Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 June 1859 — Page 1

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BUSINESS CARDS. rUHDLE, BROWN &. CO., WHOLESALE DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Fancy Goods. NOTIONS, HATS, BONNETS, &C. No. 10 Purdue’s Block, Lafayette, Indiana. Invite attention to their New Stock. J. V. PAKKISON, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, Barmey Township, Jasper Co., Ind. Will act as agent in collecting debts in Barkley and adjoining townships. 5-ts DAVID SNYDER, Attorney at taw, 52 RENSSELAER, IND. W.n. S. HOPKINS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Rensselaer, Ind. Will promptly attend to collections, payment of taxes, sde of real estate, and other business entrusted to his care, with promptness and dispatch. 52 JOSEPH G. CBANE, Attorney at Law, ‘ RENSSELAER, "'4B-Iy Jasper County, Ind. W V. SNYDER, M. D., Having resumed the practice of Medicine and Surgery in Rensselaer, offers his professional •orvices to the citizens thereof and vicinity- 29 W. D. I.F.R. W. SPITLER. LEE A SPITLEB, Attorneys at Law. OPKICK, NEXT DOOR TO LA RUE'S STONE BUILDING, RENSSELAER. IND. Will practice in the Circuit and inferior Courts I of the Twelfth Judicial District. Also, in the i Supreme anil District 'UourtiCdf Indfetla." ap29 i R. >l. MILKOV. L. A. COLE. niLROY & COLE, Attorneys at Law, NOTARIES PUBLIC, And Agents for the Sale of Real Estate, Payment of Taxes, <fcc., a p29 RENSSELAER, IND. EDWIN V. HAJinOND, Attorney at Law AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Will practice in the Courts of Jasper and adoining counties. Particular (attention given to the securing and collecting of d-bts, to the sale of real estate, and to all other business intrusted to his care. Office in tlie room in the north-west corner of the Court Hduse, Rensselaer, Ind. N. B. He will be assisted during the terms of the Courts by A. A Hammond, of Indianapolis. - L - - ", ' P THOB.M COY; ALFRED M COY. ALERED THOMPSON. THOS. McCOT A CO., Bankers and Exchange Brokers, BUY AND SELL COIN AND EXCHANGE. Collections Made on all Available Points.' WILL PAY INTEREST ON SPECIFIED TIME DEPOSITS. Negotiate. Loans, and do a General Banking Business. Office hours, from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. ap29 "palmer house, Corner of Washington and Illinois Streets, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. J. D. CARMICHAEL, Proprietor. INDIANA HOUSE, J. W. A S. O. DUVALL, Proprietors, BRADFORD, IND. Th* table will be supplied with the best the market affords. A good Stable and Wagon Yard attached to the Hotel. The Messrs. Duvalls are also proprietors of the RENSSELAER AND BRADFORD OAILY HACK LINE. The hack leaves Rensselaer every morning, (Sundays excepted,) at 7 o’clock, connecting at Bradford with the trains north and south, and retarns same day. IZTExtras can also be procured at either end of the route, on reasonable terms. 7-ly Light! Light! Light! W. >. A J. W. LA HI E A RE prepared to furnish the Lunar Lights and A Lamps to all who wish them, a light equal to four candles, at an expense of less than half a cent an hour. Any one trying and finding this not to be so, cafr have the privilege of returning them, and their money will be refunded. 6-3 t W. J. &. J. W. LA RUE. A LARGE NUMBER OF TOWN I.OTS. SITUATED in the best parts of the town of Rensselaer, for sale at very low price and on favorable terms by MILROY & COLE, 4.1 Real Estate Agents.

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VOL. 3.

_ A JUVENILE PATRIOTIC SON®. Air — Rosin the Bow. A song for the day beaming o’er us! An anthem of juvenile joy; A rapturous, heart-stirring chorus. For this is the Fourth of July! CHORUS. Yes, this is the Fourth of July, The glorious Fourth of July: Then send up the heart-stirring chorus, Fort his is the Fourth of July. Long since, on this day of defial, Our fathers fought sings with their pen: Their children, if put to the trial, Would sign that bold paper again. Would sign that bold paper again, Yes, yes, we would sign it again; Their children, if put to the trial, -Would sign that bold paper again. The patriot band was assembled, The tyrants of earth to defy; And tyrants have ever since trembled To hear of the Fourth of July. To hear of the Fourth of July, The glorious Fourth of July, And tyrants have ever since trembled To hear of the Fourth of July. They wish that old Time would absorb it, Or let it unnumbered go by: But time rolls round in its orbit, And brings a new Fourth of July. He brings a new Fourth of July, .-i-L — 1 Each year a new Fourth of July; Old Time, as he rolls in his orbit, Still brings a new Fourth of July. With very benevolent reason, God spreads out the brigh summer sky; And just in the midst of the season, He sends us the Fourth of July. Ho sends us the Fourth of July, The glorious Fourth of July; In the midst of the bright summer season, He sends us theFourht of July Our fathers in warlike employment, Determined to conquer or die; But oifs is the.peaceful enjoyment, The fruit of their Fourth of July The frufi of th-ir Fourth of July. Their soul-trying Fourth of July; We flourish In peaceful enjoyment The fruit of their Fourth of July Our States in fraternal commitnios, AH traitors aiid foes shall defy; So long us we qiing to the “Union,” And honor the Fourth of July. And honor the Fourth of July, The glorious Fourth of July, So long jib we cling to the “Union,” And honor tno Fourth of July. Bo withered the hand that would sever Our hallowed confederate tie, Our “Union” be cherished forever, And honored our Fourth of Julv And honored our Fourth of July Our glorious Fourth of July, Our “Union” be cherished forever, And honored our Fourth of July. Then up wilh the voice of thanksgiving. To God, the great Giver on high; And while in the land of the living, Still honor the Fourth of July. Still honor the Fourth of July, The glorious Fourth of July; Yes, while in the land of the living, We’ll honor the Fourth of July-

Slisccllancous. THE VHiJXMJM FAiU. ~ Aunt Hannah lived out of town. “Did I never tell you what a time I had at our church fair last winter?” said she to me one evening. “No! what of it?” “Now ain,t that strange? Thought I had told everybody about it, to be sure. La, well, ’twill be news to you then! You know N>ra Thorndale, Judge Thorndale’s darter. She came over to our house and said our congregation were goin’ to have a fair in the vilage meetin’ house! “Do tell,” suz I. “Who’s goin’ to preacli!” “Oh!” says she, mighty smilin’, “we aint goin’ to have preachin’; a few young persons of the congregation, who seem to take a deeper interest in the churche’s welfare than the members themselves, desire to purchase a few indispensable articles for the meetin’house, and we thought if all the church would present us pies, and meats, and such things, we would appoint a night to sell them in the vestry of the church, and take the proceeds tn buy the necessary things. The plan is well received, especially by the young. You know the money is to be spent for charitable purposes, and on that account everything given us will sell for double its value.” “Well, I woulden’t have believed that there was so much wisdom left in the world as to have conjured up that,” suz I. “’Tie even so,” said Nora. “And what will you give? You live on a farm, and farmers produce lots of things that would be acceptable.” “Well, I will give two roast turkeys and six chickens, suz I, thinking that would be as much as anybody could expect those hard times. “Um! Well, what else? ’Tis for the church you give, you know. Church members should not be less anxions for their interests than the world ” “You see I was a church member and she wasn’t.”

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“Well, I’ll give you a jar of peach jam,” suz I. “That will help along some. A few bushels of apples or a roast pig would be acceptable!” “She was so -very ravenous I began to be aorrv I’d offered her anything. Howsomever, I thought I’d go the whole hog or none> bo I promised the pig and apples. ■ “Of course you will give us cheese, and cakes, and milk, and cream, and then I think you will have done your part at giving. By the way we are to have historian tableaux, and Mrs. Amos Bruce wanted I should ask you to take the part of witch of Endor. All you will have to do will be to dress to represent the lady, and stand perfectly still behind a curtain, and people will pay something to see you?” “Well, I’se old and ignorant, and did’nt know what I was about, so I consented. “I sent them the pig and the turkeys, and chickens nnd apples, and the rest of the things wanted, up to the meetin’ house the day before the fair. “The next day husband tackled up his old horse and chaise to carry me to the fair. Our old chaise, somehow or other, don’t look very well. There’s a hole in the top and sides, and some of the spokes of the wheels are gone. The wheels squeak powerfully, too. Well, we haden’t but just got into town, when it seemed as if all the boys out of jail come hollerin’ and hootin’ as if they were possessed. “Hurra fur the witch of Endor! Her Chariot approacheth! Make way for her maje -ty!” they kept squallin’ at the top of their lungs. “Do ask them unsightly critters to be civil” suz I to husband, my patience gone entirely. “At that he clambered out of the chaise, and after um, lick-erty split, tight as he cou'd leg it. And, oh massy sakes! he dropped the reins on the ground, and the old horse took a notion to go, and he went. You see he knew the way to the church, and he put chase for it. Husband, he came hollerin’ Bvupa, whoa!’ just as I was rideti up to the meetin’ t»puse. The meetin' house yard was full of folks, U.ughin' and starin’ as if they hadn’t no respectability to um. I got out of the chaise and made my way through the crowd, and when they wouldn’t make room I elbowed them right smartly. I’m despert thin of flesh, and my elbows awful sharp, u.nd when I hit um they gave back as if they’d been struck with a dagger. “Paid twentv cents to get into the church. The table inside did look beautiful. Nora, she explained the fixings to me. There were trap-boxes that contained a hundred things worth one cent, and one thing worth ten, and they paid five cents a grab, and if you grabbed right you would get twice your money’s worth. Then there was a ring cake. ’Twas divided into fifteen slices, and one slice contained a ring worth fifty cents; so he that got the right slice, got a ring. And there were guess cakes, and ever so many kinds of such things too numerous to mention. “Well; they dressed me up to represent the witch of Endor. I never was very handsome, and they rigged me up at such a rate that I must have looked awful. I stood behind a curtain, and people paid a ninepence to come in and see me. Uome went off mad; children generally scared. Some went off laughin’ as if they’d split. I evidently pro--duced a powerful impression on all that saw me. People at last began to come to see me faster than they could be accommodated. I could hear um talking around the tables about the witch of Endor and the witch of Endor’s pig, and turkeys, and cake. I begun to feel dreadfully as though I was making a fool of myself. “I stood there feelin’ desputly, and had just made up a face to cry over my unfortunate condition, when all of a sudden down came the curtain; and there I stood right out afore um all! They sot up such a hurrain’ as I never heard before or since. I elbowed my way through ’em like wild-fire; made for the gettin’ out place, and started for home. “Wai, I went home with all my witch of Endor riggin on. When husband came to the door to let me in, he was so frightened that he set the dog on me. The dog came toward me, growled and run as if he’d break his neck; and I havn’t seen him from that day to this. lat last convinced husband that I was hi • beloved wife. When I explained it all to h’m the way he growled was a caulion. ‘Wai, they raised three hundred dollars at that abominable fair. With it they bought an ornamental chandelier and a silk pulpit cushion, and hired carpenters to make gingerbread work all over the meetin’ house. “I’m just Mrs. Deacon Ware’s opinion about church fairs, I am—that they are just the wickedest swindle that orthodoxy ever

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tolerated. She says that the older church members think I was desputly imposed upon at the fair; and I declare, I don’t believe but what I was.”

Fierce Times in Texas.

We find the following in the New Orleans Delta of the 10th, taken from a San ! Antonio paper: “An express arrived here last night (3 o’- | clock, A. M ) with official dispatches to the! State Government and Military Department, : and the subjoined communication from “Southerner,” from which it appears that Cap. Baylor, with 350 men, made an advance upon the Lower Reserve on the 23d inst., killed two Indians, and afterward had a sharp engagement with a party of Reserve Indians who went out in pursuit of the assailants. The following letter gives the substance of the correspondence between the commandent of the post and Capt. Baylor upon the occasion of the latter’s appearance at the Agency with an armed force. “ ‘Brazos Agency, May 23, 1859. Eds. Southerner—Capt. Baylor, at the head of some 350 men, approached the Reservation this morning, driving in the scouts, and endeavoring to capture them. Failing in this he drew up his forces within half a mile of the Agency buildings. The commanding officer of the United States troops stationed here for the protection of the Reserve Indians, promptly dispatched CaptGilbert with an escort of troops, to demand of Baylor why he was on the Reservation with an armed force? To which said Baylor replied that he was here for the purpose of attacking certain bands of Indians on this Reserve; that he did not wish to come in contact with the U. S. troops, tie it was not his object to spill a drop of white blood; and if the'commanding officer would withdraw his forces and permit him (Baylor) to attack the Reserve Indians, the U. S. troops should not be molested. Capt. Gilbert returned nnd reported the above statement to the commanding ■ slicer. Lieut. Burnett was then sent with the following answer from the commanding officer, (Capt. Plummer.) “‘I am here by order ot the General commanding the Department, for the purpose of protecting the Indians on this Reservation against the attacks of any body of armed citizens, and I shall do so to the best of my ability with the arms in my possession, and I warn you in the name of the United States Government, to withdraw from the limits of this Reservation.’ To this Mr. Baylor replied: “‘This message does not alter my determination to attack the Indians, and I will attend to leaving the Reservation myself.’ Baylor then asked.- “Do you and Captain Plummer know that, should you escape the fight. a. n d there should be a white man killed by the troops under your command, you would both be in dangeff of b ing tried and hanged.’ This was in due tirri? reported to the commanding officer. “At this time Baylor (being, as above sta-' ted, within half a mile of the Agency buildingsjsucceeded in capturing an Indian eightyfive or ninety years of age, deaf and nearly blind. The Indians, ascertaining that the old man had been taken prisoner, turned out about sixty strong, mounted their horses and rushed out to rescue him. They soon found the body of the old man, murdered and scalped. Exasperated by the sight, the Indians commenced a rapid pursuit, overtaking the perpetrators of the inhuman act (consisting of Baylor and his party) about two miles from the scene of the murder, finding, however, on their way, the body of an Indian woman who had been wantonly murdered while working in her garden. Upon overtaking the party the Indians commenced' a running fight, which was kept up until Baylor and his party reached the house of Mr. Wm. Marlin, a quiet and peaceable citizen, residing near the limits of the Reservation. At this place quite a sharp engagement took place, lasting about two hours, during which time Baylor and his men took refuge in the buildings of Mr. Marlin. During the engagement there was one Indian killed and five wounded. We have reason to believe that there were several of Baylor’s party killed and wounded, but how many we do not know. Baylor has been encamped around this Reservation for several weeks, with an armed force, pressing the citizens to take up arms against the Reserve Indians, and retaining as prisoners those who refused to comply with his orders. He has also intercepted the supplies furnished by the United Stt.'s Government for the Indians on this Reser , o. and says they intend to starve the Indians out, and hang all white persons connected with the Reserve.” (£yWhat Roman general do the ladies risk for in Marius (marry us.)

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Negro Pulpit Eloquence in New Jersey.

It is not many moons ago that the sablesons andTlaughters of Africa, in Philadelphia, were stirred to their darkest depths, by the expected advent of a distinguished As- ' rican pulpit orator, from Pittsburg. On the day appointed for the holding forth, the pul-pit-stage, erected grove, near Camden, between two venerable oaks, was crowded with the heralds of glad tidings, belonging to “de Messodist’Piscopal Church.” Beneath and around it lay a darkness, which, like that of Egypt, might have been “felt,” and I may add, not unlike it, smelt. After the opening prayer by a venerable preacher, upon whose black sconce the white wool lay in patches, like hoar frost, a young athletic negro, with a face shining like polished ebony, and the crisp, short curl of the wool only to be seen in the real Guinia breed, advanced to the pulpit desk. He evidently felt that his fame had gorie'“before him, as he looked over the dusky mass, now hushed to admiring silence at his presence. The sable Chrysostom then announced his text, which came forth sonorous and strong through the ivory gate-way of the whitest teeth that ever opened for the admission of ‘•hog and homony.” “My text my brudderen,” said he, “may be found in the sixth verse of de gospel for de day, ‘Put not your trust in princes.’ ” In a most glowing exordium,he explained the meaning of the word prince, as having reference to “de profane princes of dis world; for,” said he,“dar are but two kinds of great men in de Holy Book dat are mentioned—holy princes and profane princes. In de Last, my brudderen, de world must never put its trust. Why? Because dar ways have become corrupted on de yearth, and dey hab no faith. “Here was Hannibal, one of de greates ginerals and princes dat ever libbed in de tide ob times, and a culled pussen at dat. Why, I’m told he understood tictacs better dan ebber libbed Tore or since. Nuffin could stop dat man. He laffed at de Alps when dey shook dar frownin’ brows at him, and he and his soldiers walked right over ’em as easy as noflin. But nobody couldn’t put any faith iu him; he cheated everybody as soon as he got a chance, and when de indignant Carthagenians got up a muss around his house, he took lodium in his despair. And den whar was all his glory, when de Lord struck him down? O, my brudderen, it was nowhar. il “And dar was Julius Caesar, after whom, I’m sorry to say, so many niggers hab been named, one of de greatest of de earthly profane princes. He, de stamp ob whose foot did make the whole yearth to tremble. Dey thought he was de friend ob de people, yet he wer always dere greatest inimy. He was perfidious, ‘a beast without de heart,’ as one ob de Roman annalers has it. And how did de Lord punish him? Let dat awful groan dat went up from de foot of Pompey's stature answer dal question, when Brutus and Cassus t'id, as de sweet swan of Avon sings, •‘Bathe dar hands in Ctesar’s blood, Up io dar elbows.” “And den cornin’ down to more modern ! times, dere was General Taylor, dat great American prince.dat hero, who waided waist deep in de blood ob de Mexican battle-fields. Why, dey made dis great man of war de President ob dis great nation, and his heart swelled with pride, and like Nebochadnezzar, den he said; ‘ls not dis de great Babylon dat I have builded?’ Now, my brudderen, could de people trust him? Let de disapp’inted applicant for office, to whom he promised ebery ting and gub ’em no ting, answer dat pregnant question. And how did de Lord sarve him? In all his pride ob place, towerin’ like dis here oak dat strech him brawny arms, and spread its leafy top above our heads, dis man, dat Santa Anna couldn’t kill, was killed by de contemptible instrument ob too much cherries and milk-: Dabid killed de great giant Golliah, wid de simple stone from de leathern sling of lily David, and death kill General Taylor by a common belly-ache, from too much eaten'ob cherries and milk.— Philadelphia Press. is a great strife going on between the Douglas and Buchanan factions in lowa, each one trying to control the approaching State Convention, and each threatening to bolt if the other succeeds At Dubuque, the Douglasites have beaten their rivals badly, having elected their dele- . gates. It is very probable, also, that the Douglas Democracy will control the State ' Convention, and have the ordering of things generally so far ns the party is concerned. ifj~A stranger meeting a man in the streets of Boston, a few days since, roughly accosted him with: “Here, I want to go to the Trenton House!” The deliberate reply was: “Well, you can go, if you don’t be gone long!”

Horrible Tales of Suffering on the Plains. -----

<Three Hundred Emigrants Starved to Death on the Smoky Hill Route—Experience of Two Young Men from Wayne County, Indiana>. ----- Two young men named Erastus B. Giffin and Preston Cates, of Williamsburg, Wayne county, Indiana, have arrived here direct from Denver City. They went out last October and left Denver on the 6th of May. A gentleman in this place was acquainted with them, and pronounces them to be perfectly reliable. They prospected two months and made $2 40, all told. They prospected up and down the Platte, and on the headwaters of the Colerado [sic]. They think there may be some gold in the mountains, but there is no chance to get it, as there is deep snow all the year round, with the exception of about two months. The best day’s digging they did paid them $1 06. This was on another man’s claimwho wanted to sell it and come home. They asked to try it first, when they worked one day at washing dirt which the fellow had thrown up. They worked with a long tom and sluice, and washed out $1 06. They then worked four days longer, digging up the dirt for themselves; and in the four days they took out <fifteen cents!> After that the pay was still smaller, when they gave it up. They are confident that the fellow had prepared his pile of dirt as a bait. They report horrible sufferings on the Smoky Hill route, which has been so bepuffed in some of the papers. When they left, but ten persons had reached the mines by that route, who reported that three hundred had died on the way. One of the men reported that he had seen six dead men lying within reach of each other; and another said he had himself buried twelve men. These men came straggling in one by one. One of them had lived ten days on the flesh of his dog. They reported that some had lost their wya [sic]. Scouts were immediately sent out, and some of the lost ones were found within ten miles of the camp, so weak that they had to be fed with spoons. In Denver City, several months since, lots were selling as high as three hundred and fifty dollars. When the young men left, donation shares, containing eight lots, could be bought for five dollars. Denver has several hundred small cabins, many of which have no roofs. They are occupied by any one who chooses to do so. The proprietors have made a poor speculation, as there is not money enough in the country to pay house-rent. Provisions were very scarce and bread was selling at fifteen cents per pound. The baker was the only person who had any gold dust, for those who got any were compelled to buy bread with it. One of our informants gave the baker a gun, which cost him twenty-six dollars, for four pounds of bread. These young men threw their tools into the Platte, and started home on foot, taking only two blankets with them. For two hundred miles they lived on prickly-pears and wild potatoes. They built but two fires from Denver to Fort Kearny. Once they killed a prairie dog and roasted it. Another time, they came to where a man and his family were encamped, and asked for bread. The man at first refused it, but at length agreed to let them have some, for which he took their blankets as pay! They then had to sleep on the bare prairie, and once the Cheyenne Indians came near taking their coats from them! A young man named Wm. H. Joslyn and another person from Monroe county, New York, have since arrived, and reported similar to the above, and much more which would be interesting had we room for it. They spent a greater part of their time in the company of old mountaineers, who assured them that gold could not be found there in paying quantities. We hear enough every week to fill our paper, and are enabled to give but a few of the principal items. -----

NO. 10.

A Washington correspondent of tbe New Yark Evening Post writes: “It may seem somewhat singular with you, but I believe tbe Republicans of Virginia hold the balance of power between the two great parties to-day. This is the epinion of a shrewd Virginia politician. There are thousands of Niythern freemen already in Virginia. In a town not a dozen miles from Washington there are over fifty voters, who came from the North and are Republicans in sentiment. They proposed a month ago voting for Goggin, but IHs abuse of the Repulican< lately disgusted them, and they agreed in a body to stay away from the- polls. By another gubernatorial election in Virginia the Republicans in the State will make themselves tell as a power.” The Wheeling Inteilige'icer, an able and determined advocate of tree labor, cast its influence against both Letcher and Goggin. Thousands of Opposition voters staved awav from tbe polls in North-Western Virginia, from dislike of the attitude of the candidates. It hardly admits of doubt, that there were enough of this class of voters in Virginia to have elected Goggin, han he received their support “What makes you look so grum. Tom?” “Oh, I have had to endure a sad trial to my feelings.” “What on earth was I it, j” “Why, I had to tie on a pretty girl’s i bonnet, while her ma was looking on.”

Virginia Republicans.