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THE TIMES. nV J. G. WH IT TIER. "OA dear! Oh dear! I grieve. I grieve. For the good old days of Adam and Eve." Th-5 limes the hv.cs I say the times Are getting worse limn ever. The r n d old way our fathers trod Snail rrace their children never The homely hearth of honest mirth The traces of their plough The places of their worshipping, Are all forgotten now. Farewell, the farmer's honest looks, And independent mien, The tassel of his waving corn The blossom of his Lean, The turnip top, the pumpkin vine The produce of his toil, Have given place to flower pots. And plants of foreign soil. Farewell, the pleasant husking night. Its merry after scenes, W hen Indian pudding smoked beside The giant pot of l eans, When ladies j oincd the social band, Nor once a fleeted fear, Bat gave a pretty check to kiss. Cor every crimson ear. Affected modesty was not The least of virtues then. And few took pains to swoon away At the sight of ugly men For well they knew the purity Which woman's life should own. Depends not on appearances, But on the heart alone. Farewell to the buoyancy And openness of youth; The confidence of kindly hearts The consciousness of truth. The natural tone of sympathv The language of the heart Now curbed by fashion's tyranny. Or turned aside by art. Farewell to the jovial quilting match The song and after play, The whirling of a pewter plate The mnnv pawns to pav The mimic marriage brought about By leaping o'er the broom; The good old play of Blind-man's hull'. The laugh that shook the room. Farewell to the days of industry The time hath glided by "When pretty hands were prettiest At making pumpkin pie. When 'waiting maids were needed not. And morning brought along The music of the spinning wheel, The milk maid's careless song. Ah! days of artlcrs innocence, Your dwellings are no more And we are turning from the path Oar fathers trod of yore; The homely hearth of honest mirth The traces of the plough The places of their worshipping Arc all forgotten now. THE VILLAGE PRIZE. In one. of the loveliest villages in old Virginia, there lived in the year 175-. r.n old man, whose daughter was declared, bv universal consent, the lovelier, maiden in all the country round. The veteran, in his youth, had been athletic and muscular above his fellows; and his breast, where he always wore them, could show the adornment of three medals, received for his victories in gymnastic feats when a voung man. ins oaugnier was now eighteen. and had been sought in marriage bv manv suitors. One brought wealth. another a fine person another this and that hut were all refused by the old man, who be came at last a by-word for his obstinacy among the young men of the village and neighborhood. . At length the nineteenth birthday of Annette, hi charming daughter, who was as r.iniable and modest as she was beautiful, arrived. The morning of that, to many, a joyous day, her father invited all the youth of the co mtry t a hav-making frolic. Seventeen handsome and industrious young men assembled. They came 'not only to. make h?v, but love to the fair Annette. In three hours they had filled the lathers hams with the newlv dried grass, and their own hearts with love. Annette, by her father's command, had bro't the malt liquor of her own brewing, which she presented to each enamred swain with her own fair hands. " Now, by hoys,'' said the old keener of the jewel they all coveted, as leaning on their pitchforks they assemble,! round the door in the cool of the evening, " Now, mv lads, von have nearly all of von nvide nronosals tor mv Annette. ".- c. i f ft ... . ' i - 1 j ' M V, don't care anything about money or talents ior mv jnnette book laming ann solrhcr laming I can do as well by my gal as any man in the country. Bit I want her to marry a man of mv own grit. Now, you know, or ought to know, when I was a youngster I could be-vt anything in all Virginny in the way o1 leaping. I got my old woman by heating the smartest man on the Eastern Shoie, and I have took the oath and sworn it, that n man shall marry mv daughter without j'nwping for it. You understand me, boys. There's the green, and here's Annette," he added, taking his daughter, who stood behind him, by the hand. " Now, the one kit UmpS the fur,nerest on a dea(1 level,' fhall marry Annette this vcrv night.''

Tins unique aodress was received I v n.e young men with applause. And manv a youth. ';o bounded gaily forward to the

arena vi '.rial, cast n rlnnr nf ?ni'n-t vict.ry back upon the object of village chivalry. The maidens left their looms and qui ting frames, and children their noisy sports, the slaves their labors, and the old men their arm-chairs and long pipes, to witness and triumph in the success of the victor. All prophesied and many wished that it would be young Carroll, lie was the handsomest and best humored youth in the country, and all knew that a strong mutual attachment existed between him ;u)d the fair Annette. Carroll had won the repulalian of being the "best leaper," and in a country where such athletic achievements were the sine qua non o a man's cleverness, this was no ordina ry honor. In a contest like the m-osoiit. he had, therefore, everv advantage over his fellow athleta. The arena allotted for this hymenial contest, w as a level in front of the villa-re ;nn, and near the center of a grass plat, reserved in the midst of the village, denominated the "green." The verdure was quite worn oil" at this place by previous exercises of a similar kind, and a hard surface of sand, more befitting for the purpose to which it was to be used, supplied its place. The father of the lovely, blushing, and wiihal happy prize, (for she well knew who would win.) with three other patriarchal villagers were the judges appointed to decide upon the claims of the several competitors. The last time Carroll tried his skill in the exercise, he " cleared," to to use the leapcr's phraseology twentyone feet one inch. The signal was given, and by lot, the young men stepped into the arena. " Ikiward Grayson, seventeen feet," cried one of the judges. The youth had dune his utmost, lie was a pale, intellectual student. But what had intellect to do in such an arena? Without a look at the maiden he left the ground. " Dick B -widen, nineteen feet." Dick, with a laugh, turned away, and replaced Ins coat. ' Harry Preston, nineteen feet and three inches." Well done, Harry Preston,' shouted the spectators, "you have tried hard for the acres and the homestead." Harry also laughed, and swore he only jumpcu tor the tun ot the thing. Henry was a rattle-brained fellow, but never thought of matrimony. He loved to walk and talk, and l.injrh and romt) with Annctte, but sober marriage never came into his head. He only jumped for the tun of the thing. He would not have said so, if he was sure of winning. "Charley Sims, fifteen feet and ahalf" "Hurrah tor Charley Charley's win!" cried the crowd good humoredly. Charley Sims was the cleverest fellow- in the world. His mother had advised him to stay at home, and told him if Ik ever won a wife, she would fall in love with his good temper rather than his legs. Charley, however, made the trial of the hitter's capabilities, and lost. Many refused to enter the lists al ogether. Others made the trial, and only one of the lcapcrs had yet cleared twenty feet. "Now,' cried the villagers, "let's see Henry Carroll. He ought to beat this;" and every one appeared, as they called to mind the mutual love of the last competitor and the sweet Annette, as if they heartily wished his success. Henry stepped to his post with a firm tread. His eve glanced with confilencc around upon the villagers, and rested, belore be bound. d forward, upon the face of Annette, as if to catch therefrom that spi rit ot assurance which the occasion called lor. Returning the encouraging glance with which she met his own, with a proud smile upon his lip, he bounded forward. "Twenty-one feet and a half!" shouted the multitude, repeating the announcement of one of the judges, "twenty-one feet and a half. Harry Carroll forever Annette and Harry!" Hands, caps and handkerchiefs waved over the heads of the spectators, and the eyes of the delighted Annette sparkled with joy. When Harry Carroll moved to his sta tion to strive ir the nrize. a trill tie.! manlv voung man. in a military imdress ' frock coat, who id rode up to the inn. dis- ! mounted, ;url j hi ceived. while the stepped suddenly led the spectators unper-' contest was "-Dine on.: forward, and with a knowing eye measured deliberately the space accomplished by the first leaper. He was a stranger in the village. His handsome face an I easy address attracted the eves of the village maidens, and his manly. and sinewv frame, in which symmetry and strength were happily united, called forth the admiration of the young men. "Mayhap, sir stranger, you think that von can beat that," said ono of the by standers, remarking the manner in which the eye ol the stranger scanned the arena. If you can leap bevond Harry Carroll, vou , I 4 !. ...... ...O.v.x;c i" vou ntiiii uiu uesi iiuiii 111 lilt; uuiuuiw. The truth of this observation was assented to by a general murmur. " Is it tor mere amusement vou are pursuing this pastime?' inquired the vouthful stranger, " or is there a prize for the w innor ' "Annette, the loveliest and wealthiest of our village maidens, is to be the reward of the victor," cried one of the judges. " Are the lists open to all?" "AH, young sir," replied the father of

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A.uiot't. wuh interest, his vouthful are-or i n as he surveyed the proportions of ur .rti !iili-.l .. ... i:v'l.n ti ""iMuiLiiiiuu uuii" Mni Hirer. one IS the bride of him who iirlfnn TTenrv . .. ..." ' i o Carroll. If you will try you arc free to do so. But let me tell vou, Harry Carroll has no wite in irginia. Here is my daughter, sir: look at her and make your trial," The young officer glanced upon the trembling maiden about to be ofiercd on the altar of her father's unconquerable monomania with an admiring eye. The poor girl looked at Henry, w ho stood near, with a troubled brow arid angrv eve, and then cast upon the new competitor an angry glance. Placing his coat in the hands of one of the judges, he drew a sash he wore beneath it tighter around the waist, and taking the appointed stand, made, apparently without effort, the leap that was to decide the happiness or misery of Henry and Annette. "Twenty-two feet and an inch!" shouted the judge. The announcement was repeated with surprise by the spectators, who crowded around the Victor, filling the air with congratulations, not unmingled, however, with loud murmurs from those who were more nearly interested happiness of the lovers. m the The old man approached, and grasping his hand exultingly, called him his son, and said he felt prouder of him than if he were a prince. Physical activity and strength were the old ieapcr's true" patents of nobility. Resuming his coat, the victor sought with his eye the fair prize he had, altho' nameless and unknown, so lairly won. She leaned upon her father's arm, pale and distressed. Her lover stood aloof, gloomy and mortified, admiring the superiority of the stranger in an exercise in which he prided himself as unrivalled, while he hated him for his success. " Annette, my pretty prize," said the victor, taking her passive hand, " I have won you fairly." Annette's cheek became paler than marble; she trembled like an aspen leaf, and clung closer to her father, while the drooping eye sought the form of her lover. His eye grew dark at the stranger's language. " I have won you, my pretty flower, to make you a bride tremble not so violently I mean not myself, however proud I might be," he added with gallantry, "to wear so fair a gem next my heart. Perhaps" and he turned his eyes about inquiringly, while the current of life leaped jo fully to her brow, and a murmur of surprise ran through the crowd "perhaps there is some favored youth among the competitors, w ho has a higher claim to this jewel. Young sir," he continued, turning to the surprised Henry, "methinks you were victor in the list before me I strove not for the maiden, though I could not well strive for a fairer but from love for the manly sport in which I saw vou enrarcd. louare the victor, and as such, with permission of this worthy assembly, receive from my hand the prize you have so well and honorably won." The youth sprang forward and grasped hi? hand with gratitude, and the next moment Annette was weeping from pure joy ujuMi m:-. snouiuers. ine welkin rune with the acclamations of the delighted VI .-.!. lagers, and amid the temporary excitement produced by this act, the stranger withdrew from the crowd, mounted his horse, and spurred at a brisk trot through the village. That night, Henry and Annette were married, and the health of the mysterious and noble hearted stranger, was drunk in overflowing bumpers of ruslic beverage. In process of time, there were born unto the married pair sons and daughters, and Harry Carroll had become Col. Henry Carroll, of the revolutionary army. One evening, having just returned home after a hard camp -rn. lie was sittmrr with his family on tr ;allery of his handsome country-house. 5 hen an advance courier rode up and jounced the approach of General Was'.ing'on and suite, informing him that ho rh.vdd crave his hospitality for night. The necessary directions wrr given in retorence to the household !i"n. and Colonel Carroll, ordei in" prepa his his horses, rode forward to meet and csr:)'t to hi; housc the distinguished guest, had never vet seen, although whom lie serving in the same widel v-cxten led arm v. That evening, at the table, Annette, now become the dignified, matronly, and still handsome Mrs. Carroll, could not keep her eyes from the face of her illustrious visitor. Kvery jnomcnt or two she would steal a glance at his commanding features, and half-doubtingly, half-assurcd-ly, shake her head and look again, to be still more puzzled. Her absence of mind and embarrassment, at length became evident to her husband, who inquired affectionately if she was ill? "I suspect, colonel," said the general, who had been some time, with a quiet, meaning smile, observing the ladv's curious and puzzled survey of his features "that Mrs. Carroll thinks she recognises in me an old acquaintance." And he smiled with a mysterious air, as he gazed upon both alternately. The coloncj stared, and a faint memory of tho past seemed to be revived as he gazed, while the lady rose impulsively from her chair, and bending nearly forward over the tea-urn, with clasped hands and an eye of intense, eager inquiry, fix-

ed full upon him, stood for a moment with

her lips parted as if she w ould speak. "Pardon me, my dear mad im pard n me colonel I must put an end to this scene. 1 have become, bv dint ot campfare and hard usage, too unwieldy to leap again twenty-two feet one inehj even for so fair a bride as one I wot of." The recognition with the surprise, delight arid happiness th"t followed, are left to the imagination of the reader. General WASitiNGTOx was indeed the handsome voung1 "leaper" whose thvsterious appearance and disappearance in the native village of the lovers,- is still traditionary and whose claim to a body of bona fde flesh and blood, was stoutly contested by the a illagc story-tellers, until the happy dexocncemext which took place at the hospitable mansion of Col. Carroll. FEMALE P1ETV. The gem of all others which enriches the Coronet of a lady's character is unaffected piety. Nature may lavish much on her person the enchammont of the countenance the grace of her mien, or the strength of her intellect, yet her loveliness is uncrowned, till piety throws around the whole, the sweetness and power of her charms. She then becomes unearthly in desires and associations. The spell which bound her affections to the things below is broken, and she mounts on the silent wings of her fancy and hope to the habitation of God, where it is her delight to hold communication with the spirits that have been ransomed from the thraldom of earth and wreathed wilh a garland of glory: Her beauty may throw a magical charm j over many : Princes and conquerors may bow with admiration at the shrine of her love, the sons of science may embalm her memory in the page of history yet her piety must be her ornament, her pearl. Her name must be written in the "Book of life," that when the mountains fade away, and everv memento of earthlv greatness is lost in the general wicck of nature, it may remain and swell the list ol that mighty throngj which have been clothed with the mighty mantle of righteousness and their voice attuned to the melody of heaven. With such a treasure every lofty gratification on earth may be purchased, friendships be doubly sweet, pain and sorrowshall lose their sting, and the character will possess a price far "above riches," life will be but a pleasant visit to earth, and death the entrance upon a joyful and perpetual home. And when the notes of the last trump shall be heard, and sleeping millions awake to judgement, its possessor shall be presented "faultless before the throne of God with exceeding joy and a crown of glory that shall never wear away." Such is piety. Like a tender flower, planted in the fertile soil of woman's heart, it grows expanding its foliage and imparting its fragrance to all around, till transplanted it is ret to bloom in perpetual vigour and unfading beauty in the Paradisc of God. Follow this star, it will light you through every labyrinth in the w ilderness of life gild the gloom that w ill gather around you in a dying hour, and bring you safely over the tempestuous. Jordon of death, into the heaven of promised and settled rest. The Plague. We mentioned the other day, among other items of news from Europe, the alarm created in London by the speedy death of two laborers, employed about the London docks, and the sudden illness of some others supposed or at least feared to indicate the presence of the plague. The suspicion is one of fearful moment, not only to England but to us, and to all the world, and it behooves us to inquire whether there is need for unusual measures of pre caution. I he subject has been noticed in Blackwood's Magazine for April from which we quote the following remarks. Albanu Jour. While England swells with faction, France with f iction, Germany with faction, Spain with faction, there is an enemy in the wind that may yet summon the restless mind of Europe to sterner lessons. The plague is declared to be extending its terrible circle round the Mediterranean. In Constantinople, all seems horror there it has raged with unabated fury for six months, and the city is depopulating, hour by hour, from the double effect of death and fear. Seventeen thousand of the Greek inhabitants have fled the Armenian patriarch has lately delivered fifteen thou sand passports in the course of a few days, and the general population has been thus diminished by upwards of one hundred thousand since last September. From centre of death, it has spread westward on both shores. It is said to have reached Salonica on the North, and Tennis on the South. How long it may be kept out of Europe in general, is a question of extreme anxiety. THE copartnership heretofore existing under the style of Cochran & Hurlbert, was, oh the. first day of April last dissolved by mutual consent. G. W. Cochran is charged with the settlement of the business. Those indebted will please come forward and settle their accounts immediately. G. W. COCHRAN, L. G. HURLBERT. Aurora May 13, 1837.

SATURDAY MORXIXC, Jl'XE 21, 183T.

ANOTHER HALF SHEET! We present our patrons to-day w ith another half sheet. This is occasioned from various cause?, not necessary to state. Two half sheets will make one whole one, and we are now thrown a week back. After this we promise no more half sheets, unless irfdeed something unforeseen should compel if. 03 We are authorized and requested to announce Col. Nathaniel L. Sqohb of Union; arid Col. Jacob W. Egelstox of Clay township, as candidates to represent this county in the next Legislature. OCT We arc authorized to state that Alexander S. Burnett, Esq. of New Albany, is a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of this State at the next Election. (7 By the last accounts from the lower country, we learn that a considerable improvement has taken place in the markets. Flour was lately worth $11 and j 12, and Pork and most articles of produce had taken a rise in the same proportion: The Cincinnati Gazette of the 21stj says"Upon a careful Examination of the range of prices, for provisions and breadsluffs, throughout the United States, we find a general advance upon all. The two great staples, bacon and flour, arc better sustained than the most sanguina have expressed hopes for. The pork and flour merchants, who have been able to keep tlicir stock, and have kept it, will lose very little, as ajl average business." DUXXIXG. Divers are the ways to which mankind resort in order to induce those who owe them to make payment but the happiest dun we have met with lately is our friend Alfred J. Cotton's advertisement inserted to-day. Wo opine the manner in which he speaks will induce all who owe him to "come forward immediately" and make payment, as it most assuredly ought. "To sue, or not to sue," is no question with him, and he judges right m his conclusions. The Life Insurance an J Trust Company at Cincinnati, commenced spe cie payment, last week, and we learn from the papers that she has specie enough in her vaults to meet her entire circulation. 07" Clayton is to make his eleventh Balloon ascension, on the 4th of July, at Cincinnati. To the Voters of Dearborn count)-. Fellow Citizens Having been nominated by the county Convention one of the candidates to represent you in the Stale Legislature, and as there have been several nominations since, the object of which is to draw the attention ot the people from the county nomination, it therefore be comes the friends of said nomination to use all honorable means to elect the persons so nominated; and they should be the more particular, as the other nominations are propagated by some of our old, cunning, long-headed demagogues, who would not hesitate to sacrifice the public good to their own private interest. I having heard it remarked over ami over again, that Lawrencehurgh township had three candidates given it by the county Convention, and that there w as not justice done to the other parts of the county and that if there was a candidate in Union township, it would be the means of uniting the whole county on the county nomination. Now as I am anxious that the friends of reform in the present wild and visionary scheme of in ternal improvement should rucceed, I withdraw my name, and declare myself no longer a candidate, thereby giving room for one in Union township, or any other tow nship, in which the friends of the public weal see fit. To my friends I would say that duty prompts ine to this act, and that when duty commands, we should be ready and willing to obey. Let this suffice for an apology to them for the present. WM. JOHNSON. Near Aurora, June 20ih, 1837. For the Times and Journal. Mr, Glenn The old adage that men "strain at a knat and swallow a camel," is beautifully illustrated in the proceedings of a late Lawrenceburgh meeting. (Sec Times and Journal of May 27.) It would doubtless afford your raaders much amusement to turn back to them again. They

u-cp.ectothe practice of n011liu;ai Iidatcs by convention or caucuscS-!piace their veto on the Manchester nomination because, forsooth, "the citizens of Dearborn are free and independent, and a

pablc of choosing their own candidates, iiuoui me aiu ot a caucus" and vet have the audacity to make a full nominMi, hoth for the Senate and House of Reprcluames. lliey even outdo the Manchester Convention, by nominating for some county offices : and then resolve that "we will use all honorable means to secure the election of the abovenamed gentlemen." O consistency! how precious thou art ! Add to this they have the great modesty fo bring out onbi four candidates in the township of Lawrenceburgh, out of tlie seven nominated. Mr. Editor, had they not betfer call another meeting, and nominate all in Lawrenceburgh? I ask for information; Let me not be understood as saving any thing disrespectful of the gentlemen nominated it is the "measure, not the men," that I look at. I am pleased to say the men, so far as I know them, ara of sterling worth. A LOOKER ON. state Convention. The delegates from the several counties hereinafter mentioned, in favor of classifying the works of Internal Improvement of the State of Indiana assembled in convention in the Hall of the House of Representatives, at Indianapolis, on Monday the 29th da y of May 1 837, to-wit : From the county of Clark Thomas J. Henley, Martin Adams, John R. Work; From the county of Switzerland. John Diunont, Phineas M. Kent, James 31. Cotton, and .1. C. Egglcston. From the county of Dearborn. Horace Bassctt. From the county of Decatur. Andrew Davidson. From the csuntv of Cass. John B. Dillon. From the county of Shelby. Sylvan B. Morris, W. J. Pcaslce, W. A. Doble, Edware Gird, and Erasmus Powell. From the county ofRusln F Bigger. From the county of Parke, Jeotha Gariigus, William T. Noel, John P. Sun dcrland, Enos Lowe, R. H. Wedding, and John G. D.ivis. From the county of Ripley. John S. Watts, James II. Cravens; From the county of Hancock. John Milroy, Bazil Meek, John l'Vster, Thomas D. Walpolc, James P. Foley, and James B. Hart. From the county of Boon. John S. Forsyth. Whereupon, on motion, the convention was organized by the uuanimons selection of Erasmus Powell, Esq., of Shelby county, President, and Gen. John Milroy of Hancock county, and Col. Jcptha Gatrigus, of Parke county, Vice Presidents, and John G. Davis, of Parke county, and John S. Watts, of Ripley county, Secretaries, The President, upon taking the chair, delivered an excellent and appropriate address i relation to the objects of the convention. On Motion of 3Ir. Cravens, Itesoired, That a committee of three be appointed to report to-morrow morning tho order of business to be observed by this convention and resolutions expressive of the sense thereof; Whereupon the President appointed 31essrs. Cravens, Egglcston and Henley that committee. On motion of 3Ir. Bassctt, the convention adjourned until 9 o'clock to-morrow morning. Tuesday morning the convention met pursuant to adjournment. 3Ir. Cravens from the eommiitcc appointed on yesterday to report the order of business to be observed, anil resolutions expressive of the sense of this roiivention, submitted the following resolutions, to-wit: Resolved, That all persons friendly to the objects of this convention present from counties not represented, who are willing to take upon themselves the responsibility of representing their respective counties, be invited to take scats in this convention, and participate in its deliberations, reporting their names and the counties represented to the Secretaries of this convention. 2nd. That in the opinion of this convention the resources of the state of Indiana, prudently managed, are amply sufficient to sustain a syscm of Internal Improvement commensurate with the wants of the people, and that we arc in favor of such a system. 3d. That the system of Internal Improvement in progress in the State of Indiana, is far above the means of the state, to accomplish, in the manner in which tho same is conducted under the uncontrollable management of the board of the public works, and that we deem it the duty of said Board to put the works into classes selecting some ono or two works for the first class, and deferring tho filial completion of tho residue until the resources of the state will justify their further prosecution, and lhat ihere should bo nd more lettings until after the meeting of the next Legislature. 4th. That wo disapprove of the surron-' der of the legislative authority into tho hands of an irresponsible body,"ns is dono