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INDIANA AMERICAN.
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O ATOB SWAYS V, AS HO MAB BAU AWt.
T. A. OODWIN, Editor.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
FRIDAY. "BPTKMBKH 1H, 1.X7
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be esse with aeainess as etpairn
THE PB0OXES8 07 SLAVERY
Tii.' father of mir Republic had not the
must I intent idea tliat hnman Slavery would
i ver br extended with the growth of our
country, and that the time would ever come,
in the history of thin boasted land of free
dom, when our highest tribunals, nnd the
Bxecutivc himself would Jeclare the univer
sal right, and the nationalitr of thin nc
cursed institution.
Rut it hi a deplorable fact that a Supreme
Judge ha declared that Slavery ha righto,
in all the tree North, and that :. con-
exists in all the the territories
of the Union. The Dred -Scott decision
the tuoet inlainou document that ever
emanated from the judiciary of any conntry
inake thia startling announcement, and
virtually legalizes Shivery in every State
and Territory of the United Steten. It gives
to the Slaveholder the right t. take nr.; hohl
hie slave in any State or territory, and
throws over him the protection of the
Constitution.
And how does our pro-Slavery President
acl in the matter? Anxioua to catch at,
and second any act that may be of ad
vantage to the Slaveholders who placed him
in office, and whose supple tool he in, advo
rates the same monstrous doctrine in Iii
answer to the Connecticut clergymen, who
remonstrated against the outrages iit Kan
sas. He any that it i- a mystery to him
that any person should ever have doubted
its soundness.
Thus we see that an institution, that at
first was only given a little countenance, in
order to harmonize the then feeble Colonies,
who were struggling against a mighty king
dom, aud was then only viewed as an evil
to be suffered for a short time, never dream
ing or intending that it should he national
ized, has, by the same tagging for a little
strength, a little more length of tether,
been aide to claim for itself to Ik- National, :
while Freedom is only Sectional.
The time was, und that not far in the past,
when no political party dared hold up its
head and contend for the right of Slavery
extension but now we see the dominant
rty of this " Land of the free," 0enJy I
contending-for it universal rights. Their.
creed ha? reversed the order of things, and
Freedom i now Sectional, and Slavery is
National '
When this course of action, and this I
result of their political management is fas
tened home upon thctn, they deny it, and
try toshufhV off the responsibility upou the
anti-Slavery mon, saying, it is your ever
lasting agitation of the subject that has
aroused the South. ' This is raising a false
pretense. The fact is, the course of thc
Democratic party m marryin- it-ell't.. even
sink of iniquity, for success, had so far
driven from it, it strength and choicest
spirits, in the North, that their only hope
was, to sell themselves completely to tho
South, ami swallow Slavery, with all its
hideousnes. As a proof of this, look at the
strength of this party iu the tree Stales
It is not able to carry an electoral vote, with
out the utmost effort, ami all the aid that the
"peculiar institution can bring to bear
.V. him.' Courier.
mt v m. 111.1
The Lawrence If. ,.-, , in eimiiilculinü
upon the attempts made to disparage thc
President of the State University, pay the
mllowin -tribute to that gentleman 8sJfc
Dr Daily was elected tu the Presidency
ot the State Univeraity at a time when the
prospects of that institution were gloomy in
th- extreme The Ismented and v. ruble
Dr. H ylic, who h id mi long presided over
Its destini.- wna no more The College
huildinff, thc College and Koi i- ty lihranii
had all been deetmved bv Hre. A large
portion or ibu lands of the Univeraity had,
by the decision of the courts, been trans
(erred to another Institu I I, e Institu
nt.nl lui(.rlolv unk nii.h-r (he it.
weight oi three hiisloituui"
The students hv scores, Inn I rthumloiicd it
l..r other ColleK. -
"t'nder these circumstances, Mich ns
would have quite unnerved an ordinary man
Dr. Daily undertook to raise the I ' ni entity
to iu former rank and position Always
fertile in evjtcjieitts, nnd unlinii. in .-nei
he has successively trituupheil over inr
.liltienlly, an I made ilic I'nivirsity abut ft
ought tob tho tint educational institution
in Indiana.
The ur.mi of a township of land has
bem obtained fruiuTongrtss, a nittgniHoent
college edirice ha been erected, and .juite
u reapeetaple library already secured. Over
three hundred students wer in attendance
during the post collegiate year, and over
twenty young gentlemen received at the late
neiit the honors ol the tiititu
Km the act oinplishnieiil of this ulmn,t
Hereulauean tusk, Dr Daily is richly cnti-
lo the Milmirutio i and urutitiide ol . vim
in the Mnu Ami yet, tln-re -..ems
to ho a OQMMtnstsd tfort to rob him of nil
honor fore him from his position , aud ub
stitute in his stead, aoine reverend who is
prepared tu promulgate in the class room
and from th pulpit, Ute doctrines and pre-
ol an anti Slavery liihle, no anti
.slaver
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sfeo
of Ah
veraitj
Th
ihm ;
i on- titi
n, una 1111 anti slavery
itcr Institutions hue
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a withering blight from the hand
tkmiau. long tuny the State I'ni
smain unsullied by its tom b "
i moch in th above ' tribute''
hue ami well-deserved When )r
Daily wns called to the Presidency of the
I Diversity it was in a most 1 tiuenUblc
though the buildings were not
till some time afterward Know
ing the Ihictor to he " fertile in elpoditnla,
und untiring in . i,.-r. we predicted an
immediate change iu (he lortune- of the
institution How iK'rmanent its piosK-ntv
I-, remains U be i.e. n VV . wrre Mine the
Doctor could gel Up ill I eMitemelit. and
nil the halls of the rolle, hut Uing only
,1 siip. itt. ial scholar and a siipri llciul think
er, and belonging to the .. ho.. I of ov. rm.rs
which believe in letting every student hav
pretty much hi owu way, we doubted the
permanency ol his siiceeea
What the Srnttnel mean by dmparaging
him we do not understand Some papers
hav given lengthy notice of hi haealau
reate address, com par in it with the pub.
hehrd opinions I ..lb. I m the I'm ..b nt
hitaself ought not complain of this. He
can probably account for this seeming
plagiarism, if so, let him.
There is one thing, however, in the
" tribute, " whichdemands invesgahtif. If
as the A mocrat intimates, Ihr. Daily teaches
in his classes and in his moral lectures,
that Cod is pro-Slavery and the Bible
pro-Slavery, the Christian people of In
diana should demand his immediate re
moral. To exhibit liod as favoring Slavery
as it exists in the United States, is to teach
a Uod at whoso attributes humanity revolts.
To teach that the Bible favor the oppres
sion and cruelty of Slavery, is to make all
men despise it We oppose proscription on
account of opinions, but we would not be
willing to see llrigham Young at the head
of our University, defending Polygamy by
the Bible, no more shall Dr. Daily, or any
other Doctor defend Slavery or apologize for
it by the Bible, and remain there. He may
borrow as many speeches as he pleases, and
we shall not urge his removal ho may
preside at as many wine banquets as he
pleases, and soy grace over the bottles, and
we will not urge his removal, but if it prove
true, ns the Democrat intimates, that he
teaches that (iod and the Bible are pro
Slavery, we shall not be silent.
J W T M' MULLEN
Some people have supposed that because
we disapproved of the Address of Mr. Mc
Mullen, at Urcencastle, we have some per
sonal objection to him as a man and as a
Christian minister. Nothing could be fur
ther from the truth. We have known him
many years, und have nothing against him.
Ou the contrary, we have always admired
his devotion to study, and his improvement
as a scholar and a preacher. For one of
his early advantages, his literary attainments
are very respectable, and his preaching
abilities aro above mediocrity, while we have
never heard the slightest objection urged
against his moral character. But our ad
miration of the man does not imply that we
should refrain from expressing our disap
probation of a public address delivered by
him ou a literary occasion. Those who
have sought to make this (expression of an
honest opinion an occaeiou of dissevering a
friendship of 10 years, hare most signally
failed. We are one in general sentiment
and one in general interest, and each expects
to live together some time yet, aud deal the
best blows we can ugaiiut the common ene
my of man, whatever form hu may assume,
and behind whatever rampart he may be
eusconccd. But we are very far from en
dorsing him to detail. He has ways of his
owm which we intend to like or dislike just
as we think they deserve, and we aro quite
sure that if he or any one ehm attempts to
endorse us in detail, he'll wish he hadn't be-
fore six months. We allow every man, to
have his way if it is right, we say amen,
if wrong, we ure apt to teil him of it if we
tlviuk. it will doaoy good, and in thisrespect
a i J1 other, we can adopt the language
0f the poet,
"That swrcjr Itootharasbo.
Thatmercv steal u c."
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O'hody we don't always please ourself, yet,
P" to dvice and reproof, we esteem
none so highly ns those who tell us our
faults, while we contemn none ao hear
tily as those who seek to stab ue in
the dark, without giving us a chance to be
heard.
rralaned fur Heresy, er Immorality
Kcv. Dr. Lyon, thc pastor of thc Baptist
Church in Columbus, Ind., andthre of his
Hock, have been arraigned hefore the church
authorities, for joining a temperance society
in that place. Their trial i act for next
Saturday. Of course they will be expelr-
ed. We don't know whether the breth
ren consider it an error of faith or practice
no matter which, however. What right
has that sort of a Baptist to unite with
Methodists, Presbyterians, Uni venal its,
and others to correct the evils of intenicr-
auce I Wonder if that church would let
its members take stock in a railroad or plank
road ? There are Baptist who allow their
members to ad. pt any means of doing good
which to them seeinetli liest, but they are
not the kind which vegetate in Colum
bus lloii.fohn Petit inn candidate for
Judge of the PJth circuit, composed of the
counties of Benton, Jasper, White andTip-
peeunoe Judge P now liolds tili offlc,
and his capacity for, and manner of trans
acting the business of the Court, ;ia well
known. It la submitted to tho poople wheth
er they will continue him in that capacity,
or take a stranger, who lias just located
ainrttiK them W - -hull hav ure to suy
on this subject hereafter Laftipttt Ar-
(I, I 'ottslatoncy, we would call thee a jow
el if once we could Hud thoe among politi
cians Our Democratic neighbors extend
the i i . I . t huii. I of lellowship t the foreign
burn, but when a Ml who Im lived in In
diana -Hi 3 ears, und whose legal attuinmenta
are uii.(Ui siinned, nioes a lew miles, aud
locate iu another county, the spirit of
Know-Nothingisin must he invoked. Judge
Test is mi "stringer, ' any place in Indiana
His name is a household word, and he is as
much at home in White county as though
he had lived there lor years This effort to
array Know Nothings against him and iu
favor of Judge Pettit, is as contemptible as
it will prove futile.
SUMPTUARY LAW! AUD THE RXIOtf OP
FANATICISM
llei.nd ipiestion there is to he another
. riui-i eiiort to inaugurate again the reign
eism I lie people ol 1 ml lunu liax e
d the sumptuary laws, but repudia-
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teil i'n in with diagusta soon as they could.
They will not again suhmit to legislation
: wliieh seeks hy tore to dictate what thev
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j hall rnt or drink, or how they slinll dress
. The best nreeiitive for such leifislatioii in
the lulurc, i not to elect a man to any offn e
who In vor such laws, or who would become
the instrument of ither making them or
voluntarily aiding in their enforcement
Sent ihr I.
We do hope the N. n tint I will help us
I m . nt any Iunat1.11.111 in future. Kanatus
are unsafe, Neither shall we permit any
sumptuary law if weeuu help it Nobody
shall dictate to us what we shall eat or drink
or how we shall dress, und we shall oppose
any man who favor such laws As the
Senlnirl cum to be on our side, this time,
the people may rest easy no auch law
will be passed l he people olii tried tliviil
the .rMhl say, but got tired of thoui
We don t wonder. W suppose Ihllon
History will inform u when such heathen
ish taw were In loree There has been noth
tug like them in our day.
A HAftD JOB
We learn that Judge Perkins is eugaged
in digest ing the KeKjrts of thc Suprtun
Court of Indiana lie vull uviimc a atrung
. :i tin apparatus il h 1 1 I. . mc
t igruity the discordant opinion which
have recently bu put toi tlf bv that body
More Bank Failures!
Exictement at Home,
The Bank of tin Capital (,om Under.
The failure of Sinaad, ollaad A Hughe,
in Cincinnati, on Monday. ia assigned as
the immediate eanse of the failure of the j knowing it to be true. Tho President
Bank of the Capital of this city. This admits, if true, " his name should be con
morning, (Tuesday,) this Hank opened with ! signed to infamy. We are a little afraid to
closed doors. The news of its susicnsion
spread rapidly and soon brought to the
door, (out side,) a large number of deposi
tor and other. The failure is thought to
be a bad one. though it is believed that bill
holders arc nearly afe. Tho most Of the
depositor are poor mechanic and Utaring
men. i raw
ELECTION TO TILL VACANCIES -THE EX
TRA 8E1SI0V
Gov. Willard has ordered an election to
fill all the' vacancies which have occurred in
the Legislature, including the vacancy occa
sioned by ousting Senator Wood, of Clarke.
Some infer therefrom thut he intends to
oall an extra seasion next winter. We think
that will depend entirely on the result of
the election. If, after counting Bos, it be
manifest that Bright and Fitch pan be elected.
the session will probably he called, unless j
thellor.d Holder pay well for .-.using,.
iorieituic oi me contract winch tasten thc
canal upon them. The interest of the peo
ple is not to be consulted only the interest
of party.
trjjr Tin- husines of the carpet bag gen
tlemen has become very brisk. The banks
in this State are beim drawn on heavily for j
g( -Sentinel
This effort of the bank organs to create a I
prejudice against "carpet bag gentlemen"
how where their Sympathie are. Carpet
bag gentlemen are) a mseparablo au
adjunct to the banking ysteu. as clerks are I
toaury goou nousc naiiKs promise w , KewJer th. cerlilicille., and this 0hi0) with (We, the Intellectual and po
pay, and runners call upon them to rle.m , raHca,Uv. And wbü L, Kepublican
their prom.ses-tiiere is nothing wrong in , ( , - . r ikaa own A 12 n. . S
.
In.
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be necessary to reduce their price essential-
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ly in order to sell tliem.iV. Y. Trihune.
That'sso. The onlv thing which prevents
exportation is the inordinately high prices
of every thing. Keduce prices by reducing
thc amount, and bettering the quality ofour
circulating medium, and export will exceed
imports in a very short time.
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DIANA AS BURY UNIVERSITY.
uns uniniiniuiiicsH upon mm during ins
We are pleases! to learn that thc Indiana , ministration. The Democracy (pro-Sla-Asbury
University ha yet a strong hold on , yorv x ch.,tfkie ÜVer thl9 Heeder defect, as
the affections of tho peoplo of Indiana. lM Bl tho villainies perpetrated or to
When the difficulties of lust winter occurred,;, elratod in Kansas. Slavery cares
there were not wanting tho.e who pronoun-1 ()f ,ftW
cedit dead. V e knew lietter, and said let-
ter. It ia not au institution to tie ruined by
the mismanagement of pro tern incumbents.
It has an element of life that docs not de-'
pend upon such circumstances. Prof. Nutt, 1
who becomes Acting President since the
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it il r m
dent elect, is well known in Indiana as an
educator, and as a disciplinarian, and par- i
enfis feel a guaranty of prudence and elli
cacy in thc fact that the management of I
their sons is in his hands. The fall session
opens this week under encouraging auspi
ces A DI8P0TIC TRICK
It is rumored that Joseph E McDonald,
the attorney General, has given an official j To carry them out is to "declare under
opinion that the )s?ople have no right to 1 oath" that the violation of law is law
elect Supreme Judges, to 611 tho vacancies, thatjusticc and truo Democratic principles
this fall. Tins is the meanest official farce, aro not law that tyranny and oppression
ever hoard of. Don't everybody know that ! are right that the Government of the Uni
thore will be a vacancy aud don't every ted States know no difference between
body know that it ts tho province of the i right nnd wrong, truth and falsehood; that
people to elect their own Judges. But the
Democrat whose peculiar province it i to
love popular rights, won't let them select
their own Judges this year. That is a task
for which His Excellency, Gov Willard is
H culinrly fitted.
SUPREMEJUDOEB
Why don't our State Central Committee
i.iediatel) rail a onvention to nominate
im
Supremo Judges7 Two candidates should
be put out immediately to rill the places of
Gooltins and Stuart Let our friends then
rally, and select their men hy thc first of
October. If Old-Lluem arc to be Judgrs
let the people any who they arc to be, aud
not that petty dKt Willard.
We have good men much belter than
the Old Line party among which, uro D
1) fait, II. P. Biddle, .1. 11. Hoar, It i
Gregory, .1 It. M Uryant, K. S. Terry, J
A. Mataon, John P. I aher, Conrad linker,
and a hostoi other good men. Let u elect
two of them.
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I he Unr.fi Ought
Two hrothors, hy the name of Monroe,
formerly of Hmokvillo, erccuught last w eck
on the ears, and charged w ith breaking open
the store of Mr Thompson, at Middlctown,
hid , Ami stealing some f.UHl of money
the act was proved ujmui them, and moat of
the mnnev recovered, and they were locked
up for farther order. They nre bud eggs
old thieves, and owe the State some ser
vice, s well ns Senator MeCleery for wine
stolen from Iii cellar, aud other folks for
wood, Ac.
.few Mystea ef Maori Hsu,.
Dr. W P Strickland, of New York, one
of the best rcorters of our acquaintance,
has sent us his 'New Hystem of Short Hand.'
It is copy righted, or we would tjuote from
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it. 1 1 nas me ineru 01 orcMiy , anil sens, w e
think, at twelve cents, 1 1' you want to loam
how I,... p,,t I, send for it
Lam Miinoimuks An intt resting Idler
11 pi em- in Miioiher column in regard to
valuable land ia Jasper County, No doubt
all that I there said, is true, but tfnse tine
lauds aro not within the reach of poor
people 1 they are held hy speculators. Poor
people logst homes must go further west
Those lands belong mostly to the Hrights
Judge Smith, Prof. I.arrabce Got W'illurd
ami other spe. ulators No poor man should
Itx me in the 11 1 it J nt ol such influences The
poor etiler must muke the roads, build th
school houses, pny taxes, und labor to en.
hauce the value of laud belonging to nobles
Long may they keep their broad uurr I
We hope the Hill Is comity when it willbr
considered just us proper to monopolise sun
light and dws and rain as the oil from
which th food of mnn is derived Nomun
ahould he permitted lo own land on spe.-u-
latum.
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1 um Sterla o"i fair
Th Fair for thi eonnty Is in process.
Though there is a respectable exhibition of
Sock and produce, and manufactured arti
cle, there is not such an exhibition as this
cminl) would make, but for th proximity
of the State Fair.
K r -.tu th Iutllanafolii Courier.
THEY SPEAK EVIL OF DI05ITTES "
The President is wonderfully exercised,
because the preachers charge him with
"violation of official oath ; " and he in turn
charge them of unchristian conduct, in
making a char ire ngainst him, without
sift closely here. Wo some two year
since saw Senator Douglas, so exercised
with the truth of history, in its action upon
his own individuality, that he would stop in
a spocch to contend with every oue who
pleased to ask him a question. "Your
lather atoned the prophets and ye build
their Bepalchrca." Preaiceut Pierce in the
tii t election in Kansas, did not see that the
1 Kansas-Nebraska Bill " was faithfully cxe
! cuted," a the Constitution hound him to
do. lie knew, as woll as he did that Brig
ham Young had more wivos than one, that
i the Kufliane who went over from Missouri,
' with arms, whisky, Ac, uud took possession
of tho poll, put in new Judges, voted, and
next day returned to their homes in Mis
couri, were not inhabitants entitled to voe
under tho provision of tho bill. If they
were, then the Bill itself was n fraud prac
Uced upon thc poop,0 of thc UnitcU Statc-
t0 -anction it,
as the I resident did.
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should " consign
l name to infamy.
Some are of opinion that the Kansas-Bill
contemplated just such an interpretation us
was put upon it hy the Missouri-Huthans
und thc pro-Slavery Kansas Judges. Our
hogus Senutor, Bright, told tho assembled
Democracy, oiuo three year since, in the
m H()U(,e tht Q wa not
RttribrJlB,,e lo Senator Douglas, but was
lhf rwuU yf ft ,)omocrtttio eacu. Then
.f the Bi Wftg R frilI1,, R wl0 (.,lCOC.ed it
were iu of fr0ll(1 with ttU wllo cftrrieu it
jnto lxeculion küwinr fRcU, Hut
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IUIIV to carry oui uie pro-.-iiiverv ueiumiun,
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without wavering; so he divided between
honesty and rascality, freedom and slavery,
and he gave the greater share to slavery
thus giving the appearance of legality to
one of tho greatest wrongs that ever was
perpetrated on harth. And the end ot this
act ha not yet been seen. Did not Presi-
dent Pierce know all this? We charged
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llns not the supreme t ourt oi ine t nueo
Stales decided that " acts against Justice are
not law," and if the President employs the
army to tiring the freemen of Kansas to
submit to the acts of that bogus Territorial
(lovernment, he will find, unlesj that high
Court has become wholly corrupted, that
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he will not he sustaineu, .mm u, turner a
mere pretext of law, they do sustain him,
there is a "higher law'' in the bosom of pa
triots which will coudetmi them hoth, and
onsign them all to the shades of everlasting
infamy. The President intend to see that
be laws of the sham Legislature are faith
fully executed He will nee that the South
do not charge him with "violation of oath.'
dishonesty anil fraud are lawful, if they
appear upon the face of the papers. The
President says "be found the Government
of Kansas as firmly established as that of
any other Territory.1' This may not be a
violation of oath, but that it is true, the
grcitt majority of tho people cannot believe.
If it i established, why send the army
H'1 1" " I'1'' V1'' lh(1
from establishing a better Government?
Oh I he is not going to be caught violating
his oath in not "seeing that the laws arc
faithfully executed." A government that
makes no distinction between justier and
injustice, freedom and slavery, in principle,
and yet uniformly, in practice, discrimi
nates in favor of the latter, ia unworth)
the inline of government, and should at
once be tumbled down by the honest people
of any nation. And if the President strike
a blow in Kansas against the honest people
of that Territory, to favor slavery, through
the establishment in power of a hand of
r tiltuui 11 from Missouri, that blow will likely
be the hcginuinv, of u r. obit ion which will
hurl him with all his sucking minions from
power, and bring to untight the great Hod
01 the South, which he so devoutly wor
ships In his course the President "has tho ap
probation of hi own conscience," and he
hopes of God. Since the "manifesto" of
tho three ministers "that might makes
right," that when you offer a man a big
price for his property, and he refuses to sell,
jou may then knock him down and take it,
If you conceive it necessary to save you
from bankruptcy. "Sell preservation is tho
first law of nature, ami we cannot dispute
that his conscience approves Put the vain
hope that God approves must srish, unless
he means the God of the South.
The President is thankful that the preach
ers will pray the Almighty God that his Ad
ministration may he an example of justice.
We wunder at this strange freak of courte
sy, for such it must he These learned mon
must know that they could nut make the
braver, inasmuch as "whatsoever is not of
ST s
faith I of sin." And if so many 'righteous ,
men sbi.iilil miikn the iiruviii' il iiiiirht In.
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t, - ww. ...! n..l '....1,1 HI r ll.l.'li.tttfll, "llttink
tlii-ui when he would have to change the
whole policy of the Government, turn il
.7 j, , ... 1 ,
aicuinst the ruflinns, anil muke fr loin und
agio
not slavery the principle of action ? Then
would tin1 South turn upon him like a
whirlind, and give him thunder without mer
cy We were aware that the President wiis
an attendant on Subbnth Schools und proa
ching, but until we rend this reply to Prof
Sillimttn and others, we never dreamed of
his being a professor of religion We sii-
pose ol course lie belongs hi the Ir Hoax
echool, who believe "that slavery is, accord
ing to the ruble right He had hotter ad
viae Walker not "to fire upon them " We
are for peace and justice
give u justice,
Newport continues to be guy The
Gurniaiiiau Item-fit at the Ocean House was
crowded with th wealth, th fashion, and
beauty of America
From lb 1 ad tan pull i Courlw.
politics nr urr
A year ago the world of polities was la a
state of fearful agitation, but when the ;
eriais had passed, in November, the storm
lulled away and months of calm ram on,
such as we have not seen since 1H53
Within a few weeks past, in certain sections, ;
excitement ha again arisen upon the same 1
questions which were the theme of Strife
from end to end of the Union. In Vermont
tho Kepublicaus have recently elected their
Governor by their average majority, al
though but a light vote was given. Free
dom is so safe in hor mountain home that
her enemies felt it useless to attack her,
while her friends slept on their annor secure
that an easy victory would be won by the
vanguard of their host In Massachusetts
the contest for Governor now raging, is
more animated ; a triple battle is shaking
the old Bay State between tho Republicans,
the Democrats, and the Americana. Bnt
the gallant Banks ha the hearts of the
people with him. The self-made, self-poised,
elf-reliant factory boy of Waltham, i the I
tit champion for the fearless and free He- I
publicans who were cradled on the soil ol !
Hunker Hill and Lexington. Pennsylvania District, has commenced the practice ef his
is the theater of a mighty contest. The 1 profession in Cincinnati,
renowned David Wilmot, who is a lion alone, ; 0v- Th Riehmond (V ) Dispatch i
is leading the Republicans, we hope, to a J msking fun of the Southern Convention -glorious
triumph. But we fear that the But don't they beat make fun of themaelve
men who ahould rally around Wilmot, the ' in thoir dull doings ?
Republican chief of that State, are asleep I -J-The Southern Pacific Railroad i
They should rou from their lumbor aud being graded at the rate of two mile per
rebuke the toadyism of tho tho pliant, sub-1 wwk. More thin Ave hundred hands are
servient Pennsylvanian, who disgraces his 1 employed on the work-
free uativc State in the White House. Wil
mot deserves success, and if mortal man
can achieve it, he is the oue to do iL Th
strokes of his battle-axe wielded by that
brawny arm have rung out from the glens of
her mountuins nnd found an echo from the
ocean shore to the wilds of the Missouri -
uiiui ip 9 iv. lit nut i t i V u let 111. iui
IO O .1 I .4
ernor, u ior uouiiug eise, to guaru tue
Tre:iMlir.' from iliM old line nhuiHsrvra srhn
- r - - - w
have already pilfered her of hundreds of
thousands.
Indiana has comparatively a quiet year
Here and there the ei.oruions villainy of old!
lineism breaks out in a local ulcer and
becomes a running gangrened sore, as in
Hancock county. Occasionally a rotten
limb drop off, as in the First District,
while the Bright cancer is noiselessly gnaw-
im? at the old line vitals Let it maw on !
o 0 ,
they are fit food for a cancer.
In Iowa the recent adoption of the Re
publican Constitution by the people augurs
well for our success in the race for Gover
nor. Judge Lowe is said to be a powerful
man hefore thc people, and one whose char
acter is of the first order. There, too, the
question is freedom or slavery in the terri- j
lories and new States Minnesota, hitherto
the stronghold of Old Lineism in the North
West, is thoroughly Republican; while the
old political leaders, stung to madness by
defeat, and hunger fur the spoils, have set
up a revolutionary Convention, although
but in a small minority: and with the infa
mous Gorman at their head, are attempting
to dictate to that beautiful land the Soot
land of America, a form of Oovernment
A delightful work for a clique of political
gamblers! But their day is over.
In Missouri thero has been a furious con
test. There, freedom and slavery, like two
men of war, muzzle to muzzle, grappled in
the death strife, have just emerged from a
sea fight, their timbers shivered, their colors
torn but both flying, each willing for a time
to cense from the contest, only to renew it
at some coming day. The slave ship, too
weak to seise her prise, glad to find herself
afloat, glad to make her way into a friendly
port to refit her shattered hull. The result
at tho next engagement will not be doubtful.
Ten thousand men from the North are
rushing to tho rescue, and Missouri will be
free. Tho land of the Compromise shall
know it no more forever.
Hut the focus of the fight is in Kansas.
A corrupt Kxc.-uiive at Washington, a sup
pic viceroy ns Governor A trained hand of
conspirators. An empire for a prise. A
game already mure than half won Money
and men concentrated for that purpose, and
it harbored for years. Jealousy, hate, pride,
lust of gold, lust of flesh, lust of power, all
like demons leading the van, ar arrayed
against us. While our party there are, for
tho most pui t. 1 r mon, laboring men, qui
et men, with correct principles, order-Ion n;
law-abiding- citiiotu, who seek a home, not
political power, office, and pay. Our men
are patient and resolute, watchful and loin-
l-eratc, thrifty and enterprising They will
yet MM the best part of that country, and
urn bound to rule it Hut it will he made a
Slave State, to begin with, for ao say Hut
hnnan, to say the bogus laws, so will say a
bogus ( '(institutional Convention, and ao will
ay every old line bantling thut can crow a
falsehood in the viloil doggery at the tii rt i -
eat cross roads in Indiana up to tho Execu
tive blackguard that wallows in thc Guber
natorial chair, lint the Republicans aay
Kansas shall yet btret. We aay, amen.
TftU Dnm.inr is St i.A ks The papers
bring to us the gratifying intelligence that
the sugar market, i hich had already greatly
de. lined, is Mill falling, and thai there is a
prospect of still greater decline. The fall
from the highest p. nut at which speculators
hud hrld is full il cent a pound, and already
Hi.- losses ol holders nr.- i-r hcnv The
New York fndejnndent estimated a few
weeks since that the stock 011 hand in this
market alone wuh s;,imm tons, besides
4,000,000 gallons of molasses, and that the
loes at thut tiui. was fully three and a half
millions of dollars, Thia amount has
already doubled it not trebled
I
I'he Hoaton
Tiiccllei estimates the loa on sugars
SHTt T Va"0"
UtKI.INKI. No one will cry over this result
except the speculators I u consequence c-l
the high price of molasses ths distillation at
ruui iu this oily had long since ceased Th
distillers, however, pect loon to he in
operation again, bene milk punch and
rum sour will not become, as they bid fair
o, smongthe things that were.
' sea '
('it km- and Plenty The Springfield
(III. ) Joumnl says south of that plaes on
Ihs railroads, some ol the farmers are offer.
' ing their corn at IS cents per bushel in th
Hut, of ib.- two Melds, other at per acre. Th iudioa
tlon are, tuiless the frost sets in early, that
the com crop will hu enormously larg.
The farmers along the liue of th Chicago
and Alton road are beginning the owlngof
their lull wheat It ia thought that a larger
breadth than ever wUJ be put in thU fall
MEKE MENTION
Th' tw0 Hervey and
Althorp, Saratov
JsaGen. Pillow, the Tennessee hero, In
the Mexican war, is a candidate for U. S.
Senator.
fay The Delaware peaoh erop is said to
be a total failure. The New Jersey erop is
abundant
aaV The Daily Craseant at Iowa City was
discontinued on the 5th instant for the want
of support
9 The Peru Sentinel speaking of the
Plymouth Bank, says: "This is a regular
wild-cat concern, without either body or
soul"
JT The wife of Charles Micheler, a Ger
man in New Albany, gave birth on Wednes
day to four ohildren. All are healthy and
doing welL
9t& Specimens of silver or have been
discovered in Cass County, Texaa The
county is already celebrated for its magnifi
cint iroD deposit.
We notice that Dr. A. K. Marshall,
member of Conxre from th Aahland
Copper and Pearls have been discov
ered in Minnesota in all their native purity.
Poge's Run and Fall Creek will be searched
next
&g Th Governor decline ordering an
election for Supreme Judges, by advice of
the Attorney General. thr being no va
cancy. lad of that
(9" The Legislature of Tenneaaee, Vir
ginia, Texaa Kentucky and Alabama are to
elect United State Senators at their next ses
sion. Tennessee ha to choose two.
S& The Society of Alnmni of th Indi
ana University have chon Hon. Mr. Roll-
ln the '"OsfJovernor of Missouri, to
J .1 i 1- J- A
address them next year, He is a graduate
of that institution.
gioF" A quarterly meeting just closed in
Roberts Chapel, was of unusual interest
The revival in Asbury is yet progressing.
Between 20 and 30 have been converted
Hg- A drunken man by the name of
Barrett assaulted an old man at Fortville,
Hancock county, last Saturday night, and
stabbed him several times. Free whisky is
making its mark.
MrrThose who desire to patronise the
white Water Presbyterial Academy, will
flDd yaluahle information in the advertising
columns of this paper. The new Principal
ia spoken of as a man of excellent ability.
(saT If the Bartholomew County Agri
cultural Society will offer a premium for the
weediest corn, we think the field between
the bridge and mills, on the Madison rail
road will take it
ex?" We regret to learn that the Hog
Cholera is yet prevailing in Johnston and
Bartholomew counties It usually begins
at the distilleries but spread among bogs
some distance from them. Mr. Perry, near
Columbus, has recently lost largely.
WeT Dr. Samuel F. Reynolds, of New Or
leans, was bitten iu the thumb by a pet rat
tlesnake on thc 1st inst He immediately
sieted a hatchet, and chopped off ths bitten
thumb. A desperate, but sensible remedy.
lair The Knickerbocker says: "A first
olass Shanghai will eat as much oorn as a
horse. In consequence of this it is not
profiable to grow Shanghais, unless you can
buy oats for ten cents a bushel, or sell eggs
for four shillings apiece."
Tar Peon r.' Trunk 8torr of Messrs.
Harwick St Hon, No. 103, Main Street, near
Third, is one of the heaviest Manufactories
in Cincinnati. Ws have their card in
another column, and invite the attention of
large and small Dealers to this enterprising
firm.
aesT Watches and Jewelry can be had in
the greatest profusion and variety, at th
large importing House of Messrs Duhme
3l Co., ISO, Main street, Cincinnati. This
enterprising firm are now prepared to
upply dealers, from a stock second to none
in th west, and at price that eannot fail
to giro satisfaction. Head thoir card in our
paper Give them a call.
CltRr Corn At the Administrators
sale of the late Stephen Alexander, 2 miles
west of Franklin, corn in the field aold last
week at from!" to $8 per aero on l'Jroonthi'
credit Th corn I thought to average
about 00 buahels per acre, Mr. Forsyth, of
Franklin, is buying eorn ia the field at
per buaheL
19 Nunc rsr y mean thief broke the
look and entered the house of Kev. Y. A.
Hardin, on North Htreet, in searehof mon
ey, last Sunday night, during hi absence.
Fortunately, the poor man had none, but the
thief was very mean, 'notwithstanding, to
try to steal from a preacher.
MT That famous firm, Moore it Chester,
Wholesale and Retail Tea DsaUra, are in
markst with a superior and choice seleotion
of Teas, with many other srticles of fami
ly use. Wc invite the attention of our rea
ders to thoir card in another column, of
uruit Can, of which they offer a superior
article.
Mf The new Hat ftor of Messrs Yo
com A William, 123 Main street, Cincin
nati, offer rare inducement! to buyers from
Indian Thir atoek of Hals, Cap, Ao.,
is large, fresh, and at prices that cannot fail
to give satisfaction. Being a new firm, fair
dealers, with a superior toek, w reooin-
mend merchant to drop in, and, our word
for it, the Messrs Yueem and Willisms will
make it intonating to ell parties concern
ed. aV Hunnewell, Hill 4 Co., Importer
of China and Karthera-warc, is the oldest,
and heaviest hous in th city It la im
possible, unless present, to reajiie tht
extent, variety, and beauty of their wars
Wo aw om six hundred dollar sstte, fine
enough for any Hepubliean table. Hut then
they esn suit all, in quality and pries
Read their advertisement
gear Dr. Franels of t'hiladclphi has In
vented what he rail a galvanic forceps,
which Is intended as a relief to the pain of
extracting teeth. It is thc ordinary foroepe,
with a galvanic arrangement attached,
whereby the nerve of th tooth may be
charged with galvanic iuluence, and it
sensibility suapended
19" Broadway Hotel is among the insti- That Laaaa Importiso CiOTB ai No
tations that stand A. No. 1, always at tkn Ilorsa of Messrs Geo. Cooper V Co
"par," we elass the Broadway. Capt looms up at 65 Pearl Btvoat Hi is firm
Crom well is a gentlemen of the ' old school, ' have Clothe, Cassimcre. Veating, Trim
You always knew where to know find him, mings, an! Notions, direct iron Europe,
he is now re-painting, and giving the Broad-1 They offer groat inducements to buyers, and
way some new touches, and will give his ( are determined to make money by ad vor
guests such treatment, as will send them i tising in the American
on their way rejoicing. See his card.
9ST Tho. Cryer, is aot crying very load (
for customers now, for when we saw him
last week, be was so busy, he could hardly
say ''heow d'ye deou," but ia, nevertheless,
perfectly willing we should let our dealers j
from Indiana know where to find him;
and we now say to everybody go to Tom.
Cryer a, No. 32, Sycamore Street. So fate
card.
Chambers, Stevens A Co. This
heavy Wholesale Dry Good and Notion ,
firm, are prepared to offer unusual induce- :
menta to Merchants, purchasing this fall, 1
having supplied every department of their i
establishment, with a rich and attractive
a . . M .1 . ... n , ... A I
awe oi raney ana i-rpie i'rj vjooub anu t
Notion They invite Dealers from Indiana
to drop in, being native " Hoosier' they
know how to suit the taste and supply the
wants of Merchants from the " Hoosier
8tate.r See their oard.
Moucl Mt'sicl! Amid the continual din
of drays, busses, and tumbling of boxes of
Dry Goods, Ac., it is refreshing to drink iu
the soft, gushing streams that flow ont from
a good instrument of music. To those of
our readers who want to find musical in
struments of every variety in this depart
ment and who has them for sale, cheap
We refer to Messrs. J. F. Gleich's card in
another column. Give him a call.
tceT The GoooTrmpi.ars had a splendid
celebration at Columbus last Saturday.
Though disappointed in their speaker, they
m an ties ted a resolution and determination
that was worthy the good cause. We regard
this thc most efficient organisation extant,
and we would love to have a lodge in every
school district For information concern
ing the institution, wiitc to Miss Amanda M.
Wat, G. S . IiidinnoIi. One of its excel
lent feature is that it takes in male and fe
male. fc& Henry Falls. Ksq.. i in thc market
with oue of the fiucst and most superb
stock of BruBnels, India, Venitian, Ingrain
and Hemp Carpets in the city of Cincinna
ti, besides a large and beautiful assortment
of Damask and Curtain Goods : in fact, if
you want anything at all in his department,
jnit turn to hi card, out out the No. of hi
house, and give him a call when you are in
that eity.
Otstkks! Otstsbs!! We refer Dealers
in these delicious bivalves, to the card of J.
Todd, Eq., No. 50, Sixth Street, Cincin
uati, who is now prepared to fill orders and
upply Dealer, in large quantities, in shell,
keg, or can ; be also serves them up in any
fortn, in a nice saloon adjoinining his depot,
liead hi advertisement in this rumbar of
our paper.
fäT-Peter Smith. Eq., No. 3fi, Fifth
Street, Cincinnati. That affable gentleman
ly fellow, who has made his fortune by ad
vertising, and close application to bis busi
ness, i prepared with every variety of
Daguerrotype, Ambrotype. and Melainotype
stock; also supplies operators with appa
ratus Give him a oall he's u host single
handed and alone. See cird.
9ST The Wholesale Leather and Shoe
Finding Store of Woolley, Hill A- Ge -ry
No 8, Msin Street, Cincinnati, is engineered
by an enterprising firm, who know how to
make money through the medium of printer
ink and the colums ef the Amkrican. We
invite Dealer to make the acqaintance of
this firm, end our word for it, your interests
will be materially advanced.
MF Candies and Sweetmeats in endless
variety, and of superior quality, can always
be had of Mr. M. Demand, No. 224, Wal
nut Htreet, Cincinnati, between Fifth and
Sixth. He manufacture extensively and
is prepared to supply the trnde on the most
reasonable term. Indiana Dealer will do
wall to call on Demand, when visiting the
oity. He, of course, like a sensible man
advertise in the Amrrk-an
19" Gibson House is one of our patrons
and we would say to those visiting Cincin
nati that it is au institution occupying no
seemdary position among Hotels Möns
Wetlierbee and hi gentlemanly assistants
and clerks, leave no want unsupplied, or
courtesy withheld from theirguests. Kvery
thing gingle) right at the Oiheon, on Wal
nut Htreet between Fourth and Fiflh.
On I'Kuat, Htrrbt, No. 10.1 Dealers will
find tho Urgo VYholoirle Dry (ioods Home
of Messrs Aeton A Woodworth. This
enterpriaing firm now hne their house
filled, from cellar U) dome, with a moat
superb and beautiful stock of Staple and
Fanoj Dry Ooodi, which cnnnnt fail to give
aatiafaotinn to buyer, both in prieo and
quality. Head thoir advertisement.
Us The Walnut Street House, kpl by
Col. J. W. Sweeny, I a No. 1 house, and
tho Col. a No. 1 man. The tables of the
Walnut ar worthy of a visit about 1 o'
clock I. M We dropped in ul that hour
not long sine, and found such a sumptuous
array of the delicacies and luxuries of the
season spread out before us, that, before we
left, w had entirely lost our appetite, and
bear testimony to the fact that the Walnut
can't be beat in regard to its appointment
for comfort. See oard.
tUT Among the monster establishments
that tower high along Pearl street, aud
prssent greater attractions inside than out
we els th gentlemanly firm of M. F,
Thompson A Co. We run againtt our old
friend from the "Keystone" State, here,
Mr W. Ties, who te connected with thia
House, and will greet his Indiana friend
this fall with a heavier atock than uaual, to
seleet from Head their card. They have
Hats, Caps, and Furs, of every variety.
axojr In liostnn the other day, a lady, re
cently from California, presented to her
huaband and country three female infants
at a birth, who were alive and doing well at
latest advieea Our informant, who is reli
able, ctatss that there ha been an instance
in Boston of a German lady having given
birth to five children the earn day, aud an'
other in Coucord, who had four at one birth.
Ma The jeer and taunts that have so
long been perpetrated at thc eipeao of
Judge lllackford, about his old "Hubterra
nean blook," have so amused the ambition
of the old gentleman, that he now declares
he will put up a block of buildings that will
crocI anything in our city Go.kI for the
Judge it will draw out some ol thai
hoarded gold that haa not seen daylight 'or
years, and circulate It among those who
will keep it moving
! Harrisi n A Wilson of the Cincin.
nati Mustard and Spice Mill, 9 and 11
Walnut Street, have decidedly the bast,
and i n est preparation of Ground pie -and
Mustards, to be tound in any establish
ment East or West free from any adulter
ation whatever, aud is put up under their
immediate supervision Tin ir rTouse i an
old established' one", of fifteen or twenty
years standing Merchant doing business
Ljvith tl.isoncrctic. upright, strahcht-forward
firm, will find every inducement, bewide
the greatest inclination to deal with men,
who keep op with the ag in which they
live, by advertising in the Amkkh-a. whose
sheets ire scattered broad cast ot er Hoosier-
iotn.
ta Messrs, R M. Bishop A Co . Whole
sale firocera. Forwarding and Commission
Merchants, Cincinnati, nave decidedly the
largest establishment, and heaviest sto. k.
at tlii lime in the city. Their inn
establishment, extends from Front
(opposite the steamboat landing.) clear
through to Second Street, six or seven
stories in height, and filled with every vari
ety of Good in their department, beside
being heavy dealers in Hemp, Seeds, Gra.
snd Produce generally. They offer strong
inducements, with heavy stocks to select
from, to Country Merchant and even
Wholesale Dealers, in lud, a. in, can be
amply supplied at this house Keud their
card in the Amrric.ix, in another column.
ttf Applegate A Co This old estab
lished and well-known firm, No. Main
Street, Cincinnati, are agriin out in the
Amkrican f thia week, with an attractive
list of all the popular works of the day,
besides a complete and heavy stock of their
own publications. We were shown through
their rooms, by the enable Mr. llyan, a
member of thc firm, and was perfSeetl v
astonished at witnessing the immense stock
from which Dealers can select works on
Theology, Law, Medicine. Mechanics, l'hi
losephy, Ac, in connection with their own
publications, Clark's Commentary, Dicks
Complete Work, Mosheims Church His
tory, Josephus, Ac, Ac, also, Arctic Ex
pedition by Dr. Kane beside a heavy
and varied stock of Miscellaneous and
School Books. Stationery, Ac Library
Associations, Merchants and others are
invited to call.
" The Amin.
LIGHT FROM NORTHERN INDIANA
Mr. Editor: Permit me, for the infor
mation and benefit of all concerned, to
communicate a few facts in reference to u
portion of Northern Indiana
Thousands of persons in our own as well
as in other States, are evidently uninformed
concerning many particulars of interest in
that section of our country, and from a per
sonal examination, 1 am enabled to lay be
fore your numerous readers some matters
that may prove advantageous to some of
them. And the first is, that there is a large
extent of territory on our northern lunda
ry yet unsettled. There may have been
good reasons for this heretofore ; but the
should no longer exist, for unoccupied lands
are now in market, at low prices, and are
found in all their Eden-like loveliness ia
several counties, especially in Jasper, Pu
laski, Starke and White thc most perhaps
in Jasper. In some regioaa ponds, wnmp.
or slough, are found, rendering the soil un
tllablc, but which are bein redeemed, and
constituted the most productive l. ditching
or draining, o that many prairies which
were overflowed almost constantly two
years ago, are now bearing luxuriant crop
of oorn and other products hencflcinl to man
and beaat
In the second place there is a sufficiency
of timber, principally black and white oak.
not only for fencing all the land but for
lire-wood. One gentleman remarked jhst
thore was really more rail timber on most
of tho land, iu projmrtion to the number of
trees, than in ordinary woodland
The ordinary mode of building fence is
to drive down forkscertain distances apart,
lay on one rail, 'place across stakes, and
then add another rail, und the lencoii done
sufficient to turn cattle and horses, snd is
substantial and durublc. Then tho farmer
haa hut little to do, but to break up bis
ground, put in hi erop, and gather a plenÜ-
fal harvest , and as this land can be had for
from four to ten dollars an acre, it ia far bet
tsr, for poor mon especially, to invest their
money here, than to ipend hundred, of dol
lar In moving tc the far West, and suffer nil
the great disadvantages of that new mini
try. A third item is this: It ia one of the best
ttock HUkkJ regions in the United Hute
There you have a wide, full, rich range of
the most luxuriant grass that can be lotin I
on terra tirmn fresh and early in the spring,
and fresh all summer Then for winter
use, all you have to do ia to out and stack
your hay just whore you want it fed out to
your stock in the winter, which will keep
them fat and sleek nil (be time One a id
to the writer, that it was the t-reati-t . oun
try for making money on lock he had ever
known; and he had been raised in uhi..,
and visited Illinois and several otherHuta.
Again, in travelling over a large extent of
territory not one aick person was seen or
heard of And tho one physician we w ha.1
to engage la other business beside his ran
Ur profcasiun, in order to live. In Jti . i
county there sre several flourishing s.-tih
inontswhero, throe year nco nil was a vM
demess; and school-house and other fa
cilities for improvement, are incrcn-ing with
the increase ol population Good water is
obtained by digging twelve and M linen feel,
and the Kankakee river and other '
abound with excellent tlh Grouse, or
prairie chicken, arc found in vast numbers
all over theeotintn
Tho New Albany and Salem llallrusd
givo you access hi the best , and the two
roads that will shortly mm this Koad, Ea4
and West, in the vicinity of Lsupi. ne will
utnko it one of the most dosirable ttortion
of the State. Then let large laud holders In
Pulaski and adjoin ine ec.nnti. .ml i..
value of their lauds by sellitigmall portion
l ii who wii-h to pnrchnar fu improve
Kent, and let all who wish to h ii. i plei
ant comfortable Inune, go slid pui.-hase n
soon as possible
We sn-ak what we kii"W, tlnm. ,
no p isonal interest to serve
.'HffarraTofs."
flept, 1U7.