Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 25, Number 37, 30 August 1855 — Page 2

RICHMOND PALLADIUM.

Thursday Morning.: ::Aacwst Om isa. The Present . Kot since 1840 hare our political opponents been S3 zealous in their effort to gain an ascendancy aa at this time. In every county wcere mere are at work-holding township meetings making speeches-endeavoring by every pos- , sible mean, to attract large crowds and get up a "fas. generally No one will be so f terdantas to believe that this is caused by anw SiMr.tuut dvntir,n to their tirincitjles. Or any increased love for the free institutions of j . r- ; , the country ; but upon the contrary, it is simply a desire to obtain the spoils of office, and the control of political power. The immediate object of this "fuss and feathers" is to carry as many of the county offices as possible at the next election, and then by an aggregate summing up of majorities in the counties, endeavor to show the majority of the voters to be favorable to the policy of the present administration, in the hope that such a showing will influence the vote of this State at the Presidential election in 1 8,56. There ate no important offices to be filled at the October election, but the results of these elections may have an influence upon the vastly important elections of next year. It therefore becomes the members of the Republican party to maintain their political orgs Dilation to sacrifice all personal preferences, and work and vote to maintain their present proud position in Indiana. If it be true that we are opposed to the extension of slavery upon territory now free, it is important that we should keep our forces marshalled, until the opportunity of voting in support of this opposition be afforded us. This is to be the great issue in 1C5G, and would be in this canvass, if the offices to Le filled were identified in any measure with the slavery question. ext year there is a President of the United States to be f-.Wtad Members of Concress. and a Legis lature which in all probability will elect a member of the United States Senate. In fill- : ing these important stations, those elected will j be called upon to act directly upon this great question of slavery extension hence the im- j portance of being prepared at every possible ! point to engage in so important a content. j In our own county a Republican ticket has! been nominated, composed of good men, honest, true and well qualified for the stations 1 to which they respectively aspire, and have j been honorably nominated. Every friend to j the platform and principles of tLe Republican party should vote for these men, and roll up j for them as large a majority as possible. Let! not the boast go out that the revolution of last year was but the result of political excitement, and that a "second sober thought" will reverse it. Upon the contrary, let the j world know that the Kausas outrage has aroused a feeling of indignatioa in the minds and hearts of the people, that ean only be appeased by a restoration of the Missouri Compromise line, and an end to the encroachments of slave power upon free territory. While this question of slavery is the great and important question of the day, and of the country, there are other questions of mighty import to the country its prosperity, and the happiness of the people. In our State, next year, a Governor and a Legislature is to be elected. In this the Prohibitory Liquor Law will be aa important issue. The Sag Kichts and old-liners will exert every influence they can command to repeal that blessed law, which has done more good than any other upon our statute book. The evidence of its salutary influence can be seen in every city j and town in the State aye, in almost every j palace and hamlet. Since its enforcement! many a hovel has been converted into a com-1 forUble home, and the mansion where of late ' the wiuo cup cast its blighting influence, now j reigns peace aud happiness supreme. The , enforcement of the Liquor Law has added more labor, more energy, more enterprise, and more reliable wealth to the State of Indians, than has the emigration for years ; and yet j those who love the excitements of intoxication the political demagogues and the selfish dealers in liquors would destroy all this, and. again open the flood-gates of wretchedness and misery, poverty and crime. A few days since, in traveling upon the cars, we heard a distiller, lamenting very much and complaining very deeply, of the destruction of his business. His great argu ment in favor of the repeal of the law, was the immense amount of capital now "tied up" iu the business amounttog. as he said, to millions of dollars. This argument reminded us of another era in the history of the world, when a certain class of people complained, and that bitterly too, ef, the destruction of their business. At the advent of Christ, and the preaching of the gospel to a priest-ridden world, the makers of images the carvers of wood and stone those who made idols for worship complained that their 1 business was destroyed. Was the world ben -' efitted or injured by their loss, if they lost anything? Is not the blessed influences of the gospel far more valuable than the business of making idol ? Reader, excuse die foolishness of the question, as we simply desired to make the application, of the destruction of the business of making idols and the manufacture of whisky. These and many other questions will impart an importance to the elections of next year, and we have oly referred to them for the purpose of showing the importance of keeping our forces organised for that great contest which is destined so essentially to affect the prosperity of our common country in time to come. Friends, remember that in "times of peace prepare for war." .89 The Cincinnati Gazette says: "We learn from several physicians ef oar city, that the chol era had disappeared almost entirely, and that the city is unusually healthy." ' The Cholera haa. for uni wwti Wn !( fatal at Flemiapbarg. Ky. Several of the physicians have died, aad the citisens hav to depend for assistance from neighboring towns.

Wwyue Coantr rule. Teachers Institute. On Wednesday The 6fth annual exhibition of tbe Wayna eTenjBg a lecture was delivered by the Rev. County Agricultural Society will be held in g Hoshour, chiefly upon the' subject of Centervillc, on tbe 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th our language and iu derivatives. His reof September. The grounds will be opened ' marks wereintereting and of practical importer entries on Tuesday, the 11th. and the unee to teachers, and evinced great study and books will be kept open until noon on Wed- j experience. Had the speaker's voice

j nesday. Any person may become a member 1 J 1 . . L T .- I. by Darmeooe dollar to the Treasurer, or by .

purchMing a Badge of ay of his agents. cicited more interest, These wiIUdmittbem and their wives. Qa Thursd CTenintr, John Ha;Des, Presiaod childreB under ,8 years of age at Uldent of Green-Mount, delivered the closing time9 dllring the Fair. Family Tickets, f ecture Hf gererel condernned sectarian wbich wrre for one day enly, can be had for ; reli - U8 teach- in 8cLoolif aad advocated r. .- o: i .:-!-.... 4:..: i

uh; ixuu. ciujic nuujuuug uc r-1 son. 25 cents. All competitors for premiums must become members of the Society. Per- j sons employed for the purpose, will be in readiness on the ground to receive the articles j intended for exhibition, in their several de- j partments. Exhibitors will be careful toj have their animal and articles arranged in j .SI ther appropriate places, and in season, omerwise tbey may be overiootea Dy me committees. All articles for exhibition must be entered upon the books of the Secretary. All slock should be accompanied with a concise written statement of pedigree, feeding, and other circumstances in relation to the character and condition of the animal. For fat cattle, a brief statement of the kind of food, manu icuiii ui nuie ui iwuwy, wmiu I i ,u t t -.j: t. .1 1.4 be given. Cards will be lurnislied witli the number as entered at the office, and these cards should be placed upon the articles or animals, so that the judges will have no diTiculty in finding them. No animals or articles entered for exhibition can be taken from the ground before the close of the Fair, except by rwrmiiiviV.n f tliA Tpii(ln t fir A m.mtur tff , . . , . the Executive Committee, and no premium will be paid on articles or animals removed in violation of this rule The preparations for this Fair are steadily ! progressing, and should the weather prove : ; favorable, it will probably be the best exhi- i . bition ever held in this county. It will beat-1 tended by a large number of persons from the i neighboring counties, and different parts of i 0 0 r the State, we therefore ask the farmers and , mechanics to make it an exhibition worthy j of thehicrh character of the empire county of; , ,. ,, . ,! Indiana. It is hoped that every farmer and J mechanic will take some one or more speci- j men of the product of their labor ; and let ua show those who may visit the grounds j " 0 what old Wayne can do. Nor are these Fairs j gotten up simply to gratify the curiosity of ! visitors or our own citizens, but to benefit all jjo may see them ; and to this end the Com j rr.ittees are earnestly requested to gather all

the information possible from the exhibitors ! V'? leu PJ" to an. ex toe riaue par- . . . r .... 1 chase of Missouri to Kansas territory.

in their several departments, and embody in f their reports all valuable information thus ' elicited, and make the reports as full as cir-; cumstances will permit.

By an order of the Board, ur.married la-'ance at Houston, Texas, dies are permitted to exhibit any articles man- j yellow FeWr'in Virsinia. ufactured by them free of charge. Any such j Baltimore, August 23. persons applying to the officers of the Society j Thirty-five deaths are reported at Norfolk can obtain a Badge, and they are respectfully for the 48 hours ending noon yesterday. Mayinvited to attend. ' or Wood is dead. The panic is increasing. I The mortality at Portsmouth is becoming Our Lisicor Agencv How it Works. still more fearful.

The Liquor Agency for this city went into opera- j tion on the 25th of June last. It will, no doubt, ' be a matter of interest to the public to learn a few particulars in regard to its practical workings, aner an experiment or two months. ; The amouut originally invested by the County Commissioners in the purchase of liquors for this Agency, was 8300. This is probably all the capital that will be required to keep it in operation. . Whenever a new supply of any article is needed, .. . , . - , , , . there is always sufficient Hinds on hand to procure 1 , it. ine total amount receivea lor liquors soiu, is; $210,S9. The liquors being sold at 25 per cent profit on j the cost, it will be perceiv-id that the nett profits : on this amount wi!l he ample to pay a respectable ' salary to the Agent- j Number of persona supplied with liquors, 6s0; j ..a . t 11

of these, Sa7 wee for Medicinal, 20 for Chemical w... , , . . . . 1 j , r c. '.white ulpher Springs, during which he 102 for Mechanical and 2 far feacramental pnrpo- mad, a speh wich hft mplimented j Bel1 , . , , i Ex-President (the report don't say who) on ! The different kinds of liquors kept on hand, are . lhe pHrity of u adlj;;n59tration and fothe j the following: Alcohol, 76 and 92 per cent, Mon- ; purpoge which he so bravely conceived j nongahela Whiskey, Pale Brandy, London Park and wisely executed. !

1 Itmnir ITnlliind Gin. Port Wine. Madeira Wine : , r . th best ... of the kind that can be procured at .Cincinnati, and are hvcariably tested, cheniictlly, and branded -Pmm." -by a competent Inspector, before they are purchased ! ' . ! . . . ' lt must be appaicnt-io every one, that the Agent , ,1 , , , occupies a difficult and responsible position one ; that culls into exercise more than ordinary discre-j tioc and firmness, to diwharge its dulies strictly ! in accordance with the requirements of the law ! He has to guard the interests of society on the j one hand, and be careful that individuals shall ea- ; joy their legal rights on the other. Iu a majority of cases, the known good character for sobriety ; in the applicant, is siuhcienf, with barely a formal inquiry how the liqnor is to be used, but in the case of strangers xr doutful characters, further investigat on is necessary, that the Agent may become fully satisfied that it M not to be drank as a beverage. Many persons have applied for liquors formed!- j cinat purposes, when it would be ascertained cn . subsequent inquirv, hat the disease was merely I . , . . , ... . , 1 . , r - j Some eomplaio of uVbUity aod a had feeling all j over, aad think "jost a liuio will do them good. ; Some are about starting a journey, and waat a 'little to travel on." Others wfch to -take a little daily to keep off the chills." Of coarse, all such j

cases are promptly refused. The Agent may be convention, of five delegates to each repreoccasionally imposed on by false representationa. ! eutative appointed from the several districts but it is believed that such instances have rarely on 23th of August, to meet at Big Spring nrrA TW nv fc.v W. r'i on 5th of September, for the purposes rw-

. . . :i.j . , ,. . these have also been very few, if any. We believe i V a avis vArtftv svdr-ct fiaa m'vpn mstraT cat L-fA. ! VAJO0 vesa v wr oa ' S " DMioiav- ; tion on this point. 1 Tt.n. Ur th. nrohibtorr law has worked to ti . . , admiration 01 au inoouo 01 temperance ana , good morals. The ilksgai traffic in oor city is almost entirely abandoned, as a business that "wont pay." An intoxicated person in our streets is now regarded as a curiosity. Should one happen to appear abroad, he is speedily nabbed by an officer. and then wo-betide the person who sold the liquor that be-fuddled him. Th. sal cUry effects of the A , taw arw aw sppiiwi uimt we optno out very lew would now. a Dart from nolitic &I n&rtw niwiniAa ( advocate its repeal

posd grcater volume and his enunciation ... ...

i A,;t Wtr xrrmld have ,he propfjjty 0f eduMimg the two sexes in th- game houl together. On the latter point, ' j,;, arTuments were forcible and convincing, jrr jj .possesses a strong commanding voice, j and pieJlsjng address and his lecture was lis- j tened to with marked attention. i On Friday evening, the exercises of the ' Tnstitu?e were closed by a social re-union of 1 t cit;2ens and teachers; the time passed off very pleasantly, enlivened as it was by a number of short, pithy addresses on various subjects. This Institute, being the first ever held in Wajne county, has inaugurated a new era in the cause of education, in this city and the surrounding country. We hope that each j succeeding year our teachers and citizens j j may be permitted to enjoy the pleasure and ' !-... . 1 . protit oi similar exercises Highly Interesting from .llexico Abdication I of Hunta Anna. I New Orleans, Aug. 25. j The steamer Orizaba, from Vera Cruz, has arrived with Mexican dates to the 22d. j Santa Anna left Mexico oa the 9th inst., with j an escort of 2f00 men. lie signed his abdication ! at I'erote, and eo.barked on the 17th at Veraj ; troz for Ifavaua. ! Two davs after leaving Mexico, seven or ei-jht ; bnndred of the escort revolted, killed one or two j j officers, and joined the insurgents nader Alvarez ! A platform warf adoptea constituting' tieneral : Carre Provisional President, and La Vega, com- i tnanderin-chief. i The State prisoners were all liberated. The appointment of Vidal as Minister to Amer- 1 ica w ho came as passenger in the Orizaba had i bein revoked. A fight occurred at Vera Cruz between two re-; .n , "anons ana a regiment mat r-niainea , fitithful to hanta Anna. The former were beaten ad jeft for the mountains. Fifteen or twenty were killed and order finally restored. 1 " " From Kansas and Salt Lake. gr Augugt 25 , We have received dates from Salt Lake to July 1 1. Tuere wvre still serious apprehensions of a , r"mine- The thild cr0P of eraia had befcn de i stroved. j hoii. l. Shaver, one of the Judges of the Terri- I tory, was found dead in his bed on the morninj of the 29th of June, aud was buried with great cer- i i tmonv. 'j-,e Kansas Herald, of the 17th inst.. reiterates I in the most positive manner its fanner assertion of ' Yellow Fever in Texas. Baltimore, August 28. By New Orleans papers of Saturday, we ! learn that the yellow fever has made it aoDearBaltimore Market August 27. Wheat is about five cents lower. Corn has under-m-inA 9 dir1-f HAptinA frftm Ailr I lint Q f irn c f gturday asi City Mis Flour is 0ffered at 88, and Howard street at 3 25, without buyers. - - From Washington August 26. Col. Step- j . having in effect declined the appointment ; of Governor of Utah, Brigham Young is j merely acting as Governor until the appoint- j . . 0 r ment of his successor. From Boston- August 27. The Grand Jury of Cumberland county, Maine, have refused to find a bill of indictment against Neal Dow, for his connection with the death of Bobbins, in the late Portland liquor riot, Several of the rioters have been indicted. T) . , , 1 TT7 H ilAnnimrarl Knn- Vntklnmam ;ntr.r1 I as in direct antagonism to the doctrines and 1 principles of the Constitution. He hoped none of the modernisms so potent for evil and Pwerlss for good, had representatives present, and urged his hearers to avoid the heresies which are in direct antagonism to the A , . . , - . . . doctrines and principles of the Constitution, . . . . From Kansas. St. Locis, Aug. 2S. A mass meeting of Free Soilers was held 4 Lawrence, Kansas, on the 14th, at which OTei ow persons were present. Gen. Schuyler presided, assisted by the usual number of vice presidents and other 0fgcerg Strong resolutions were passed, denouncing: the election of the 13th of March as a great 1 outrage ; denying the legality of the Legila ture now setting, and its pretensions to enact laws ; regarding its action as without authori-! ty, and pledging themselves to resist it ; re-1 commending the election of delegates to a. convention to lorra a ou.;e wonsuiution, wun ; a view to immediate State organization, and l ,. . , , ' . ; application to the next Congress for admis-i on asmv,tatRelation, 0f were Toted to Gor Reeder. It was also unanimously resolved, that agreeably to recommendations, a Territorial Free State Executive Committee should call ! commended, and any ejiher action necessary, f Later Iatellixeace from Easts. S-r Tisr-r k tier- i T"a a.IvIu. t.m. mj. . w. v uas V U 1VX3 II UDX j Kansas to the 14th inst, whieh state that string- I !tI!,w.ha trodd a bin into the Legislature, f to aatnonze an r.lecnve leletrate Convention to fraree a State Constitution, in order that Kansas may apnly for admission iato the Union. A bill regulating elections was passed. It allows only ene voting precinct in each county, and enacts the rtra voce system. The seat of Government is located at Lecotnpton. Dr. Simons, Annv Surveyor at Fort Riley, dor- . a v Z m . - 1 S -a . . riZ&Z SfiSIt is nid the potatoes are rotting ia many porta of Pennsylvania.

Fr tils P.i&-iitt:n. TOMB sTOJiEs.

BT 1IR3. H. BULLA. i A retreat from toe bustle of the world, to wan- j der awav amonsr the homes of the dt-ad, is an in-, struetive and beneficial recreation. It has a tendeucv to inspire thoughts of a pVasnrabie melan choir aidr!i.-i.,n catare. It remind one of the uucetinty o'f life, torus though' from earth iOities, aoU its vaio pursuits, to eauniv r n.-ct a enritemplate the glories of tie mvstic future AVe are here reminded of the ai!iir,i;tie3 w'ii.-h o ui.i vcrsuily prevail anion

n? our jopk look oot : th.urfk-M w:J ri ep befcre tim. t gret and atoin?liment toi,DJ"?'d' reP,ac hflI startle Lnn in oun-ehe.o. enJwed wish lt- " ad CA-ie him to awaken ti

upon the wurlil with re; think that bvinits like senxe wihi reiwa wUB lire correno?!d:nr orcrans of love, hojie and veueratiun, with ail tbe horrors or riories of death, in which ver liht we have been tanjht to vie the cha'-j, eonsUnt!y before oar eyes, will srnd this hort life in tbe a'!n.).-t constant gra-n after, and accumulation of wenkh, reeaniless of the waats of others hayiing up that which mu-t inevitabiy he jiven rp in so h-rt a period, instead of cultivating, enriching uid a.I.tning the tuiud, the immarta! jmrt which wul live forever. Here, atn'd these :'ent s'wpers, we real upon

the marble slab, the sac.i'S aud asre? of those who ' Within the pat week our town l as been the vouurer in years than Oiirsi-lves. who, perhan. like ; jcene of cue of the most fatal effects of s!n-u-. hud looked forward to a Ion? life of happiness. ! der that we remember to have ever heard of. but in the very midt of hope and pk-aMire passed j A feW months a.ro a widow lJv. "uh a oway. hile affain w tarn aud read the nu, ramilv of daughters, all vounr. iutclliof some who had d:t-d a vciterjbie old Sjre, and oa , j - r . , . " . ? their head stones are inscribed some of their no- Stnt aiid i-tere-twg. took up her abode among b!e deeds, the nrulness of their lives, and the ?ood us- ,n one . lh best quarters of the town, they rendered to mankind, thus leaving behind a! reputation was without blemish; yet in name of honor, and an example for future geu-'some way (how has not yet been ascertained)

erations. The thiakinr mind is then awakened to a sense of jroodmas, and thore is aroused in the breast a kindly feelinjr, a wish to do good, and folio in the footsteps of the just. In the ehnrcu-yaid all f-el-ibs of malice a:id envy are lorirotteu. and tears of, forgiveness, sympathy to all, freely Sow. There is ' buried in the grave all wron and hatred one is ' as likely to kneel beside those who in life thev looked upon as enemies, aud offer tip a prayer for the departed spirits, as their nearest friend. Rut what have we to say of the Hicksite a-d Orthodox church-yards? What respect have they, as a general thing, shown to the dead? What satisfaction is there to be found in viewing their resting places? We usually find grassy heaps , paitly troddeu down, and in some places, by part-; ing the grass and weeds, there may be found a . small lettered stone, the cherished snot of ?ome , unnrviiiilicpd f.Uno-rwrann lint h-m -. !.. 1- j o i - church, by many is disapproved. What can bo their motive, their object in thus making al:ke the graves of all, so that th fond mother, in a few years, may look in vain for the loved spot of her departed child, the child Tor the mother, and the husband for his wife, &a. 1 he thinking mind is at a loss to conceive. It cannot consistently be because they look upon it as a superfluity- useless expenditure, while many f their houses are far nished gay and costly, aud they lide to worship in a carriage glittering with brass and silver, and flowing tassels, and costly broadcloths and rust - ling robes. It canuot be to render everything so plain and drabicah while their sons and daughters, cannot be told, many of them, from the most Swllrintti, ttt ' Ttf 'T J n,Vre easily forgotten, that will doubtless be productive of more evil than good. The dead ar more frefluently too soon forgotten than too long remembered. Let the husband remember his wife, as it will tend to soften his heart, make him more mind-! ful.and treat more kind y and justly her motherless childreu. L"t th? daughter remember her pious, ueparteu aiot uer, mat . sue may te induced to ac-: cept her good and noble precepts, aud be benefit ted by her dying words of love. Let the son not , forget his generous fatter, who perhaps has spent , a life-time of toil and difficulties, and left him iu ; easy circumstances. Let the wayward son, too, ' be not forgetful of his Christian mother, that when ! in moments of temptation and sin, he may pee m I to see her angel face, aud feel the presence' of her J from evil. Let us all ' " '"e uu B "u "a) UW11 ' rcm.-m ier our oeparted I friends, that we may sometimes repair to their si lent abode cs, have our hearts niuved and lifted up things of this world, to contemplate the ', from the life beyond. It is not meant that we shouh always be going about with mournful faces, deploring the lost, as that would render life wretched indeed; but that they should sometimes have a place in our minds, in hours of solitude, ay it will hnve a tendt'iiy to correct the feelings, make the thoughtless more mindful of the preseut, aud regirdful of the forthcoming. There is no wish to rashly censure, for we regard with careful feeling the name of Ouaker, for ; 11 one 01 ineir loiieiy ourying grou.Kis, 111 a iai-oti

State, sleeps the form of a never to be forgotten mother; but at her head was permitted no friend- ly lettered stone; so we have the chilling thought to know that if we should ever visit there, her

narrow bed may not be found. And here, near by, rests a father, but no inscribed slab is there, that his children, in after years, might there repair, and be more forcibly reminded of his love, his care, and his soul felt counseling words. Some years back there was a young man of surpassing grace, a lofty mind and noble soul, but alas! disease laid upon him his remorseless iron grasp, and he sank beneath its weight. Friends gathered around the bereaved family, among whom were kind Quakers, offering consolation. They invited the father to bury his dead with them, and the father asked permission to plant there a stone, and it was granted. The generous father some time after was passing the church yard, with his ; affectionate heart already swelled with grief, when lo! what a sight there met his bewildered gaze.—

Could any sympathetic feeling mind, one whose heart was not stone, look upon it with other than a sense of shame and horror? There was the ptone upon which was inscribed the name of the loved aud lost, the last earthly bestowal of affection torn from its place and cast rudely over in the . public road. And this monstrous sacrilegious deed was done in the darkness of the midnight, by one or more of those who sat upon the high seats, among the elect. The stone, though a plain one. was a few inches too high to suit their orthodox notions. Were these persons actuated by a religious feeling—a wish to do good? Was it a feeling of love and tenderness that caused them to awaken afresh—to rend asunder the already grieved hearts of those parents? Was it a feeling of sympathy and compassion that caused them to wound, and to flow anew the tears of those sisters? Was it a wish to deal mercifully and righteously with all mankind, that induced them to arouse feelings or revenge and hatred in the breasts of these noble-minded brothers? Was this the kindly way to induce others to do that which we believe to be right? Let the free-think-er, the sober-minded, the unprejudiced and truly good answer. Some years ago one of those bigots, under the shades of night, the time which nearly all dark crimes are committed, entered a grave-yard, and knocked down and broke to pieces all the tombstones; and this scarcely deserved to be called human being is permitted to run at large, while the highwayman is seized and confined. But two or three years ago, in the State of Iowa, a husband lost his young and lovely wife, to whom he was so devotedly attached that death could not sever the tie that bound him to her.— Wishing to keep unmolested the spot which was

dear to him, he with his own hands procured a flat limestone, aad roughly chiseled her name, that he might there sometimes repair and give vent to his aching heart. But no, one of those righteous beings entered and broke to pieces that which was cherished, aod held as sacred by the fond husband. Have some of the Friends—Hicksites in particular—arrived to that standard of perfection

wbjcs needs no chanire? O.-are they 00 tee ba- k - M, a Yf. Ca Pf0? te PpPep-mB aureh stand that permits and does not punish sncb out - rases npon the feeling of others? Can that deed be a good am! jnt onV which is .-tealthiV dnne at night the doer of waich would cot. nnder any consideration, eonfej that it was he? He who under the midnight shades seoJs iato a chareh-lof yard and robs tbe dead of the last pift f their

menas, ts unquestionably worse than a thr, for -L - . m . it . r 1 a Z . , w""

He is worse than the grave-robber, for be is generally actuated by a wish to benefit the living. He is worse than the hyena, who tears from the graves the dead and eats them, for his love for human

flesh only causes him to obey the instinct of his nature. While the tombstone desecrater not only benefits himself nothing, but inflicts wounds upon

others. Ilw can that little man, with ill distorted features and contracted brow, who looks out l.y win. tnose sen nirnieous eves, an.i is wo FiBt:d l a bo(,r of oa r f,tl "at, how can his conscience nernrt Llrj t0 8:c- !";o hhvuuH-a --h rUcr na eve 'rm bis eves :n s eeu tar iear tuat tae s.irouu. u ;i;n whd pfatt-fui'v ium'rers in vo:idi-r L Wiku!J rL. nn iff,ir l:p.i nA With an m ni.4 treaLterriSed? Wc wuuid nut uiad to .-c prv.uco ail. Ltr there ant f !" :a iv. rerr nt:inv. who arv mst. wise ami cihmJ. e c?era'eJ n.;ii.!, a:nl pure seul-s are fara'xive neh pttv t!t:- a the jfovertii:i vt tfte hf iyhf. : or leiuaisiir:ff tubst neA Hut e wnlii ?h ; the pif'itl. tin; laltnted. to teaeb and eudcavnr to i pat arilit tho.MS uiyiiaters of iniquity, to qrieii thrtr i djmidtering sjirit. aixl ttop tuis uiot Lviuou traffic of molesting the dead. From the Xenia Torchlight. Fatal Effects, of Slander. Within the past week our town has been the scene of one of the most fatal effects of slander that we remember to have ever heard of. A few months ago a widow lady with a large family of daughters, all young, intelligent and interesting, took up her abode among us, in one of the best quarters of the town. Her reputation was without blemish; yet in some way (how has not yet been ascertained) a slanderous report was put in circulation touching her character, and that of her family. Every intelligent and right-minded person, to whose ears this report came who knew the family, united in denouncing it as false. No one believed it, or pretended to believe it. Yet false as it was, it continued to go, and every few days it was brought back to the unfortunate lady who was its victim. To add to her distress, three attempts were made to fire her residence. These facts so preyed upon her mind as to confine her to her bed. The efforts of her friends to rally her by assurances that nobody believed the slanderous reports, and to divert her mind from the circumstances were vain. The subject continued to prey upon her mind, and she continued to grow constantly worse until last Friday, when she died. The physicians who attended her say, unhesitatingly, that she died of no bodily complaint— her disease being entirely mental, effecting her nervous system, and producing death. Her death is, therefore, literally and truly attributable to the foul breath of calumny.— The inventor of the vile slander (whoever he or she may be) has the satisfaction of knowing that their hellish invention has done its work effectually, and has stripped an innocent and amiable family of defenceless orphan children of their only earthly protector. But although their slander has effected murder, it has failed of its object—it has not deprived either the victim or her children of their good name. That remains, and will continue to remain unsullied, despite their malignity. If the authors of this slander are still among us we would advise them to leave as soon as possible. If once the fact is fastened upon them, whoever they may be, they are in danger of more than hard words. We would not undertake to insure them even against "Judge Lynch." All our citizens feel and acknowledge this to be a reproach to our place, and a stigma upon our good name as a community. The better portion of them. however, who were aware of the circumstance, have nothing to reproach themselves with regard to it. They gave no credence to it themselves, and permitted no others, whom they could prevent. from giving credit or currency to it. . ————⭤⭤ ●⭤⭤ ———— A Fugitive Slave Drowned. On Saturday the 28th ult., a negro man was drowned in Sugar Creek, near the mouth of Indian Creek, under the following circumstances: He was discovered near the banks of the creek, (at that time very high,) setting upon a log by two white men who were hunt-https://newspapers.library.in.gov/?a=d&d=RPW18550830.1.2&srpos=4&e=------185-en-20--1--txt-txIN-+fugitive+negro+drowned----1855--ing. After asking him some questions, they charged him with being a thief or a runaway, and threatened to capture and take him to jail. At this moment two other men came in sight, and they called to them to come and assist in catching him. The negro, although sick, plunged into the creek and swam to some willow trees, which stand on an island in low water, and there rested. Mr. H. Weir, told him to come back and he should not be hurt; but Mr. A. Weir said if he did not return he would shoot him. This alarmed the negro, and he plunged beneath the waters, and continued to rise and then dive, until exhausted, he sank to rise no more until live [life] was extinct. The last they saw of him was with his feet dangling above the surface of the water, in the last agonies of drowning. These facts were related by the men themselves; before a Coroner's Jury, on Saturday the 2d inst. After seeing him the last time, they left the creek without making any effort to assist him, and made no mention of the facts until towards the middle of the next week. The body was found in some drift wood, on the following Thursday, some distance below. The Coroner's jury came to no decision. Some were in favor of dismissing the case, with the verdict "that he came to his death by drowning." Others thinking the circumstances rather suspicious, insisted upon further investigation. Putting the most favorable construction on the circumstances, there was a reckless trifling with human life which nothing can justify. He was doubtless a fugitive, but they knew it not, and had no right to arrest him or threaten his life. They knew of no crime of which he had been guilty, and only suspected him of an earnest longing after that freedom for which the human heart ever pants; and because he acted upon this feeling, so natural and so strong, they threatened to tie and imprison, and when struggling with overwhelming waters, he is threatened with being shot if he does not return: and then when strength and life were fast failing, stretched not forth a helping hand to save him from immediate death. If the facts as stated be true, (of which we have no doubt.) there is high criminality, which the laws of our country should take cognizance; and when the news of the negro's death shall have reached his owner, he will doubtless prosecute those men; it may be for murder in the second degree, or at least for the value of the slave. Since the above was in type the Coroner's jury has been again in session and bro't in a verdict of drowning by accident or suicide. — Crawfordsville, Ind., Journal. A Smart Village. — The Leavenworth (Ind.) Journal takes the following Daguereotype of that village: "Leavenwort'h is unquesone of the most prosperous towns in the western country — a perfect little Utopia, fill of life, health, happiness, pretty women,' fat babies and full pantries. But one or two the citizens have died during the last two years, and but one man has failed, and in that case he paid hundred and thirty-three cents on the dollar. Beat this who can." ☞ John B. Gough, the distinguished temperance lecturer, returned from Europe in the Steamship America.

FukeioS IxTvarEKKSCE Fif:een vearsao the Jenii-cratic psrty as strong in its opposi

tion to tomn innuer.ee. Its leaders were as much afraid of England and En'!ih bondiio.ders, (iund mongers,) as the Know Nothings are said to bj now of the Pope and Romish influence. The forvitiers. natuialized and unnaturalized, of to-day may think this strange may think it improbable untrue that a partv which is now bound to them as tijht a a woMr ca.k or beer barrel, ever had the

least susp.cion or fears of foreign influence lI15 cn kw. is aeiuaiiy sustaineu z and in erterenee in the domestic affair of the ! S,,J D?t not c'llwn- 1whn PP-fly inpeople of Union. It is true, nevertheless. In ! ;truc;J. lf tlJ ordinary capacity for I84 J Englishmen ; and Englit influence were ' ff. " tolerably well to less than ot tlie "raw head and bloodv bones" of the dem- ',-eiT' . , ooratic rtv; and the -'universal srmpathv f ." wnt J PP' judgment and every here Wn. amonsr the officer, of the tlw,UOB 0" ,fcr Prl ot! cber.t m the maaGeneral Government .rWaahingtoo. and the S nt of beginners, been a principal cau politicians and pres. of that partf. in favor of 'ot being o lung tn learning to .pell ani Kussia and against the Allies in" the present i r ,we '' . . , wnr i-t Europe, seem, to md.cate a return of ' , 4th" fi1oulJ not the matters of enquiry the democracy to their earlv love hatred to b PPrlJT investigated before a conclusion the great mass' of foreignersVho have so little ! ,s cme, to m 10 Pfcoce due to a u, love for Russia and depo;im. to slavery in' "tle of teaching ? that Empire or in the United State,. ' ! 'h- vbhould not ,the f rgaunt ot Trofessor In 1855 the Old Liners scout at the idea of ! ."s7rd publicly, before any con-

any interference on the part of power in the domestic atfa:rs of any foreigu this country. In 1 840 the fear of such foreign interference and the duty ot opposing tne same was a cardinal principle of the democracy it was then charged that "British money power came directly into the elections of this country." The great isue in 1840 wi. "Shall America be ruled by Americans?" the democrats standing up stoutly for the inherent right of Americans over all others. In the Washing- ' ton Globe thin issue was announced in these '

words, "Shall the people of America, or the 1 proper spirit and that the Council may send British brokers rule this country?" The ar- J their mot able and devoted members as delguments used by the democracy in 1 840 in ; elates. advocacy of the doctrine that Americans! To ibe Antrlraa Parif. should rule America were similar to those in The undersigned. Committee of Corresuse in 1855 by the Know Nothings, whom the 'pondence. appointed at a meeting of Delegates democracy now denounce so bitterly. We ' from various States to the National Council at give one from the Extra Globe. The reader, Philadelphia, held at the "Guard House" oa by striking out "moneyed influence" and in-'the 15t.h day of Juu last, after a full interserting "Roman hierarchy." will at once see : change of opinion with aach other, and upon the striking similarity. The Globe says: , consultation with friends in several States, "Thus a moneyed influence, (Papal hier-' deem it expedient that a National Convention "archy.) such as has never insinuated itself in -! be holden at an early day, to take uch counsel "to this or any other country, is at this m -1 and action as circumstances may require, "ment preying on our very vitals; influencing ! We therefore recommend that such Con"the politics of States, corrupting and dena- vention be held in the ciiy of Cincinnati, on 'tionalizing our citizens, and making txter- j Wednesday, the 21sl day of November next "minaling war on the principles of the dem :c-! The Committee would urge upon the State "racy. It pervades every vein and artery of ; Council of every State, approving of ourpur"the country; it ri !es post on our railroads; j pose, to take prompt measures to send a full "sails on our canals; penetrates the depth of delegation to said Convention, each State se"our mines, many of which are worked by ; lecting the same number of delegates as it is "Bristish capital, (Roman Catholics.) loids it 'entitled to votes in the Electoral College; and "over corporations, and holds in its hands the ! in the event that any State Council declines "destinies of independent States. Its tribii-!or omits to elect delegates, the Committee "taries are like the sands of the sea, and like j suggests that local Councils or individuals take "them obey the influence of the tide. That 1 such steps in the premises as may be necrsu"tide sets in from England (Home)." Aladi ry to secure the allotted representation to said

ton Courier. JUDGE PETTIT SUSTAINS THE PKOIIIltlTOItY LAW. From the following paragraph, clipped from the Lafayette Jvunral of yesterday, it will be

seen that Judge I'etlit has expressed his opin-j ege of worshipping God according to the ion of the constitutionality of the liquor law, I dictates of individual conscience ; all who authoritatively, in a case before him on Wed- opposs the importation of foreign paupers and nesday. on a habeas corpus. This is the first c,iminals, and who favor an extension of the decision by a Circuit Judge upon this ques-'reriod required for the naturalization of fortion, and appears to have been made after full jgner8 . wno are i faTor of perpetuating argument, which, no doubt, drew largely the union of tJies States, of purifyuwJ the from the arguments used to the Supreme Court, ballot-box. of preserving National virtue, ai4 and it is therefore entitled to weight. Judge 0f bringing back the Government of the CounPettit's legal attainments are undisputed, and try to he en listened patriotism of former his unbiassed opinion of such a question i ,a'y,; all who are opposed to the violation of well worth attention, even if his political lean- National faith, by the. reckless sundering of ing were as decidedly in favor ot the law as sacred National compacts, and who are in fait is against it. But his former position in vor cf lf unconditional restoration of that his party, his thorough identification with all time-honored compromise known as the Visits views, and his zealous advocacy of them, 60ur; Prohibition, which was destroyed in utgive his judicial opinions adverse to those ter disregard of the popular will a wrongviews the certain impress of disinterestedness, no apse 0( tme can paUiat, and no plea for and add to their importance. We. therefore, iu continuance can justify." record his decision in favor of the Uw with a To the consideration of these and kindred degree of pleasure hardly less than that with ' subjects, we cordially invite all, in any aad which we heralded its approval by Governor every fc(a,e to meet together and in a spirit of rit,ht. ; a frHternal regard, take counsel of each other. We do not suppose the case decided by ; Goolovk S. Obth, Indiana,

Judge 1 ettit. received the tnotougn discussion i which opeiied up all the assailable points to the Supreme Court, but the points involved 1 have been so long a matter, not merely of ' newspaper discussion, but of party division, , and legal investigation, that he could not have (ailed to be lully acquainted with every defeet yet discovered. e no not suppose. either, that he went to the trouble of preparing an elaborate opinion detailing his reasous ' lor his decision, but we may presume that he ' did not decide withouf knowing well what be j was doing. But hasty or not. sound or un-' sound, his decision has furnished a weighty ; csunterpoise to the clamors of the Brightites, whose views of the constitutionality of the law are directed by its political effect, txclu- :. i r .!. 1...: t,:t. siieiy. 1 ossiuiy mat resolution mill iiie.u

Jesse means to cut the Governor s throat m aud ,uch crushiD? a)?llinst the .ttenipt of the Convention, will lose some of the impetus that paper to rid its partizans of the blood ef which was going to drive it so triumphantly Monday's murder. Louisville Courier. through, in the failure of the majority of the faing this called npon, the Journal does pebSupreme Court to meet his wishes, and in this ,;8h tLe afr:,javit of Mr. Ellis, which reads as let-' decision of Petufs. The Temperance Dem- w ju faoU M facU. ocrafs will now have just ground to meet their . , , . - J j-.ur r u1 On Monday eveninir last, I saw Mr. Rhode, whisky brethren upon; and in the face of such whom , Lave -kuown fo k)ow1 evidence of the constitutionality of the law, to qaietj pje BialJi ahot down oa the as Pettit's opinion, and of iu beneficent oper- Borth 0f sin street, from the alley waica ation, as the admissions of the Sentinel, a de- sperates H linn's property from the property of nunciatory resolution, such as Bright and others lying east of it At the time Rhodes was Robinson and Willard will advocate, will lose killed, he was walking quietly down the street tosome support 'j ward9 his residence, and affiant knows be was not. Here U the Lafayette JournaVs article. ; din? any'hing to offend any one He also ts The Courier huzzas right out for Pettit. . fbam '"7 b?W V ' ,. f- r r ! (he would say some fifteen or twenty yarda He, dtanopolis Journal. t Wo WMa waiking quitlj and peaceably alonf the Judge Pettit srsTAiss the Prohipttort .eet, interfering witit no one. One man (as Law! Mrs. Ellen Hogan was arraigned be- Irishman he believes) killed tbem both with a fore Justice Graham on Monday on two dif-, double-barrelled shot gun. And o! thisbeiscerferent charges of selling liquor contrary to the : tain: Thesa men were both killed when aod as be tn.k Ulmn f fh i,mti.h;'nr law" f,-,nn.l has stated, becaue he saw it done, with his ows

guilty and fined twenty dollars on the first and fifty dollars on the second, in default of payment of which, together with the cost, she was committed to iail. Yesterday she was

brought before Judge Pettiton a writ of habeas Sabscribed aad sworn to before me, August 11 corpus. Her counselinsisted 1st. that a woman , 19:15. J. L DOZIER, Exam'r. could not be committed to jail, under the laws j jg there no law ia Kentucky to prevent or pnaof Indiana, in default of payment of fine and , jgj, iu,rdinate cruelty to animals. If so we sob-

costs; ana iasuy.inai.ine prouumory f w w: unconstitutional, uoin points were acciaea szainst them and the writ dismissed. FAantsorir jErFEUsojrCorsTT. JohnCon - way. a farmer residing in Smyrna township, in ihi. county, raided This season on fifteen cere of ground five hundred bushels of good merchantable wheat, which has already been harvested, thrashed and measured, and whieh be is now selling in this city at tl,10 per bushel. Thus realizing S55U off of fifteen acrev which is jmt 836,661 cenU per acre , t . e ti . . for the prwlucts of one season!! Sd ad. Ban Pretty good, but not np to tbe mark or tbe V. . A U MsaJohnson county farmer, mentioned by a cor respondent in the Journal of Tuesday. Mr. James P. Forsyth, six miles south of Franklin, raised 249 bushels of Genessee wheat on five acres of ground this year. about fifty bushels to the acre. Can anybody in tbe United Slates beat thai? We back Forsyth against creation. - l"Sbs, why is yonr head like the moon?" I dont know Jim. Give it up." Bekate it is supposed to be inhabited! Yah. pah.'

For ttla

Professor Chrles S. Roick. in hi lecttir delivered before the Teacher lnoiituj. ; n'on Sc100' House, assumed as the bU oi an argument, in tavor oi tne fhontie mode of teaching children, that thev (generally speaking) lose two years of their tita by reason of the defects in the old mod cf teaching. 13 ?"T 1st Question Is this a good basis for aa ,rSun,,?l,wlul.ou" Uct ciuion shati oe come to dy tne citizens of Richmond ? O sua a. From Ui Iuiiiaoa Rrpabli; Important A iu ricam SIvtcmii, The Committee appointed for the purpose at Philadelphia, in' June last, have issued the following call for the convocation of a Natioaal Convention at Cincinnati on the 2 1 si of November next. V regard this as the most important movement of the now powerful, and, destined to be, omnipotent organization. We trust the call may be responded to in th 'Convention. In this Convention we earnestly desire to see represented all those who are in favor of Civil Freedom and Religious Liberty ; all who are opposed to political priestcraft and eccle- ; gus,iCnl tyranny, and in favor of the privi A. McKay, Ohio, Hckrt J. Gardner, Massachusetts, D. E. Wood, Wisconsin, Stkthen B. Shkrwi.v, New Hampshire, M. A. McNal-uhtok, Michigan, Joseph II. Bakrktt, Vermont, " P. D. Pkck. Maine. N. D. Spshrt, Connecticut, W. W. Danemhower. Illinois, J. C. Knight, Rhode Island, Wm. LouOHBkioGE, Iowa, Committee of Correspondence. August 21st, 1855. Concealeo Testimo.xt We sboold like to know w hy the Louisville Journal does not publish the sffidavit of Mr. Kllis, a member of the American Order. It was taken before Mr. Dosier, and , ,,, 1 ., ;.. r.n. m frtm ?y9. I be man who killed ttiem soot irotn or about the door of McDonald's Grocery. JOIIX B. ELLIS. Anpust 1 1, 1555. Jkkj fccsox Cocsty, as. , j fc pre,tiee should be held amenab te that law, for drawing Haldemaa on after that sort. - j r. , . TasriwwTor a G". V7 j ' from too last aamber of the Shelby A fmerjo tb connty hu had a German & LooisviHe working for him tot some months. He ! a strong Sag-Nicht, and some weeks before tbe 'election he informed his employer that he atsst ( ro home t vote; and received his pay He wees f L?' nlfT S , p lection, he returned, and was re-employed. ; . wh be did Bot ia tbo eHf j m .f, the election, he replied, that aB tke . I 1 I- t . lts German and Irish boarding booses were foil men leeping all over the floors; tbey aaa sowbrought there to vote acainst Marshall; aod W plenty of money and whisky. He was of tae opinion that tbey had no rig jt to vote; sod if tbey undertook to vote, there would be a fight, sad so he returned te the country. A correspondent of the Urbaaa Ci" writing from Oregon, expresses a . belief that it is the intention of the dominant party Territory to introduce slavery therein. .