Indiana American, Volume 24, Number 49, Brookville, Franklin County, 21 November 1856 — Page 1

A NEWS AND BUSINESS PAPBR--D8V0TBD TO PORB9GN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, MORALS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, AGR9CUITURB, AND THB BEST INTERESTS OP SOCIETY.

VOL. XXIV-NO. 49. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 1245.

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ATTOR West of Court Hom, Hroekrille, Ina. T 1, DATIS, M D HYHICIA! J, QaWN . Ore kb. oopotiw Traar A Kl We, on Mala lreel. BtoofcTi:U.twl. HVH. Imbe' MAUI t xBXJjrr, attorhkv at law Iwl aid Reroar Pulc. Orr io , oo door Tita of rrner Kimble "t.Broo-rll.u. In.l. will UktMkMMaiiU of UmJi, takeaud certify Baeilloa, A J Ui At. WMQBBOW. attomhrv ooo mitt . TSTTf 'LAW. Orrrce. 0.7. Hall' HoTwing.BrookTtlU, In.i. SI 41 OHA! J. WmX-SOTAKY PUBLIC, eaa,lae., win lepooltlon and a--taarwleag-Male.and attend to Notarial buolnet feeeral'r. o draw and Uka aaknowladf tottatt of bead, oTflf lU-Oai door oU af t ao TyaarMf . Wat.JfllLT.-V.0?!l DaWntT Je -WOOKTILXB, lae. All work aaafja. 5i prii f ir o I wf edrtoo. aoaetaal Ijr oa band a tup pi, -im iMwdir no i iinuii. A lau, Ii in4 ior Hook! mm t-totiooary il Um Iowel rai Omraama door North of Uta piMl at Um Iowa! rotall i II. old Truer store iYfXUI IIL001X- ATTOK.IKY AT LAW, Ii rwÄrmi, tad. Oar tot, in Ida old i ountr Utttoa asldlata, oa Um I'ubllo Hunare 4313 GStee BvUdlag, oa U For tka Araertesu. AW AÜTÜaCT MKMOIT. t a. -wwoow. aasaaii. WlMa Uta brllltaat eyo. of temraer. War etoeed for Um Ir winter rati, A ad fttlr Aalaata, kindly, foully, Heaped Um torf asore kar broel; Wata Um Ml trews, Summer t glory , Caaaejed UMlr freoo tu r hue of fold , Aad, arrayed la forgaouo to.ib.hu, Hike monarch', of tka wold. i wa laid a doarly toted ona, Down to ataap la Uta oolr fro wad; watU Mr teara, Ilka rain la aumater, oll up.- i tho UtUa mound. Om wlot rtab brown traaaaa carllnf O'er brow ltka marbla white; And dart ras wkoaa anraaat f loaming , Showed a tpim purely bright. And a rotoa at rwaeteat aieeto, Taeed to aotea of lore alona, Uka a tprlaf bird's uaklnf carol, Or a harp of haarealy tana. Bat twae Um apirtt ai-a aad holy, Twm UM Bind ao rtah and rar, Twaa a twaat aachautaunl round bar, Mado tha loved ono mod mo to fair. Bat there ceaae a daalhly abadow, DarkonlBf all our bright pathway, Taralnf all oarjoya to aorrow, Aad to mtdnif ht tarnia day. FwV ww mark ad Um noetic ateallaf , O'or tea chaok aad brow of aaow S Twaa ooaaumpUon'o draad revealing , la the Borr ferer flow. But wa prayad aad hopad oa erer, Aa Uiouf b hoping mlf ht dalay; Ona whom aafala low wara calling To thalr lorod homo faraway. Camo Uta tarn death a-gl aaarar, Clasped kar In hit cold egtbraee, Aad oho lay la bor leal ilumbeo, Uka a formt of eealpluredgraee. In tha lonoly churchyard , It Oka ahertobad form to-night, Bat boTo mid white-wlngod oorapb. Dwellt tea aptrlt part and bright. Aad from lipo, cloaad bar to rarer, Doee a gtorloui anthom owall. To aar Bat lour, who hath lor ed .nor, Taken bar with him tod wall. CL1OT AUD I. wt cmaktaa backat. Cleoa bath a million acret; Ne'er a one are t Claon dwellete la a paUtew, In a collage I, Cite a bate a doaen fortunat, Sot a penny 1; Bat tee poorer of tee twain la Clvoa, not I. roMUi iter. ., Bat Iba landscape I; Half tea charm to ma It ylcldtUi, Money canuot buy; Cleon barbora aloteand dullneat, Kraab'nlof rigor I; Ha te velvot, I In fuoUan, H Ichor man am I. Claon la a abtve to f randeur, Wrea aa thought am I; Claon fee a Mere of doetore. Head of none bare I, ct eatth-eurroanded. enre.enrlron'd, CI ooo fawre to die; Death may com, he'll And ma readyHappier man au I. CewaeVeeaa bo charm tu natura. In a dalay I, Claon haart no anlernt rtnf log I Um tea or aky; Ktiurt tlnga to ate forerar Kara et lltt'nar I; tela for elate, with all atteadanu. Who would change? .lot 1.' riiin. Doailhe farmer dig tho dirt? Aye, ay; Doaahe wear a ooaraeehlrt? Ay, aye; And If hla t hoe k te brown. With the kieeea ef tee tan. It ha lata a fenüeman? Bay, nay. Doe tee farmer plow and tow? Ay ay a. Done he wield tee epado and hoe ? Aye, aye. Aad If bU hand It hard, And hit feet be rotifbly tbod, Shalt we fire him lea regard? ÄBJ, nay. work for all? Aya, aye; Uten ha for great and aaallf Aye, aye; If from oat Um farmer's etore, Cornea tha bread for rieb and poor, !old we honor him the more, Ay, aye. OlT th farmer then bit due! Aye, aye; Tboagh be Mrroo hea matter tool Ayw, aya; Aad may haaren I u bleating tend Upon tho farmer's head, TU 1 we aeaee to cry tor bread I Vye, aye717 Taoee of oar etiler who hare but one fttoaalbiniy"wtll f.l lha extreme otauty of th following little wi'f: At oar howae at home, we're a tweet little baby, At fat at roon in tho fall, And far michlef, fun, matte or w ha lerer It may ha Oar braio ho' geaeral of all. With eheekt like two rosea. Taa protttett o aoaat, Kndearod at our atoooo. By erory road a; Ja fair aid foal weather, To bind aa together M j Batate and I.

Napoleon and the Woodman At Napoleon was riding cut, itttentied by iome officer". I was of the party We rode by tho place where some woodmen were cutting timber, nd observing one of them anging. tho Kmperor turned round tn u and aid: "Obejorve that muri, who, though toiling bard for hi daily broad, aecms to be Try happy." The woodman, observing so many

looking at him, mado i respectful bow, and approaohed us to ask if wo had l0gt our way. "No," said the Kmperor, "but tell me, my honest man, what makes you ao cheerful? What may you cam a day!" Threo francs, your honor." "Thrtw francs!" exclaimed tho Kmperor. "Yea. sir." Does tlmt support you and your family? Tell mo how you manage to do so?" "With pleasure, your honor, if you will atep a little this way. With three francs a day I not only keep my wife and family, but I also put my money out at interest, and pay off my old debts." "Explain yourself." "Willingly, your honor. I keep my wife and children I place money out at interest by educating the latter at school, and pay off my old dubta by maintaining my aged father and moth er. So you s fmaf well bo hapP7" 'Excellent man," said Napoleon. her ia a Napoleon for you," tossing him tho money. "Keep what you have told me a secret I am your Kmperor, and on pain of my displeasure, I en join you to tell no one till you have seen my face at least an hundred timet'" Sir it shall be ao." Nspolen turned his horse's head and rejoined us. The same evening, as he appeared thougetful. General Hasp asked him if anything unpleasant had occurrud that day. "No," said tho Kmperor, "but I met a man this morninu;, who, with three francs per day, told mo h kept his family, placed money out rt interest, and paid off his old debti. Gentlemen," he continued, addrcasing us, "you will plense me much if any of you can tell me the meaning of what be said." All of us wero very anxioua to IsjfukB him, and knowing that he hud spoken to a woodman iu the forenoon, we rode off on tho following morning and having found the woodmnn, ask ed him if hu knew to whom he had spoken on the previous dar-. The man said "Yes, l had tho honor of talking with the Emperor." "What did you say to him?" "Excuse me, gentlemen, that I must not tell you." Ono of the parties said, "I will give you fifty Napoleons to tell mo." The man said, "No, I dare not." "You shall have one hundred if you will oblige us," rejoined our companion. Tbc woodman, after pausing a minute or two, said, "Place the money in my hand and I will tell you." We placed it in his hand and, after he had carefully examined every piece, told us all that had passed. We rode off, and on our ai rival at the palace, asked to be admitted to the Kmperor, when we expounded his riddle. Napoleon, pale with anger, said, "Bring the woodman before me, dead or alive. He was soon found, and bro't into the presence of his angry monarch. "Sirrah, how dare you break your promise with me?" Sire," said the woodman, with great composure, "I have not disobeyed your commands." "How, slaye,' said Napoleon, "dare yon tell me a lie?" "Sire," said the woodman, "you told me I should tell no one till I had seen your face a hundred times " Then putting his hand deliberately into his pocket, he laid the pieces of mo ney, ono by one, before the Kmperor, with tho heads upwards. "There, sire," continued he, "have I not seen your face a hundred times?" Napoleon burst into a lond fit of laughter, yave him a slap in the face, called him a clever fellow, and made him a captain of artillery, where he proved himself deserving of his good fortune. ———<>——— Another Murder. Our town was again shocked last Sabbath morning with the awful news that a young man had been killed during the night previous—shot through the heart upon the Public Square by another young man—in a drunken quarrel. The facts are briefly these: Henry Bridgford, residing a short distance north ot this place, was shot through the lower left brest [sic] on Saturday night last, at about 11 o'clock, by William Ogle, residing a short distance south of town—the contents of tje deadly weapon passing over the lower apex of the heart. The deed was committed in the alley facing the public square, near Smith's doggery. Bridgford staggered across the Square, as far as Mollyneaux' corner, where he fell. He died in about five hours afterwards. Both parties were drunk at the time of the fatal and booldy [sic] act. Ogle was immediately arrested, had a preliminary examination before Esq. Crawford on Monday, and was bound over to Court in the sum of $1000.—<Ox O. Cit>. ———<>——— Let knowledge, taste and relimj w gion be the three graces which adorn a farmer s home, and they will make the very humblest dwelling more1 beautiful in the eye of Uod than the palaces of wealth and luxury. It will be the abode, not of luxury, but of contentment; not of pride, but of peace; the home of happiness and virtue.

Lady Drawing in a Lottery. We extract tho following from a letter from Paris, published in the New York Daily Times: Nearly a year ago a young lady in France, named Sopnio Van Behr, oonceired tho singular idea of disposing of herself in marriage by means of a lottery. 8he was thirty years old, tired of a life of celibacy, and in despair of not finding a nusband with enough of means at his command to suit her views, she announced, therefore, that her handsome but rather

muture person should be disposed of on the following terms: She created a lottery with 500 shares of a thousand francos each. Subscribers were to present themselves in person, in order that she might decide on their acceptability as husbands. The subscribers of course were to bo single men. The subscriptions were placed in the bunds of a notary as fast as made, and the drawing'was not to take place till all the shares were taken, that is, when the sum of half a million franos was complete. Not quite a year clasped beforo the nhares were all taken. The drawing recently took placo in tho office o( the notary, who bold the subscription and tho money, in tho presence of two magistrates. A thousand numbers wore placed in an urn, tho subscribers being numbered in order as their names wero inscribed. Tho urn was thoroughly shaken up, a blind hand was thrust in and No. 400 withdrawn. The happy individual who subscribed No. 499 was a Tunisian Genoral, who had already occupied the publio attention by its oriental caprices. Hut the lady was neither frightened at the turban, nor the beard nor the religion, nor the harem of the happy barbarian, who hastened to marry her, and to pocket his fivo hundred thousand francos. Tho happy couple have left for Tunis, where they will reside. Tho Colinization Society's Emigrant Ship. On tho '.'nth of October the John Stevens, a vessel built for the use of American Colonization Society io transporting emigrants to Liberia, was I mnched at Haiti more, from which port hu will sail, on the first day of December, on her first voyage. Tho John Stevens is described as a first class ship of nearly seven hundred tons burthen, with thirty-two feet beam, nineteen feet depth of hold, and capable of comfortably accommoda ting three hundred emigrants or steer j t ago passengers, and MXteen first class cabin passengers. She has a spacious cabin, forty-two feet in length, with well ventillated state rooms, a bathing room, and every arrangement to secure the comfort of tho invalid passenger. It is the intention of the Society that the Johi. Stevens shall make two trips annually, one in the spring and one in the fall, from tho United States to Liberia, carrying emigrants and freight. It is calculated that she will be able to take, on an average, about 1,600 barrels in bulk of frieght at each voyage, besides emigrants' effects, provisions, and tho shipments of the Society. On the return voyage, she will bu able to take at least 2,500 barrels freighting in her lower hold. The Colonization Society also look m . a a lor the patronage ot missionary or- . . p . . ...niv.linna lt.... in.. Mla.w.M. .n W ..a nillll,IUMB 11 n V I u 1UIBOIUI13 ... , , o tern Africa. At each voyage the ship will visit all such settlements twice, rcmnininif from lour to six weeks on the coast, and thus affording the missionaries as much time for sea excursions an they could desire or need twice a year. The Young Printer. When quite a youth, Franklin went to London, entered a printing office, and inquired if he could get employment as a printer. "Where are you from?" asked tho foreman. "America, sir." "Ah!" said the foreman, "from America?" Yes, sir." "A lad from America aeekiag employmen as a printer! Well, do you it-ally understand the art of printing? Can yon set type?" Franklin stepped to ono of the cases, and in a vory brief space set up the following passage from the first chapter of the Oospe! by St. John. 'Nathaniel saith unto him. can any good thing come out of Nasareth? Phillip saith unto him, Come and see." It was done so quickly, so accurately, and contained a delicate reproof so delicate and so powerful, that it at onc' gave him character and standing with all in tho office. iaWIOrl Bodies of Drowned Pbjuobs. One of Mr. Cain's little boys waa drowned last week in the canal at Herkimer, New York. They raked the canal, fired cannon over the water, all to no purpose. They did not succeed in finding the body till a young lady on a boat rucommended tin in to take a loaf of bread, make a hole in it, put in some quicksilver and fasten it in. and then put the bread on the water, and it would ioat until it came to the child. She said she had seu it operate with success. No one had any faith, but they tried it, and sure tho bread floated a few rods and then stopped. A boat came along and drove it from its place, but as soon as th boat passed it, returned to the same spot, and they took a hook and found the child in that place, lie hud been in the canal two days. W Cheerfully acknowledge merit in u, .!-, and you in turn will always receive the kind consideration which you desire. When you cannot consistently praise, by all menns keep silent unless there be a manifest wrong deserving censure.

From tee Mew Albany Trtbane. Letter from A. 0. Patrick. Lxoomptob, K. T. Oct. 16. Milton Gbboo, Esq. Sir: In one of my previous letters I was mistaken in saying that the Orand Jury had adjournod. That body is still in ses

sion, daily finding bills of indictment against Free State men. I presume it will continue doing so for at least a month to come. The Court, Judge Lecompt presiding, progresses rather slow with business. Several of our number, other than those connected with the Hickory Point affair, have been tried and acquitted, but no sooner were they discharged than they were again arrested on other charges. I tnink from what I can see and hear, there is no likelihood of our getting out of prison this winter, unless either the President or Governor interferes in our behalf, an interposition altogether unlikely. Tho murder case at Hickory Point, of which eighty-seven of us are indicted, will be brought up in a day or so. On the part o? tbo prosecution. witnesses are plenty, and ready to swear to almost anything, judging trom what they nave testified to heretofore. Lecompton, although tho Tenitorial Capital, is a one-horse town. It contains twonty or thirty buildings, about equally divided between cottonwood houses and log huts. The situ ation of tbo place is ona of the mean est I have seen in the Territory among a lot of hills and deep ravines. Drunken rows and fist-fights are almost a daily occurrence. On Friday ast there was a grand spree upon the ef part of thirty or forty Miss issippi ans, who had just arrived in the Territory. It was quite a dear introduction to some to border-ruffian society and manners. Pistols, knives, and clubs were freely uaed, and many came out of the spree with cut heads and other bodily injuries. No arrests, of course, Were mado by the officers. It is just six weeks to-day since we were arrested. The "subduing" process under which wo have passed, has not in the least changed our determination to vote for a Free State man. Incarcerate us ten years and we would still prefer free soil and frco speech to that of slavery. Wo are "imprison ed" but not "conquered." and hone yet to get clear of our political prosecutors. A fair show is all wo want, and Kansas freemen by their voice, will proclaim at ihe ballot-box what ' fffiJt rrtfflii tt e-te tl erAs AB f -www wevMe v j i ft' yj'iw oiutu w j i aye The Governor has been absent eight days. He is now down in the. Southern part of the Territory on a "hunting expedition game, Free State men. lie has about 200 U. S. troops wiili him. Yours, dtc, A. G. PATRICK. m ay c .' ni. nun or üiiuh o.- inn, jr.. in. The Charleston (S. C.) Mtteal iournot state, that M. Larer, in the course Ol ins in rcniijj'tiionH on vne leein, ar- : 1 u r 11 1 r ved at the following conclusions: . . - , 6 , ... 1st. tvehned sugar, from either . . . . . . , ,,, cane or beet, is injurious to hea thy , ... . f ,. . , ' teeth, cither, by immediate contact ... ' , j I with these organs or by thegas dcveloped owitu, to it. stoppage in the atooth is macerated in asata e , 1 1 fl 1 1 .1 1 hit Will fit UlllfUr If IU fill mill' I ...V v...,w.. mm , . - -N. altered in the chemical composition that it becomes gelatinous, anu its enamel opaque, spongy and easily hroken.

3d. This modihcation is due, not to don -roc iaie m a met, mat a free acids, but to a tendency of sugar Mr. Kichards, who keeps a store on to combine with the calcareous basis the Hartford road, a few days since, of the tooth. found in one of his empty molasses The foregoing conclusions are cor- hogsheads, a human skeleton, tho rerect, and candies and condiments main no doubt, of a negro, who was should be avoided. They should be probably asleep in tho hogshead when kept from children especially. It is it was filled on the plantation, well known that maplo sugar renders WTe don't want to injure the whisthe teeth tender and sensitive. ky trade but must state it as a lact that, once upon a time, D. Ackley, O- Lafayette told a camp anecdote of ?f Cleveland, had consigned to him the Revolution one morning at Presi- frm Co umbus, a large anaconda, dent Monroe's breakfast table, of such which belonged to a cavern passing gout (writes Wirt to his friend Morris,) through the State, but, having sickenthat I think Pope ought to have it in ed and died, was sent to the Dr. for his budget : the Museum of the Cleveland Medical

Hay asked him if Lord Stirling waa really a nobleman by birth, or only a lorAKbjM0urle"yLMh.J,M ,w u The Marquis sa d he did not know how that was, but that there never was a lord that was prouder of hi. title; that no j one could say, "lord," or "lordship," in his hearing, but that he thought he wat the person spoken of. In proof of which he stated that one of Stirling's ; soldiers was sentenced to be shot for ' sone offenee, and as the poor fellow wss going to the place of xecution, with his hands manacled behind him, he raised his eyes to heaven, and in tho agony of his despair, exclaimed, "Oh. IiOrd.hrve mercy on me!" Said Stirling, with all the importance of Jupiter, with both cheeks puffed up 1 with rago "I'll bed d if I do!" imagining that he alone could be 'the object of the ejaculation. It wss exceedingly well told, and produced a iiigh effect. An Intelligent Voter. A Buchanier presented himself at the Honsier Enrrino House rolls on

Tuesday, while the Judges of the el- " h thought that under careful nurection were at dinner, .and offered his I sing the arm might bo preserved. vote to some of the "boys" who were! By her unremitting care this was acsitting around the stove, and one of, complished, and the poor soldier, on them took his vote and asked his name, heing asked what he felt toward his "John Colby," replied the voter. j preserver, said that the only mode he "John Colby offers his vote," saysj had of giving vent to his feelings was Murk. "John Colby has voted," re- i Dy kissing her shadow when it fell on plied Dick, as he placed the ballot in bis pillow, as she passed through the the stove. "Tanks you, shentelmen," ward on ber nightly visit.

said the voter, as he bowed himself I out of the house, perfectly satisfied that he had elected the democratic candidate. He could not be induced by his friends to go to the polls again, uniformly answering, ".she voted once." This is a specimen of intelligent locofoco voters. .V. A. Tribune. .Tier Buchanan is elected for certain.

Romantlo Marriatre.

m Here is quite a romantic and strange, if true-story: A beautiful young heiress had be come so disgusted with a,flattering set oi soit-patcd. pomatum-haired, moustache-lipped, stronaly perfumed suit ors for her hand, that she shut herself from the fashionable world, turned all flL . a ... ner property into money, deposited it all in banks, donned a cheap wardrobe' put on a mask, and went, pedestrianlike, through the city in which she had hitherto moved with so much display and magnificence. She asked alms of those who of late had knelt at her feet and sued for her hand. They knew her not, and casting a look of scorn, upon bor veiled face and co'U'e wardrobe, bade her "begone!" She entered the oountry here she met with derision and scorn. A few kind-hearted people, it is true, bestowed aid; but these were of the poorer class, who had hard work to procure their own daily bread: but they could not turn a fellow creaturo hungry from their door, and therefore gave a small piltanoe fiom their scanty store. One summer's day, a large company met on ---. Beach, they were mostly fromthecity. The distinguish ed heiress, from some cause or other, had wandered there. She asked alms of one or two.'termed "upper tens." They spoke tauntingly, but gave nothing. What they said had Been heard by quite a number of their comany. Most of them laughed, or ooked as if they thought "served her right." The beggar woman turned about, and was walking sadly away, , when a good looking genllemau step ped forward, and catching hold of her arm, thus spoke: "Stay, good woman tell me what you want." She replied in a low trembling tone, "I wont a sixpence only a sixpence." ' "You shall have ten times that sum. 'Here,' be added, drawing from his pocket an eagle, and. placing it in the giovcu iiiiiiu ui um woman, and if it is not enough, 1 i.,l I 1 ..r .u ........ 'take this, ill give you another. The heiress returned the eagle, exclaiming, " I want a sixpenoe, sir, 1 only a sixpence!" Seeing that she could not be made to take the coin, the gentleman drew forth a sixpence, and ifuvo it to the strange boing beside him, who, after thanking the generous donor, walked slowly away. After being laughed at for so doing by his comrades, be set Altf i W mirunif .f ihn Ku,rrt.p boaimoiiI watt a aa puiomt wi tiiu UCKKIH TV Ul&J Bail ( wyingr -Perhaps she is V angel in disguise. I mean to ascertain." Not that he thought this. Ho wislied to show his indifference to what his comrades said, besides satisfying himself about the strange female whom he had aided. He soon overtook her, and addressed her thus: "Pardon me, I madam, for pursuing you. I would know more about you." . 4, - d dfrm lhe face of the femille Mw beautifu ht.irc8h WM portrRy. ja trie nucanvr ccaseu 1. MA.If jl .u-aIlj .1 ed before the astonished gentleman, u"v.. , . . I hat. they were afterwards married, L i a j the reader has a ready imagined, for . 1 .1 Bt the heiress used this means of procu- ,, . . , . v ring a worthy husband, and the generouf t,emn had , been ,kj fo &n ftngjl disgu,e g . The happy hu.band is often heard to nay mum ue ao aa - ueiress tor a bix7 ...p ' 1 ' " j tar Wo have no desire to injure the molasses trade, but the New LonColletre. But it never reached Cleve iand; and search being made, the cask in which it was sent was discovered . f j unani8hed rooms of the t"r 7, u- nnn,natA Neil House, just then being completed, uPn inquiry, it was discovered that the carpenters and joiners at work on the building, had found the cask in one of the rooms, and, thinking it would be a food joke to steal away a some lellow s ca moved it to another A 11 I l of whisky, had r too aa ar - room, tapped it. and actually drank all tho liquor. And there the snake was found in an . m III a II empty barrel, the wuisxy having all gone down the throats of the workman. Upon this discovery, there wa9 some gagging and bad leeling in the stomachs of that lot of imbibers. Sandusky Regitter. A Highland soldier, during the late siege of Sebastopol had his arm so severely wounded that it was about to be amputated, when Miss JNighttngale requested the operation delayed rhcr 18 R rumor In thRl . a I 1 I ? äf f this noble and sen sacrificing woman is abr it to be led to the altar bv an English Earl, who was engaged in the Crimean war. iXjr The soul needs a certain amount , of intellectual enjoyment to ive it strength adequate for the daily struggle in which it u involved. i

The Bible

The Bible is unlike any other book respecting the attachment which men have for it There is no other book of which you may not be surfeited. Bat the more you read the Bi bl the more interesting are its sacred pages. It is'relatcd that when the poet Scott was on his dying bed he said to Mr. Lookhart, " Bring me the book." "Of poetry?" "No." " Of the history which I consulted in the prepa ration of my own history?" No. "What book?" " Do you ask what book?"said the dying scholar, "there is but one book, and that is the Bible. Reference baa been made to the circulation of the Bible in the Crimea. After giving you all due credit, we can say that we, too, in the United States, have been doing something. At an early day we sent out an agent to Constantinople. From thence he went to the Crimea. There he found the French soldiers greedy for the Bible, and he has distributed a mong them all his Bibles. Thereby hangs a tale. Some three or four years ago, Napoleon saw the ignorance of reading among tho soldiers of his armies, and hired a teacher for them. This man took a slate and pencil with which to instruct them. And what was the first book be gave them to readmit was a French translation of the Oospel of St. John. This explains why the French soldiers were so greedy for the Bible. They have been vaccinated with that traot. No man having drunk old wine straitway desireth the new. The Bible produces a wonderful reproductive power. It has a reduplicating influence in itself. God has so provided that what is intended for the physical support of man is endowed with reproductive powers. Christ says, "The seed is the Word of Oodl "Heboid a sower went forth to sow." Sometimes I think this intended not only as a parable, but also as a proverb. Ana I thought that, while the Savior stood on the shore of Oallilie, and observed the sower strewing his seed broadcast, that he stretched his eye forward to the beginning of tho nineteenth century, and saw the British and American Bible Societies spreading abroad that seed which is the Word. Some few years ago a mummy was brought into New York, whioh bad been taken from the Catacombs of Egypt, and among the bandages which swathed it were found a few grains of wheat of a large sise. As a curiosity, it was planted to see whether it would yield aught. Will you believe it, that from those few grains Egyptian wheat has become almost a staple in tho American market; that, from that small quantity, thousands of bushels are now annually brought to market. A few years ago comparatively a little handful of wheat was found in a monastery of Europe. It was the true seed of tho Word. Martin Luther was affected by it, and was led tp translate the Hible and publish it to the world. The influence of the Bible is so great, that although set in operation without visible instrumentality, it will still perform its great mission. The speaker illustrated this by the thrilling scene of a prairie on fire. The day is calm, not a breath of air fans the flames. The fire rises in spiral columns, moving to no point of the compass. As it burns, the flames are driven on and on; the grass feeds the flame, and the fire itself creates the breese which fans the blase. So it is with the influence of the Bible. The Word contains in itself the elements of progress. The speaker remarked that there had been some agitation on the subject of war between the United States and England. But this would never be. No sooner will such an attempt be made than the church will throw the Bible between the belligerents, and they dare not trample on its holy teachings. The Bible has made these two nations what they are, and it is the Bible only which will make any nation prosperous. Rev. M. L. Scudder. A Whispering Gallery For all who have arrived at their Ears of Discretion: He who plays at caustic wit often barns his fingers. Dont stretch your legs beyond your carpet. The blind man shouldn't attempt to eatch flies. A good natured friend is often but an enemy in disguise. The Future blights more reputations than ever it ripens. A pigmy placed on a pedestal is only a greater pigmy still. Get your money ready before getting out of an omnibus, and before getting into chancery. Superstitions would soon die, if so many old ladies would not act as nurses to keep them alive. We expend more time, money and expense in conciliating a man we fear, than we do in obliging one that we love. Beware of marrying a woman who does not sew, is not fond of reading, and cannot play on the piano. Restless and unoccupied, she it continually moving abroad to ueek the amusement she lacks at home. Memory. "When I reflect," observes Pope, in a letter to Addison, "what an inconsiderable atom every man is, with respect to the whole creation, rnethinks it is a shame to be concerned at the removal of such a trivial animal as I am. The morning after my exit the aun will rise as bright as ever; the flowers smell as sweet; the plants spring as green; the world will proceed in its course, and the people will laugh as heartily, and marry aa fast as they were used to do. The memory of a man passeth away as Ithe remembrance of a guest thta tarrieth but one day." If you would be rich, advertise.

A Queer Bet.

Of all the bets made during the recent contest the most erratic one was that of Maj. Ben. Perley Poore, of Newburyport, Mass., the American candidate for Congress in the Sixth District of that State. The bet was that Fillmore would get more votes in the htate than f remont; the loser to wheel a barrel of apples to the winner. It was accepted by Col. Burbank, residing in Boston, and since the result of the election is made known, Maj. Poore has actually started to wheel a barrel of apples from Newburryport to Boston, a distance of about a hundred miles! The Boston Journal publishes a letter from him, at the end of his first day's tourney, after having wheeled his load sixteen miles. He thanks his fortune that he can "take his time" one consolation to a gentleman weighing nearly two hundred and fifty -and expresses the opinion that he will not soon be caught making a bet again I LATER. The following were the "speeches" delivered on the occasion of the delivery of the barrel of apples to Col. Burbank, by Major Poore. Upon delivering the apples at the Tremont House the Major said: Col. Burbank I bad a pleasant bet with you on the Presidental election, whioh I have paid like a man: and whatever may be said about the bet, I trust that these apples will not prove apples of discord between us. Cheers These apples are varied n oharacter. It seemed as if Providence was going to favor me, as my orchard refused to bear this year. In the barrel you will find some of the King apples, a graft brought from England before the Revolution by Rufus King, and given by him to my grandfather, who was his classmate in college. Here you will also find some of the fall sweet apples a moderatt apple like some of the gentleman wttn whom you have been lately associated. Laughter. You will find besides a few quinces, very bard to eat, that will require a good deal of sugar to make them palitable; and which you will find navo given a strong odor to the other contents. Here they are as they are, and such as they are you have them. 1 have wheeled them thirty-six miles and a quarter, and for one I am glad they are bare. Cheers. I am very much obliged to you for the noble manner in which you offered to release me from the further fulfilment of the conditions of the bet. I trust you will always be as fortunate in receiving your just dues as you have been to-day. Whether in command of that noble regiment which is tho pride of the whole M. V. M . or as a member of the General Court, or at the Bar, of which you are the distinguished ornament, or among the fair sex, among whom apples once caused a famous oommotion, as you will see by reference to the good book. Laughter. I hope you may always, as you have to day, go in and win. Cheers. Gentlemen, I now propose threo oheers for Hon. Robert 1. Bnrbank Senator elect of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Three cheers were given with a h-arty good will To this the gallant Colonel made . at aa taai . . . the following brief and humorous re ply: Major Poore The earnestness and sincerity with which you proposed this peculiar bet, are equalled only by the promptitude and despatch with which you entered upon and have completed the labors incident to the honorable performance of every condition thereof. Applause. It ii said that it is pleasant to die for one's country. We have all read since Wednesday morning how pleasant it is to suffer for one's principles. Continued Applause. You have had the fortune to introduce into political tadici a new method of wheeling (laughter) which fortune would have been mine, had not the voice of the people awarded it to you. Your friends who form this vast multitude around you, irrespective of party, went forth to meet and greet you, and have escorted you to your journey's end as a token of respect for an honorable man and an honest politician. And in future whether tilling the soil of your ancestral home, or enriching the pages of your country's history, or defending the Republic in tho Halls of Congress, or gsllantly bearing the stars and stripes to the very Halls of the Montezumos, you will bo the object of our benediction. Apples in human affairs, since the good old days of Adam and Eve, have played important parta; or rather, important parts have been played with apples. Man ata progressed but apples have degenerated. Then, a single apple decided a question for a whole world; now, a whole barrel is required to de cido a single question in Massachusetts policy. That wheelbarrow haa already become a chariot of Fame. Great applause. That precious burden, as it shall be dispersed into every State in the Union, will be a symbol of the political pomology of this Commonwealth; and in return for bearing it, it will proudly bear your name wherever our Flac shall have waved, or a Yankee tooth shall have Ben Pet ty by masticating "tfetoton Pippin." Wishing you new honors with every turn ot Fortune s wneei, ana assuring you that the barrel ahall support the dignity ot jasnton by wearing "hoops" fit the lower end, I respectfully invite you to on entertainment at which we may partake of the earliest fruits of the campaign. Cheers. At the conclusion of his remarks, Col. B. called for nine cheers for the Major, which were given with a will. The Major being loudly called for

hu again mounted the barrel and said: Gentlemen I am going to ask you for three cheers, the request for which may seem singular, but it comes right straight from my heart. When Anson Burlingame made his memorable speech in the House of Representatives at Washington, it was my fortune to offer him my arm and say to him, that if there was any Highting to be done between that hall and the hotel, I wanted to do it for him. Cheers. Gentlemen I want three cheers for the Hon. Anson Burlingame. The cheers were given in a rousing manner. Now three obeers for Hon. R. I. Burbank, Senator from Suffolk county. To Ibis call the crowd promptly responded, and both gentlemen retired amid the deafening cheers of the multitude. After the crowd had partially dispersed. Major Poor was driven to the American House in a baroucee, where ho remained for an hour, for the purpose of taking some slight repose. from ii.- Indlanapotl ball Joarnal. Indiana Legislature for 1867. SENATORS HOLDING OVER. Owen and Greene J J Alexander,

Dem; Miami and Wabash Daniel R Bearss, Rep; Shelby G W Brown. Dem; Wayne Lewis Burk, Rep: Floyd David Crane, Rep; Jefferson John R Cravens, Rep; Tippecanoe David H C rouse, Kp; Poaoy and Vandcrburg-- Cyrus K Drew, Dem; Parke and Vermillion g T Ensy, K Knox Daviess and Martin John T Freeland, Rep; Morgan A S Griggs, Rep: Lawrence AJ Hosteller Dem; Franklin Andrew R McCleery, Dem; Wells and Huntington Chap man, Rep; Crewford and Orange Willam Mansfield, Dem; Harrison John Mathes, Dem; Warren White.dcc -James T Parker, Rep; Warrick, Spencer and Perry Willam B Richardson, Dem; Adams and Allen Samuel L Rugg, Dem; Switzerland and Ohio P 8 Sage.Fill; Dearborn Richard D Slater. Dem; Carroll and Clinton James F Suit,R. Brown and Monroe W C Tarkington, Dem; Noble. Whitley, 4c John Weston.R. Clarke Leroy Woods.Dem; Republicans 13 including Sage, Democrats 12. SENATORS ELECTED Bartholomew and Jennings- -James E Wilson, Dem; Delaware, Grant and Blackford Walter Marcb,Rep; Hamilton, Boone and Tipton John Green, Rep; Cass, Howard and 1'ulaski C D Murray, rep; Vigo. Sullivan and Clay Wm E McLean, Dem; Decatur John F Stevens, Rep; . DeKalb and Steuben Alanson W Hendry. Rep: Dubois, Gibson and Pike John Hargroves, Dem; Elkhart and Lagrange John Thompson, Rep; Fayette and Union John Yaryan, R. Fountain Isaac A Ric, Rep; Madison and Hancock David S Gooding, Dem; Hendricks Solomon Blair, Rep; Heniy Isaac Kinley, Rep' Scott and Jackson David McClure, Dem; Johnson John Slater.Dem; Laporte, Porter and Lake Morgan H Wier, Rep Marion John S Bobbs.liep; St Joseph, Marshall, Fulton and Stark Hugh Miller, Dem; contest; Montgomery Lewis Wallace, D m . Randolph and Jay, Silas Colgrove.R; Ripley Robert W Fiak, Dem; Rush Stanley Cooper. Rep-(contest-ed); Putnam Archibald Johnston, D. Washington Horace Hefren.Dem; Republicans 14 Democrats 11. REPRESENTATIVES Adams David Studibaker, Dem; Allen Pliny Hoagland, Dem: Bartholomew Francis P Smith, D. Benton and White William Hawkins, Rep; Blackford Andrew J Neff.Dem; Boone Henry M Marvin, Dem: Ed' mond D Herod, Dem; Brown William Faggart, Dem Carroll Barnard T Schermerhorn, D. Cass W J Cullen, Dem; Clarke James L Wallace, Dem; Clay Jamea W Modeaaitt, Dem., Geo W Duncan, Dem; Clinton John W Blake, Dem; Crawford John Landis. Dem; Daviess Thornton A Sheer, Dem; Dearborn Jonh Lewis, Dem., Geo W Lane, Dem; Decatur Davis Batterton, Rep; DeKalb and Steuben Stephen D Ward, Rep.. Thos B Sloss, Rep; Delaware Marcus C Smith, Rep; Dubois Thomas Shoulders, Dem; Elkhart Milton Mercer, Rep Fayette Cdarles M Stone, Rep; Floyd Michael C Kerr, Dem; Fountain Esekiel M McDonald, D. Franklin Spencer Wiley and Levi Ay era, Dem; Fulton Alfred H Robbins, Dem, Gibson Caleb Trippet, Dem; Grant Thomas J Seal, Rep; Greene Andrew Humphreys, Dem; Hamilton Alezander H Conner, R. Hancock Thomas D Walpole, Dem; Harrison Benjtmine P Douglass, D. Hednricks John Davis, Rep; Henry William Grose and Nathan H Ballenger, Rep; Howard and Tipton MT Evans,Rep; Huntington and Wells Adam McDaniel, Dem; Jackson Samuel St Clair Early, D. Jasper and Pulaski John Feese, D. Jay Joseph J Mo Kinney, Dem;

Jefferson David C Brsnham and John W Hutchins. Rep; Jennings Smith Vawter, Rep: Johnson Dillard Riekau, Dem; Knox Jajaes D Willard, Dem: Kosciusko- George Moon, Rap; Lagrange Samuel P Williams. Rep Lake Alexander Mc Donald. Rep; Laporte George Crawford, Rep; Lawrence Robert Boyd, Rep; Madison Thomas G Clark and Thomas N Still well. Dem; Marion Robert N Todd and Jonathan W Gordon, Rep; Marshall and Starke Eli Brown, D. Martin Cutter 8 Dobbins, Dean; Miami Reuben C Harrison, Dem; Monroe Elias Abel, Dean; Montgomery-goeeph Allen. Dam; Morgan Alexander B Conduit, Dem contested ; Noble William M Clepp, Rep; Orange William F Bherrod, Dem; Owen Georg W Moore Dem, Parke George K Steele, Rep. Perry Ballard SmitL, Dem; Pike George W Mapey, Dem, Porter Andrew B Price, Rep; 7 Mapsi T Oamaban, Dm William P Edeell, Dem; Putnam William F Mc Ginnt, Dean Randolph Henry H Neff, Rep; 'lipley Abram Yatef, Da; lush Leonidas Sexton. Rangoon.

tested; Scott Samuel S Crowe, Dean; Shelby Thomas A Mc Farland, D. Spencer Stephen D Williamson, D. St. Joeepb Georse C Merrifield. R. Sullivan John W Davis. Dem; Michael Branson, Dem: Switzerland aad Ohio John Wright. Am., John J II .yden,Am; Tippecanoe John M Larue. Rep; Union Elijah Van Send., Dam; Vanderburgh Charles Denby, Dem; Vermillion T Whitoomb, D; Vigo James Farrington, , Cromwell W Barber, Dem; Warren George D WagDtr, Up, Warrick Thomas F Bethel, Daw; Waahinflrton-gobn A Boaman, Dam; John W Reyman, Dem; Wabash James T Conner, Rep; Wayn Henry W Shu man, Rep; James M Austin. Rep; Wm C Jeffrie', Rep; Whitby Lewis Adams, Dem: Democrats 63. Republicana 36. Fillmore t. Texas Courtship "He! low, gal, how's your ma?" "Ain't got none here; reckon she's dead by this time." "Well, how is pa?" "He was hung last May." "Humph! what are you doing?" "Just looking about." "Zactlv what I's doing. S'poeen we hitch and proximate." "Zaetly but who will pay the Judge?" "Reeon I'll fodder up one half the rovender, if you can get the other "Well, but I've only got a counter! feit note. "Just Eoctly my own promisee. Come, if we cant cheat one'Judge we con another so come on. sal here. inet taue my arm, we'll try, how." . . m any And they did. Beauty without grace ia meru uooa wiioout me bait. tW A man tried the other day to Eurehase a hen that would "lay at rick." ttW Some men live aa if they were poor all their lives, to be rieh when they die. There are many vices which do not deprive us of friends ; there are many vituea which prevent our having any. tW The chap who took the thread of life to sew the rent of a house, has gone west and invented anew patent point for croaa eyed needles. ttW Devoted wife "Oh, what a beautiful monument! Wouldn't you like to have sueh a one. as that, mv dear?" 3 1 1 . .1 . . n Be not affronted at a jest. If one throws salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou boat sore places. ätW The wave of prosperity had risen up to his very lips, aad its ripples were breaking there in a succession of rosy smiles. MW A man recently turned his son out of doors because ht would not pay his rent. A striking insatnee of pa-rent-al affection. Blessed are those who are afraid of thunder for they ahall hesitate about getting married, and keep away from political meetings. Never set yourself up as a mutiaan just because you have got drums in your ears nor believe yourself a school teacher beeause you have a pupil in your eye. tW A covetous desire in the heart of youth is the'germ from which may spring a poison tree, whose atmosphere is pestilential, and the taste of whose fruit is death. The gentleman sooften spoken of in novels, who rivetetd people by his gase, haa now obtained permanent employment at a boiler 7JHT'I'he homeliest female in the world may render herself more attractive by the exhibition of delicacy and refinement, than the prettiest vulgarian that ever smiled. Gentility ia neither in birth, wealth, manner nor fashion but in mind. A high senae of honor, a determination never to take advantage of another, aa adherence to truth, delicacy and polite news toward those with whom we have dealing, ore its eeeential characteristics. -Suppose a fellow whe has got nothing marries a gal who haa nothing ; ia her things his'n or her things her'n 1 or is his his'n, or his'n hern A nie question to decide, that.