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MARSHALL COUNTT DEMOCRAT, . PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY ;.T7. O. BtRAS, Proprietor. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 0 Yca, I Advance, : $ 1 ,50

Nie Months do 1,25 ix Mount, do do fiius do ADVELITISING: One smurc of 22J Brevier cms or less, threo weeks or let.&I.OO; each additional insertion 23 cents. Longer advertisement in proportion, less tha Vill a square to be char:l as hall a square and orcr naif a square to be charged as a whole square. A liberal deduction will be made on adrcrtise menu inserted lonzer th in one month. CT Legal advertisements must be paid for in ad vance, or satisfactorily secured. " 37Tlio -.bove terms- will be strictly adhered to in overy iuitance. business (L'arfcs. fiAHK Of THE STATE DF IMAM, BRA SCli AT PLYMOUTH, 1XD. E. S. ORGAN, Pres. I II. KARLY, Cashier m ASTERN EXCHANGE, Dralta c" L nein Iii nati and Cliiciso, Gold and Silver, Uncurrent Money and IanJ arranU 'bought and sold. 7" Deposit Rece;ved and Money, Loaned. ID" Exchange oh Europe bought and said. ET Attention civen to Collection?, and General Baakin Business Transacted. June 23, lc53. 31""SVW. snsssTT, JV. Zf OFFERS hii profession il scivicrs to the citizens f Maranall county. Odice at his rci lenoe. third door north of the EJwarJs House, Plymouth, Ind. aug ll-lyl. H. B. BICKSOV . H- B JDICKSOM dealer im SI A.H. D XTJ. C LEOXAK.D & CO. of every description, also, Stores, Tin, S iset-Iron and Copper Ware 6voU PLYMOUTH, IND. C. H- VI. C. CANtO.N. RESV & CAPRDtf, ILVT&TLltZtS & KQffARXJSS Plvmouth. Mirshall County, Ind., Practica iu MatVaV.1 nd adjoinii'3 counties. REFER TO B ibcock & Co., Phelps, Ldne & Co , N. Y. Cooler, Farwell k Co., Gould .V Bio. ChicAjro. . Loudon k Co Philad., Graff, Uyiuett k Co., Pitts. Hon. A. L. O.jorn, Circ't. Jodge, Lporte, Ind. H.coaw ..3..A.o.riD CORBIX & 'PACK A UO Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. Western CiUetlion Igcats, PLYMOUTH, 1SD. . Refer t ' - : AacvuiWAS,CoM.xiTT,&co., N Y City; JCUJ LlTlCSTOX, " .Towx, Smith Si Shelhex, Detroit, Mich.; Secoh, Beedam & co, Toledo, Ohio; M H Norton k co, Chicago, III; Hon C A Stacy, Tecnm-wh, .Mich; Hon Thos S Staxfield, South Pendj Ind Hnor551tf i. osa-iaxc D- T- ruiLLirs. OSBORNE i PHILLIPS. At a NOTARIES PUBLIC. OFFICE West side of Michigan north of Pierce's. PLY.MOU'l STAXFIELD & JOf T. S. Stafirld, of South Bend, Joftxsov, of Plymouth Iudiajia, h themselves toother for the practice f ?.I ir.hill Count v Vur S

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TAMi5S 0'2 Hf Ail, ATTORNEY AND REAL ESTATE KNOX. STARK COUf C. H. REEVE, XrijqTLXxTi co Agent. ForEtra of II artford, Cash Assctts, $1700,0i0 ForPliccnix do do 420,000 For Peoria, Marine and fire Insurance Companv, of Peoria III., Cash A-setts $30O,0Ü0 Policies issued at tlie lowest possible ra:e. OlFce on La Porte street Plymouth lud. 21m3 J. H. CASE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE HAS moved his oISe on j door north of Pierce Clothing store, near the Democrat printin oäice, on Michigan street, where he will gir proraot ntiou U all claims entrusted to him fo collection, ' rs Justiec of the peace or in hijrh er counts. T- -ing &c, promptly attended to Pljm;i h lad . apt. 9. lMitf. EDWARDS HOUSE, PLYMOUTH, INDIANA. W. C. Edward) Capt. O. BaiIy,P - Proprietors, "The Ohl Folks at Home." V. C. EWARD3 has rcturacd to th Edwards House, which became so popular with the public. under his mm im?nt, few year? ago, where he ill in future aid in supcrietendinjr ifc aifairs. The House h is been entire! retttd aad newly furn ished. Tt is commMious and rotafortable in all Iia dco irtments- No pains or expense will bo pared to reuder it a first class Hotel. Travelers ond all olh". , vill fiul every desirable accommo dation. In eonnet.t"rfn with this house is a larjre and con lenient-table, where prompt attention will be given. aprSlnai. , , A FINE ASSORTMENT OF . ' AMERICAN WATCHES Oonitantlyon haoJat jun2-27m3 A. MYERS'S. fl"' .TTTTOMEOPATHIG PHYSICIAN. Particular f tttention paiu to uosieinc rraciice, ana Aronic diseas of Women, and disease of Michircu . wutwt - ; . , j caoand Ltportc street;, wncre ne can oo coasuueu at all henr. f"3"-.

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BE A MAN. BY LOG AX. Ccaso your whining, cease your fretting, Cease your railing at jour lot; You've no time for useless dreaming. These complainings profit not What if life Is not all pleasure, Fretting won't relieve the pain; Noble souls have never leisure, At misfortune to complain. Meet misfortune's drooping willows . Like the sailor meets the storm,

80 43 Just to ride upon its billows, Till they bear him to his bourne. Catch the breeze, or you'll succeed not; Life's for labor, not for sport; Quiet seas thy way will speed not, Calms won't bring thee into port. If jou would yourself be happy, You must happiness impart ; Bless your neighbors all around you, 'Twil return to your own heart. Let your sympathies flow outward, With the sorrowful condole: Let the smiles be like the sunshine, Cheering every weary soul. All which you may be desiring, May not live within your power;Yet, what God is now requiring. Is do well the present hour; Go, and now relieve life's sorrows, Let noil dolcne prevail; He who waits until to-morrow To do goad, will surely fail! Let your aim be high and holy, And your motive strong and true; Life has pleasures for the lowly, Life has something still to do, Idle hands arc always woary, Selfish natures know no joy; Loving souls are ever cheery, Toiling spirit never cloy, Onward, upward, mounting higher. On each ware-top as it rolls; Fill yourfcouls with manly fire, Labor is for noble souls. Fight God's battles, till your Master, Bids you lay your armor down; He has a reward prepared, Bear the cross and wear the crown. ID"Mr. Corwin, of Ohio, counsels obedience to the Fugitive Slave Law while it is a law. Giddings counsels the assassination of those who attempt tQ j execute it, and says his views are "Republican sen timent." Corwin says his recommendation is American feeling." TT A Sunday-school teacher, deploring the lack of attendants upon his ministration, appealed to the fewprescrt. "What can I do?" said he, "to get the boyband girls here?" "I know," said one of theurchns. "What is it?" "Give 'email five cen'j a piece." The Meeting of the ,lxtremes. Bell, the opposition candidate at the recent election for Governor of Kentucky, wa3 supported, upon the ktuiop and at the polls, by Cassits M. Clay. This was a perfectly natural alliance. Bell Js for interference by Congress with slavery in the Territories, so is Clvt. To be 6urc, Dell is for interference for the prottct ion of slavery, while Clay is for interference for the prohibition of it." But the great point with both is interferencb. Both want to establish the doctrine of the duty of Congress to i$T:ifere. This done the doctrine established by the joint efforts of the abolitiorists and slave. ctxlcits the two parties will turn combatants, and slavery agitation will ngain be let loose in Con gress the very result that both arc drving at, and the very result the democracy is plugged to re sist. It would have been a great victory for the abolitionists and black republicans had Bell been elected in Ke ntucky. They preyed forit, asCassius M. Clay worked for it. It would have been a victory of intervention over non-intervention. Ma-g-jffin, the democratic competitor of Bell, stood fairly and squarely npon the democratic doctrine of non-intervention. This issue between the two candidates was distinct. Fortunately the event was decisive. The democratic dovtrine had an overwhelming triumph. The people of the North ought to understand the alliance between the extremists of the two sections. They ought to underst and that the black republicans are co-operating with a faction in the South which claims popular Southern support on the pretence that it is more friendly than the democratic party to slavery, and which makes the issue of a slave-code for the Territories or dissolution of the Union which proclaims that if the Sonf h can not have what she calls her Sights in the Union j she will go out of the Union. The people of tL Nvrtli ought to understand that the hitherto hostile ' extremists have met on a common platform. Detroit Free Press. CT"So your litt, e boy goes to school already?" "Of course he docs." "And does he learn anything?" "You'd better belcivc it." "Can he writ already?" "He writes like a lawyer." "You don'tsayso?" "Yes so that nobody can read it." At a criminal court lately, the counsel, dissatisfied at his want of success with an Irish witness, complained to the court. fat An shure I'm no lawyer, yer honor, an the spalpanc only wants to bother me. Lawyer 'Come, now, do you swear you ara no lawyer? Witness 'Faixand I do; and ye mayswear the same about yourself too, without fear of perjury. Wut Did Jocob Cry. Jacob kissed Rachel and lifted up his eyes and wept Scripture. If Rachel was only a pretty girl, and kpt her face clean, we can't see that Jacob had much to cry about. N. Y. Globe Scene. (Grocery store, lady purchasing codfisn, a young limb of the law standirg near.) Lady "do you lika codfish balls Mr. II V Mr. H. (hesitatingly) "I really don't know, madam I never recollect attending one," ITSaidaman to a little boy strutting Cornhiil with cigar, before breakfast : "My boy, you would look better with bread and butter in your mouth than a cigar. 'l know it," said the urchin, "but it would not be half so ctorious. Scarce. Unhooped ladies; undefined Christians; common honesty; disinterested friends; sound potatoes; ürst rate butter and wealthy-printers. '

From the SL Louis Republican.

FIDELITY REWARDED. BY 7ASII.AU E. Agnes Bartrand sat alone in her gorgeousir uirmsnaa cnamoer, me vicuna oi va ned and overwhelming emotions. An hour before e' . had bee the center of a gay group in the brilliant parlors below, the scintillations of utr wit and the flash ing of her wondrous eyes challenging such admiration as many a fair mend oorcted, but a chance word from one of that group had sent her, under the plea of sudden in disposition, to her own apartment, with strange, bewildering thoughts, filling the measure of the evenrng s enjoyment. Shutting the door, and 6curing it that no careless footstep might intrude upon her solitude, she had in the first flutter of her sweet surprise, thrown herself upon her luxurious couch, and pressed her burning face upon its yielding cushions, till their Crimson stole a deeper hue, and lent it back to the rounded arm encircling them in vehement embrace. Then sh-j rose a:id removed her jewelled ornaments, exchangeJ her gossamer evening dress for a snowv robe Je chamber, drew an inviting faiiteuil in front of the mirror and sat down to con template the imago reflected therein. It was a beautiful picture that mot her gaze, and yet tin proud lip of Agnes Bertrand softened before it, and the dark eyes forgot their flashing in the mist that gathered over thm. It had been more beautiful still, and this conviction forcin ir itself so unceremoniously upon her, unpolled also the unconscious t Iterance of those two words, which every woman so slowly and unwillingly admits to the vocabulary ot personal tideliiy, "How changed!" Yes, she was changed, and never had she so realized the truth as now. The face of twenty eight was no longer the face of eighteen something had been added and something had been taken away. But to define the gradual loss of uch rare personal attraction was a dilficult task even lor their possessor. The eyes had lost none of their magnetic power now large and liquid, and melting in their tenderness, now brillhnt as corruscation from a diamond, now searching or sympathetic as emotion demanded. The raven tresses which her fingers idly unbound were glossy and abundant still; the lip had lost uone of its verraillion; the complexion nwne of its dazzling whiteness, and yet a change ras plainly and painfully visible. It was the lack of that attractive freshness, that indescribable something which youth always possesses, and for which no charm of maturity can ever fully componsate. She turned her head this way and that, pushed away the wavy tresses back from her ample forehead, as he had done upon that last night when but wa must not an ticipate wound them about her fingers, and loosened their bright rings on her neck, and trailed them out upon her snowy shoulders. Then sh took from a perfumed casket a rose which had once been white withered and yellow now-with a tiny bud and a trifoliate stem, and wound it with a shining carl, as he had done that very night; then the smile came back to the red lip, the light to the dark eye, the bloom to the white cheek came and lingered, until another thought and a sadder forced them aside, and they faded out again the bloom, and the light, and the ravish ing smile. Then the proud head drooped upon the arms of the fauteil, the bosom swelled with tumultuous recollections and the blinding tears came gushingly and long. No one ever saw Agnes Bertrand weep thus, an'd yet tears were no strangers to her eyes. The world saw in her a brave, gifted soul, that lived upon its own strength and helped to sustain others, a champion of the needy, a ready helper in ali womanly enterprises, a queen of festivities, a faithful fiiend, and an invaluable companion. But she knew what depths there were in the heart still numb, what yearnings unsatisfied, what purposes unaccomplished; she knew, moreover, what alone could answer those irrepressible longings, and with woman's fidelity to the one memory treasured in her soul, she went on her way unaided and unyielding, turning a deaf ear to the ardent solicitations of her countless admirerers, and furnishing no key to the mystery of her steadfast determination. And now that memory was ruthlessly1 icvived he was coming back, and these gushing tears were for him, and the sad regret which must follow the discovery of her lost youth. Ten years of separation! How muoh tliey had carried with them! Of wasted love, of weary watching, of idle hope, how much, how much! The long night wore on, the storm spent itself, and once more tho brae soul of Agnes Bertrand asserted its superiority over time and external circumstances, and stood forth in its own atmosphere of unfading beauty. If she had lost much what had siie not gained in that long interval of years? What treasures of thought and lore, with which she would not part to buy back even youth? If she had once been worthy, was she not worthier now? Her heart answered that heart, which, in all its contact with the baleful influences of society, was a true heart still; and, lifting her glance again to the mirror, ti e pale face there smiled upon her suoh encouragement ana trust that she wisely resolved never again to mourn the youth which could not be restored, but to make the autumn of her coming years rich in the harvest which the sping-time had so abundantly promised. Already had 6he realized the fondest ambition of her friends; her name had become a household word wherever she was known and fame was rapidly tracing her gift upon its imperishable scroll. Under tho soothing influence of this brave resolve, and the sweet sensation of newly awakened hopes, let us. leave the courted favorite to. her dreams, while wo glaiico at her fair surroundings.

Agnes and Alice Bertrand, left orphans at an early age, became the occupauta of the heart and home of their guardian, their father's brother, who. as far as possible

supplied the loss of parents, and lavished upon them every indulgence which money and affection could u-irest. Alice was two years older, and was already an established favorite in society when her sister at the age of eighteen, was introduced to the world as recipient of its homage. It was on her pres entatiou night that she first met Ralph How ard, and that night she learned the tnyste ry which through all her girlish years she had been vainly trying to solve, that ah true life is love, and that all the love which could bless her life lay in the soul of him whose earnest eyes locked so entrancingly into her own. And from the moment that enraptured gaze was returned, Ralph How ard knew that upon his destiny had risen a star whose brightness eternity could not extinguish. He was an only Bon of an aristocratic but decayed family of English descent, the possessor of the most refined moral and social- attributes, mental abilities which promised eminence, and these combined with distinguished personal attractions, gave him an exalted position in tho most exclusive circles. But his ccllegiate course and a years travel in Europe had exhaust ed the remnant of his patrimony, and at twenty threa he found himself launched on the tido f busy life with no helm but his own energy to guide him through its breakers. But to youth and health that is allsufficient, and Ralph Howard was cot the one to sit down idly and sigh over exhaustd fortunes, fo resolve wa3 but to act, whatever consequences the act might involve. California was becrinninfr to devel op its untold treasures, and to this land of promise he determined to direct his steps. One wish, one hope and one reward in the far-off distant ever impelling him onward. Agnes Bertrand had stolen apart from a merry group, and was plucking roses iu the garden, when Ralph joined her upon he evening before his departure. He well knew that 6he would be theie, and to avoid observation, entered the garden by a lltle gate in th9 hedge equally concealed Vom th piazza and the street. Miss Bertrand, Agnesl" With a joyous bound and a smile born of the heart'js unchecked gladness, she was at hU side, and in an instant more her white hand was resting quietly in his own. "Agnes, 1 am come to say good bye he rich voice trembled "a word never freighted with so much agony as now." "So soon? I thought it would not be for some days yet." . "So soon. At this hour to-morrow I shall be far on my lonely way, lighted only by the stars of memory and hope. Agnes, I need not tell you how delightful have been these few tnontli of unrestricted intercourse: I need not tell you that every pulse of my heart is a silent, sacred offering to you. You havo divined it already, and new let me prove my heart's devotion by dedicating the best years of my life to wearisom, wearing toil. Fortune has denied me entrance to her fairy haunts except through the rough avenue of labor. I am poor and can wed no woman to poverty, least of a!J, Agnes Bertrand! When I have accumulated wealth, I shall return not before and if I find you unchanged it will be the proudest hour of my lite to lay it at your feet and crave your disposal. By all that unites kindred souls, you are mine, Agnes; but I shall bind you by no vow, I shall impose no restraint upon your future actions. Follow the diotates of your pure heart, and I shall be content. If I find you unweddtd, my reward will be greater than all the hardships the interval can inflict if another shall have claimed you, my consolation will be found in having labored and lived for you farewell." "Ralph!" But Ralph was beyond recall, and for many a long year to come that pleading voice might cry in vain. She could not bring him back, and, in the blushing con fession of h&r 1dv intimated thitt her wealth woy for both; she -ould not assure lrw tüout the access les 9 ft of houses and lafrws and gold, she could be happy, happy any where with him. He wa3 gone, and only the wild anguish in her heart, the burning kiss udq her forehead, and the white rose, ge pad with tears and twined amid her tresJtold her that those huriied moments were not a fearful flittin dream. Ten years in which she had received no word of love, no token of remembrance had glided like veiled nuns into the mysterious cloisters of the past, and Ralph Howard was returning to his native country, laden with wealth and honors. But they would not meet where they had partedAlice Bertrand had married 'and removed to one of lha Western cities, accompanied by her sister, who shared equally the refinements and elegancies of the luxurious home, for which benefit the unlimited confidence and love of Anges were the grateful return. Never did sisters answer so truly and beautifully the poetic symbol of 'two cherries upon one stem, two souls with but one breath a3 did these lovely representatives of the ancient aad revered hours of Bertrand. The faithful uncle who had watched over their infancy and youth with parental fondness, had joined 'the congregation of the silent city and now Anges alone bore tin name of her illustrious sire, and even she bean to be more readily recognized under the graceful now de plume which introduced her to the world as an aspirant for literary laurels. At an early hour next morning Agnes was summond to the porlar to report upon the condition of her health to him .who had so inadvertently occasioned the indsposition and withdrawal the evening before. 'I am glad you are recovered, he said, upon rising to take his leave 'for I have just received a letter from my friend, Ralph Howard, tfhu will reach hero ta-

day, on his way to his native city, towards which, if I mistake not from the tenor of his communication, some powerful magnet is attracting him. But you are ill

again Miss Bertrand sit dawn intho easy chair you are trembling violently let mo ring lor your sisterr $o, no, I shall be better soon a sudden faiutness liiere, I am quite recovered you were speaking of your friend, you ' 'Howard oh, yes he's a singular genius, this Ralph, never admits any one to his confidence, not even myself, and I have known him for years; but I have heard that some years ago he become attached to a very lovely girl, somewhere in New England in foot, in his native city, Boston, if I mistake not but that his fortune being unequal to her's, he would neither sue her hand nor seek to bind her by any promise till he had acquired the means to maintain her in the position to i i i . i . . . . which ner oeauty, weaitli ana acquire menls exalted her. Noble generosity, cor tainly, and worthvof the man; but he does not need wealth to recommend him the fairest lady in the land might be proud of such distinction as his love can give, set ting aside all the accessories of fortune. To this end he has bent all his energies. a3 I am more and more convinced, when I recall a certain sentence in his letter; and so great is his desire to reach homo that he is even reluctant to bestow a few hours upon his friends here. And I am half in clined to believe that it is only a desire to see my lair companion here that he con sents to stop at all, for lie fiavs, at the close of hi missive: 'The gifted authoress, about whom you are so enthusiastic in your admiration, is not unknown to me, (though her real name I have souirht in vain to discover,) and I am indebted to her for many hours of refreshing, delightful companionship. Through the flashing of her wit as through the graceful touches of her sadder moments, I have traced pictures of living beauty pictures that have been sunshine and dew to my nching, yearning heart, and, before I hasten to one who, I am sure would prove herself a kindrod spirit if the twain could meet, I must render the tribute of my gratitude and respect. 'As you have never met, I trust you will have no objections to be introduced by jour popular nom de jilums, the only name he has learned to call you?' Certainly if it will afford you any gratification.' 'Thank you. Happy to see you so fully recovered; your eyes wear the'r own brilliancy again don't fail to reserve yourself for a new pleasure this evening.' With these words the visitor took his departure, and Agnes was alone with ihe great gladness of her overflowing heart. How uncoiwcUmsly had that gladness been bestowed! How unconsciously had her visitor leiterated theassurance of herown soul, that through all that painful separation, Ralph Howard, had been faithful to his early choice. In a transport of wild delight she flew to her sister with the glad tidinirs. and in the tearful bliss which that sister imprinted upon her glowing cheek, received such sympathy as only they have felt whose patient loving has ended in perfect bliss. Evening came, and those who looked upon Agnes Bertrand as she glided in and took a seat where the mellow light fell like a new glory upon her beautiful head, never foil so full tho spell of her wondrous loveliness and grace. There was a gentleness about her. a subdued vivacity, strikingly at variance with her usual animation. It came not from the utter absence of glistening ornament, from the spotless purity of her fleecy robe, falling like a snowwreath around her, from that single white rose lurkit.g in the masses of her dark hair it came from a spirit that rarely turned its inmost beauty to the world's gaze, a spirit strengthened and enobled by suffering, and brightened by reward endurance. There was a stir, a rustle in the anteroom; an approach of footsteps, and. without looking up, Agnes was conscious of an added presence. 'Miss , allow me tho happiness of presenting my friend, Ralph Howard.' She had nerved herself to meet his gaze, but she had not prepared herself tn meet that perfect and glorious manhood. How regally he stood before her, with that look of wonder merging into the light of recog- i nition, and flooding eye and lip and brow. Then the strong arms were lifted, and the unforgotten music of other years swelled forth in the loving cadence 'Agnes, Agnes!' For a moment only her slender figrure was pressed to his manly heart, then with one hand he pushed the tresses back from her gleaming forehead, iu the old way, and said: Allies Bertrand still?' The same Agnes Bertrand.' 'Thank God! There was but one interpretation to those who witnessed this unusual scene, and they, with delicate consideration, gradually increased the spac around them till the room was deserted by all save the two whoso fidelity had been so touchingly revealed. Now they understood why Agnes Bertrand remained unwon now they knew the influences by which the garden of her thoughts was kept redolent of living blooms, and they who had turned the saddest from the prayers she could not bless, wej e readiest now to echo that fervent 'i jjc God!' in submissive gratitude that arnhe year3 of her patient love had not been in vain. O JCfTAn Ohio editor iecently took a cotemporary to task lor copying choice scraps from his editorial oolurans anl not giving credit for them. The contemporary replied, by saying, 'ho did not do a credit business. j2TPaying 'pawns when the penalty is to kiss a pretty girl, is considererd by a correspondent 'capital punishment.'

NORTHERN" INDIANA.

The farming lands of Northern Indiana are, it is well known, unsurpassed by any in the United States, hut even the best of our Indiana lauds have been, until within the last few years, almost unnoticed by the western emigrant. The New Albany and Salem Railroad, stretches as it does thro' a range of country north of Lafayette on to Lake Michigan, has done much to de velop the resources of the fine extent of country whHi it traverses; as for instance, the fertile lands in the counties of White and Pulaski, and around Brookston and Francisville, and other towns on that road. A new Railroad intersecting the IN ew Albany and Salem Railroad at Remold s, in While County, and turning from Logansport west to Middleport, in Illinois, is now nearly completed. The cars will be running upon it in December nex'. This road, while it forme another connect: in link between the East and West will also do much to develop and expand the resources of Northern Indiana. It passes over a region of country not excelled anywhere in fertility and fitness for farming purposes. It must become the garden of Indiana. We allude to the scope of country west of Reynolds, and which is watered by Carpenter'3 creek. It is already rapidiy rising in value. Sinco tho completion of the Railroad has been insured, the farmers in that vicinity have been seeking to purchase all the adjoining lands. Towns are springing up. Eligible sites near the railroad are eagerly sought after, and tha spirit of improvement is pervading the entire country around. Those of our citizens who have purchased lands around Carpenter's Grove (and we understand that there is quite a colony of settlers from New Albany in that vicinity) will make a handsome profit on their investments. If any man wants a good farm, good society and railroad facilities, he will do well to take the cars of tho New Albany and Salem railroad, and look at the region of country we have described, before he starts for the unsettled Territories of Kansas and Nebraska. He will find in our State of Indiana just what he wants. X. A. Tribune. Camels on the Prairies. Some half-dozen years ago, during the administration of Mr. Fillmore, a number of camels were imported at the expense of the general government into Texas, and have been used since that time on the prairies and deerts in the upper part of that State and in New Mexico. The plan has succeeded even better than was anticipated. The cost of importation is less than was originally anticipated; the animals are very tractable and easily aeclimatGd, and can be more easily appiled to various kinds of labor than was anticipated; and no beiious obstacle whatever is found to their i jtroduction and use. Another importation has already been made, so that the whole number now in the country is about sixty. These have all been brought from the Mediterranean, but it is proposed by the government hereafter to obtain supplies from Mangolia, where the animals exist in great numbers, &nd are very hardy and subject to as many changes of temperature as they would be liable to in this country. They can be very easilj brought across the Pacific ocean to .California. So long as railroads across the vast prairies and deserts and mountain regions between us and the Pacific are for various reasons impossible, the camel will be found an efficient substitute for that mode of transportation. Indeed, for tho present, it is the most efficient mode of transportation the government can adopt, being preferable to any or all others. Detroit Free Press. Tho Detroit Tribute states the case of a farmer in that region, who, after the June frosts, sold fourteen acres of wheat for 865. Several days ago the purchaser refused 8400 for it, and it is said that he will probably realize 81,000 on its sale. We mention this, bocause it is a common fault among our farmers to borrow trouble by imagining a failure of crops at tho harvest to come. This i3 tempting providence, for amines are tho exception and not the rule. God always has ruled the world very well, and has given his promise to the world at large that 'while the earth reraaineth, seed lime and harvest, cold and heat, and summer and winter, day and night; shall not cease.' Gen. viii. 22. sometimes tor distrusting him he aihicts by cutting short the crops, as, indeed, he puuishes in other ways, but while eternity endures, faith shall have its reward. Fort Wayne Times. STThe Trustees of the Methodist College of this place, havo electod the followtng taculty: Itev. C. N. Simms. A. B., President and Professor of Ancio nt Languages and Belles Let tie s. Francis D. Carley, A. B., Professor of Mathematics, and Natural Sciences. Miss Delia A. Carley, M. E. L., Teacher in tho College Department, Mi s. Frances Loomis, Teacher in the Preparatory Department. Mrs. S. A. Moore, Assistant Teacher in the Preparatory Department. Mrs. Carrie D. Liscomb, Teacher of Music. Prof. Simms is from Thorn town, in this State, where he has been Principal of a high school. Prof. Caclef and sister are from Ohio. The first session commences on Wednesday, the 21st of September, and will continue 13 weeks. Valparaiso Pepublican. A sailor just off a spre joined the sons of Temperance in Philadelphia the other day, and at the lima was indebted to a rum seller one shilling. Soon after he went to pay off the score but determined not to enter the house where he was robbed, he got a long pole, attached the money to the end of it, and standing at the out-side of the door, reached it to the astonished publican

I Comparative Extent or Territory

hen we read of the wealth of England it is not easy to conceive that her territory i. e., the territory of England proper i9 less than several of our States; and that the area of the United Kingdom, including England, Scotland and Iieiand, is less than half the area of Texas, and less than that of California. The following fv'uris will show these thinr3 to be tru. FQCARE 12ILES. United Kingdom England 50,922 Scotlard 31,321 Ireland 32,509 SQUARE MI LI?. Terns 217.504 California 155,98U .Missouri 67,380 Virginia 61, 352 Florida 53,263 Georgia 5.00U Illinois 55,405 Oregon, about. f)0 OOO 114,755 i ne are ot tne wbole United States 13. . .2,936,166 Of all Europe 3,ll,594 A Nut for the Adoltioxists to crack. A colored man. William Braxton, manumitted by thu last will and testament of Elijah Green well, deceased, of Hampshire county, Va., and who has been enjoying the blessings of freedom am.ing the abolitionists of Pennsylvania until h has become heartiiy tired of the blessing lately returned to Virginia, and has petitioned the ojunty court of Hampshiro to become the slave of Mr. Samuel House, of that county. Detroit Free Press. m m . Shooting Affair at Lafayette, I:;d. The Lafayette Journal has the following: A shooting affi ay occurred at the B ratable House, on Snnday uiht, which rams very near resulting "fatally to Mr. II. S. Dale, the proprietor of thai establishment It appears that Mr. D., in company with his brother-iu -law, Mr. A. B. Ho'labird, who boards with him, and some other gtntlemen, was walking up Souih street from Wabash, toward the Bramble, abouteleven rrn m.. . . ' o'clock in the evening, and met a couple of fellows named Carderand Homer, the latter of whom puiposely and rudrly jostled Mr. Holabird. A fight immediately ensued between Holabird and Homer, and the latter was severely beaten. Ho went away, (Carder had ran as the fight began,) and short! v afterwards returned and stationed himself on tha opposite corner, near the Jones House, and called upon Holabird to com out, threatening to kill him. As Mr. H. was consideiably excited, and had ir. th-j meanwhile aimed himself with a revolrer, Mr. Dale became alarmed and went across the street to induce Horner to leave. A ho was returning, and had neai ly reached the sidt walk near the Bramble, a gun was fired at him from behind ano of tho shado trees of South street, near the Jones House, the entire discharge striking him in ihi head and back. Tho distance at which it was fired happily saved Lira from serious harm, though hardly less than forty shots were lodged in his person. We coiunted seventy-three holes in his coat and hat, so that about half the shot failed to penetrate through his clothes. He will bo about again in a few d ays. Fires at Laurence, Mass., and Loss of thres Lives. Boston, Aug. 13. A fire at Lawrence, yesterday ahernoon. destroyed the United States Hotel building, the Central Congregational Church, the new Court House, and one or two small wooden buildings. At the same lime a fire broke out in the Unitarian Church, some distance from the hotel, which was partially consumed. The falling walls of the hotel killed three men, one named Stanley, a printer; Henry, an auctioneer; and Leighton, a wool-sorter in the employ of the Washington Mills, The total loss by tho fires is estimated at 815,000. A Washington clergyman a Sunday or two since, whila stating a deficiency in" tho collectijns, remarked that since the "issue of three cent pieces the revenue of hisChutch has decre ed one-half. The ShelhyvJUa Banner säys that during tho trial of a darkey for bome petty offence tho other day, the' Prosecuting Attorney indulged iu some arguments on the question of responsibility for ciiroe i.i the class the offender belonged to, very mu;h in the Dred Sott tone, whereat the darkey got up and njilked out, remntkin" indignantly, 'He talks like I was no belted dan a boss. 1 s'potted him for cfliis two years ago myself.' Senator Douglas in MinnesotaSpeech of General Shields. Genon! Shields, of Minnesou, was present and made a speech at the Democratic Convention in Rice County, in that State, on tho 30tl. of J uly, After congratulating the Democraoy upon tho harmony which prevails in their ranks and upon the prospect of victory, he said: I have something good to tell you, but it's a secret and I don't want the Republicans to know it. 1 think Pll give it to you if you will keep it to yourself. The people of these United States have made up their minds to make S:ephen A. Douglas, of Illinios, the next President; and what is more, two-thirds of the people of Minnesota will vote for him. and when they do they will vote for a green Mountain boy with a heart almost as big as Jackson's. TMs is my secret, and if you communicate it to the Republicans I will never tell you another. 1 1 1 1 1 Cholera. Between the 2d and 22d of June, 683 persons, of whom 6ix were Europeans, fell victims to cholera in Bombay; and, at the departure of the last mail, this fatal scourge raged with great violence, t3TTen thousand revolving rifles are now manufacturing &t Col. Colt's armory, in Conneticut. for the British government. These aie sufllci9nt to arm six regimenU. Appowtmkst. The President has appointed Frederick B. Welbi, of New York, Consul at Bermuda. Recovering. Hon. Jefferson Davis is reported to be recovering from his recenj dangerpns illness.

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