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Be just and fear wot: Let all the eiult thon aims't at be thy Csautrr't thy ' ..d Tr.th ,.
D. F. HOLLOWAT CO . Publlahers.
VOL. XXVI.
RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, IND., TBUR SDAY, MAY 29, 1856.
NO. 24.
PALL
EDITED AVD Pl'BU.-sIIED BT
1. 1. nOLLOWlT. B. W. DATIS k I. S. DRUE.
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Evh 44ititfil In.,
fanii -V bii nomni,
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wn 7. - ...
Jtm! nd dimUved dVrtisemenu will be
thargwl a fie anJ-a-hair. anJ lri? euU two pno
:!e
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OL Jn DEPAUTJIETr,
pr&" rwently bn fitte.1 up with the latent ty!e.
trpe.ixl we r now prprr!j ! do all kin.ia of Jt
Vk!.h '. PaWklei., C.r.uUr., H,lU.-rJ
rWer, . t'rinttnK d'- in fiwT-'-!.ro.t Ink. ih
twM ivJ d wtwu h. )r.t thuiikfulSy recsircl m J
Bfvfn 'fly Attpnrl'H) to.
I'lrej. ilttLiivtT si .
.mi, kkcivk i:co.fonv.
s that my dar?" asked Mr. Reed.
Bi'ldlv lot-Liriif nufrom hi poprr,
I "v! exi i irnitig at the exrvignce of
my fX,' exi-lHiTifd ti e pre'fy liK.king wo.
tnsn. who-e eyes had not yet recovered their
natural iJimenMon.
INsrtily. my dfJtr. for hear this: 'There
fre in New York and Brooklin not less than
r thousand 1-idis wliose dress bill cannot
average annual. y not less than live thousand
dollars each, or ten millions for all.'
I'rodii'iou!' muttered the merchant, 'but
doubtless true.'
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iTh.rn aril rivA fhnueanrl mr). ' r(. ftimnil
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dre expenses will average one thousand dol-
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lrs each, or nve millions of dollars for the
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whole number; and five millions more would
of the money ,s expended on foreign labrics.
sad goes out of the country to pamper the
miserable toadies of the old world that's
what makes me angry to think of. If the
money was spent among our producers, man
ufacturers and mechanics, the shame would
sot be so burning; but no, it must bear the
ttsmp of imported goods, or our ladies will
not look at the article. I saw some silk to
day which I'll be bound some French aristo
crat manufactured for his own windows, but
tailing to give satisfaction, was sent over to
tbe green Yankees. They wouldn't know -of
course not nor care, as long a the obse
quious shopman declared it was of 'Paris man
afacture.' And so we have curtains, with all
the fixtures, as likely as not, and best hang
ini;s too h! to meet in our fashionable
promenades, dresses with figures larger than
the whole pattern, so that it takes two women
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" nr .ultimo 1. 1.
uiusb iauiirtuio oufc who.
'Well how your eves twinkle.'
'It has never occurred to me to ask how
much you spend in dress for one year.
'0! but I am not fashionable, and you are
not rich.'
No matter for tht; a better dressed wo-
man than yourself doseu't wp.lk the streets of .
ti eciiy. Now lor that I am not rich, I want ;
to know how you do it.'
'That is easy enough told, on a little reflec- ;
lion, replied Mrs. lieed. blushing, neverthe- j
r youpraiseumy new nai yesieruay very
bighly.
'X;ver saw you look so sweet in my life,
wsnvd to kis you on the spot. Lee, the
grntleman who was with me. declared he ha I
n m tnr, so h 1 lsoms an 1 w-ill dressed a lady
luce he lefi Boston. There's for you. and
tV a New Yorker; but come, what did you
give for the bonnet., pinch in bread and but
ter, cli? and he pim-hed his wife's rosy eherk.
No. indeed.' she merrily replied. you
know Usi week I asked you for three dollars;
well that ws what the bonnet cost me.'
'Ah! Minnie I'm not so green as th
lady's bonnet three dollars a bonnet like
that!
'But I mvle it myself, for I have long been
confident that a milliner's time is worth to
Iter a dollar a minute, and that we pay more
for that than shape, material and all. So I
lisve made my bonnets for the last two sea
sons; this very frame wore velvet last winter.
1
was curious to get a milliner's judgment up-
" J keJ 1 h?Z '
on
nw ten dollar bonnets. She did so and I
IW. ha?
uv.rAt it ah ill Ul kKJt amu T SJl HIV 111 i
Why m v black silk looks so fresh none of
y friends knew but 1 had bought
a Uste she adJed blushingly.
U yes. Mrs. Self Conceit, then we my
pit the dress at one dollar and sixty cents.
Ah. there's the new one I forgot thai.
i
It cost twelve dollars for t n,.l, !
w tret Crwvl n.h siTlr ihf W X .
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. j -- axj ? urar turu-
g or a change of pattern. But I m&t
7-rj stitch myself, with only a little help !
from nister Annie !
But the seamstress, I saw her.
'Oh, she was sewing up the cotton for the
"'nily. I always made it a point to employ
wme of my friends for that, and pay liberal.
Snail I wll you what it cost?'
'No, for we are upon dress new gloves,
noes. lac-,. j-0. Come, all the secrets of
7or marvellous extravagance, madam!' and
r. rWd flourished his pencil pompously.
"Glove, four r as 9 Cat 4 K iai tvtfa
Pa that at fourdolUrs. for I get the yery j
3td H m??r' f, coaomJ' ho. "7
it Is a., v , Ugh 1 m not 1uiw e,?rtiB
- aa v(Sa aawiaal UISI SWASH
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1 SO much: bCS nrrhint fica sl.xll... t...
ltlj.. 1 r-r-
W t5 TZXm ,""M,for my kindness to him during hi late illness.
poi ci-.er mo urs eAoe.., o. w.o 1 . 1 A number of answers are given as to the 7 -1 aocie.y ioo many naa come up; i was in uie noue Missouri Lamp at Wakarusa; boxes were bro- ia winter froxen or sUrved. or starved and
b.lli average every year from one to two hun-1 Managing a Husband. true cause of the astonishing manifestations ! noW-" , . . ... . nd about the door when they voted all day; ken open and corn taken by them; this military ! frozen both. If you ever intend to follow
dred dollars I ..it,.. da . m.n. rourhuno ! elicited under such circumstances. It may ? : U looks a LUle suspwioxit that these the election was held at my house; some of organization was not got up to resist the exe- goood advice, don't postpone your hegira till
'Thus at a low estimate, the annual cost of nler Such a iob Is I have Tat it I be that tlie truth h not yet been fully disco- 'ptnt' sh.oul1 Le, PartMll aew andpay them returned that day. others the next; have cuuon of any law: Sheriff Jones came in and the summer passes away, nor till the fall sets
dressing our fashionable ladies is twenty mil- V" c.',,, ' "sucn a i as 1 nT OI 11 , Absolute certainty, clear as tuathe- n0 entwn to the great masses, hysofew seen some of them since passing through our outof town during this period as he pleased; in. bringin- you to the rerge of cold weather.
Bos. of dollars Perhaps we should not ex-1 , matical demonstration, is not claimed on either or the necessity of mediums at all? District and some in Missouri. he was escorted in during the latter part of Go now. Travelling is pleasant, and cheaper
d the truth if we estimate the cost of dres , tw:,h b ! ide of this question; and is unattainable in Tb? Snds of ,th"- affection seem also to be ; Cross examined. They said they came to the invas on. heard Gen. Atchison and other than it will be when the rivers are frosen lip.
ingsnd jewelmgthelad.es of New York and I the present state of k.lOW.le(1 ,e upon the ,ttb. ; rather the peculiar temperament, physical or- , vote because . hey heard many people from prominent men from Missouri were in that with steamboat navigation at an end. Bat go
vieinity at from thirty to forty millions of dol- jT, f ' UV hk v!n Ho Vnt ' )ct- A11 that c" b done is balancing prob- Sn- an,J nervous exctab:hty. with none j the Eist were coming out to vote to make it a camp; Gen. Richardson was a resident of St, where? Why. as far out West as you can
kf,' , , . . t Jt . rril of the most fastidious regard for moral ex- j free State; I came from Iowa ; I an Try Ohio. Illi-
What wonder?' excla.med the goodly in- Jed be .here loS PNot a I PP-'r we prose to show that they ! lce"r M". Clairvoyance. ; quainted in the Dist.ict; was one of the first wintered in St. Joseph in 1 855, and he resided nois, or M.nnesoU even. In Chicago, the
dignant woman. -that poverty and suffering '?"m 1 ; M m7 niW M'at rX- are not Produced by the agency of departed Electro-Psychology, we all know are mam- settlers; should not think that at that time there there li en; thev talked of creating a military ! papers there are making a lend call for me-
are so rife in that city; only think George. " L.""" ,n OI aa sorls OI ceis" j human spirits, from good angels'or the Deity. : d ,ony through such constitutions, but was over twenty five resident voters in the organization alter the invasion of the 30ih chanics from the East. Masons, ca-penters,
twenty millions of dollars to say the least, UB.S c 'LT has a war of tWin- In the ntxt we ProPos give their probable wh t,,ese JePrtJ Plrlts s,'ould take such District; I don't know of any besides Missouri- March. ; plumbers, and. for that matter, working men
wasted in extravagance and finery!' round at mr heels and brinm nlSmS ' cause' rdlng to the best light we at pres- a Ancy the same constitutions is difficult ; ans who came and voted and returned; 1 did By Col. WWwi The resolution found in of everv class, are promised plenty o' work.
f,' resumed the husband, for thj bulk j ,,ouna al m7 ne.e,18' a,na Dnnain me piump Before we nred w wo,,!.f to conceive. not trouble myself much about politics at that the report f the proceedings of th-Ri.r Snrino- -oh f,J1K..,;f.L., T.,
"'T'lUu and Dixon, who had just returned
ll 1 , t.r,mm,n-s coll ony ona , from the Cape of Good Hope, where they had
nsi sixty cents; you see there's a eood deal' k.. .-. ..kL.- .i, . ..i v- - 'r:.
3 svwu buu rimati r t n .1 sr AA rs.
Mr. Reed looked at his
fiances.
we with exuliin? '
a. -
'And yeCh exel
norou
aivav:
Mr drM; -...j, uiH. ecates. ana mase this a p.-pish country We
Sv yerhirnr8 ofLFr'n-"h cali tha ! are now in as good a condition to makT this a
tiRXZllJ?'' Ro--t country as were theearly Christians
f .ryS7 hat I V T k ?CZ n" I ' ff" P cHfices in the Clconbs. because
Kl Jtj Jj-i1 lad- whh 1 .' o other place. ( APPW.) The
auldedreM La vm?nlh'mRd m7t'JtbeRomaaifd..Vdth. war to
.SlVrionlr." d U U hj ,it"turo- Thi as areaaon why
through your economy I escaped threatened
'failure during Iheterrible year. And I hare
J more to tell you. Jenkens, who was just got
i out by a broken back, thanked me yesterday
; called auWIl Dl?
ssingsonyour head for the
''' uisuirivcu wihiuj
i laaii r. it was you. men. wno seni mem
wood and bread, and warm clothing for their
children, it WIS you who got Billy a good
ran; it?? n
i who fitted out the little lame girl with decent
clothes, and sent her to school, it was you
who jarjnsr the season of distress, went like a
. . . 0 . . , . Ai .u
miinstering angel to the 1-aunts of the poor.
preferring to spend your allowance in doing
t ,h need v. rather than display you r
. : .t u u f- . e
own ocauuiui p-rsun in unuu.iucuu 01
: fashion.
"God's blessing on you, my noble wife I
,m pr(jud of 3.u; T l!tve fuUn j a lrfea?ure of
which not only I. but my country should bo
prou 1. tor, shouIJ calamity convs. this fair
cheek would never blush with the thought:
"It was ray heanless extravagance that aided
in the overthrow of my nativo land.' Gjd's
bless ngs on you! He does bless you daily;
and when the poor butterflies who think more
of a yard of brocade than a human soul
stand before the judgment sent of the great
God. how little in comparison with such as
you, my wife, will such heartless frivolous
uciiii' niiuear. .'r, iui is lusv praise,
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Iently ana in secret, and not for human ap-
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probation, and imprinting a kus on her fore-
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head, the happy husband returned to the
counti0Jf.roOm. 3
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" Well, you see, it drives me frantic, and
when I woke up this morning and saw this
furious storm, 1 knew I had him on my hands
for the day, unless I managed right; so I
told him that I hoped he wouldn't go out to
catch his death thii weather; that if he was
not capable of taking care of himself, I should
do it for him; that it was a very lonesome.
rainy day, and that I wanted him to stay at
home and talk with me at any rate he ;
musn t go out: and ! hid hi umbrella and :
ind.a rubbers. Y ell. of course, he was right i
end up. (just as I expected.) and in less than '
ten minutes was streaking down street at the
rate of ten knots an hour
You see there's nothing like understand-
ing human nature: no woman should be mar-
ried till she is thoroughly posted up in this
'i . , .t 1 .. b r-J v v
uraucuuieuuM.iuu. runny rem.
m -mmy . ,
" "v-' sn 7S men to wnom
the following advice would be very appro
priate. 1 here is pith and point in it. X oung
men, read. Come, off with your coat,
elinrh thA Kftw rdow-han.i ! a nii.!r.ar.
Sjmde anything that will enable you to stir
your blood. Flv around and tear your jacket
raher than be pasve recipientsof the old
mar,.s bountv. Sooner than plav the dandy
at dad's expense, I. ire yoursell out to soma
FO!Va ahet yourself to stop ho.r holes.
or Wii,ch the Uflls. anJ w1(. V(u ,hj,lk
yourself entitled to a resting spell, do it on
your owi hook. Get up i'i the morning
tun round at least twice before breakfasting;
help the old gentleman, give him now and
then a generous lilt in business: learn how
to take the l.'.-id. and not descend forever in
being led. Do this, a-id our word for it. you
wii! soon bre.vhe a new atmosphere. jHsess
a new frame, tread a new earth, wnke to a
destiny and you may then begin to aspire
to manhood. Take otf. then, that ring from
your little finger, break your cane, shave your
upper lip. wine vour nose, hold un vour head.
and by ail mean's never eat the bread of idle-
ness, nor depend on father.
Maso.v and Dixon's Line" Origin of
the Phrase. In the 17ih century, Jamei
II., of England, then the Duke of Vork. trave
cer ain lands to Lord Baltimore and to Wm.
thc ownerto Un,$, oa"the D
e Again and again were the atfairs
1 enn. ana a airneultv soon sprunir up as to
ried into the Courts, nil the vcr.r 176J. when
1. ITT . , .!.T 1
Chancellor made a decision ; but new difficul
ties sprang up in drawing the boundary lines
! succeeded in es-ablishing the line between
Delaware and Maryland, which has ever
j since been called "Mason and Dixon's line."
. loo Uad KXALT. lhe rose of Honda.
the most beautiful of flowers, emits no fra-
l l V $ . ' . . C-T"
Fre.M j G"c'-' of trees, yields no
dandies the shiniest of men. have no
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; sense ; and ball room belles, the lovelies! of
created creatures, are often ditto and a lit-
le more so.
The Object axd thk Means A meeting
was held in New York city, a few evenings
since, to form a Roman Catholic Library '
Association. Among other speakers was O. j
A. Brownson. who thus stated the great object j
oftne Komanists of this country, aad the
pished :
Everybodrsevsthat
b . i wants a c
"T. n"-u "atoojeci was to beaecom-
: this is a great country, !
uhi uone inr it .
ine t apists nave u rtomanize these United
.
Dr. Browaon would aid the society by his
W his AAWatp rA Vtisa faaKTA m.. . a. AKJ V.
- wva msv s--viv uiwus. uu ur
I hoped bis aud.cnc would do the aame.
ork rather
inew one. ti,. ..Ammi..;,,,,.,. t i t ...
' Spirit R-ppinf aIIad,aB-
! NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE DEPARTED.
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. The preparatory arrangements and peculiar
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. '"g
pint manifestatioos. are generally known, and
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cause, to refer, briefly, to a few of these cir-
CUmStailceS. If
2irMf3S Xu
, auer nignt, tnou.
ti t 1 ,
.7 .?r,uo generally, in
is or parlors ot Iriends, and
gh the spirits tnav b called
! to perform in day time as well as at night.
I vVnen occuW and auiible manifestations are
j to be male, the lights are extinguished. All
I the p:.fnoiQeu are exliibite J in xroall circles,
J congregau-d for the purpose, consisting most.
. ly of b.ievers, or thooe who are willing to b
! tvjriviiiced. We believe that these sniritua!
I wonders have never been performed in dsj
r
li glit. before a promiscuous audience of five
j hundred or a thousand persons. There are
! also wme special directions for the formation
J of circles, which are designed to ensure suc
j cess. The circles should consist of fourteen,
half of them men, and half women.
I None must be admitted who are skeptical, or
j who will not consent to sit in a perfectly pass
i ive sta'e. They sit, the men on one side of
' the table, and the women on the other, direct
M.v opposite, and the magnet ic cord must be
! taken by all, as is alleged to keep thnir minds
j fixed upon the same subject, and each must
assume a perfectly passive frame of mind, and
'
Thi onnlnl
I 1 ni certainl
mntn tr fha,
menl 10 cnai
its to rap!
silence must be observed tor an hou
y looks as much like
rga a battery as to coax
( the reader to several works for a full and
complete exposition ot this remarkable mam- gish and absurd, answers frequently yiven,
gestation and illusion: "Spirit RAPriycs Ex- prove that they are not from the departed.
; posed," by Rev. James Porter, A. M., and to , The usual answer to this, is that there are ly
' Prof. Dad's Spirit Manifestations Ex- '. ing and ignorant spirits, who intrude and
plained. make these responses. This spoils all, so far
I That these manifestations are not commu- as confidence in the system is concerned.
nications from the above named sources, we Nothing useful can be communicated, inas-
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hrmly believe, for several reasons.
1. Because Such an emoloimient it altncrrth..
er too trifing for those spirits. The spirits
of the eood and the Dure, when thev leav-
the boly return to God who gave them, and
dwell with Christ in Paradise. They are en-i
gaged, as we are taught to believe, in praising. 1
1 praisine.
admiring and enjoying the infinite perfections
of the teity, and with powers made perfect,
drinking exhilarating draughts of knowledge
from the eternal fountain of trulli ff.twin., '
from the throne What a wonderful descL ni '
mrone. w nat a wonaeriai aesctnt
10 come to earth at the call of every medium
to come to earth at the call of every medium,
and to be required to try its physical strength
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'":'5 "!s. stanus ana cnairs,
ana raising, tipping ana snaking them, lor
the amusement or wonder of the company!
There is but one step between the sublime
and ridiculous, and spiritualism makes those
lofty ones take that step verv often. Now we
cannot believe that these spirits are subject
to such degradation! While alive, thev would
have regarded such employments too ignoble,
and an inexcusable ws;e of time. Nor can
we suppose th It they hive degenerated since
they departed our s;u.-es. It is not sufficient
to s:iy that it is :nan's or the melium's fault
that more noble subjects and modes of com
munication are not adopted, and tint this tri
fling is necessary to convince the unbeliever.
The poirpany and the mediums do not dictate
to the spirits the mode of commun:ci
lions. Their announcements would be none
the less acceptable, and fully as convincing to
skeptics, if they were given in a more direct
and dignified manner, appearing visible, or
speaking in audible voice.
II. The communications themselves art til
'7f Z c voious,
to warrant the belief that they emanate from!
so hirn a source. If the revelations embra-!
ced new and important principles, affe.-'intr .
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any new and vastly important properties of d so to eTrors of reason and ima-na-
matter. which must obviou-.y have otherwise lioa tht fw are even qualified to unders'tand
forever escaped the human powers o knowl- anJ makeaproper u0f spir!uai commUni
edge. we might more readily believe that they c:itns. Hence the strange mixtures of truth
came from the spirit land. But these re vela-; ani error, r.aii:v an I phlatasy. consistency
tion are as unimportant, as the mode of com-: qj Mrt, ..)' 1a.;.e
ni 11 ..In. M n , . . . 1 . 1: T-1
iiii.iiiv.i,.iii - ,s vo.i...iue
filing out, bv
J """." -I anotner p.aee.
but with ail these improvements in the spir-
iiual tlcfrroKa o.l J, i;..o .
truth of great importance has been made '
. , uv-aa. -ium UUk UCW I
known. Nothing in the shape of great truths i
uu
of practical import, we assert without the
fear
of successful contradiction, has ever been r. :
! ealed but what was known before bv the me-;
. dium or some one of the company'or circle,
; Nothing has been brought torth worthy of,
j "such a" mountain labor." Some of these
, conimunicatioES are exceedingly low, gToss,
vulgar, and even profane befitting a grog-,
' gvrv or a brothel! ,
nature and wants, physical and spiritual, have I
been the same from the beginning, and ail the t
elemenU and agencies of nature have been ;
unchanged. No new matter or property of
matter is claimed to have been created in '
! modern times. Why have they net. then. :
thousands of years ago. held conversation:
wiin man in tt sarrt
way? In answer to
this, we are told that the spirits have been
. reaay aoa anxious to communicate. Dut tbe
j world was not ready human nature is pro-
it is lust now beincine' to be reaiT to receive
C .
them. Now this is no answer to the objec-.
i ti. Much is said about progress, but what
lis i: which has progressed? Man's physical
wujihuuoh, ni ooay. ana uie original lacul-
ties of his mind, we presume, are about the
same that they were at first. So far as the
creation of new power in man is concerned,
there has been no progression. Progress
must have reference, then, to the amount of
repetition of the alnhalvt and f. . . ' . r m : : - -
; , r, , inougr.i anu iaiiacious imagination, presenfea
raps, the names of persons and places and i i - . - -
ti,,:,- cc . 8 .; in dreams, clairvoyant visions, spirit trances,
dates. But it is now affirmed. e have wri- t i i r ' i r . i j .
,- , ,- ,. ' and the whole famdv of mental and spiritual
ttng and speakini; mediums, and svs'em of i 1 1 " t .1 , .
. , p ., . . . ' , ." I " ." phenomena. Hence, also, the mischief and
philosophy of the highest order." Of thisilu.. , -' ..u , ... J
III. Another objection arises from their blackguard spirts. And it seems strange
late d.scorery. Why have not the spirits lat sensible persons should have eer been so
manifested their rerealments before? Man's! wi'd as to have seriously believed anvthing of
lkge possessed. But it is well known
! W ' T' 1 ""l"
. that of superior intelligence, has never been
, j. u-n r .1 ,
incorporated: for children are often the best
artic eofthek nd. If it is .dmind that iK-
manifestations are but the development of
snje ntlhrtii unknown r.rorv.rn rtf mit
or som nw m...l ,.f ..rrti..n f
ral agencies hi herto uti Jesec.e J. as in the cs-e
-5'
of the pwnjmcns 0f leetrici'y an! mi-met-
Lsm which hare dev-lon in m.vl-,n
tiu?es, the explanation is a good one. But
this is making them natural phenomena, and
not the re-.uk of the agency of spirits. Bat
if they are the operations of spirits, why dii
they not make themselves heard and known,
four thousand years ago? It is vain to say
that the human family could not bear the
com lunica'ions. They -!id receive revela
tions from the spirit world, more sublime and
terrible in manner and matter than any of
modern times, and vet thev live.
IV. We fo not Ukt the company which
these spirits in many instances keep. "A man
is known by the company he keeps." Should
we not apply the same rule to the spirits?
Among the many reputable mediums and
circles of high order of morals and intelli
gence, it must be admitted by the most bigot
ed believer, that there are many persons of
doubtful character, who are most excel-
1 a. 1 : J C . f s
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VI. The false, contradirtorv. foolish. 10,2,7-
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much as we cannot know whether it be true
or falnf. until lli.i ovnnt haa nmH itc .lran.
ter. and then the time for acting upon it is
nasi. Reside it K,.hints th Kr,iriw r.( .,
good to the control, and insults of the base, in
a greater degree than in this world, which
condition would ba inconsistent with their
condiuon would ba inconsistent with their !
perfect happiness. But Paul's idea was, j
"that to depart and be with Christ was far
better" than life in this world. j
1-11 . ti t '
, I responses ana omer mamies-
tations can be obtained with eaual facility,
ions can be obtained with eaual facility
whther the spirit of one dead, or one still
; ti, Hotit. ,u. . ... 1
... "'V iw.y VI1V. Il.tllaV VI t t4 . C Kl a 111
bJ cald. Tnis was at first denied bv the
amateurs of spiritualism, but we have con
versed with several mediums who have pro
nounced it to be the truih, it is now generally
acknowledged. This, certainly, is enough to
satisfy an impartial mind that the souls of de
ceased persons have no-hing to do in the mat
ter.
VIII. They can more rationally b-? account
ed for wiihoui refering to the agency of spirits
or to any miraculous power. The strongest
writL-rs in its support adm:t almost as much.
Listen to Mr. Auin Ba'.lou. himself a medium,
and one of the most orthodox according to
; this fai'h. and a srami ird wri'er among them:
' Implicit faith cannot b placed on the mere un
corroborated communications of spirits, as ab
soluiely veritab!e. for three important reasons,
, viz: 1. Tnere are mukit-jdes of low and ira-
perfect spirits. 2. The transition of dream
: srs, somnutn-'iulists, clairvoyants, seers, S,-c ,
; from the material to the spiritual sphere of
.consciousness, and back ;i"-ain, is liable to
j such a mixture and confusion of dissimilar
idea, that raore or leas of phantasy, obscura
' a ; ''n
perversion must occasionally super- i
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ill no. a:;. 01 sy .ri--u i rpjuis, ia ws ana conai-
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veiopments." Page 14
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Again he says:
"I have known cases, in which the bias
W"e' pr"tecnon, or u,.u ot the medium, j
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mo'ra' - ion
These truths, admitted so frankly, are
sufficient to shake all the confidence in these
marvelous absurdiiies and phantasies. Nor
cn we believe that such is the condition of
saints, the good and pure of earth, after
their departure, or that they are engaged in
this rabble and rant of low, mean, Jal.-e and
th kind.
Hex a sit a s.
The Universe, the leading Roman
Catholic journal of France, and. indeed, of
Europe, lavs down, on the 3d of April, the
followin? axioms :
"Railroads are not a progress.
Telegraphs are an anologeus invention.
The freedom of Industry is not progress.
The invention of gunpowder is not a pro
gress. Industrial discoveries are a sign of abase-
ment and not of irrandeur.
O
We like these broad statements. There
can surely -e no mistake a to their intent,
no over-ckmding and mistifying meaning in
sucn snarp. curt axioms. Aow tb' people
know what is orthodox doctrine as regards
human improvement. It is the middle ages
versus the present and they can choose be
tween the philosophy and achievement of
these two eras. JY. J Tribune.
ie.it meuiums ana succcjmui operaiors, ana visions and fodder with them; some slept in our military or-'aniaations were made then
thev call un tha snirits of thfl Anosth.a anrl fenfj ir. ,..n V.o tm.. ,.., ... ." - u 1 ... . u . . '
tV.. nti.j. .1 n J ..kln tFVi.... rnll.lJ .- ".L.l .l !J.I e W ' . . 'f
r, at least. r . , ' - ...... .e.-.ui uiojio.u on uie nignway. ana ing up ot your utile
. . i- iui,. r . 1 v i iiu.j.riv ... vLia l'l&.-i. miili iii.i'i ii.in u 1 1 1 1 in . -.1 - i r.v ku .1 ti.v w r i r i . 1 1 11 ..A ... .. . . . . .1 . 1 1
arrant-. cunter!e wun mem. xnese men soun, and came out on purpose to vote; one persons taken prisoners whea going on their hard work, or bo work at
thespir- . u ' wreicnea wnen man iota me ne was aisappoiniea. iieexpecte i iawlul business; these persons were stopped, ires, pent up in the
leuious. in-'f..,,!.,!;... an;1 : t extrava ,a;,V,nl
ni;uwr uiwrii iMeiii'a. vn buiu uiarveious ue-
FROM KANSAS.
Proceediag of the Cuagreasioaal Com
mittee. ! scosd dat evidence or iitscrs h. noa.
- '1U o H KLL S H . ROSE,
Eo.NEDAr. Apiil lxJCrcu . Bote, of
Seventh Distri. t 1 .... .11
"d poll b,k. of Seventh DU'rict. of 30tli
March; there are 52 votes on the census. 1 T
. . , t.jv 1 a ' v 1 oies 011 me census. 1 .
of them are on the poll books; there are 231
names on the poll list; 8 leal voter on the
poll lis' are not on the census ro'ls; 6 of the
ol them are on tha noil h..ks- thr r- ol
8 had been there and built cabins, and were
away when the census was taken; 2 are new
comers there were 607 votes cit in our DLs-
trie; on Nov. 29, 1851; in my judgment, there
could nit at that time have been m re than
25 or 3J resident voiers in that district.
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rviDEscr. or isac b. titus.
LB Tttus. Seventh District, called and
sworn M..ved into the Territory 1st Oc;ober.
1 w 1 . . 1 . .1 . .. . i. 11. . . .. .,
vjvj-i, m oeeui.!i iimtil, eier oiii'..
was at home 3Jth March, 1855; there was a
large camp containing over 2 JO men just across
the creek from my house; was in the S.a'e
alter provisions previous to elecion. and ar
rived home night before; went into the camp;
there were but three or four in there whom I
could recogniz as residents of the District;
, thev were all arm-J; they brought their pro-
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j lime, as 1 wished to remain neutraj.
evidence of william Jessie.
William Jessie called and sworn Came
Into the Territory about middle December.
1854; cama into St. Joseph. Mo., in Novem
: ber from Illinois; I am settled upon the Waka
rusa, seconi district, 1 i miles from Blooming
: ton; on the last day of January, 1D55, c itue
' with a part of my goods and my oldest son;
on the last day of February moved my family
there: on the dar of tha election I sin
'waon with a flag which passed ms before I
got to the polls; went into the house; wasn't
out much; helped them prepare poll books;
saw a trreat man v persons oassin-' before the
door and window; polls were opened; per-
sons came and voted; others came and were
objected to because they were not residents of
u . t . : . :i ..u ..... .-....t.
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when one man came forward whose vote wa
objected to; the Judges would not receive it
until h swore ho was a resident of the Terri-
'
tory; the crowd cried oat he should vote with
out swearing; while this was going on a dozen
came to vote and were pulled away; pistols
w r nresnred fo tl e Ju !-r.si. rind thev were
told their brains should beblowed out if they
did not receive the votes of these persons who
refused to take the oath: they declared they
came to vote, and thev would vote: one of the
Judges, Mr. Ellison, rose and said, receive no
votes till I return; he went out and came in;
we must clo-e the polls or ul se iher will be
5'jO snols fired in here in less than five min
utcs: they tried to over-throw the cabin; nt
this li:Tie Mr. Ellison got the ballot-box; the
.'oors w!re broken o,jh; Ellison rushed 01;
and cried out hurrah for Missouri; I ga hfrej
up aoairt papers and gae them to one of the
Judges: the crowd rushed in the ca'jiii; I left
the cabin; soon saw a man crme out wi:h
some papers in his hand; saw that thev were
blank papers; I hunted for Messrs. Barsoi I
and Ramsay, the otner J udgos to ste it thy
had coma out; found them, and heard a man
t!1in r t'-am ho would rrive them five minu'e
to resign or die; 1 want intoti.e cabin to see ,
0 . . .
U arson again, ana paw a man Holding a watch
5n l,i hand- I told K.irson he hal b-iter l-ave
u;. t,..... I,-. La A-.A r.,t Uv. l.U i
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house: he finally did with Ramsay and my-
- v,. v...- muuu inula niNOTiinuwja,ua wioj-ai sna uepreaations committal Dy people in the over-crowded tenant
sell; we wont some ntieeu in numoer, to itaoi- " .. -j-say's
house; I asked Uarson where ihe poll j tviDE.vcx of k. b. blanto.t.
bxks were; I fo ind the p-ll-bo..ks in his p. k j X B. Waton called and sworn Came
et: he handed them to Mr. Humbacker; Mr 'into t!.e Territory in September, 1854; sealed
Hurnbacker and Mr. Barson then went to j on the Wakarusa. five miles from here, and
wards their homes; a crowd of men cim; on have resided th ;re ever siuce; came from Jack
hor.sebach and a-ked where the poll b-oks j son c oun'y. Mo.; wa appointed one of the
were; we told them we did not know; they i Juiges of Election for the District; was in
swore they were there went off and re urned j Missouri for two or three weeks before the
again and abused us; Mr Jones, now Ac.ing election; when I came up home on the 28ih
Sheriff, wa ith them, on horseback, wiih j March, met a company of men; did n-t know
Mr. Humbacker behind him; soon others ! them; they told me they were coming to Law
came af er Judge Wakefield; they demanded i ranee to vo'e; some of them tol l me they
he should go with them: he consented logo: were from B-xinevile, and some from Colum
with them after three had promised to protect i bia; they found I was one of the Judges; they
him against h ;rm; Jones was one of the three;
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and search was then for Burson; 1 1
found him and went awar with him; when I !
returned, the bigger part of the company had ;
!gone; Jones, now Sheriff, was the man who; question; saw some of these men here at the
i was holding the watch and telling him they I election of 80th of March; I told them I
had five minutes to resign or die; some were could not let them vote according to the oath
there voting when I got back; when they ' I would have to :nke; they argued they were
left they went down East; I suppose there H citizens of the L'uited States, and had the
were nea.ly 400 strangers there; have not right to vote; they endeavored to persuade me
seen them in the District since; they were well to let them vote. (Witness 'peaks so low it
armed with knives, guns and revolvers; I do is impoasible to hear him.) They endeavored
not know as any setUers of the District voted. : to get me to resign, and became much en
Cross examined. I do not know of any ' raged because I would not; an old man asked
' secret military organization in the Territory; : me to continue as Judge, receive their votes.
know of military companies, whether they ;
vice to defend ourselves; we were drilled
! every day. then under command of Gen. Rob-
; inson and Col. Lane; there were five or six
I hundred here at that time; some had guns,
: some rifle, some S.sarpc's rules, revolvers. ,
i ic.; I brought my arms from Iliinoise with
i me; cannot tell only from report where other ;
persons got their arms; heard from some ol ,
those who were in companies that thev got
their gnns from Mr. Abbott; they paid
apiece for them; it is said Mr. Abbott went:
East and got them; these guns were got
self-defense, to defend oar property and our
lives against invaders; the most that I kbow
is that Gov. Shaxuvoo commanded the pary
who were broagkt agarost us; don't know of
are organized or not. can t tell, for I have iin, out ieittnjm; 1 resigned on the momme
never been; have seen companies parading of election; I was in town o the morning o , cb,, Trxbune protests, and fives gool
here during excitement and trouble; in lat , the elcivn; diJ not go to the polls; was in j for ;L "We firmly believe (says that
Uotober and ovemoer we were here in er-. one oi meir camps near my ucuie; uiev came
any meeting of this body of men to resist the
laws of t.is Territory; don't know of any
combination to reist the law. of this Terri-
tory; the company that I know of got their
',"'? .fter.th Misuri bad commenced
j , . . ...
,r lnTun ,Wo dl n orgsnixe to resist
lTOV- onannon, Out todolcnd ourselves Birainst
mob of MS!wrin he brought with him;
. PurP8e ' organiianon was not to
u 1 t .
"VM';t ,h.U'r f lhe iemtory; was present
at l,i.e P"0!? Convention; a resolution
. ,nlroad to repud-.ate the laws of the
wlc rniory; was present
. rr,!or-T. SDWW. 01 no resoluln Psd at
"''"S uk priuueu recommenaing
mii'Ury oratninUon; there was nothing done
at mat meeung out what was pub'ished in the
report wcion I.ad been circu ated: i have never
U-en at a meeting where there has been a reso
lution recommending oombinad rsiit .m. tn
lhe Uw, fmsseJ. 0
Jr. JietJer My motive for join 'n-this
mi'marv orgsniz ition was for s-lf dcce. sp-
1 . . . ...
preheuding destruction of property and life;
this neighborhood wss invaded by people from
Missouri at that time; property was taken and
destroyed at that time, so 1 was informed, a
man was murdered at that tim: lie was one
of my nearest neighbors, his name was Thom
as Barber; it was said, by the same person
Dow was murdered; these troubles com
menced in the latter part of November, and
piiiwriy w s iiuineu. cAiue kiiiea ami stolen.
Convention was then r -ad and passed: this
last military organization was not gotten up in
'craaiit!e with that resolution, and we have
110 omer org.niza;ion: ana 1 nave never known
of any other; I don't know of any arms being
got upon the recommendation contained in
this resolution; we commenced once to organ
ize a iiiilitary company before this resolution
whs pasrjd. but it fell through; our military
orginiz ition commenced the latter part of
November, an 1 there was no complete orgni-
-ii)n until Gov. Shannon commissioned Gens.
and L.Htte; 1 understood persons had
iiieir own ouare a nurf; vf. . o.nun was
Cnairman of th Big Spring Convention; d. n't
know who drafted the resolutions.
BtffLl !. Reeder Tliere was an encamp-
mem ai j-compton, ai wakarusa. ana aoro-s
the river from Lawrence; Gov. Shannon did
not recognize llieso Missourians as a part of
his men; he repudiated them at the last: we
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ma le our pieparations against these Missouri-
ans; 1 did not hear Shannon say he recog-
inzvjanyor mom; don t know of Ins recog- (There never was a time when judicious in
niuig any of them, only by his report. vestments, and earnest, persevering toil were
iy . nowson our organization at
t!iat VTas on,y u protect ourselves against
a;,-v " wno h--uld come against us to
destroy our lives and property.
By Mtjor Otictr It was not our purpose
to re.-.i: the Territorial laws; our organization
ha 1 no.hing to do with or against the laws;
it wi no: the purpose of the people of Law
lence to resist the writsot the Sheriff; I heard
people siy, if the Sheriff has any writs let
uiui com-,- and arrest them.
.Sfr. H-iwtird Ikn .w f no expressioa
of opinion by ihe body as then organized
:iaiut the laws; heard indiviJuals express
ihir options; heard no m;i-i speak for any
person lu; l.im-e'f; the individual expression
was to :ei-t no United Stages offiier; heard
rh ip-J or.e quarter of ihem so say; never
'.e ttd aiiy r.i ::i of any party say anything
against the organic act.
By Gov. lie aer This assemblage was not
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By Mr. Skerman I was not the purpose
of tIie P'-ople of Lawrence to resist Governor
aar.non, if he came wi'.a militia of the fer-
.
"e, but they were determined to resist
wanted to know if I would let them vote with-
out swearing; 1 came about fifteen m.Ies with
them; should suppse there were one hundred
of them, some eight or ten asked roe this
ana tney woukl pay me; 1 did not tben re-
the evtning before ihe 3Dtfi; they came over
to Lawrence; saw some of them here; there
were 6 reen or twenty there; kAed over part
of the poll list, and know some of the men
whose names are there to reside in Missouri,
evidence or petes basixoze.
Peter Basinger, called and sworn Came
into the Territory from Iowa. lt Sept., 1854;
ketiWd at Black Jack Point, on Santa Fe
Road; I was at the eleetios at Mewhijoey's,
on Ouowa Creek. 29th Jioy.. 1&54, a year
ago; saw a great saany men traveling; some of
them encamped near my house; eoav into my
boose oil or on; aked me how I was going to
vote; toid them I should vole for a Free State;
ja Mr. Royal. to a, who resided near WestpMt,
in Missouri, told me h was bouad to have it
a Slave Ste. if they had to make it so by the
point 0 the sword; I asked them if they had
claims in the Territory; one man put a stake
down by my calf-pen. and said that was .11
wj wj vkjsvu, UU auu Ulai WU ait
the claim he wanted; they ail Toted, and I
iroi-d- one man. who ataiM with nu all ; Kf
, MU M Dr. Chaomaa was one of the Judges'
jtheygota man drunk, called him sick, sent
, -' m. uiuub, vwrau uiui aiva, m?
; the Doctor to him. and then appointed anotl
er Judge in his place; these men told me th
were from Missouri; there were arms ir th
; ihe Doctor to h m. and then anrwiinferf anotl,.
they
wagons, and nearly every man had a revolver;
after the election they returned on the road
towards Missouri; I started for Independence
next morning: saw many men going towards
Missouri; on the road some of these hurrahed
for Whitefield; saw numbers of persons going
to the election of 30th March; aaw many of
them returning from it; some of these men
were from Misseuri; I had sees them there,
having teamed a good deal the Fall before;
there were but few settlers east of me; I was
the last settler that way in my district; think
there were 25 passed my house before break
fast on their way to the election; Dr. Chap
roan's is four miles from the Missouri line.
A Word to the Wise.
Leave the city. Go to the country. Don't
wait. Go now. There, you have ample
room and verge enough for the exercise of
your own industry, and the healthful bring.
ones. Here, you nave
all, with scanty wa
close atmosphere of our
nouses in summer, and
is no lear 01 ioo mtiiay mecnanics going.
Every one of them, we are assured, will bs
sure of employment. Mke a begintrng at
once then, and go the sooner the butter.
The whole country, west, north, and south of
us. is filling up with an intelligent, enterpri
sing, and highly prosperous population, an !
thousands of all kinds of mechanics are w.t.i
led to build up new cities on all sides of m.
We heartily second the Chicago Democrat,
therefore, when it says:
"We say to Eastern mechanics, como West.
Fortunes, and certainly a competence, are
wiihin your grasp. There is work onou 'h
' and room enou 'h always exccntin7 house.
'room for all who come. And as to the
matter of house-room, that is exactlv what
tney are neeaea to provide, t he impression
prevails to somo extent at the East that the
oppor unities for making money at the West
are neariy all past, and only here and there a
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fortunate individual can hope for any conside-
; rable success. Exactly the reverse is true.
more sure of an ample reward. Let every
enterprising mechanic, therefore, who wishes
wide field lor his exertions, make his horns
j in the great and growing West."
I Mulberry and Mott Street, do you hear
; that? Mechanics, that complain of little
I work, poor pay. high rent, dear food, bad at-
mosphere, in New York, and all the larg
cities, do you hear! Ktprtst.
Bio SvLaRixs: W. Lyon UAckenz1'!,
member of the Canadian Legislature for the
county of Haldimand, in presenting to th.j
i Upper Canadians reasons why they should
'dissolve their union with those of the Lwar
Province, had occasion to speak of the large
j salaries paid to official in Canada. Tiii
i Governor, Sir E. Heal, gets 831,000 a year,
! I.a 1. ..... .1 ... m r.A Vit.m Tl,. AM
. . ,..,uv . . t . v. . . an. u.i. a on fciA
Ministers get each $6,000 a year. 96 a day
during the session of Parliament, mileage and
"immense patronage." The Engineer of
the Grand Trunk Railway has a salary of 9 1 3.
000 a year. Sir Charles Haney (agent for
this work) eets the same. Chief Justice
Robinson has 86,566 per annum, 950) for
travelling expenses, and a pension of 84,411
when he shall see fit to resign. The Register
of Hamilton. Dundas and Wentworth, ( he is
a Minister also) gets $6,600 a year. The
Register of Toronto and York geU 812,000 s
year. The Governor has a Secretary to whom
the Canadian pay 3.000 annually, for the
i pretense of driving the quill.
j A few days siace, says the Boston Pott,
j Mr. W. of this city, oa his way from the As
j lor House, New York, to the New Haven
! boat, stepped into a drinking saloon for the
purpose ol "smiling with a friend, upon
entering, he saw two young men. dressed in
deep black indulging ia "something warm."
They were brother. Mr. W. accost J one
of them familiarly thus : "Tom, I perceive
you are in mourning; who is deal?"
-Mother." answered Tom. "Ah, indeed !
when did she die?" asked Mr. W. Day
before yesterday." replisd Tom. "When is
she to be buried !" asked Mr. W. Tom took
another wfVff at his cigar and replied, "the
funeral is advertised for 4 o'clock this after-
j noon, but I don't think tbey will get it of
j before fivt."
f Iluhoi How will ssrx Vote? In th
political calculation of the day, Illinois it
' generally set down as doubtful by Republt-
i cans, and by the Slave Democracy as sure to
. - rv:..i, a .: -. u. .1 :c ,: . v
paper) that she will give ber eletoral vote to
, the Anti slavery caodida'e for President next
j November. And furthermore believe, that
j Illinois will not only give the largest majority
j ior Free Kansas, of uie fire Western S-a'es,
; but that she will poll a larger mojority, in pro
i portion to the vote east, thaa stay of them;
and we put this prediction on record, tnouga
not a prophet nor the son of a prophet."
The Dat of the Pbxsibcstiai. Eur enow.
Tuesday, the 4tk day of next November,
being tbe Tuesday tvftr the first Monday of
tbe month is fixed pon by a law of Congress,
for each State ia the Union to cast its votes
for electors of President and View President
of these United States.
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