Indiana Reveille, Volume 40, Number 29, Vevay, Switzerland County, 22 July 1857 — Page 1

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VEVAY; INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, JD.LY 22, 1857.

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plodding through the world in wretchedness, leading a lire of crime and debauchery perhaps almost from the cradle to the grave. •

Scone on the Ohio, ar oto. i). racsricr.. It is a glorious eve—the stream , . _ Without a murmur wanders by And on its breast, wilttsoflened beam. The sleeping stars so sweetly lie, 'Twould seem ss if the tempest's plume Had swept through woods of tropic bloom. And scattered down their blossoms bright To sleep upon the waves to-night. * And sec a* hangs the moon aloft, tier beams come gushing through the air Ro mild, so beautifully toft. That-wood and stream seem stirred w;th .... , And the pure spirit as it kneels At Nature's hofjr altar feels Religion’s self come floating by In every beam that cleaves the sky. There's glory in each cloud and star ■ There’s beauty in each wave and tree And gentle voices from afar Are borne tike angel minstrelsy. In such a spot, ai such an hour. My spirit feels, a spell of. power, . And all beneath, around, above, Seems earthly bliss and heavenly love. Oh, Mary, idol of my life, My heart’s young male, my aoul sweet bride Dear soother of my spirit’s strife, I would that thuu weit by my side. And 1 would kneel on this green sodIn love to thee and praise to God, And, gazing on thy goalie eye*. Dream but of thee and Paradise. I sec your name In yon blue sky. In every sounilhy name 1 hear. All nature paints it in mf eye,

people nod mhny believed (be slender. Dr. Moffitt wee at length almost driven to despair, and called upon me to bring an action of slander against Dr. Burr; I objected at first, but ultimately yielded at tbo urgent request of the doctor.. The action was brought; soma five of the first attorneys of the circuit were engaged'on each side. The (rial lasted more than a week; the lawyers distinguished them selves,, the proof pro and con left the case in doubt in the minds of the. jury and bystanders whether the* people, died “with the fever" or were killed by the “calomel doctors." The widow of a man who bad recently died was called as a witness by Dr. Burr as a witness; Dr. Moffitt. who sat by me, whispered in my ear “1 have him now; I can prove by a witness in court that her husband died before I got there." The jury failed to agree and was discharged; and the case continued. Before the next court the root doctor ran away, and the suit was dismissed by DA Moffitt at his own proper costs. * Tbe cUiict of this trial upon the practice, of medicine in Fayette county, as well as upon the necessary qualifications to practice, was prodigious. Dr.' Burr granted diplomas to his students up on three weeks study. The country was soon filled with Hoot Doctors. , One of bis graduates, by the name of Thomas T. Chinn, a constable three weeks before, barely able to write bis hame, sallied forth with bis diploma to the then* new purchase as Dr. Obion. "Hoot Doctor, and no Calomel," flung to the public eye upon,his new painted sign, hung upon the limb .of a tree. A few weeks after, *1 met'him in the street"Well, Doctor,-how goes the practice?" "Only tolerable; I lost nine fine patients last, week, one of them an old lady that I wanted to cute very,bad. Bat she died in spite of all I could do. I tried every root I coaid find, bat she still grow worse, and there being nobody-there to detect my practice, like the other regular doctors 1 concluded to try'calamus, and dug up a root about nine, inches long and made tea of it. She drunk it with some difficulty, turned over in the bod and died.' Still. I don’t think it was the calamus that killed her, as all the Calamus Doctors are giving it in heavier doses than 1 did." Such was his ignorance tint he knew no difference between calomel and calamus, and yet he got.patients. ■ ■ .

duck him. The Doctor by some means got wind of what was going on, and prepared himself .with weapons for defence, among which was a long dissecting knife with two edges. * The young men, unaware of bis preparation, fixed upon a dark night to carry their plan Into execution. Capt. Robert L. Broad Jus was selected as their leader. About twelve o’clock, at night, tbs party silently approached the dwelling of the Doctor and tried to open the door, but found it fast. Tbo Doctor was in bed m an adjoining room, wide awake, with bis large knife under bis pillow, cool and prepared. .Theoutside party placed an iron crow-bar, which they had brought with them, nndcr the door, threw it offitshiuges and entered the room, carrying with them the ropes prepared to tie the Doctor before they took him from the house. In the meantime the Doctor remained silently silting upon Ins bed, with his knifo in his hands. The room was dark. The party advanced, feeling their way, until tbs foremost, young Alexander, about eighteen years, of age, reached the bed, when he received a fatal stab with the knife, turhed, rushed to tbe door, stepped ont, and fell dead in the yard.—Not a word was spoken. The next, young Caldwell, about twenty years of age, advanced, evidently- not knowing the fate of Alexander, until be came within the grasp of the Doctor, when the fatal kntfe was thrust through his side, penetrating his heart. Ho ottered a loud groan, turned, fled to the door, passed a 'short distance, into the yard, fell and died near the body of Alexander.. The groan of Caldwell alarmed the others, who immediately retreated for the door, pursued by the Dpctor/and one other of-ihe parly received a severe, but not a mortal wound. Gapt. Broaddua told me that at one time tbe Doctor was between him and tbe door, and as be passed to go out the Doctor struck at him with his knife, and just grazed bis head.—It was very evident that bat for the groan of Caldwell, not one of the assailants would have left'the bouse alive. Such was the awful tragedy at the house. The young men killed were of the very first families- in the county ; iudeed of the Stale.- The excitement was intense; the doctor gave himself up. and was put in jail.—While the inquest was sitting over the dead bodies, tie was calm and composed, and stated all about the transaction, and I bare no doubt truthfully, for tic was a man of truth, although his life was at'Blake. He had been my eliei.t, aud on this, the most trying occasion ofbis life, he insisted ibatT should defend him. . I told him.I was the attorney of the Stale. “You get but 3120 a year, and I will give you '8500 for this case alone," I howevcA at once told him that no fee could induce me to forsake tbo Slate at such ajuncturc/and declined farther conversation with him, and ho sent to D.-ookville for John T. McKinney to defend brio. The court met; tho # grand jury found a bill for murder;, the trial came on; the facts substantially as stated were proved, with the admission of the doctor, Tbo. court house was crowded with'an excited population. - General McKinney made n strong speech in the defence, bur it evidently fell upon unwilling cars. My cloying speech was again and again applauded by the crowd, and tbe applause as often reprimanded by the Court and the Sheriff. It was evident that the jury, and the audience, were with me, and bad the case gono to tbe jury without any charge from the Court, Doctor Bradbucn would have been illegally convicted, I have no doubt. But Judge Eggleston, as wo say, bad the •closing" or last speech, and nobly did . he sustain his high character as a Judge on that, occasion. He took up the case calmly but firmly; examined , its principles, ana laid' down tbe law of self-defense,or justifiable homicide; that governed the prosecution, step by step,-until; 1 am satisfied, there was neither lawyer; juror, nor by-stander in:the court room that did not acquit the prisoner before the jury left (he box. The jury retired but a few minuses and retained a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of self-defense.- Bo ended this long to be remembered case in'old Fayette. In tbe year 1824 I was. appointed by. Governor Headricks Circuit Prosecutor for the Third Judicial Circuit, and for the succeeding two years I rode with Judge Eggleston into every county and attended the, courts twice a year.—Our Southern Court *at that time was held at Vevay, and our Northem al FbVf The Judge wasrather delicate, but ! bad an iron constitution/ -.There were no bridges over the streams, but we rode good swimming horses, aud pever faltered on account of hieh watera. but plunged in arid-always found the opposite shore somehow'.Doring thojwo years that I served as. prosecutor, tuere. was not &.Bingle.court held or a Grand Jury impanneled-in myabseneb oft our circuit. :. On onc circuit I heard nine men sentenced to the penitentiary and four to that! prosecuted. In the continuation of these reminiscences 1 propose to sketch some of these cases. Before doing which, however, let mo present the great and exciting trial of Alexander Young for killing John Points, in tbo Hush Circuit Court. Tbo case was prosecuted by James Whitcomb arid myself, for the fcjtate, and defended by Charles H. Test, James Ilaridcn and Amos Lane for the prisoner. The facts of tbo caso wore these: Young was a Justice of the Peace of Rush county, who had a beautiful and beloved daughter, about seventeen years of age. Points was a fine looking young farmer, the sou of a respectable

man in the neighborhood, but aoroewbat wild and reckless. He bad for some time been attached to tbo squire's daughter and hal asked the consent of the father to their marriage; but was rejected arid denied (he privilege of longer visiting tbe bouse, Tbe young couple then arranged for an elopement, to get married at a neighboring village; the father got wind of their intentions and determined at all hazards to prevent it. lie loaded his rifle and hung it up at a convenient place, to be taken down at a moment’s notice of tbo approach' of young Points. The squire was absent one- morning from his home, when Points rode up on horseback; the daughter was ready, stepped to the block and sprang up behind him, aud off they bounded on a circuitous path round , the fields to tbe public road leading to the village where they were to bo married, arid their earthly joys to commence for life. They left tbe home full of life, with bright hopes of tbo future, and the ultimate reconciliation of the parents, as they had both been readers of romance; and imagined this.was to be a noted adventure; like eseaping from a castle by'young lovers. But alas for tucir dreams 1 tbs squire rein rued a few moments.after they bad left, and seizing bis rifle ran across the fields to the rOad, and took hjs' position near the roadside—behind some trees, where the young conple had to pass:' They soon approached at a rapid pace, wholly unconscious of iiopending harm.. As they were directly opposite (he trees, where the squire was concealed, he raised the rifle, the crick was heardat the, house by the 'mother. The ball grazed the head of the daughter, and yoong Points fell from his seat a corpse, leaving tbe : intended bride in her seat on the horse. She returned to the house with her father, and was the principal witness against him on Ihotrial. Tho caSe created great excitement throughout the whole country. The' coroner’s inquest charged UTourig with the murder of Points, 'Hie ’Squire was arrested and confined in the jail of Rush conrily. The grand jury found a bill of indictment .for merder in tbe first degree. Tha clergy visited him in his cell repeatedly. He expressed the most poignant regret, and the deepest sorrow, so’as to make a profound and lasting impression npon all who visited him—among the re*t, upon my venerable friend, the Reverend James Havens, who took a deep interest in the trial. The Court House was crowded, and surrounded at every window;, during the trial, with the most anxious countenances ! ever saw on any occasion; and while the daughter testified, tho crowd seemed almost to cease breathing, such wfos the silence that surrounded ns/, Tbe daughter related the whole facts and circumstances of the.case briefly and calmly, b.U evidently with great feeling, and so far as we could judge, without any disposition to withhold anything material because her father was on trial. However, the tragedy proved too mqeh for-her ttrength. She gradually into a state of partial alienation of miud, from | which she was never relieved by all the treatment of the most eminent physicians, and fiho is now alive—a confined maniac,. The caso was.nrgnedwith all the ability the eminent counsel on both sides could bring to bear upon it. .Mf, Whitcomb for the State, and Mr. Charles H. Test for the prisoner, especially distinguished* themselves. The appeals to the sympathy of the jury were not in vain. A verdict of manslaughter, two years in the State Prison, and a pardon from the Governor, were the final result, bull learned that Alexander Young never smiled afterwards, ■ ■. ‘ 1

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Leaving tbo prison I strolled off np to. the Cemetery, which lies about half a . mile above the city on a high bluff neat the'Kentucky river. I went up a footpath which winds around op the side of the bluff or precipice, sometimes ascending regular steps apparently formed by nature's own masonry, and finally I reached the top of the hill, when I found myself at the very gate of the cemetery, through which I passed, and as I entered the beautiful enclosure, pregnant with so many stirring memories, a kindof melancholy gloom overshadowed mo. Thera was something mournful in tho sight' of those magnificent monuments that seemed to impress a kind of memento mart upon roy imagination and made me sensibly feel a knowledge of the fact that 1 was now lingering among the "graves of fallen greatness;" that tho "tall, the wise, the reverend head" must lay as low as that of tbo humble peasant. For a few moments I stood motionless, steadfastly gazing bn the tombs of the illustrious dead and pondering the sacied scenes that* wore now opening to view. Passing-on-ward with a slow and steady pace, carefully examining everything that came under my notice, : I was startled by the sod- . den appearance of the magnificent mil!-, tafy monument (which 1 should think is at least 60 feet in helghth) erected by the State of Kentucky In memory of the officers and soldiers who died fighting for. their country on tho field of battle. The uajues of many, of those illuslnona karoos who shed (heir blood and lost their lives while fighting gloriously for our country are carved in lasting letters upon the sides of this magnificent column.-*-Turning a little to the right, ! beheld another stately monument, erected to the memory of Col. Johnson, Kentucky's illustiions sou. Hero I met tho youthful editor-of tho Covington Ledger, with pencil and paper scribbling away as busy as-a bee.. 1 presume ho was taking "items" for the columns of the Lodger. The monument is a square column several feet' high, then an offset and a smaller pyramidal shaped column finished up in' an elegant style, which 1 shall not attempt to describe.. On thb first side tl|at -l camo to is n sculptured image.'of the Colonel at his leisure. On tho opposite side Is another image of Col. Johnson mounted , upon his steed and just in thb jnct of shooting the world-renowned Indian warrior Tccutnseh with a pistol. On another side is inscribed the following epitaph : "Td the memory of Richard M. Johnson, a faithful public servant for nearly half a ’ century, as a member of the Kentucky Legislature, a‘nd;Rcpreseatajivc and Senator in Congress. - Author of the Sunday Mail Report; and of the laws abolishing imprisonment lor. debt in Kentucky and in-the United States. Distinguished by Ins valor as Colonel of- a Kentucky regiment in tho battle of the Thames, For fotir‘ years Vice President of-the United States. Kentucky, his native State, to mark the sense of his eminent services in the Cabinet and in the field, has erected this monarnent fa the resting place of her illustrious son." And on the remaining side,ii tbs following Inscription: "Richard Mentor Johnson,. bom at Bryant's Station, Ky.,- on tho 17th day of October, 1781. Died in- Frankfort, Ky., on the 19lh day of November, 1850." For hours Tlingcrcd among the tomb stones, cedars and pines', adorn and mark tho i resting place of the distinguished dead!' At length becoming wearied with everything, L walked slowly back to the city. V ’ •' ; /'

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DR. J. W- MURPHY,

PHYSICIAN & SURGEON.

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DEALER IN ■|Drj) ©oofo, ©rotcrifs, &• produce, in a 111 siicel, Vevny, Ind.

And breathes it in my listening car, I read it in the moon’s sweet beam, The starlight prints it on.the stream. And wave, and breeze and singing bird, Speak to my soul the blessed word.

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(From the IndUnspoll* Jounud, T Early Indiana Trials. ItEMIMkcESCEB DV IION.O. H. SMITH,

In the spring of 1820 I left Versailles, and settled ib Oomiersytlle, in the beautiful White Water valley. John Conner, the proprietor, jived'there at that time, and as be had been many years in-his, youth among the Indians, at their homes,' Connersville was daily filled with his first forest friends. The only hotel was kept by my distinguished friend, Newton Claypool; tho only attorney in the place was my friend William W. Wick, who was soon alter elected judge of the "new purchase Circuit, '* including tho seat of government. Couit was in session when 1 arrived. The gt eat case of Isaac Junes against Edward Harper; was on trial. The facts of the case vvcic id ply these: Jones sold Harper twenty. (r-*o cents worth of beef Tnillo market; Harper Mil no change to pay for-it.—Jones, some dtiys after, tailed on Harper for his pay.. Harper re fits ci I to pny, alleging that the beef made his family sick. Jonesbroughtsuit before Edmund Harrison, a justice of the pence, laying his damages at‘ 82 50. Several hung: juries followed each other before the justice: At length a verdict | tor Jones fur twenty-five cents was had, from which Harper appealed to the Cir cult Court, where jury after jury, at successive term?, had disagreed; and now came on the final trial. Tho people of tho county in !tnass were in the Court house, the jtiVyiu the liox, and the lawyers in their seats wheal entered tlio room; the-young judge, .Eggleston, sitting between. William Helm and Eldwaid Webb, his portly “associates. . General : James' Noble; John TeU, Amos L-tac, and James B, Ray. tho.'couascl for Jones, occupied pue end of tM long table before the jury, and William Vy. Wiqk, Dante] J. Cas well, andWilliam Q. Drew the other.— Jones and Harper sat at; the ends of. the tabic, deeply anxious as to. the result,* apd ready to give any required information to their counsel; 'The [evidence was heard; the ease argued some two days with great energy by the : abhr counsel; the coart charged the jury with the usual ability of Judge Eggleston, the outsiders seemed to; doubt of’tbo verdict,' as they took sides' with the lawyers. The jury wore out all night, aad at the opening of tho court next morning, returned a verdict for the defendant. Jones lost bis beef; bis only farm and home was sold by the sheriff to the costs —over $1,100; and the last time 1 saw him he was poorly dressed, riding a little pony, carrying a few pocks of corn to a neighborhood horse mill. Harper was broken up in paying his lawyer’s fcCB.' One morning I was introduced by my landlord to a small, black-eyed mao, wearing a plain coat and speaking the plain language of “thee and thou,” as Dr. Burr, I from Now Philadelphia, Ohio, who was I about to settle in Connersville,-as a’root Doctor. Some days after, there was naib ed up.to (ho weather bottidiog of the hotel an enormons swamp lilly root, almost os largo as a man, with head, eyes, nose, cars and mouth nicely carved,, arms and legs with feet stuck on, .«nd just above the sign on a board, marked with chalk, “Joseph 6. Burr, Boot Doctor; No Calomel.” The nowa of the arrival of the root dpetrino spread over tho country like wild fire, and hundreds came from all parts of the county to see the doctor and the big root. Wo had in town at the tirao a find rate Allopathic physician, by the name of Dr. Joseph Moffit, who looked upon tho strange root doctor as a quack, intending to gult tho people, and spoko of him freely with the nlrmwt contempt, wbilo on the other hand tho. root doctor openly Hr. Moffitt with killing bis patients with "calomel." people soon began tu take sides, some for roots and some for calomel. It was a sickly season and a good many of Dr. Moffil’s patients died; each case of death was referred to by the root , doctor es evidence (hat the calomel doctor was killing the

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A TTORSE Y'% COUNSELOR AT Li IT,

VEVAY, INDIANA. WILL give prompt attention lo alt legal business that may be entrusted lo In* fare.: Office, on Liberty street, back of Odd -Fellows’ Hall. jell

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■JSJSSS. DR- J. IV. HAXTF.R will coptmHMMt in.- in practice in Vcvay, the . first Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; Ghent, the firat Thursday; Florence, the Tirst Saturday, of.chdi month. Warsaw, the rtcrond Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of r;ieh month. Nov, KV'M. *l-tf.

i .There, grew, out of thisrool-dodoring warmly contested ami exciting trial,'sifter this wise: Dr. Moffitt, lor iuo purpose of ridiculing Dr. Barr, to 1 one - Martillow Remington, a olicksmitli, to make a "sang hoo" for Dr. Burr to dig roots with—directing Lira to finish it nicely and present it to Dr. Bnrr. The blacksmith knew that it w.is intend* ed as a capital joke. Tho hoe was finished as bright as a piece of Sheffield cutlery, and presented to Dr.-Burr, a? an insult from Dr. Moffitt. . Dr. .Burr, contrary to the expectations of Dr* Moffitt, not only received the hoc, bnl returned to Dr. Mof* lit bis warmest thanks for the present. Remington then called upoaDr. Moffitt for his . pay for making the hoe. The Doctor refuted to pay, on the ground that it was all a joke; but-ileminglon set up bis labor on the hoc as a consideration on his part, and burled the joke part of the transaction back upon‘Dr* Moffitt. An action soon followed by Remington against Dr. Moffitt, before a justice .of the peace. The trial was warmly contested many wit* nesses testified, all,stating the making nf the hoe by tho plaintiff, but each giving it as his opinion that it was all a joke. Next, morning i the opinion of the justice was to be given. The office- was crowd*, ed at an early hour. .The time for the decision to be delivered arrived, when the constable ordered "Sibnce in tho Coart i House." Squire Hazelrigg—-"This is a very impprtant case, upon Which I have thought much, andafiermaturedoliberalion, my opinion is, that it was ali a joko. I havei looked through the rtalntvEspinasse’p Nisi Priusrfnd Pecks evidence, hut can not find that' an action .will lie for a ‘joke;’ judgment for the defendant, of course." 1 was congratulated by my client for my defensor-bat the end was not yet. The obstinate counsel for the blacksmith refused to submit to the'opinion of the Court, and took an appeal .to the Circuit Court. Costs accumulated, continuances were had for the absence of witnesses; a number of lawyers were, employed on both' sides*. -The, case waaargued at ! great length .by able counsel, ."and.wa* piI innately submitted to the Court, ; Judge Eggleston decided, that 60: far; as .the blacksmith was concerned it was no joke, : and gave judgment for the plaintiff for 87 ! damages and over 8300 costs.. Dr. Moffitt very good naturedly remarked, 'upon | swing the amount ot the cost bill, "Judge ! Eggleston was right; this u no joke."

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My Visit to Frankfort, Ky.

Editor Reveille:— It was early in the morning, when I was aroused from niy slumbers; by a loud rapping at tha:<Joor of nay sleeping apartment, and I was informed that my breakfast was ready.1 bad tbo night previous ordered, an. early breakfast, and the accommoilatiog landlord had generously; cdmplied. wiiK my request. The morning repast being over; I raon nted' my' horse, bid adieu; to - the quiet village of Bridgeport, and hastened on to Frankfort, In a sbprt time 1 found myself in the center of the- Capitol : of of dor State. Having' ordered my horso to be taken care of, I proceeded; to' visit

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- Daring my stay in the city, I called at the office of tlio Commonwealth, and became.acquainted with; Jlr. Tbomaa U. Grech, editor of that excellent paper. Mr. 'Green looks well, and docs hot seem the least impaired by the drudgery of an'editorial life. My visit at th'o capital being ended, 1 was soon again mounted upon my horse, and “homeward bound.’* I passed rapidly on over “rocks ami hilts" and “brooks and vales," noticing nothing worthy of observation, until I arrived at New Liberty, in Owen county. A “School Exhibition" jvas going on thorp, and, the streets were somewhat crowded with people, bnt all. strangers lo me- After refreshing myself, with several draughts of "Adam's ale/'- cool and-.fresh.-from ita subterranean - repository, ’where it still flows as pure and unadulterated as when it slaked tho thirst of the red bnnfcr', I resumed my journey, and just as the singing, birds were carrollipg their farewell lays to the departing day and week,

the places of public interest, and bent my way to the Penitentiary, where.';I , was kindly received; by. one »f-the guard,,a nofcle-heaflod son ofKentn'ky.who won my. esteem and friendship Ijy the cbnrteons manner, in which'he Conducted me thropgh the prison.7 Ho sweded io" take delight in i. showing: me. everything to, bo seen within- those-massivo walla; ami in answering ihc * 1 ‘thonsand-and ques(ibiis whicK I ashed 'him.''' lt‘contains. 234 prisoner?, five of whom arc females. Hero ere many'good looking young man -toiling ■ from- day to day within those walls to pay the debt they owe to their country and thoir fellow-men for tboir misbehavior in earlier life, who might now have been moving in tho high circle of decent society had they been content to abide by the laws of onr common country. Hero also ate a number of men whose grey bain and wrinkled farce betray the scores of years they- have' been

Among the first of the great tragic trials in this State, was that of Dr. John Bradburn, of Fayette connty, on an indictment for,murder. I was at tbo time County Prosecutor for the State. The facts of the case were briefly these: Dr. Bradburn was an eminent Surgeon, a man of great muscular power and of the most indomitable personal courage. I have scarcely ever seen a more athletic man, and! never know a man of greater bravery. He lived some fonr or five miles from Oonnorsville. In general the Doctor was highly respected, but it seems that ho had given some real or imaginary cause of offence to several yonng men of equal respectability in his neighborhood, who took it into their heads that they would take tbo Doctor from bis house in (ho night, rifle him on a rail to the water and then

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MYERS & CO.. Wholesale Confectioners, AXD liEALEKS IS , FIRE WORKS. No. 10 Main Sirecr, , CINCINNATI, 0. ‘ matl l UlUJAtf faulkseik .7 M» X f rACTL’RER'oP Harness. Saddles, Bridies, (Jours, Collars, names, dee., &c M . Fike ttrtft, Verag, Indiana, ■ , KEEPS constantly on hand a general assortment of .Saddlery, of his own manufacture. mnrlRlf

‘BliACKSmTH SHOP! THR subscriber continues to carry on the Blacksmilhing Business at the same old stand on Ferry street, where oil kinds of work in bis line, is promptly attended to, IP* Particular attention paid to making Hay Press Irons, and Ironing Buggies and Carriages, etc., etc, A continuance of public patronage is respectfully solicited. j- y3 0 . .; JOSEPH JAGEHS.

ItULliVEKY And Fancy Goods. MADAM E. MtCHOT, French Milliner, bis now open a Faihionable StorejQtp on Main itrecU where she keeps all kinds'*? of BoftNiTf, Cirs, Head Darascs, Flowem, Fihwdi, Ac., $f. She will make Dresses, Mantles of all kinks. Embroidered Dresses, and Sacks for obUdicn. apK-Cm