Marshall County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 16, Plymouth, Marshall County, 17 March 1859 — Page 1

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jvim v ' " ü ; VUSMED EVERT TIICRSÜAY MOUSING, BY O. MC DONALD, P. MC DONALD HXcDOXAliB.' fc isrotiier. ; . TER MS: If Paid in Advance, $1,00 End of six months, $1,50 End of tlieycar, $2,00 ADVERTISING: ' One square (ten lines or less,) three weeks,. 1 00 E.ich additional insertion, 25 Column three months. 5 00 Column six months, BOO i Column one year, 12 CO 2 Column three month?, 8 00 x Column six months,.... 15 00 J Column one year, - 1 Column three months, 1-100 1 Column six month, -4 00 1 Column one year, 43 00 Y".u!t -advertisers have the privilege of one "h;i:i.-rt: tVce of charge. .'! IrortifomonU inserted at the above riV.. f c liter, Attorneys, and other?, having .. i : -. s ublisbed, will be held resposiblc for t'f pay, ujiL'i otherwise arranged. Displayed advertisements are charged for the space occupied bvthera, neiunrt-J by brevier lines Medicd advertisements at the above rstcs lo 1c paid for in advance. Unless otherwise ordered, advertisements will be inserted till forbid and charged accordingly. BUSINESS CARDS BRANCH AT PLYMOUTH, IND. E. S. ORGAN, Fre?. IT. ARLY, Cashier EASTERN EXCHANGE, Draft c- L neinnati and Chicnpco, Gold and Silver, Unturrent Mcnev and Land Warrants BOUGHT AND SOLD. 7 33" Deposits Recci veil and Money Loaned. t IZT Exchange oa Enropp bought and sold. U7 Attention eiven to Collect ion.-. anl General Banking Business Transacted. June 23, 31WHEN WiLL . WONDERS CEASE! IN rLY.MOUTH? I F- HARTMAN & ' CO Have started a new Harness and p;jtldlc Shop two doors north of I J Crownlee's ?:orc, on the East side of Michhrnnstiecr, at No G where thi-v intend keeping on herd, Sat'tiles anil Harness of all kir.d, and will 9vl as cheap as t!ie cheapest. Call and examine their stock and work. All repairing done in order and on short notice. 1 Itf ST AN FIELD & JOHNSONT. S. Staxfield, of South RenJ, Ind., and A JoiiNSot , of Plymouth Indian , have associated themselves together for the practice of Law, in all the Courts of Marshall County Mr Stanfield will perscnally assist in the management of all litigated business Ofiicc in Coroin's block. nl3v4 H .R. DICKSON & CO. DEALERS is of every descrif tion, also, Stoves, Tin, S lest-Ironand Copper Ware tivoH PLYMOUTH, IND. Edwards & Vanvalkenbnrgli, ' DEALERS IX IO O OtS CÄ3 Slioos, PLYMOUTH 1ND. DH, A, 0. BORTON, SURGE N DENTIST, HAS located in Plymouth where he will be prepared at all times. (Mondays and Tuesdays excepted) to perforin all operation pertaining to the Dental profession. Special a;tentioa given to cleansing the teeth. Diseases cf the mouth treated with success. Satisfaction will bo given to all who may favor liim with a call. UTRooms in Pershing's building, up stairs catrance first hall door. may 2V2Clf. HARTFORD $ ire Insnnnrc (tompanij, or HARTFORD. CONNECTICUT. CAPITAL, $300.000; surplns 203,aii2 23; sset Jannarr I, 1853, 798,63'? 23. Incorporated 1610. H Hcxti.xgtox, President; T C Al lyn.Secretiry; D Alexander, General agent fo the West, Columbus, Ohio. Policies issued by HORACE CORCIN, Agent, be3-101y Plymouth, Ind. H. CORBIX H. A. O. r iCKlRD. COR33IN Ä PACKARD Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. AND Western Collection .tzentn , PLYMOUTH, IND ' Refer to ' ACCL.lRIAS,B0XXETT, & CO., N VCity; Jotix LmrcsTOX, ; T-vv. Smith & Suixdex, Detroit, Mich.; .. 'i. Ih.nDAX Sc co, Toletlo, Ohio; M II Nortox & co, Chicago, 111; I f-m C A Stact, Tecumseh, Mich; lfm Thos S Staxfield, South Bend, Ind H:ioT5-51tf c. ii. arrTjt.. , ' RPFVP Pj. HAPnriu ..A.C. CAKOX. . Plvmoutli, Marshall Countr, Ind Tracticc in Marshal! nd adjoining counties. m REFER TO . Ca: B ibeock & Co., Phelps, Dodgo k Co., N. Y. "oley,FarwelI ii Co., Gould Bro. Chicp.. Loudon Sz Co., Pldlad., Graff, Bennett & CoPitts. Hon. A. L. Oabonw, Cii-3't. Judge, Laporto, Ind. - BR. T. A. BORTÖIT Plivsicinn and Surgeon, ; Oßic over Pershing's Dru; Store, in Dr. A.Q Borton's Dental Rooms, Michigan street, east side corner of Gano, where he may be consulted dur ing. office hours. Dwelling tvro doors north of theCoort House, Center et. west skle, Plymouth. Ind MAT. . .'.-.....,..; vi Diimi v ' MAY & nmnr.-r?: Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, A 1 LA PORTE, IND..'"'. : :. H7"lLL give speclal attention to the sccurin yy",of Laxd Warrants and Pensions rrac ticc in Marshall ajid adjoining countle?. Offcc over L. Rose & Co.'a Dru Store, corner E ist and South Main streets. . L-iport-, Antust 12 Wy.

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T. riHLU? OSBORNE & PHILLIPS. .J.WTSV? SSW' jMyaV tU M fat Wo'wt i. j J fcTdl W m& W 5 OFFICE First door north of Eovd'a Furniture Store. rLYMOÜTII, IND. DEALER IN ÄTOfiEl ELOCKS&JEWELRY, KEEPS -onstantlv on hanl Clocks, W-acho?, BREAST TIN'S, EAR RINGS, FINGER RINGS, LOCKETS, te.t &c. HTClocks, Watches, &c, repaired in the best manner possible. jan 7 '58 7-tf. PAEKEE HOUSE, H. M. HOPKINS PROPRIETOR. LArORTE, INDIANA. V. W. AXTELL, Clerk. ju!S 331y "IBaMwiii Mousey REMOVED! 9? HAVING removed his tavera stand from the south side of the river, to the building lately occupied by R. Corbably as a residence, nearly op po?ite the IMwards House, is now prepared to accommodate lüs old customers and the traveling public generally. His stabling and all other conveniences, shall not be inferior to any stand in Nothcrn Indiana. Charges reasonable. rlllGtf J. H. CASE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE rTAS moved his office one door north of Fierce A. Clothing store, near the Democrat printin ollicc, on Miclugan street, where he will giv promr-t "ntion to all claims entrusted to him fo collection, ' ras Justice of the peace or in high er courts. Tu xing &c, promptly attended to Plymouth, Ini . s.-pt. 9. lN)?-4itf. SHAVING, HMRD3ES3INQ AND Shaiiipooiii? Saloon, On Micliigan st, opposite Pierce's Clothing store here the subscriber is ready at all times, during business hours, to do up Shaving, Hair cutting Sec, in less time and better style than ever before known iu this vicinity; and he hopes that hereafter, by a strict attention to business, to merit a liberal pattronagc from the citizens generally. ALFRED BILLOWS. aug. 5, .7-tf. WARSAW MARBLE WORKS W. 11. UXDERHILL, (Successor to Underbill & Co.) Manufacturer & dealer in American & Italian MONUMENTS, TOMB-STONES, Counter Stands, Bnrcan Tops, &c., V A RSAW, IND. Ij'Orders from a distance will receive prompt attention, and satisfaction guarantied. A. UOYI), Agent, Plymouth, Ind. marl 1-1 Gtf afi.oitcri) ! C. L. HILL, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IX BOOKS tSü STATIONERY OF EVEUY DESCRIPTION! Calhonn Street, Ft. WAYNE, IND Book Bindery ! ! ! C. I,. HILE Won.d inform tle citizens of Plymouth and Ticinity.tnatthey are prepared to manufacture ' Blank Books, of every description; RE-BIND BO KS, PERIODICALS. &,C. Connty OKicers' arc especially requested to rive uier.i a uiai. mxrUb lUIv. j . J. J. VIiALIi9 rTOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN Particular I X attention paid to Obstetric Practice, and Chronic discas of Women, and diseases of Children. Office over C. Palmer's store, corner Michigan and Laporte streets, where he can be consulted at all hours. l -3tf. O- Xjb. 3E3T3E3L Has a larcrc stock of Wall k Window Paper, all qualities at wholesale or retail; also window Shades and Curtain Fixtures, FORT WAYNE, IND. mar26 19Ij. TIPPEOANOE. FLOUR. ARRANGEMENTS have been made to supply the PI j mouth market with this flour, and the genuine can be found at Patterson k Cleareland's and Palmer's. N. B. k P. S. ALLEMAN k Co. sc4-45tf 7 ' NOTICE The regular meetings of the Board'of Trustees of Center township, will be held on the first Sat urdayin each month, at the court house in Plymouth. M. Al O. PACKARD, Clerk maT'oT 2-V7 NO. 1 article of LayerRAISINS, by the box quarter box and pound, at 43 VINN EDGE & BRO'S. , FOR SALE CHEAP Intl on Cretlit: Town Lots, and Lota with buildings; wild and improved 1,-Bonds Stocks. Wagon, Carriage, Harness, and Household I urniture.Call at my office in Plymouth, opposite' the Post Once. C. H. REEVE - fcb5-13tf Attorney & Notary. 01,000 WANTED!! All persons owing me, whose accounts arc due, are hereby notified that I need the money , as I cannot pay my debts until my due3 are paid, and not wishing to subject any man to costs, yet if th'w call is not responded to immediately, I am compelled to adopt means more effectual. II. PIERCE. Plymouth dec 7, '53 1 Itf t I O LAN KS FOR JUSTIClOF 7 HE i; I3 Tcaccfor sale cheap, at this OfSce.'" '

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. The Worn out Font of Type. I'm sitting by my desk, George; Before me on the floor There leys a worn out font of type, Full twenty thousand score. And many montlis have passed, George, Siac tliev wore bright and new, . And many are the taa they've told The fale, tho strange, the true. Their beauty hs all gone, George, You scarcely now may trace . Upon the snowy medium, The likeness of their face. They remind me of a man, George, Whose morn of life was full Of promise, but at evening's close Was desolate and dull. What tales of horror hare they, told, Of tempest and of wreck, Cf murder at the midnight hour, Of war full many a 'speck,' Of ships that lost away at Ben, Went down before the blast, Of stitied cries of agony . As life 'a lust moment passed. Of eathquakes and of suicides; Of fiilin" crops of cotton. Of bank defaulters, broken banks, And banking systems rotten; Of boilers bursting, steamboats snagged; Of riots, duels fought; Of robbers who with their prey escaped; Of thieves with their bootv'caujrnt. Of flood and fire, snd accident, Those worn out types have told; xnd how the pestilence has swept The youthful and the old, Of marriages, and births and deaths, Ol things to please and vex us; Of one man jumping overboard, Another gone to Texas. They've told how long sweet summer days Have faded from our view; How autumns chilling winJa have swept The leaf crowned forest through; How winter's rain hath come and gone, Dark reign of storm ani strife And how the smiling spring hath warmed The pale flowers into life. I can't pretend to mention half My inky friends have told, Since shining bright and beautiful, They issued from the mold; How unto some they joys have brought, To others grief and tears, Yet faithfully they record kept Of fast receding years. i t Aifecting. Up to Todunk, where the thistle Blooms, dies, and rots; Where the winter whirlwinds whistle All around the lots Lived the slickest gal you ever Saw in your life; Ankle like a blue beech lever, Voice like a fife. As I sat by her a courtin', Calm and serene With her apron she was sportin', Checkered and olean. Mingled was our hash together; All day we sat, A chawin gum in winter weather, Happy as fat. Long I stuck to her like teasels, Summer and fall; But she wnt off with the mcasels, Ankle and all. II O.TIE INFLUENCES. BiYLVAKÜ3 COBB, JR. Who's that, I wonder.' said Mrs. Se.v burn, as she heard a ring at the basement door. 'Ah, it's Marshall,' returned her husband, who had looked out hy the window, and recognized the grocer's cart. 'And what have you sent home now, Henry? But before Mr. Seaburn could answer, the door of the sitting-room was opened, and one of the domestics looked in and asked, 'What shall I do with the demijohns, mum?' Demijohns?' repeated Mrs.' Seaburn 'Let them set in the hall, and I'll attend to them interposed the husband. Henry, what have yon sent home now?' asked the wife, after the domestic had gone. Some very nice wine, Cora, and a little of the choicest old brandy,' he replfed. Cora glanced up at the clock, and then looked down upon the floor. There was a cloud upon her fair brow, and it was very evident that something lay heavily upon her heart. Presently fthe walked io the wall and pulled the bell, and the summons was answered bv the chamber-maid. Are Gaorge and Charles in their room? Yes, ma'am.' 'Tell them it is school time.' The girl went out, and in a little while two boys entered the sitting-roorjD, with their books under tbeir arms, and their caps in their hands. They, were bright, happy, healthy fellows, with goodness and truth stamped upon their rosy faces, and the light of free consciences gleaming in their sparkling eyes. George was thirteen years of age, and Charles eleven, and certainly those two paients had reason to be proud of them. The boys kissed their mother gave a happy 'good morning to their father, and then wnt away to school. ' ' 'Cora said Mr. Seaburn, sometime, after the boys had gone, 'what makes you so sober?' " - , 'Sober?' replied the wife, looking up. . Yea. Youhäva been sober and rnnte ever since the grocer's' cart la ft. our door. , 'Do you want me. to tell you why I am sober? : Of course I do.'" ' r ' . : . . - : Well, then, Henry, I am so sorry .that

you had that spirits brought into the house. . 'Pooh! What's the use talking so, Cora? You wouldn't have roe be without it would vou?' Yes.' Why, what do you mean?' 'I mean that I would cut clear from the stuff, now and forever.' But Cora you aro wild. What should we do at our dinner parlies without wine? Do as othf rs who have it not But mercy! what would people say? Are you afraid But I wont ask so foolish

a question.' Ask it, Henry. Lot us speak plainly now that we have lirly commenced.' Well I was about to ask you if you were afraid that I should over drink too much. 'That is not a fair question, Henry. I was not thinking of that at all. But I will answer it by and by. 'You have no fixed appetite for it now?' , 'Then it would not cost you any effort of l-pll to abstain from its use? y 'Not a particle. 'And you only have it in the house and serve it to yvur friends, and drink it yourself, because it is fashionable? or, in other Words, you do it because others do it? .' I do it because,' said Mr. Seaburn, hes itating som in the choice of language because it would appear very odd, and very niggardly, and very fanatical, not to do it.' This last was spoken emphatic ally. But,' pursued Mrs.' Seaburn, with the calmness and assurance of one who feels the sustaining influence of right, 'you would not do what vou were convinced was wrong, out of respect to any such consideration, would you?' You know I would rot. Corn. Thi3 question of temperance, I know, is a good ono in the abstract, and I am willing to o live up to it, as I understand it; but I am no tee-totaler.' Henry,' said his wife, with an earnest look into his face, 'will you answer me a few questions? and answer them honestly and truly, without equivocation.' Bless me, how methodically you pntit, Cora. Yes, I will try and answer.' Then, first: Do you believe you, or your friends, are in any way benefitted by the drinking of intoxicating beverages at your board? That is, do you recoive any real good or benefit from it? 'No, I can't say that we do.' o you think the time has ever been, since we were married, when we actually needed wine in the hou3e, cither for our health or comfort? Why, I think it has ministered to our comfort, Cora ' How?" O, in many ways 'Name one.' It ha3 made cur friends happy.' Ah, but I am speaking of ourselves. Henry of you, and me, and our own little family. Has it ever ministered to our comfort? ; No, I can't say that it has.' And if it was banished from our house to-day, and forever, as a beverage, should we suffer in consequence? Certainly ; not. But what would our friends 'Ah, but stop; I am only speaking of our own affairs, as shut in from the world, by our own fireside. I want all extraneous considerations left out. Should we, as a family, suffer in our moral, physical, social, or domestic affairs in the total absence of this beverage? No, I do not know that we should Then to you as a huabancf, and a father, and as a man, is it of anv earthlv use? ; - 'No.' . - 'And it would cost you no effort, so far as you are concerned, to break clear from it?:-' : 'Not a particle 'And now, Henry persued the wife, with increased earnestness, 4I have a few more, questions to ask: Do you believe that the drinking of intoxicating beverages is an evil in this country? 'Why, as it is now going on, I certainly do.' And is it not an evil in society? ; .'Yes!; . " Look over this city, and tell me if it is not terrible evil.' ' ' : .. A terrible evil grows out of the abuse of it, Cora.' ' ' 'And will you tell me what good grows out "of the use of it? . . ', ' 'Really Jove, when you come down to this abstract point, you have the field. But people should govern their- appetites. All .things may bo abused : . . .' Yes. . But will you ted me the use, the real good, to be derived from drinking wine arid brandy? ' ". :)'' : ; VAs'I said before, it is a social custom, and has its charms.' ' ! Ah there' you have it, Henry. . It doe's have its charms, as the deadly snake is

said to have; and as other vices have.' But I will not detain you longer.' 'It is time I was at the store.' I will detain you but a moment longer, Henry. "Answer mo a few more questions. Now call to mind all the families of your acquaintances; th'nk of all the domestic circles you know, from your school-boy days to the present. Run your thoughta through the various homes where you have been intimate. Do this, and tell me if, in any one instance, you ever knew a single joy to be planted by the hearth -stone from the wine-cup. Did you ever know one item of good to flow to a family from its use? No. I cannot say that I overdid not as you mean.' And now answer me arain. Think of those homes once more. Call to memory th playmates of your childhood; think of tho homes they have made: think of other homes: think of the firesides where all you hare known dwell, and tell me if you havo seen any sorrow flow from the wine-cup! Have you seen any great gri.fs planted by the intoxicating bowl upon the hearthStone? Henry Seaburn did not answer, for there passed before bim such grim spectres of sorrow and grief, that he shuddered at the mental vision. He saw the youth cut down

in the hour of prjmise; he saw tho gray head fall in dishonor; he saw hearts broken: he saw homes made desolate; ho saw affections wither up aud die; and be saw noble intellects stricken down! Good Heavens! what sights he saw as he unrolled the canvass of his memory! 'Henry,' whispered the wife, moving to his side, and winding one arm gently around his neck, 'we have two boy. They are growing to bo men. They are noble, generous and warm-hearted. They love their home and honor their parents. They aro here to form their characters, to receive those impressions which shall be the basis upon which their" future weal or woe must rest. Look at them O, think of them! Think of them doing battle ia tho great struggle of life before them. Shall they carry out from their homo one evil influence? shall they, in the timo to come, fall by the wayside, cut down by the Demon of the Cup, and in their dying hour, curso the cxnmpln whencn thoy derived the appetite? O, fo? our children for those two boys for the men we hope to see tlum for the sweet memories we' would havo them cheiish of their home for the good old age they may reap let us cast this thing out, now and forever!' Cora kissed her husband as - she ceased speaking, and then he arose to his feet, but made no reply. 'Henry, you are not offended? .'No,' he said. ; He returned her kiss and without another word, left the house and went to his store. How strangely did circumstances work to keep the idea his wife had given him alive in his mind. That very mornin he met a youth, the son of one of his wealthv friends, in a state of wild intoxication, and during tho forenoon he heard that young Aaron G had died at sea. Ho knew that Aaron had been seat awav from home that he might be reclaimed. ' ' ' - After the bank had closed, and as Henry Seaburn was ticking of going home to his dinner, he received a note through the penny post. It was from a medical friend, aud contained a request that ho would call at the hospital on his way home. This hospital was not much out of his way, and so he stopped. There is a man in one of the lower wards who wishes to see vou,' said the doctor. Does ho know me?' enquired Mr., Seaburn. ' . . He says he does.' WThatis his name?', . He wont tell us. r He gce3 by the name of Smith; but I am satisfied that such is not his true name. He is in the last stajre of consumption and delirium. He has lucid intervals, but they.do not last long. He has ben here a week." lie was picked up in the street and brought here. . Ha heaid your name, and 6aid ho knew you one?.' . Mr. Seaburn went to the room where the patient lay, and looked at him. Surely ho never knew that man! 'There must be some mistake, "lie said. The invalid heard him and opened his eyes, such bloodshot, sunken, unearthly looking eyes! Harry ho whispered, trying to -lift himself upon his elbow. , 'Is . this . Harry Seaburn? -.. . - 1 hat is my name.' 'And don t you know me? : ' ' I am sure I do riot. and , he would have ead that lie did not wish to, only the man seemed so utterly miserable that, he would not wound what little feeling ho might have left. r . " . . 'Have you forgotten your old playmate in boyhood, Harry your friend in other days,:your chum in college?, , What!' gasped Seaburn, .starting back

aghast, for a glimmer of the truth, burst upon him. 'This is not Alec. Lomberg!' 'All that's left of him, my. Hal., returned the poor fellow, putting forth his wasted, skeleton hand, and smiling a faint, quivering, dying smile. 'Ah pater peccavi!' 'Alexander Lomberg! said Henry, gazing into the bloated, disfigured face before him. You wouldn't have known me, Hal? Good Heavens no!' I know I am altered. Ah, Hal, sic transit gloria r.xundi! But, Alec.' cried Seaburn, 'how is this? Why are you here? Rum, Hal. Rum! I am abont done for. But I wanted to see you. They told me you lived not far away; and I would look upon one friend before I died But I heard you were practicing your profession, and doing well.' 'So I did do well when I practiced, Hal. I have mado some pleas, but I've given ail that. And yonr father, where is he?' Don't mention him, Hal. He taught mo to drink! Aye, he taught me! and then turned the cold shoulder upon me when I drank too much. But I am going, Hal.' Henry Seaburn gazed into that horrible face, and remembered what its owner had been: the son of wealthy parent; tho idol of a fond mother; the favorite at school, at play, and at college; a light of intellect and physical beauty; and a noble, generous friend. And now, alas! Alec, can I help you? 'Yes.' And the poor fallow started higher up from his pillow, and something of the old light struggled for a moment in his eye. 'Pray for me, Hal. Pray for my soul! Pray that I may go where my mother is! She wont disown her boy! She couldn't have done it had she lived! Oil! she was a good mother, Hal. Thank God, she didn't live to see this! Pray for me, pray,. pray! Let mc go to her. As the wasted man sank back, he fell

! to weeping, and in a moment more one of the paroxysms came on, and ho bogai. to rave. IIo thought Harry was his father, and he cursed him, and cursed the habit that had been fastened upon him under that father's influence. But Henry could not stop to listen. With an achius: heart he turned away, and l-ft the hospiial. He could not go home to dinner then. He walked down town, and got dinner there. At night he went to the hospital again. He would inquire after his poor friend, even if he did not go into the room io see him. Poor fellow, said the physician, 'he never came out of that fit. lie died in less than a half hour after you went out. It wa3 dark when Henry Seaburn reach ed home. You liavo not told Bridget where to put these demijohns, Henry, said his wife. SJ-.e had not noticed his (lice, for the iras was burning but dimly. 'Ah I forgot. Come down with mo, Cora, and we will find a place for them. His wife followed him down into the basement; and, one by one, 'he took the dimijons and carried them into the rear yard, and there he emptied their contents into the sewer. Then he broke the vessel in pieces with his foot, and bade Bridget have the dirt-man take the fragments awav in the mornrcg. , Not one word had he spoken to his wife nil the while, nor did she speak to him. He returned to'the sitting "room, where his boys were at their books, and took a seat upon one of tho tete-a-tetes. Henry then called his wife and children about him and then he told them the storv of Alexander Lomberg. , And now, my loved ones, he added, laying his hands upon the heads of his bays, I have made a solemn vow that, henceforth my children shall find no such influence in their home. They shall never have occasion to curse the example of their father! I will touch the wine-cup nomorc forever! What say you, my boys will you join me in the sacred pledge? ' They joined him, with a glad, gushing willingness; for their hearts were full, and their sympathies all tuned by a mothers careful love to riht. - 'And you, Cora.-. . Yes yes! she cried. AnJ may the holy lesson of this hour be never forgotten. O, God, let it rest a3 an aiigel of mercy, upon my boys,; Let it be a light to their feet" in the lime "of temptation! Andi so shall they blss, through life, the influence they carry with" them from , their Home!' The failings of good men aro commonly more published in theworldthan theirgooc deeds; and one fault of k- well" deserved man shall meet with möro reproaches than all his virtues- praise; such is the, force of jll-IHll and ill-nature. 1 - ' i - - ...... . ; A Lawyer at Lowell having found nine ty-five dollars and returned, the. money to the owner, one of the papers says tho. act may be honest and. honorable but it, is exceedingly unprofessional. ; . . '

Tue Soks of Malta. There are perhaps no set of men, no organization, publi or ecrl, religious or political', that attract H3 much attention, drawas many surmises and speculations a3 to their doings and' ob

ject, as the order of the Sons of Malta, Having the facts before us, we here propose to lay before our readers a short acw count of tho order from the beginnings In the vear of our Lord, 1018, come Merchants of Memphis tradiug to the Levant, obtained leave of the Caliph of Fgypf to erect a house for those who went on pilgrimages to Jerusalem. They erected a' hospital for the sick in A. D. 1 10, whenc they obtained the name of hospitallers. fnj A. D. 1110, they became a military order, and many persons of noble blood CDtcred their ranks. After the Christians had' lost their interest in the East, and JerusaUrn was taken, tho Knights returned to Marcj-ettr and then to Acre, which thy defended ia 1150. John, King of Cyprus, then led them to Linnis3cn, whi:h country was bequeathed to them, became their home until 1310, in which they took Rhodes, and the next year defeuded it against the Saracens. Sinco then thev have had for r motto, F. E. R. T.; Rhodes, however. was taken by Solyaian in i o52, whert tbe Knights returned into Conadia, and from thence to S'ciiy. People Kdrain YI. granted them Yiierbo, as a retreat, and in 163Q Charles Y. granted them tbe Isle of Malta, The order of the Sons of Malta, which embraces so many of our distinguished fellow citizens, is understood to be tli? present representative of this formidable military religious order. The hospitality wh'ch oiice greeted the pilgrim on the shores of the holy land is now dispensed with a liberal hand in the lodges of American cities to the sons of every clime. Tlw motto remaines tho same as when- Grand Commander Pulques de YailcTet held Rhodes against his enemies, althor some writers assert that F. E. R. T. is interpreted by modern sons of Malta as Fomv Exorcists of Rueful thoughts. The interpretation of the motto D. M. O. LS. L. A., which appears on their initiatory tablets remains locked in the brcsts of the accepted Sons of Malta. The Ibie of Malta is still in the posossf n of tho "Sons," who rent it to the British Government as a place of deposit for Military stores. It is however, contemplated by the Grand Lodges in the Uiiion. having controlling influence, to erect thereon it nia?"iGcent retreat for those whom lonf' service in tho order and old age, have cnfcebled. All "cons," familar with the history of the orCtor, will remember that it Was one of the early Sons of Malta. Publius who- entertained in the most hospital manner St. Paul, wh:n ho was shipwrecked onthe Island whence they derived their name, Wo' don't know as he held any office in the order, but he is described a "chief man of the Island.' ' The Sons of Malta evident!)- have a deep des!gn in their organization. They mav soms day starlh the world with an achitement so brilliant, having all the attributes of nobleness and purity, whbh are the prime functions of the order, that all manni(f will look on with blessings and applause. Many of their woadeiful charities are known to the world; but how many more remain secrets hi the order, and with tfi cse that receive. Yerily if is blessed to grthletr tho desolate heart. Among the most noted sons rrr the order in his country, be mentioned our most worthy President, James Buchanan, who we believe now holds the responsible office of O. R. J. A. All the Cabrnet officers are members?, and some of them, Mr. Cobb we bellete, htdds ä very high ofilce. Jc raong the Senators prominently 6t4nd Douglas, Seward, Hunter, Prxglr, Yulce. Slideil, Benjemin, Davis, Greeiirand Blair. In the Houe nearly every member belongs to the order. In the different Slatef, nearly all the Governois have been iuitated into the mystic secrets of the order, and there is now scarcely a town of any size in which tho order is no: growing with rapid strides.It promises to become thejraost formidable order known in the world. A Kentucky paper says it vs getting: very fashionable in that quarter to enclose' a dollar with marriage notices, when sending them to the printer. A good cust0P that orght to prevail everywhere. - V Six dollars to tbo printer and prietr- . 4 No sensible man conld refuse, , - Five dollars to render bim blest,. " And one to publish d hcivs! f - An exchange publishes the lines of the great epic upon, General Jackson, written by a western bard: "... . , When you sec their cjes glisten, ' " Then my men fir? , . : Were the last dvin irordr . ' j Of A. Jackso'n, Jor.'ref, .'Z " : 'Bob, lower yourself into ths well and hollow .for helpj .. .- . . Whatfbr?' : ; ( ..; , . . ... , .'To fiighten daddy and have some fun ' Bob did as he was desired, but got morathan he bargained for. - . It was administered with a hickory sapling. Distance fiv and a half feet, .. .