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An Independent Paper Devoted to the Interests of the People, News, Agriculture, Education, Literature, the Markets, &c, Sec, VOLUME 1. HISIXC SUN. INDIANA. FRIDAY. JULY 11, 1851. NUMBER 21

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I? rvBHHE3 every rr.H'AY mohxixo, lt earth's surface how many objects of stir- diversified, and vet determinate characters of ! earth. The mightiest tree, after it is cut CHARLES C. SCOTT. passing interest and wo-ider would at once living beings, why some so far transcend down, disappears, with the exception, perr -'Tl'-;.'- y'A :-d M-r't strns, ovei . fvrce themselves or. his attention. The ver- others in the stages of development to which haps, of the bark, when exposed to the ac',r'""" IL " dant earth, covered with its endless profu-: they ascend, and how is it that they stop ; tion of the air for thirty or forty years. of Sucriution per Annum. S;0,, v( forms of vegetable life, from the del- ! here h-nv is it that animals succeed each ! Leaves, young twigs, the straw ot which is v?i -v: v."lt"iur-H'!.:a -:.x in-nths - - $2 '-'' icate moss to the oak w hich survives the 'other in tiht lines, the offspring inheriting ! added to the soil as manure, juicy fruits, &c, v- o-.j-y. i:' i. .-. aii f.util ei.so the revolutions cf centuries; the insects of the j the physical structur-j and the moral dispo- disappear much more quickly. In a shorter lJ?Ti: ;c T-.-r.ns will b- ;-.::.t:y uil.-.-rod u- animal kingdom, from the gt.at which dances : sition of their parents, and never, by any ; time, animal matter lose their cohesion; they

f V;-. i--tala. Rat- of Ad; criisinu. T-.:i lines or !v. three ins-rivp.s. - - -Ivcrv .-.;,"'-: .;r. --lit hi-oni - - - - -AtKi'Vti-enuMi!-by the Year. Ull. : ni AJvi '-: l'h :. a:m;. A o .i 1 s v Ul. Ti afcsx-at advi-rti.-H.-uieiii.- vi t.6 pa:a in Tr, -,..v;;.-ns eor.nwted ;r a:: letter an w-;h t!. o:Ece U- 1 ti .st-1 t ensure ttchat a Sermon Should le. : v;".! V;:t tt-HJ iii s'. c: : I. v.n v .: .re, ; l u.Is civ;. i v. ' .. :). ' A-.tt T -.. :: A s . -;. "v-;;: 1 "' u ".ivi'ij :.1tar oo..!. : tine ; y . .ot . !.;:;:.; the -. .A.i: i.:.:.il Ui . -iVvVl: vo:: I. vt v : . i:.c s;. ui. 1 1 -use thv; dt-a-J. I: -';.---.-.i ; -c si-.n -ic. -r.'.-tT-.-:.l . and il;.-a; : " :'.!! sj iiti ihv- ;-y t - plt-asL- the c-ur; N:- " i'i' v.- I;: n ' '. ioit-r'-i pride. A;..l U'..ve lh- i " r bill ph.hi l.I.dclied. It ri,' u" i be t'-'i.-.i-r and n:,l. . As hi- - i.rni tr.on-f v. l;o w.tt l'st S:d.-m's ?.;i T":s f. ?uvs. wj.h -ir.i.s f b-w ulir.y'd, i.' sv. i t - v. .' !: a-vi'-.;'.ly p-rsuuit.:. I" m". -.i ! Tr.:.r.iy, i.-,s:. and r V. ,-. ;. -: v.Y. .-vpivss'd wit':-!: V- : v;;-i s'i'y 1 ": ; t t.- s;.::i A - . .. d.;k. asi.i h. jw a !..ud.U b.aiii. I. d d : T v, .d; iviu; t.d C.'a e. i - ' .:. '. ' . i.' O. tim.'. and ; :;iv01 : A - -. v-dd. I i't .. -bus. :atnu n. I- rd. tus 1 1- and I:Hrl::i: !: -'. -.'. '. - j. V, i v.-: - tv A -r. 1 a .. . ;iA -i... -; Id ';. r : us s.i i -v.r th- r, - d I i . iidx' ; -a . ... ii -1 ; ii. :: t- .1 ..n-1 Ti' :.a ard a i-I--sii":- ' .' a an ; rd- nt : ray. : a .; addv' i ;ix iiiu: aai n::-t: i- .- h'..-s.-.t. T- : i : ' - d t:..- n; ,y. w- n a; p.:.-. s. r.- . !,- :. a1. y ia-t; !.;dd 1 .- A F.. d t'.vni'i'e. and a I'avid THE LIIRACLE OF LIEE. Of all r..irae-es. the most wonderful is that of li'e the common, dady life which we arrv about with us, and which everywhere surrounds us. The sun and, stars, the blue firmament, day and i.iuht, the tides and seasons, are as nothing com pared wnh it. Life the soul of the world, but for xvh rh - creation were not! It is our daily familiarity with life which ; ol-scures us wonders trom us. WeP.ve, yet icmember it not. Kh .-i wonders attract our au nt:-)u and excite our snrj rise; but this, w-'-.ii I.t the world, which intn -- a. 1- -. clu les others, is little regarded. little regarded. We have grown up alongside of life; with life within t;s and about us; and there is never any j oint in our existence, :it which its phenomena arrest our cud"sity and attention. The miracle is hid f.-vm us by familiarity, and v e see it not. Fancy the c.t-th wit, out life! its skeie-; ton ribs of rock and mountain unclothed by ; ve-'duro, without soil, without flesh! What a i.akv-l, dies da'.e spectacle and how uu-

like the bj.mtiful aspect of external nature ! limine :t '!.v a microscope, and, lo! it is covin aii 1 u...u! Nature, ever-varied and ever-; cred "ith niuslirooms, growing on the surhai coming with the spring, and go. : face of the snow as their natural abode ir.i t-. shep wi'h the winter in constant1 A ihihsopher distils a portion of pip-1 r.M-hm. The liower springs up, ld-v mis, water, dudes it from the air, and then with.-rs and falls, returning to the earth from ' places it under the influence of a powerful V'hie'a it spru" r, leaving behind it the germs electric curent. Living beings are stimutaof ! ni'irc !-' :i:g; for nothing dies, i;it even ted into existence, the t.;-ria CVtr ap.pear which only gives up one firm to assume! in number! Here we toimh on the borders another. Organization is traveling in an un- of a great mystery; hut it is not at all

aTalinL; c'.rcb-. Tl e trees in summer put on their verdure; ' e-y blossom; their fruit r. pens falls; what the ro-.ts gatherc-1 up out of the earth rema to earth again; the leaves drop one bv ; e, a;; 1 decay, resolving themselves into o: r.e-.v te'iTii-s, to enter into other organizations; the Sip tiows back to the trunk; and the forciT, w ood, field and brake cmni oso them- , f.elves to their annual w inter's sleep. In . spring and summer the birds sang in the; boughs, and ten led their young brood; the tn wnoie animal kingdom rejoiced in their fu i ouuomg tne; tne sun stione warm, and nature rejoiced in greonne. Winter 1 lys its cold chill upon this s 'ene; but the same scene comes round again, and another spring recommences the same "never ending, sli 1!

beginning succession of vital changes. We , the higher forms of living beings, in tho our life." To die is as characteristic of orieani to expect all this, and become so fa- process of their growth, successively pass ! gani zed beings as to live. The one condiradV.ar w ith it, tl. at it seldom occurs to us to tluongh the lower organized forms. Thus- ' tion is necessary to the other. Death is the

reflect how- much harmony and adaptation1 there is in the arrangement how much of b .auy and gh.ry there is everywhere, above around, and beneath us. But- were it psib-e to conceive an inteh i ... -'r - -'; ' '" r--- 1., .,.;,.

endowed w ith the full possession cf mind and reason, all at once set down on the ;

in the summer's sunbeams up to the higher i forms cf sentient being; birds, beasts of end-; iess diversity of form, instinct, and color; 1 ' and, a'wve ail, Man "Lor I of the lion heart an I eagle eye;"' these would, to such an intellig.mee, be a source of almost endless ; interest. j If it is life which is the grand, glory of t'tl. world, it was the cot-summation of crea- . live power, st which the morning stars sang together for joy. Is nt the sun glo- ! I . n.; (I 'I .li.1L Hi" l ilii: titki. CW. 3 l' i'L ILiiHl . i ieue l ty n;s ieaTns; ;s r.ot t he tresit a:r ::- . i: .: ....',. i l.'v.l. line'.' nil. I '. . 1. , .1 : 1. i v:..vm i i . ii. Ii. I1C ill :i 1 tri. !' ' ; i.ii: l,i'L t.'i iv'l 3 1 i., .,11.., and sounds swtct, and c.-h.rs gorgeous, hcans i there is c;ate the in? th li in." sensati m to apfire- ' " - . W ithout- life, what are tiiey , 11? What were a creator "himself, without . if ir.te'li "i.c- and understanding, to know "' o ' and to adore Him. and trace His fin ire rs in ; ! the work that He hath made? ! Bjuridless variety and perpetual change are exhibited in the livii!" beine-s around us. i , Take the chvs of insects alone; of these, not ! fewer than lOO.O.JO distinct species are al- ! ready known an-l described, and every day ; is adding t the catalogue. Wherevc vou n penetrate, tnat i.ie can ue sntiaiueu, you iiua . . , - .1 i .i r .1 . i -i . - i i . living heings to exist; in tne oepins 01 the ocean, i: the arid desert, or at the icy polar regions. The air teems with life. The soil which clothes the earth, is swarm- j ing with life, vegetable and animal. ; Take a dr. - of water examine it with a ' microscope; io! it is swarming with living crea'uras. Within Lie, exists other I.ie, tintil it recedes U-fore the powers of human vision. The j aiaskic animalcules, which prey i ujon or within the b -dy of a larger animal, ' is itself preve 1 upon bv parasites jeuliar to ; :t-lt So r-iint te ore rvitv animah-nles, i th-.t Khreib-rg has coniputo 1 that not fewer, than five handred millions can subsist in a ; siiiirie drop of water, and each of these monads is endowed with its appropriate organs, ' possesses spontaneous power of motion, and : et.j-n-s an independent vitality. In' the verv ocean deeps, insects, bv the ! b.l,.r .-.f n. nr., i,b'..d o.it isbu-.d.! ! and lav the foundations of future continents. I l The coral insect is the great architect of the . southern ocean. First a reef is formed: seeds I are wafted to it, vc-etatioii spring up. a i verdant island evisfs- tb.-. roa takes I session, andacoh.ny is formed. j Dig down into the earth, and from a bun- i ,rc. yards dee;-, throw up a portion of soil cover it so that no communication can take ; ..1...... .1 ......1 i.i.- i. j

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''"-' ' - ' ' 'I ' 1 'r 'n.iiii l'.t.i iv-' I n K in o i-.i r.T o i '...I-: o,i,-.,r i ing up pehaps new plants, altogether unlike ; r any nereioiore gn.-wn m that neighborhood During how- many thousands of years has the vitality of these seeds been preserved deep in the earth's bosom! Not less wonderful is the fact stated by Lord Lindsay, who ; took (rum tin- hand of an Lrvptian mummv I a tuber, whi.-li must have been wrapped up I there for mre than ii-XM years before. 1; 1 was planted, was rained and dewed upon, , the sun shone on it again, and the rout grew, ' bursting forth and blooming into beauteous ! Dahlia. At the .North Pole, where yon would expect life to become extinct, the snow is sometimes found, of a bright red col.-r. Kxmore mysterious than the fact of life itself. Plr.h saphers know nothing about it, farther than it The attempt to discover its cause, inevitably throws them back upon the Gieat First Cause. Philosophy takes refuge m religion. Yet man is never at rest ia his speculations as to causes; and he contrives all manner of theories to satisfy his demand for them. A favorite theory, now-a-days is what is called the development theory, which proceeds on the the assumption, that , one germ of being was orh'inallv planted on tne earth, ami that from this "orm bv i th: wondrous power of life ail forms of j vegetable and animal life have progressively I been developed. Unquestionably, all living ! beings are organized on one ..,,,1 ,,i.,n .1

the human being is sucr-essively a monad, I last of life's functions. And no sooner has and a vertebrated animal, an osseous 6sh, a j the mysterious principle of vitality departturtle a bird, a ruminant, a mammal, and ; ed, than the laws of matter assert their

lastly an infant man. Through all th's tvpe- of oreardzatior, Tiedemv h-:: d.---v-

This theory, however, does nothing to : explain the causes of life, ur the strikingly !

chance, stopping short at any other stage cf : being a man, for instance, never issuing in ; a lion, a fish, or a polypus. We can scarce-' !y cor-ceive it possible that, had merely the ! germ Gf be'.ng been planted on the earth, and "set agoing,'" anything like the beautiful ' harmony and extraordinary adaptation which : is everywhere observable throughout the j animatea kingdoms o! nature, would have i been secured. That there has been a grand j plan of orgnizrdion on which all living be:il'C" il'Jfci C.'in; ..(, UIJ UW " . . ! er.oujrn: bit to account tor the uiversttv ot .: ......1 j ire, t. . , , tin." unit luinw una niiiium.rt - T -1 li.ll itl'tuiil rt'ltau'.!.!! H'.'iii ivnci luii.u er st ges of being by an inherent power of i self - devclormeut. is at variance with known I ' facts, and is only an attempt to get nd of j one difficulty by creating another far greater, j Chemists arc equal; v r.t fault, in endeav-! . 1 i orinj to ur.ve'.l the invsterious irocesses of I life. Before its power they stand abashed, i For i:fe controls matter, and to a great extent overrules its combinations. An oriranized being is not held together by ordinary chemicle affinity; nor can chemistry do anything toward compounding organized tissues.

The principles which enter into the compo- perhaps, a constuent of the heart t one ol I l till

soiou 01 tne orgamix-i oeaig are lew, use i-.t- i i i. . i.. : . - .1 : !!. r . ... . l. . ! cmei oe.ng cnarco u ana water, out into ; what wondrous forms does life mould these ; common elements! The chemists can tel! ; you what these elements are, and how they ! are combined when dead; but when living ' they resit aii his power of analysis. P.u-'U'1-1 confesses that chemistry is able to j .e..it. "-"-- - " gnized beings. There are some remarkable facts connect- , ed with Animal Chemistry if we may cm-; I';y the term which show how superior is ; the principle of life to all known methods ', of synthesis and analysis. For example, ! much more carbon or charcoal is regularly ' voided from respiratory organs olone, all hug beings not to speak of its ejection in ' many other ways than be accounted for, as having in any way entered the system. Th,'-V a!0 rro'l,,c,; ;ln1 Wct mudl rn0!'e ni" tr0n tliatl i' T1,C IWWshroom mustard plant though nourished ly ! Pre water' containing no nitrogen, yet give h off undantly; the same is the case with zoophytes attached to rocks at the bottom of th s and reptiles and fishes contain it in abundance, though living and growing in pure wates only. Again, plants which growon sand containing not a particle of lime, are found to contain as much of this mineral . in.w "-" o'-' e.ue..eouS sou, auu .... .... .. i.no. i ine of animals in Xew South Wales .iii.l .-.tli.ir .licfri,-.fj i-li..r. 1-1 .it,i,, . f and me is to be found in the soil, or in the plants from which they gather their food, contain the usual proportion of lime, though it remains an entire mystery to the chemist where they can have obtained it. The same fact is observable in the egg shells of hei s, where lime is produced in qualities for which the kind of food is altogether inadequate to account; as well as in the enormous deposits of coral rock, consisting of almost j ure lime w ithout any manifest supj ly of this ingredient. Chemistry fails to unravel these mysterious facts; nor can it account for the abundant production of soda, by plants growing on a soil containing not an atom of soda in any form; nor of gold in bezoards, nor of copper in some descriptions ot shellfish. These extraordinary facts seem to point to this: that many, if not most, of the elements which chemists have set down as simple, because they have have failed to reduce them further, are in reality compound; and what we regard as elements do not signify matters that are undeeortipoundable, but which are merely undecompounded by chemical processes. Life, however, which is superior to human pow ers of analysis, resolves and composes the ultimate atoms ol things after methods of its own, but which to the chemist will piobably ever remain involved in mystesy. The last mystery of life is death. Such is the economy of living beings, that the verv actiotis which are subservient to their j preservation, tend to exhaust and destroy them. Each being has its definite term of 1 life, and on attaining its acme of perfection, it begins to decay, and at length ceases to i exist. This is alike true of the insect which perishes within the hour, and of the octogenarian who fails in a ripe old age. Love provides for the perpetuation of the species. "We love," says Virey, "because we do not live forever: we purchase love at the expense power over the organized fame. "Universal experience teaches us," says L---:b!? "-.h-vt all orgvd:! b.dngs, after death

suffer a change, in consequence of which thier bodies vanish from the surface of the

are dissipated into the air, leaviuz only the mineral elements wlr.c. tt; !'.x...'.-. "derived from the soil. "This grand and natural piocc.s of the dissolution of aii compounds fornie'd in living organizations, begins immediately after death, when the manifold cause.' no longer act under the influence of which they were produced, Ina compounds formed in bo-.i-ies of animals and of plants, undergo, in the air, and with the aid of moisture, a series v.uutvc. itiv i.iov ui ii lii on., inv voir . . ., .., version ot their carbon into carbcutc acid, o .i .:,... i ; r . i. i nitu mu!vi.u uiui -ii i.j-.u iuli"v.u ; aiiiiiuiii.., ui lir.il ;aini.u ill i J cuij n u ric acid. Thus their elements resume the forms in which thev can again serve as food to anew generation ot plants and animals. Those elements w hich have been derived fam the atmosphere take the gaseous form ........ and return to the air; those wo .h t!;c earth had yielded, return so the soil. Death, I'ol lowed by the dissolution of the dea l gener ation, is the .source of a new one. The same atom of carbon which, as a constituent of a muscular fibru in the heart of a man, assist to propel the blood through his frame, was, l. 1 .. . ? ; ,-...,. J,, ! ius ancesiois, auu any aiuui vi iiawgcn iu . i' i .-..i...i .. c i. .i.:. ' onr ura.n nas pcruaps oeeu a pan -i iuu oiam of an Kgyytian or a negro. As the intellect of the men of this geneation dr.. s the food required for its development and cidtiv..tiou from the products of the intellec'iual activity of former times, so may the o: -titae'ats of elements of the bodies of a foimer genera-. ""v -w..v frames. The greatest mystery of ail remain. What of the spirit the soul? The vita! princie which bound the frai.n. together has been dissolved; what v' .he man, the being of high expiration.-, ok'--g oeiore and after," and whose "tholgots wandered through eternity?" The material element? have not died, but merely isum.d newman, which forms. Does not the spirit 01 is ever at enmity with nothiness and disso lution, live ton? Religion in all ages has dealt with this great mystery, and here we leave it with confidence in the solution which it o tiers. HOW TO GET TIIE RllAL Fl.A VOR OF CoKfee. In Knighton's "Forest life in Ceylon," are the following hints on the preparation of coffee, derived from long experience: The subtle aroma which resides in the essential oil of the coffee-berry, is gradually dissipated aftcr roasting, and of course still more after

being ground. In order to enjoy the full : in the woods to be frightened at ground lings liavor in perfection, the berry should pass or garter snakes: his courtesy and good hunt once from the roasting-pan to the mill, i mor was now thread-bare, he was growing and, and thence to the coffee-pot; and again ; red about the gills, his hair bristled upon after having been made, should be mixed ' his capacious head, and it was very evident

when almost a boiling heat, with the hot milk. It must be very bad coffee indeed, which, if these precautions be taken, will not afford an agreeable and exhilerating drink Two great evils are constantly perjetrated in England in its preparation, w hieh are mure guarded against in almost all other count! ies, and which materially impair its flavor and strength keeping the coffee a considerable time after roasting or grinding, by which its strength is diminished, and its delicate and volatile aroma lost, and mixing the milk with it after it has been allowed partially to cool. PnopAGATioN of Fixe Ilosr.s. It may not be known to many of our readers that fine roses of the China :rit;.s may be readily propagated by means tl slips. Cut from the ripened wood, slips three .or four inches in length, and insert them in clean white sand, placed in pots or boxes. Some practice covering them with a bell glass, but those of most experience do not consider this practice necessary. Ladies may also propaga'e many of the choice roses desired, by budding in the same manner as fruit trees are budded. It adds much to the beauty of the hardy climbers, to have the main trunk variegated with branches of roses of different shades of coloring. We strongly commend the practice to all. Negro Akkcdotk. A zealous clergyman bail taken these words: "And Satan came also among them." At the moment of bis reading the text, an old decrepit negro entering the sanctuary, supposing himself aimed at by tho parson, and with a degree of resentment, looking the clergyman full in the face, retorted, "You glad to see your fadder." (7- At an evening party, a proposal was made for a rub at whist. After several deals an elegant handsomo young lady thus addressed a young gentleman who sat near her: "What will you take for your hand?" The young man very modestly replied, his eye at the same ':ine brightly bennrog: "Yi"'"s in re'uru."

Having a Crack at 'Em; Or, Storming uti Arkansas C'c.U;t House.

T, ., . P , , . . , . ! 1 he brate of Arkansas ;s not exactly wtiat : IT U:1S 111 r. .1 tT:-l.c, PI V! I ! 7-j('nn cr-K.il m-iu- 11 ters, colporteurs, and common sense, have quite changed the general aspect of affairs, political, legal, agricultural, and domestic. And hence the rever-euding Arkansas stories, of the "ancient regime," becoming the more vivid, thrilling, or lu-'icrous, contrasted with the present order cf things in that part of Uncle Sam's farm. S me years ago, in one of' the newly laid out counties of Arkansas, quite an intestinal war broke out- among the people, relative to a court house. One party would have the county seat here, another there. The one side insisted that the court house should be located here, and built so, "the other side" persisted in buiiding the court house thus 1.1 . i , ni air i mere, ana no wav nor now esse, ine , . , . . democratic or dominant iiarty went to work, ; . : maii(! n fl and up went a spacions log , , . r . . . . . . . , , , , . , n,;nri in iv-h.Mi nivtl(i hfl!l .i hn : Iwr i court, and legal affairs of the new and not j nvpr Tmmi!oi:'i mootv lip disnprispd nccrird. I . . . . t T. , n , T . , ;ng to the statutes, Blackstone, Coke, Lntieit - . . . ;i,r .;nst! t!e troceede I to org-tiii i . ' , , "P i iur.es, and swear them and olhcers of l! tii, v.. x i. 's wib ii..ii itai. i ii ze juries, the court. Upon reaching the court house, the judge found a very considerable gathering cf the people; he felt proud to have such a grand opening, and feeling his oats, and knowing a.ll Will Cat county had their eyes stretched to that auspicious epoch, with the ivniiriif nf Ids nffiz-dal rnlim and tl)i dicriiitv . . . . , .. , .' nf (,., cf.i.a nt ArlTiinsits r.'stincr lit fin his " ' " ' ' , , , j . lined that the at . io nt c ie(e 1 e ii i glory of the one should not be tarnished, ' nor the ponderosity of the other shrunk from. Hitching his horse to the rack, in the rear of the court house, the judge took off his mil tens and saluted the crowd that began to assemble around him. "Well, gentlemen," he began, when a coarse voice interrupted the judge with: "Look here, old boss, none o' your palaver now." "Sir!" the judge responds in some amazement. "Yes, sir-ee, old boss fly, you ain't comiri' none of your big look ; over this crowd nohow," says another. "Why, gentlemen, what's all this mean?" "Mean? Why it means judge, on can't come no sich a load o' poles over us, you can't." well "But I a gentlemen "Gentlemen be vou'll find us men 'round here," bawls one of t be crow d, n iit.iiiiii.ua in iiie ut n ii'icuu i.iii t ii . o "Well," continues the judge, reauv mis is without precedent. I am astonished"And you shall be more astonished yet, judge, if you open a court in these diggins!" "It can't be did, old boss!" cries another. Now the judge was a whole team him- ' self, w hen aroused; he had lived too long an explosion was on hand. "Look here," says the judge, "I've come here to open court; if the court is ready for court; if there's any case's on docket. Til try them; if there's any nigger-stealing, horse1 thieves, counterfeiters, or rascals of any ! description, I'll put them through a course j ; of sprouts,, or my name's not J udge Buz zard, of Wild Cat county, state of Arkan"Hurrah! hurrah!" bawls the crowd. "Three cheers for the old boss, he's raising steam!" "And look here," says the judge, "I will further state for your general and several good, and respective information " "Go it, Bob-tail!" cries one. "Silence, dam ye," echoes another. "If any man attempts to show any contempt l'.r my court, I'll clap the screws on j him quicker than lightning; if any man, with ; malice aforethought, dares to molest me, I'll 1 throw down the dignity of my official sta- j tion, and wattle the skunk till his oury hide won't hold corn shucks!" boo "Put 'em, through, Judge, hurrah! w o-o-oop!" And the judge started for the court-house door, his saddle-bags on his arm, the air resonudiiiir with :i full vnll mid chorus of thu crowd. "There were 'the jurors, the lawyers ,,., ...nc tl,., .,l.,;,o;(Y. .l..f..,1,f. ni,,,' es, sheriff, officials, and persons necessarily connected with a temple of justice. It was evident, however, that a row was brewing; it was in vain that the crier cried order, or that the judge ordered the disorderly out. His eloquence, his dignity, his common sense, all failed to restore "order," or organize the court. "I would like to know," said he, as soon as partial quiet was restored, "what this cabal means, who are the disorderly, and what are they after?" "Well, Judge." says a tall, gaunt, wolfish fellow, rising above the crowd, "you see wo folks up above Rattlesnake Fork, of Possum Creek, and the jinin neighborhood, are agin this yer court." "You ht?" exclaims th judge, "who arc VOU, KIT?"

"That'll 'pear, Judge, when I get through j my argyin," continued the Demosthenes cf ,

Rattlesnake Fork, of Possum Creek. ' Wc . ' . i .,...1 i we

'pose it now, and stand yer. Bill M'Cracken than "a vale of tears,'' and "a scene of ribof Rattlesnake Fork, of Tossutn Creek, I ! illation?'' If you can't, it will do yen no stand ycr to defend our 'jdnio-', defend the good to real a letter which a friend has just

universal riuts ana sacred !;tert;es. ana tne justis of the country! ves sir-ff." That's who I am; One grand indiscrhn&te yell cf approbation followed Bill M'Craekan's peroration. isow the Judge rose, he twisted down his sheen skin vest, he fumbled nervouslv about , , , . , 1 his wristbands, he looked warm and wclrtsb all over. "I perceive," said the jud2e, with the strongest possible effort to keep cool, "that there is a determination on the part of sundrv evil disposed individuals, to interfere with and rdv.tn-.ct th duties, di nnrv and - - bilities of this court. A.id (waxing 1 . . " res pons; warmer) 1 should hold mvselt recreant, frais- ' .;.., n: ii.. -j vmce.i torturan suiu coii'.cin piuie, 7 1 1 (steam up!) to a degree utterly and incontinently beneath the character of a sheepstealing lay, if I did not put it down!" "Give it to 'em, Judge! Go in old f. refly!" is the chorus. "And," continued the j'idge, wiping th perspiration, now freely percolating through the circle to his massive and fury stamped brow, "I'll put it down, and the friends of order now in the court, will lend a hand to the sheriff p.nd officers of the court, to clear these rapscallions and peace breakers clear. out of these precincts. Sheriff, clear the court; men, lend a hand, and we'll show the Bill M'Crackeuites that we are not to be im - peded, insulted or mobbed in no such way. ct.,;nr A f,-;,.ti.'s r,r !-, ..,i ' t r ac;;p " j "Then I'm in!" cries Bill M'Cracken, rush - I ing forward. "Judge, vou and I've got to ! lock horns, whoo-o-oop!" ! With veils, hurrahs and all sorts of crossi butting, 'pitching and tearing, gousinz, biting. roighanl tumble, thev went at it. The . war raged inside and out. ' Judje and his followers S-.rcetimes the drov ' the M'Crackeuites, sometimes the M'Crackenites drove out the judge and court. The fight nut ..iy spri -. 1 aii :. r the t:cigh'.:-jrl-ncd, but lasted wit 1 unabated fury for nearly two entire days an 1 nights. They fought day and night. They fought tail ft', fit and J'-'t'ii'", t'P trees, on top tne court non-e, mside, outside, and all round the settlenieid. i On the morning of the third day, the gol- ' un sn" arose round as the winsome eye of happy maidenhood; the war was ended, the victors were there, wearv and worn, and the i . ... ..... ... . 111 M nn, os r.tt.-ndir.s in , thn r-mirt .11 tr - n - - j.... umph! Where were the M-Crackenites? Echo answered no ichor! A horseman is seen, a lonely, solitary ; horseman, his steed is covered with foam, : the rider with a blue blanket and dust. He j has ridden far and, fast; he dashed up to 'the court; he sqttats down in his saddle to 1 get a full view of the court through the , i window; he looks astonished, mortified; ; speaks: j "Eternal yartinpiakc; and pizeneu bald face! Kid thirty miles last night, nil the t i. i- .1. . r i 11 .M iiooi ji-ili 1 e si 1,1 ive 1 o i ( , u 1 1 oss u l M r..,i.,i- tn t.,., i....i ; ,1.;.. .1.. ...

V,'H.'wl, Li.' H'-i O ll.lll.i ill Liiia? IT! ItJi., V 1 i it's all over afore 1 git a sight' on't! Wall, ; Ti''l!i 1 khew for if Lu "t;irJ- ' ' 1 ' here goes to have a crack at yon, ole bullet-1 then. thc'll,t l wiU 'a-? h u ' head," anyhow!" ' : buzxing out of the ccp to take afartd- r The solitary horseman, having thus dis-' tlioht Uu as k cai1"' 1 !'' i; V'A - v--charged his duties, and a murderous rifle at ' flll! of lU'A; for 1,1 ' v tl., hid.r.. u-1....,U.l n,.A !...! .... .... 1.1.,..! i ' and it rolh-l it.; little leg.-, ag 1 inst theio tnl

I ""o' " - ' 11 in 1 mJimuran dim rapidly as he came. The itidge fell; t)it.v j raised him up; he was but slightly killed -iii.l 1 ,r....,l ,l...i! t,..,,-,..l ,,,,.,1..,!! l,.,,a,,.Ti perforated the collar of his coat. Too Goon to be I.ot. f,;w uavs since a good old lady of this city, meeting a farmer in our streets, on a load of hay, inquired if it was for sale; on being answered in the allirmative, she asked him to turn his team around and diive to her husbands yard, a quarter of a mile distant. Her request was complied w ith, and alder reaching the barnj yard, the old lady informed him that she I only wanted a cent's w ,-rth of hay for a ! hen's not, and that while he was throwing it otl" she w iiuld step into the house ai.-i get the change! The diiver was ungallant , enough to curse the old lady and the liens ! and refused to retail Ids hay. 1 1ct mc dle in tl,c rontr.v. I hall not fall like a loaf ol the forest un - lu'e,lc'1' whcie tW who ,ove M,e ,M,el mahK uie neau 10 meet tne careless mum-; tude and strive to forget me! Bury me in' the country amid the prayers of the goo 1 j and tho tears of the loving; not in the dark, j damp vault, away from the sweet scented ; air and the cheerful sunshine; but i-i the open field among the flowers that I loved ; and cliuriatieu w tuie living. Fassv Forrestlr. 07" Tho phrase, "fighting on h:s own hook," is more elegantly rendered "waging war upon the prudent individuality of bis own personal curve." 07 An advertisement in a newspaper is like a circlo in the water continually spreading wider and wider. Throw ia your rocks and 'rv it,

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; if vou had a season ticket for a fsmc-ra ? i , , . ; uaiit you una any tie tier nan;e ior iuis - jr.u i turniiied us. Jtt is trom x vviie in .Wis--. :l.usetss to her husband in California. Sh j always looks at the bright side. She dc :sn't intend going through the world with ar. air ; as if ''MsSoi drums woro bitting u"'-r:-; marches to Ui grave.Here is the letter: "My Df.'a li ess and: As it is s-m ; ; . r. r : l- . . T : i i ittp- ' I,nsj .vcu w0';ld be ?!ad t0 hear hu ! Sc'tifiS aI"r'S 10 .vour alsence' 1 am l-n? 1 10 sa-v tbut Sve ar" ail ei-Hv5r3 vcr-v i hea5th' 0,1 whole. Just at present Uo of the bo"s b;;v- Sot the sm'lli box' i ,n, t.,,, ,Tnt ,;10 rovr Bets- " "' 1 : down with the measles. Sr.nuel ?ot ho-ke'i .1.1 1 1T..1T1. 1 or a cow tne otner aav. arm iittie reter v& just chopped oil seven of his f.ngers w'th a hatchet. It's a mercy that he didn't chop them all off. With these trifling exceptions, i we are all well an 1 getting along tjice'y. ' You need'ni be at aii anxious about vs. 1 almost forgot to say that Sarah MdiiMa I eloped last week with tin pedlar. Poorgiii, she's been waiting the last ten years for a chance, and I'm glad she's got married at last. She needn't have taken the trojble to elope though, for I'm sure I was glad ! c" liave 1:er She was a great eater, and 1 find the bake'-! bean5 lo,1't 'J lr i0 ; f-'st a th ,'A- The v'a.v tLat -irl w , -P '" l-"" .v.i lue balance cf the family. ! "The cow i-uok it into her head yesterday ! to ru:i v' L;cli 1 w " ver:' r'-" ! tu-,ate Vn"- sur"- ,yr tb barn callt 15 r'-' l L'-Ali a!id v'as r.rcnA. I was hi hopes . that the house 'vouid S top. Un itV verc ' nvetnent, but the wind was the wrong w- so il d:dlt receLve mucL "i?"S,jm lj!,-vs broke ''Ao th or-;-rd the ' ''ier J-y sit:d strip; j, ai! the fruit U:l;. I am very g.at o! :r, tor u they inn net 1 presume tiie children would have mnde tl.eras"'v?s sick by e- '-''";; too much fiuit. 'iloi-it'g that you enioy y-iurstii:' ii Cdifon.ia as well as w e do at horn?, I r::aa::i vour iffecti"nnt-3 v if:." A Little Par, r.ir. It hir.pen- :. .:r ; on a hot summer's day, that I was stan lin near a Well, when a btt'.e birl ih.-w dov seeking water. The rc- was indeed a 'ai. trough near the we'!, but it was unpty, I 1 .1 o"-'-' " ' " v " ' h ' rri.iv.i, r.-i t ina- t vO Ti.i rr...r'V,i i. away thirsty; but it settled upon the tn:ugn, bent its little head downwards, then r u-. i again, spread its wings and soared aw.y, singing; its thirst was appeased. I a'-;ai up to the trough, and there, in the .- '--work, I saw a little hole about the si ie of a w ren's egg. The water cot ta'.n-d .bei-. had been a source of revival and r-d'reih-he!int; it had I'ouuiUnou f,-r the insanu desired no more. 1 n s Again, I stood by a lovely iio wl r and there came a bee s cen'en'nnSWeet s'-.-dd "nv.n.i -. 1 a ; sucking; and 1: ci. se tne tiew; er !ol' Its L. ! v ; 01 sweet. 1. at tne hawernan v:er bad 1. 1 !, -n . i t'-cy looked i.kc y-oow t,o,-c, as tne n -.vd.v ii,! ! ke('l,or6 s:', and then, thus h ileiV awav home, 'l inn I sa.d " P I ciuih'si seek oig 11. -nc v, oni nn-i.ng n, ae. 1 . .. . 1. : . . 1 l..a.--. . , '. been sal'iafkd with wax, and List tn -t-i .. for ihv hou -e that t:-v labor mdjd : .-: be in vain. Th-.tl l.kew'isv, aba't f. te":.. a lesson of contentment. The nigiil is far s cut tl e ,'u-;K 1 ' trouble th.it sometimes threaten' '. p., .. around us, but the day is at band; , -.- - ; the night there were star.-; I have It '-. .' up- th'UU and b-eu c- n.foi 1 . d ; f.-i o-.' set, I cou'd always si.e aticther r:.-.-: x ! e.uh was a lamp shovng p-n; s--nie !-:-t f the depth of the wisdom and In- . iy .:' G1. 07" Show us a ( h uige, and we'!' institution sin' is. ady's boriml, s tell 00 v. bat If it is i! - -Wl y s r " ei- - . f :-U i - ! v .1!:. i as fad ini is ot .rvA ribbons, cupid's Ih-.ws - ; of love and poetry as a O-ce., si country t politicians ami l-afers. If i! goes b. for the simple wrinkles, plain eclors and. a coiipie o modest knots, she is a pel feet jewil, sweet, sunny, mod, bin as alfeedonate as ii, .hN nursed kitten. If it i stuck all ,. .-r -n d .1 paradise of clo. cr, three OMiich l.n.iin'-, wax ho! iyhocks and juniper bern. ,, p-. -f square down that the calico is a sir-g'e Csiahliohment and will noer see a fort it th 1 o'diday. Bonnets are a true index .f w --mem Speaking his Minp. A pdag-v"-' was going to punish a pu tl v bo had c.d'.e i him a fool Khind his back. "Don't, d .i.'t," boggtd the boy. "I wot ''. do so again, never! I never wiil .-peax what I think again in my i.ie'" f7" There is no nyu- so baj a shallow phic..'. br.t

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