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AMUBWS AND BUSINESS PAPRR--ÖBVOTBD TO FOREIGN AND DOMBSTiC NEWS, MORAIS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, AGRiCUlTURE, AND THE BEST 8NTBRBSTS OF SOCIETY. VOL. XXV.-NO. 8. BROOKVILLE. FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1857. WHOLE NUMBER 1256.

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For the Indiana American, wnmi WZATREB. Cold as Northern Mates, Sighs Uta shivering poet; Mercury at taro, And talrty-fla below 11; Cold and blae Iba aooaa Of padaatrlaa bold, latrerina;, chaUerlns;, fromWIof. Growling at Iba oo Id. Lovers greetiDf lovers, Maat without axraptiou, Thoagh thalr hand an thakmg, Butaro. reception; Heart by Cepld mitten, la smmmer aeer b wooed, Bot In tha winter narar Art la the mtlttng mood. And tummrr friends deaert u, Their eoldnes 111 concealing; Certainly they greet aa Without wrmrh ot reeling. Vain to talk of ardor, With neh f rieadi aa tbeee, Batter talk to iceberg tu, la the frosaa icu. There la aa ancient legend Of aa anelent mariner, Who visited tha region Of the walrai and tha bear Bo merrily blew hi bogle, Bat the note o wild and weet, Frote, fell . and rattled, On tbe deck beneath hi feet And a to ton there lal!t ode Hi vessel ha did (tear, The froaen mode molted, Aad aaaaded load and clear; E'en ao my thoughts are frozen And I can neer learn How eater attar u ttioaghta that breath Or writ the " wor.U that burn." I think bout Veruiu, With bis de and flery heart, I tea the Samt up-reaeaUg , The burning lars atari: I bear tha bra way V a lean HI pond rout bellow blow, at Yalren cant keep op the heat When Mercury la tow. I think of hot Sahara , Of India's sultry breoao, Ala 1 I cannot warm myself With raaelee each as the; My angers Ulfen a I wrlto, My Ink 1 froaen too Wherefore, to ahlverloe; reader Ibid a cold ad iew . CawrtaTiLLclND. LEEPIXG Ul. ID. at a. LoaertLLPW. Whealh haora of day are anmbared, , Aad tha voice of ehe night. Wife the bltnr eaol that ilamberad, Taahwty.eala delight. " "w. - r-. Tw3 aSSaV. Bra the oYeniog lamps are lighted, Aad, tike phantoms grim aad tall, Shadow from the fltfal firelight Deo ce upon the pari o r wail . Than Uta formt ef tha departed Bator at the open door; Tbe beloved, the tree hearted, Coma to visit me oaee mora. Ma, the yowag aad strong, who herlin- 1 Boole longing for tbe it rife. By the read -aide foil aad perished, Weary with the march of life t They, tha holy oae and weakly, Who tha eroea of lofforlog bore, Beaded their pale bands so meekly , pake with aa on earth no mora ! Aad vtsa them , tha beantoout, Who onto my yeath was given. Store Bate all thing alee that lowed me. And a now a tarnt In haaren . With a alow aad aotsetse feostap, Cosa as that messenger dt viae Tage tha rasant chair beeide aa, tage her geatle head la mine. Aad she alia aad gate at me, With fhoee deep and lander eyee,' like the ttar,o dill aad talat Ilka, Looking downward rrom the ikies. Ottered not, yet comprehended, b the spirit's Tokalesa prayer; Soft rebekea, la blessings ended, Breathing from her llpa of air. 0 ! though oft depressed and lonely, Ait say Swrs are laid aside, If I bat remember only Sack of there hare Uved and died ! LOVE IW A BIX. Borne lover, who hash een rendered fraatlc by tha obstacle interposed between him and hi hopes , goes off thot. "Itcanaot be It caanot be; Fata woald (great tbe eialmed kiss. Bat, dearest, yon must sorely see It aarer eaa be done ia mi !" Sha polDted to her bristling drees. With Bounced out- works branchiae; off. Froof agalast erery fond caross Astlk aadrelratMotakoff! Fall Ifasaa gases ronnd about, Aad fall dre paoea through an i through, Ah, ma, aha looked so rery stout. The slender form that once Iknew I 1 yaeed my lady round and ronnd, (Whteh seemed anendleaaUak to do.) Ia hope some loop cole might be foun I , Which Storni I ng Lore mlghtttrnggte thro'. la rain, la Tain 'was perrect all, Sha stood, "the Fashions of the day," Wheee rampart, bastion, lower and wall Might hold hefeagnertng boats at bay. Cartalned, and fringed , and to nl fled, A whalebone" harness on bor ba Aad tho' hemmed In on erery aide, Intrenched socurely rrom attack. f eampaesod her about again, Booorred to prove a Arm adorer; Foaad force aad slrateagv In vain, Laid aiaga to aad sat down boforo bur. "terelagV-lse4d,"won-imak. "or thinner, taped end mining mast noil Alas, l'vo little hope to aria hor, Unless sho tallies oat to me V COMM.AISF.Si. '11,1 FOB HIE. as a. a. roeran. 40 GLASS t I . Ohio omradee,BU no class tor ma To drown my soul la 11 qald Same, Vor If I drank, tha toast hoal. l be To blighted fortune, health, and famo, VeMasaga I loa to qaell the strife That pension holds against my lira. StUI hoc a companions may ye be; Bat, comrades, Sil no gists forme! t tests abreast that ottoo was light , Whose patient sufferings need my care 1 know a hearth that oaee waa bright, Bat drooping hopes hare natUed there. Thea walle the tear- drops nightly steal From woaadod hearts that I should heal. Though boon compeaiont ye may be, Oh 1 comrade, AH no glass for me : Wae a I was younr, t Belt tie tiiia Of aspirations un.ioflle.1; Bot manhood' years hare wrutged the prtfle J parents eoatred la their child. -"-er tear. ; By all taat memory should rtvert, eonpafelOD yo may be. til do fleas for me I

From tho .1. Y. Tribune, Jan. il. I

HOW THE EMELINE WAS LOST. lltBHOU IIil SCE.KKM, Captain and Crew all Drowned. SUFFEKIN'GS OF THE WRECKERS! Few of those who aal snugly by the house fireside last Sunday aud watched the gathering storm, but thanked tho fates that they were not osposed to itt fury. How few, however, realized that within a short thirty miles of their doors, right by the gate of the sen, many of their fellow-creatures were bravely struggling against tho fierce elements for dear life. Next morning, long ere the storm had subsided, the sud news came out through the newspapers than an unknown vessel, a brig, had stranded on the point of Jersy Beach, near Sandy Hook, and in spite of all that the wreckers could do it was feared that the crew had every ono perishod. Then the electric telegraph from Sandy Hook broke down, and all day Monday tho weather waa too thick to admit of using tho signal telegraph from the Highlands, tho Bay and Narrows were impassably frozen up, and all the rail and other roads were buried under snow banks ever so many foot down, so thnt reporters could not get to tho coast, and everybody had to wait in sad suspense, until, in the course of events, further information could bo obtained. On Tuesday a pilotboat managed to work up from tho Lower Bay, and reported that she had seen i the brig Golden Lead inside of the Hook, I at anchor, on Sunday morning early. ! Everybody concluded that tho Golden J Lead was the unfortunate craft which had been dashed to pieces on the beach. Late at night, however, wo received n telegraphic note from Sandy Hook, stating that the name of tho lost brig w.ts tho E incline, and yesterday the Golden Lead snfely reached tho city, with tho loss of some of her spars and rigging. Tho particulars of tho lor of tho Eraolino wo have procured from a gentleman who arrived from tho Beach lust evening, being tho first person from that quarter since Saturday last. About 9 o'cloek on Sunday morning, while Capt. Haggerty, the host of the Ocean House, was quietly sipping hi coffee, and wondering" when that N. 7. E. storm was going to ecase, ho looked out seaward, and espied tho upper part of a brig heading for the beach. As yet her hull was hidden from sight, but ho conld see that she was crippled in her spars, and, as he thought, in a pretty und plight. Soon her hull loomed up, und he could see that it was eridontly tho intention of her captain to run her ashore, becauso with tho wind which was then blowing she might have been kept off without difficulty. She camo to the conclusion that the was disabled in her rigging and leaky, and the pumps being probably frozen, and the men worn oat with toil and exposure, hor captain had dotermiucd to resort to the last chance for saving the lives of himself and his crow. On she came, staggering and slow, as if unwilling to lay her bones on tho beach like an old hulk, after tho brave services which sho had performed. On sho came, nearer and nearer; tho stout Captain left his comfortable abode and ran down toward the beach, while the women-folk crowded to the door in breathless susjwnso to watch impending catastrophe. On she camo nearer yet, till the faces of her crow could bo seen, palo and ghastly, from the shore. Tho white breakers leap and roar eagerly to the fatal erahnte; as her prow parts the milky foam every man criod, "God help us !" and held firmly to tho frozen rigging. Another moment and sho ha struck the beach, aud the sea is dashing wildly over her decks. Three miles off, these events had lcon observed by Edward Wardle, tho Underwriters' agent and keeper of tho life-saving apparatus, who, leaving ortlors for his trusty crow to follow with surf-boats, lifecars, cables and mortar, jumpod into Ids j wagon and dashed off to tho wreck. Twenty minutes after she struck, he was on the beach near her. Sho lay head on shore, some seventy or eighty yards from the beach, the sea breaking ovor her starboard side. There were only six men to be seen ou board. Whether any others were lying in their bunks below frost-bit-ton, aud unable to crawl up, may never bo known. Tho main sail was half set and tho sailors, getting under the Ice of it, were for a whilo somewhat sheltered from the storm. Capt. Haggerty thought thst if they had lauuehed their boat over the loo rail as soon as tho brig struck, they might have got safely ashore; but thov geeniod phvsicially Incapable of exertion !,..., ' 7 Probably they wore frost-bitten, or had not strength euougu lt launch the anJ yy 80on ' v 100 BUj for as our informant graphl'M described it, "the storm camo on hem- enough, to blow tne oars out of thok row-locks." To ; launch a boat from tho boach iu such a gale was impossible, and aa aoon aa tbe moriar arrived, M. Wardle shot a Luc ! overthe brig's rigqiug. Tho poor fellows cheered a feeble cheer, but it was almost dismal enough for a ?roan and one of them tried to clamber up tho icy ratlines to catch it. He was evidently too much I benumbed, and the attempt was abandon . auuuinr aim niioiucr was mrown over her by Mr. Wardle; but they were I too far gono to help themselves. Five linos were fired at various elevations I across the brig, but not ono of them was ed. A 1. i .1. l : . . . ,i an.y uso u tb J (t0üme! Bern It was a terrible storm, tho wind driving tho sea in uMA vr ,k i wnt . n w" " 'vvi, till, I UHlllllg torrents-of sharp sand and pebbles into the faces and eyes of tbe wreckers oo

shore. Boon the mainsail gave way, and the sea swept the deck. Somo of the men took to tho rigging; others went down into tho cabin, and one crept upon his belly out upon the bowsprit Too fceblo to help thomselvos, thoy looked for aid to tho men on shore, and occasionally raised a feeble shout; but they had done all that was possible for their assistance. If the men on the brig had only been ablo to haul the hawsers ont, the lifecar could have been sent off to them, and they might have been saved. How painfully tho wreckers watched their motions. how imploringly tho poor fellows looked toward the shore ! Presently those in tho cabin crawled on deck again, and another man tried to reach the friendly rope. Ho too failed. As the tide rose the wreckers drew back their surf-boats, and tho men on the brig, thinking they were about to desert them, set up a wild wail that was heard high above tho crash of the storm. Mr. Wardle made signs that he intended to stay by them, and the assurance seemed to cheer them a little. In a little whilo tho man on the bowsprit moved down to the deck, and throwing over the top of the galley, or something like it, leaped into the sea after it. After buffeting tho waves for awhile he gained tho raft, but it was held fast by a lino which ho had not seen, to tho vessel. Full fifteen minutes he clung to tho float, and tho men on shore could see it turn over in tho boiling waves. Occasionally, only the feet of tho man were visible but ho held bravely on until the line parted. Tho raft then came toward the beach, the man still on it, and tho wreckers crowded down as close as they could to tho water to save him. Their humane intensions wcro defeated, for just as the shipwrecked man was all but within their grasp, the waves dashed him against a high ledgo of ice, which projected from the shore, and saw him no more. As the day wore on, tho storm waxed fiercer, and the cold grew more intense, it was evident that no human aid cculd reach the mariners. Three of them returned to tho cabin, and wore nover seen to como out of it again. A fourth, a young and slender roan with black hair and beard, hushed himself along tho lee-roil directly under the chainplates, and laid his head ovor on the outside, as if to protect it from the salt water. The fifth man ascended tho rigging, which bad now become heavily incrusted with ice, aud hold ou for a long time. Iu thoir oxposed situation on tho beach most of tho wreckers wero badly frostbitten in the faces, feet aud ears. Several ot them were so badly froaen that they were obliged to bo driven homo at onco to savo their lives, and others came to serve in their places. About 4 o'clock in tho afternoon the man iu tho riggiug loosed his hold and fell backward, dead, on

thudeck. Tho young man lashed to the rail was also insensible or dead, for ho had made no motion for soveral hours; so the wreckors, having done all that they could, secured their implements, and with heavy hearts wended thoir way homeward. On Monday the brig broke in two, spilt out her cargo, and drove high on the bench. Many of her deck planks were driven by the force of wind and sea far ashorr, high up among tho sand hills and cedars. The bodies were washed up on tho beach soon after, nearly destitute ol clothing, and Coroner Lewis camo down and took them in charge. Tho brig belonged to Penobscot, Maine, and was commanded by Capt. Bradbury Farnharo, of that place. Tho captain was a dingle man, about forty years of ago, and reputed to bo a good seaman. His mate belonged to Chicago, 111., whore ho has a brother resiWo believe that all on board belonged down East at some time in their lives. Thoy appeared, at all events, to bo Americans. On the arm of ono of tho men tho letters "M. 8." were stamped in India ink. A carpet-bag, containing a good pair of pantaloons and a pair of neat waiter boots, was found. It was marked Jas. . Knox, Eastport, Maine. On another bag was a brass plate on which was engraved Daniel Knox. A card upon it bore tho samo namo. Tho names of tho crew could not bo obtained, but it is probablo that tho bags belonged to two of them. Unless tho bodies are claimed, they will bo interred in the Methodist burial-ground at Long Branch. Tho identity of the vessel has been established beyond all question by papers washed ashore. The brig was 300 tuns burden, built in Penobscot, Maine, in 1851, where sho was owned. Sho clcarod from New York in October, 1856, for Granada, arrived ar Aux Cayes, from Granada, Nov. 10, and sailed on tho 20th for Gonaives, where sho arrived Dec. 3. What was the date of her departuro for this port could not be ascertained. Sho was loaded with logwood, copper, scrap-iron and turtle-shell. The vessel was consigned to II. D. Brookmau, No. 37 South street; cargo to Hubbard & Co., New York. It is believed that no insuranco had been effected ou cither vessel or freight money. An oxamiuation of the rigging of tho veäsol after she camo ashore, ahowod that her main boom had been broken and spliI , and that was otherwise in a very crippled and disabled state, from which it is obvious that the captain believed ho could not keep her afloat, and purposely ran her on tho beach. ÖOAt Ham, in England, recently, a young man, by the way of a joke, placed a calfskin over his head, and rushed out upon somo youug girla who wero passing along an unfrequented road, making a horrible noise. The girls were terribly frightened. One of them died two days after, and another was considered fatally ill.

feiert Ulisctllattn. A Mmrelcrwr emwletd teg m Heroo. William Patterson was tried at Italeigh, Shelby county, Tennessee, for the murder of Thomas Merriweathei, a young planter of Mississippi. Tho incidents dovelopetl upon the trial were of the most romantic nature; and the evidence although circumstantial, made out a clear case of one of the most revolting murders "to be found in tho chroniclos of gilt." There was one point in the case, about which alone there could be said to be doubt, and this point was met by tho evidence afforded by the horse of Mr. Merri. weather. In order to understand this, we must state by tho law of Tennesseo the Criminal Court of Memphis has criminal jurisdiction of all crimes committed in the fifth, thirteenth and fourteenth civil districts of said county.

The Circuit Court of Shelby county had criminal jurisdiction in the twelfth and other civil districts of tho county. Tho prisoner was indicted iu the Circuit I Court at Raleigh, and tbe murder was al leged to have been committed in the twelfth district The dividing line be-1 tweeu tho twolfth district and thirteenth : district was tho road leading from Mem-; phis to Uermando, Mississippi. If the crime was committed in the thirteenth civil district, the Court of Raleigh had no jurisdiction, and tho prisoner would have to bo acquitted. The deceasod was found somo forty or fifty steps from the Hermando road. The witness stated that the body, as ho thought had boon dragged there from the road, bonce tho doubt whether tho murder took place in tho twelfth or thirteenth civl uisncta. ; At this critical point tho council be- ! thought them of certain marvelous and novci coiiuuct oi mo nooio norso wincn had been referred to, which had come to , their kuowledge in conversation with the WltllCKSCS. The known iustinct of animals has, ( from time immemorial, boon ostoomcd in tuo law as among tno sourcos ol evidence asa.i a .a. stara .at sa uy wnicn tne aearest right or lire, liberty and property have been determined. Testimony as to those facts was proposod to be submitted on behalf of tho state but was stoutly oposed by the prisoner's counsel, who know its overwhelming force. Tho learned judge overruled tho objections and admitted tho testimony. It had been proved in tho course of tho trial that boat eight o'clock on the Sunday followiug, that ou which tho deceased uud prisoner loft Mr. Uammol's, a goutloman coming toward Memphis mot tho horse proved to have been Mr. Morri weather's, on thu road, about 2,000 yards from iho scene of murder, aud south of tho same. galloping at full speed in the direction of Hernando, andnppeariug tohavo been exceedingly frightened; with difficulty the gentleman intercepted aud caught him. The gentleman finding the animal almost uncontrollable from fright, had somo difficulty in retaining the rain until a young mau camo forward and claimed hjm The young man who claimed the horso was recognized by the gentleman at tho trial as the prisoner at tho bar. lie camo forward, said the gentleman, claimed tho horso, thanked him gracefully for catching him, mounted and rodo hurriedly off

iu the direction of Hernando. Tho facts wpreieu; tmutney mean solar days; and here submitted to the jury, in reference to thu8 tUo.v aMerl that thi Bcionco' a8enu tho wonderful iustinct, are these : rall' g". w contradictory to revolationIt will be remembered that the noble Thus the main quesüon stands, but not inanimal in question was of extraordinary volving, wo conceive, the least contradiointelligence, and singularly attached to tion I"" c'ecc nd revelation, or his master, whom ho was in the habit of the question of controversy is BBB only following about whenever he would como rolliu8 to "Kto the pasture or the farm-yard whero the Moses, who, certainly, was ignoran' of horse was. geology, has described the successive ucts Some several months after tho prisoner of creation in that specific order which was committed to jail undor indictment, accords with tho science of geology. It William Merriwcathcr, accompanied by a is reasonable to suppose that', an ignorant number of gentlemen, witnesses in tho man, in describing tho order of nature, as case, camo up from their homes in Mis- unfolded by tho successive fiats of the sissippi to attend the trial. great Johovab, would have presented onWilliam Merriweathcr was riding tho ly a confused and contradictory effusion ; horse of the deceased brother, which had but, instead of the first chapter of history by this time been recovered in the family, being of this character, it vibrates in tin iTho journey lay along the Hernando son w ith tho discoveries of the most modroad, and by the Bpot where the body had em science, thus proving that the pen of been found. About two hundred yards its author was directed by the Author of beforo tho party reached the scono of mur creation. Tho question of tho harmony der, the horse upon which W. Mcrriweath- of revelation and science, as it relates to or was mounted, began to exhibit symp- the "order of creation," stands upon a toms of alarm, an d his intractable conduct grand and impregnable basis. much surprised his rider and tho gentlemen who wero with Bias. T,B wai. Thcro was no apparent cause of alarm Show us tho young lady whoso vuW and the several other Worses of tho party has over been encompassed by tho arm of betrayed nouo. His agitation increased the sea. as tho party approachod the fatal spot; Who has ever seen the cow that had and when thev reached a lint in the CBWtB to its legs?

road opposito to it, the excitement of the horse rose to so furious u pitch that bo became almost unmanageable. Tho wholo party now checked their horses, and for a moment regard od the strange conduct of tho horse, with profound astonishment. His ilesh quircred, bis nostrils distended, aud his oyo glan cing into the woods where his noble m;

ter had met his horrid fate, he stood for ever been sensibly felt by a hand of "po-1 ish beings which claim anything of reason moment, snortin- and neighing, sublimo ( ker." j and prudence. They dress to bo sick, and picture of tho wildest excitement. What vocalist can lay claim to having half of them are, because they despise One of tho party suggested to Mr. Mor- ovor boon listened to by an car of corn? ( thick and warm clothing. Away with riweather to give him tho rein that, mean- Who has ever been pushed by a should-1 such nonsense, men and women, and prowhile, had been tightly drawn. This was j or of mutton? Wc know ol many who pare for tho change of season. Better be done, and instantlv the noble animal rush- ha ?e been pushed for one. healthy, beautiful and robust, than fash ed into tho wood, and down to the iden- The individual who has been soon by i ionable, thin-shoed and flounce-dressed tificd tree, under which the body had , the eye of a potato has never been visible. gentry, with u genteel cough and 0) been found, and commenced pawing at its BsUBOIB niay possibly discover him. sumptive look. Then dress warm I Put root. After a moment, ho trotted out fur- Was there ever an individual unlucky i away your wafer undorstangings and sumtherin the wood, after making a semi- enough to bo abused b the mouth of ajmer trappings, and betake yourself to circle in his course, returned to tho samo river? j thick, warm, sensible and protecting clothspot and there stood neighing, trembling i Who over felt the breath from the luugs i ing, such as sound-minded men and worn- ' i I - i m sa 1

I and pawing until he was forced away.

Similar exhibitions wero made by tho horso a number of times afterward in passing the spot. At tills startling development iu tho testimony, a thrill of fooling ran through the court room like an electric shock. Thus far tho proof had traced out the history of this mysterious murder, with a certainty too fearful to bo doubted, and had pointed to the pallid vouch who sat in the prisoner's dock as the guilty agent thereof. Justice tempered even with an unrestrained mercy, seemed impatient for the sacrifice, when the strong arm of the law interposed in its tSight and majesty to shield him. Tho venue unproved oven in doubt, would have left to the tribunal of justice no other alternative than to bid him to go out again a free wanderer upon the earth, with tho blood and guilt thick upon him. But tho God who "marketh tho sparrow when he falls," in His in-

scrutiblo providence, hand yet in reserve j m obquent witnc88 himwho8e I faitllfal heart WM to tha wi,e8 of tUe I . , . , ,, .rnrriintfr nnil arnaasj haanntnnw f..ll nnsin . , , , mo itounded ears of the jury, as 'Confirmation trons; As proof of holy writ." No blood had ever been seen on the road and no appearance of any struggle tl,rn Tf thi, killing !..! Wn ,1 in the road, the horse, whose rapid flight and wild fright must have been occasioned instantly by the death-struggle, would have known nothing of the tree in the wood. The scene wo pictured before the minds of the jury, as if typed by the glorious art of Daguerrrc; the decoy into the wood the robber's demand for gold or blood the death-struggle at the treo anJ tho horgo-, ingtincLi arsara do.inr,l n ! vindicate, as if by a miracle, the unerring certainty of retributive justice; and thus tho vcnuo was roved thus the doom of lQ VTS0RCT was sealed, and thus: "A pabble In the stream let scant ilalh turned .'ie eours of many a river, A iIaw ilrnn nn (ha lishv nlsnt Hath warped the slant 'oak forever. TllO verdict of thn inrv ivm flint. .;. prionor was guilty, and sontonco of death WJla pronounced against him, which wa afterward commuted to imprisonment for 1 lifa in tUo Suto Penitentiary, in that gloomy catacomb of human hoarU mi hope. whertJ tine i,M eternitv ,ml bllt R ionie of libotv lo,t William Patterson now expiates his dreadful crime, , Ustrmouy of Sclenco and RevalstIon. Tho S'0"1'85 American thinks that the dlCUM'" t,li l h tn brouht to a P0'"1 at whicl U mny 1)0 tnly saul, "argument is exhausted, and further discussion worse than useless," and gives tho following as the sum of the whole matter : The Scriptures and tho scionce of geology teach us that this earth was at one Poriod in or condition without a pving ming ujioiiii no plant, no nower, no insect, bird, beast, or man. Both teach us that tho successive acts of creation des scribed in the first book of Genesis ure in exact accordance with tho revelation of the book of nature. There is no difference of Pinion Ueen tho teachings of rovelation and scienco on thuso points. 0,10 dab bolievo tho davB raen" tio,,od in tho fir8t chapter of Genesis ,nciU1 of timo and mB3' 1)6 80 terpreted, and thus accord with the teach, in8" of Koolgy; tl,B üth Klieve that lho dft'" ,eferred to can not in" Where is the identical nose of the bellows that smelt a rat? Where is the person who has ever been felt for by tho heart of an oak ? Was any barber ever applied to to shave the beard of on oyster? Where is the girl who was ever married to a pig's "chap?" Where is the man to be found who has of a chest of drawers.

Brom Life. Jones aud Mrs. Jones wore at breakfast. Jones is a sensible individual; Mrs. Jones, ditto. "I have a socrot," said Mrs. J., raising her teacup tremulously to her lips; a secret whieh I wish to confide to you, my dear." 'Good gracious!" exclaimed Mr. Jones, dropping his buttered toast into tho sugarbowl. "I am ashamed of it," said Mrs. J-, 'but I may as well confess it now as at any other time. I know, in spite of your inveterate prejudices, you will pardon me." "Heavens! Mrs. Jones, what do you mean?" "Well, my dear husband, you said I was very curiously dressed; oddly, I believe, was the word at the theater, the other night." "Yes,"

"The fact is," saidj Mrs. J., with a miliated expression, "I wore a hoop." "A what?" "A hoopod petticoat." Jones pushed away his toacup. looked fiercely at tho toast. He did huHe not weep, not being a sentimentalist, but be blushed; she, with her good, sound, common sense; she, with her fine figure, developed by nature ns a woman's figure should be; she, with "organs, dimensions" and everything Shylock describes she wears hoops! It was a gloomy revelation, indeed. "But, my dear Jones, yon need not be vexed I will never roll a hoop about me again. I suffered enough that night at the theater. In the first place, I could not got into tho box-chair, without awkwardly holding or squeezing tho painful imposture into a pliable condition: ill the next place, I thought every littlo boy must notico the hoop, and run after it with a littlo baton to roll it along; finally, I began to mistake myself for Goddard's balloon, tied down to the ground with strong ropes for the insoctiou of every passer-by. At last I succeeded in taking a seat; a cushchair; but cushion or no cushion, what I suffered !" "And tho hoop?" "I presented it yesterday to Miss Connecticut, who unfortunately has none." "And yourself?" "My dear Jones, I will never roll a hoop again." Jones finished his tea, and went to business, whistling iu a thoroughly satisfied manner. A fllouatroma Outrnsyo A case of tho most aggravted andiuexcusable oppression has recently come to light iu Ohio, which wo find related in tho editorial correspoudencu of tho Cleveland Herald of tho 1 3th : Something moro than year ago a young man nainod Shannon was sent to tho Pen. itentiary from Lorain county for one year, for manslaughter. Shannon rsj it fireman ou one of tho Clevolaud and Detroit summers, and when assailed by a passen ger with a knife, struck his itssailaiit on the head with an iron poker, uud unfortunately killed him. On trial, under advice of counsel, Shannon plead guilty; it is thought a jury would have acquitted him. His eyes were somewhat affected by the glare of the fires, though his sight was so good that ho could distinguish persons across tho prison yard and work regularly in the shops. In January 1856, Dr. Dawson persuaded him to have one eye operated on. He at once became totally blind in that eye. In April Dr. 1). scut for him to the Hospital in order to operate ou tho other eye. Young Shannon protested against having his eyo touched, stated that ho had lost one eye by the former operation, that his time had nearly expired, that ho had no friends or money, aud could not consent to run the risk of losing his other eye. Ho peremptorily refused, hut was told that it was not for him to dictate in the matter. He was bound to tho operator's chair by the Doctor's assistants, and both eyes were operatod on, since which both have been entirely sightless. 'I here is no hope of his recovery of sight. We learn by members who have inquired Into tho outrage, that tho statement of the prisoner is fully corroborated by other witnesses. Shannon's casu is a cruelly hard one. Hois about 33 years of age, is said to be without relatives or friends, and has conducted with perfect propriety in prison. His time expired three months ago, but he still remains in the Penitentiary, without any other homo in this, to him, midnight world. His follow prisoners, commiserating his terrible affliction, havo placed $125 in tho hands of the Warden for the use of Shannon, raised iu small contributions among thomselvcs. Such men, though wearing stripes of degradation, are not wholly depraved. Dreaa Warm. Bead the following good advice "Our climate is changeable. Pleasant aud charming wcathor soon posses into raw and cold-taking days, which, unless provided against, aro most disastrous to the ' health of the people. But tho women the young ladies are tho most exposed. Pride makes tho most insensible and foolenougo to cnote."

on tlstg ii .Yllatake Im ( hun h. One Snbhalh, a clergyman in the village was called upon by a man who wished him to go forthwith to a hotel, then and there to bind him in the silken chords of matrimony. The minister having previously engaged to preach a funeral sermon at that hour, delegated a visiting brother to accompany him, who on arriving at tho designated house, made the twain one flesh. The bridegroom's joy knew no bounds, and in tho fullness of his heart, ho handed tho clergyman a ten dollar note, upon receiving which he proceed

ed to church . Soon the services commenced, tho prayer was msde, and the first hymn was being read, when the new married man was seen hurrying down the aisle, towards the pulpit. His excited manner and frightened looks riveted the attention of the congregation. He ascended the step to the desk, and whispering to the minister, said, "you're the man that married a couple this noon, ain't you? I tell you what, there's a mistake about the matter!" "I am not the individual who married the couple," said the minister, "a friend officiated." "Yes you did," persis ted the fellow, "and I tell you there is a mistake " The clergyman assured him he was laboring under a false impression, the geutleman who married tho man was present and could speak for himself. "Where is he now? show him to me," said the stranger. The minister descended from the pulpit, and followed by the man, approached the pew in which sat the gentleman who tied the Gordian knot. The follow knew him, and pushing aside his conductor, said, while the perspiration covered his face, "Mister, there's a mistake made iu that matter." "What is it, pray?" said the divine, supposing that ho had married the wrong parties. "Why," replied the fellow, "I gave you a ton dollar bill, when I mcaut to have given you a ono dollar bill: I can make the thing right now; yon givo mo 010, bikI here's your change." 'Wo will step into tho vestibulo," said tho pronoher. "No, don't take that much trouble, here's your change," said the newmade husband. Th eyes of the assemblage wore on them, and the position of the two clergymen can he hotter imagined than described. The man that made the mistake and tho minister who tied the knot went out together the services were resumed, and we presume the bridegroom went homo satisfied with the first lesson in tho drama of connubial felicity. We drop the curtain. ' A tlladrttl Itt l.ote. The Keokuk Gate City relates the following: Ed. II. paid his uddresses to Rosa, the daughter of n Dr. P., of that city, but his iuitwanot favored by her parents, and J 8htJ WM driven to make clandestine ap. ..ointments with her total Ed. Ono of these eventuated funnily enough. Kd. was to come to the house and wait outside ! till the lights were turned off, und then she would quietly let him in. Tho evening came, and llosa thought her parents would never retire. But after a while the Doctor sought his nightcap, and Rosa sliped off into tho back parlor, and sat down in the dark. Her mother thinking all others had gone to l ed, lighted a lamp, turned off the gas and went up stairs to bed. But while she was tanding in the hall, at the head of the Maus, she heard a gentlo rap on the door. Fearing that the wind would blow out her only light, she thoughtfully set it down in the hall, and descended to the door by its uncertain light As she threw ojkjii the door, in nished K !., and seizing her in his arms, began such a scige of kissing as prevented her crying out for aid. Poor Ed. did i.ot discover his error until he had called her hie darling Rosa about ninety times, and received on his face a blow in exchange for each kiss. But hearing himself called an impertinent villain, ho incontinently fled tho house, as greatly chagrined as Mrs. P. was angry. Whether his devotion or persistency won the mother to his favor, is not stated, but Ed. and Bosa wore shortly married, with tho full consent of her parents. It proved with Ed.'s love making as it often dues in cards, a misdeal in luck. 'Give "to at Fork." BV HAZBL GBEKN. ESO, The oit folks arc constantly changing about und putting on airs to such a degree that it is almost impossible for all the country folks, especially those who live in the backwoods, to keep up with them. And then the country folks are accused of being green, simply becauso they do not keep posted in all the new-fangled idcaswhich the city worthies may invent. Whenjwe consider that thoy are inventing something new every day, we should not bo surprised to think that our country folks often get themselves wound up, and set In some rather awkward fixes w hile in the city. Dining at a city hotel not long since, it was my lot to be seated next dish to an old rural gentleman. Soon after taking his seat, I noticed that he took up the besuful silver four pronged fork which lay by his plate, and began to eye it very closelyAftor all had been served by the waiters, 1 htiil noticed that my old friend kept eyeing his fork, but did not eat. At last he called out: " Look you here, Mister, briug me a fork." With many bows and scrapes, the polite waiter pointed out the four-pronged implement lying near his plate. "Oh thunder," said he, "is that what you call a fork?' Well, well! I tho't it wae darnation green if they'd got to eating soup with split spoont!"

l-nni- aad the I t itirtstil 4 st most. Somo weeke since an article appeared in the Cincinnati UaxetU severely oritioWog the character of General James U. Lane and his Kansas doings. Iu duo time the General, aavmpanied by the editor of a Republican paper In Lafayette, aa his friend, repaired to Cincinnati and demanded either a retraction of the wound inflicted upon his honor ard Kansas fame, or else the usual aati.faetion duo gentlemen. The retraction did not appear. The last wo heard tho affair was that tbe aforesaid i editor was waiting, one of tbe recent verv cold morning, between the hours of three and four o'clock, at the Junction House in Lafayette, for the arrival of tbe valient soldier from Chicago, to proceed to the Queen City to tiearf the Gattttt man, but we believe it resulted in a Bob. Acres' fitzle. We presume the scarcity of coal in T1 I 1 I . 1 .1 . ' i oraopoiis city oae ieuucea toe war nun usual on such occasions. At all events

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wc have heard no reports of "pistols for tQerei two, coffee for one," or tho use of car.? or ... w .. , 1 fjCT Old maids are scarce anon tha cowhides. Aous errons. lndxanapolu ,, , , . , ... , , . Mnsselmen there i no word descriptive Sentinel, January 24. , , of them. Titimce atiaomia ufco to Bo. OCT H costs more to send an oonaa of A fashionable boot and sboo maker who J PPr Europe than it does a barret of was not "from Paris." mr A young gentleman who wae not a self- (r What Roman General do tho ladies constituted inspector of ladies' bonnet lin- ask for in leap year? Ana. Marias (maringa. ry us). A business man, how great aoevor his A truly great man borrows no lashurry, who would not stop to watch femi- ire from splendid ancestry That is left nine ankles climbing in and out of omni- for littl great men to do.

buses. A man who could hold an umbrella properly over a lady's bonnet; or put on ber cloak or shawl w ithout crushing her bonnet or hair; or bo good natured when ho was sick, or had cut his chin when shaving. , , . , , . ' or had to wait ten nnnutoa for hi dinner , . , , . ..... or breakfast, or who was ever "refused' bv - a lady. A bachelor whose carct did not w out first in front of his looking-glass. An author who did not IV. -1 oervoue at the idea of examining trunk linings and parcel wrappers. A handsome child who did not grow up to be homely. A woman who was not at heart inimical of her own sex. A washerwoman who ever loat an article of elothiug. An old maid who was not ao from I choice. OCT Fanny Fern, nmoug the almost infinite ebullitious of an unbalanced and diseased mind, gcU off some vrey appro - -. . . , 4. . , ' 1 , pnato and aensible things. Witness the , r following uiKn dress : ..i. . ,. "It ia my opinion, after all that ia said, that woman dress much more with an tr. to their own sex, than to the other. - Wha. man. unless hebe a dry goods mer - ! chant, knows whether a woman wears Honiton or cotton lace ? What man else. knows the value of the dalntv handkerchiofa with which ladies soostenutioasly noses? What mau pjnsii incur pretty noses r w hat man .1 .... a .... else, knows, or cares to know, tho value of the camel's hair shawl, spread so carefully over their shoulders ? By the rood ! not one. But the delighted noacock masessor rejoices that ever feminine eye w . s which rests upon it, computes its value to a fraction. Yes women dress much moro for each other's eye than men ! I never know a man, whose opinion was worth asking, who did not prefer to see a pretty woman (and I imagine the most demure of 'em don't look long at any other) unostentatiously and modestly dreaed; and I never saw a pretty woman who did not look prettier in her plainest home dress than iu her roost elaborate adornments. But alas ! for plane homedresses where aro they ? Where is the pretty do laine, and neat calirn, none too good for little climbing feet, (now fashion banished!) Echo answers loAere?" 4 a lest In her Application. k It amazes me, ministers don't write better I am sick of the dull, prosy af fairs," said a lady iu the presence of a par-! son. "But is no easy matter, my good woman, to wri'e good sermons," suggested the minister. ' Yes,'' rejoined tho lady, "but you are so long about it; I could write one in half the time, if I only had the text." "Oh, if a text is all you was, I will furnish that. Take this one from Solomon; 'It is better to dwell in the honse-top than with a brawling woman in a wide house.' " "Do you mean me, sir?' inquired the lady, quickly. "Oh, my good woman," was the grave response, "you will never make a good serrncnizer, you are too soon in yonr application." A Goexl Olt. In a party of gentlemen, recently together in Boston, the inquiry was made of a repmscntative elect in the legislature, "How do you propose to vote on the the pending constitutional amendments?' He replied, "I have thought I should vote for tbe reading and writing qualificatons of voters, for thai will exclude the vote of Hon. Rofus Choaie." "Not so sure," was tho quick rejoinder, "Mr. Choatc will write, and ask you to read it, and exclude your rote for not being able to read." fjO"A clergyman who was reading to bis congregation a chapter in Genesis, found I the last sentence to be: "And the Lord gave unto Adam a wife.' i Turning over two leaves at once, he found written and, in an audible voice, read, "and she was pitched without and within." He had, unhappily, got Into a dwteription of Noah's Ark.

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(r Aflbetad dm&äkj It Bfiaad tmposture. fj-How much eemief as it to preach star. to practice t It i,Mfer b, h.rmbi. tHtk ors. thftn d ' m. , Th mi,fortaM of ld witbout the tuc' (KT The foundation of all Wppinama, temporal and eternal, is reliaoow on the goodness of God. (r In order to live justly, and ba rtpected, we must abstain from doing what wo blame in others. qj- 'ph0 reason by egotists last wW World so ugly, ia because toay ook BW themselves in iL YVhy is a boo Because cart like h his cadres OCT WWh are tbe two sins Host insocu mentioned in Scripture? The "mite" and tbe wicked "flea." widow's iCT An infamous bachelor, on being L-n.l if tin rr M Ii II Jk m nnklirt a ... Ition replied. u- . . T but I once eaw a aaaewiaMf 1 i Ssstaa A WU..l ..h... t 1 yj r musiiiiii puuicr itiuswu a Bittta1 tion in a printing office where females were j employed, saying be never set up with. 'girls in his life. "It is a groat misfortune," says La Bruyere, "uot to have mind enough to talk well, nor judgement enough to keep silent. " QT It is all very well to say, "Know thyself," but suppose yon never find yourself at homo, how are vou to got an imtroduction? 03T If there are Sftsaoka who ssaan to stand up high, it is simply on account of the numerous Flats that continually curround them. ninu w.u. r. vua ... i,.. . . .. thonty) savs that "man is tbe jewel of oa , , , . . . . ture." It may be ao, bat we have ween , A. ' ,' orat! of these "jewels" badlv at1 tea A CerUl" ulhor ooc- wroU: , "The most happy marrigel can pictutr 1 0r ,ma,Ue me,f' 'ld ,0" m nCR' 'Ea , 0" "l"die nd gentleman," said an i auctioneer, "these articles art no jtheT f nuin tapostry carpets, i b? Mr- Tapestry himself !" made fj7"Never attempt to compliment a woman by telling her that ehe Is growing handsome; she will consider it an indirect way of telling her how plain she used t be. 03rThe day after Mr. Gloss discharged his clerk for stealing, he told a hogshead of colored Alcohol for French brand yt Mr. Gloss is decidedly down on all Immorality. OProsperity shines on different persons much in the same way that the sue shines on different objects. Some it hardens liko mud, while others it softens like wax. At a spiritual meeting some time since, Balaam was called up, and asked if there were any jack atseea in bis sphere. "No," he replied, indignantly, "they are all on earth." (y The costume of tho Spanish todies has not changed in two hundred years. They actually wear the same style of drees that their great-great-grandmothers did. Shocking, i.jn't it? OT A celebrated physician, boasting at dinner that he cored his own hams, owe of his guests observed. "Doctor, I'd rather be yonr ham than your patient" (ty A girl in trousers went around Syracuse a week or two ago making love to tbe young ladies, who thought here "nice young man." Ah, those girls are up to everything! jy There is to be a FMhion-Conveo-tion in New York in May next, to get Bp an American costume. Foreign dictation in the cut of our coats and trousers Is no longer to be borne. OO-Byron is said to have remarked that "the greatest tr'al to woman's beauty was the ungraceful tct of eating eggs." Some Yankee remnrlva that he could never have seen a lady hr oeing on by tbe teeth to a blazing hot oc . cob! OCT A i y e,irl complained to Qoaker that she lfl a co'd, aad waa aadly tormented vi a -.hu... in the lips, "Friend," said OUisfink, "thee should never allow the h$p to come near thy lipa !- (T A young tody down Emst toast? , upon seeing the engineer pull tbe rope connected with the steam whistle oi a toaomotive, exclaimed: "What ! is that the way they do it t I thought the engineer blew Ost whittle himself." OCT A writer, in speeding ef to Baast es! profession, describee him as his chest forward, and drawing hie heed while singing, as if trying to at well aimed brick-bat." Thtomay taiatdtoUmoraioroMa