Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1860 — Page 4

Ipattrg. f l For the ReneseUer Gazette. ADDRESS TO HOOFS. jMlghty specimen of ingenuity; monument of art; Huge model cooper-shop, more on! Henceforth and forever Cet lager-beer kegs and ’lasses barrels Hide their blushing heads; Since they are superceded by a hogshead ca, bogheads, whose conients are more sweet Than honey, or aught else we eat. We say, let-thom sneak off, [| ar , Even to the furthest nook of their master’s celThere stand till the staves decay And tumble in; But the hoops shall still stand, Firmly and unshaken. As if not satisfied with their brief sojourn IMongst “Nature’s noblest work,” They robe themselves in grand ura— Yea! even in a coffee-sack— And again appear abroad, - To gladden the heart, With their sylph-like contents, Of kid gloves and standing collars, t Whiskers and ’stackers.

Mtisctllaueous. ■ Seating: for Life and Beveuge. The following thrilling sketch (or denouement of one) is so admirably written that we luyrit before our readers, sure of their approTo understand the point it is necessary to premise that Olier, a half-breed, had previously murdered a brother of the naratorjand pursuer, for which act his relentless vengeance is taken: “{Night after night I lay concealed at the blu!r> awaiting the murderer; I was armed wit(t pistols and wore skales. Skating was an amusement which I had excelled in when a school boy, and facility in the a t was of thejlaet impo< tance to my scheme of retribution. At length he came. It was an exquisite night; the white expanse around sparkled in the sheen of a Canadian moon, which suited carr.ly through a cloudless sky. I could have shot the villain ns he skated by fifty yards, but I would no, risk | thef-chance. and beside my vengeance cried for jsterner fate than death by the pistol. No fooher was he past my hiding-place, then, with a shout of exultation, I started on his track. Olier swerved a moment, to see who his pursuer was, then, quick ns lightning, triefl to double up the river again. But I had anticipated this, and with a cocked pistol *in either hand, I barred his passage. With a curse he turned and sped swiftly down the ice. “And now the. race for life began. Mile after mile we swept along, in silence. An -*wf}il portentious silence it was, through whibh nothing broke but the hollow boom of the swift steel cutting its way over the imprisoned. The moon lit me nobly to my vengeance. He could not escape me, for ft fourtd with a sayage glee that I was a match for ithe swift-footed Indian. Oiier became aware of this, too, for now and again lie would skate close to the woods, looking in vair{ for an aperture. But no; there was but one Outlet, from this walled-in river, and that cverithe falls, “Faster and faster yet we skated toward the cataract. It could not be fur off. I pictured to myself what Oiler’s thoughts i: igiit bo. Did he know whither he was hastening, or had that awful light yet to flash on his guilty mind! The half-breed made answer to my thoughts. I saw him in the pale shimmer start convulsively, and throw his arm* in the air, but he dared not stop, and on he darted again with a yell of despair, which echoed weird-like up the channel. Another sourfd came to my ear, and I knew what lmd caused that cry of agony to burst from Oiier: j it wjas the dull thunder of the falls! We were nearing them fust. Still the walls of j snow shut in my victim, and every moment j lessened his frail hope of escape. One ; ch rpie was left him—to distance me, and i hidd somewhere in the snow from my uorutinyj. Vain hope— vivo wings of the bi-d could scarce have sav.-d him! “Hoarser and louder grew rhe noise of the watjer.. Ii I thanked the Almighty in frantic jprayer that the murderer wr- delivered in<ridgy hand, i lumiM • • ,» that it may be forgiven me now. From ,i,e time f had first started on Oher's track, we maintained exactly the s ime distance between u? —oerh ,pa a hundred or a hundred and fifty yards. { . 'still grasped rny loaded pistols, ready h,r any eirakagem cn the part ot the murderer. .“And uo.v the crash o. the falls cam 3 loud -undfominous «n the ear.

I “(Another five minute* would decide the j hunt. Suddenly o ! ier turned and stood at j bays. lie was n>t armed, i felt that all along, for otherwise he would have 1 measured strength with ijur-befgrt*. Without abating my pace., | skated down upon • hhri, holding a pistol in each hand. Still my purpose was as fixed as ever only to shoot the viilian as a last resource. When I was’ within twenty yards of him, the coward faltered and again turned swiftly down the river. With a yelling laugh I pursued him-, - pressing still more hotly on his track. “Deafening was the roar of the cataract; hijfii into the pale sky ascended the mist of the spray, through which the splintered lines of the moonlight darted in rainbow-tinted beauty. 1 could see directly the jagged line of the ice, where it was broken by the rapids immediately above the cataract, and beyond J could trace the dark volume of the Scugog as itMmerged from its prison of snow and ; e* For an instant the half-breed turned

his face toward me, as I pressed with concentrated hate on his footsteps; never shall I forget the horrible despair that distorted the villain s features. It was a mercy that the sullen roar of the falls drowned hi? curses— I knew that he was shrieking curses upon me—“for they would have hauDted me in after years. “With the courage which is begotten of darkest despair, he dashed on to the brink of the rapids, and the next moment I was alone on the ice! I gazed with stern joy on the dark flood, which had seized in its resistless hands the shedder of blood, and was hurrying him over the falls. For a moment I thought I could perceive the murderer struggling in thp eddies; but the delusion, if it was one, could live only for an instant. The cataract was within pis'ol shot, and as I turned up the dreary wilderness of ice and snow, l knew that the doom of the guilty skater had been fulfilled.”

Monument to Irving.

A tablet has been placed in the Episcopal Church at Tarrytown, to the memory of Washington Irving, bearing the following inscription: Washington Ikving, Born in the City of New York, Aprl 3, 1783. For many years A Communicant and Warden of this Church, and repeatedly, one of its Delegates in the Convention of the Diocese. Loved, Honored, Revered, he fell asleep in Jesus, Nov. 23, 1859. This tablet is erected to his Memory by the Vestry.

How the Thistle Saved Scotia.

The following is related as the origin of the use of a thistle as the national emblem of Scotland. The Danes availed themselves of the pitchy darkness of night to attack the Scottish forces unawares. In approaching the Scottish forces unobserved, and marching bare-footed to prevent their tramp being heard, one of the Dunes trod upon a large prickly thistle, and the eharp cry of pain which he instinctively uttered Suddenly apprised the Scots of their danger, who immediately ran to their arm?, and defeated the foe with great slaughter. The thistle was thenceforward adopted as the nationinsignia o' Scotland. A Little Lesson Fun Jimmy Buchanan.— At a place culled Aus-tra-liu, iar over the sea, the folks use a strange weap-on called 800-mo-rang, which in English means Fornie. The folks, there know how to use i’, but when strange folks, who do not know how to use it, lake it up arid throw it from them, it comes right back very hard, and hurts thorn very much, and sometimes kills them. It is a ve-ry ug-ly weap-on, and good little boys should not touch it; but little boys may be rash, if not warned, so all good boys must take care tiev-er to han-dle the Boo-me-rang, lest their friends, if they have any, should mourn lor them on some bright March af-ter-noon.

05" We learn without surprise of the in. temion to disband the newly organized militia ot England. What but disaffection could be expected from such an open and undisguised attempt on the part of the Government to Rifle the whole country? (gs“ President Fillmore, it is said, earnestly advises a union of the whole Opposition, in order to defeat the Democracy. (L7~Why is it that “Old Virginny never tires!”"—Because Old Virginny is so remarabiy slow. Flat Stupidity. —President Buchanan’s St. Clair veto.

JIiEINSSELAEU. CA BIN ET WARE HO USE subscriber lias always on hand; at ais » Caiti.i-t S lop in Rensselaer, the latest ...id ni-.rit durable styles of BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, LOUNGES, ' Ckuirx. Tib es, St'ind? c|-r-Bookcases, or any of the. above articles, and everything rise in my Line, made to order, and at as 1 a is on able rates as anywhere else. o“Repairing done on short notice. M. EGER. Xiools llsre ! ; HE New Year has again 3 't i ;i , and the old l firm of I-win &. Wish-rd still have a number of debts out Now, they would suggest to who coil themse'vs Christians to to no for- ; ward, pay up, and sue if they con ant go into the I p> so net) of their God witn a good deal more con- . fid men after the i.ur, ii.ti of xeeping u lo! these | many rn-mfhe out of on-just dues is off of their | minds. Those vt.ose :or,scionces arc quiet on Itu 1 subject wo will awaken by the law. We are in -ament, no mistake. SC-ts IRWIN & WISHARD.

INDI A N A Wholesale Book & Paper House, INDIANAPOLIS, I,\D. WE invito your attention to our largo stock of School Boohs and. Paper, Selected for the wants of the trade throughout Indiana and Illinois. Our central position and railroad facilities give ns many advantages over Cincinnati or Chicago, in supplying merchants in the above-named sections. We will furnish goods at Cineinn tti and Chicago prie-s. Cash or.t-.uk) for Rags. STE WART & BOWEN , ■y-t'ly Indianapolis, Xnd. A I.AKIfcE ft II TO IB*: It Ol TOWA MTS Oi rUATEDia the best parts of the town of J Itonaselaer, for sale at very low price and on favorable term* by MILROY & OOLE, 43 Real Estate Agento.

THOMPSON & SON ARE IN RECEIPT OF THEIR fALL GOODS, i ■ ' DIRECT FROM BOSTON & NEW YORK! WE HAVE BOUGHT OUR GOODS VERY LOW; S AND ARE PREPARED TO SELL aassM mm mm, • WE ARE DETERMINED to SELL GOODS 1 CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HOUSE IN THIS MARKET. GOME ONE, GOME ALL, AND SEE THE Cheapest Store in Rensselaer oas m ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE Taken in Exchange for Goods. THOMPSON & RO.’V.

Louisville, N. Albany & Chicago l RAILROAD COMPANY. tBS«. PALL AJIKANfiEMEST, 1850. TWO DAILY TRAINS TO ST. LOUIS, CINCINNATI, AND CHICAGO. On and after October 8 Passenger Trains will be run as follows: DOING NORTH. FROM NEW ALBANY. —Mitchell Accomodation —Daily, except Sunday, at 8::.0 A. M. Stopping at all Stations. Arrives at Mitchell at 12:05 P. M. Chicago and St. Louis Express Mail. —Daily, except Sunday, at 11:55 A. M. Connecting at Mitchell with the O. & M. K. K. Train f..r St. Louis at 3:44 P. M.; and for Cincinnati at 5:00 P. M. Passenger* dine at Mitchell and reach Chicago at 7:45 A. M. Ciiiooo mo St Louis Nioht Express.—Daily, except Sunday, at 10:50 P. M. Connecting at Mitchell ■with the train for St. Louis at 2:50 A. M. (No connection fur Cincinnati.) Reach Chicago at 8:00 P. M. GOING SOUTH. FROM MICHIGAN CITY. — Cincinnati and Louisville Day Express.— Daily, except Sunday, at 1:40 A. M. (Leavina Chicago at 10:45 A. M ) Arriving at Cincinnati at 1:40 A. M Connecting closely at Lafayette for New Albany, arriving ats:oo A. M., and at Louisville at 5:40 A. M. Cincinnati and Louisville Nioht Express— Daily, except Saturday, at 10:55 P. M.(leaving Chicago at 8:00 P. M ) running directly through, reaehing Cincinnati at9:4o A. As., New Albany 4:25 P. M., and Louisville at 5:K> P M. D -Trains stop at all regular Stations; and at gignal Stations on signal. Both. Through Trains connect at Greencastle with all Trains on the Terre Haute and Richmond Railroad, and at Lafayette with the Trains on the Toledo and Wabash Railr- ad. at M. S. Crossing with Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad, at Michigan City with the Michigan Central Railroad for Chicago a id all points West and North-west, and for Pstroif and ail point* East, '’Only one change of Cars for Chicago, St. Louis or Cincinnati, BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH. Tickets for sale in Louisville, No. 555 Main street, and at the Company** Offices in New Albany, Michigan City and Chicago, for all the principal points in the. Fast and Nort:,-west. R. E. KICKER, Superintendent. Supt’s Office, New Albany, Oct. 7, 1850. «8. RE A L ESTATE AGENCY. W. D. LEE. G. W. SPITLER. I.sl’iK Ac SPITLEU, Land Agent*, \A7 ILL give their attention to the buying and ' * selling of Real Estate, the collection of r’nts, and payment of tuxes —will give careful and correct abstracts of titles, and information generally in relation to the value and quality of lands in this and adjoining counties. A legal opinion in relation to the title will always accompany every sale made without additional cost when required. Business will b* dono on reasonable terms.

The Old Boot and Shoe Store. THE subscriber returns Mr thank* to his numerous customers far their liberal patronage during the pa»i five years, and expects to deserve and receive a continuance of it in the future. It my work don*t suit, don’t take it. My work is all home-made, and warranted perfect. I havo a large stock on hand for the rail trade, and am alWeysrcady to make up toorder. 1 still emply the same workmen that I have had several years, of whose good work thepuhlic is well aware. Terms positively , ash, and l will not be undersold fcj any one tbleside of Lafayette. Repairing done with neatness and dispatch. TH*The highest price in ceab paid for Green and Pry Hides. {9O-ly] JOHN GOETZ.

The American Eagle! AS IT STANDS, WITH ONE FOOT ON THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, AND THE OTHER ON THE ALLEGHANIES, WHILE IT BATHES ITS TAIL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, AND DRINKS FROM THE PELUCID WATERS OF THE NORTHERN LAKES, SURVEYS NOT A GRANDER SPECTACLE THAN THE LARGE STOCK. OF STOVES, WHICH we are now opening out for th? inspection of the good people of this vicinity. We have a fine assortment of Cooking, Heating and Parlor Stoves, of the most approved patterns, all of which we are determined to sell low. Come and examine styles and prices before going off, for we have the testimony of several good men who have bought stoves at Lafayette this fall, that they could have saved at least Two DiU.it:, by purchasing here. Don't forget the place, for Money is a Cash article and two dollars is worth SAVING. Our stock of Hardware, Glass, Nails, sc., Is still complete, and selling a little cheaper than the cheapest. We have also on hand, ami are constantly manufacturing Tinware of ail kinds. Also Job work done on the shortest notice Old copper, otd pewter and Cash takcu iu exchange for anything we have to sell. 28 I. M. STACKHOUSE & BRO.

w ana, IF YOU WANT TRICKS! “TH3 S LDSP.” HAS JUST RECEIVED, Direct from Head Quarters, A CHOICE LOT OF FAMLY GROOEPPEt AND NOTION?, tION3ISTING in part of Sugars, fine quality, 1 Tea, Coffee, Tobacco, Rico Starch, Indigo, Brooms, Washboards, Boots for boys wear. Saleratus, Matches all kinds. Combs, from comae Redding to th* fine Jerusalem-overtaken, Cigars, from affine Regalia to thepoorest McKcevrr, Blacking, Sardines, Candies, Candles, Cotton Bats. Also, Baldwin’s Premium Wagons for sale—warranted to track deep in mud. Bring along your "chink,” and Dear-skins, Furs, &.c.,and got more groceries for one dollar than at any other shanty in the city—“Bony's” not excepted. KTiio Liquor sold by law, nor on thesly, atour hauty. (32J C. B. BARNES.

JASPER NURSERY! THE subscriber has on hand, and can furnish to any extent for fall planting, GRAFTED AND BUDDED A pple, Pear, Peach anil Cherry Trees, Of any named kind, well-rooted, thrifty, and grown in this climate. ALSO, Lawton Blackberries, Houghton’s Gooseberries, Several Varieties of liaspbcrrics, Fine Victoria Currants, Bed and White Butch Cherries, Clinton, Concord, Isabella and CATAWBA GRAPE ROOTB, Together with everything else that may bo wished in the way of Shrubbery. This stock is very deslrab'e, and everything sold will be warranted true to name and the best of its kind. Come and see, and buy nt yourown Nurseries. 18-ts VVM. H. MARTIN.

“A New Broom Sweeps Clean.” NEW GROCERY & PROVISION STORE. COUNTRY PRODUCE BOUGHT AND SOLD! subscriber respectfully announces that he has opened a now Grocery and Provision Store in Rensselaer, in the next building east of the Shanghai Building, where he will he pleased to receive all his old friends, and new ones who may favor him with a cull. Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Jlolataes, Candle*, Tobacco, Ac., |XOUR, CORN, OATS, POTATOES. &c., And EorytMng Elae in the GrocerypLine, Constantly kept on hand and adld cheap, for 1 am determined to ask bat reasonable profits, not being in haste to grow rich. WANTED, Country Produce of all kinds, sneh as FTonr, Corn, Oats, Potatoes, Butter, Eggs, Chickens, &,c., for which the hlghesl price will be paid. Give me a trial, and I will gurandee that you will be satisfied. ALEX. ROWEN.

THOMAS CLARK’S COLUMN. THE LARGEST O ! ;■ f| STOCK OF GOODS EVER BROUGHT TO /-

The Stone Store AHEAD OF ALL OTIIEBS! GOODS SOLD LOWER, FOR CASH, THAN EVER SOLD BEFORE!

HAVING purchased the store of W. J. and J. W. LARUE, and having added to th f ‘ stock on hand a larger supply of Dry Goods, Groceries, Clothing, Slc., than was ever before brought to this place at one time, and having bought Dry Goods at extraordinary reasonable terms, I can assure the public, without any stretch of imagination, that I am abundantly able to sell ut extraordinary low figures—lower than ever before offered in Jasper couuty. DRY GOODS. My assortment of Dry Goods, such as Calicoes, Prints, Muslius, Cnssimers, Casuists, Cloths, and everything elso iu that line, is very large and select, to which I invito the attention of every man, woman, and child within twenty miles, knowing that if they once examine my stock they will go away satisfied that they never saw a larger stock or a bettor variety. READY MADE CLOTHING. I would call especial attention to my stock of Ready-made Clothing. I flatter myself that I have a larger stock, and a greater variety of Clothing, than all the other establishments in Rensselaer put together, and they will be sold at such low figures that every person who has once purchased of me will always do so when he is in need of Clothing. Come and examine my Stock.

GROCERIES. My stock of Teas, Sugars, Coffee, Molasses, Sirup, Soup, Candles, Spices, and everything else ill tho Grocery line, cannot be surpassed. In fact, it surpasses any establishment in Rensselaer, as anybody will say who will call and look through it. I believe that I have purchased my Groceries on more favorable terms than has ever been dono by our merchants, and I can consequently offer them at greaily reduced rates. COUNTRY PRODUCE WANTED Country Produce, such as Butter, Eggs,Chickens, Beeswax, Ragg, See., wanted at all times, for which the highest price in goods will be paid. CORN. V I intend, when the time arrives, to buy for shipment, all tho Corn that the farmers of Jasper county can spare, and to pay the highest price that 1 can afford to and make myself safe. 1 invite all my farmer customers to give me a call, and as many now one* as* desire good bargains,for lam determined to give greater bargains than any other house in town. Every one who deals with me will find this to be true. 25 ly THO©. CLARK.

“OUR FLAG STILL WAVES!'' ■■-oo— ■ 1 FOLLOW THS OHOWD, AND YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO A U S T I jST’S*VTOTwAhSTANDING the efiorts of a fsw designing individuals to break us and our business down, we again appear before our numerous customers with a superior stock of FAMILY GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS, All of the best brands, which wo warrant, and we are »e »ng at very low prices for CASH or good .ONTRY PRODUCE at the highest P s Our siock consists of a little of everytning, from a hogshead of Sugar to five sticks of Lundy. Till-; VEUV BEST ARTICLE OF SUPERFINE FAMILY FLOUR, A No. 1 Coffee, 61-2 lbs. for a sl. TOBACCO, CIGARS, POWDER, LEAD, SHOT AND CAPS, SUGAR, TEA, MOLASSES. PEPPER, SPICE, STAHCII, S^ET, CANDLES, SOAP, CINNAMON, CLOV KING YEAST, CROCKERY WARE, 4 TUBS, CHURNS, BUCKETS, SEIVES, Tnr, I’Uh, Vinegar, Ac.

All of W’ ich wc are prepared to sell at the v .ry lowest rates. We want it distiifctlv Understood that wo sell none but the Very best brands of everything. Ladies and gentlemen, there has been an effort made, as you are all well aware, to place the stigma on us of selling liquor to the youths of our town, making them drunk, and raising a disturbance throughout the entire place, which charges We deny and hurl the same back iu the tooth of the vile slanderers. Tiie old proverb that a “drowning man will cutch at straws,” is true iu this case, from the fact that some of our would-be friends are pretty short just at this time, and want to make a little money off of our good name, 'JITrtV e keep a supply of good Liquors on hand at all times, which will be sold according to law, and no other way. _S9 J. M. AUSTIN. J ASPER COUNT Y LAND AGENCY. R- II MILROV. 1.. A . doi.E. 31 lEIt « V A COCK. RE A L ESTATE AG E NTS, A RE prepared to transact .all business usually a- V pertaining to Real Estate Agencies—wiii give prompt and careful attention to the. purchase and sale of Real Estate, payment of Taxes, &C i hey are prepared lo and will furnish correctabtracts oi titles to any piece or pieces of land anywhere in this county, and will accompanv the same with a legal opinion as to its validity, without additional charge, whenever required.

20,000 ACRES th® best land in Jaspercounty, suitualed in a H parts of tho county, and comprising every variety of timber and prairie; also, several well-improved farms in various parts of the county, for sale by MILROY &. COLE, 43 Real Estate Agents,. TIIE BEST OF PBAIIUE LANS), Described asfoiiowa: ah of section 8, ex-. cept 80 acres off the west side of the section the north half and south-west quarter of section d; the east half and the south-east: quarter of the south-west quarter of section s<. the'wholc of. section 4; the south-west quarter of section 3,, and tho north-west quarter- of. section 10, all Iu township 27, range 8, situated in the vicinity of Lyon’s Steam Mill.and.Ui a well-settled neighborhood; plenty of good timber within a short; distance ol the premises; will be sold at very iuw price upon the following unprecedentedly fuvorn-. hie terms, to-wit: Fifteen per cent, of the purchase, money in hand, five per cent, iu one year,, and the balance in eight equal annual payments, with interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum,payable annually, tho deferred payments secured by mortgage on the premises. For the 'above real estate apply to ‘MILROY & COLE, 43 Land Agents.

ONI ME A VIC 1C PBAIBIE, ALL of section 4, and the north half of section 5, in township*2B, range 8; also, the south west quarter of the south-easi quarter of section 32, township 29, range B—as good prairie as there ■ is in Jasper county, selected years ago by good judges; will be sold at low price upon these terms: $1,25 per ae*e cash in hand; $2 per acre on the Ist of January, 1859; $2 per acre oil tho Ist of January. 1860, and the balance in four years from the date of the deed, with interest, by MILROY & COLE, 43 Real Estate Agent*. OXE or THIS BEST FA ICNIS IN THE COUNTY, C CONSISTING of 176 acres of prairie and 20 J acres of timber, 150 acres of the farm in cultivation—-an excellent spring and orchard ou the premises; the farm situated three mileVfroßt Rensselaer, on the State Road from Rensselaer to Bradford, for sale by MILROY &. COLE, 43 Land Agents. McLEAN rEJBALE SEMINARY, INDIAN*»OUS, I PCD. CG. McLEAN, D. D., Principal; C G. • TODD, A. M., Associate. This bchool for Young Ladies recommenced on Monday, September 6, with an able corps of teachers, and every facility for acquirings thorough and accomplished education. Circulars and any further information will be urnishod on applying, either personally or by etter, as above. 23-ly DON’T fail to see SIXTH ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENTS ether brilliant offers. In anothercolutmt