Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1851 — Page 4

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL,

Speech of Gov. Joseph A. Wright, DELIVERED BEFORE THE WAYPTE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR. HELD AT RICHMOND ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 8 AND 9, 1851 Mr. President, and Gentlemen of th' 11 ayne County Ag ncultural Society : The pursuits of ni lite iniso been as much varied as most tuen, vet in arcepting your kind invitation to address you, I did not suppose that it was possible for me to eniighteu the practical farmers and mechanics ol the county ol Wayne. Yet when I consider the efforts now making to excite out fellow citizens on the subject ol labor, to arouse the laboring men of the State, the spirit f emulation that is being kindled every where, I could not do otherwise than by my presence contribute my mite to urge forward this movement. My only regret is, that my time has lceu so occupied that I feel almost entirely unprepared to address large and intelligent a portion of our fellow citizens. What is wanting in me, von have well remedied in the Exhibition that surrounds us, of the labor, skill and production of the country . What is national prosperity? A nation may have within its borders an abundance of the precious metals; it may have a world-wide commerce; it may have at its command a powerful Army, and a Navy second to none on the sens: within its Territories Arts. Science, Me chanics. Agriculture and Manufactures may be all carried 1 to hiifh degrees in the seal- ol pertcction: its Lagos, u: r:i i- 1 ii :. ..i.i;.. i.;,.i. various productions of cuius, skill and labor. But these evidences of national prosperity are not enough. Great Britain presents them all iu a strong light before the world ; and yet millions who compose the maiu body ol the nation are laboring in her mines, her factories, her work-shops and her fields; and the greater part of these millions are suffering under the evils of ignorance, servility, petty tvranny and unrequited toil ; and in that condition generation after generations of men struggle through a cheerless life of homeless and hopeless poverty. Hundreds of men thus live, labor and die in order that one unnrodueing Dives may be "clothed in purple and fine hauen , and fare sumptuously every day.'' There may be prospeuty among c Jossei in Monarchies and even Despotisms; but true national prosperity, in its most enlarged sense, cannot exist under such iorms of government. The people of the Uuited States have within their reach all the means necessary to enable them to establish for themselves the highest state of national prosperity. A spirit f freedom, equality, independence and se'f-reliance, is the inheritance of every citizen. The laws make no privileged classes. The toads to usefulness, to wealth and to honorable distinction are open to all. Aided by the indispensable qualities of virtue, industry and knowledge, the farmer boy. or the apprentice boy of to-day may ;n a few years be the President of a Republic stretching Irom the Atlantic to the Pacific, and holding the first rank among the nations of the earth. National prosperity is the aggregate of individual happiness, caused by the distribution of the blessings ol government uuder eo.ua! laws, bv which each man re ceives the due reward of his own labor. The true basis of all national prosperity will be found J in an universal system of practical learning, by which the youth of the land shall be taught to r.nd-rstand and perform their political, civil and religious duties, as membars of this confederacy . Among the youth ol a nation he is not only the orphan who is left without father or mother that youth, whose government neglect to pro vide means for his advancement in knowledge, is surely the most desolate state oi orphanage There is no one thing, after religion, virtue and knowledge, that contributes so much to the permanent pros perity of a nation as that which I cail tbc incentive talent. It ia this that has contributed much to the wealth, commercial importance and prosperity of England j and it is the samo principle, operaticg in a field more free, that is now doing so much in our own Republic. We are behind no people on the face of the globe in mechanical genius and skill, and this ia mainly to l.e attributed to our free institutions. With us, if a mechanic has a hundred hands at work in one shop, each man does not regard himself as a mere copying machine, compelled to toltow, without question the precise directions given to him by the master mechanic ; but he thinks while at work, and he takes the liberty of making suggestions as to the propriety or expediency of changing this wheel or that cog. He does not feel himself to ie a mere servant to do the bidding of his master; but he thinks, plans, reason and Rngests. Thus the powers of many ninds are brought to bear on the investigation of every proposed improvement in Mechanics or Agriculture. In this consists the secret of our success. You may go among the hundreds of mechanics who work in your machine shops, plough factories, 8tc. of Richmond, and you cannot distinguish the Foreman or Boss from the ther laborers. The success that attended the exhibition of American skill and labor, at the great World's Fair at London, is well calculated to make an American proud of his connA iriend ol mine, in reading ol those exhibitions and trials, made the following suggestion: He remarket1 that he mas in favor of changing our favorite national song, "Yankee Doodle Doo." The inquiry was made for the reason. His reply was, that we had beat John Bnll in steaming and sailing, so much so, that the Coltins line were now engasedin towintj over the Cunard line ; that we had defeated John Bull from Colt's Re- .' volver to that great labor-saving machine of the day, I McCormack's Reaper ; that therefore we should no Ion- ' ger sing "Yankee Doodle Doo,'' but "Yankee Doodle' Dd''J "Yankee Doodle Did.'" It ia very remarkable, that up to the present time, to i fireextent, the American Farmer and Mechanic have neglected to form associations. There is no class of men more interested in associations for mutual benefit. All other classes have their associations, religious, moral, mercantile, &c. The mechanics have the advantage of the farmer in this, that they live in towns and cities, can exchange views and opituous freely together ; farmers, separate in the cultivation of the soil, raising stock, Stc., should have these exhibition, and associations, that thev may meet and consult tooether with tho mechanics ! for tbe common good, the effect of which is, that von stimulate industry, bring together the most distinguished mechanics of the State, who bring with them, not only the work of their brain and hands, but they come together to inquire into the wants of tbe country, that they may return to their workshops to perfect the' inventions that have been suggested by these means. The farmer thus makes himself well acquainted with what is new and uaeful, as well as witnessing for himself the productions of other portions of the country. The advantages are so numerous that result to tbe agricultural and mechanical interest of tne country, by bringing ;ogether periodically, at some point, the rarest and most valuable specimens of science and art, and especially the encouragement that is imparted to useful inventor of labor-saving implements of husbandry, ko., by endorsing tbe value of the implement, awarding premiums in money, diplomas. 0 medals, for such as may be of a highly meritorious character, that I cannot on this occasion more tban merely name them. Ia the first place you bring together meu of different views and feelings on religion, politics, and social progress. They are made to act together, the kindest feelings are thus produced in tbe great zeal and energy displayed to advance the interest nnd welfare of the State. The grounds within this enclosure are dedicated to advance the arts, sciences, and the industrial progress of ladisMsa. You may walk around and mingle with this immense crowd ot onr fellow citizens, and you will not bear a word on the subject of polities or religion, bat the great struggle is making, by each man. toontdo his neighbor in some branch of industry. Daring tbe last month I have attended the State Fairs of New York and Ohio , at tbe two exhibitions more than a hundred thousand people were in attendance an armv greater than that with which Julius Cassarconuuered Gaul, but it was an array without bloody banners, a i volunteer army, gathered together to celebrate the tri umptis ol peace. " lbeir spoils' were the richest treasures of Nature, tkeir trophies tbe mightiest mechanism of Art, their triumphal chariots tbe steam ears that outstrip to wind, and their heralds the lightnings of Jove ! People of all classes, politicians of all parties, attended those exhibitions, almost without number, so intent wera thev anon tha urent nnrnnut that l.mnnht iham together, that I did not hear a sinrl allusion to nartv ' politics. lolities I The excitement attending thene exhibitions of the skill and labor of the farmers and mechanics, is not the excitement that u to be found upon the race course, and on to election c round Il is matter of congratulation that all over the land, tha farmers, mechanics and laborers, are waking up to sc deep a sense of their claims upon public consideration ; that they are cultivating so generally, not only tbe sentiments, but the habits of temperance and sobriety , that they are showing, on every band, a strong determination to eschew, upon all proper occasions, the embittered strife of parties. The excitement of tbe present day, thank a kind Providence, ia to see who can make two blades of grass grow where there was bat one before One of the greatest blessings that is to follow Irom taeea exhibitions of labor and skill, is that of an entire hange in tbe character of the education of toe youth, The time r.as been wben tue voung men of the coun try were sent to the academy to take their places in the preparatory course, then to tbe college, year after year spent in learning a little Latin or Greek, too frequently : common sense, until they become ready to graduate. With a rich colored Diploma, he walks forth from the

co!1a, upon the venr soil from which labor is to wring . a a a .J - mms at a ap

tne oread mat must support ana Keep nun irom starving, and vet in too many cases, whollv ignorant of the char ' acter of the soil, and of the very trees of the forest, so i much so. as not to be able to tell a Maple from a Beech ! tree. This U not a mere sketch of fancy. 1 was credibly . informed, that a few years ago, a graduate settled in one ! of our western towns", lollowing one of the Learned Proifestions, returning home be lost a shoe from bis horse, he gathered up the handle of the skillet, that had been ' broken ort' to take to the blacksmith to make a now shoe. : You perceive the term L'arned Profession, has been used, one common with public speakers: It is to be found in the verv forms prescribed bv the General Government for taking the census. Bv the census ol I860, there arc utiout sixty-rive toonBfJai of the learned yrofetti-mt. out of a population ol twenty-three millions. It is a term of reproach, and 1 will remain so, until it is extended to include the Farmer and Mechanic. The Farmer of all mcn.sliould be included in the term Learned Profession . He i i ie jratt phutician of nature. II however he is ignorant ol the laws ol nature, ol thet pioper treatment to eilcci a cure w uen uisrase aucci . his patient, he is, of all men on earth, the greatest Quack. There is this difference however between the i iiuack farmer and quack plr ician, the farmer s patient ! has so crood a constitution, that it is difficult to kill goou a constitution, mas it is nunc tut to hiii mm off. If his constitution wa- not good, in manv cases in Indiana; the patient would long since have beendend and bnried; and briers, tin ins. nnd thistles, taken his place. A case in point ramc uuder my own observation, which has numerous duplicates il rouuhoui the countiy. In pnssin uv a u-iuijor s mi iii on um i bv a n-io boor's lain, on 'tie Wabash soruo vears build his stable and barn. It . ....... n rnl'o- near tue side ituniedu. u-lv above a spring. neu intcrrogsted as to his object in thus building, his reply was. that .Ac w;.ure would wash au-uy from kit stable. The same day his son was h mling away the straw from where hi wheat had been thrashed, to the head of a hollow, to ue h; own lair, "age, that when the water rose, if would wash the str-iw away. This man never once thought that his rieh land would wear out, or that he should have any use for nanure. Mv remark to him was. if he lived in Yankee land, upon the poor hills of V- lj . . a .i . .elf OHDean or i erinum. ue wuuiu uiiu hi mu iivjli term of the Probate court alter his conduct was known, the town authorities had appointed a guaidian to take eharire of his interest. But the tide is turned, tbc age of practical educatiou is dawning upon the country. We shall soon have taught from the common schools to the highest institutions of the land a practical knowledge of Agriculture. Mechanics, Arls, Chemistry, Botany, Geology, and all those sciences that are so intimately connected with the improvement of the soil, the .icijaal and vegetable kingMM We must teach our childru to know the character of the soil, and its adaptation to t lie production of each article raised for man or beast, tea b them to know the proper place for each article on the farm how la build n comfortable house, with all the conveniences of life, as well as to teach him how to enjoy himself when he is thus situated. Teach him something of the beauty of nature, as it is exhibited, and the w rider ful process that is goins on every moment around bim. and above all teach bini the obligations that he wes to his creator, his fellow men, and to himself. The greatest good that is to follow these exhibitions of the skill and labor of the country, will be that of making labor more attractive, we shall thus be able to change this thirst for professional life, that seizes so many of our young men, thai aversion to manual labor. It has been justly said, that the two great leading objects of human pursuit, are agriculture and mechanism. In those are comprehended ho wealth of the country; tneir prosperity is tnatol tbc whole country. Lach cultivator of the soil, must be Made thoroughly acquainted with the character and capaodities of his fields, and ell classes familiar with the natural wealth with which the country is b!esed We have too long regarded the representative alone, a9 the wise man, who devises the best system ol finance, to carry lorward great enterprises, by borrowing millions Suppose we change these stimulants of legislation, from that of capitalto that of labor, and regard Icin as the wise man who i! -vises a system that will make labor more attractive. Let n say by our conduct that he who will present, at your County and State Agricultnrat Fairs, the liest model farm in Indiana, is a much entitled to office as the commander of a regimet.t in cattle. He who will ascertain the cause of he potato rot, and provide the reined v, is as much entitled to the respect of bis fellow men, as ho who manages the finances of a bank success -

fully that he. at least, doe as much for his race and i 548,000, a -um equal to one .fourth of all the flour excountry. j ported from the United States during the same period. The country will not be retrograding, when the high- The crop therefore must bo increased more tban a millest ..friee shall bo given to the Mechanic and Manufac- ion of bushels before the home demand can be supplied. Hirer who shall make the best model mechanism, or the In some parts of jfce country, flax is raised and cut finest piece of cloth. Let the Plough, the Loom and the . for the seed alone, the ground the same season put in Anril, have their associations, conventions, shows, and wheat. fairs. When they meet, you will have essays, discus- You may take the present price of liax seed, make an

! sions ami experiments. In this way yon will not only make labor more attractive, learn the progress we are

making in every department and pursuit in life, but will In conversing with one of our best farmerson the subhasten the day when Indiana will not be distinguished ! iect. he informed me. that an acre ol" flax will vield

for the goodness or security of her stocks, for she will have none in market, and will stand where she is jnstly entitled to, out of debt, plenty an. to spare the very first State in the Union in all that makes a people happy. Liqht tajres. no debts, an economical government, a prosperous, agricultural, manufacturing, and mechanical State. It is said that the Press of the country is a good index to the people. If this be true. Agriculture is in poor keen-! ing, and at a low ebb. You w ill rarely pick up a paper in which will be found an article on Agriculture or Mechanics: If there is one occasionally from the Ploueh Loom, and the Anvil, or other Agricnltnral work, it is placed on the fourth page, iu some obscure corner, never designed to be read ; while the leading editorial articles are filled with the prospects of this or that man for office some circus puff, or i he peculiar good qualities of some Coffee House, or Ice Cream establishment. Is it not strange, that the conductors of the Press, should for a moment suppose, that it is more important for their readers to be advised of the prospects of this, or that man for Governor or Congress, than to inform them - r " ""pou.iw meunj ,u iBuui-baving machinery i wie uniirovemeiiia 01 tneuay in iiiooi -saving mauimerv .1 t m . a t .a I -me propriety 01 changing crops tne success 01 tne Flax movement. &c, kc The fault is not with the Kit 1 tor" alone: The people the mass of our people are not suiiicienuy anve to their true interest; the proper omrit lu not sa tin-tea 'I rs tho lan.l 14 , 1 1 - , , 1 , ,1 3TT 1T Lt".u j .1 is iP. ,,Tl - , DT,n loZen- ; .ur .uor..u sain 01 we country .1 ni proper sp.r1 01 emulation ne arouseu among our people ttliton i like Politicians, will soon nirtake ol it! and vou will . 1 j. , , t r , l Win IUP f ii.l I u . 1 1 1 1 r n.tititr 1 . !c r.l HT'nri' t.roca n tU,. I a f.I . ." "7" V r"7' """ 'uv ' . 1 B," W 'i' po'vu.sii .uc r icuuuiii , rmni in sucn a 1. ountv or stat, the improvements in j some branch of industry or 1 tubandry; and in some out j of the way place a paragraph stating the probability that I Jame Figgius. or Lawyer Turnev, is talked about as a 1 I candidate for Representative. The effect of which will I be, that the day of the election will pass by quietly, 1 ; without excitement. The public mind will be alive to I the day of the County or State Fair, and every boy in the J Country will remember with interest the annual returns ; : of these noble, stimulating festivals. WET LANDS We have a vast body of wet marshy lauds iu Indiana; tbe quantity is estimated by some to amount to at least 1 1 three millions of acres. The subject of draining and j ditching these lands is of great interest Tbose of us who have resided in the State for a third ! j of a century know how the early emigrants to the State, I avoiueu me wet, swampy ana low lands, settled upon j the higher and drier portions of the country. Time, ' However, has demonstrated that this was a great error i x tie ru n, valuable anu durable lands are those th . mi years remained unsold, and were supposed to be wholly , a 1 lor unlit for cultivation, on account of their wetness. I know a farm of 160 acres tli.it was sold five years ago for $500, that by the expenditure of less than $200, in J " 1 J!. B . sf as nna micniDK lM P"nt owner refuses now ,Jj'w In England, Scotland, ami portions of our country, various plans have been adopted in draining and ditching. They have, by recent imnrc v- ments, diminished the expense, yet the depth of the ditoh, and the cbaraeter of their covering is such, that ti e expense is too much for our people. Tbe cheapest p'an with them is from $12 to 919 per acre. A very Ji ge proportion of our wet lands can be thoroughly drain d by ditches say two feet in width by two in depth a ' enng ol oak timber taken from that part of the tri part of the tree that is not suitable for rails, j cut about thirty-two inches !n length, placed inside at the ' bottom of the ditch, theo e . 'ending about half way up the opposite side, tbe earth returned; the whole not j costing more tban twenty-fit c cents per rod. Or you j may split your timber in greater lengths, place the same ! lengthwise, cover your ditch, and in either way they will last fifteen'or t went v years. By placing these ditches at suitable distances, all tending to a point where the water ' will flow off, yon more tban treble tbe value of your land. The advantages of under-draining are numerous. ; They take away all tbe surplus water which exists ia heavy soils. The ground is prepared, early in the spring, j for the crop, furnishing a dry, warm soil, wbioh, withont ' the draining, could not be cultivated except in an ad1 varced stage of tbe season. The soil is also more po rous, tnerelore much more easily tilled It is known that rain-water is charged with some 01 , the most important elements of nutrition for plants, ea peciany proportion 01 camonic acid and ammonia. These should circulate through tbe soil. Air alto holds vegetable food 5 soils which are full of water do not admit of any air. The dense mass of wet saturated soil is impervious to air. remains cold and clammy

By draining and ditching below the soil the warm inI I . I . a a .

i viOTauntr rains penetrate in enure mass, ana mere diffuse the genial temperature through the roots. The warm air rushes in nnd supplies its portion of augmented heat to the land. Thus porous soils readily imbibe heat, and just as readily pari with it. These are some of the reasons assigned for under, draining. Those who have tried the experiment know the great advantages that reanlt from it. I have a neighbor who informed me that in 1830, a very dry season, he b I ditched a tield that he bad previously pat in corn ; in the low and wet parts of the field he usually gathered in the Fall a few nubbins, but went to the high ground for his crop. In the Fall of last year be obtained bis good com from the low land, his poor from the high: the extra crop of the rear paid for the ! whole expense of ditching and draining. SPRING DRAINING. We have in various parts of the country springs that arc discovered, not by a tree discharge ol water, but I they are found in large extensive plains of wet, marshy, j boggy lands. In this condition thei: greatest practical ! use is to mire stock. Near them s sometimes gathfrcd a imBn quantity of inferior bog-hay; while in the neighliorhood is too licqucntlv seen the pale face and countenance, demousti r.ting that disease and death have found the proper locality to do their work. These springs should lie immediately traced to their source, the very highest point where the ground is moistened, and led off by a drain to the nearest ravine, of sufficient depth and width to prevent the escape of the water into the adjacent soil, unless it should be needed for irrigation, winch is seldom required with us. m:w ROAD. I should like to see the experiment tried, of making a perfect Earth Road, without metal or plank. Dig yoar ditches, say seventeeu feet apart, cover them ever, throw up the ground in the centre, let the water from the ditches be taken to the lowest point. In place of making a culvert and bridge, use the rock for making a solid bed for the water to run over, across the road, called a valley, that droves of cattle : nd the stock of the country may use, and your wagon- and carriages may le cleaned thereby. I have great confidence, that in a large proportion of our country . roads mnv be made, for less than one hall, , . . , ! terabl what onr plank roads cost, more durable, and far pree. WOOL We are greatly defii ient in sheep in luditna. Accor- ' ding to the census of 1350, we have bot akut a million j 'n.t'.10 State Great Britain has more than forty-live millions which about 3f lbs. of wool to each sheep It you were offered to day a proposition for a permanent investment, which vou were satisfied would realize forty per cent -pori rvorr dollar invested, the whole community would invrst their money in the enterprise. It is susceptible of the clearest demonstration, that every dollar, invested in abeep, would yield more than forty per cent annually. No article (the cow excepted.) will come so near to paying annually for their cost, as the sheep The annual fleoco, at present prices, will pay first cost, their increase wili pay the cost of keeping them. We have every variery of soil, the hilly land, the broken land, tli3 prairie, the level plain. A very large portion of our State, is admirably adapted to the raising of sheep, which is not usad for any other purpose. All that the farmer has to do is to clear up his farm, leave the live timber standin;, and, whether level or broken, fence it in, sow it down in grass and tnrn in his sheep. The annual deficiency of wool, in this country is estimated at seventy millions of lbs., when to this' we add the increase demand for the article, will anually require the wool of at least thiee millions of sheep there is no fear of over-supply. It is strange, that our people cannot supply the de mand Tor wool among us In England, the annual rent I of ground per acre, is almost equal to the cost of the average improve! inno wiin us, yet me rem is paiu, lue wool raised, shipped and sold abroad. Yon have, upon this ground, exhibited to-day, a French beep that the owner (of Clinton county Ohio.) assures me turned off last spring, twenty pounds of wool that he sold for 37, cents per Ib., making $7,50. A wool buyer informed me, that in Warren county in this State, be purchased a rleeee that weighed eighteen ponnds. We can, in my opinion, raise wool in this State, as cheap as in any part of the Western States. My advice to farmers, wonld be to engage in raising sheep FLAX SEED OIL. We are neglecting, too much, the cultivation of the Flax The amount oi tlaxseed oil impoiled into the United States, for the year previons to the 30th June, 1508 1,573,177 eallons equal to 698.000 bushels ' of flax seed, which is at its present Eastern price ! estimate of the cost of preparing it for market, nnd no article can be raised that is more profitable. twelve bushels, the cost of raising, preparing, and taking to market, he estimates at about $!3 the price at $1,25 per bushel, will make $15 leaving a profit of $7 per acre. But in this calculation, no account is taken of the flax. I have now before me a specimen of the flax cotton. samples of cloth made of all flax, likewise part wool I and flax, and part col ton and flax. I do mvself comoetent to dr-eiile whether this not consider movement in the flax cotton will succeed, but if the Yankee fails in this movement, to make it successful, it will be the first. In conversing with u gentleman on the subject of the cheese trade in Indiana, I was astonished to learn that we purchased annually about eighty thousand dollars worth of what is called Western Reserve Cheese. The amount purchased in two years would boild a McAdam ized or plank road across yonr State. A very large pro portion of this cheese is an inferior article that would not he brought to the table where it i s made. No coon try is better adapted to the dairy than Indiana, with the variety ol hill, dale, and valley; springs, wells, running - 1 f j w r- I brooks, branches and streams, of all sizes. It is a won ior that our people do not turn their attention more to .a st 1 1 this sab, ct. LAND-HOLDERS, GOVERNMENT LANDS, y fQ The tillers of the j, whiJe ,uev are m-kin efforts a JB . . . to advance the agricultural interest to its highest state of perfection and usefulness, ought to remember, that much requireo of those tc whorn ,s Riven Let ns Ml forget tha( ,n the United Sute, with our - P . r 7 , i extent 01 territory, our variety 01 sons anu en . ' . . . - J mates, and our popular republican lorm tr government we po,, t0 a,d m , ol,r . possess, to aid us in our progress, advantages lor improvement far above all other nations of the world. In some foreign countries a miserable kind of agriculture has been carried on for ages, by people living in ignorance and indigence, on lands to which they never had any settled right of possession ; and under the most free anil enlightened governments, the great mass of practical farmers, are mere tenants at will, or on short leases, bound by covenants with their landlords to pursue a certain mode of cultivation. It is our true policy to have settled the vast domain of wild land. The great Law writer of the past century expressed a noble sentiment when lie exclaimed "That a Freehold was the possession of the toil by a Freeman." The sooner onr lands are reduced to possession and cultivated by actual settlers, the sooner you make citizens interested in all the institutions that surround tnem Why not open the entire vacant lands of tbe Union to actaa) settlers: and whenever proof is made that the settler has made improvements to the value of tbe land at its present price, that the government shall l i.,t , u: ... . u r i.u . uvuii kv iuhv uiiu a uaici'i luce H'l . Wllliuui iliuiirv and without Drice. , wav V0I1 do not obtain ey from the settler to fill the coffers of the nation, but you do what is preferable, you hold out inducements for the laboring man to obtain a home for himself and family. You add to the true wealth of the country a far greater amount of all that is valuable and permanent, in making a prosperous and happy people. With us, with few exceptions, the agriculturalist, protected by equal laws, holds his land in his own right, and cultivates it according to tbe dictates of his judgment He is one of that most numerous class of citi zens whose prosperity is inseparably connected with the , prosperity of the country. They art the lift blood of ! the nation; and when acting in a healthy condition, they promote the strength and virtue of the government, and i impart life, energy and prosperity to manufactures, me1 chanics, commerce, arts, science, and every other valuable interest of the body politic Their prosperity lies I at the foundation of every species of industry . When we, as a people, shall exhibit a well ordered system of agriculture, with County, State and National 1 Fairs, bringing together different portions of the labor- ' ing men of tbe country; I say when we shall do this. I we will learn that in this consists the strongest bond to ! regnlate society, the sure basis of peace, the best guarI anty against sectional strife and divisions, the national I associations of good morals, peace and harmony in each : neighborhood and section of tbe confederacy - There will be exerted by these County, State and National Fairs, a most hcalthr and conservative suirit. 1 They should be voluntary associations, not connected with any department of government. You will bring together upon tbe same platform, tbe citizens of tbe several Statee. There were at tbe creat Empire State Fair at Rochester, New York, citizens from all the States except three. The Sooth Carol inian and the Vermonter were there; the Georgiar and the Ohioan. It was a very interesting sight to witness the Southern man examining the machine of the Vermonter for splitting

shoe peat, and in turn the Vermonter giving his decided opinion npon the propriety of an improvement upon the machine lor hulling cotton teed. By bringing together, in this way, the people of the North andSoutb . we shall soon be able to forget those Anti-American phrates. Northern and Southern right. and will call them by that porer and higher term, American rights. We have had excitements in this country, from time to lime, on various subjects. The present excitement upon the subject of labor that is now beginning to agitate the country . cannot possibly do any barm, but much good. It is to" be most ardently desired, that it will tako the place ol that sectional excitement, which bus been felt, more or less, ull over the laud. Tne people ol the nation want ptoce. nnd they iiv d terminal to hare it. No man will be sustained that favors agitation. Throughout our own happy State there is but one sentimc.it among the mass of tue people, that is to faithfully abide by the bond of our Union, the Constitution; abide bv the compromises, aud to write upon the very lintels e,f oar doors the sentiment: That the firtt act of public disobedience to laut it the firtt fatal step taken in the downward road to Anarchy' These arc the sentiments of the mass of the people of the West, vet

there axe men in the South and in the North who go to i oed simmering, use up in the morning toiling with rage and long yarns about Southern and Northern rights Southern and Northern injustice, and who almost name their children Souther and Northern. My opinion is that if these men would dovote a portion of their time and attention to the developement of Northern and Southern resources, to the elevation of the labor of their respective countries, they would soon have Southern and Northern rights that would maintain themselves. There is a State of this Union, almost the mother of States one of the glorious thirteen, not three hundred miles from our own hanpv State, if the people of which, half a century or more ago, had turned their attention more to the improvement of her soil, to the diversifying her labor, to the proper method ol preserving her fields, dealt less in abstract theories, she would not have, at this time, so much waste and unproductive land. Sho is, however, now turning ber attention in the proper direction to the true source of wealth the developement of her resources. In various parts of tbc old dominion is seen the Yankee with his clover fields, his patent rights; following this the Agricultural Fairs, exciting the proper spirit of emulation among her people. The husband works, the children and wife labor; and soon will bo changed tho face of the country. As rich as we suppose onr soil to be, productive as it is, we should remember that onr tri e policy is to adopt that system that will preterve if. If we neglect the lights of the present day, if we shall refuse to be governed by the present improvements, and shall continue to push our rich soil without system, we shall likewise soon have barren and waste fields. Gentlemen of the Wayne Connty Agricultural Society, an apology is due, for the verr desultory manner in which I have addressed you. Being my first visit to this part of the State, my object was to see and examine for myself, tha iabor. industry, and skill of your pee pie. Your Exhibition to day, in many things, is equal to some of the State Fairs. Who could have expected suoh an array of mechanical skill and labor, from mechanics that haul their coal, coke, iron, and steel, sixty miles by land carriage, yet you are successfully competing with your sister cities and States, who are more favorably situated. Your success shows what skill, industry, and energy will do among our people. Tbe articles of grain, stock, carriages, wagons, thrashing machines, and otber farming implements, are equal to any thing that can be exhibited in this valley. You, yourselves, had no idea of what was in your county until you witnessed this extensive collection now before us. Yon are demonstrating the doctrine laid down by Mr. Jefferson, the great benefits of placing tbe manufacturer and consumer side by side. This is ti e true doctrine. To accomplish this ia Indiana, we want two things, Capital and Laboh. These we shall have, whenever the great elements of our wealth are known abroad. We want muse have, a full, perfect, and practical Geological and Topographical survey of the State, that the elements of our wealth shall be known and read of by all men, our coal, iron, salt, timber, soil, marble, stone-quarries, water-power, etc., ecc. To this we should add a Bureau of Statistics, that the present condition of our growing State and its advance ment from year to year, should be officially known and published, in all things. There is less known abroad, this day, of Iudiana, in her great elemen.s of wealth, than any other State in the Union of her age and position. I have no doubt, that the surplus of Indiana this year, in the leading articles of pork j wheat, corn, cattle, and grass, is not less th.tn twenty-five millions of dollars. I trust the time will soon come, wben the labor of the State, in Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanics, Iter full history in detail, debts created or paid, the. number of children attendir. g school and not in attendance, a full practical annual statistical report ol the whole State will be m-de a permanent part of our domestic policy. From the Kushville Jacksonian Progress of Oisuniouisni. To a superficial observer, the aspect of political affairs in the Southern States, indicates little danger to the integrity and perpetuity of the Union. We notice this is the very general conclusion of the press and politicians of the free States, but we do not so read the Mirn-s of the times and the present complexion of political parties. That the open and avowed advocates of immediate secession and disunion on the part of certain States, have lost irround, and beeu compelled to alter their tactics and disguise their purposes under cover of new issues, is unquestionably true, and, indeed we should have little apprehension of eventual dissolution if the issue was confined to tbe question itself. Wherever this issue has been made, except in South Carnlina, tbe friends of the Union have been and will be victorious. This was tbe case last fall in the election lor Delegates to a Convention in Georgia; it has been the ease in a like election just passed in Mississippi. But, in each of these States, as well as in Alabama, North Carolina, Florida, Louisiana, Virginia, Arkansas, and perhaps other slave States, there is an influential and powerful minority, embracing the very best talents in these States respectively who not only sympathise with the Rhetts and Cheves of South Carolina, the open advocates of immediate State secession, bnt who in our humble opinion, go as far as they dare in encouraging and hastening the event, as to South Carolina. These men are by no means unpopular at home, either; for we do not recollect of a single instance of one of tbose ultra, anti-compromise gentlemen who voted against tbe Adjustment Measures of the last Congress, and who were hence regarded as disunionists, being laid aside by their constituents in consequence of such action and such opinions. On the contrary, we observe that, with rare exceptions, they are either candidates again for a seat in the next Congress, or where olections have taken place, are already re-elected. Such is the case as to elections already passed in Sonth Carolina, North Carolina, Ala bama and Arkansas. We have every reason to believe thai such will be the case in trginia, Mississippi and Louisiana, where elections are yet to be held. We shall bo agreeably disappointed even in Mississippi, where the Union party have so recently achieved auch a tri umph in driving Quitman the Disunion candidate for Governor Irom tbe tield, il Misars. Biown, Featberston, McWillie, and lhompson, all fneudsol Quitman, are not re-elected . We expect a like result as to at least six anti-compromise men from Virginia, and two or three from Louisiana. This class of politicians deny being disunionists, it is true ; bat they advocate and espouse doctrines not less fatal, if put in practice, to the existence of the Union, and far more likely to be put in practice, because cov ered with a gauze and specious sophistty well calculated to deceive and decoy. They are not in favor of secession in their own States, (South Carolina excepted) but they bold that a State has a right, peaceably, t secede, and that tbe general Government has no right to employ force to prevent it. This is now the issue of tbe southern States; lor, really, those who do not subscribe to it in tbose States, make but little head against it and seem, in lact, to tacitly admit it. booking, tnerelore, at things as they undoubtly exist in tbe Southern States, we repeat they are by no means calculated to inspite us with confidence that the danger of trouble and conflict between the General Government and some of those States, is passed. A large majority of those who control South Caroli na, are in favor of secession the question is only one of time and policy with her. Her politicians are bent on mischtet. If tney think they can accomplish that end best by staying tn the Union, they will do so yet a little onger but if tney think they can embarrass the feder al Government by immediate secession, they will try it. Suppose she does secede what next? Why, it is said, the General Government will use coercive measures to prevent her, or to bring her back. This will re quire Congressional action, and is it not at once seen that in attempting this action, nearly every member of Congress from tbe South will espouse her cause by refusing to vote for the employment of force? Thus the whole matter comes up in a form best calculated to subservo disunion purposes and most to be deprecated. South Carolina politicians have the sac. acity to see this and make the , 'oper calculations in tvninq their movements. If she attempts secession, as we fear she will during tbe session of the next Congress, this Government will be called npon to pass an ordeal more dangerous and trying than any hitherto experienced in it hi. tory. In our humble judgment this secession issue, although now looked upon as a harmless and abstract one, is ! destined to fill a large space in the Debates of the next ' Congress ; and if South Carolina attempts secession, des- ' tined to be a most dangerous, (if not to the existence of the Government) oio7; practical issue.

The Abolitionists down on Colonization. Colonization seems to be gaining favor with the freecolored population. The white abolitionists have always opposed this measure. They are tho bitterest opponents of the humane and liberal policy of sending the blacks to their own country, where, under benignant auspice-, taev may rise to note in the world and redeem

a comment irom uarmiess anu neriueuisw. , the free blacks are opposed to colonization, aou tney are o opposed because their worst enemies, the abolitionists, Uv, ooured into their bosouis absurd notions of social Msd political etjualitv to which they will never attniu. Stale after State will exclude them from their mid?t. , and they will fade away and disappear like the red men of ihc Mreat. but unlike them, they will leave no name 01 history behind. The Connecticut Cottrant ay that niiteteeu free colored iiersons comnosincr live families embarked for Li beria on the 16th iustant. They will stop at New York for a larger party lor the anic destination and take passacc in the briff Zeno. One of tbe number (Jacob Williaws) was employed in the Couraat olfice for five years and is a faithful, industrious man, of moderate intelligence. Such emigrant will be an acquisition to the flourishiog Republic. Pfiw. t'niea. lidurution 111 Liberia. The Colonization Journal, published under the direction of the Colonization Society, speaks f a College in Liberia. It was established by means of a residuary legacy left to that Society for the support of young colored men in such an institution. A fund, amounting to about $25.000 will soon be available; while, by the libera! donation of another benefactor, who considers education the great need of Africa, two scholarships of $1500 each have been endowed, and directions given to President Roberts at once to select suitable persons, and have them in an immediate course of preparation. This ; is a noble step, and one that redounds greatly to the j credit of the lileral philanthropists who made the legacy, as well as to those through whoso exertions the Col- j lege has been erected. Milwaukee Advertiser. CTThe Republic of the Sierra Madre is So near being established that our anti-progress newspapers are beginning to croak. Americans on the Rio Grande are confident of tho success of the movement, and several hundreds of Texans have volunteered to assist the revolutionists in Tamauiipas, New Leon and Coahuila to drire out the government troops. u Never look sad there's nothing ao bad As gettiag familiar with sorrow; Treat him to-day in a cavalier way. He'll seek other quarters to-morrow." A man late writer says, nobody bears adversity like a woRemove her from a parlor to a garret, and in stead of taking arsonic. as a man would, she actually becomes more cheerful. Like a lark, the nearer she approaches Heaven; the more she seems to sing. ICTWhy was Jonah in able young lady? Because he had more than was good for bim. the fish's belly like a fashionof the whalebone about bim XZTJohn B. Gough has been lecturing wich bis wonted enthusiasm and effect in Canada West. The temperance men of Brockville procured for him a tent, capable of holding 3000. CT'Barnum, being asked one day the secret of his j success, (says a correspondent ol the lew lorK txpress,) simply laughed and said- "Printers' ink.'' Lieutenant Wilson R. McKinney, of the U. S. Navy, departed this life at Marseilles, on tho 18th of August, ISol. He was attached to the rafce Icdepen dance on the Mediterranean statten. Father Mathew has given the pledge to more tban 4,000 in Albany, and more than six millions in all. Commercial Institute of Indianapolis. W. McK. SCOTT, A. -M., Principal. fsflHIS INSTITUTION ; now nermniient'.y established, and i pen at ail Lines lor th recerii.iu of lu'.it and its room- bari'i been recently nueu in. with all iLc elerante und ...ji.venienoe i f the best Ciueinuati College, now turn.he advantages equal to any Institution in die West for a full and thorough Cotnmereial Education, whilst die cost is little over cite half of others Tne Studies of tbe Full Course are tbose ueoetsary lor a complete iial thorough .Mercantile Education, and eomprebeuds four distinct iase of Subjects, to-wit: FIRT CLASS Double Estiy Book KkcpiXu This embraces the science of Huok Keepiiijt by Double Kuurv, aiul its application to Wholesale aud Retail business by sole traders and farmers, Rankair. Manufacturing, and Domestic Shipping, and Commission, Steam Boating, and Foreign Shipping, and general Onuninioii I rutin, including the method of keeping the various auxiliary books, aa tbe Cash huolt, Rill book. Bank hook, Invoice book. Sale book, Grain book, Outward Invoice book. Account Current book, A.c. THE SF.C )ND CLASS embraces the I .aw. Customs- and I'sages of Trade and Conimrrre. THIRD C.ASS Mkbcamtile Abitiimctic. Kmbrace Calcntatiou in Interest. Discount, loaa and Gain. Commission and Brokerage, Equation of Payment. Direct and Indirect Exchange. Ac. fcc., on the new ami improved method of Cancellation. FOl UTII CLASS CoiuraaciAL Law Fmbrix-es th Law, fte., relating H Sole Trader. Paruu rhips, Corporation, and Principal and Agent, Bill uf Exchange. lYoinigjonary Notes, dec., Mariue. Fire and Life lnt:rr:ince. Contracts with carriers, for hiring and service, of Sale and fne nature of Cuarautees. and lastly those cmeriie which lie in a measure, in the bauds ot the Merchant himself, as the Stoppage of fiood in Transit, Lien. Ac Price of Card mi Ailmision 10 a Full Coarse, occupying frm 8 to 19 week. Uthpre-paid or secured. A PARTIAL COURSE. Embracing the Scientific pan of the Full Course as illustrated in 5 different sets of Books, together with Lectures on Mercantile Arithmetic and Commercial Law. can be taken ai any time, leaving it optional with the Pupd after the compiationcf the Partial Omrse to continue 1). rough the Full Course tTPrice of Cants Of Admiwiou to Partial Course, ?PJ..V). rre paid or secured. (TNo admittance as a Pupil in either course withoat first obtainina a Cani of Adm inane fireea the Principal. LECTURES 00 ltaukiug. Political Economy, and other subjects valuable to the Merchaui. to be known, will he delivered through out the Course A Diploma aranted only to those who may pass a satisfactory examination at the completion of a Full Course. The best time for commencing either course will be the first Monday of each month, although Pupils are adadtted at any time. Report oi th Board of Exammnrt. May SO, i$6t . We, the undersigned, (by special request. ) acting as the Board of Examiners of the Commercial Institute 01 Indianapolis, do certify that we hare attended the examination of tho prese it graduating class of said Institution, and find said class as well acquainted with the elementary or.-iclpie of Double Entry Book Keeping as could well be expected, their age and opportunities of actual practice considered. We believe them lo have received from their pteeent Instructor, a thoro gh drilling in this all important branch of Commercial Education, which, if steadily observed and properly practiced npon. will render them able accountants and valuable citizens, not we wonld recommend that the following named members of the pteeent class receive D.plomas, to-wit: James B Weeks. John M. Dorsey, Ilezekiah W. Roberts. Ssmud J Morris, Joseph R. Huuirb. John T. Ferguson. Georg W. Dorsey Nicholas McCarty, Jr., James T. Brown, and Tvra Montgomery. And 111 conclusion we would congratulate the citizens of Indiani in now haviur it in their power to patronize a home Institution cl Commercial education where as much information, in as short a tiuw and at far leu expense, and anxiety of mind on tbe part of parent! and guardians, can, and we believe will be imparted, as at any oifa; siniilsr lusi.tnti.iii in the West. B. P. MORRIS, DAVID WILLIAM.?, Wil. 8 1' L LI V AM, C. B. DAVIS, BENJ. L. LA.NU. Ixduxapolis. May SO, l&il N B (t shall be the aim of lbs Principal to furnish ell tbe graduates: of this Institution who may desire it, with Immediate employment; he therefor requests business men in any part of the Statt Who may be in want of good accountants te inform him of the same stating all particulars, and be will try and send him cue well quail fiedin every particular. IC Arrangements have been made with one of the largest aou bet Boarding houses in tbe City lo board and lodge all the Students from abroad at $ 00 per week, making the enure expanses of boarding. Tuition, and Stationary, about Bin 00, the price of Tuition aloue iu the Cincinnati College. julyl7-lyd&w ASTHOLOOY THE CELEBRATED DR C. W. ROBACK, Professor of Aitrolocy, Artronomv, Phrenology, and Oeomaiicy, combined with CONJL RATION, Irom Sweden, oitce No. 71 Locust stteet, Philadelphia, offers his Service to the citizens of Indiana. He has been cousulted by al! the crowned heads of Europe, and enjoys a higher reputation as an Astrologer, than any one Hving Nativiües calculated according to Oeomancy Ladies 33, Gentlemen 96. Persons at a distance can have iheir naüviuea drawn by scuduig the date of the day of then- birth. All letters containing the above fee, will receive immediate attention, and nativities sent to any rt of the worlJ, written on durable paper ; and he isprepani lo make use of hi power by conturauon, on any of the following topics : Courtship, advice given lor the successful accomplishment of a wealthy marriage ; he has tbe power to redeem such a are giv. i en lo ibe tree use ot tbe bottle: and for all cases of hazard, and fir the recover) of stolen or lest property, and the purchasing of lottcrr ucksts. Thousands of ths abo-named cases have beeu done iL this city aud ;u vicinlt?. and in the United States, to tbefuUsaoafatbon of all. 1U.0O0 Nativities or Horoscopes have been east during the last four years while here Lettern will answer every purpose, and will do aa well as to call in person and the mail Is now so safe thai persons need noi fear to trust money through the Poet Omc Dr. Roback receives from 500 to lUOv letters monthly, and has never missed one. All euer will be religiovely attended to. a aforesaid For more particulars, call at the offee of UK benunel and get an Astrological Almanac, grans. C. W ROBACK. Vo. 0. While street. New York City. Be particular lo mention thePol Office, couniv :nul Sirn? CT" All communications kept religiously secret Asms) PROPOSALS FOR STATIONERY. Sealed proposals, and accompanying specimens, are requested at the olfice of the Secretary ol State until Sa'urday. Oct. 4, 1851, at 8 o'clock, for furnisuing tor the use ot tne ?iaic oi luoiaaa the Rrtiowing stationery to-wit: 300 Reams Printing Paper 26 bv 3 inches; 900 Reams Printing Paper SG by 104 inches, 10 Reams Plaui Clip Paper No. 1; 40 Reams Plain Leuer No L. : r '1 SO Reams Envelope or Post Office Paper SPO Resins Ruled Letter Paper; 60 Reams Ruled Cap. I veV.f SnOOtl Envelopes Large Size, or Legal: XW00 Same, small size; v Dozen quarts, Black Ink. The proposals will be received either fur ike whole bi'l or anv : portion of it, tbe undersigned reservine tbe privilege of accepting a 010 in w time or in part conirsciors win oa required t turinsh sui additional amounts as may be nccesearv during the session of il Legislature at contract prices. J. P. DRAKE. Treu of Stale. CHAS H TE8T, 8ec y. KWH ELLIS. Auditor Indianapolis, Sept 10. 1S51 sepU-sw

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The Greatest Discovery of the DR. TEA8K 8 MAGNETIC OINTMENT. FOR iiiflamaiory Rheumatism, this Oiraroenm the BM beir icfncdy cvr prepared Affe lu V esses out ol 100 it wtll afford caure i:.t( 10 uie wo Xerv0,is Headache m 30 .(lUlUiei For Nervous Diseases, aa"ec?i. ti of the Spme I Lameness Bums. Acfce. it 1 01 iiinensevaiue SWELLED LIMBS. Rheums'.isiti if aiiy i-f our Laiuea are aAtcuxl with a e welled I urn It, or Miik Lee, o il i an-liwes called, (a cusnpUuii that mauy fctaale sue subject to, stter (tlM bins and which is olien protracted fix years. we wouM say to all such, gel a bottle of Trask' Magnetic Ointment, wbicu w.U effect a Certain and permanent cure. Price 2.-, und .t- rev Sold wholesale and reta Brothei'. Indiaaapuli; I Kn ghunowtt: Hodnon & Camner'anil: mid 1 "ni-tK-:!-lvw y Craighead & Kruwning , Tamiinson wards, tireenhelu: Wiley M. Lowr). elhoni. Orden; J. R. Bracken 6c C:. nt in ewefi village in the ftate. II Z KERGl SON. Trav Age"' THEY ARE ALWAYS RIGHT DlRVKi:, FORSYTH A CO. 8 LEB RATED SCALES r : Kaiiroad Trru l and Depot Scale: Coal. Hay, and Cattle Scales ; Heavy Iron and Dormant Scale, Wheat or Hopper Scales ; POUT AHLE, PLATFORM, AND COUVTER SCALES, VYare-liouse Tracks and Sogar Mv Leuer Copr ;ug Presses ; Patent Excavating Read .Scrapers Tbtie Belles have leen long aud favorably ktvowu, have bean suborned 10 the severe tests, aud for accuracy and darabitttv are jasdv itcki'oveiadged to be the S fANDAKD fron winch Uare is nu appeal HENRY S KLl.I.OOO. A je nl Luiiauapails, HILL. ORBtSON & Co., Agent Ti Wayne, WM T ML.MI ORD, Ocn Agent. Lafayette, InJ sepl -dlw-w7iv IV DIANA UNIVERSITY. The ensuing session of tbi$ Institu uou will commence 011 Thursday, the second day of October. Tbe oholei a which prevailed at Bioommgton fi r aboot tan days after f e late College commencement, has e:i; rely disappeared, and tii usual good hca.th of üia place it il ready restored. Boarding 4 Lad in respectable farm houvt vr.ihoi a reasonable walk of tiia University at $1.8 per week, and iu lue board. n oab the co-t 1 less than (1. The usual charge in the village -s Si 50 a week. Two s'.ndenM f.otn each county in die State, upon the appointment of the couaty Board are adaiitted 10 the pr:vigs cf trie University without charge of tuition. The course of study in the lud ana Un.. e.s.iy ii believed to be a extensive and thoroughly pursued aa in any American Co.lege, East or West; and ihc expenses are mad so iow as Ic bring Us ad r latexes vvilhui the attainment of the rrealett number practicable. DAVID H MAXWELL. Pree't. Board of Trustees Bloomn j-.on, Sept. 1651. w3w OHIO FEMALE COLLEGE UOLLEOB HILL, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO, T II K uu.il annual cssioii Of the Ohio Teroale Col ecs tii com mence on Monday, the 15th uisf. An efficient corps of Prof. or aiul Teachers has tee:i secured, und every department o: ut enaction will be ably filed. The institution is located at Coliegt Hill, six miles nonii of Cincinnati, O . a place noted fcr its elevated aad healthy poeii.ou, its beautiful scenery, as we.l as die excei.e: : character of its citizens Four new and coa.moi' ions bandings have been erected and dedicated to thecaas of FEMALE EUb'CATIO , 1UM pn.ic.pai ot which, with its furniture, cov. ore: SSO.t'OO. a full and thorough classical course of studies has been adopted, upon the completion of which, young Ladies receive a Diploma. Toe institution posesaei a good Telescope, Chemical and PniioaoptucaJ apparatiu, etc., and lecture with experiment are given weekly, to ihe whole school Tbe terms are reasonable Letters of Inquiry should be sent to Rev. John Coren. Coliesre Hill, Hamilton Co., O JOHN COVERT, Fre t SZflXMBXR 1st, l&l. Biftnets Hon. John McLean, Rev Samuel W I'.shtr, Rav T. A. Mnls. D H. Alien, D D., S. F CVT.Eaq , C neu... Dr. Ja L. Allen. Rockvale, lud., Rev. W. M Cbeerer, Terre Haate; and Rev. C E Babb, Indianapolis. scp3-dw-2mw (Journal copy.) II AKPEH'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE FOB OCc B. Da VI?, No. 12, Waacngtou TOBEB, Ju t received by ociS ( Statesman copy . 1 100 AGENTS WANTED! ! f IO circulate, by subscription, a new and very rapid stling and . beautifully ,.mu .ted work funded ' HtjTOKicaX Cou.scTio.xs of ihc bREAT WEST cr.ntn.nnig Aata-tvc fifth most tttyortant and interuting rreittj in Western Hisicy AiiiiarhaHs Indindval Adf-tuntres Sittiches of Frontier Life Descriptions of Xatural Curiosities, etc, to which i appended Historical aud Des criptive ."Letches of Oregon, hew Mexico, In. X r nttvita, Pia and California; by Heurv Howe. Author ol His. Col's of Virginia. d.i. Ohio." Jnttüigent and energetic men who Will canvats in all sssatisri, will he cualiled to cam from B3 to B7 per day. None used apply except such as can advance (Jbe cash lor property when ordered A capit.i! eg irom 940 to 100 will 1 sufficient Apply by letter post paid or in person to Henry Howe, at E Morgan dt Co 's, 111 Maua St.. Cincinnati. 'cr-iq-3mw SW'f MARY S SEMINARY -Tsm B lean, ,-iou of this In9 slitution will coinmcuc on Mou.-.uy. September 8th Mia Town, fomieriy of Maine, hut recently from Grceiieasiie, Ind , wi!l assist the Rev Dr. Camp in conducting the school. Terms as herrlofcrc. Hy ontrr ot tbe TncsTEEs: to whom application may u made. HON. JAMES MORK ISDN ( HARLES COX, UM H MoRRln.V M.MAJOR. F. KITi MIA J B MrCHT.SXEV. V C. BANNA, J As. B. C LEGO DB KO. W. MEAHS. auf dAwtr A CARD.-M. " i rir.LDA BL4 A take this method announcing lothe community at large, that they are now prepared to rccrite orders for all kino of Chair banng ever) facility, (including the tet of power and machinery.) tbe ean and will manufacture as cheap a any establishment in the Union Hotels. Halls, Offices. Ac. Airnihcd with a superior article ot Arm-Ci-.is at price to sun the axe. All orders from a distance Will meet Willi (.ruinpt attention, t-ouuli prices which will inure tticnt a good i street, next door to Biddle's Auction P If. B. The highest price will be Maple lumber. H 't aud Maple tt:r aier will be supplied at K'Miins on Washington s All work warranted tor Poplar. Walnut, and timber. Ac. juiyi.' -wiy ED1CAL COLLEGE OF OHIO. Many inquiries having proce of erection for this Institution I am instniried to say that the Directing Rooms will be ready for occupancy within the Brat week ot October, aud the main lecture Room by the fil'teeaih oi tbe same mouth Preliminary Lectures will commence oa use fiit and the reenter course on the fifteenth of October. Clinical Lecture-, will be deliv. er cd aithe Hospital during tue preliminary course. L. M. LAWSOX, Deait Cincinnati, 5ept ii. 1531. cpV.y-8wd-ltw COTTON YARNS.-0.5OU !b. aa sum at low rate, tust received at V. C. HANN A e CO 'sepH mTEUTRAL SPIRITS. In a few days we shall be able to sup il ply the dr mand with a superior rucle icpI2 V C HANN & CO. SUOAB.phi!ade!piin Refined, Pu! .enzed and Crushed, t Loitstaiia Refined u hi Pulverized; Lousiana Clarified, Loutiana Brown; A large toek at V. C. HANN A CO. 'S. septf "Yeemont HO TJ 8TT BOSTON, .iass. rBlHI.5 wtl. known estab'ishmeut I still coaduc - tae manner it has always keen. Tne ventral and peasant aus lion of the house its commodious arrangements, and the comfort and luxuries to be found there, combine to render it ayieraule and advantageous lo tbe traveler Having been one of tbe Irin of Joan L Tucker A Co., so loaf at the bead of the establish mem, the Subacr.ber pledge uis beat exertions to maintain us reputation, ana to give satisfaction to Wis customers WM. H PARKER Boston, Sept 13. 1851. pg-asw3m India aa Institution for tbe DEAF AND DUMB, (On the National Roed, I j mile east of Ind:iinapoi: ri8ITOR3 are admitted on Mo:way. Toesdsv, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, between the hoars of i and 3 o'elnck, P. M ; also, on Saturday, from 10 to IS o'clock, A M. During tbeee hours some parson will be in rescLncu to couduc citizens ot the State, and stranger, to the school rooms, and through those parts of tha bmidiugs open to the public. Tfc otect of the insinut on being tiie benefit of trie untonunate Mutes, hi., n.-t a iow the sion of Visitors at any otber time ocuWawif SCYTHE AND SNATHT38.M deaaa drain and Gras Scythes, 10 dozen Suathes, , Received on consignment and tor sale low, by JuneM BROWNING A MAYER ACKEREL 0 packages No 1 Meckere: jast received and for sie very cheap at V. C HAN'NA A CO 'S. sepia nlOKLES K Pickles; AND PEPPER SADCS. 5 dotes jars Cucumber S dozen Pepper Suee; 5 r! jgeu Olive Oil. Jast received and for sals by augll BROWNING a MAYER are requested to call and pay w, taout delsy or costs. CHINA VASES A rich assortment just opened at sepSO ROBERTS' D.ug fciore FIRE CRACKERS and Locofoco Matches for sale at sepSS V C. HANN A A CO 'S too GROSS Mtici.ei llAi do. Ground Mutts:.' 100 doz. Ground AUspi :e 100 doz Ground Peppei 100 M Gun Caps-, 1 bbl Cloves 1 bbl. Nmmega. Ji .t received aud for sie by MI RPHLV sepiö A TAYLOR. Masonic Ha!! FANCY SOAP. A large assortment tbe Was mg and Shavio Just opened at ROBERTS Drug Store t afj (Locomotive copy.) SUNDRIES luO bag Pepper 3000 mats Cassia 1000 pounds of Cloves 10 cases Indigo 300 dozen panned Buckets 50 gross Zinc Wash Boards soo keg Nafta 300 boxe No 1 foap 500 do Star and Stern Candle Iu store and for sale by McKKNZIE REED. aprlO Noe. SO and U Main t Cincinnati DOMESTICS 600 pieces Brown Musluv; 100 piece Bleached Muslins; . 300 pieces Print, 50 piece Tickings and check r 900 piece Delaines, Merino, and Alpacas. 200 Shawls ; Wholesale and mad at Poet Olfice Corner H PAJUUSH. OCii