Plymouth Weekly Banner, Volume 5, Number 9, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 May 1856 — Page 1

teresJi k-Eszrä Erä 0 - 4 i A Family Newspaper Devoted to Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Markets, General Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic News. VOL. 5. NO. 9.1 Plymouth, Indiana; thursdy, may 22, issg. WHOLE NO. 217. . t

PI Wwi Ml iÜl . Ml tMm

Hb" m w

it

1

1

THE BANNER! 1. ot fThe editor of the Chicago Timet, hat. IS PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY MOBNIHQ jng (n . Qf BY WM. J. BURNS. i see a friend, was recently prevented from '" j reaching his home in consequence of a r-öJ acIWlS i steam-tug having passed up the river wilh 'asm-ill fleet of vessels in tow, one of 'AZV.Vor,:.--'-'-- Wchh.a been c.si off dh..M!.

if oeUye.l until the end or the year. 2 5J A failure to order a discontinuance at the j piration of the time subscribed for, will be i cxn considered a new engagement, and the paper continued. No Pper will be discontinued until all ages are paid, unless at the option of. ' IDarrearages are p the Publisher. rrThe above terms will be strictly ad . i hered to. ADVERTISING. "(TEX LINES OR LESS. BRET IE. MAKE A SQCAHE ) One square three insertions or less, 31 00 Each additional insertion, ... 23 Business Cards inserted one year, 5 00 Legal advertisements must be cash in advance or accepted security. Advertisements, time not marked, will be inserted till fwbiddea, and charged at the above rates. BANNER JOB PiUNIING OFFICE. HAK D BILLS, CIRCULARS, PAMPHLETS. BU81NESS CARDS, LABELS, BLANKS, &C.( Executed on the sho:test notice and in the latest style. . Blank Deed?, MoTtgoges, iso'es, Miopcenaes, Executions, and all kinds of Blanks kept on j ind and for Sfllt. Ofiicc up stairs in the old Plymouth Hotel. DIRECTORY. M ARSHAIvL COUNTY DEMOCRAT. T M Dinali autlli. . UlCKTOU yrTn CHARLES PALMER, Dealer in Dry Goods, Boots & Shoes, Haidware. Queensware, Groceries, and Hats & Caps. DENN ETT 8 office at his residence three doors north of Edwards' Hotel, on Michigan street. BROOKE & EVANS, Dealers in Dry Goods Groceries, Crockery and Ready made Clothing; corner Lcpoite A" .!f?.F...1.?: BROWN LEE & CO. Dealers in Dry Goo Is, Boots & Shoes, Ready made Clothin g. Hardware & Cutlery. tFvr. T. A. LEMON, Practicing Physician, IJ and dealer in Drugs & Medicines, Oils, Paints & Groceries, east side Michigan street. AVINEDQB. Dealer in Foreign and Do . mestio Groceries and Provisions, east sido Michigan street. L. PIATT, Chair & Cabinet maker, .and Undertaker. Furniture room in north room o fthe old PI y mou t h Hot .el THASELTON, Manufacturer and dealer . in Boots & Shoes, and Shoe Findings, west Hlo Miohiran reet. JOShpTfrOTTER Saddle and Harnefs manufacturer, corner Laporte and Center, streets. GS. CLEAVELAND Wholesale and re- , tail dealer in Dry Goods. Hardware and Groceries, new building, north side Laporte St. N H. OGLESBEE & Co. Dealers in Dry . Goods Groceries, Hardware, Boots aud Shoes, Crockery &c; in tne urica oiore. ROBERT RCSK, Dealer in Family Groceries, Provisions and Tinware. Bakery attached, east side Michigan street. ICE CREAM SALOON, M. H. Tibbits proprietor, up stairs in Rusk's builtjing. ai , - JE. WESTERVELT &. Co. Dealers in Dry Goods Groceries, Hardware. Boots & Shoes, Ready made Clothing &c. ERSHING THOMPSON, Wholesale and Retail dealer in Drugs Medicines, Oils, Paints, Glass & Glassware, and Groceries. BROWN & BAXTEit Manufacturers of Tin' Sheet ron and Copperware, and dealers in Stoves sign of Tin shop V Stove. j'REEVE, Atty. at Law. Collections punctually attended to iu Northern Indiana. Lands tor sale cheap. wTsMlTH, Justice of the peace, will . attend to business in the Circuit and Com. Pleas courts. Over the Posijoflfrce. R. SAM'L. HIGGINBOT HAM, Physician and Surgeon. Office at his residence on he east side of Michigan street JOnN COUGLE, Keeps a general assortment of Dry Qools, Groceries, Vegetables and Meatsofall kinds. Cor. Ganofc Mich. stskR.J. D. GRAY, Eclectic Physician, will attend to calls day or night. Office four doors north of C . Reeve's residence. ELLIOTT & Coi Wigon, Cairiage & Plow Manufacturers, at their new stand at the south end of the Bridge, Michigan street. DR. R. BROWN. Physician and Surgeon, will promptly attend to all calls in his ptofession. Cffice at his residence, south Plym. A. JOSEPH, Cabinet Maker and Un- . dertaker, South Plymouth. DR. CHAS. WEST', .Eclectic Physich n. Office at his residence, east side Michigan street. FA I LOR, Cabinet Makerand undertif a ker, corner Center & Washingron sts. EDWARDS HOTEL, Win. C. Edwards Proprietor, corner of Michigan and Washington streets. PO. TURNER, House Carpenter &. Joiner, Shop on Washington street, east of Michigan street. . A K. BRIGGS, Horse Shoeing, and Blacksmithingof all kinds done toorder. Shop south east of Edwards' Hotel. AMERICAN nOUSE, O. P. Cherry & Son proprietors, South Plymouth. JOHN SMITH, Manufacturer of Fine Custom made Boots. Shop next door north of the Brick Store.' ' i 1 w ' JAMES & M. ELLIOTT Turners, Chair Makers, and Sign Painters, Michigan street. South Plymouth., MH. PECJHER & CO.. Dealers in Family Groceries, Provisions, Coafectionarie. &c, South Plymouth - TTTTIIEAT At the highest market mW V V taken on subscription to. the Banner delivered at the office. July, 1855' Clanks of all binds, neatVy printed aud for sale at the Banner Office.

J"i vresi oi me cringe, leaving me 'draw' still open. While wailiug he witnessed the following scene:

The vessel we mentioned was. moored or made fast outside of several canal boats; and as we stood looking at the men upon her, one of them approached a female. j who had been crouched upon deck, and I addressing her pointed to the shore, then ' to the bridge, and then down toward the thronged and busy streets of living, mov- ! i it pi i i ing neauiong vnicago. one rose, picneu up a i mall bundle, from which ah drew forth a coin which she tendered to the hardy sailor. He refused it, whatever it was, and, lendingMier a hand, helped her from the vessel to the dock, and from the dock up to the bridge. By this time a large crowd of persona thronged the north end of tho bridge; and in contemplating the new faces, and the representatives of the various classes there assembled, we bad almost forgotten the incident we have related. Oar attention was called from the vain endeavor to discover some ces sstiou of tugs going up and down, and brigs and schooners pulling in and out, by hearing a most audible sob from some one near us. It was not the sob of childhood, caused by some sudden change from giietj to grief; it was the sob of some maturer breast, filled wilh a sense of loneliness and despair. It rtaached other ears thD ours. A lady dressed in a manner which bespoke a wealth that could gratify tnste and elfgmce. and who like ourselves, was detained at that place, stood near, accompanied by three children, whose desire to get at tho extreme edge of the platform she with difficulty repressed. With a woman's tende rners her heart recognized the fctifled ebulition of sorrow, and approaching' the person from whom it came, who was uone other than the woman we had just seen land from the vessel, she quietly, and in that soft sweet voice of woman which none can resist, inquired if she 6tood in need, or was she ill, or was her sorrow such that she could not be relieved. A portion of the railing near us was vacant, and toward that and almost at our side these two women came to converse. The stranger was a fair, handsome girl of about seventeen years; neatly but coarsely dressed, with shoes not onty well worn but heavy, and suited as muih for her sex ai for the searon. The poor girl, in honest simplicity and with an earnestness which despair alone can impart, related her history, uninter rupted by a single' observation from her companion, but often accompanied by the tears of both. We hare not space lor it at length, but we will give it, changing its order just enough to enable us to state it briefly. She sad she was born in Boston, she had no brother or sister now; she remembered that she had a sister, the oldest whose Lame was Lizzie; that sister, years ago, against ber father's will had married, nnd with her husband having been ban ished from her father's sight, had gone off and had not been heard of since no doubt was dead. At the time of her sister's marriage her parents were wealthy. The pride which drove away Lizzie had bro'l silent regrets, and after awhile came melancholy complainings by the mother sigh ing for the embrace of her first born. Thee soon led to anger and crimination at home, and dissipation by the father abroad. Losses came upon them, and at last gathering the few remaining goods they possessed, they left the proud city of their birth, and settled five years ago upon lands purchased of the Government in Wisconsin. Her brothers, some older and some younger than herself, one by one drooped and died:and soon the mother, calling in agony upon her long exiled daughter, joined her boys in a happier clime. None were now left but the lath1 er and this pocrgiru He too was hum bled and stricKen oy tne stow out certain disease which lights up the cheak and fires the eye with the brilliancy. of health even when its victim is on the confines of eternity. He would ait and tell to his surviving chitd the act of winning love and sacrificing devotion which had made his Lizzie the very object of his life. He would talk of her sweet, sweet smiles and ha ppy disposition, until memory would lead him to the hour when he bid her depart, and not let him see her face again. His decline was rapid; and this lone child saw the flowers which the -warmth of spring had called from the soil of her mother's grave disturbed, uprooted, and thrown aside, that his ashea might mingle with thosn of the mother of his children. At his death he charged her to pay off, as far as she might be able, the debts incurred to procure the necessaries of life. The land, which from want of culture had not increased in value, was sold, and left ! her but a few dollars. These she expend ed in rearing some boards to mark the spot where she had seen buried, one after an"other, her beloved kindred She had heard of Chicago; she had heard that in this city there were offices where strang ers wishing employment could find work. Sfte had on foot traveled many miles, until she reached Milwaukie, nnd thence by the kindness of a poor sailor, who, having Eeen hei day after day on the dock wa'tching the steamers depart, had Inquired and ascertained tout sne wisuea iu cumo mm 'er, bot had not the money. He brought net to chicaeo on his own vessel, and had ld her that by crossing the-bridge she could find one of those places where Situ

ations were given to worthy applicants. Such was her story. She had mentioned no name except that of her father, mother, and the very endearing appellations of brother George, Willie, &c. Both of the women were crying bitterly. The fashionably dressed lady turned her face toward the river, that her tears at such a crowded and unusual -place might not be observed. She requested us to take her two boys George and Willie, she called them by the hand, to keep them from danger, and then putting her arm around the neck of the poor wanderiug orphan stranger, said: Feu art my own sister. I am Lizzie' These two beings, childreu of the same parents, how different have been their paths, and how deep their sufferings! We have seen them together in 'Lizzie's carriage, driving along Lake Street. They aro doubtless as happy as their bereavements, rklioved only by. the consciousness of duly faithfully performed, can permit. But while, the suffering of that father and mother may be faintly known from the story of the daughter, what must have been the mental agony of that other daughter, unkindly banished from her mother's side, and driven out into the world without a father's blessing? What must have been her grief when her letten written from a prosperous city, from the. house of her wealthy and kind hus band, telling them of her success and the birth of ber children, were unnoticed and unanswered? She. must have felt indeed that the hearts of that father and mother, her sisters and brothers, must have been hardened against her. We will say no more. That scene will live in our memory while we can remember the holy love of a father, mother and kindred. The Harp of one Siring. Many ef our readers have doubtless observed a ridiculous burlesque sermon bandied about by the Fusion press, alleged to have been preached by a Hard Shell Baptist at Brandon, Miss., (although the author has since been compelled to publicly acknowledge that the thing was entirely ficticious and false.) The pretended text taken on that occasion is somewhat modified by somebody who has concluded to get up a different sort of discourse, with much more appropriate satire than the former. We find it in the Iowa State Guzelte, the editor of which prefaces it with the following remarks: The Black. Republican Paganisi; Or

the Man that Plated upon a IIabp of a StsoLE String. In these modern days, preachera and politicians, of a certain stripe, have become as thick together as pickpockets in fact, a political meeting, composed of the Fusion fanatics, is no longer considered complete without a liberal sprinkling of the cloth, nod it is seldom that one is allowed to proceed to business until some sanctified brother shall roll his eyes heavenward and put up a politico-religious petition suited to the emergency of the case, and as an offset to the heathenism and hypocrisy which may itnmedidtely follow. Preachers, loo, are sometimes found mingling pretty freely in the discussions which take place at those political assemblages; and otherwise manifesting a zeal in pot house matters which goes. to show that we live in an age of progress, such as it is. At the recent Black Republican State Convention, the cloth fminus the sack) were present in goodly force, and, taking off their coats' and rolling up their sleeves, it is said that they pitched in with a looseness known only to the shoulder strikers and short-boys of the Five Points, acd by their new-born zeal for free negroes, gained for themselves high praise among the unanointed outsiders. A sketch of the remarks made bv one of them has been forwarded to uy for publication. It it as follows: My breelhering! We are told somewhere I needn't be particular where that the psalmist of old could play on a harp of a thou sand strings, ah but, my breelhering, in these days of gttting down stairs from grace, aSamist ain't expected to do more than spread himself on a single string, ah. Therefore, my breelhering, ah, let us give ourselves no uneasiness about the nine hundred" and ninety-üine that we can't handle, oh, but let us unite in 'playing upon a harp of a single string, spirits of white men made black, ah 'My Breelhering! As we came stringing along into this Convention, like packt mules crowing the Isthmus, I thought to myself that each one of us might have a string of his own to pull, aud t!:at may many of us might have several strings in his bows, ah. I hope I hurt no man's feelings by this discourse, ah. My motto always is to tell the truth and shame the devil, ah an institution of sin and wick edness who. is always-roaming about like a roaring lion seeking where he can kill somebody, ah. But. my breethering, now that politics, and religion have got so mixed up that you can't tell one from the other, I think ii would be good for us to let go all holds, except one, and go our Billy best 'upon a harp of.a single siring, spirits of white men black, ah.' , My Breethering! There is a great many kinds of strings in this world, ah! First, there is a Match string hung out, and the latch siring pulled in, ah. Then, there is the fid du string, (and a very wicked string it is my breethering.) and the bag string, and the pudding string, which some pious souls consider the proof of the pudding, ah! And then there is string beans, and that audacious Termini, Stringfallow, sh but. my breethering, to return to the dicourae, let rue impress upon you the popularity of 'playing upon a harp of a single string, spirits of white men made black, ah My Breethering! I suppose you all

hove heard of a religious society called the Know-Nothings., ah. Well, my breelhering, although I say it who should not, Iv'e always been one of 'em but. my hearers, 1 now feel to believe that that string won't do to tie to, eh for it is liable to break in two in the middle and let us fall several waya for Sunday, ah. No.my breelhering, though Sim. at the ou'.set, gave premis of immortality and salvation, yet in these latter days this 'son of the sires,' he is seen to stray off, ah, far beyond the travels of the prodigal son, and if we don't look out the fatted calf will grow to be a bullock before he comes back again, ah. " Therefore, my breelhering. let us take to our human bosoms the sweet-scented form of Sambo, that dark colored emblem of equality, ah aud let U3 'play upon a harp of a single string, spirits of white men mado black, ah. My Breethering! We shouldn't be ashamed or afraid to own our color, ah. It is a very wicked thing indeed to turn up the human snout at the works of oritur, ah. Who cares for the color in a dog fight? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, ah. What, then, if we do fool the foreigners? What, if we do kiss the nigger babies ah? The Egyptian mummies, who have been mummied these thousand years, are none the worse or the wiser now for anything they did while in the flesh, ah. It will be the same wilh us, my breelhering, in the lapse of a few centuries, ah. Whoa Gabriel shall blow his trumpet, ah wheu the moon shall turn to blood, ah, all natur shall be done up in a rng, ah, then the kissing of a few innocent little niggers, and the running a;vay of a few buck ones, will come back as a sweet smelling savor, and give us a lick forward towards Jordan, ah.' 'My Breelhering! There is another string which we have all been pulling at for lo! these many years, ah, but which, in the languigo of one of our great guns, we must now 'let slide, ah I mean, my breethering. that pioos piece of tow twist called Temperance. Liquor, my breethering, has color as well as twang, ah. We can't run niggers through on the under ground railroad, unless we also say to liquor. Met it run,' ah. 'Spirits of white men mide black Spirits of liquor made free' them must he our sentiments, ah. We can't oppose the laws of government and aid the insurrection in Kansas, unless we set the example at home

I of spitting upon our Maine Liquor Law. We must be consistent, ah. I confess that I have been a great Temperance man, and that I have been pulling the Temperance string, for lo! these many years, ah, going around like a thief in the night and prying into the affairs of my neighbors, and every now and then jerking them up with a round turn for violating the whis ky law, ah but my breethering. I have found thai the business don't pay, ah, and for the balance of rny days I'm going to play on a harp of a single siring, niggerism triumphant forever, ah!' aaaja r- SSV aar S) gssMi The Real Question. The presislance with which the Republicans misrepresent nnd misstate the real issue in relation to slavery, which is presented by the Kansas bill, amazes us beyond anything we have witnessed in the history of political affairs. If a stranger to onr politics were to read and believe the New York Daily Tribune and Daily Times, or any other Abolition print, he would suppose the issue between the Democrats and Republicans to be, whether the Territories of the United Slates shall be controlled by the influences of slave or free labor; wheras, no question of that nature has been or ever can be legitimately in issue in federal affairs. Such a question can only arrise in the politics of a State or Territory, and can be determined only by its inhabitants in a proper way and at a proper time. For the first time in almost half a century, has the rubbish and underwood, which timid men had gathered arround the slavery question for ihrir own pro!?clion, been cleared away, and a solution of it presented to the people, which rests on the solid basis of the Constitution, and upon nothing else. The real questien to be decided by the approaching Presidential election is, Has' Congress power , tinder the Constitution to determine whether free or slave labor shall prevail in the local institutions of inchoate States. In relation to Kansas, in relation lo all the new 'Territories of the Union, that is the precise issue. The question either of political economy or for the moral duty, in respect to the comparative advantage of s'ave labor over non-slave labor institutions, or vice versa, has nothing to do with the issue. These may be legitimate matters of dis cussion in the Territories in Kansas, for instance but not in Congress. Washington Star, "Sir, I am a doctor I have cured a pain in the head of navigation, and drawn a tooth from the mouth of the Mississippi; I have anatomised the side of the mountain, blistered the foot of a hill; felt the pulse of an arm of the sea; plastered a cut on the hand of nature, and cured a felon on the finger of scorn." : Women never lose sightof appearances. No matter how violent may be a widows grief she never enjoys weeping wilh adequate gusto, unless her tears are dried with a perfumed handkerchief. If Mrs. Muggins wears. Mechlin borders to her nightcaps, tt'isnt because her slumbers will thereby be enhanced in sweetness, but that she might make a laking appearance in case ot fire during the night. Mrs. Muggins is cousin to . the old maid who, when asked why she wore goldfringed garters, said shs didn't know what 'might happen.' . i

AllRIVAL OF THE ATLANTIC. LATEST FROM EUROPE.

1'cacc Officially Proclaimed. New Yobs:, May 12, M. The steamer- Atlantic from Liverpool, has arrived, with Liverpool dates to the 30th ult. The principal feature of the news is the official publication of the treaty of peace, and the formal proclamation of peace. Three appended conventions are also provided for. The first refers to the passage of the Dardeneltes; the second .is for arranging the details of the naval force in the Black Sea, & the third declaring that the Aland Isles are not to be fortified; there is also an important declaration of maritime law abolishing privateering, aud providing that neuiril flags protect cargoes, except contraband'articles, with the-addition that neutral goods under the enemy's flag are exempt from capture. The treaty itself is precisely the same as sent by the last steamer. The missing articles, Nos. 5 and 6, relate to a general amnesty and exchange of prisoners,'and Nos. 7 and 8, give Turkey admission into the European political system, and secure European arbitration in cases of dispute with her. Peace has been formally proclaimed. Several important meetings of political parties in Parliament have been held, presaging trouble in the ministry of Lord Palmerston. A parliamentary blue book has been published, containing all the Central American documents. The Cunard steamer Asia arrived out on Monday night. Telegraph advices from Calcutta are to March 23. and from Hong Kong to March 16. The Kingdom of Jude was quiet. Since the annexation the Ex King had left for England. The town of Frome had been destroyed by fire. Persia is reported, quiet. Trade in Indh had improved. The insurrection in China is still progressing. The imperial troops had been defeated atKiangsi. Hong Kong had been visited by an extensive fire. The firm of Nie, Brothers 6c Co., had failed. The following is the substance of the missing articles of peace: Article 6th grants a full nnd entire amnesty to those of their subjects who may have been compromised by any participation whatever, in the events of the war in favor of the enemy, aud it is expressly understood that such amnesty shall extend to the subjects of such of each of lhe belligerent parties who may have entered during the war tobe employed in the service of one or more of the other belligerents: Prisoners of war shall be given up on either side. Article 7th, declares the sublime Porte admitted to. participate in the advantages of the public law and system of Europe. Each of their Majesties engage on his own part to respect the independence and territorial integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and guarantee in common a strict observance of that engagement, and will in consequence consider any act teudiog to its violation as a question of general interest. Article 8th. If there shall arise be twecn the Sublime Porte and any other signing power, any misunderstanding which might endanger the maintenance of their relations, the Sublime Porte and each cf such powers before having recourse to the use of force, shall afford the other contracting party an opportunity of preventing such war extremity by means of their mediation. The following additional article has been rendered inoperative by the necessi ty for employing transports for the evacuation ef the enemy's territory, but was evidently an after-thought consequent upon a suddenly suggested difficulty. Additional and transitory article the stipulations of the Convention signed this day, respecting the straits shall not be applicable to vessels of war employed by the belligerent powers for the evacuation by the sea of the territories occupied by their armies; but said stipulations shall resume their entire force as soon as the evacuation shall be terminated. Esglasd. All the protocals accompanying the treaty of peace have been laid before Parliament Great excitement prevails in the political circles. - Lord Palmerson had called a meeting of bis friends. . , 4 The last commercial advices are under date of Wednesday afternoon, stating that there had been no change during the day in grain or provisions, and that cotton was quiet with a downward teudency. The conservatives 'have also held n meeting to agree upon the tactics of opposition. It is said they intend making the fall of Kars the test question. Lord Clarendon had laid before the House of Lords a copy of the treaty of peace, and moved that it .be taken up on the 5th of May. , ' Lord Palmerston had also laid the tree, ty before the House. ' The 4th of May bad been appointed as a day of thanksgiving for the restoration of peace. I . .' " . - ' . At the request of Lord Clarendon, - the debate relative to the fall of .Kars com menced in the Commons on the 28th ult, by Mr. Whiteside, who introduced a motion of censure. The Attorney Genera) defended the Government, and Lord John Manners supported the resolution, after which the debate was adjourned until next evening. . - ' ' ' I M 'ill y Mrs. Partington says she was much elucidated last Sunday, on hearing a fine discourse on the parody of the, prod igeous son '.......- -.-t..- ..i

Pittsburg and Chicago Railroad. The Legislation necessary to consolidation of the Ohio and Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana and Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Companies into one, has been secured iu the four several Stales through which it will pass, and the preliminary arrangements for its consummation have already been made. W. R. Ogden, Esq., and. Dr. Evans have just returned from the meeting of the Board of the Fort Wayne and Chicag Railroad Company, where a resolution was passed in favor of the measure, aud a commute appointing consisting of J. K. Edington, President; and Judge Hanna, of Fort Wayne, A. L. Wheeler, of Plymonlh Ind., and Messrs. Ogden and Evans, of Chicago, to meet similar Committees from -other Companies, to

agree upon the details of said consolidation. The. Ohio and Pennsylvania road is 187 miles long extending from Pittsburg, Pa., to Crestline, Ohio, lhe Ohio and Indiana road is 131 miles long from Crestline to Fort Wayne Id., and the Fort Wayne and Chicago road is 147 miles 'long; all of which, when consolidated, will make a road of 465 miles, on the most direct and practicable route between Pittsburg and Chicago, and almost on an air line between Chicago and and Philadelphia; and when the New Jersey Central road is extended to Harrisburg, it will be the shortest practicable route to New York city being at least 100 miles shorter than any other route at presant traveled. The Fort Wayne and and Chicago road will soon be finished to Plymouth, la., where it crosses the Laporte and Peru road, which will give a temporary connection with Chicago while the remaining point is being completed. Although the remainiug portion of the road to Pittsburg is all completed now, the great advantage of the Fort Wayne and Chicago road affording the most direct and thorough line to Cleveland and Buffalo by the Lake Shore, when the Fort Wayne, Tiffin and New London road is completeed, making a double thoroughfare to Fort Wayne, secures very great value, and must secure it the means of an early compaction independent of consolidation. But the greatest economy of operating, and the great strength of possession, are strong arguments for the proposed consolidation. The Fort Wayne road owns very valuable depot grounds in Chicago, as well as an excellent route; and, we learn, is built in a very substantial manner so far as completed upon which grounds doubtlrss its steck has uniformly been held high, and is now as good as many of the completed and well established roads of the country. Chicago Tribune. Closing paragraphs of a speech recently made in the U. S. Senate by Mr. Benjamin, a distinguished Whig Senator from Louisiana: And now, sir, when the struggle is narrowed down to a contest between the Democratic and Republican parties, 1 should be recreant to my trust recreant to every principle of duty and feeling of patriotism, if I allowed my conduct to e influenced by the memory of past party ties, or past party prejudices. On that question, whose paramount importance overshadows all others, the Democratic platform is identical with that of the old Whig party; and In declaring my adhesion to the former, I but change name, not principle. I, sir. therefore declare my purpose to join the Democratic party. I declare my intention to use the utmost efforts of my feeble abilities to insure its success. In its triumph as triumph it assuredly will the Constitution of my country will be secured from the dangers with which it is menanced; kind and bro therly feelings amongst the people of all sections of the Confederacy will be res tored; religious intolerance will be rebuk ed; the equality of the States, the ker stone of the arch of the governmental fa bric, will be preserved intact; and peace, prosperity and happiness will smile upon the land! Although in coming to this determination, after long and anxious deliberation, my own convictions alone, would have sufficed to dictate my course, it would be uncandid for me not to say, that t feel encouragement from the fact that other, and abler, and better men than I, have taken the same view of their duty in this crisis, which my own convictions have pointed out to me. From all parts of the country, comes the cheering intelligence, that gallant, and patriotic, and . high minded leaders of the old Whig party, ever faithful to the conservative principles which they have professed, are rallying to the .defense of the Constitution from the attack of its fanatical assailants. On which 6ide'6oever of this Chamber I ca6t. my eyes, I behold men whom the Whig party ever delighted to honor, lending their courage and strength to the successor that common cause, which we together have espoused. Sir, the end is not yet.others will follow. The time will ,come, and come very soon, sooner than they think. As the designs of the enemy become more and more developed, the patriot band will be augmented with fresh recruits. Yes, sir; let the note of alarm be sounded through the land;' let the people only be informed; let them be told of lhe niomenluous crisis which is at hand; and they'will rise in their might, and placing their Jbell on the bead of the serpent that has glided into their Eden, they will crush it to the earth, once and forever. . The Crystal Palace iu New York city i advertised to be sold at'aucljon on the 22nd of May, Inst. ;" ' t

Hard Rowing. A bet'.er story than the following, which comes from North Carolina, we hare not found in' tho drawer for many months: About thirty miles above Wilrnjngtoiü N. C-, lived three fellows, named respect ively Bamham. Stone and Gray, on the banks of the North East River. They came down to Wilmington in a small rowing boat, nnd made fast to the wharf. They had a time of it in the city, but for fear they would get dry before getting home, they procured a jug of whisky, and nftcr dark, of a black night too, thy embarked in a boat expecting to reach home in the morning. They rowed away with all the energy that three half tipsy fellows could muster, keeping up their spirits in the darkness by pouring spirits down. At break of day they thought ihey must be near home, and through the dim gray of the rooming discovering a house on the river side, Stone said: Wei!, Bamham, we've got to your place at last.' If this is my house,' said Birnhirri, 'somebody has been putting up a lot of outhouses since I went away yesterday; but I'll go ashore and look about, and see where we ate, if you'll heave to.' Bamham .disembarks, takes observation,, and soon comes stumbling along back and says Well I'll be whipped if we ain't at Wilmington here yet and what's more, lhe boat has been hitched to the whatf all night. It was a fact, nnd the drunking dogs had been rowing away for dear life, without knowing it. Foukd his Favher. Mv son, can vou take a trunk up to the hotel?' Eaid a passenger stepping from a boat on the levee, to a ragged youngster who sat balancing himself on the tail end of a dray. Your son,' cried the boy, eying him from head to foot. Well, I'll be dod rapped it I ain't in luck. Here I've been trying to find daddy these three years, and all of a 6udden up comes the old hoss himself, and knows me right off. How are you?' stretching out his muddy paw. The traveler was non-plutsed. Between a smile and a frown, he enquired: What is your name, sir? 'My name! You don't know! Well, its nothing in these parts to have so many children that they do not know their names. My name's William, but some folks call mo ragged Bill, for short. What the other part is I reckon you know; if you don't you must ax the old 'oman.' And shouldering the trank, he marched off towards the hotel, mumbling te -himself: 'Well, this is a go. The old gemman come home at last. Good clothes, big trunk, must have the tin. Well, I'm in luck.' .

The Miser Punished. A. mier having lost one hundred pounds, promised ten pounds reward to any one who would bring it to him.' A poor man found it and restored it to tht old miser, and demanded his reward, but the old man, in order to bnflle him, alledged there were a hundred and ten pounds in the bag when lost. The poof man, however, was advised to sue for the money; and when the case came on to be tried, it appeared that the seal had not been broken, nor the bag ripped, and the Judge said to the defendant's counsel. - The bag you lost had a hundred and ten pounds in it you say?'' Yes, my Lord," said he. 'Than," said the Judge, 'according to the evidence given in court, this cannot be your money, for here are only one hundred pounds; therefore the plaintiffmust keep it till the true owner appears." Verdict accordingly with all the expenses of suit to the opposite party. This decision almost broke the heart of old Shylock, who would gladly have compromised the matter for half the amount, but it was no go. A Noble Character. 'Mr. Bradp, yoil say you know the defendant what is his character? For what, sir spreeing or integrity?' For integrity, sir.' . 'Well, all I can say about Jones is, that if he's honest he's got a queer way of showing it, that's ell!' What do yoü mean by that?' Just this that the night before be dines on turkey, somebody's poultry coop is always broken open -' What will do, Mr. Brads.' 'What are you diceine? 'I am di ging for money! The news flew the idlers collected. 'Wo are told yon are dieeine for money?' 'Well. I ain't dic ww w . - V O ging for anything else!' , Have you any IuckT 'First-rate lock! pays well: vou had batter take hold All doffed their coats, and laid hold most vieoriousl v for awhile. After throwing out some cart-loads the question arose; 'When did you get any money last? "Saturday nicht.' Whv how much did tad gel?' . 'Four dollars and a half.'. 'Why that's rather small!' 'It's trettv vulh six shillings a day is the regular price for discing cellars, all over town Th spades dropped, and the loafers vanished. A witness in a liaoor case at Manches. ter, N. H.r recently, gave the following testimony; 'aal soca-fs tee sua water with some stuff squirted into it from a concern. Don't know whether it ia ?n. toxicating or not it makes one feel good -feet lift easier.' 1 : . The editor of the New York Dutch speaking of a drink he bad once had cccasion to indulge in, said he couldn't tzll whether it was brandy or a torch light precession going down his throat!

t 1

1 1 i j. 4 ' I'.