The Versailles Dispatch, Volume 1, Number 2, Versailles, Ripley County, 12 February 1858 — Page 1

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VOL. 1. VERSAILLES, INDIANA, FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1858.

NO. 2 .

THE DISPATCH.

V J. II. ALLEY. TERMS: One Dollar ferYeab, if pid wubiiibi monUis. It not paid within six inout.'i. Use Dollar asp Fifty Gents. AGENTS FOR THE I1SPATCH. New Marion so. Hill. JrNattsburth Wm. D. Paob. HoX'a Mills JiME4 11. Cooper. Milan J. C. Aloj. Nebraska A- Kal'.tox. KJrod W.M- Elrod. titrreille F. S. IIlckins k. Jo. Guecin Ueuliam's R. Ce.iham. Olmu J. II. Smith, i Canaan B. F Kikjeih. i The recrip's ot the above nanr-ri Ani( j will b regarded as pav tiienis us. Rates of A irertUin We hae adopted ami shall etri t!y adhere to the following rates fur advertisements : One f-quare. (of 10 lines or lesO lor one insrri'ou, 00 cents; each additional insertion 25 reu s. Yearly advertisers may change their adTerlisemeo'.s aeroi-annuall" at the following rates j One square. 3 months, 8 3 00 One square, 1 year 5 00 One iourtli of a column, 1 year 12 00 One hall c' a colnrn. 1 year 18 00 One column, I year 28 00 One column, 1 year, without alter ation 20 00 All legal advertisements must be paid lor in advance, otlierw ise iney w ill not be in ser'.ed. No large cuts -will be admitted in standing advertisements. Marriage?, Deaths, and Religious Notices inser ed gratis, when no: ao.oinnauitd by remarks. 3 o n c'p Fmni the lijme Journal. I Sever have ratu' to Thee STCfuEGE P. MORRIS. I never have been lalse to th-e ! ; The heart I gave i,ee s ill in iht.ie ; Though l.iou !! tjrei: un rut- lo me, - And 1 no more may call thee mine. ! l"v loved as woman ever love, VVi'.ii constant soul in good or ill ; Thou'st iroved, as nun lojol'.eii proves, A. rover Jut 1 I. thee stili ! Yrt Iiink n -t thj my i irK !oopTo bind he.- cui'tivr I : mt t.,tiili Love's uul a 11 'r uis o el Ui) it. bu Mill1' 3 l B C lil J- t.r. gttl .1.U ; Thy wor,l., m liii.n luii tnh e.u dj, Ouii'i'i urn e m iiear; .- tr.ii- m iirill L, .v-'o ;.d it chu u and iiinu VuW Aie broken LUt 1 cvc t'.te t.. Ill ! . Omie what a heavi-n of bliss was curs, . WheuUive oispelleu til? clouds of care, And time went by i h birdsaud fiouera, Wluls bong anil incense filled the air! The past U mine the present thine Should thoughts of me thy future fill. Think what a destiny is mine. To lose but love thee, taise one, still ! com Fou r. PT ALICE CAKT. Boatman, boatmau ! my brain is wild, As wild as the stormy seas ; My poorli'.tle child, my sweet Utile thilJ Is a corpse upon my knees. No holy choir to sing so low No priest to kueei in prayer, No tire-woman to help me sow . A cap for his golden hair. Dropping his oars in the rainy sea. The pious boo Until cried. Not without Him who is left to ihee Could the little i bt'.d have dud ! His grace the same, and the same his pow'r Demanding our love and trust. Whether He makes ot the dust a flowej, Or changes a flower to dust. . On the land and the water, ill in all. The strength to be still or pray, To bli&ht the leivs in their lime let fal. Or light up the hilis with May. As Incorrigible Boy. John A -was a good-natured fellow, not with out wit, avrse to toil, and spending cnost ot bis time tn manipulating those rectangular form of pastboard which 1. Crehore dense?, and where the American eagle ails on the ace of spade. John's father was dead, but his ancle, a Boston citizen, frequently gave him good advice. 'John,' aid tie, one day, be mdustrioas, and with your talents you .a? -"cske anything of your?elf. SupptK -'youhava no capital. Look at old Billy Gray! He camainto this city with a pack on his back, and went out with million of dollars!' That' rotJiing to ny case.'uncle. aid the inc'Krrig.blt John, 'I cocfs into thia city with two packs t3jft.v v.?cket, and am gem Otlt wi

For the 'Dispatch." The Ilore and lits Stable. Mr. Editor: It may not be uninteresting to your readers to hear from me on this subject. Now don't understand me that I claim to be a moddie horseman. Far from it. A ?ood horse is one of the moot desirable things a farmer can possess. With

out a pair of them, he can do nothing as it should be done Farmers, get a pair of good serviceable horses, and then keep them ; and feed them right. But a veto upon horse-trad-. Never mind if they do balk a little at first, they may not have been well broke, and you' can soon over come the difficulty by light loading, and gentle treatment. Don t become alarmed if good horses does grow old with yourself, his one ol the mot inhuman acts you can be guilty of, to dispose of a good horse simply because he is getting old. Some one must keep the old horse, and why not you, who have been benefited by his youthful labour ; besides, let a horse be traded around as he begins to fail, and he soon goes down hill ; when if kept in his same old range, he might be a good serviceable horse at twenty or twenty-five yewrs old. Give good horses good room y stalls, five feet in the clear will do, nothing less ; give them a dirt floor, if possible, which can be made in nearly every stable by filling in with clay and gravel, the cliy being wet so as to pack with a mall. Keep your horses well littered, while this adds much to the comfort of the horse, it increases the quantity of manure. There are many things which you can make available, straw, leases from the woods, or cornstalks whii h have been cut up Inordinary seasons, when Iced is in abundance there is no lack oi titter. tme. outer iuiuki ' 12:01 to r I -. .1 .1 - w t a mention, wheat chaff makes an ex celle.it litter. Clean out your stable every way ; ami be careful to scrape it clean. Throw the manure where hogs can get at it, and they caa keep it from heating so as to injure. Or, with but little trouble, it could be spread in the yard where your cattle run. I have let my hogs sleep in it and have never seen any bad results. Keep your horses shod. Now some may say, this is an expense for noth ing, as 1 use my horses but little on the road. If you would wish your horses to haul a loai and never balk, I say kepp them shod the yearround. Don't be afraid of feeding some horses to much I candidly believe there are moce horse spoiled by let ting them out, and half starving them, than ever ws injured by standing in the stable in the winter, over what com they will eat. (Now I like to see a sleek horse, and will have such, when 1 can get corn, and have strength to use a curry-comb and brush )- Yousay.it would not do at all, to keep my horses up, on plenty of corn They would get entirely above their business-- 1 -ay, make them know their places in the stable, here you have the advantage of them, and they will not take the advantage of you when you have them out of it. . Give your horses a good currying every morning. This adds much to their comfort and appearanee. In reference to feed, some horses require much more than others. You should look to this in selecting farm horses. No farmer should keep a horse which he cannot keep fat on a moderate quantity of food. Cut your corn fodder. Thus will save cutting hay in the eummr, and is equally as good i besides, the stalks make good litter and manure. The above u my oven experience, principally. My horses were fully at their prime, when 1 bouhtthemsome six years ago, and.are as good now, bo far as working on the farm is concerned, as they were then, and I have worked them very hard during the

busy season. Farmers, try it ; so. that when you go out in the mud, you will not be afraid of sticking fast. , . ; J. C. aLDEN. Milax, Lvo., Jan. 2S, 185S.

For the Ver?dilles D.spa cli.'' Two ruuiilicts I'olsoued. Ma. Editor: It has become rny uuty to notice one of the most unmit I igaied outrages ever committed in a f civilized community. The Rev. Robert VVil son, and family, consisting ol Ins wile ami son, (m lnouvusive "lid woi-tiiy yuunjia.u ;) ..also Air VVii, son'.- r on -in law, Mr. Jacob Waggoner, living some 20 or 30 rods from each other, near the Bethel Baptist xueeting House, lour miles west of New Marion, Kipley county, InJ., were poisoned on the morning of the t insu It was deposited in their v ater buckets the previous night, which were in their kitchens. On examination it wa easily detected, it did not thoroughly, dissolve, owing to the quantity, and in one instance, it fell on and adhered to the handle of a tin dipper. Mrs. Wilson made coffee of the watt r for breakfast, they an uraiiK 01 it, ana very soon aber were tauen very sick with vomiting. Mr. Jacob Waggoner's family consist ed of his wife and child, 11 months old. Mrs. Y aggouer inquired of her husband if he would have cotTee for breakfast, (as he seldom ever used it) to which he answered in the neiraa tive, so the warmed the old oll'ee for herself and child, thus averting the poison. Mr. W aggoner used a gl.iss of the poisoned witter, and very soon alter he lett the table, was t uen with vomiting, and very thoroughly emitted what was in his stomach ; thus accounting for his being the least f fected by the poison, Mrs. Cravens and W 00 ley were called 111, and by ihdefatiijueable exertion they are nil convalescent at tins time. Mr. Wil son is in the most danger. The community are in consternation at this high handed outrage upon a man es teem d by all tlat kn whim, for his piety, philanthrope , arid honest putposes of heart. Mi Willson has not shunned toilwIare the -eviiole council f GoJ, aud in duing this he has spoke ol the blighting and nefarious iniiuen-ct-s of American Mia very, and i s moral bearing upon the people ..four beloved country. JONATHAN HILL. New Marion, Isu., Feb. 4, The Cincinnati Baptist Journal and Messenger, please copy . Women Voting ! Masiiclni-etts. The petition ol Sarah Wall and others to the Massachusetts Legislature for the right to vo, was referred to a committee which hid shearing on Thursday last in the Hall of the. House of Representatives and wero addressed in behalf ot the petit'oiitrs by Samuel 12. Se wall, Esq., ol iioston, and by endell I'm ips One argument advanced by Mr. csewall was that uniepreseuted classes had always and everywhere been op pressed. Mr. Phillips said if a woman was competent to be responsible to laws, it was a self-evident fact that .iie was competent to make them. She was not consilered too delicate to -end to jail, and the ballot-box ought to be as decent as the jail. If her domestic r uties were such as require her whole tune in other ariairs than those of politics, then the argument ws good in the case of such men of Ab b"tt Lawrenct and Uufus Choate, engrossed as they were iu the matuifactmeing business and the law. The advent of women into, society was marked by purity. Her adveut in 10 literature was marked by purity, and so would it be in politics. The destitution, dependency and crime ot the sex was largely attributable to those laws which .virtually excluded her from the various modes of livelihood puisued by men. Give her equal rights with man, and a vast mass of festering corruption in society would be taken gently away by the laws ol trade. In Kentucky women was allowed to vte on school questions. The barrier was thus bronen away, the army of reform was rushing in, and the only question asked by Massachusetts was, how soon can we decently surrender ? The ayj was tending t' the reform, a.id ths speaker was sure it woola come sooner o. later. He hoped Massachusetts tvnuld have the honor ot first shaking oil the last shackle of a&x.Boslon Journal.

" How A Ciiokch was Cured ofFre-moxtism-A Congressional church in a neighboring State got so compeliely enhsied in the Presidential con test, for Fremont an I Jessie tiiat little attention was eiveo to religious questions. The- Minister was contanly preaching. pray ing, exhorting upon political isue and h ' deaconand the Uymen followed suit at th

iraj erand conference meetings. Fin a K:,a worthy old farmer, one of the etunchst and best members of thchui ch.Hid a fir-n, undevitting dem.lernt, ,w?w called upon to olfer a pt hfef. :- i fO Lo-d,' H f ,- upUld tl jdj Dm -erattc party, which has received by thv protection support ever Hince the great Jelfers nian struggle. Continue tobles ihe old party which ha-", under thy protection and piovis dence. brought great blessings upn this lepubiic. If it be thy pleasure, lind 1 believe it will be, O Carry that p-rly ih- ough this struggle to a com plete triumph. Bless James Buchanan, the tried holiest statesman, ami guide hi in safely to the Pret-.deti til chair. Bless John C. .Breckenridget the young and zealous demu crat, and open to him the path of dus ly, ts well as that which leads straight to Vice the Presidency. Give them vtctojy. O, bleos ihe opponents temcrac) personally, hut utterly desiroy their fanatiealand injurious political schemes, if it be thy will so t do ns I verily believe it is. Be 'n tne side ol tne democrac. , O, Lord, a thou hast be-n for la past til'ty-six years. t-uil n the fourth of Marcii n-At wm shall wit:. e-s the inauguration t-f Pennsylvania s favorite son, aud, the people of this "ountry will once more settle down in their peaceful pursuits instead of warring wic- ediy section against section, interest, against interest, and uKtQ against his brother. And O, 1 beseech thee; . e.-pecially free the Cbrisuari churches from the political -.trite and bttterneess which are ren ding ihem autder, destroying then usefulness, and turningtliem unhapil) ioto mere poiitioal associations. Let os hear something ol thy word and mercy on the Sabbath. We u.tve aiirady been plied to fullness with political fanaticism, and our minuter has become a stump orator Msainst th 2"od old party which Thou in "Thy wisdom has upheld so lonif aud so repeatedly guided to vie toi v. aud sustained in the entablifhmeni of sound measures. O, turn his mind iron, thee things, and direel bis attention to his legitimate religious duties, or turn him over di rectlv into the bauds of the Federal or Ahohuon party, and let them take care of hint and provide. with a true minister Ol the gospel. At any rate the prer-eut stale of things cannot last f i rt,.l.tir.- HrRto rule. 1 shall slaim one-half of the time n behalf of the Democratic party, so that there may be a fair di-cpssion within tnese walls Amen. Tii- .in m stonmer. It was the first prayer ever publicly offered in that church m favor of the Democrat ic party and its nominee, though hundred-- of prayers and exhortations h.id been made against ihat party. When th old man had finished there wm "a eilence for half an hour, and iht meeting then adjourned. And ilius .'luted the political preaching in that church. H tlord Times. Gov. Wright Abr ad We give below another interesting item in retfurd to Indiana's' representative at the Court ot Berlin M- Gaillardet. wi ning from Pans to tie Courier des Etat Unis. says: . . . The diplomatic record has been enli vened by the accounts given in letters from Berlin of the mode of lile of M.-. Wright, the new Minister ol the United Stales at the Prussian Court As he belongs to the Temperance Society, he givtr nothing to drink but water to lis guest" when he invt'es ihem to time. He etbfoie .hem dishes ot maize, which Is compelled to 'ho black broth of the Spartans, and much amusement is affordni b his "o-no to market himself to Purchase hi simple food. Cjr'The Slate Loard ol R .oJe Island, with a population of nearly 200,000, and n death-penalty, had no murder coinmitte I within her borders during the year 1837 The cit. of New York, w ith about quadruple th population of Rhcele i.-daud, had not less than thirt . murders. It must be borne in mind that ilh de Island has a dense population, engagsd in manufactures, much of it foreign-born and ton educated.

She's 1111 old Maid.

How often we bear it, and in such a disdainful tone, too. How much better to be one, than to accept an offer where your heart cannot acquiesce -to give your hand where you can not your heart to say yes, with your lips, when your heart says no to accept an offer of marriage merely to secure n home. Better set yourself to work' to acquire one of your own than to think of gaming one bv pronoun cing solemn vows at the altar, in saying that you respect, honor, cherish and Jove him better than ought else on earth vows that you know and Gcd knows are false."" " :"" To accept a man because he is wealthy, is 110 rare occurrence in these days, that you may dress and please your vanity and ambition that you may dwell in a palace, have servants at your command, live id perfect splendor, and be admitted to the most aristocratic society. Oh, better dwell in a rural cottage, where true love reigns, than in a palace, with splendor and renown, where there is not union and harmony of soul. Better be alone in the world, bearing the reproach of an old maid, and never, never, make the secret vows that bind kindred hearts together, than to accept on that is not all in all to you. 1 would not have you think kind reader,, that I wish you to look for one that is perfect. No, far from it ; but one that loves you sincerely and devotedly -one that will seek f.r your happiness, not only today, but forever one to whom you can return the same pure, undying affection one that you can honor and love sincerely one that you can place implicit confidence in. Then and then only would I say tliat we ought to accept. Mary 3rowk. . C01.. Benton's Mother. At tha late New England dinner in New York, Col. Thomas H. Benton, said : "There is a weed which no animal of the brute creation will touch, dried or green ; which not the mule that fetsds upon tt'istles and briers, will touch, yet man will take it at.d put it in bis nose and fill his mouth with it, and even light a fire under his aose to heat it with. My mother asked me never to use the weed, and I have never touched it from that time to the present day. And now for something more serious. She asked me not to game and I never gamed ; and I cannot ibis day tell who is winning or who is losing in any game tha can be played. She admonished me against hard drink ; and whatever capacity for endurance I may have at piesent, and whatever usefulness I may have attained in life, 1 attribute 10 having complied with her pious aud earnest wishes. When seven years o' age she asked me not to drink and I made then the resolution of total abstinence, long bofore societies for that purpose were formed. 1 was an abstinent society at a time when I v as the sole constituent member of my own body ; and that Lhave adhered to it through ail time, 1 owe tJ my mother." Fashion iu Washington. We find in the Washington States the following fashionable items : GAROTTE COLLARS. This is the name given to the collrvrs now worn by masculine fashionables, which are shaped like th thin. Hat iron band wuh which the Cuban executioners stop the breath of those condemned to die. It is a ridiculous fashion, but not as decidedly so as are the . , . ' CARROT PAXTALOONS. ' Each side of these new-fashioned nether garments is modeled after a carrot, fitting tightly at the ankles, and becoming bulbous as they ascend toward the waist. They are only seen in perfection when displayed by hoops, which appendages are actual y worn by a few oft he 'dem-med foine, ah'.' exquisites who promenade the sunny side of the avenue. MASCULINE LMPERTIXESCE. A naughty fello x sys that it will never do ior ladies who live in the country to follow the fashion by wearing 'scarlet what d'ye call 'ems, as if the oxen espy them, they will give the wearers a 'flourish of horns not set down In the bills I can't answer for rhe oxen, butuhe scarlets' are evidently attractive t the donkieswho cluster on the avenue. OCTThe proverb ."The longer one lives the more he will see," cannot allude to money now-a-days.

Too Hard for Hot. -During th recent trial of Fortmon, at Covington, one of the juryman returned, was asked by the prosecution, if he had any fconsc.entious scruples, about inflicting the death penalty ?' . Scruples?' j. 1 Yes, sir, conscientious scruples.' The juryman scratched his head, and thought very deeply for a moment. . . . . .' 'Yes, sir, I have them ar' scru scru Scruples, suggested the attorney. -Yes, sir, I have conscientious scruples.' , , - , . .4" 'Will Vou ex plain" the" nature oT"""

your scruples to the Court,' said the lawyer. ;:. 'My scruples, said the juryman, facing his Honor, 'is that the Dutch!man ought to be hung, and I'm in for it.' He was ordered to stand aside for the cause. ft jM-ke,' said a bricklayer to his laborer, 'if you meet Patrick, tell himto make haste, as we are waiting for him.' - . . .'Sure. and I will, replied Mike, 'but what will I tell Li.n if 1 don't meet him? OCIIow are you, Count? said a noled wag to a spruce looking specimen of a genius snob, one day. 'Sir ! exclaimed the indignant snob, 'why do you call me count?' 'Why, I saw you counting oysters in New York, last week, and supposed you were of royal blood.' returned the wag. His Countship vanished. TJr'A lady at Columbus, Ohio, recently inquired of the rappers howmany children she had. 'Four,' rapped the spirit. The husband, startled at the accuracy of the reply, stepped up and inquired 'How many hive 1?' - .- 'Two,' answered the rapping medium. ' ... The husband and wife looked at each other for a moment, and then . retired non-belieVrs. lliere has been a mistake made somewhere. . LyA young lady recently return- -ed from a boarding school, being asked at the table if she would take some more cabbage replied : By no means, madam gastronomical satiety admonishes me that 1 have arrived at the ultimate of cu- ; linary deglutination consistent with the code of Escalapius. . Nix-fershta. - - OCT3'! Ba" Timothy, what is the meaning of chowder? A chowder, Benjamin, is a little of everything1, boiled down to nothin, and then swallered with something else. ' . $3 Ginger 'Sah.' When am dat great race to cum. off, dat dar is so much talk about V ' W7hat great race Clem ? I haven't heard ob any great race.' ; 'De human race ; de great human race dat is to cum off afore long. .; (X-"Parson Brownlo w, ofthe Knox vi'le Whig, tells a rather good story of 3ohn 'Mitchell, -the Irish patriot, who, in company with Mr. Swan, publishes a paper in Knoxville, Tennessee. They employed in their office a slave named 'Jordan,' and the story runs thus i ; , Mr. Swan, in the" presence of Mr. Mitchell, remarked to Jordan, we (meaning himself and Mitchell,) have ' concluded to re-open the African slave trade, and fill the country with real ivory teeth negroes from Congo. and turning to Jordan, inquired, 'how will it do?" Jordan scratched his -head, and after a moments reflection replied, 'I tink it wou'd do fust rate, Massa Billy, provided yu tvill drive away all dese yere Irish out ob our ! country, back to whar dey cum from and gib us de niggers in dar place. - LvniAxs asd (W)hoops. They have -recently had a number ol genuine wild red men from the far West, at ." Washington. The correspondent ofthe evening Post says they were, as- , tonished at many thing-- they saw, -butthe ladies' hoops floored them entirely. He add': "Their comments show consid. rable discrinmation. in beauty, and they have urged the interpreter to offer whole herds of horsea Jbr some of these fascinating belles whom they wished to add to the number of their squaws at home I have not heard that arty offer h yet been accepted.

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