourteen days, except where the persyn shall i.ctually have been engaged in battle, and unless the party chaining such certificate or warrant shall established his or her right thereto by recorded evidence of-said service. Sec. 4. 1 be it further enacted. F ra-tt , a a . . a j jiiai sua ciruucaics or warranismay . be assigned, transferred, and located ' by the warrantees, their assignees, or their heirs-at-law, according to the previsions of existing laws regulating the assignment, transfer, and location 1 of bounty land warrants.
Sec. 6. And le it further enacted, That no warrant issued under the provisions of this act shall be located on any public lands except such as shall at tho time bo subject to sale at either tho minimum or lower graduated prices. Sec C. And le it further enacted, That th registers and receivers of the several land offices shall bo severally authorized to charge and receive for their services in locating all warrants under the provisions of this act the same compensation or percentage to which they are entitled by law for sales of the public lauds, for cash, at the rato ol 31,25 per acre; the said compensation to be paid by the
assignee or iioui-irs oi Mien war Milts. Sec. 7. And It it further tnucteJ, 1 hat the provisions of Ihn act and al tho bouuty hind lawi heretofore pass cujoy Congress, shall bo extend -d to Indians, in the same manner and to thosamo extent as if the mi id Indians had been white men. See. 0. And be it further enacted, That the officer nnd oldiers of the revolutionary war, or their widows or minor children, hall he i milled to tho benefits of this act. Sec. 9. And le it further enacted, That tho benefits of this act shall be applied to nnd embrace those who served us volunteers at the invasion of Plattsburg, in September, 181 1; also, at tho battlo of King's Mountain, in thercvolutioitaiy war, and the battle -1 XV .1. . l ... . . . . oi icfc-Pjoc against ine coniedcraicd savages of the South. Sec. 10. A) le it further enacted, That the provisions of this shall applr to tho chaplains who served with the army In the nevrral wars of tho coun try. Sea. It. Audit it further enacted, i hat the provisions of this aot be ap plied to those who surved as volunteers at the attack on LewiMown. in Delaware, by tho British fleet, in the war of ifiie And mir, ' . " . 7 . ". ' approved Jdarch 3, 1055. rrvTT7J7T TT ' . AppOrilOnmCni ! Th Vu". ""-h decided ltepublii rnn mninvnt' m u . si nn aav-Mai A. aIMI at i.r ment union tno recomendation ot a ill . .1 l.r- t Voanmltteo consisting of members of both parties. Mr. Weir, an old liner, though formerly, we beleive a Whlar. was chairman of the committee, and he gave his approval to tho bill, both in committee and afterwards when it was under discussion in the House. The principal objection urged against it, was, that it allowed the Old Line Democrats too small a representation in both branches of the Legislature. Yet it gave them metre than their voto last fall entitled them to. Absurd as such an objection was that a party in a minority from twelvo to fifteen thousand votes, should have an equal representation yet such was tho objection, and ns far as wc heard, the only one. As was to be expected, and as was right and just, the bill passed in spito of such senseless opposition, and went to the Senate in which tht old liners had a majority of two. in tuo fee n a to tho House bill was an ended by tho substitution of the picscnt apportionment law, altered a little for the worse. Wo have not room now to point out its outiageouiunfatrness. A more llugi ant disregard of justice was never attempted by any body of men, since the Hi-public wat instituted men was embodied in that Senate apportionment bill. It was nn enactment with tho solemnities of legislation, of tho quintessence of old line arrogance, insolence, -ind spile. It was not intended to bo an apportionment of tho State, but a means of defeating an apportionment in order to throw tho odium ol tho result on the House. Tho way this was attempted to be j done van worthy ol the end to bent-! tained. The bill thus amended was sent back ' to the li'.use. The House refused to accede, and insisted their own bill. It went to tho Senato again, and thcro it died with Iho end of the session, at 12 o'clock on Saturday night the 3d of March.'without a tingle effort on tht part ot the Senate to accomodate the difference between tbo Houses. In tho ordinary and proper course of legislation, it was tho duty of the Senate, when tho bill camu back with the message that the Homso refused to accede to the Senate'i nmendment, to appoint a Committee of Conference, to settle the difficulty, and notify the House, and desire a like committee from that body. This is a wise, and often effectual mode of accomodating difficulties. It is tin rule of legislation, and should have been complied with, cspccialy in a matter of to much importance as tho apportionment of the State. No effort should bar been spared to save the State from disorginazltion and anarchy. But after the House had done ail that was incumbent upon it, and coti.D do nothing more until the Senate acted, the Old Line Senate reitsed io act at all Tho bill was never taken from the ta ble, never was laid upon the table, in fact, but was held as it came from the hands of the clerk of the House, without action of any kind. Wc have been told by good authority that the President of the Senate took it the moment that it came from the House, and kept it himself, and never allowed it to brought before the Senate at all. In the confusion of such an occasion this could have been easily .one. But it is unimportant whether he did so or not. ltis sufficient to fix the responsibility of this great error on the old liners, that they failed to attempt to arrango the diffi culty, even when the ordinary routine of business, no less than the vast im portance of the subject required it. Such were the means, what the result may be, wc hardly dare to anticipate. So far as our laws provide wchave no . . ...! e .t means oi cxiricaitou irom ue uisorginazalion into which party bigotry nnd baseness havo plunged us.
Repoiled for the Saa Fraoelee Ilerald. Division of Californiathe New SUte of "Columbia." AsaiMBLT, February 27. By Mr. Hunt: "An Act to create a new State out of the Ttrri-ory of Califorma." A very lengthy and t nimatcd debate ensued on the introduction of this bill. Mr. Stevenson moved" before the bill . wa read, that the whole matter be indefinitely pxt. posed. Mr. Ferrel made a very able appeal to the aenso of the house on the mat' tcr. He stated lhat, as we arc now constituted, it was impossible to legislate wisely that tho north and south had different directions for labor, and contended that tho only true policy of the Pacific was to divide the State
He characterized the boisJed greatness of California with her thousand tiilcsofcoail, its merely boasting in vain, for we were only boasting of our folly and v cakness that we weic unequally and impropeily united that with our limited representation in Congress wc had to beg for ovr righu, and argued that the division ot the Slate, and making three or four Sulci of it. was t! e only true policy of the State nnd tho Pacific. He stated that instead of being the suppliant of Congress for our wants, wc ought, and are eventually ucbtincd to have tuo controlling influence in our national councils, and characterised the opposition raised to the bill as proceeded from a nsirow rsd contraced policy. He appealed with much force and vehemence to the jus tico andpatriolis'i) of the House and contended that, in calm aud deliber ate argument, he and others could prove conclusively in the House, anu to the people of the whole State, that the interests of every 1 portion of the State demanded a division of the Slate. Messers. Ashley, Ryland, Baker, Hunt and othe.s, joined in the debate. The provision of the bill are sub stantially these: The new State is to bo called the "Sute of Columbia," and ia to embrace that portion of the State South tad inclusive of the comties of Saul Crux, Santa Clara, Tuol umne and Caleveraa. . A portion t, tho present Slate debt is to bo assum ed by the new Riate on a.t equitable baais. The bill waa ordered to be printed. Beautiful Extract. The following beautiful paragraph we extract irora the Uau laue tie ad dress, delivered before the graduating class of Kutgcr's College, by the Hon. Theodoro Frclinghuyson and com mend it to the perusal of the young: "Resolve to do something useful. boncrable, dutiful, and do ithcartity. Repel the thought that you can, and therefore you may, lire above work and without it. Among the most pitiable objects in society, is tho nan whose mind has not been trained by the disciplino of education who has earned how to think, and the val ue of his immortal powers, and with all these noble faculties cultivated and prcpaicd for an houorablo activity, ignobly sits down to do nothing; with ' no influence over the public mind with no interests ia tho concerns of this country or even his neighborhood, tobe rcared as a drone, without objector character, with no hand to lift, and no effort to rut forth to help the right hand or defeat tho wrong. Who can think with any calmness such a miserable career? And how it may be with you in active enterprise, never permit your influence to go into hos. tilitv with tho cause of truth and vir tue. SoMivc, that with tho Christian poet you may truthfully say that ifyour country aland not by )our ah III, AlleaM-oerMIleihavariotwroaithrrran. !' The Aims of Slavery. The late Congress afforded peculiar opjrortuniticB for the development of the platii of the Slave Power. Though relatively in a hcpclcis minority, yet relying upon the dough-faceism of the representatives frc j the North, it maüc bold to avow iu plans fo strengthening itself. Let them be remembered. They arc: I at. Doughta'a bill Tepealing the Missouri Compromise, and opening Kansas and Nebraska to Slavery. 2d. Johnson's bill making a slave State out of the Indian Territory lying west of Atkansaa. 3. Orr's bill giving homester ds to the Indians, in proportion to the number of their slaves. i lb. Tbo withdrawal of the American squadron from the coast of Africa, and agaia owning (he African Slave Trade. 6th. The acquisition of Cuba, whether by conquest or purchase) and it admission into the Union as a slave State. Cth. The Supplimental Fugitive Slave Bill which passed the Senate just on the heels of the 1st session. Such is the platform of Southern Slavcocracy and northern oJd line Democracy. And to the accomplishment of these designs, the entire pov.er cf the administration has o.en diree.ed. For them it has cajerly aught a war with Spain, or even with franco and England. But, happily, it has failed in all but iU first step. The people spoke, and the traitors caved in. But the Slave rower never sleeps it never grows weary. It must tili be watched. Oreenslurgh Pre. How to Bin Troiiix When we can bear all trouble as a part of the burden of Christ, and can obtain his assistance to bear it with u, we shall find t daily grow lighter and lighter. and at length press upon us, only like the burden of wings oa a bird, enabling ns to fly away away toward heaven. Ajusosi &kle.