Plymouth Banner, Volume 2, Number 39, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 December 1853 — Page 1

THE PLYMOUTH BANNER A Family Newspaper----Devoted to Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Markets, General Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic News. VOL. 2.— NO. 39.] PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1853. WHOLE NO. 91.

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- 'Vi' Si"."" St "; MOSSISG. UDLJ;!ED EVEKY THUKSDAY if mi 1 in 3 Ivance. ------- ?1,50; At the eul of six months. -;) Zrbilivel until tlie cut offne year, - fJ a-riu above terms will be stneuyaa-j here.l to. . "i7X)pv)crw'.ll be discontinued until an arreir.i-eire paid, unless at the opiior. ot the Publisher. ADVERTISING. A Ivertisenients w ill be conspicuously inserel'. at the fjll-r.vi-15 prices, viz. v .r i i iir.- 'of 10 lin-js'i 3 insertions I OiJ Kich a llitional insetuon, oc Tj"Anyt!i"ms,'le.ss than asbidered a square. . , p'A iverti.-e.s must be p.iTticularto riinr. the li'rnberot inserti ynz on the f:ceoftheadvertisements, or th-.jy '--ill bopuMihtrd until ordered ou anl chae.l lci-onlmdy. W A liberal disouut will be made where fidi.-prrisiiiM:i done by the year. f! in'iiiinieatioüi iro:n ?. uisiance distance .111 r,n- i i,,-r P.n.ln t.r Fdilor shojll be al.lres?c I t'or-i Aiuto t ie i.iuor. "Öii! Cury iTIc in His IViia lVoods Oh.' bury me i:i thewdd orls. Where t!ie birds uufett jred s-inj, Jul where in ric! liixuric.uee. Theuntraiael fljrir ;pri:i. Tiierelet me sl-j-. in sil -ire, By the blue streim's ripplin? ti le, Whose bright anl spirlilia waters, in circling wavelets gliJo. Thei mike raj a so"t and srray grave; Afar fro-n t!ie lus!iy throng. Wher naught i i he ir 1 but the murmuri ir ware And the iu!i oftLe wild birds so.j: Vhere the orient bea rm of r.iornm.', May rest first up :i iny b 1, And where the will w's wee;'i!i shadow Sjuds above ray ile.pin head. Where the twill -at shades fall soonest, And toe bright stars fir-t appear, As cleainin through the forest, They shine so pure and clear. WherJ the winds imy sing a re-piiern, In t!ie lonely autanm hoar?; When ben li:i j with the rain drops, Droop low the sumraer flowers. Ail even ther in w'nter T!;e snow can saf.ly 'all, And cover o'er my reslin,' p!a?c, U'üia puri whi'.;; funeral p.tll. Then I would sleep iu the wild wood, Alone, but not forgot For know kind feet willo'len stray To that -rceu and lonely spot. Fri::i t'ie V,a-:nng'oa Union. 7b .U;nirJ4r:i!:3a aai ii? Taltke Slave Law pap Cr lion b. to see tliat essentiil featnrv. of the Com promise faithfully sustaiiu-d. Th fugi-tiva-slive law ii widl know:: to be t!u vital portion of thc adjustment, and u moment's reil ;ctrj;i will sttisfy any o:h -i. ..... i . i. . i : . . i ...:.. r. i . ! ciii, uiiiesö me law is ciftuu-'i wim im-.- i i'.v it ceases to b-s of any vilae. Iut the I law can oiny er.eeaica u vhii rtra tII!I it 1 i j t ir?r 0Ji Stade in the i'isdi ir-i of their duties. The abolitionists understand this thoroughly, and hence the violent assaults which aro made upon those m irshals whs manifested the r'; ght dfttermination in executing the law. We have lately witnessed scenes of tnis kin I in Pennsylvania, and we may expect It wherever there is the slightest h pe of operating npon a marshal either by forc, intimidation, or other appliances. To have the fugitive slave law executed, the government m:?s'. protect and srtstair. its marshals iu the execution of their duties; and this opinion of Attorney General Gushing, which has received the . approval of the Presiuent. snows tint th administration in- t tend to stand by thost: marshats who are faithful in executing their trust. Tlie opinion of General Gushing is clear. pointed and conclusive defining the law w'th distinctn ss and ability, and illu?trating fully the settled policy of the administration, as wcM as its determination to see the laws executed Attobsev Glssiial's Off ice, I 1 1th November. ISoU. j Sir: The S;cretary of the Interior lias referred to me a. le tier of the Hon. J. I). Bright, one of the Senators of the State of ludiaua, wiih the ilojuments accompanying tha. same, by which the fallowing farts appear: In June last, Pleasant Ellington, of the State of Missouri, instituted proceedings in due form, at Indianapolis, in the State of Indiana, for the reclamation of John Freeman, a colored nnu residing at Indianapolis, alleging that Freeman had escaped, from service due toEüi igton, in the State of Kentucky; an l a warrant was issued by a commissioner of the United States, directed to John L. llobinson. Marshal of the United States for the State of Indiana, commanding him to arrest ' I'feeman and hold him to abide lawful decision i.i the premises. On a hearing before the. commissioner, the alleged fugitive applied for time to obtain evidence to disprove the claim, which was granted, I at an adjourned hearing, about two laanths afterwards, if was proved satisfactorily that Freemen did not owe service to Ellington, and he was accordingly discharged and released; whereupon. he has brought suit ogiinsl tha marchjl

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for alleged misfeasance in the premises! in his arrest, dr tent ion an I personal f - x - amiuatio:i. In view of which farts. Mr. j Bright inquirt d, in b'nU of iho Mariul.i 1st. whether the ra?e cu b transferred; from the courts of the State of Indiana to j tlios of the United State? and 2 1. wheth- ; ;,iarshal may be authorized to emj ploy counsel in his defence, at tht ! of the United States. charge In regard to the first point, I am ofi opinion tint buth pirties being lnbubitintj of !hp Stn? nf I:i !i,:in. tiit-re is no . . - . : . .. i u.. .. ; :.-i. ti CilSll":! lrolSill Ut ia u hilu it.;; , veJ to the Courts of the i.l I do not think it excase can be remov . . it ... ... 1....,, pfult'lll ill mis cuatr, icjot. in t.iv. ji.vj-

luarc, wilibeconjent st:l of it, to suggest any other

- - i possible mode of bringing it Courts of the United States. b'for ihIt may of f r,.,-;-;..., i rv li.i course, b made the subj-ct of there. As to the second point, I am cf opin - Jo-, tbnt it wo,,!,! b Proo-r for the 1'res- . , . . , t f i Kie.lt to authorize lue einpiuyiitf it. ui r i I fence of the Marshal. II is the Cuusticuticiitl duty of the ! Presidt nt 'to take c-re that tin laws ar ; faithfully executed.' This by no means! implies tint he shall interpose in a nuter ' of mere individual and private litigation. '; Gat cases do sometiraes occur between! private individuals, or more frequently where i public officer is a party, in which , a nuuuc niieresi is inciaentaiiv invoivea rendering it lawful and

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counsel be employed by the U,;;ted States. ! UP lo v-'ear.r- rearing toil, a s-cn- receipt, young lady, and allow me to add An I it may be a cne of public concern-: lcs uV(,n alter of dat y ? Can it be that the mother of such a child must be m nt, thaurh no property" of the U. S. I liut Gcl requires it?' a happy woman. The whole debt I find is at suke; for the iniegiiiv o: lha coasti- ! Lva Vr'sl lIown at hr notber's "et. s nine laiadred and seventy-five dollars, tntion and con vrvHtTon of th- laws are! wIl"rc s!:e UUcn vvil!l aM thc cban" Vou see b-v m)' otc. what arrange-

mitt?r of much greater importance th eel el of the national domain, or the coilecion ci duties on a cargo of imported (lerchandise. In any stich case it ii a tio mercuandise. In any question cf discretioi on the part of tlu lresiletit or a head of department to employ counsel for the United States or not. according to his judgn;ent of the particular circumstances, without its b-ing pos sible to lay down iny more specific ',au- J eral iu!e on the subject. I have no doubt of the power of the President in sue!: emergencies it is of familiär practice ii: the dily business of the govern inent. Exarnples of these are r.ot wanting in soma 3 ears gine-i ct tise iuJistmeiit l.-.und ... . . i i:i the. Stat.? of Xew York a-'ii:' Vlevan- - . ....- 1 I s:;-.!l not attempt to lav down any ! nctA rule of e.ieutive i!;jc:etio:i in siu-h case, fcr the reason al.'vaJy intimated, tht I !l i 5 i! I ?c ! I ii M ini'it rf i'i'"c:iK' li Lv tho oirth-r! :r circumstances. Hut questions in thj execution of laws w!iic'i allect the relation of the CV.itrd Slates to foreign "overnmentG. er tl;j r - ? - latiou of the Slates betweu t'i M:el ve or them and the federal government, may. it sterns to me, call occasionally for t'ue employment of counsel in behalf cf the ministerial cheers of the United States whose ofTieial acts are in controversy. Iu fact, the government of the United States ccts in th domestic ufTir.: of the country chicily through its judicial and ministrr'nl ofd rers. Attack on them wliilj administering ;!iu laWi!, so ::S thus

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io render the acts of Congress itteliVctivc,! !s'no';e 211 1 sunshiua mingled, till t!u is the first step, as all th: history of the1 tJ-RJC atmosphere, with its rocking vacouutry indicates, in the progress of in- I10r5 gHrnereil a sickly grey, through -11 surrection; and the defense of the integ- t!ie eiine hours that gave gladness and rity and stability of the government. (Sec j beauty and health to the wide, free moors, United States vs. Yigol ii Dallas, 2-1C; ! ed quiet, green fields of God's blessed

United Slates vs. Mitchell ii Dillas, 21S; ; fjit.cd. Slates i j icqq. Sha'-'- Ca vs. Fries, pamph. Phil. 1S00; Shay's case, Miuot's History of the j Ills:mPClioa ia Massachusetts") j lhiuk cU q( pas Qf whj hich the present is one. belong to thc same cite - gory, iu their nature, and in their relation of importance to the- public welfare and to the duty of the President; seeing that faithful execution of the acts of Congress for the inter-State extradition of fugitives from service, iu the face of organized combinations t3 defeat or resist that execution; and to harass those engaged in it by vexatious si'its. or other unlawful or unjust contrivances, is plainly essential to the peace of the country and the safety of the Union. There is a recent provision of law which expressly recognizes the power of the President in the premis-s. It is the act of August 31. 1S52. ch. 103. sec. 11, which enacts, 'That where the ministerial officers of the United States have or shall incur extraordinary expenses in executit.g the la ws thereof, the payment of which is r.ot specially provided for, the President of the United Slates "13 authori.'d to allow the payment thereof, under the spatial taxation of th - district or circuit court of the district iu which the said services have been or shall be ren dered, to be paid from the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the judiciary." (Session Laws, 1851-'02, page 'J9.) For aught I can see to the contrary, this provision of law is directly applicable to

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j be so by Congress. I adyis-?. therefore, that the authority prayed for b, tinder suitable regulation, given in this cise to l!je marshal. j 1 am, very respectfully, your obedient servant, C. CUSHIXG. THE II ENKFACTO 11 on IT IS GETTKil TO C.1VE TI!. TO KKCriVE. "And so you strip yourself of comfort for t!ie sake oi uddins to tins neu me ich ' anl s ruis. it yu was a man aim my 1 j brother. I should say you was a fool. .Tl'e wuh a lUli!ied chcrl': "It may seem a H!:t thing to you, but .i .i i . . . , . . . i i ; u7 'y'W'l l"a; 1 air. slowly a:nl surely ' w,l'u!o cve'f stain irotn my nusoana i ncncr :s my greatest earthly comfort. 1 Miner is his last creditor, and, God . . . .... .... willing, every lartrnng sliall be paia. ! nu uu u emphatic "fiJJlcstick, and thumping the tiocr with Iiis cane, aiifirilv lcl t her prei- , - 'encv. i u t lat( i hart il 'u.i l nci rprt vnw'P " ; . , -nanJ a swcel facc a goU anJ unliwat, brightening up the gloom, "!l,v oe' "-other! ten dollars, all my Pwi teu ,nore makes twenty; so we shall hdV,e a 1,Ice litt,e sum für Mr :vli:lcr-" lears trembled o:i the widow s lashes, an' red on her pule cheek. "It 13 l? btf ,ue rnce of fe. precioas oaö'" . : r . " beautiful flower? Ji.cst I give ! .1. ,.r ..i.:i l i. !.... i ... . v.' ' , , , nun vi a L.mu, iici i:iam.i- ia:aiitrij iu tlie Already the mocking trimson ,fhor chee?t had Plea lö a aha(Je ; y v. Jnte, and the Urge drooping eyes I 0ii.kra onlY dcP dark the hopeliglited fire gone out. Lifting her glance she met that cf her mother, full of anxiety, thcuched with sorrow. A sudden smile broke over her delicate features. "I was only thinking cf the endless things this money would buy don't look so rave, inaiiina, such a beauty cf a warm ? hawl for you. and a neat crimson cover for that untidy old arm chair; a bit, rver so little bit of carpet to put down the bed. tint vour feet need not feel this ca'.d lloor; ;r-d a pretty cao, besides con, and tea an ! sthj.ar, and sucli nice, Uut never mir..!,' Ki'.d i!;; sprang to her feet, brushed luck In r bruvii curls, drew on h?r uat litt!? ' . v . . k . . -w . . . I I T . 1 . ! u rnu i, i a mayoe wue a ' 1" r-'!i ,:t;i of t,ie:a i.ays, that'il rr.uki you I tin.. 1 mi.. And dear riother. vim c. .!! ! n ie in our own car; iarie. may tlios.; thai scorn 1:5 now, o:?ly because we ;re poor, may be tnaukiui for cur uolice. 'V truce to romance, s!i2 gravely continued; st?r:i reality teils me to go ilirtctly up to .l.;dijv)ii street, f:t:d Mr. flitter, give I i,iI5 twenty do.lars, tul:e a receipt, ! a:iu :1:';M C0!iie !l0!ne and read and sin" to my mother. How beautiful it is, that my poor pen will enable me to pay off all my father's debts! Good-bye, mamma, till we meet again." Hurriedly Eva passed from her house along the narrow streets. Squalid children fastened their hungry eyes on her pitying fice. Wretched women, with babes whose little faces seemed those of withered old mMi, leaned against the rloomv walls. No b'ude of grus grew there. o . country. Still, as she went onward, street after i street diverged into pleasant width and paiace uuea splendor. I he houses o! I greatness ar.J wealth glittered in their : marbe beauty under the golden suul:; ; I UP t!ie broad steps, through portals caiv j e l and shining, passed the timed steps of i.va Sterne. At first the pompous servant sitiled a contemptuous denial but after a moinent, perhaps softened by her childish simplicity and winning blue eyes, he deemed it best not to deny her urgency; and she entered this palace of a rich man's home. Softly her feet sunk in the luxurious hall carpet. Statuary in bronze and marble lined all the nay to the stair-case, The splendor of the room into which &he was ushered, seemed to her inexperienced sight too beautiful for actual use, and he who came in with his kindly glance and handsome face, the noblest perfection of manhood she had ever seen. "Well, young lady," he said, blandly smiling "to what am I iudebted for this pleasure?"' "My father, sir. died iu your debt," said Eva, blushiugly, speaking very low and softly. "By the strictest econo ny and very hard work, we, my mother and I, have been able to pay all his creditors but yourself. Ifyou will be kind enough to receive the balance of your account in small sums I am sorry that they must be so small, sir we can in the course of

very few years fully liquidate the debt,

jand then" a shade of sweet expression ': lighting up hei blue eyes "we shall have

fulfilled my father's dying wish, that ev- j smile but he said nothing, only kept reery stain might be wiped from Iiis honor, peating to himself the words of the Lord She paused a moment, and said again, j Jesus, "It is better to give than to refalteringly; "My father, was very unfor-: ceivc."

tunate, sir. and broken in health for many years; but oh, sir. he was honorable, he! would have paid the last cent if it had left him a beggar. Very thoughtful s?.t Mr. M'inPT ,! j dark eyes fastened upon the gentle face before him. After a moment of silence h o he raised his head, threw back the mass j sc,:rie brew, and said: "I rente mbcr your father well. I regretted his e'eath. He was a fine fellow, a line fellow," lie added musingly; "but my dear young lady have you the means do you not embarrass yourself by making these payments!" Eva blushed again, and looking up, ingeniously replied, "I am obliged to work, sir; but no labor would be too a.--duous that might save the memory of such This she spoke with deep emotion. The rich man turned with a choking in his throat, and tears glittered on his lashes. Eva timidly held out the two Gold pieces; he took them, and bidding her slay a moment, hastily left the room. AlmoU instantly returning, he handed her a scaled note, saying, There is the mcnts 1 have mace, and 1 hope they will be satisfactory." Eva !fi him with a lighter heart, and a burning cheek at his praise. Ills manner was so gentle, so fatherly, that she felt he would not impose hard considerations, and it would be a pleasure to pay uiie so kind and forbearing. At iast she was at home, and breathlessly sitting at her mothers feet, she opened her letter. Wonder of wonders a bank note enclosed; she held it without speaking, or looking at its value. "Read it," she said, aftrr a moment's bewilderment, placing the letter in her mother's hand there are fifty dollars; what can it i mean" j "Tlu:, said the si.k vohian, bursting into tear?, is a receipt in fuil, releasing yu-; from the payment of your father's debt. Kind generous man Heaven will bL-cS Lim God will shower mercies upon 1 I . 1 t .T t I i lain, rrom a grateiu: heart l call upon tlie Father to reward him for this act of t:?: 'o. ss. Oh wLt wh r-i what shall we do to thank him?" O.Ith:r" sdid Eva s;m!hi; through her 1 tea: "i felt as if ue was an angle of good j ucs. Gh, tliey do wrong, why say all v. ho are wealthy have hard htatts. j Mother -an it be possible we are so rich? j 1 ibh l:u knew how very happy he lias made us, how much we love and rever.:kc him whenever we thinl' or speak of him, or wht u we hear him spoken of!" "He has bound two hearts to him forever," mm mured tlie mother. Yes dear Mr. Miner! little he thought how many censforts we wanted. Now we need not stint the fire, we may buy coal; and have one more cheerful blaze please God. And the tea, and the strip of carpet and the sugar, the little luxuries for 7c.v, dear mother; and th? time, and a very few books for myself. I declare Fin so thankful. I feel as if I ought to go right back and tell him that we shall love biro as iong as we live.'' That evening the grate heaped with Lehigh gave the little room an air of rud dy comfort. Eva sat near, her curls bound softly back from her pure forehead inditing a touching letter to their bencfactcr. Her mother's face, lightened with the loss of darkening care shone 1 with 1 placid smile, and her every thought was a prayer calling down blessings upon the good rich man. In another ward, far different from the widow's home, but also bright with the blaze of a genial fire, whose red light made richer the polish of cosily furniture, sat the noble merchant. "Pi, what makes you look so happy?" asked Lina, a beautiful girl, passing her smooth hand over his brow. "Don't I always look happy iny little Lina?" "Yes, but you keep shutting your eyes and smiling so;" and her bright face rellected his own. "I think you've had something very nice to-day, what was it?" "Does my little daughter really want to know what has made her father so happy? Here is my Bible; let her turn to the Acts of the Apostles, 20th chapter, 3Dt! verse, and read it carefully." The beautiful child turned reveiently the pages of the holy book, and as she read she looked up in her father's eyes "And to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, it is more blessed to give than to receive" "Ah! I know," said she, lying her rosy cheek upon his hand, you have been giving something to some poor beggar, as you did last week, and he thanked you,

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and said "God bless you," and that's what makes you happy, j Lina read a confirmation in her father's .Wispapcr hCaCfrs. U subscribers to A T 1. T a Jounials UKe cnurca members, in -stop ping their paper," be required to produce I an euitonai certincate betöre tnev could subscribe for another.thcre would bt soire i uinous ue eiopmenis as ior example: 1 1 1 . .. . . - - r e certif' that A. 15. stopped his paper because the editor refused to allow him six columns for a personal vindication which concerned nobody but himself. We certify that C. E. refuses the paper because the editor did not publish the obituary notice of a relative, which was never sent ;0 him, but which he ought to nave detected in some of his exchange papers. We certify that E. F. wishes to transfer his patronage to another paper for six years without paying a cent, lie felt inoltt'd hv IiJiviiiT a I11M Sfiit tu Iii in ; by way of remaindcr. We certify that opinion is a poet oi the first order, but the ed'r unfortunately differing from him in opinion, is regarded by him as wholly unqualified for his oflice. We certify that I. J. has stoppeu his paper, because the editor has had the temerity to express an opinion on a certain matter, without having previously ascertained the opinion of his particular subscriber. Londomlery Standard. "What do you charge for board?" asked a tall Green Mountain boy, as he walked up to the bar of a second rate hotel in New York "what do you ask a week for board and lodging?" "Five dollars! that's too much but I s'pose you'll allow for the time I am absent from dinner and supper?" "Certainly; thirty seven and a half cents each.' Here the conversation ended, and the Yankee took up his quarters for two weeks. During this time he lodgid and breakfasted at the hotel, but did not take cither dinner or supper, saying his business detained him iu another portion of the town. At the expiration of the two weeks he again walked up to the bar, and said: "S'pose we settle that account I'm going in a few minutes." The landlord handed him his bill: "Two weeks board at five dollars ten dollars." "Here stranger." said the Yankee, "this is w.ci;gyou"vs not deducted the times I was absent from dinner and supper 14 days, two meals per day, 2S meal?, at 374 cents each 810,00 cents. If you've not got the fifty cents that's due me, I'll take a drink and the balance in cigars. " The following preamble and resolutions were adopted unanimously by a vote of the Quarterly Meeting Conference of Wesley Chapel Station, Indianapolis, Nov. 13. ISj-j; W;iei:e.s. Intemperance, in many dreadful forms, still exists, destroying the peace, hapiness, lives, and souls of thousands of our fellow-citizens, and, whereas, the utterlv bad character, and entire abandonment to crime of most of the trailers in intoxicating liquors, forbids the hope of stopping the traffic by mere pcrauation: Therefore, Resolved, That we will heartily co-operate with our fellow-citizens generally, and our brethren in other Churches, to stop this horrible traffic by law. We will help to elect the men to pass the right kind of a law, and then we will help to execute the law. Hcsolrcd, That we cannot consent to divest ourselves of Christian principles, when exercising the privileges of Freemen, and will disregard party predilections to secure the passage of a law in Indiana similar to the Maine Law. Ilcsolved, That these resolutions be signed by the President and Secretary, nnu lue ciiy papers and the Western Christia7i Advocate be respectfully requested to publish them. B. F. CRARY, President Jas, C. Yoh.v, Secretary. Highly Important from Erie. Uur latest advices from Erie are of a war-like character. But slight hopes can be entertained of a peaceable solution of the difficulty. The Erieans are "in arms, and eager for the fray. 'War to the knife, and knife to the hilt," is the universally expressed sentiment of the people of the ancient borough. The following pronunciamcnto was issued on Friday: TUBLIC MEETING. CITIZENS TO THE RESCUE! This evening at 7 o'clock at the Court House, prepare to defeat the ruinous project of making a continuous guage through our city. Report says a number of foreign emissaries are here for the avowed purpose of accomplishing the ruin of Erie by bribery fraud or force. Citizens, if you love your city, if you wish its prosperity, throw away the scabbard! The Judnset at home, and the enemies from abroad, must be defeated. The meeting will also take inlo con-

j sideration the propriety of giving the per

sons w ho have come among us as disturbers of the jyeare and quiet of thc city, notice that as dangerous persons to peace and order they are desired to leave the city. We must maintain our rights, and ve, icill. Erie, Nov. IS, 1S53. It was reported, last week, that the railroad company were to make the change of guage on Sunday last. By the following from the Cleveland Tlain Dealer of Saturday evening, it appears that their intention was not carried out on that day: "We learn by a gentleman just from Erie, that the expected 'skrimmage' will probably not come ofT before Monday or Tuesday of next week. The Railroad Company will not move the track on Sunday, as has been announced, but as soon thereafter as possible. They are inflexibly determined to do it, 'though Erie itself should gape.' " We shall endeaver to keep our leaders fully advised of the progress of the war. What the result will be is impossible to predict. But nous verrons. An Irish girl residing with a family near this city, was ordered to hang the wash clothes 011 the horse in the kitchen to dry. Her mistress shortly after, found a very gentle family horse standing in the kitchen completely corered with the difierent articles that had been washed that day. Upon interrogating the ic ply was, "Och to be sure, ye told me to hang the clothes upon the horse in the kitchen, and the baste is the kindest I ever saw, sure." Old 'Squire B was elected Judge of the Inferior Court in some County in Georgia. When he went home his delighted wife exclaimed: "Now, my dear, you are Judge, what am I!' "The same darned fool you allers was," was the reply. Impoutas i QL't.-iTioxs. Somebody says that a young lady should always ask the following questions before accepting the hand of any young man: Is he honorable? Is he kind of heart? Can he support me comfortably? Does he take his own county paper and pay in advance? A Lawyer wrote rascal in the hat of a brother lawyer, who. on discovering it. entered a complaint in open court against the trespatbri, who. h id nct on. ly taken his hat, but had written his own name in it. Ftix Through. A gentleman from Warsaw, informs us that the contractors of the Fort Wayne and Chicago railroad, had finished the embankment across the "Tamarac," immediately east of that town. The fill was some eight or ten feet, but some time during the last week it "fell through," and entirely disappeared, instead of the embankment, there is a small lake extending from side to side near a quarter of a mile in length. Fulton Flag, Miss Cuxxischam has been liberated from prison at Florence. The Acxt Congress. The House ol Representatives is now complete, all the States having elected tneir members. The whole House is composed of two hundred and thirtjrfour representatives, and five delegates from territories. The representatives are clasified thus: Democrats 109 Whigs 71 Free Soilers 234 Showing a clear democratic majority of eighty-four members. The Senate consists ofsixly-two Senators, of whom fifty-six have been chosen, leaving six vacancies to be filled. They are classified as follows; Democrats 35 Whigs 21 Vacanceis 6 52 When the Senate meets, therefore, it will contain a democratic majority of fourteen. The vacancies exist in Alabama, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Carolina, and Vermont, whence at least four democrats will be returned, making the ultimate democratic majority sixteen. Toi-SOncd. Three of the children of our friend Joseph Hall, living iu Washington township in this county, died under very mysterious circumstances last week. They had been with their parents on a visit to Fayelteville a few days before. They were taken with vomiting, followed by something like spasms. All three were corpses in the house at one time. It is not kuown what caused their sudden death other than that they had eaten of soni" kind of berries that grew cn a bush in the yard of the person at Tvhose house they were visiting near Fayetteville, which, it is supposed jpoiscned them. Huthvilh Jacksonxpn, .. ....