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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. (WHOLE NO. 8.

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TUB MARSHALL BE510IJB1T, 7USUSIIEU EVERT THCESDAT MORNING, BY A. C. THOMPSON & P. Mr DONALD TERMS: If paid m adwace At the etid of six months, delay ed until the end of t!io year,. . ...1 ro ....2 CO ...2 50 rw . w Itnf-s rr los?.) three woiks,. 1 0 ii.;;iaillition;liaserti'--n, P U Column three months ' ;l C xuiii ix month,. . v '..ii'.n o ,TC in -v- . '.. ' "'. rn ' . " l ' . c I"!;.'; I' - h1 C!.;.n.j li : i' f , .' :n-:l i 1! ?. .......... 8 00 1? v) , -oo '.....Hi oa , . . . . .25 00 .....id no -JJ CO -15 0 ) Yearl'r al' hsvt t": o T-rlvoV-;; of me haii. frff r e!i t t-. . Dsmocrdt Job OSeo! II IT 1 ES AND Oir Job Denartmsat i now Firn!if i with an extensive ami well selcctc-d a?so.tment of ne styles plain anl f.iney Whkh Vnablc ns to rr,:te, on short notice .inn reasonable ternw, aUkhvL of l'ltia and OrnaincnJOB PRINTING! NEAT. FAST AND CHEAP; SUCH AS r AMMII.ET9, ECSIXESS CARDS, BLANK DEEDS A MORTGAGES; HANDBILLS, LABELS, CATALOGCES, And in short, B'mk of every variety and descrip tion. Call arj'l see specimens. H t ntpi'cov i- Cj ?fiVr in Hardware. . Stoves, etc Plymoutb, Ind lATTERSON & CLEAVELAND, dealers inGroserie?, etc., riymonm. mVGLESBEE, SHIRLEY & ROE, dealers in VfDry Gaodä, rtymontu, um. BROWNLEE, dealer in Dry Good, Gro . ceries, etc., Plymouth, ma. DARLTNG, manufacturer and dealer inj BDARLTNG, manufacturer ar t rteaier . Boot and Zhocs..-: plTrnl,lih lnt1C PALMER, DEALER IN D!CY üu jw Grocerie- south corner La Torte and Micligan 'street,. riymouth, Ind. R at nnnw'N. DF.ALER ix HARDWARE . Stoves, Tintvarff, ic.,. . . .Flyniouih, Ind A DAM VINN EDGE, WHOLESALE and Retail Grocer, mmoutn, in.i. W M. L. PIATT, MANUFACTURER OF . . TM 4L T-.,l Cabinet ware, nymouui, mu. M TT- oMiTii TTTcrirr nrTTTr. PE ACE. o.ui i k J v. ..... - - - ' it'... . t:l.t m Plrmrmtti- IndE LLIOTT & Co., MANUFACTURERS OF m -w-k it. T 1 Wagons, Carnages a: riows, riymomn, ma. JOHN D. ARMSTRONG, BLACKSMITH, sooth of the Bridge, Plymouth, Ind. K. BRIGGS, BLACKSMITH, Plymouth, Ind, XDWARDS HOUSE by G. B. Stidm XZi Mich'g-m street nymomn, intu DR. SAMPLE, Attorneyat Law, and No- , tary Public, Plymouth, Ind. C- UIAS. II. REF.VE. ATTORNEY AT LAW ' L N !.iry Pui.;"n-f Plymouth, Ind. HORACE CORBIX. A1T0RNEY AT LAW Plymouth, Ind. R. J. E. BROOKE, PHYSICIAN & SURpeon, Plymouth, lud. rpiIEO. . LEMON, PHYSICIAN, SURX GEON k Drup-giit,. Plymouth, In I. R ÜFU5 BROWN, PHYSICIAN & SUR GEON Plymouth, lad. HIGGINBOTHAM, PHYSICIAN 4 SURGEON, .' rivniouih. Tnl. yOHN II. SHOEMAKER, WATCHMAKER and Jeweler. Plymouth, Ind. LINGER k BRO. DEALERS IN LUMBER etc,.. .Fiyinoutli, Ind. H JE NRY PIERCE, DEALER IN CLOthiiig & r nnnsiimg uoo:. riymoui j, u.a. H ENRY M. LOGAN k Co.. DEALERS IN Lumber, &c Plymouth, Ind. "CLEAVELAND & IIEWETT, DEALERS j in Dry Goods, etc., Plymouth, ma. II. CASE, JUSTICE Of THE PEACE, 0 7 ' Flrmniitli. Ind. DR. J. J VINALL, HOMEOPATHIST, OESce over Palmer's store, Plymouth, Ind. A C, STALEY, MANUFACTURER AND dealer ia Boots & Shoes, Plymouth, Ind. BALDWIN HOUSE by Ami Baldwin south of the iver bridge,. .Plymouth, Ind. G - WHITMORE, manufacturer and dealer in Boots and Shoes Plymouth, Ind. X?7.Vrr OF JPJL UVTJO UTU, PLYMOUTH, IND., (Michigan street, north of WestervelCs.) Collections made and promptly remitted for at current rates of. Exchange. Uncurrent money bought and sold. J. II. KNICKERBOCKER, Cashier. ' May 21. 1357 27tf. ' Plusiral instruments! FOItT Vf AYNE, Keep con-fentlv oo hand a splendid stock of ;IPÄS3Ii(!D IlTIrto2 UELODEONS. ' . GUITARS, ' VIOLINS, and all other

DAD 13 CROWING OLD, JOHN. BT J. Q- A. WOOD. Ay, Dad is growing old, John, His eye are retting dim, And year.-: h ive on his .-houldcrs laid A heavy weight for lam; But you tnJ I arc young and lialc, And each a ftalwart man, And we mvt make his load as light And easy as wc can. lie u?edto take the front, John, At the cradle and the plow, And earned our pocriilgc by the sweat Tint tiieklod from his brow; Yet never liexrd we lnm complain, Whate'er Lis toil mi ht be, Nor wanted e'er a welcome eeat Upon his Eolll kr.ee. jCut vvhrn our boy strength cane, J-Mm And sturdy grew tachlimb, He fc:-oi:ht i.' to the yellow eIJ, To sh trc the toil with him; r Eat he wentfo-em 5t iu the s-vath, Tviin? r.side he j. ran, Ji. t !-I:e tlu" j -v x hiva-? the soil Or.-1 '' i' "lie .r? t!i in i.u. Now we i.i :.-t le . tlic van, John, Tlirouh weather itul an! fair, Aui lot t!ie old man read and Joze, And tilt his ea.-y chair; Ar.-' he'll not mind it, John, you know, At eve to tel! o'er The -c brave old talcs of British times, Of G.-anJ-dad tnd the war. I hearl you fnak of M'm, John, 'Ts go?pcl v.hnt you say, That caring for the like of us II is turned her hair so .ray; Yet, Juliii, do I remember well When neighbors called her vain, And w hen her h ;:r was long and like A gleaming shef of grain. Her lips were cherry red, John, Her cheek was round and fair, And like a ripene.l peach it swelled Against her wavy hair; Her -tep fell lightly ad the ieaf From off the summer tree, And ail day busy at the wheel She san? to vouanl mc. She had a bujoni arm, Johi, That wielded well the rxl Whene'er with willful step our feet The path forbidden trod; But to the heaven of her eye, We never looked in vain; And evermore cur yielding cry Brought clown her tear3 like rain. But that is so long ego, Jolm, And yr are what wo ro, And little heed we day by day . Her fading cheek add hair; Ah, when beneath h?r faithful breast Tl'.e tides no longer stir, 'Tis then, John, wc m tshi'i feel We hid no friend like her. Sure there can be no harm, John, TLu3 speaking softly o'er The ble?3cd names of those, ere long, Shall welcome us no more; Nay! hid- it not for why shouldst thon An I-: est tear disown! TLy h- .j-t one day will lighter be, Remembering it has flown. For Dad is growing old, Jolm, His eyes are getting dim, And Ma'am Lj treading softly down The dim descent with him; But you and I are young and hale, And cadi a stalwart man, And we mast make their pathj as smooth And level as we "can.

YOUTH IS GONE. 1 walk once more ia the meadows, Where my feet in childhood strayed; I sit a-a'n in lh ?h vlows Where ny y.ath'iä c jnioanion3 p! lycd; Tue trees iu ac-justoni-rd plaoes, Like famiiiar fos ras appear; But the onse famihir fices Are not here they r.re not here. The brook glides through the grasses, Where i ran 1 :n years before, And the sonlt sings as it passes, Is the scag it murmured of yore, From the willow that is nearest, Sins a well-remembered bird; Eat the voices that ar dearest Are not heard they are not heard! The in-piring morn is glowing Wuh the light of other day.-", And her robes cf beauty are flowing Along all her flowery ways; Bat, alas! for all the sweetness, All the beauty of the dawn! For, with more than fairy fleetness, Youth is gone ah ! youth is gone ! From the Indianapolis Daily Journal. Early Indiana Trials and Sketches. BEMISISCEXCE3 BT HON. O. H. SMITH. As I have already found that thesa Reminiscences cannot bo confined to trials alone, and gir to them the interest desirable, I hare concluded to take a vrider range, and sketch other interesting incidents that the reader may !oelc for as they appear. STATE ORGANIZATION AND DIVISION OF PARTIES. T came to Indiana in the spring of 1817. The political affairs of the State were then in the hands of three parties, or rather one cartv with three divisions the Noble, Jennings and Hendricks divisions which were all fully represented in inn convention that formed the constitution of 1816. Gen. Jumes Noble and Jonathan Jennings were delegates. Jennings was elected President and William Hendricks Secretary of the convention. It was evident to these lead era that personal political conflicts must arise between them unles the proper arranc:r.;rr r were raada to arcid them. It YT&j Cc3 arreed between them io aid each

other in ni.iking NubV U. Ö. SMi?or, Jen Mini's Governor, and lleuclrieks Conivss

man. An npporiiounKMit was mvls in the constitution to suii a.I prunes. Jt was jroviJeJ at the closo of fcW-ii n 2) of Arir!-' 3, No; shall :i!iy member of ei.r.or brancli of lie General Asyembly, (luiiw the term fir whith lie is elerteJ, ba e)ijit!e t any oflii-e, the appointment cf wliirli is vested" in the Gene.al Ass.-mbly. Provllcd, tl:it notliiiv in tiiis constitution shall be froconat Rtrued as to prevent any isvmb?r ot the fint session of the General Assembly fmm aeo. p!ing any o'nC'j that is crea'.ed by this Cun.sii.ution, or the Constitution of ihe Uniied Stales." There were three JuJes to be appointed for tho Supreme Co'uit. Ea-li su&-divi;ion was entitled to one lv?n. Nobh-1 selected Jes-:e L. Holnvin, living on the beautiful IwigUts of the Oi.io river, above Aurora, a gKl lawyer, and one vl the ru s: just and onsi-k-n.i oiis men I ever knew. Gvii. Jennings selected J'dm J.diasoii, ;i line lawyer and an excellent u '. He lived but a short lime, and at:er bis death, in the writer of ir.22.-'3, 1 named t!; eanty .f J.ihnvn Tr l.im in the L'gis! i ure, and Ii-: f r Col. Piehürd M. J !wiso:i. s tne su:ivse G v. Hv'ti Iri.-ks named J:n:.-s c-i.t, f Liark ooum'.v, a r':jnylvani.i'), o:v of tlr purest m "i in i;e a i;'d '-ehi'lar vnd.i line lawyer. The opiüi.:;- ot n jadj;e that l as been upon lb" S.jpriMiv Coan boneb to the pres. ent day. no :ar as I atn e ipable ( ja ltn0'; ..;e en'i.i" 1 to stand i iher wi-V. the prof 'Si m l ha i I i-. lb Kik for his m hd Lord liardwicui A s. rn.j common sens.' V13W of the case eii:d!ed him to hcdeet the grain ef wlieai ftoin il.e slack f t:aw. and b Idinvr i: up t ti.e panies widmu. discussing the cl.a.i'. say: It is my opinion that lids is a trr.-dn of wheat." FIRST ELECTION OF OFFICERS. The Coiisinu.ion was radlicd, the election bei ! and the L.-gUl.r.ure met. Jonathan Jennings was e lee led Governor, Win. Hendricks to Congress, Gen. Noble and Waller Taylor to the Senaieof th? United States, Jesse L. Ilolm.m, John Johnson and James Scot. Suptome Judges. J u lg. Johnson lived but a short time, and Isa ac Blackford, of Viacennes, a young lawyer from New Jersey, a graduate of Piiaeeion, was appointed to the vacancy. Like Judg Story he looked uk young for that high judicial sta ion ; but, to say the least, I;.came fully up to the expectation of his friends, as his decisions and reports fully show. He is now one of the judg es of the United Suites Court of Claims, sitting at Washi gton. Ti.5 piiaeipal ch irae. esistio of the mind of JuJg Blackford is caution. He never guesses. He is emphatically a " Loo' ial e." L c'.aina ion wi.fi hinii-, nothing, precedent and good authority, everything. moniioe's SECOND ELECTION. ÜEX. N-jELS. Tite S ate orga iiz uio i and ti.i? dia.ri.nition of otlicej went on swimmingly, the chiefs changing hands as in a country dance. Hen hick l-ll Congre-s, Jennings lefl the Exeeu'ie Chair and went 10 Cm gross, and Hendricks was elected Governor. Noble was re-el-c-nd to ih Sen a Waller Taylor died, and Gov. Hendricks resigned his office and was elected to the Uniied States Senate, over Judge Blacklord, his competitor, by one vote ; and James B. Riy. President of the Senate, became ex-officio Governor; Judge John Test wa3 elected to Congress in the third district, Jonathan Jennings in ihs second, and Ratclilf Boono in tho tirsr. Thus stood political and judicial matters at the tim-; the second election of Mr. Monroe came on betöre our Legislature. There-was no opposition. The people knew nothing about it. The Legislature sitting at Corydon, nppoiir.ed li e elector. Tr. first notice I had that there had been a Presilentiil election was from an exrract in our Co-mersvül Xcics, taken from the Corydo 1 paper, giving tlie names of the elec:01s. amon: .vhicli was Daniel J. Caswell, and the giving the vote of the State for Jar.K-.i Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins, a i l yet a3 good and qni 't an administration follow' 1 ,1 any that is likely to be pro-du-ed by oar xci ing elections at this day. Gen. N b!e was. as ihe spying is, born fir a leader. Iiis person, i,is eve:v acf. 1 0.1k. aud mo:in, .ni: 1 h populace. He was. emphatically a -df-oij ! man quick; ready, and alva$ piepared. His tasn- was q'ibe mili :uy, and the old setilers of Whi e Water will not nxni forget the General, in fuli unilorm, mounted 011 Wrangler, at the head of his division. He served two full terms in the Senate, and died a Senator, comparatively a young man, and lies entombed in the Congressional Cemetery at Washington. PERSONAL SKETCHES. Gov. Jennings I also knew well. His great forte, like that of Martin Van Buren, was i managing the wires that controlled popular elections. Still, he was by no means destitute of talents. His messages read well, and he made a useful business member of Congress. As a pubdic speaker he was not admired. But on paper he was a Very formidable competitor. The Governor has long since been gathered to hs fathers. Gor. Hendricks was my early friend ; gave me the first office I ever held in the State, and although I was olecterl over him in 1837, to the Senate of the United States, we were personal friends till he died. The Governor, in person, was large and commanding; his manners were very popular. He had a smile on his face, and a ivarm suak?of the hand for all he met. He was not of the very first order of talents, but made all fully up by his plain practical good sense. He never attempted to speak upon subjec? he did not understand. He made a good Governor, and stood well as a Senator during hi3 twelve years ir, that body. He, too, has left us and gone 'io his reward, at an advanced age. Judge John Test, the father of. udge Charles H. Test, was one: of tha first Cir-

cui. Ju Ia, and served four terms in Contcss from his district. Ho was one of ihe b -st lawyers of the Slate. His 'real lorte was in sympathetic and persutsive apjie.ds to the jnry, in which ho was eminently successful. II J siood deserve II v hih both as a lawyer and stalcsm tn, Tl.f Jude wore a blaek suii wikj his queue t.. ids wiist. He diad at a good old age, honored and respected by all who knew him. James B. Ray. the succ ssor of Governor Hendricks, was the yo:::ist man that had ever occupied the caai;', at. the time of his elec. ion. In person he was above the ordinary iz?, with a high forheid, rather proj.'c.ing, and a long 4m .j.'. He w.13 a p ,'pul.tr s.ump speaker and ;vas n -ver beaten before the people for Governor, at one time be.vhg Jude Black;' rd, a id at in-oilit-r 'Dr.' Ura-d T. Can by an a Harbin H. Moore lie was a z-"alius lawyer, but entered the poli ic il fM.l b 'i'ore his forensic lowers were fully developed. The (r vernor died comparadvely r. voting in in. Amos Lane was ex e-isivclv known, both as a lawyer and as a p di ici in. His pers n was ui'd an 1 nnmi idiag, of th tin ?s: r.ioa! 1, his g-s.ures easy a 1 1 racefal, his enun"i ilioa disiiact and d. iibera c. lie was siron ' before both ( urtand inrv. H was at one lime Seaker of ihe Hous: of il -presen a ives. ao I af.erar Is ivi!vsj;ued his district in C ngiess. Mi. Line was the fi her of Gio. W. Lane, of -D horn, and of Col. James II. L ine, of K ins is. i:e died i i L iwreneebur in ajvanced

aj". N di Noble succeeded Gov. Rir, and .served two full terms. He was brother to (ri-ii. .l anes Noble, and one of the most popular men wiih the masses in the State. Iiis person was tall and slim, his cons.i:utioii delicate, bis smile winning, his vdc" feeble, the squ.-ez- of his hand irrc.-ds ib!e. He spoke plainly, and well, but maJe no pre;eiidons iti eloquence. As Governor he was very popular; his social ea eriainmiMi will long b remm!ie.e I. G iv. Nble tii.'d some yars ago, d 0 -.imp ion. in early lif?. and lies entombed in the eeme 1 cry at Indian ipolis. David Wallace succeeJed (rov. Noble fr a single term. He was a West Point grad u ite, a good lawyer, wiih a brilliant imagination ; a clear, musical voice, au 1 an eloquent tl ow of l.mgu ge. His persm was hue, his eye piercing, and his ma iner and gestures unsarpasse 1. He was in his early days one of the most eloquent tqv ik .'is I have ever hear'. The Governor is the father of William Wallace, of this ci y, an 1 of Senr.or Wallace of Moirgom ?ry. an 1 is still in full life, au I holding the ofii -e of Ja Ige of the Court of Common Pica?, a 1 ii -.. 1 may p ?iiily coniinue l"n'se skc.ches of persons, until 1 have tour. he I all the Governors. :u 1 ihe su-i-q ie it Julgs of .io' Stipivnv Court,- wi h a glance at the bar; b.i; not yet. A NEW MoDE OF EFFECTIN A UEONCILIATIoN The mi I .le of November 1 V.21 li 4 1 cm . 1 le.urned from I i Ii m ipolis on Saturday nighi, and on the next. M 11 lay evening me: (ien. James Noble at Bi tir's Hotel, iti Himikou, Oiiio, on our way 10 Congress. W rodr g oJ walking hors-s, and at the euii of the seventeenitj day, dismounted at ihe In liau Qu en Hotel, at Washington, kept by Jesse Brown. There were no railroads across the mountains then ; stages were "all the go," and traveliingon horseback fist troing out of las'ni on. But the General stuck to the old mode all his life. The nsual variety of scenery and incidents occurred on the route, interesting to rue then, bul of too little importance to have a place here, until we came to the top of the Allegheny one moruing where we stopped for breakfast. Just as we were sitting down to the table- the stage drove up. 1 stepped" out. and found Fov. Jennings sitting on the back seat, the only passenger. I was then full of fun and mischief, and being aware that Noble and Jennings were at sword's points, not having spoken together for years, 1 halloed out at the top of my voice, General Noble, come out her1; here is a fipnd who wants to see you !' Noble left tr.e table, ran out to the siage, opened the door, and thrust his head into the face of Goverr.oi Jennings, who was leaning forward. " Good morning. Gov ernor, give us your hand.' Good raoriiing. General, lam happy to see you." The sage drove on, aud we returned to the table. The General gave me an inquisitorial look. "Did you not know thai I neor spiak to Gov. Jennings?" But from that time forth thesQ leading politicians became reconciled, and continued friendly while both lived. Itinerant treachers ' I should be falsa to the history of Early Indiana were I to pass by, in silence, the itinerant Methodis; preachers who contributed ßo much to the establishment of good order, quiet, intelligence, morality and religion among the first settlers, and without intending to give ofience to others, I venture the remark, that early Indiana nay, more, Indiana to-day, owes more to the itinerant Methodist preachers than to all other religious denominations combined. Their system carried their churches into every settlement, and where two or three were gathered together, there was a Methodist preacher, or exhrter, in their midst. They were at the bedside r the dying man on their kneis, and at the grave their voices were heard iu songs of praise. Other denominaMons waited for the people to come up from the wilderness to worship, while the ilinirant Methodist preacher mounted his horse, and sought out their cabins inthe woods, held his meetings there, cairying the Gospel, and leaving th Bible and hymn book as he went The woods were not settled without much sickness, tnanv deaths and great suffering among the peo ple. Of course, wo were too sparsely set tied, and our towns too small to be the sub ject to 6uch awful epidemics as visited New Orleans in 1053, tho Lasttizns that the yel low fever made its appearance in that dc

voted city : when the waters of the Ohio a:id Mississippi. had almost forsaken their channels, when a intervals only there might be seen a solitary steamer, loaded to the guards with passengers leaving the city, and slowly wending her way up the crooked channels .of the livers, leaving thousands of ci izens behihd to perish ; when the hum of business ceasod. and nothing was heard in the stro-ts but the sound of the lonely hearse slowly and solemnly bearing to the grave the silent dead ; when the levees were deserted, and commerce had spread her sails for happier ports ; and, wiie" a Nation's sympathy mingled wid her cries of woe. hi!-3 we h il n:ie of these awful visitations, there were f w families that were no: I ;i 1 upon the b- l of sickness and death in s,ino member. Cnnersville was s sickly th": I wa: n lv i;ed by my friends to leave" it, and fly f r my liie.- In.ii mapoli.s was no better ; indeed, i s rep ii.d mi was tili worse, and the whole country was in the hands of the physicians an I nurses.

LORENZ I DOVT. In thrt year 1C19. I was one of a eo-jgre-gi ion a.-vS"!ub!ed in the woods back of Ris ing Siin, auxi usiy awai i ig the arrival of j L i -enz Dow. iim? p rised away, we had ad b'cotne impad mt, when iu the distance we saw him approaching, at a rapid rate through the lives. 0:1 his pony. He rode up to 1 he l -- 0.1 which I was sitting, threw the reins over the neck of the pony and stepped upon tlie log. took oil" his har, his hair parted in the mi Idle of his head and flowing oa either side to his shoulders, his beard resting upon his breast. In a minute at the top of his voice, he slid : Behold, 1 come quickly, and my reward is wi,h me." My subj et i? repentance. We sing, ' Widle the l imp holds out to burn, the vilest sinner may return." That idea has done much harm and should be received villi many grain of allowance. There are cases where i; would be easier for a camel to go through the eye ot a needle than for a man to repent unto salvation. Lt m illustrate : Do you .mppose thai the man among vu who went out las! fill to his d-ar and b' ir fir his winter's m ;a and instead kille 1 his neighbor's hogs, salted them down, an 1 is now living on the meat, can repent until ii is pail fir? I tell you nay. Except he restores a j ist c mpeusatiou his a'temp: at rep 'ntence will b ihe basest hypocrisy. "Except ye repent, truly e shall all like wis? perish." Down he fctepp I, mouete l his pony, and in a few minutes was moving on through the wools at a lapid pace to meet nno.her app d:i-t-meit. . KETCIiEö OK raACUia IX EAI.LY INDIANA. I may be excuse! for nami igsomj 0 the i.inerant Methodist preachers of early times, to whom I alluded iu ihe ctntiutic eiii Mil of ibis sketch James Jones, Augustus Jocelyn, John P. Duibin. James Conwell, John Hardy, Aaron Wood. James Havens, I!ijih Wldttcii, Jolm Morrow, Father Siivey, Join Strange, and Alien Wiley. I had ihe pleasure of frequent labelling .all tlu sj cmi aeu. preachers. John S. range h.al a brilliant imagination, and was a spkmdii preacher. Some.rnes I thought him a little too "hi'h" in his thoughts fir the audience he was addressing. He would talk of " the zigzag forked lightnings, playing through the concave vaults of heaven," and again, of ' the cherubim and the 11 iniing swords guarding the paradise of God." IJoved to hear him. Mr. Jocelyn was, at times, one of the ablest sermonizers of the age. At others, he would lose his text and forget his entire discourse. I saw him one time at Centerviile. standing silent before bis congrega tion, his eye gazing at vacancy. " I am lost the text aud the subject have leL me," and down he sat. A hymn was sung, the niieting wu3 closed and the congrega:i mi retired. On one occasion, he was preaching at Connersville ; I was. sitting just before him. He seemed to preach long. I became uneasy about tlie tire in 111' oüice 1 could not tell why. Ihe mo ment he closed, I stepped out and saw the smoke issuing from lha windows. I ar rived barely in time to &ave the building. I told him why u was that I left so abruptly. He said be noticed my uneasiness, and closed the sermon sooner on mv account Jame3 Jones lived at Rising Sun. He was what might be called a good, sound, old-fashioned preacher, who contribuied bis aid with all bis power to the cause of morality and religion. I have heard him often, and was always one of Iiis attentive listeners. John Hardy and Father Siivey were of the class known as local preachers," though they traveled and preached up and down White Water at times. They preached directly at the heart, leaving doctrjmal and controversial matters to others ; and yet I have often thought that they did quite as much good as many others of much higher pretensions. Allen Wiley was a preacher ot a diuerent caat. I have heard him preach some of tha most powerful sermons I ever listened to. He commenced slow, deliberate, and cautious, feeling his way to the hearts of his congregation until his feelings would take charge of his tongue, and then he threw his whole soul into the subject, and closed with such appeals to the congrega tion as left few, dry eyis at the singing of the closing hymn. James Conwell was a zealous preacher. and at times I thought him strong. His locution was not very fluent, but his strong common sense made him very acceptable to his congregation. He did much good as a co-worker in the cause of morality and religion. John Morrow was much of the order of James Conwell. He was a good preacher. I had heard him often, and had but . one fault to find with him, and ihat was, he carried no watch, aud sometimes, in his zeal, would forget the time of day. While I "was a candidate for Congress I met. Fa ther Morrow, and'semal other Methodist

preachers, at Con well's store, in Decatur county. They were on their way to Conference. Our horses wore feeding, dinner not ready, and wo took a short walk to tho spring, under the shadoof 6ome sp-eading elms Father Morrow proposed that 1 should in.tke a speech. The motion was seconded by all the preachers, and I addressed them for about two hours, with as much sound as if I had been speaking to thousands. At the close, father Morrow remarked that he liked the speech, but it wr.s a littlo too long. "Ah, Father Morrow, I thought it was my last chanci to punish you a little for what I have suffered linder your long sermtns." T he other preachers smiled, and I vrris told tho remark was like seed sovrn on good ground. Jolm P. D urbin waj a youcg, r.rdent preacher, but as I may notice him again, I will pass hi;n by r.nd cjme to James Havens, the Napoleon of the Methodist pre tellers of Eastern Indiana. I knew him well. He seemed to have been made for the very work in which he was engaged. He had a good person, a strong physical formation, expanded lungs, a clear and powerful voice, reaching to the verge of the camp ground, the eye -f the eagle, and both a moral and personal courage that n;ver qua led. His powers as a preacher were of a very high order. I n;ver heard but one man that was like him in his meridian days, and that was father Newton, who visited this country years ago, from England, as the delegate to the American Conference. The great characteristic of Mr. Havens as a preacher was his good common sense. He could distinguish an audience so as not to throw his 'earls before swine. He could feed his bib 's with tho " milk of the word," and burl the terrors of tlie law at old siniv rs. He seemed to know that old blood never runs in young veins, which so many preachers and presidents of colleges too often forget. Mr. Haven was one ot the most powerful preachers I ever heard, and I have no hesitation in saving that the S ate of Indiana owes him a heavier debt of gra'itude, f ;r the eil'orts of his long, vaj nable life, to f rm society upon the baof morality, education and religion, than any other man, living or dead. Aaron Woo 1 was young as a preacher when 1 knew him, but he was of high promise. He had a good m'ud, a happy elocution, and zeal without bounds. I thought, tlie last time that I heard him in tlie Court House in Connersville, that his work would soon be over, as he preached wi'h all Ids power until he fainted and fell i ito the arms of a brother. The last time I saw him, however, he was in good health with a green old age upo.j him. E ijili Whitien was o;i3 of the most energetic, an 'ard nt preachers that ever traveled tho Wid.e Water country. He was strong in doct'iine, but I thought hi3 ureat forte was in exhort ition. No man lever heard could b:ing more mourners to the al.ar than he could. He was highly respected as a preacher, and I have no doubt did great good in his day. I have now briefly sketched our pioneer itinerant Methodist preachers. It is iutended to be the best portrait I cm draw, but still,', no doubt, their relatives and friends may be able to 'discover many 'defects that I have overlooked in my sketch. 1 hope, however, that the general physiognomy of each may be recognized. Fate of the Apostles. St. Matthew is supposed to have suffer el martyrdom, or wa3 put to death by the sword, at the city of Ethiopia. St. Mark was dragged through the streets of Alexandria, in Egypt, until he expired., '. St. Luke was hanged upon an olive tree in Greece. St. John was put in a cauldron of boiling oil at Rome and escaped death. He afterwards died a natural death at Ephesus, in Asia. St. James the Great was beheaded at Jerusalem. St. James the Less, was thrown from a pinnacle or wing of the temple, and then beaten to death with a fuller's club. St. Phillip was hanged up against a pillar at Hicrapolis, a city of Phyrgia. St. Bartholomew was flayed alive by command of barbarous king. St. Andrew was bound to a cross, whence ho preached to the people until he ' expired. .

St. Thomps.was run through the body by a lance, near Malabar, m tho East Indies. St. Jude was shot to death with arrows. St. Simeon Zelotes was crucified in Per sia. St. Matthias was stoned and then be headed. Mishaps or the Dat. The great Atlantic cable has broken. The Ohio Life and Trust Company has failed. The Ohio Stato Treasury has been rob bed. - - John Thompson has gone up. Jacob Little, ditto. Six Banks and seventeen Brokers have gone down within a week. One-half , the New York Tribune, (McElrath) has suspended. Rail Road stocks have generally flattened. ' , When the pot boils over, the scum gees first. Cleveland flaindtaler. Reported Arrest of Gen. Walker. Th Paducah (Ky. ) Times publishes a report that Gen. Walker was arrested by the U. S. Marshal in New Orleans t? September 1st, for violation of tho law in raising troops for Nicaragua . .

Proclamation oV the Delhi

mutineer. To all Hindoos and Mussulmans, citizona'. and servants of Hindostan, tho officers of the army now at Delhi ?nd Meerut sendgreeting: ; It is well known that in those days all the English hr.ve entertained these evil designs first, lo destroy the religion of the whole Hindostan army, and then to make the people Cliiistian3 by compulsion. Therefore we, solely on account ot our religion, have combined with the people, and have not spared alive cno infidel, and have re-established the Delhi dynasty on thesa terms, and thus act in obedience to orders and receive double psy. Hundreds of guns and a large amount of treasure have fallen into our hands; therefore, it is fitting that whoever of the solJiirs and people dilike turning Chiistiar.s, should unite with one heait and act courageously, not leaving the seed of these infideds remaining. For any quantity of supplies delivered to the army tho owners are lo tako the receipt cf the officers, and they will rcceivo double payment from the Imperial government. Whoever shall in these times exhibit cowardice, or credulously believe the promises of those imposters, the Eugliih, shall very shortly put to shame for such r. deed; and rubbing the hands of Eoirow, shall receive for their' fidelity the reward the luler of Lucknow got. It is further necessary that all Hindoos and Mussulmans unite in this struggle, and following the instructions of some" respectable people, keep themselves secure' so that good order may be maintained, the proper classes kept contented, and they themselves bo exalted to rank and dignity; and also, that all, so far rs it is possible, copy this proclamation, and dispatch it everywhere, that all trutj Hindoes and Mussulmans be alive and watchful, and fix it in some conspicuous place, (but prudently to avcid detection,) and strike a blow with a sword before giving circulation to it. The first pay of the soldiers of Delhi will be 30r per month for a trooper, aud 10r' for a footman. Nearly 100,000 men are ready, and there are thirteen flags of the' English regiment3 and about fourteen Standaids from different parts now raised aloft for our religion, for God and the conqueror, and it is the intention of Cownpore to root out thii seed of the devil. This is what we of the army here wish. Iiicliasia AyZuni Tor Educating the flcai'antl Dumb. XOT1CE OF RE- 0PEX1XO. At, a meeting of ihe Board of Truste of the Indiana Asylum for Educating the Deaf and Dumb, held at Indiauopolis, September IS. 1857, present Messrs. Drake, Nicolai, Stockton, Jameson and Spann, Trustees, and Mr. Mail n ire, Superintendent, th following communication being submitted, to wit : " At a meeting of the officers of the State, held on tho "l 6th of September, 1857, the following resolution was unanimously adopted : " Iiesoh-cJ, Thai we advise the Treasurer of State to advance, out cf any lüoney in his possession belonging to the State of Indiana, sufficient funds to support the Indiana Asylum for the Insr.ne, and the Institution for Educatiug the Deaf and Dumb, and Blind. Asheel P. Willard, Gov. State of Indiana. Joseph E. McDorAtn, Atty. Gen. Str.ta of Indiana. Aquil-.a Jones, Treasurer of State. John W. Dodp, Auditor of State. Daniel McClcke. Secretary of State." It was . . . Resolved, That the action of the rVtalc officers, in furnishing the necessary means to re-open the Benevolent Institutions, is most cordially approved by this Board ; and it was Ordered, That the Asylum Im opened for the reception of ptpils, on Thursday, the first day of October, 1C57, in accordance with law and the rules and regulations of the Institution now ?n force. Ordered, That the Superintendent issue 'a circular to parents and guardians, noti fying them of the same. licsch'cd, That the several newspapers of the State be requested to publish thesd proceedings. JAMES P. DRAKE; Prest. Bd. Trustees. John S. Spaxk, Secretary. . Report to the War Department. An interesting report has been received by the WTar Department from Mr. Bates, Superintendent of the wagon road expedition from Fort Defiance. The camels carried seven hundred pounds burden, principally provender for mules, and were much less jaded than the mules. They ate but little except bushes, prcfering them to grass. Mr. IL conceives it easier to manage a train of 20 camels than one of five mules. Their temper, tractability, capacity for bearing burdens, and going without water, while they live on food upon which other animals would starve, render them valuable for transportation upon the prairies. Every unshod animal reached El Taeo lame but the camel?, not one of which even exhibited fatigue." Traised Horse Killed. Yankee Robinson's trained horse Black Hawk, at Coshocton, Ohio last Nreek, was making his serial ascension on a single plank to tho top of hi3 mammoth tent, when at an elevation of about forty feet, there came past a train of cars, which frightened him so as to loos his balance and he was preciptated to tht ground, killing him instantly. The Indianapolis, Indiana, U. S. Corax House and Pot Office.TIic contract for tho construction of this' building waa given by the Secretary of the Treasury to Thomas Agnew, of Baltimore, for tha sua of 898,983 79 that being the. lowcftbid. - The wise man docs not pprak of all he docs, but he does nothing that cannot beepokenof. ; , Attention to small tilings Is the economy of

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