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1 SP V I 0 A Family NewspaperDevoted to Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Markets, General Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic News, VOL. 3. NO. 36.1 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1854. WHOLE NO. 140.

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Le-al a Ivertise.nents must be accompanied by the cish or secured, as we cannot always await the issue of protracted settlements for the printer's fees. 0"VI1 Communication? from & distance J,oKl be addressed, PosT-PA,to the Editor. F.'o-n thi? K iirkirli;cko r. XIIE COUXTRY D9CTOU. J5V O LA V B ER SACLTZ, M 1. I hive slumped abDtit the city for a xlozen years or so, in the same equipage having wonderful success in curing 'cases; but half the tims cheated out of the credit of it by catnip .e. I took a notion to cast up my buk? to se how rich I was, and what could be made of outstanding accounts. It cost a great many evenings of hard work to arrive at the knowledge that, all debts being paid, I Nvas not worth a 'brass farthing not a Ted cent. Notwithstanding all the lucrative cages of typhus I had managed, I remained poor. I believe that people in the city pay their fees with- alacrity becatise the charges are exhorbitant. When a bill for a hundred dollars, for looking two or three times at a sick child is presented to one who lives in a wellfurnished house, in the upper part of the Xovn, the very largeness of the demand is a delicate compliment on his ability to pay. The man of the house sits down at a handsome sectetary. and draws out a clean check for the full amount, saying 'Doctor you are very molerate: Now that Jackey is out of the wood?, come in in a sociable way.' As soon as the messenger is ;-ne in. the fater familias exclaims, 'What an out-i rageous bill! It is an expensive luxury to be sick, However, it has its advantages to be attended by a fashionable doctor, as it has to worship in a fashionable church. On one occasion I was called in midsummer to attend a sick man on the sea-shore. Af:er several days his family physician , the renowned Doctor Jallaps, arrived from the city, and the patient was s oon after on his legs, no thanks to me, and ready for the surf. "How much are you going to charge him?" said Dr. Jallaps. "Twenty -five dollars, said I. "Poh!"said he, "make it a .hundred. He expects it.' 'If he expects it." said I, ' it would give me great piin to disappoint his expectations;' whereupon I acted advisedly, and received an honored check for a round C on the Phoenix Bank. On another occasion when attending one of my own patients in the same vicinity, while crossing the 'big bridge' when the tide was up, I came near drowning. My sulky was soon afloat, but the horse being a good swimmer, reached the opposite bank. Now, beside risking my own life, I fairly dragged the patient from the very gates ol death. I got him out of a billions remittent, drove the jaundice out of his skin, and when I came to ask him for ten dollars he blackguarded me like a chicken stealer, and would never employ me again. The fact is, that people in the country abhor taxes, and a doctor i3 the worst of publicans. To be sick they think is a lead loss, which they unchr istianly grumble at; but to havo to pay for being cured, irritates them beyond measure. Oh! how meek they are, when they lie prostrate in a burning fever when their teeth chatter, and the while house jars writh their shaking ague! Oh! how gentle the lulch is lifted up to admit you when life seems to hang upon a hair! But get them upon their legs, and the first thing which they forget is that they were ever on their backs. If many of them do pay you, it ig under protest, procrastinating the settlement to a time when the account might hi outlawed, clipping down the fair proportions of a just bill, and giving you the most ragged representative of money. I siy that when I came to overhaul my accounts. I was not worth anything, and therefore arrived at ihe conclusion that it was high time to marry a wjfe who would take care of my money. I did so and found my condition better, but for eonae years had a hard time of it. My children were extremely pettish and peevish, and what with nocturnal calls. I had not a night's rest for five years. If anything ailed them, they were su,re to cry the night long; but if they were well, they woke up long before the crowing of he cock, climbing over me at the very moment when I had composed my head for a short m,orr.ing nap. But paternal philosophy can well be reconciled to the sweet music, of 'crying babies some llpqusaudd of which luve been imported

into New York during the present- year But the number of people taken sick in the day. time who send for the doctor by

niht. produced a compound fracture of - a my time, which seldom gave me a comatose State. it is the sweetest of all Consolations to lav a weary head upon the pillow with the thought that rest awaits jyotftutil the dawning light. Whatever darking cares have vexed you that is a long season of immunity which stretches through the dark hours of th night. Then do the strained inuscli s lapse into lie most easy attitudes in the yielding couch, and the taxed intellect is still, and bolt the door upon ingratitude and Strife. But to lie down without security from disturbance i3 enough to frighten away sleep. Such is the lot of a country doctor. I could relate innumerable instances of the utter disregard with which he is routed from hi; bed, vritbottt occasion, at all hours. Here is one in point; I arrived late one winter evening at : my own door, after a hard days toil, j With what a relaxation did I divest mv f t of h b t f(t lh smoking at I O r , . . j lhe f,re 811,1 lhen reSale lliem ,n , 'i ppers. Then wrapping about me a ( soft padded gown, with what luxury did jl fan bacfc ju my arm cnair, p-ruse the i i -i - t . i .v I da.! ' ? 8IP,C,IP, ' said I. 'the labors of the day are over. j A storm is brewing out of doors. I hop I tint nobody will come here to night. If they do I won't go. Let them go after 13igardcs. I Won't immolate myself for any body. It is unreasonable. With that I pulled down my ledger an I mide a note of the day's visits, one half of which were to poor houses, itegfo huts and Irish fha titles. As to this class they lured me like a brother, and their confidence in me was unbounded. They sent for me if their bones achd, or if their corns hurt them, and I went with all speed, though I sometimes hid occasion to scold them. Before retiring for the night, I opened the outer door, ns was my custom, to see the state of the weather. It was a tremendous night. The moon shone palely, but the wind blew a hurricane. 1 1 mined, it bailed, it snowed, it blowed. I thought again of the poor miriners on the coast, and with a silent prayer for them and all houseless, unprotected ones, I closed the door and went to bed. I had Just recovered from the shivering sensation of cold s'ieels, and become couscinus of a grateful warmth, while that delightful drowsiness which borders upon sound sleep stole over me. when there came a knocking impatiently repeated, enough to awke the dead, "ßless me! I groaned and crawling out of bed, and lifting up the sash, 'what do you want?' Doctor, want you to come right Straight away olTto Bunk's. His child's deal." "Thru why do you come?" "lie's poisoned, lhey gin him laudanlivn för paraoricky." "How much have they given him?" "Dono. A great deal. Think he won't get over It.' "When did they give it to him?" "This afternoon." Why didn't you come scorlerl How do you think I am to gi two miles on such a night as this? Have you brought a wnon" 'No." "Then I can't go. Tell them to and having prescribed hastily out of the window, I closed the ssh and went back to bed. But the howling wind and rattling sleet against the pines, had not that soothing effect which they have on one who lies snug and warm and irresponsible in his couch. "What," said I if that child should die through my neglect. Will it absolve me from criminality because the parents are poor? I will go: I mus. With that I leaped out again kindled a match, and went down into my office. Not choosing to wake up my Fummery.or to disturb my old horse, who was craunching his oats. and housed for the night. I took my .tick and set out to walk. The snow water went through my shoes like a sieve, my neck and bosom were instantly covered with sleet. Nevertheless, I had some humorous thoughts while breasting .that storm, and composed u Luiu distich by the way. I had just got the last word of the pentameter correct, when my own foot struck against something which looked like a black log. On scrutiny, by the light of the moon, i found it to be my old patient, Timmy Timmons, apparently sound asWp with his beloved rum jug by his side. I in vain shook him to make htm aware of his situation, and see if the spirit had left his body. I shook lhe rum jug, but there was no spirit there, not a drop. Timmf," said I "wake up," No answer. I then kicked him, but he. bore i as if lie had been used to kicks. "He is dftad." said I, and passed on to the next house. There, while opening the fate, I was fiercely attacked by a stout bull dog. and while keeping himoIT.aud fight, ing my way up to the house, the master rome out in his shirt tail with a loaded gun. "Don't you know me, 'said I, as he examined the priming; "it is the doctor." "Souls alire"'responded he;"I thought it was a thief! I'm glad you spoke when you did. In a minuto more I should have popped you over. Doc. Sorry to do that. My son John's got the feverajg. Here II-ull. Bull, Bull, Bull! go home ir.' "Timmy Timmons," said I "is lying out in the lane, drunk or dead, I don't know which; dead drunk at any rate. He must be looked after." "Watt till I get on mybreechea. What a wunnerful night! Won't you come in and get warm?"

"No. get on your breeches an I mike haste." 'Guy! when I first heered you I tho't it was Lawrence comin' to break house. He's a desput fellow. So I gets up and looks out 'o the window, and then I went into the corner to find my gun end if I didn't " 'Come, come do you Want" To get the rheumatiz! No, I don't. Hold on Doctor.be down n one minute.' We returned to the congeale lTimmons. My coadjutor took up the jug shook it. and said, "Not a drop." He then smelt it. "It is rum," said I th cause of all this misery." No, Doctor, not all rum; there's been a little molasses into the jug, by the smell of it." "Lift him up," said I. He did so, and carried his burthen home, where I brought Timiny lo Jife. I now trudged on upon my original errand, hoping to save another life a more valuable life than that of Timmons. Arrived at the houe, I perceived it shut up

as if hermetically sealed. Not a light was to be seen. I knocked athe door but no answer. I knocked furiously, and at last a night-cap appeared from the chamber window, a woman's voice squeaked out, "Who's there?" 'The doctor, to be sure,' said I; you sent for him. What the dogs is the matter?' Oh, its no matter, Doctor, Ephraigm's better. We got a little skeered, kind of. Gin him laud'num. and he slept kind o' sound, but he's woke up now. How much laudanum did he swallow?' Only two drops, 'said she. 'Tasn't hurl bim none. Wunnerful bad storm tonight. I buttoned my coat up to my throat, turned upon my heel and tried towhistle. Doctor, Doctor What do you want? You won't charge nothin this visit will yoüf Now, as I travelled back on foot, the moon became obscured, the driving sleet blinded the eyes, ( heard the Atlantic breakers booming and beating upon the coast; and with head down like a bulrush, I arrived at my own door, wet and disconsolate, saying to mysell: 'That little plant called patience dops not grow in every garden'. e vfai Indiana Currency. A gentleman, who has recently roturn od from a tour in Indiana, and whj had an opportunity of ascertaining tho sentiment of iho ponp!, assures us thit there is n firm determination to uphold the Stn:o Sig k money. The business men sny that thy will not patrnnizo parties out of tho Stale who will not receive thpir monoy. If Louisville merchants receive it, they will do their business iA Louisville instead of Cincinnati. An efTirt is now being inado in Louisvilloto ctfect n satisfactory nrrangement. Should Indiana Stock monoy bo received thoro by tho wholesale merchants, while it is n t in Cincinnati, confidence nt least, in Indiana will b rcstorcd.nnd Cincinnati business will suffer. Indianinns havo considerable State pride, und arc jcnlou3 of their currency, while they beliovoil has a good basis. it miy ba well for Cincinnati to consult their interests, for they may bo compatible with her own in reference to this currency question. Cincinnati Commercial. Tho "Ilora'd of Freedom" is tho namo of n largo paper o Jitod, printod and published at I'uOalo, N. Y., but dated in some imaginary town in Kansas. Tho paper is well filled with information in relation to the new territory, as detailed by letter writers and other newspapers. A largo quantity of egotism is a distinguished trait of the Herald. It is devoted to the freedom of Kansas for which tho people of that territory will undoubtedly feel very grateful especially if their editor ever finds a habitation among them. Thoro is about ns much danger of slavery being established in Kansas, ns there is that tho peculiar institution ill find a foot-bold in Indiana yet such valiant Trionds of freedom' as Geo. W. Brown & Co. will probably bo found a fow years hence recounting their labors and influence in preserving to freedom tho new territory. Vive la humbug! Dem. Pharos. Wintering stock. Much of tho profits of rearing cattde, dopend upon tbo mannor of keeping them through winter. If they are suffered to loso flosh during the cold season, and turned out to pnsturo "spring poor," it takes a long time to regain what they havo lost. With tho bast quality of early cut, and well mado English hay, with regular nnd judicious foedingand comfortable quarters a stock of cattle, from the oldest to the youngest, may be mado to thrive all winter, to gain aizannd flesh; with a small allowance of meal, potatoes or other roots tboy will do still hotter. Our horses,cattle and sheep, wero originally constituted to subsist tho year round on grceno and succulent food. By domestication, they have been gradually introduced Irom a warm, to a cold climate of the north, where, as with us they gonorally havo to be fed on dry fornga for six months or more, every year. This, in somo degroo, is placing them in an unnatural condition, and it seems to us, it is a strong argument in favor of a moro extensive root calturo among us, for feeding purposes. Most fanners hav moro or less coarse fodder, straw, c. And many commence feeding their cattle exclusively on these the first part of the winter, or till it is ued up, and seem to think it is a "good riddanco of bad rubbish." Cuttlo and hccp, doubtless, like a chango of food as

well ns man, anil when kept in good condition, they seom to relish a foddering of meadow hay, corn-fodder, or straw occasionally; but if fel entirely on such fodder the first half of the winter, lhey lose flesh, and will be apttocomo out in the spring in poor condition, in spile of English hay. Crn-fodder is ns nutritious as common

stock hav, when fed in connection with ii but to compel cattle to live on such faro ! for weeks together, is, as somo one has said, "absolutely cruel, us it makes their teeth soro when fei for a length of time." A better way is to give catlla one foddering a day of corn but.s, and that at tho last feeding at night, and if they havo a pretty stout allowance given them, thoy will eat it nearly clean before morning at least, what they reject, will hardly pay for passing through the straw-cutter, Catt"e,to do well,- i'lsi have drink as well as fo vj; and a Tro uac of card and brush adds to their good looks. Granitt Farmer. Tough Witness. A correspondent of Knickerbocker Magizinc, whoso "hand write" strongly resembles that of tho author of tho "P.iddleford Papers," favors that mag.zino with the following court sceno: Litgation about title to pigs; having run wild all summer. tho pigs Witness, a boy, a litllo deaf.and a little daft.1 Lawyer. 'Do you know plaintiff's WitncssHa!" (very loud.) Lawyer. (Hiising his voicc)"Do you know plaintiffs p:e;s! " Witness. "Ye.-!" Lawyer. "How long havo you known them?" Witness. "IIa!" Lawyer. -(Louder still) "How long havrt you known them?" Witness. "Fed 'em all last spring." Lawyer. ''Were they all about one sizo?" W. "Ha!" L. "Were they all about ono size?" W. "Ha! L. (Rises to his foot, petulantly, and shakes his fore-finger at the conclusion of each word at witness. )"Were-ti;ey-all-of W. ' Some of 'cm irerc, and some of Jtm team t. Arrest of W.ILArrisou. The Person indicated for the Murder vf Dr. S. Jl Allison and Wife His Arrival in Cincinnati, etc. It will be generally remembered, that the public ear in Cincinnati was stunned on the morning of the 27th of June last by the tlannin intelligence that the Öuperititendeul of the .Marin? Hospital, on the corner of Western Rovr, and Longworth street, and hi3 wife has been made the victim of the design of some miscreant, who, in the guis of a present, had sent them an 'infernal machine,' which exploding while being opened, blew twenty-two pieces of balls, slugs and pieces of iron into the legs and body of Mr. Allison, and otherwise so horribly mutilating him that he died before morning. Mrs. A. was so shockingly mutilated that she died next day. Fruitless search lias been made for the alleged perpetrator of this diabolical act, until a c!ue was obtained on Saturday last, when a gentleman of this city, named C. F. Willard, fcund in his box a letter addressed to 0. F. Willard, from a Mr. Willetts of Mufcatine, Iowa, on matters concerning his pecuniary afl'airs. The letter thus received evidently had fallen into wrong hands, and the person who received it handed it to Miles Greenwood, vho communicated the matter to Captain Hoke and Marshal Ruffin, who at once suspected the letter Was from Wm. H. Arrison, the alleged murderer. On Monday morning Mayor Snelbaker, Captain Hoke and Deputy Marshal Leo left on the cars for Chicago, Davenport and Mus catine. They arrived at the latter place on Tuesday evening, and after making diligent inquiries, they found out that Willits was a clerk in the Drug Store of a Mr. Daugherty and passing under " the name of Willets. On Wednesday morning early, the officers by the assistance of the Deputy Sheriff, procured a .arraiU for Wille is arrest, not howevor until they had satisfied themselves that he wa3 Wm. Arrison. About 8 o'clock they went to the Drug store. Arrison was seated on a chair with his back to the door reading a newspaper. The Sheriff and Mayor Snelbaker, at the same time placed one hand on each shoulder, and calling him by name, announced to him that he was their prisoner. Arrison started to his feet end appeared greatly excited. He then declared that Arrison was his name und at first objected to accompanying them, but after a few moment's reflection he consented. The news of the arrest of Willets as the man Arrison soon spread through the town of Muscatine, and much excitement was manifested, by the citizens. In two hours after Iiis errest they had him handcuffed and on his way up the Mississippi river, on the steamer J. McKee, to Kock Island where they took the cars for this city. They arrived in Cincinnati last evening at 7J o'clock, and lodged Arrison in the Ninth street Station House. Arrison is very low spirited. It will be remembered that the Grand Jury have aleady found an indictment Bgainst bim, and the probability is. that he will have his trial at the present term of the Criminal court. His brother has been in the city several days. Upon searching Allison's trunk, they found a book and other papers with his

name plainly written thereon. When be left tins city he wore heavy whiskers, which he has had shaved off since his departure. He had been in the employ of Daugherty, the druggist, about three monthsand had always managed to avoid suspicion.

Here is a short poem of a .terrible tragic nature, and tho style writteu is frightfully clear and simple; "IfSaw Mmbarpbi throat and seize, TheM ie, cold. L'aming ptr 1. And grimly try lhe tampered tde IL; was so soon to fjcl. lie raised on high the glitterinj blade; Then firct I f und a tongue 'Hold, madman! stay the frantic deed!' I cried, and forth I sprung. Iis hrnrd :nf, but herded not; O.ie glance around he gave. An.' ere 1 could arrest his.fvmd, He had urxius to SJ14T2!'' The Mechanic. "Mechanics are the palace builders of the world. Not a stick was hewn, not a stone was shaped, in all the lordly dwellings of the rich, that does not owe its beauty and fitness :o mechanic's skill. The spires that raise their giddy heights among the clouds, depend upon the me chanic's art for their strength and symmetry; the thousands of noble ship3 that cover the seas of tho world; the magnificent steamers that plow the Northern Lakes and Western rivers; the swift locomotives that traverse through theStates with the rapidity of lightning, are all the construction of that noblest of human beings, the mechanic, "Not an edifice for devotion, for business, for comfort, but bears the impress of their handy-work. How exalted is their calling how noble their pursuit how sublime their avocation! Who dares to sneer at such fraternity of noble, high-minded men? Who dares to cast odium on such an eminent and patriotic race? Their path is one of true glory, ambi;iop, and honor, and it is their own fault if it does not lead them to the highest post of fa ma and renown." hts . n Don't Stay Long. "Don't stay long, husband," said a young wife tenderly, in my presence on? evening, as her husband was preparing to go out. The words themselves were insignificant, but the look of melting fondness with which they were accompanied, spoke volumes. It told all the whole, vast depth of a woman's love of her happiness when with her husband of her grief when the light of his smile, the source of all her joy, beamed not brightlj- upon her. "Don't stay long husband!" and I fancied I saw. the loving, gentle wife, si t: ing alone, anxiously counting the moments, running to the door to see if he was in sight and finding that he was not, I thought I could hear her exclaim in disappointed tones, "not yet not yet." "Don't stay lon, husband," and again I thought I could see the young wife, rocking herself nervously in the great arm chair, and weeping as though her heart would break, as her thoughtless lord and master prolonged his stay to a wearisome lenth of time. 0, you that have wives that say "don't stay long" when you go forth, think of them kindly when you are mingling in the busy hive of life, and try, just a little, to make their homes, and hearts happy, for they are gems too seldom found, and when lost too seldom replaced. You cannot find amid the pleasures of the world the peace and joy, that a quiet home, blessed with such a woman's presence, afford. "Don't stay long husband." and the young wife's look seemed to say "for hre, in your own sweet home, is a loving heart whose music is hushed when you are absent here is a soft breast for you to lay your head upon, and here are pure lips, unsoiled by sin, that will pay you with kissos for coming back soon." Think of it, men, when your wives say to you "don't stay long," and 0, don't let the kind words pass unheeded as of little value, for though hey may be so to you. the disappointment of this simple, loving wish, brings grief oj joy to them. If you h.ve an hour to spare best.v It upon them, and the pure love, gushing from theirgentle, grateful hearts, will be a sweet reward. Hogs. la iho Madison market we understand $4 net is offered for the packers. The Louisville Journal, having derived its information from the most reliablo sources, says: The prevailing rale3 norr seem to bo S3 gross along thelir.es of railroads, and $3, 25 on time. Thi is about equal to 4, - 50 net. It is proper to say that some dealers engaged in the provision trado are of opinion that the market will open at $4 75 net, and an advance. Good corn-fod hogs will doubtless be Rcnrce, while poor and still fed hogs will bo largely in excesi of any provious year, and will, in numbers, make up the deficit which may be caused in weight. Sir! you shall hear from mo," said a fellow with n thundering voico and chimney back frown, to a Yankee editor, who had published something he construed ns too hard upon his party; 'you shall hear from me?' and ho shook his finger significantly. That's right, dow,' said Jonathan bowing politely; 'writo occasionally, and lei us know hoow youro getting along." Gov. Wright informs tho Stato Sentinel that ho has issued a commission to Dr. Nofdngorand all tho Fusion State officers elect.

The Bible. A Stron? minded candidate for .Matrimony. If the Bible ij not a revelation from A lady advertising for a hutbaud in God. then is there nothing in all the the Water Cure Journal, gives the followuniverse that cm fill the longing soul of "S description of herself. She certainly man. Then must that deathless spirit, has some fine points: on wing for ever, perpetually hover over ! "i am Just twenty, but will not marry nn abyss of unfathomable doubt. If truth before I am two years older. lama is not found in this book, where then is ' graduate of the Marietta Seminary. I can ehe to be found? In deism? They tell do, and love to do all manner of houseus that Nature's religion is sufficient for work; from making pies and bread to all the wants of our race. Eat where is washing shirts. ! can do all kinds of her solace for that soul that longs fur sewing, from embroidery to linsey pantasomelhing more substantial than aught loous. I can skate, ride, dance, sing, that can be found on earth? something; play on the spining-wheel, or any thing

more enduring something that will that may reasonably be expected or my shine forth in peerless splendor when na- 1 Sf x. If required, I can act the dunce in lure shall have heaved her last groan. 0 genieel society, or the part of a woman where do you find all thi3 in deism! What j among women. As for riding, here alevidence "have I from nature's book that ! low me to make a banter any man may I shall be at last found superior to the ' bring two horses, give me the choice and brute? that I shall live when this ma-j ten feet, and then if he overtakes me in terial structure shall Jhave crumbled into one mile I am his; if not the horse is mine, dust? None whatever. For if before ' Beware.' the period of my creation all was non-1 I am a believer in hydropathy, and use existence, how do I know that after the no tea or coffee, neither do I wear corsets; terminus of my mortal race there will but 1 am willing my husband shall do einot again be an eternal non-existence? j ther, if he desires. 1 believe in "woman's One thing I am taught from the reli-, rights," but believe I have no right to gion of nature, that "God is love." From meddle with politics, or man's business this I conclude most positively that he , in general neither have the. men the right would not create our race, with all our j to meddle with ours. As for appearance, powers and capacities of mind, without , I am neither tall nor fehort, large nor granting us an additional manifestation j small, but am just as I was made. I of hisgoodness telling us something of! have never attempted to alter my sbap our destiny when time is no more. Bui ! or color, as I am perfectly satisfied with in the universe there is no such knowl- the same. By fops I am styled handedge obtained, if it is not found in the ! some; by the young men on whom I Bible. I conclude, therefore, that this! please to smile, am stjled the height of is the Book of God. The best gift of a' perfection; by those I frown upon "the merciful Father to man. Here '-life and devil's imp;" by the wise and sober, I immortality are brought to liüht." "Bles-! am called foolish; by my U male acquaiu-

sed be the Lord for his great goodness . and wonderful works to the childreu of men."

But for the veto of Gov. Powell." ay be old or young, handsome or nomesays tho Louisville Democrat, "we should 1 '.vt ch or poor, but neither in the exhave a perfect avalanche of Banks in'tre,ne. He must hive a good common

Kontnv ' Thnro -ora r.i0..t u.t --k ardent advo-i cates of a general banking law, but they gave way to a combination of interests for special charters. The Democrat says, that our experience demonstrates one truth and that is, that the multiplication of banks does not make money plentiful, and asks if any man in his sober senses will hereafter propose a bank as a remedy for the scarcity of money? The question may be appropriately repeated in Indiana. We have tried the 'rule of multiplication" to our hearts content. During the bank agitation in the Legislature, we took the ground that hi in 11 1 Li 11 1 v iiit iiiiiiiiiit in fills ivnn I 1 . 1 . t 1 r . 1 not increase tho reliable currency of the c.V.UUIIIIJI uui niic tuiu i iiu i as u i iu 1 o lu It o 1 had adopted tlte policy of banking, and as we are compelled to use bank paper, we should institute a system of our own. Our people could have a currency with which they were well acquainted, and over which th-y coutd exercise control! The Beggar and (he Congressman. On Friday last a lady gained admittance to the rotunda of the Capitol, notwithstanding the watchfulness of the officers, who assiduously endeavor to keep mendicants from annoying persons engaged in Governmental duties. . Among others whom she approached for aid was a member of Congress, whom she did not know at the time, 0 whom she told a piteous tale of distress. She was, she said, five hundred miles from home, without the means to get there, her husband was sick, her children in want, &c. 'Indeed, madam' replied the member, (desiring to get rid of her importunity,) j 'I am in a worse predicament, I am nine hundred miles away from home, haven't a red cent, and expect every moment to be arrested for board, and may be confined in prison on account of difficulties I have unfortunately got into." The honorable wiped away a tear, as others fell trickling down the cheeks the "poor woman." of "Indeed, my good lady," Said he, have had nothing to eat for a week. leel like hanging myself, I am in such distressed circumstances." U:r heart was melted. She drew out her purse, and, having compassion on the poor fallow, took from her well-filled pocket companion a silver half dollar., aud gave it to him. "Ah!" said h, "may God bless you madam! This piece of money will save my life, and I will soon pay you the amount with interest." The lady went on her way begging, and the member went on his way laughing, each however under very different feel ing as to the amusing matter he feeling j quite strange at having proved the best beggar of tho two. Washingt on Star. O t Olm 1 1 The Horse's Eve. I will now inform you how, for certain,you may know whether a horso has a good eye, ot a weak eye. and likely to go blind. Toople in general turn a horse's head to tho bright light to examine his oyes. You can know very litllo by this method, unless it be a very defective one. You must examine the eye when the horse stands with his head to the manger. Look carefully at the pupil of the eye in the horse, if it is of an oblong form: carry the sizo of the pupil in your mind, then turn the horse about,bring him to a bright light and if the pupil of the eye contracts ar.d appoarsmucb smaller than it was in tho darker light thon you may bo sure tho horso has a good, strong eye; but provided tho pupil remains nearly tho samo size as it appeared in tho darker light tho horse has a weak eyo, therefore havo nothing to do with him. Old Almanac. Tommy, how's all your folks?" 'all well but Growler ho's got the bow-wow-cl complaint.

tances 'Molly and by my uncle I &m

called 'Tom.' If I marry, it must be a man who uses no spirits, tobacco, or profar;.ty. lie "... . . i school education at least, lie must oe industrious; he must be capable of to beaming himself in any society that he will be beloved by all; bis disposition after acquaintance mu?t please in every respect. After marriage, he must allow me to follow the dictates of my own conscience : provided I do not trample on his rights; and he must follow 6uit." Ono of cur Eastern exchanges mentions hearing an addre?s of Miss Susnn B. Anthony, of Rochester, one of tho 'strongminded. "She made somo good hils, but not '4 very strong case, and tipped over nil her arguments for wonan's independence of thc other sex, by passing a vians hat take vp a collection1. vp A few mornings since wo were relating to our family 'he fnct ol a friend having found upon bis door-step a fine little male infant, whom he had adopted, w hen one of the 'olive branches' remarked; Pa, dear, it'll be his strp son, won't it?' We thought it would, decidedly. A certain dyspeptic, whoso physical inability to work was attributed to indolence, was advised by a medical friend that the only way ho could ever couvin';o people he was sick was to die. Tho tirno was when Indies who went visiting took their work with them. Tlfls is tho reason wo havo such excellent mnihers. How singular would a gay woman look in fashionablo circle?, darning hrr father's stockings, or carding wool. would not her companions laugh at Jut And yet such a woman would bo r prz' for somebody. Blessed is tho man who chooses his wife from tho poor despised A Model Clerk. Young man. 'I callod to see about thc clerkship you advertised as vacant." Old gent. 'Hem! Havo you a cold I ! watch and chain, n fast horse, n diamond I ring, s'x suits of clothes, a bul 1 dog.a thou sand cigars, a cask of brandy, and an assortment of canes?" Young man. 'Yes sir, got 'email." Old gent. 4 Then you'll suit. My ether clerk furnished himself with all those things out of tho till, so as you arc supplied I'll save tho expense." A great decline in real estate is taking place in New York: Now stores in Chambers street and the "neighborhood, which could easily bo rented on the first of May at 8S.00O per year, are now offered at a yearly rental of 84,000, with 110 takers. A poor fellow having got hin rkull fractured, was told by tho doctor that his brain wos visible, on which he remarked. "Do writo and teil falher, for ho always swore 1 had none." Cincinnati, Nox . 9 Ellis ÄcSturgis, nndT, C. Goodman oc Co., have mado assignments. There is no run on other bankers, but a largo number of pcoplo nro assembled around tho doors of the suspended parties. Mr. Bod ley, clerk in tho Banking House of S. W. Faroy & fjj., has absconded with SS.OOO or more, Tho amount is not cortainly known. Jake, did you carry that umbrella home that I borrowed yesterday?' asked a falher of his only son. 'No, father, you have often told me to lay up something for a rainy day, and as I thought it would rain soon, 1 laid up the umbrella, - - Wrongs are engraved on tntrble, benefits on and.