Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1858 — Page 1

®|jc Rensselaer IS PUBLISHED AT RENSSELAER Every Wednesday Morning, HV D. F. DAVIES. Office in Fowler <s• Penn's Building,, on Main -Street, up stairs. TERMS. Single subscription, per year, in advance, $1 ;><) Within six moatlis 2 00 Within the year... 2 50 IEFNo paper discontinued until all arrears are paid, except at the option of the Publisher.

BUSINESS CARDS. perdue, brown & co., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, NOTIONS, HATS, BONNETS, &.C., No. 10 Purdue’s Block, - * Eai'ayette, Indiana, Invite attention to their New Stock. J. V. PAKKISON, JUSTICE OF TII E 1? EAC E , Barkley Township, Jasp Co., Ind. Will act as agent in collecting'debts in Barkley and adjoining townships. 5-ts If Alt DING A ’PEACOCK, DEALERS IN Drugs, Medicines, Faints, Oils, DYESTUFFS, PERFUMERIES, POTIMEDJCINES, BOOKS, PAPER, Anri nil Kinds of•.’fin tinner) , Ac. WM. S. JIOPKINH, * A TTO RN E Y A T L A U , .tenssetaer, Inrl. Will promptly atXtiml to collections, payment of taxes, sale of real cstatje, and other business entrusted to his care, with’promptness and dispatch. 52 » JOSEPH <i. CRANE,. Attorney at Law, N RENSSELAER," 48-ly Jasper County, Ind SYLVESTER ROOT, Notary Public, WHITE’S GROVE, Jasper County, Ind. P. O. address, Iroquois. 111. 10-ly W. n, I.EE. G. W. SFITLEK. LEE A SPITLCK, Attorneys at Law. OFFICE, NEXT POOR TO I.A min's STONE Bt’II.OING, REXSSF.LA Est, IND. Will practice in the Circ lit mid inferior Courts of the Twelfth Judicial District. Also, in the Supreme and District Courts of Indiana. ap29 n. ii. Mii.novG L. a. cole. MILROY A COLE, Attorneys at Law, NOTARIES fUBLIC, And Agents for the Sale of Real Estate, Payment of Taxes. Ac., np29 RENSSELAER, IND. \ EOWIN JP. Attorney at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Will jiractice in the Courts of Jasper and adjoining con ntios. Particular attention given to the securing and collecting of debts, to the sale of real estate, and to all other business intrusted to his care. Office in the room in the north-west corner of the Court House, Rensselaer, Ind. N. B.—Ho will be assisted during the terms of the Courts by A. A Hammond, of Indianapolis. 8-iy THOS.m’COY. ALFRED m’cOY. GEQ.m’cOY. TWOS. McCOY A SONS, Bankers and Exchange Brokers, BUY AND SELL GOIN AND EXCHANGE. , Col lections Itl.ulc on all Available WILL PAY INTEREST Off SPECIFIED TIME DEPOSITS. Negotiate Loans, and do a General Banking ' Business. Office, hours, from 9A.M.i04 P. M. ap29 w. H. MARTIN, M. D. t-T'AVING removed tn b'j: residence adjoining X.L the town of Rvnsselrter, offers his professional services to the citizeks thereof and vicinity. Dr. Martin has been actively engaged in the practice of . " - MEDICINE AND NltHflEKi For twenty-three years in Rushville, Rush Co., Ind.; and as there are many residents in Jasper who were formerly citizens of that county, he would refer those interested in so doing to them. IH£. W. W. lilCKJEOttll, Eclectic Physician add Uroscopian, | * URNS his sincere thanks to the citizens J-V of Rensselaer and the surrounding country for their past liberal patronage, and hopes, by .prompt attention to his profession, to merit and receive a conti filiation of the same. He will be found at tho old office, ready to attend to all calls '?i u P lfnctice of Medicine, Obstetrics, &.C., at all hours, when not actually absent professionally. Chronic diseases of all grades especially attended to. Medicines prepared and constantly kept on hand for the cure of Coughs, Colds and Diseases of tho Lungs, Ague, Liver,Complaint, Diarrhea, Rheumatism, &c., 44-1 y REMOVAL. N. 11. BOWMAN, TAI LO R a.N D UTT ER , BEGS to inform his old fiends mid turners that ho has removed his place of business to the building next door east of f Lußiie, Boys At, Laßue’s store, where he hopes to receive, a continuance of that support he has onjoyed for tho last seven .years, and which it will be his constant study to deserve. 7-ly DOCTOR <j. A. MONS, Offlce oh Wash! ngton Street, one door cast of Laßue's 43 RENSSELAER, IND. ADVER T I 8 E IN THE RENSSELAER GAZETTE

The Rensselaer Gazette.

». F. DAVIES, Editor A Proprietor.

Jlunrnd, Xlrbotrb to foreign anb Ilomtsti: JlHus, politics anb SVgrimlhirt.

VOL. 2.

Seed .Time and Harvest. BY JOHN O. WHITIKR. As o’er his furrowed fields which lie Bene|ath a coldly dropping sky. Yet cihill with winter’s melting snow, A husbandman goes forth to sow. Thusl Freedom, on the bitter blast. The Venture of thy seed were cast. And trust to warmer sun and rain. To swell the germ and till the grain. . Who calls thy glorious service hard! Who deem it not his own reward! AV ho for his trials counts it less A praise and thankfulness? It may not be our toil to wield The sickle in the ripeneU field. Nor ours to hear on summer eves. The reapers’ song-among the sheaves. Yet, where our duty's task is wrought In unison with God’s great thought, The near and future blend in one. And whatsoe'er is willed is done! And ours the grateful service whence Comes day by day the recompense The hope, and trust, the purpose stayed. The fountain and the noonday shade, Ajul were this lift the utmost span— The only aim and end of man Better the toil ol the fields like these. Than waking dreams and slothful ease. But l/fe T though falling* like our grain, Like at revives and, springs’ again; And early called, blest are they, Who in heaven their harvest day.

AN EXCITING SCENE.

It.was in the month of February, 1831, a bright moon light night and intensely cold, that the brig I commanded lay at anchor just inside of Sandy Hook. We had a hard time of it beating about eleven daysoff this coast, and the snow and i I slde.t falling for most of the time. For- i ward, the vessel was thickly covered with i ice, and it was hard work to handle her, as . the rigging and sails were stiff and yielded only when the strength of the men were exerted to the utmost. When at length wo made the port, all hands were worn down | and exliausted; we could not have held out ; two days longer without relief. “A bitter cold night, Mr. Larkin,” I said ' to my mate, as I tarried a moment on deck ■ to finish my cigar.' .... I The worthy Down-caster buttoned up his i coat njorc tightly around him, looked up at the moon, and felt his red nose, before he replied: “It’s a whistler, Captain, as we used to say-on the-Kennebec. Nothing Jives com- , portable,,out of the blankets, in such a night : as this.” “The tide is running-out swift and strong; i it will be Well to keep a sharp lookout for i the floating ice, Mr. Larkin.” “Aye, aye, sir,” responded the mate, and ■ i I went below. Two hours after, I was aroused from a j . sound sleep by the vigilant officer. “Excuse me for disturbing you, Captain,” said he, as he detected an expression of vex- ! I at ion in my face; “but I wish you would ; ; turn out and come on deck as soon as possi- : bic.” ••Why—-what’s the matter, Mr, Larkin.” j ; “Why, sir, I have been watching a cake i , of ice that swept by at a little distance a i . moment ago; I saw something black upon ! it—something that I thought moved. The moo’n was under a cloud, and I could not see ' i distinctly, but I do believe there's a child floating out to sea, this cold night, on that i cake of ice.” We were on deck before either spoke another word. The mate pointed out with no difficulty, lhe cake of ice floating off to the leeward, and its white glittering surface was broken by a black spot —more, I could not make of it. “Get me the glass, Mr. Larkin—the moon i will be cut in g few moments, and then we can see distinctly.” I kept my eye on tho rechcding mass of ice, while the moon was slowly working its | way through a bank of clouds. The mate stood by with the glass. When the full light fell at last apon the water, with a bril- ' liancy only known to northern latitudes, I put my glass to my eye. One glance was 1 enough. I “Forward, there!” 1 shouted at the top of my voice, and with one bouncT‘l reached the main hatch and began to clear the ship’s , yawl. i. Mr. Larkin had received the glass from my hand and took a look for himself. “My God!” he said in a whisper, as beset to aid me in getting out the bbat; , “Sly God! there is two children on that cake of ice!’’’ Two men answered my call, nd walked lazily alt. In an incredible si space of . time we lanched the cutter, into which Mr. Larkin and myself jumped', follow’d by two ‘ men, who took the oars. I rigged the tiller i and tli ate sat beside the stern sheet. j ■. L‘you see that cake of ice, with someI thing upon it, lads!” I cried. “Put me I j alongside of that, and I will give each of]

RENSSELAEIL . JASPER COUNTY, IND., WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER WB, ■'T . ’ ■ ■ '

you a bottle'of rum to night, and a month’s extra- wages, when you are paid off.” The men bent their oars, but their stroke" were uneven and feeble. They hud been used up by the preceding duty of the last fortnight, and, though they did their best, the -boat made but littie more than tide. This was a long chase, Mr. Larkin, who was suffering as he saw how little we gained, Cried out to # the men: “Pull lads— I’ll double the Captain’s prize two bottles of rum and two month’s pay'. Pull lads for the love of God!” A convulsive effort at the oars told how willing the men were ta obey; but the strength of their strong arms was gone. One of the youngest fellows wtlshed us twice, in recovering himself, and then gave out, the other was gone. Mr. Larkin sprang and seized the deserted oar. “Lie down in the bottom of the boat,” said he to the man; “and Captain —the other oar —we must row for ourselves.” I took the second man’s place—Larkin had stripped to his Guernsey shirt; as he pulled the stern oar, I waited for the signal stroke. It came gently, but firm, and the next moment we were pulling a long steady stroke, gradually increasing in rapidity, until the wood seemed to smoke in the oarlocks. We each kept time by the long deep breathing of the other. Such a pull! We bent forward until our faces touched our knees, and then, throwing until each inch gained. At every stroke, the boat shot ahead like an an arrow discharged from a bow. Thus we worked the oars for fifteen minutes —it seemed so many hours for me. The sweat rolled oft" in great drops, and I was enveloped "in steam generated from my own body. “Are we almost to it, Mr. Larkin!” I gasped out-. “Almost, Captain—don’t give up; for the love of the dear ones at home, don’t give up Captain.” The oars flashed, as the blade turned up to the moonlight. The men who plied them were husbands and fathers; the strength which nerved them at this moment was more than human. Suddenly Mr. Larkin stopped pulling, and.my heart, for a moment, almost ceased beating; for the terrible though! that he had given out, flashed across my mind. But I was quickly reassured by his voice: “Gently, Captain, a stroke or two more—there, that will do,” anil Larkin sprang from the boat with his heavy feet upon thexice.. I started, and calling to the men to makethe boat fast, to tho ice, followed him. We ran to a dark spot on the center of the. mass, and found two little boys—the head of the smaller nestling in the bosom of the larger. Both word fast asleep! The lethargy, which would haue been fatal, but for. tjie timely rescue, had overcome them. Mr. Larkin grasped one of the lads, cut off one of his shoes, tore oil’ his jack'-i. and then loosening his own garments to the skin, he placed the chilled child in contact with his own warm body, carefully wrapping over him his great-eoat, which he procured from the boat. I did the samO with the other child, when we returned to the boat, and the men, partially recovered, pulled slowly’ back. The children, us we learned, when we subsequently had the delight of restoring them to their parents, were playing on the ice, and had ventured on the cake which had got jammed in the river some ten miles above New York. A movement of the fide set the ice in motion, and the little fellows were borne away on the cold night and would have inevitably perished, but for Mr. Larkin’s spying them as they were sweeping out to sea. ! “How do you feel!” I said to the mate the next morning after the adventure. “A little stiff in the arms, Captain,” the the noble fellow replied, while big tears of grateful happiness gushed from his eyes; “a little stiff' in the arms, Captain, but very | easy here,” and he laid his hand upon his j heart. My quaint, brave Down-caster. He who lashes the sea into fury, and lets loose | the tempest, will care for thee. The storm may rage without, but in thy bosom peace and sunshine will abide> (kj^A;little girl of about six years old was talking with her uncle. “Millie, didypu overhear of Curry, the! ealf-weaner!” “No, sir.” I “TJiere was a man, named Curry, no ugly that he followed calf-weaning for a living. When the calf was with the cow he would; 1 ok under, on the other side, and as soon as t ie calf saw him it would run off’, and never ) suck again.” . —" “Uncle,l think you could wean ’em quick.” ■ OO'A wag says that Miss is, now-a-days,) in circumference, “as good as a mile-.”

“FREEDOM NATIONAL—SLAVERY SECTIONAL."

Withilding Corn.

Between eighty and ninety years ago, there lived, in the Connecticut Rivdr Valley, two farmers, one of whom was named Hunt, and the other Clark. The former in early life, had been a man of strong Xvill, and somewhat hasty and violent temper. Sometimes he had been seen beating his Oxen over their heads with the handle of his whip, in a way to excite pity of the bystanders’, and, expostulated with.' ho excused himself by saying that he had the most fractious team in town. By-and-by, an alteration took place in the temper of farmer Hunt. He became mild, forbearing, and, what was.most remarkable, his oxen seemed to improve in disposition at equal pace with himself. Farmer Hunt joined the church, and was an exemplary man. His neighbors saw the change both in himself and his team. It was a marvel to the whole town. One of his townsmen asked him for an explanation. Farmer Hunt said: “I have found out a secret about my cattle. Formerly they were unmanageable. The more I whipped and clubbed them, the worse they acted. But now, when they are contrary, I go behind my load, sit down and sing Old Hundred; and, strange as it may appear-, no sooner have I ended, than the oxen go as quietly as I could wisji. I don’t know how it is, but they really seem to like singing. In the course of a few years, the two farmers were chosen deacons of the and they both adorned their profession. About the time of their election, a greviouS famine prevailed in tlie valley, and the farmers generally were layinjg up their corn to plant the ensuing season. A poor man, living in the town, went to Deacon, Hunt, and said: “I have come to buy a bushel of corn Here is the money. It is’ about all I cam gather.” The Deacon told him bg could not spare a bushel for love or He was keeping double the usual quantity for seed corn the next year, and had to stint his own family. The man urged his suit in vain. At last he said: “Deacon, if you don't let me have the corn, I shall.curse \ou.” “Curse me!” replied the Deacon, “How i dare you do so!” “B-ecause,” said the man, “the Bible -says : so.” “Nonsense,” exclafnied Deacon Hunt; “tlrere is ny such thing in the Bible.” “Yes there is,” replied the poor man. “Well,” said the Deajcon, “if you can’ find any such text, I’ll give you a bushel of corn.” They went into the house, when the poor man went to the old familly Bible, turned to Prov. xi, 26, and read: “He that withholdests corn, the people shall curse him; but blessings shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. The Deacon was fairly caught “Come along,” said he, “and I will be as good as my word.” He took him to the corn-house, measured out a full bushel of corn, helped the man to put it on his shoulder, and, just before his departure, being somewhat of a Wag, and he said, with a twinkle of the eye: “I say, neighbor, after you have carried this corn home, go up to Deacon Clark, and curse him out of another bushel.” Death of a Russian Lady from Glanders.—The awful death of Madame PalesikolT one of the most charming amongst all that bevy of charming Russian ladies who sometimes'gladden the winters of Paris, has created a terrible shock amongst the circles she so lately embellished by her presence. The unhappy lady left Paris but a short time ago on a tour to Germany. While stepping from the floor of the opera house at Berlin, to gain her carriage, she let fall one of) her bracelets close to the pavemenlt. Stqoping to pick ilt up, she noticed at title time, laughingly, that “one of the horses beidnging to a carriage staiididg at hand had dropped his head so close to her face that he had toucheq her, and left a moist kiss upon her cheek;” In-a few days the unfortunate lady was taken ill with that most horrible disease, glanders, and, in a few days more breathed her last, in spite "of the attendance of the first physicians of Berlin, ai d every resource to be obtained by wealth or by the ceaseless vigilance of ifripnds.—Court Journal. (WyPerry Cox, a prisoner who broke jail, a short, time ago, at York Penn., |ias turned up on Frazer river, where he boasts of making S3O a week by barbering. ly destroyed by fire on Friday night.

’TEBtITSS; SI 50 per Year, in AUvaucc.

An Exquisite Story by Lamertins.

In the tribe of Npggdeh there was a horse, whose fanw? was spread far and near, and,..a Bedouin of another tribe, -by name, Daher,' desired extremely to possess it. Haviirg offered in vain for it his camels a-nd_his entire wealth, he hit at length upon the following device, by which he hoped to gain thfe object of his desire. He resolved to stain his.face with the juice of an herb; to clothe himself in fags; to tie his legs and neck together, so as to appeal® like a lame beggar. Thus equipped, he went to wait for Naber, the owner of the horse, who he knevy was to pass that way. When he saw Naber approaching on his beautiful steed, ho cried but in a weak voice:,“l am poor, stranger; for three days I have been unable to move from this spot to seek for food—l am dying; help me, and Heaven will reward thee.” The Bedouin kindly offered to take him’tip on the horse and carry him home: but the rogue replied, “I cannot rise, I have no strength left.” Naber, touched with pity, dismounted, led his hbrse to the spot, and with great difficulty set the seeming'stran'ger on his back. But no sooner did Dahsr feel himself in the .saddle, than he put spurs to the horse and galloped off", calling out as he did so, “It is I, Daher: I have got.thejiorse and am off" with it.” | Naiier Called out after him to stop and listen. Certain of not being pursued, he turned and halted at a short distance from Naber, who was armed with a spear. “You have taken my horse,” said the latter. ‘Since heaven has willed it, I wish you joy of it: but I conjure you never to tell any one how you obtained it.” “And why not!” said Daher. “Because,” said the noble Arab, “another, man might be really ill, and men would fear to help him. You would be the cauisc! of many refusing to perforin an act of charity, for fear of being duped as I have been.” Struck with shame at these words, Daher was silent for a moment; then springing from the horse, he returned it to its Owner, embracing him to hi* tent, where they spent a fdw days together and became firm friends for life.

Was the Atlantic telegraph Freshad owed by the “Book of Revelations.”

The iTeic York Herald remarks, That which we now see realized, the Evangelist may have seen eighteen hurdred years ago on the isle of Patmos, as in a glass dimly, and the following prophetic words may, without much straining, bo applied to the great wonder of the age., “And I saw another-mighty angel come down from Heaven clothed with a Cloud; and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire. “And he had in his hand a little bookxipen; and he Set h s right foot upon the sea and his left foot upon the earth. “And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth; and when lie had cried, seven thunders had uttered their voices. “And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices I was about to write, and 1 heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me: ‘Seal up those things which the seve.fi thunders uttered, and write them not.’ ' 1 “And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his band to heaven, “And swear by Him that liveth forever and ever, who crcatejd Heaven and the things that, therein are,' andjthc earth and the things that therein are, and the sea and the things which are therein, ZAuZ there should be lime no longer. Upon Choosfni; a Wife.—Young man, a word in your ear. When you choose a wife, don’t be a dashing creature, fond of society, vain, artistical and showy in dress. You do not want a doll or a coquette for a partner. Choose rather one of those retiring, modest., sensible girls, who have learnt to deny themselves, and possess some decided character. But above all, seek for a good disposition. No trait of. character is more valuable in a female than the possession of a sweet temper. Home can never be made happy withorrt it. It is like the flowers that, spring up in our pathway, reviving ami cheering us. Let a man go home at night, Worried and worn by the toils of the diiy, and how soothing is 1 a word dictated by a good disposition! It is sunshine falling ■on the heart. He is happy and the cares of lite are forgotten. (kS~Jepnic—“Well, Annie, how do you get along with that lover of yours! Did you got rid of him !” Annie-; —“Oh, yes! 1 got, rid of him very easily- I married him.”

HATKS OF AIJVEKTISIBG. One square, one to three insertions £1 00 -Each subsequent insertion 25 i<sßie square three months 3 00 One square six months 5 00 One square one year 8 00 Business cards,five lines or less, one year. ? 5 00 Quarter of a column one year.... . 20 00 Half a column one year..; 30 00 One column one ysur . 50 00 Legal and transient advertisements must bo paid tor iji advance, or twenty-live per cent, will be added to the above terms. Yearly advertisers are limited to their own business. • Adv. rtis. ments, unless the number of inser--1 tions desired is marked On the copy, will be coni tinned until ordered out, an^J charged accordingly

NO. 19-

lllisccllautonL _ Hope. ‘’Hope is the balm of life.” It sustains in the dark hour'of adversity—it gives new life to the Oppressed, and encourages all to press onward in the pursuit of some desired object. Although the sky -of the present may be overcast, yet none should ever despair. Hope on, the-, future may yet be bright and cloudless. I have seen the scholar toiling day after day with untiring energy—the present is dark and foreboding, but occasional gleams of sunshine flit; across his pathway—-his hopes are strengthened, and, far in the future, fancy pictures Fame entwining her laurels for his brow. Is there an arduous task to perform? Though we may fail at first, hope - on, persevere, and we shall succeed at last. Where would have been the liberty wo now possess, had our forefathers despaired at the failure of their first efforts in ‘the noble enterprise of freedom! But they hoped on, and success crowned their arduous undertaking. The names of the brave of those days are now carved übon memories immortal tablets. If in our journey through life, we meet with trials and difficulties, let us hope on and never despair. We may be successful, and our names too, may be as immortal as those of the heroes of . the Revoution. “We-live by hope arfSby desires: we-see by the glad light, ancT\breathe tho sweet-air of futurity.

A Mother’s. Influence.—How touching, the tribute of the Hon. Thos. H. Benton, to his mother’s influence: My mother asked me never to use tobacco, and I have never touched it from that time, to the present day; she asked me not to game, and I have never gamed, and I cannot tell who is winning and who losing, in games that can be played. She admonished rhe, too, against hard drinking; and whatever capacity for endurance I may have at present, and whatever usefulness I may attain in life, I attribute to having complied with her pious and correct wishes. When I was seven years of age, she asked me not to drink, and then I made a resolution of total abstinence, at a time when I was sole constituent member of my own body, and that I have adhered to it through all time, I owe to my mother.”

A writer has computed that a woman has lost half her chances of marriage at her twentieth yjear; at twenty-three she has lost three-fourths of her opportunities; and at twenty-six seven-eighths of her chances aregone. 1860 will be leap year, that delightful season, when, by coinirion consent, the fair sex can intimate their "preference. Look at the facts presented above, and then improve theuidvantagcs-of that year. Delays are dangerous . • • O ♦ - - QO - 'There are many persens who hiwo heard so much about family government that they think there cannot be too much of iL They imprison their children in stiff' rooms, where a fly is a band of musreqn the empty silence, and govern at morning and at night, and the- child goes all day long likft a shuttle in a loom, back and forward, hit at both' ends. Children subjected to such treatment are apt to grow up infidels, through mere disgust. Dreams.—When a man dreams of fishing, it is a sign some scaly fellow is quietly nibbing away his good character. To dream of being in company with a chimney sweep, denotes black looks from rising friends. For a young lady to dream of blowing a candle out, signifies that she will be likely to take to snuff For a young man to dream that he is asleep in church,-is a sign that he is not waking to his'own good. For a young lady to dream of lemons is a sign that she ought to be squeezed. Oty”lf any one knows why a woman should teach or do any "other good work, for half what a man would receive far the-same service, let him give the world the ‘benefit of his knowledge; but if none can give a good reason for till’s disparity, then all should unite to remove it as injurious and unjust. . MB D4D A . - - o?7"Brigham Young refuses, on the authority of a special revelation, to preach so long as there is a Gentile stenographer present to report his sermons. (k! f ”A political, paper in Minnesota says the retail price of Minnesota Legislators is SSOO.

Hurry op Girls.