Indiana American, Volume 25, Number 7, Brookville, Franklin County, 30 January 1857 — Page 1

A MEWS AND BUSINESS PAPER-DEVOTED TO PORE96N AND DOMBSTiC NEWS, MORAiS, TEMPERANCE, EDUOATiON, AGR8CÜITÜRE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OP SOCIETY.

VOL. XXV.-NO. 7. BBOOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 1255.

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SOX6 FOB THCIEEBS. BT CHaAXM SW AIX. Take the Spade of Ptmnnnee, Di( the field of Progress wide ; Bvery rotten root of faction Horry oat, and east aside ; Erery tob born Weed of Error; IS rar j seed that hurts tha soil; Tim, whose Terr grow lb la terror - Dig them oat, whatever the toll ! Gtra the stream of Education Broader channel, bolder force; Rar l the stoftea of Persecution Oat where'er they;block lu eoarse; Seek for strength In self-exertion; Werk, and tUUharu rallb to wait; Cloee the crooked sate to fortune; Make Ike read to honor itraifht I Afen are agent for the Future t Mm they work, to ages win Either harrest of adraneemeni, Or the product of their tin ! Follow out true. CuIUysIIoo, Widen Education' plan; Prom the Majesty of Nature Teach the Majesty of Man ! Take the Spade of Persererance, Dig the Said of Progreaa wide; Kvery bar to true Instruction Carry oat and east aalde; I tha Plant whoso Fruit la Wladom; i fTorn cri me the common Sod, Bo that from the Throne of Heeren It may bear the glanoe of God. TO A MOTHER. Mother ! watch the little feet Climbing o'er the garden wall, Bounding through the buy street, Kaoging cellar, shad, and hall. Jferer count the momenta loot, Sever mtnd !f Urne it coat; Little feet wtll go astray. Guide them .mother, while yon may. Mother ! watch the little hand, Picking he rrie by the way. Making hoaawe la tha sand , Tossing op the fragrant hay. Merer dare the question ask, "War to ma thla weary task ?" These same little hands may prove Bearers of Qod truth and o a. Mother 1 watch the little tongue. Prattling eloquent and mild; What la mid and what la ung, ; By the happy, Joyous child. Caleb the word while yet unspoken, Stop the row before tia broken; This same tongue may yea proclaim. laasinga la a lavloar's same. Mother I watch the Mule heart, Beating toft and warm for you; Wholesome lessons now Impart, Keep, O keep that young heart true. R It rt eating erery weed, Bowing good aad preetou seed; Harrest rich you then may see. Ripening tot eternity. VI AMSf THE BRA T o. e.Bae-Tiua. Softly! Sue to lying, With her Mpeapart. Softly? She Is dying of a broken heart. Whisper! She Is going To her anal rest. Whisper I I.ifs Is growing Olm within her breast. Gently ! She tasleeplg, Sha baa breathed her iaW Gentry t Whtla yoa'rs weeping , ha to heaven ha pamod. a a UfS IN LOVE. He not harsh and unforgiving, Ure la lore, 'Ua pleasant Urlng. If aa angry en should meet thee , And email f ee Indiscreetly, Tarn not thou again and rend Ulm , Leal thou needlersly offend him I hew him lot a hath been thy teaeherKlndness to a poleet preacher; Gentleness is e'er forgiving Live la love, 'lis pteeaant living, Why be angry with each other 1 Man was made to love his brother; Klndnn I a human duty, Meek n a ce' esttal heaaty . Words of kindness, spoke in season. Have a weight with men of rsasoni Don't be other' follies blaming, And their little vices naming, Charity's a sure far railing, Wülfer tauen, Is all-prevailing. 0 oa rag Uten, and be forgiving; Live In love, 'tto pleasant living. Lot thy loving bo a paealoa, Hot a eompll mental renalen l-nve la wisdom, ever pro Ing Tits ehlteeophy la Invlngt Ha t thou known that bitter fueliug, Ilea de red by oar hate's soueeatltig ' Better love, though e'er so blindly, B'ea thy fees will all it ataeU Wards are wind; O, let them never friendship 'age Wen love-cord caver ! Nor he angry, though anuthar i to salt thee friend er brother . sr," say, "let's ha forgiving; Uro m love, 'tl pleasant IM." s.awt muht tteyemd me rar Nevadas, with amrasr bloom aroand him, la Uta fading of Ute lunael, onh loved of many my t Uagaor and pain with weary shales had bound IIa And bis lonely beet was yearning for lbs home, friends far awe) . la his fever dreams, band, tender and gaswMttej, Prasa'dht burning forehead, aad soothed tlx. throbbing pain , He llakVd to hl meiner, m gnUu full of blew. leg. t naming a uf yore a lu and g..,,ti atrala. Veleeefailof mesie, like a wild bird's singing, Veteae long since hush M, were sounding sweet mi mm i fragment of song, md tones of laughter ringing, Aad pleaaaul heusebeld echoes, be never more might hear. ammar nigh u of boyhood, fun at dewy spienaar, i their arch above him and the river, silenily, fringed with drooping willow and blreb-troe young and slender, 4ad apbearlhf water-lilies, ughl-folded, Boat edby vtotoa KtlUtwed vi.loa, Uli Iba ilo -waning hoars Of the weary night departed, and aame the gearalag red, Wtta Ma thousand hi, on, tola. aad odnr-beartng efOwfffVt Aad IU golden sheen mil brightly on the fenUrea of the dead

IHAÜGTJRAL ADDRESS OF GOVERNOR WILLAR1). Senators, Representatives and FeUow CitiSBBJB The oath of office just taken, requires of roe a performonce of the duties assigned to the Chief Magistrate of the State, in the Constitution and the laws. I am well persuaded that I cannot return my gratitude to a confiding people for the high honor they have conferre d upon mc, in a more efficient manner, than by devoting what ability I may possess to the execution of their laws, and the protection of their constitutional rights. My predecessor in his annual message, has exhibited the condition of the State, showing that we are steadily advancing

in wealth and prosperity; indeed it is evi dent that if the next twelve years shall be aa fruitful in developing tho resources of tho Stato as the last twelve have been, Indiana will have as large an amount of wealth to each inhabitant ns any of tho United States. That this desirable result may bo attained, it is essential that wisdom should guide your counsels in reforming old and making new laws. There has been no act passed within the last few years, savo one, which has beon bo discussed beforo tho voters of the State, that their Representatives could clearly infer what was the will of a majority of the citizens, and that was the act approved Feb. 16, 1855, entitled "an act to prohibit the manufacture and salo of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, except in cases therein named, and to repeal all former acts inconsistent therewith, and for the suppression of intemperanc." After a full consideration, a large majority of the voters have declared that this act has been more productive of evil than of good; and I trust its former advocates will be willing to unite with others for its repeal. There has been during tho last few years an earnest effort made, not only in Indiana, but in other States, to create jealousy and strife between those who had hitherto been friends and equals. Until 1854, during most of tho time since the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, the policy has boen to encourage immigration from all civilized countries, by tho;catrtbllahmcnt of liberal lawn for naturalization. Many of the States, including Indiana, in support of this wise policy, conferred, at an early day, the righ t of suffrage upon those who were willing to abjuro their allegiance to all foreign governments, and swear fidelity to ours. Allured by these promises of protection and liberty, tho tido of immigration swell ed rapidly; multitudes were hastening from tho overtaxed und unpaid labor of Europa to make their homes in a country which offered such a prospect of improvement in their condition. Two years ago, doaigning men, well knowing tho pride of tho Amorican born iu his nativu land, and the prejudice many entertained for tho prevailing religion of a large majorsty of adopted citizens, endeavored to doprivo them of their right-, guarantied by the Constitution and laws of tho Fnltod Suites, and tho Constitution of the Stato of Indiana, by making new, illegal, and antiAmerican tests for office For tho first time siuco tho establishment of our prosontfurm of government, tho effort hat bouu mado to toar down tho standard of toleration erected by our fathors nud plant in Its stoad tho ono which represents tho narrow bigotry and suporstitioii of Europe; to transplant upon Amorican soil thoao persecutions and religious wars which so long retarded tho advancement of civilisation. They proclaimed that ability, Integrity and fidelity to tho Constitution worn no longer qualifications for office, w hich sho'd untitle their poasossor to tho confidence tutd ii t -i ort of his follow citizens. Hut on the contrary, so long as ha worshipped Qod In a form contrary to their wishes or was born upon othor than Amorican soil, ho must take uo part iu thu administration of tho govrrumant. They demanded auch a chntigo in tho laws as should deny to them tho bonollt of naturalization until after a resilience of Inn gnu -one ve.tr .. Why shall wo not adopt as an American citiion tho voluntary oxllo from his native land, within tha time now proscribed by law? Uy so doing tto confer Uoti him uo right of suffrage, no tight t purchase, hold or alienate property. Wo aim. ply throw around him tho protecting nun of the United Mtnto, and adviaa all othor i.at inn that he is ua sac rod a Son of Elb ort an though born under tho Constitution. W hon, and upon what conditions, perone, either foreign or native born, ahull ttcqulre or dleoa of protorty, urnxarolie tho right of urtruK lu any Stato, ilopemls iion no act of iVugresr, but iioii the Uwa of tho Still.-. Thoje designing men, whoac- love for of. flee so exceeded tholr desire lor tho pence ami proajKinty of tholr country, know that their hopes of aueeess depended ukiii appouting to tho prejudice and paealona of men, whoro no opportunity was offen d to counteract tholr efforts ivy tho soothing lu lluauc of retteon,- Accordingly, they established nuclei olitlcal organizations, attidlotisly excluding therefrom nil who would not sustain their unchristian and illiberal doctrines. Kefloetiug man were persuaded that, In a short time, thiuking and lutriotio citizens would abandon thoao associations; nud they have not 1 'tnin disappointed. Ihit unfortunately Uiore has sprung therefrom an alarming evil, which requires tho strong arm of the law to suppress. 1 gacan tho organised violunco which has boon exhibited at the polls on 'election days. Many confidently hoped th.it this

evil would bo limited to the cities, and that

when tho storm of passion had subsided it

would pass away, or bo suppressed by the J ty to elect a President of the United local authorities; but, unfortunate y, the States, with a Congress to sustain him, history of the late elections shows that it j who maintained that when an American has spread beyond tho incorporated cities, j citizen crossed the boundary of the Stato and has been quite- as violent in the coun- and entered the territory, he should be no try districts. Unless this growing evil is longer a freeman, possessed of the inalicnchecked without delay, it will not be long able rights of life, liberty, and tho pursuit

confined to contests between tho native and adopted citizens, but all who differ concorning the men to bo chosen for office will be arrayed on the ono side or tho other, seeking not by reason and argument to advance their candidate, but by violence, with arms, to strike down his opponents. Then will the ballot-box cease to be a respected arbiter, deciding tho differences between men tho officers will not command the support of the community in making or executing tho laws tho battle will not end when tho election is made it will go on until rebellion and civil war shall take tho place of obedience and peace. And why should this be? We determine by our written constitution who is legally entitled to vote. Wo have the power to punish those who do it, without authority. Let us likewise, with severe and heavy penalties, chastise those who doprivo or deter the legal voter from the exercise of one of his most sacred rights. To secure this great privilege of determining their officers by tho voice of a majority, mankind havo struggled for ages; and now, when it is secured, shall it be thrown away by selfish ambition? Aro not the freemen who conquer freemen by violence, as much tyrants over their fellow-citizens as the despot who subdues his people by the sword? You should regard that man who deprives a legal voter of his suffrago as an enemy to liberty as a tyrant not satisfied that man should be free. In audituon to this violent invasion of the right of suffrage, there has been a syst matic effort made by fraudulent and illegal votes to control the government of the State. All good men must regret that there should bo found anyso lost to every sense of honor, so dead to every patriotic feeling, that they are willing to rob their neighbors of their legal rights by corruption and fraud. Can such men have considered what fatal consequences will flow from this practice if continued? Though they may acquire a temporary ascendency, thoy should remember that tho peace and good order of commnnity depend upon keeping the ballot-box so that all men will yiold a willing obedience to tho verdict it renders all thoir civil and social rights all their hopes of liberty for themselves and deseendents, depend upon maintaining the purity of tho ballot-box. That this great wrong may not be again inflicted on tho State, you should provide such a measure of punishment as will deter the wicked and protect tho good. You sho'd punish tho illegal voter, and ho who procures an illegal vote to bo cast, as a greater felon than tho man who has unlawfully taken his neighbors property. Wo are all interested in this subject; for if we are satisfied with our form of govemmont if we aro content with tho measure of freedom wo enjoy, we must maintain tho basis of that government nud that freodom. And all men must Know that liberty and purity of tho ballot-box are ono and insoporablo. Gentlemen, you havo all beon moro or loss engagod in tho canvass which has recently closod in Indiana, and you cannot but havo observed how fow of our follow citizens determined their action by any benefit they expected to dorivo, or any injury they foarod to suffer, from tho laws'of tholr own State. Indoed, thoy were seldom called upon to consider those subjects which moro uearly affected their locnl Interests, but had their attention rather directed to tho laws and institutions of those who rosido in tho neighboring States and Territories; and I think I am warranted in expressing tho opinion, that the jeople of no Stato over moro thoroughly Investigated tholr duty. After tho most careful consideration thoy have decided that, as for Indiana, alio will recognise and execute tho Constitution of tho United States an thu highest law for tho government of her people, aa that Constitution is interpreted by tho tribunal established ami authorized by the lustrum ont Itself, to decide between tho seKirato and United States. That as for those who regulate tho laws and institutions of othor States, wo will concede to thorn tho same sovereignty and independence which we claim for oureolvoa. Nor do wo stop hero. If our follow citizen desire to go beyond the limits of tho States ttud make their homes lu tho territories purchased by tho blood and treas ure of all,) we say thoy go shorn of none of their sovereign rlghte which thoy kmossed as citizens of the State, but fully authorized to regulate tholr domestic affairs in tholr own way, subject only to tho (uniiitutioii of tho United States. At tho tlnin the föderal Union was formed, all thought us wo now do, Thoy believed that it wiw eofo to irtnlt tho people of each State to regulato tholr local Institutions in their own way ; and that patriot ism and christian duty domnndad that they should protect them lu tholr rights ua thoy were guarantied by '.the letter and ipirll of the Constitution which mudo that Union. Hut during the last canvass, from thu press, the rostrum, and the pulpit, tho proelumallon was made that tho citions of soma of the States wore violating tho laws of Qod und Injuring, tho causa of hu man freedom by holding a kind of property, which, when tho war of tho Ue volution began, hail a legal rrxlstenc in every portion of the vast omplre which now reoogniaes as supremo law of tho Constitu tion of the United State that it was our duty to disregard tho plighted faith of our fathers, and trumple under our feet the agreement they had luac, rather than no

j the constitutional rights of property main-

tained; and moreover, that it was our duof happiness, but reduced to the condition of colonial vassalage that no new Stato should bo added to this confederacy unless her citizens made her laws, not in accordance with their own will, but in obedienco to the tyrannical dictation of the citizen of the oldStates. Indiana rejected tho" anti-democratic, unconstitutional doctrines, exhibiting a patriot ism and a fidelity to liberty worthy of the best days of the Republic. She instructed her representatives in tho Federal Government to protect each citizen in all his rights of property, according to the guaranties of the Constitution, and that they should admit new States into tho Union, demanding only that they present a republican form of govemmeiit, If I should become possessed of any information during the present session of the General Assembly, imjwrtant to bo considered, I shall avail myself of the earliest opportunity to communicate the same to their respective bodies. The Inquisitive Yankee. A gentleman riding in an Eastern railroad car,' which was rather sparsely supplied with passengers, observed in a scat beforo him a lean, slab-sided Yankccuevcry feature of his faco seemed to ask a question, and a little circumstance soon proved that ho possessed a moro "inquiring mind." Beforo him, occupying an entire seat, sat a lady dressed in deep black, and after shifting his position several times and manoDUvering to got an opportunity to look into her face, ho at length caught her eye. "In affliction?" "Yes, sir." "Parent? father or mothor ?" "No, sir." "Child, perhaps? boy or girl?" "No, sir, not a child I have no children." "Husband, then, I expect?" "Yes," was tho curt answer. "Hum ! Cholora ? A tmomV man, may bo? "My husband was a seafaring man, tho captain of a vessel; ho didn't die of cholcrn, he was drowned. "Oh, drowned, eh?" pursued tho inquis itor, hesitating an instant. 'Save his chist ?" "Yes tho vessel was saved, and my hus bands effect,";'snid tho widow. "Was they ?" said the Yankee, his eyes brightening up. "Pious man ?" ho asked. "Ho was a member of tho Methodist Church." The next quostion was a little delayed, but it came. "Don't you think you have great causo to be thankful that he was a pious mam and saved his chist ?" "I do," snid the widow, abruptly, and turned her head to look out of the w indow. Tho indefatigable "pump" changed his position, and held tho widow by his glittering oyo onco moro, and propounded ono moro query, in a h wer tone, w ith his head slightly inclined forward, over tho bark of tho scat: "Was yon calculating to get married again?" "Sir," said tho widow indigiiatly, "you arp'imiKjrtinont." And she left her seat and took another ono on tho other aido of tho car. "roars to bo a littlo huffy," said the ineffable bore. Turning to mir narrator behi i, d him: What did thoy make you pay for thut umbrella you'vo got in your hand ? Do h ! mnkfi Pint." Dobba walked into a drygrndory, on Court street, and begun to loo! around, A doitblo-Jointed clerk immediately appeared to Dobbs. "What run I do for you ?" said tho clerk. "A good deal," says Dobbs; "but I bet you won't." "I'll bei. I will," said the knight of tho yard-stick, "If I can." "What '11 you bot ofthat?" said the lmHirturuble Dobbs. "I'll bet a fourponco!" said the dork, with a cute nod. "I 'II go It," says Doobs. " Now, trust ma fur it couple of dollars' worth of your tufls ! " "Lost, by Ned!" said yiir.lsllck. "Well, there 'a your fourponco." "Thank you; call ugnln when 1 want to trade !" any Dobba. "Do, If you ptoase; would n't like to lose your custom," said the clerk, "ho how." Polite young man, thatus soon ns his chin vogotatoa, provided hi dtokoy don't cut his throat, he'll lmnrtorthogul, Dobb thinks. a ' OiT Tha Vicmyune gives the following definition of the word "hnpossiblo:" "An 'obsolete word of four ay liable, much usod by tho ancient, und idl popular with many Kunqtouu nations. It hubean rut out of the American voeahul.o. ry I" 03T 'Tray, Mrs. Xabrlskn, why do JPBJ whip your children so often?" "La, Mr. Worthy, I it i" 'their en lightenment, I nover wb.iiiKid one of them In my life that he did n't ueknowl edge that it made him smurt."

Prom the Indiana Journal. PROCEEDINGS Of the Annual Meeting of the Stale Board of Agriculture and Delegates, iteld at the State Houae, January stu anal nth. 185T REPORTED BY L. nOLLMAN. The meeting was called to order by the President of tho State Board, when the following members of tho Hoard 'and Delegates were ascertained to be present : MEMBERS OF TBE STATE BOARD. A. C. Stevenson, President, of Putnam; V. II. Bennct, of Union; W. T. Dennis, of Wayne; Q. D. Wagoner, of Warron; Geo. W. Lane, of Dearborn; S. Fisher, of Wabash; I D. G. Nelson, of Allen; R. T. Brown, of Montgomery; R. Ilaymond of Franklin; G. B. Graff, of Gibson; W. M. Franklin, of Owcu; J. D. Williams of Knox. DELEGATES FROM TILE COUNTY SOCIETIES. W. Uamiltou, of Allon; A. J. Boono, of Boone; T. Ferries, of Carroll; Mr. Cromwell, of Clay; E. S. Blosdell, of Dearborn; J. D. Plcak, of Decatur; Jos. S. Buckles, of Delaware; John P. Brady, of Franklin; T. V. Hill, of Gibsou; M. Bradford, of Grant; J. Tynor, of Hancock; Mr. Farnas, of Hendricks; N. Ballinger, of Henry, Hancock and Kush; I. Kinley, of Houry; Mr. Smock, of Jefferson; S. Vawter, of Jennings; Mr. BradIcy, of Johnson; J. D. Williams, of Knox; U. Pack; of Lagrange; G. Crawford, of Laporte; S. D. Mattox, of Madison; Mr. Beeler, of Marion; W. P. Thompson, of Morgan' II. Eller, of Monroe; T. W. Fry, of Montgomery; D. G. Ilabb, of Ohio and Switzerland; Mr. McPhcotors, of Washington and Orange; W. M. Franklin, of Owen; Mr. Donaldson, of Parke and Vermillion; R. S. Ragan, of Putnam; G. V. Monk, of Raudolph; J. Henry, of

Ripley; Mr. Hacklcraan, of Rush; G W. Brown, of Shelby; J. A. Harper, of St. Joseph; Wm. Alsop, of Sullivan; J. T. Levering, of Tippecanoe; Jno. Green, of Tipton; B M. Howard, of Union; J. Law of Vanderburgh; Judge Gookins, of Vigo; J. A. Mcllcnry, of Wabash; T. Poole, of Warren; N. Hiatt, of Warrick; J. W. Reyman, of Washington; S. Meredith, of Wayne; G. McDowell, of Wells; J. M, Wagner, of Grand Praric Society. Adjourned until 3 o'clock. AFTKUXOON SESSION. Mr. Gookins offered the following resolution : Resolved, That a committee of thrco b appointed to prepare a memorial to tho Legislature on the subject of the assessment law, and to request the passage of act which will more fully exhibit the agricultural, productive, and manufacturing interests of tho State. Adopted and Mossrs. Gookins, Meredith and Law were appointed tho committee. In tho Agricultural Department of tho Journal wo havo heretofore called attention to tho very imperfect charocter of those statistics. Tho unfortunate system of Township Assessors renders it almost impossible to obtain uniformity of action. In Komo counties some Assessors pay but littlo attention to taking those statitics at all; in others, tho annual increase only of stock is sot down, instead of the whole numbor, and from somo counties, no return aro mado. Tho Auditor of Stato find difliculty in gotting returns from ono half of the county Auditors, and instead of tho returns to his ofllco loing published early in the summor, that all may sco whether in number tho stock is plenty, thoy aro not printed until after tho markot season for cattlo and hogs is past. Thoso statistics aro to protect tho farmer from tho speculator, wdio controls to many inlluonccs that ho can croato the impression that hogs and cattlo aro uumoroits, when It is his interest to do to. Tho Assessors should bo placed under penalties and correct information to thorn hould be mado compulsory. The County Auditors should report to tho State Auditor by tho first of July. The importance of an early publication is soon iu the present prices of our great product iu stock bog. Tho Impression created by purchasers ami entertained by loading presses In tho Wast, was that they ui in more abundant this year than hut, yet it Is now evident that thoro will ho a great deficiency both In numbers and In weight. This fact is now shown by comparing tho Auditor's reports of IHA5 ami I860. Iu tho report of 1805, too numbor of hogs in Indiana Is stated b be u,(l08,679, and lu that of I860, 9,1177,1114, being adecraaiaof 31M,44R. In eattle there is a decrease. In the report of iHßfl the numbor given la 708,411), and lu that of HSU, 7H11, 1 Ö'J! showing ndocroiuuj of lt),J(i7. Uwill thu bo soon how false wore I ho representations made by the Now fori Tittni Ni, of tho numbers of cattle in thu West, so fur u.t our Slate in concern. .d. Ii ci the io be ! Ihvh made Known In Juno or July, bow much It would have reiulled to tho benefit of our funnel, HrpurUr. On motion of Mr. Willlamr: lti.Koi.Mi, That tho Executive Committee ho it. .u.t i.-d to award premium on grass crop, oiputl In viiluo to thoso on corn or wheat. On motion by Mr. Dennis : RksOLveo, That tho necessary oxpouon of tho Delegates from the dlrToront County Agricultural Societies, at tho regular annual meetings of tho Stato Hoard, bo paid out of tho funds of tho Society, from and after tho present meeting. Dr. Ilaymond offered tho following resolut lou : Uichoi.vt.i., Thai the Kxoctitlvo Committee be directed to oller n piomuiin of ($00 for tho largest amount of sugar made

from the Chinese sugar cane, grown in the j

State of Indiana, the producer giving the number and weight of canes, previous to grinding, with the nature of the soil and mode of cultivation. Mr. Dennis moved to amend by inserting after the words "Stato of Indiana," these words : "on a given area of ground," which was adopted. Mr. Franklin moved to amend, by striking out $50 and inserting $30, which prevailed, and the resolution, as thus amended, was adopted. It is to be regretted that the above resolution did not embrace a premium also for molasses. The difficulty of making sugar, without the proper boiling apparatus, of the Louisana cane, is well known, and success in making sugar at this stage of the experiment with the Chinese Millet, cannot bo expected. Wo hope, howover, that the Executive Committee will offer a suitable premium for the best mo lasses. Reporter. On motion of Mr. Brown, an election was held to fill vacancies in tho State Board, which resulted in tho election of tho following persons : - A. C. Stevenson, of Putnam. W. Bonnet, of Union. W. T. Dennis, of Wayno. G. Wagner, of Warren. G. W. Lane, of Dearborn. S. Fisher, of Wabash. C. L. Bradley, of Morgan. W. Miller, of St. Joseph. D. G. Rabb, of Ohio. On motion of Mr. Pheeters, Resolved, That the Executive Committee be directed to collect, revise and publish, in some suitable form, all tho rules and regulations of this Board touching the formation and regulations of County Societies, and fo.-ward copiea thereof to each of such Societies as are or may be formed. On motion bv Mr. Lane, Resolved, That the Legislature be requested to change the law so that tho Board shall meet annually on Tuesday after the first Monday in January. The vote adopted this resolution was subsequently reconsidered and the resolution laid on tho table. Tho annual meeting should occupy at least an entire week; lectures and discussions should be had; and more time for the transaction of business is necessary, than tho day and a half now allowed, for most of tho members and delegates leave on Friday evening. Reporter. On motion of Mr. Davis, the following resolutions were adopted : Resolved, That tho National Agricultural Society bo invited to hold thoir next annual exhibition at Indianapolis. Resolved, That the Board appoint delegates to attend tho coming annual mooting of the National Agricultural Society in tho city of Washington on tho 14th inst. Messrs Holloway, Miller, Colfax, Cumback. Dunn and English, members of Congress, were appointed the delegates. On motion, adjourned until 7 o'clock. EVENING SESSION. Tho Treasurer of the Board submitted his annual report which, on motion of Mr. Wagner, was roforrod to a select committee consisting of Messrs. Fisher, Gookins, and Meredith. Tho total receipts aro about $16,000 total expeuditurcs about $111,000, leaving iu tho Treasury about $3,000. Tho Secretary of the Board informod the mooting that tho Commissioner of the Patent Office had forwarded to him about sixtoon quarts of tho Chinoso Sugar Millot wood. On motion by Mr. Poolo : Ueholvkii, That tho Secretary lie instructed to distribute this seod, or any othor now iu his possession, among tho Representatives from tho different county so cieties now in attendance, for tho uso of said sociotlos. Thosoodof tho Chinoso Sugar Millet was subsequently dividod into forty three parts, that being tho number of counties represented, by a committee, ami distributed. Tho amount is so small that tho county societies should not divide it into mote than two parcels, else there will not bn enough for any one person to institute the experiments: w hich il is the object of tho distribution to havo mado, ami which must bo reported to tho State Board. He -porter. On motion of Mr. Fisher, Hehoi.ved, That the Exooutlve Com mltteo report a plan for admission of visitors to tho State Fulrt, This roaolution gave riao to a discussion of the evils connected with tho present liailye system. All agreed that budges should bo abollshod, except to officers, exhibitors, ami awarding committees. It was shown that tho moat oxtonalvo awlndies had been made by visitors selling their badge to others; that on the returning cars, It was a regular business to buy and pell ilmm for u small sum, that after entering tho Fair, budge would bo atlppod through tho fence toothers, and ujhjii returning homo iu tho evening, thoy were handed over I titers, w ho came up the uext morning to the Fair. It It expected that tho admission hereafter will ho aa lu common shows, pay and go In, but when tho visitor cornea out, ho canuot return iu, without again paying. Thoro can bo no other plan to secure tho Soolety against tha fraud now practised by jwrtons of res pe. labilily, w ho do not seem to feel how improper tholr action Is. Rep. Mr. Itohb, Chairman of the Committoo on Meats, asked instructions. Tho premiums offered for Turkeys required not less than four to ho exhibited, but in sov oral cases, and in one, whoro tho turkloa wore tho beat, there wore but two. Ilo desired to know whethsr tha Board would

adhere strictly to the conditions of the

premium list. The opinions expressed I were, that whilst the Board should do all that in justice it conld to accommodate exhibitors, yet so many instances of departure from the published conditions were occurring, that it became necessary to i let them know that the printed list of premiums must be rightly adhered to. This was tho determination of the Board in this case, and it will, no doubt, be adhered to hereafter. Rep. On motion of Mr. Lane, Resolved, That the delegates present

report the names of at least five members I breeds of the animal receiving the preof their County Societies, including the ' miums, which residence, name and breeds Presidents thereof, together with their oc-! shall be stated by the secretary in the cupations, and fitness to act as judges on published list of premiums, particular committees that from these re- i On motion of Bollman,

ports might be selected tho Committees for the State Fairs. Mr. Lane offered a resolution to pay members of Awarding Committees on 1 Stock their necessary expenses, whon attending from other States. j This resolution was opposed by sove-1 ral members. It was feared that it would j involve tho Board in an expense, which would force it to contract a debt, and limit its usefulness in the numerous matters now demanding its attention. The Board had it in contemplation to establish Agri cultural rooms, and to increase the pre

miumlist; the Fair grounds were not yet I much complaint; that in Ohio the Railcompleted; the present prosperity of the i f"1 Companies adhered to the conditions

Society might bo destroyed by unfavora-; ble weather duriDg the Fair these and other things demanded rigid economy. The resolution was not adopted. The Society then adjourned until tomorrow. MORNING SESSION. On motion of Mr. Meredith, the Secretary and Treasurer were directed to distributo among the County Societies the Annual Agricultural Reports frorr other states, retaining five copies for the use of the State Board. On motion hy Mr. McPheetcrs, Resolved, That the Executive Cornmitteo be directed, in case of loss of any article while on exhibition, to investigate and adjust all such claims, which have arisen, or may hereafter arise at the State Fair, and pay all just claims for articles thus lost Unajr this resolution, it is understood that where a loss is occasioned by want of proper arrangements on tho part of tho Board, or from negligence or wilful acts of any of its employes, the Board will pay for tho injury sustained; but in all other cases it is not to be accountable. Tho investigations made by the Superindendent of the Fair Grounds satisfied the Board that in nearly all instances the loss was occasioned by want of proper attention on the part of tho exhibitor, after the article had beon placed in his exclusive custody. -Rep. On motion of Morodith, Resolved, That a Finance committee be appointed by the Presidont to audit tho books and acconnts of tho Secretary, Treasurer, and officers ol this society, and report upon them at the annual meetings of tho State Board. On motion of Mr. Rabb : Hesolved, That the Executivo Committee bo requested to offer a premium of a ten dollar silver cup for tho best specimen of veneering, and a ten dollar cup for the best specimen of oak veneering. On motion by Dennis: Rksolved, q'hat tho Executivo Committoo be instructed to offer a premium on tho best experiment to dotermino tho breeds of stock which will afford the largost amount of tho best moat with tho loastfood. Judge Law offered tho following : Resolve n, That a j)remlum of twenty dollars bo offered by tho aocioty for tho best one hundred pounds of loaf tobacco raisod In tho stale of frrdtana. Dr. Brown moved to amond by adding a premium of atwonty dollar cup for tho best barrel of whisky. This resolution and amondment occasioned an animated discussion. In behalf of the resolution, it was urged that the State Hoard should encourage such products as increased the wealth of tho state; that the propriety or Impropriety, tho utility or Inutility of any product, were not matters for tho determination of the Board, but for those ougagod In raising It; that sovoral conn ties In tho Southern part of tho State had entered extensively in tho cultivation of tobaooo; that It waa a loading article of commerce, and would bo usod, no matter how much Individual might danouco Itasoltbor useless or noxious, (Note by tho Rojiortor.) According to tho atato atatiatloa, which wore referred to In this discussion, the following counties produood over 60,000 pounds, in 1865: Brown, 10A.434 otinda; Greene 383,75.: Martin 70,867; llko 106,630; Washing ton 828,070. Tho total amount In tho state If 9,419,184 lbs., valuod at $180, 144. Against tho roaolutiou it was emtten 1 od that the Btate Hoardshould discriminate between III tides USoful lltid llljlirlotta; that tho use of tobaooo was an evil habit creating an unnecessary expense, and odious to every neat houso-koopor; that the Hoard hail endeavored, by iu published assays and proceeding, to olnt out such modes of farming at would sustain the fertility of tho soil, yet now It was called on to eueoiirage a product admitted to be the moot destructive to thut fertility, for, unlike any other agricultural production, It loft uo manure to the soil; that if the moro question of gain was all that should govom tho Hoard, amondment to the resolution should be adopted, for no ono doubted tho pecuniary profit of tho manufacture aud sale of whisky. .

The resolution and amendment were I

not adopted. The society then adjonrned. AFTERNOON SESSION. The committee to examine the accounts of the Treasurer andJSecretary were di rected to report to the President at some future time. On motion by Bollman, Resolved, That in awarding premiums on stock, the committees shall state in their report the post-office residence of the succesful competitor, the names and Resolved, That the President, in behalf of the State Board, contract with each Railroad company in the state to carry visitors to and from tho State Fair at half price, and stock and othor articles for exhibition free, unless tho same should be 8old at the laid Fair, During the remarks on this resolution il WM declared that unless satisfactory arrangements could be made with the Railroad Companies, it was. feared that both exhibitors and visitors would cease to attend the State Fairs; that the expense to which both were subjected had caused cmuraccu in me resolution; mat tnese I Railroads found their interest promoted by the improvement of the agricultural, mechanical and manufacturing pursuits; that they ought, therefore, to aid in contributing to sustain our Fairs; that union they did so, either the visitors who attended must come bv the common roads, or the State Board would be forced to hold them in different parts of the Stute, so as to be more accessible to those living at a distance from the center. Rep. On motion, the Secretary was directed to forward twenty copies of the premium list to each county society. At a special meeting of tho State Board Ignatius rown.o. Indianapolis, waseiec- . - t r t i r II- i ted lt8 Secretary. On motion, adjourned w'thoutday. How to Preaerve Wörnern. The following is too good to be lost. The author deserves a monument who ever ho may be, and wo hope he will get his deserts. It is a capital article, full of good practical sense, and wcboliovo it strikes at tho "root of evil:" There is nothiug in the world that wo think o much as we do of a woman. Our mother is a woman w ife, sisters, pretty cousins, arc women; and the daughters will bo if (Heaven spare them!)they live long enough. Aud then there is a love of women in goneral which we do not deny. A fine, magnificent specimen of the sex, full of life and health, a ripe red cheek, and lhtshing eye, is, something that docs ono good to look at as she illuminates the humdrum sido walks, and every day streets. A North River Steamer under full headway, with colors flying is rather ) a pretty sight, rather stirring and inspiring; and we pull our tirod nag to sou her pass and admire the swell she cuts. Comparatively, however, tho stoamor siuks into insignificance, or some other very deep water, by tho side of a well kept, well dressed woman. There is no rubbing it out; women are tho ornament, charm, blessing, beauty and bliss of life, (men's life, wo mean, of course.) Any moans that bo dovised for preserving tlmm should bo mado known, Thoy aro different from any other kind of fruit. You cannot picklo them. You cannot do them up iu sugar aud sot them i i a cold room, with .i p.ipor soaked in brandy over their mouths. You cannot put them up iu cans and soul thorn up air tight, without injuring thoir form and flavor. Now, aataou are so dependent upon women for lifo's choioost blessings, a proper modo of preserving them booomes of great moment, and wo aro euro that the pit bile will thank us f r an infalbtblo receipt. Have tho feet well protected, then jy tho next attention to tho chest The cheat is tho repository of tho vital organs. Thoro abido tho heart and lungs. It is from the impression mado uou these organs through the skiu, that the shiver comes. It is nature's qttako the alarm boll at tho outset of danger. A woman novor shiver at tho effect of cold upon her limbs, or hands, or head; but lot the cohl strike through her clothing upon her host, and off go her tooth Into a chatter, and the w hole organism into a commotion. One sudtlon ami sovort tmprtuionof eotd upon tho ehuat h.ts stain Its tons of thousands. Therefore, while tho foot are well lookod after, never forget tho chest. Theso . . t m attended to, tho natural conmictions of tho dion will supply the roat, and tho woman I ready for tho air. Now lot Iter visit hor neighbor, go shopping, I call upon the oor, and walk for the good of It, for the fun of it. K. rV iv . ü from the stovo or wgliter. Air thut Is dry or burnt, moro or lees charged with gaset'! evolved by tho fuel, la jM.ison. (Jo up stairs and make tho beds with mittens on. Fly around like mad, and ventilate the rooms. Don't alt pent up in iv little loom with double windows. Fruit will not retain its full form and flavor iu air tight cans; neither will women. They need air. If tha ahiver oomoa on during thoso operations, go directly and put on something more about your ehest Again, do not llvo in dark rooms. Light fades tho carjei, but it foods tho flower. No living animal or vegetable can enjoy health iu darkness. Light is almost as necessary iv air, and a brow n Ian Is far preferable, oven aa it matter of beauty, to a sickly taleuvaa of complexion. Thus much in regard to the physical

means for preservation. There are moral means so leas important Every woman should be married to an excellent Jman. Marriage, it is true, brings, care and wear, but it is the ring that is worn that keeps bright, and the watch that lies still andeanwound that gete outyf order. The sweet sympathies involved in the relations of the family, the new energies developed by new responsibilities, the new compensation for all outlays of strength, bring about a delightful play of the heart and intellect which, in their reaction upon the body, produces an effect that is nothing lau than preservation. Then, there is a higher moral power than this one which we speak of soberly and honestly. No one is completely armed against the encroaching iBa oi life, who has 'in the heart no 'place for rel gion. The calmness, the patience, and the joy and hope that are in the pnMaarioo of that woman whose heart is right in its highest relation can never fail to preserve and heighten every personal power and charm that she possessor There! yon havo the receipt. Some of

it is in sportive form, but it is not less truth. It has within it the core of a disease the preventive for many more It might be made longer, bat when we eee its prescriptions universally adopted, it will be time to bring forward the der. Hosat coats title CM A stitch in the side, if taken in save i nine. Gi e physician is better than are fatal. Hope is the best medicine, and I ly it is in the power of every doctor to dispense it There is one evil that doctor in length of time do effectually cure us of and that is, the faith we place in their trums. Medical botany might almost be i ted to the plucking of simples! Might we not say of a doctor what Figaro said of the Seigneur of hit period that he does ns a sufficiency of good, so long as he refrains from doing as any harm. Wise persona, when they take advice, go to a physician, bat fools go to a quack and the large disproportion between the two classes explain why so many qaacka make their fortune while many a clever physician starves. Many persons take advice as they do physic to fling it aside the moment the doctor's back is turned. Punch. !H ix iiia: MeaataywMafilsag Halt. There is an individual in Quiney Market " doing business," who is down on customers who don't speak proper. "What oggi, this morning?' asked a customer. "Eggs, of coarse," said the dealer. MI mean, how do they got" "Go? where?" 'Sho !" sars the customer, getting up his fury, "what fbregga?" "Money, money, air! or good isdotaed credit!" "Don't yon understand the English language, lir?" angrily asked tha ontomer. "Not as yon mix and mangle it I don t I " What hi the price per dosen for your eggs?" "Ah 1 now you talk," rays the dealer "Sixteen cents per doaen is the prioa, sir!" They traded. 7 Humors o bridge. () or Tint Bot! Motherhave yon been, Charley?" Boy "In tho garden, ma." Mother "No, you have been in swimming; you know bow I cautioned you about going to tho crook. I will have to correct you. Look at your hair, how wet Kta!" Boy "Ob, no, ma, that is not water, it is sweat!" Mother "Ah, Charley, I have eaoght you fibbing your shirt la wrong-aide outl" Ib.y (tr umphantly) "O, I did that Juat now, ma, climbing the femes t" (itr Drown imagines that "the diet of an infant being milk, its (s)crcam." Otr The homeliest female la tha world may render horse If moro ettreoti ve, by the exhibition of delicacy and refinement, than tho prettiest vulgarian that ever stalled. fjOr In nuasla, whan a Gosaack is as travagaut, thoy aay he is "eating his sandle at both ends." Vary good for a berberlan proverb. OCT A western editor thinks that If the right way to pell tho' U "though," ate "eight" and bo "beaux", the propel way of spelling "potato" is poughtelghtoauxt Or Kunow. kmt, which Galea calls "Nature's physician," so aaseutlal It kamen happiness, that indolenoe la justly considered aa tha mother of misery, Mm ton. (r ProvU'IMCB Is like a curious piece of tapestry, mado of a thousand ahreda, which, single, appear nceloa, but pat together, they represent a beautiful TfrT It is aald that the Philadelphia 4e moisellee, before going to a party, eat persimmons, to draw their months a to a point and give their lips a "do Man see" look(KT Woman la like Ivy -the more pea are ruined, the closer the olingt to pool An old bachelor adde: Ivy la like woman tha oieeer it i to yon, the more you era rained!"