Indiana American, Volume 24, Number 27, Brookville, Franklin County, 20 June 1856 — Page 1
A NBWS AND BUSJNBSS PAPER-DEVOTED TO PORBIGN AND DOMBSTiC NEWS, MORALS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, AGR9CÜITÜRE, AND THE BEST INTBRBSTS OF SOCIETY. VOL. XHV-NO. 27. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 1221
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u interesting torj. "talesofjiie BAR. wurnai noi rn lips or an old COUlfSXLOR. 4T W. Un TIOBALL. MY FIRST RETAINER. TiT IIing eng4ged ray service (or ibe ke of furtfi. ic rrpulatioo. I had n -tolvtjd lo acquit myst-lf with crdii, and if within the ranga of IoaI p tibility to achieve n triumph, let arhooevr might be my oppose-. Hut un outline of lh foregping narrittivi, if it id not diminish my Mldahneaa, at If ast made me feel anxiou for the result on another account, andmparted an interest that was greatly increased by subsequent development!. Befui the door of the house in which the oourt was held, a number of their neighbor had already assemblod; but thy gave way as I approached, leav mg the way opeu for my passage. Heie and there among them, I observed a igniöeant shake of the head, which would have displeased me, if 1 had not felt that it implied eympalhy for 'my client, as well as want of coufi deno in my own cupahiluiee. Oa enteiing the room, I at orce perceived (he oause of their dis'rust At the side of the Justine, engaged with him in conversation, sat Nelson Netberow, one of the most noted lawyers of the ötate. He was not great, like Jay, Burr, Hamilton, and a few of their oolemporariei, whom heftejuenily opposed, hand to hand; but hr wae successful, and that gave him undue nfluence. "Ah, Clifford!" said he, as I enter ed the aprtmnt, "I little thought when I favored your adiniasion to the bar a few weeks ago, that I should so soon And you eo gaged in a case of such character." The object of thii remark wai unmistakable; the remark itself was studied and malicious. The salutatiou was designed to eonvey his surpriae that I h uld have the temerity to meet alone a man of hit judicial magnitude: the allusion to my recent examination, to imprM the people, who had followed me into the house, with an idea of my comparative insignificance; and the reference to the character of my'cause, to signify that none but a novice would have engaged in an undertaking so utterly destitute of merit. Never in the whole course of my life have I been so immensely offended. My anger rose like mercury in a midsummer sun. Mr blood ruuhrd
through my veins like a mountain lorrent. JJy hi r stood on end like the quills of a porcupine. And, worse than all my paaaiou was mamfeat. A smile of triumph overspread the countenance of Mr. ifetherow Ml success seemed better than he had even hoped. But he was mistaken; that smile was my salvation. Instantly, though with a great effort, a greater than I had ever suppoaed poMible, I smothered my indignation, and replied with apparent indifference, at the eame time rJkrting my ocat and wiping th,perpiration Irom my brow, m though oppressed by the heat of the apartment. The aoting was natural, yet it did not con eeal the truth; and I waa glad afterward that it did not "Your surprise is not equal to my pleaur" I replied, "though I little thought, when your utraoit ingenuity failed to conjure up a question I could not answer, that 1 should so soon have to encounter In you the advocate of a cruel persecution." Among the auditors there ws a . at as a m,,rm,,,r PPr"D,,,m ,u-,u 7 f M 0W0 reCent Injustice, which waa after ward majnilied to j , my ao vantage. But their astonishment and joy were not eiiual to tho surpua and niordll cation of Mr. Nelherow, who had hoped to prostrate mu by a single blow, aimed at my pride, aa the most vulnerable point of my character. Yet be never allowed himaelf to be disoouisged. Failing in one expedient, he had recount) to another. And he was not only fertile, but unaorupuloiic "What Is the object of this arrest?" he Immediately Inquired. "I can tell better when I have ex amined the pspers," I replied, growing more confident. The Justice, a small, ainewey, sun burnt man, half buried within the iu perabundauoeof a huge ealioo ouahlon, reached aoroaa his table Indolently, snd taking a few folded papers from a pigeon hole in nie uak, tosaeo thm a . . 4 a a " 1 toward me with an ntr of ofQoial im porianoe The object, " I reolicd. havlnir oarefully examined the ailidavit and warrant, "it tu secure the complaint aiaiaat the future abuse of her hutband, by placin . lum under bonds to keen tho peace." Again Mr, Nethen w indulged a smile, such as I betöre mentioned, and it was returned by a m u at his elbow, whom I afterward found to be his client: a round, robust Englishman, with a coarse countenance, the muscles of which had become somewhat relaxed by the lapse of five and fifty years. Presently Mr. Digby came- and conducted me to the complainant. "My dear young friend," she said, looking at me earnestly, through her trickling tears, "1 am very miserable. If 1 fail, Ood only knows what will bq the measure of my punishment. 1 am helpless and destitute. 1 have no hope bit in the justness of my cause and tbe skill ol my benefactor;" I have already described her condition; I will only add, that her spirit had been completely crushed, and her mind was fast approach ug a state of imbecility. Still, it waa evident, that
if she could be released from the soci
ety of her brutal husband, which was the chief desire of her heart, she might survive for many years, and die in the full enjoyment o( her mental faculties. IV. Many witnesses were examined for the prosecatioa. It was proved that the defendant was a gross and brutal man, and a cruel husband; that he had frequently abused his wife without a cause; that be bad deprived her of food for days together; thrt he bad compelled her to leave her bed at midnight, and stable with his horse; that he had turned her out of door, in midwinter, and kept her in the snow and storm till nearly perished; that he had threatened her life will) poison, and obliged her to eat food of hin own preparation; and, within a few days that he had beaten her until ber flesh was bruised and lacerated. Mr. Netberow declined a cross-examination. I was surprised that he made no effort to explain or palliate the laota establi-hed. I was yet more surprised that he permitted mo to in temrgale, and the witnesses to testify, without interruption. Nor could 1 piovoke a word from him, though 1 went purposely beyond the oase, and proved that the defendant wax a dangerous citisen, suspected of toryism in the Revolution, of adulterous inter course with Eleanor 1'ilkay, and of per ury to avoid taxation. But when I had closed my exami nation, Mr. Netberow moved a dis miaaal of the complaint, on the ground that the evidence adduced was insufficient to susiain the change under the Common law, In support of this motion, he read numerous authorities, o ahow that a man was justified in chastising his wife with the same degree of moderation that he did his child or apprentice; and arguad that there was no evid. nee to convict the defendant of having transcended this limit in any particular. The effect of this reasoning was clearly foreshadowed in the cour.'cnaroe of the justice, who, flattered by the prMnoe of a lawyer so distinguished, was almost impatient to gratify their common selfishness, at the expense of helpless humanity. In reply, I Ürtt examined the evid.nce in each of the caaes eited by Mr. Netberow, and eompared the faots with those under consideration. Next, I described the nature of the marriage oontract. the d utiesof the husband, and rights of the wife, on the broad ground of moral and social equality. After which, I animadverted upon the connubial treatment of the defendant, in such unmeasured terms as made him seem, to all piesent, a human monster. Had I paused here, it is possible I should have succeeded. But in the excitement of the moment I attacked the Common law, and characterized that portion which gives the husband so much power over thu liberty and person of his wife, as a relic of feudal barbarism, unworthy of an enlightened age, and degrading to a free people. And this leading my thoughts to the suspicion of toryism, I could not forego the malicious pleasure of a sarcasm, -uch a might be indulged by the son of a soldier of the Revolution. Now, it so happened that the justice, some twenty years before, had beeu a magistrate under the crown, and that he atill entertained a profound respect for this boasted bulwark oi his native country. Besides, he too had fallen under the suspicion of toryism, and thu gibe 1 indulged, applying with equal force to himself, he was greatly, though inwardly offend ed. And, in my opinion, these trifling excesses, especially the latter, had a greater influence in the forming o( Iii deci:on, tli ui cither the facts of the case or the arguments of counsel. V. 80 soon as the decision was an nounoed, (he defendant stood up, re joiced ami rancorous, t and drawing irom In pocket a long leathern purse, oounted down upon the tabl lllty dollars in English coin, one piece upon another, and pushed the pile toward Mr. Netherow; arjd I have no doubt ii "in what followed, thsl the time and amount not only, but the exact manner of the payment also, were previously arranged . Mr. Netherow tramferred the eoln to his open palm, and then holding It out toward mo, said, with an air 01 mingled triumph and contempt. "Young man. beholdl You shake the bush, but 1 esloh the game." a a T a. i . it My in .t impulse was lo strike up his hand, and scatter the plecos among the indignant spectators; It was whai he deserved: but it would not have been as prudent as the course I pur sued. "Mr. Netherow," 1 replied, under the influence of a sudden happy thought, "you aro mistsken. Thus far 1 have succeeded beyond my ax peotations." "Success, indeed!" he exclaimed, Mill, m .Mil. llWIlal An All MMlt" null aip1 MM U V J wa un 11 "You üo well to inquire," I answered. "This suit is but a prelimi nary. Hat ha! ha!" But the laugh was searcely genuine. " What next? "0, you thought, no doubt," I re plied, with an accent of disdain, and possibly a sneer, "that the silent con tempt with which you treated mv ex animation, would at the name moment elevate you, and degrade me, in the estimation of the witnesses. But would have been much better for your client, in several important - respects had you objected to auch'tcstiinony as was not pertinent. "To whatenü?" he inquired; smil in ; again. "Did I not succeed? What more could I have done by the course you suggest?" "Surtly I replied, "you have not forgotten that your client was proved to be a dangerous citizen, guilty perjury and adultery. ,Did you sup pose I regarded auch facts aa impor
! tant in a case of this character? Did
I allude to them in my argument?" In the oourbo of many years of almost daily intercourse with Mr. Netherow, I do not remember ever to have seen him so much confused. He clearly perceived that, in eliciting these facts, I had been actuated by some ulterior object, though what, be could not conjecture. Still greater was the effect upon the defendant. Startled by the announcement, which fell upon his ear as the swift forerunner of a certain condemnation, and confused by the presence of his neighbors, whose eyes were bent upon him with an expression of seerot pleasure, he sunk back into his chair suddenly, overwhelmed by a flood of emotions. Mr. Neiherow was the first to re cover, and he asked for an explanation. "My designs," I replied in a manner that clearly evinced my confidence, "are, first, to file a bill in Chancery, on ! haif jf Mrs. Steel, praying for a divorce, for alimony, for so allowance to defray expensee and for an injunction to restrain her husband from the sale or other disposition of his property entil th suii is determined; and, secondly, failing in this, to have him arrested for perjury." At ibis announcement, Steel who, had in a great measure recovered his composure, touched Mr. Neiherow on the shoulder, end drew him eside for consultation. During their absenoe 1 employed the time in wilting .1 summons. Whin they returned, Mr. Netherow inquired if I bad in view any speciflo purpose. "Moat assuredly," I answered. "It is to acquire from her husband, for this poor, helpless old woman, the means of a separate maintainanea, that she may p nd the remnant of her days in a home of her own choice, secure from his brutality.' There was ar other slight murmur of approbation among thu bystanden, and Mr. Netherow bit hie lip to conceal his anger and mortification. "What amount wifl you demand?" he presently inquired. "On this point I have not consulted with my client," I replied. "But it you inquire with a view to immediate adjustment, I will venture to name five thousand dollars, the amount of her aunt's legacy." "Very well," said Mr. Netherow; "I ara authorised to accept your proposition. But It Is now nearly sundown let us agree on a time and place. Can the parlies meet at my office at twelve o'clock to-morrow?" There being no objeotion to this pro poc a it was adopted, only, however, to make way for a new difficulty. "Come, Hannah, get yourself ready," said Steel, plucking the sleeve of his wife s gown.
Instantly, the thought flashed uponseixing Cuba by force if necessary
my Drain, mat tne proposed coraproraise was an artifice, to lay tbe foUndation for a plea to the bill I proposed, At once I interfered. No, no; Mrs. 8teel had better go home with Mr. Digby." I want her to come with me," said Steel, sullenly. Wherefore, I inquired, "since on to morrow you will be forever separated? "If she does not come," he replied, in an angry manner, "I will not stand to the bargain. "Oh, yea! yes!" cried the old wo-
man, jumping to her feet, "I will go, would be an endorsement of Ihe proI will gol' Then turning to me she slavery outratres in Kansas. It would
continued; imploringly. "Do let me go, sir, dol
"INoI I replied, firmly, "yon mustier and the constitutional guarantee o with Mr. Digby." 1 0f the freedom of debate. The iasues
It would be impossible to conjecture what might have followed, had not Mr. Netherow interprosed; for the an ger of Steel had reached the highest pitch within his control. But alter a brief oonsuliation, his anger in the i B S . .0 T Jl.l A4 meantime decreasing, ne conditions ol ha agreement we e reaffirmed. VI. Only ono thimr was necessary to co.npleto my triumph. I had performI a labor, and waa entitled to a fee. My client being a married woman, h r Husband was bound for all lawful iebts of her contracting. Ho I drew tip a Dill Mr services, and pruaenteU ll to the defendant. TI aa. .a a B S ft . his was the straw that broke tha el's baok. The ar gor of Steel Camel hud hut , partially i ttiusiiicti, anu now .tat a it a 4 ft J a t mit a a I burst forth In lull Im y Csuuli a foi volley of invective and profanity. I never heard proceed from the mouth of another human being. I waited quietly until he ha I spent his breath at command, and then said: "Will you pay the bill?" "Never!" h4 shouted, with a terri ble oath and a furious stamp of his foot. Aa you please," I replied, takin a from my pocket the summons I h prepared. This paner created a new demand for tbe services of Mr. Netherow, who, in view of all tbe circumstances, ad - vised the payment of ray claim. Hut he wants fifty dollars, said Steel, diAsatuued. "Think of Hull" "Well," said Mr. Netherow, rub -
bing his chin, "that is pretty high, j promptly given. Let us nppeal in this seeing that it is the exact amount I re -, Htruggle, aot to sections of the eounceived. But you had better pay it." I trv. but the whole country, and we
Havinu accomplished everything to my satisfaction, I placed tho golden; D m m mm fL-o unon mv ooen palm, after the manner oi air. nemerow. and holding r c, 4. . , , t out toward that gentleman, said, in imitation of his example, bad though : , U Witt "Old fellow, behold! There was more game in the hush than you discovered." Mr, Netherow had the manliness to acknowledge my triumph, and he not only gave me a much higher place in bis estimation than I had previously oocupied, but also, what was equally acceptable at tbe moment, a seat in his carriage to the city. A detailed account of the proceed-
ings of this trial was afterward published, and from that day I took high rank among the members of my profession. Subsequent efforts enlarged my notoriety, and success brought my services into requisition. I remained at the bar for thirty years, and during that period took part in many important trials, some of which, in point of interest, are not excelled by anything on record of a like character.
rhe Democratic Convention -The Nominations The Issne. The Democratic Convention finished its labors yesterday. The nominees are James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, for Paesident. and John C. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, for Vice-President. So far as the personal character of the candidates is concerned, it ia a strong ticket. Mr. Beehanan is a gentleman of large experience in Na tional affairs, and Mr. Breckenridge is a yoong and able representative of the young Democracy of the nation. Mr. Buchanan is in bis 6Ath year, he is a native of Pennsylvania. He began puLho life as a federalist. He waa opposed to the democratic policy of our Government. Ha was wnen a young man, selected by the Federal ists of his county, to deliver a Fourth of July oration, in which he took ground more strongly against foreign emigrants comhg to this oounlry than has ever beta taken bv the American party, which party his friends and supporters now denounce in such unsparing terms. Through hatred of Henry Clay and John Quinoy Adsms, in 1824 he became an advocate of the election of General Jackson, as did many of the Federalists in Massachusetts, such for instance as Harrison Gray On, and other leaders who in former years were concerned in the movement which brought about the celebrated Hnttfoid Convention, which has for so many canvasses been the prolific 1I1 me of Democratic denunciation anO abt'se. While we freely admit ihe ability of Mr. Buchanan, we as freely sav, that we know of no act of his, while in public life, that eommends him to our support. He was a Federalist in his youth, and having changed at a convenient opportunity, he became a warm Pro-Slavery Democrat. He was a Texas Annex:onist. He voted for C'tlhoun'n bill to rifle the msils, of what Southern Postmasters miuht regard as Abolition matter. He hns b. "n for and agatnst a tariff; for and against a United States Bank; for and against Democracy, conaervative, while a minister to the English Court so far as retrarded our intercourse with thai I Government, and yet crossing the channel to Ostend, he holds intercourse with Soule, then our Minister to Spain, and enters with avidity into the trench American Soule schemes lor We have not, however, space in thu iMUe t0 speak of all these points, as i we desire, to speak, and wo have reserved the most important and the 1 only practical question to the las', vnK elxotion or Buchanan woulo ' bb. and is dcsio.jkd to bk a full add comi'lktk knd rskmrkt or thk policy of tub prbsknt adminihtkatiom in its j i-fortx to ixtxnd sua kkx into K an1 ias and Nebraska, and 10 make that interest to predominate in this He j pcbuo. There is no mistake on thi 1 point. It is plain and cle.ir as a sunbeam. The election of Buchanan. be an acquiewnce in and approval of the cowardly assault upon Mr. Sum involved in this contest far transcend whatever may relate to men. There has never been a Presidential election in which auch vital questions of Lib ertv and human progress, were so closely interwoven. VYa believe th . - 4 aa a Ska riktht to be on our side, snd so believ ing so we shall act. The election of Buoiianan would be the same as the election oM'iereo or Douglaa.so fares it relates to Northern rights in Northern Territories. One word in conclusion. The Democratic party have made their nomi nations, and they are as men In -hly respectable. The Democratic, pait 1 has also enunciated its platform of I . - . . a a aft ST 4 a principe, winch Is so far as it relates to our dome tie policy, precisely the same as mat enunciated in itaiumore in IBM, when Franklin Pierce was .a . 1 , 41 a 1 1 . a candidate, with this addition, that it endorses and confirms the Kansas and Nebraska acts, and is Intended lo go the whole length that the Mouth tie mands. Tho fact that Virginia, South .aas a s 1 I Si ft B .9 Carolina, ueorgia, and muted me whole South voted to sustain It, shows In unmistakable terms the form and purpose of it. Let us, then, make is sue with the platform. The 8outh has taken e round in favor of the extension of Slavery, let us of the North take round as decisively in favor of free d0m. leaving to the S uth its Consti ; tuHonal rights to the fullest extent, an( upon ihis issue let us so to the people and ask for their verdict on the 0f Freedom, and our word for it, j tfagt verdict wi I bo willingly and hall have a resoonse from ihe noon1 - - -- - - m - I I aj heart speaking in unison with its pulsations that will insure to our standard a fflorious victory, and to our ! country, peace happiness and Droper- ' ity in thu yeara which are yet lo come, 1 a s 1 4 s ' s.i. and in whiob are to be developed the beauty and grandeur of Freedom in this Western world v-hich we now inhabit. Cin. OatttU. The Hon. Charles MeCurdy was looted Judge of tbe Supreme Court 0f Connecticut last week. Let the dinner be late, to believe tbe cook it la alwaya the fault of the kitchen clock.
Rot. F. C. Holliday. Rev. J. V. WaUon, of Chicago, took several sketches of the distinguished members of the late General Conference. Tbe following is bis "taking" of Dr. Holliday. Among those who arc first and latest in their seats during the session of the conference, may be mentioned Fernando Cortes Holliday, the whilom chum and classmate of our boyhood, and one of our cherished friends. He sits now in an advanced position of the semi-circles that aro arranged in front of the speaker's desk, waiohing the spcaler's eye with tho carefulness of a kingfisher, and seldom fails to get the floor in a contest with the oldest parliamentarian. Albeit, tho charge we hear brought against some, lies not at bis door. He does not'deem it necessary to make a speech on every subject 1 hat comes before the body. ladeed, be speaks but rarely, and then briefly, and gen.-r -lly to the point; a quality thia, we have always thought, indicative of men of the greatest influence, either in eooleiastical or civil aMeroblies. A man that is always 00 his feet, becomes a monopolist of the time of his brethren, and it will not be surp ising if he be charged wiih a less welcome virtue than that of n deness egotism. Physically, Bro. Holliday tendd to oorporality, a little below the medium in stature, and made to limp by a most severe affliction of eryiipelas about sixteen years ago, which terminated in an obuinate suppuration of the knee joint. His lameness, however, scarcely stamps him aa invalid, and he alk with much ereotnesa and rapidity. Hit eliquetical air is naturally urbane, the lew of kindness lights up his whole demeanor, and we have seldom met him without being greeted with a smile, while he seems to enjoy, as much as any one we ever knew, a good, hearty, nn ti -dyspeptic, but not obstreperous laugh. Genius, with her saddened hues and deepened lines, has not placed her signet upon him. Imagination he has none, -but he delights in its creative potency i 1 others. Fanoy has been more liberal to him, and the mild, the penile, the lovely and the placid, often mingle prominently with the furniture of his mind. He would gsxe in taplure on simple beauty, but i;o to sleep on a lunny day, to too music of Niagara. He is a sound, though not profound logician, and is much offener right in his conclusions, than those who pass us being much more profound. When nature in de lim, she seems to have said, I will try my hand on making one purely sensible man. As a preacher, his sermons are always eminently marked with a chasteness and great intelligibility of language, constructed upon some great principle, with all the mcchsnical regularity of a Yankee cottage, smiling in snowy whiteness from its nestling-place, amid grass and evergreens. Flowers are not numerous if wo except to drop the figure now and then an exotic in the lorrc of noetrv. His ser
mons are evidently well studied, and ! to near mm irom tue same text the second time, one would be ready to conclude that he ia, to a large extent, a memoriter preacher. But let no one suppose that his sermons are delivered a. 4i a a . . .a in any sense as a sconol-boy par-ots his piece. The fact is, this is thu manntr of preparation adapted to the cry constitution of Bro. H's mind. Being therefore, perfectly natural, everything appears so to his audienoe, and for years, he has stood at the head of his conference, as one of its first preaohers. For instrucliveneaa, and what we will call winningnesa and lasting repressiveness, there are but few ser mons preached, that equal Bro. Hollilay s take him as we will say, upon ihe average. Hie curly advantages were limited, but ho had a care to tri umph over the rigor of fortune, plannet! his own curriculum of study with auch aids as he had at hand, pursued a regulär course, and bvcnmo sell graduated. Whether be ever bad resort lo the confeirlng of a degree upon himself, which he certainly merited, anil which, perhapa, would have done just as well, we never inquired, but 'do rememVr that In I Hot), he received the decree of A. M. from the McKendrev College, in Illinois. If not extensively accurate in scienee, es few men thus educated, are, it is richly atoned for by that extended information to winch oontra-dlsiingulshing-I, , we may give t e name of learning. Me commenced tha ministry, as too many have, too early, probably. We heard him exhort in bis sixteenth year, he was licensed to preach in his seventeenth, and in his eighteenth, we find him bobbing along on horseback, around one of those 4Xtensive circuits that were then to be found in Southern and middle Indiana. He has been in the traveling connection ever since, being now about forty onvears of age, and has filhd alt the offices in his church, (snd also many of the stations of the first class) from class-leader to presiding elder, and is now, we believe, for the first time, a delegate to tbe General Conference, where every one believes, that he fills well his seat. His ministry and ad ministration have always been success ful and satisfactory to his brethren, by whom he is now esteemed for his a 1 a a at. works sake. His mnuence has oiten been more like tbe brook that mean ders noiselessly through the grass tn-ld, watering untold thousands or roots, than tbe cascade leaping in sil very sheen, with a song of wildness from the mountain side. He is one of those men to whom critics roust hesitate to give the title of greatness, and yet is there so much of the truly great about him, that as a Methodist preach er, he would be beloved and useful in any part of our work, from tha Metrop litan Church to the log cabin on the foniier. He writes occasionally, and is not unknown as an Author. Ho ia the author of tbe "Life aad Times of
1 Rev. A. Wilev," also, of ihe Anniver
sary Book for the use of Sunday schools, beside several tracts, and fugitive sermons. Pioneers of tho Wext. By W. P. Strickland. Full of romantic interest growiog out of truthful narrative relative to the earlier settlement of the great West; we have seldom met with a more attractive volume. Hair-breadth escapes, disasters, sufferings, and successes, are depicted in a style vivid and picturesque. The publishers( Jfi r$. Carlton 6 Phillip) have done themseves .credit by presenting this volume in a style worthy of the work. The embellishments are appropriate, and tbe typography faultless. We should like to quote largely, but our epaee allows but a short eitraot. It is from the chapter entitled " The Squatter Family." which consisted of himself, wife, and three children. They lived in a secluded hut on the banks of the Illidois River. The book which abounds in such can be had at Dr. Keely's, in Brookville. or of Swormstedt dt Poe, Cincinnati. "One day there came to the aquatter'a cabin three Indians, professing to be friendly, who invited him to go out on a hunting xcuraion with iheui. As the family subsisted mostly upon game, he finally concluded to aooom pany them, taking with him his eldest son. They expected to be absent about a week, as they intended to take a somewhat extensive range. After three days had passed away, one of the Indians returned to the squatter's house, and deliberately ligjmng his pipe and taking his seat by the fire, he commenced smoking in silence. The wife waa not startled at his appearance, as it was frequently tbe case that one, and sometimes more, of a pnrt of Indian hunters, getting discouraged, would leave the rest and return. This was usually the case when they imagined they discovered some bad sign, a d it would not only be useless but disastrous, for them to hunt under sueh circumstances. The Indian sat for some lime in sullen silence, and at len-'th, removing his p.pe from his raou'h, he gave a significant grunt to awaken attention and said, 'White man die.' The squatter'a wife at this replied, . . . ft a .ft mm 'What is the matter.'
11 a I v v aj iniv l , itiiVA tut? vvmsixji sb v 'iisf. is i vs , - - - " we asawa stesra lie sick, tree fall on bim, he die. , rnankindf Mon nol to ,i,e .Uvehol-! ural and essential complement a wife You go see him ders, but to ihe "poor whiu- trash." would be truly monstrow. Isaagine "Her suspicions being somewhat , Bü d ,,t.d ,hen rand ÖOWf by lheir i the diagraee of baviag Durational aroused at the manner of the savage, j ()rd nt iKhbors. The olig-rchy of Ilace converted into a bachelor ska; she asked hnu a number of question.. 8o.,lh ÜHrüIiim WM Aa iremulous then our National Board preaided over by a The evasiteness and evident w-mt of I nt ,he ideH of WHr wilh England and 1 ringle man; our National fire poked consistency in the answers, at leogib i had ,bfJ of conit.rvatism. as now. by a single tonri Old Maids aro exconvinced her that somelh.ng was r ,., cusable. their position nol being a mat - hTeft but Lni; hfr younl" I'"!?: ' " CMatO-Wbea . ! ' '" eld t a. wc have aeerh. ro e tIms befall, you. and the emergency Tbr 7 - ' Tha eioest, as wc nave seen, naving gone . Bt hJ wife who will let her husband Vftdje for onthe hunt with his fsther. Night requires moral courage o meet it, be ought to be lynched. I came, but it brought not the son or 10 jhe requirements of the mo- lf "V. c,! the Indian. All it gloomy hours were nd ".e ..uperior to the obsta-
'P"1 in lhl ,one 0Hbin b7 and daughter; but morning came with out their return. The whole day passed in the same fruitless look-out for the boy; the mother felt grieved that she had sent ber child on the errand, but it was now loo late. Her suspicions were now confirmed that the Indians had decoyed away her hushund and sons. She felt that they would not stop in their evil designs, and that, if they had slain the father and his boys, they would next attack the mother and her daughter. "No time was to be lost; and she and her daughter, as night was approachinglweiit lo work to barricade the door and windows of the cabin in ihe best manner they oould. The rifle of the youngest boy was all the weapon in the house, as he did not take it when be went to seek his father This was taken from its hangings and oarefully examined to mo that It was well loaded and primed. To her daughter she gave tho ax, and thus armed, ihey determined to watch all night, and, if attacked by tha savages, to fight to the last. "About midnight thev made their appearance, expi ding to lind the moth er and daughter asleep, but in thia they were disappointed. They approached stealthily, and ono of the number knocked loudly at the door, erylng 'Mother I mother I' "The mj titer's ear was too acute to be deceived by the wily savage, and she replied, 'Where are tbe Indian, my son?" The answer, 'Um gone," would have satisfied her, if she had not been before aware of the deceit. "Come u p, my son, and put your a aar to the latch hole, I want to tell you something before I open the door. "The Indian applied Iiis ear to ihe latch hole. The crack of the rifle followed, and he fell dead. "As soon as she fired, shs stepped on one side of the door, and immediately two rifle balls passed through it, either of which would have killed her. "Thank God,' said the mother in a whisper to her daughter, 'there are but two. They are the three that wont to hunt with your father, and one of them is dead. If we can only kill ar oripple another, we shall be safe. Take coursge my child; God will not forsake us in this trying hour. We must both be still after they fire again. Supposing they have Killed us, they will break down the door may be able to shoot another one,' for in the mean time she had re-loaded the rifle; 'but if 1 miss you must use tbe ax with all your might.' The daughter equally courageous with her mother, assured her that she would do her best. "The conversation had scarcely ceased when two more rifle balls came crashing through tbe window. A dexth-like stillness ensued for the spaoo of several minutes, whan two more
balls. in quick succession, came through the door, followed by treraenduous strokes against it with a heavy stake. At length tbe doot gave a ay and an Indian, with a fiendish yell, was in tbe act of springing into the bouse; but a ball from tbe boy's rifle, in tbe mother's hand, pierced his heart and be fell dead across the threshold. Tbe surviving Indian, daring not lo venture and it was well for his skull that be did not fired at random and ran
way, " Now,' said the mother to the daughter, 'we must leave;' and taking the rifle and the ax, they hMtened to the river, jumped into a canoe, and without a morsel of provision, except a wild duck and two blackbirds which (he mother shot on the voyage, and which they ate raw, they paddled their eanoe down the river until ihey reached the resideaco of tbe settlers at St. Louis. South Carolina. The Louisville Journal in an article upon the attack of Brooks upon Sumner, concludes with the following paragraph, every word of which is true. The only men in South Carolina who gave their efforts to the country in tbe revolutionary war, were poor men, and poor men in jouth Carolina at this time are denied the right of suffrage and are incapab'e of holding office. The Louisville Journal S4ys : "There were twlee as many traitors in South Carolina in the days of tbe Revolution, as in any other Slate in propoilion to population, and we think that her soil as a general rule, grows worse men now than it did then. "The shameful imbecility of South Carolina from slavery during the Revolution, and its more ahameful assumptions for slavery since, to any nothing of its tories during the Revolution and since, is so clearly Men in the history of our country, that it ii surprising any body of Sooth Carolina should pronounce it libellous, or or be so shameless as to attack Sum tier fby way of making a sneakintr
justification of Brooks) for flinging il e hard fact in the t-eih of the blus-lthat taring bullies who truly represent that pestilent Stste, which, with absurd in
oleiice and vanity, claims to the State ; jtar eXceUtnctt the commonwealth of! the continent. "The honors ascribed to South Carolina for bravely in the Revolution, by 1 vv. i.... . .... i ,i" ..,.,. ,.....-..,. ..r . al..a 4. -..II B tilth 1 I wi It Ik I t' it Pl Ii I W Am, - Licit 1 11 UlA I LIA VII . A 11 V Ulli v 4 an I n i timony of men. whoso experience ex-! actly coincides with yours, furnlshe the eonsoling reflection, that difficulties may be ended by opposition There is no blessing equal to the stout heart. The magnitude of danger needs nothing more than a greater ef fort than ever al your bands. If you nie recreant n. the hour of trial, y,u th ,V- r I A' -.a o.. v. . , n , j. , impassion. Bo not dismayed or . , iiit ii tnned, when you ahould be bold, m. vi j g, unflinching, and rcselule. , , ,i , alr.il I aatltvaaS I H e4t Aft I AW M t n CS RSH. 1 no coi unman d inn Ihe cloud whose threatening mttr murs yon hear with fear and dread, Is pregnant with blessing, and the frown, whose sternness now makes you shudder and tremble, will, ere long, bej suoi j l - .n r l.i i k iceoeu -yaamueo, -i r ness and b.n.gn.1, . Then be strong and manly oppose equal force, to open d.fflcul -s keep a firm relisnco on your ab ity to overcome the obI f I . . m ti staclcs; and truat n Providence. ' , ?' r-t m ä. ! A fWM aa,-Th Rich-1 moral Hyy, in lommcniing upon IM outrage on Senator SttMDkX, sa K "The Bostonians are quite as furious
as their forefathers were when they f Freemasonry are ahott addiwaoea.to threw the lea overboard, and something the Great Architect of tha Oateeree quite aa desperate may be anticipated for a blessing oa oar labor. Now iron tbeir present wrath. We nop, who is ibis Divlao Being whom wa however, they will do themselves no thus Invoke? Why, according to tha personal Injury ." interpretation of our aaeUnt bretbraa, What next? This sneei at the "Him that was carried to tho top of Boktonians aa being tba descendants of the pinnacle of the holy tempb, or tbe heroes who formed the "Tea Jesus Christ. Nor is Frismsaaary Parly," tskes us by surprise, we miat singular ia this interpretation, St. confess We hall piobably next bear Paul says "Jesus Christ laid the townour Southern breihern making fun of daliona of the e4rtb, aad tho heavens Hunker Hill or deriding the battle of , are the work of bis hands," or, la
I . . - U-Xington TiikSnaiToy savBXTir eix Auocsbd. 'I I... K r oulraira I Wimhimr. ton has stirred the blood that beat in the time that tried men's souls. An ..i-i i. ,i.i M.m.H wiaicKaK Bti .-Ara fi i vv-,f,.r.i last .cab Kn.a Kasasaaa Rr.-.W.'in eMire will, a loir -
,.ln.cK.in Kh-m.ielhefiiruiher.!a a4Otlata. TbO
a W self, 'abelled it, and called in assistance end hoisted to the limb of 4 tree. The oli lady has too much blood of the revolution in ber veins to submit to this last oatrage without some mark of her disapproval. Lowtll Citizen. T ru in "Truth is a divine attribute, and the foundation for every virtue." Blessed is the Mason whom Truth condescends to teach; not by I dark figures, and words quickly forgotten, but by a full and familiar com munication of itself. Happy should we De could we see things aa they are free from the en ore of oar opinions and the false estimate we form from thenoe. He whom the great light of Masonry instructs, who reduces all his s'.udies lo and governs hiassclf by tbia rule, may establish bis nvnd in perfect peace, and rest bioMelf securely upon Ood, whose vory asaaaco is
(Front Um Missouri Dcaocra
Later from We saw. yesterday ovwrnvtog. a gen 40 of distal tie man just from tbe scene banee in Kansas. He rei law state of the country as truly 1 nownere waa me or property sate, 4M robberies and assssetaatleae 4440 of - m v daily occurrence. Tbe free State 1 in tbe interior were starving, all 1 to the river being eat o4T by bands stationed aioag all too 41 of travel. Tbeir cattle had been 4 carried off ia a j tines by emigrants from j Alabama waa demasrdai poin of the bavooet. Oa lB44jstay evening last s Msliinrlllt irsasjasi tad denly disappeared ia the asiaaaia hood of Wcstport, under oes wbteh led to the fatal violence bad brjwB bad been taken prisoner by slavery men. but nothing against him be was dUwxVugeal fpaas custody. Leaving the tmtovtt followed by a party of nam, wkrsv. their return, reported that bo ''bad got toto the river at a piece too lata for him t eroea." The Impraasioa was that ha bad Uea hang. We learn further, frost the S44XM oure. that tbe extra pobsb-d by as yesterday, from lao Kaaaaa Ratorpriaa, giving aa account of a 'ranh be1 ween tome pro slavary aad free skate men, abouada ia miaryaamlallaas Capt. H. Clay Pato, waa mm refMWted dead, waa act injured, aasl Me Owe, who was placed la tao saxaa vaUgtry, waa aot Mriously aart. A Serious Objootiea to An "Ex Old Maid' New York Knin9 Pott tko letter. She diaws a t catching pjjMare of tbe desolation of the Waste Ho44 in the occupancy of al To the Editor t of On The Presidential chair (I that is sufficiently capacious,) should. at any rate, be occupied by acompltto Human Being, and this fact, of itself, should dispose summarily of ih4eiatass of the more or less honorabU Baohanan ; for if there if is one principle asore clearly settled theo any other, it is an Old Bachelor is at moat bat a j half man, and bow cava soch a peraeaa make more than a beJf-PrcetlaatT---sow, sir. it is bad enootfh to have it man at tbe head of tbe Wbtto House who is destitute of a back boae; bat to have one who, ia addition to this anatomical defect, has the f. ct ol hin, HMiine. rJ k. a. ' w" aa " TS UM ft a W0 Uio most dg4vas ,he o.t dy.pepucof earuh? Aad ,,cn; !h,nk f Bbdor frbo baa ved in uropel I decline to pursue e " lb WeiterD hunlr: Beautiful Experiment. Tf ka ..... l-J 4. - ml , , . .1 TV IT a i mi ni.w i ii Lsn bb asssssssssssssssssssaai nw am bbbbbbi I mn-su wivuii, nam sw toco Ol Ute surface of some water, contained ra aunace oi some water, contained ia a . . . , . . , hyacinth glum, and so beiag permitt d . rWZ.I7T? . ,-L.Zl i to remain without being disturbed, it ... m " !1TTV will, in a few months, burst, and throw W aar a root down into tha wafer, aad shoot upwards its straight aad tapering stem with beaut. .til little green leaves. A young oak tree growing ia this way, on the mantle-shelf of a room, is a btaiUfal and interesting object. . fcJ , fc , groWtoV 04H H of fc h bm 1 vi i T. lew months, probably owing to the , . r ' J "w , "T water not being changed sufocieoily ofn to afford a sufficient quaatity of Btmr,,nmt0, from tbe swatter certain - .d jn ,( ,ttJ Pbatxb Tbe legitimate prayers other words, that be ss the Architect of the Uol torso. In one of the most oposrwaaaaa ' corMr in. Chioage ia a largo rgo ali-atory bii-etory troatty. ". J c.wr w I l : i i: 4...H. I . r with moosf purioi44d from his asaplotof. When detetoa ! voidabla, ha left tOWB aad 44X4 was finally arranged by tha taking tba building snd payisür tha thief tea thousand dollars: ad Hwas remarked that ao mst aad baoa tha rite in the ralae of property that tha employer had made Bisfortastowj be ing robbed. Tu Vixws or Ci Ptowe was questioned by B4I girl aa to tba unrMtrooaabkt "What ."said she,-tMtaaot04444ilfa ii?' "No," replied the mother -But," said the ohild, "is aot Ood a Christian, tbea?" 'ihe child of a Wcasaa's Rights advocate beard tha Lord's pM aa a public school. " Mv" mki U upoa comiaa boma. "I doa't wwa so say 'Aman' at tbe ead at Ike ad girls do. WhyeMHIaaaf V - cotton Tranenpt Let aa uratral to hto tttifaft aooait. it,.
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