Indiana American, Volume 23, Number 20, Brookville, Franklin County, 4 May 1855 — Page 1
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-OCT' -''"' A HEWS AND BUSINESS PAPER-DEVOTED TO'PORS.CfJ Mh DOMSST.C MEWS, MORALS, .WBRANCE, fiDÜOATJOW, AGRiCtlVrURS, AMD THE SEST 3HTERESTS OP S0C3ETV. VOL. XXIir-NO. 20. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY. MAY 4, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER, 1161: s
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T .D4mH. D,-P"VrCU.f d. SOR; I, UKÜM. orru a. at kit Milil, eorner o' Slain aa4 ienieeetraata.-roea villa, to . HE. J. TT. nstT,-OKO0.f DEsfTsT. JU Orr-- eu r ratit of th Valley Hl-S-.Oe T4ISS. All WMl I - wtml4. Me Uft (WWW ! JjT w t W aliaaare.vUM. ei-iy I.I r OT..T73 IIL031I,-JU!TtCB er tmi FK ACE, J m4 A..ry Cawneellor I law, Brno., villa, lad. Ovrica, tdstory Weal's new bell.lng, froatlng the Court II. use 4111-. XTT MOZSOV. ÄrfüK.IKT A COURURL . -K At 'LAW. Um, a. 7, Halle's Butl-iog , Mr-O-villa, lad. Si 41 NEC. C00X8ff,-ATTORSEY AS , oU.NMU.o A FLAW. Ormi, in'1 the American oae, Bra-tvlUe, lad. 43 ! lar 31 U. riRD, ATTO H X E V A COU 5 B L LO K i AT LA w . Ofrri, rar Powers klora, brook at lie, led. nOIZS J. MLL-T.-ATTOKJJEY AT UW ia Rov.at rve-io. Orria a, one door . ef toe Valley Hauaa. Rrookvllle. Ind. Will lake act-aowleUg-ien-i or Deeds, lake Bud eerUfy Dop-sllloes, A fil IU mnouil J.Wnnr.-JoTARY ppbuc, X Lav---. Ia -til t I Üa aa4 ackalimaau, aoU aU-u4 t Malarial kaal-aaa afaaaraji. HARRISON DIRECTORY. t Tranrr.-DkALitR i.i okoc-ki asd Xtw Mi, Mar al alraal, lUaaiaoa, Oaio, kaiaa feaa4 fn4 uaerimaalof alUrUclaa la klallaa. AUW rBr-l M-rtmaat af ' I ' rvnniTvnEi , : Which h will all ehaap for Mh or eoanUf !ro4dm. ; cl 7 4. 16-4. mTC3f TTTXXXIL. Of DOOR R AST OF m Uru w.r, ll.aaiana, Ohio, D-alar In ICA.1, rKKMCH A0 K.N-U-U DKY ÜÜOUS, BoU ad Boaaal Ttlmmlnf of U ljt b4 rio-a Uuaa,MlMataniCM!dra' fitu kaMtoa aUBtlfoa haad. t 87 4e a. aava. wa . iiaoa. PSCfSB. TJC-O-T.-DBAtKRS I FASCY m4 uti - üooa, LaJiat Drat Coo-i atarj klad. Ora-aHaa, nardrtra,wi-aawr,UooU, Shoa Carpailnf, Ao. Coaaia tt-Bii-r Wtrt Stut UARRISOJT, OHIO. Oat 17 4- 1U4 T3 I , TTJIJXSL UKALKR I! l)K JO!, JjnU-ii-aa, faiau, 011, VaraUb(,Glui, Pjt Coraar Mala aa4 Mark at Straata, nRRI30X, OHIO 3SIO HOTZL, COKSltU MAIS AMAHKCT auaau, . niBRisox. omo. ' D. YllUEn, Prprltr. OaU 7 45 1454 PIlAinIJ-T COUUTY DIRECTOET. CtartrtT Cobbt naaU ttia lit Mondays la Fabra ary aa4 AagaaL may u utraa aa. Coa-aoa Pt Coca rm au IU M-odT la Jtn aary, April, July aad Octobar may all i waoka. Coaatmoaia'a Coo it aaaaU lat MvDdayt In Jaaa. -aiMmtar. Doeam bar aal Marehmajr II al ajra Mm. Camatr Officers . A. R. McClaary. Saaalor. tlma axplrat Ucl iFia P. K. A. Jatar, Kaa üoah Millar, Jw M. Jo-nan, Clark, M. Italanar, KhartlT, Vim. K.b-ai,Traorar, 1HS8 Fab IHM Ool !- Aug 17 Mar IU. Ort IK Oct I8M t John tt. Mu'ca, Au.i.ior, RaOla O-tonr-, Baaow'ar, M J.öo tt-lky,C-ra-rt M W. W. Hukbail.Survayor, u Co -TV Co-aiaa loaaaa: Cyraa Qalck, i. II. Fanrot, Elmar UyaU, tluia t-pira Ocwber, I Sil 7. Jaiatlc f til Pac. aooTiL-a Towatatr. Cyrot Bllfora, Cooimlaaioo aMra Apr 10, IW8 jtlfrad War, AprS-, 1M7 W. ML M-VatK Apr n. I8S7 Jamaa Mawhloaay M Osl 31. Itifl araiaartiL Towrimr. Jaaaph Waith, CommlMloi aiplraa Oct 7, 1SCalab Yocam. o I, IUJ aoioalU-my, " Apr4,lWatooxuiaaaaTt tow wt mir. Darld Slaaghur, Cotnial-iloa a-plraa !ot I, ini JatiaCltmaaU. M ,M Apr II, IUJ , imu T0wxrr. A. B. Lina, Cemmlaalou axplraa 5otombar I raalrvKamr " Dae 3, IBil W. A. J. Clldavalt: Cm. avotraa PahVt. IKM JohaTaraar. M M Jana , 85 Riani4RT0WRinir. Froc!i KaaebL CobbImIoo axplraa !(ov 8, 1MJ FraoelaA. Bowara, - " Oct 13, IBM Aoaaa Towatmp IiCl4mnUCommlMlott tiplrti P M, 1PM LaUwIek Koamlafar H M Ko 8, IHio Mobt H. Jtnka - OctBS.ltM KBTAMoaA Towatatr, John flonUy, Commlulon ipwt Jaly 13 ItX roaar Towaiuir Robt. If. MlUar.Commlaaloa axplraa Rapt M,lM Jainaall.Moora, Julyto.lii; B-TTAWiraiir Hanry Ratmalar. Commlaalon axrlrot May SI li-t Illram Gaorga, " May 7. I-M IT raaai Towaini. T.O. Abraham, CommUtlon aiplrea Haa 9, UM laaaa l'biUlpa, . Vab .4,1137 WalUr Mllehall, Uvmnitaaloa aiplraa Rap ivi Ellpkalat Uarbtr, M M tp U, IBM wnrra with Towatnir. BATS TOWMIIir. John Blaw, CoiamUalon oiplraa Jana k, lS Lawla Whliamaa April 81,113 AIIX-IVAL AND DEPAETUHE OF ZIAUS. CiBclaaatt mall arrlra ilalty at 3 Y M. Da parts dally 14 AH. Indlanapolia mail arrUaa dally at 3 P M. Da pan dally at IPN. Connartrtlla mall arrlret en Moodiu, ad aadayaana! Frldafa at a r M. Doparia Taaidar. Tharwlaja and BatrUy at A M. Cantrat llaarrl MoDdaja, Wadnaadays aad Friday! at P M. Doparu tu Jidj) i, Thurida) i aad Halardaya al S A M. Koaamallarrtvaa Tuaailay and Frida Tt al I P Ovfortl mall arrta Prtdaya at 10 A M. Da BrU m-Ultal II I'M, RaahTlila mall arrtfas TaaaJtTi, Thradaa aa nwwiyi at a r .x. upru N-ndaya wad aa-rtara aad Fridajra al A M . WUtanrilta mail arrl-aa Ratardaya al P M anaru -nuaya at a A Ja. VartulUe mall rrWaa Taotdiji at J P M. Da darta Moadaya at a A M . Lawranrbariih maUarriTaaSatardajaalSP M Oaparta Fndaja at a A M. Leiten tob milled rami be la the Office, before o'clock PM. prlo to tha dapartnra fall tmmwimB tarn moriiina;. UHION COTJKTY LIBECTOEY. Ciacrrr Cocbt asMls tha 4lh ktoadaya In Fab raarj aau .r,,--,; niiw -, aBCb II ma, CoRRoa PikaaCooBT Bieia3d ktondatitn Pb. ruary. May, A nr.it, and If ovamben eicaiit han taora ar Ba M-adaya la Uta pracadlaa; noulU ih jaoaway. na;wn WMiinni lima, -laatoaaa'a Cbt maata lit MondaTa In Jaaa, ifepumbar, llac.iaber and March may lit an uaya aaca tima. Caaaly OMcan, Minor Mackar, Raoator, Um expires Oct, IM3, Cao. W. Clark. Kar. Eaoeh Wrd, Kan; K. Uurdaia, CUrk, W. Dawaon, A adiior C. XttlUr.Traatarar, Wm. a. Koaa, Coroaar, Jaaa Cook, aarvaror. Lawla J, Clint, Rtcordar Ocl.ia3 Ai. I 'SI, 44 firm. Mot. ihm. A of. IW5. Ort. 156. Oct. 0. l3i. Cocwtt Co-ai-fioaiit-Garr: Wllaon, luae Ratdar.and A lax. M. Paddock. Uma axplraa Han. atatlc mt tftm Peace. X. Jairall, CommlMloa oiplrea Apr. 1, ia. t-J w1fl.ll m ' P. 16, IHM. Ira Max wall M Anr.ii ih R. M. Haworth, J. F. Baaaaiu " O.WH.Dt, T.J.CalTla, Jaa Uata, H. KMar, JW.SWBDB, ' Joaaph Browa, 44 H. kaOVr, Oao. Wikin m J. F.TamplelonM .FoignaoB, Marl. 1M7 Sot.-3,jk.t. OcL 10,153. Rep. I, IPM. De. S4. lKi. Apr. B, . Auf.8,lf3. Fab. 14, 1846. 4a. S3, May 4. If47. OcU S, H, Apr. iJ.l-ii. DR.aiI. MARTIN, PSTIXCIAV AID t TjmOKOH, ANDERSOVILLE. TM UPU5A.
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EUXDIB. BT V8 MtttPfa-Sl ÄAÄWa What la alandort Tla aa aitaaila al Iba mldalghl hoar Vrg.4 na by aary, tiiat, with fooutapaaon, Btaalton tha alumbrr of iwcat looocanre, Aad with the dark drawn dfj4f of lb mind, Drluka drt p tha arlmaoa currant of Iba brrL Itlaa worm that craw U on buiy' eheok, Llka tha rile Tlpar la a vat of flowaia, Aad rtU la ambrosial bloasoma thoro. ft Is a a oward la a coat of mall, That wages war against Iba brava and wlsa, Aad Ilka Iba long, laaa lltard that will mar Tha 11008 sleep; It wounds the noblest breast. Oft bare I seen this demon of tha soul, This murderer ol sleep, with Isaga smooth, And eoaaloeance serene a heaven's own sky But storms wsra raving In a world of Ihcught; Oft have I seen a smile apoa lis brow j Bat like the llghuilug from a stormy land, It sbkes the sou I aad dlsappoaied la darkness Oft have I seen U waep at tales of woe, Aad sigh aa Uwe re the heart would break wllb angulsh Bat Ilka tha drops from guard's tree, Aad the foil blast that sweeps Arabeaa sands, ll withered every floweret of the vale. I saw It tread upon a lllly fan, A niaa of whom tha world eoold aay ao harm Aad whoa she sunk beneath the wound. It broke Into the sacrad sepulchre, And dragged lit victim from Its hallowed grave For pu U Is eyes to gats on. Ithalhwept That from the earth Its victim passed away, Kre It had taken vengvanca on Its virtues. Yea, 1 have seea this earsed child of envy ' Breath mtddea on tha sacred fame of him Who once had bean his country's benefactor; Aad on the aupulchroof his rvpoe. Bedewed with many a tributary tear, Dance In the moonlight of a summer'e sky, With aavag satlaDcilo. THE COiniOK LOT. Bf JAKKS MOHTOOXIST. Once, la tha light of ages past,! There lived a wan; add who was he Mortal, howe'er thy lot bo cast, That.raaa resembles thee. Unknown, the region of hie birth. The land la which ho died unknown; Ills Mine has perished from the Earth J This tr-th larvivaa alone: That Joy and grief, aad hope and lear, Alternate triumphed In his breast; Ills bllaaand woea smile, a tear I Oblivion hides the rest. Tie bounding pulae, the languid limb. The changing spirits rise and fall Wa know that these were full by him, For Urse ire felt by all. I a lie suffered, but his pangs are ' re," Enjoyed, butbls dsllghts are fled, II ad irlaada hlarrlaadaafw now aa mora; And foes his foes are dad. Ue;ioved,but whom he lovad be grave lias lost In his unconscious womb t Oh, aha was fair I but nooght could save Uer benuly from the tomb. IIa aaw whatever thoa bait teen : Xneoantered all that troubles thee ( He was whatever Um, has been ; He is what thoa sha ll be. Tha rolling seasons, day and night. Ran, moon and alar the earth and main. Ere while hi portion, life and light, I'o him exiat la vale. The cloud and sunbeamso'or hlseye, That once their shades and glory threw Hsve left In yonder silent sky Ito vesllge whare they flew. The aaoala of tha human race, Their ruins since the world began. Of hint afford no other trace Than this there lived a man. BEAUTY. Jtevor 71 wee there thi beauty That with Uma would not decay; Sever yet waa there the flower, Bow'd by dew or washed by shower, On the heath I t the bower, Bat would droop and pine away l .Never breese, though sweetly sighing Through the grove and e'er the plain, But had kissed the frail and dying That cao never bloom again. Time aad beauty chime together Tilt wa pass our childhood's hour; But when meal we n.ed the charming Of our graces, Times alarming Spaed I all onr grace disarming, And we chill benea to his power. Reason bows albcanty shrine, Passion thinks her all divine; Men edere, admire and love. O'er the earth for beauty rove; Find her bat a tender flower D looming la the s'.ialtered bower; Rive her from her parent stem Gaie awhile npou her bloom -Gase upon her hundred graces Preas her o'er and o'er agalnt But she dire la their embraces, Fleeting time her Moom erases. Time abd sorrow leave thalr trace Each I lord of beauty's reign. Prom tha Lily. THE REBUKE. BV Bft4. "A Bloomer! A Dloomerl There goei i Bloomer!" Crlea one from amid a crowd, Ware aha my a la tar, Wirsitie my diurbter, I'd sooner It were her shroud." How can a lady, Withdrew to biwdy, Appear on a crowdad atiee? Bha mustbeeraiy, Of jet, 11 MM l'Bha wlahea to a'- 'A?el. Wer I her br tier falber or : I'd teach her what' ' ,.; Bbo mutt a'ay . ..i If when she wer g ne, llcrdresa did not cover berahov. , Yoa are not either, !Tor can you be, sir. Though long my daughter you've wooed; Bo within oar door You may come no more. That apeech will do you no good. Thus spoke the father, For much bad he rather nie child shoald live an "Old .Maid, Tban to give her to alia, Who wlia Iron chain, Wound bind ber In thoaght,'word and deed, Baa4-urr, Fab. 3, 55. BEME1IBBANCE. Take Iba bright shell From I' s home on the lea, Aad whomever It goal It writ sing of the sea; So lake the food heart From he home and Its hearth. It will sing of the lov'd To the ends of the earth.
ntcrtsting Siorj.
Raleclsd for the Indiana American. THE DRUNKARD'S BIBLE. BT UM. B. C. II ALL, "There is rooro money mado in the ublio line than in any other, unless it o pitwn-brokin'',"flhid Martha Hownley to her brother; and I do not nee why you hould feci uncomfortable. Yoa are a lober man; lince I have kept your house, I uorer remember I'-ingyott beside yourself, indeed, 1 know that week- pass wiuioui your touching beer, much less wino or pi rits. If you did not sell them, somebody eho would. And wcro you to leave "tbo Grapes" to-morrow, it mii-ht bo taken by those who would not have your scruples. All the genV I - !..- try say your nouse is mo ocstconuucf d in the parish" I wish I really deserved the com pliment," interrupted Mathcw, looking r . 1 1 . l l ..V -I. - . up I rota Iiis uay-DOOK. -i ouijih nut to content myielf with avoiding beer, wine, and spirits; if I believe, as I do, that they are injurious alike to the character and health of man, I should by every mcails in my power, lead others to avoid them." "But we must live, Mathew; and your good education would not keep you we mustlivel" "Yes, Martha, we must live! but not the lives of Yarapires;u and he turned rapidly over the accounts, not . 5 .! i : i.. ., v. ing ana comparing, aim ae.u-uigi j sorted in calculation. Martha's eyes beenmo enlarged by curiosity the small, low curiostv which has nothinstin common with the noble spirit of inquiry. -She bo lieved her brother wise in most things; but in her heart of heartssho thought him foolish in worldly matters. Still, sho was curious; and yielding to what is considered n feminine infirmity, she said, "Mathew, what it vampires?" Mftthcw mado no reply; so Martha who had been "brougkt up to the' bar" by her uncle, while her brother was dreaming over an unproductive farm troubles as usual about "much serving," and troubling all within her sphere by worn-out and shrivclcd-up amities, as much as by the necessary duties of active life looked at Mathew as if speculating on his sanity. Could he bo thinking of giving up his business, becauso of that which did not concern him! but sho would "manage him." It is strange how low and cunning persons dooften mnnRjo higher and better natures than their own. Martha," ho called at last in a loud voice, "I cannot attend to give longer credit to Tetcr Croft." "I thought ho was one of your best customers; be is nn excellent workman; his wife has much to do ns a clear atarcher; and I am sure he spends cv ery penny lie earns, hero sucn was Martha a answer. -a . . And more!" replied Mathew, 'morel Why last week, the score was eighteen shillings besides what he paid for." Hu'd nn honorable man, Mathew,' TMrisfp(I Martha. "It is not lon-r f - - c since he brought me six tea-spoons and a sugar-tongs, when I refused him brandy (he will have brandy). They must havo belonged to his wife, for tliev had not P. C. on them, but E. Bomcthincr: I forget what." Mathew waxed wroth. "Have I not told you," he said "have I not told you that wo must bo content with the flesh and blood without the bonca an J marrow of these poor drunkards? I am .tot ft pawn-broker to lend money upon a wan 'a ruin. I sell, tobe sure, what leads to it, but that is his fault, not mine." You said just now, it was yourt, said his sister, sulkily. "Is it devil or nn angel that prompts your words. .Martnai cx . sa a . a its claimed Mathew. impatiently: then leaning his palo, thoughtful broflr on his clasped hands, he added1, "But, however much I sometimes try to get rid of them, It must bo for my good to see Tacts as they are." Martha would talk; she looked upon a last word as a victory. "He must . . ai have sold them whether or not, as he had done all his little household com forts, to p ty for what ho has honest lydrunk;andl might as well have them as t.ny ono else. My money paid for them, and in the course of the evening went into your till. I I'd very hard if, with all my labor, I canuo turn an honest penny in a bargain sometimes, without beintr ehid; as if I were a baby." .V i I . . 1 am sorely beset murmured Mathew, closing the book with hasty violence; 'sorely beset; the gain on one side, tho sin on the other; and she coads me. and puts thincs in the worst light; never was a man so beset .,iti I, .1 he repeated, helplessly; and he said truly he was 'beset' by infirmity of purpote that mean, feeble, pitifu frustator of so many good and glorious intentions. It is at onco a blessed and wonder ful thing hew tho little grain of "good so "d will spring up and increase i tho s.iil bo at all productive, how tvil it froctMy! A great atono may be placed r(t over it, and vet the shoot will forth- itdeicays, perhaps, after a Ion". noi. 'less slruinrlo amid.t the weight of .vtrth a white, slende thin". Iii a b.H of thread that fall from the clionin'tr scissors of a littl heedless maid c tccPs uP tw3t3 isc round the atone, a" little pale, meek thinv. Undinn vnrVrd DOCOmine delicate rrruen in tho eVOOing sunlight strenglhing in the morning, when - 471 a 1 n -- v .'- birds are siniinr at L"U--ua.v wncn man s toi m? at n nt. winiomanis ...Of . . 1 ! C3 O 1 sleeping, until it pushes au."! thettone, and overshadows its in auspicious birth-place, with strength and beauty. Yes! where trood seed ha bet. n sown there is always hope that, one ü ay or , i -m i . ri other it will despue snares falls, despite scorn and bitterness, despite evifreport. despite temptaticwis, J
Idcspito these weary backslidings which
imvo the wickca ana tnu laio ecvitlcra ..... ground lor rejoicing sooner or later it will fruct.fyl All liorrmye to the good seed! all homage to the good sower! And who sowed the good seed in the heart of Mathew llownley? Truly, it would be hard to tell, Perhaps some sower intent on doing his Mas ter's business pcrhnps omo hand unconscious of tho wealth it dropped pcrhnn.4 a young child, brimful of . 1 r A l . . ' . , . . . love, nnu laun, nu trust in me origin world around perhaps omo gcntlo age was an in spiration rather than an acquirement perhaps a bold, true preacher of tue word, stripping me sinner oi me rooe that covered his deformity, and hold ing up his cherished sins as warnings to the world perhaps it was ono of Watt's hymns, learned nt his nurse's knee ( for Mathew and Martha had endured tha unsympalhizing neglect 0 . I'lll. ll ot a moineriess cniiunoou.i a nine 1'ujc, never to bo forgotten a whisper, soft, low, and enduring a comfort in trouble, a stronghold in danger, a ref uge from despair. O what a world's wealth is there in a simple line of of childhood's poetry! Martha her self often quoted tho JJusy Bet: ba her bee had no wings; it could muck in the wax, but not fly for the honey. As to Mathew, wherever tho seed had come from, there, at nil events, it was struggling, but existing bidding its lime to buret forth, to bud, and to blossom, and to bear fruill The exposure concerning the spoons and sugar-tonsrs made Mathew so an gry, that Martha wished she had nev er had any thing to do with them; but instead of avoiding the fault, she simply resolved in her own mind never again to let Mathew know any of her little transactions in tho way of buying or barter that was all I Mathew, all that day, continued more tho jglitful nnd silent than usual. which his sister considered a bad sign, he was reserved to his cus oracrs nay worse ho told a woman sho should not give gin to her infant at his bar, and positively refused, the following Sunday, to open his house at all, Mar tha asked him "it lie was mad." He replied, "o;" he was "regaining his senses." Then Martha thought it best to let him alone; he had been 'Vrorso" that is, according to her reading of the word "worse," before tnken from tho dumps in the same way, but recovered, nnd gone buck to us business, "like a man. Peter Croft, unable to pay up hi score, mnnngcu, ncveriueiess, to pay . r or what he ürank. k or a whole week Martha would not listen to his cropo6al, for payment "in kind;" even hi ......... wife a last shawl could not tempt her. though Martha confessed it was a beauty; nnd whatpossiblo use could Mrs. Peters have for it now? it was so out of character with her destitution. She heard no more of it, so probably tho wretched husband disposed of it elsewhere; this disappointed her. She might ar well havo had it; she would not be such a fool again; Mathew was so seldom in tho bar that he couM not know what sho did. Time passed on; Martha thought she saw one or two symptoms of what she considered an amendment m her brother. 'Uf course,' she argued, 'he w'll come to himself in lue time.' In tin twilight which followed that day, Peter Croft, pale, bent, and dir ty, tho drunkard s redness in his eyes, ti.o drunkard's fever on his lips, tapcd at tue uoor oi me room oi me ar, which was more particularly Mar tha' room it was, in fact her watchtower tho door hali-glazcd, and the green curtain about an inch from the middle division, over this tho sharp, observant woman raiht see whatever occurred no one could go in or out without her knowledge. She did not say, 'Come in at once; e longed to know what new tempta tion he had brought her, for she felt assured he had neithermoney nor cred it left. And yet sho feared 'Mathew made such a worry out of every little thing Tho next time he tapped at tho window of the door, her eyes met hit over the curtain and then she sad, "Lome in," in a penetrating sharp voice, which was any thing but an invitation. 1 have brought you something now, Miss Hownley, that I know you won't refuse to lend me a trifle on, said the ruined tradesman; 'lam sure you won't refuse, Miss Ilownly. Bad as I wan't the money, I could not take it to a Ditwn broker: and if the woman asks i for it. I can sav I lent it. Miss Hown. ley; you know I can Bay tha-. Peter Croft laid a Didlc on tho ta - blc. and foldinL' back tho paces with hU tremblinc linirers. showed that il was abundantly illustrated by fine en-J graving.. Martha loved 'pictures;'1 she had taken to pieces h Jyigrim's Vroqrest, and varying the devotional engravings it had contained with abundant cuttings cut from illustrated newspapers, und a few colored caricatures, had covered one sido of a screen, which when finished she considered would bo once the comfort and amusement of her old nge. After the drunkard had partially exhibited its contents, he stood by with htolid indifference, while alio measured the engravings with her eye, looking ever and nnon toward tho screen. 'Very well,' she - said, uttering a deliberate untruth with her lips, while her mind was made up what to do 'very well, what did you say you wanted for it?' He repeated the sum; she took out exactly half, and laid the shining temptation on the table before him. Have you the heart, Miss Ilownly,' he said while llnorIn xr. rather than counting the money; 'have you the i heart to offer me u:h n little for such' n great deal. If you have the heart to sell it, l i, l. '.. ..1. may imvo iw nvan ivj uu.i -u.it u price she answered with a light laugh ; t r v. . , b, 0 ,,i 1 "d it is only a drunkard's bible!'!
Peter Croft dashed tho money from
him with a Witter oath. Oh, very well she said; 'tako it or lcavo it.' She resumed her work. The only purpose to which a drunk ard is firm, is to his own ruin. Puter went to the door, returned and took up the money. 'Another shilling miss? it will li in gour till agnin Itfvrt morning Martha gave him tho other shilling; and after he was fairly out of the room, grappled tho book, commenced ooking at the pictures In right earnest. and congratulated herself on her good bargain. In due lime, the houses was cleared, und sho went to bed, placing the Bible on tho top of her table, among a miscellaneous colleodon of worn-out dusters and tattered glasscloths 'waiting to bo mended That night the master of the Grapes c.uld not sleep; moro than once he lancted he smelt tire; and alter going into the unoccupied rooms, and peeping through tho key-holes, and under the doors of those that were occupied, he descended to tho bar, and finally entering the little bar-parlor, took his day-book from a shelf, nnd placing the candle, lat down, listlessly turning over tho leaves, but tho top of tho table would not shut, and raising it to remove tho obstruction, Mathew saw a large Family Biole; pushing away the day-book, ho opened the sacred vol ume. It opened at the 23rd chapter of Proverbs, and as if guided by a sacred light, his eyes fell upon the 29th verse, and he read: Who bath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who bath redness of eyes; "They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mued wine. "Look not thou upon tho wtno when it is red, when it eriveth its col our in the cup, when it mowcth itsvlf aright. "for at last it bitclh like a serpent, and slingeth like an adder. Ho dashed over tho leaves in fierce displeasure, and, as if of themselves, they folded back at the Cth of Oala tians: "Envyings, murders, drunken Bess, revellings, and such like; of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which du such things shall not ikiierit tile KIN000M0F U0D. 'New and Old, Old and New murmured Mathew to himself 'I am condemned aliko by the Old and the New. Testament lie had regarded intoxication and its consequence heretefore as a great social evil; the Hut terin,i rnc;s nnd the flcshlcs bones of tlw drunkard and his family, the broils, the contentions, the ill-feeling, the vi olenc, the murders wrought by the dread spirit of alcohol had stood iti array be Tore him asgortaf crimes, as iocial dangers; but he did not call to mind, if he really knew, that the Word of God exposed alike Its destruction and its sinfulness. Ho was one of the many who. however good nnd mora in themselves, shut their cars Reams tho voice of tho charmer, charm he ecerso wisely; and though he often found wisdom and consolation in aline of Wattts hymns, he rarely went to the fountain of living waters for th a m a a tae Btrencrlhcntncr and relrcsüinz oi his soul' He turned over the chapter, and found on the next page a collection of texts written upon a atrip of paper in the careful band of ono to whom writing was evidently not v frequcn occupation Proverbi, tho 23d chapter: "For tho drunkard and tho glutton hal come to poverty, and drowsines bhal clothe a man with rags." 1 Corinth ians, Cth chapter, 10th verse "Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilors, nor extortioners, shall in hentthe kingdom of God." 'A train that awful threat!' murmur ed Mathew; 'and have I been the means of bringing so many of my fellow-crca-tures under its ban?" I Samuel, the 1st chap. "And Eli said unto her, How hng wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from theo." Luke 21 "And take heed to yourselves, lest any timo your hearts bo overcharged with surfeiting, nnd drunkenness, and cares of thin life, and so that day come upon you unawarei. "Ay, tiiat DAT." repeated tho landlord "that day, the day that must come." Ephcsians, 5th chap. 'And bo not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit Proverbs. 20th chap.MWinc isn mock er, strong drink Is raghig, an.d whoso.cver is deceived ther-by is not wise. M Wot to tha who tclltth wine to thy ntitjhbor. and minghth strong drink to neighbor, and minghth strong his destruction." TO 81 CONTINUED. , Liquor and Crimes. The following letter from Captain Hoke, of the Cincinnati Police, was recently addressed to a gentleman of Indianapolis. It presents unquestionable testimony in favor of a prohibitory liquor'law, and fts influence aa a preventive of crime: Offick of tux CnicK of Polick.) Cixcisxati, March 26, 105fi) Mr. Geo. W. Shkrrir Sir: In accordance with your request as to the operation of the law, upon tho various grades of crime in the city, I will state that, as near as 1 can calculate from our register of crime in the watch and different station houses, it has fallen off at least 60 per cent. Tho princi ple offences, where the great falling off is visible, are the following, vir: Assault and battery, disorderly conduet, fighting, abusing family, wife ; whipping, and grades similar to those, C? v.- . m 'ft 1; that nre caused by drinking liquor. v .r.n muri rnu.uuii y, D. T. HOKE, AiV. ;A ,. Chief of Police.
(Ü. or rtsponbeuct. INDIANAPOLIS COEEE8P0NDENCI It is really refreshing in visiting In
dianapolis, to find one building, erectd Willi some architectural uste. In diana has wasted large sums in public buildings waatcd, because the build. ings are radically ueiective, una must soon fall down. The Suto Houro i ow and "squatty," resembling a large corn sbed, and is getting ready to full to pieces. The Blind Asjlum is a good looking edifice, but tho rough cast is peeling, tho walls are badly cracked, and the building is worse dil apidated than it should bo ono centu ry hence. Tako tho Indiana Asbury University as another specimen. It stands lino enough, but is utterly de void of architectural symmetry. A lie new Odd Fellows' Hall, being erected by the Grand Lodge of tho State, should bo an ornament to the city nnd the State. It costs enough to bo so, and it is a failure. Tho impression is neither that of massive grandeur, nor serial beauty. To give a criticism of its my lo may not do easy, out in enea upon the beholder: it ians snort oi w a a aa a. II 1 4 your new courthouse as planned by Mr. May. It is yet unfinished, and possibly tho defects may bo curd. But in the wing of the North West ern Chrirtian Üniverhity," now about completed, wo havo a "good building" one combining taste and strength, one which produces a pleasing etlect will stand for n snv years so far as ordinary influences are concerned. Tho architect is Mr. Lin-ley, who is also erecting the new edifico for the State University. The Asbury Uni versity mutt follow new buildings it mutt erect either in Greencastle, or somewhere else, and we earnestly hopo that when the timo comes, the build ing will bo worthy of the corporation. To neglect the beautiful nnd im pressive on the score oi dollars and cents in buildings erected for coming time, is miserable policy; but more so when tho beauty can bo secured with no extra cost. It is as easy to build a house in correct proportion, na all out of joint. In tho hands of Mr. Lins ley or Mr. May, 820,000 erects an edifice commanding respect and admi ration in the hands ot some others 810,000 secures a good laughing nt. The panic through which the State has passed has measurably subsided. r ree bank money la becoming established in its rates of value nnd confidence is partly restored. Trade opens wiih much rmmation in this city merchants have mirchased Wl'g stocks of goods and sell them rapidly. The pressure through which we have come I . i v - l. ! - . .. ia uuiiko nnr ouicr in tuo 11.'. wry ot iii. conntry and seems to be a mutation 01 tho ordinary theories in regard to the value of money. If the money is lessened in quantify it increases in rattg, was regarded as n nxed law. If two dollars sold for four bushels of potatoes, nnd then half the money were destroyed, the remainder would still purchase the potatoes. But this time as money became scarce, its relative valve also decreased. While money was plenty, flour was four dollars per barrel money became scarce and flour went up to 86,00. Money drew scarcer, but flour went up to 80,00 87,0088 89 810 10,50 have' followed each other in swift auccession and still it goes up. Before ten days flour will probably sell at 812 a barrel. Potatoes are two dollars per bushel, beef 10 cents per pound, ivc. This is surely a new state of facts, and ono meriting some attention. But thero are gleams of daylight in the distance Spring is coming on mechanics ro resuming work enpital is flowing' in. Hopn begins to bloom onco more. The temperance men throughout the state havo much confider.ee in the new law, nnd quietly are making arrangements to enforce it. They make no bluster utter no threats but are determined. That one word expresses their BDirit. The law shall bo execu ted and thus its merits and demerits fairly tested. The position of the American that the law authorizes the manufactuirof ardent spirits for exportation, is not generally believed to bo tenable. The desire of temperance men i.nd women is, that no liquor for purposes of murder shall be mado on Indiana soil. They also believe that such is the spirit and intent of tho law. One thing is ccrtian if it is not in the law, to entirely prohibit tho manufacture nnd sale,or a leverage, of intoxicating drinks, the people will put it there. "No participation in drunkard-making" is tho motto. It aeema hardly fair that we will permit men to make poison for Kentucky when wo Ttfoscriuo it at home. I see tho announcement of the death of Hon. Joseph O. Marshall. This is a tad blow on Indiana. Mr. Marshall was one of the ablest men in the state His mind was capable of mighty efforts he could grasp and generalize tho most difficult und complicated sub jects, while hs an advocate he had but . m a few superiors. He could mako an im pression upon a jury which his oppo nent found it diUicult ii remove, it's bold impulsive manner bore the jury rirlit onward to a conclusion. A late writer has said of Mr. Choate, that he exerts allhis power upon every case he manages, and whoever employs him "is sure of all his inspiration and per spiration." .Not so with Marshall. He needed a subject and circumstances to arouse him, but when aroused, he was no ordinary man. Few could cope with him in bis chosen arena-the bar. As a politician, he was a whig, ol the old school, and consequently never successful. His proud spirit could brook no concealment, no chonge. He stood on his platform fearlessly and proudly challcncinu confidence and de manding confidence. For his political j faith he was ever ready to give an swer, no matter wuo was me ques tioner or how questioned, in the
conflicts of 1840 und 1044 headdressed vast nKa.rnblago of people, and tho principles of hie chosen party had in him u full nnd complete expounded In buch sevnea he acmcd like some Titan c( olden times, throwing the Alps and Appenines as mere toya about him. Well, he is goncl Would to Ood that hi great mind had been fully consecratud to tho service of the Great Master! How his genius had bct-n etheriiil'zed his talents expanded his soul enlarged! Had ho ascended tho mountains of Holy Faith, how had his powers bceu enlarged I But ho has pnsiod away ho is beyond the reach of mortal prulso or blame. When tho vessel bringing his remains reached Madison, the bells were tolled irrespective of party tho business, houses were closed sorrow set upon every face all felt they had lost a man a great man. Party virulence bows before his memory and comet to do him honor. Peace to hit ashes! There is one hope in these days of heated political strife, tho "good men do," is gratefully remembered after they havo passed away from earth. The men who have written and said hard things delight to forget
them. Tho brutal manifestations of joy with which the Czar's death was received in England, produced deep disgust, und deservedly. The stern foe m an drops the tear over tho stark corpse of his manly foe. So even in political strife animosity and strife, dissension and bitterness arc all forgotten ia the sad brotherhood of death!! T. M. E. Evaksville, April 14th 1055. Mr; Goodwin: The last number of the American which come to hand two days ago, bears unmistakeable evidences that you are still in the land of tho living. (The terrible threats mado against you by one of the editors of our city wero enough to make ono tremble for you, and to fear that you may be literally annihilated. I hope you will survive every shock from his battery. If you do, .you may stand proudly erect and with your hand upon your breast, exclaim, "JJomotumV' I -hall await tho result with some anxiety. Seriously, Mr. Editor 1 think Hall takes your "squils", ns he calls them a little too much to heart. The worst thing I remember to have seen in the American concerning him Avas rather a good nature hit about his "private brandy." Now John ought to have learned more patience and forbearance by this time. But in truth he has had a good deal to try him recently. The preachers have annoyed him shockingly: and above all the rascally Know JNothings have vexed his righteous soul beyond all enduranceJohn is really a pleasant, good-natured fellow, and I have no idea that ho really means to hurt you mucA. When he gets to thinking about the preachers and Know Nothings, he sees nothing but blood and thunder, and at such times he may make diro threats, which his good nature will prompt him to recall. Therefore bo of good heart. Keep a steady hand. a saarp look out, nnd you are sale sharp enough. Our city has presented a lively as. j.ect for Borne weeks past. The opening of tho coal mine forms un important era in.her history. Whether we arc to have coal ia abundance here at our doors, is no longer a question; it is a fixed fact. Below tho pres.nt vien of coal, about forty feet is another, seven feet in thickness, and of a much better quality. Mr. Kirsteraan, the indefatigable Englishman to whose energy und industry wc aro indebted tor tho di.covtry, intends boring soon to ascertain certainly the quality of tho coal in the lower bed and it is also his intention to bore for salt water which he is perfectly confident will be found here. Our charter election passed off qui etly and resulted in tho triumph of the tho "root-a-toots." Tho Know Nothings were defeated except in the election of Councilmcn. Pete Burk the newly elected Marshal is our chief liquor seller in tho retail way. Pete has been fined since tho election for selling without license, but still he saya ho will enforce the law to th. letter. 1 hope he will. We anticipate a vigorous fight here, but it is tho determination of the friends of (he law to seo it strrictly enforced. Tho symp ithicsjof the great mass of tho people are with this law. This is a fact which cannot be denied. I hear little said against it except by party leaders, and thoso who are fond of echoing what such men say. . mi .... av f mi i i jiic cuy oi Louisvuio has trained a victory in this irood cause, which will no doubt lead to other more complete triumphs. I see the liquor-sellers of that city have asked a suspension of tho law there (or twelve months that they may not suffer such heavy losses aa will follow the immediate execution of tho law. This is the same thing as to ask permission to murder a fc. hundreds more of their wretched vic tims; to continuo for twelve months loncer to carry misery and death into a few scores of families, and to rob helpless women and children of bread and clothing, while they are instrumental in more completely brutalizing or demoralizing their husbands and fathers, and all this that they may not lose some of the gain of their hellish traffic. Out upon the whole horde of them and their deve.'ish business! 1 am for showing them no quarters. Such will soon be the verdict of the sovereign people everywhere. So mote it be. I am delighted with the appearance of the American. It is a credit to you, bit. May it have success equal to its merits. As ever yours. BAKEU. 3rTbe ex-Governor of Minnesota 1 was elected Mayor of St. Panl.
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Faithful PreacMnsr. Rev. W. II. Milburn, to illustrate the peculiar faithfulness of some of the early Kentucky clergy, said in a recent lecture: "An Incident related by Ewell White, himself a man of note, will illustrate this. It happened at ono time tha at meeting was appointed in , in old Simon Kenton's county. A preacher named old Jmcs Axley, familiarly called Jemmy Axley, by his friends, and who was very popular was expected. But when he came he .brought another with him, who spoke first. This disappointed 'the people, and there was good deal of noiso and confusion and great inattention on the part of the audience. It is customary when two ministers are present, for both to address the meeting; if one drives in a , nail of truth, the other clenches it. When Axley arose all was still, everybody was disposed to listen. ... . "My friends," said he, looking round with a keen observant glance, "it s perhaps a painful, but always a necessary duty of your minister to reprove sin, wherever found, and be assuied I shall not .brink from it on this occasion. Now' said he "that andy-headed man, standing by tho door, that went out while the brother wns speaking, st .id as long as he wished, got his boots covered with mud enrae in and made such a noise cleaning them as to disturb everybody, and prevent their hearing scarcely a word. mat man thinks I mean him. And well he might think so. for it was a disgrace to Kentucky to say, he was raised here, and had no more manners. NT ..., .. iow, my incna, i aavise you to go home, and learn how to behave when yoa come to tho house of prayer. But r i . - - wm i mcuit mm, That httle girl about the middle of tho floor, with flowers inside her bon net, that was ciererlincr and lauchinor and chattering all the time the brother was speaking, thinks I mean her. And she ought. I am sorry for her par ents, who have raised a girl to fifteen without learning how to behave mod estly and properly, and they are to be pitied. ' Little girl, before you come again.jlearn to be quiet and reverent in the house of God, and respectful to the minuters He has sent. But I do not mean her.' And now that man on the bench, towards the corner, that's looking up as bright and awake as if he had never been asleep in his life, and never expected to be, but who was , nodding and bowing all through tho preaching, and snoring so as to disturb all around him he thinks I mean him. And indeed he well may. My friend the house of God is not intended for a sleeping-room. When you want to take a nnp, go home and go to bed and take it iegularly;but you come here for another purpose. But, I don't mean him." And thus he went on, fixing his dark, piercing eye on each offender, singling him out in such a manner that he could not be mistaken, till he hid nearly gone through with all who had made any disturbance, ending each reproval with, 'But I don't mean him. or her.' v hite, meanwhile was sitting on a bench in front of Axler. en joying the fun amazingly, laughing, ruuuing uis nanas, cnewing more lustily, and spitting more vigorously and profusely than before, as each ;ncw offender was brought,till the aisle before him was a puddle. "Now," said Axley, drawing himself up, nnd with a severe look. "I calculate you wan't to know, who I do mean. 1 mean pointing directly to White "I mean that nasty, dirtv. filthy tobacco chewer. Look at the filthy, brown puddle before him; a toad would not hop in it. and to think of the sisters dresses having to go thro' it." White was thunderstruck. Ho nevagain was known te chew tobacco In meeting." . A Fable for Stronft-XXinded Women. A vine ws growing beside a thrifty oak, and reached that height at which it required support. "Oak," said the vine, "bend your trunk so that you may be a support to me." My support," relplied the oak, "is naturally yours, and you may depend on my strength to bear you up, but I am too large and too solid to bend. Put your arms around me, my pretty vine, and I will manfully support and cherish you, if you have an ambition to climb as high as the clouds. While I thus hold yon up, you will ornament my rough trunk with your pretty green leaves and shining scarlet berries. Tbey will bo as frontlets to my bead, I shall stand in the forest like a glorious w&rrior, with all his plumes. We were made by the toaster of life to grow together, that by our union the weak may be made strong, and the strong render aid to the weak." "But! wish to grow Indepently," said the vine, why cannot you twine around me, and let me grow up straight and not be a mere dependence upon you?" "Nature," answered the oak, "did not design it. It is impossible that you should grow to any height alone; and if you try it, the wind and rain, if not your own weight, will bring you to the ground. Neither is it proper for you to run your arms hither and thither among the trcef. "The trees will begin to say it is not my vine it is a stranger get thee gone; I will cot cherish thee. By his tune thou wilt be so entangled among the different branches that thou canst not get back to the oak; and nobody will then admire thee or pity thee." "Ah, me," said the vine, "let me escape from such a destiny;" and with this she twined herself around the oak; and they both grew and flourished happily together ,
A Good 8tory, , , . . t A certain friend of ours, whoso ur
banity and good fellowship haswen him a host of admirers, amused a company a few evenings since, with the following anecdote, which is -too good to be lost 8.,' a captaia of a new and elegant packet on the Cbamplsin Canal, was spending a few dTi ' !.- f . 1 J . uns wiBi.r, b Montreal, ana to .Ul time,' went into the theatre one evem meg. During the performance the orchestra began playing "God save the Q -ten An important, . conse Suential personage bustled arouud -be leatro touching one with his cane and motioning to another, all the time saying, "hats off gentleman, hats off, our nation! air." - Presently he approached Capt, S., who is a diminutive specimen of the genus homo,' and called out fo him, 'hats off, sir, our national air." The. Lilipotian captain refased, when the very consequential busyi-ody, with a sweep of bis cane, knocked the captain's hat upon tho floor. There. wss a grand rush, the flashing of a bright blade, and cries of 'a fight, a fight;' but the bystanders interfered, and the parties stood, glaring at each other like wild beasts. Captain S. remarked, "I shall know you next time we meet," and was hurried off toprison In tho Spring following, Captain &i was was pacing the deck of his pocket, at v iwieuaii. . . . ine -cnueu otaies" LRd lust J I J V T . . T V arnvca irom üouse s romcwiln passengen bound for Saratoga, New York, fee. Tho captain eyed the party sharply, and among them be recog. nized his Montreal acquaintance. lie proceeded at once to tl a leader of the band and ordered him as soon as the boa' was In motion, U strike up Hail Columbia and after that Yankee Doodle. The order was obeyed, and the captain appeared on deck swinging a huge bludgeon. As soon as the first note of Yankee Doodle was sonnded, he called out, "hats oJ, gentlemen, hats off, our national air." Hisllontreal friend did not heed him, when round came the bludgeon and away went tho Montreal gentleman's hat into the canal. The gentleman was indignant got mad blustered awfully but CaptainS. said; "Perbsps you don't know me? 1 am the man whose hit you knocked off, last "winter in Montreal. Glad to ee you." . . . . . "Quite right, Captain, very right. I have a bottle of the genuino below; come down, and we willpass receipt." Gems fron Kansas. We give below a few exUacts fiom Kansas pro-slavery pspcrs. Comment upon',them is unnecessary: . ' Free-soilcrs are getting too numerous, in our neighborhood. Tbey must be "tmoled out." They have taken' great offence at Governor Reeder on account of his fearless, upright course,, and threatened him with vengeance dire. Says this same Squatter Sovereign: "There is a feeling raising in the Territory against the Governor, that onlv his absence will prevent a general outbreak. Revolution is in ercrj mouth, and, if the President still rerista inforcinff Reeder upon us, God onl knows what the consequence will Tho Kansas Vionetr talks a little plainer, as'follows: "We would not like to see (be Governor dangling in tho air by the neckhe will soon be dead. dead, dead. Without that mrlw horanen ar Ig t - a v Wf a consider him a fair specimen cf Easti i , . . -m .arairy, ana a very lair sample of a Freesoilcr; but if he is an Abolitionist at heart and in action, and would abet in running'off darkies into Canada, it might be well enough to place a uouse around his neck, by war of experiment, if it were only to hear him cough and see hiramake prttty faces." Tnt Catboucw ox mi Ttria. a.fcx Law. The Bishop of Dubuque has addressed a letter to the Boston Pilot, from which we cut tho following passage in referance to the prohibitory law, now before the people of that State : We request you also, sir, for the interest of your holy religion, and for the temporal and 'eternal interest of the Catholics, for whom you shall hare to answer at the bar of the tribunal of God, so use public! and privately, all argumenta in your power to peiauade them to vote on .the first Monday of next April, in favor of the Iowa Liquor Law. This last measure may appear objectionable to some persons, but they must be v in mind that we are most unjustly accused of being careless of enforcing the practice of the holy virtue of temperance; and that, if we do not avail ourselves of this favorable opportunity to show our great esteem for any thing that may counteract the henious crime of intemperance, as this liquor law may do, we shall undoubt-. edly supply our ejemies with some pretext to believe us guilty." Bishop Hrjcnxs. This distinguished divine has written several letters of late, having reference to the Chursh Property bill, passed by the New l'ork Legislature. The last letter by him is published in the N. Y. Time's of Friday, in which he denies that he has ever interftred with the politics of this country. And he says that he "has no great objection to see the Americans cosa iato potTtr," which is civil, considering how abject the present brood of Sag Nicht politicians and papers hare been to gain the power of the Catholic vote ofthe country. TA baby is on exhibition in Ho bile, aged 11. months, and weighing 64 pooids. What a rhoppex.