Marshall County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 15, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 February 1857 — Page 1

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THE BLESSINGS OF GOVERNMENT, LIKE THE DEWS OF HEAVEN, SHOULD FALL ALIKE UPON THE RICH AND THE POOR. JACKS O N.

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gustntss girtttorg. THE MARSHALL DEMOCRAT, PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING, BY a. c Thompson & r. Mcdonald TERMS: If paid in advance, At the end of fix month?, delayed until the end of the rear, ..2 no .2 50 ADVERTISING: nc square (ten lines or less,) three weeks,. 1 00 nch additional insertion, 25 no Column three months, 4 Column six months, 4 Column one year, Column three months, . )2 Colmvn six months Column one year, Column three months...... Column six months, y oo .12 00 . 8 00 .15 00 .25 00 .14 00 .21 00 .15 00 Column one ve; Yearly advertiser have the privilege of one liancre free of charge. (Tbc Jlrmocrat 3(ob (Dfficc! PLAI iST IIUEE S AND AND EM. TYPE CUTS, &c, &c. Our Job Department is now supplietl with an extensive and well selected assortment of new styles plain and fancy Which enables us to execute, on 6hort notice and reas'-nable terms, all kinds of Plain and OrnamenJOB PRINTING! NEAT, FAST AND CHEAP; SCCII AS CIRCULARS, HANDBILLS, LABELS, " VTALOGCES, rAMPHLTrrs, BUSINESS CARDS, BLANK DEEDS k MORTGAGES; And H short, Blanks of every variety and description. Call and see specimens. MARSHALL COUNTY by I. Mattinglt, REPUBLICAN, .Plymouth, Ind. BJIOWNLEE & SHIRLEY, DEALERS IN Dry Goods and Groceries, first door east of Michigan street, PlymouthIiid. ROÖK&EVAXS DEALERS IN DRY Goods and Groceries, corner Michigan and La Porte streets, Plymouth, lud. C PALMER, DEALER IN DRY GOODS & G reveries, south corner La Porte and Michail, streets, Plymouth, Ind. "pVT II. OGLESBEE & Co.,DEALERS IN I . Dry Goods & Groceries, Brick Store MichM.BROWN, DEALER in HARDWARE B Stoves, Tinware, ic, Plymouth, Ind A DAM VINN EDGE, WHOLESALE and Retail Grocer, Plymouth, Ind. WM. L. riATT, MANUFACTURER OF Cabinet Ware, Plymouth, Ind. f T W. SMITH, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, X JL West side Michigan st., Plymouth, Ind. E i A A- A. V A A Ufc J -A.A. A A A -f A. U--M a -r A ' ll'.trnnil r.iip!-wrüJ X TI"itö TM r Wkllt ll Trill ! m'PT .(- r,. t a -viTr rvrnn r-'.ns nF COLLINS & NICHOLS, M A N U F A CT U Iters of Sash kc Plymouth, Ind. OHN D. ARMSTRONG, BLACKSMITH, south of the Bridge, Plymouth, Ind. B ENJ. BENTS, BLACKSMITH, 1 ly mouth, Ind. AK. BRIGGS, BLACKSMITH, riy mouth, lud, EDWARDS' HOTEL, BY W. C. EDWARDS, Plymouth, Ind. . C. C APRON, ATTORNEY & COUNselor at Law Plymouth, Ind. c MAS. II. REEVE, ATTORNEY AT LAW J k Notary Public Plymouth, Ind. H ORACE CORBIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW Plymouth, Ind. JOHN (i. OSBORNE, ATTORNEY AND cousellor at Law, office over C. Palmer's store, cor. Laporte and Mich, sts., Plymouth, Indiana. F RAZER k IICGUS, ATTORNEYS AND Counsellors at Law,. .Plymouth, Ind. SAML. B. COR BA LEY, NOTARY PUBLIC Plymouth, Ind. D R. J. E. BROOKE, PHYSICIAN k SURgcon Plymouth, Ind. rrHF.o. a LEMON, PHYSICIAN, SURX GEON &; Drugget, Plymouth, Ind. R UFUS BROWN, rilYSICIAN k SUR GEON Plymouth, Ind. S HIGGINBOTHAM, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Plymouth, Ind. J OHN II. SHOEMAKER, WATCHMAKER and Jeweh .Plvmouth, Ind. K LINGER k BRO. DEALERS IN LUMBER etc, Plymouth, Ind. II ENRY PI E R C E , DEALER IN CLOthing k Furnishing Goods, Plymouth, lud. A USTIN FULLER. MANUFACTURER And dealer in Flour Plymouth, Ind. II ENRY M. LOGAN k Co., DEALERS IN Lumber, VC Plymouth, Ind. AR BERING AND IIAIRDRESSING, BY Alfred Billows, Plymouth, Ind. C LEAVELAND k IIEWETT, DEALERS in Dry Goods, etc., Plymouth, Ind. TIL CASE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Plymouth, Ind. s SALOON, BY S. EDWARDS, Plymouth, Ind. I) R. J. J. VINALL, HOMEOPATIIIST, Office over Palmer's store. Plvmouth, Ind. JHUME, HARNESS MAKER, Plvm Plymouth, Tnd. w IlU;,t,)' MANUEACTURER OF Boots and Shoes Plymouth, Ind. A C, STALKY, MANUFACTURER AND dealer in Boots k Shoes, Plymouth, Ind. AMERICAN HOUSE, BY J. W. BARNES, south of river bridge, .... Blymouth, Ind. M Da if?xrif aiii T f VPI) I. t t -t. . Maker,. Plymouth, Ind.

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Poetry for the Times. BT A BOY WITH A EEARD OX. You watch your neighbor's actions More than you do your own; You cannot, or you will not, Let his affairs alone! In short, your neighbor's business, Which none concerneth you, You meddle with till yours Is clearly out of view! You sec yonr neighbor's faillugs, Rut do not see your own; And think that you arc worthy To cast at him the stone When, if you'd wipe the mirror, Till you yourself could see. You'd find j-our'e just as erring And full of faults as he! The way you judge a person Is by the cloth he wears; You do not stop to notice The inward heart he bears. If his dress is growing seedy, Or ragged, old and torn, You pass him by unheeding Or look at him with scorn. But if lie lias fine garments, And wears a golden chain, You hesitate no longer That person to ordain; A gentleman you praise him, Yiu laud him to the skies, No matter if he dresses. If he isn't good and wise ! You feel yourself above those Not quite as rich as you, Too proud and vain to speak with The man whose dimes are few. Well, do so, if you wish to But in heaven, beyond the sky, Ye proud ones shall be humbled, And lowly ones made high. 1 I I 4 AN INCIDENT OF THE REVOLUTION. In tbe summer of 177G, during ono of the darkest periods of our revolutionary struggles, in the small village of S in Pennsylvania, lived V , one of the finest and truest patriots within the limits of the "Old Thirteen' and deep in the confidence of Washington. Like most men of his time and substance, lie had furnished himself with arms and amunition sufficient to arm the males of his household. These consisted of three sens and about twenty-five negroes. Tho fomalo pmt of his house consisted of 1Ü3 vrife, one daughter, Catharine, about eighteen years of aoe heroine of our tale, and several slaves. In the second story of tho dwell ing house, immediately over the front door was a small room called the 'armory,' in which the arms -were deposited, and always kept ready for immediate use. About tho time we introdnce our story, the neighborhood of our village was very much annoyed by the nocturnal prowlings and deprodations of numerous Tories. It was a calm, bright Sabbath afternoon in the aforesaid summer, when Judge V., and his family, with the exception of his daughter Catharine, and an old indisposed slave, were attending service in the village church. Not a breath disturbed the serenity of the atmosphere; not a sound profaned the sacred stillness of tho day. The time was dangerous, and Catharine and the old slave remained in the house until the return of the family from church. A rap was heard at the front door. 'Surely,' said Catharine to tho slave "the family have not yet come church can't bo dismissed.' The rap was repeated. I will sec who it is,' said Catharine, as she ran up stairs ints the .armory. On opening the window and looking down she saw six men standing the front door and on the opposite side of the street, and three of whom she knew were Tories, who formerly resided in the villogo. Their names were Van Zant, Finlcy, and Sheldon; tho other three were strangers, but she had reason to believe them tho same political stamp, from tho company in which sho found them. an Z.ml was a notorious character, and the number and enormity of his crimes had rendered his name infamous in tho vicinity. Xot a murder or robbery was committed within miles of S that lie did not get the credit of planning and executing. Tho character of Finlcy and Sheldon were also deeply stained with crime, but Van Zant was a master-spirit of iniquity. The appearance of such characters, and under such similar circumstances, must have been ""o "' yuu,,s i-"y oi uainarinc s age, if not to any lady, young or old. Hut Catharine V possessed her fathers spirit, 'the spirit of tho times.' Van Zant was standing on tho stoop rapping at tho door while his companions were talking in a whisper on the opposite side of the wayIs Judge V at home?' asked Van Zant, when he saw Catharine at the window above. IIo is not,' said she. 'Wc have business of pressing importance with him, and if you will open tho door,' said Van, Zant, 'wo will walk in un. til ho returns.' 'No said Catharine, 'when ho want to

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church ho left particular directions not to have tho door opened until he and and his family returned. You had better call when church is dismissed.' No, I'll not returned he, 'we will enter now or never.' 'Impossible cried she, 'you cannot enter until he returns.' Open the door cried he, 'or we'll break it down, and burn you and the house up.' So saying, he threw himself with all the force he possessed against the door, at the same time calling on his companions to assist him. The door however resisted their efforts. Do not attempt that again said Catharine, 'or you are a dead man at the samo time presenting from tho window a heavy horse pistol, icady cocked. At the sight of this formidable weapon, tho companions of Van Zant, who had crossed the street at his call, retroated. What cried the leader, 'you cowards! are you frightened at the threats of a girl?' and again he threw himself violently against the door. Tho weapon was immediately discharged, and Van Zant fell. The report was heard at the church, and males and females rushed out to ascertain the cause. On looking towards the residence of Judge V , they perceived five men running at full speed, to whom the Judge's negroes and several others gave chase: and from an upper window of his residence a handkerchief was waving as if beckonin" for aid. All rushed towards the place, and upon their arrival Van Zant was in the agonies of death. IIo still retained strength enough to acknowledge that they had long contemplated robbing that house, and had frequently been concealed iu the neighborhood for that purpose, but no opportunity had offered until that day, when lying concealed in the woods, they saw the Judge and his family going to church. The body of the dead Tory was taken and buried by the sexton of the church, as he had no relatives in that vicinity. After an absence of two or three hours the negroes returned, having succeeded in capturing Finlcy and one of the strangers, who were thai night confined, and the next morning, at tho enrncst tolicitation of Judge V , liberated on the point of promise of amending their livs. It was in tho month of October of the same year that Catharine V., was sittiri" by an upper back window in her father's house, knitting; though autumn, the weather was mild, and the window was hoisted about three inches. About sixty or seventy feet from the house, was a barn, a huge, old fashioned edifice, with upper and lower folding doors; and accidentally casting her eyes to Avar ds the barn, sho saw a small door (on a range Avith the front door and windoAv at which she was sitting) open add a number of men enter. Tho occurrence of the summer immediately presented itself to her mind, and the fact that her father and the other males of the family were at work in the field at some distance from the house, led her to suspect that that opportunity had been improved by some of Van Zanl's friends to plunder and revenge his death. Concealing herself behind the curtains, sho narroAvly watched their movements. She suav a man's head slowly rising above the door, and apparently reconnoitring the premises; it Avas Finley's. Their object was noAv evident. Going to the armory, she selected a Avell loaded musket, and resumed her place at the AvinI doAv. Kneeling upon the lloor, ehe laid the ! muzzle of the weapon upon tho AvindoAv .curtains, and taking deliberate aim, she fired. What effect she had produced sh kneAv not, but ßaAV several men hurrying out of tho barn by the same door they had entered. The report brought her father and his Avorkmen to tho house, and iroin to the barn, the dead body of Finlcy lay upon the fioor. Catharine V aftenvards married a Captain in the Continental army, and she lives the honored mother of a numerous and rc9pectable line of descendants. The old house is still 'in the land of the living, and has been the scene oi many pranks of tho writer of this sketch in the hay-day of mischievous boyhood. &M Tale-Kkaiuxo. Never repeat a story, unless you are certain it is correct, and even not then unless something is to be gained, either of interest to yourself, or the good ol tho person concerned. Tattling is a mean and wicked practice, and he Avho indulges in it, groAvs moro fond of it in proportion a3 he is successful. If you have no good to say of your neighbor, never reproach his character, by telling that Avhich is false. IIo who tells vou the faults of others, intends to tell others of your faults, and so the dish of news is handed from ono to another, until tho talo be3omes enormous. A story never loses anything," is wisely remarked; but on the contrary, gains in proportion as it is repeated by those who have not a very strict regard for truth. Truly "the tongue is an unruly momber full of deadly poison." ; 1

From the Cineinanti Enquirer. Governor Johnson, of Georgia, and tho .Richmond Enquirer Hershel V. Johnson, the present GoA'eror of Georgia, and one of the most distinguished of tthe State-rights Democracy in tho South, has Avritlen a letter to Jackson, Mississippi Avhich, in its temper and sentiment, affords a most agreeable contrast to the ultra and insane course marked

oui uy iuc ruenmonu r.nquirer. l he able it il lr .1 1 T- mi i but indiscreet editor ol that print, who l advocating a departure from the present ; settled policy of the Linon, as well as the! democracy upon the Slavery question, by j insisting that no free &ato should bo ad - mitted into tho Union without bcin ac companied by a slave State, is well rebuked by Goa-. Johnson in the following extract. We cannot doubt that Gov. Johnson, in his determination to support the present "status" of the slavery question, expresses tho sentiments of the great mass of the Southern people. We are satisfied that no considerable portion of them will approve of the policy of the Richmond Enquirer in disturbing that "status," and that sheet Avill bj made to understand that it has taken a &UOOt not onlv anti-Uemoeratin. hnt nrf.'vlv opposed to tho interests of the South. . " . ii ia oy aunenng roaoiuieiy to the doctrines ujion entire assurance . i . us reerAca j rights will never bo trampled upon. The organisation m ine rci:aie, auvocatou by tho Richmond Enquirer, is at war with tho laAvs of native and of population, and is, therefore, absurd. Gover nor Johnson says; "In vieAv of the importance of this con

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unueu oy ine peopje oi mo ierntones, as : to :.x; well as the States that the South can best j j M(,nSond a dead man to jail? maintain it5 nnn:i htv in thi. f n' I i.i.i.i . . . . J . .

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sideration, it see ais to me unfortunate for Ax An.vn Mare. The X. Y. Journal the South, particularly at this juncture, j 0f Commerce' says that among tho trcathat any new and extreme policy should sures which Mr. Troye, the artist, bro't bo broached. We have obtained by the 1 fr0m his recent cxplora.ions in the orienrecent legislation of Congress, a recog- j tal countries is a veritable Arab mare. The nition of the equality of the States and j animal, which was purchased for a stock the principle of non-intervention, and the I importing company in Kentucky, is now- in repeal of tho Missouri Restriction. What- Xcw York. She is a long, well knit, ever ground of complaint is furnished by j shapely creature, of a greyish color, about tho past, the South enjoys, for tho pies- j the average size, with very large and musent, a full admission of her constitutional Cular thighs, and a marvelous' elasticity in lights. The Democracy of the non-slave- every movement. Her value is estimated holding States, at the hazard of political at 10,000. This is tho second marc of martyrdom at home, have gallantly main- the Desert which has been brought to this taiued our cause. Is it nt wise to adhere country. The first, also imported by the to our existing attitude, rather than raise i Kentucky Company, came in by tho Aay of issues Avhich, not iuA.lvjig positive light, Xcav Orleans. may drive us from their support and co-! operation? I will ia-tanee the proposition I RTF For every mile that atc leave the to re-opuu tlv, bLiu t..;.io. What jood ' sarf::ee of the 'arth thr? temr,vratnro falls can result from the agitation of this ques-! live degrees. At forty-live miles "distant tion? None whatever. Even if demand-: from the globe Ave get beyond the atmosed by the interests of the South, as its j phere, and cntir, strictly speaking, into advocates contend, is i . not utterly imprac- regions of space, avIioso temperature is ticable, so long as the Union of tha, States 225 degrees beloAV zero, and hcuee cold is preserA'ed? . The unanimous demand of1 reigns in all its power. Some idea of this

the South could not effect it; for the Xorth Avould as unsnimously oppose it; while we could not complain that, by such opposition our rights Avero infringed. The concentrated efforts of our Federal Government would be powerless for this purpose; for it is adverse to the sentiments of the civilized Avorld, to our treaty stipu

lations for its suppression, and the conven-j substance like shoav. If touched, it prtioual Jaws of nations, by which it is do-j duces just the effect of a red hot cinder;

dared to be piracy. Its agitation is ' it blisters the lingers like a burn. Quickfraught, therefore, with mischief only. ( silver, or mercury, freezes at 40 deg. belt Avill distract and divide tho South, Avhen ( low zero: that is 72 deg. below the tempounion is so indispensible. It Avill tend ; rature at Avhich Avater freezes. The solid to drive from us our true friends in the j mercury may then he treated as other met-non-slaveholding States, Avhen their cordial, als, hammered into sheets, or made into co-operation is needed to shield us from j spoons; such spoons, hoAvever, Avould melt Abolition aggression. It Avill rouse to a I in Avater as Avarm as ice. It is pretty cerstill higher pitch the prejudices of other tain that every liquid and gas that we are nations against us, on account of tho exis- j acquainted with, AA'Ould become solid if extence of Southern slavery. It Avere Aviso, posed to the regions of space. The gas we therefore, to adhere to the present status light our streets witl Avould appear like of the slave:y question. It is protected Avax, or Avould be in reality "as hard as by the Constitution, and our Xorthern ! rock;" pure spirit, Avh i ch Ave haA'o noAer friends can safely fight our battles on th'- ir: yet solidified, would apj.ear like a b'eck of oAvn soil; with their alliance we can main-; transparent crystal; hydrogen gas Avould tain our lights in the Union. 1 repeat, i become quite solid and resemble a metal; then, let us cultivate that alliance r i t h I Ave should be able to turn butter in a lathe

scrupulous assiduity and by all honorable means. A feAV weeks ago, Chas. Schoeh, of Xew Philadelphia, Ohio, Avas cutting into a large log, when his axe struck a cannon leadenslug, Aveighing 3.V lbs. Avhich Avas embedded in solid Avood about five or six inches from the surface. The tree from Avhich it Avas taken, greAv in the river bottom about two miles from that town, and near Avhere Gen. Wayne and his army encamped du rin; the summer of 17:M, Avhen he marchcd to Xorlh-Avest Territory to attack the Miami Indians. Tho probability is, that it was fired from one of his cannons, and lay embedded for more than half a centuryMO( The Source ok tiik Xii.k. The last expedition to discover the source of the Nile, was sent by Mehcmet Ali, the enlightened and energetic Viceroy of Egypt, and occupied the years of 18-11, '12 and M3. The expedition, penetrated to the fourth degree of noith latitude. And ad along this immense distance of more than three thousand miles for Avhieh the Xile has been traced, it presented the same unAarying prospect as in upper Egypt and Soudan. A mighty stream Avas rolling onAvards, and yet unfed by rains and without any discovered source, and seeming to gush out of the earth's inmost heart, atid under the earth's equator. Disheartened by unsucessful labor, though prolonged to nearly throe years, the object they pursued ftacing before them like an Jatts the farther they went.Jthe expedition at length turned back, leaving tho mystery to be solved by others; if ever solved. Xo of ficial account of the expedition has over been published: but some of the parly have given accounts of their adventures of greater or less extent, from Avhich many interesting ficts may be "fathered. llntuy Statesman,

The Arkansas Judiciary. 'Quiz' the Arkansas correspondent of X. O. Picayune, balances his account with Louisiana, by telling the following joke on the Arkansas Judiciary: Some years ago a man Avithout family or relations, lived in a county in this iState, and Avas possessed of an estate Avorth some S 5,000. He Avent to Xcav Orleans, and

was gono about four years Avithout being j heard from The Prubato Judiro wanted; - administration letters on his estate wound it lip and discharged the Administra Tbo r.tm.di,...i t.. r. :Uor. ! nppllecl to the jude ! when in 0 en courtt! xico for his property ic followiai: dialogue took place: Dead Man If your honor pleases. I want my effects returned to me, as you see I am not dud.

Court IknoAA- that is, as a man that j commander and crew refused to surrender you are alive and in court but as a court her. I know you are dead, for tho records of Senor Palcmmo, City Treasurer of Hathis court say so, and against their verity ana, had absconded, being a defaulter to there can be no averment so says Lord 1 a large amount. Coke, and a good many other books I nev- Mark Chauncey, an American sailor, and er read, ring-leader in the conspiracy at tho Isle of

Dead Man Rut I want my property, . orwl t i-a nri motfor t Tir ivliAilior vnr ; , . . T i- 1 T . iriii tiü 1115 or miL. T nr.- olitn nid Iiit-a !,-. transferred my property; to deprive mo of it (Tflins?. mvcMt ;3 a,r,;:i3t all law. I f'ourt If you insinuato that the records you Sheriff 'Re thou erhostor roblin dam'd tii .,i- i,.-..,i !,,.-. j som(;h to (lrink go and take The Judge stuck to it that so far as his case Avas concerned, he teas dead and d d if he shouldn't stay dead! and tho poor f.'lloAv Avent into chancery, and spent all he had made in Mexico, and tho rest. intense cold may be formed by stating that the greatest cold observed in the Artie Circle ii from 50 to GO degrees below zero, and here many surprising effects are produced. In tho chemical labratorv, the greatest cold that Ave can produce is about, 1 GO degrees below zero. At this tompc- : raturo carbonic acid gas becomes solid i like a piece of ivory; and the fragrant odors of flowers would have to be mada hot before they Avould yield perfume. These are a few of tho astonishing effects of cold. IIOKACK GltliliLKV SUED FOR LinEL. In connection with tho faet that Horace Greeley has recently sued a number of editors for libel, perhaps it may bo intevesting to knoAV that Mr. Greeley himself has just been made tho defendant in a simi lar action. The platntiff is Elias Combs, ja prominent Tsnth WardknoAv-noth;ng, 'and he lavs his damages at 5,000. It , aimears from the complaint that the principal libel was an allegation in an article published on the 5th of March last, that the plaintiff Avas escorted home by a female committee of one from a poiter-house in that Avard, frequented by the influential politicians living in that part of tho city; and a further allegation that ono of the brothers of the Council had furnished brother Combs (meaning the plaintiff) with a pair of "blue-rimmed goggles" to aid him in groping his way home. The defendant set up the truth of the alleged libel, and gave notice that he Avill give in evidence all the facts and circumstances of the matter in mitigation of damages. Watrr nv Rorinc. A subterranean riAor has been striu k by persons engaged in boring an Artesian avcII at Ilcndesson, Ky., from which a jet of Avater is forced up through me now ana thrown to the j height of fifty feet above the surface of the ground.

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I'xrn.i.rn. A few days since Älr. Slouch, ft meinbfr of the Ohio House of Representatives from Hamilton county, was mo-,t possly insulted by .Mr. Cudwoll, a member from Ashtabula, cmmly. Mr. Slouch resented thi with a blow. For thin act Mr. Slouch has been expelled by a strtct party vote lie will be re:nrued to his seat by the democracy of Hamilton comity, by a triumphant vote.

From Havana Storm in the Gulf. Ncav York; Jan. 15. Havana pnpers of January 5th contain full details of the recent storm in the Gulf. The steamer IturLidi was at anchor off Vera Cruz Avhen Avrecked. Eighty-five of her creAV aa-cio lost, and 17 saved by floating ashore on parts of the Avreck. The brig Xeupar, a Xev,' York packet, Avas a

totnl wivr-L- The rrew xveri snvrd. Tlirn ' steamer Calhoun was driven off, but sub - semientlv reached Alvarado disabled. The steamer Monterey was wrecked on the &v vandra. Xcarly all on board perished. The steamer Daniel Webster Avas driven asliore near Indianola, Sovcrel foreign vessels Avere Avrecked at Vera Cruz. A party of Mexican officers had arrived at Havana, to take posses-ion of the runaway Mexican steamer, but her former ! 1 ines, it was thought, would suller death ! ftr 111 :?n nl 1 CM f V in Hint. fifFlir Ar.i:i!) f tho txt on honr 1 flu strnmer . . 1 i. ... 1 i Rurbido were George Chelsey and John ! Walker, engineers, sunnosed to be natives s of the United States. Damascus, Indej)endent of its central position, it has attractions in itself superior, perhaps, to any city in the East. We haA'o hoard of "rose-red cities half as old as Time;" but' i'Damascus is at least as old as any received history, and is in fact the oldest city Ave knoAV of Avhich presents to this day its Original importance. From the time when Abraham left his home "betAveen the riAers" to journey Avestward to the "Land of Promise," its name has been familiar, its beauty and riches have been proverbial for four thousand years, and it has been a link never broken be tAveen tho patriarchal age and that of the steam engine. It has come under tho dominion of. David, of Jereboam, of Pharoah, Necho, of Xebuchadnezxor, of Alexander, of the Ptolemies, of Pompey, of Cleopatra, of Herod, of tho Moslem, of Timour the Tartar, of the Sultans of Constantinople and the Pashas of Egypt, yet it survives and still nourishes. Here is still the "street failed straight," where Ananias came, directed bv a vision to inquire for one "Saul of Tarsus." Here is still shoAvn a w indow from Avhich it is said the Apostle Ayas let doAvn. Here is the reprited site of St. Paul3 conversion: of John the Baptist, the horse of Xaamau, r.:id the mosque cf Sultan S:lim. So vcrious are the associations, near and re -

mote," real or. apocryphal, of a city which j eighteenth century, ono half of the popucrowns them all by its rare position and lation liA cd 27 years. In the latter forty

luxuriant verdure, its gardens, its pastures and its "clear streams, its Abana and Pharpar, "better than all the waters of Israel." A Wrinkle about the age of Horses. A few days ago Ave met a gentleman from Alabama, Avho giA'os us a piece of information in regard to ascertaining tho age of horses, after he or sho has passed the ninth year, which Avas new to U3, and will be, we aro sure to most of our readers. It i? this: after the horse becomes nine years old a Avrinkle comes on tho eyelid, and every year after this, one Avell defined Avrinkle for every yearoA'cr nine. f, fjr instai ce, the horse has three Avrinkles, he is twehe, if four, he is thirteen. Add th'j number of Avrinkles to nine, and you Avill always get it. So says the gentleman, and he is confident it will noA'er fail. Vs a good many people have horses over nine, it is easily trieJ. It true, tue horse dentist must gn-e up his trade.. Southern Planter. Yvar in the East It appears that the United States as well as Great Britain have cause of complaint against the Chinese authorities, and the man -of-Avar Portsmouth, upon the refusal of tho authorities to make reparation, opened fire upon the forts of the Celestials. The insolence of these Eastern barbariand is becoming unbearable, and it is high time they Avere taught better manners. Respectful communications addressed to the Chinese Government by both the United States and England have been contemptuously returned Avithout even being opened, lho trade of Lhina is confined al

most exclusively to the American; and ol.jectuf most infinite care, solicitude and conEnglish, and it is right and proper if the tmtiou to 17,W0,(X)0 of the moA intelligent of citizens of those nations are not treated j the human race, the object at which every human with common humanity that the arrogant ; points, the toj.ie on which every t.npie descant.

subjects of the ''Son of Heaven" should be taught good manners at the cannon's mouth if they cannot be taught any other Avay. It Pays Well ! Gen. Whitfield was elected to Congress from Kansas, and although Gov. Reeder Avas not a candidate against him, he contested his right to a seat. The result Avas, the Republican majority in" the House of Representatives turned out Whitfield and refused to put Reeder in. They, Iioavcver, paid R vder just as much as if he had been in that is, several thousand dollars. Another election has since been held in Kansas, and Whitfield has been again elected, and has taken his 6eat and been SAvorn in. But Reeder has contested it again, and is tioav in Washington prosecuting the contest. Of course he has no expectation of getting the seat, but it is evident he is not after that. It is the pay he wants, and it is a shrewd game he plays to get it. It's better than being Governor of Kansas. If he gets pay this time, we shall contest somebody's election ourselves. It's a good buciness the way the Republicans carry it on. Terrs JIautc Union. itt?A change in the weather makes conversation for loafers. I

(WMOILE NO. 67.

On tho subject of Kansas, the "etr York Herald has the following comments, which shoAv that it has bid adieu to Black Republicanism, and is sailing on the other tack;; "It is a pity to soe GoAernor King yielding to his party so far as to recommend moral and material aid for Kansas, as wo understand he is to do. Why on earth not leaA'e Kansas alone? What haAe wo to doAvith the people of that Territory? What : t . . . . . . n . - A K A M. 1 a A 1 "jus w roaicxaie ucm nl,.S. , , insmulTl?T,s ey shall J ,iau ivmbas u mey ; choose, aild when the right time is come. ' oie wror agamsi slavery, as tneir Jiumor or opinion leads them; but the Go'crnmcnt of the States has no moro to do with the. subject than the Queen of England. It j "i'-f"1 uw inai lJ the great central State of might have been hoped that the Governor ew lork would have set the more thoughtless and less important GoA enors of the other States a Aviso lesson on this head.' The Herald once hurrahed for Fremont! - Logansport Pharos. E-MAxcirATiON ix Missouri. The Missouri Democrat has become an earnest advocat? of the emancipation of the slaves of that State. It suggests that the State buy j them, and ship them to Liberia. The num. ber of slaves in Missouri is about CO.OOO. In concluding its argument in favor of this measure, the Democrat says: 'We trust our fortune and our fite to thi-; great causo of emancipation.' "He Drinks." How ominous that sentence falls! Hoav wc pause in con versa tio.i and ejaculate "Its a pity!" How his mother anxiously hopes lie wil ill not Avhen ho groAvs older; and his sisters persuade themselves already that it is only a fewAvild oats that ho is sowing. And yet the old men shake their heads and feel, gloomy when they talk about it. Young men, just commencing in life,, buoyant with hope don't drink. You aro ! freighted with a precious carcro. Tho hopes of your old parents, of your sisters,. of jour Avives, of your children all are laid doAvn upon you. In you tho aged live over again their young days; through you only can the weary one obtain a position in society; and from the level on Avhich vou place them, must your children go into the great struggle of life. Aa-erage Duration- of Humax Life.. Professor Ruchana, in a recent lectuto before the Mechanic?"lnstitute at Cincinnati, said that in the latter part of the sixteenth ccnturA, one half who Ave re born 1 died under fh'c years; the average longevity of the whole population Avas but 18 : years. In the seAcntccnth century one j half of tho population died under 12 . years. But in the first sixty years of tho forty years, one-half exceeded 32 years of age. At the beginning of the present century, one-half exceeded 40 years; and from 1837 to 1845 one-half exceeded 43. The average longevity at these successive periods has been increased from IC years ia the sixtecenth century up to 43.7 by tholast report. H I jtiT"The latest news received from Central America exhibits a r.cwand unpleasant complication of the relations of the littleState of Costa Rica with our government.. The seizure of the boats of the Transit Company, tho blockade of the river San Juan, and violent interruption of transit on that route, are acts of direct hostility to the United States, whilo they inflict little or no injury on Xiearagua. The people of this country will demand redress for this hostility, and it cannot be doubted that our government Avill promptly interpose to punush the wrong and prevent lurtuer aggressio i. pchttncti JC' Ry counting the knuckles on tho hand, with the spaces between them, all the months with thirty-one days atüI lall on the knuckles, and tho?e with thirty days or less Avill ccme in the spaces. January, first knuckle: February, first space; March second knuckle; April, second space; May, third knuckle; June, third space; July fourth knuckle; August, first space; September, first space; October, second knuckle; Xoveniber, second space; December, third knuckle. Ij" The Lonlon Times, in an artiele on thoPresidency, lus the following: Who would not bo the rre.-ident of the United States? the choice of a nation of freemen, tho raised above his fellow-nun by no accident of birth, no sujm rierity of wcalt'i, but by the presumed fitness of Iiis jwrsonal jualites for one of the most elevated fltuatior.s that a man may Ik called upon to fill." 3T It seemi that a portion of the Kansas Rcli f Fund has been ?peut in redeeming the 'shinplastcr scrip issued by the Topcka Convention, lor the payment of its mock members, and of the (lorernor and ot!ir spurious oflieeM under the IVce Jst.ite organization. Over ten thousand dollars have thus been punk. Tho origin 1 issuers of thebopras currency lun o hft'tho J-'tate, and abandoned the Topcka iinjHisture. '(iov."' Robinson has pone. Lt. Governor Robinson abandons the project. (ien." Laue and his horse thieves have Hod the Territory. Hut as lon as the deluded people of the Atlantic' States, sent forward their moans to feed sedition and keep up disorder there ,there will tie plenty to take the place of the defunct lead ers iu the cause of public anarchy, and they will continue to issue chinplatcrs to be thus rodoomodby the donations of the credu lous. Cleveland I'hiindcalcr. Govd humor and mental charms aro a much superior to external beauty as mind is superior to matter. There aro no "war taxes" in Russia; tho expenses of the Avar arc met by freo gift from the people. Women of Kentucky who have children between the aire of eight. and eighteen years, h.iA-o tho right to vote for School Trustee.

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