Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 25, Number 12, 9 March 1855 — Page 2

.-; , FrorathCin7fati ColaahUa. 4 1 Secret Societies The annexed omnj jnication U from one of the most venerable and respected "citizeas of the State; wh r came to Ohio, wh3a it was yet a Territory; who has served his country, in military a ad civil station, and who well remembers the scenes of which ho reminds the present generation. Acknowledging the valae of saeh sentiraents, from such a source, we gi t the conspicuous position to which it is entitled: Our Democratic friend, who are making much

ado about secret political societies, are probably j not aware, that to their predecessors are we in- j debted for the introduction, rise, and progress of ; similar combinations for political effect, in these United States. During- the bleated dars of Geor Washington, and while serving his last term of four years, in the Presidency, Demo-, eratic secret political societies, were extensively established, throughout the Union, with the avowed purpose of impairing the efficiency of his administration, and forcing tl -country into n alliance with France. To such hot bed of infidelity and sediuon, were wc indebted for the whisky insurrection of 1794, in the western counties of Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Tito Deroocra'ic party of those : days occasioned to President Washington, much distress of mini. No man had a better right to claim the support and confidence, of Lis countrymen; yet, for all that, on Lis retirement from power, on a rote of thanks, for his loTig and faithful services to the country, being proposed in Congress, there was found in the House of Ilepresentatives, a few mtmbes, one of whom, if we recollect right, was Andrew Jacksoj, of late President of the United States, who voted against the measure. A leading Democratic newspaper, in Philadelphia, at the time, called upon the )Cop!e for gratulalions, that Washington was no onger in a situation to give currency to mismanagement in public affairs, and the example of bad government. Such was thi finale of the Democratic party to Washington's retirement from the Presidency. Respecting the Know Nothing party, so called, of. which we have no knowledge, except what is derived from the newspapers of lit day; leaving out their denunciations of Catholics on account of their religion, we go heart in hand with them for reform. Looking to the abuse of power, and mismanagement at Washington and Columbus, and tho ruin brought upon our noble State, bv ignorance, presumption, and crime, placed in power by the madness -of party; we no for a union with persons of any jjarty, to rescue the country from the control of wicked, and incompetent men. Let there bea union, atlhe approaching elections, of all honest men; men who love their country more than party and we shall once more behold the commonwealth prosperous, united, and happy. The remedy is with the people; and if a better state of public affair tl.xjs not hereafter exist, they will have ' none other than themselves to blame. The news which has just reached us, from Washington, is most appalling. Tho one man power, which is monarchy de facto, is "becoming an every-day occurrence. Thus, "by degrees are we accustomed t dspotic power; and so it has been, with all thefree States that have gone before us. Liberiy is the progre of centuries, by gradual approaches of the enemy, finally perished. The people should be often reminded against sanctioning precedent cases. OF MAKr TUOCSASDS. March 5, 1855. Frijm tha Panvill Advertiser. Xotesfrom Known. Kansas Ter., 1st mo. 14, 1865. After a time of silence, I trust that a sketch from my feeble pen may not be unacceptable to . the readers of the Advertiser, and though bu poorly able to interest them at the prece it writing1 seize an unappropriated moment to lias ten tt , paper a few scattered thoughts for their perusal when not better employed. It is sometimes a treat, to shake off the toils of missionary labor, and go forth to enjoy the pleasures of a ride, away from the cares of an ar-: duous calling. With this view, I set ofF yesterday morning with a friend, on a dying trip to Bull Creek, about twenty-five miles southward from our mission, a portion of tho territory which -I had never visited tielore. The day was briirht' and beautiful, tut the air was cold and piercing. Our way lay through an open prairie of twenty mil-js, without any timber. Most of this prairie is rich and beautiful as the sun ever shone upon, but it must remain for a long time unsettled from the lack of timber. What a field for the herdsroan, thought we. After getting far out from : any human habitation, we canto to a tract of prairie from which the grass had not been burnt, and we alighted from our vehicle, and striking . a match touched it to tho dry grass, and after imperfectly warming ourselves by the blaze, we passed on, and when uiUes away, we could see the dense columns of smoke curling up a from some manufacturing city, and the dames rolling Upward in pleasing grandeur. "How great a matter a little fire kindleth." In tho evening the tedium of our journey was somewhat relieved by the appearance ef six deer, ; scampering over the prairie, and stopping occasionally to gaze at us, much to our amusement as well as that of some Indians who had fallen in with us. But our attention was soon called to the more important object of seeking a shelter for the night, secure from the cold. We wanted no other accommodations than a shelter, and this we could have found among the Indians, bat as , we wished to improve the time by gaining infor-. ruation, we preferred the company of those with whom we could converse, and just at nightfall we came to the hut of a squatter tresh from II oosierdoui. I call it a hut, and it is nothing mora, being coastructed of slight logs, about ten feet ' by eighteen, and but little higher than a man's liead. It contained two beds, a table, a chest, a large cook store, a pilo of wood a quantity of breadstiiffs, and seven children, besides their parents, and the reader may imagiaa the space allotted to us. But their hearts appeared to be larger than their dwelling, and they received us with much apparent cordiality, and we could readily believe that the company of a white man ! was a treat to them, as very few are settle! near j them. We wer desirous of learning the where-) about of some of our Friends, who were said to ' hare settled in that region, but we found the report to be false. Th country along Ball Creek is unsurpassed j in richness of soil, and beauty of appearance, ' and has the best timber that I have seen in the ' territory, principally oak, walnut and hickory; j "and there was every appearance of a bountiful: supply of water. Bull Creek is a considerable j stream with remarkably high banks. We were! shown specimens of a beautiful sandstone, sus- , ceptible of being nicely dresse J for building. j We were also shown a specimen of rock or fossil ! od, obtained from ft spring some fifteen miles : below, in th We country. This oil runs out j of the earth on tli surface of the water in con-; siderable quantities. It has every apparent1 quality of th common American oil of the shops. 1 and is thought to possess considerable medical Virtues. It ignites with the quickness of powder, and burns with a brilliant flame, and ia aaid to burn wH in lamps, but I presume it would smoke badly. The water ol the spring haa the same ' Uste as the oil. . Sot finding those persons w ware more par-; ticularlj in pursuit of, we returned home sooner ; . thaii we anticipated, aad afr a rapid drive through a most disagreeabU wind, wa feel pre-1 reared for repose and bid the reader odien. j

Ifith. We have had a most delightful winter. Lere, very little rain or snow, and the mercery j falling but little below the freezing point. The I weather has been pleasantly warm, with bright j sunshine nearly all the time. The roads are dry ! and smooth. The winters are generall much pleasanter here than in Indiana, not o cold and j not so much damp dark weather. We have very little mud, and when it is the worst, one or two days of sunshine and wind will dry it up. It is not necessary for rcc to enter into the details of the outrage committed in our election , by Missourians; every one -who reads the papers ' knows them. It is regarded here as a very great , outrage by the settlers, and by every hones man in Missouri. Some of the weaker brethren among the settlers are discouraged, and longing for the floh pits of Egypt; but I am happy to ; say that the greater number are made of sterner; stuff, and this outrage- has strengthened their op- j position to slavery, and settled them more firmly ' in their determination to make Kansas free. t Should the question be left to the actual settlers : in Kansas, slavery never will be established here. ; It can only come by outsiders voting it in. A large majority of the citizens of Kansas will be : non-slaveholder, and many of them strongly : ami slavery, and should slavery come, if come itmust, it must be weak in the State, and the people ! are determined never to cease agitating the ques-1 tion while slavery remains. We an make Kansas free if we trill. Shall we do it? Who responds? What we want is men of the right stamp : to work with us. But many, I suppose, will j wait to sec whether Kansas will be frte, before they come. For such men wo Lave no use.

1 he question of slavery must be met, and we : know of no better place to meet it than Kansas. , Shall we meet the tide of alavery and roll back its dark and blighting waves, or shall we sit quietly j down with folded arms, and L-t it pursue its course, i Let every one ponder this question, and then act. 1 RICHARD MEN DEN HALL. ' Maaafactare of Maple Sugar. As the season of making sugar is at hand, we ' publish tho following directions for producing a superior article, from the Ohio Farmer: It will be seen by reference to the files of the ! Ohio Farmer, that Dr. Wm. L. Hamilton, of Re-, pub'ica, Svtiaoa county, took the premium for : maple .ugarat our last Ohio State Fair. He pre-; eenied us with a few pounds of it. It is Jully i cqusl in apparance"and qualitp to the best loaf. 6ugar. We were anxious to know the process of i its manufacture, and to our inquiries he replied as leiiows: The sugar presented to you was made last spring in the following manner: The sap or sugar water, was caught in black walnut buckets, and boiled down to syrup in a cauldron kettle, set in nreli out of doors. It was then strained throua tie for :i n ciowi strainer, ana put in anotner ket- i further boiling down, which was done in ' tin? iuur. ine wnr.es oi two eggs ana anouta pint of sweet milk were beaten "together well, j and put into the syrup for the purpose of clarify- ! ing ir, after which it was placed over a fire sulFi- ' ciently large to ke.p it boiling, the scum (as su- : gar makers term it) rising upon the top, beinj carefully skimmed off. j When sufficiently boiled, so as to admit of i .1. - l. rrL r x granulation, it was poured into a wooden funnel, assisted by covering the top of the suar with cloths kept constantly wet with cold waTer, until it became as whito as it could be mde; then it was broken up, taken out of the woodon funnel and ground in a coffee mill. You will thus per--Mve that some extra pains were taken with it, but notwithstanding, maple sugar may be made equally as white with less trouble, as follows: The sugar water to be caught in clean buckets, tin pans cr stone crocks. Red earthenware will rlo. IJoil it in a cauldron kettle, set in an arch; oil down to a syrup, and when cool strain H through a cloth. Clarify it with the white of tggs and sweet milk, carefully skimming while boiling ao"vn. When boiled sulhciently, so as to admit granulation, pour the sugar into a tub1 male small at the bottom and large at the top, which msy be tilled nearly lull by adding sugar i from time to time as you make it. After the tub ! isfilhd, perforate the bottom with small holes, in order to kt the molasses run ofF, placing the tub up from the floor sufficiently to seta vessel under it to catch the molasses. Apply upon the top : cloths wot with cold water, w hich continue until j all the coloring matter has been drawn off, or in ' other words washed out the sugar by the water passing through lrorn the cloths on the top. ; Novel Commencement of Courtship. An intima'e friend of a lady who was recently united in wedlock with a professional gentleman in this city, informs us of a bit of the history of the commencement of the courtship, which we think : rather too good to keep to ourselves. The gen-; tloman was sitting, one Sunday evening not many months since, in a pew in one of our i fashionable churches, probably filling up the time that must elapse before the commencement of the sermon, by reflecting upon his solitary condition ' contrasting his gloomy Bachelor self with the happy Benedicts about him. He had about con-' eluded himself the mcst miserable of mortals, when the sexton walked up the asile followed by ! a gentleman and two ladies, whom he seated in the pew occupied by our Bachelor friend. The gentleman took the head of the pew, while the Indies seated themselves between the two the younger nd prettier occupying a place next to that of the first occupant whom wc shall call Harry. As the lady looked up enquiringly to Harry, he thought that he had i.evcr seen a handsomer pair of eyes, or a countenance more glowingly expressive. "What dream of beauty i this!" said he, half aloud; but she heard it not, nor seemed to realize that aimiring eyes were looking down into her own clear orbs. Little, very little of that sermon did Harry hear; for before it was half out he hoi I falka desperately in love with his sweet neighbor. At last, enable longer to retain his feelings, he availed himself of a moment when the eyes of her guardian were averted, and whispered into the ear of he astonished fair one, "Lady, I love you; tell, O ttll me where you live, and who you know, that I may become acquainted with you, and tell you how ardently I love and how honorable are my intentions." The young l.viy looked up into Harry's eyes, and for a secon as the rosy -Wait hurriedly traced a few lies on ihe fly leaf of her hvmn book, which a moment after was transfer red to Harry. He read they were as follows becixme intimate with him, and thus became acquainted with Al we wont tell her name. ' Last week they were married, and according to our informant, happier couple exists not in Christendom. Cincinnati Times. , How to Tbxat tock Bjxts .ma Shoes wrks PaKTiatXT BruiD. Somebody says: On one; of the cold days. I pulled off my boots and set : them close to the stova which was very hot. The room was filled with a smell as of something burn-; Turning round, 1 saw my boot smoking; .t i .u n: I siid them and irr.md;atW besmeared them with soft soap, much of which, i. owjng to their highly heated condition, quickly ' disappeared in the leather. When tbe boots were ! coid ths leather became soft aad pliable; and now. ! after several days subsoquent wear, they exhibit! Do marks of having been burned. The foregoing t aeems to be worthy of attention. i

J he thought he haa oaendea.Dut V C j , , , . i-..v.wu ut, ..

lips opened; Harry heard simply., V"81 . Trust Company about to discountenance it. The

lie waited, but notion, when the ialv - - r - , r i Cny Bank of Colambus cot i:s heaviest blow from

-I five on street. No. I know Charley ," u' ''r " . " . , . not quite loosmg both pr

it. j i ,,rt. i , . , coinpanviair me sceu, ce says, "lnis me.on is- r, , r , , , Harry dl t know "Charley except by reputa- 1 . . n - - - T T. - . ianks were maae to

Uon, but by changing hisboardins place he soon .- . : , j . . ' ; interest named ia theii

Tor tbc Fci4tva. THE P I L G 8 I a . it xat yinnt".

IJCIBED TO A K X A . A tad cam, from her ckuiber down. Ail dresse'l ia of Queenly stalav She saw a pilgrim Jrrwl in brown, A ;aadisg x; la cuC gat, She aske.1 hi3 can bat oo; ;ou!J t3, Tho' tin .eTit'J kid knowa him we'.lThe uui tU.'-i ia th- g-ant A or. An-i ww ths .ii;rr.ia, tat? ia ka&d, Who vicw.-i the c&gtt? u'er a l o'er, Eftrh ttrr?t and bi'ms -an4, Then to himself, in th-iujh?, he (ail, 1 wonder if .. thlciu m: i.-J-The lair loikr.1 at the i-t'.jrrim ta't. And saw tbrxmjb tan Lu : iu.t wear., tVhite something I'rom ihe ea-li:1 wall Bad" h-r inrite the pi!ri:n thr, Aol vanity beii j, I (roesi. Had taie the heart cf i-ady The lady wwtj uort!-wy hand. Toratch the GunnjT piiTitn'i ere, Acithcnr." :f h?r heart ai farneJ By aoinc stranee mem'ry painf by. Hhp ilroj -.ed L?t head, ihe ,ilriua cam. And low.v ko the L It's tiaue. 4 Pair Iji3t 'U trat;gc, he said. No dnul t you'll think ns.vi or wiiA, Ia nrt ;hr? one, (you think hiaidead,; Whi knew ycu wfac- a t hild: Then he lwki npni he I vik?d dowa Tho Lady Bei3 asd the pilgrim brewn. Soon locked he op at the lady lair, With smiie no evil could efiacc; She ' cicsscJ the I. or A," lor Lhun and there, r-hekcw the sunbarnod fce So Uie lady fair a banquet s n- j, Where the pilgrisi brown aod ll.e were wed. A Quaker Major Oeurral. Tho House of Representatives in Maine Friday last.elected one of tUix members, Mr. EE Jones. Major-General of the Second Division of the Military of that S'a'e. This gentleman is an j esteemed member of the Society of Friends, and ! is doubtless the first Quaker ever elected to so high art oiiict; in ki.e .ii aA . ah. woiieft uinuc a capital speech, and after referring to tho changes he has witnessed in the popular mind on the various moral questions of the day, he alluded to military matters and said: Still more wonderful, who would have believed that the State of Maine, that not a few years since gloried in an Aroostook expedition and was noisy with the military trainings and the din of arms, would in 1 055 exhibit the speeia t ie of a peaceful member of the Societv of Friends being elected to the post of Major-General of a Dii'is ion of Militia, and that by the Representatives of the people in legislative capacity ! In the course of Lis brief speech, Mr. Jones S3id: He had ever endeavored to regulate his own conduct by the principle that legislation should not go very far in advance of public sentiment; and it seems to him that his election might possion De a utile atiea l oi tna sentiment, lie would submit this suggestion in all candor. It was generally understood that he entertained peculiar views in respect to the policv of wars. If he was in fact an exponen t of the views of the legislature on the subject he'd cheerfully unde:-

take to serve the State in the capacity indicated, ti n, as there would be no means of determining With much pleasure would he stand before the ' how m &Loul,, bfl L,kcled from eachcountv. Militia of the Second Division, and give suen J . . , . , ,, , . " , . orders as he thought best. The first would be 1 ,lkss a tra ScSlon 8uou'J bc cahod anJ "Ground Arms!" The second would be -Right no election can be had. The Governor has boastabout Face!" Beat your swords into plough- ingly declared through the late session, that ho shares, and your spears into pruning hooks, and ' woajj not, under anv eircumstancess, call an ex1 In?or.e:-an,J 1 h ou!d then dismis, sessionCand we presume the omission referred every man to his farm and his merchandise, with , v . , A , , - , an admonition daily to read at his fireside the I bov' permitted to force him into the New Testament, and ponder upon its tidings of . tm-asure. 'Peace on earth and good will to men!" j 'e art to bf represented in S-nt of the The honor was declined, and the honest Q;;a- tj Sute's for l.e next two years by but one Senker expressed a preference for private life. His ; , . " r . " , , v i v i - i . . . r ator. un:cs an extra session ot the legislature be speech was dcliYered amidst interruptions of up- ' . tfcrious applause. Notwithstanding this decli- i to ""pply the place of Mr. FetUt. This is nation, a message was sent to the Senate announ-; another strange predicament. It is not only

cing Mr. Jones election, bu. a message was re-Major-General of the Second Division. - Sago is brought from the east Indies, and is of, considerable use as a restorative diet. It is produced bv a species of palm tree. The progress of its vegetation in tho early stages is very slow. At first it isa mere shrub, thick ect with thorns; but, as soon as its stem is once formed, it rises in a short time to thirty feet, is about thirty feet i:i circumference, and imperceptibly loses its thorns. Its ligneous bark is about an inch in thickness, and covers a multitude of long fibres; which, V, j - n rw i ni Arwn-'c rs A "tm 1 1 Vt T at rinr v valArvd a

mass of gummy kind of meal. As soon as this , of I!1,nol' XN &- Km- cf Boston' Wj: B. tree is ripe, a whitish dust, which transpires thro j B. French, .Washington. Treasurer. After a the pores of the leaves, and adheres to their ex- ! warm debate the association passed resolutions tremities, ploclaims its maturity. The Maylays j objecting to the doctrine of free trade for agrioal-tl-.en cut it down near the root, divide it into sev-! , , . , ... ,.rt. , . ... . .t e tare and protection oi o-.her interests. eral sections, and then scoop out the mas; of : 1 mealy substance, which is enveloped by, and j Atchison at WoriT"in Kaxsis aqai.v. A adheres to the fibres; they dilute it in wa'er, and , . r , y.. . r, ... i ' t c i , ' correspondent of the Mis.-ouri I'emocrat, writing then pass it through a straining bag of fine cloth, , t? to seperate it from the fibres. When the paste j from Jefferson city, writes that Atchison visited has lost part of its moisture by evaporation, the j that city recently to look after his prospects and Malays throw it into earthen vessels, of different , wa3 very much disgusted to learn that the Legisshapes, where they allow it to dry and harden. 1 b;j eve" :ng before he arrived, postTins paste is wholesome nourishing food; the , , . . f . ... . Indians eat it diluted with water, and sometimes i Foned the t'natonal clIC,n n'! nxt er. baked or boiled. A jelly is sometimes made of ' He went away the next day, stating, however, it, which is white and of a delicious flavor. An 1 before he Itfb, that one of his chief reasons for so inferior kind of sa to is made in the WTe3t Indies j hurried a departuie was "the nesessllv o" hit Uir.j from the pith of tbcreca. j Kans(JS in fo aUtnd to t'ring eifHivTis "Iiithe year lG'JO, Moscow was desolated there." and to secure the predominance of the by one of the most dreadful famines recorded in nuKifiers in the councils of the infant territory, history. Thousands of people Jay in tho streets j "Thus it seems," con.inues the JJeniocrct's corand highways, with their nv.uths full of hay and respondt:rl. ..Le U intent upon playing the sanw straw, or even the most filthy things, which they ! r , , . . . . had been attempting to eat. in mtnv houses the S over S,n ol a udunt imporution of fattest person was kiLed. in order to serve for ! Mtssoun ro'es which he and Ins followers did last food to the rest. Parents were said to have eaten ' fall, and this he calls "SQUATTER SOVERtheir children, and children their parents, or to EIGNTY." He goes fully equipped too carhave sold them to buy bread. One aa.hor, Pe- ! - his ocls with fcim accompanied by tnus. savs that he himself saw a woman bite 1 - s ... , , . ' -several pieces out of a child's arm w .he was i Mr. Sinngfellow aad a hve yankee, from whom carrying it along; and Margaret relates that four ; the only thing that can be g!?aned is that he is exwomen, having ordered a peasant to coma to one 'ceedinr desirous of becoming a fire ea'er and of their houses, under pretence of paying him '; of OWninga goodly cumber of slaves if he can for some wood, killed and ate both him and his fatm horse. This dreadful calamity lasted three vears, ' '

noiwithstandin z all the means which tho CUar ' could use to alleviate it; and L: this time upwards : of 500.000 people peris bed ia th ie citv. Peaboiy, Esq.. horticultural editor of the 'Soil of the South,' Georgia, has laid us un ler obliga-

at.i.u jn. I'l i a a' l in. ti i ii i r u ; i v. .i.iiica a . "

beautiful. It is cultivated like the common kind at that rate of interest. bat it must not be cultivated near any of the me- Th-i Trust Company dererves credit for establon family. When ripe, the skin peels as readily ; t:-v.: , n t,t :h most imnortant rrincinles in

from the pu'p as an orange, and the pulp mav be. , .. separated between the lSbes without displaVing bnk PS- w ho the sed. As a desert fruit, it has no superior ; drocte of creating a

in beauty or lusciousness. Mr. reanoay nas a lew parages or uie seea. which he sends by mail, to the curious in sac L matters, at $ 1 package, pre-paid. Whits Mapus Sr gar. - As sugar-making fme is near at hand we publish the following is a sure method of clarifying sugar; Filter all your sap bewre boiling, through a hopper or box of sand, which he is satisfied will take out not only ,..,., , . . , - all the stains derived from leaves, tubs, crumbs of bark, but all other coloring matter that caa prevent the sugar fzora being pure and white,

TIIE RICHMOND PALLADIUM.

B- P. HOLLOW a V. AND B. W. PATLS. FJf-i Fridav Jiornimc, March 9, 1 Kxtra Session or the Lrgi-latore. larire amouiit f badness left undone by tL lb; , Legis!atnre, w;'! ma an extra session ind:spenabrr ; The shortness of the session rnj be given si an apo j ogy fur lh:s derilictioa of duty: bat had the Sena- ' been disposed to carrv ont in good faith the dot which devolved upon ih-n:, all mip! have been dot I that was necessary to be Uoue. They, however, r '-sci to t erfonn their d it 'es a id no t the LegL-latu: 4 mast be arrain convened, at ar espeuse of seme $jO,OC . ; to the peo Je of the Siate. the respoasi'uility of th" , ; rests entirely upwn the o'd l.ners in tac Senate, as c: . i easily be shown from the journaij of Uie House, wbe. ; repeated efforts were made to ia3ace the senate to g :nto the election of o:5.--ers. and the transaction , ' otfar i ;i!nes. No election was trade of an Untied States 5cau no 5:a?e Prta'.e: no Agei.t cf State uo Atto. ney General vras elect .i. Why wa3 this? It w eirnply because the old liners knew tiicir candidaU could not be elected in joiut convention, and the presamed that if no eiec-tioa was ma-u-, the Goverut j would appoint their candidates, securing t the part : the offi.-es it could not gvt by the will of the people I as expressed through the Legislature. 'True to th" i anticipation, on Voi.dar last the Governor made sev j er&l atpointmer.ts of o!d liners: but it tarns ont tha j the lasv reqitres the oath of office to be adamistcree " - j Wsciwa, and n e.ecuon has been had- Tiia Secretary of State cannot adaiinieter the obligation, and so the infamous scheme of Governor Wright and his coadjutors in the Senate, has utterly failed. Well may the wicked cry, 'J-i-!nn am a hard road to tr ibbie. " The bill of the House providing for arc-assessment of the real estate for revenue purposes, also failed in the Senate. Th'S waj called for by many considerations of jusu.-e to Jidereut portions of the State, and is an item of importance to the State Trtaeory. Tb. School Law was mistrubiv fixed ur, and needs early rtvis:on. For these, and ir.anv oilier reasons, an extra session is called fer, and we trust his llxeeUer.cy will tsue an early call. Strniigp Predicament. The Legislature of this State adjourned on Monday last, without passing any law to provide for future elections of Membeis of the Legislature. Every six years, it is made the duty of the general assembly to pass a bill apportioning to the respective counties of the State a fair representation in the Senate and House of Representatives. This law provides for a certain length of - time only, and unless re-enacted, there can be no elec- ; strance, but a irrca outrage, petretrated by a :iuwulua.i oct of politi iciani in the jSenao, who Lope to Utter their fortunes by leav injr their fate t.i a de.-nerate chance. BC" The National Agricultural Society at its late meeting in Washingtoon, elected tho following officer-; for the current year: M. P. Wilder, of Mass., President, arid a Vice President from each State an J Territory. The Executive is composed cf Mes.-rs. King, oi New York; Calvert of Maryland; lv!e, of Mass., Watts, of Ohio; Jones, of Delaware; Elrovn, of Penn.; and Weutworth, IsTKRKSTSOJ." Deposits. The Columbus Statesman, in speaking upon this question says: 'No one ou-'ht to ever trust a bank that pays t practice ot paying big and little interest on deposits, and its depositors came Terr near, if ncipal and interest. loan money at the rate of r charters, but not to borrow would ever become tho bank charter, if it was ! understood tnat such bank was to be the town ; feature m such atraosaction is, that a tank may ! thus borrow all the loose money in a neighbor j hood, and from the pub ic necessity created bj : itself, to commit all kinds of extortion upon an . janocent but humbued people. t I - -Recollect, sir." said a tavern keeper to a coach , , , , ,. j . , passenger who lutd on:y a gjass of water, and cot r . J ; ""eiabeninf Us wa:r "AiC0uect, sir. if jott J lose your purse, you dllnt pull U outkert?"

M aseiask LtcEsFS iss'. sr it Wat.xk Cocxrr. The Er-: TOarriaje !:eec Lstcd :a this Wayne"; county, was oa the i7tu March. 1511. t Kphraiai Botes a::d Hatha Hogg ix. They were married bv

JuJsre Meek on the 2lst of the same instant ! Upon a Leearc returned by John Fir-ley, Esq , now ' jr worthy M-yor, dated LVeemuer 9. 125, we find the f jllowine endorsement : On t'aia btotKu loaf, 1 hl c-U to b bi iaf. n siurJ.ij lt. uui' ."J .. ,. t i r , . , . isevhob number of manusre licenses issued in ! , . . . i , ! ih ecinnrv fcincc its organization to the present dav, u 6 -i'. . Tru!r, oars have Iveen a marrrtae people. - ' 1 " ' , , Hnrrtp Pawn? Stnt Stiwk RmI. The following is a v . t .i c list of the Specie paving .. . . 1 Banks in this State. Their issues pass at par at j t.i: v. ...1 .i ""-l'"'-"' - al 5lhere. They are purchased we believe in this place at nve per cent, discount. Bank of the Capitol, Indianapolis, Traders' B.ir.k. do. Central Bank. do. Csnk .f Poli. Pnoli. Bank oi" Elkhart. Bank of GcsLen. Farmers' Bank, Westfield, ' Kentucky Stock Bank, Columbus, Bank of Sa'em. Bank cf Warsaw. 'Bank of Mount Vernon, i Merchants' and Mechanics' B'k, New Albany, ; Indiana Stock Bank. Laportc, Gramercy Bank, Lafayette, Crescent City, Evansville, Canal Bank do. Fayette County, Conuersville, ; Hoosier Bank of Logansporl. Lagrange Bank Lima. ' Hank ot Indiana, Michigan City, Bank of Syracuse. Cambridge City, j Bank ot RockvillA. i Bank cf Monticelio. j Indiana B.ink, Mad:son. i rrairie City, Tons Haato, ; New York and Virginia Stock B'k, Evansville, j Southern Bank of Terra Haute, , Brookviile Bank, Savings Bank, Conncrsville. j Saleru Bank. COLLECT AlfE A . "Hinder unto -iMri tini lSa art S?ion. The water in Lake Ontario is three feet and j seven inches lower at Oswego this winter than . it was on the first of June last, as appears by th I Government record. The Lafayette Journal j says that Hon. E. A. Hannecan is a warm advocal of the new temperance law. It further states that Mr. H. andother distinguished lawyers . . . , t, . , "? , J I in that part of the btate have given the law a j careful investigation, and are unanimous in bej lieving it perfectly constitutional. The Dela-

ware Legislature, both branches, have passed the . j.-ew wiu regret that thia miachievous body is do prohibitory liquor bill. It will take effect on the ' jon,.r jn existence. After aquandering manj first of June next the thirstiest time of the yr-1 months in doing nothing, as its hour of dissoluM. Laysel, a French chemist, saya that he !tion ,ppr0ached, it seemed to be inspired with a discovered that, by grinding tea in the same man- j disposition to do everything, whether good or evil, ner eofive, before infusion, the quantity of wlich time would permit, and to this end pro- . l : ': " i I Kf,l K..i. l..Ki...i tu. . 1 . . 1 .

, elm.nu.iS .uicu uUUUreu. i experiment is worth trying. It is related that j a countryman was asked, after leavi ng one of the ! Presidential levees ,n W ashington, if he had ever seen sucn a sig.li Dearer -.o, was me emphatic reply, 'not since I was weaned!' -We learn that Rev. L. L. Hamhne, late Bishop of the Methi: .. 1 ri. 1. I I i : . . - - . 1 oulm r.piscopdi v iiurvii.niiu loruivriy rcMUvni in ' Cincinnati, has donated $25,000 towards the e -tablishmcnt of a University at Red Wing, Min-', nosota, to be called the 'Hnmline University.' ! 'Jake, did you carry that umbrella home j that I borrowed yesterday'.' asked a father of ; his only son. No, father, you have often told j me to lay up something for a rainy day, and as I thought it would rain soon, I laid up the umbrella.' The case of Mrs. (Raines ia still on trial lat New Orleans and from the evidence ,t appears. 1 nAT? L7 C Ty " a,bh.S lt'e Iact ,ai i ; Dan 1 Cla. k, her father, did at last intend to make her his sole heir to his immense estate. In Virginia, tha wheat crop is reported as cocking re- ' markably well, having sustained no damage by freezing. Delaware is the first Slave State that I ftas passed a law prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating be'erages. There is one mil! in Lawrence that consumes the fleece of five thousand j sheep per day. A writer in the Edir;burg lleview estimates that tlie laborers of England alone j squander 8250,000,000 per year, on spirits, ale, and tobacco. This is a large sum, but the authority is firs: rate. A writer in the New York Herald states that Bishop Hughe holds property in his hands belonging to the Catholic ( hurch of New ork, amounting to Szo.OCO.CoO. j A piece of land was recently sold in London at the rate of two million of dollars an acre. , in- rungoi i russ.a, r.issau, i,as promouea tne Mormon Missionaries from entering his Ki ngdom. 1 1: is said that the number of prostitutes in ' New York city amount to six thousand. Philanthropy anl Christianity shudder at the ontem- ; piation Good for the girls in Colt's Mifis, patI terson, N.J. Tl.ry l--ave iven one hundred and j twenty -five dollars to the poor of that city. i Oak and map! wc-vi is selling in Boston at 010 j a cor 1. Goi help the s-.itfering, shivering poor ' of that citv! It is stated that ths B-ink of Nanieri viile ( Hi ) has resumed specie payment.r of his ho US at St. ; Coi. nenton, ov tne tr.irmn Ljuis, lost his notes and papers for the second vol ume cf his "Thirty years in the Senate." (The Delaware Indians, who hold 1.800.000 acres

of the best land in Kansas territory, have sold iarm of our j. lt pres the yoan ,nJ athree quarters of tr.tir prossessioru to speculators j bLU.jU, officcrt the oniy men wbo are tit forFeaI for $lU,OOU, less than one cent per acre. rh.n- tn n in th.ir rmr.u.no aad

In Sacramento, recently, a colored man employed , w distinguish themselves. - The Nary villi to ckar tne smewaiks, picked up a pair of old j d.bt bc greatly benefitted by sending th id inexpressibles tn the street, and thinking them foj?ie, to Uie reared list, and giving the rigorosJ heavier than they ought to Le, ripped tpen the, ;ritg who tr) long rustod in inactivity hmng. and fotiad there one hundred and fifty . Opporlunitv to do something. The bill to prodollars in gold dust. Tbe new king of the , vid, a rr.ow efficient discipline for the Navy, Sandwich Islands is evidently a very gallant man. j no doubt to promote that end. He has determined to give all th. females in the . xiie DtU1)iy Ln4 BUI would have been aa exc.ty each a r.ew black suk or satin dress pattern, , ce;nt measure if those for whos benefit it putin order that they may appear m respectable and, porU hav, i,, passe(j. were likely to be b!fiUtng eostame at his father's funeral. j d by it. Batas the millions of acres of lads Aleuer from Kansas compiains that there is not; whicb it st 4Way fof lte mrt partf fc2 a miihner in the whoie territory Some are j into tb hands of speculators, liule good and wanted immediately. Austria has forbidden ( BJth CTii are ylM to u prodaCed by it th publication of the Pop s bull respecting the j The nttmroa, Tetoei tenl i by the Presideot immaculate conception in Lorn bard y. and has.., j. j;,.,. . k o f tlvaworkiai

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,cu , ..o. "r7";0f ourgOTernmtatisaboutto bepresentea. is ! feul'.an has' bl prohrtiited the is ot M,in&ed with the immense powsr

&aje o. y.ircwiu anu rg-n irmwi ana Las do a the aame.The price f passage on the Panama railroad Us been fixed at 825; chudreu undr twelve years of age, half price.

I a ne comrr.uiati.ju lor reanier.va on tne isthmus is; ,rx to an equal voice with the popular represeoj 50 per month. The price of express freight! taT.8 i3 tbe Senate and the House, in matter of joa passenger trains is tn cents per pound. mere expediency, and when no question of eoo-

Theeasle of the French standard has the win;rs! r- ( folded. An Eagle with the wings outspread )V ! the military cscbltm of the United Sutes. ' I ButcKwrjon's Magazisk, for Febrcary, La been

j received.' It coniaics several very kteresting artit c'.es. It is ad saUuctial rcadiig nsatter, and such a. beaefit acy o&j to read. I'rice 3. bat it aad ; either of ae other Uu? Reviews can be had for 5: tfee f.v.r Review and lilarkwood for $10. Address Leotard Scott Co , New York. I

f Hon. S. W. raaste, passed tkroogh tb!s p'a ,a i Wednesday rtoraia- last, on his rctam from r. ' ingion city. We fcaj not the plaun of serbg hita j but a frienj wfco did, infrms ns that he is worn dow

J with t-1 of the dose of the sasion. Mr. Paj. ker has been an attentive and laborioas member , e Bave naJ pleasure cf serving ia the State r legislature witn Mr. Parker, asd we make the hroij : assertion, that mo tmember of that body, from ' pr?aB-Iau0., 0f the first ta the last session, can ib ' record as fa.tafal m ie attendance as can Mr. Par. ker; and we presame that sickn-ss has mlomt pre vwit. ,ed the record of hi vote anon every ouestioa wh'wK ' , 1 1 "asca ;hasco.ne up aince he has been ia - Courvsa. lr I e V"TO w. I '. , ' , . . " . " ' . . most ekrjTe::t speas- r. he has not pent hts timj ia I ne'esi Jis-'ussloa upon la floor, bat in tht au i efficuai p'.ac. thd coai-nittee too u, he kn Uboarei i . , ' , . ... . , , ; with eacrgy and ao.uty. He retuvs Crota Cuzrcsi at klsosu soli-itaiio:i, aaj to roja tha practics of i his proteasion and th3 wLvatioa of tks soil, reakW M ke djca upoa one of the most beaatifal fams ia the White water valley. Mr. Parker is not only aa ah'e politician, an eminent lawyer, bat one of ib bet frtn?rs in th - State; and his farm is a ftrikir.j evide-ice of the bone 5 u of .ictelliseaoe aJ booki" in thj cultivation of the sji!. Hit our object ia th com ne:ice:neat pf tais a tide was merely to amouaca thf retara of oar hoaa.-jj rcpreientative to his hoaa Dreadhtl Mi rtsr. We aro just informs! that a horrid murder was committed a few miles west of Dublin, in Hoary county, on yesterday morning. Kev. Mr. Scott, a Presbyterian preacher, was killed by a man named Benj. Hickman. Hickman had been driuking for soma days, and on yesterday morning went to the resideuca of Mr. Scott, and without one word, struck bim over tha head, and then slabbed him through. This was done in the presence of the wife and family. Scott lived but a few minutes. Hickman then " ran to a small stream, and drowned himself. In th-s recent elections in Massachusetts for township officers, the Know Nothings carriel iJ out, of the 50 towns hoard from. A democrtt is elected Mayor of Detroit. Small favors thankfully received. The Mayor and othsr city officers, elected in Chicago, on the 7th inst., are all intimate friends to "Sam." As far as heard from, all theelectious through, the State of Maine, have resulted in the choice of some od or other of "Sam's" friends. Two Banin3 SidTKMS Lkoalizbd. Ta Stato Bank bill and the Free Bank bill hare both passed the Legislature over the reto of Gor. Wright and are now laws of the State. We understand that tho friends of the two systems, who had jail along been auiagonistical towards each other, j w.ken the, fOUBd the Govenor about to path ; . A i foot on both, joined forces and carried their proi 1 . , r !j( cts- "In unlon there, 9 strengthj The I.aio Coactes. looked iu session to the noon of the C'hnsuu sabbath. We are consoled for this, in some dehowever, by the assurance that there wu ,es3 (iruntennes. anj disorder than usual! ; NolwithsUnding the abuse which has been , d n thlft Congress, it has really enacted , ' i .ni ...i.i a mriuo I . i ' v. . i u v. i . v . v- v. ,nv, a. . . . i ' ' u t one of the most important is that creating th Court of Claims. Congress has long been compelled to devote much of its time to tho consideration of private claims, which it was a peculiarly unfit court to adjust, and which it was compelled for want of time to postpone until the ends of justice, were often defeated and much injury done to private individuals. This Court will remedy this evil, relieve Congress of a perplexing psrt , r i ... . -,i ..v.i i.; t a . d dec;sion on the merita of their claims. Attempts have often boen made to create such. Oourt tbe nece8sity for whlch ma to htT. ,..,;..,.,..'!,. ,.1 K,,. i' ia linn viniij vvn'jvuvu truh li 1 1 1 , v I fc n Ituvat success. The Terns Creditors' Bill, which appropriate! 87.750.UOO for the payment of the creditors of Texas holding bondi or other evidences of deb, for which the revenue of the Republic was pledged, settles this vexed subject in perhaps as satisfactory a manner as was possible. The creditor would have got the money some day, an J ws have probably made a good bargain in settlinf with them for that sum. The Consular and Diplomatic Bill introduce some excellent changes into our diplomatic ytrni. Outfits and infits arc abolished, and a reyilr alirv i irivn. This increases tha comtxlMtion f aolae of our diplomatic and consular agents, but it abolishes some rank abuses, and ob tho whoK js decided improvement The J'vstafft BUI fixes the rate of letter postag , at three cents for all distances less than tbro thousand miles, and five cents for all greater diftancea. After a crUiia day, the first of January, we believe all letters must be prepaid with stamps except those written by members of Congress, cf course! Letters containing money may bc registered, bat the (i vernment will not be resIMjiiibio for the contents. If the franking privil?ge Lai been abolished, perhaps the next Coaxt6 not iave i,een obliged to appr.priate i -u, to fW- PnOnftir.- l)drhnit as th - j done. ; n.. , , , p,;,,- s a. V .,,i.Mtt w, , ,u-n .fTt n thai 1 - - - r . an j b;, 0&c: n4trona 'C and position give him. aa tiffir nrovJ alrnnor enOUjh tS : ...,. j ,i.a ..icn oi V aa far a'.ka fcreiga'aad dumestic policy of the country Le conCeme.d; but ho appear ready to assert fcii .,.tlna1itr im lnvolred. Tbi doctrine cenaia-j is J nerer wa, entertained by th Constitutwn or iu early and abl i ..:"!. .1. . the framers of V lest defenders; acd j we think it is one whish the people of this cons' try never will submit to, though tbe passage"" bills by Congress, through corrupt means, m? induce them occasionally to look upon its exercise without open denunciation. When we haT unk so low that our only defense against a cof rapt Cor.gres is the President, our detrc'4PS is near at hand. Cin. Gaztttt.