Indiana State Guard, Volume 1, Number 33, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 October 1860 — Page 3

Douglas and the State Ticket. Editoks Old Line Guakd: Were you present at the Douglas mass meeting on Friday last to hear Mr. Douglas give vent to his gaul, and spread broadcast all the bitterness of his soul against Bheckinridoe and Lane, and their friends ? I trust we shall hear from you in the next is'nue of the Old Line Guard, with your views on the speech made by that distinguished gentleman. We were called by him bolters, disorganize, and disunionists, and by what authority such sentiments could be uttered is more than I am able to comprehend. It came with miserable grace from one who is the greatest of bolters and disorganizes, and whose -particular-friends in this State are like him.AVho beat Hughes, Secrest, and many others, but the DougIns bolters and disorganizes, by repudiating the regular Democratic nominees? Are not these facts? Surely they are, and cannot be denied, nor even pal-iated.

Now, when we hear the cluet of the party aDuse and vilify us, shall we, like poltroons, bend the knee, and kiss the rod f Shall we, like dray-horses, do the drudgery under the lash ? What have we to gain by votingfor Mr. Douglas' friends ? Liltle else buttheir contempt and scorn tor nothing is more despicable than a cowering dupe, ready to wipe the dust from the boot that kicks him ? It is said in history that a General led raw militia up to the enemy's breastworks, and with true heroism commenced tearing it away with his own hands, when, at the same time, the soldiers fled in dismay. The General turned, and said, " is it possible you will fly when your General leads?" By this rebuke they at once became ashamed of their conduct, returned to their duly, fought gallantly, until victory crowned their valor. So the friends of Hrkckinkidge and Lane must return to the charge they have suffered 'unmerited contumely sufficient and lay low at the ballot-box not only Douglas, but also his friends. This must bo commenced at the State election on the 9th it must be done to save ourselves in the future. Our platform will stand investigation, and cannot be refuV ted by Douglas sophistry or Douglas squatter sovereignty. It is to be the solid plank that the Democracy must stand upon it in 1864 at which time Douglasism will be submerged in its own corruption. Then let us march up to the polls like men that know . . . i i ... l. 1TT,1 l their duty, and dare to Uo it, ana leacn our puna. enemies a lesson to respect that of which they are now uuuun dful. X. Y. From Johnson County. Fiianklin, Ind., Sept, 24. Messks. Editors : The Congressional meeting of the Democracy favorable to Breckinridge and Lane was held at Franklin to-day. Messrs. Bright and Ould were present, as speakers. The task, however, devolved on our fearless Senator, J. D. Bright, on account of the indisposition of the latter, and never did he discharge a duty to his party with more ability. Notwithstanding the great squatter effervescence at Indianapolis the day previous, the Court House was densely packed with attentive auditors, who came to hear and to understand the difference, in principle between Douglas Squatterisin and Constitutional Democracy. The first part of his speech was devoted to an examination of the claims ot the squatter chief and his worshipers to a regular nomination. If any went away, doubting the preposterousness of the claim, it was one whose late genuflections before the squatter . ii -vf lirtiiTtif anrt 80verei0,n naa inanaeieu mo nocuum destroyed the powers of judgment. The next point, was the charge that our party are bolters. This being a mere sequence of the preposterous claim to a regular nomination, was handled in a masterly manner, by showing the arty in favor of Breckinridge and Lane to consist, generally, of men of age, experience and unwavering devotion to democratic men and meaures( and in strict organization, while the squatters are found to be led on by factitious anti-Leconipton bolters, who, for years past, have affiliated with Black Republicans in the defeat of regular nominees of the Democratic party. The examination of the political record of Douglas exhibited the most disgusting treachery to the Democratic party, and open abandonment of principle. He had seen Douglas holding open alliance with the Republican leaders to defeat a Democratic President and Cabinet. It is impossible in so snort a sketch to do justice to his speech. His appeal to the audience to vote for their principles, and not to be governed by the pitiful and contemptible doctrine of the Douglas orators that it is the duty of the Breckinridge men to vote for Douglass to beat Lincoln, was over-powering. He showed that every thing had been offered by the friends of Breckinkigde and Lane for a union against Lincoln, and that all offers had been rejected by Palmer & Co. ; and that the Douglas faction had sought and entered into a union with the Know Nothings in almost every State in the Union to break down and defeat the friends of Bkckinkidge and Lane. The audience were delighted with the speech, and quite a number of Democrats who, under the begging speeches which have been made in Johnson county, had thought to vote for Douglas, openly declared for Breckinridge and Lane. Little Dug. and his disunion companion, Johnson, made a short stump speech at the Depot, iu Franklin, on their way to Louisville, Ky. Observer, From Daviess County. Washington, Sept, 26, I860. Messrs. bailors : It was a commen saying among the ancients, that'those whom the Gods would destroy, they first made mad and if Douglas and many of his followers had lived at the time when Pagan mythology flourished, and pursued the course that they have dur ing this campaign, the ancients would have doubtless said, that the gods intended soon to destroy them. If this country hai ever witnessed a time when demagoguery, high-handed impudence and effrontery, shameless disivgard of the long-established customs of the country, and of the Demecratic party, it is now. Douglas and the yelping sycophants who crouch and sneak at his heels, ready to do the dirty work which he himself has not time to do. The time has now come when a person, in order to be a good Ikmocrut, must sacrinee an ms principles, ana acknowledge Ste phen A. Douglas a the head and front, body and soul, of the Democratic party, and to hiin alone we must do homage; and if we dare refuse, we are stigmatized as dixiinioniM and traitors, no longer worthy to be called Democrats. You can hardlv find a follower of Douglas at the present day, and especially a Douglas orator, who is not pregnant with vile epithets concernirg Major Breckinridge and those who support hiin. It is but natural that they should pursue such a course! tliev can, say nothing against Bkk.ckinkiih.k and

Lane, only what they manufacture, and it is necessary that they should manufacture as much as possible, in order to conceal the inconsistencies of Douglas. By concealing his record, they anticipate to secure for him the vote of the Democratic party. Mr. Douglas himself was compelled to take the stump in his own defence he had, and still has, a bad record ; be wished to place himself right before the American people on the subject of squatter sovereignty. But alast poor Yorick ! he will never be able to convince those who prefer principles to men, that the platform he now Btands upon, and the principles he now advocates, are the true Democratic principles. No, never. The old guard still remains those who have always been Democrats from principle, will never endorse such doctrines. They now repudiate him, and his platform, and are working for Bkeckinkidge and Lane. . In this county, Douglasism has about gone up, and I believe that by the election he will hardly have a corporal's guard here. The speeches of Drs. Fitch and Sherrod, on the 6th inst., had a telling effect in this county. Their exposition of Douglas's treachery to the party, his shamelessjintrigues for a nomination; his wanton repudiation of Democratic principles, had a powerful effect against the squatter chief. Colonel

Walker had an appointment to speak at this place to. day. He is one of the Douglas Electors for the State at large. It was circulated here that he was an eloquent and powerful speaker, and considerable effort was made on the part of the Douglasites to get out a large crowd for the Colonel. The hour arrived, the Colonel came, but nobody came to hear him. It was a sad disappointment to the gallant Colonel he left here, doubtless, with the impression that Douglas has butfew supporters in this county, and next November we will confirm this impression. We wish to see a vigorous canvass made by the friends of Bheckixkidue and Lane in this State from now till the election. With the motto inscribed on our banners, " The Constitution and the Equality of the States ; these are the symbols of everlasting union ; let these be the rallying cries of the people," we can march fearlessly and boldly to the fight, con scious that we are contending for principles and the right, and not for men. Old Lineb. From Sullivan County. Carlisle, Ind., Sept. 29. Messrs. Editors: The principles of the National Democracy are taking deep root in the soil of old Sul livan. Public sentiment is completely revolutionized in the South end of the county. Douglasites are getting very sick of their squatter dogma. They are now courting the Breckinridge votes for the State ticket, for the purpose of counting them against us after the election but it's no go. We are in no wise responsible for the defeat of - Douglas men ; they brought about the division in the party, and persistently refused every offer of union on fair and honorable terms; they must take the consequences. Respectfully, I. K. (). Sullivan, Ind., Sept. 28. Editors Old Line Guard: The cause of the Nation" al Democracy is gaining rapidly. Notwithstanding this county is rendered notorious for Douglasism, we shall be able to poll some 200 to 300 for Breckinridge and Lane. Yours,. W. N.. II. From Laporte County. Laporte, September 28, 1860. Messrs. Editors : Herewith I hand you a picture clipped from the Salem (Va.) Register, which no doubt will be on sight recognized as a life-like portrait of the stump candidate for the Presidency. I send it, that you may, if you think best, publish it in your paper, that our citizens may know how Mr. Douglas is thought of in the South. I only yesterday received a letter from a friend in Texas a prominent Demo crat who says that "Breckinridge and Lane will beyond all peradventure, carry that State, notwith standing the combination against them." It calls on us in Indiana to prevent Lincoln from carrying this State. If all parts of the State were doing as well as we are in this county, I believe the electoral vote of Indiana would be cast for Breckinridge and Lane. Col. Walker stated in the State Convention at Indianapolis, last January, that there was not twenty-Jive Admiuislration Democrats in this county; now he says there are more Breckinridge men in tliis county than in all the other counties in this Congressional District. We expect at least to give the candidates 1,200 votes. The Douglasites feel and fear the effect of Hon. J. D. Blight's address here on the 21st I think from what conversation I have had lately with the Democracy of this county, owing to the ac tion of the Douglas State Central Committee in re fusing those "overtures," that the State ticket will lose a large number of Democratic votes in this county. There is one township alone that has always given a Democratic majority, where there is nearly two hun dred Democratic voters, in which I do not believe the State ticket will receive twenty votes. So mucl: for Palmer & Co.'s circular. The State ticket will be defeated in this county, by a larger 'majority than even Col. Walker was in 1858, which was nearly six hundred or a larger majority than was ever before given against the Democracy in this county. 1 cannot close this communication without giving you a good hit that Dunham got off here (very inno cently, however,) on the 1 9th. As you already knowj Messrs. Jeems Walker and J. Buchanan Fravel were the principal men on that momentous occasion one presenting, on the part of the ladies, and other receiving, in behalf of the genuine Democracy, the Douglas flag. Both were old line Whigs until they joined the Know Nothings in 1854, and turned Republican. One or both voted for the immortal John Charles Fremont in '56, and were high High-cock-a-loruin in the Know Nothing wigwaai but lately lead ers of the' Douglasites of this county.- Mr. Dunham, in speaking of the Know Nothing party, exclaimed a the top of his voice, pointing his "long bony finger" at the aforesaid Jeems and J. B. F., " Where are the Know Nothings nowt" It is unnecessary to add that all eyes were turned to Jeems and J. B. F., who were thunderstruck, and Mr. Dunham was puzzled to know what brought down the house. Yours, &c. P. S. Messrs. Jeems and J. B. F. say that it was the poorest effort that they ever heard Mr. D. make, and Mr. D. acknowledged the corn. The Douglas Vice President who was nom inated by a Committee. Our Georjjia eotcmporaries are making the Douglas candidate for Vice President feel very uneasy in his present position by drawing upon him wltat he said many years ago. e wonder it it is the bringing out the records that has caused him to seek other fields for hi lahnnnni nnflit.ilriniT f.KAn hi nim Stntiv THt other day he was in Alabama trying to enlighten the iVinorrarT of that Mate ujion the new vision he has

experienced relative to the powers of the Constitution and rights of his constituents uudcr that sacred instrument. We give below an extract taken from the Georgia Southern Banner, which that worthy cotemporary has exhumed from the accumulations of the past. It is rich, and will be read by all who admire an expert artist. Perhaps it would be well to ask Peter Cagger, Dean Richmond & Co., if they ever saw any one who looked like that picture : LOOK ON THE PICTURE. Gov. Johnson, during his senatorial career, in a speech on the Oregon bill, drew the following picture. Martin Van Buren sat for it. Do any of our readers discern any pointsofresemblance between itslineaments and those ot the distinguished gentleman's associate on the "theatrical ticket?" Albeit, tweleve years old, very few touches and alterations are necessary to make it answer for politicians of more recent notoriety : , "In reflecting upon this subject there occurs to my

mind a tact winch is lull ot instruction ana warning. Who can close his eyes to the indication that in the . Empire btate and in all New England there is an ot), vious tendency to the formation of parties upon geographical lines? We sec an enthusiastic and untiring party rallied upon what they term 'free-soil policy and it is humiliating to know that it has received its recent impulse from professed democrats. Who is the leader of this infernal crusade against the intore and peace of the South ? It is that arch traitor to all the professions of his public life and the principles the party that has cherished him who has received the highest honors in the gift of his country, and for whom, in 1840, the Southern democracy sacrmced themselves. He turns now and scorns the hand tli wreathed his brow; and unfortunately there are those who are willing to be Ins minions. Sir, in proportion to the magnitude and important: which this 'free-soil' faction shall assume will be the degree of distrust excited at the South." From Floyd County. V New Albany, Sept. 28, 1860, Messrs. Editors: The citizens of this place had tl pleasure of listening to an address, delivered by tl Hon. Jesse D. Briaht, on the evening of the 26th inst., upon the political questions of the day an rest assured he handled them in a masterly manner as also the little squatter, of mam-ma hunting proclivities. To tell you in as few words as possible, he show. ed conclusively that Stephen A. Douglas now stands before the Democratic party, beseeching their votes. without even the form of a regular nomination. That he has stood up in his place in the United States Sen ate, battling against every important measure mtr duced by Democratic Senators since 1857 supcrv sing in person the efforts of the Republicans of Indi ana to exclude Bright and Fitch from their seats in the Senate, when even a number of the Republican members of the Senate considered it too great an injustice to vote for their exclusion. Mr. Bright exhibited Douglas' billing and cooing with Republicans of the deepest dye, in order to con summate his diabolical purpose of destroyingthe Dem ocratic party mentioned his pandering to the local prejudices of the people of Pennsylvania, by telliii; them that this interminable slavery question had taken up too much- of the consideration of Congress, to tl exclusion of better legislation that they should hav a protective tariff to benefit the groat iron interests. when it is well known to every man iu the govern ment who has paid any attention to passing events that he, Stephen A. Douglvs, has ever been the advocate of a tariff for revenue alone. That, he has done more than any other man to open up the agitation of this pestiferous slavery question, which he now seems so much to deprecate. Occupying, as he does, the su premely ridiculous and absurd position upon the slavery issue, we don't wonder that would thrust it aside. and substitute something in its stead that would obliter ate from the memories of the American people his incon sistent and treacherous course relating thereto. I will not attempt to say anything further in regard to his argument, but suffice it by saying that the speech was one of the finest efforts ef the canvass, and will be productive of an immense amount of good to our party. Already I have noticed it? good effect and I still expect to hear of its being the means of causing numbers to desert the sinking fortunes of Stephen A. Douglas, and take their stand in the true and National Democratic ranks. The audience was composed of some eight hundred or a thousand deeply interested persons, who listened to the address with the profoundest attention, looking as thongh they felt that Mr. Bright's sound and pungent arguments were manufacturing Breckinridge Democrats by the score. Gen. Lane remained with us up to the depar ture of the evening packet, when he left on business of a private nature, connected with his farm, which is situated on the Ohio river, some twelve miles above Evansville. It became generelly known that he had left before night, and numbers expressed their dis. appointment, as they would have been glad of an opportunitr to have looked upon the soldier, patriot and statesman; a rare sight, and one well worth seeing. ',: B If Lincoln is Elected Douglas will be Kesponsible. It was known at Charleston and Baltimore that neither the fifteen slave States nor the two Pacific States would, under any circumstances, vote for Douglas, because they had satisfactory evidence of his po litical tergiversation and unsoundness on constitutional principles. No one expected that the Northern States, which supported Fremont, would give him their votes. Well-informed men believed he could carry neither Pennsylvania, Indiana, nor Illinois, Hence, it was perfectly apparent that his nomination would be equivalent to a defeat of the Democratic party in every State. On the other hand it was well understood that the nomination of an unobjectionable Democrat would enable the party to carry the fifteen Southern and two Pacific S'ates, and such others as might have a majority of Democratic voters. Under the circumstances, and with a full knowledge that he cannot be elected, Douglas demanded a nomination at the hands of his partizans, and pertinaciously insists upon continuing to be a candidate. And why ? Not that he can or expects to be elected, but by creating a division he multiplies the chances of securing its defeat, llis only ground is that ot in tentional destruction of the party from whom he sought support. Because a majority of the States refused to participate in his nomination and support, he is now exerting all his power to defeat their candidate and to occasion the election of the Black Republican candidate. Nowhere has he said or intimated that he preferred the election of Breckinridge over Lincoln. He has only to say he desires it, and to act consistently with such a desire, when the former will be elected and the latter defeated. This he and his partizans know perfectly well. But his whole course, and that of his friends, proves, beyond dispute, that he and they prefer the election of Lincoln to that of a thorough Democrat. He should remember that the responsibility rests upon him ; the Democracy will remember and hold him to it Down with the Flag. To-day, we remove from the masthead of the Columbia Democrat, as we believe we should long since have done, the names of Douglas and Johnson. We do not consider them worthy to float even under the jatr'otic names of Breckinridge and Lane. In June last, we placed the names of Douglas and Johnson before our readers, not that we deemed them either fairly nominated or the choice of our people, for we have yet to find fifty Douglas and Johnson men in the county of Columbia, but in order that those who were fond of greens might have a chance to indulge in the luxury of supporting two men for office without the prospect

of carrying one State in the Union; but now, that Mr. Douglas should make a political mission through one portion of Pennsylvania, and his erratic colleague, Herehel V. Johnson, through another, for the sole purpose of defeating the Democratic ticket, and giving the State to Lincoln and Hamlin, we have stricken their names from the roll. Columbia (Pa.) Dem.

A Song for the Union. A storm in the South, a storm in the North, Are raging, this Union to sever, But the sinew of toil, and the strong arm of worth, Say, our Union shall perish no, never! Our Union shall perish no, never! When we look to the East, and we look to the West, When we view this vast country all over; When we see a great people so happy and blessed, Say, bur Union shall perish no, never ; - Our Union shall perish no, never 1 Let disunionists growl, and fanatics rave ; Let them fight on like madmen forever, A people so free, their country will save, Our Union shall perish no, never! Our Union shall perish no, never! Our people so free, united shall be, In bonds which no tyrant can sever, "' - Brave men in the South, to their friends in the North, Say our Union shall perish no, never! ; Our Union shall perish no, never! United we'll stand, a national band, Enduring and lasting forever; Our country we'll save from the storms which now rave; Our Union shall perish no, never ! Our Union shall perish no, never! ELECTION TICKETS. In reply to several inquiries, wo will state, that wc are prepared to print tickets for State, Congressional, and County officers, on good paper, for $3.00 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 bo no mistake. All orders must be accompanied with the money, to receive attention. Address, ELDER & HARK NESS, till oct. 1. Indianapolis. COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS. It is a mistake to suppose that high price of produce are necessary to the prosperity of an agricultural or a commercial people, or that such a state of tilings produces anything else than a fictitious growth iu wealth a result that always leads to the inflation of ideas, extravagant habits, and financial revulsions. There arc three causes to which high prices of food are generally attributed, viz. a deficiency abroad; short crops at home; and a speculative excitement. Either of the two first named events is usually followed by the last. In the United States, indeed, this is always the case. Thus the evil of a scarcity of food is greatly aggravated. This combination of circumstances bears heavily upon the laboring classes, and thus deals a severe blow to the foundations of the great and permanent interests of the commercial world. American interests suffer less, of course, from a bread famine in England than from a scarcity of cereal products at home, but they sutler notwithstanding. A superficial observer might suppose that a famine in Europe, which should cause a rise of two or three dollars in the price of flour in Cincinnati could not prove otherwise than beneficial to the agricultural classes of the Ohio valley. This would be the case provided the people were not dependent upon Europe for a large proportion of the articles they consume, and provided we were not compelled to look to the transatlantic markets for the sale of much of our leading staples In other words, provided we were not a commercial as well as an agricultural people, we might realize large gains from the losses of other countries, without the risk of bearing in the future any part of the latter. But inasmuch as we are a commercial as well as an agricultural people inasmuch as a large proportion of our citizens live upon the profits derived from an exchange of commodoties, and inasmuch as we are closely and strongly connected with England by financial and commercial interests of incalculable magnn tude, a depression of industrial pursuits in the kingdom of Great Brittain would strike a chord the vibrations of which would be felt in every store and shop and every bank, and upon every plan tation in the United btates. Apparent prosperi ty might be the immediate result, but the bubblelike character of this growth would ultimately be exposed by disastrous revulsions. This has been the experience of the past. It is in accordance with the unchangeable laws of trade. The principle is immutable. It is easy to see How a Dread Limine in aurope would affect unfavorably the interests of this country. We produced last year 4,tiuu,uuu bales of cotton, of which we exported 3,700,000 bales. A revulsion in England would lead to a depression in prices of this great staple that would amount, on last year s exports, to at least Jj&U,000,000. The exports of cereal products to foreign countries last year reached about $25,000,000. In the memorable year of 1847 the total was only $50,000,000. Thus it is seen a de pression of 23c per lb. in the value of the cot ton exported would be greater than the aggre gate value of the total exports of breadstuff's to foreign ports. Now inasmuch as the cotton tales are heavy consumers of the produce of the West, both vegetable and animal, as they are also ot our manufactures, it is easy to see the effect that a depression of the interests of the cotton districts would have upon the manufacturing and grain and animal producing North. The amount of breadstuff's shipped to Europe, in any year, is small, insignificanteven, compared with the inter nal exports from the North to the South. In 1847, for example, which was the great famine year in England, we exported to Great Britain as fol lows : Wheat, bushels 2,544.568 Flour, barrels .2,457,076 Corn, bushels.. . 15,526,525 Corn meal. brls. ; .... .71 3.083 Reducing Flour and meal to grain, we have a grand aggregate of 33,921,468 bushels as the ex port in Great Brittain in IU47. Ihe fetate ot Ohio produces this year over one hundred million bushels of wheat and com. This shows the mag- j itude of home consumption ; it shows that prices inflated by a temporary foreign demand, would fall heavily upon our own mechanics and labor ers : ana it snows, nnaiiy, mat distress in J&nirand that would enchance the value of our breadstuffs exported fifty per cent., or ten million dolars, would be a mere drop in the bucket, as com pared with the losses that would fall in other di- 1 rcctions. It is a fact that the whole commercial orld suffered from the famine in Great Brittain 1847. This country, which exchanged its J grain for Brittish gold, suffered immensely. The ! commercial wrecks caused by the speculations of j that year were large in number, and houses were I weakened by the operations of that season that t had barely strength enough to (otter along until; the revulsion of 1854 7 carried them out of t. In calculating the prosperity of the Uni ted States, then, our estimates luiiy ,Wln created.

since it has been learned that the crops in England and Ireland are likely to turn out better than a temporary advance to a point that would set spoliators mad. In the grain producing districts of the United Stales splendid crops have been realized this season. The only failure is at the South. There, crops of grain are largely short ; but the people will be able to buy from the North, provided prices of cotton are sustained. With moderate prises for. breadstuffs in England, this great staple will not be likely to decline much in value. West is unquestionably in a condition to move forward in the scale of substantial prosperity. With good crops and remunerative prices, such as prevail, there is nothing to bo feared, except from a course of speculative folly which a large class of people seem eager to ' tnaiurnfafA With lliA flhiirwlant nmna ' which

have this year been gathered, it is natural to anticipate the early culmination of famine prices. To this sign, which now seems visible in the commercial horizon, prudent men will give heed. (Jin. Gazette. Fliks and Freedom. Perhaps the annoyance caused by swarms of flies at the close of the summer season may be rendered more tolerable when we reflect on the part these troublesome insects played in the adoption of the great charter of American Independence. Wc find the anecdote in Randall's Life of Jefferson. While the question of Independence was be fore Congress, it had its meeting near a livery stable. Its members wore short breeches and long stockings, and, with handkerchief in hand, they were diligently employed in lashing the flies from their legs. So very vexatious WnS this annoyance, and to so great an impatience did it arouse the sufferers, that it hastened, if it did not aid in inducing them to promptly affix I heir signatures to the great document which gave birth to an empire republic. The anecdote I had from Mr. Jefferson, at Monticello, who seemed to enjoy it very much, as well as to give credit to the influence of the flies. He told it to me with much glee, and scmed to retain a vivid recolleclipn of the severity of an attack, from which the only relief was signing the paper and flying from the scene. ; TO CORRESPONDENTS. We solicit our friends in all parts of the State to faorv us occasionally with 'communications short, but to the point so that the public may be informed of the strength and spirit of the BitKCKlNninoE movement in this State. Wisdom. When, at more than a hundred years of age, Theophrastus lamented that he was about to die, just as he was beginning to grow wise, we see that he was mistaken. The very lamentation for a prolonged life, on the part of one who was 'sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything,' sufficiently proves that Theophrastus was quite as far from wisdom as ever. Simms. PRICE REDUCED! The Old Line Guard for 50 Cents. The back numbers of the Old Line Guard 'haying 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, FOR FIFTY CENTS! We have the most satisfactory evidence that The Guard has done good work, and with the addition of Mr. Culluy. 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 become the creed and rallying watchwords of the Democratic party; and in advancing the cause of Breckinridge and Lane, those 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 countythat 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. Wc 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, Eldkr & Harkness, Indianapolis. IOWA. Synopsis of the President's Proclamation, fit. G03 dated Aiigunt 11, iSfiO. IT orders public sales in the State of Iowa, as follows: At the Land Office at FonT Dodge, on the 19th clay of November next, of fifty townships and parts of townships heretofore unoffcred, in the counties of Humboldt, Kossuth, Bancroft, Pocahontas, Palo Alto and Eminett. At the Land Office at Siorx Citt, on the 26th day of November next, of forty townships and parts of townships heretofore unoffcred, in the counties of Palo Alto, Emmett, Dickinson, Osceola and Buncome. The land will be offered with the usual exceptions of school sections, &c., &c. The sales will be kept open until the lands are all offered, which is to be accomplished within two weeks, and no lonpcr; and no private entry of any of the lands will bo admitted, until after the expiration of the two weeks. Pre-emption claimants are required to establish their claims to the satisfaction of the proper Register and Receiver, and make payment for the same on or before the clay ajipoiiitod for the commencement of the public sales, otherwise their claims will lie forfeited. JOS. 8. WILSON, Comm issioner of the Gttiend Land Ojfficf, General Land Office, September 7, I860. Sept. 20 lOw Wood For Sale! 200 CORDS. Price 65 Cents a Cord Sn iai!r n.rU,-fM of tbe tilv, tboul Uaif a aula from tha I 'rafn1ttilla I'lank road. ill be 'I" ruo). Intnire mWt ofrr. l14 It