Marshall County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 1, Plymouth, Marshall County, 11 August 1859 — Page 1

1 r f i i NEW SEBIES-VOL. 1-NO. 1. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY", AUGUST 11, 1859. WHOLE NO. 193.

MARSHALLBOUNTY DEMOCRAT, riiiy,;(sHED every Thursday by " W. J. BURL'S, Proprietor.

TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. OxeYk., I Advance...... Nine Month do ..... Six Months, do .... fiiREE do do .... . i,2: . ,90 . ,50 ADVERTISING: One sqnre of 2-2-1 Brerier cnn or le-s three weeks or los, each additional insertion 23 cent. Longer advertisements in proportion, le tha- alf a square to be chared a? half a square and over naif a square to be charged as a whole A literal deduction will be made on advertise menu inserted longer than one month. IT-Thc above terms will be strictly adhered to in rverv instance. Ml DI IM Süll Of BRAXCIi AT PLYMOUTH. IXD E. S. ORGAN, Tres. II. KARLY, Cashier . - . a Y"" . . . . f - a- - i w E ASTE UN EXUII.liSi,, i'raiw v. nati and ChicaRO, OoM and Silver, Lncurrent Money and Land Warrant BOUGHT AND SOLD. IT Deposits Received and Money Loaned. U" Exchange oh Europe bought and sold, ft-5 a trx.ti.xi trinm tn Collection, and General Banking Business Transacted. June 23, 1?53. 31II. B. DICKSOM J- C LEONARD IT- B- DICKSON & GO. UKAl.KR IX of every description, also, Stoves, Tin, S teet-Iron and Copper Ware Groll PLYMOUTH, IXD. C. H. REEVE.. . . . . . . A. C. CATRON. REEVE & CAPRQM, ATl?OHJtY5 & NOT ARIES Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind., IYactice iu Marshall and adjoining counties. REFER TO 11 ilwock A: Co., rhelps, Do lire k Co., N. Y. Cooler, Far ell & Co., Could & Uro. Chicago. Loudon &. Co . rhil.i l-, (Ir.itr. Bennett & Co., Pitta. Hon. A. L. Osborn, Circ't. Judj,'c, Laporte, Ind. II. CORBIX. . . M. A.O. TiGKARD. CO U BIN & PACKARD Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Axr Ulstern Cffllertiou 'Zgcnls, PLYMOUTH, IXD. Refer to Arci i.arias, Hoxxett, & co., N Y City; Jons Livingston, " Town, Smith & Shei.of.n. Detroit, Mich.; Fkcor. Bkrhan & co. Toledo, Ohio; M II Norton & co, Chicago, III; Hon C A Stacy, Teetini?eh, Mich; Hon Tiios S Staxfield, South Bend, Ind Hiiov.r :itf J. C. OSBORNE D. T. PIIILLlTi. OSBORNE & PHILLIPS, C 7S7S t.WS f W7fl hl m mi rva mmm u m khu mm nam a AND NOTARIES public. OFFICE West sl.le of Mieliiirnn street, three doors D .rth of Tierce?, PLYMOUTH, INl. rSJT7 3XTOTICEJ. STAXFIKLD & JOHNSON T. S. Stanfif.i.o, of South Ben 1, Ind., and A Johnson, of I'lymouth Indiana, hve associated themselves together lor the practice of Law, in all the Courts of M irdiall County Mr Sc.infield will personally assist in the m.nngeincnt of all litipcaed bisiti8. Office in Tcrsiiin's block. nl3v4 The UxiflfrNimril, A T T O I t N E V A T I, A W, RESIDINO AT KNOX. STARK COUNTY, IND., Will -rive strict attention to all Lepal business intristed to himby tlie citizens of Sturk, Marshall, Fulton and Pulaski Counties. He has also, in comp-iny vi th Dr W W CALKINS. Recorder of Stark County established a KKAL KSTATE Ai:CY, and they have a l.irjre amount of Land, and several Farms for s:d- or exchange for other property. Feb 17 !-12mG. JAMES O'BRIAN. C. H. REEVE, For .Dim of Hartford, Cash AasettM, $17(V),0:)0 J'r Ph.intx do do 4-2').l)OU For Peoria, Marine and fire Insurance Company, of Peoria 111., Cash Assetts $'1)0,000 Policies issued at the lowest possible rat s. OlFce on La Porte street Plymouth Ind. 2Ln'I J. H. CASE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AS moved Iiis ollie on? door north of Pierce Clothing store, near the Democrat printin oT on Michigan street, where lie will giv roin;it .'utioii to all claims entrusted tu hint fo collection, i' ras Justice td the peace or in hih rr courts. T. - inir &c, promptly attended to 1'lymoui.h, Ind.", r.pt. 'J. S-lJtl". EDWARDS HOUSE, PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. W. CJ. I.ihvnnUf apt. O. naily,i Proprietors. "3Tic Old Folk ttt JFoute." W. C. EWARDi ha returaed to th? Edwards House, which became üo popular with tlie public. under his mm ijiemsnt, a fe years ao, where he will in future aid in superieteiidin its affairs. The House h is been entirely rc'it ted and newly furnished. It is commodious an 1 comfortable in all its ri-ptrtments. No pain or expense will be tip:FJjjf render it first clas.s Hotel. Travelers, Hii'lTothcr?, will find every desirable accotnmotl itioi). In connection witli this house is a lare and convenient stable, where prompt attention will bo pven. apr21n21. A FINE ASSORTMENT OF AIEItlCAN WATCHE S Constantly on hand at jun'J-STm A. MYERS'S. J. .T. YirVAIjL, HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Particular attention paid to Obstetric Tractice, and Chronic dieas of Women, and diseases of Children. Office over C Palmer's store, corner Michifw and Laportc streets, where he can be consulted At all hours. l-3tf.

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It isn't All in Bringing Up. BY A. W. FY FE. It isn't all in "bringing up," Let folks say what they will; To silver-scour a pewter cup, It will be pewter still. E'en he of old, wise Solomon, Who said "train up a child," If I mistake not, had a sou Prored rattle-brained and wild. A man of mark who fain would pass, For Lord of sea and land, May have the training of a son, And bring him up full grand; May give him all the wcaltn of love, Of college and of school, But after all may make no more Than just a decent fool. Another raised by penury Upon her bitter bread, Whose road to knowledge is liko that The good to heaven mu?t tread; He's got a spark of nature's light, 'Till in its burning letters bright The world may read his name. If it were all in "bringing up," In counsel and restraint, Some rascals had been honest men I'd been myself, a saint. Oh! it isn't all in "bringing up," Let folks say what they will; Neglect may dim a silver cupIt will be silver still, i um I I List of Wonders. Among the wonders of marvellous ia ventions which American genius has produced, within the few last years, are the following, compiled in an .abstract from the Patent Office report. Head them over, and then say, if you can, that there is nothing new under tho sun: The report explains the principle of the celebratdd llobb lock. Its "unpickability" depends upon a secondary or false eet of tumbler, whieh prevent instruments used for picking fioni reaching tho real ones. Moreover, the lock is powder proof, pnd may b3 loaded through the key-hole and Ii red off till the burglar i tired of Iiis fruitless work, or fears the explosion will bring to view more witnesses than he desires. Doors and shutter.- have been patented that cannot be broken through with either pick or sledge-hammer. The burglar's occupation's gone.' Jiarpoon is uescnou which mar.es the whale kill himself. The more he pulls the line, the deeper goes the harpoon. An ice-making machine has been patented, which is worked by a steam cm. gine. In an experiment trial it froze several bottles of sherry, and produced blocks of ice the size of a cubic foot when the thermometer was up to eighty deirrecs. It is calculated that for every ton of co.il put into tho furnace, it will make a ton of ice. From Dr. Drake's examiner's report, we gather koiiiu idea of the value of patents. A man who had made a slight improvement in straw cutters, took a model through the Western States, and after a tour of eight months, returned with forty thousand dollars. Another man had a machine to thrash and clean wheat, which in lifteeii months, he sold for sixty thousand dollars. These are oidinary cases while such inventions as the telegraph, the planing machine, and India rubber patents, are worth millions of dollars, each. Examiner Lane's report describes new electrical inventions. Among them is an electrical whaling apparatus, by which the whale is litetally shocked to death." Another is an electric magnetic alarm. which rings belli and displays signals in case of fire or burglars. Another is an electric dork, which wakes yu up, tells you what time it is, and lights a lamp for you if you please. There is th "sound gatherer," a sort of mi-re ear-trumpet, to be placed in front o( locomotive, bringing to the en gineer's ears all the noise ahead, perfect ly distinct, notwithstanding the noise of the train. 1 . mere is an invention mat picks up pins from a confused heap, turns them around with their heads up, and sticks them in papers in regular rows. Another goes through the whole process of ciar making, taking in the leaves and turning out finished cigars. One machine cuts cheeso; another scours knives and forks: another rocks the cra dle; and seven or eight take in washing ami ironing. There is a parlor chair patented triat cannot bo tipped back on two legs, and a railway chair that cannot bo tipped back in any position, without any legs at all. Another patent is for a machine that counts passengrri in an omnibus and takes their fare. When a very fat gentleman gets in, it counts two and charges double. There are a variety of gt'ns patented that load themselves; a fishing line that adjusts it own bait, and a rat trap that throwg away tho rat, and baits itself, and 6tands set in tho corner for another. There is a machine, also, by which a man prints instead of writing his thoughts. It is played like a piano forte. And speaking of pianos, it is estimated that nino thousand are made tvory year in the United States, giving constant employment to one thousand nine hundred per sons, and costing over two millions of dol lars. jC-fTTbe following is from tho Williamston (N. C.) Mercury: '1 er.son wish in" to hdQ tho editors will generally find them at the printing office. In their absence, however.invitat'ons to dio and challenges to fight should be left either with tho publisher, or in our tabWd rawer.

The Secret Motive of Peace.

M. Gaillar Jet, tho able correspondent of the N. Y. Courrier de9 Etats Unis, and tho best informed of the writers for the American press, ascribes the peace, among other things, to a serious misunderstanding between Napoleon and Victor Emanuel. The latter felt offended because his personal gallantry and that of his army at ti e battle of Palestro were not noticed in Napoleon's order of the dar. Ilia anger wa3 so great that at tho battle of Magenta he delayed to occupy the position assigned him, and left the Imperial Guard to sustain for two hours, unsuppotted, the shock of the Austrian army. He nearly lost the battle by his delay, and the Emperor did not hesitate to charge him with it, ai ho believed it was done on purpose. The Kincr of Piedmont ltecame so distrustful that, when Napoleon announced the hour for entering in triumph into Mi lan, ho was at the place two hours before time, fearin that the French Emperor would make the entry r.lone. These de tails camo from Victor Emanuel himself, who told them in conversation with one of the directors of the Lombard Railroad. M. Gaillardet writes also that, though tho Milanese hailed tho advent of tho Emperor with enthusiasm, the reception becamecolder as they penetrated Lombardy. When the Austrians approached Brescia after the battle of Soferino, the inhabitants replaced the Italian tri-colors with the Austrian flags, which they had kept in rereserve. In the country the peasants showed no good will toward the French soldiers. In spita of the talk about the enthuriasm of the Italian patriots, there were very few enlistments except the five or six thousand patriots, mostly exiles, under Garibaldi. The population did noi rise and take arms, a3 the proclamation of Xapoleen invited them to do. On the other hand, the Lombard' troops in tho Austrian army were faithful to their color?; and it was the regiments almost exclusively Italian that fought most desperately against the French at Marignan. It was only when vanquished and about to bo crushed that thev cried Evviva Vltalia, in order to tret quarter. While tho peasantry cursed the liberating army, the shopkeepers and traders of Piedmont made spoil out of its necessities, charging shameless prices for everything. Count Cavour was counteracting the poliey of Napoleon, inviting insurrection everywhere, while tho French Emperor was avowedly repressing it. Peace was made from a sentiment of distrust towards the King and Ministry of Piedmont, and of disgust at tho conduct of the people, who so littio appreciated the sacrifices and devotion of their allies. <Albany Argus>. ———<>——— ——>Dr. D. L. Talbot, in commencing a series of articles for the Ft. Wayne Times in regard to the Wyandotte cave, makes the following comparison between the Wyandotte and Mammoth caves: "Wyandotte cave, one of the most remarkable and extensive in the world, is situated in Crawford County, about twenty-five miles below New Albany, on the Blue River. I have called it a remarkable cave. The Mammoth cave in Kentucky is designated as the greatest known cave in the world. It may startle your scientific readers to hear me assert the fact, that there is one stalagmite in the Wyandotte cave, more massive than all the stalagmites and stalactites in the Mammoth cave alone put together. This cave I have surveyed and mapped a distance of twenty miles in length, and there are numerous avenues. I have never penetrated to their end, although I have visited the cave for scientific and other purposes, over a dozen different times, spending on one visit four days and nights within its darksome halls. ———<>——— An old Oriental story records that, one day, Moola Muterdeeu in a mosque, ascended the desk, and thus addressed his audience: O, children of tho Faithful, do ye know what I am going tc say?" Thtry answered, "No." Well, then," ho replied, "it is no use for me to waste my timo on so stupid a set of people." Next day ho again mouatöd tho desk and inquired: "0, true Musselinen! know vo what 1 am troni" to say?" We do." said they. "Then," he continued, "there is no need for me to tell you." The third time Iiis audienco thoii"ht they should catch him, and on his putting the usual question, they answered "Some of us do, and some of us do not." "Well, then," replied he, "let thoso who know tell thoso who do not," 'Ma, is aunt got bees in her mouth?' 'No why do you ask such a question?' Cause that lectio man with a heap o'hair on his face cotch'd hold of her, and said ho was a going to tako the honey from her lips, and she said, 'Well make haste!'

What is a Zouavk? The Zouaves are

all French; they are selected from among the old campaigners ior tneir nne pnysique and tried courage, and havo certainly proved that they avwhat their appearance would indicate, ti Jost reckless, self-reliant, and complefo-infantry that Eurrpe can produce. With his graceful dresa, soldierly bearing, and vigilant attitude, tho Zouave at an outpost is the beau ideal of a soldier. They neglected no opportunity of adding to their personal comfort; if there is asireamin the vicinity, the party marching on picket is suro to be amply supplied with fishing rods, ect.; if any thing is to be had, the Zouaves are quite certain of it. Their movements are the most light and graceful I have ever seen; stride long, but he seems scarcely to touch the ground, and the march is apparently mado without effort or fatigue. The step of tho foot rifles is shorter and quicker, and not so easy and graceful. The impression produced bv the appear ance of these two crops is very different; the ratios look like active, enernotic follows, who would lind theii best field as skirmishers, but the Zouaves havo combined with all the activity and energy of the others, that solid ensembled and reckless, dare devil individuality which would render ;hem alike formidable when attacking jn mass, or in defending a position in the most deserato-haryldo-hand encounter. Of all the troops that I have even seen, 1 should esteem it the greatest houCT to assist in defeating the Zauaves. The grenadies of the guard are all large men, and a fine-looking, soldierly sot. A western editor, whoso head at the time seems to have been rather heavy, records a "melancholy event" thus: 'Yesterday morning, at 4 o'olock P. M., a man with a heel in tho holo of his stocking committed arsenic bv swallowing a dose of suicide. The inquest of the verdict returned a jury that the deceased came to the facts in accordance with his death. He leaves one small child and six small wives to lament his untimely loss. In the midst of death we are in life. Many a glorious speculation has failed for the same good reason that tho American Ranger gave when was asked why he did not buy land when he it was dog cheap. A correspondent tells the story: Well, I did come nigh onto faking ei"ht thousand acres 'onest, said old Joe, mournfully. 'You see, two of the boys came in one dav from an Indian hunt without any shoe, and offered mo their titles to the two leagues just below hero for a pair of boots. For a pair of boots, I cried out. Yes, f-r a pair of boots for each league. Rut why on earth did'nt you take it? Thev'd be worth a hundred thousand dollars" to-day. Why did'nt you give them the boots? Just 'cause I didn't havo the boots to gire, said Joe, as he took another chew of tobacco, quite as contented as if he owned two leagues of land. 1Yriti lor the Tress. There is no class of people more frequently sneered at than editors. It is the easiest thing in the world to charge them with being mercenary; to say that such and such a thing was paid for; that anybody can havo anything praised or abused in a paper, if h3 will pay for it; ami says a wiseacre, every now and then, "if 1 had a newspaper hare, wouldn't I pitch into this or that, and wouldn't I show the p'-'oplo what an independent paper is?" Well, my friend, why not establish a paper and 'pitch into everything and everybody?" Nobody can object to your doing so. The papers that are in the habit of pitching into everything arc the easiest edited in tho world. It is only well practised and matured editors that possess that wUdom and truo independence which consists in refusing to 'pitch in;' that manliness that can withstand a public clamor, that can scorn personalities, and that can treat pubiic questions with the dignity and soberness that can alone secure respect for tho press. "Ail vice CÄrati." Under this caption, tho Vicksburg Sun discourses as follows: Never fail to trada with merchants who advertise liberally in preference to those .k a a 1. who do not, if you would consult your pecuniary intercut. Tho reason is obvious. The man who advertises his goods, wares, etc., sells three times ns many goods as the others, and he can afford to sell cheaper. So read the advertisements, and patronize tho establishments that advertise most. Depend upon it, a man who neglects to extend a knowledge of his business always charges more for an article than that man who advertises freely. Wo would walk ten miles freely to see the photograph of a merchant who was a non -advertiser, nd at the same time a libeal dealer. No such man is iu existence. Profanity. In the use of profane words no idea is to bo expressed, no object to bi attained, no end secured, -no ear to be pleased, no appetite to bo administered to, no passion to bo fed, no titles to be acquired, no wealth to bo earned, no possible good, cither real or imagined, is had in view. They are wicked cheats, playing a game of deception, attempting to palm off a blustering sound, for a substantial thought. Profanity is surely a good witness of a terrible dearth of wisdom, a frightful scarcity of ideas. Nor will any one pretend that there is any good in profanity; for besides being an arrant cheat, it is ai idle and wicked use of the namo of the greatest and best being in tho uni'er: the best and truest friend of every human being. It is a miserable sight to seo a poor man proud, and a rich man avaricious.

31a trillion. The happiness of the husband and wife is mutually derived from each other; they partake of joy and sorrow, glory and ignominy, wealth and poverty; they are the same to each other in all the circumstances of life; the misfortune of one is also the misfortuuo of the other; nothing but the grave can sever the connection; even the bonds which unite brother and sister, or parents and children, are less enduring. The tender youth grown into manhood, is now, perhaps, contending with the difficulties of the world around him, receives no longer tho protection of a father and a mothei ; his only solace is the wife of his bosom, she, perhaps, has fled from her paternal roof, willing to sacrifice everything for his sake, and now clings fondly to him for protection and support.

Visiting. Regular visiting is, of all social evils that are in existence, the most irksome, both to visitors and visited and is made so, in a great measure, by the necessity there is for each party straining a point to be very agreeable. On one side there is an effort at preparation, and often display, which causes troublo and frequently wearisome perplexities and inconvenience, and on tho other is a constraint of feeling and manner, which is anything but pleasant. We don't think wo are venturing a very hazardous assertion when we say, that in nine-tenths of tho delightful teaparties which Are made, the breaking up hour is tho most agreeable one, to all, of the whole number that hav3 been wasted. Exchange. So embittered is Oberlinism to any thing southern, that at one time the faculty and students resolved fo usa no product of Slave labor of course they cut cotton and eschewed tobacco altogether. An ardent young student, deeply imbued with this anti-slavery sentiment, happened to think, one night, after retiring to bed, that he was between a pair of cotton sheets, out he jumped, took a blanket, and slept on the floor until morning. It was rather a hard bed, but it was better to rest a littio, and turn over often, than snooze all night in the sweat of a negro. Upon waking up in tho morning he found that tho carpet on which he slept was half cotton! A Delicate Recuke. Mr. We'stor ! wrto, after continued provocation, to the editor ot a newspaper, who reierred to his private affairs, a id especially to his not paying his debts. He said, substantially: "It is true that I havo not always paid my debts, and that I owe money. One cause of this is, that I have not pressed thoso who owe mo for payment. As an instance of this, I enclose you your father's note, made to ms thirty years ago, for money lent him to educate his boys." Tho Vincennes Sun states that Lewis Brooks, a colored man, died in that city on Wednesday, verging on to a century. He was originally from Virginia, and frequently boasted of having seen Gen. Washington and livid near where the great hero was bom. He was afterwards taken to Kentucky, was well acquainted with Daniel Boone, and remembered the birth cf Boone's first child. The old man's wife is still living in Vincennos.and is nearly 100 years old. ifiT Under the late assessments for taxation in the State of Indiana, the valuations havo risen from about four hundred millions to between six and seven millions. This, under the present rate of taxation, will produce a large revenue. The assessments prior to this' were mado seven vears ago. The increase ha3 been much greater than was anticipated. Tho Hon. Ilabert Dale Owen was at last accounts in Washington. Ha will shortly return to Indiana, after an absence of six years, where, as in yore, ho will exert himself in behalf of Democratic principles. Mr. Owen has been selected to deliver the address to tho Posey County Agricultural Society in October next. Airii l ne laiesi nuvices irora uian tuaie 'PI 1 e TTi.l. that a movement is on foot among the Mormons to abandon Polygamy. It is becoming exceedingly unpopular. The women find the views of their 'States' siters differing materially upon the res pectability and virtuo of such alliances: and many who doubtless embraced tho system conscientiously are from tho same motives, with experience added, forsaking it, while a greater number who havo been 'counseled' into this libidinous practice, are fast throwing oil tho shackles of priestCraft, abandoning their liege lorls, and boldly returning to their former homes, habits and names. Utah. There could scarcely be a plainer proof of liberty and good order in Utah than the fact that tho Rev. Mr. Vox, Episcopal chaplain to tho army at Fort Laramie had preached in the famous Mormon Tabernaclo, and Bishops Kimball and Brigham Young delivered addresses at the close of the discourse. Everything was pleasant and harmonious. It was currently reported that not a few of tha Mormons were recovering from their delusion, and wcro likoly openly to express their awakened belief in tho tenets and their disapproval of tho practice of Mormon ism. Vtt. Fret Press. it? Tho Grand Kapids Enquirer, of Ju ly 31st, sava that matters are progressing very favorably lor me Uratiu Kapids 'l T 1 T 1 ! I t- H !1 . r and Indiana ivauroau i'resmeni ijomax, who is now in New York, ij meeting with very good success in financial matters, and tho present prospect is, thai within ninety days tho cars will be running on tho road north of this city.

The Mammoth cave is distinguished more for its vastness than its beauty; the Wyandotte for its great extent, its mammoth hall; its lofty ceilings, reaching frequently to the height of 267 feet, and especially for its beautiful and natural fountains, which almost continually meet the eye in every direction. A portion of this cave has been known and visited for over forty years. This portion is about three miles in length, and is termed the Old Cave. In 1850 a new door from with-

in the old cave was discovered, which extended the caves united to about twelve miles in extent. In 1853 a still newer discovery of ingress was accidentally made, which has added eight or ten miles thereto, and disclosed a plan of formation more extensive and more beautiful than any heretofore known. This cave contains every kind of formation peculiar to the Mam- moth and other caves, besides some very peculiar and unique formations found only iu Wyandotte cave. ———<>——— The Wheat Crop. The N. Y. Tribune, of the 3'Jth inst., says: There is no mistake now about the wheat crop being a full ono all over the country. Tho latest Wint wheat, except perhaps iu Canada and some of the most northern districts of the United States, is all harvested. A letter now before U3, da ted IloLtnd, Jonos Co., Mich., July 16th, says: It 1 las now beoome a fixed fact that we are to have more than an average crop of wheat in Western Michigan." A letter from Iowa, dated July 1 speaks in glow'.'n terms of the wheat crop, it sys also: "Wc have a msst splendid prospect for crops of all kinds, except wheat, and of that there will be plenty and some to spare. Corn, grass, oats, potatoes' sad vegetables look most promising." Tho Canada wheat crop is reported unusually excellent, and a letter from Toronto, July 18, says: "Farmers aro in tho midst of harvest, and they generallv have excellent weather, and tho latest wheat is past danger." The Hon. Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana, announces in his own paper, that he will not deny he is a Republican candidate for the Presidency. We fear his modesty will interfere with his prospects. lie is bo backward, that his friends will not be able to prevail upon him to push himself. Cincinnati Commerci.il. Gaming at the SriUNt;s. The editor of the Warrcnton Whig, writing from the Red Sweet (Va.) Spiings, e.nys: 'A few days ago a couple of southern gentlemen here, rich planters from Ited Kiver, played seven games of old sledge for S 5,000 a game, and the wiuner took every game $35,OüO was lost, and the money paid, I hoar, ia a check oa the Bank of Louisiana. I could give the names, but forbear. jtiTThe Ohio wheat crop this year is expected to bo 5,000,000 bushels moro than last) car, notwithstanding tho frosts la3t mouth, which destroyed per estimate, 3000,000 bushels. Iowa will yield more than an average crop, while Wisconsin yields a better crop this season than ever before, both as to quantity and quality. i Legal Tender. Tho following are the provisions of the United States law prescribing a "lenal tender." Old coins and silver dollars for all sums, half dollars and small silver coins for not over five dollars, and three cent pieces for sums not over thirty cents. No provision is made for cents which may, therefore, be refused. itiT James Buchanan is Coroner of Louisville; Louis Napoleon advertises for a lost cow in tho New Albany Ledger, and Geonro Washington and Thomas Jefferson,-aro confined iu tho Indiana penitentiary for grand larceny. "What's in a uame?" Significant. On a Sabbath morning a stranger visited one of our fashionably-built churches for tho purpose of worship, and, on asking the sexton for a suat, ha replied forgetting St. Paul's instructions to 'be courteous "Wo have plenty of seats let, sir!' The sexton, however, notwithstanding his curt answer, condescended to show the 9tran;'r to a seat. At tho close of the services, tho gentleman inquired for the Treasurer of the Society, and asceriainin r the price for ono year, he quietly handed him the amount, with the ruquest that the seat mirht bu 'reserved for strangers!' Cambridge Chronicle. itTTho Springfield Jiepuplican ccntains an amusimr account ot Mr. Mason s court introductions at Paris. It is said that on one occasion last spring, thiity country men were paraded in tit once. Arrayed in court dresses they stood liko servaatü in liverv. in semicircle; tho Emuoror enters tho reception chamber; Mr, Masou bows, a a . flourishes his hand and sas: 'My country men, your Majesty;' all bow; Emperor bows and turns to some ono olso; country men exeunt. Al)DrtESSEI TO A NlOGER. Useful lljorge:: you aro tho needle of our national com I . a pass, tho coloring matter ot all our aflairs, the active principle ot our agitations, the director of our political ceremonies; you make Presidents! you make Senators: you raise small men and knock down great ones. O, wonderful nigger! you aro tho black prince of fas ion, diffusion and confusion! You onght to bo broke of your office, kicked out or requested to resign!

Douglas in Missouri. Judj Douglas is not without a host of fricrds in Missouri. ThePt. Joseph West, aniniluential and ably conducted journal independ and iu politic, publishes Judge Djuj:las' recent letter upon the subject upon of next Presidency, and comments upon it as follows: "What morecsn the Democracy ask ? They hare only to stand in 18C0 where they rtood U '5G. Douglas simply requires them to give him the Cincinnati Platform to fi.ht upon as they gave it to Mr. Buchanan, and Le proposes to take it, too, not with any new construction of his own, but "at txponudd by Mr. Buchanan" in hrs letter "act tpcting

his nomination. Is this the tone of a renegade a rebel an apostate to Democracy? Is it not upon the contrary, the bold and earnest tone of A coneistcnt Democrat, and if the Cincinnati Platform contained anv matter worth approval bv the Americsn people? Here wc-Snd Dou-Ka rc-in-dorsing his approbation of its merits, and proposing to tr ust his fortune and those of hi party to tbv same issue and principles." The Rlack Republican candidate for Suprenfe Judge of Ohio, Mr. W. V. Gholson, was formerly, says the Detroit Free Press, a slaveholder in Missisippi, who sold his eUves at public auction at Pontiac, in 18-15, put the money into his pockets, and, emigranted to Ohio, where he is now the Abo'itioa candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court. The fact that he had thus 'trafficked in human flesh and was living upon its proceed", doubtless recommended kimto the higher law fanatics, rrho prefer him to an hanest, conscientious, patriotic man, liks Judge Swan. Such is a specimen of the consistency of liiack Republicanism. iTA young women wa3 examining 1 class in Sunday-school; bowing to a lad of large size, she put the question, 'Who made you?' He could not tell. She then asked a little lad, who replied, "God rnsde me.' She proceeded to reprove the overgrown boy for his inability to answer a question, which was so readily done by one not half his size, when he braced himself up pompously and said, 'I should think ho might know; 'taint but a little while since he was made.' ———<>——— THREE CHILDREN KILLED BY THEIR FATHER.vA man named Arnat, who left Germany in April last with his wife and four children, and who settled upon a piece of land near Freeport, Ill., murdered three of his children, on Tuesday last, by chopping them with an axe. Thy were aged respectively six months, ten and five years. One aged eight years, was also badly wounded. He had been at work in the harvest field, which he left with the plea that he was unwell. He went to the house and requested his wife to take his place. In the evening when she returned to the house she found the four children side by side on the floor, three of them dead and the other badly wounded. The father was standing against the wall, and in his hand the axe which had done the bloody work. He, no doubt, was insane. ———<>——— ——>The price paid for a newspaper, is like seed sown in the giound it bring back a thousand fold its value. Suae people, however, do not believe it. They think a dollar paid for a p ip-r, is so much paid for a luxury, whereas, the truth is, it is so much pa?d for a prime necessity. A famly without a newspaper children brought up ignorant of the world and its vast concerns. Is there a family where th light of this 'full orbed thought has not penetrated? rT"Love in a cottage' ii all very well when you oicn the cottage, and har moi cy enough coming in to keep it watm. if5?"You exhibit a great deal of vanity, madam, in always telling what others think of you 'It would certainly be ko vanity in you, sir, to tell what the world thinks of vou.' TThe causo of tho potatoo-rot has at last been discovered. Without doubt it is the rot-ta-ter-y motion of the earth. This problem was solved by a learned convention of common-taters. Cato said "he had rather peoplo should cnquiie why ho had not a statue erected to his memory, than why he had." It is not sufficient f,r legislators to closo the avenues to crime: they should open those ttat lead to virtue. Wo find in all countries multitudes wh arc physically brave, but few in any land morally courageous. Few pity us for our misfortunes-thoui-aiids hate us for our successes. Pedantry prides hetfeelf on being wrong by rules, while common seuse ia content to bo vi'ht without them. The policy that can striko only while the iron is hot will bo overcome by lh) perseverance that can make the iron hoi by striking. An envious man repine as much a: tfio manner in which hi neighbors live as if ha maintained them. Fashion is the race of the itch to get away from tho poor, who follow them a fast a9 they can. Dougbss Jcrrold says: "Fortune is painted blind that she may not blush to behold tho fools that belong to her." Wo. have heard of a desperate fellow who swore that lie would commit suicide, even if he should perish ia the attempt. Playing "pawns," when tho penally is to kiss a pretty girl, is considered 'capital punishment." If a man waits patiently while a woman is "putting oa her ihince," or 'Chopping,' he will make a good husbaud.

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