Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 39, Number 20, 20 July 1869 — Page 2

4 Buying Land. We consider' it no more ; meritorious to be a good farmer than to be a good worker ia any other department of uselul industry and yt we advise! every ouo who is in doubt as to what he shall do for a livelihood to apply himself to to the soiL? Bread gocth not out of fashion ; and, eren thongh men were to refuse to buy your grain, you could nevertheless cat it. ;. tVo manage to have a 'panic and financial break-down every few years J and, while almost every one is unfavorably ' affected by one of these tornadoes, the farmer ' : who is out of debt feels it less than most others. It is very true that farming might be - over done, but very certain that it will not bo. We are building more miles of railroads this year we built more last year than any. other people on earth ever built ia a year ; and every mile of new railroad makes a market for 'food while it is in progress, and increases the value of some ,r farming lands there after. We have mines to open, furnaces to erect, 'factories to set in motion, and cities to build all of them making markets ' for food, and increasing the general value of land. We advise no man to speculate or to run in debt.' No matter how nattering the pro9pccf,' if yoii" arc out of debt," keep out. Debt is sorrow; debt is sla very ; debt- is an enemy of sound, refreshing sleep. Beware ! Nor have we anything to say in behalf of 'lots,''; corner or otherwise. They may be cheap ; there may be money in them ; we know some who have bought (and a good many who have sold) them to proGt :' do with them or without them j as yon may see fit. , , -.. , But, within sight of Trinity steeple, there live not less1 than one hundred thousand families in houses or parts of houses . that they do not own, paying the better portion of their income week ly, monthly, quarterly, to landlords or their agents; prospering when times are good, and going behind when they arc dull : sometimes flush, and then again hard up ; some prudent and fru gal ; otherB reckless and prodigal; twothirds of them likely to die as they have lived,' and be carried out in their eollius from'other men's houses ; ceasr iug to pay rent only when they cease to live. To; these,-' one : and all, we say, You should try to own land : if no,t this year, then next 1 .nol in or near ' the city, then in, the t wide, free country. Buy land.! 'wO :i ' There ia much land held above, its value ; bat yon need not . buy that. -In the average; 'larid can be bought very cheap in, thiscountry, If you are not too particular about'your location. ' Even when .arms along the; great., highways are held at high figures, you can bny it, on the cross roads and in the back settlements for moderate prices. We have known fairiracUVsold at less than 850 per acre not ten years back within twp hours' ride "of bur pavements ; while at least one'f million' acres of New Jersey may still be bought at or under 825 per acre.-; Lr- nh'-r-.' - In the South, there are more lands offered at or below 815 per acre than above that, mark; "and very fair timber-' . ed lands may be , had for 85 per acre. ! UlA dune UlC UW . . J iisuva . . j who does not want them for present use : should buy j' for the! timber will soon be worth! far more than the land now costs. Biding. through eastern Illinois not long ago, an old farmer remarked, I came to this region thirty years ago,and paid 81 25 per. acre for my land ; I am now selling the timber from a part , of it for 8100 per acre.' The country is full of chances for those who can afford to wait to do ' nearly as well as that. You can buy coal , tracts at the South . for 810 per acre which will sell for 81,- - 000 within ' twenty years for the coal alone." -Iron, lead, copper, water-power and many other elements of value beside timber, aro . certain to enhance the price of Southern lands within a few : 'years, "csilw fr:ur. ' - ? What we would urge a citizen in moderate circumstances to do is to buy a tract entirely within his means, have it deeded to his wife,1 so as to place it be-J yond the, casualties of trade, and let it just lie until; lie 'shall be ready to occuly and improvo'it. , Yoa can buy tracts mainly in young, thrilty timber, for 85 to 815 per acre, which will be, improving in value yearly for the next thirty . years though not a blow were meantime ' struck thereon ;i and you may soon sell - ine iimirerirom a -quarter oi your tract 'i and have the land -cleared," with the means of erecting decent buildings" r iThe iSouth, the-Southwest, as well as the Wflpt proper.are foil of opportuni- . tics for a judicious investment in lands which ;need only to be let alone for a few years to prove signally profitable. . And, now that San .Francisco is but a week's journey,' distance is of small ac- ' count. tracts of land : beyond the , reach of sheriffs-will make almost any . . one feel more seoura against the caprices of Fortune. Let us all resolve to ,; own Ia'ni fTNl'YV Tribune: " - , : A medical student says he has never . been able to discover the bone of cono teation, nd desires to know whether it is not aitnated very near the Jawbone.'

RICHOMD, IND, JULY 20th, I8694

PALLADIUM CORRESPONDENCE.

Dull Tines in Washington Clerks Discharged ant Examination or Applicants ' ! Sae Murphy Captnreil and Abandoned l'roperty patent Ufhce, &c. w a s 1 1 1 kg ton , r. q., Juiyis. 'gd. DULL TIMES IN WASHINGTON. j Every body in Washington complains of hard times, scarcity of employment, low-wages ' and high prices, with very little money floating about. Government clerks have the easiest times of any one else, at least so outsiders think, while in truth . the poor fellows arc not sure of their bread from ooo month to another. - Office seekers .who have beer, crowding 'each other almost into the Potomac these lew months past, are becoming a little fewer now since Grant , is about to go away for a vacation. 1 He ought to take the same precaution that ' Commissioner Delano has done, not let any porsou know where he is going. He will surely be followed, if he does not, by a host of patriotic gentlemen, anxious of course to 'serve their country for their 'country's good. One reason hard times are felt more severely -. here than in most , places is that there are but few manufactories or business enterprises, and the legal rate of interest so low that those who have money invest it in Government bonds. Had the substitute reported by Senator Vickers last - session, to a bill to amend the usury law in the District of Columbia, ' been acted upon favorably, times might not have been quite so dull. It would ' not have changed the rate of interest, which is six per cent., only in special contracts, and then not to exceed eight percent. 4 The statutes of the different States, regulating the interest on money loaned, has been considered a safeguard to the poor. Usury or no usury the laws in the different States effecting the same to the contrary notwithstanding when money is scarce, and in consequence the need of it is great, there are numerous ways by which those who have money to loan and are disposed to receive usury, are able to override the law. For instance, you are allowed to buy a note at whatever discount you and the seller scree upon. It is well understood that the most . needy, yet the . less able, are the most anxious to make notes over to a confidant to sell for them at a discount corresponding to their immediate pecuniary necessities. In fact the man who wishes to save his property from being sold by the Sheriff is compelled to fly to heartless , Money Broker for accommodations. The law abiding man feels that he cannot afford to loan money at the legal rate of interest -when Uncle Sam, from whom he needs no collateral, will pay him more. " " V ' . ' , ',r Beggars-,, are ' getting to be very nu merous, and are really, sometninsr ox a nuisance; especially as - one doesn't know, whether he is giving to a worthy objector not." A. little "confidence man' the other : day had a very, sad story to tell a visitor at the Metropolitan ; 'father dead, mother Bick, children at home starving a penny, sir, if you please, to help buy a loaf of .bread.' Instead of a penny, the kind hearted man bestowed a ten cent script, and he then thought he would satisfy himself by. following the boy, and learn if he meant to com fort the starving family. He saw him stop at a peanut stand and change his dime to pennies, and then turning round to a group of ragged urchins, pitching pennies, ;.was interrogated by, them. Where did you raise the wind, Johnny V He replied, 'Just fell upon a greeny at ?the Metropolitan ; now, boys, I'll pitch t pennies with you all day. One lady, a native of Virginia, form erly wealthy and the owner of slaves, is ' now making shirts at twenty-five cents ' each, and calico dresses at fifty cents. She is mentioned only as one of a large number in this city. CLERKS DISCHARGED. There have been nearlv three thous and clerks and employees in the differ ent Departments here removed since the 4th of last March, and about one half of their places filled -by new ap pointees. But a few of those removed have been reinstated. The heads, of the Departments only lend a deaf ear to the piteous prayer of the unfortunates When once discharged there is but lit tle hope of their ever getting back. Washington City, July 16, 1869. ; EXAMINATION OF APPLICANTS. ' . . .The examination of 'applicants for Clerkships under the , present adminis tration has been more severe than in '. former times, and many, after remain- " ing here months seeking office, and have . at last succeeded in getting ; assigned to some Department, have been informed by the examining board of that Depart ment,' after an examination of two days, , that they have . hardly come up to the standard required,, and was under .the . rule rejected. The questions propoun ded in these examinations are generally written i'and embrace Geography,' An . cient and Modern ; History, Grammar, . Arithmetic through cube root, and Book Keeping. - The examination of appli - cants tor position- in the examining Corps in the Patent Office has, in addition to the above, Algebra thro Simple : and Quadratic Equations, ; Geometry through the' first three or four Books Chemistry and Natural and Mechanica isotwitbstandlnsr uongreas is not in session, and the Court of Claims have

adjourned till November, there are seir

eral here from" the South in the interest of loyal men who have suffered the loss of property, seized by our military du ring the :warl"; The attempt made by Sac Murphy, to, obtain, compensation for property alleged to have been used by Union troops, and sho persisting in" it for the last three - years - for the small sum of 810,000, is said to be intended for a;precedent for numerous other claims which would probably amount in the aorgrrenrate to nearly two thousand millions of dollars. ,. TIif Rpcrpt. nf nolfv.f in rr Sup Afurnhv ..0 , to represent other claimants is said f to. i: ie in ucr ueing a ueautnui, smart joung woman who it was thought would exert a softening influence upon the hearts of Senators and Representatives. ..We may expect a lively time on this subject next session with all the . Southern States represented in Congress. CAPTURED AND ABANDONED PROPfcRTV I do not believe the people at large understand that the moneys obtained from the sale of captured and abandoned, property of the South during the war, do not appear in ine statements of the Treasury of the United States, as assets belonging to the Government subject to being - drafted for the differ ent nses of the Government. Thev are simply held there as special deposits to meet the judgments in the Court of Claims in favor of the claimants, restor ing to the claimants the residue of their , property which has been held in trust for them for that purpose. Therefore there is no assessment or tax upon the people or appropriation needed as in other cases before this Court. The pay ment and satisfaction ofthose judgments are very dissimilar to the Claim presented to Congress by Sue Murphy where the property taken was destroyed by Federal Military while actively engaged in suppressing the rebellion. Suits have been begun in the Court of Claims for the recovery of about fif teen million dollars. But very many of the claims already adjudicated upon are very mueh reduced in amounts set forth in the petition filed.; The management of these casc3 in the Court of Claims in behalf of the Treasury Department, is intrusted to the Hon. Robert S. Hale of New York, assisted by O. S. Lovell, Esq , of Ohio. FATKNT OFFICE. The amount of money received at the Patent Office during the last fiscal year, ending June 80th, 1869, has been 8675,371.20. The expenditures for the same time have been 501,319.82 an excess which should be accredited to the Pat ent Office, of 8174,051.38 remarkably contrasting with the year ending July 1st, 1S03, when the expenditures of the office exceeded the receipts by 8171. The Patent , Office is the only self-sus taining institution under the Government and perhaps as important to the progressive age as any other. Until within a few years, the Office disbursed the monies it received. Now all goes into the general fund in the Treasury as revenue, and. appropriations are made by Congress for defraying its expenses the same as the other Departments." ' LIFE. ' Virginia has ratified her free Consti tution by a majority of about 20,000 The disfranchising and proscriptive provisions are voted down by about 40000 majont3'. - The number of deaths in New York from January 1 to July 3, 1869, was 11486, against 11,984 for the same time to July 5, 1868. Several cases of cholera have lately occurred. " . The Richmond Humming Bird, in ec count of the robbery of a hotel by some sneak thief, the other day, says : lie took Johnny's pants and removed therefrom a valuable silver watch and gold chain, and two dollars in stamps, and hung them on a nail in the hall. After taking so much trouble to get the watch, chain and 'stamps, it looks like a silly as well as impossible feat to "hang them on a nail in the hall," says the Indianapolis Journal. - We have ocen expecting to get our supply of tea from China over the Pacific Railroad, but it seems likely that it will not be long necessary for us to send to China- for our tea, but that we will get it from the tea-fields of Califor-. nia. The Japanese colony of tea growers, who have settled there, have made a very successful beginning in the work of cultivating the plant. 'Tbe'seed nuts are coming up finely, and the foot-hill lands are admirably adapted to the tea culture. - If this experience" be justified by time, and if California prove to" be really adapted to the growth of firstclass tea, the Golden . State t will derive more wealth from this ; valuable plant than she ever drew from her mines. FOR SALE OR LEASE, ' The suburban- residence and crrouDds of J. W." Many, eitnatcd Hot mile west of the city.' This' id one of the most desirable place in the country. . It fronts 30 rods on the National pike, runs 120 rods back to a public road, and ia hedged on 3 sides. : " A FINE YOUNG ORCHARD, . and. all the fruits common to this clime. ' The buildings are commodious and handsotnel situated in a grore of forest - and evergreens, and consist of av' '' '- J' Two Story Brick Dwelling with lO Rooms, Bath house with hot and cold water, Milk house Wash house, Smoke house and Wood house. A good Barn Carriage house and Corn Crib with wagon shed attached." . v ; -:; : . . t An Ever Flowing Fountain i 'supplies water for the house,'milk house and barn. . The proprietor desirea to more South or this prop erty would not be ouered,. For terms apply to ChaB.'lI.'Eurchenal over the Citizen's Back. v ' m80-U

Anthony Trollopc's new story, 'The Vicar of Bullhampton, is continued 'in this number.J 1 j M j f'1 i JUST ISSUED, I ' The August Number of Lippincolt's lagnzine, with a Full-Page Illustration.

Contents. The Vicar of Bullhamp'ton, a novel ; -part n ; 'by Anthony Trollope; Heroes, by Emma Lazarus ; Joseph Jefferson, by James RtinnionVAn Adventure in the Snow, by ,.. Frederick Lockley ; Manifest Destiny?: by J. B. Austin ; Bej-ond the .Breakers, a novel, I. a 1 -wr -rt, i . i . y-x part viii, Dy lion, ltooerx uaie uwen ; Is it a Gospel of Peace ? by Gen. Francis A. Walker; Waifs from Monticello, by George W. Bagby ; Parlor A Kitchen, by Mrs; Margaret E. N. Sangster ; Magdalena, a novelette, part i, illustrated, by the author of 'Old Mam'selle's Secret ;' Peter Crisp's - Spectacles, bjr Charles Foster; The Old Story, by Charles E. Hard ; Our Monthly Gossip; Literature of the Day. ' For sale at all the ' Book and Newsstores.' Yearly subscription, 84; single number' 35 cents. .Club rates two copies 87;' five copies 816; ten copies,' 830; and each additional copy, 83.--Specimen number, with premium list, sent to any address on receipt of thirtyfive cents. Address rJ. B. Lifpincott fe Co., Publishers, v 715 and 717 Market St., Phila. The Lady's Friend foii August. The August number of this 'Qneen of the Monthlies' is adorned with a beautiful steel engraving of those two bean-. tiful lovers, 'Paul and Virginia' a dou ble paged and handsomely colored fashion Plate, containing the ' latest Paris styles a picture of Maidenhood, in illustration of Longfellow's sweet poem and the usual number of miscellaneous engravings, illustrating sea-side costumes, children's fashions, hats, head dresses, dinner and walking toilets, fec , &c. The music of this month is a ballad, 'The Rose of Erin.' The literary contents are, 'An 111 Wind that Blew Somebody Good,' by Madge Carrol ; The Heart's complaint,' by Una Locke; 'Jarring Cords,' by A. M. Dana, and 'Bitter or Sweet,' by Florence Percy. Those fascinating novelets, 'Roland Yorke, or Done in Passion by Mrs. Henry Wood, and 'Between Two,' by Miss Elizabeth Prescott, are continued. We are glad to see that the editor, in her usual sensible way, objects decidedly to the high heel folly. Published by Deacon A Peterson, 319 Walnut street, Philadelphia, at $2 50 a year (which also includes a large steel engraving.) Four copies, 86. Five copies (and one gratis,) 88. 'The Lady's , Friend' and 'The Saturday Evening Post,' (and one engraving,) 84.00. Specimen numbers sent for ten cents. ;. . We will send the Palladium ; and Friend to subscribers for 83 50 ; or the Friend to any of our subscribers, for 81 50. f . According to the New York Times, most of the recent horrible Cases of murder furnish renewed illustrations of of the often observed fact that rum' is the great ally of murder. In nine cases out "of ten, the murderer has previously placed himself under the influence of - liquor. Sometimes it is the direct and . exclusive stimulator of deeos of murder and scmetimes, the intending criminal, . fired by other causes, finds it necessary to resort to it as the only agency capable' of bringing him up to the" killing . point. But we always expect to find its use . associated in some way or other with the perpetration of this, the highest crime known to the law or to morality. ' " Anecdote of Jefferson tue Third.Jefferson the Third was too improvident and careless in business matters to succeed in management." This hereditary misfortune, which at last'' had ' the' effect of closing his Washington theater was offset by the most complacent ac-., ceptation ot reverses and the most goni,al disposition in tbeJworld.The day after' his failure in Washington a personal friend called at Jefferson's house to offer condolence. He was informed that Mr, Jefferson had gone out fishing. Troubled with an apprehension lest Jefferson,1 overcome by his losses, had resolved to do away with himself, the friend went in search ot him. He found the ex manager quietly reclining on the banks of the Brandywine, his sketchbook lj'ing open at his side and fishingrod streching out over the water. "Why Jefferson," asked the friend, in surprise, 4'how can you devote 3rourseU , to the pleasure of art when vour recent misfortune ought to be driving you to j the verge of dispair ?" "Confouned it, old boy!" was the an. swer ; "I have lost everything, and am so poor, as a consequence, that I can't even afford to let anything trouble me." From Joseph Jefferson, in the ' Aur.. gust number of Lippincott's Magazine. - ',-;; ' . mm t.j A fatal affray occurred , near Henry' yille, Clarke county, Indiana, on Thursday, whereby Hugh Moffett was killed by his brother in law, Robert Hilton. Both men bad drank considerably dur ing the day, and in the evening entered into a quarrel, which .resulted' in "the tragedy. ' ' J; i n - - , A Helena, Montana, . dispatch , says .that Major. Eastman and another man i were attacked and wounded by the In-5 diana, on the 16th inst., a few miles from i?ort lienton. : v nen tne wounded men arrived at Fort Benton, the citizens be - came excited and killed turee .Indians who were in the town in retaliation. . In Fayette conn ty the corn is seriouss jy infested by a striped worm j a half inch ,ia length with a striped body, which bores into the top or bottom of the stalk and. eats its way from one end to " the nthp.' Tt killa allr invrHV.lc- . '..T": : 7ZZT..jr"7;ili '

NATIONAL TEMPERANCE.

; , - r . It is not what he put on his back,' but what ha pats into his stomach, that decides the character of a tii nv His status is not solely a question of brains. For he may be an undoubted genius, with brain-power sufficient to stock a whole arerago community, antTnot know enough to "treat his stomach' as though it belonged to a sensible person. . Vex ourselves as much as we may in regard to the matter of Temperance legislate as thoroughly as we choose to, pass as many prohibitory laws as wo may see fit it is, and ever will be, a question of the Stomach; and only as such, and "beginning at the very, outset of jt when so considered, can it be effectually treated. 'But what absurd superfluity you are advancing,' says one. 'As though, temperance were ever regarded as other than a question of the stomach 1' ; Yet not so fast, ' good ' friend, neither be quite so critical. Temperance is not always held as you intimate. When legislation lays bold of it, it becomes then purely a question of icitl. Prohibition says to the drunkard, 'You shall not drink rum ;' and at onee there is arrayed the will of the law against the desire of the man. Is the temperance which follows, laying aside all the technicality, of words, a temperance of the stomach ? JJot at all. If there were any thing of the stomach, it would be intemperance j for the perverted cravings of that organ, are strong as ever, and are only unsatisfied because the will ol the law id (we will suppose,) stronger still. The stomach is the man's master. It is a humiliating fajl , and it cuts keenly the pride of brains; but it is truly and undeniably a fact. t Look at the evidences of it. Sea poor Poe staggering down the crooked wy of dissipation, its fearful darkness but half illumined and made to look more fearful yet by the flashes of his wonderful genius a genius so powerful that, bad it not been coupled to a stomach even more powerful, might have placed its possessor among the most honored of the earth. And the t' rrible array of examples 1 We do not need to recite the list. It is familiar to all. It has been wept oxer by m-iny and many a sorrowing heart. It is being added to from year to year with a frequency which is indeed appalling. Aye, the stomach is the man's master, and the stomach knows nothing of the logic of law. Its reason is the reason of habit. . The only legislation which it can perfectly understand is that of the individual alone, and is summed up in his decree against the formation of all unwise stomachic habits. Barely does the stomach crave what it nas never tasted. And what it has been educated to love, that will it desire, however eloquently legislators may declare it shall not. At the best legislation falls short of its intention. Habit asserts itself , the law is somehow evaded; the mm is finally conquered. Legislation is not what we need most to-day. If good at all, it is good simply as a make -shift. It wilt never build up a Nation -al Temperance. It is not the ground-work upon which to create a temperate people. There must be a continual plea against the Habit and its formation. The young must have deeply inwrough t into their very natures the truth that there is no safety in catering, however slightly or rarely, to aught that is debasing. For every youthful life, especially, possibilities are full to overflowing of promise ; and what the promise shall bring is for each to detcrm ine. , The drunkard in the gutter a sickening reality to himself is a sad possibility to every young man who presses to his lips whatever may intoxicate. Let this fact, trite though it is, be borne in mind by all. Let it be repeatedly impressed upon the young by those who are responsible for their well-being now and their well-doing by-and-by. Let parents say to t heir bright and over-conscious boys: 'It is just possible that your self-control may be greater than that of all others who have gone before you ; but it is more lhan possible that i f you form a liking for strong drink your stomach will prove stronger than your brains, or your will, or the will of the statutes, therefore, touch not, 'taste not, handle not.' We need a new infusion of life into pnblic opinion on this subject. From families; and the community at large, there should emanate a more definite tone, a healthier, purer influence, a mors decided and emphatic declaration in favor of Total Abstinence. Legislation has been tried time and again ; all its various forms have been tested ; yet without the marked and radical resultant which : was in each : instance fondly anticipated. The radical good will never result from it. The root of the whole matter lies further back, and to that we inu&t go. If strict Temperance be thoroughly inculcated as a deep, abiding principle, essentia! to individual welfare and a necessity to the public weal, legislation concerning it will be utterly supeifluous. . - Death of M.vtie Psnsos. We neglected last week to notice the decease of this amiable young lady, which occurred at . the residence of . her father, near the Depot, on the 9th inst. -.Her body was taken to Piqua, Ohio, where her parents formerly resided, for interment. In the Humming .Bird of last Saturday, we. find the following . tribute to her memory, which was read at the close of Grace .Sabbath School, on the 11th, by Miss Ltzzib Foulke, a friend and class mate of the deceased : "There is a missing voice in pur class to-day, and an aching in our hearts : and, alth ouch wo cannot wholly suppress the tear of sorrow over our loss, still with it is blended the happy conscious thought that heaven's angels have welcomed our Matie, and this hallowed Sabbath, day her voice mingles with them in their immortal home'. Young in years, warm in affection, and true to her trust, we who knew her best loved her most, . And as Mat ier Benson listened . so attentively, so earnestly to the words of salvation, trying to coin the precious living truths from the mine which God has given us, teacher, can you no t think, . . . She is not dead, the friend of your affecti on, - i But gene unto that school , Where she needs no longer your protection, . For Christ himself doth rule. ' We can hut think how appropriate the gift of t ha young hert to (JoJ, with all the fervor of its hop es its useful impulses. Not when disease had wrecked the brain, nor after rears of weariness, heart-sore and sickening disappointments, nor at life's expiring hour, when only lucid at moments of abated fever, did she murmur, 'Father, I would be thine I' but wtile the heart beat strong with anticipations of realizing her youthful ; dreams, did she cry, 'Father, lead me ! Father lead me ! and at this altar, before us all, she gave her heart to God. Classmates, can we not think that at ber feet approached the river's brink, a sweet voice said, 'Child, take my hand I And is there not within our hearts a pleading and earnest desire to do as Matie . Benson did, that our smiles may come. from a Christian heart our pleasurea and deeds be those that only Christian's know, so that our spirits, when called away, may be borne by that ; snowy-winged band that our sister sung might waft her spirit home." ;--" .At the conclusion of the reading-, Mr. Worthington sung a beautiful Song, appropriate to the occasion. . . , -YARKIED, . On the evening of the 14th, at the residence of tha bride's parents, by Rev. A. S. Kinnan, Mr. Henry C McMian to Miss Annie E. Johnson, all of this city."" " "" ' " -' ; May blessings attend them forever, . . And for whatever they pray for or do; " r Mav their lives be one grand endeavor .'' . .. To tvpe the pure, the good and the true. Forcing a Case. -In oonseuene of the recent j. - 'nthe Pricef Xiquor License iB tbiffpty, the ncrship, held a meeting on Monday of last week, and resolved to test the legality of the exaction by the Council ofthe increased sum for the privilege of selling by the drinkj by" 'bringing a case before the Supreme, Court.' They rely on that clause in'-tha Constitution making 'aJtlaw uniform ia their' operation throughout the State, and allege that a 4500 license changes the statute rtjulnting the . traffic and makes I it vnktbilw, 9 tfii 'f h

HONESTY AND CREDIT.

It is not every man whose credit at the bank is cood, whose is - thoroughly and unflinchingly honest and upright. The constant experiment of the buisincss world proves thisC.IIonesty: itself is a principle. Some say i t is a congenial inheritance" that descends with the blood ; but this is not always correct. There has been many a dishonest son of an upright sire, and theie are upright sons of dishonest sires.- To say as some do, there is no real honesty among mankind fs'botlT immoral and untrue. If there were no honesty how" could there be the antithesis dishonesty ? Sterling probity is all the heritage that thousands possess, and though it may not be accompanied with riches,,' it is itself a wealth, a comfort, and a pride, ' It sup plies it' possessor with the luxury of a consciousness which no amount of mere wealth can brino-; and. first or last, it commands a respect from bis ; fellows whiclt has the merit .of. being genuine and unextorted. Commercial credit is a faeilitous nnd conventional thing, possessing astrielly computable value. It is a great convenience in buisiness, and it is extre'melv difficult for a buisiness man ''to. leet 'alone without, it; Credit is- ; loosely considered as synon3'mous with j personal honesty; but there is an immense difference between the two. The ; revelations of mercantile life prove i that men of A No. 1 credit will mmes times do dishonest acts to .maintain it. Every now and then we hear of ihe arrest of a man who has committed, theft or embezzlement, to prevent his name going to protest. Prompt aabit3,prospeious buisiness and unincumbered property will give a man credit, and misfortune and losses destroy it ; but honesty is a possession that survives disaster and calamities ; it is a part of the man, and cannot be taken away from him. " The above from the St Louis Home Journal expresses so clearly and correct: ly every observing man's experience in the matter on which it treats that we have been constrained to give it place in our columns. . Who can not look around him and see many a liar, swindler and genteel thief walking promptly up to meet his note in the day it falls due ? Behold ..the man who has embezzled thousands of dollars in this very town as he walk3 promptly up to maintain a good credit in bank, or with the neighbor from whom he has harrowed a sura of money. Yesterday, perhaps he took judgement . for a few dollars against a poor man who would knowingly wrong on human being out of the fraction of a cent. The embezzled' s credit i3 good, while that of the man whose misfortunes have left him unable to promptly, meet his financial obligations is decidedly bad. Give us the honest man' be his credit ever so bad sooner than the hypocritic and rascally embezzler though his business credit be ever so good. The one prompted to pay his debt whenever he can by a. sterling sense of honesty; the other pays his debts simply because it will make him money to do so, or because he knows the law will compel him to pay. - Oneif the li'lloys Calls at Wiggins's Shop. , . ' A few days ago, an application was made to one of the saddlers in this city, for wot k. the applicant, . appeared to be a youth of some seventy-one summers and was anxious to make "one more side-saddle belorc he died" statein g that lie had made the first one in 1814 He was oat of practice now but with some instruction "and marking oat", he thought he could manafacture a job that the "boss" would 4cock' with ! satisfaction. He guaranteed that if he spoiled the "stuff' he'd cheerfully work vat something else to : pay -for it. He ' claims" to ha"o worked at the - business ' through three wars the war of 1812, the Mexican war. and the recent Slaves Democratic war ; and our saddler friend who is his junior by upwards of thirtyfive years says this boy is the oldest one that ever prollcred to take instructions in the line of his trade. , KICIIMOXD MARKETS. Corroctcd weeklv bj Thos. Nbstob. Wholesale. t 00 ........ 3 00 ....... 60 ..- 1 25 ' 1 30 Retail 6 50 S 25 - 70 1 60 50 63 25 ' 15 - 20 22 ... 20 ' 2KJiur,pcr bbl. " per 100 lbs ..: . .Corn, per bushel.... . Wheat, per bushel.-.. Corn Meal, per cu t .'. Oats, per bushel....'. Potatoes ilutter, par. !t-.. .. . Kg-r3, per doz.. dull... Hacon, clear aides .. ... Hams. . ard ........ Cheese.... 60 22 14 IS 20 18 15 CINCINNATI MARKET. July 20 Flour Sales of family $5 75a6. Wheal higher and receipts moderate, with stiles of new at $1 1'ial 15 for red, and $1 25al 35 tor -white. Bve dull at $1 00 for no. 1. Corn in fair demand at 73a 74c for railroad! Oats firm at 73a7Cc. Cotton unchanged. Tobacco in good demand, with sales of 171 bhds at 6a22 25. Whiskey firm at $1. Provisions quiet but . firm. ' Mess-rpork ateady at 33. Bulk meats quiet at 13c for shoulders and 5e for sides. Bacon firm at 14Jc for shoulders and 18a1 8 l-2c for clear rib ; and clear sides. Lard quiet at 19 1-2 c. Butter -24aJ8c for tresb. Eggs dull at 15c for shipper S count and 17 for ' selected. Hngar active and prices t higher lor all grades,.. with sales on 290 hhds ami 606 bbls refined. Coffee firm at 21a26c Gold ) 35 buying. t:i: . GENERAL HARDWARE uG.V Having added to our Stocks of General Hardware Window Glass, 5 ; Oil, Whit Lead,' T : Putty, Springs, Axles, " , Steelrtire for Buggies, Spokes, Felloes, , f - . Hubs, Shafts, . j Bows, for Ex. Wagons ' "And Buggies, 15 '' "' Also Hubs, felloes ; ' 3 ?And: Spoke for farm wagons, anil a good stock of ; ? CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS: We also have the exclusive right for the sate of J. W HANSELS' Z Patent. Double Action Burglar Proof Window Lock., and r, ,j , - Jori Wayne f County and Geoi Wilson's Sand Screen U-t'i ri:llMi VniTTJ-."'OU -sill 'SAND SCREENS MADE TO 0BDEB rrr ' We invite our patrons and the public generally to J give us a call and see if tney cannot buy as low as at ' any other house of like business m this market. ! ' ! THOS. BENTON & SON. 9 No. 844, Jfain Street, Richmrnd, Ind J l4-3m

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