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A EWS ftD BÜStöGSS PAPER DEVOTED Tö'OTSäON AfJD DOMESTIC HEWS, MORfiiS, TEMPEHfiWOE, EDUGÄTiON, ßGBJGÜOTRE, AND TJE BEST 3DTEBBSTS OF S0G3ETV. VOL. XXIII-NO. 29. BEOOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 0. 18-5.5. .WHOLE NUMBER 1173.

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X. DAVIS. It. D..-PHYSICIA.1 A BUR lo tad Jamee streets, Brook villa, lad. TX. 7. W. rXZlT, SCKGEO.X DK3TIST. ß Orrare, oii ilwi raln of the Valley House, or tum. All work I f Warranted alios or ad rrrSVS rrLOOÄZ, JUSTICE ortm PK A CK - 7 vviiifiiiir a, taw rii ill, lad. Orrice, tJ story Wcit'i new betldlof inaun( too woari uaM J lasj TTT KOSXOW. ATTOK5KY & COUMSaX W, LUK AI 'LAW. Orrici, So. 7, Halle's Building-, atrook villa, la J. a 143 nJIC. CTtOOXJHAJCX, ATTORüKy"a5D tOU.Sstl.WH ArLAW. Omca, andar A urica UITe, Brook tili, Ind. 43 iJ A LT. WARD. ATTORRKYdt COU.1SE LLOK at law: Omca, vor Powers' Store, brookvtlle, lad. nOIZS J. riLLKT.-ATTOK.lKY AT LAW So-ta fusiie. Orriai.oMiliHir ka of Me Valley Honw. Brook 111, lad. Will lake eck oowledjmeute of Deed, lake a.id car .tlfy Depositions, AC Jar lu At. m H 0 M Af X. WHITE, NOTARY PUBLrc, X Loai.t !. will lata derMwltlnaa and aokaowlmlfwaaU, aad attend I Notarial business feaerall. HARRISON DIRECTORY, T) PWIT.-nKALlCR IS GK0CKKIK8ASD XL rr.iaMe, Market street, llaaaiaoa, Oaio, KaaMaahaadafood aseortaaeatof. allartlclee la ale lino. ALSO fcntrtl tMortmanl of rVBNITVBE. Walck k will U choap for ansa or eoaatry irodaea. Mtt7i)iU4. TTILTOH TTTRR1LL 05K poor RAST OF A. L lififkuin.Htaiiin, Odin, Dalar la AttaKICAS, rKK.IC'H AilD KMCiUall DKY GOOD, BonoaU an J Boaaet Trimming of ill itjlei and prteae Ufliaa, Mlaaaaaad Catldreaa Sao as kapteoaataailjoe kaad. eciS7 0 w. eaeeaa. wi, nana. T&V1ISR LXX01T.-DBALKR.H 1.1 VAXCY XJ e4 Uwme-tia itmi Uooee, Indies Dress Goods I ry kind. Groeertee, Hard ware, tueeaawar, Boots, Khoee Car pall , At., Coasea Maaarr as Waihvt Btkiiti , niRatsov, oaio. Oct t7 43 154 T3. K, S. TTTLLIJ. LKALKK l.t UK HIM, iMadiciuaa, raiiu, 01U,Virnllii,Glii, Djt uffi,., Coraar Mala aad Markat DlraaU, HAHKlaOff, OHIO. oet97431i3l OHIO HOTXL. COKSBR MAIS MAKKKT traaia, IURRISOy, OHIO. D. rixilEIt, 1'roprlaUr. 0U 7 IHM rHAHEIU COUHTY DHECTORY. CiarciT Cwit maaU ha lat Maadaya la Fabraaryand Auraat may all Vitra aak. Coaaoa Putt t'ucir m"tlt ll MooiUyiln Jtn ' nary, April, Julr October mir ill 3 wiki. Cvaauaioaaa'a Cocbt aiaala lt Moadaya la Jana, dapiaatbar, Oaaamaar aad March atajr all all aUiaaaak Uhm. Caantf Officers. A.R. kfaClaery, Kaaator, lima etplrae Oct 14 P. M. A. J a tar, Kap m m w if. VI Moan Millar. Jnna M. JukciMn, Clark. M. HaUnar, Kbarlff. u M m Fab im " Od 1NM " Auf 1KS7 Mar IKI9 on m Od IM.VJ ina äulr. J II. Wm. Hfbmn, Traaaarar, Jn-m H. Wulck, Aadnor, M Kadln 0bA, Koeon'ar, Jia Kowlby.Comnar, W. W. HaltMri. Narvayor. Fmrvl, ilint r lljilt, Um xplro Uctobvr, 7. Jaatlea) af lh Pasc. aaaoBiLLa Towaiair. Cmi Kllfora. tommliilon txtlro Apr M, f 'll Alf.adWard AprW, lfJ7 Wm. M. Hawaii, atprVH, IH57 Jaaaa Mavhianay Oct 31, IfM Canarr Coaaiaaioaaaa: Cyraa araiaaeiata Tawaaaie. Joph W!iti, L'omralMlon tiplroi Ocl 7, I'M rlafe Yneam, I, MS3 aael Holltday, AprS4,lcOJ tOii1oeftTi TOWRimP. David aiajf bur, CummlMloa axplraa 5ov f, )M1 Jaaa ClamaaU, M AprSltIM7 imn TowaaaiF. A. B. Lina, Commlaatoa aiplraa Moyambar I KU IqalraUarvty - Da 3, ItfM raiariat. wwimif W.A.J. Clldavoll, Coram aiplrea FabW, JobaTuraar, " Jnne3,lU laKi.AaaToa'aaai. Fraaela Kaacht, Co-amitaloa aiplraa Rot 6, 1'JS Fraacla A. Hoaara, " Oei 13, Ii4 Lavatfc Towaaair. laMaClamaDtaCommlaalon xplras Da 91, IPSA Ladwleb Knamlocar M So S, IHM KooartU. Jloka M M OelSH, Uit UtTAMOaA TOWalair. John nonlar.Commlaalon axptrei July 13 1134 roaa towannr. Root. II. Millar, Coamlaaloa axplraa Rapt t, UM Jana II. Moor, " Julyl0,H47 aiTTAWRtni. Maary Kai meUr, Coamlaaloa axplreaMafSI HS Birma Uwrf, May 7, a a lt tun Towainir, T.O. Abraham, ComaiUiloa axplrat Da , UU lama Pbltllpt, M Feb SI. U17 warra wTaa Towaaair. WalurMllrkall.Com'aiMloa expiree kap , I'M Ellpbalot Barber, Sep 13, llUd ara Towaatur. Jobs lllaw, Comniaalwa expire June J I 3 Laaila Whktemaa April 8, li ejej sjBWAWs AVajAk WW aaajeam fAffAWMIAtriW Ciacorr Cocat meeU tba 4th Mondays In Fab taary aad A acne! may alt two waake each time. Ceaana PlbisCoobt maaUSd Moadaysla Febloary. May, Ah gust, and November; except whea there are ive Moadaya In the preceding month tha a 1st Moaday. May allS weeksearb lime. Coaaiaaioaaa a Couav meau lat Moadaya la Jane, September, December and Haren -may St U day ach um. Cetmmtf OICcr. Mlttr Mttktr, Meaator, Urn expiree OcCIMS, Geo. W.Clark. Ken. Eaoch Ward, Sheriff, K. Bard tide, Clark, M W. Uawaov, A editor C. Nutter,Treaaurer, M Wa. . Kom, Coroner, M Jeaae Cook, Harvaror. " Uawla J.Cliaa, Kaaordar M uet. ison. Aag.lfM, ÜOV. H&. Mov. IHM Aog.iMoa. Ocl. If04. Ocl. IKUt. Ho. ItOJ. M Coorrv Coaniastomas Garret Wilson, Itsac Snider, and Ale. M. Paddock, tlmaaxpkrea Hep. Umber, lM--7. Jmatlce) atf ttaw Peace, R. Jamil, Commission expire Apr. H, IMS. w. bri-r. hep. 10, IR'w. Ira Maawell P. M. Haaerth, J. K. Baaaelt, O.WHuut, T.J.Celvta, " Jaa UalM, M H. Rider, " JW.Swaas, " Joeapb Browa, H. Bkaffrr, m Geo. W liana " J. F.TempletOB" X.Feigtisea, " Apr. ih. If Vi. MayS, HS7. Nov. 3, IM?. Oct lU.lfSL Sep. I, IKSO. XKaa.Sa. IM. Apr. 9, Ihm. Aug., im. Feb. 14. UK. 83, IKM. MayS. 1"47. Oct. 3, 13. Apr. I3,lt&3. FAYETTE COUNTY DIRECTORY. Ciarrrr Coca mta 3d Monday of March and SapUmbar. may all two weeks. Caaao KiS4 Copbt eiU4tb Mnndaya la Jaaaary, April, July, and October; hold two weekaif usioea require. Caaaiaauinsaa Corav meets 1st Monday la Maral, Jana, Maptembar aad Itacembar; may all alae days If necessary. I'ocit or CoeruuTioa sit when boilnei r quires In aay Judicial day of the Sessloua of Common ttaa Court. Cematy OfIlcr. Minor Meeker, Senator, Um expire Oct. 1WH Kalaoa Traalar. Hn A. K. Kdwarda, Clark, Wm.Mc('lary,MharlsT M John McCleary, Jailor, M Wm.H.tlecb.Traaaurer, " Job Sunt, Auditor, Joaapt T. 1aU, Recorder " Hoary Morns, Hurrayur. - Feb. Ihm Oct. ItOO law Sap. IHM Mar IHM! Aug I "57 Deo 1804 IHM CoejatastoBaaa, Asarteh I. BeckeU Joaenb Data. sad Wm. h. Moustoa. Jasilc of thw Pac Jamee Beard Coamlaaloa expires July 10, IM Jnha B. I a' April 17, IKS William II. Tat, Jamee C. Raa William Kraams a Joaa M. Cummlufa Tboe K, McConnell Jamee Khutrt.lg j Joaepb 8. lianMls Joan a.apriaaar Joba tteck W I Mam Cornau Koay Uillum M. si. Hamilton ymrt Vuar Jme Llmpua ae M. Jreea Due 3, IKM April itl.lMO May lo, leu Apr I7,hA4 ov 10, IHM April 17, IKJi OclW.llM Jaa no, lM7(t April 17, liM l7,lcW n, mi l7,ax Oct 90, HIM AprUlKM " 17.1MM 17, tea

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THE KOTHES AJTDHEB ASSENT SOK. Ob, that mora when ha left ai! My eyei are frown dim. And aee little that's bright, since they looked upon blm; And my heart la Its dullneaa hath learned to fortel. But the light of that morning shlnea clear on It yet. Kot a record la loet of the long by-gone day. When passed, my fair boy, like a spirit away. We waitedhow long! bnt we waited In TainTears blinded our eyes as we looked o'er the mala ; And ihlpi-ob, how many cam homo from the sea. Bringing comfort to others, b'.t sorrow to me. Amidst all those gay Italy, alas I answer was none, To the mother who asked if she bad a son! And w fed apon hop mill hop wai donlad Tltl the health of oar spirit. It sickened and died, And kls father sat dowa In hla old broken chair, Aad I watched the wh II sorrow steal over bis hair, And I saw hla clear eye waxing feeble aad wild. And the frame of lh childless grew weak as a child. And the angel of grief that o'ershadowed kls brala. !fow wrote on his forehead la letter of painBut I read the handwriting, and knew that the breast Of the weary with waiting wa going to rest. So he left a fond word for the lost orb and I I linger behind alia to .oil It my boy. Shall ha com to hit home parbapa sickly and poor A ad meat with ao a mile at bla ewa eoltaare doorT hall ha teak bit fair land, from tha andaof the earth, Aad Ind the Are quenched oa hla own happy hartb7 Nona to lo blm In sorrow who loved him In Joy? Ob, I cannot depart till I speak with my boy! I hT proralied to wilt-I hit promised to ay What grief was hla father' at going away. WlllheaoanV mil ba mom? On, my bear! la grow a old. And the blood Is my velna It rum languid and aom; A ad my spirit Is bint, and my vision la dim, But It ioon would bo light If It roitad on blm. They tall ma of coantr lat beyond the broad eaa; Wbaro atari look on otbort that look not on me, Whir lh flowart arc mora iwaot, and tho wilon mora bright. And they troat he may dwell In thoee vallejeof That he real I a some home, with a fo.tr foreign brMa. Ob, the worlJ la a wide one why Is It so wtdeT But Ihey saraly fonret which my sailor doaa aot Thai I'm sluing long years ta my loa little eot, ho kaowi, oh, ha know, If I ihall wait, Till I bear bla elear vole at thetowgardea rate. He la aar hU poor mother will strive not to die Till iba i ci tha latch railed by her lost nllor-boy Yeat I feel that he lives! Were he laid In the mold There's a pulse In my heart would to illontend cold. Thai woke at bis birth, aad through good and through 111 Ilea played la lis depths It ta playing there still. Whea luster shall bare eet Uta that tide shaU bo dry, And the widow be sure where to look for her boy. THE BLIND 07 AT PLAT. av atiiA coon. Tho blind boy' bee a at play, mother, Aad marry games we had I W led him on bis way, mother, And every slap was glad. But when w found a Urry flower, And praised It varied hue, A tear cam trembling down bla sheck, . Just like a drop of dew. We look him to th mill, mother. Where falling waUre made A rainbow o'er th rill, mother, A gl'ln tun-ray play'd. But when we enouUd at the scene, And bailee the rlear blue sky, II ttood quit tllll upon tho bank, Aad brvathed a long, long sigh. Wa asked blm why be wept, mother, Whene'er w found lb tpnta Whare parlwlnk'e crept, mother. O'er wild forgat-me aoU. 0 "Ah m I" he said while tears ran down At fast a (Ummer ahoweie It la because I cannot see Tbesunthlne and the Sowers. " Ob! that poor alghtless boy, mother, Ilaa Uught me that I'm bleat ; For I can look with Joy, mother, On all I love the best; And whea I se Iba dancing a I re mi, Aad dlsli't red and while, I kneel upon tb meadow tod. And thank my Good tor eight. THE LAVDIXQ OF TSE PHOEUt TATB ESS. The breaking warea daibad blgh On a stern and rock-bound coast. And Iba woods against a tor my sky, Their giant branches tossed ; And tbe heavy algal hong dark T'je hllla and waUrao'er, When e band of exile moored tholr bark On the wild Saw England shore. Kot as the conqneror comet. They, the tru-hearld, came, Sol wltb Iba roll of the stirring drama. And the trumpet that slugs of fame , Kot aa the flying come, la alienee, aad la fear; They shook th depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they eang, And tho atari beard, and tha'tea : And the sounding alslea of the dim woods rang To lh anthem of the fro. The ocean eagle eard From hit neat by Hie wblU wava'a foam, And the rocking plnea of forest roared; Tbla waa their welcome home. There war man with hoaiy hair, Amidst that pilgrim bead. Why had they come to wither there, Away from their cblldhood'i land T

THE WIND. The wind la a bachulor, Merry od freet He roves al bla pleasure O'er land aad o'er aea J He ruflle the lake, And he klssot tu flower, And he alee; a when he llsU, la a Jeaaanilne bower. He gives to the theek or the maldsa lu bloom , He IsvUor bar warm kisses, Kiijoyt their perfume; Hut, iruant-llke, oftea The iweels that be sips Are lavished next moment Oa lovelier Hps.

Selects Salt.

THE AFRICAN PRINCESS; A THirii NTÖIIY. So, theo would like to Inow what first interested me so much in tho poor slave, und if theo will nit down ojr me nnd lifton, I will tell thee,' said a pleasant-looking Quakeress to her young visitor. When I was a child, my homo wjis in the Sunny South, where tho delicious orano blossoms perfumed the air, and the golden fruitj hun; almost within my reach. My father owned many shtves, ao far as inheriting nnd buying them could mako them his, nnd both in his townetnd country houso wo had plenty towait upon us, and do tho blähtest wish. 'lie was culled a kind 'master, and I supposo ho was so; but ns ho could not livo upon his plantation tho greatest part of the year, because it waiso unhealthy, ho was obliged to leave his slaves in tho charge of thoso who might not bo so considerate of their comfort or their happiness. While in town, lie frequently attended the blavo market, and whenever ho saw one that took his fancy, he would purchase, and add to his stock. One morning, as ho was looking over n collection that had been freshly imported from Africa, he saw two young girls about the ages of my sister and myself, and thinking they would make good servants for us, ho ordered them to be sent to tho house. On their arrival we were each pre sented with one, my father bidding us lo tea:h them to bo good and useful. Kvery ono love power, and of course, young as wo were, wo were pteAned to Iihvk littlo xnniJs of our own to bo entirely devoted to us, Mino whom I called bilpba was tba prettier of tho two. Slio ana slightly and delicately formed, with small feel and hands, and tapering, fingers, evidently unued to labor. At tirst she carried her head proud ly, and moved slowly to obey an order but noon ehe drooped, nnd scarcely lifted her eyes Irom the ground. We learned from my sister' maid, that in her own lund, ilphn had been ft princess, and that sho had been her slavo. No wonder that the could not bear her nevr position. Her th( uhts wandered back to tho home she had left, nnd sho pined for her freedom. She grow sadder and sudder refused to eat, and her companions efforts to cheer her were ol no avail. In vain sho sang her her own wild native songs, told her stories in her own Moorish Unrue. In vain she waited upon her, bringing her tempting food. The royal maiden had rto heart to smile; sunlight nr ilowers could not win her from hcrtrrief. Xot only had sho been cruelly torn from her kindred nnd people, and borne to a distant land but she had been sold for money, nnd liko it cged bird could no longer roam at will. No inoro could sho on her fleet Arab horso chase over the hills and plains of her own country. Shi was a slave for life, and must bo ready to obey the will of those who had paid for her and claimed her as their property. Thoughts like these may havu fretted her proud spirit, and death, perhaps, seemed a welcome exchange for such a life. She lingered a few months, nnd then breathed her last sigh in the arms of her faithful attendant. And wo who had watched tho passing away of that young spirit, had learned it lesson we never could forget. Slavery had levealed itself to us without the need of an interpreter, nnd ns we grew older, we longed to be away from influences so depressing. Ofcoure, while children under the paternal roof, wo had no choice; but in after years wo gladly gave up home, and kindred, nnd wealth, that we might live whero poor as well as licit could enjoy tho blessings of freedom. Dosttluu wonder, now, dear child, that we care for the slaves, and love to sco thcui free?' A. V. Independent. A Western Weddinj. One bright spring morning, while a good old Methodist DUhop, himself no friend of matrimony the bishop had written in his journal, "Theo Westem people arc strangely given to wedlock" was traveling in tho West, there rode up to tho log cubin of one of the pioneer itinerants, a stout Western lad with a blooming l.isie on the pillion behind him. Arrived at the clearing in front of tho minister's door he was soon invited, very cordially, by the latter to dismount anil come in. Accepting tho invitation, his first sal utation after entering wa, 'Aro you a preacher?' at xes sir. Can you mirry?' 0, yes.' Can you do it quick? Certainly." Well, I nnd this young woman want you to marry u. jut as quick as you can do it. lho ceremony was soon periormed Tho new husband then, turning to the parson said, IIow much ao you charge? A-a-a-anything you please, J hir;' tho preacher replied, but the jubilant groom 'wouldn't havo a wife for nothing, so, hastily quitting tho room, he went out to tho place where he had hitched his steed, nnd soon returned bearing a corn-husk horse collar, which he 'presented to tho accommodating clergyman as his marriage fee ffAn Irishmrn was asked why he wore his stockings wrong side out? "An aure, don't you see,' said l'addy. there s ft nolo ou tho other side, dar lint."

iGEEELY IN PRISON,

F'lil"nal Correspondence of the X. Y. Tribune. No 70 Hue de Cltciit;) Pams, Juno 3, 1855. J Most proverbs are hvoerbolicil: not f erT ' so that which nlfirms that "one half of the world don't know the other half lives." This is not merely true, but a good deal incide of tho truth. We visit scores of people, feast with them, dance with them, buy nnd sell with them; yet how very few do we really know I how they live?J Just think of us travelers, for instance, whose displays of our ignorance arc only more conspicuous nnd emphatic than those of other people litt do we know as to lho real m inner of lif.i of the nations wo writo about? To realize how much ignoranco may be crowded into a 12mo., open almost nny volume of reCent travel. Think of a frenchman or German whisked through the United States, steaming up a few rivers, or over a dozen railroads, taking breakfast in New York, dinner (in twenty minutes) nt Utica, and tea nt Buffalo, and on tho strength of three months of such racing und as many weeks spent among Iiis particular friends, (mninly foreigners of course) in two or three of the great seaports, undertaking to tell Kutopo what sort of people we are, and how we livo? Fairly considered tho mero audacity of tho attempt challenges nmazement if not admiration. have been looking of things if not into them for a goo 1 ninny years prior to yesterday. 1 "had climbed moun tains nnd descended into mines, had groped in caves and scaled precipices, had seen Venicu aid Cincinnati, Dublin and Mineral l'oint, Niagara and St. Uothard, and really supposed I was approximating n middliug outside knowlodgo ol things in general. I had been chosen defendant in several libelsuits, nnd been flattered with tho information that my censures were deemed of moio consequence than those of other people, nnd slio'd be paid for accordingly. I had been thro' twenty of .our States, yet never in jail outside of New York, nnd over half ICuropo yet never looked into one. Hero 1 had been seeing Paris lot the lasisix weeks, visiting this ight, then that, till there neeinnd little remaining wortii looking nt or after yet I had never once thoug'iit of looking into a di'htor'e prison. I ahould probably have gone away next week, as igDor- . a a a ant in that regard as 1 came, when circumstances favored mo most imexectedlv with an inside view of this fa mous "Maison do Detention" or Pris on for Debtors, 70 Kue 1e Clichy. I think wh at I havo men here, fairly told, must be instructive nnd interestng, mid I suppose others will tell the story if I do not and I don't know any one whose opportunities will enable dm to tell it so accurately a I can. So! a i here goes: But first let mc explain and insist on tho important distinction between inside and outside views of a prison. i eopie lancv they liavc been in it pris a aa .a a f on when they have by courtesy been inside of tho gates; but that is properly an outside view at best the vu w ac corded to an outsider. It gives you no proper idea of tho place nt all no access to its penetralia. Tho difference between this outside and the proper idside views is very broad in deed. Tho greerness of thoso who don't know how tho world looks from the wiong side of tho grat;ng is pitiable. Yet how manv reflect on the dislain with which the lion must regard the bumpkin who perverts his goadstick to the unnoble use of stirring said lion up? or how many suspect that the grin wherewith tho baboon contemplates the human npe who with umbrella at rrm's length is poking Jocko for his doxy's delectation, is one of contempt rather than complacency? Uely on it, the world seen here from behind the gratings is very different in aspect from the same world otherwise inspect ed. Others may thinks so I know it. This is how; I had been down nt the Palace of Industry and returned to my lodgings when, a little befoie 4 o'clock vestorday afternoon, four atrangers called forme. Uv the help of my courier I soon learned that they had a writ of arrest for mo at the suit of one Möns. Lechasne, sculptor, affirming that he sent a statue to the New York Crystal I'alace hxhibiti in, at, or on the way to which, it h id been broken, so that it could not be (at all events it had not been) restored to him wherefore he asked of me, ns n Director and representatives of the Crystal Palace association, to pay him "douzo mille francs," or 82,UO. Not happening to have the change, i.nd no idea of paring this demand, if I had it. I co'd only Dignify these facts; whereupon they told me that I was under arrest, und must go along, tthich I readily did. We drove circuitouslv the sculp tor's residence at tho other end of Paris, waited his convenience for a long half-hour, and then went to the Presi dent Judge who had issued tho writ. I brielly explained to him my side of mc case, wucn ne iisKeu me n l wisncu to give bail. I told him 1 would give bail for my appearance at court nny time, but that 1 knew no man in Paris, l - . ... i t . , , T whom I felt willing to ask to beconie my security for the payment of so large a sum ns $.',500, After n (little parley 1 named Judge Piatt, U. S. Secre tary of Legation, us ono who, I felt confident, would recognizo for my ap pearance when wanted, nnd this sug gestion met with universal assent. Twice over, I carefully explained that I pieurreu going to prison to askin any friend to give bail for the payment in any ce ol this claim, nnd knew 1 was lully understood. So wo all, except tho Judge, drove oil' together, to tho Legation. There we found Judge P., who readily agreed to recog.iize as I icouired; but now tho plaintiff and his lawyer refused to accept him as security in

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leied from arrest by his office, lie offered to give his check on Greene tt Co., bankers, for the 12,000 francs in dispute as security for my appearance; but they would not have him in any shape. While we were chaffering Mr. Mansuell B. Field, U. 8. States Commissioners in the French Exposition camo along, and offered to join Mr. Piatt in the recognizance; but nothing would do. Mr. F. then offered to raise the money demanded; but I said No if the agreement befoie the Judge was not adhered to by the other side, I would give no bail whatever, but go to prison. High words ensued, and the beginning of a scuffle, in the midst of which, I, half unconsciously, descended from the carriage. Of course I was ordered back instante, and obeyas soon as I understood the order, but we were all by this time losing temper. Ad putting me in jail would simply secure my forthcoming when wanted, nnd as I was ready to give any amount of security for this, which the other side had once ngrccd to take, I thought they were rather crowding matters in tho course they were taking. So, as I was making my friends too late for a pleasant dinner party at the TVoii Frtm, where I had expected to join them, I closed lho discussion by insisting that we shoulddrue off. I was brought in through three or four heavy iron doors to the office of the Oovcrnor, where I was properly received. Here I was told I must stay till 0 o'clock, sinco the President Judge had allowed mo till that hour to lind bail. In vain I urged that I had refused to give bail, would give none, nnd wanted to bo shown to my cell I must stay hero till 9 o'clock. So I ordered something for dinner, nnd amused myself by looking nt the ballplay, etc., of the prisoners in the yard, to whose immunities I waa not yet eligible, but I had the privilego of looking in through tho barred windows. The yard is one of the best I have seen nnywhere, Ins it good many trees nnd some flowers, and, ns the wall is at least fifteen feet high, and another of twenty surrounding it, with guards with loaded muskets always pacing between, I should judgi tho danger of burglary or other annoyances from without very moderate. At tho designated hour, i was duly installed nnd admitted to nil the privileges of Clichy. Jjy 10 o'clock, each of us lodgers had retired to our several apartments (about eight feet by live) nnd an obliging f uctionary camo around and locked out all rascally intruders. I dont think I ever before slept in a place so perfectly secure. At six this morning, (his extra protection was withdrawn, and fitch of us was thenceforth obliged to keep watch ovei hisown valuables. We uniformly keep good hours hero in Clichv. which " 'itnot many large hotels in Paris 'a a a i ii ai r votier ti can boast of. The-bedroom appointment nro not of a high order, ns is reasonable, since we are only charged for them four sous (cents) per night, washing extra. Tho sheets nre rather of iv hickory order, (mino were given mo clean,) the bed is indifferent, but I have slept on worse; the window lacks u curtain oi blinds, but in its stead there nre four upright iron bars, which are a perfect safeguard against getting up in the night and pitchiug or fallingout, so ns to break your neck, as nny one who Went out, would certainly do. I nm in the fifth or highest story. Perhaps ono of my predecessors wns a somnambulist. I have two chairs, (one less than I am entitled to,) two little ta bles, (probably one of them extra, b sumo mistake,) and a cupboard, whic may oncehave been clean. ThepintJ ...11 I I t 1 - - A. . 1 ' 1 wasn oo wi anu nait-pini pi ten er, candles, itc, I have ordered, and pay for. I am a little ashamed to own that ray repose has been indifferent; but then I never do deep well in a strange place. Descending to the common room on the lower floor this morning, I find thero an American, from Iiosotn, who has met me often and knew me at once, though 1 could not have called him by name. He seemed rather amazed to meet mo here, (I believe he last saw me before, at the As tor House,) but greeted me very cordially, and we ordered breakfast for both in my room. It was not a sumptuous meal, but wo enjoyed it. Next he made me acquainted with somo other of our best fellow-lodgers, and four of us agreed to dino together ufter business hours. Defore breakfast, a friend from tthe outer-world named M. Vattemare, had found access to me, tho' tho rules of the prison allow no visitors till 10 o'clock. I needed first of all, lawyers, not yet procurable, next American law-books, which M. Vattcmare knew just where to lay his hands on. 1 had them all on hand and my citations lookeM up long before I had nny help, to use them. Hut let my own allctirs wait a littlo till I dispense some of my gleanings in Clichy. This is perhaps the only large dweling houso in Paris whero no one suffers from hunger. Fach person incarcerated is allowed a franc per day to live on; if this is not forthcoming from his creditor ho is.nt once turned out to pick up a living ns he can. While he remains here, he must have, his franc per day, paid every third day. From this is deducted four sous per day for his bedding nnd ono sous for his fire in the kitchen, leaving him fifteen sous net and cooking-fire paid for. This will keep him in bread any how. Dut there exists among the prisoners, and is always maintained, n "Philanthrop io Society," which, by cooking alto gether And dividing into messes, is en abled to give every subscriber to Us articles a very fsir dinner for sixteen

sous (1G cent,) and a scantier one is only granted to tho well authenticafor barely im sous, lie who has no ted wife or child of nn inmate. The friends but lho inevitable franc per female prison is in nn entirely separate

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day may still have a nine-sous dinner . wing of tho building. The enforcealmost every day, and it tixteen-sous , ment of this rule is most rigid, and,

feast on Sunday, by living on bread

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each week. I regret to say that the high price of food of late has cramped the resources of tho "Philanthropic Society," so that it has been obliged to appeal to the public for aid. I trust that it will not appeal in vain. It is an example of the advantage of Association whose benefits no one will dispute. I never met a more friendly and social people than the inmates of Clichy. Defore I had been up two hours this morning, though most of them speak only French and I but English, the outlines of my case were generally known, my character and standing canvassed and dilated on, and I had a dozen fast friends in another hour; had I been able to speak French, they wo'd have been a hundred. We pretend to have abjured titles of honor in America, and the only consequence is that everybody has a title either Honorable, or General, or Colonel, or Reverend, or at tho very least Esquire. Cut hero in Clichy all such empty and absurd prefixes aro absolutely unknown even names, Christian or family, arc discarded us usclesss antiquated lumber. Kvery lodger is known by the number of his room only; mine is 139, and whenever a friend culls, a "Commissionaire" comes in from the outer apartments to the great hall sacred to our common use, and begins calling out "cent-trente-neuff," (phonetically "san-tran-nuf,") at the lop of his voice, and goes on yelling ns he climbs, in the hope of finding or calling mo6hort of ascending to my fifthstory sanctuary. To nine-tenths of my comrades I nm only known ns Van-tran-nulT." My nuxil'ary is No 54, and when I need his nid I go singing Unkon-cat" after the same fashion Equality being thus rigidly preserved, in. epito of alight diversities of fortune, the jealousies, rivalries and heart burnings which keep most of mankind in a ferment are here absolutely unknown. I never beforo talkd so much with so many pcoplo inti mately acquainted with each other without hearing something 'laid or in sinuated to ono another's prejudice; here there is nothing of the ort. Sumo folks outside arc hero fitted with characters which they would hardly consider flattering aomo laws nntl usages get the blessings they richly deserve but among ourselves nil is harmony nnd good will. How wo d Mcurice'i, the Hotel do Villc, or even the Tuileries, like to compare notes with us on this head? Our social intercourse with outsiders is under most enlightened regulations. A person calls who wishes to see one of us, nnd is thereupon admitted thro' three or fours, but not within several locks ol us, Here he gives his card and pays two sous to a Commissionarie take it to No. , of whom the in terview is solicited. No. bcin or found, takes the card, scrutinizes It. and if lie chooses to see the expected visitor, writes a request for Ins admis sion. I his is taken to a functionary. who grants the request, nnd the visitor is then brought into a sort of a neutral reception-room, outside of tho orison proper, but a irood wav insido i i I o" of tho liall wherein tho visitor has hitherto tarried. But let the lodger say No. and the visitor must instantly walk out with a very tall flea in his ear. So perfect an arrangement for keeping duns, bores, writ servers, and nil such enemies of human happiness nt a distance is found scarcely any where else at all events not in Editor's room I am suro of that. But yesterday an old resident here, who ought U havo been up to trap, was told that a man wished to see him a moment at the nearest grate, and, being completely off his guard, he went immediately down, without observing or requiring tho proper formalities, and was instantly served with a fresh writ. "Sir," said he, "with proper indignation, to the sneak of an officer, (whojhad doubtless made his way in here by favor or bribery,) "if you ever lerve mo that trick again, you will go out of here half killed." However, he had.mainly his own folly to blame; ho should have stood his reserved-rights and bid the outsider send up his card liko a gentleman, if he aspired to a gentleman's society And this brings me to the visitingroom, where I havo seen many friends during the day, including two U. 8. Ministers, besides almost every one belonging to our Legation here, three bankers and nearly all the Americans I know in Paris, but not ono French lawyer of the standing required, for it seems impossible to find one in Paris to day. This room can hardly be called a parlor, all things considered; but it Iris been crowded all day (10 to C) with wives and female friends visiting one or other of us insiders perhaps it may bo most accurately characterized as tho kissing room. I hould like to speak of the phases of life here from hour to hour presented of fervent af fection, tho anxious consolations, the confidential whisperings and the universal desire of each hasty lete-a-tcte to respect the sacrcdncss of others' confidence, so that 15 or 20 couples converse here by tho hour with a space of 20 feet by 20, yet no ono knows be-, cause no ono wishes to know what nny other's are saying. But I must. hurry over all this, or my letttcr will never havo an end. Formerly, Clichy was in bad repute on account of the facility wherewith all manner of females called upon and mingled with the raalo lodgers in tho inner sanctum. All this, however, has been corrected, and no woman is now admitted beyond the public kissing room except on an express order from the Pcrfecturo of Police, which la j whilo I am not inclined to be raia-glo

rious, and do not doubt that other large domiciles in Paris, nre models of propriety and virtue, yet this Itosay, that the domestic morals of Clichy may safely challenge a comparison with those of Paris generally. I might put the case mon jstrongly, but it is best to keep within the truth. So with regard to Liquor. They keep saying there is no prohibitory law in France; but they mistake, if Clinchy is in France. No ardent spirits are brought into this well regulated establishment, unless for medical use, except in express violation of law; and the search and seizure claus-' es here aro a great deal more rigorous and better enforced than in Maine. I know a little is smuggled in notwithstanding, mainly by officials, for money goes a great way in France; but no woman comes in without bein felt all over fby a woman) for concealed bottles of liquor. There was a small flask on our (private) dinner-table to-day of what was called brandy, and smelt like a compound of spirits of turpentine and diluted acqua fortis, (foradulturation is a vice which prevails even here;) but not a glass is now smuggled in where a gallon nscd to come in boldly under the protection of law. Wine, being here esteemed as a necessary, is allowed in moderation; no inmate to have more than one bottle per day either of tec-sous or twentysous wine, according to his taste or means no better y and no more. I don't defend the consistency of these regulations, we do come things better in America than even in Clichy; but here drunkenness is absolutely prevented and riotous Iiiving suppressed

Dy a sumptuary law Jar more stringent than any our States ever tried. And, mind you, this is no criminal prison, but simply a houso of detention, for those who happen to have less money than other would like to extract from their pockets, many of whom do not pay, pimply because they do not owe. So, if any one tolls you ngain that Liquor Prohibition is a Yankee novelty, just ask him what lie know of Clichy. I know that cookery " is n point ol honor with the French, and rightly. for they approach it with the inspiration of genius. Sad nm I to say that no proof of thia eminence in Clichy, and am forced J to the conclusion that to be in debt nnd unable to pny does not qualify cvtn a Frenchman in the culinary lirt. My auxiliary doubtless docs his best, but his resources arc limited, and fifty fellows dancing round one range with only a few pots nnd kettles nmong them, probably confuses him. Even our dinner to-day (four of us two Yankees, an English merchant nnd nn Italian banker dined enamille in No. 90.) on what we ordered from nn out-door rcstauraut (such are tho prejudices of education and habit) nnd paid fifty sous each for, but it ditl not seem to be the thing. The gathering of knives, forks spoons, bottles, fee., from Nos. 02, 03 nnd 139, to set the common table, was the freshest feature of the Fprcnd. lo return to my own matter: I have been nil day convincing ono party of friends after another, ns they culled, that I do not yet ncod their generosity proffered money or names that I will put up no security nnd take no step whatever, until I can consult a good French lawyer, see where I stand, and get a Judicial hearing, if possible. 1 know the judge did not mean nor expect that I should be sent here, when I left his prc:cnce last evening; I want to be brought before him forthwith on a plea of urgency, which cannot so well be made if I nm nt liberty. If he s tysthat I am properly held in duress, then bailing out will do littlo good, for forty others nil about mo cither havo or think they have claims against the Crystal Palace for tho damage or non-icturn of articles exhibited; if I am .persorally liable to these, all France becomes a prison to we. When I have proper legal advice I shall know what to do: until then it is safest to do nothing. Even at the worst, I hate lo have any one put up 1 2,000 francu for mc, ns several me willing to do, until 1 nm sure there is no alternative. I have seen so much mischief from going security that I , dread to nsk it when I can possibly do without. "Help one another is a good rule, but abominably abuse 1, A man in trouble is too apt to fly nt once to his friends; hence half a dozen get in where there need have boen but one. . There is no greater device for multiplying misery than misused sympathy. Better first see if you cannot shoulders your own pack. Out of Clichy, June 4, 1C55. Tilings havo worked to-day very much as I had hoped nnd calculated. Friends had been active in quest of such lawyers as I needed, nnd two of the right sort with mc at a seasonable hour this morning. At 3 o'clock they had a hearing before the Judge, and wc were nil ready for it, thanks to friends inside of the gratings as well as out. Judge Piatt's official certifi cate as to the laws of our State governing the liabilities of corporators has been of vital service to me; nnd when my lawyers asked, "Where is your evidence that the ellects of the JScw York Association are now in the hands of a receiver?' I answered, "The gentleman who was talking with roe in the visitor's room when you came in and took me awav knows that perfectly; perhaps ho h still thcre." I was at once sent for him, and found him there. v Thus all things conspired for good; and at 4 o'clock my lawyers and friends came to Clichy to bid me walk out, without troubling my friends for any security or deposit whatever. So I guess my last chance of ever L-ariiing French isgono by the board. Possibly I have given too much ptominence to the brighter side of Life of Clichy, for that seemed most to need a discoverer; let mo put a little shading into the picture at the finish.

There is a fair barbcr's-6hop in one cell in Clichy which was yesterday in full operation; so, expecting to be called pcrsonallyjbefore.the Judge, and knowing that I must meet many friends, I walked down stairs to be shaved, nnd was taken rather aback by the information that the barber had been set ntl'berty last evening, and there was not a fa&n left in this whole concourse of practical ability to take his place. So there are imperfections in the social machinery even in Clinchy. Fourier was right; it will take 1,733 persons (the cube of 12) to form a perfect Social Phalanx; hence all attempts to do it with two hundred or less fail and must fail. We had about 144 in Clichy this morning --men of more than average capacity; still there nre hitches, as we have seen. I think I have learned more there than in any two previous days of my life; I never was busier; and yet I should feel that nil over a week spent there would be a waste of time. Let me close by statirg that arrangements were made at once for the liberation of tho only American I found or left there; the first, I believe, who had been seen inside of the middle grating for months. For this he will bo mainly indebted to the generosity of Messrs. Greene t Co., bankers, but others are willing to co-operate. I fear he might have staid some lime had not my position brought him into contact with men whVm his pride would not permit him to apply to, yet who will not let him stay there. I am well assured that he cornea out tonight. II. G.

AtA Ipstclhnn. The Colporteur and the Han with a Jag. About six years ago, a colporteur of the American Tract Society was traveling on horseback through one of the most mountainous portions of Cherokee, ucorgia, laden with books for distribution and sale. When passing through a narrow gorge between two hills, where there was scarcely room for moro than one person to pass, he met a man with a jug. The jug had no handle, but was held by a greasy old leathern string, tied around the neck. The colporteur necosted him: Good morning, wir, can I sell you a book?' . 'No, fir, I hare no money,' he replied. Whero aro you going my friend, with your jug?' To the still house, sir. 'Supposo you take the money with which you propose to buy tho whisky, and buy a good book, and go home without the whisky nnd read your book, and I promise you it will bo far better for you.' But, sir, I have no money, and am to get the whisky on credit.' Well, my friend, I will mako another proposition. I will buy your jug, and give you a book for it. You can then go home and read your book, and do without the liquor. What do .you say to that?' The man hesitated awhile, nnd then replied, I will let you have the jug' Tho colporteur took the jug, and gave, him a copy of the Temperance Manual, and hanging his new purchase on his arm, journeyed on till night, when he gavo thciugto tho good landlady J of the house, at which ho spent the night. He visited several houses before night, however, carrying tho jug, which was a great matter of astonishment and wonder to all who saw him, and the question was frequently asked, 'What are you going to do with that jug?' The colporteur heard nothing more of tho man from whom ho bought the jug, until this year, during the silting of tho Superior Court, in tho county of C , mx ycarshavo elapsed. Being at Cojrt, still engaged in colportage for the Tract Society, lie was accosted with a gentleman with the inquiry, 'Do you remember trading for a jug, several years ago, in the hills above here?' I do, sir, replied the colporteur. - 'Yonder,' said the gentleman, pointing to a sober-looking man, 'is the man of whom you bought it. He was at the time you met him a drunkard a pest to society. Now he is a sober man, and has ever been since the day you took away tho jug from him. lie is now and orderly and consistent member of th Methodist Chu.ch. and enjoys religion. He is industrious and supports his family well, whereas, while lie owned the jug he did little else than make his visit to the still house, and fill and empty his jug.' The colporteur feeling some interest, inquired of the reformed man how tho change was so suddenly wrought on him. 'Was it the tract?' No,' said he, 'it was your determination and the interest you seemed to manifest in my welfare; and besides this you took my jug, and that set me thinking: then 1 went home and read tho tract, nnd determined by the help of God 1 would never drink another drop, and I have been enabled to keep my promise.' This is a plain, unvarnished talc, and bhows how much may be done by strong personal efforts. 'Cast th bread upon the waters, for thou aha waeswl at n I ltai v A tat e t aa ne a ' uuu lit tfcibci luaujf uuja. JCiTTho editor of tho Southern Democrat says that he is "acquiring flesh." If he is, we expect that he steals it from tho butcher or some neighbor's meat house. PreiUlce. JtZrAn impertinent fellow wants to know if you ever sit down to tea where skimmed milk was on tho table, with out being asked, 'Do you take cream? "

Fennywise and Foxmdwise. There is a" Farmer Penny wise with

whom I am acquainted, who will occa sionally raise a good heifer, steer, or colt for his neighbors who keep good breeds, and he is by accident occasion ally benefitted thereby. V ben be has such an animal as that in his flock, he is apparently uneasy until it is disposed of; and after selling such an animal. a heifer for instance, you may hear something like the following: "Well, my dear, I have sold the big heifer for fifteen dollars; is not that a good price for a heifer of her age?" "Good price, indeed!" his wife would reply; "you had better have sold two of them cathammed, crooked legged, scrawly things that you always keep for cows. Tho reason that our cattle always look so bad, and that we sell so little butter and cheese, is that you always sell the best heifers." Poor woman! I pity her. Her pride and ambition are injured, her children and self in rsgs, because her native industry and economy are cramped by the foolish and nigardly policy of her husband. The picturo is reversed in the Farm er Pennywise, who always keeps the best animals until full grown; then, selecting his best breeders for his own use, he sells the rest If he is a good young horse, he will make a fine team norsc; if a mare, the will make a fine breed mare. And what will you do with that?" says his neighbor, pointing to an ordinary animil. Between you and I," said Le, "I shall sell that colt tbe first chanceSuch an animal speils the looks ofjtho rest, and will not pay for his keeping. Thus he will aell hie poor atcera. heifers, sheep and pigs, at the first offer. If not sold, he would fatten those that would pay the crpenae of fattening! Are there any cattle, sheep or hogs tht will not pay the expense of fattening? Reader. lake some of each of the real Pharaoh breed feed them until fat; keep cn exact account of the expenaea, and you can answer this question yourself. In this way farmer Poundwise alwayi has valuable stock; hia ateera are ready sale, and command a good price; Im horses are the best in the neighborhood, and the first to be looked at by purchasers. So " with all the animals he raises. Pcnnywise, on the contrary, is thronged with all ill-ahap-ed, worthless stock, that none will buy or pay the expense of raising; which aro continually eating out his substance, and making no return. Thus Pennywise drags on a miserable life in tho road to ruin, while Poundwise moves easily and happily along the road to wealth. A Good Joke. A distinguished Democrat, eaya the Cincinnati Gazette, living in the neifihboring city of Covington, day before yesterday was blus severe upon that part which relates to slavery. He was interrupted by a gentleman who was a delegate to the Convention, who said to him, that he had not read the right one. Now said he, hear is ihe real simon pure, and took out of his pocket the Democratic platform adopted at Baliimore, in 1 844, when Polk was nominated. Tho gentlcman'rcad it and handed it back, why said he, 'that is worse and worse it's more abolition than the other.' XiT'Do you keep matches?' asked a wag of a retailer. Yes, all kinds,' was the reply. Well, then, I'll take a trotting match. The retailer immediately handed him a box of Brandeth's pills. a . , - JCjT'I never was whipped by my father but onco' said a tall, raw-bon ed Yankee, 'and that was for speak ing me iruiu.' -uuess tbe truth was whipped out of you said his comrade for you have never spoken the truth since Patrick, you dunce, why do you steal after that rabbit, when your gun had no lock o n't?' Hush! hush! you spalpeen be j aber a, the rabbit don t know it!' J&TA magistrate asked a negro if he could read. 'Yes, massa, a little,' said he. "Do you use the bible?' "Yes, massa, I strap my razor on't," replied ebony. jTlTlt wan said of a man who married a rich, but ugly, woman, that 'he took ber by weight, andj paid nothing for the workmanship XiT'l thought you told me that Frank's fever had gone off said a person one day to a Patlander. 'Yet, by j&bers 'and sure he's gone off with it, too 3T& New York editor finding a cabbage seed in a letter from a brother quill, wanted to know whether his cor respondent had a hal a habit of scratching hishcad while writing? jar ZST'It is with narrow-iouled people sayo Swift, 'as it is with narrow-necked bottles, the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring them out XSrWhcn rnajr two people be said ts bo outwitted? When they have an understanding between them. a ZITA genius in New Bedford it fitting tip a new steamer for the purpose of towing icebergs to India, where tüey sell lor b cents a pound. a rSTDoyoa trcfsM rclHon?' Jo, air, X profess rny faith practica Dynahica. avud

tering very loud againat the new platform adopted by the Know-Nothings at Philadelpha, and was particularly