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RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, IND., THURSDAY, APRIL "17, 1856.
1 VOL. XXVI.
NO. 17.
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OCR JOB DEP.inTMEST,
-mru raeentlv beou fitted uo with the latettylo. i
jnpt,a& we are now preparod to do all kicdj f Jot t Yoil heard every word I uttered on thatoc
wafi,fBaBot,lu, ru-phlct, CircnUr., BiU, CJ, , - , ,,- on TOU to gtate
oM.ke. Printing dona in fancy-coVired Inks, with
Jm"- mm. .... V. .-J,. k..t.r..11 .uuiwarl aiwt
pwptij att iod et to. At lrc .
Meor.
Koney i a queer institution. It buys pror
Bder, satisfies justice and heals wounded bon
ir. Everything resolves itself into cash, from
ilsekjobbing to building churches. Child
iaad craves pennies; youth aspires to dimes,
-,hood is swayed by the mighty dollar.
Itis the end and aim of our temporary labors.)
Tki blacknn'th swings the sledge, the law-
jh blacksmith swings the sledge, the law- j ,
r pleads for his client, and the judge decides
question of life and death, tor his salary. P
V,mtt makes the man; therefore the man!'
. -1 " i
e decides
aitmske money if he would be respected
k fool, 'or the eye of the world looks
dio(h eolden spectacles. It buys Brussels ! . ,. 5 . .ii i
tawogu 8" i . j . . been called out unexpectedly, and in apnear-
arnets lace curtains, guilded cornices, rich . ... . ... .r s. . rl .,
esrpew, '" . , , n in?, did not wish to be considered as commit-
jrires n to church in splendid equipage
mrs the rent of the best pew.
It buya
Lwliewelry for my lady; it commands th
moectof eaping crowds, and ensures ol
bse !
qiwws attention. Who would not b rich?
Btnsbles us to be' charitable, to send Bibles
to tbs heathen, 'and relieve domestic indi
gents. It gilds the rude scenes of life, and
prtftds o'er the rugged paths of daily exis
teocta velvet carpet, soft to our tread, the
rode scenes of turmoil are encased in a gilt
fame. It bids care vanish, soothes the an
gauhof the bed of sickness, stops short of
willing save the grim destroyer, whose re
bodeis hand spares none, but levels all moral
distinctions, and teaches poor, wer.k humani
ty that His but dust. Thus wealth pauses
os the brink of eternity; the beggar and the
nillionare rest side by side beneath the sod,
to rise in equality in answer to the final sum
mon!. SnAUira A River. We have heard of
stealing a saw -mill, before now, and the
nccessful tkeif being caught in an effort to
Kesl the dam, but they "do the thing" with
"higger auger" than that along the Penn
rjlrsnia and New York Border. They have
Ikmd. actually sttalinga river. The Meadville
Sentinel says:
''There is a little controversy springing up
between New York and Pennsylvania, iu
wUuostothe Chemung river. if iat river
rises n iJotbern Pennsylvania flows nortii
wrd into the S'a'e of New York, and then,
turning southward, flows backward into our
SVe, and empties into the north branch of
Iht Susquehanna river. Near Corning, N.
T, the New Yorkers have built a dtm across ,
th Chemung canal. That c inal extenJs to
tlx Senec lake, and dischages iis wau-rs
there. The outlet of the Seneca hike is into
Like Ontario. So that the water thus taken
oat of the Chemung river is never restored to
it, o thf, when it returns into this Sta'e, its
volume is greatly reduced as a feeder of the
Smquehanna river, and our public improve
menu are injured. Our State government has
fkken this matter in hand, and quite a dilfi
eolty may arise out of it ."
TiuMeciimc What class of men are
more nieful than mechsnics. To them we
re indebted for many of the necessaries, and
nearly all the luxuries of life. They are
ipnerslly well informed; because as the even
n?is. with many of them, a season of leisure, j th , recent ratiticition meeting. I. in in every
toey have opportunities of reading and con- j rarljcular correct. I was present as a specta
rening on scientific subjects, and ihus lay up j tlr anil whiUj j rei,rotled that you took any
tores of information, and accustom
them-
! to reasoning and investigation.
They
awo naruy anasirong. by the salutary ex-1
cue of theiremployment. In the war of the j
iolution
, and in the last war, many of the;
.iruished offi
ost distin
ct. And for the love of freedom, and for the
fcvsof country, they have always been con
P'.caou. A temperate, industrious and fru
galbady of mechanics, is the mainspring of a
wamunuy s prosperity.
...
. r?The Lafayette Journal relates a novel
Ueident, which occurred at the time of the
ccident on the Lifavette and Indianapolis
Silroad. last week, occasioned by the bank
f one of the cuts cavin in on the track,
The Journal says: "Among the passengers
a German woman who was in the last
of that interesting condition in whSr-h
"esare frequency sail to be who love their mana rnsae upon ine.n tor au sorts ot pur-k-
The sudden shock precipitated matters. ! poses; and the expense of living in Washing
's i a few minutes attcr the accident occurred Ujn a member is expected and must live,
b was delivered of a promising boy! The ; speedily eaU up ail that they now receive.
tlier and child were taken toa hotel, and j 1 understand that it is proposed to fix the pay
both doing well. I; is the first instance 1 a'- twelve dollars per day. I learn, aha. that
a record, we presume, where a railroad acci- j rl amendment will be proposed, giving the
bas been attended by a gain, ins teal of a I members a fixed annual salary, the sam as it
of life. " i is I believe in the L'i.-lature of your S.ate.
j
When ;
KJ Important to b liter makers.
ta Price nf huthr
fr is 2J cts pvr fHund, it is
77 proatable to salt it well. ay 1 lb salt to
10 butter, which mnkes a mixture of 2 lbs.
cic! will command M cts. J
The Louisville city election came off !
Saturday last, and resulted in the signal j
toamph of the American candidates. The!
pponenU of the American party were de-
:ed ia every ward.
ty Every man ought to get married if j
Every tn c1,.-,' 1 .1 , k:. v v:. I
whxners i
' .'iwam Vi . Hi- nji & fco sulk UL3 '
shouij his work
he can.
very rann ouiit to mind his own business!
ad let other pe.
r t vj 1. rT au
hvl Q 1 .1 n A if hum a n
take. ltwuioai lha fet hadow of a mis-
I
statisUc- says j
.t. A iwr ca'lierer of
4 "t rl!-T J, w,0.B,n h m Wlth
1 e st,XH:s a fashionable resort, in a sriv-!
ff1" '
U,' 100 the
tl
r parasol .
or is most
meroiful when lie punishes
SpiatHD
Ek. in. - H"t"'es Dreak forth in dark limes.
-T -ning 'rom a thunder cloud.
WJhe hlgi fe1- and tbe low minded
Jjccaart without mixing, lie cland
Correspondence L. I). Campbell Speech.
We find the following in the Dayton Ga
zette:
House or Representatives,
1
Washington, March 13, 1B56.
Mr Dear Sir: The Cincinnati Gazette, the
Ohio State Journal, and other Republican pa
per in the Wet, are assailing me with much
violence, charging that I made a speech at the
recent mass meeting in this city, which we
addressed, in which 7 abandoned my princi
ples on the Slavery question, and pledged my
aunnort to Fillmore and JJonelson
whether anything occurred to jusiiiy sucn
charges and assaults.
Very truly.
yours.
LEWIS D. CAMPBELL.
Hon
John J. Ckittksdhn, U. S. Senate.
Wa9iiiNuTon, March 1 4.
Mr Dear Sir: I avail myself of the earli
est moment of leisure to reply to your letter
of yesterday.
Avoiding any recapitulation ot your letter
by referring to it, I proceed to state that 1 was
. A, i j . .
f j,
1 e t
j.g
' -,
It on ine uccasiuu anuueu ur sat uctr
istened attentively, and heard all that
you said in your address to the meeting.
You commenced by stating distinctly, per
haps I might ay emphatically, that you had
Z
ting yourself to men, or as participating in
the proceedings of the meeting, further than
to discuss the rrincioles of the American
Parl7 s you understood them.
In reference to Slavery, you sail it was an
element in question that had destroyed the
Whig party, split the Democratic party, an I
now seemed to threaten to divide the Ameri
can party.
You declared that you had always been and
then was opposed to the further extension of
slavery, and would oppose it by all constitu
tional means, but that you were in favor of
giving to the South all its constitutional rights
and that on this occasion you would think
and act for yourself, and on proper occasions,
speak for yourself.
You then went on to the discussion of other
subjects the evils and abuses of foreign em
igration; the protection of American institu
tions and labor, by the purification of the bal
lot box, and closed by ridiculing threats to
dissolve the Union, and especially condemn
ing the idea that Kentucky and Ohio should
belong to separate Confederacies, and their
sons and daughters who had intermarried, be
made aliens and foreigners to each other.
This, I think, sir, was about the course and
scope ol your reraaras. i uo not wish it to
be understood that I have attempted to giv? a
literal raport of any part of your speech, but
only the substance of it. I think .1 h.v giv-;
en that correctly, so far, especially as u rele
vant to the attaeks or charges which you say
hare been made nginst you. I heard nothing
from you to warrant or justify such charges,
according to my understanding of the sub
ject. 1 have the honor to te. raspucituliy,
yours, &
J.J. CRITTENDEN.
Hon. Lkvvh D
Campblll.
House f Representatives.)
Washington. March 14. 1856. )
At your request. I hnve read the letter of
the Hon. J. J, Crittenden. I was one of the
audience, and heard every word of your
speech, and my recollection agrees fully and
entirely ith that of Mr. C, as to what yuu
then said. Yours, repectfully,
O. F. MOORE.
II n. Lewis D. Campbell.
Washington Citt, March 15, 1856.
Dear Sir: In compliance with your note
of to-day, I have carefully lead the letter of
t r f!riltndrn . rlativ to vour a. i.irfsa at
part ia the meeting. I observed wi;h pleasure
that you did not in the least commit yourself
tl ,ua nominations of the Philadelphia Con
vention. nor abate or modify in any respect.
TOUr wen known convictions in regard to the
Very tru!v yours
JOHN SHERMAN.
Lewis D. Campbell.
Hon.
! Pay of Memhcrs of Lonyrtss. A Vash-
iinSton correspondent of the Philadelphia Le i
' Ser MJ: ' Notice has been given in the Sen
I 'e of the introduction of a bill providing for
i lhe increase of the p.-.- diem pay of members
i of jt!l House. Uu Jer the present system
noae hut rich men cau really af, rd to become
j members of Congress. The community gen-
eraily know nothing o! the mnuuiernbie da
0:;e or the other of these propositions will bj
adopted."
A Tocchino Appeal. The eli-or of the
Binghampton Standard thus aldreises his
patrons:
'"Where is the money coming from top-.y
f ,r Pper for our next issue? We cannot ?et
quire without the cish in advance. We
hve borro wed until our credit is g ne. V"i
have worked twjyea-s for no'.hing and b-jjrl-
d ;-lrse!lrs. rither our wife hasbrtrL-i
us 'free gratis for nothing." Our c nipositors
ant thslr wo cur landlord wants his
. . . '
reit our children wan: shoes, ani oar wife
waau t new cshco dress. We are out of
wood, jut of potatoes, out of meat
ou o:
' butter.
out
ot suarar. out of r.i!.,.nw in
shoit. out of nearly everything except a clear
C iscience. We dodj-ed the sheriff i.nri' .
could dode no lon-er; ana have do h'ed our
creJitors! uu;iI we are ,;mJ. Wa v .
shilling n
.vrtian.4
m our pockets, and you owe us two
thousand dollars! W ar rrvint. i;.--
"S e m
Christian hie .an-i ret 'o heaven. It a:T.,r.li
as no sstisfactktn to think we shall not meet
you there,
p.av us, and
N e should prefer to have you for their country. They all got back safe, and &soX Harrison. I shall not anticipate the de
thereby rem -va a yery great ob- ; bought setea sections of land: that will b iinn nF tW mxiipmon
stacle in
rest.
the way of reaching that place of
C"Punch. in speaking of "sickness ex
traordinary , tells how a man "bolted a
door and threw up a window."
From the Xw Tork Time.
Bibles and Rifles.
Lett tr from Rev. Henry Ward Beecher to t
C. B. Lines, Esq. J
Brookltn, March 28, 1856.
C B Links, Esq., New Haven, Conn. '
Denr Sir- Allow me to address you, sod
. . w .- . , O X
. j . r
!,,-,., rV, rnn the centlemen ol vour eomDa-
;nv. on the ere of jour departure for Kansas.
!l hope and believe that you will find a settle
' merit there to be a means of great personal
prosperity. You are not, like the many set-)
tiers of ISaw Haven, going upon a
ful enterprise to a poor soil, in a
doubt-
severe :
climate, the ocean on one side, and
lhe ;
wilderness of a continent on every other side.
You will not go far from us. In our day we
measure by time rather than by distance, by
hours, not miles. You will not be as far
from vour old homes as one Sabbath is from
another.
And yet you uo upon an errand i
!not one whit less Chris.ian aal less hero-, a cotton bandans handkercmei was stuned
lie than that of our common ancestors who!&etweeD his hat and his forehead. His coat
founded New Haven. You are pioneers of
towns and cities. You are the seed of Chris- !
t;mfv th aorms of eivilization. You will !
! put down your feet in a wilderness in a year j back part of his head. His vest was extreme
it will be a populous place. And where the ! W. and his pants short. The latter were
2 sun now rouses up herds of wild buf- i
. . . . - -
I perils have been coiled around the voung State ;
!of Kansas, that it is an act of courage to set- j
J
1 1! there, if a man goes with the true spirit of
i American institutions. To so there determin- i
lRoi
ed to transplant to its soil that Tree of Liber-
! ty, which, under God, as in older States bore
' and shook down from its boughs all the fruits
of an unparalleled prosperity, requires heroic
; courage. It is a pleasure and an honor to us
I to be in any way connected with such an en
' terprise, by furnishing to the emigrant materi
al or moial aid. I have personally felt a double
interest in your company, because it springs
from New Haven, my father's birth place, and
' home of my ancestors. A friend and parish
ioner (A. Studwell. Esq..) desires me to pre
sent to you twenty five copies of the Bible.
' This is "the charter of all charters, the Cona'.i
tntion of all Constitutio n, the source and
spring of Christian man' iness. This book
.will lie at the foundation of your State. It
' will teach you to value your rights, and in
spire you to defend them. The donor has
' n . . , . . 1 I. . i incn.ilia tVl.TY ' IIP
caused to be inscribed upon them:
; steadfast and u nmovable .
It is a shame that in America, amidst our
free institution, any thingelse should be need
ied but moral instrumentalities. Bat you do
! need more. You will be surrounded by men
i who have already committed the wickedest
! wrongs and the most atrocious crimes. They
! will scruple at nothing by which Slavery may
' ba fastened up-jn this young State. send
forth companies of men, wiih their families,
lamid those who have been bled to regard
helplessness asa lawful prey to strength, would
I be a piece of urijuKtithibio cruelly. I send to
jyou. therefore, &s I promised, the arms re
I quired for twenty-five men. I Luve not the
! least fear that a hundred men, bred under
i New England influences, w ill be !.o ragi-r or
! too waciike. You have been taught to create
wealth, and not to rob it; to rely upon intelli
! irence arid rectitude for defence. And vou
'will not be in anv danger of erring on the !
side of violence. But vou are sent for the de- '
, feuse of great rights. "You have no liberty to !
betray them by cowardice. There are times i
; when self-defence is a religious duty. If that 1
I duty was ever imperative, it is now, and in 1
i Kansas. I do not say that you have barely
lhe right to defend Yourselves and your liber-I
ties. I say that it i's a duty from which you'
cannot shrink without leaving honor, your !
manhood, your Christian fidelity behind you. ,
' You will notneed louse arms when it isknown j
that you have them, and are determined to em-I
' ploy them in extremities. It is the very es-
j senee of tat spirit which Slavery breeds to be I
iarrogaat toward the weak atid cowardly be- i
fore the strong. If you are willing to lose '
i vour lives you will save them. If on the o'.h- ;
I er hand you are found helpless the miscreants ;
falo, crouched deep in grass, in your own life ! huge pair of brogans of an untanned leather
time it will bring forth the ery of multitudes, color. Altogether his presence strongly sug
and the noise of a city. Nevertheless, such ! gested Dan Marble in his ankee character of
of Slavery would swep you from Kansas like . lne onsarcnaoie ncnesoi Christ lor morn
grass on the prairies before Autumn fires. j twenty years, and as I gazed atits dilnpida ed
It you are known to be fearless men, prepared ; wails and moss covered roof, it seemed to say
for emergencies. Slavery, like a lion, will come ; Farewell, brother Crafford.
up, an i gazing into the eyes of courageous As 1 rode down through the village, the
men will stop, cower and creep away to am- j people who poked their heads out on the win
bush. I trust that the peril-, which a few ; and the servants leant on their brooms,
months ago hung like a cloud over that fair a'1 seemed to say Farewell, brothet Crafford.
State, are lifting and pas.-ing away. May you As I passed along down the highway, thro
and an unobstructed peace. Then let"thee the forest, the wind as it sighed and whistled
. ar.ns nan r shore vour doors, as ih ni.i T1j-v- s tnrouir
;oluiionrv muskets do in many a New Eng- j and brandies the burden of salvation, it, too,
land dwelling. May your children, in ano- : seemed to say Farcicell. brother Crafford.
tther feneration, look upon them with pride i Crossing a little cieek that was gargling
land sav. "Our father's courage aavad this
i fair region from blood and Slavery. We will on its way to the great ocean of eternity, it
I not forget you." Every morning b.-cez shall : seemed to say Farewell, Irvther Craf
.'catch the blessings of our pr.avers, and roll f'jr'-
: thern westward to your prairie homes. May j As I rode along down a hot, dusty lane, an
your sons be large hearted as the heavens 'd so w that was asleep in a fence corner,
i above their heads." May your daughters fill ! jumped out of a suddent, with a loud boh oo,
the land a the flowers do" lhe prairies, only ! 000 oi s'e to seemed to say Farewell,
j -wee tor and fairer than they. ' j brother Crafford.
I am. in the bonds of the Gospel, and in i My horse, he got frightened and inmped
' the firm faith of Liberty, truly yours I
11. W. BEECHER. !
... mm, . j
The Jg without a bottom. On the bridge j
tha: crosses the Grand Rapids, we met an old I
man and his wife, with eleven sons, seven1
daughters and thirty-seven gran-i-children. !
with numerous horses, calves, sheep and fur- j
ni.ure of antio aated appearance, amontr which .
I were to be seen cradles for babies, cradles for
I --rs:n "PInaiair whl P and kettles, and
; almost everything requisite for a settlement.
; such as fif.h blood re:a ions wi ! make in Grand
. R.ri-r county. After the train stopped, we
made some mqu:nes, and asked the old (fen-
tlernan what use could bo made of a bottom-
.ess jag wmen was caretui.y stowed away j
: among his domestic equipateaM, and received j
I tl a 1 ;!owingiB rep!y: j
ii
y. sir, lama man of many year?, and
have worked other people's land all my days. J
iani paid from four to nine bush!s of w Neat
j per year for do:rg it. and hare all the time'
: usd a jag with a bottom in it, and by which!
all my profits have been wasted, and I was
tsiek ot Ceding both landlord and rnmscller j
so I sent seven of mv bovs to Mexico to fiit!
i mine without rent And now you see that;
!tviV.ha!1 h:i'' 1! the whisky and rum that
w in my wnoje lamny wnue i have recent verdicts rendered in that city, the exact
control of them. Old Taylor told my son J market rate for murder is ascertained to be
John that a jag without a bottom was the b $100 in money, and three months im prison
kind of jug toputhqa r ii.andl belieie it . ment in ia3
Brother CrafTord's Farewell.
REPORTED BT BILL EASEL.
During my sojourn in Mississippi, (shordy
after I heard the great sermon which was
played on a harp of a thousand strings.) I had
uccssioa w reii inena in me Deignoornooa
-" ur """"Ju.
Tbe next day being Sab
bath, I accompanied him to Zion Chapel which
was some hundred yards from the main road,
and surrounded by forest trees. Having ar-
"d rather too early for the service, myself
nd friend sauntered about the woods, rather
actively engaged in sbrashing away a cloud of
mosquitoes that surrounded us. At length a
sintugc ppeciuieu 01 uo cuua uvuiv mauc
.. : , t . . , , i . i. . ,
appearance on horseback; it was Brother Craf
ford. His dress was decidedly peculiar. On his
head he wore an old-fashion bell-crowned bea-
Tr, several sizes loo large; to remeoy mis ae-
was a most ancient pattern, oiue wun orass
buttons, short waist and long swallow tail.
The collar came within an inch of hiding the
Held down by a large strap passed unjer a
t , A TT T" . . I
Jonatnan riomespun. uui lo ie sermon or
at least a portion of jt for it was utterly lm-
possioie to report me wuoie
The congregation was lai
arge, as it had been
'narrated' abroad that a new servant of the
Lord was to make his debut at Zion.
Brother Crafford slunk into the pulpit with
more than ordinary humility, and after devo
ting a few minutesii!ent prayer he rose.
Gingerly pushing up the sleeve of his frry
coat whereby he displayed a pair of large, long
bony hands, of a beet red color, he grasped
the handle of an earthern pitcher, and poured
into a tin cup a draught of water which he
drank with inimitable gusto.
His appearance in the pulpit was a study
for an artist. His face was long and lank,
eyes pale grey, nose aqucline, complexion
sandy, hair greyish sandy, bald on the top,
with the exception of a small patch on the or
gan of reverence, as if to shade it. He be
gan apologetically, as follows:
"You don't see me to-day in the dress I al,
lers wear; I come among you as a stranger
and I am now tricked out in my store clothes
I am not a proud man, but I thought it
would be more becoming before strangers."
After this he raised a hymn in which the
congregation joined. lis then began his ser
mon: "My dear broethem and sisters, first and
foremost, I'm a gwits. to tell you about the
aOHC'tn' partia' I wi:h ray congregation
at Bethel Chapel. ArUsr I had got through
with my farewell Lauiient, as I came down
out of the pulpit, the old grey-headed breeth
ern and sisters who had listened to my voice
for twenty year.-, crowded around me, and
wi.h sobbing voices and Tearful eyes, said
Fai-cu-dl, Irvtfter Vrifford.
As I walked dow . th aisle the young li
dies, tricked out in their finery of brass jewel
ry, gew-gnws, jimcracks, paint and ilounces,
looked up with their bright eyes, and pro-
nounced with their rosy lip
tareicell bro-
'ier rafford.
The young men in their tight leather boots,
;gh collars and flashy waicoats smelling
pomatum and cigar smoke wUh their
shanghai coats, and striped zebra par ts they
to said Farewell, brother Crafford.
Th3 httlo children lambs in lhe fold
lifted UP ,lleir t,n7 hands an 1 small voices,
and with one accord, said Farcwll, brother
Cmffrd.
'l he colored breethern of the congregation
now came. forward (black sheep who had
h-en admitted to the fold under my ministry,)
wn tears rolling down their sable cheeks,
licy too said Farewell, brother Crafford.
As I got on my horse and bade adieu to my
congregation, forever, I turned to take a last
" at tie oiJ church where 1 had preached
n iue tree-tops, playing on the leaves
an i singing over its pebb.y bed, as it rejoiced
fiora under me, and as he curled his tail over
r,ls oacs sic-sea up nis neeis ana ran on
he, too, seemed to ssy Fareteell, brot'ier
CrttMori- , mmm t
Greeley on Kansas,
Gheelet. in writing a few davs since from
Washington, about the'probable'future course
of the Kansas fight in Congress, says :
ThA wHl t. T.vurla' hiU l.-,,.
! ing the Free S ate movement, and in effect
j frowning upon it as rebellious; and then will
! come the trial of the purpose and firmness of
' the House. The Committee on Territories
1 will of course substitute a bill substantially
i Kke Gov. Seward's, recognizing the present.
' Free State Government, and admitting Kansas
)nto the Constitution.tl erebv presented; and
then comes the struggle The members from
ti;A Slave States probably without exception.
will vote against the Co'rnrcittee and in fanr
of the Senate's bill; the Sham Democracy
of the North will succumb to tlem, as usmaf;
we may expect alike course on the part of
Messrs". Broome. H. M. Fuller, Whitney.
Valk and John Wheeler, and then tbe fa'e of
Karsas will iest with Messrs. Haven and Ba-
f r;t!..l n.,r, r.,. cl a
. . .. .
t The St. Louis Intelligencer says, from
Republicanism in Kentucky. j Burning of the Coutrnt Garden Theater.
The Newport News of yesterday has a j The London correspondent of th Cincin
long report af a Republican Mass Meeting, tnati Grasctte, oader date of March 7th, gives
held a few days since, at the county seat of , the following description of destruction
Madiaon county, Kentucky. The call for ;of Thes!n whieh on Wednes.
the meeting stated that the object would be
to nominate deletes to the National ReDubli-' da7 alarch 5lh :
can Convention called at Philadelphia, on the j '! shall now proceed to give a brief des
j 17th of June, and to form a County republi- j ription of the fire. You may recollect I in
' can Association. The meeting was held at i formed you some months ago that Professor
; the Court House, and was quite large. The j Anderson, the Wizard of the North, who had
j Republicans organized ty calling Wm. Stepp, heen drawing crowded audiences to the Ly-
Esq , to the Chair. C. M. Clay then read a s ceum Theatre, had engaged Convent Garden,
document styled the "Constitution of the I which he opened on boxing night, with a
Madison County liepublican Association.
whith was on motion adopted. Its second
' and important article is as follows:
"Akt. 2, Sec. 1. This Society affiliates
itself with the National Republican Associa
tion at Washington, upon the same valuntary
principle by which its membership is consti
tuted, and it will adopt the Platform of the
Pittsburg Convention of "Republicans" of
i the 22 of February, 1856, until changed by
regular party usages.
i Sec. 2. This Society disclaims any right
: to interfere except by moral influence, with
; slavery in the local sovereignties of South
Carolina, or Missouri, Mississippi, or any oth
'. er State North or South, but avows the right
: and intention of using all political and moral
j means, for the overthrow of Slavery iu Ken
tucky and the Union which the Constitu-
tion of Kentucky and the United States to
j which we owe allegiance allow us.
I Sec. 3. They hold that without law, there
is bo liberty, and therefore they will resist all
viol nee and indirection, either for the over
i throw or defence of slavery.
i The following officers of the association
j were then elected:
President William Stepp; Vice Presidents
! Jonathan Heathman, John B. Bogie, John
' Burnam, T. J. Renfro. Wm. H. Branston,
I Recording Secretary. Rev. John G. Free,
j Berea P. O., Madison county, Ky., Corres
j ponding Secretary. Jno. II. Rowlings,
Treasurer.
Resolutions were passed, among which was
the following:
i
Resolved, That since the oligarchy has
; overthrown the Missouri Compromise by the
most flagrant breach of faith and total disre
j gard of the wishes and interests of the labor
j ing freemen of these S a!es, that therefore, we
! are in favor f the total prohibition of slavery
I in any territories the United States, now
I ejiistinsT or hereafter to be. aentiirfid.
Cassius M. Clay, after the business had
! thus far progressed, made a long speech,
j which was listened to with the closest a'ten
; tion. Rev. J. G. Fee was called on for a
' speech and declined. Then Rev. Johns, of
. the Methodist Episcopal Church, made a pro
' slavery speech. According to the report in
I the News, when it appeared that he was op-
posed to the Republicans, he was not allowed
j to proceed until Mr. Clay interposed. The
; News reporter says:
j He made a very elaborate defence of the
j American party against the assaults of Mr.
: Clay, and among other denunciations of Re
' publicauism, boasted of the mob by which
j Mr. Bradv was driven from Lexington. Tne
j highest excitement prevailed amid-t "that's
right, pitch into them" by Johns friends, an d
line suppressed murmurs of his opponents. rrrJ- 1 ne 1 Leatre, blazing willon it hol
i When he closed, Mr. Clay arose and press j low wails, was like a well of fire, or rather a
! ed the Reverend gentleman so closely upon j furnace. An iti'-n-e heat snch as this soon
the avowal of mob law, that he disavowed ! burnt up every I irnber on the walls, and at
' auy endorsement of that act; but said he t half past fiv t! i oof fell in with a tremen
! merely mentioned the facts. 1 dous crash. Sh. wers of fire pparksaod bur-
j The Rev. Fee then took his brother Johns j "hig charcoal were thrown up and poured
in hand and seated him. While this was in I down upon the streets, which were crowded
j progress another preacher handed Johns aw'1h masses .f pt-ople hurrying from all
; copy of the New York Herald, in which Clay j points. The de-true. i..n i complete. All
was denounced for being compelled through! 'he scenery, the exqui.-ite productions of
i his assignees to sell his life estate in trust ! Grilve and Teibia. the splendid properties of
slaves, and Johns read it. Great excitement j th Theatre', the wardrobes, the mountings,
followed. All parties sprang to their feet. 'the dramatic library, the valuable operatic
; The repoit of Clay's remarks, given by the scenes, some of whioo can never be replaced,
News, and the conclusion of business by the ; as 'he Elisea d' Anion, of Donizetti and the
J meeting, we quote: Oberen of Weber, are all gone, crumbled up
"Mr. Clay calmly arose. He regretted that j Jn one indistinguishable mass. The attention
gentlemen had felt compelled to show so lit- j f 'he fire brigade was now called to surroun
tle magnanimity as to allude to his personal j ding houses. Some ot the Hotels close by
misfortunes: He considered it a poor cause j wre more r le.-s d imaged. The Tie iter
which descended from reason and facis. to!w8 under the management of Mr. Gye for
personal insinuation. This people knew him. j some years past. This gentleman was absent
Such argument might be used in Charleston. I in Paris making arrangements for the operatic
or New Orleans, but not here! Not by pe- j season. Tke moment he was aware that
cuniary interest, certainly was he influenced.; Anderson was going to have a Bal Masque,
His father, next to R. Wickliffe, had been the he prohibited such a s ep. A strong appeal
largest slaveholder in Kentucky, his interests; wa rna Its to Mr. Gye to reconsider his de
were on that side. Not by political election j cision on this point, and i; appears tha it was
certainly. He had beaten all his most pow- j chiefly in c -nsequ.Mice of the reverses attcn
erful opp-nents, both in that and the Fayette j 'no Anderson's speculations that he con-
dislnct. i he road to fame and office was
open to him. When he returned from the
Mexican war, he was asked to give up his
opposition to s- lav ery, and he was told no post
in the nation was too high for him. Now,
after he had sacrificed all, in this cause time
and money, and family, and friends, and
fame, and almost life here in his own home j months, which insurance would have expir
these ungenerous taunts were brought against j d to morrow. It seems strange, and is a mat
him. He had liberated all the slaves he held j ter of much conversation, that Mr. Anderson's
in his own right. Had he carried those trust' theatrical ea-n has been brought to a close
slaves to Ohio and liberated them he would before in a sirr.ilar manner. lie built the
have violated the rights of his heirs and j City of G'a-gow Theater twelve years ago,
been denounced as a violator of law, and a which was ?pnrd by himself, and burnt down
"negro thief." Now since his misfortunes!10 the ground in ! than twelve months
had caused them to be sold bv assignees, he! from the time the foundation stone was kid.
j was calumniated for the efficacy of laws.
j which he had so much struggled to overthrow
and which his accusers had against his will,
kept upon the statu'e book! j
Here the sympathy and indignation of the j
crowd seemed so great that even Mr. Johns;
shrank under it. He arose and said he did
not intend to cast any imputation upon Mr. I
I Clay's motives. Mr. Clay qaiekly retjrted: ; n,es wi.I lnvestiga e most cautiously all the
; "Yes, I understand the gentleman a priest circumstances. The prospects for the ap
is never wanted in indirection! tbe gentleman proaching season wre most brilliant, and all
; indulges in a malignant personal attack and ' prepara'ions were in coarse of comple
j then shrinks from the odium of it, by disdain- j ,,on at the time when the mighty establish
; ing personalities. The man's a fool wbo sees 1 rr.ent was laid low by sudden destruction,
j any.hing else but personality in that article ! It is now too late for regret t, bat it must in-
against the reader of it against the man who
I handed it to nim against the party who in
dulge in snch warfare, I hurl back defiance
and indignant contempt!" The effect was
electric; their batteries were silenced. Mr.
j Clay turned quickly to the President and said
' I move the election of Delesrf tea. The fol
lowing gentlemen were then nominated and
elected:
Delegates. Rev. John G. Fee; A. E. Mc
Williams; J. H. Rawlings; and Harrison Bur
nam. Substitutes Thomas Tatnaa. Jr.: Wm. B.
j Wright; Frank Bland, T. J. Renfro,
Makt literary 'effusions' proceed from
water on the brain.
; grana pantomime, and a performance ot le-
erdemain. The season of six weeks duration
has not been, I believe, successful to the
Wizard, and with a view to recover some of
the losses which he is said to have incurred,
he announced a "carnval benefit." as be
named it, to extend over a couple of davs,
after a proverbial fashion in A merica, termina
ting with a bal maque on Tuesdij nght -At
twenty minutes to 5 o'clock iu li e mor
ning, the company had dwindled down to a
very tmall number not more than two hun
dred being present. The last franlic revel
was completed, Mr. Anderson, observing the
flagging spirits of the masquers, gave the
order to the Master of Ceremonies to wind
up the masqueoade ball with the usual finale
of "God save the Qtiet-n." At the moment
a man engaged in conversation with one of
the firemen, observed a bright light shining
through the chinks .! lhe crivices of the floor
ing to a carpenter shop, high overhead.
When the fireman's attention was called to
this fact, he exclaimed. "Why, good God,
the house is on fire!" and immediately rushed
to the point of danger. No one witnessed
his departure, and the people still kept up
their giddy chorus to the music of the Nation
al Air. The carpenter's shop extended from
nearly one end of the house to the other, and
lay between the ornamental ceiling and the
roof. The firemen found the smoke so dense
that they were unable to open the fire mains
on this floor. They saw that the fire bad ob
tained a mastery which they would not be
able to control, and they proceeded to put
away the scenery most likely to be effected
by the increasing fire. The falling down of
a beam, together with the pouring down of a
shower of spaiks, gave intimation of the dan
ger to the mixed group below. In another
moment tie shout of tire! fcre! was repeated
! y every voice
j scene ot the utmost con-
! fu.iion ensued.
Women were trampled on;
I some carried out iu a fainting state, but fortu-
naieiy none were i-evereiy injurea. lhe im
mediate tr:in-i ion from revalry to deadly fear
was something frightful. Before 5 o'clock,
the fate ot this noble edifice had been sealed.
The flames had bars; through the roof, throw
ing Y.p irto the u'.r columns of fire, which
threw into bright reflection every tower and
spire within the circuit of the Metropolis,
illuminating St. Paul's as if guilded with bur
nished gold. a:i i throwing a flood of light
across WateiU... bridge, which set out in bold
relief the dark -u an.- of the hills ia the dis
tance. This el .r- was a speedy messenger to
fetch engines trm all quarter of London at
a teai itv.r iral'on. There was no wantnf .
I '" hut had
I liamcs been turned in at
j ?he moment it would riot have saved the pro
i sentea. i to uie origin ot the tire all re-
mains a mytery. and I am afraid likely o do
so. I hear that the h me is quite uninsured,
with the exception of j8,0OU upon a part of
the properties, and another insurance of
2.0UO which was effected by Mr. Atder-
, s"n wln he engaged the Theater for three
This Theater was amply covered by heavy
insuraoces. In America, I think, his perfor-
manccs were brought to a finale by an oecur-
'"C of a s milar nature. I bare beard it
s'ated in many quarters that lhe house was
wilfully set on fire by Anderson, but whether
there arc any grounds for such an assertion
remains to be proved. The insurance compa-
erease the sorrow of the proprietors when
they consider that this calamity was brought
about by their unlucky thirst in giving up
the Theater for a time to performances of aa
entirely different and inferior character to
those for which ir wa- intended. The only
consolation which remains under this calami
ty is the fact, almost miraculous, that no lives
have been lost. The other losses must be
tremendous, and 1 fear many hundreds will
be almost deprived of their subsistanee by this
destruction.
The way to a man's heart is through bis
bead.
Hs doubles bis trouble wbo borrows tomorrow.
Ceaditioa of Bit, Teraoa.
Horace Greeley bas been to Mount Vernon.
He writes: I doubt whether five hundred
dollars' worth ef building, fencing, repairing,
renovating, have been bestowed on the estate
since General Washington died, more than
fitty six years ago. All tbe fences in sight
from the mansion are in tbe last stage of de
cay; tha plants and shrubbery have sadly fal
len away; the negro-huts and barns are very
far gone; and the whole plaee bas aa aspect
of forlorn neediness wbicb no description can
adequately paint. Even the new and spa
cious brick tomb the contribution of a pat
riotic and opulent Philadelphisa, twenty odd
years ago is beginning to crumble away,
whether from faulty construction or mere
sympathy with all around. I will not say.
The tasteful marble sarcophagi in which re
pose the mortal remains of George and Mar
tha Washington, alone maintain their fresh
ness; but let the protecting stucture crumble
away, and they too must yield to the t nuh of
time. The woods which closely approach
the tomb, are full of fallen, decay lag trees, as
well as tangled with briers; the soil of the
garden, and level, untimbercd grounds, was
evidently once fertile and productive, but
now is in the last stages of exhaustion and
sterility. The mansion (which in good part
was kindly thrown open to us) is in a little
better preservation; tho carpets and floor
cloths are evidently those ou which the Fath
er of this country trod; some paintings and
engravings which were familiar to him siill
line the walls of a room which was only
opened to a few of us; the key of the Bestile
still hangs iu the hall, with an engraving of
the storming of that dungeon by its side; and
some other mementoes of the heroic days of
our republic, precious mainly from our con
sciousness that the noblest American once
regarded them as his own; but the bouse
itself is old and faded; it sadly needs paint
and vigorous renovation, in default of which
it must soon pass away. If left to take its
chance, I doubt iu continuing habit lblc
twenty-five years longer."
Mr. Greeley is apt at suggesting remedies.
'I believe," headds, "that the Mount Yernon
estate consists of about twelve hundred
acres, which, if it were not Mount Yernon,
could hardly find a purchaser in its present
condition at thirty dollars per acre. If pub
lic gratitude should double this rate, offering
3 7 o,0O0 for the property, thsy ought not to
exact or ask for more. Then let Ja largo por
tion of the remoter land be sold off for what
it will fetch, and apply the proceeds to put
ting the hundred or two acres next tho river
into the ery best condition. Now lot the
keeping of Mount Yernon be confided to some
disabled veteran who has deserved veil of
his country, and when he dies to another
such, and let a small payment he exacted of
each visitor, in order toj keep every thing in
lhe very highest condition, and thus Ui good
under-keepers bo at all times in attendance on
guests, to watch and check every impulse to
that mean spirit of appropriation which has
doubtless contributed to bring the place into
its present ruinous condition."
Mount Vernon not roa Sale. Mr. John
A. Washington, the proprietor of Mount Ver
non, has written a letter to Mrs. M. S. Wof
ford, in which he says that estate is not for
sale. This is certainly a curious development.
The ladies of Richmond have for a year or
two been laboring to raise means for the pur
chase of Mount Vernon, and Edw&rd Everett
went to Richmond only the other day to de
liver his oration on Washincton. eiDresslv in
aid of their fund. Ladies in other portions of
the country have been working for the same
patriotic purpose, but now it torns out that
the property is not to be sold, but will remain
in the hands of Mr. John A. Washington.
We hope he will try to keep it in decent re
pair, since he is unwilling to let others do it.
Cin. Gazette.
trtf A new article of ladies' dress has
made its appearance in Broadway, New York
city, and as a description of it may prove of
interest to our lady readers, we give one we
find in the Home Journal. That paper says:
A promenade over-dress being a close fit
ting coat like the New York surtout worn by
gentlemen only not so long. It is all tho
rage at present in Paris, and pearl daib
cashmere or pelisse cloth are the goods pre
ferred. The cut is double breasted, with four
pearl or passementerie buttons on each side of
the lapels, and two buttons at the waist be
hind, at the junction of the box-plaits and
ide seams. The collar is quite small. The
sleeves are cut in the pagoda style that is,
with a very Iiule fulness in the arm hole, and
formed to fit the nrm neatly to tha elbow,
from whence they widen so as to become
very large and flowing at the wrist, where
they are turned over to form a round cuff of
three inches depth. For a waist sixteen in
ches in length, the skirts should be about
eighteen inches long, and cat in a regular cir
cle, to sew without fulness to tbe bodice and
still fall gracefully over a hooped skirt of mod
erate amplitude. The linings are of silk serge
to match, and the edges are bound with fine
galloon. There are two diagonal pockets
in the skirts. Tbe garment should be cut and
made by a tailor wbo possesses some knowledge
of the ornamental art, when it becomes the
most attractive and comfortable garment for
promenade that was ever adopted by tbe
ladies.
Habits or Stcdeitts is Southern Col
leges. The Hon. J. B. O'Neal, of Soutb
Carolina, in a communication published in
the Southern Enterprise, speaks of tbe grad
uates ef Soutb Carolina College, as follows :
"I graduated in the College forty-three
pnars ago last December. X bare been a
Trustee for thirty-seven years. I know that
I have watched over its interest with all the
care of a deep anal abiding interest and abid
ing love; and yet I Jcnote that all tbe students
graduating from 1806 to 1855, forty-nine
years, one-fourth of the whole number have
died drunkards, are now drunkards a shame
themselves, and a burden to their families."
WBj tbe law passed at tbe late session of tbe
Virginia Legislature, to prevent, aa far as pos
sible, tbe abduction of slaves by means of tbe
northern vessels navigating tbe streams tribu
tary to tbe Chesapeake Bay, the pilots are re
quired to search every v eased oat ward bound,
to ascertain if any fugitive slaves) are aboard.
For making tbe inspection they ere to exact a
fee of 95 from tbe captain. An inspector
general, to reside at Norfolk, is te be appoint
ed by tbe Governor.
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