Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 September 1860 — Page 3

PRICE REDUCED

The Old Line Guard for 50 Cents, The bacl numbers of the Old Liine Guard having become exhausted, and in order to place it within the reach of every National .Democrat, and extend its usefulness, we have determined to reduce the price, and furnish it, until the election, THREE TIMES A WEEK, - F O R F I F T Y - C E NT S ! We have the most satisfactory evidence that The Guard has done good work, and with the addition, of Mr. Clxley to the Editorial Department, no labor will be. spared to make it effective in establishing those principles of justice and equality which should ever regulate the interests and intercourse of the people of all the States, and which must ultimately bjecome the creed and rallying watchwords of the Democratic party; and in advancing the cause of Breckinhipge and Lane, those j Patriots and Statesmen who have proved on distant battle-fields their devotion to their country, while others, who are now seeking the, suffrages of the people, remained at home, playing the carpet-knight and plotting for the gratification of an unholy ambition. Let our friends now go to work, and see that the Guard is circulated in every county that, it is in the hands of every good National Democrat. Let the principles of the cause we advocate be known no better agent can be used for this purpose than the Guard, We ask each one of our present subscribers, and all our speakers, to announce it everywhere, that the Guard will be furnished, three times a week, until after the election, for 50 cents. Eleven copies for $5.00. : Start your subscriptions, and send them in at once, with the money. Address, Elder Harkness, '. Indianapolis. Should a State Ticket be Nominated ? Messrs. Editors: The query appended above is one of vital interest to the National Democratic organization of this State, and one, which must soon be answered affirmatively,- if we would preserve our organization, and prevent our party from becoming aboli- : tionized. Anxious to secure the State to the Democracy, propositions were made to the followers of Judge Douglas, by which the Democratic party should present an undivided front to the enemy, and those propositions were treated with scorn, by men claiming to be Democrats, and claiming to have the success and " good of the party at heart. They did not then need our votes. Slinll we now force ourselves upon them? We were termed Bolters, Danites, and such like opprobious names ; shall we basely, like whipped spaniels, lick the hand that strikes the blow ? Shall it be said that the true Demooracy of Indiana have not spirit enough left to show these followers of the archtraitor, Stephen A. Douglos, that " they can be coaxed, but cannot be driven !" No, never, never I Tv"e have the strength to consign this faction to oblivion; let us use it. We believe that the wing of the Democratic party supporting Breckixriikik and Lane, are doing so from principle, Men may die may pass from this earthly scene. Principle can never die. It is as eternal as the heavens, and as unchangeable. If we are acting from principle, how can we support the Douglas State ticket any more than that of the Black Republicans ? The one is as objectionable to the true Democrat as the other. We are battling against both, and is it not absurd for us to say that we cannot support Douglas for the Presidency, while we are aiding those who do support him?. Is there a man on the Douglas State ticket who does not charge our gallant leaders with being secessionists nnd disunionists, and ourselves with a design to dismember the Democratic party ? Not one It is all very well to" forgive those that despitefully use us." but in the day that command was given, there were no Douglas politicians, (Judas having hanged himself,) or it would never have been uttered. Tf there be no valid reason against supporting the ticket headed by Thomas A. Hendricks, there can be no more against supporting the Douglas electors. Let us have a State ticket, a District ticket, and County ticket, in every District and County in the State. Let us preserve our time-honored organization and our self-respect. Yours, for the right. NATIONAL DEMOCRAT. From Decatur County. Decatur County, Sept. 13. Mr. Editor .-The true Democracy in this county are traininji strensrth everv dav, although this county is celebrated for its fanaticism and Douglasism, and no other county in the Slate has a larger supply of drummers and office-seekers among the followers of the Little Giant, Every cioss-roads politician and one-horse lawyer has been trying to foree men into the support of squatter sovereignly. I have heard them say, "If you do not vote for Douglas, you shall uever have even a township office." But honest men all over this county, are rallying to the support of those true and tried patriots, Brecki"rioge and Lane, who have stood by the flag of our I n ion in jwace and in war. ihe Democratic party has been beaten while contending tor principle, and no i doubt mav be a.-ain defeated. But Democrats, stand ! . bv yiiir colors. ( ur cause is a good one while we arc j cotitcudiuir for the Constitution, and the euualitv of the States. Republicanism anil Douglasism may break into our ranks, as Know Nothingisin did in 1851, but it will only b tor a short time. Truth and principles will stand, while faction must go down before, the eyes of a sober tliiuking people. We have vervthimr to cheer us, and while we have 36 out of MS United States SenatorssupportingBRKCKlSRiDGE and Lank, and two-thirds of the Democratic Congressmen, the President of the United States and his entire Cabinet, all of the old Democratic waihorses who lived, counselled, voted and acted with (ien. Jackson in his dav, (that are yet surviving,) are supporting those heroes. Breckixbidge and Lank; when we, of with such men. an- branded a bolter and diinion-

ists by Douglas and his followers, who arc no other j than disappointed office-seekers and Republican allies, j we should not heed them, only by saying, "who voted j

and acted with the Republicans in the United Slates Senate? S. G. . From Ohio County. Rising Son, Sept. 15. The following is a copy of the resolutions adopted by the BitECKiMtiuoE and Lane Club of Ohio county : Resolved, That we heartily approve of the manly and straightforward course of the Old Line Guard, and the views expressed in the issue of the 13th, with re gard to a State ticket, meets our hearty approval Resolved, That the Secretary of this Club be re quested to forward these resolutions to the editor of, the Old Line Guard, and request the publication of the ! same. - J. D. Cunningham, j Davib Lostutter, Jr., I Secretaries. ! Indiana Correspondence of the Cincinnati j Courier Dearborn County Politics and Politicians Breckinridge and Lane Bleeding Kansas, and Kansas "Jeems" Lane-IIomeslead Bill and Pacific Railroad, Ire, Vr. .'''".; Lawrexcebcrg, Ind., Sept. 12. Messrs. Editore : Having a few moments of leisure, I take the liberty of contributing a few lines for your valuable paper, if found worthy ot a place therein Dearborn county, in years past, has always been found ; recording a majority in favor of the Democratic ticket. : . Never falter has been the motto. From present in dications! fear, that through the combined influence of the abolition factions, (Douglas and Lincoln,) the chances are doubtful. The politicians of this county take particular pains to laud their particular candidates for oflice. The Douglas portion say their favorite is a well-versed, experienced, thorough politician, and therefore ought to receive the suffrages of the people. Lincoln's friends say he is honest, therefore lie should be elected. In the opinion of your correspondent, both of (he gentlemen referred to have their eyes lixed upon the place where Breckinridge will sit ; they never can seat themselves there. Douglas has a few friends, who take particular pleasure in denouncing the Administration, and all National Democrat., from store-boxes and bar-room chairs, without energy enough to have a respectable meeting for their favorite. Lincoln's friends endeavor occasionally to whistle themselves to courage by villainous sounds from a cracked fife and much damaged drum; no go, however. The friends of Breckinridge and Lane believing in the justice of their cause, and having faith in the intelligence of the people, the honesty of purpose and integrity of their champions of Constitutional rights, and fearless wills to preserve intact the Confederacy openly brave all opposition, and in language that must, at the election, be felt, would proclaim, National Democrats are putting themselves on record. The rivulet of public opinion, that can scarcely now be felt, will prove to disunionists, at the election, to be a rushing torrent, to stand in the way of which will be destruction to all opposition, and consign to a political grave the followers of the greatest charlatan of the age.' . To-night, one of the Kansas sufferers, calling himself Hon. Delahay, from Kansas, and the wellknown J, II. Lane, were safely delivered of their de nunciatory and Abolition bantlings, at Odd Fellows' Hall, in this place. The speaker first referred to is worse than a third-rate country cross-roads' politician of the old Abolition school more hair on his face than brains in his head ; to notice him further would do him more than justice. Next upon the carpet appeared Col. J. II. Lane. "The bills" said he would speak on the Homestead and Pacific Railroad bills; the speech, however, proved to be nothing more than an attack upon the Administration and United States Senate, for not allowing him to serve his country as Senator, because of the pretended election. His an noyance arises from a consciousness on his part, that if the entire Government does not get up a particular! quarrel for his immediate benefit, ''he will spile!" Col., don't bust up the Union oh! don't! I so from here to Madison, from which point you j will, if agreeable to you, hear from me again. ' Yours, "BRICK." ;f Who are the Bolters ? Senator Bright, in his speech at Patriot, answered ' this nuestion most pointedly. Hear him ; m T Vnow t nM nlamw ("it. mav he. so herel there : arc men ready to say, 'You are a bolter you are outside of the Democratic party.' If I am a bolter, my friends, I am found in company I am proud of. Applause. Is the President of the United States a J bolter the man who was baptized forty years ago in the i Democratic party, and has been its faithful friend and advocate, filling "from the least to the highest offices you had to give ? Are the seven members of Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet bolters beginning with General Cass, that old patriarch and pillar of the party here in the Northwest, for fifty years? (for, fifty years ago, Lewis Cass held a commission from the hands of the immoital Jefferson the only man now living who 1 ever held a commission from that apostle of the Democratic party.) Is Lewis Cass a bolter? Are thirty-j six out of thirty-eight Democratic Senators of the j United States, bolters ? Are nine-tenths of the Democratic members of Concress, bolters? Are such men as Franklin Pierce, the late President of the I United states ; Gen. vv . o. Butler, your ne.ghi.or; , I1t.-ii1 .s 1 1,. -L-menn nf pv Ynrfr. and that. o-r:u!e nt men, whom you can name one after another by scores, ! bolters ? Are they all bolters, andall wrong, and this : little immaculate squatter sovereign from IUinois,right? f Lau'diter.T I answer. ' Sad criticism sad cominen- j tarv on the history of the Democratic party, if all its brains and all its heart are merged in the person of one single little man.' Laughter and applause. Is it not so, my friends ?" Letter from Texas. Houston, August 30, i860. Presuming that a brief resume of the present state of affairs in Texas might not be unacceptable to your readers, I have undertaken the task of giving, as brief as may be, a correct account of all matters of interest , and importance transpiring in this at present deeply '. agitated community You were duly informed of the burning of Dallas and other towns of Northern Texas, and o. the arrest and execution of several white men found tampering with the negroes and sowing the seeds of insurrection, and manv slaves deeplv implicated in the monstrous! plot, the obiect of which was clearly ascertained to be i the plunder and devastation of the richest and most ; iidilv cultivated and improved portions ot the otate Tmmwliatelv the hue and cry was raised that the in cendiaries were Abolition emissaries, making a raid into Texas similar to that of John Blown into Virgiuia; but within the Last week or so public opinion has been corrected, and it now seems established beyond a doubt that the late fires are justly attributable toMurrelism, acting under the guise of Abob'tionism The full particulars have not yet been made public, but when thev are, people will be astounded at the i thoroughness and perfection of the plans of the marauders, and how narrowly the people of northern : Texas have escaped a fate worse than death. No matter who those white fiends are, be they Murrelites or Abolitionists, human ingenuity cannot invent a ! JHiniahment adequate to the enormity cf their guilt. trust all engaged in tampering with the negroes,! with the purjx.se of inciting an insurrection, will be j speedily detected, and meet with summary justice at j the liands of an outraged people. ; Yon are aware that Gen. Sam Houston has formally : withdrawn his name from the canvass for the Prcsi-j dency. In my humble estimation he should never; have permitted its use in that connection. His merits J are iudeed great, and Texas owes him a debt of grat-! itnde she can never fully repav; but Texas Is only' one of the many confederate States, and the people QM wi)0!e 1 Bion are not so deeply iudrbted. nor: an thy i-)Ullv adrairere of the Ix-no of Sun .Winlo.

Had ho been nominated by the first Baltimore Convention as its candidate, sound politicians declare that he would havo been elected; but foiling in that, he should have bowed to his fate, and eiven his influence

nnd support to the most available candidate. He has j indeed withdrawn his name t'rom the canvass, but, as vet, he has not proclaimed his preference lor titer residency. Let him come out and advocate the claims of Hreckin ridge and Lane, and he will have it to boast that he founded one Republic and saved another from discord, disunion, and consequent destruction. A meeting of the friends of Douglas has been called for the 17th of. September, to convene in this city for the purpose of taking measures to nominate an electoral ticket. This is worse than folly, for Breckinridge will carrv Texas by a majority of at least twenty thousand. The object of the meeting is evidently to fuse the Bell and Douglas vote, for the purpose of defeating Breckinridge, I feel assured, however, that even if the fusion is made, the State Rights candidates, Breckinridge and Lane, will carry the State by a heavy majority. During the past few weeks we have been visited by very heavy and continuous rains, which it is believed are not yet too late to materially aid the crops. Correspondence N. 0. Delia. f Banter, f Virginia, on the Issues of the Day, and the Exigencies of the nines. The speech of the Hon. R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, delivered at Charlottesville, August 18th, 1860, on the invitation of the Democratic Convention, is published in full in the papers of Virginia. It is evidently a speech prepared with great care. lie spoke, in opening, of the fact that at last the slavery question has divided the Democratic party, but, however dark ti, nrrtsnect. h does nnt. ilesnair of the tteoublic. for Time and experience, which teaches so much to sadden us in the progress of life, has taught me at least one lesson of comfort and consolation in situations of difficulty and trouble. They have increased my confidence in the empire of truth over the American people. Present the issues fairly, and give them time, to consider them, and the cases are rare when they will not, upon a sober second thought, render such a verdict as truth and justice demand. The Convention '.which nominated Breckinridge and Lane has placed the party upon the true grounds, upon principles with which victory would be worth something, and secure to us permanent fruit. The Convention, too, expressed the opinions of nearly all the Slates which exhibit at present suflicicut representative Democratic strength, and nearly all from which we can reasonably hope for electoral votes for a Democratic President. The great body of the party stands, therefore, upon a true platform of principles. If we can conquer with them and on their principles, we achieve a victory which will be worlh everything to us and to the country. " I say, then, let us rally at once for Breckinridge and Lane, and to the platform on which they stand, The Democratic party has but one short step to make if successfully taken, Will place it in an impregnable position, from which it may give peace, gladness and prosperity to the whole country. The end is worthy of any sacrifice which we may make to attain it. The Democratic party has sacrificed too much to arrive at the position, to pause or recede now, when the rock of safety is almost within reach ot the hand. Alany or few, let us take possession at once. If it be, as we believe, one of the strongholds of truth itself, there are enough of us to maintain it until the whole country rallies to its rescue. It is safer now to advance than to recede. There are times when what seems to be the path of danger, opens the only avenue to ultimate safety. When McDonald made his wonderful charge at Wagram, closing his ranks when they were broken, filling the places of his dead with the living, leaving his blood tracks behind him, moving his terrible column ever onward and forward, sheeted as it was, with the flame, and covered by the fire of its own guns, until, regardless of all obstacles, it burned and blasted, and hewed its way through the serried masses which opposed it, he did not only a brave, but a prudent j thing. "!.'. ' Ha His only safety was in advancing. , lad he receded under these circumstances he annihilation of his force, and the destruction of those who depended upon him, would have been inevitable. So it is with us, my friends; if there be a path of safety, as I verily believe there is, it lays before us. If success be possible it is by this road that we must reach it, and if fall we must, let it be rather in advance than in retreat. Having now reviewed this question in some of its other aspects, let me ask, what course shall the Vireinia Democracy take in the present state of affairs? Never, as it appears to me, has the path of duty been plainer than at present. Never has the Democratic party ot the via uominiou naaa more important part to perform, and never has it had greater opportunities for glorious achievement. For myself I cannot see cause for a moment's hesitation. The only issue, as I view it, which is now involved in our action, is that of Squatter Sovereignty. We have to choose, as Democrats, between a man who affirms the right of the inhabitants of a Territory to exclude the slaveholder by unfriendly, if not hostile legislation, and one who maintains the equal rights of the States cannot be impaired or destroyed, either by the Federal Government or the inhabitants of a Territory. This is the sole issue for Democrats to consider. From llio Boston Post. The National Democracy of Massachusetts Nominated a Breckenndge and Lane State o Ticket. The Convention of the National Democracy on the 12th inst., held at Tremont Temple, must have aston ished such as have affected to consider the supporters " Brecwnn.!ge aim i.ane, in tins .-taie,as a mere handful), and of no political account. It was in every respect a success, far exceeding the expectations of its friends, and confounding the predictions of its enemies. The Committee on Credentials reported that the Convention consisted of representations from two hundred and one towns, with ten hundred and thirty-three delegates. . , , . . t. c. i J7!.. - . i hire of this demonstration. It was as fine a body as : ever gathered into a political convention: a collection j of the solid men of Massachusetts, who made a noble ! appearance: and their deliberations throughout were I marked by courtesy, dignity, and harmony. It the intelligence and patriotism of Massachusetts ever had a worthy representation, it was the Convention which gathered at the lreniont lempie. K , !,- J,.lootua ,,. linatt r,f nrwvl man anfl I tnie w10 have been through many a political cam'""""o "-.e"- . fo" " rjaicn. and stood ud manfully through- eood and evil report for Democratic measures; who ask but to see report for Democratic measures; who ask but to see sound principles prevail and good government and who are worthy representative ot the commercial, tho mechanical, manufacturing, and agricultural interests of this State. Such a Convention, representing a branch of a party as wide as our country, and standing on principles as solid as the Constitution, must sooner or later rally into its ranks the whole, of the real Democracy of the State. It had a moral power in it that must be felt in this commonwealth. The Convention made thorough work as to organization. It nominated a clean State ticket; designated electors at large ; chose a State Committee, and provided for calling District Conventions. The names put in nomination for the various offices are worthy of the places for which they are named. Hon. Benjamin F. Buder, by acclamation, was designated as the candidate lor Governor. The perfect flood through the day, and especially in the evening, did not prevent the Democracy from again filling the Tremont Temple. We pnnt the noble speeches made here, and the speeches made in the Convention. They met with an enthusiastic response from the Democracy, and will be eagerly examined, not only here, but throughout the country. I jet patriotic Democrats ponder well the considerations they so cogently present, and bear witness to their eloquence and power. Thus spleudidly nave the National Democracy thrown their haniirr tn ttio breeze the glorious runner

of Bkeckjnripoe and Lane. Let the work go zealously on; the cause is just. Let the effort in its support'be united. Sooner or later it is destined to triumph. ( '' The Two-Thirds Eule. Senator Bright, in his Patriot speech, alluded ns follows to this indispensable rule : "There are certain forms, rules and usages that have been observed ever since the inauguration of the convention system. True, in 1844 a new rule was adopted. In 1841 the Democratic party passed a resolution, in the Baltimore Convention, declaring that no man should bo the nominee of the Democratic party for President or Vice President that did not receive two-thirds of all the votes given in the Convention. - Now, ihere never was a rule without a reason. : What was the reasou of that rule? The reason of that. rule was this: It is useless to make a nomination without the power to make an election it ia waste of time and waste of means the presumption arising that a man who is not popular enough to command a two-thirds vote in a Convention, would not havo popularity enough to command a majority vote in the

Electoral College. Was not this beautifully illustrated in 1844 V Martin Van Buren then received a majority on the first ballot a majority of all the votes given. He could not reach a two-thirds vote. The party abandoned him, and took up a new man comparativelya compromise man Mr. Polk, and we elected him; and there is not a man within the sound of my voice, but will admit that if Mr. Van Buren had been the nominee he would have lost his election. There was no doubt we were indebted to our success in '44 by adhering to the two-thirds rule which defeated an unpopular man, and gave to the country one who turned out to be true and faithful to principle, giving to the country tho most brilliant and profitable Administration since the days of Jefferson. Adhering to the two-thirds rule, wo were successful. That rule, has been in force ever since." Polk, Cass, Pierce, and Buchanan, all had to sub mit to it. Why not Douglas ? Where there's a Will, there's a Way, BY J. (i. SAXE. It was a noble Roman, In Rome's imperial day, Who heard a coward croaker, Before the battle, say : " They're safe in such a fortress ; There is no way to shake it " " On ! on I" exclaimed the hero, " Pit Jind a way, or make it ! " Is Fame your aspiration '.' Her path is steep and high; In vain he seeks the temple, , Content to gaze and sigh ; The shining throne is waiting, But he alone can take it, Who says, with Roman firmness, u Ptt jind a way, or make it!" Is Learning your ambition ? There is no royal road ; Alike the peer and peasant Must climb to her abode ; Who feels the thirst for knowledge, In Helicon may slake it, If he has still the Roman will To find a way, or make it ! Are Riches worth the getting? They must be bravely sought ; With wishing and with fretting, The Ixxm can not be bought; To all the prize is open, But only he can take it, Who says, with Roman courage, 7 '11 Jind a way, or make ii .' In Love's impassioned warfare, The tale has ever been That victory Crowns the valiant, The brave are they who win; Though strong in Beauty's castle 4 A lover still may take it, Who says, with Roman daring, I'll Jind a way, or make it ! -.' What we are Doing For the World. With his usual sagacity the Emperor of the French has suspended the operation of the French tariff, so that American grain now enters France duty free. The French harvest has proved a failure; but the admission of American wheat and corn free of duty will prevent prices rising 0 the family level, and will guarantee the cmpire against a general scarcity of food England not only took the same step, but made it a part of the permanent laws of the realm fourteen years ago. In the year 1846 the ports! of England were thrown open to foreign grain at a mere nominal rate of duty; and, in consequence, though there have been several short harvests in England since then, there has never been a famine ; and this year, especially, the wheat crop seems to have failed utterly without raising the price of food beyond what used to be called a fair average. Upon this country the effect of the crop failure in Europe must be very marked. It happens that for three years our great food -producing States have had short crops. This year, for the first time since 1656, we have enough and to spare. No man can tell how many bushels of wheat and corn will be produced in the Uuited States in 1860. We may raise 300,000,000 or 600,000,000, of wheat, and 700,000,000 or 900,000,000 of corn ; but it is quite certain that we j shall raise enough not only to feed our own people and leave a surplus for next year, but likewise enough to supply the deficiency in Europe, so that prices in England and France shall rise , no higher than they would have done had the j crop been an average. This is real usefulness. ; The figures of the grain movement in this! country this year are surprising. W e are now ; shipping to foreign ports froiij this port alone not ess than a mi ion dollars worth of lood every I ' . . week, nnd this is exclusive of corn which has not , yet begun to go forward. But the. actual figures tell the tale in the clearest manner, and we give' them accordingly : grain moveeest. JB59 1660. 5.-110,100 l,lfl,144 25!,OOfl,000 17,0t0,0M Shipments or w hmt rrom Yurk illCC JailimrV 1 ., Shinn.i.i.1. of Flour from Kw Vurlt inc January 1 3,EMI.o?7 Sliipmcntj of Corn Irom Sew York fnc January 1 145.071 Grain Kereipla at Chicago aince January 1 bueljell 8,!)00,iC0 Grain Shipment! at Chicago since January 1...., bushels 6,000.00ft The details of the movement seem almost incredible. Farmers who had sown wheat in the' Western Slates and expected a crop, under fa-' vorable circumstances, of 20,000 bushels, have ' harvested 3 J.000 and 40,000. The Illinois Cen-' tral Railroad carried, between 1st Januaryand lsti July, li''0'0, uioiethan twice as much giain as it' carried in the whole of 1859. In 1859 the ow'nersof shipping on the lakes were almost ruined in 1860 every craft, on the lakes is fully employ-! ed, and the want of tonnage is so grievious that wheat and flour are being shipped eastward, in, September by rail. It seems pretty certain that we shall ship this year more food to foreign parts' than we ever shipped before, and that we shall do so without paying the usual penalty that is to say, without raising the prices of bread upon ourselves. The cotton year terminated last week. We are now able to slate that the crop of 1859 yielded! 4,650,000 bales that is to say, 798,500 bales' more than the crop of 1 858 which was the lar-' gest crop ever gathered. If we iomf the bale

to have averaged 850 apiece, our cotton culture yielded in 1869-CO 39,725,000 more thnh the enormous crop of 1858, and fully S65,000,000 more than the previous average. In the fiscal year 1858-9 our revenue from our export of cotton was so large that, notwithstanding the heavy importations of foreign goods, the national balance sheet for the year showed a balance in our favor equal to about, $20,000,000. The fiscal year 1859-'60 will necessarily show n much larger balance in favor of this country ; and notwithstanding the stories of drought which are circulated, there is reason to believe that the cotton" crop this year will be large, and that the increase of our grain shipments will bring the aggregate of the exports of 1860-'G1 up to the previous -year's average. : ; ' No one can contemplate these figures without a feeling of exultation. These United States, which foreign statesmen are so found of decrying, are actually feeding and clothing the world. Our politicians are covering each other with dirt ; infamous Japanese swindles succeed shameful jobs at Washington ; threats of disunion hurtle in the air ; blind critics, looking on the scene from a distance, calmly predict universal ruin und chaos ; and meanwhile the country goes on, yielding ils millions of pounds of flour and cotton and grain and gold," and other necessaries of life, becomes itself steadily richer year by year, and saves England from famine and France from rev: olution. This is surely no mean destiny for ti country. All Sorts of Paragraphs.

The person selected by the brinish- Government to confer with our Government upon the navigation laws, belligerent rights, anil lo enter into negotiations for the opening of the cubing trade, is Mr. W. 8. Lindsay, the member for the English borough of Tyiiemouih, a gentleman who has made this subject his special study, just ns' Cobden and Bright have selected their specialities. Mr. Lindsay is, no doubt, sent here to confer with Lord Lyons upon this question, precisely as Mr. Cobden was despatched to Paris to confer with Lord Cowley upon the recent treaty of commerce between France and England, and as Lord Elgin was sent here to negotiate the Reciprocity treaty with Canada, of which Province lie had been Governor, and was naturally supposed lo be acquainted with its affairs. This mission has undoubtedly been prompted by the immense increase in the shipping trade and commerce uf the .-United States. As long as our foreign trade was confined to the Atlantic and the Gulf, England thought or cared little about our -views upon, the . navigation and coasting laws; but now that our trade with China, Japan and the East is opening up, and that our coasting trade extends round the Horn, from the Eastern to the Western shores of the. Continent, the British Government is anxious to obtain for British shipping a reciprocity of that favor which American vessels enjoy, according to the coasting and navigation laws of England. Mr. Lindsay is to leave England to day, and will 'therefore arrive here shortly, when, no doubt, we shall be put in possession of the full objects of his mission. ' Wilkes' (N. V.) Spirit tells a story about ihe late Mr. Clibb, prize fighter. Some seven years after his last fight with Molyneaux, Cribb was carousing at the Castle Tavern with his friends Tom Belcher nnd Ned Painter, he who once defeated Spring, and fought the tremendous battle with Shaw, the Life Guardsman. During the sitting the champion was attacked with a sort of apoplectic tit. His head fell forward upon the table, his tongue protruded, and his eyes were set, "horribly staring through muddy impurity." He was totally insensible. Much alarmed, Belcher and Painter removed his cravat and collar, dashed cold water in his face, and, as a last resource, shouted "Time, time."' with all ihe strength of their powerful lungs. That was a word to revive Tom Cribb almost from the tomb! He rose as if in the ring, and said indistinctly: "I am ready!" then looked round confusedly, and lapsed into insensibility again. lie was, however, 'permanently recovered by further cold water applications. Quite a little excitement was created in New Orleans, a fewr days ago, by a lunatic who managed to mount to the top of a two-story brick grocery and began to amuse himself by pulling bricks from the chimney, breaking them with a hatchet, and then hurling them at the passers-by. Finally, one of the tire companies brought its engine to the spot and directed a powerful stream upon him. So sup:ised was he at this novel mode of attack, that he lost his foothold, slid down the roof, and came to the ground in a sitting posture. Before he had recovered from the effects of the jar he was in custody. A Cincinnati paper tells a story of a dry goods drummer in that city who secured a "first-class Iowa merchant" from the attacks of other drummers, by giving him a dose of medicine which obliged the merchant to keep his room until the drummer had leisure to attend lo him-that is, sell him a large bill of goods. Of all the affairs, says Quitp, in which the fair take part, nothing can be more unfair lhana 'Fair.' The name is the most flagrant of nuisances. To buy fancy slippers that don't fit, and wouldn't wear a week if they did ; to eat cakes that poison you ; to drink lemonade that disgusts you ; lo purchase things that you don't want, at a price which you don't like ; to be flattered by pert girls and bullied by ugly dames ; lo get no change for your bank note, and no value for your change ; to patronize a lottery against your principles, and be swindled against your reason that is the 'Fair' thing, is it ? ELEOTIONTICKETS. In reply to several inquiries, we will state, that we are prepared to print tickets for State, Congressional, and County officers, on good paper, for $4.00 for the first thousand, and $2.00 for each additional thousand. Orders received one day, can be returned by express the day following. If orders are sent, be particular to write each name plain and distinct, so that there can be no mistake. All orders must he accompanied with the money, to receive attention. Address, ELDER & HARKNESS. till oct. 1. lxniAXAPOLif. FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBITION. Indianapolis Horticultural Society! rpHK riKST (MJtL KXHIHITIO Ol lh. In.liaiiapoll H'tnirulMiral Socirl will be held at theriute house, on W fcU.Mis IU V, SpUMniwr X. n.iratiienf at IrtoYlnck A. M ,an.l continun yihroufU the Jaj and eTpruiig. VlmiJsmn free to all- Tar llnitifc premiums will b paid: ,(,rWsl ollc.tMii. 3; id lH coltectrna, beat dwarf friut-lanna- lrc of an? kind. . H,rrr, B rolJertiuB. Sd i.lllkn. t5 bt ..ral ornament, & Uett pot roje. U best ooqaeu Otrdtmrr t M'ltilw. fbiladrlpliia. ne tear: -.'d lv-l Wqu-t, ia far. mrr. one "ir. t'tf tfHti rollrction. J; Sd twt rollatlioti. Wt. Lonipi-iito- f' premium! will b required lo brooa Mam bcra ot Ihe SvietT.nd pay the annual fof St. JJreralire Caai(IM-Ci. W. Meara. David V. Call-?. Er lAX-tt. Alfred HamwB. Ain H. Brown. ALrtm HtKISl, Pmltmt Ar1i I. Ran. Ser'i . p-tSlw