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acting clergyman waaVa clergyman te7 and that the two had been really married. In this case the groom didinot take it hard' but signified his willingness to: abide by it, but e ladv declared most vehemently that' .fehe

'wouldn't stand it," and beeame quite angry at

her friends, who, it seemed,: knew that the gentleman who married them was a real clergyman

The result was the tw6. became: very intimate,

and, if Ma'am Rumor tells the truth, are soon to re-enact the "play," but this time give it the interest of reality. Troy (N. Y.) Post.

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Formation, Prosperity, and Durability. All governments should have been founded upon such principles as would have contributed to the promotion and general happiness of all those who were to live under their jurisdiction. Indeed it has been asserted that this was the professed object for which all governments were instituted. But while we admit this to be the

fact, that those who constructed them had in view the peace and prosperity of their fellow-men, yet it is evident that almost all of them have failed to perform that office. The history of the past proves most conclusively that some governments have been organized upon principles which, in their practical operations, produced nothing but miserv. ruin, and utter vassalage. In the

1 w formation of a national government, there are elements which are necessary to its prosperity and perpetuity, and without which no free government can long exist. First, we remark, that in order to ascertain upon what principles the government should be founded, that the condition of the people may be bettered and their happiness secured, we must take into consideration the nature, ten

dency, and capabilities of man, that it may be so formed as to be perfectly adapted to his capacity and wants. If the doctrine of kings and princes be true, that man is incapable of and unfit to govern himself, then lay down as the foundation, principles accordingly. But if, on the con

trary, he be an intellectual, moral, and physical being, endowed by his Creator with certain rights and privileges, and fully competent to govern himself, then the government should be so constructed as to enable him to develope his intellectual, moral, and physical powers. That man is Buch a being, and that he is capable of thinking and acting for himself, none will dispute. The successful operation of this republic for the last seventy-five years has demonstrated the fact, that man is not only competent to govern himself, but that, in the exercise of those rights and immunities, he has made rapid strides and wonderful attainments in those things which tend to refine his nature, and exalt and beautify his race.

The fathers of our republic understand well what form of government would be best adapted to spread the blessings of peace and prosperity profusely and universally amongst those who desire to dwell under the gorgeous ensign of the republic. Hence the foundation of this government was laid with great care and wisdom. The

star which directed them in their deliberations and in its formation, was that of sapience, while in their breasts glowed the noble principles of love, humanity, patriotism, and Christianity. How different is our own nation's organization and its operations from the republics of olden time. They existed as republics only in name, while the genuine essence of republicanism was not to be found. True they had a few wise laws enacted, which, if they had been carried out or properly admin

istered, would have resulted in bringing about a

large amount of good. But while there were those who were acquainted with the proper elements necessary to build up society and render their government in some degree durable, yet from some eause or other they did not act upon them, but rather favored those principles which were, diametrically opposed to the onward march of liberal principles and universal prosperity. We do not wish to disturb the ashes of those who lived in other centuries, and who presided

over the councils of those republics. Perhaps the course which they punued seemed to them

most proper. But history assures us, that while

there were a few talented and intelligent, a vast

majority of them were uneducated in any of the

principles of morality, religion, or political free

doro. Ia fact, it seemed as if it were the pride

of the literati to render the poor more miserable,

and depress humanity to the lowest point. If the individuals who held in their hands the destinies of those governments, desired to perpetuate them, why did they not bring into operation those elements, which in their nature would have rendered them firm? Why; did they not so guide

mo Baip oi otaie as w protect ireeaura, morality,

Xand religion? But we intend to show before we

Hall hare finished this article, what led to their

Hhrow and ultimata rlnf.rrifit.fn.; -

hare already said, that in the formation

, eminent, three elements were necessary.

ll one of those elements wisdom wis-

v both to form lhi goVerfiment ia

Xand to : make it work- hAnnoni

Niaent can prosper withoul'thifc

gvuviiti uiuuajoa CI mis

the public mind, that

upon ail subjects of national character, relative

to the prosperity and: advancement of it, there would be but few discordant Voices.' But again, man, with all his genius, and with all his wisdom and lofty aspirations, is the "slave of pride and evil passions." He is a depraved being, and can

be led astray from the .path of right and duty,

neglecting to have in view continually his own

good, social prosperity, and his nation's true glo

ry. This wisdom, necessary to perpetuate a republic, may be perverted. ; The hardy pioneer,

who removes with his family to one of our distant frontiers, and settles down in a lonesome place, where wild beasts and savage Indians roam, may find a gun of vast importance in protecting himself and family; but with the same instrument he can shoot down one of his sons. This man was wise in taking fire-arms with him, but, from the depravity of his heart, he committed a fatal deed. In this plain cage, as well as

in governmental affairs, he must have something to stimulate him to noble deeds. The way is clearly marked out. Hence, to the element of wisdom we will add another, in consideration of man's proneness to wander from the line of duty, which we shall cbII virtue. This is a noble element. It serves

to prompt all men, whether it be the great states

man m Uongressionai nans, the judge on tne bench, the lawyer at the bar, the clerk behind the counter, the mechanic in his shop, the farmer in his field in fact, all classes, conditions, and occupations in life this noble element moves

all men to act in such a manner as to secure peace and prosperity. Let us take a neighborhood where these two elements predominate, and another where ignorance and vice reign. In the former case, we find a friendly feeling manifested, and that all hearts beat in unison; no discordant

notes are there heard. Wisdom and virtue bind in one happy brotherhood the rich and the poor;

they strike down that pride which brings with it hatred and envy. There is no quarreling, no strife, no contentions, xo crime, no drunkenness, no profanity, nor any of the vices which degrade

society. These are the natural results of these two elements. But who, to contemplate the op

erations of the two opposite elements in any community, will not shrink back with horror and disgust? Where these are rife, there crime treads on crime, and blood touches blood. Those principles which tend to regenerate man's nature are trampled beneath their feet. There is no happiness to be found in such a neighborhood. Who dare not hold in sacred regard the former ele

ments, and despise the latter?

But there are governments, that, from opposition, cannot maintain the two former elements. Hence we will introduce to the reader another element, which we shall call power, to exercise. Let us take an example. We will say that there is a republic formed in some part of the world. The government is based upon the most profound wisdom. Wisdom has directed them, and virtue has prompted them to action. But there is a superior force marching against them, whose di

rect object is to overthrow said republic. They j have wisdom and virtue, but the power to exercise they have not. Then the fate of the republic would be quickly sealed. Thus you will evidently see the necessity of the last named element. We conceive that these three are want

ing to perpetuate a republic wisdom to direct, virtue to prompt, and power to exercise. With these three permanently established, a government could withstand all that could be brought against it. (To be continued.

my vision,' tUl now, when embarked upon a river, Vl&isssso.ta and ptLsr places . in . the; , west, evince

which, though differing 'greatly in size and par

ticular features of scenery, forcibly reminded me of my own grinding Androscoggin, upon.' whose banks I wandered ia days of "lang syne," As we swept onj and night, soft, silent, andholyj fell upon the earth, the heights on either side as

sumed a dusky hue, and the boldness of their

outline grew more or less distinct, as they approached or receded from the shore, still preserv

ing the same characteristics graceful curves and wooded summits, , with here and there a snug farm-house nestled at their base, looking out from

its embowering trees. A host of stars were gazing at their reflection in the water, the shadows as uneasy and restless as the originals like beauties at a ball. As the boat passed along, the waves formed in its wake undulated to the water's edge, breaking, with the line of light which

crested them, tne dara snaaows oi tne niiis so

that each passenger could say that he had been at least instrumental in casting a ray of light across one of earth's dark scenes. The beams of the rising moon began to tip the tops of the highest elevations, and soon, from on high, she poured into the valleys and gorges between them

a flood of silvery light, which gave a new aspect to every bluff and rock and tree, and peopled the whole landscape with grotesque images that by a little exercise of the imagination were transformed into sprites and fairies, assembled in solemn conclave to devise the "ways and means"

to perform some act of mercy or revenge. Ah! well had it been for Tarn O'Shanter and his grey

mare Meg, if fairies who haunted old ruins had been as peaceful and still as those that, undisturbed by all the exclamations and bursts of laughter from a gay group upon the hurricane deck, reposed upon the green slopes as we passed.

But was that the song of the fairies that stole at

intervals upon the ear, borne by the fluctuating breeze? A sudden bend in the river brought us

into "a sea of melody." The hills echoed and

re-echoed to the notes of a distant bugle-horn, played by a not unskillful hand. How enchanting it was! In listening, I could readily conceive

that the males are preponderant ITow, " would it not jtat acting the part of "wisdom, that we,! the citizens of one of the. most powerful confederacies of modern times, should have some provision

engrafted inour constitution, doing -away with

our present miserable inequalities of sex in local

ities? Most certainly it would. How many are

the thousands of our most enterprising young men who are daily spending their: lives ia bacchanalian debaucheries and ignoble vprofligacy,

in the golden land of El Dorado, just for the

absence of the cheerina: smiles of woman! How

w many are the blooming maids of Tankeedom,

who by their ungenerous fate are doomed to pine

away a life in solitude, all hopes of matrimonial

bliss forever blighted by dimpled cheeks and whitened locks, ; " ' " Which once trere glossy as the raven's wing."

Fellow passengers! let us hear from you; let us have your opinions as to what would be the best manner of putting this great design into execution. Katt-did. Greenfield, September 2S, 1853.

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TO CSTiTRIBUTORt AND CORRESPONDENTS

JeSsreoaiatit Franklin The bocks will be ready to mM by

the bst of next week they will be sent as soon as done.

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SATTJED AY, SEPTEHBEE 25, 1852.

Mb. Editor: How goes the time, my old friend? Canyon tell me anything of the ups and downs of life? Are they still about yet I mean the realities of life? Now I like the ups

of life the best; these downs make too many gray hairs and wrinkles in a man's head and face. Which is the best, hard-mettled friend

ship, or just naked friendship, or variety friendshipI mean a kind of friendship right to your face, not behind your back? Who is the most honest man you have ever seen? Who are the truest-hearted, men or women? guess it has been discussed long enough, now, to decide. Is there any chance to become author or poet, or

will Uncle Tom's Cabin suffice for the next generation? (Aunt Sukey insists on having her name in a book but isn't enough enough, say?)

Are not the American people the most industrious, enterprising folks in the world, and don't the Hoosiers care the least about what they prom

ise, and the Yankee beat all to dicker? What

A Jf EXTRA X:B X I If f Ticket Only ft Year. ' The unprecedented sneeeas OrtWattended TneTnfotlro daring the publication of SS Tetanies,' Indnoesns to open Ike snbserlpttba books for increase of stock abuts I eaea, dividends TreeUj.) Jix-fl : tif; With theinereased fedlltlee f a new and Improved r ' Steam Pwr Printta? Freoc, ilitely added to oar office, we can supply all wtti The Loeojao tire, containing a fall train t Local and General He va. Accounts of the Slate and County Fairs, Proeeedtefs of Uke Legislature, Interesting, Instructive, and Amusing Intelligence, weekly, for the low price of Ou tUar TW. , . The character of Tu Xocomotivb Is well known as feeing fearless, independent, spicy, and interesting family paper, and' we promise that several important features than he added the coming year. It is printed with large clear type, on good paper, and regularly mailed to subscribers for 1 a year.

In order to excite an honorable competition in procuring subscribers, we have purchased splendid SILVER CTTF, valued at 90, which we will present to the person that sends os the largest list of y early subscribers between now and ths JSth of January, 1853, with his name handsomely engraved on the Cup. Row boys, go to work and let as see who will get the Cap, which is now in our office and can be seen by any one. The subscribers must be sent at our regular club rates, by the year, with the money accompanying each list, which can bo ad ded to from time to time until the 15th of January, at the following rates : . UV- . 'X'i'

One copy, for one year,.. ..$.1.1 85 copies tor one year,.. ..23.

e copies, " " .... 7. 171 " " " " ....! 56.

....14.1100 " " ....

is t.riA nrnsnfiftt nf a cold winter, and the nrohn.-

what mast be the emotions of the Swiss peasant, bm of our citizens bei cheated & winter m 1. T i . ,:j A. il. A 1 J O

uc cai0 cvcu uuc ",c w"ca Ui kuc A1Fue wrl? Will thA wrtnd.hsmlerft nr.ill insist that

horn reverberating among his native mountains,

Fainter and fainter still grew the music of that

solitary horn, as we swept down the current, ev

ery stroke of the wheel opening new vistas of

scenery. What wonder that the wanderers from

sunny France, ascending this unexplored river,

n .... 14. 1 100

and the same rate for larger clabs.

Subscribers will be taken for three or six months, at the yearly rates, but none bat yearly subscribers can compete tor the Silver Cup. The postage on The Locomotive, to any part of the State, will be 13 cents a year, under the new law. 1 " Go to workj boys, and let us see whose name will be engrav. d on the handsomest Silver Cup that could be procured tat lelty. ELDER & KAEKJS ESS.

every two-horse wagon-bed, full or not full, is a half cord of wood, or would it be best to have a

little measuring done, and make some of our

country friends judicially honest by a little cor

poration law? What does the poet mean by say

ing this world is all an empty ahow -that every

Great Crossings, Ky., Sept. 10, 1S53.

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WUSUU1 ueau" body is foggy, I suppose. --Have you found that

rose upon meir viaiuu, ta ueue riviera , niA ;s mi;ai. n.UMnefn.9

Robert. t (.;.im ; , a

you have got to take it as you can catch it, some-

Ma. Buloixe: The truth flashes before our times of one and then another, and then back

eyes, upon an examination of the past history of and forth; he is your friend to-day, but off toman whether we view him in his golden age, morrow. Cause or no cause, constancy is sel-

the days of the barbarous Pelasgi, the brilliant dom found in man, and that is what I call variety

eras of Cimon and Miltiades, or any other epoch friendship, and I have found more of that kind

in the dial of time that Policy has been the in the world than any other.

talismanic helmsman of his movements. Man

is fairly wound up in that little vesture techni

cally termed self, and all his actions, strange to say, by a secret mandate which seems to issue r it jI.i

irom tne innermost aeptns oi nis oemg, are frowned into harmonious obedience, and made to bow at its shrine, like the pious Moslem at the

We purchased of W. H. Talbott the

splendid silver cup that will be presented, with the name handsomely engraved thereon, to the person that sends the largest list of subscribers to the Locomotive, between this time and the 16th

of January next This is a splendid prize; the

successful competitor will get it with little trouble,

and it will serve as a useful ornament during hia

life. Whose name shall we enorave on it?

o - - The cup can be seen at this office by any one that wishes.

Have you found that constant, never-varying

friend? I should like to see him if you have.

I have no fears but he is about, but unfortunately

I have overlooked him, till now my eyes are

growing so dim, I am fearful I shall never see him. Ever since the day when I rudely broke

from an affectionate mother's grasp yes! a kind

THE GL0EI0US WEST. The west, the west, the glorious west, Thy vine -clad hills and bowers ; Thy vales are dressed in gorgeous robes And decked with lovely flowers. Thy silver streams and gentle rills, That dash along their winding way, Doth make the humble cottage ring - And lights it up with freedom's ray. , Thy vast uncultivated fields Say to the weary stranger, come, And here upon my fertile vales Erect thy alters rear thy home. The voice of freedom's happy sons, Who live so sweetly in the west, Makes forest, hamlet, hill, and dale Resound with praise with songs of rest. No tyrant here dare rear his head To snatch the ensign from our hand. Joy, peace, and happines shall spread Their glorious blessings o'er the land. .

J. 0. BlAlK.

altar of his God. Government, in its purity, is mother! I see her now as she stands with uplifted but an institution of justice and moderation, hands, praying Heaven's King to direct my

thrown over a nation or people, to protect it in youthful steps amidst strangers in a strange land

its inviolable rights, to prevent incursions from I have sought but found him not. I deny not enemies, and to open out thoroughfares by which that there is friendship; (but I am getting serious

its prosperity may be mutually . heightened. I must drop that.) I have always been a lit

"But that government is greatest," said a dis- tie too late, in overtaking such a friend as above

tinguished savan, "which contributes to the great- spoken of; the nearest I have come to them has

est good of all." Now, Mr. Bulgine, I appeal to been when some good man was just pronouncing,

you, together with the ten thousand intelligent in a funeral discourse, to the listening multitudes,

passengers who weekly travel in your charge, if his unfailing kindness and friendship or perhaps

there is not even now an odious, flagrant defi- he was associated in some secret society, (where

ciency in our social and political compact, not- I suspect it will remain a secret.) Sometimes I

withstanding we fondly cherish it as the greatest have found it beautifully engraved upon the

on earth, which casts an ominous gloom upon chaste marble block, but too late for me. I be

the whole, and which causes the cheek of every lieve I shall just continue to pick it up in its crude

philanthropic American citizen to flash with in- state, and, depending upon this variety or com

dignation at its recital. I refer to Matrimonial pound friendship, in the kindness of my own

Economy. heart, like the crucible, I will. try to melt down

Whilst days, weeks, and months, are heedlessly all this mass, extracting therefrom as much of A t 1 x 1 ' l it . 1 til C 3 !i .a wnll nn.wn. nil

speui, oy ouretoquent, seu-unportanwegisiaiors, iue pmo uicwe v uicuump m niuMun cu,

conning over river and harbor bills, Indian robberies, naval expeditions, and this thing and that thing, ihey have shamefully neglected to offer up the first solitary thought in relation to this

all-important subject.

Shut the Door. The greatest invention for closing doors, acting simply and effectually, without danger of getting out of order, has been put on the doors of our office by Mr. J. H. Vajen. It is a steel-tempered rod, fastened at the back of the door, which is twisted when the door is opened, and untwists to close it. This contriv

ance will always close the door, and save more in wood every winter than it costs, besides keeping the room comfortable. Get them oh your

doors, by all means! " - . - r . x

5TThe Lafayette railroad is now finished this

side of Eagle Village, 12 miles from this ty,

and coming on at the rate of two miles a week. The road is ready to receive the iron, and the iron is all ready to be put down. There is now

but 12 miles of staging between this city and Lafayette. 1 - ' 1 "

the purposes of life, as designed by Providence

. . . . AH &NQTJT&EK.

Definition of A Husband. The English lan

frua&e is a copious one. If. we had not been

previously aware of the fact, it would have been

Indianapolis, Sept. $5, 1S53.

Ma. Editor: As the setting sun threw its farewell beams aslant the romantic hills that hem in the basin in which is situated the city of Madison, the boat in which I had taken passage swung from the shore, and with a silent farewell to the land of my adoption, J was soon gliding down the current of the Ohio. With what indescribable feelings did I gate upon 'the scenery: the

book of memory was opened at the pages of

cnuaoooa, ana. rapidly cusciosea scene alter scene; j landscape after landscape, known tand looked npon ia Mmy native land, whose blue hills

riie, far, far ' away.'4' Kever since journeying from, that land ?-of 'sunny ; vales' and romantics

streams had any eminence, pf, sufficient height

to deserve the; appellation ioft.hiU,. ever greeted

Thanks to th Fate. Indiana, th .ru ftf made evident to our understanding by reading

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intelligence, the beacon of p tali:

ity, the blessed home of the down-trodden thou- He is'' said she. a snarling crnatv.. sullen.

sands who are daily fleeing to our shores from testy, froward,, cross, gruffy, moody,, crabbed, the persecutions of tyranny in the old world, has snappish, tart, splenetic, surly, dry, brutish, fierce,-

made a tew steps, though scanty they be, towards uv waspsn curnsa, . poonso, ireuui, peerthis matter; and from the indications already jfhn. sulky ' traehj fractious,. rugged, nvneantaA t v a. ' , T ,t,r, blustering, captious, ill-natured' rusty, cburusb, presented, I live m hopes that. I may behold the growling? maundering,, uppish, ste. grating, dawning of that glorious political millenium, fumpish, ill-humorsome, envious dog in a manger, when her worthy sons and daughters will rise in ho neither eats himself, npr lets others eat." ,

." yl:mw Fower S w we council fijMuT,:Wfilsm

our table a splendid number ? t SGpFlease annovnoa Joan Trre as t eandidato for A tamos

fit Centre Township, h , - . ; .- Mst Vonass JOW ra authorised to iMoanotj Sitas Bsswrtt, Xsqn u S eandldato for. Proseeatinf attorney In fhls . Jadidat. Clrwit. "" n : . , - . f v ,

inr'Wo ro anthortsad t ajwooae tha nam of 0. R. IP.

Bit aa an Indepondant oandldata) tor SherUTof Sarioa Conntyi

JSP" Since our last, a large quantity of new

goods have arrived. Among the rest, we notice that Fairbanks has a heavy lot of boots, shoes.

hats, &c. Nash dV Co. have a heavy stock of boots and shoes, and E. G. Ward isf opening a

large stock of clothing. '! Keep your eyes on our

advertising columns, and go and get your goods of those that advertise.1:5 JKT Every family within thirty miles should lay in their winter clothing, groceries, &c, in this city. The assortment to select from Is large, the prices low, and the articles of the best kind Our business men are laying in heavy stocks this fall, and can suit every one.' JEST The postage , on. the Locomotive under the new law, is free within the county, and 15 cents a year to any part of the States .The new: law takes effect after this week. ..uv. j. t tsM sintfc tto i i - - - -

Health. Physicians and Undertakers inform us that our city has ; not been is healthy, at this,scason of the year, for the last fifen years, a it is now. ; Heavy Wheat A-Mr George WoodfiH brought

in 50 bushels of wheat las Monday,' that weigh

ed 67 lbs. to the bushel.

that?.

bushel.. Can any body beatr

chambers of the nation, and with one united, voice rank among her already brilliant civil code

a general system of Matkimoitul Economy! r ,

That such a system ia needed, is manifestly

evident;, for but look mround yout Here is a

portion of country where the male portion of the eommunity is predominant two to one; tkertt$ a section .where there j female supenority in numbers', From "an exasriinatibi'of ,the1ast de-

cennial census we learn that several of the New

England States harj ti rery

females, whilst on

-. Tfcsj Fall s?Mt.ia Ifiu-.A very tasty andoeaotiful article, oqnsl to avery - respect to in best Cincinnati orKew Yorfc Hats, is now tez&f Also Vttgt and jenerai assortment

2 proportion bf - rTfr style and oeaity, at Clacinnau prices,

Other band, W lSCOnsm: I , a(Ut l4-tf ' ' Ko.t. Palmer lioase. IndiasanoUa.

XSTMr. Norman has a. stand nearthe'Palmer House, where(he Is-seHjcg the .finest Isabella

grapes. He has s large crop thirye'ar, and an

jLrimi n ov oorne ia sua wii a., an election held in this city on the Sd of October,

to vote for or against an extra tax of 10 cents ca ,

the 100, for fcuildisg cisterns..

, 't Two yoting men have been arrested, and'arej now ia jail, oa the charge of stealing guns frca . Wm. McLaughlin, and' darpet-bags from Jasiea Hall. - They will be tried next Hobday. One'1

other hi this'elty'J f 1 3 ; ' " S r