Indiana State Guard, Volume 2, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1860 — Page 4

Life's Twilight. BY NANNIK GREY. There comes a twilight to the bloom of life, When we Bit down, as tired of toil and strife, And look around ; our sun of youth, is set, But golden beams of beauty linger yet. There falls a softness on our hoary years, As if the chords of sorrow dropped in tears ; A mist of dimness veils our weary eyes,

Jiut hope Drignt linger points us to me skhw. 'Tis sometimes sail to cast a long look back, 'Tis bitter oft to view fife's weary track, j O'er which our tired feet so oft have roved, Along whose way lie graves of those we've loved ; Where many a flower, we've dreamed to see bloom Has faded ere its petals saw the light ; bright Where dark and gloomy, oft in tears wo trod, Forgetting to look upward to our God. But, yet, how oft has Hope's fair rainbow bent, Across our skies, where sorrow's storm was spent; How brightly shone the re-appearing light, Which, contrast to the darkness, made more bright, Fair smiled the flowers, after the tearful rain, And blithely sang life's pleasure birds again, Love's halo cast its joy-mspiring ray, " And life was briyhtest at the noon of day. Now, wc have travelled to the hill's descent, Where sunset rays with twilight shades are bent, The calm cool waves of thought glide gently on, Now passion's fierce tornadoes all arc gone; The zephyrs of "good conscience" fan our brow, And all is peaceful rest and twilight now; We meekly sit, where softened shadows play, Watching and waiting ibr eternal day. SOBER SECONDTHOUOHT. BY T. S. ARTHUR. 1 .'' 'I must have it, Charles,' said the liandsorae little wie of Mr. Whitman. "So don't put on that sober face.' 'Did f put on a sober fce '?' . asked the husband, with an attempt to smile that was anything but a success. 'Yes, sober as a man on trial for his life. Why, it's its long as the moral law. There, dear, clear it up, nd lok as if you had at least one friend in the world. What niouey-lovcrs you men are !' . How much will it cost?' inquired Mr. Whitman. There was another effort to look cheerful and acquiescent. 'About forty dollars,' was answered, with just a little faltering, in' the lady's yoioe, for she knew the sum would suund extravagant. 'Forty dollars ! Why. Ada, do you think I am made of money ?'. Mr. Whitman's countenance underwent a remarkable change of expression. 'I declare, Charles,' said his wife, a little impatiently, 'you look at me as if I were an object of fear instead of affection. 1 don't think this is kind of you. I've only had three silk dj-sses since we were married, while Amy Blight has had six or seven during the same period, and every one of hers cost more than mine. I know you think me extravagant, but I wish you had a wife like some women I could name. I rather think you'd find out the difference before long.' ; 'There, there, pet, don't talk to me after this fashion ! I'll bring you the money at dinnertime, that is, if ' 'No ifs nor buts, if you please, The sentence is complete without them. Thank you, dear ! I'll go this afternoon and buy the silk. So don't fail to bring the money. I was in at Silkskin's yesterday, and saw one of the sweetest patterns I ever laid my eyes on. Just suits my style and complexion. I shall be inconsolable if it's gone. You won't disappoint me ?' And Mrs. Whitman laid her soft, white hand on the arm of ber husband, and smiled with sweet persuasion in her face. '0, no. You shall have the money,' said Mr. Whitman, turning off from his wife, as she thought, a little abruptly, and hurrying from her presence. In his precipitation, he had forgotten the usual parting kiss. 'That's the way it is always !' said Mrs. Whitman, her whole manner changing, as the noise of the closing street door came jarring upon her ears. 'Just say money to Charles, and at once there is a cloud in the sky.' She sat down pouting and half angry. , 'Forty dollars lor a new dress !' mentally ejaculated the husband of vain, pretty, thoughtless Mrs. Whitman as he shut the door after him. 'I promised to settle Thompson's coal bill to-day thirty-three dollars but don't know where the money is to come from. The coal is burnt up, and more must be ordered. 0, dear ! I'm discouraged. Every "year I fall behindhand This winter, I did hope to get a little in advance, but if fortv-dollar silk dresses are the order of the day, there's an end to that devoutly to be wished for circumstance. Debt dbt ! How I have always shrunk from it ; but steadily, now, it is closing its Briariah arms around me, and my constricting chest labors in respiration. Oh, if I could but distangle myself now, while 1 have the strength of early manhood, and the bonds that hold me are weak. If Ada could see as 1 see if I could only make her understand rightly my position. Alas! that is hopeless, I fear.' And Mr. Whitman hurried his steps, becaueo his heart beat quicker, and his thought was unduly excited. Not a long time after Mr. Whitman left home, the city postman delivered a letter to his addies. The wife examined the writing on the envclip. which was in a bold, masculine hand, and said to herself, as she did so I wonder who this can be from V Something more than curiosity moved her. There intruded on her mind a vague feeling of disquiet, as if the missive bore unpleasant news for her husband. The stamp showed it to be a city letter. A few times, of late, such letters had cume to his address, and she had noticed that he read them hurriedly, thrust them without remark into his pocket, and became silent and soberfaced. Mrs. Whitman turned the letter over and over again in her hand, in a thoughtful way, and as she did so, the image of her husband, sober-faced and silent as he had become for most of the time, of late, presented itself with unusual vividness. Sympathy stole into her heart. 'Poor Charles !' shesnid, as the feeling increased ; 'I'm afraid something is going wrong with him.' Placing the letter on the mantle-piece, where he could see it when he came in, Mrs. Whitman entered upon some household duties, but a strange impression, as of a weight, lay upon her heart a sense of impending evil a vague, troubled disturbance of her usual inward self-saiisfacliori. If the thought of Mrs. Whitman recurred, as was natural, to the elegant silk dress of which she was to become the owner on that day, she did not feel the proud satisfaction her vain heart experienced a little while before. , iSomething of its beauty had faded. If I only knew what that letter contained," she said, half an hour after it had come in, her mind still feeling the pressure which had come down upon it m strangely, as it had seemed to her. She went to the mantle piece, look up the letter, and examined the superscription. It gave her no light. Steadily it kept growing upon her that its contents were of a nature to trouble her husband. He's been a little mysterious of late," she said to herself. This idea affected her very unpleasantly. 'He grows more silent and reserved,' she added, as thought, under a kind of feverish excitement, became active in a new direction. !

'More indrawn, as it were, and less interested in what goes on around him. His coldness chills mo at times, au4l his irritation hurts me.' , She drew a long sigh. Then, with an almost startling vividness, came before her mind in contrast, her tender, loving, cheerful husband of three years before, and her quiet, silent, sober faced husband of to-daj . 'Something has gone wrong with him !' she said aloud, as feeling grew stronger.

What can it bqlL. The letter was in her hand. - t .. 'This may give me light.' And, with careful lingers, she opened the envelop, not breaking the paper, so that she could seal it again if she desired to do so. , There was a bill for sixty dollars, and a communication from the person sending the bill, lie was a jeweller., 'If this is not settled at once,' he wrote, 1 shall put the account in suit. It has been standing for over a year ; and I am tired of getting excuses instead of my money.' The bill was for a lady's watch, which Mrs. Whitman 1ad almost compelled her husband to purchase. Not paid for ! Is it possible ?' exclaimed the little woman, in blank astonishment, while the blood mounted to her forehead. Then she sat down to think. Light began to come into her mind. As she sat thus thinking, a second letter for her husband came in from the penny postman. She opened it without hesitation. Another bill, and another dunning letter! 'Not paid ? Is it possible ?' She repeated the ejaculation. It was a bill of twenty five dollars for gaiters and slippers, which had been standing for three or four months. 'This will never do ! said the awakening wife never no, never!' And she thrust the two letters into her pocket in a resolute way. From that hour until the return of her husband at dinner time, Mrs. Whitman done an unusual amount of thinking for her little brain. She saw the moment he entered, that the morning cloud had not passed from his brow. 'Here is the money for that new dress,' he said taking a small roll of bills from his vest pocket, and handing them to Ada, as he came in. lie did not kiss her, nor smile in the old bright way. But his voice was calm, if not cheerful. A kiss and a smile just then would have been more precious to the young wife than a hundred silk .dresses, She took I be money saying 'Thank you dear ! Ills kind of you to regard mv wishes.' : 'Something in Ada's voice and manner caused Mr Whitman to lift his eyes with a look of inquiry,to her face. But she turned aside, so that he could not read its expression. He was graver and more silent than usual, and eat with scarcely an appearance of appetite. ; 'Come home.'early dear,' said Mrs. Whitman, as she walked to the door with her husband, after dinner. 'Are you impatient' to have me admire your new silk dress ?' he replied, with a faint effort to smile. Yes. It will be something splendid,' she answered. He turned off from her quickly, and left the house. A few moments she stood, with a thoughtful face, her mind indrawn, and her whole manner completely changed Then she went to her room and commenced dressing to go. out. Two hours later and we find her in a jewelry store on Broadway. 'Can I say a word to you ?" She addressed the owner of the stole, who knew her very well. Certainly,' he replied, and they moved to the lower end of one of the long show cases. Mrs. Whitman drew from " her pocket a lady's watch and chain, and laying them on the show case, said, at the same time holding out the bill she had taken from the evelope addressed to her husband. 'I cannot afford too wear this watch ; My husband's circumstances arc to limited. I tell you so frankly., It should never have been purchased, but a too indulgent husband yielded to the importunities of a foolish young wife. I say this to take the blame from him. Now, sir, meet the case if you can do so in fairness to yourself. Take back the watch and say how much I shall pav you besides.' The jeweller dropped his eyes to think. The case took bin a little by surprise. He stood for nearly a minute ; then taking the bill and watch he said : Wait a moment,' and went to a desk near by, Will that do ?' He had come forward again, and now presented her with the receipted bill. His face wore a pleased expression. How much shall I pay you ?' asked Mrs. Whitman, drawing out her pocket-book. Nothing.' The watch is not defaced.' 'You have done a kind act, sir,' said Mrs. Whitman, with feeling trembling along her voice. 'I hope you will not think unfavorably of my husband. , It's no fault of his that the bill has not been paid. Good morning sir.' Mrs.' Whitman drew her veil over her face, and went with light steps, and a light heart, from the store. The pleasure she. had experienced on receiving her watch was not to be compared with that felt in parting with it. From the jeweller's she went to the bootmaker's and paid the bill of twenty-five dollars ; from thence to her milliner's and settled for her last bonnet. '1 know you're dying to see my new dress,' said Mrs. Whitman, gaily, as she drew her arm within that of her husband, on his appearance that evening, 'Come over to our bed -room, and let me show it. Come along ! Don't hang back Charles, as if you were afraid. Charles Whitman went with his wife passively, looking more like a man on his way to receive sentence than in expectation of a pleasant tight. His thoughts were bitter. 'Shall my Ada become lost to mc,' he said, in his heart 'lost to me in a world of folly, fashion and extravagance ?' 'Sit down, Charles.' She led him to a large cushioned chair. Her manner had undergone a change. The brightness of her countenance had departed. She took something, in a hurried way, from a drawer, and catching up a footstool, placed it on the floor near him, and sitting down, leaned upon him, and looked tenderly and lovingly into his face. Then she handed him the jeweller's bill. It is receipted you see.' Her voice fluttered a little. Ada! how is this? What does it mean?' He flushed and grew eager. "I returned the watch, and Mr. R receipted 'the bill. I would hare paid for damage, but he said it was uninjured, and asked nothing.' Oh, Ada!' 1 'And this is receipted also ; and this,' handing ! the other bills which she had paid. 'And now, ; dear,' she added, quickly,' 'ho do you like my ! dress? Isn't ilbeautiufl V We leave the explanations and scene that foli lowed fo the reader' imagination. If any fair i lady, however, who, like Ada. has been drawing too heavily on her husband's slender income, for silks and jewels, is at loss to reahie the scene, let her try Ada's experiment. Our word for it. she will find a new and glad experience in life. Costly silks and jewels may be very pleasant things, but they are too dearly bought when they come as the price of a husband'i embarrassment, mental disquietude or alienation. Too often the gay young wife wears them as the sign of these unhappy conditions. Tranquil hearts, and sunny homes", are precious things ; too precious to be burdened and clouded by weak vanity and love of show. Keep this in mind, oh ye fair

ones, who have husbands in moderate circumstances. Do not let your pride and pleasure oppress them. Rich clothing, costly laces and gems, are poor substitutes for smiling peace and hearts unshadowed by care. Take the lesson and live by it, rather than offer another illustration in your own experience, of the folly we have been trying to expose and rebuke.

I How Sal Disgraced the Family. V jrnravelcf In' the 'State of Vermont, some years ago, came to a lone log hut, and there hailed. He went into the house of logs. It was a wretched affair, with an empty packing box for a .table,, while two or three old chairs and disabled stools graced the reception room, the dnrk ,walls of which were further ornamented by a display of dit ty tin-ware, and a broken shelf article or two. The woman was crying in one corner, and the man, with tears in his eyes and a pipe in his : mouth, sat on a stool, with his dirty arms resting on his knees, and his sorrowful looking head i supported by the palms of his hands. Not a word j greeted the interloper. ' "Well," he said, "you seem to be in an awful I trouble here ; what's up?" I "Oh, we are most crazed, neighbor," said the I woman, "nnd we ain't got no patience to see folks , now." ' "That's all right," said the visitor, not much 'taken aback at this polite rebuff; "but can't I be i of any service to you in this trouble." . "VVal, we ve lost our gal our sat s gone on and left us," said the man, in tones of despair. "Ah ! do you know what induced her to leave you?" remarked the new arrival. "Well, we can't say; stranger, as how she's so far lost as to be induced, but then she's gone and disgraced us," remarked the afflicted father. "Yes, neighbor, and not as 1 should say it, as her mother, but (here waren't a pootier gal in the East than our Sal ; she's gone and brought ruinon us and her own head now," followed the stricken mother. "Who has she gone with?" asked the visitor. "Well, there's the trouble. That gal could have done well, and might have married Martin Kehoe, a capita! shoemaker, who, although he's got but. one eye, plays the Utile in a lively manner, and earns a good living. Then look what a home and what a life she has deserted ! She was here surrounded oy ait me luxury in uie coiumy said the father. '". "Yes, who knows what poor Sal will have to eat, drink or wear now,' groaned the old wo man. "And who is the fellow that has taken her from you to lead her into such misery ?" quoth the stranger. ."Why. she's t'oiie off and got married to a crit lei- they call an editor, as Jives in the village, and the devil only knows how they are to earu their own living. . The Hartford Times relates the following witty jeu d'esj'rit : In a store, yesterday, in jortn fiiain street, a Democrat and a Republican met, when .the following dialogue took place : Republican Well, friend, how do you feel since the election ? Democrat I feel as Lazarus did. R,.,,nll;,-!i But how is that ? Democrat I feel as though I had been Ikied by dogs. The Republican, like the boy who 'he calf ran over, hadn't another word to say. ,,. A Bad Night. A gentleman was once dining with a friend, when a most dreaillul storm arose. In hopes of abatement, the entertainment was prolonged to the latest possioie hour ; out at length it was over, and the storm showed no signs of ceasing, but on the contrary, grew worse and worse. The host insisted upon his guest's acceptance of a lodging for the night, in view of the impossibility or reaching nisnome. The guest complied, but in a few minutes was missed from the parlor. In half an hour he reappeared, drenched with rain. "Where have you been ?" asked the host, viewing the singular object, which looked like a dog around the paws and a wcaping willow about the head. "1," said he quietly, shaking off the water, ' I have been at home to tell my wile that, as it was such a bad night, I should not return." Taking Cold. . In Hall's Journal of Health, we find the folsuggestive and timely hints and faHs under this heading: A large number of lata! winter diseases result from taking cold, and often from such slight causes, apparently, as to appear incredible to many. But although the causes are various, the result is the same, and arises from the violation of a single principle, to wit: cooling off too soon after exercise. Perhaps this may be too practically instructive if individual instances are named, which, in the opinion of those subsequently seeking advice in the various stages of consumption, where the cause of the great misfortune promising that when a cold is once taken, marvellously slight causes serve to increase it for the first few days, causes which, under other circumstances, even a moderately healthful system would have easily warded off. Rachel, the tragedienne, increased the cold which ended her life, by insufficient clothing in the cars, in traveling from New York to Boston; such was her own statement. The immediate cause of the last illness of Abbott Lawrence, the financier and the philahthropist, was an injudicious change of clothing. An eminent clergyman got into a cold bed in mid-winter, within fifteen minutes after preaching an earnest discourse; he was instantly chilled, and died within forty-eight hours. A promising young teacher walked two miles for exercise, and on returning to his room, it be ing considerably too late to light a fire, sat for half an hour reading a book, and betore lie Knew it, a chill passed over him. The next day lie had spitting of blood, which was the beginning of the end. A mother sat sewing for her children to a late hour in the night, and noticing that the fire had L'one out, she concluded to retire to bed at once; but thinking she could finish in a few minutes, she forgot the passing time until an hour or more had passed, and she found herself "thoroughly chilled," and a month's illness followed to pay for that one short hour. Many a cold, cough and consumption is exci ted by pulling off the hat or overcoat na to men. and the bonnet and shawl as to women, immediately on entering the house in winter, after a walk. An interval of at least five or ten min utes should be allowed, for however warm and close the apartment may appeur upon first entering, it will seem much less so at the end of live minutes, if the outer garments remain as they wi re before entering. Any one who judiciously nses this observaiim, will find a multifold reward in the course of a life time. XF" The Crawfordsvijle Journal y that tlie Post Office At that place was robbed of five or ! six hundred letters, and a small quantity of nion- ! ey how much money there might have been in j the letters, no one can guess. The evening before, the house of Mr. A. WhiOock was entered j and robbed of 9200.

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MFSMIS. .HONS 6c Vit.t Which are superior to nil oilier, ami lifiveniiu Hhmt iiitro.lnrtion. recoivtfil a il wi.le celebrity, ami the general approval of nil the oleutilly men of Europe and A uterien. run! Iho follow, tig wollkniiwn KenlU'ineii nf liKlianiipoll: lira. IMiniiip, nomw, Jtnimioii. Messrs. James M . Kuv, Frank Kinfe, Calvin Fleicher, Mr. McChutmey, and iiiuiit other well-known i-ili.ens of Indiana and other Simon. AH articles in tho Optical lino repaired in the host .sUlu on hort notice. .All orders from n distance nroinptlv attended to. Particular citutinn i jflvpn to bewnre of spurious articles Eeneriillv offered to slraiifrerB. . Messrs'. Summons V Co., keep Iheir ofllriiHt 19 South Illinois street. betveen the 1'almer House and Bryant's Commercial College, I n eMail a polis, Ind. -migi!5-)y IO W4 AT l ItllSSOl KI TAX ICS. BEINtJ in receipt of complete lists of all lands in the several enmities of Iowa und Missouri sold for delinnuent taxes of lH9, and previous eSi I am prepared lo furnish any Information in repard to unpaid taxes lu the above Stales, also, redeem lands that I' live been sold for tnxes. Persons owning land in Iheabovw Stales, by sending us the numbers of their land, can have Urn taxes on the shiiio paid, wilhoiil Hi' trounle usually incident in the payment of taxes by non-resiilenU. ' Taxes paid, und redemptions made, also, in Kansas, Jnebraska, Minnesota, WtanHiaiu. Indiana. Ac, Ac, Land Warrants entered, and Patents tiecureti for parties holding U. K. certificates, c eW' oct(i-3in Keal Etald Agent, liidiannpolia, Ind G S AN I) S TE M FITTING r 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 ?v i) r : it is i i n i : i a ie k p ie I : im it i; pro ctiiitraei ut liie lowest nurua, mi unntp i w. . Pipes in a tliorongh and workman-like manner. Wo have THE LARGEST ARD BEST ASSORTMENT GAS FIXTURES! Ever brought' to this cily,' Varying in prices from gl to CHANDELIERS And other fixtures are manufactured for us by Cornelius & Bakor, Philadelphia, ull of them being the Hiehesl and Latest Patents. Shop, No. 94 South Delaware Street. Indianapolis. mayllM) ; COTTHELL A: KNIGHT. WM. Y. WILEY, REAL ESTATE AGENT, AND DEALER IK STOCKS, BONDS, LAND WARRANTS, feo. No. lol Ea-at Washington Street, over Adams' Express Office I I) I A IN A I' O L I S. BUYS and sells on commission, Houses nnd Lots, Vncan Lots. Farms and Farming Land iit all theWesteru Stales: Mocks, Bonds, Mutes, Mortgages; Lund Warrants, Ac, Negotiati'S Loans and makes Collections. lienUniid Loa8-s Houses and Farms. Collect Kent. Notes nnd Claims. Pajs Taxes and Examine- Titles In all the Western States, and hh1v Keal Estate at Austi'Hi. Will Kntr U. S. Lands in anv of Iho Western Land Districts, with Warrants or Cash, on llburnl terms, and guarantee good elections. Procures Patents for Land ; Kodeuin Lands sold for Tax and attend to all other business pertaining lo Hi;al Estate. We invito those wishing to invent in Keal Estate to call and examine the many bargains on onr books. JnnUR. B. MELVILLE, TAILOE , "'.- '.- AT GLASEFV & BRO.'S NO. ft BATES HOUSE, INDIAN APOMS, INDIANA. Fell. 1H, I860. fehlH lllm HOW A I I ) A SS( )C I AT I ON, . PIIILADFXI'IIIA. A BentrolfDt Institution tntabtishtd bf spseial Endowmentfor the Relief of ths Siek nnd JHwratttl, affected iri( ViruUil F.pidtmie Uisnases, and Ksptriajly for the Curt of l)isemses of tkt Stxual Org an g. MKDIt'A L ADVICK given gratis, by the Acting Surgeon, to all who apply by letter, with a description nf their con-, ill mm. (aire, ixscniinttoti. habits if life, Ac.) and in case of ex treme potCrU, Medicines furnished free nf charge. VA I.UAKi.K KKHOHTS on Sj.ennetorrhoeft. and other Disease of the Sexunl Organs, and on the NKW KKM EWfcS em ployed m the )ipeiirT, sent lo llie all! tried Hi aoiueu icuer envelops, free of charge. Two of three Stamps for poalage wit) be acceptable. Address UK. J. KK1M.IK HOUGHTON, Aetine nwn. Howard A ssocialinn, .No. South Mnth Slroet, Philadelphia, Pa. By order of the Director. . gf.o. PAiHrmi.n. Jan7-ly HZ HA D. HE.A KTWfclX, President S. C. FKEim, DENTIST! All Work Warranted, and Charges Seasonable OFPICB KCO!H STOKY FLETCHKR'S BLOCK. CHEAP El'ItlBEU! ( IIF.ll' IAMIBI li! W AVISO to clear ofT a portion of in farm, on which there I I Ui abundance of Ah. While. Bur and Ked Oak. Heerh, Ct;ion-wtol. Lmn, Kim. lcnniore. Hukory.etc. lean af ford Flouring. Jititt. .Studding, Kaftera, Sheeting, Ikami, Platea. hills, xll kliwta of Inminc limber Np to 3 et anaare and (Ifty feet loitp. Gate and Fence Pons. Umber for Krtdr t ank for nan KoaOs. liennu anl riatiormt lr uro.i. ete., wilh the Him out riiapalrh. and at price l irratify every btoer. Ortler at ontpae ted wilh the cb mty be teri at J. J. Drum'i Grocer-, where a Ut f prtce my be seen. 1 bar alao. arranremenl with G. W. Hill 'a M ill, to I nlianpol it, M tht ant- or-ter whatever in the Lumber liae niay be flUcd. OdlJ-lf i. S. KKOW, Galtauet, Ind.

the STATE

INDIANA GUAM) FOR i:fKlif4'ii IlMiulreil nnd Sixiy-One. The evonts of t vohi before us will be fraught with a greator Interest to tho people of tho whole country than thosed Iho exciting period through which we have Just passed as thrilling in their nature and as important In Iheir results as they huve been. For tho first time in the history of our country, n political partv, puruly and strlrtlj an tlonul, has succeeded in electing tho I'hiet Executive o Ulcer of the nation. and thus obtained possession of one Department of the Federal Government. This has alurmed the people of tlio othttr section, and precipitated movements looking to n dissolution of the Union. The whole cuiinlrv, and the people of ull tho States alike, are deeply and equal I) interested in what concerns the welfare of evory American citizen, whether in tho North or the South, ana wlu-ther ut home or abroad. We are evidently surrounded by perils of no ordinary magnitude dangers tliut may burst upon us in nil their terrible reality at any bour. No mini worthy of liberty can rust in unconcerned ignorance of events now daily occurring in all parts of the country; nnd a knowledgo of Ihvse matters ran best be obtained through such a newspaper as the Wkkkj.y Indiana Statb Uiukd. Nor are these tho onl things now trnnepiring. or ubotit to Iranspire, in which our'poople must take a deep Interest. On Monday, the :td inst-, CONGRESS ASSEMBLED, And nevorln the history of the country has mrfro important duties (Involved upon' the hVprcsonlailvoM of tho, people. Many fear it will be tho last Congress of the United Slates of North America. At any rale, this session will he one oT great interest, and its proceedings will be watched with great anxiety. A summary of all important Information will be prompt1) laid before iho'readersof the Static Guars. During the next year Abraham Lincoln will be inaugurated President of the United Stales, or of n portion of them, and a new policy will eoniroi the country. I" the event of a secession of u 'portion of the SontheruStatos, it mity be that those who opposed the war with Mexico, and would have "welcomed ourgallant soldiers with bloody hands to hospitable graves, " will attempt lo drive them back (it Die point of the bayonet. Civil war, desperate, bloody, may follow. U will be our province lo furnish the latest and most reliable news to the readers of the Indiana. State Gcard; and those who sub scribe lo il can rely on being belter and more fnlly Informed than those who rely oil liny oilier means of obtaining information. A nd abroud. as at home, great events wilt mark tho coining year wars, commotions, .revolutions, reforms, alt affecting, more or less, the happiness of Hie people of the rivilizrd world, and of all of which we shall keep the public fully advised and correctly informed. THE STATE LEGISLATURE Commences it biennial session in Jniinnry next, of whoso proceedings we shall keep our readers fully ud vised by a carerully prepared summary. And while doing all that can bo done to add to the Just rrputullon of the Static Guard, as a NEWSPAPE It, We aro determined to mnke It, to we nre well prepared to du, tho BEST FAMILY PAPER IN THE WEST, furnishing its putrons with full und uccurulo reports of tho Maraets. ITS AGRICULTURAL AND MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENTS Will lie well filk.il villi choiru inutlcr, worth, of themselves, mure tliliu'llie price of tlio iili.tr. Tak iue II ii 1 1 in all, we uro proud to assure our Menus nnd tlio people ofllio country tliat Hie INDIANA STATE GUARD will continue to bo tho Hanisomist, Tub Bkbt, Tun Most rtKMAHLK, AND TlIE MosT POPULAR FaMILY IN BWSPAI'ltR published in Indiana. The Guard is supplied to subscribers at the following VERY LOW PRICES: One Copv of tho Indiana Statu Guard, 1 year..., tl 30 OneCopi, " " 6 months....... 55 Five Copies " " u 1 year 0 M) Ten Copies, " " " " 1 year 12 00 A nd Due copy extra to the maker of the Club.. Twenty Copies 1 year...., 20 00 And Two copies extra to the maker of the Club. JfT3 Additions can be made to dubs, ul any lime, at club rates, and for each addition often copiesan extra copy will bo sent gratis. )fy The names will be written on all papers, whether sent as cduhH or otherwise, which will save all trouble of distributing them by the person that gets up the club, nnd secure lo each subscriber his own paper. JJ3Spt.'cimen copies sent when desired. Address, ELDEftC & HA KK1VESS, INDIANAPOLIS, INI). BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. Having one of the most exlensivo Book and Job Offices in tho Wnst, supplied with new types and steam presses, we nro . prepared to execute all kinds of Hook and Job Printing, with great expedition, and at the verv IowcbI living rates, for cash . Orders from a distance promptly attended to, and accuracy Guarantied. - Platform of the National Democratic Party. Resolved, That the platform adopted at Cincinnati bo affirmed, with the following explanatory resolutions: 1. That the Government of a Terjilory organized by an net of Congress is provisional and temporary, anil during its existence all citizens of tho United Ktntes have an equal riuhtto settle witli their property In the Territory, without their rights, either in person or property, being destroyed by Congressional or Territorial Legislation. 2. That it is tho duty of the Federal Government, In all the departments, when -necessary, to protect the rights of persons and property In the Territories, and wherever else its constitutional authority extends. 3. That when the settlers in a Territory, having an adequate population, form a State Constitution, the right of sovereignly commences; anil being consummated by their admission into the Union, thev stand on an equality with Die people of other States, and a State thus organized ought to bo admitted into tlio Federal Union, whether its Constitution prohibits or recognizes the institution of slavery. 4. That the Democratic party arc In ravor of the acquisition of Cuba, on such terms as shall he honorable to ourselves and fust to Spain, ut the earliest practicable moment. 5. That Ihn oniutments of Slate Legislatures to defeat the faithful execution of tho Fugitive Slave Law are hostile in character, subversive of the Constitution, and revolutionary in their effect. 6. That tho Democracy of the United States recognize it as an Imperative duly of the Government lo protect the naturalized citizen in all his rights, whether at home or in foreign lands, to the same extent as its unlive born citizens. Whereas, One of the greatest necessities of the nge, in a political, commercial . postal, and military point of view, is a speedy communication between the Pacific and Atlantic coasts; thereforo be it resolved, 7i That the National Democratic party do hereby pledge themeolves to use every means in their power to secure the passage of some bill, to the extent of their consti'utional au. tlmrity, by Congress, for the construction of a railroad to lh Pacific Ocean nl the earliest practicable moment. HARDWARE AT IV II LEGALE AND KETAIL. Leather & Shoe Findings. CLEMENS VONNEGUr, No. 146 East Washington st , One Square Esist of llic Court House, Koeps on hand a full assortment of Foreign and Dnniexlic H;ir!witre, (Millorv, and Cooper. Carpeitler and Farmers Tools, llnilding, f'ahlnet. Undcrtnkers and house furnishing Hardwire, T:.hl'- and Pocket C'utler , also, u full assortment of French, (rorman nnd Homes tic Citll. Kip upper ano orck Leather. S(lo Leather, Maroccoa. Linings, Toppings,' ail knds of Shoe Findings, and Shoemiikor's Tools. md Fetters Crimping Machines, and is determined io give satisfaction to all buvera. deck24l) ii. A. WELLS. DENTIST. OFPICK, HnrnsonNew Hank Building, ID Kasl Washington Street, second floor, front room. fb!8-ly AllltE OIM1" COVEKS! OVAL IN SKTTS; KOUM IN SF.TTS. JACOB I.INDLEY. mav91. : No. 16 Wosl Washington Slrcal. TO r A K M E K ! soii:t hTn ti H K W I Wq Have 1'u I lit Operation an jg;riciil tural iflMrlitiic Miou, in Indiannpniis, on the Citmil biisin, near White river bridge, where ton ran gel all kinds of furm implomenta, such as plows. Threshers, Htifrsir Mills .All of our tools are warranted to givo aatiitfaelion ; if they do not the money will be returned. Our plows are of the Litest Improved patterns eotlen tip m workmanlike style. Our Three hers aro the celebrated Kielnttond maehincs. Onr m ilia are not to be excelled any whre. either in lownessof prire or goodne's of jtmlily. Come and are them. one and mil i the (hewn Ajrrieultural Works of Jul Mi- . .. WlGGin & CHAXDLKR. W. A. BRADSHAW. (WHTIINMin, CHARLES GLAZIER. PKODUVE FKOVISION ETABEISIimC EXT. lf(t wooM cull (he attention of citizen generally to onr Moose, on corner of Meridian and pfrl streets, nearly opposite Hoal Odlce. where Ihev can be supplied with all hinds of Provision!, Heel brands of Double Kxlra Flour kept con Stnttlh on hand. Allkindsof Feed for sale. ( a sit paid fur Whenl, Corn, Kye, Feathers. Ate. . Pack nre" delivered toanj part of the cllj free of charge. epi5-lj . BKADMHAW AG1.AIKK. PIU.L assortment conrifting In part of Gilt Giassesfroin 79 x 13 40 x W x 13 9P x 16 S3 x IS 38 X tfl Brown wood and gill from to Roee w,od and gilt from Muhnjufit from P x 10 io 9rM This da received at JACOB LINDLEY'K. o. 16 West Waahinrteu Hlreel. apr3. Indiaoapolia, lad. SECOND STOCK WINTER CLOAKS ! ! ! Of new Plybrsand Pidterhereeoived tiii day per Expratw, and for sale very low for I ash at A. H. WiLLARD e. CoV. No. f. K. W .hln?ifo M.