Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 19, Brookville, Franklin County, 3 May 1867 — Page 1

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, wew . . w .-w ' (uVJ story.) TERWS OF SUBSCRIPTION! 12,50 FEU YEAIt, m abtasc. $3,00 " " If ITOTfAlO I ADfAKCI Ko poetag on popera delivered within tbie Coanly. Governor Morton's Speech to the Color ed Pccplor Georgetown; D. C. fron tU Washington Chronicle of April 19. Yesterday morning, (be culorcJ chitons bf Georgetown met Rt tho intcrscction of Green at.d Went streets, and formed in procession under Ii direction of Clement lycekett, chief marshal, and Joseph Smallrood, Km neu Leo, William II. Darker und John II. Ferguson, aids. Tho day was clear and beautiful a lively Ircczo rclio vInj the effect othcrwiso produced by the heat of tho sun while the streets, free from tho mud of tho previous day, wcro just damp enough to prevent tho dust from rising. The procession was formed in tho following order: Chief marshal and a!d. , " TviuVRati J, of Jeorgotowfr . Citucns of Georgetown, nix hundred in riurubcr, under tho marshalahip of Gourde Jackson. In this pirt of tho procession were carried several banners, bearing tho Inscriptions: "Oh, sing unto tho Lord, for ho has Jone marvelous thing:" "Right eousness exalts a nation;',' "Tho glory of tho Lord haa risen upon u; ''1 hou art my king, O (3od; command dclivcrnnce for Jacob;'' "When tho righteous rulcth, tho peoplo rejoice;" -Rejoice, for tho Lord is king, lor He has triumphed gloriously;" " Uchold, what manner of Ijvo tha Father has bestowed upon us;'' 'Riiso and shine, for thelihthas come;'' "Poaco and good will to all mankind; "It is good thus to givo thanks unto tho Lord;'' ''Good will to all; malico ji none." Then followed w carriage, containing Daniel G. Muse, Secretary of tho Convention, and (rcorgo Coakley, Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements. A large chariot cotitaioin c several oung ladies, drawn by six handsomo horscs, with red, whito and bluo plumes, tho chariot also Lein ornamented with Cags and evergreens intertwined. The meeting was very largo, and there were several speakers of distinction. Tho peech of Governor Morton is thus related by tho Choaidc: TEECH Or BENATOn O. r. MORTON, OF INDIANA. Mr. rnrMDENT amFft.i.ow c:tizexs: You havo met to-day in tho cxerciso ol liiert v and in the cniovmcnt of rolillenl w - rights. Tho occasion upon which you have ofsemllcd is ono of great importanco to you, nnd will bo to your descendants and to tho whole country, l'ivo years ogo yesterday President Lincoln gnvo his approval to a law which forever abolished iacry in tho District of Columbia, and in.nl f many of those who nre assembled before mo Irco men and women.' Two Tears and two diys ago Mr. Lincoln perished by iho Land of an Cnt.--iii.i Ills leaih was tho work of the rebellion, and thus passed away ono of tho best men the world has ever known, ono of tho greatest benefactors of tho human rnec a man who will bo known through all history on tho friend of mankind Great applause A war which was begun to cstabli&h and porpctuato ulavcry, by th mysterious dispensation of 1'roviJenco ended in tho destruction of slavery and in the enfranchisement of thejcnxlaved. God overrules all things for his own purposes; and perLaps thcr never wm in hictcry a chain of events more clearly indicating tho rrcscneo and manifestation of Providence thin tho chain of events which led to the war, its prosecution, its termination, and tho destruction of tdavcry. 4 t That war which wss so full of horrors, which carried mourning to io many hotieliold', whicfT has piled up such a mountain of national debt, was, nwcrthclc:., an unmixed bleHinsr to tho colored people. Awlausc It give to them an opportu nity ot catauli!lnng their manhood on many bloody fiIdd, and by their high courage, their devotion, and their moderation in victory even to win tho respect and admiration of their enemies. Applauce.J Itgavo thrni an opportunity of displaying intellectual and moral qualities which had always been denied to them by their masters. Your position, however, is ono which is now full pf embarrassment. Many of you havo suddenly passed from slavery to the enjoyment of civil and political rights. You have much to learn; and I, in common with tho great mass of this nation, have been gratified to discover that, you aro trying to learn in good earnest; that your acwlj acquired liberty has not been abused bai not been ucd for tho purposo of license, but fur tho purpose of instruction; and I am glad to say that you aro proving to tho world that you intend to qualifj yourselves to make useful, patriotic and intelligent citizens of this great Kepublic. Applause. You are called upon now for your votes; opposing parties will claim your suffrages, and it will becomo an important question to you and tho wholo country how your votes shall bo cast. I was somewhat amused yesterday morning, in opening tho columns of the National Jntelliymerr, to discover an address published by tho Democratic Conservative Convention to the voters of Washington, and I desiro to call your attention briefly to tho languago of this address. After addressing themselves to tho white people, they speak as follows: 'To the colored portion of our population wo say in good faith that wo are their real friends. We havo lived together in the samo community, and understand each other better than thoe who aro unused to this association of interests. That which U for our good is for yours. That which benefits us benefits you." JCow, in determining this question how you are going to cast ycur votea in the future, ask yourselves who have been your friends in tho past? Applause. Who was it that gavo you your liberty? A voice, ,4Tho Kepublican party," and applause. Who was it that gavo you the right of suffrage? "Tho Radicals." On tho other hand, who was it that enslaved you for generations, that bought you and sold you, that separated husband nd wife, parent and child? 'The Dcmo-

VOL. 0, NO. 19. cratic party."! W't en you have answorcd thcRO questions you will know ho vote. Ciica of 'Yes," "Yes," and t . 1 nlow to 1 c n - luusiasiio vppiauso. j Again, further on tho court 0 of this address they uo tho following language: We hopo that you will not allow yourselves to bo deceived by their fatro philanthropy, meaning tho Radicals 'Vo havo ro ititerct which aro In opposition to yours. Wo favor your morul and intellectual culture, and stand ready to aid vou. according to our inrttm and power, in tho attainment of those mentis uccosnary for tho well being of all men." When was it, and how was it, that they aided you in moral and Intellectual culture? When was it that they u-cd their means or employed their property for tho purpose of giving you education? Shouts of 'never, itevcr."- In the nlnv States they showed their great desire for your intellectual and morul culturo by prohibiting you by law from learning to read or wrirt; by making it a criminal offenso to teach a colored man, woman or child to read or write. "That's so'J You tnutt live in peace, on term of kindnc.M and juftico with"thci people; but when you come to bestow towcr, he suro to ltow it on your loyal friends. Cries of ''Wo will, wo will," and" great applause If thoso who have not been your friends, und who havo not been loyal, nk you for your votes, you must toll them to show their fulth by their works, and you must givo them timo to cstabluh to your entire s atisfucrtn tho sincerity of their repentance Applause. Now, I will tell you where your true n forests lie, and you understand this perhaps juj-t as well as I do first, in cultivating a lovo and absoluto devotion to tho Union of llono States. It wns the Union that gavo you liberty, and the Union alone can preserve it. You must entourngo and protect immigration from tho North, and from Europe You must encourage all men to conio among you; to tako up their residenco . with you. They must havo absolute.and perfect protection for life, liberty and property. Abovo all, you .must encourage education. If this generation is alio to do nothing but to cducato their children, and prepare them for their duties in lifo, it will havo done well. The intelliccncc, tho education of your children nuit Mnnd to them in placo cf worldly advantages. In the Southern States your late masters own nearly nil tho property; but tho colored peoplo, by industry, by intelligence ond by cntcrpme mut win for themselves a large portion of that property hereafter. I remarked in t!.o beginning that there wns a mysterious providence inirali tho events of this wiir. Starting out to CvtHlbh i Avery an tnake :t terri'nal, and with tho declaration that stuery was to be tho corner utono of tho new confed eration, it has ret-ultcd in universal liberty and tho acknowledgment of thono great truths of tho Declaration of I ndcpeiuicnco that all men aro equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, ond that among these aro life, liberty, and tho pursuit of happiness. A war for slavery led Jo a war against slavery. The attempt to mako slavery immortal gavo it its mortal wound. Tho continued disloyalty of tho lato rebels alter the war was over, led to the netersity for rai-ing up a new loyal population that should sustain the Government. Tho rejection of tho constitutional amendment offered in 1SGG as a basis of settlement to tho rehel States led to universal sufl'rago in 18G7. Groat npplaus-o And now the great cxamplo which has been fct by tho Congress of the nation in establishing universal suffrage in tho Into rebel States must prevail with all th Northern States where universal suffrage docs not yet exist. When tho Congress of tho nation has given suffrage ta tho colored men of tho plantations, it cannot bo refused to the far better educated and nioro intelligent colored men cf tho Northern States. When tho Representatives of the Northern States havo by their votes conferred ruffrago upon tho colored men of tho Southern States and of this Distric t, tlicy cannot deny it to the small number of colored men in their own midst. Tho question of universal sulliago in the Northern States, therefore, can fcarccly bo considered an open ono. It will bo (settled in favor of equal rights and of equal Fuffrago in a very short time, I havo no doubt, in all the States of tho North. Applause Let mo say to tho colored men of the District of Columbia that they occupy a favored position. They occupy a responsible position to Jhcir brethren on tho plantations. Bear in mind that you aro lur better educated here, 09 i mass, acd that your opportunities of learning aro far superior to thoso of your brethren on tho plantations. Ycu must labor for their education and enlightenment. You must send your ogents among them to instruct them in their duties, and to prevent them from falling a prey to tho men who but recently owned and oppressed them. Applause I havo no doubt that you intend to do your duty by them. I am glad to sec tho enthusiasm that prevails among the colored men of this district and other portions of tho country, it is an augury of good results in tho future I do not desire to eoutinuo the bitterness of feeling that now prevails between tho loyal people and thoso who have been dialoyal; 1 would that all the wounds of the Republic were healed up; but bear in mind that you aro not called upon, neither hero nor anywhero in the South, to tdiow your willingness to forgive tho injuries of the past by elevating your old oppressors to office Applause You catix ahow your willingness to forgivo tho wrongs that you havo suffered for generations in othor ways and by other means than again elevating them to rulo over you. P'Wc won't do it." I have already spoken longer than 1 expected to. I wish I hd an address prepared that wai worthy tho occusiou. The J great event that you celebrate, your eman cipation, inuat ever bo the greatest event

"TIIK UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND T II K ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS."

of your lives, and tho dearest to you and your cniiurcn. You must learn to love liberty, not as a elfish possession, not imply for yourselves, but to lovo it as a principle, to lovo it on tho groat inheritanco of mankind, without distinction of raco or color. Arplauso. . 1 thank you for tho kind invitation to Rifdrcss you to-day. Governor Morton then retired from tho stand amid tho enthusiastic applauno and cheering of the asuciiiblago. . SENATOR SHERMAN IN NEW YORK. Senator Sherman, of Ohio, was entertained by tho Union League Club of New York on Thursday cvowing, on which occasion. ho spuke as follows: Gentlemen; Wo have now founded an enipfro strong many in tho human family. Wo entered into tho recent war to maintain the Union, and niaku it yet stronger, greater and more powerful than ever before. Wo entered into tho war to prevent tho exfensiun and domination of slavery. Thank God, slavery nnd all its numerous attendant evils havo now disappeared. Wo aro now a homogeneous peoplo with common institutions, and all tho signs of tho times show that Our late enemies aro soon t.) make our victory completo by marching to tho ballot box w ith their slaves as their fellow citirens in this great republic. I look upon tho recent oction of Congress as tho nettlcmcnt of tho war, and I believe that all tho questions which sprung out of the war will soon bo happily decided. Our contest, however, is not yet ended. When we commenced the wor we desired to prescrvo our country; it still remains to harmonize conflicting interests and develop its resources. Wo ore now extending our territory, and recently we havo rounded it by extending it into tho frozen ocean. In connection w ith this last question, if is not improper for me to say that in my judgment every question that affects tho North American continent is simply a domcstio question, to bo determined and settled by tho peoplo of the United States. America has ceased to be, as nn American statesman thirty years ago declared it then was. tho field for European statesmen. It i.3 clear that our people, and they alone, aro to rulo this wholo continent. Wo have ut this timo a great many questions before us, but they nre

simply matter of domestic economy. Wchho tamo culogiums that nro properly bo

havo questions of finance; wo havo to get 1 i . n n 1 hack as rpcedily ns wo can to specio payments, and to mako our promises to pay as good ns the promise, and no doubt that will bo done in time. Wo havo a grent many other' questions to bo decided, and fi'ra time, gentlemen, our interests must be concentrated upon matters tint nro geling on abroad. Wo can now occupy very much tho position of an Englishman, who viewed with great pleasure tho depredatiotis of the Alabama upon our commerce; wo can now look upon tho event transpiring abroad ns spectators, and not as actors. Tho logic of events tends plainly to tli formation of great nationalities. We have seen, within the last few months, a new power springing up in the foreranks in Europe; I icier, of course, to l'russia. Contests may spring up between Trnncc, l'russia, (ireat Dritain and other nations; but these cannot effect us in any degree as tho lato war for tho prosrrvation of tho Union did. Such strifes may, perhaps, disnrrnngo our business relations, hut this will only bo a temporary evil, and they will, in time, bo ro-cstah-lishod. In my "judgment recent events dcmonslrato beyond doubt that thcro aro twoTvnt nations now looming up todispulo tho futuro history of tho world, and they aro l'russia and America. Franco will doubtless bo always bravo ond potent, and will probably control a largo portion of South western Europe, and (ireat Rritain will maintain for a long timo its old influence; but I'russi.i is to bo tho great European Dower of tho future There is only 0110 moro topic upon which I shall address you to-night. Tho l'aris Exposition is an industrial movement, intended to advance tho interests of all tho peoplo of tho world. In my judgment, Americans havo not takcu a sufficient interest in it. I bclievo tho result of this Exposition will bo to vastly incrcuso cur commerce ond to promoto our industry. Ono of the great objects to bo attained through tho Exposition will bo tho uniformity of weights, measures, currency standards of value This, I think, will promoto commerce, and will bo a vast benefit, especially to tho eity'of New York. I propose to sail for Europe on Saturday next, to do what I can to promoto toi! great object. Applause Tho industrial interests of all nations must bo made to harmonize Tho time is not far distant when nil tho nations of modern Europe will bo moro akin to each other than tho provinces of Franco were to each other live hundred yenrs ago. I havo no doubt that there will arise a brotherhood nmong nations more intimate than the brotherhood which existed between tho States cf this Union fifty years ago. Tho tendencies of events aro to break down all the barriers that havo hitherto existed between nations, and to r.iakc all Christian nations ono great brotherhood. Tho result will bo to induce in Europo the adoption of republican systems of government in, which all tho people governed shall take part in tho government. 1 know, gentlemen, that this is not tho proper timo or the proper occasion for mo to mako a set speech. Mv fiicnd hero who introduced mo has opened 11 large field of discussion by complimenting the recent Congress. Perhaps I ought to say of that Congress, of which I was a member, that no political body ever had more difficulties to deal with than tho GDth Congress, which has just expired. At tho very beginning of tho session wc were quito unexpectedly brought into collision with' tho President of our own choice If wo had then yielded to tho evil counsels that prevailed with Mr. Johnson we bhould by this time have had tho rebellion restored, and war by this time

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might bo again desolating, the country. I tell you, solid men of 'iha city of New Yoik, that the action of .tU Thirty-tilnth Congrws, which has bcc&s often called a Radical Congress, wus conservative of all tho great interests whu'k wcro involved in the struggle. If w had yielded, tho rebellion would have Im.n a success instead cf a failuro. It waJ, therefore, necessary to reorganise soeiuty In tho Southern States. Moderate nnd reasoning men complained at one timo tl it Congress was seikjng to provent reconduction instead of promoting it. Rut öfter tho experienro of tho last two years, I-f' cl justified in saving that if wo had le a in too great a hurry wo should havo hp 1 to comtr,cnc tho strife over Pgoln. 'uMy yestctday I received a letter fromJov. Drown, of Georgia, stating that thu movement toward reconstruction in the J ujtheni States is going on happiTy, and they will acquiesce in tho mcariTffs proposed by Congress. If such is really tho euse, and do not doubt it is, there will soon bo a full und complete ettlcinent of all tho difficulties bitween tho Noith and the South. Within a few years from this time the S'Mithern States will be, I bclicc, the most radical States in this Union. We havo somo illustrations of this in tho history of Missouri and Tennessee. On tho other hand, I believe the most conservative States in tho future will bo New York and Ohio, who still cling to their prejudices, even after tho reason for them has ceased. I do not, then, gentlemen, anticipate any further trouble between tho North and South. The present Congress, I have no doubt, will be as prudent and conservative as tho Iaht. - When I uso tho word conservative, I mean, of courseto conscrvo that which is good and to destroy that which is bid. It is idle for any man to say that wc should bo governed by tho wkdom that prevailed a hundred years ngo. Alexander Hamilton and George Washington wcro men of mark, and fur in advance of their time, but tho wisdom of masses of men is greater than tho judgment or.wisdom of any singlo man, and tho enlightened spiiit of our ago and generation is wiser than Washington or Hamilton. I bclievo that tho movements inaugurated by tho Thirty-ninth Congress will stand as landmarks to guide and direct this country, and will bo as celebrated as tho movements of tho Continental Congros. The Thirty-ninth Congress will, 1 believe, receive, as it deserves to receive . - - flowed upon tho measures of tho Continental l ongrcs. I hopo at tho eud cf this Congrets wo may havo in this country from tffirty-fivo to forty millions of people, tho freest nnd mett enlightened in tho world, inhabiting a territory extending from tho Gulf of Mexico to tho Russian no it is hyy rllio Russianbut tho American ocean. An Ihis vut people will be a homogeneous nation, with kindred institutions, with no sectional difficulties or discords. Sometimes it is saitl that differences upon questions of tariff and finnneo and tjsation may arise between tho East and West. Thcso differences will, however, disappear, because every man of judgment must feel that the timo has now arrived when tho statesmen of America mutt meet all financial questions in a generous nnd liberal spirit, and rcsolvo to levy taxation to rai.-o revenue, and for uo other purpose " It must be perfectly understood that wc impose burdens upon tho people only to prcscrvo the nntional faith. Wo havo issued grecivbacks, and wo must cake tho;o greenbacks equal to gold and nlver, and tho day for the resumption of spceio payment will not bo delayed ono day beyond tho timo when tho people aro able to return to tho oldest standard of value known in tho world gold nnd ' silver. I know that among tho business men of New York' thcro is a great deal of tremor aud anxiety about what may bo douo in Congress in reference to tuis matter. Rut when you remember, my friends, that tho members of Congress uro only tho representatives of constituencies from all parts of tho country, and that they represent tho peoplo and tho pcoplo'rt interests, this anxiety must bo irrcatlv ullavcd. Tho reat bodv :ol the peordo nro represented by men of incir own cnoico, wno art guiucu auu governed by tho same interest) that control thcni. Thcro is never any danger, thcroforc, in this republic, of tho representatives of tho country doing anything that is intrinsically wrong. Thcro never was any danger of it. There 111.1 v bo differences (d opinion among members of Congress about matters of policy; but Co'ngrcss will certainly never do nny thing to impair tho public c redit or imperil our national existence. ,Wt applau&u. Things Worth Remembering." A bit of gluo dissolved in skitu milk and water will restore old crape. Half a cranberry bound ou a corn will soon kill it. Soft soap should bo kept in a dry placo in a cellar, and not used until three mouths old. Red bugs aro kept awny by washing tho crevices with strong tult water, put on with n brush. An iukstand was turned over upon a white tablecloth; a servant threw over it a mixturo of salt and pepper plentifully, and all traces of it disappeared. Picture frames and glassci arc preserved from Hies by painting with a brush dipped into a mixture mado by boiling threo or loUr onions In a pint of water. Doctor W. says: Mako mush of white cornmeal, stirred in boiling water (salted) to tho thickness of cake batter; boil two hours slowly. Eat for supper, with milk or molasses, nnd you will bleep 6outidly nnd got up without a headache; for breakfast, slice and fry tho cold musli, or bake it 011 a bake plate. Many a truo heart, that would havo rotno back liko a dovo to tho ark after its first transgression, has been frightened beyond recall by tho pavago character of an unfortviog spir:!.

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j -sj -v. :j Spring has Corns. X know It bjr tb bysolotbi Which now ler, In to How, And flitting volot ttrsngtl swsot And trtmutou! low, tj pom '.bin 1 purer In the tun, And sorter In tho sir, And boiler In tbo twilight iUr, That Spring III 1000 be here. Tho Rlrasnse sro wotl enough Fur gnrdoneri ind fur cnoki Z seek the ivaione la tho Vy, And And Ibera bjr tbo brooVj I lie:r them on the Irevry Ulli, Ant, In tbo bollowi, eoo Tho ti hon-(Id wore snd Igne tht j k TbelMuoiMcei to inc. Aud Ihuo X (loon from (Reaming UUe Of lumot In tho Wcit Front wavlngt ot untiring wlnge Thr.t will not go to ret) Frura plli of frogrsnco n!oeJ sfar, And pspj'lng rfsr tf grt on, And llror buglet la tlio win J, Tbo sJtrent bf a queen. X snow It by Ibo hjftelnthe Whlctt now begin to blow, That winter, on L is ley Led, It dJ, or nearly to, AnJ 00 will ooratf, w(h flaxen curl', Led by tho laughing hours, 1 Tho blue eyed daughter of tho Pun, In glorifying Wer. A Short Lovo Story. A writer in tho London Standard tells an amusing lovo story. Ho says: "Look, now, at this elegant Daumont and at tho young and fino lady reclining as a tender flower at tho sido of her mother. Several cavaliers caracol neir the" doors of tho enrringe. They aro pretenders to her hand, for she is a rich heiress. Mile, .cnobie has too long cultivated innoiWit flirtation; the was fond of tho homages which followed her everywhere in town, in viUrgiatura, nnd in the ball room. SudT is her candor that the is afruid to lose her court by marrying. It is why she has hesitated, retreated, declined till now. At last the day has arrived, when she must bow to the w ill of her family. An opulent unclo hai sworn that ho will not leave her a centime wcro tdio not to marry during tho present winter. "You havo your etnwut," eays that unmerciful uncle, "only when you shall have mndo a choice, and tell mo tho uame of the lureux CO fj It'll. Dring your present to-morrow morning,' answered Zenobio, smiling. "Then tho unclo echoed tho oracle; tho pretenders were moro lar guishly amiable than ever, and four of them dared to ask her hand. "Whom will you choose?" asked tho unclo. y "The first I shall meet with in 1F.G7.' '()t' course, Mile. VinooMo told no ono where sho was to sjend tho evening. It was a Scotch custom celebrated by Walter Scott that Mile .cnobio renewed, whert solicited to chooso n husband. She said tq tho pleiado of her lovers, 'I will marry tho ono whom I shall sec tho first in iSti".' "Tho four pretenders had followed her to tho gate of her mansion, and they placed themselves in ambush to ice if sho would go out during tho evening. After two mortal hours pafcd in observation and in tho chilliness of tho night, they ennio to tho sensible conclusion that tho raco would fairly commenco only tho next day; and they agreed to abandon so fatiguing n post, and to tako tho Cell each ou his own ground. "Aurora had scarcely let fall through her rosy fingers a few rays upon the frst dawn of tho new year than each lover had arrived from different ways at the entrance of the mansion. 'Let us begin tho attack,' said they, let us advnnco in ono line; let us go in, though it is rather early to pay vi.-its.' "And they knocked and were admitted. Zcnobio's mother, who had not been put in tho cjufidjnco by her daughter, was rather astonished nt tho.-o early calls, but tho fino boxes full of buiibous the visitors offered her, cut short her reflections. "An hour passes, but Mile. Zenohie does not show heiself. Ono of tho lofcrs could not conceal his uneasiness, and askcd if tho ladies had spent the night nt n party. 'No,' answers Z.'nobio'a mother; but about midnight my daughter felt unwell, nnd it is why she is not yet down.' '"Wc hopo that her ii dispositiou is uol ecricus.' 'Not in tho least. Zcnobic, however, has been frightened ot it, nnd she insisted on bci.ig attended by a physician. As our mcdieai man lives a long way from here, hhe suf4',Cftcd that Mr. Itodnlphe, our young i.oighbor, should be called in.' " 'Did ho come?' ' 'Yes; I could not rcfuso my daughter's wish.' "'Rut M. Rodolphc has not yet got his diploma; ho is but u student.' 'That did not matter much; tho indisposition was not at all dangerous.' Zenobic's uncle then entered the drawing room, end said: ' 'I havo just left my nicee; sho is reasonable; the has mado her choice, which 1

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a pledge was in question. Sho was sworn to chooso among all her lovers ll.c one whom sho would first meet with in 1SG7. Whcu this new year begun when the belfry sounded the last stroke cf midnight, M-Ildolpho was at her side' " Well,' said the mamma, smiling, 'I am completely reassured as to my darling's health.' "The four hunters of portions arc now beating new bushes.'' Modern Definitions. Wafer A clear fluid, once used as a drink. DentistOno who finds work for his own teeth by taking out thoso of other people. My Dear An expression used by man and wifo at th-o commencement of a quarrel. Lawyer A learned gentleman who rem

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WHOLE NO. 2S0. Cues your estate from your enemy and keeps it liimecir. roliccffian--A man employed by tho corporation to alecp in tho open air. Doctor V man who kills you to-day to iavo you from dying to morrow, Author A dealer in words, who often gets paid in hii own coin. Editor A poor wretch who empties hit brain in order to Gil his stomach. Jury Twclvo prisoners In a box to try ono moro at tho bar. INDIANA. llUfoiicttl wtcic, Sorlnl aJ Vi'Am Jiiiporlant Ftwti, Nvt (laterally CmlrrHit!, (!tnith'rrtl with Jirfvreiira to the lhrhj Character vf the Y ic The 1 Voffnt$ of tin La t Ten ar$, l't Cum und iti Cun$rtjuencet. " Kokomo, Inj , April 13. Corrrf 1 mdctipe cf tbo Ciiulnrail UmtUo Nothing in rtferenco to Indiana is Use definitely understood outside of tho State than tho causo of its comparatively slow growth up to tho year 1SG0. It bus been simply taken for granted that, inasmuch as wo were far behind Ohio, Michigan, and not even keeping pace- with Illinois, of'whoui we hail several years the start, wo wcro a sluggish, non-enterprising people; and tho natu lloosicr for tunny years suggested little abroad except "corn dodger," pork and beans," and Democratic ignorance Now, it so happens that soon after tho cession of tho North-western Territory to tho United States, certain North Cattflinians, Virginians, Tenncssceans, Kentuckyans, and Sguth Curolinians, of tho primordial type, wcro so taken with what they "hearo of "tho Ingcany," that they migrated thither In prodigious abundance They brought with them rifles, choppingaxes, skillets, frying pans.packs of hounds, together with crude Democratic notions of free trade, etc., and settled chiefly in the southern and central part of the State They organized our Territorial Government, locating tho capital at Corydon in tho pocket. They were a people distinguished rather for kindnrs of heart than for clearness of head. While their praiseworthy hospitality has been the themo of numerous poetical pens and tongues, it has ever to bo admitted, that beyond a littlo "crap o' corn," a "lew shoals" for tho year's meat, plenty of wild game, nn occasional fox-chase, a round log cabin with clap board doors and without windows, they hid 110 visible rspirat'tons. Holding supremo away through the Territorial period, they were, when the timo arrived for tho organization of the State, so largely in the majority that they furnished both body ond soul td our early Stuto G. vcrnmc.it. They, as mithVhave been expected, framed a constitution, not highly promotive of social progress and material development. For many years thoy continued to shape the policy and direct tho courso of Indiana, and during tho entire period -of their supremacy uo considerable advanco was made Whilo all of this was truo of tho lloosicr State Ohio, Michigan, Northern and Central Illinois were Icing settled by immigrants ft out New York, Pennsylvania and the New England States peoplo almost ns superior in enterprise nnd intellectual resources to the early settlers of Indiana, as the early settlers of Indiana wcro superior to tho aborigines; men who brought to tho development, of their adopted States nil appreciation of tho value, of machinery, of internal improvements, oT tho education of tho masses men reared in a sound political school, possessciLf a practical knowledge of truo economy. It is but reasonable to expect that out of such mUerial as thij States of the most progressive order may be organized, while it cannot bo cxpccH! t that a Stato constructed from "Mock's Old Field,""Ueard,s Unttcr Shop,,'and"Dobson,s Cross llad-," in the days of their primitive purity, should movo rapidly onward. A State sc'tlcd liko Ohio was fettled, having Eistcrn energy, I'astcrn talent. Eistcrn Whiggory, unobstructed by South Carolina Democracy, deserves little credit for keeping dear of dfl ejfsbli.hing puV.ic woiks, public Ech' Is. and a reputation which will invite immigration and capital. On the ctjier lr.c!. 0 Stutc fettled as Indiana was settled, with Southern lethargy, Southern ignorance, nnd Southern Da-. mceracv, de.-orves eveat credit if, in the, courto of a century, it gets out of debt, and begins to talk ubut free cd'-tion and 1 ullic improvements. Rut, thanks) to the spirit of the nge. tho Iloo-dcr State has, in less than half u century freed it.-elf from bad politics, established its solvency beyond a douht, provided itself with a system cf lice schools tho superior to which can hardly bo found on the continent, mado incredible progress in tho development of its resources, thoroughly wiped out tho stain put upon its military character by a Democratic Colonel in Mexico, nnd made n reputation of which anyJ'tsto miht well j To pur asoistaneo in this great. work

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regeneration and improvement came, nt nn ca;lv u.iy, u:o irreprc-ts,uic xannco a .a tl W and iho equally irrepressible Ruc!;c o liio old settlers wno camo to tnuiani in , carts, whoso wheels wcro without tires, ! .Irin-n liv horses feared in rvtra traces!

and shuck collar tlioso antiquated clay-1 As physicians once u-eu the gill ol uyeatcis who, upon meeting a stranger, cried, ! cnas to cure disorders, so Ood employs "I'm from North Cnrliny, Chatham Coun-: the rage of tyrants to reform community: am a guinc to the Ingeany Posey Coun- ties and states who have fallen inU luxct- . . . . fk a t ! ..a

Ii IUI IU j vlt t uiiivi jkr Kiv.r' iuuj SSaw "ivc mo a chaw touackor one by oue Irorncd off. lcavin' sons who. nlthouiih l.v no tiarai a vcrv l ro'M osi ve. wero far moro easily improved with new ideas than their sires. Dy tho year 1 SCO, we h.id a sufficient number of Yankees, Yorkers and Ruckeyes to enable us' to throw off that immcTiso burden of Democracy under which we had so lon groaned. That great E.-

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eeutive, Governor (). P. Morton,was elca tod to tho Gubernatorial chair) tho State) finances were straightened crut f tho State militia wns so cfücicatiy organized, and, despite strong tmitorotie opposition, a? succrsful!y hurled against tho rebellion, that tho name of Indiana became a syn onym of all that is great snd glorboe in warfare Evereinee the frxt ebtf'on of Ahiahurf Lit. Cln the Iloosier Stata has been stesdily advancing; in publio improvements in education, In politics, ia wealth, la icputalion, in power. And still on, right on, wo co a little behind Ohio in liberal politics, It is true but nevertheless, nn tho hieh ro4, and in tho riedit direction. The teachings' of the last ten jenr have worked wonders in Uooslerdom, and tho cxamplo of the 110II0 UmVcje Le-ie-laturo will certainly be followed by th Legislature of tin State. That class of men wrho tcliv tt a prteta be iBtccssfij must base if sruofcf ou the Lroo I principles of jmtiee anel coma rikhts, greatly on the inercuse. Expect too to hear of Indiana g"ing by an overwj.aiuw iugmtjority for muuhood sifliage, rnri;n. A New Theoryf the Tiefe. Tho phenomenon of tho tides has only been recently attributed to the moon, bni the theory of tha tide on the side of thrf earth opposite tho moon has never jet been satisfactorily explained. Professor Sullivan, with other geographers, eiplaius1 it ai owing to the body of the earth be in if drawn away by tho atiritatiou of the moon caving tho water b hind as a tide. Rut a young Canadian author, Mr. E S. Wi. gins, now chum ti.4 honor of havir-jf iiscovcrcd the true theory, as appesra Voui a recent article in the Dicton limes. After sKowing the futility of the idea that the earth is drawn toward tho moor by such a small body, which, however, it never approaches, ho gives the following explanation : ' On looking at a map of the) world, it will be seen that two gfctfi ridges of land, on nearly opposite 'aid of the earth, formed by the great continents, intersect the watery world, from North ta South. Now, the moon parsing trans versely over theso in her western course, owing to the rotatory motion of tho earth toward tho east, cicatcs a tidal Wove in th er Atlantic, extending alon the meridian of estern Africa and Europe. 1 his follows tho moon westward, but can continue no further than the coast of the New Woild. Hero, from tho resistance it receives, and 1(1 tendency to seek an e Hilitrriu'ti, it If reflected back and is recmssing the Atlantic by the time the moon has originated a similar wave on tho opposite sido of tho earth in tho Pacific." This, he thinks, is pMnly proved 17 thej fact that, ns has long been a poufce of mef vtl, tho tide- never appear but once every" twenty-four hours South of Cpc Horn; or tho CnrN of Good Hope, owing, he' 0 iocs, to tho continents not extending far enough South to reflect tho tidal wave; All this seems plausible, When it is considered that iu the mid-ocean tho tides never rise higher than five feet, and that they are always later on tho eastern coat of Great Rritain than Ou 'the wnternj tthldh all admit to rtsiilt from tho fnoliort of tho tidal wave toward tho Eat. To' ronto Leader. Child Stealing; On Wednesday of last week, Hvo-VhiJ; drca aged si and seven years, respective ly, wcro stolen from David S. McCiain at Cumberland, in this county, by a boy ape parfntly about twclvo rar of ago. When the children wcro enticed from home thty wero thinly clad, and in their 'baro feci. Their leader compelled them to follow hint by threatening their lives. The trio wei overtaken by Washington Dutican between Clcv)and and Ch irlotfvil!e, some twenty miles from home, on I'rid.iy, having beesl nhsent nearly three days and two night, I ho child thief stated that he was taking tho children to Chillicothe, Ohio, to make gypsies of them. He givo his name as Joseph Wright, and had , bestowed tho names of Charles 11 11 t Albeit Wright f the two little fellows I 0 wns ferrying offj This is a new phae of burlar.y. ludian npolis Jouml. Tho wife-whipper is in Ne Albiny'; I The Lrdjer of that ilk says; There is no unishiuct.t too s-evcre for i tI, (we menu a brute") who whirs r abuses his wile. Mar Sat.dcnon, wJ 1 nrc j,)ai to know, holds to the same opitiion; ati'l wtit-n bcl'ora hi ai lw tho full benefit his tdio nee. A a wifc-beiittr 1 A brought always gives tho scamp' of the legal penalty f r man w ho will abuse hii wife, drunk or sober, is too mean even lot a penitentiary- and law hoatd U? pss.-t'l punishing nU such offences with banishuient to Rus-i'ri America, or some other out of the way boreal region. If twenty grains make a ftruple, how many will make n doubtf He who nsks no (lucntiotis at all is qncer; 1 & I. .l a a . L. .. .. e ! . . b I s I a l'Ul iv 71. ; iiäs futiirv k'tuat.jii3 is im j j Never boast. It is the jig'i -f weak and vain mind, even in ciniurcn. j no it ei i j Loasting buy is never thought of much account among h:s wouh is alw)s nioJct t coinpaions. Iron ry and corruption. Your hutidvviiting is ver-, bad indeed,"' i said a gentleman to a young colie e 1 1 lend ! who was mote nddiJcd to beating j cricketing thmi.to hard study; '7011 1 ati'l icail v cntL-ht to loarn to write better. ' "Ay, ay, ' returned the yoanv, mar, ' it is all verywell foT you to telt we that; but .f I were to write better, people would bo Cndio,; out how I ?i cl.'