Marshall County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 51, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 November 1858 — Page 1

VOL: 3, NO. 51J

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER. 11 , : 1858. WHOLE NO. 155

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H;irs(ü 05oiinlii gr mo erat " " rUBLtSHED EVERT THCRSDAT MOHMXC, BT ' . ,--- .- ' . " ; ' l. XCPO.X.U.P,.. MC llOXAtO ZIcV.OXAL,! fc BilOTiiEU. TERMS : If P.iidjin Advance, 81,00 End or six months, , 1,,10 Eadof thevcar, $2,00 .' , ADYE HTISING:

Ob square (ten lines or less,) three weeks,. 1 00 JJacbadJitionalinscrtion,'..... ' 25 Column 'tliree months, 5 00 1? Column six months,. . . ' 8 00 ß Column one year,...........: .... .....12 00 Column three months....... P 00 x i Cliiirn six month?,. '.'. 15 00 Cftlumn o.ie year,.... ....... x .25 00 1 Column three months...... - ,....'.....14 0,1; 1 LnTnm-j six month 1 Column one rear. Lä V"V"V.wl " TerIy;.!-.-eftiscr3 have the privilege of one )Miic free of charge. ' VjJU. - 1 . - ' WMM STATE If: IMÄ1, . BRAXCtl AT PLYMOUTH, 1X1). :a jm-.' .. -- ' : . S. S. ORGAN, IYe. II. A KEY, Carder. EASTERN EXCIIANCE, Diu It c- Cincinnati fuid Chicago, Gold il Vder, .UucurTat Voafr. and Laud Wnrr'iiN- . k , . T . H OUGHT -Xn D S O L D . ty Deposits Received an 1 Mmjr. Lmed. JLrKitaaiJge on fcngiant iti;;j.t -.itu foiu U" Atfcntion ircn to CoIKcti ', au I CfeeralCBänklug Business Transacted. Juneäl, :ü j, . vsoxt. ....... . ; n. t. ruiLLirs. OSBOÜNE& PHILLIPS, OFFICE First' door novtli of Bord's Furniture ator, PLYMOUTH,; IND. . k. utoon . K. K. BROOKE CÄ3 SX0-, DEALERS IS PVE BRifiS. FAISTS. 0IL5. SASH, 6LASS &E. Aai general agent for the best Patent Medicines mi th duy. Nu. 3 Corbin.- blK-k, Alichian St., jui-aJlr I 'Lil .UUU i II, IJiLß -! . K. tEXTC . C. CATROV. REEVE & CAPRON Plvmoutli, M irahall County, InJ., Tractie iu 31 irsh ill and adjoining comities. REFER TO KaWock k Co., Thelps, Dodge & Co., N. Y. CooUy, Farwell Si Co., Could & Uro. CIi:e:ig. Lovdon k Co , Thilad., Graff, Renuett k Co.. Pitts. H- A. L- OslxniP, Ciix-'t. Judge, Laportc, Ind. M WKIIt M. A.O. rGKJlRl. ' COUBIN' & PACKAUl) Atlorncys aml Counsellors at Law. XTHicrn Hol! er I ion . Igen ts, rijYMui'Tir, ixv. Rtftr to . ; Arcilaiuas, K.IMNCTT, 1 co., N Y City; Joif Livi?n;sTox, " Twt, Sitii k $uzi.QZs', Detroit, Mich.; Rerdan k co, Toledo, Ohi; 31 II Norton & co, Chicago, 111; lUn C A Stact, Tecmnsi h, Mich; , Hn Tins S Hta.xheld, South Road, Ind T5-51tf s - ; ' . GUAVjNQ, HAlRDRtSSiNG AND hampooiii Saloon, Oni door ioutli of the Edwards House, up sttirs, whre tha subscriber is ready at all times, during business hours, to do up Sharing, Hair cutting &c., in less time and better style than ever before known im thia vicinity; and he hopes that hereafter, by a atrict attention to business, to merit a Kbcral patIranaK from the citizens gen-Tally. ' ALFRED BILLOWS. uf.5, 37-tf. n. it. S.lmllFlE, Attorney, and -Counsellor at Law PLYMOUTH, IND. Eapccial attention given to cases in Marshall and Clark counties. , . I ant permitted to refer to - Joh L. WtsTEavELTi Plymouth, aarSG I91y.' . iZZk .DR.A.0. BORTON, LtrrYTSURGEON DENTIST, ticepted) to perform all operations pertaining to tha Dental profession. Special attention given to cleansing tiie teeth. Diseases of the mouth treated with suce Satisfaction will be given to all who may favor kin with a call. CTRooms in Pcrsliiug building, up ?ta;r3 c jtraac first hall door. may 2t-2Cif. J. VINALIi, M. D.tHOLEOPATIIIC PHYSICS rarticulax attention paid to 0mmuc FaACTicr, tad CHRONIC DISEASES OP WOMEN, AND Diaeanco of Children iiui :e over C Palmer's Store, corner of Mich ran I fPorte Streets, where be can ue consuue t II hvurs. 22tf. DEALER IN WIM. CLQCiS & JEWELRY. Plymouth Ind TT T"EE?S constantly on hand CWkä, Watches, fV BREAST PINS, EAR RINGS, FINGER JONGS, LOCKETS, Vc, kc. tXClocks, Watches, kc, repaired in the best Banner possible. jan 7 53 7-tf. TIPPECANOE V: FLOUR; ARRANGEMENTS have been mr.de to supply the Plymouth market with this flour, and th genuine can be found at Patterson k CleavcIand and Palmer's. N. B. k P. S. ALLEM AN L Co.: ' 4-45tf SALOOS AND EATING UODSE! THE eubacriber has opened an establish mcnt of the above kind, in Piatt's new building, west side of Michigan street, and trustbr strict attention to business, to merit a liberal share of public patronage. , - X armers, and omers, Tuning town, wiJl find cr-

JxrstlSi Saloon and Eatin?; HousellMllMCul InstlTllUCntS & MllSlC Books

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H. m. HOPKINS, PROPRIETOR, LAFORTE, INDIANA. V. W. AXTELL, Clerk. - - - - jnlä 331y - J. H. CASE, JUSTICE OE THE EE ACE HAS removed his office up stairs over Pierce's Clothing store, near tho Democrat printing oifice, on .Michigan street, where he will give prompt .."Ution to all claims entrusted to. him for collection, ' i ras Justice of the peace or in hifrh er courts.- Tax . "hig Ac., promptly attended to .' Plymouth, Ind., ept. 9, l&s-l:2tf. 0. ir- isnrw ,-ir. lias a large stock of IVall & -Window Paper, all qualities at wholesale or retail; also window bhades and Curtain fixtures, FORT WAYNE, IND. marSG 191v. ' Yiimcclgc Mouse : ( -Within two minutes wall-of the Depot,) and near the River Bridge SOUTH PLYMOUTH, IND. Tlie Proprietor of this Establishment respectfully inform t'ie Traveling Tublie ami others, that lie-is .now prepjired i ) entertain them in a maimer that, he trusts, will give entire atisfaci tion. IIU TARlj; will be furnishctl - with the ! !.-. 1,.. .1 " , - t . . I. . , ' j i ' , t r t i'wk iiiiiv uns .uaiKci ;mt)rvis -anti n:s u.iKi alw ays tilled with good Provender and attended by an attentive Hostler. . Public patronage respcctfullv solicited. J. C. VINNEDGE. June 10, "Baldwin Mouse," REMOVED! HAVING removed Iiis tavern stand fiomthe 9omh it'e of the river, to tho building lately oc.upieJty K. Ucrbably as a residence, nearly opposite the Edward House, is now prepared to accoramoJate Iiis olJ customers anJ tho traveling public generally. His stabling and all other conveniences, Ph.tll not be . inferior to any stand in Northern Indiana. Charges reasonable. marll-16'f J, F. LOOMIS' Sfeain Vimm Mill AND Sash, SZodr ßSHtul Factory. ROCHESTER, IND. Sashes, Doors, and Blinds, r(f superior quality, constantly o: i hand, or made to order. Scroll Sawing and Turning. Contracts for building taken on favoiabla terms 471v. ALLKN MAT WM. B. B1UULC aIAY & 1UDDLE. Attoriioys "and Counsellors at Law, . LAPORTE, IND. 1LJj givt-sjkocial attention to tho securing 1 V f Land"Varkaxt3 and Pknsioxs Prac tice in Marshnll and adjoining counties Oiree over L. Kose A: Co.' East and South Main streets. Di-ug fctore, comer Laportc, August 1'2 3"ilv. WARSAW MABBLE. VOfiKä V. II. UNDEIUIILL, (Successor to Underbill k Co.) Manufacturer & dealer in American k Itilian MONUMENTS, TOM D STONES, Counter Slands, Bureau Top.s &c., WARS A W , IND. inrOrdcrs from a distance will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction guarantied. A.BOYD, Agent, Plymouth, Ind. rnarll-lCtf ' loolis aitlr Sf atiöitcn) ! C L. HILL, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IM BOOKS & STATIONERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION! Book Biiideryin C. E. IIIEE Woiüd inform the citizwns of Plymouth and vicinity, tnat they arcprepared to manufacture Blank Books, of every description; RE-BIND BOOKS, PERIODICALS, &,C. Connty Officers are especially requested to give tkem a trial. .. murSG 191v. New JEWELRY Store. " The subscriber would respectfully in lOf&TÄv " trm the citizens of Flvmoutli, iVlar-Mfi-J ' SQaa and adjoining counties, that he has ononpfl a now atnrlr nC ull tha different kinds of ' ?JV Si, -t3 TOLGi 3 1 CLICKS, JEWELRY FANCY GOODS AND Itf O WX O 1ST 3 I Generally kept in a first class Jewelry Store. Th Goods are of the latest Styles, best quality and will be sold at Jew York prices. Being a practical Jew.elcr, he solicits a share cf public patronage. ". ' I may be found at all business hours in David fon & Co.'s Clothing Store. - ADOLPH MYERS . dec24-5ra3 . . . y . ---- " " al luMnuncntsl , . fORT WAYNE, a x ; Keeps conjtfintly on hand a splendid stock of 'Wimm FdPii'tesX r -MELÖDJ50NS,.-' r : .' ..V- G HIT AUS,, v : ''. VIOLINS, and all other mar2G lOIy.

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-- " . ' Mactilne Poetry. L A 'fair correspondent," saya the Louisville Re publican, sends us somo verses on the "inverted propositions" of prosperity and adversity. Says she: , 1 nave in my time possessed riches, - ' And lived in my palace domain; -And then I was not contented 'And more riches 1 tried to obtai.;.' (Vc presume she invested a large amount in Kansas lands,' or maybe speculated in pork. It appears she was successful:) More richer were to niC granted, And plenty of friends were mine; They knelt and called me beautiful ; And said I was lovely and divine': . (Which is a verr common thin?. Wealth is very apt to take the obliquity out of a squint eve. and smooth down a pug nose into graceful proportions:)' - 1 listened to their flattery And believed a'l they did sar, ..AT & 1... ' , xjufc i 'ounu that in a few yearj, My iriends all faded away. (The fact of the business was, that when the crisis came on, the afiluent voung lady went under suspended, failed and bursted up:) I tried to solve the mystery , And find what thev did mean, But I soon learned when money'was gone No fncnd3 you could obtain. (Notwithstanding this terrible reverse of for tune, the young lady shows a 'spirit of resignation iuui wc commend with all our heart:) ; - , V liiose friends hare deserted me And left me all alone, . But still I find that I can live . In mr neat little cottage home! (Which last intimates that a comoanion to Bha-0 that little cottage home would not com nm;, lope ehe may pick one up.) . ' , SOFTLY. Softly she is lying With her lips apart, Softlv! She is dying Of a broken heart. Whisper I Hhc is going To her final rest, Whisper! ' - Life is growing Dim within her breast. Gently! She is sleeping; She has breathed her last. ' Gently! While you're weeping She to Heaven has passed! Little Graves. "There's many an empty cradle, There's many a vacant be-, There's many a lonelyjosom. Whose joy and light have fled. For thick in erery grave-yard " Th little hiilwck lie; And every hillock represent An angel in the. ky." ÄTisrtIlaiu.au5. JLktRi M.wmm M. At Ail JR. JLiJi A TRUE TALE. BT CAPT. HAKSLZT. It was a cold evening in the month of i December, that Judge Wright was sitting bjr a pleasant fire, at the residence of his brother, in Louisville, Ivy. His little niece was sitting beside him with her head resting gantly on his arm, and her hair falling in ringlets over her snowy shoulders. 'Tell us a story of a mechanic, unci, if you please, for 1 often hear you speaking of them,' spoko tho little girl, looking innocently in the face of tho Judge. 4I will tell you one of a poor , printer I knew replied the Judge, If you will on ly promise to pay attention to it. Of coursa I will, uncle, for I lik to hear of printers.' - . .. . ' The Judge seemed rapped in study for soraö moments, and then began: 'I once knew a young man,' ßaid he, 'who lived in a little town in the western part of Virginia. Ho was of respectable family but not very wealthy, and the youth, for a vouthhe was atthttime our narrative commences, expressed a desire to learn the printing business.. His parents having no objections to it, he entered an office in the town of W , which waü carried on by a young man by tho name -of M-- He continued in the office Borne two years, at the expiration of which time tho office was sold out to another firm. - The former proprietors of the establishment immediately purchased another establishment in the interior of the State, and the young ' man wishing to finish his Trade with those he had commenced" with, immediately left home and joined his old employers. Time roiled on and his apprenticeship was fin ished, when he returned home. There he meets his old friends and former associates, and particular ly.a young lady to whom' he was very much attached. - His visits were very frequent, and in less than a year they were engaged to be married. - ' " He in th.e meantime had purchased , a printing officj, and was publishing a weekly paper, and applying himself closely to his office, he raaae many friends, ancfas is the case in publishing a paper, some enemies. Those who are his enemies had eouMU every means in their power to injure him, but in spite of all they coiild do .-l still prospered in baisness. v. .1 . ; 1 . - 'But although he 'was engaged, some of the ladies of tho place, who ind set them

selves up as aristocracy, sought an inter

view with the lady's mother, and by falsehoods and misrepresentations, succeeded in winning the unsuspecting, parents over to their side, and by her interference with her daughter,. the marriage was broken off. This was more than the young man could, stanl, and at ihc end of the volume, he discontinued the publication of tho pap-.r, and left for parts unknown. t Years rolled on and we find the young printer a successful lawyer residing in New Orleans. He had there 'trained a , - O i 1 name that will ever stand; not only as being an influential member of the bar, but a respectable and honored citizen of the 'Croscnt City.' , As the yourg lawyer was sitting in his office one afternoon, reading he was interrupted bv a gentle rap at the door. The lawyer answered tho knock with his pleasant 'come in.' The door opened, and the figure of a female entered. She Roemod about thirty years of age; she had been one of the most handsome of her ex, althou"h time had cast its shadow oTer the freshness of her features: " : 'Are you a lawyer?' she askedin a sweet musical voice, ,.: I havo the honor to belong to that profession.' I have a case I would be happy to have you attend to,' she added blushing.. Vhatis the tenor of it?' ' 'It is a divorca case. My husband, shortly after our marriage, took to drinking very hard, and having squandered our means, ha3 now abandoned mo allogether, and I am forced to take in sowing to support myself and child I will do what lean for you, madam, and I think there will be no difficulty in obtaining one. 'The lady gave her name as Mrs. Young, and said she was boarding with a friend at No.,, Chestnut street, and then left the office. 'After she had gone, the thought occurred to him that he had seen the face before, and the more he thought the more he was convinced that such' was tho case, and to satisfy his cunosty io resolved to visit her tho following day. The next after-noon he called at Chesnut street and there found the person he was iar search of sitting in a nicely furnished appartraent, with a rosy cheeked boy by her." 'After talking on the various topics of tho day, he ventured to ask her if she was native of the State of Louisiana. No, sir, I was raised in Virginia, and lived thfcre till shortly after my marriage.' j Did you not at one time reside in the village of M 'I resided there several year,' she an swered, as she scrutized the features of the lawyer. I . suppose you were acquainted with the citizens generally, were you not?' 'Yes,I w&3 partially acquainted with most of tho inhabitants,' said she. ' 'Were acquainted with a young man by the name of W. who published a paper there?' 'Yes, I was yery well acquainted v.ith him, as we were engaged to bo married, but upon interference of my mother, and some others, it did not take place.' Here a tear was seen to steel down her cheek. Do you know what has become of him?' I do not,' she replied, 'but would to God I could find out where he is, for although I was forced to slight him, he would still be a friend to me she said trying to hide her tears with her handkerchief. Then, madam ho replied, 'you - see , that man in me I ami that printer, the one that loved yon above all others, and the one that you would now trust as a iriend, He is all ho was.' '. She sprang to his arms, their lips mot, and the love they had for each other years before wfts kindled anew. - - Ellen, my only love, nothing on earth could give me more pleasure, than th?6 meting Ofion have I thought of you since we parted on Virginia's levely soil They talked over the times they had wheu young. How they had taken moonlight walks in the garden, and exchanged pledges of love and finally che told him how she had been deceived in her husband, for instead of being a southern merchanthe proved tö be a gambler and "a" "drunkard. The lawyer succeeded in getting a divorce for her, and they passed many happy hours together, but thy were not numerous, for tho next spring she fell a victim to that teariblo disease, yellow fever. The lawyer ever proving a friend, took tho young boy aad adopted ".him as his'. own: as he was never married, - he had. none. I have finished this story," all but 6ne thing, said the Judge. -t v : I.'; J -What' is that?' asked his iiiece., ' . : 'It 13 simply this, that the printer of whom I 'havo- been speaking, is nono other than your uncle. It is myself that was the hero of tbis story, aud the child I spoke of, yoüknow, he is in my office :and bids fair to be come a good lawyer.' - . It is a very nice story, uncle

Yes, dear, it is one you can ; profit by. Do not treat a person coldly because they happen to bo a mechanic, lest in the end he should turn out to be greater than you.'

Some years since, when all the world was mad upon lotteries, the Irish cöok of amid-dle-age sing! gentleman drey "from his hands her eatings and savings fjr some years, lier omployr was anxious to know the cause, and she told him that having dreamed that "certain number. was a great prize she had bought tho whole ticket. He called hor a fool for her pains, and never lost a choice to toaso- her on tho subject. She seemed to take his taunts in a good humor, saying it would all turn out light by and by. One morning he opci.d his paper at breakfast, and saw it announced that the . vety number which Bridget had dreamed and bought . had drawn the great prize, 100.000. -: Bridget was called, nnd the wily gentleman proceeded to inform hor that lv. diad long valued her as a friend, and being desirous to settle himself forlife he would be willing to make her his wifc, if she had no objection. Bridget had always thought him a dear, good man, and would be glad to do anything to please him; So he fin ished his breakfast, and told' her t

4ieu ins oreaKiast, ana toia iter to put on boyhood U lho seed-time, of which manlier best things; the parson was.sent for. h(od is the han,;st

and marrv them that verv morning. -After it was all over, the cautious husband said to his bride, 'Well. Bridget you have made two good hits to day, you have got a good husband, and now bring the lottery ticket you and I have laughed so much about.' ' , - 'Pleas dont laugh any more about that, I knew there was nothing in them dreams, and I sold It to the butcher more . than a month ago.' . Didn't the old fellow draw a blank, and looked so when Bridget did that tale unfold? The World. Tho following was one of the lato Major Noah's stories:' Sir, bring me a good plain dinner said a melancholy looking individual to a waiter at one of our principal hotels. 'Yes, sir.' The dinner was brought and devoured, and the eater called the landlord aside, and thus addressed him: ' Arc you the landlord? Yes. You do a good business here? Yes, (in astonishment.) 'You make, probably, ten dollars a day, clear. Yes. Then I am safe. I cannot pay for what I have consumed. I have bvjen out -of employment about seven months; I have engaged to go to work to-morrow. I had been without food for twenty-four hours when 1 entered your establishment. I will pay you in a week. I cannot pay my bills with promises, blustered the landlord, and I do not keej a poor house. You should address the ! proper authorities. Leave me something for security. I have nothing. I will take your coat. .If I go into tho streets without that 1 will get my death, such weather as this. You should haye thought of that before you carne here. .... Aro you serious? Well,. I solemnly swsrar that one week from now I will pay you. I will take the coat. The coat was left, and in a week after was redeemed. Seven years after that a wealthy man entered the political arena, and was presented to a caucus as an applicant for Congressional nomination. The 'principal of tho caucus held his peace he heard the name and the history of the applicant, who was a. member of the church, and one of the most respectable citizens. . He was the chairman. The vote was a tia, and he cast the negative, thereby defeating the I wealthy applicant, whom he met an hour afterwards, an d to whom he , said, You don't remember me? ; No. . .. : , I once dined at your, hotel, and although I told you I was famishing,: and pledged my word of . honor to pay you in a week, you took my coat and saw me go out into the inclement air without it. . Well, sir, what then? . . Not ranch. You called'yourself a christian. To-night you were a candidate for nomination, and but for mo you would have been elected to Congriss. Three years after, tho Christian hotel -keeper became a bankrupt. The poor dinnerless wretch that, was, is row a high functionary in Albany. I know him well. The ways of Providence are indeed, wonderful, and'the world's mutations are almost beyond conception or belief. The religion which costs us nothing, is worth exactly what it costs. Men cannot expect to take pleasure un--les3 they are willing to take pains. ; - .... Good dinners have a harmonizing influence. Few disputes are sö largo that they cannot be covered by a table cloth EST Men are called good fellows if they spend their money freely- tip top fellows; and after they have impoverished themselves for the benefit of others, and are unable to pay their little debts, . thejvare no longer the good fellows aforesaid, they ape then rascals. - Queer world. And if a man fails to the amount of; a "million, it is all right: but let him fail to the amount of his board bill, and he iaa scoundred. Promiscuous world.'" '.-' ' ' " ' ""'" r . . . . . - : 'A' geritleman being seated in an omni bus, tho other day; between two ladies, re-markedi-.'that he felt lika a stave iri-a hogshead of molasses," surrounded ' b y; hoops.

Idle Hoys. A writer in the North-western Christian Advocate has the' following sound advice to boys, which all our young readers would do well to consider: - ' 'lie who isidfe and vicious in school is still more so when he leaves it. He who. plays cards far. sport, will, if he turn not, play. ore long lor money.

lie who roDs hen roosts and orchards, will probably some day rob safes and pick pockets. :. He may not'do'it in the way to expose himself to tho penitentiary: he may have his wits so sharpened as to rob legally, by setting up a Wild G;tt Bank, or bsirayin tho coulidenca of his employer, or obtaining the possession of property without the moans of paying for it, or by getting his hands upon tho public coff.?rs that homay fill his own, under the soft appellation of. breach of tru3t. . I would that you could see with my eyes for a little while; you would then think with me,-that he who, when a boy, could not be trusted, cannot now that he is a m.m. It would not be proper for me to mention n?.mes, or I could illustrate this by numerous painful - examples. But they are not necessary. Euect will follow cause as a man sow so 6hall he reap: As, therefore, you love yourselves, form the habit, while young, of employing all your timo. usefully. Never be unemployed. The land is full of idlers, striving to live without labor. It is not to bo supposed that you are never to Lake recreation; this is" useful, as it is necessary but if it come after hard stndy or productive labor, it will probably be healthful and moderate. .An honorable mind, in the dasire of j mere relaxation; will not go forth i n the forms of mischiavous exertion " It is not to be supposed that a boy is to be a man, much .less an old man; but, ia the midst of his mirth and hilarity, he may be innocent and amiable. jv5T Mr. Wm. Frazer writes to the Cincinnati (rnzettc, from Winchester, Ind. that half a mile northwest of that place, is an old fort, within a fortification. The mound in the centre is about twenty-five feet high, -while the fort or breastwork is only 15 fet. Directly east and west of the mound are openings or gateways around which are other forts. A quarter of a mile north wost of the fort is the burying ground, where bones have been exhumed of men that' were at loast ten feet tall. Any one who doubt3 the latter, can call at his otiico and see the evidenca. Seien. Kincr. . JS3T The Grand lUpids Mich. Jiglc of the 23lh ult. records the followin distressin intelligence: We have tha painful intelligence that the dwelling house of Hiram Robinson, which was situated about eiht roll from the Plank road, in tha township of GainC3, was burned last nijht, and himselfaud whole family,' consisting of himself and wife, and two children, were burned vith it! The remains of the four wcro found in the ashes of the building this morning. The building wa3 a-small new board house into which Mr. Robinson and family moved, wi.h their furniture and household effects but yesterday. The cause of this calamitous fire is unknown. SST The Boston Courier advises the public to bo careful to examine the double eagles which are received by them. It is stated that some rogue3 are cnac-ed in filing off the edges of those coins, thus abstrscting about a dollars worth of gold from each piece. Several have been passed which were more than a dollar 6hort. jtr The process of knocking off the chains that bind unwilling hearts, is prospering in Indiana amazingly. The Indianapolis Journal says: Marion county has seventy-two on her docket, and we doubt if there 13 a single county in the Slate that has les3 than four or five. At 'this present speaking we think wo shall guess near the mark, if we say there are about one thousand divorces uow sued for in this State, of which four-fifths,-at least, are demanded by residents of other States 3lf we would obtain, any idea of the water which the sea contains, let us suppose a common and general depth of the ocean.' In computing it at only 200 fathoms, or the tenth part of a mile, we should sea that there is sufficient water to cover tho whole globe to the height of five hundred .feet; and if we were to reduce this to one mass, we . should find that it form a globe of more than sixty thousand miles in diameter. . ' - ' . SIT A number of the citizens of West Florida lately held a meeting, in which they expressed a desire to be united to the State of. Alabama." The. last Alabama Legislature adopted resolutions providing for the appointment of a commission to negociale with "the government of Florida on the subject.. . ::-:x : : ; . How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. ' It is like the reclining of the aged man under the shadow of the oak he planted; ' : ; ; : He is only independent who can" maintain himself by his own exertions,' unaided and alone. : ' '' - - ' "J-1-Mirth should be the embroidery of conversation, not the web;- and wit the ornament of the mind, not the furniture. It is better, to have a clear conscience and be threatened, thäu to have a' bad one and be flattered. ."1 . ' . ''J ' : . - . Two cousins, named Crickett, wcie married last week, in Jefferson county. Ivy. We are opposed to all such cricket matches. -

-Many touching incidents of tho I loss of tho Austria are related, and manyan eye has becu dimmed in their perusal by a tear of sympathy, but the' following, is certainly the most affecting thatw" have seen. It i3 related by one of the rescued passengers.- - An English lady, who came on hnnl : at Southampton with her husband, had three children with her a girl about fireyears old, a boy about three, and a babe in hir arms. The husband hal jumped ovor, and as tho fltraas grew hotler and burned more fiercely, she took her girl r kissed her and threw her' into the water! She then took the boy, a fair, healthy lit tie feUor. embraced him. pave him a last kiss, and threw, bim in. II struck on bi. back and stiwggled very hard. Rising tothe surface three several times, he called , out 'Mama.' each time, in the most piteous tones, and then sank to rise no mors. The poor woman then clasp3J .her baby to . her breast, and jumped in wi;h it, kissing it repeatedly as they sank to the bottom. We find a strange fact in existence m New York. Country bank notes, says au exchange, are actuilly worth mora than specie, and uch notes are hoarded up, while silrer is paid cut. The following will . show , the oparatioü of this strauge anomaly. : A person has 1000 wrges to pay on Saturday.. Instead of paying in ountry bank 'notes; he buys 81,0'JO in silver for 8935 in bank note, and saves 85, at the same time-paying specie to his men.' Great dissatisfaction is expressed at the accumulation of quantities of mall ccin, at all retail establishments.

'Mother, what is the meaning if the word Congress, that I see so often in the papers?' Why, my dear, it means n number of . gentlemen who meet at Washington once a 3 ear pass laws that suit ihemselvc best, and then go home and tell folks that those laws are bttfor the people.. Mamma: (staying with a newly married daughte.) 'My dear, sweet darling! what, crying.' .Why, nhat's )lie matter?' - Daughter, (.'with -many sobs) Oh, Mama, dear! lleie's Charles, so dreadful unkind. He knows the horse-taming secret, and he w-w-wrwen't ie!l me.' A Scotchman who had put up at an inn, was asked in the morninjj how he had slept. 'Troth, mon, replied Donald, not very well either, but I was rauckle. better -off than the bugs, for de'il the bit did any of them lose an eye during the whole nignt. A gentleman went to see a minister's . daughter one Saturday ight,and the next morning he was surprised to hear th father give out from the pulpit, the fbllowing text: My daughter is sorely tempted by the devil.' I see said a young lady to her mother, the other day, 'that they advertise blanks for sal at the printing-office; ;I wish I . could get one.' What kind of a blank would you wish, my dear?' asked the mother. 'A blank proposition, ma. A Toang man of my acquaintance is too modest to . propose marriage to me, but I thought if I could get a blank proposition, and fill it out, I might get him to sign it. -An ey-glass is a toy which enables a. coxcomb to see others, and others to see that he ia a coxcomb. The governments that do not curb eviU are chargeable with causing them. 'I have insulted you, and you will hav to brook the insult said a little man to a hi or one.' 'I will brook rou said the big one, ' faking and tossing him into a stream near by; I've risen from the bar to the bench.'- : That's what the lawyer said upon quitting tho profession , and taking up the shoe-, maker's trade. ; AVe often peak of being settled in lifo we might a3 well talk of tho permanen situation of a stone that is rolling down . hill. ; ; You see, doctor, I have to sweat for . my living in this world.1 Yes replied the doctor, but I era afraid that you will have to sweat worse in the next.' 'I do wish, madam, you would pay a -little attention to me for a few moments.' Certainly, siri if you will only promise V to, stop paying attention to mo.' . .. " Perhaps na?önality, after all, is but sei-" fishnesss on a large scale selfishness spread over the surface of a whole counlTv .:- : . - . . ' 'What has been your business said a western judge to a prisoner at the bar. 'Why, your honor, I used to be a den- . list now I am a pugilist then I put teeth in, now I knock them out.' Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work!. Pleasure is the greatest foe that hvppi- . nesshas. - - ;.v' r '.' ; - - Wealth makes a man proud when he his' little. elso tobe proud about. " -" - . He who-- -can do all he wishes rarely -docs what he ought to do.-' . - . When success makes a rnan-better than he was befor, he must be a good man.in-rij deed. . . . Genius . and - gold .r.ro in one respect : alike. Many persons are constantly writing; about both, who have neither.