Indiana American, Volume 23, Number 40, Brookville, Franklin County, 21 September 1855 — Page 2

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MfllHI BOT TO TBCTW, TO UIIITt AR lW, BO 08 BWTB C, AI riA BALI. 11." T. A. GOODTOf, Editor". Bsoormi.r, udiiii i itiDiY,scrn:TiuLU2i, isjj. to DCintss jiejt. Since th enlargement of oar paper.oar circa lalion bat Inereaaed thai we have now. beyool Dvrtlni, im terrM alf-mlaU! 1 India, eeepl, perhape, two pepere In Indlanapolla, and II W a eireulauon Istha weelthtee poritoa of the BaalnM mn who waul toadvertlea la lb Wbl La Water valley, will do vail I re mem. The. Clerkship Penonal. Having been repeatedly asked if we arc r enoug a" candidate for dcrV, ttc taW this occasion to answer, i that that depend on circumstances. That we don'l vram the office is a clear case, but our motto in this re spect is 1hb good old Jack.sont-.rj motto, neither to seek nor decline. A true republican should always be rea dy to do whatever his. fellow men call upon him to do, if he can. He ought to try, at least. But if any man Supposes we are a candidate for that of ßce, or any other, on the usual terms of seeking office, he is greatly fooled. We wouliTnt go about with our head bowed down, seeming to ask pardon of every maa'we see, or saying "please sir" to every roter, for all the offices in the Government. We would'nt even undertake the task of kissing all the babies a re ry 'delightful task, if they were all clean and good looking for two such offices as the Clerk's. No never. We would'nt part with the glorious independence we enjoy, of saying what wo please, and thinking what we please, and. writing what we please, for the sake of the Presidency. Now we hare no doubt wo would make a downright good clerk, after we once got the hang of the new Court House, but what would become of the Judge, ia such an event? lie has made all his arrangements to hold on. True, 18 years ago he ' thought one term, of seven years, was long enough for any one man, but that was when ho was young and inexperienced. Hi sober second thought, or rather third thought, tellshim it isn't bad to take the office two or three timet in succession, i However, kif the people insist on our becoming clerk a thing we arc very sure they have no notion of doing -we can employ the Judge to do the work for about one third of its profits, and then hel will make a pretty good living at it. We might afford to give him half, as long as he would bo very much disappointed at such, a result. ' But one thing is certain, we won't thänk any man for his vote not the pcoplo if they elect us. The lxot fa on the other foot, and the people must thank us for consenting to serve them in so responsible, laborious and profitable an office. We won't even print tho tickets for them, unless some of the dear people pay for it in advance. Now with this understanding, folks may do as they please. If a candi date at nil, wo are au Independent one, only accepting tho office because it is the will of tho people. ''""' Judge G ant's Zleaxmess. Since it is rendered certain that Judge Gantwillbc elected, or at least poll a large vote, the old song is sung: he is too penurious. Now we hate meanness ns much as any man, but we .see a wide . difference between economy and meanness. It is urged as an example of meanness that some time ago, when ho was on the bench, some Prosecutor was too drunk, or ignorant to attend to the business, and a substitute was employed, and an order of some forty or fifty dollars asked from the Court to pay him. Judge Gant was too penurious (?) to grant the order, believing that the Prosecutor out to pay it. And this is no doubt one cause why that lawyer is so bitterly opposed to the Judge. For the particulars in this case, we refer tho public to the Judge himself. : In our opinion it would be well for the pockets of the people, if some of tho thousand and one applica tions for bailil's fees, had had to pass a similar ordeal, in tho last few years. We mar be in error, but wo consider it one of the wrongs that require immediate correction, which allows the sheriff to appoint any number of his friends, bailiffs, and then the Court to allow whatever he considers a "rea sonablo compensation" lor such servi ces. We hope' the initiative of that correction will be by the endorsement by tho pcoplo" of Judge Gant'a, course with tho drunken prosecutor. Pbactici vs. Docranra. The doctrine of Gov. Wright ' and the old liners generally, is, ' that drunkenness should be punished and tho seller go free. In the face of this, we find that party elevating to the most important office men who are of such dissipa ted habits that not one ia a dozen of their supporters would , trust them with the smallest matter on their pri rave account. ' - 37"According to the State Sentinel Mr. Willlard said in his speech at In dianapolis:'. . . , . "Ho would sooner place a child of bis. fur education, in a den oi iniamy, thsta tndrr sach teachers asjtl.es poll.;;::! Fnbtrs.M r-.- i . . . - This zaust be a 'hit at Dr. Daily, Prof. Ae::j tzi Pre!. Li-Tib

How Times have Changed! Times have changed amazingly since we were young.. When," at this season of the year, we bad to pitch into the corn-field to cut down stocks for fodder, wo had to hunt up an old scythe, spend about a day in making a "corn cutter,"and it was only an old scythe after all. Then, when wo were done with it, we had to lend it to somebody, and as it was only an "old scythe" it was never brought home. Now all you have to do is to go to Gallion'a and get one ready made made on purpose, so nice and so cheap, thfit none but the laziest kind of a neighbor would borrow it, and none but a very slovenly farmer would leave it out to rust. Again, when we thought of fixing

up in a new Sunday suit; the necessity first had to be argued at length then the question of affording, it. These questions settled in the affirmatre. we had to go to the store and pick out the stuff, and then go to tho tailor's and be "measured," and then, if we were in ft hurry and who is not when a new suit is coming? we had to wait our "turn" and then go and have to wait another week and so on. It was vexatious very troublesome. But now all you have to do is to determine to "fix up" and then go to Dakar's and there you find the cloth picked out, cut out, and made up to your liking, and you have nothing to do but count out the cash and stiff away all new out side, from top to toe, neat hat and all. Argument in the Supreme Court in favor of the Temperance Law. This a neat pamphlet of 40 pages from the Journal office, at Indianapolis Ind. Whether it is published by the million or not, we do not know, but we do know itonght to be. We hope temperance men will pile order upon order, so that tho publishers will issue at least a hundred thousand in stanter. Let it be spread broad cast. We dont know the price of it, but if you will send on a dollar, Vaile de Co. will send it back, post paid, and post haste, or send you its full value inbooks You will get at least a dozen, but if you only get one copy, you will get tho full worth of your money. It is too long or wo would publish it in our columns. It is jubt the thing for distribution at this time. .We excuse the publishers for not sending us a copy as we are sure it was a mere over sight. The way to meet Hard Questions!! The following is reported as a con versation that took place near the Valley House, one day last week, between a country Democrat, and one of the "Leaders." C. D. "Is it true, that Mr. Calfee and Mr. Faurote both get drunk?" L.-"By G d it's too true for a joke, I guess they do get a little befuddled some times." C. D "But what ill be done about it? The people in the country wont vote for a drunkard for County Commissioner if they know it." ' L'-Don't let them know it by G C. D. "But it is published in the American this week, and they will know it." L. "You're a d d fool. All you have to do is to swear that it is one of of Goodwin's d d lies, and no Democrat will believe it. Did.nt we elect Bob, that way, last year, in spite of him?" How they Work. Clark County is a strong Prohibitory county, hence the Democracy do not wish to be anti-prohibitory there. In introducing the McClecry resolutions, passed at the meeting of the whiaky drinkers, who attended the late De raoc ratio Convention, the Jeffersonville Democrat says: The following resoluions are the result of the deliberations of a few individuals, members of the great Dem ocratic party, who remained over at Indianspolis on the 30th ult. These resolutions are but the expression of the personal feelings and individual opinions of those present composing the meeting of tho 30th nnd nothing more. The reat Mass Convention of the 29th, when thousands and tens of thousands of Democrats were assembled, refused, and wisely, too, we think, to take any action upon the Temperance question. JtiTWe have a great deal of troublowithLinck. Weinsist upon thU he is not a Know Nothing, and wo will prove it to any lady or gentleman that will go with us to examine his stock of new goods. But as we are very busy just now, go and ask him to show them to you, and be sure that you buy a few just all you can pay for and no more. As to Farquhar, the junior, member of the firm, his time is so taken up at the mill, in buying wheat, that we hardly ever get to see him. Farmers who have wheat to sell, will find him 0. K. Licixsk Law Ixxixois. Judge Breese, at the present term of the Madison Circuit Court, decided that the law of the last session of the Legislature, entitled "an act for the suppression of intemperance, and to amend chapter SO of the Revised Statutes," repealed all laws authorizing the granting of licences for the sale of spirituous liquors in Illinois. This prohibitory law was submitted to tho people of tho State, for their, accept ace or rejection, at a recent election, and they rejected it by a large majority. It seems however, that its passage bad the effect of repealing all licence laws on the subject, and now the largest liberty ia to be allowed to all who cay irisla to sell liquor.

Prohibitory Law. Copies of the Prohibitory Law can be had of W. W. vWright fc Co., In dianapolis, at one dollar per hundred, or twenty-five cents per dozen, , or three cents apiece. The postagc,prepaid, will be about four cents per dozen, In a package, pre paid with stamps. Temperance men should carry a copy with them,' to give to those who have not Been it. i . . : o .

37"Blesed is he that expecteth nothing, for he shall not bo disappointed." Ben. Franklin. , - r t When we penned the. article last week, relative to tho Commissionership, wo did not expect many thankb from anybody. W, knew that there were hundreds of our readers that were "oath-bound," never to vote again for a drunkard, that would not thank us, for they love their party more than their oaths. We knew that there were hundreds who had groaned under heavy taxes ns "a burden too intolerablo ' to be borne," that would not thank us, fur they would rather pay heavy taxes than to vote against the nominee. . Indeed we did not expect thinks or meney from tho persons alluded to, and we have not been disappointed. Most of them have been in town since, and have not even called at ou: ofiicc.'eithcr with thanks, or grapes, or melons, or apples, or any thing of that kind. Well, we arc not disappointed. Neither are wo disappointed that our plain facts aro answered by that powerful argument: "That's a lie." This we expected. We never knew a man that acknowl edged tint he was a drunkard. Oui readers well remember how some folks denied our facts last . summer, and then laughed at thicr course, after the election. Let them rave and storm, it disappoints us not. Wc eat none the less, fur all that. Why, Gib. Armstrong got so mad last summer, because we compared him to Mr. Mc Clecry, that he indignantly slopt his paper, an old liner, near the Valley House, lending him three dollars to pay arrearages with. But Gib., in the goodness of his heart, repented, and signed for it again, before ho left town. We wish wo could make him mad again, so as to get another three dollars from him, about this time. Now we have no hopes that cither Mr.Calfee or Mr. Faurote will ever take our paper again. What shall we do? We aro getting new subscribers every week, and we may bo able to do without their patronage. By the way, we wish every man would quit, all at once, that think hi discontinuance would silence our opposition to drunken officers. If this county has not bled enough from this source, we do not know. Losno.f Smokjc. That is the name of the Sunday hat that gentlemen of ton now wear. It is nono of your stove pipe styles, but got up on scien tific principles, soft and pliable, and so contrived as to secure health and comfort. If you want to see a specimen, look at ours, but if you want , to buy one, go to Gallion'a, for we can not, and will not spare ours, unless some Know Nothing steals it. If, however, you are not prepared to come out in the tip-top style, Henry will furnish your caput with a covering of any stylo you want. For particulars in women's wear, consult that young lady, that is again standing in the Old White Corner. A Hard Cask. Oue of our town subscribers called, last weelc, to order his paper discontinued for tho present. He s iys that if he happens to be away from home when the paper comes, he never gets to see it until it has gone the rounds of the whole neighborhood, and when he gets it after sending for it, it is often so torn up by the children as to be worthless. Wo have often sent word to these borrowers that if they are too mean or too poor to pay for the paper, wo would give them one. Hope now they will call nt the office and order one for themselves. It shall not cost them anything. T5TA blacksmith once had some bad things said of him. He got mud of course, and threatened to sue for for his character. An old Quaker met him, and said: "John, if thee will go into thy shop, nnd work in thy shop, thee can work thee out n better char acter than any Court can give thee." We would suggest, that if a certain would bo great man had stayed away from tho Buck Horn, nnd would not even now go to a certain suspicious p'aee, every time he comes to town, he could work him out a better character for sobriety,, than forty certificates could give him. iT Judge Wick, of Indianspolis has written a letter to Rev. James Mitchell. We did not see the letter, but judging from tho affectionate answer, it was one of serious inquiry what he should do in the present state of affairs. Brother Mitchell's answer is characteristic. It is published in the Sentinel for the benefit of all bro ken-hearted old liners, who now look to Brother M., for spiritual advice, in this, their timerf trial. 3T About tho cutest docision'of the Su preme Court that we have seen for a long while, was in a case lately appealed from the Ripley Court. The attorney for the plaintiff, filed only a written brief, which being against the rule of Court, was taken to be a waiving of the causes of error, and the case went against him accordingly. We suppose the Judgo could'nt read the lawyer's writing.

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XiTRcad, and re-read ChamberIain's adJreas to the Democracy on the next page. Stickt Griddles. -Rub your griddle with fine salt before you grease it, and your cakes will not stick. , SfThe New Castle Courier comes to us this week in a new dresu. Good luck to its enterprising editor. irA thief was caught in Boston the other day by means of a dagucrreOtypo likeness of himself." ; t ' 'JSrNalhan Davis and J. 'A. Vancamp move this week, from Metamora to Greensburg. Z3J"The tables for the new Court House have come. We have spoken for one, for our faithful correspondent, Q. ' ; XtTThe Frccsoilers have nominated Ex-Governor Recdar for Congress. The second Monday in October is selected for the Kansas election. JUT Though Tjner Sc Kimble have been very buy opening goods, this week, thej find lime to wat on custo mers, by working at night.' Fairs. The Franklin Countj Fair begins on tho 3d of October, and will continue three days. The State Fair begins on the 17th. jTThanks to Mrs. David Prico for a basket of delicious grapes. We are not judge enough to tell of what variety they are, but we know they were good. rj-'Ilie City Council of Lafayette has dismissed tho night watch of that city, stating that the prohibitory law having gone into effect, there was no occasion for their services. 3TThe large number of sober Democrats that have given Judge Gant assuranco that they will support him, notwithstanding the dictum of their masters, is one of tho hopeful signs of the times. a5TThe furniture of Richard Tyncr, and the goods of R. II. Tyner, have been shipped to Muicatine, Iowa. The family will probably leave the last of next week, via Indianapolis and Chicago. JtSrThe goods and chatties of Chas. Smith weroscnt off this week, marked Keokuk, Iowa. He will start, with his family next week. He lands at Keokuk, but will prohably settle in the interior 5TSeveral articles of household furniture, nearly new, can be bought cheap, by inquiring at this office. Thero are among them, a good cooking stove, bedsteads, carpets, chairs, a clock, dec. XiTJarnes Roberts, of Decatur county, killed his brother-in-law, John Sumpter, last wrek in a drunken spree. They both lived, formerly, in Bath township. Roberts had not been tak en last Monday. jtiTFlour barrels are now manu, factured with a hollow tube through the center which prevents the heating, nnd consequently tho souring of the flour. Wonder if the tube weighs as much as the flour would? fO"SiLVER a Drco. The supply of silver is superabundant, so much so, that some banks in New York will not receive it on deposit, and it cannot be sold except at a discount of one to one and a half per cent. JtiTWe thought that the rebuke which the sober men of the party ad ministered the wire-workers last fall, in scratching the ticket, in sober townships, would Lave been sufficient, but it seems not. They must swallow bad whisky again, or be read out. S3T The efforts making this week to procure certificates that certain folks are not drunkards, reminds us of the man who brought in wit nesses to prove that he did not steal the horse. The witnesses did not see 'thim steal it, though others did. Death or Dr. Clatdauch. We regret to learn Rev. J. Clatbacgii, D. D., of Oxford, died at his resi Jene on the 8th inst. He was about sixty years of sge. For the last fifteen years ho has been Professor of Theol ogy in the Oxford Theologic.il Scmina ry of the Associate Reformed Church. jtirMr. Hildreth, living near New Salem, Rush 'county, died suddenly last week. Ho was taken with a chill, and a messenger despatched for the physician, lut before he returned, he was dead. He was an elderly and much esteemed citizen, father to W. S. Hildreth, of Andersonrille. -irMrs. Robert John is buying up chickens, and all that sort of stuff, to feed the hungry at the fair. It is kind in her, but she always cooks so much and so many good things, that she don't make anything at it. But it is the way she has, and the lovers ol good dinners will patronize her. Mr. John is gir-ing his attention to laying in oats and bay for the horses. A CiurttadlkNeoro. A few days since, Jesse Harrison, a colored fruit pedlar, marched thro' the streets of Bal timore with a basket, and a large pla card, on which was, "The proceeds of this day's sales will bo devoted to the colored sufferers at Norfolk and Ports mouth." At night he handed into the office of the American, 825 12. , Jt3T There was received at New York, one day last week, 'fifty thousand baskets of Peaches all from New Jersey; but we doubt if the baskets were any fuller, or contained much better peaches than that one we received of G. W. Kimble, Jr., o( Cracker Ridge. George is a good judge of good peaches, and he knows what to do with them.

Haine Election. This election took place on the 10th

inst. Wti give, the following para graphs from the Cincinnati Enquirer in relation to it. Some, it will be seen from the dato were before, others s'nee the election. Good News from Haine. The electi'ti in Maine takes place early in September. It is a contest verv similar in character to that which Is now going on in Ohio. " All of the fanatical elements of the State Abolition, Maine Law and Know Nothing have united upon the present Governor, Morrill, a red-mouthed Abolitionist, for re-election. The Democrats run Judge Wells, and the National Whigs a Mr. Reed. Although formerly a Democratic State, fo the last two or three years she has been strongly - against us. But latterly theie has been a great reaction among the DeODle. and it ia the oninion of au 10 tell igent correspondent of the Boston limes, who lias traveled through the State, that it will tro Democraiio by at least seven thousand majority. A uy. 1 . . . Democratic Prospects ia Maine. The Stnte election tAkea rdace in Maine on the 10th of September. We have great confidences he will go Democratic. Aug. 26. ' The Election ia Haine. The annual State election in Maine takes pNce to-morrow. There are three candidates for Governor Wells, Democrat; Morrill, Fusioniat, and Reed, old line Whig. The canvass has been very animated, the Democrats taking strong ground again. t Abolitionism, Know Nothingiitn and tho Maine Law, meeting fair and square all the issues tendered by the it opponents. Last year the voto for Governor was as follows: Morrill. (Fusionist) , 44,852 Pans, (Democrat) 20.39C Cary, (bolting Democrat) 3,424 Reed (old-line whig) 14,017 Morrill, not having a minority over All, according to law, was defeated before the people, but was subsequently chosen by the Legislature. This year wc havo strong hopes that Samuel Wells. Democrat, will be the next Governor of Maine. Sept. 4. Maine Election Probably Democratic We will not exult before we are out of the woods, but the returns from Maine certainly look as if the "Star in the East" was redeemed from Know Nothing Abolition misrule. The tel egraph states that in one hundred and sixty towns the Abolition-hnow-lSoth ing-Maine-Law nominee for Governor Morrill, is only about three thousand votes ahead of Wells, the Democratic candidate, and lacks threo thousand of having a majoty over all as the law requires. i no prooaouiiy is, mni in the whole State Wells will have a majority over his Abolition Know Noth ing competitor, although last year the latter beat Paris, Democrat, six teen thous.md votes. Sept. 12. Maine Election Bril'iant Democrat io Triumph Overthrow of the "Maniacs," Jin jw Nothing Aboli tionists. Oh, ha ya no'.haarJ lha new from Maine Aluiue, Maine, al! board and Inu?" The above is an extract from Whig, hard-cider couplet of 1840, and is very appropriate to tne present occasion, Maine dealt the demo crats a severe blow that year, and she has even now dealt the Fusionists even a harder and more decisive one, that will have a most tremendous effect up on all the Northern elections. Sept. 14 In the telegraphic column of the Enquirer, of the same date, we find the following: Maine Election. Augusta, Me., Sept. 12. Returns from 293 towns give Wells, Dem., for Governor, 40.073; Morrill, K. N., 43.690. Morrill leses in these towns 6.361 from last year, when he had 1,600 majority. In the Senate, 21 of 31 Senators elected aro Democrats, and anti-Fusion. The Representatives elected are two to one in opposition to Morrill. Now, it may be that neither of the editors saw this, before it went to press, nnd it may be another Know Nothing lie. But let us look at this "Briliant Democratic triumph," Morrell, tho K. N. has 3617 more than Wells, the Democrat, and Wells is in a minority of 12,923, counting both opponents. We guess, Bro. Robinson, you "ex ulted before you were out of the woods." By an adroit fusion of old Whigs and old Den-octats, it appears that the Republicans are in a minority iu the Legislature. The Enquirer calculates that the Whigs will fuse with the Democrats and elect Wells. Perhaps they may, but i not this a singular Democratic victory, which is gained by a fusion of whigs and democrats? Morrell has some 3, GOO ma jority over Wells, before the people, but, for the sake of killing off the new party, the Republicans, the old enemies will fuse. All right. It is probable that one result of this fusion will be a material modification of the Maine Law. Be it so. If it cannot rise above such opposition it must fail. But we predict for it an ultimate triumph though such bitter enemies may make friends to defeat it. Its defeat is only temporary. Potatoes in Canada. The Toronto Colonist learns that the potato crop in Lower Canada, and especially in the Quebec district, is almost an entiro failure, the yield being hardly worth gathering. And it is a singular fact, that previous to the late thunder-storm there, the potatoes ere perfectly sound, and three weeks ago farmers were selling them at. 4s. per bushel out of the same fields which are now completely destroyed. JtäTThatbHg full of Bell-Flowers, Russets, and other fine varieties of apples, from the orchard of James SCol. scott. Sr., delivered by him-telf, in person, makes us cease to wonder that the upper tens of our town.try to engage their winter fruit of him. We1 hope he will turn his attention to the cultivation of peaches also, for he is one of the most successful budders in the county.

Vermont Election Four Thousand

Democratic gains. In two hundred and four towns in Vermont the Aboliton, M&ino-law, Know-Nothincr candidate for Govern or has eight thousand majority over air Last year he bad about twelve thousand. Democratc gain, four thousand in one year. Enquirer. It takes our neighbor to figure Dem ocratic gains and victories. The rule by which he make four thousand Dem ocratic gain in Vermont is a new one, and past finding out.We believe that last year, the entire anti-democratic majority in the State was rism? eleven thousand. In tht. two hundred and four towns spoken of above, the entire anti-democratic majority now is seven teen thousand two hundred and sixtynine.- The Legnlatuie, so far' ns hearlrom, lil American and Uepuolicans, to 28 Democrats. The entire Democratic vote in the State will not exceed twelve thousand; and yet we are told that the party have gained "four thousand in one year. The truth is, that tne Hunker Democracy have never been so badly beaten in the State as they have been at the lato election. and that is saying a good deal "for the starthat never sets." Oazettt. Progress of the Yellow Fever. , It must be admitted, that there is some reason to fear that that fearful scourge, the yellow fever, is marching steadily toward the North; and that before lh- close of another season, we may be compelled to record its ravages at points, which for a long time have been considered safe from its approach. Dr. Mott, of Mobile, says that this disease has traveled steadily, on, since its first appearance in Rio Janeiro five years ago, along the Ca ribbean Gulf and Atlantic Coasts, until it has at length reached Norfolk. He believes that it has been traveling Northward by regulai stages from Janeiro, where it re-appeared with great virulence as an epidemio four years ago. In 1 852 it ravaged the West Indies. In 1853 it desolated New Orleans; in 1854 it swept over Savannah and Charleston, and in 1855 decimate the towns at the foot of Chesapeak Bay. This epidemic has extended as far North n Hartford and Miduletown, Connecticut, and Catskill, New York; and but little more than twenty years ago, was as fatal in Philadelphia, as it was last year in Charleston and Savannah. We believe, that it is now generally conceded, that tho disease is contagious but, is not always com municated by personal contact ; but follows the natural channels of travel and commerce ; and unless carefully guarded against, may produce the most destructive euects. Our Eailroadandthe State Fair;v; We are informed by the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, that the Madison t Indianapolis,) & Indian Hpolis & Cincinnati, Indiana Central, Ininoplis Pittsburgh & Cleveland, and Peru railroads, have agreed to carry passengers to and from the State Fair, during the week, at half the usual price, and that they will cany all art. des and animals intended for exhibi tion free of charge, under certain res trillions. This is u most liberal offer fromour railroads, and is the best that is done either in Ohio or New York. The Terre Heute road will carry both articles and persons at half price The other roads nave not been definitely heard from, but will doubtless do as well. These offers, with nil the con ditions, will be published in a few days, and circulated along the line of the roads. We are also informed that Mr. Fleteher, the Superintendent, is fixing the grounds in a substantial and durable manner, and will have them ready in a few weeks. Every road will run extra trains, in and out of the city, during the week of the Fair, and be prepared to accommodate all that want to come. With our full crops --our large yield of fruit and vegeta bles the general plenty and good feeling, we will have the largest crowd ever assembled in the Mississippi Yal ley mark thatl Locomotive. "To His Own Place." The Wash ington Organ says: "It is reported that President Pierce has recently bought a farm of 500 to 600 accrs, near ColesTille, Montgomery county, Maryland a -.. J a lew miles iron, mis my, as nis iu ture residence. It is also reported that in the event of receiving the Democratic nomination for tho Presidency in 1856, he will run as a Maryland, and not as a New Hampshire candidate." We had utterly given up all expec tation of seeing the Presidential confederate of Atchison, Stringfellow and the other Missouri ruffins, do any act during his term of office, which we or tho people of New Hampshire could approve. But the announcement above gives us hope. Utterly as Frank Pierce has given himself over to the devil of slavery infamously as he has conspired to betray his country and destroy the last hope of rrcedom on this continent shamelessly as he has turned his back on the land of his birth, on the father that begat and the mother that bare him, he shrinks from burdening the land he has betrayed with the guardiandshipof his bones, Truer than usual, his native instinct tells him that his last resting place should be in the land of slaves. We thank Vim that he will not return to New Hampshire. Not a wind but will whistle more free for the consciousness that the ashes of a traitor to tho high est interests of his country and his race sleep not beneath the soil over which it sweeps Voncord Jndepend ect Dem' There is something very grand and sublime in the Scripture doirine of the resurrection. Confine your view to a single individual case. That body, so pjile and motionless, breathless, we deposit in the earth. Soon all apparent coherence ol parts is lost. 1 he flesh hrivels the bones are disjointed the whole and wondronsly a bj us ted fabric is loosened till at last it isundistinguixhable from the clod of the valley. This is mortality. Dust returns to dust. But as the clarion note of the resur.e8tion burst on the astonished world, the moidering clay vibrates with life; the bones are marshaled into order; sinews and tendons, flesh and from appear; the eye begins to sparkle, and the whole frame springs up in the vivacity of being. 2V A. number of citizens of Baltimore have subscribed to a grand din ner, which will be given in that city on the evening of the 17th inst.,' in commemoration of tho adoption by the United States of the Federal Coustitu-tion.

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Letter from Francis Grasmnck. With great pleasure we give our readers the following letter from cor old friend Grasmuck. Few men who have gone from the states, are more capable of giving a plain matter-of-fact view of events than he. It will be seen that he confirms what we have often asserted, that among the actual settlers a very large majority are in favor of freedom. His hopo that the Democrats who havt-put them in the mud, will not forsako them, may be realized, but it will bo only by their bieakin" away from, the cartv in . - - power. Every act of the present ad ministration has - been to fasten the yoke of oppression upon them. It ht.s succeeded iu removing the Gover nor that was in the way of the ip pressors, and appointing one that will do their bidding. If Govenor Shannon attempts to enforce the Missouri code on tho citizens of Kansas, there will be trouble. - ' . Teccmsxii, August 27th, 1865. T. A. GoonwiN. Dear Sir We have now had nine day's rain, thegraaa in the prairie, and , the buohes.in the timber, are wet, and therefore we stay at the bouse. I have now an easy time to write to my mends. I have often commenced to write you a letter. but it is to me a great task to do it in Knglish, and I havo so much to say to you, that I do not know where to be gin. All ofour domestic, religious and political affairs would be interesting to you,' and since I left home, several new parties and associations, as the K. N.'s, K. S 's and the Temperance law have come into existence. 1 have my own opinions of all of them, and I would write to you something about them. but thero are others nearer to my heart that is where we are to get bread and clothing from. I could have purchased a small farm at home, and !aid for it, but out here all , we iad went off, in quick steps, for provisions and clothing, at enormously high prices. But now, thank God we have our , own potatoes, beans, roasting-ears, melons Ac., drc. ' My corn, only threo acres, is the best in the neighborhood. I think it will bring 6ixty bushel per acre. Altho' we have to work very hard, and have had bad times, we are all well, and have been so ever since wo came.' I left home with the intention to never settle in a German settlement, and I got among Missourians. It may look dangerous to my friends at home on account of the trouble in existence between tho Missourrians and those from other States, but there is no fear for mc or any other frce-soiler. amonjr them. Wo live together as the best of neighbors, and there are many among them who are free-soil and of German descent The country aiound us here, is fertile, healthy and delightful, and is thickly settled. The free-soilers drop in one by one, and we will soon have a majority in our pro-slave ry district. There was a strong pros pect that Tecum seh would be the place of the Capital, but it fell through, and Lecompton, 12 miles below us. on the Kansas River, was chosen. Now, ulthough we have all lost thereby, we free-soilers have sport at our Missouri neighbors. Now, they condemn their own work, their Legislature and their law, and they say their proceedings are all wrong, and illegal. Tl ey were all elected by Missourians. Our old friend md neighbor, the Indiana American, comes to see us regularly, and we are all glad to see it. Its sentiments agree with our own, it is not afraid to speak out. Last Saturday, the 25th, I attended the first political free-soil meeting at Topica, 4 miles above us. I saw there, for the first time, many live Yankees, and other settlers from different Slates. We will now get acquainted with each other. We organized, and we find that we outnumber the pro-slavery ites 3 to 1. We also nominated delegates to a convention to nominate our candidate for Congress. One great question is now before the people of this Territory, viz: Can we and shall we, as free American citizens, obey and respect such bad and tyrannical laws as the men who are elected by Missouri make for us? Anybody is a voter here for one dollar in advance. They have put the yoke on our neck heavy enough as you see. Are these acts and proceedings lawful? It seems that they are, because Gov. Reeder gave the majority of them certificates. This body appoints every officer over us, and gives them great power. Will our Democratic friends, ' who' put the .public wagon in the mire out here, forsake us, the poor down trodden frontier? It appears to me, that they take side with the Missourians, and sacrifice us as well as that old Democr.it, Gov. Reeder. Yours truly, FRANCIS GRASMUCK. Laurel, Sept. 15th, 1855. Mr. Editor: Thinking that perhaps an occasional item from Laurel might not be unacceptable, I shall drop you a line "now and then." I had tho pleasure, on Friday eve ning last, of attending a supper, given by tho Young Ladies' Sewing Circle, of this place. It was a nice affair, and all passed off veryVmoothly and pleasantly. Everybody enjoyed themselves, or at least it was their own fault if they did'nt. The supper did honor to the society, and there WS9, throughout the whole affair, an exhibition of skill, energy, and perseverance, by the president and officers rarely to be found among the touko ladies of the present day. Our merchants are just now in the receipt of their fall stocks of new goods fine assortments, too, which they offer cheap for cash, country produce, or credit- Peep in, gentlemen and see for yourselves. Lieut. F. A. Shoup started on Saturday, the 15ih inst., for his -station. He goes to Key West, Florida. You have our best wishta, Frank.. ' More as occasion requires. TRIO. Fine for Provakb Swearino. In the town of Liberty, in Texas, a fine of 825 is imposed upon every man who utters an oath in the presence of n womiin. ' 1 If he make an oath that he loves her, how ' then? Were the women pretty and interesting, we presume that any man would be punished for refusing such an declaration, had the fair iez the making of the laws. .

The Crisis in Kansas. No one who has carefully, watched the course of events in Kansas can doubt that a conflict is impending there of momentous interest and importance. The wrongs and outrages to which the settlers of that Territory have been subjected are such as Americans cannot submitlo without changing their nature, and abjuring all the lessons of their history. 'Having gone thither with their families and their property, to setle snd subdue a new region, to found institutions and build up a Society and a State, they have been invaded by armed bands from a neighboring State, who have imposed upon them, laws more bloody and tyrannical than any despot in Europe dare promulgate, and deprived them of all voice in the management of their own affairs. , American history offers nothing to compare with the proceedings in Kansas. Never before were armed men marehed from a neighboring State, and permitted to seize upon the polls, and elect the law-makers tor any community. Never before did the. advocates or any line t of policy eject from a Legislature all who differed from them, simply and exclusively because of that difference. Never before, in our history, were the inhabitants of any State or territory thus openly and entirely disfranchised, deprived of all voice in their own government, and subjected to iho dictation and tyranny of an armed invaaion. The character of its enactments are strictly in keeping with tho character of the Legislature thus installed. - As the forcible imposition of Slaver? up

on Kansas whether its inhabitants desire it or not is the great end and purpose of all these movements, so the laws they pass are aimed solely at its accomplishment, hnactment have been passed outraging common sense and doing violence to every conception of popular rights and political freedom. A conscientious opposition to Slavery has been legislated into a crime, and punished by exclusion from rights essential to the very idea of citizenship. Printing, writing or uttering sentiments which can be constructed into encouragement to slaves to escape from their masters, is made punishable by death. Violence the most extreme, has been inflicted upon men for tho mero suspicion of disapproving Slavery. Laws . have been passed suppressing all freedom of action, speech and even thought upon this subject. And to perpetuate the Eower thus usurped, the Legislature as appointed officers to execute these . t . . an m a laws mrougnout tne Territory tor six yea: a to coiie thus depriving their successors, and the people themselves, lor all that time, of tho power to change their rulers or elect other men to administer justice and enforce the law. And as a consummation of this crusade against the liberties of this new community, the . Legislature has decreed that any man, on payment of one dollar, and taking an oath to sus tain these iniquitous .Kansas laws; and the - Fugitive Slave Law, shall have the right to vote whether he be a citizen, a resident or notl It is madness to suppose that any community of American citizens will submit to such tyranny as this. If ihe settlers in Kansas do not resist the enforcement of such laws to the last extremity, if they hesitate an instant to take up arms, it need be, against the dastardly tyrants who seek thus to trample their freedom under foot and to spill the last drop of their blood rather than to be thus degraded and conquered, they are unworthy of their name and their descent. The provocation ofour forefathers to Revolution was trifling, compared with that which these Kansas settler have experienced. And to this issue the matter must come, if the pro-slaveiy madmen persist in the measures by which they have thus far sought the accomplishment of their schemes. We are confident the people of Kansas will not submit to the domination of their invaders. They will resist the execution of their intended laws. , They will not permit their enforcement against a single inhabitant. And if their execution be attempted by force, tt will be resisted by force; "nd then the issue will be one of simple strength. Under such a menancing state of affairs, it would seem natural to invoke the interposition of the Federal Executive. But the Administration at Washington seems to have been as thoroughly conquered by the Missouri invaders as the people of Kansas them selves. President Pierce seems to be as completely under the control of Atchison and Stringfellow as the myrmidons they marshal to the Kansas polls. It is idle, therefore to hope for aid from that quarter. .The, people of Kansas must rely upon themselves for the defence of their liberties and the protection of their rights. And if they are competed to encounter the weight of the Federal Government in their contest, they must appeal from that to the people. They can trust to the justice of their cause for final victory. V. Y. Times. . . Sieb. - In this township on the 14th inst., Virginia M., only child of William R. and Amanda J. Lanius, aged 9 years and 4 months. By an illness of but little more than 24 hours Virginia was snatched from the society of her parents. Like a sweet flower, early torn from the parent stem by an untimely blast, she was early taken from earth; yet the memory of her is a sweet fragrance. Be her death a blessing to the bereaved, in assuriogj them that they have great treasures in Heaven.' G. Öttoker (Eltdion. - HT'We are aqthorlxo J to am ounce Giles Gant sa a candidal rnr l ooniy lom;... laloner at tue ap. proachlng October cl-rtlon. - BROOXVILLE MARKETS. Corrected Evrjr Wednesday by L1NCK t FARQCIIAR, Dry Goods mnd Product Dealers IVo 1, Commercial Row. Wheat. Cora.. ....... OaU Rr 10 I Pried Apples 4a, I Tlaaolfa . I feathers.... l,so. 40. CO. 10. (VS. e.oo. 803S i 00 Flava . . .. cutter 1,55. I Urd I kf-fe. .... S3. 1 Hour. I tWewax.... It I ftidee.. ...... 8 I Port....... While Beana PoUtoes Clover seed . Haina........ feaoaiuert.... CDICnniATI XIAUEETS. CORRXCTCD ' XVKXT WIDNKSDAT From the Latest and Dest Anther Iii-. Ploar ............ ,o Timothy Seed Urd........t I Hares Sarsr Cared, It Hame, Count, ...... PidM.. ....... ......101 ribouldets ..... .I Dried Arplas, .. ,73 Wheal .1.311 Cora 60 Ott a a S Drtad Peacbea ....t.TS Cheese CloTsr Deal

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ST PROF. WOODS' flair Rtktnllf U Ue moat erful A stortrj f Uta j, aod Um Umoolal 1 iu vlrtBca are aerb tbrt so eaa , Soubt tu aaajrle powere to eleUty rterlf talr to lu ordinal color after hertDf. Wroma fray, bijoflof It out trier H to roe, a4 rreetir.g II wkere it U falling off, removing der.4ruE, tuples, and all tuWeeova eropttoa, Wi IbtcU ipccUJ avUotloo to the adrerttaeroent la aoouieroolaaia. FIRST ARRIVAL AT THS IJeu" Cash Stor RrtrrcTiTLiT arxevrez m tzz ctttfe M Krookviii ed Ue it-k,.1hj combtry, that they aava lu.t pnrrhaard the amrk of Cooda form-rir evaod by Job a Mobru. at Ute 14 Barlo aland, Kar tbey luiaad te kevp a r 1 aaaortmeulaf 11 ktadaof roda aad 4 11 .- Their But purcbeara Itave arrived, and Vry are so openlnr a loch btch fr traut, rk pnc and daiablltly, ta naaar-Me4 la law VeiW-y. Their aiock eunalate la ail of toadies' Dress Ceedst ftueh aa Black had Fancy File,B:ak end (Imrtakrte S Ipacae. Hwr l'atal Meal la 1H air, ' Frrnra and Kurtta Merlau, ptale, ararrd. mad rha triable fopllxa, Caliooc. ülnrHama, .lo-r, . and Hoaiery. bnnr end Sqoara MaaW, Urocba, Silk, and Crape SnawU, dec, dec. tlrnllemea'i Dress Caedi, Puch sa Sne black sad brows French Clothe, black Doaakln and faaey Canalmaraa, Kattnru, CaMlnate. TtMi,kiU. an I-nt-y V. ,(.. tUkuk ' and Italia! fancy Curau, lu-peadera, liter, . 4, Hats and Caps. A larja UMrtm.nl of Maate and eVrvva HM aad -Caps, embracing every aiyle and quality. AUe.a large anJ varied SMortutbl of C'aibreUaa, Boa- , a la, and Rlbbone. D tietlca. j t Blcuhed snl Obblaached Jduilln, fkcti, TrUU , Table Diaper, rlacflof, towellof Tttle-tinebi-Couon Chain, OVc , . , . , Crevcarlaa. .'. A Iure SMorlmCDtof CroearlH, incB at Sofar, Coffn, Molaaaea. titer Tea. ere. All ha i.u ar ) mf free -knowledge that we a-e eriiirg Foreign end Daweilic try ; xla, Ac, al uUiaUlilngly low prlcae. Our In prtree have atteady attrarted a,larra nambar of pawple. TkaainwtMaaftll ' lib good barg i id la eoUrliad, aa gral tadaaa menu caa be offers 1 la parrhaaert not becauas we love aaoocj ewre. hoi C node leae! : . KoepecuuiiT, Sep 81 TY.VfcR di KIMBLE. IrewcÄsH-"" -CL0T.IO ..-KcSSSi; by lit coem me. Scott. Bmzrnra as yrt do iir rnx tzztz of our mou,-' we are i.dparii a lo dagn eometh tag to elevate aa In the et'iaietlua of IhoeswBA belle tb "apparel proclaim the moat fatlla to aiiempi ta ceirh the auenttoa ef maul, yatba caunol refrain from endeavoring io toipreae epoa the mlada of hie pairone and the thing, to be etadl ed rn a garment, that 1 romblaee s.es, staaaacs aa svaasumr, sad 1b a' a gar.111 .nil m.,. t . Int. Ml. MM.. K.M.. a" ...... in.-.. .. I...H.I m ; l irivrri tbaa one banrl1r1y thrown tnrelhar. , rflMll..Mll.M..lMl ... . k. I . 7 ynietry.'f a perfect form, and r-onoeate tie de- 1 fecu of aa Imperfect on, la tlluatralln t tMa we could point to aaanjr ar ho Maulk tbrongh lha world aca rea half made ap, and Uta tee latseijr and nnfkahlonablv that dorm hark al ika ik. halt by." . Kot that thy have nee a curtailed ( fair pro--portion by -JUaenbllpg nature, bat Irwea the fact that l hey did hot parch tm-ir dtvaa of s practical tailor. To auch we would, recommend lha new, fashionably, aad well eelecied atotk of CloUilogOf F. . IBAEMB. Two doors north of Iba Bank, wher job will a!" wayeSnd larg aaaorta-aat f , . READY-HADE CL4TTIIC ' Cheaea tbaa en a ha- had at any -other ta the country. He It a practical Tallor.and Sailers himeulf he caa aul the leave f a 11 ho ta .i hi wild a call. Ha, after zprsaalor thankl for pattravort, re qaneie the eonUaaanoeof parronar rrona the pub. ' lie. and will b hapry to wait ou thoee who may favor bin with a call. Ha alaa ttlll onnttnaes to carry on tn Tailoring and te prepared to as ap workoa theehorteetaai.ee aad moat reasonable manaer. bepgl .,,:::.. ,'F. 0. BAKER. SHOCKING INTELLIGENCE ..mo- TUE . . rTTHZ C?p?t A2 tO TI51 ATS TH3 A try likoly to be la ao rua(crua a to.diuutt Utie fall that wa expect trade win be very heavy.' It afford na pleatur ta view of thee facia la ba- , Inf able lo a.tur th patron of ib "Old a hito . Corner" and the public senrrally, uat wa ha. a juel recetvrd and are now offenoa a auark afrwade worthy of the Urne and ptaoa. la qaattiy. ,u a a sd ckeapu they ha v sever btt rcoeded la ' tbla market. We ehall aot attempt to enumerate) Ihe artielae eoroprtali.g our atm k, aa It coniafMi maay artlclee of new at) lee aad vartel tea taat we lobeaaealo ba appreciated. Wa hU aaaralr nam a few leading artlclee, auch aa Do me .tie Dry Good of every kind, Vlasaela, Drtlliaga bleached aad BblOd, -" fcbealiaew aad priate of every grade, Lluea aad Cotin Diaper, - ; Tlcklnf,dke. A fresh let at "tea's raacy Caaal mere, Ratlneu. Clolba, VvaUnga, sad a' fla saaortmoot of Clothing, both for aaea and boya. Oar atoc-k, ef ladtet Dress Caads, I BOlsteelled eomprlelng lldoeeof every variety of Ml lk a Mertnoea, Beragea, Da Balte at a lla Da Lelnea, Cathmere,dt. ALKO Led tee Hlk Mantilla, Crap, Sri, rocha. Loa? and Square tibewta. Laoae, CeJt avJ nd KmbrJld-nea. All kind of Klbooaa, Uf.fa Hoelary, Glovea dec. ' Baaks aad feaaeu W bar on room devoted to this branch of th baalneaa, aad we arowttow prepared u auU with Khoea or Boole, vrjbody a caa th amalleet Infant. Containing all the vetfettee of Lad lee Buaklaeand Boot-e. KUaaa. aadCblld'e hboee. Men and Boya Boota and e,aee. Many of them ar "coavota mao.M Ilata aad Cams. Every grade both fo m0n and bora, er en ta th vrilawslit)lf -U)D0 SMOKE" Hats. Hardware, and th artlclr , analty kept la a retail a lor. Ia Qaeevtrar anal Claawsr Wa have a. i antlre saw etoek, containing eon new pai tre,an4 all that ta waatad la thie war. ' Bat Wa feel It nnaewaeary toeay wee. Suffie . (ruatoaay w feel vry grau-ful for lb very liberal patronage beetowed epoa aa for so raaey Tvara, and aa the beat e.lUrnce that we epprec tat ravora, and ar ourgrautaae, we nave eparew ao expert e or trouble m gratify vory laote. aad rea der oureelvee worthy of continue pald-nage, aad we only aak aa aaamlaalioa of oar etack to taear "hep 81 ft.D.GALUOSa SOS. FAIL GOCjü, IN GREAT ABUNDANCE, AT NO l coiniiniciiiL eou, 3TOH Y HHICBC BUSLDINCS, S. AV. Cor. Main Burgess t Headsts. . SS00XTHLX. ClllJi. - nvi" ttaca.) - .---t (wo. ,raawaa. LI5CK Urecelvlngth bendaoaveet eaaortateat ol Fail good, over opeaed Is thla market elected by blwaelf with ueuaualcare with reference to Price, Style, and "lualtty he challenges theoommerclalfralerully of the valley to aurpaaa hlaalock. The senior partner, Mr. Lines, give htienttr attention to the trade keepe wetipoated 1 a ttytr. pricea, ana quality, orgoooa la Iba euarket make hi purchaaeala Cincinnati end ia thereby enabled to prenl a frees a lock to hla coitomera very thirty orality days. Oar frlenda aad the pebll ar all especially Invited to examine our stock, at we ar deterra.aad toBxcsLta our efforuiocau.no your tail aad Inlereal, bv to doing- ao wbta.rvoar ows. Rep SI lfct H ATS I ITS C 118 , ,iirti at. Im. I h.I ...I..J ,l V. I Cm merclal Row, asdfor aale bv ... .. .-HKcKaFABttUUAB. VTAXL PAJEa. ! . . . . " W 1 ue Urct aaeortimeal ever offered to laJ public, for eele alN o.l Commercial Kow, by . . LIKCK FAKULHA . " G EOCXSTES . ITASSW A2L2. If AILS. ITC.Li lick di liruuljil in m ni'.n.t ill ruM ma. IüTieaof Iheibolceat t3rocerlea,sid Ut eelecled lardware, Cutlery, aad Nail., al Mo I ( mmr SlalKow, sy LICK&FARlt HAK. BOOTS AJTO GOES.- . I he largcataud meat carefully eelectedelac ol Boot snd hhoea they, Kara ever Berod, aaa b a si No. I Commercial Kw, for -al by LINCKeS PAKtiUHAkU TIEADY KADZ CL0THIX0. XL .'ueral Aaaeurtinent keptcostU&ily tahasd at A. 1. Commercial atow. by LlCKFRaVHAR. Qlfu?d vry lergeeeeowmeall fall vaeorbrih piece, Ja.l roreived et. I Cam.rc... Aow.a.d rAR4VlAB. Juat received a great variety of faakloaable ,aeaete aad rlbboaa al I Commercial h'or,b LlXCK V AKUIUAK. .AKIf.a' HKF.M COOP. hhili-hjh wmn nr.Ak. PA5CY AMU PI.AIM IKK KII.KS. ? WNITK ASD KMrlKOIDKKriUtiOUDS. I I DIK.S' S I.KKVK1 A X n Pol 1 A KS. t'NKM lfcTTH,li AK DK KRCrllKFS, ACa . For aale at Mo. I Commercial How, by SI 18S4 US CA r AiiVi,