Evansville Weekly Journal, Volume 14, Number 5, Evansville, Vanderburgh County, 23 March 1848 — Page 4

THE JOURNAL. MK. ADAMS'S LETTERS ON THE EIBLE LETTER SO. 1. , . Sr. Petersbi-rg, Sept. 1811. Mr Deas Sox: In yo-ir letter of the 18th of January, to jour mother, jou mentioned that you real to your aunt a chapter in the Bi ble or a section ot Dodd ridge's Auuotations every evening. This information gave rue real pleasure., for so great is my veneration for the llible, anJ sq strong rav belief that, wh. ncluty

jead and meditated, it is of all books in the I world that which contributes most to make' men good, wise, and happy, that the earlier my children begin to read it, the more steadily they pursue ths practice of reading it throjghout their lives, the more livel and coufi.leni will be my hopes that they will prove useful citizens to their country, respectable members of society, and a real blessing to their parents. But 1 hope you have now arrived at an age to understand that reading, even in the Eibie, is a '-Ling in itself neither good nor bad, but thai all the good which can be drawn from it is by the use and improvement of w hat you have read, with thh help of your reflection. Young people sometimes boast of how many books and how much they have read; when, in stead of boasting they ought to b;? ashamed ot having wasted so much time in so little profit, bavins wasted so much time in so little profit. J advise you, my son. in whatever, you read, tnd most of all m reading the Bible, to remember that it is for ;he purpose of niakiug you wiser and more virtuous. 1 have myself for manv vears made it a practice to read throu h the Bible once every year. I have always endeav ored to read it with the same spirit and temper of mind which I now recommend to you; that is, with the intention and desire that it- mav contribute to my advancement in wisdom and virtue. My desire is indeed very imperfectly successful; for, like you, and like the Apostle Paul, "1 find a law in my members, warning against the laws of my mind." But as 1 know it is my nature to be imperfect, so 1 know that it is my duty to aim at perfection; and feeling and deploring my own frailties, 1 can only pray Almighty God tor the aid of his Spirit to strengthen my good desires, and to subdue my propensities to evil; for it is from Him that eyery good and every perf ct gift descends. My custom is to read four or five chapters every morning, immediately after rising from iny bed. It employs about an hour ot my lime and seems to trie the most suitable manner ' of beginning the day. But as other cares, duties, and occupations engage the remainder of it, 1 have perhaps nevera sufficient portion of my time in meditation upon what 1 have read. Even meditation itself is often fruitless, unless it has some special objects in view; useful thoughts often arise in the mind, and pass away without being remembered or applied to any good purpose like the seed scattered upon the surface of the ground, which the birds devour, or the wind blows away, or which rot without taking root, however good the soil may le upon which they are cast. . We are all, my dear George, unwilling to confess our own faults, even to ourselves, and when our own consciences arj too . honest to conceal them from us, our self-love is always busy. either in attempting to disguise them to us under false and delusive c.olprs, or in seeking out excuses and apologies to reconcile them to our minds. Thus, although I am sensible thatl have not derived from my assiduous perusal of the Bible (and I might apply the same remark to almost every thing else than 1 do) all the benefit that I might and ought, I am as constantly endeavoring to persuade myself that it is not my own fault. Sometimes 1 say to myself, I do not understand what 1 have read; 1 cannot help it; ldkl not make my own understanding; there are many things in the Bible '"hard to understand," as St. Peter expressly says of Paul's Epistles, some are hard. in the Hebrew, and some in the Greek the original languages in which the Scriptures were written, some are harder still in the translations. I have been obliged to lead a wandering life about the world, and scarcely ever have at hand the books which might help me to surmount these difficulties. Conscience sometimes puts the question whether my not understanding many passages is not owing to my want of attention in reading them. I must admit that it is; a full proof of which is, that every time I read the book through I undersland some passages which 1 never understood before, and which I should have done at a former reading had it been effjc!el with a sufficient degree of attention. Then, in answer to myself, I say it is true; but Icanuot always command my own attention, and never can to the degree that I wish. My mind is oft-times so full of other things, absorbed in bodily pain, or engrossed by passion, or distracted by pleasure, ot exhausted by dissipation, that 1 cannot give to proper daily employment the attention which I gladly would, and which is absolutely necessary to make it "fruitful of good works." This acknowledgement of my weakness is just; but for how much of it I am still accountable to God. I hardly dare to acknowledge to myself. Is it bodily pain? How often was that brought upon me bv own imprudence or folly! Was it passion? Heaven has given to every human being the power of controlling his passions, and if he nt-glect3 or loses it, the fault is liis own, and he must Iv answerable it. Was it pleasure? Why did 1 indulge it? Was it dissipation? This is the moat inexcusable of all; for it must have been occasioned by my own thoughtlessness or irresolution. It is of no use to disco rer cur own faults and infirmities, unless the discovery prompts us to amendment. I have thought it, in addition to the hour which I daily give to the reading of the Bible. I should also from time totime (and especially on the Sabbath) apply another hour to communicate to you the reflections that arise in my mind upon its perusal, it might not only tend to fix and promote my attention to the excellent instructions of that sacred book, but perhaps also assist your advancement in its knowledge and wis. Ion. At your age it is probable that you still have greater difficulties to understand all that you read in the Bible than I have at mine; and it you have so much self-observation as your letters indicate, you will be sensible of as much want of attention, both voluntary -and involuntary, as I here acknowledge in myself. I intend, therefore, for the purpose of contributing to your improvement and my own, to write you several letters, indue time to follow this, in which I shall endavor to show you h w you may derive the most advantage to yourself, from the Derusal of the Scriptures. It i3 possible, when you receive these letters; vou will not, at first reading, entirely understand them; if that should be the case, ask your grand-par?uts, or. your uncle or aunt, to cx plain th -in, if you still find them too hard, put them en file, and lay them by for two or three years, after which read them again, and vou will find them easy enough. It is essential, my son, in order that you may go through life with confort to yourself and usefulness to your fellow creatures, that you should form and adopt certain rules or principles for the government of your own conduct and temper. Unless you have such rules and principles, there will be numberless occasions on which you will have no guide for your government 'but your passio.is. In your infancy and youth you have been and will be, for so':n years, under the authority and control of your friends and instructors; but you must soon come to the age when you! oovern vourself. You have already come to that age in manv respects; vou know the difference between right and wrong, and you knowsoiiw of your duties, and the obligations raa are uaier to twjoms acquainted with them

all. ; It is in the Bible you must learn them, and from the Bible how to practice them Those duties are to God to your fellow-creatures, arid to yourself. "Thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength, and thy neighbor as thyself." On these two commandments, Jesus Christ expressly says, '-hang all the law and the prophets," that is to say, the whole purpose of Divine

revelation is to inculcate them efficaciously upon the minds of men. You will perceive that I have spoken ofduties to yourself, distinct from, those to God and to vour fellow-creatures; while Jesus Christ speaks only of two commandments. The reason is, because Christ and the command ments repeated by him consider self-love as so implanted in the heart of every man by the law of his nature, that it requires no command ment to establish Us influence over the heart; and so great do they know its power to be, that they demand no other measure for the love of our neighbor, than , that which they know we shall have for ourselves. But from the. Jove of God and the love of our neighbor risu't duties to ourselves as well as to then), and itiey are all to be learned ia equal perfection by our searching the Scriptures. - Let us, then, search the Scriptures; and in order to pursue our inquires with methodical order, let us consider the various sources of information that we may draw from in this study. The Bible contains the revelation of the will of God. It contains the history of the creation of the world and of mankind; and afterward the history of one peculiar nation, certainly the most extraordinary nation that has ever ap peared upon the earth. It contains a system of religion, and of morality, which we may examine upon its own merits, independent of the sanction it receives from being the Word of God; and it contains a numerous collection of books, written at different ages of the world, by different aul .ors, which we may survey as curious monuments ot antiquity snd as literary compositions. Jn what light so ever we re gard it, whether with reference to revelation, to literature, to history, or to morality it is an invaluable and inexhaustable miueol knowledge and virtue. 1 shall number separately those letters that I mean to write you upon the subject of the Bi ble, as, after they are finished, 1 shall perhaps ask you to read them altogether, or to look over them again myself, you must keep them on a separate file. I wish that hereafter they may be useful to your brothers, and sisters as to you. As you will receive them as a token of affection for you during my absence, I pray that they may be worthy to be read by them all with benefit to themselves, if it please God that they should live t be able to understand them. From vouraffe.ctioaa te father. , JOHN QU1NCY ADAMS. From the New York Tribune.! " LETTERS FROM HON. JOHN QJJ1NCY ADAMS TO HIS SON ON THE BIBLE AND IIS TEACHINGS. LETTER NO. II. The first point of view in Avhich I have invi ted vou to consider the Bible is in the light of Divine Revelation. And wha are we to un defstand by these terms? I intend, as much as possible, to avoid the field of controversy which I am not well acquainted with, and for which I have little respect and still less incli nation. My idea of the Bible as a Divine lievelation is founded upon its practical use to man kind, and not upon metaphysical subtleties There are three points of doctrine; the belief of which forms the foundation ot alt morality. The first is, the existence of a God; the. second is, the immortality of the human soul; and the third is, a future state of rewards and punishments. Suppose it possible for a man to disbelievr either of these articles of faith, and that man will have no conscience, he will have no other law than that of the tiger, or the shark, the laws of man may bind him in chains, or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy. It is possible to believe them all without believing that the Bible is a divine revelation. It is to obvious to every reasonable being that he did not make himself and the world which he inhabits could as little make itself, that the moment we begin to exercise tha power of reflection, it sterns impossible to escape tne conviction tnat merer.r.;itor must he a srdritnal and not a material ! beinii: there is also a consciousness lhat the! thinking part of our nature is not material but spiritual that it is not subject to 'the laws of matter, nor perishable with it. lljnce arises the belief that we have an immortal soul, and on rsiim" the train ot thougut wtiicn trie visi-1 ble creation and observation upon ourselves suggest, we must soon discover that the Creator must also bi the governor of the universe; that His wisdom, and His goodness, must be without bounds that He is a righteous trod and loves righteousness that mankind are bound by " the laws of righteousness, and - are accountable to Him for their obedience to them in this Ufa, according to " their good or evil deeds. -This completion of Divine justice must be reserved for another life. The exist ence of a Creator, the immortality of the human soul, and a future state of retribution,are therefore so perfectly congenial to natural reason when once discovered or rather it i impossible for natural reason to disbelieve them that it would seem tne Iignt oi natural reason could alone suffice for their ditcoverv: but the conclusion would not be correct. Human rea son may be" sufficient to get an obscure glimpse of these sacred and important truths, but it cannot discover them in all their clearness For example in all their numberless, false religions, which have swayed the minds of men in different ages and regions of the world, the idea of a God has always, been included: 1 ; ' 4 , "Father of alt! in every nge, In every clime adored ' By saint by savage and by sage Jehovah, Jove, or Lord." So says Pope's Universal Prayer, But it is the God of the Hebrews alone who is announced to us as the Creator of the world. The ideas of God entertained by all the most illustrious and most ingenious nations of antiquity were weak and absurd. .The Persians worshipped the sun; the Egyptians believed in an innu merable multitude of gods, and worshipped i not onlv oxen, crocodiles, dogs and cats, but even garlics and onions, the Greeks invented a poetical religion, and adored men and women, virtues and vices; air, water and fire, and everything that a vivid im initiation could per sonify. Almost all the Greek philosophers reasoned and meditated upon the nature of the gods; but scarcely any of them reflected enough even to imagine there was but one God, and not one them evi,r conceived . of Him as . the Creator of the world. Cicero has collected to gether all their opinions upon the nature of the sods, and pronounced them more l;ke th dreaihs of madmen than the sober judgment of wise men. In the first book of Ovid s Meta morphoses, there is an account ot tne ciiange of chaos in the world. .Before the sea and th sky that surrounds all things, (says Ovid,) there was a thing called chaos, and some of the gods (he does not know which,) separated from each other the elemants ot this chaos and turned th jm into the world; thus far and no farther coull human reason extend. Butjthe first word of the Bible are: "In the beginning God created 'he heavensand the earth," The blessed and sublime idea of God, as the Crea tor of the. universe; the source of all human happiness, for which all the sages and philosophers of Greece and Home groped in darkness and never found, is recalled in the first verse of the book of Genesis. I call it the source of all human virtue and happiness, because when we have attained the conception of a Being. who, by the mere act of His will, created the

world, it would follow as an irresistable consequence even if we Tvere not told - that the same Being must also be the Governor of his own creation that man, with all other things was also.created by him, and must hold his felicity and virtue on condition of obedience to His will. In the first chanters of the Bible

there'is a short and rapid historical narrative of the manner in which the world -.and man were made of the condition upon which happiness and mortality was bestowed upon our first parents of their transgression of this condition of the punishment denounced upon them and the promise of redemption from it by the "seed of the woman." There are, and always have been, where the holy Scriptures have been known, petty witlings, and self conceited reasoners, w ho cavil at some of the particular detajls of this narration. Even serious inquirers after truth have been perplexed to believe that there should have been evening and morning before the existence of the sun that man should be made of clay, and woman from the ribs of man that they should have been forbidden to eat an apple, and for disobedience to that injunction, be vith all their posterity doomed to death, and thai eating an apple could give "the knowledge of good and evil" that a serpent should speak and beguile a woman. All tnis is undoubtedly marvellous, arid above our comprehension. Much of it is clearly figurative and allegorical; nor is it easy, to "distinguish what part of it is to be understood in a literal and not in a symbolical sense. But all 'that it imports us to know or understand is plain; the great and essential principles, upon .w hich our duties and enjoyments depend, are involved no obscurity. A God, the Creator and Governor of the Universe, is revealed in all His majesty and power; the terms upon which He gave existence and happiness Jo the common parent of mankind are exposed to us in the clearest light. Disobedience to the will of God. was the offence for which he was precipitated from paradise; obedience to the will of God is the merit by which paradise is to be regained. Here, then, is the foundation of all morality the source of all our obligations, as accountable creatures. This idea of the trant.endant power of the Supreme Being is essentially connected with that by which the whole duty of man is summed up; obedieiice to His will. 1 have observed lhat natural reason rnigjjt suffice for an obscure perception, but not for the clear discovery of these truths. Even Cicero could start to his own mind the question: Whether justice could exist upon earth unless founded upon piety? but could not settle it to his own satisfaction. The ray of Divine light contained in the. principle that justice has no other foundation than piety could make its way to the soul of he heathen, but there it was extinguished, in the low, unsettled, and inconsistent notion which were lhe only foundations of his piety. .How could his piety be pure or sound, when he did know whethhe or they had or had not any concern in the formation of the world, and whether they had any regard to the affairs or the conduct of mankind? Once assume the idea of a single God, the creator of all things whose will is the law of moral obligation to man, and to whom man is accountable, and piety becomes as rational as it is essential, it becomes the first of human duties, and not a doubt can thenceforth remain, that fidelity in the associations of human piety and that most excellent virtue "justice, repose upon no other foundation. At a later age than Cice.ro, Longinus expressly quotes the 3d verse of the 1st chapter of Genesis as an example of the sublime. f'God said let there be light, and there was light;" and wherein consists its sublimity? In the image of the transcendent power presented to the mind, with the most striking simplicity of expression. Yet this verse only exhibits the effects of that transcendent power which the first verse discloses in announcing God as the creator of the world. The true sublimity is in the idea given us of God. To such a God the heart of man must yield with cheerfulness the tribute of homage which it never could pay to the numerousGous of Egypt, to the dissolute debauchees of the heathen mythology, nor even to the more elevated, but not less fantastical imaginatoins of the Greciaa philosophers and sages. From your affectionate father, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. rjThe Buffalo Courier, a Democratic paPtr has lhe following sensible and impartial remavks relative to Mr. Clay By the testimony of both Whigs and Democrats, it would appear that the journey of Mr. Clay through the principal cities, has been more like a triumphant n.arch than a mere manifestation of respect and regard for a private citizen. No person will regret that it has been so, and his progress has probably been hailed with as much pleasure and sincerity by his political opponents, as by his friends. Republics, then, are not ungrateful. The people are ever ready, without regard to old party differences or personal considerations, to tender their homage to an illustrious citizen, who having served his country faithfully, ac cording to his convictions of duty, withdraws to private life and reposes upon his honors. Mr. Clay may well be proud of national res pect and gratitude. History hardly records a parallel instance, and our generation will not witness another. Beautiful Present. Upon the return of Heney Clay from New York, the city coun cils of Philadelphia, intend to present him with a truly beautiful and appropriate gift. It is a bell, cast from the filings of the Independence Bell, and very tastefully and highly finished. Upon the handle is a silver plate, bearing the inscription t Cast from the filings of Independence Bell; while upon one side of the bell itself, are the words: . PRESEXTEn by the City Councils of the City of PHILADELPHIA. And on the reserve, the words HON. HENRY CLAY: March4,181S. The bell is about three inches in diameter at the mouth, and from the mouth to the end of the handle, about seven inches. The handle is of rosewood, and the whole tastefully finished. The fli jladel phia Ledger very justly, remarks, that all the politicians can get out of old Zach, is enough to convince them, lhat he is an honest and an independent man. (Of Major Semass has sold the office ol the Tippecanoe Journal and retired, as he now believes, forever from the cares of editorial life. Happy man. Marbied In Gibson County on Monday evening last, by Aaron Hill, Esq Ma. Joseph Greek of this place, to MissBerilla Mills.' Married On Sabbath evening, March 12th, 1818, by James B. Campbell, Esq., Mr. Johs Martin' of Posey County, Indiana, to Miss Jane, daughter of Charles Parkhurst, Esq., of Whits County, Illinois. Married 0ntheJ6inst. by Rev. Joseph Wheeler, Mr. William Dean Jr., to Miss Elizabeth R. Leavenworth.

. From the North American and U. S. Gazette. 'THIS IS THE. END OF EARTH. " . . "This ia the end fearm!" its pomp and glory, Its vain ambition and its lust of power, Serve but to point the moral of life's story, Where man, at last, meets his appointed hour;

Then from the closing eye each earthly vision, With all its fair allurements, fades away; And the soul shudders at the dread transition . From sentient being into lifeless clay. "There is the end of earth" in life's gay morning, Buoyant with hope, we enter on the scene; The path seems strewed with flowers; we heed no warning Breathed from the lips of age, on what hath been: Onward we chase the glittering phantom, pleasure, And its attainment eagerly we crave; Yet when we grasp the faithless, fleeting treasure, What is the end the cold and darksome grave. " Glowing with loveliness, the joyous maiden Beholds no cloud upon her youth's bright sky; Each winged fancy is with gladness laden; She teels not dreams not that she soon must die. In one brief" hour, her radient form is blighted . A thing of dread to all of mortal birth; The loving hearts her presence once delighted. Shrink back appalled such is the end of Earth. The happy mother, tenderly caressing The smiling babe that nestles on her breast, In fancy sees him of her age the blessing. Whose duteous love shall soothe her final rest. ; Alas! his rosy lips e'en now are fading; His azure eyes no longer beam with mirth; The lived hue his fair young face pervading, Marks him death's prey-; "Oh, cruel end of earth!" "This is the end of earth!" The ardent soldier. At honor's call, from his loved home departs His bones upon a foreign soil will moulder, And he be mourned alone, by broken hearts. The King upon his throne, the peasant lowly, The hero, patriot, sage, must yield to death: He is the common conqueror surely, slowly, Blossom and bud are withered by his breath.' Oh ! what were life, were this, indeed, the ending Of all the holy tics that bind us here? . Or what could soothe our sad despair, when bending Above the turf where sleep the young and fair? How vain the hopes and fears lhe heart now moving, Were there no home beyond thebounds of earth,' Where we could meet again, beloved and loving, , The cherished ones torn from the household hearth. Go seek the chamber where the good man, dying, Endures, with trust in God, the last dread strife; Behold, while anguished ones are round him isghing, How calmly he yields up his well spent lile. Death is his gain : Earth from his view receding, Faith reigns triumphant in his aged breast ; And white-robed angels hitherward are speeding, Gently to bear him to his heavenly rest. ADVERTISING. An old newsmonger friend of mine While dying of a cough, Desired io hear the latest news As he was going off. I took the paper, and I read Of some new pills in force; He bought a box "and is he dead?" . "No! hearty as a horse!" A Bear Story. The old saying, a rolling stone gathers no moss, may hold good in some instances, but in others, it amounts to about three cents in ths dollar. So much for the beginning at least such is my experience; and in giving it as such, I hope the reader will pardon me for dealing in mysteries. 1 have aversion to mysteries. &c, &.C., but when a rare chance offjrs, and a moral cin be drawn therefrom, I may be excused for giving Jim Higgiu's account of the mysterious Pilot, which is true to the best of" my bcliefand knowledge. "After the sJejm-boat come in fashion," said Jhn, "old Bill Reese and myself used to take at least one trip to Orleans once a year on flats canying with us such articles as turkeys, torbacker, and the produce of our sec:ion of the State. We always went together, so that when one of us would git into a bad drive, we could whip ourselves out without trouble. We had been dowu with a load, and made considerable of specylation on our purchases. Knowing the trade would keep up good for more'n a short season, we started back home to buy up another cargo. We had overfifteen hundred miles to walk, and knowing that, we sot our trof.ers to work, and in les3 than six days we reached home, and " . Guess you were a little tired about then?" interrupted one of the passengers. "Tired! ha! ha! ha! out ofit my darlin! We commenced buying up produce, and at the end o' ten days, we hid twj new boats built, and filled with such articles as we wanted, and floated down the river with colors histcd! Whert we got to the Mississippi, we just let our flats smooth tb.3 surface of the water accordin to their own action. I think we had been in the river two days, running sometimes over twenty miles a hour, when my boat run aground on one o' them cursed sand-banks; and there I staid for more'n a week. I was out a hunting one day, jest for amuse-! ment, and I trr.'d one o' the or fullest bars ever raised in Arkansas! I saved him arter a hard fight, got 'im aboard, and tiel him to a big cable. I had a old fiddle aboard, and was given 'im lessens in dancin a day or two afterwards, when I looked up the drink, and saw" . "What?" chimmed several voices,saw what?" ' "The fust steam-boat that ever fluttered a wheel on the Massippi! and if you'll believe me" "What next?" "Why, sirs! I believe she was driven every fish and allygater in ths river before her. My bar jumped overboadr, and I was near follertn as the steem fixin rid by me; but just then sotnsthin jerked my flat plum luse from the island, and she took rite after the steem critter fist as the nater of the ocasion would let 'er! Well, sirs! we soon cotch up, and for a hour or two we had it interestingly the iiten-boat was bilin ! and the flat! don't mention it! She darted before as easy as the wind, anH the way the crittei puffed and blowed arter us, wasn't fast enough to ketch up! What was the matter with my craft, I didn't know I She was ridin like a dancin fether, and throwing the water from one bank to the other, I begun to get skeered, but knowic I could cut the cable afore she could run to the Gulf of Mexico, I thort I'd let her rip! I jest sot back, turned my fiddle, and played to kill time. . It was the purteyest wether in the world! and I en!oyed it amazingly. The breezes stretched my colors butifully, and the moon would peep down once in a while to see what I wa3 drivin at! I was alone, but I had no use for company. The flat was now turnin the most dangersotne bend in all the river, whar I know'd she'd be apt to run agin one o' the free and independent snags, and sure enuff " "She did!" exclaimed several of the listeners. "And sure enuff, afore I had time to say Jack Robinson, or draw my bow across rr)7 fiddle, I saw one nag and another just below it, and " ' "She busted herself agin 'em ?" said one or two. "When she got to 'em," continued Jim, "they "wasn't thar; I found 'em about as fur ahead as they was when I fust reed 'em. In the morning I looked out and thar they was jest as far apart a splittin the weter like a lightnin pole. "What was they?" I ask ed myself, but it's no use; that evening, my boat was piloted to Orleans, and she ran up the leil handsomely, beinonly n few hours out from the sand.-bar, and eatin the steem-boat a day and a half, now gentleman all said after this beautiful instance of my mysteriously out-running a steamboat what power do you suppose carried it along." "The tide forced by the sh and allygators?" said a knowing jake. . "Murder!" said Jim, "take down your sign." "A sudden rh?e. then!" roared another. j

Some guessed one.thing, some another, and so on, until Jim, recovering his strength, for he was feeble, rose to his full height, and said ' "Gentlemen, you may think as you please, but it was nothing else but that bar that was tied to the ca

ble!" - "Mr. Higgina, have you got the papers?" "Yes sir! but I've left 'em in my pocketbook at home. It's true, every word of it; for jest as soon as the bar jumped overboard, a thunderin' big catfish took arter 'im and then they had it from thar to Orleans the bar beatin 'im about six feet and a half! I don't know how fast the bar pulled the , but the fish swum so fast that he "jumped fifty -seven feet out on the level, and didn't stop flippin his tail for a month." Tennessee Telegraph. ..' ; Beatttifcl Extract. "Whoso hath found a virtuous wife hath a greater treasure than costly pearls;" such a treasure hath the Rabbi Meir found. He sat during the whole of one Sabbath day in a public school, and instructed the people. During his absence from his house his two sons died, both of them of uncommon beauty and enlightened in the law. His wife bore them to his bed-chamber, laid them upon the marriage bed, and spread a white covering over their bodies. - . ' In the evening Rabbi Meir came home. "Where are my sons," ho said "that I may give them my blessing?" "They are gone to school," was the answer.: ! "I repeatedly looked round the school," he replied, "but did not see them.Jf . She reached to him a goblet. . He praised the Lord at the going out of the Sabbath-day, drank and again asked: "Where are my sons, that they, too, may drink of the cup of blessing?" . . "They will not be far oft," she said, and placed tood betore him, that he might eat. tie was in a gladsome and genial mood; and when he had said grace after the meal, she thus addressed him: . "Rabbi, permit me one question." "Ask it, then, my love," he replied. "A few days ago, a person entrusted some jewels to my custody; and now he demands.thcni again. Should J give them back to him?" . "This is a question," said Rabbi Meir, "which my wife should not have thought necessary to ask. What, would'st thou hesitate, or be reluctant to restore to every one his own?" "O, no;" she replied, "but I thought it not best to restore them without acquainting thee therewith." She then led him to their chamber, und stepping to the bed, took the white covering from their dead bodies. "Ah, my sons! my sons!" thus loadly lamented the Rabbi, "I was your father, but ye were my teachers in the law!" , . The mother turned away and wept bitterly. At length she took her husband by the hand and said, "Rabbi, didst thou not teach me that we should not be reluctant to restore that which was entrusted to our keeping? See, the Lord gave, and the Lord taketh away, and blessed be the name of the Lord!" "Blessed be the name of the Lord!" echoed Rabbi Meir, "and blessed be his name for thy sake, too; for well it is written Whoso hath lound a vtrtuons wile, hath a greater treasure than costly pearls, she openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her' mouth is the law ot kindness. " tJIIERIFF'S Sale Bv virtueof a writ of ExeO cution against John C. Robertson nnd John B. Stinsori. issued out of the office of the Clerk of the Vanderbureh Circuit Court, on the 10th day of Jan uary, a d 1848, in favor of the State of Indiana, I will, on Saturday, the 23th day ot'March, a d 1848, at the Court House door, in the city of EyaqsviUe, Indiana, between the hours of 10 o'clock A m and 6 o'clock p m of said day, expose to sale at pablic auc tion and outcry the rents, issues and profits for the term of seven years of one undivided tilth part of the following described real estate in V anderburgh coun tv. Ind.. to wit: The S E quar., of the N E quar., of Sestion 33, town 6, Kanee 11 West, containin: 4U acres, m. i of S W quar., of Section 34, Town G, Range 11 West, containing 40 acres. Also IN h of Frac. Section 10, Town 7, Range 11 West, containing 1"J0 acres. And should no person offer or bid for the said rents issues and profits, a sum sufficient to sutisfy said ex ecution and costs I will at the same time and place. proceed to tell at public auction and outcry the tee timole of one undivided fifth part ot the said above described premises to satisfy the said execution and interest anucostujie mereon. JOILN ECHOLS, mar 4-3w-prs fee $3 00 Sheriff V. C BY virtue of an order of the Vanderburgh Probate Court, the undersigned administratrix of Joseph Youns, dee'd, will sell at public auction, on the first day ol April, A D 1848, between the hours ot 10 o'clock A Mand 6 o'clock P M, at the Court House door, in the city ot Lvansville, the following described real estate in Scott Township, in Vanderburgh County, to-wit: The sou' h wes' quarter of the south west quarter ot" section number 11, town 5, south of range 10 west, in the V'inccnnps land district, subject to the right ot Dower ot the widow ol saiu tlec'd. Terms of cale. Line halt cash, ana one hall in six months from the day of sale, the purchaser giv ing note with approved security, and waiving valua tion laws. . A.V1EY SKEELS, Admr'x. Baker & Garvin, Atty's. feb'26.4tf LARGE SALE OF VALUABLE LAND And Town Lots at Auction. DY virtue ol on order of the Vanderburgh Probate X-f Court rendered at its i ebruary 1 erm, A l) l4o, the undcrsianed administrators, wiih the will annexed of Thomas li. Harrison, dee'd, will expose to sale at uubuc auction on 1 hursday, .March JOth, 1848 at the door of the Court House, in the city of Lvansvillc, the loilowmg described real estate, to-wtt: The undivided two-thirds of the west half of north west quarter of section 13, town 6, south of range 11 west, in tne county aioresaia. The east half of the south west quarter of said sec tion 13, town and range aforesaid. The north west quarter ot the south west quarter of tne same section. . . The south west quarter of the south west quarterof the same section. Also The west half of the south west quarter of the south east quarter of the north east quarter of sec tion 19, town 6, south of range 10 west, containing rive acres, about one mile trout the city, and adjoin ine lands of B. Mills. Lsa. Also Part of lot number 160, Donat'n Enlarg't of L.vansville, tronung faO teet on fcycamore street, and running back, across said lot the whole width tnereot the sad uart of said lot, commencing 60 feet from corner ot Sycamore and Third streets,running towards the alley, with the improvement of a good frame tlweliiiiif house. Atxo That half of lot number 177 in the same En largement, lying next to the allay, in the rear of said tot, suiJ lot Leiua divided by a line drawn through the middle of said lot perpendicular to Sycatiore street with all the improvements tnereon erected, subject to a mortuaae lor sloO to the common School Fund amount dueSloO 50-100 for the payment of which the purchaser must give bond with security. Also The following described lots t-ituated on tract ot land adjoining the eastern Enlargement ol Evansville purchased by said Harrison, an.i Sam'l Orr from Battel! &, Ingle, a part of which was subdi vided by said Harrison and Orr, and a plot of which said subdivision is recorded in book "P," at page J 7 oi the ileeu Kecord ot Vanderburgh County, to-wit Lot numbers 4,5, 6, 10, 11 and 12, in bbek number one (1) of said subdivision. Also Lots numbers 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12 in block number two (2j of said subdivision. Also At the same time and place, a Steam En gine suitable for a Saw Mill, which can be seeti at the saw :V1UI ol said dec d, on t iueon Creek. Also at private sale. Block number 161, in La masco City, with the btenm Mill thereon erected. Said sale to take place between the hours of 10 o' clock A M and4o'ciOckr.M of said day, on thefol lowing terms. Une third otthe purchase money casn, one tniru in six months, and the remaining tniru in nine mouuis nom Wi day oi sale, Uie purcha ser giving his notes with approved security; and waiv ing au reiiei irom valuation or appraisement laws. ELXiAKGARVLN, t . , , SAM'L OicR, . , Admrs. Baker &.Gartin, Atty's. ' feb26-4w pPUBLIC,Sale. By virtue of an order of the 1. rrobaie Court ot Vanderburgh County, the undersigned Commissioners appoiuted by said Court, in a certain cause wnerein jonn jamts was complain ant, and Nathaniel J. James and others were detend ants, will sell at public auction at the Court House in Evansville on the JOth day ol March, A D 1848, be tween the hours of 10 o'clock a. m.. and 5 o'clock p. m of said day, the following described real estate to-wit the north east quarter of north east quarter of eertion 26, town 6, south range 10 west, containir g 40 acres, more or less, in Knight Township, in said County. Termsof Sale One halt of purchase money in cash, and the balance in six months from day of sale, purchaser giving note with approved security, and waving relief laws. mar7-3w MARCUS SHERWOOD, MARTIN MILLER, VCom. W.M. WHITTLESEY,

WILSON, ST ARBIRD & SMITH, u T

WHOLES A L,IS MAIN STREET,

A RE now in receipt of their Spring Supplies of Drugs, Medicines, Paintt, ttbj,W &, Patent M6A dicines. Sunreon's instruments. Paint Brushes, Spices, Window Glass, Shop, furniture, tals ,Bot:

dicines. Surgeon's instruments, faint Crushes, .To.f.." ' . M;,,ri nH kpninrkv

1 13, 1 1.11111111-. J, T.J.tt.U, ........ 1 ry, Virginia, ihiswuh. -j complete m the uniteu states. They would respectfully, ini dealers generally, to their stoc

upon the very best terms of Importers and Manufacturers, oi ursi nanus, v

ueaiers generally, iu iiien diw;iv uiui. wujm, ' j . , . , - . their goods, and are determined to sell them tor cash or to prompt- dealers on the usual time on as; good terms as any other house in the West or Southwest, or on an average as low as they can be bought East in, the quantities usually bought by Country dealers, w,th camrge, insurance, and exchange aled. 1 hey

have resident agents in the East, through whom they

liaTC ll.ltH.lll uwncr ii. ...... .- ..... 1 .... - . j . . , . , during the season. Persons who cannot visit the city, by sending them their orders promptly and with goods at as low rates and of as good quality as if they were here in

The lollowing compose a part of their late receipts 54 cases Liquorice;

100 barrels Alum; inn An Sna. Whiting-:

. 50 dozen Sweet Oil; 1,200 do Phila. Blocking: 20O do oss'd P't Brushes; COO do Scotch Snuff; 50 50 100 50 50 150 50 10 5 do English

do Spirits Turpentine; do .'Ianner's Oil; ; do No. 1 Castor Oil; dn Winter Lard Oil;

3, 500, 000 Percussion Caps, 1 . 300 gross Matches; ' : 500 reams Cap Pap'r, ass'd; 600 do Letl'r do do; 20,000 lbs Prime Madder; do gr'd and UO txipai do Japan do Black 10,000 Ids choice feott Indigo; ivm .- u:tl (. l),(i . ,-1- ... 1 tnt u mnrr no... Flo v-od Fur Skin.

try produce generally taken at the market price in exchanze for their goods or in payment of debts due to them. The Evansville Journal is authorised to publish the above to the amount of $10, and send the bill to th. i

Journal Office for payment. Lou.. Jour. . ,

2,500 PACKAGES BOOTS AND SHOES. PIATT, BUCKLIN, & CO., WHO L A L E COMMISS I ON SHO E i HOUSE, ; Sooth side of Main, betveeev Fifth nnd Sixth streets. Louisville. Kr. -'

RE now receiving their heavy spring supplies of BO JTS and SHOES, both of Philadelphia and New , jL England mannlacture, which tortxtent and variety will be equal to that of any other establishment '

in the West, Dealers generally are. respeetfully invited where. Having a resident agent at the East, they wiu will sell at the very lowest market rates for cash. '

Also a superior lo of 3,000 dozen PALM LEAF HATS. . .'. ..- . ! The Evansville Journal is authorised to publish the above to the amount of .So, and send the bill to the ,

Joiirhal Office for payment Lor. Jour, '

Louisville Hat and Cap War erooxns. " HAYES & CRAIG ... : ' . ' . Successors to P. S. Barber Co.) . ' ii Hive now in store, lately received from their manufactories, and by importation, a full assortment i" - HATS, CAPS, AND STRAW GOODS, SUITABLE FOB THE SPKIXG AX SUMMER TRADE. 1 J

OUR predecessors, (P S. BAllBEIl &.CO,) by assiduous and unwearied attention to business during a number of years, acquired the reputation of keeping the largest stock of HATS, CAPS and STRAW .

JUU1J&, tnat could be lound .vest ot the mountains, and the greatest variety in the United States, as well as selling the 6ame as cheap us any house in the East. Having been partners in the former house, we have the same facilities, and have made arrangements by which we will be able to maintain lhat well earned

eputauon. Aa our attention is devoted exclusively the most sceptical that they can save to themselves a Fashionable No. 1 belly Nutria Hats; lJo JNo. 1 fcaxony do do; Do and B. B white Beaver do; Do do drab Otter do; , Do do white Cassimere Hats; Do do drab Brush do; i Do do Palo Alto do; Do No. 1,2,& 3 Moleskin do; Do and B.B. black Cassimere do; Do do" do Russia do; , Do and medium Silk & Angola do: ' i - Do and B. B. Coney do; , , Do fine fur Ashland and Sporting Hats; Youths' drab and white heaver ' do; Drab, black, and white Wool Sporting do; Patent glazed and Kpugh and Ready do; Youths' and boys' Fur, tilk, and Angola do; Do do tine Fur Sporting do; Do do Guard Navy,& opera Dress Caps; Do do Silk Plush and Satin do;

will be tound preferable to that of ahy house, whose principal attention is devoted to other business, and.. being manufacturers, any size, or quantity of assorted sizes without injury to ourselves. We therefore request dealers to examine our stuck well, betore parchasins elsewhere, os we feel satisfied we can convince 1

A general assortment of HATTERS' FURS, TRIMMINGS, and TOOLS, always on hand. ' ' ' " JCTOrders filled with accuracy and despatch. . ; '; mar ' Evansville Journal will please publish to the amount of 5 and. charge this office Lou. Jouniai,

LIFE INSUKADiCli. ; JANUARY REPORT. 1 THE Mutual Life Insurance Company issued, during the month of January, 184b, issued lttl new policies, HZ: To Merchants &. Trad To U. S. Officers.- " Teamster, " Lawyers, " Farmers, . " Filot, " Agent, 14 Servants,... " Sea Captains,- " Auctioneer, -" Student, ers, 69 " Mechanics, 21 " Manulacturers, 20 " Clerks, 10 " Clergymen, 6 " Physicians, ....... 7 " Ladies, - 9 " Editors, 2 " Teachers, 5 " Brokers, 4 New Policies issued in January, 1818, ROBERT T. PAT 1 ERaON, President. Bexj. C. Miller, Secretary, ALLEN C. HALLOOK, Agent. M. J. Bray. M. D. Medical Examiner. : : All persons wishing to make insurance on their own or on their friends LIVES, wili nlease call uu on the agent in this City, Ollice on Main street near VV ater, and examine the terms and rates ot theCorapnnv. mar 9-y FIRE & MARIA E IXSURAXCE. "If there it safety only in eood &ecurityin order to be secure we mast be safely Insured." HEN we hear of our friends loosing their prop . , - .11 1 I - 1 ' erty by hre.or that the vesset on which thev have; 1 1 . ,, 1 , .. , - , . made shipment of Produce or Merchandize is lost the firstquestionweaskis were you insured' Now it wei feel such an interest m the welfare ot our friends, how can any onenslt the dangers lhat are continually sur-, rounding his own property withou being able at anyi time to answer tne question 11 put to mmseii, " 1 es; I am Insured." - . , : - . . The Camden Insnrance Company of New Jersey, well make insurance on buildings, Houtehold furnfture and Merchandize of all kinds also upon shipment of Produce and Mercandize, on boad ot Steam Boats. Sail ins Vessels, Canal, Keel and Flat boats, at a fair valuation and at reasonablo rates! ot r retmum, and, 111 caseot loss, as soon as the chum can be properly adjusted pay over the same. . ALLEN C. 11 ALLOCK, Agent, - - ' 1 Oifiee on Main St., near W ater, mar 9 1 Evansville, Ia. M. M.M. 7 m. M-4 MJ A LEASE on the lot fronting on First street joining Dr. Geo. B. Walkers office, and FOR SALE. adthe house situated on the same ror particulars inquire GEO. B. WALKER. ot ' ' mar 9-tl SUNDRIES. ------- prf BBLS Plantation Molasses; .- ; 50 doz Buckets; 15 Nests Tubs; 2000 Gunny Bugs, just received and for sale by ;mary-UJ iitt.UttiYl & Vltilt;. WABASH FLOUR. - , QUPERIOR brands for sale by O mar9-tf BEMENT & VIELE. RIO COFFEE.' tOft BAGS prime gieen niu Coffee, landed from steamer "Cincinnau," and 'or sale by mar 9-tf BEMENT So V1L.LE. ORANGES & LEMONS. f BOXES tor sale by Oil mar 9-tf BI BEMENT &. VIELE. WM. M. MORRISON, Taylor, Main st one dool from the corner of Second. Solicits a share ol the patronage ot the town and country. apit ly.n ; .MANSION ROUSE. MOUNT VEIiNON. "!- " ;- THE undersigned having taken the above well Known establishment, would inform the public that he will upare no pains to make his house such as to recommend it to all who nifty lavor him with a call. His table win be supplied with the best the mar ket affords, and an attentive ostler to attend to his stables. The house is pleasantly situated on the bank of the river, and gentlemen will have a private sitting room fronting the same, where they can seel an tne ooats passing. He begs a liberal share of patronasre from the trav elling public. JOHN GRAHAM, niar4 tw3&wl. Proprietor. REGULAR WABASH PACKET. t Tne fine new "S11 draught steamer WkS' Paducah, Capt. Tilley, drawing 6ES3Ei&S: only fourteen inches, will run durin the season as a regular packet between Evansville and Lafayette, Indiana. The Paducah oti'ers very superior accomodations tor passengers, her cabin having all staterooms. For freight or passage apply on board qs-j to TAiUiitari.iiivt.i. feb.5 tf. ' JUST OpeningSuperior Silk Waro Black Alpaccas; 50 pslow and medium price cott Warp Alpacca; Mode andhih colored .Lustres and Cassimeres-,1 Oregonand Cabtornia PJaids; Plaid andstriped Delisles and Mohair Cloth; ' . .", Gala Plaids and all wool Cloa kings. Cheap at wholesale or retail. sep 2ci-ti". M. W. FOSTER. 1 7"OOLSEY &l NEI.SON. commission MercJta V Auctioneers, Main, 2d door from Second st. rcJiantS'S a

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LOUIS VIIXE, : K Y Bpices. Manu aclured 1 oDacco. i neir siocs as purcnasea . . 1 --. - , , . o ,f:,A

the attention of Druggists, Merchants, rhysiciarisManuiacturera;' and r... k..inr olowhpt us thev are nrenared to warrant the qualities of

are enaoieu to Keep uieir svoc. 'P a"u Vcr their orders shall . be served Asin person 100 barrels Copperar; J 50.- do Plaster Paris; . ; j cd; 11,500 boxes Window Glass; Venetian Red 1,0'JU.uo viais ana lxutien; 200 do Shop Furniture; f ; j 50 do Ground Pepper; 500 do Virginia Tobacco; 200 do Missouri do; , 300 do Kentucky ' do; ' 1 30 casks Chlorade Lime; 40 do Salaratus; chop'd Woods; v aniisn; do; do; Flax and Tow Linen. Country C:rars. Lard and Coun . . ; - mar. la to call and examine their stock before buying else-. be in constant receipt ot trcsn goods, which they ....! mar. 13. ' : to this business, it is presumable that our assortment good profit by buying of us.. Our assortment embraces Youths' and boys' ploin Cloth and Velveteen Cap . , Do do Glazed and Oil Silk do; Do! Blonterey, Saxony, and Taylor --1 do;1 Infants' gold and silver trimmed Turban do; : Bovs' Broadway and Octagon pattern .. do; Do Wellington, Dublin, nnd Elpin pattern do; 'J Do Polka, Calborne, and Lincoin do do; . ;., Mens' and boys' French Travelling do; Do do assorted Panama Hats; Double and single brim Leghorn . do; Do do Palm Leaf do; Mens' and boys' colored and white Pedal .Hats;' ' 1 Do Rutland and Dunstable Straw Hats; . Children's fancy Leghorn and Straw do; ,' Do do do do Caps; ' - Boys' Rutland and Dunstable do Hats; Misses' Bice, Straw, and China Pearl Gipsies; Infants' and boys' fine embroidered Straw Caps; Ladies' fashionable Riding Hats and Caps assorte4 : 1 THE EXPRESS STOKE IN THE PAPERS OSCE MORE!! Look, to your flu teres t Everybody!!;' E&, W. LEWIS thankful for the liberal patronage extended ihem this Fall, would say to their ; friends and the public that it is our desire and deter- ' ruination, at this advanced season of the year, to reduce our remaining stock of goods .as low 83 possi, ble preparatory to the Spring Trade, and as that d- ' sire is largely developed by us at this lima we will-. -I" from this date sfdl our stock consisting of almost every article in the dry goods line at cost and carriage, or thereabouts, those wishing to avail themselves of j a rare chance to get great Bargains will do well to come and see us-. We solicit country merchant? and II.. . IMt IU I'UV HI r 11. '1 ti Ul I V. lull IU V..41. U.9 .1 a ; u.. i ...:n 1 .. oil urKn i - 1. tn I. . . . at n . . I . .. - - 1 . . ... ..tnil tv Anil as uic icuucuuii we nave uiauc wui uc mi vujuul ia jou. Do-t ,or2et tocallatthe ExpressStore, corner of; Main aud vVater 8lreets. E. & W. LEWIS. . 5-.3 remeniber we do business on the pav one haH- and the other down System.j . jarT 4-tf. - r 1 NEW7 GOODS! NEW GU DS!! , JUST received by JOHN SHANKLIN, corner of Locust and Water street, EvansviUe; IOO Pack-' ages, consisting in part ol the following articles, vizt 500 pieces prints of the newest style, , . ' 15 bales Brown sheetings, - ...... 20 pieces Ked Flannels, . 1 20 " White do 20 ' " Canton do, ' " ' 50 ". BcdTick, 1. 1 ; : 23 cases Boots and Shoes, 100 pieces Bleached Shirting!', ',"''. . , 20 pairs Large Blankets, v.. BIueand'Green Mackinaw da, .. ,.. , , 15 boxes Hats and Caps, assorted, 60 dozen Hosiery, -i i : 1 Sattinets, Cassimers and Jeans, , . , . j Buena Vista Cassimere; ' ; ' Paramatta and Coburgh Clothe, 1 -: -' California Plaids, Cashmeres, M. de Lains,. . Alpaccas of every variety. Wool Cloakinge, 5 pieces Gro De Uhine Silks, ! t Also, Linen Cambric Hdk'fe, fancy and Black Silk, do. A large assortment of Shawls from 50 cts. to $8,00. . . fcjr AH kinds of Produce taken in exchange. dcc21-'4?tf 1 . p . : . ' MOKE NEW GOODS! JUST. RECEIVED BY KROiSEN &. MORGAN , I.N THE NEW FRAME BUILDINGS OS SI AIX ST. ips 6-4 blue Blanket Cloth; '. " . 2 ps 6-4 all wool Cloaking; "! ' "- 1 5-4 Ital. Silk, black: .. , 3 imp satin stripe and figured hlk Silks; " 15 dozen heavy wollen Gloves; . : 1. . . - - ; 1 case assorted Cotton Tread; H Coach Oil Cloth; 2 ps Hair Cloths lor Sofns;' r "'' ".. --"''I 10 dozen men and boys' Cloth Caps; 50 ps assorted Prints, very low; 50 pre Bed Blanket;; .... 2 dozen Buckskin Mitts; - - r 28 prs Transparent and Painted Window Blinds; 51 ps Paper Window Blinds 32 and 36 inches; ' Also, Linen Cambric, iidkls. Shawls; ,.., , Vcstings, Bombazines, &c, &,. All thooe wishing new and cheap goods, at whole- ' saleor retail, are respectfully invited to call and examine. ., nov ll-tt , ,. TO CO UNTKY MERCHANTS.; ' MORRIS S. JOHNSON, IS now oneninc at his new brick morn . W Main Street, opposite the Hank, a large ' lind full assortment of .-. . ; 1'ancy and Staple Dry Goods, Boots, and Shoes, Hats, llonnets. Combs. Vc.&c. Which he is prepared to sell to the trade on tha t most favorable terms. oc 9-tf. A FEW cases of Kip Boots and Womcns' Laeo . Bootees, Just received and for sale by . - . 1-. -jan 13-tf. J. H..MAGHEE &. CO. . TTflNDOW Glass. An assortme: J of Window ' Tf Glass, assorted sizes. For sale by , may4 tt. A. LAUGHLIN. Water n -w aLcicuiauxi rrencn oiac& Cloth; - i, Eng. i. Amer. blue, black, brown nnd oliveClo&v rlain and plaid Cassimeres; . Saitn Velvet. Woolen, nnd KiHr - Also a good assortment of Tailors trimmiria For sale low either at wholesale retail. u'nlmlnSe"-. P25- ' M W. FOSTFJI. V

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