Indiana American, Volume 24, Number 48, Brookville, Franklin County, 14 November 1856 — Page 1

e mr A NEWS AND BUSINESS PAPER-DEVOTED TO FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, MORALS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OP SOCIETY. XXIVBROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDMNA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 1244.

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"I'll make one more trial," uttered Peter desparingly. "Anything reasonable, Maria." "What doyuu call reasonable?" "Why, anything decent." The wife felt inclined to smile, but the matter wis too serious for tint, ind cloud paaeed over her face. She knew her husband's disposition, ind she felt sure he would And no work. She knew that he would look for tome kind of work which would not lower him in the social sesle, as he once expressed. However, she knew it would be of no use to aay anything to him now, and she let the matter piss. On ths following morning, the last bit of food in the house was put upon the table. Stinwood could hardly realize that he was pennylees end without food. For years he had bsen gay, thoughtlees, and fortunate, making the, moat of the preaent, forgetting the paat, ind leaving the future to tike care of itself. Yet the truth wis niked and elesr; and when he left the houae, he aid, "something must be done." No sooner had the husband gone, thin Mra. Stadwood put on her bonnet and hawl. Her eldest child wis a girl of seven years old, and her youngest four. She aaked her next door neighbor if ahe would take care of her children until noon. These children were known to be good and quiet, and they were taken cheerfully. Then Mrs. Stanwood locked up her house and went away. She returned at noon, bringing tome dinner tor her children, and then ahe went away. She came home in the evening, before her huaband, carrying a heavy basket upon her arm. "Well, Peter,' ahe aaked, after her huaband had entered and eat down, "what luckr "Nothing, nothing!" he groaned. "I made out to get a dinner from an old chum, but I could not find work." "And where have you looked to-day V "O everywhere. I've been to a hundred places, but ita the same atory in every place. It'a nothing but one eternal no, no no! I'm sick and tired of it." "What have you offered to do!" "Why, I even went so far as to offer to tend a liquor store down town ." The wife smiled. "Now, whatahall we dol" ottered Peter spaamodically. "Why, we will eat supper first, and talk the matter over." "Supper! Hive you my!" "Yeaplenty of it." "Rut vou told me you hid none." "Neither had we thia morn, hut I've been after work te-day, and found some.' "You! You been after work!' uttered the huaband in surprise, "Yee," "But how where whatl" "Why, first I went to Mrs. Snow's. I knew her girl was sick, ind I hoped ahe might have work to be, done. I went to her ind told her my story, and she set me it work it once, doing her waihing. She gavo me food to bring home to my children, and paid me three shillings when I got through."

"What you have been out washing for our butcher s wife" said Peter, looking very much aurpriaed. "Of course I have, and havo thereby earned enough to keep us in food through to-morrow, at any rate; so to-morrow you may come homo to dinner." "But how about the rent " "0,1 have aeen Mr. Simpaon, told him jdat how we were aiti ated, and offered him my watch aa a pledge for the payment of our rent within two months, with the intereat on arrearages op to that date. I told him the business you were away hunting up work." "So he's got your gold watch?" "No he wouldn't take it. He aaid if I would become responsible for the rent, he would let it rest." "Then we've got a roof to cover us, and food for to-morrow. But what nextl What a curae these hard timea are!" "Don't deapair, Peter, for we ahall not stirvc. I've got work enough engaged to keep ua alive." "All whit ia that!" "Why, Mr. Snow has engiged me to carry small packages, bundlea, and ao forth, to his rich customers. He has had to give up one of his horses." "What do you mean, Maria!' "Just what I aay. When Mr. Snow came home to dinner, I was there, ind I aaked him if he ever had light artir.lea which he wished to aend around to hia customers. Nover mind ill thit wis aaid. Ha did happen to want juat auch work done, though be had meant to call upon the Idlers that lounge nbout the market. He promised to give me all the work he could, and I'm to be there In good season in the morning." 'Well this ia a pretty go. My wife turned butcher's boy! Vou will not do any such thing." "And why not!" "Because becauae " 'Say because it will lower me In ths social seals.' 'Well, so it will.' 'Then it is moro honorable to lay still and starve, and one's children stirve, too, than to earn honeat bread by honestwork. I tell you, Peter, if you cannot find work, I must. Wa ahould have been without braad to-night had I not found work to-day. You know that ail kinds of light, agreeablo business ara seised upon by those who have particular frienda, and engaged In them. At such a time as this, it is not lor us to conaider what kind of work we will do. so long as it is honest. Oh, give ine the liberty of living upon ray own deeerte. and the independence to he governed by my own convi -Mons of right.' "But, my wife, onlv l nik you carfymg our butcher' atuC Why, I would sooner go and do ii myself.' 'If ynu will go aaid tiiv wifs with a mile, 'I will any it home ind tike cire f ths children.' It waa hard for Peter Stanwood, but tiie more he thought upon the mitter, the more he saw tho iuatine and right of the patii into WBMB hia wife had thus led nlm. Beforo he went to bed he promlaed that he would go to the butcher's in the morning. And Peter Stanwood wont upon his new business. Mr. Snow greeted him warmly, praised his faithful wife, and then sent him off with two baskets, one to a Mra. Dixall's. And the new carrier worked all day, and when it came night he had earned ninety-seven cents. It had been a day of trials, but no one eneered it him, ind ill his acquaintances whom he met, greeted him the same aa uaual. He was lar happier now than he was when he went home the night before, for now he was independent. On the next diy hi earned over a dol

lar; and thus he continued to work for a

week.at the end of which be had five dolare and seventy-five cents in his pooket, besides having piid for ill the food for ill hia family, savs some fsw pieces of meat Snow had given him. Saturday evening he met Mirk Leedi, mother binder, who hid been diacharged from work with himself. Leeds looked careword and rusty. 'How goes it" asked Peter. 'Don't aak me,' groaned Mark. 'My fimily ire hilf stirvsd,' But ean'tyou find anything to dol' Nothing.' Have you tried!' Everywhere; but it's no use. I hsve pawned sll my clothes save those I have on. I've been to the bindery to-day, and what do you suppose he offered mal' Whit was it!' 'Why he offered to let me do his hindoirting. He his just turned off his nigger for drunkenness, ind offered me the piece! The old curmudgeon! I bid a great mind to pitch him into the handcart and run him to the d 1. Well,' aaid Peter, 'if 1 had been in your place I should hive tiken up with the offer.' Mirk mentioned the nimo of the ssme individual again. Why,' resumed Peter, 'I hive been doing the work of a butcher'a boy for a whole week.' Mark wis incredulous, but his companion convinced him, and then they aeperatrd, one going home happy and contented, and the other going away from home to find some sort or excitement in which to drown his misery, One day Peter had a basket of proviaions to carry to Mr. W It wae his former employer. He took the load upon hia arm and started off, and juat as he waa entering the yard of the customer, ha met Mr. W. coming out. Ah, Stanwood, ia this youV asked hia old employer, kindly. Yes sir.' What are you up to now?' I'm a butcher'a boy, sir.' A what!' 'You see I've brought provisions for you, sir. I'm a regular butcher's boy.' 'And how long have you been at work ihusV Thia is ths tenth day.' 'Ia it hard workl' 'Nothing comes hard so long as it is honest, and will furniah my family with bread.' 'And how much can you make a day at thia!' 'Sometimes over a dollar, and sometimea not over fi.'ty cents.' 'Well, look here, Stanwood, there has been no leas than a dosen of my old handa hanging round my counting-room for a fortnight, whining for work. They are atout, able men, and yet they lie atill because I have no work for them. Last week I took pity on Leeds, and offered him the job of doing my handcarting. I told him I would give him a dollar and a quarter i diy; but he turned up his nose, and asked me not to insult him. And yet ho owned that his family were Buffering. But do you come to my place to-morrow morning, and you shall hive something to do, if it is only to hold your bench. I honor you for your manly independence'.' Peter grasped the old men's hind with i joyous, gnteful grip, ind blessed him feivently. That night he give Mr. Snow notice that he must quit, ind on the following morning he went to the bindery. Fur two duyi he hid little to do, but on the th'rd day a hortvy job came in, and Peter Stanwood had ateady work. He was happy more happy than ever, for he bad learned two thinga; first, what a noble wifo he had and aecond, how much resource for good he held within hia own encrgiea. Our aimple picturo has two points to its moral. One ia.no man can be lowered by any kind of honest labor. The aecond, while you are enjoying the fruit of the preaent, forget not to provide for the future; for no nun is so secure but that the day may come when ho will want the squanderings of the past. The Soldier's Fnneral. Corretpondenee of tha Claclnnatl Oasalle. Lawbercb, Kinsis, Oct, II. William It. Bowels, one of the Froe Stato prisoners at Lecompton, died there on Sunday moruleg about three o'clock. He died from neglect and ibuse from the wretched manner in which hs has been compelled to live since he became a prisoner. He had been unwell less thin three days, and had no medical advice in hia aickneas, and no change In hia treatment. A number of the prisoners are unwell now, and if they are kept much longer in their present writched quarters, fatal results to some ni them may be expected. The deceaaed waa from St. Charlea county, Mo. He was37year aold, and cams into the Territory on the 7th ot Auguat laat. He was at the battle of Franklin, ind fought with the Free State men in all the engagement! since that time. His body wis brought down to the eily on Sunday, and hia funeral took place yeaterday morning it 10 o'clock. The services were by the Rev. Mr. Nute, and the body was attended to the grave by the surviving membera of le military company, (the Stubs) to whioh he belonged. The services were solemn ind impressive. On the list dsy ol Mr. Bowles' sicknoas, s friend of his went to Dr. Brooks tho keeper of the Lecompton Hotel, nd the only physlciin then In town and requeated him to go and aee Bow lee telling him thit he foired he must die soon if not relieved. The Doctor wis at the card-table at thj lime, and on being told that it was a Free Slate prison -er he waa dosired to go and iee,isked the man how much he would give him to go. Bowles' friend replied thst he would give him $10, snd ssknd il he wanted more ('he distance waa about 10 rods). The Doctor In reply swore that he would not go that ho could mako more money playing carda than in going to aee Free State men. EDMUND. (r It wis a proverb among the Oresks thst a flatterer who lifts you up to the clouds haa aome motive as the sa gls wheu he rsiaed the tortoise in the ir he wishes to make something by your fill. It Is sild that certain ariatocritio ternpermce men hive refuted (o hive anything mors to do with water bscauss it ii so often obuik.

John Minor Botta Declining a Duel

A Manly Letter. From tha Richmond Bnqatrer. Rtchmord, Vs., Oct 13. 1866. Eoitobi or tbk Esuuibkb: (Jente: Please do me the kindness to insert the inclosed correspondence In the columns of the Enquirer. It would be a tank no leas essy than bootless to expose the contemptible quibbling and miserable subterfuge behind which Mr. Botts seeks ahelter to escape juat responsibility to an injured gentleman. But I choose rather to give the correspondence to the public, not doubting that the charaoter of Mr. Botts reply will st once be detected end despised by ths intelligent and gallant people of Virginia, ind bereifter exempt him from the notice of all honorable men. Your friend and obedient aervant, A. D. BANKS. R tension d. Oct. 11. 1856. Sib: I was reluctant to meet yoar son, because I had proof that you bad out him forward to reaent insults which you hid no excuse to shift to the shoul ders of anothsr. Determined to afford you no apology for evading the issue with mysslf I consented to come down to a level with your son. Having disposed of him, I now confront you, and demand the satisfaction which gentlemii are slwsya ready to tender thoae upon whom they have inflicted wrong ind insult. ROGER A. PRYOR. Hon. Jons Minos Botts. P. 8. By my friend, Mr. Banks. Richmond, Oct. 13. 1856. Sib: Your communication of yesterday was banded me Isst night, by your friend, Mr. Banka, of Peterabu.g, in which you mako a peremptory demand for aatiafaetion, for what you allege to have been "wrong" and "insult" inflicted upon you,, without stating in what that wrong and inault conaiated. Such a demand, under the circumtanoes, would have occasioned infinite surprise, except that I had heard, from varioua sources, that, both in Washington and here, you and your friends hid freely and without reserve announced such a determination on your part. I might with great propriety have returned your note unanawered, on the ground that it contained in illusion to my aon marked with suoh glaring indelicacy, (to use no stronger term,) under the circumstances thit existed between you, is to deprive you of ill claim to courtesy it my hands; but, as I wiah now to put an end to all communication between ua for the future, I proceed to answor. And, first, lest my silence might be construed into acquiescence, I emphatically denounce aa unfounded any authority upon which you may hive relied for the asaertion that I had put him forward to resent ineults 'offered to me. So fir from it, I assumed the responsibility of withdrawing and suppressing tho publication of his first card, which came accidently to my knowledge after he had aent it to the press; and I remonstrsted with him againat his interference, should have felt himaelf constrained by the highest aenae of obligation and duty to himself, aa well aa to me, to adopt the course pursued. And thia being disposed of In the second place, I disclaim any and all right on your part to make a demand for satisfaction frjm me, for anything I have sa'd or done, which you may have chosen to apply to youraelf; as, from first to last, I have acted only on the defenaive, avoiding all personalities except where they had been firat offered. That you have given me ample cause, if I hid desired the opportunity, to demand satisfaction of you, in undeniable; b jk I can aee no ground upon which you can demand il of me. In the third place: Your life could not be the value of a pin's point to me, and I am eure I ahould dorive no comfort from miking your wife i widow or your children fatherleaa therefore, I have no deaire to take it; whilst my own life is not only of value to me, but indisponible to the support and happiness of my family, and I hope to make it uaefal to my country therefore, I am not disposed to piece it at your disposal. In the fourth place: If I were to afford you tho opportunity you aeek, tho demands upon me would be without end, as I could not consistently decline to indulge one ind ill of the editorial corps whose vitiated tastes might lead them to allow their political anlmoaitiea to degenernte into personal squibbles ind sbuae; and there are at thia moment aome dosen or more already occupying that poaition in thia State, to aay nothing of thoae elaewhere. In the fifth place: The diaparity i n our agei ind positions in domestic lite would relieve me of sny obligation to meet you, unlese I waa sensible of having done you such wrong ia could not be otherwise atoned for; ind, in such eise, belie, e me, I would permit no (alae pride to overcome my sense of propriety snd the obligations of true courige, to prevent my making an acknowledgment; but, I repeit, thit in this cue the wrong was commenced and haa boen carried chiefly if not entirely on your aide. In the sixth place: My position haa been already taken before the public, which must have been known to you, as I atated, to whom 1 hold myself responsible, and to whom I did not. And 1 eertslnly did not include the presa. I have seen no resson to change that position, now that that responsibility has been alroady acknowledged in one instance within the last week. In the seventh place: I am free to aay the caae muat be n atrong one, and of unquestionable claim, that would induce me to subject my family to the torture they have ondured for the laat ten days, under a mere apprshenaion of what was then transpiring. I may have the right to trifle with my o wn life snd bappineaa, bat the right to sport with or srerifleo the happinesa snd hesllh oi a whole family, who have none other to look up to lor their comfort or auppert, ind tint for i light and frtvuloua cause, Is rsther more queetlonabls. Thla may be what is called braving public opinion, but thev are eentimeuta 1 have long entertained, nd therefore t hive always beou careful to avoid giving tho first offence, ind hive borue with nuch that, under other clrcumitinces, I should not. At i more Iouthful period of life, I might hive sen ictuated by a leaa cultivated feeling. In the eighth place: You have neither aaid, written, published, nor thought anything of ms that gives mo one moment's diaturbanoe, (whatever cause 1 may have to complain,) lor the truth la, it has bean carried so far as to lose Its sting, and, therefore, I leave you to indulge your tsste to your heart's content.

Finally : For thtie reaeona, and with

out the least hesitstlon, I distinctly and unequivocally decline your Invitation to the field; and thereby facilitate the accomplishment of in objeet apparently desired by many of having it in their power to say thst they hsve sent me a challenge, which I refused to iccept. And, aa 1 have frequently been informed that there is concerted movement imong some of your political friends, to Involve me In personsl annoyances, I would be glad if the gentlemen would consider their chilleogee as ill delivered ind declined, on the same ground ind for the ssme reasons herein assigned, which I hope will prove satisfactory to ill. JOHN M. BOTTS. The ibove from Mr. Botts, wu handed me on Mondiy, the 18th, at the American Hotel, by Mr. C. H. Lewis. A. B. D. A Short Story with a Pretty Good Moral. We must work. Miny who hive been fortunate in bualness, ind having early acquired wealth, have retired from the active pursuits of life to find what they call ease, have found inatead, an accumulation of cares ind evil, real ind imaginary , which they never supposed to be counected with a life of Idleness. There, for instance Is our old friend Coffee, for many years one of the firm of Coffee, Rice at Co., wholesale Grocers, in South street. Coffee commenced business in early life, ind being enterprising and energetic, and "as busy ii i bee," the business prospered ind the firm bocime widely known for their aucceaaful trading. After Coffee had been in business for ibout twenty yeirs he concluded thst he would retire from active life and apend tho rest of his days (he wis only forty five) in aome secluded spot, where the fluctuations of th e flour market, or the rise and fall of pork and molasses, would disturb bis quiet soul no longer. He would not be in inchorite, not he. He loved good living ind good society too well for thst. He would build him i manaion in the country, far away from the noisy sound and noisome smells of South street. He would provide ample accommodations for friends who might come to partake of his good cheer, ind he would lead a pleaaant easy life. Such were his plans. But alas! poor Coffee! while thou waa acquainted with all the ins snd outs of trade, thou wis ignonnt of thine own self. The psrtnership wis dissolved, the site for i house selected, ind in due time l splendid mansion was built. It wis the most elegant mansion in all these parts. The honest ruatics gaxed with astonishment on the evidences ef wealth it displayed, the country storekeeper congratulated himself on the probable icquiaition of i customer, the village doctcr calculated on an additional patient, while the poor parson rejoiced in his heirt thit there was some probability of having hia small salary Increased by the liberality of i retired morchant. For the firat few months every thing went on admirably. Coffea had enough to keep him at work in srnnging mitten around the new place, and getting everything in proper order for permanent use. But when ill this was accomplished time hung heavily on his hands. There waa nothing to keep him employed for ill the work on his place was done by hired hands, and ss he wis determined to be free from all care he even employed i mm is overseer from the whole. The sum totil of Coffee's daily occupation waa eating, drinking, ind sleeping, with a little reiding, ind an occasional ride. It was not long before symptoms of dyspepsia ind of gout appeared, and after Buffering months of untold sgony he left his splendid mansion for "tho narrow house appointed for all living." Poor follow! He died becaute he had nothinaelte to do! Then there was his neighbor Lapstone, who tried hard to keep souls into the bodies of himself and wife and eight children, by daily plying hia honeat trade of ahoemaking. Lapstone's humble horse wu almost under the shad jw of the great manaion, and he often sighed is he looked up from his leather aeat ind aiw the rich Coffee whirl rrpidly by in hia splendid coaoh. and waa aa often tempted to break the tenth commandment, ind wish himself away from his wax-enda and hia swla, and in possesion ol some of his neighbor's richea. Trim, Lipstone was in comfortable circumstances, though he waa a poor man. He had a little garden patch where ho could labor for in hour it to every day, and while providing for hia table be preparing himself by out-door exercise for the in-door confinement ot hia trade Then hia wife waa a woman, frugal and industrious, while tho eight young Lapstones were hearty and robust, ind some of them old enough to help in tho ahop. But Lipstone hid fancied, aa he aaw the wealth and show of his neighbor, that it was a fine thing to be rich, and take the World eaay. Therefore he sighed when bis neighbor rode lazily along in a carriage, while he sat for ten hours i dsy hammering aols-leather. But when it length he aiw the funeril triin which carried the rich idler to his long home, hs came to the conclusion that health wu better than wealth, ind contentment more to be deaired than great riches. And that's the moral of this story. Anbcootb or GoKTiis. Goethe, like msny other celebrated men, was somewhat annoyed by the visits of atrangers. A atudent once called at his house and requested to see him. Geothe, contrary to his ususl custom, consented to be seen ; ind aftor tho atudent had waited for aome time in the ante-chamber, he appeared, and without speaking, took a chair, and seated hiinseli in the middle of the room. Tho student, far from being embarrissod by this unexpected proceeding took a lighted candle in hand and walked round tho poet ; dellbentely viewed him on ill aides ; then putting down the candle, he drc out hia purse, and taking from It a email piece of silver, put it on the table, and disappear without saying i word. (7- Newspapers are plagued with all aorta of pussllng quoallons. Here Ie one of thorn: "vi In the corner" wants to know above all things, why lsdleson seating themselves In church, theater, eoneert room, the cirs, or stige, jerk themaelves up and down half a dosen timea at least before coming to an anchor. The gentlemen, he adds, tiking their seits, never do thia. We cannot give the required Information, otherwise than In guesalng that the difference in apparel may have something to do with the character. "Ciln the crnoru4s rofsrred to the ladles themselves for the InformtUon.?

Letter From Hon. Veal Dow

Pobtlabo, Sept. 15, 1856. Am am McCoy, Esq.: Dear Sir: Your letter of the 12th has juat come to hand. I loss no time in answering your inquiry aa to the poaition of the Rum Pasty in Maine, aa the result of our recent election I am constintly receiving letters from all parts of the country, asking for Information upon that point; ind I find thit the Temperance men everywhere hive been looking anxiously for the word which Milne would speak for the cause on the 8th. Maine has spoken the word, which has sent joy to the hearts of our frienda, and spread dismsy through the rinks of ourenemtsi. Tha Rum party Ii annihilated in Maine; "defeated" does not express the fact, "annihdattd" is the oaly word. The present adminiatration of the State cime into power upon the pledge of favoring'a suitable Prohibitory Law.' It declared thit the Maine Law was unnecessiryily harsh ind ssvere In Its penalties, and thst Its objects could be accomplished ai well or better by a law with less stringent provisions. By a very small majority, the people consented to try ths experiment. The party waa no sooner successful, thin it proceeded to repeal ths Mains Lsw, and re-enact the License Law, whieh had been repealed since 1846. These were the leading measurea of the Legis ia ture, the State admlnistrrtion, and the party. That waa its only plrtferm on State isauee "License for Grog-ahops, snd no Prohibition." This administration presented itself before the people, snd entrestedthem to support it and its policy. The answer is an emphatic Mo. The majority against it ie so tremendous, that the party can have no hope ever to rise again. The Maine Law had entirely extinguished the open sale of intoxicating liquors throughout the State. Intemperance had nearly dieappeared from amongst us ; and the people saw but little and felt but little of the terrible results of that vies. But the new eystem, or rather the old system, revived, has already, in less than six months, filled our cities, towns and villages with open rum-shops of every grsds, and our strcete, watch-houses, jails and almshouses with drunkards. Ths people are disguated with the party in power, are mortified, snd pained at the disastrous result of the "experiment" and they have hurled the authors of this greet mischief from thsir high plsces, by 1 msjority greater thin my party ever had before in the State. Our Legialature eleet are almost unanimously Maine Law mnn; and the course to be pursued by us, is simply a question of expediency. NEAL DOW. CT We wore a good deal amuaed the other diy it l circumstance which occurred in one of the cars of the New York and Erie railroad. It waa witnessed by a friend whom no "good thing" ever sseapes, and who thus describes it : On 1 seit two or three "removes" from me, sat a amart Yankee-looking woman with a dashing new ailk gown, and 1 new bonnet, set jauntily upon her head ; and beside her, looking out of the window, and every now and then throating out his head, sat a man of a aomewhat foreign air and manner. The woman watched him with every appearance ol interest, and at last said to him : Do you see thst hand-bill there, telling you not to put your arms and head out of the car-windows !" The man made no reply, save to fix upon the apeaker a pair of pale, watery blue eyea ; and preseantly out went his head again, and half of his body, from the car window. "Do you understand English?" asked the woman. "Yaw !" was ths reply. "Then why don't you keep your head out of the window V There waa no reply, of any kind, to this appeal. At length he put out hia head a third time, just as the cars were passing a long wooden bridge. The lady started back, and once more exclaim"Do you understand English ! Yiw yaw P "Then why don't you keep your head out of the window ? Wint to get killed !" No reaponav. And s fourth time he narrowly escaped "collision" with some passing object. Tho woman could atand it no longer. "Why don't you keep your head out of the window 1 The next thing you know your head will be smashed into s jelly snd your brains will be all over my new silk dress that is, if you've got any and I don't much believe you have !" We hid ill mistiken the object of the womin's solicitude ; whic.i it first aeemad to be a tender regard for tho aafety of her fellow passenger; bul when the true motive leaked out, coopled with so very equivocal a compliment to his Intelligence, a laugh waa heard in the cir thit drowned the roiriBg of the wheels. Ji st ni liTicLE. A Yankee pedlar once called at a houae and wanted to sell his commodities, as usual. Finding that hs could not trade with the woman, he turned to a boy standing by, and asked him If he did not want to buy a "Fortano-teller." The boy'a "granny" spoke up and aaid ! "Lor sakes, no ! he don't want that; he's got more in his head now thin I wish he hid." "Then I've got just the irtiole ho needs'," said the pedlar, and ho handed out 1 fine comb. That DAouxaaiorrrx. "Do let me hive your daguerreotype V asked a daahing Fifth Avenue belle, lately, of a rather apooneyish young gentleman, who had been for some months annoying her with hia attentions. The gentlemen waa delighted, and In a short time tho lady received the ploture. She give it to her eervint, and asked "Would you know that gentleman if he aheuld call 1" The aervant replied in the affirmative. "Well, when he comes, tell him I am engaged." A Bremen journal contains the following advertisement: "A young man on ths point of getting married is desirous 01 meeting s man of experience who will dissuade bim from auch a step. Addreaa," mo.

Hunting theElephant

After three or four daya of unsuccessful hunting, I resolved, there being good moonlight, to try wbst might be dons with elephants by night, shooting at ths fountains, and I determined to make Carey, one of my servants, shoot with me, he using the big rifle of six to the pound, and I my single-barrelled, two-grooved, of eight to the pound. On reaching a fountain, which ia called by the natives-'PaHpaa," I found the numerous foot-paths leading to it, eovered, as I had anticipated, with fresh spoor of the elephant and rhinoceros. I then proceeded to study the best spot 00 which to make our hooting bole for the night. It would be impossible to prevent some of the Jime from getting, our wind, for the oot-pathi led to It from every aide. The prevailing wind was from the eut, ao I pitched upon the aouth weat corner ot the fountain. The water was not more than twenty yards long and ten yards broad. The west side bounded by tufaous rock, which rose abruptly from the water nbout five feet high. Tho top of this rock wu level with the surrounding valley, and here all the elephants drank, as if suspicious of treading on the muddy margin on the other three sides of the fountain. I mads our shootinc box within aix or eight yarda of the water. ... . constructing it in a circular form of ousnes paexca together so as to form a hedge about three feet high. On the top of the hedge I plaoed very heavy dead old branches of trees, ao ae to form a clear rest for our rifles ; these clean old branches were all laahed firmly together with stripe of j thorn bark. All being completed, I took our ateeds to a shady free, about i , . T. . . ' , ' . V a quarter 01 a rawe w leewara 01 the fountain, where we formed a krual

and took off the saddles. The dayrnow lü1 e safoty of the man areawas particularly adapted to bring ' ,on' nd ,i,e' nd ,cu, may dePr-d

game 10 me aier, me sun Oeing extremely powerful, and a hot, dry wind - . aI. .1 a prevailing all tho afternoon. TS ill 11 a a rour oiu du 11 elephants drew near from the south. Thsv worm enmina lJ B. a t . 1 1 B ngm on ior me spot wners we lay, and thev aeemcd varv lik-iv t ..il over the top of us. We therefore placed our two big rifles in Doaition. and awaited their foward movement ith intense interest.. On thev came. with alow and taielv atn until aiik. af ' i. anaqr yd. of '., U ,h. , in A anha.nl took ü into hi. hH ... . . pa.ioieew.ra. we letn.m go on until ho got our win I ; he wss then within ten yards of the mussles of our heavy-mettled rifles; on winding ua. ne toescu nis trunk aloft, and we instantly fired togethur. I oiught him tome where about the hearf, and my big six pound rifle burst in Carey's hand, very nearly killing us both - pi,. .i.i.. k- a i . I-he elephant on being fired at, wheeled about and retreated to the forest at top-ipeed. I now directed "Slickinthemud" to make use of hia ingle-barrellod twelve to the pound, in the event of more elephants cuming up, and thanking my sure that th old nuh rifle hari not mmmk ... ,

both to the land of the dead, I sat'ilV.Ll1. ZZVlTJ

down and watched the dark masses of 1 4L-. L - 1 ti trees inai cut tos isy on every aide, in me nope ot seeing a masa as high j and wide come towering forward into the opnn space that surrounded the fountain. ( We had not proceeded tar from the wnite roc it wnen we entered s toreat 1 t . u 1 I j . 1 . 1 . . ! iiruuniiLsni 11 v r iriiimiii s 111111 was vsrv soon came upon a fresh spoor of a troop of about ten fine bulls. The sporting waa conducted very properly the old chief taking the greatest care of the wind, keeping his followers far back, and maintaining silence, and extending picqueta in advance, and to the right and left, and ordering them to ascend to the summits of the tallest trees to obtain a correct view of the surrounding forest. Preaently the mighty gnme waa detected. Old Bewartland waa led along side of me, and my dogs were all in ths couples. eight in number. I quickly mounted, and riding alowly forward, obtained a blink of one of the elephants. I called to the nati yes to slip the dogs, and then daahed forward' for a selection. I chose the last, aad gave him a shot as he pasacd me, and then riding haid under hia stern. 1 yelled like a demon to clear him from hia oomradea, and to bring the doga to my assistance. The dogs oame, ss I sxfitted, to my elephant, and I shot im from the aaddle in a business-like style, losding snd firing with greet rapidity ; he took Irom fifteen to twenty shota before be fell. Gor Cum, Oorernor Geary and Kansas That Governor Qeary is acting solely for ths Pro-Hlsvery cause we have the evidence of Pro-slavsry men themselvsa. A Virginian, now in Kansas, writes to a friend in Virginia, under data of Lawrence, K. T., Oct. Il, as follows: We have from Judge Lecompton ths most positivs assurance that Govtrnnr Gtarj and all the Federal oßcert of tht TrrUoryart wtth ua, though many of thsm arc from the Free States. The Governor states that on hia way here he had spent two days with Mr. Buchanan assured us that there la no difference between Mr. Pierce and Mr. Buebanan in relation to the affairs of Kenana, and at Mr. Buchannn is Koon to be elected wo shall see. Wc determined on holding a convention to form s constitution preparatory to admission into the Union as a Save Btst. and ihould Governor Geary continue to deport himttlf at As Aas begun, be and Qen. Atebiaon will be our Senators in Congress tW Men are sometimes accused of pride merely becsuse their secuesrs would be proud themselves if theyl

Anecdote of Phoenix. The Sierra citiun tells the following story: One evening at the theatre Phoenix observed a man three seats in front, whom he thought he knew, snd requested a gentleman sitting near to punch tho other gentleman with hia cane. The polite stranger did so, and the disturbed person turning his head a little, Phoenix discovered his mistake, that be waa not the person he took bim for. Fixing his attention on the nlav. and

affecting unconsciousness of the whole affair, ho left the mnn with the cane to settle with the other for the disturb ance, who being wholly without an excuse, there was of course a ludicrous and embarrassing soene, daring all of which 1'hrjdix was profoundly interested in the plsy. At last the man with the cane asked rather indignantly: "Didn't you tell mo to punch that man with my slick?" ."Yes." "And what did you want?" "Wanted to ace if you would punch !" him! -a . . 1 1 The Gambler The ides that a man can be honeat while a confirmed gambler, is most ah!,urd - Osnobling aspa the principle of ! honesty, and makes a man a villain in a night. The record of this vice is full of caaee which are fearfully illuatrat.vc of the truth of this position. In a short time a man will Harn to cheat hia victim unmerciful!,. He will lead him to the bar and induce him 10 arnk: nd when hie brain ia on fif wil1 ,eftd him to lhe board nd rob öio1 of hil " lIe m7 koow th,,t ha. . .l.rrin ifa ,kiM .f K- I '"o uu osres noi ior waa. ne so ay on the game; but he cares not. He will cheat him., even if his wife and 1 child die broken hearted; he will'play and rifle his pockets, though be may t 1 11 . a a . a .m oeueve ail the while that the Door Bnlch mnn Kn Ar'ivmn to madness, to

J ' " wiorjihe suicide, to hell! The tender mercy of I

lho cofirmd gmbler is cruel. Gold I u DisTBBsane Caiabjitt-Twbbb Livxa 1 Lcbt bt rax Uss or Camdiene. On -H. ttm-laj cid, 1 oeoarreo, in the house sf Andrew Moore. Johnaoi.' Uns. a.l.w Fiai. trMt, in t he first ward. Mra. Moore ... u th. r aiii. - ..ki.J lamp, which was lighten, when one of the children accidentally hit her arm, causing trie csn containing ths fluid to Mpe- The fluid was Immediately lg. mtd Mlllof fire to Mrs. Moors's J0,1111. " well as to that of ths 'hÄ?.,l!Ly,'S,koofi111' 1ST . The alarm and excitement that ensud wa. intenM amJ aJtho h th nei hnr. aa .11 ; ,k.ir ,B ...i-.k the flames, five children, and both Mr. and Bfra. Moore, were dreadfully burned, One of the sufferers did not belong to the ""'y. hut had just entered the houB .n ""d. her parents living at fomp dlstince. Her name was Elixa

7u.' 'lr.?"? rJ?mV ""'not tell what a very difficult task 1 find

I ....... vwas vav waa saa niV Kuvioi JW neath the open fire plu. directly in front of the houae. Notwithstanding thie. ahe waa ao dreadfully burned that ho died a few hours afterwards, in the , djoining house. Two other children, ; H. Mosrs, aged 9. and Rschael II. HiinM bit Mil a. rii.ri in th. caiipu n i 7. . , 7 3 7, the night, and Coroner Delavan held , w inquests upon their remains yeaterday. The two remaining children, Wilsnina Moore, aged rj, end Elmin Moors, aa infant, were atill alive last evening, bat very little hopes were entertained that they would survive. The unhappy mother waa dreadfully burned, but not so is to endinger her life, though the calamity has almost destroyed her reason. The father waa seriously burned about the handa and face while endeavoring to save his wife and children. Phil Ledger . tiKOUsM Ioba OV AM AatiaiCAV Ship. We Uke from a New York pa per B Clipping Irom a London Journal, alluding to the Merrimac: rhe American steitm frigate Merrimno now lying oll S mtliampton, lias created saeaaation in thia cntry we j would not be far wrong in anying thai in certain quarters she has produced a panic I bo aristocracy and Uunky hood of England had no conception that the Itepublio could turn out anything half ao formidable sa thia trulv magnificent vessel. The Merrimac is but one of a asrtea which the Amen oan government ia now building wad ihftil.vW ...it,' . f-t.r.!.. M 1, . Im ml liltiwl 1 JZ -.lU r..-..... a.. Ar .bUa of lhe line. There (a not a n.vy in Kuropo that has a compete with her." vessel which can HooPiANA. An exchange records the srmat of s man by a couple of ladios, who pretty effectually blocked up the sidewalk as be was endeavoring to pass them : A gentleman striving to pass between two fashionably dressed ladies. G sterday, involved himself in trouble getting hooped through a sum step. He is down on traveling ouop-er-shops, and think the oity fathers ought to srrsnge the matter b. ordinance. ii r' There is s volume of tru'h and au.age of teaching in thia extract : A man wilt be what his most cherished feelings are. If ho encourage! a noble generosity, every feeling will be enriched by it ; if be nurse bitter and snvenomed thoughts his own spirit will absorb the poison and he will crawl among men aa a burnished adder, whose life ie misihisf sad whose srraod is death 1 What is a Coqcbttb? A young lady of beauty and no sense; more ao complishraonto (ban learning, more eh arm a of person than grace of mind; mors admirers than friends; more fools than wise mea for attendants.

OrTeli ss wbst s man drinks, ind ws'll Uli you whst ths man thinks. (Cr There are many persons who praise vlrtse, bnt do nothing mors t baa praiss it. (KT Tall us ths female aaeosiatse of

a man, and ws will toll you bis Wort. Tell as what boar s 1 aad we'll tell you what is. ian breakfasts, his avoeatioa Why is a cowardly soldier like butter' Because be Ie sure to ma when exposed to firs. When ia the weather favorable Is hay making! When it rains "pitchforks.' - It Is with lifs as with cones be who would drink it purs mustn't dram it to ths dregs. The man who couldn't stand it aay longer haa tak en a aeat, aad now feels quite comfortable. Or The bread of lite is love ; the salt of life ia work ; the swastneea of life, poesy ; the water ot lire, faith. Receive your thoughts as IsT0. 01 tr your desires as ebildren. 10 nature Within ua ia a kiarh. er subject of study than ths natura without. . r frugality ia founded oa lie principle, that all riches hv limits. MW A friend thst vou csn buy with preeenta, may be bought from you. JaVSplendid qualities break forth in dark times like lightning from a thunder cloud. Above ill other features which adorn the lemala character uit.. , , . ysasrsi.r, OSIICI asanas loremost witnio tho province ef goon taste. A fool in an elevated position is like 1 mm in 1 billoon everybody appears little to him, aad he appears little to everybody. MmT A woman's soul is by nature a beautiful fresco pain tins oainLskd am B,lT.fr roJBV clothea and upnoie aomestic eslabliebrnent. af&fTWorldly riches, ,hs nuts, tear men s eiotnes in getting them, soil men's teeth in cracking them, andlfill B0 "7 eating thsm. JSÄTS YaUT... "J i,Ä m i- . T7L T ZV-".? "W,7 " " we oeara ZbLuir to 6walJ in(Er "Thie wir," ssid a commercial gentleman to a dandy, "will be s terrininarance to all kinds of busineaa." Dandy "Desaay ; d' lighted to hear it I ilwiyi hid great awerslon t' ill kinds . of business." Sir Charles N spier wrote very bass tifuliy Bid touchingly to s lady ss the eve of his greAt victory st Meanee: j "If I survive I ahall soon be with those I love; if I fsll Iihsll be witaHheee f L. 1 . .. 1 hits loveo. MmT " foe bare only yourself to E lease," said a married friend to aa old achslor. "True." replied he, -but you can- . . ' it.' JTSpirtt is now s fashionable word, To act with spirit, means oaly to act rashly aad to sot indiscreetly An able m sh bj u . 7 . "d " "J TT? . mv. nor timid. Quaint old Andrew Fülle writes truly that Contentment consis-te-th not in adding more fuel, but ia taking away aome fire; not ia multplying wealth, but ia subtracting men's desires, "How shall I sell ay horse!" said a certain doctor to a horse jockey, "his tail come off in less than two hours after ! bought him." " Why. ssll him by wholesale," replied the other, "for I ass sura no honorable mm would re-tail bim.' Rr-Ason He that follows its adrice, ns s mind thst ia slsratd above the retch of injury ; that aits above the clouda in s calm snd quiet ether, nH uritk . I....... ..A L. . l rolin. thunUfa . . der hia feet. WitttRbplt. "Wbst are you gong to give me for a Christmas prssent ' asked gay damael of bar lover 1 have nothing to give but my ham ... ww mm m. j myij . "The smsllest favors gratefully rscelved," lady. wis the merry response of the Soincious Tailob to ecincTtn H"""'-M"k W ju, yru, m.r, wim me graateei pises There, just stind in tint position, pi snd look right upon thst sign wblls I taks your measure." (Bias Terrae Caeh.") OCT Ths truly greet consider first, how they msy gain the approbation of Ood ; and sscondly that of thsir owa conscience ; having doss this, they would then willingly conciliate the good opinion of their fellow-mea. Bet the truly little reverse the thing ; the primary object, with thsm, Is to secure the applause of thsir fellow-men, sad having effected this, the approbation sf God and their t.v. n conscience may follow oa as they oan. tT There are some characters whose biss it ia Impossible to cslculats. and oa whose probable conduct wo cannot haaard the slightest prognostication ; they often evlucs energy Ts the meres trifles, snd appear listless sad IsduTereat on occasions ol the greateet I a teres t and importance ; one would suppose they had been dipped in the fountain sf Hammond, wboss waters accords eg to Diodorua, srs cold by dayand hot only by night I "Whstjis an eclipse?" " asked a person of aa hottest Jsck tar. "Why," said Jack, "anselipss hap pens 1 ia thie way it is only the bsoob breaks adrift, aad fail athwart sun. It's all right by aad by, far that the sun. ths old boy puts the halm hard

and then ita plain aaiUag."