Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-07-21

              m iri in VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1857. NO. SC. 1 1 11 m If Selected oefrjj. STKAY THOUGHTS. BY W. 8. DBASE. I love the bright and choerful sky, Tha woodlands' shady doll, Tho Wring mouut and rooky cliff, Tho dark, doiortod coll. I loro ft laid and fearloss heart, A broast that's fro from guilo, Tho morry laugh but greater far, I love TKU friendship's smilo. I lovo the oeeaa's hearing breast, IU sparkling, dashing foam ; The gen tie spring, whoso crystal toars Do mark tbo streamlet's home. , I Ioto them all but giro to mo A THUS and steadfast hand ; An honest heart, whoso ev'ry pulso Coments pure friendship's band. I lore a friend yes truly, where Deocit has no'or been known, Where whispor'd words of hallow'd truth Breathe accents all thoir own. A friend I the glow that melts the heart . To deeds of untold love, And loads its sister spirit on To joy and poace abovo. MAKY MOOltE. A PLEASANT LOVE STORY. CHAPTER I. AH my life long had I known Mary Mooro, All my life long I had lorod her. Our mothers were o'd playmates and first cousins. My first rccollcc.ion is of a boy in a rod frock and Morocco shojs, rocking a cradle, in which reposed a sunny haired, blue-eyed baby, not quite a year old. That boy was myself Harry Church ; that blue-eyed baby was Mary Moore. Later still, I sco myself at tho little school house, drawing my little chaise up to the door that Mary might rido home. Many a beating havo I gained on such occasions ; for other boys besides mo liked her, and she, I fear, was something of a flirt, oven in her pinafores. How elegantly she camo tripping down tho steps when I called her name 1 How sweetly her blue eyes laughed at mo ! How gaily rang out her merry laugh ! That fairy laugh No one but Mary could cviv bring her heart so soon to her lips ! I followed it through tho heated noon of manhood and now when the frosts of age are silvering my hair, and many children climb on my kneo and cull mo "father," I find that the mcmorios of youth are strong, and that, even in gray hairs, I am following its music still. When I was fifteen, the first great sorrow of my life camo on my heart. I was sent to school, and was obliged to part with Mary. Wo wcro not to sco each other for threo long years! This to mo was liko a Rsntenca of death, for Mury was liko lifo itself to me. But hearts aro tough things after all. I led college in all the flush and vigor of my nineteenth year. I was no longer awkward and embarrassed. I had grown into a tall, slendor strippling, with a very good opinion ofmysclf, both in general and particular. If I thought of Mary Mooro it was to imagine how I should dazzle and bewilder her with my good look3 and wonderful attainments never thinking that sho might dazzle and bewilder mo still more. I was a coxcomb I know ; but as youth and good looks have fled I trust I may bo beliovod when I say that soil conceit has left mo alsot An advantageous proposal was mado to mo at this time, and, accepting it, I gave up all idea of a profession, and I prepared to go to the Indies. In my hurried visit homo I saw nothing of Mary Mooro. She had gono to a boarding school at somo distanco, and was not . expected homo till tho following May. I uttered one sigh to tho memory ol my littlo bluo eyed playmate, and thqn called myself "a man again." - "In a year," 1 thought, as the vehicle whirlod away from our door, ' in a year, or threo years, at tho very most, I will return, and, if Mary is as pretty as sho used to bo, why then, porhaps, I may marry hor." And thus I settled the future of a young lady whom I had not seen for four years. I nover thought of tho possibility of her refusing me novcr dreamed that sho would not condescend to accept my offer. But now I know that had Mary met mo thon, sho would have despised mo. Perhaps in tho scented and affected student, sho might have found plenty of sport ; but as for loving mo, or feeling tho slightest interest in mo, I should hare perhaps found I was mistaken. India, was) my salvation, not mcrcty because of my success, but because my laborious industry had counteracted tho evil in my niture and made roe a better man. . When at tho end of threo yoars, I prepared to return, I said nothing of tho reformation in mysolf which I knew had taken place. They loved mo as I was," I murmured to mysolf, "and they shall find out for thom-sclves whether I am bettor worth loving than formerly." ,'-'. I packed up many a token from that land of romance and gold, for the friends I hoped to meet. r Tho gift for Mary ' Moore I selected with a beatinglieart ; it waa a ring of rough -irgln "old, with my namo and hors engraved insido that was til, and yet tho sight of the ' little toy strangely thrilled me as I balanced it upon the tip of my finger. To the eyes of others it was but a small, plain circlet, suggesting thoughts, perhaps, by its elcgarxo. of the beautiful white hand that was to-wear it. But to me how much was embodied there I A loving smilo on a beautiful face low words of Welcome, a future home and a sweet stalling face group of morry children to climb my kneo all theso delights vrero hidden within that littlo ring or gold ! CUAPTERJI. . Tall, bearded, and Bun bronzed, I knocked at tho door of my father's house. Tho lights in tho parlor windows and the hum of conversation and cheerful laughter, showed mo that company wore assembled thoro. I hoped that my sister Lizzie would como to tho door, and that I might greot my family when no strange eyo was looking curiously on. But no a servant answorod my summons. They were too merry in tho parlor to heed the long absent ono when ho asked for admit tance. A bitter thought liko this was passing through my m'md, as I heard the sounds from tho parlor, and saw tho half surpressed smile upon the servant's fuco. I hesitated for a moment before I made my self known or asked after tho family, and while I stood silent, a strango apparition grow up before mo. From behind tho servant peered out a small, golden head, a tiny, delicate form followed, and a sweet childish fuco, with blue eyes, was lifted up to mino so liko j those of ono who had brightonod my boyhood that I started back with a sudden feeling of pain. " What is your namo my littlo ono ? " I asked, while tho wondering servant held the door. She lifted up her head as if to shado hor eyes. (I Lad seen that vory attitude in another, in my boyhood, many and many a time) and answered in a sweet bird-like voice: "Mary."" And what clso ? " I asked quickly. " Mary Mooro Chester," lisped tho child. My heart sank down like lead, lloro was an end to all tho bright droanis and hopes of my youth and manhood. Frank Chester, my boyish rival, who had often tried, and in vain, to usurp my placo besido tho girl, had succeeded at last, and had won her away from me ! This was his child and Mary's ! I sank, body and soul, beneath this blow. And hiding my face in my hands, I leanod against tho door, whilo my heart wept tears of blood. The little ono gazed at me, grieved !nd amazed, and put up her pretty lip as if about to cry, while tho perplexed servant stepped to tho parlor door and called my sister out, to sco who it could be that conducted himself so strangely. I heard a light step, and a pleasant voice saying : " Did you wish to seo my futhor. sir ? " I looked up. There stood a pretty, sweet faced maiden oftwonty, not much changed from tho dear littlo sister I had loved so well I looked at her for a moment, and then, stilling tho tumult of my heart by a mighty effort, I opened my arm3 and said : Lizzio don't you know me ? " "Harry! Oh, my brother Harry!" she cried and threw herself upon my breast. She wept as if her heart would break. There was a rush and a cry of joy, and then my father and mother sprang towards me, and welcomed me homo with heartlelt tears ! Oh, strango and passing sweet is such a grading to the way-worn wanderer ! And as 1 held my dear old mother, to my heart, and grasped my father's hand while Lizzio still clung besido mo, I felt that all was not lost, and though another had secured life's choicest blessing, many a joy rcmai.-.od for mo in this dear sanctuary of homo. There wero four other inmates of tho room who had risen on my sudden entrance. Ono was tho bluo eyed child whom I had already seen, and who stood besido Frank Chester, clinging to his hand. Near by stood Lizzio Moore, Mury's eldest sistor, and in a distant corner, to which she had hurriedly retreated when my name was spokon, stood a tall and slender figure, hall hidden by tho heavy window curtuins that fell to tho floor. When tho first rapturous greeting was over, Lizzie led mo forward with timid grace, and Frank Chestor grasped my hand. " Welcome home, my boy !" ho paid with the loud cheerful tones it rcmcmbcrod so well. " You have changod so that I should never have known you ; but no matter for that your heart is in tho right placo, I know." " How can you say ho has changed ? " said my mother, gently. " To be sure, ho looks older and graver, and mora liko a man than when ho went away but his eyes anj smilo are the same as over I It is that heavy beard that changes him. He is my boy still." " Ay, mother," I answorcd sadly, " I am your son still." Heaven help me ! At that moment I felt like a boy, and it would havo been a blessed relief to have wept upon hor bosom as I bad dona in my infancy. But I kept down tho beating ol my heart and tho tremor of my lip and answered quietly, as I looked in his full, handsome faco : " You have changed too, Frank, but I think for the better." " Oh, yes thank you for that compliment," he answorcd with a hearty laugh. " My wife tolls me I grow handsomor overy day." His wifo-rcould I hear that name and keep silent still ? " And have you teen my little girl," he added, lifting bis infant in his arms, and kissing hor crimson cheek, " I toll there is not such another in the world. Don't you think she looks very much ai her mother used to?" Very much," I fullered. " Hallo 1 " cried Frank, with a suddenness that made me start violently, " I have forgot-ton to introduce you to my wife; I believe yon and she usod to be playmates in your young days eh, Harry ? " and he slapped me on j the back. " For the soke of old times, and because you wore not, here at the wedding, I'll give you leave to kiss her once but mind old follow, you are never to repeat the cere mony. Come here she is, and I, ftfr once, want to sco how you will manngo those fero cious moustaches of yours in tho oporation." lie pushed Li.zio, laughing aud blushing towards me 1 A gleam of light and hope, almost too dazzling to bear, camo over mo, and I cried out before I thought : " Not Mary 1 " I must havo betrayed my secret to every one in tho room, but nothing was said even Frank in general so obtuse, was this tiino silent. I kissed tho fair check of tho young wile, and hurried to tho silent figuro looking out from tho window. " Mary Mary Moore," said I, in a low, eager voice, have you no wclcomo to givo to tho wanderer ? " Sho turned and laid her hand in mino, and murmured hurriedly : " I am glad to see you hero, Harry." Siniplo words and yet how blost they mado mo I I would not havo yielded up that moment for an ompcror's crown ! For there was tho happy group, and tho dear homo Are- sido, and there, sweet Mary Moore ! The 0yc8 j. had dreamed of by day and night, were fulling before tho ardent gaze of mino ; and tho sweet face I had so long prayed to seo, was thoro beforo mo! I never knew the meaning of happiness till that moment came! Many years havo passed sinco that happy night, and tho hair that was dark and glossy then, is fast turning gray. I nm growing to bo an old man, and can look back to a long and happy, and I hope, well spent life. And yet, sweet as it has been, I would not recall a singlo day, for tho love that mado my man hood so bright, shines also upon my whito hairs. An old man ! Can this bo so ? At heart I am as young as ever. And Mary, with bright hair parted smoothly from a brow that has a slight furrow upon it, is still tho Mary of my early days. To me sho never can grow old nor chango. Tho heart that held her in her infancy, and sheltered her in the flush and beauty of womanhood, can never cast her out tilllifo shall cease to warm it. Nor even then for love still lives above. diiifieiii. THE LAWS OP FLIHTATIO.V. The recent decision of a Supremo Court Jude;o in Monroe County substantially to the effect that in order to maintain an action for breach of promiso to marry, it is not nec essary for plaintiff to prove a formal p omise of marriage on tho part of tho defendant I as very naturally caused a flutter among the idlers in Love's Com t, who in Shakespearian language, " sip from every flower tho virtuous sweets." According to this luminary of tho law, any circumstances which usually accom pany parties whilo holding tho relation of an engagement existed, it was all tho law re quired. It is not necessary that there should ba a promise of marriago indirect phraseology no formal promise is required. And take heed, oh young people, ns you coo and twitter like spring birds in your.;' May of youth and bloom of lustyhood," that in your lovo-making you steer clear of the meshes ol tho courts, or tho law will nip the bloom of your orango blossoms ana your suit in ine court of Cupid will be quenched by " suit for breach." For tho Kochestor judge enumerates nearly a dozeu "circumstances" which may bo relied upon to prove a marriago en. gag:mcnt such as Frequent visits of the parties. Retiring from tho society of others. Seeking to bo apart by thcmselvos. Expressions of attachment. Presents. Going together to places of amusement. Walks together. Occasional remarks in tho hearing of others, &C, i'C. Any of which "circumstances" may bo strong enough to satisfy tho law as to tho existenco of a marriage engagement. But, as " Lovo laughs at Locksmiths," wo supposo that tho devotees of Flirtation which is but a tender correspondence between persons of tho opposite sex, something more than friendship and less than Lovo will laugh down tho law and cover with confusion the musty rulings of antiquated judges- Cupid has not yet spent all his arrows, nor will ho, the son of Venus and Mars, surrender without discretion to his half brother, Hymen, begotten by tho drunken Bacchus. Co rydon will seek his mistress on tho leafy mca dows, where his flock, as tender and innocent as ho, reposo among the graceful shadows of the sunsot ; Daphne will still wander lovelorn through the shady groves of Appolo, and Mr. Smith and Miss Jonos, will continue to walk and talk affectionately by moonlight, and flirt conspicuously in the orchestra stalls at Wallack's. In a word, the armies of Flirtationof both 80X03 will ccntinuo to ad-vanco tho standards of Love without risking tho dungors of a pesitive engagement, and play with " the light winged toys of featherod Cupid," despising the dangers of being scorch ed by the sober lamps of Hymen. Still, if wo muit flirt tn 1 such S30nn to be tho law of nature lot us flirt with caution. and with dus rospsct for the laws of the Ian J, asexpjimljd by the unrommtio ju Igi who presides ovor the flour mills of Rochostor. Let evory gentleman who means to offer a civility to a lady, obtain from her a solemn rcleaso of all claims to mttrimoniat intent. If hi piys "hviiunt visits " ho might post a disclaimer of "serious intentions" on the outside" pannel of th. hall door; if he gives her a book, the protest might be pasted on the fly-leaf; if he accompanies her to a place of public amusement, he might have written on his card " scats, but the parties not engage 1 " but if he should go further as for instance to tho extremo imprudonca of calling Miss Smith by hor Christian appellation of Malvi- na, or, in an ccstacy of moonlight romance. gently pressing hor fingors, let him soo to it first that ho has a bond of indemnity, with good surotios, that tho lady will sot up no cluim for "damagos for breach " by appeal ing the suit from the court of Cupid to a court of Law. Oneida (JV. Y) Gazelle. Tne Jug without ii bottom. On the bridge that crosses tho Grand Rap ids wo met a hulo old man and his wife, with eleven sons, seven daughters, and thirty-seven grand children, with numerous horses, calves, sheep and furniture of antiquated appearance ; among which woro to bo seen cradles for ba bies, cradles for grain, spinning wheels, pots and kottlcs, and almost everything requisite for a settlement such as fifty blood relations will niuko in Grand River county. After the train stopped, wo mado some inquiries, and asked tho old gentleman what uso could be mado of a bottomless jug, which was carefully stowed away among his douicstic equip ments, and received tho following amusing reply : " Why, sir, I am a man of many years, and havo worked other peoples' land all my days, and paid from four to nine bushels of wheat per acre for doing it and havo all tho timo used a jug with a bottom to it, by which all my profits havo boon wasted, and I was sick ol feeding both landlord and rumscller so I sent seven of my boys to Mexico to fight for their country. They all got back safe, and bought seven sections of land ; that will bo mino without rent. And now you sco that this shall hold all tho whiskoy and rum that will bo used in my family while I control them. Old General Taylor told my son John that a jug without a bottom wng the best kind of a jug to put liquor in, and I believe it." Smoking null Svuriug. A gentleman remarked in our presence tho other day, that smoking cigars was greatly on tho increase among boys. " Yes," wo re plied, "and swearing too." Did you ever know a boy that smoked who did not swear ? " " He had not thought of it," ho said. Well, wo asked him to think of it. Shortly after we met again and he said ho asked his lit tloboy about it, whether tho boys in his school who smoked swore. "Yes, Sir." he said "nearly all of them." What is the causo of this (for surely it is a sad thing) we know not, unless it is this, that lads smoke to givo themselves some consequence. Few ever smoko because it gives them pleasure. They all have hard work to get reconciled to it. But a boy with a cigar in his mouth, feels that he has accomplished a manly exploit. Uo is of moro consequenco than a tamo boy who has nunc and dare not nnko tin attempt And for tho samo reason he also swears. An oath is a bold thing; and drinking in but too many cases, speedily follows. If parents arc not awaro, tho time will soon come when a boy will scarce be tolerated who does not smoke, and swear, and drii.k too. Lot a stand soon bo made in the juvenile temperance societies. Miseries of I'eiirl lliliiliii?. Tho unhappy condition of sundry Jersey-men who had tho misfortune heretofore to find pearls and throw them away without knowing their value, is thus humorously described in tho Albany Journal : The Misemes ok Notch Bbook. It would be hard to tell whoth'r most joy or sorrow has b.'en caused at Notch Brook, by tho discovery of tho Pearls. Dozens are bomoaning fortunes that, in days past, they carelessly llung away. Ono matron unavailingly sighs over some "littlo whito things" that she once nave hor boys for marbles. A schoolmaster lugubriously remembers that he has chopped up eight or ten thousand dollars worth, with his pen-knife, " tosoo what was inside." Another genius rammed a pearl-bullet down his rifle, and shot away his fortune An old lady, who chuckled six months ovor her "good bargain with the peddler," now discovers that sho paid linn, in pearls, about seven thousand dollars for a calico dress. It is needless to say she hasn't laughed since. The unfortunate man who had the $25,000 ono cooked for his breakfast, has taken to his bed, in utter despair, and refuses to bo comforted. Extraonliniiry Collection of IVurli. Tho Patcrson (N. J.) Guardian says that Messrs. John and Jacob Quackonbush, of that city, who havo been in tho pearl hunt from tho first exhibited, on Saturday,twen-ty-ono pearls, tho most perfect specimens of their recent exeriions. They wore all regularly graduatod in size for a necklace, and of beautiful tints and clearness. Besides theso, thoy havo recently found a very large pearl, of tho size of a musket ball, perfect, and probably worth $1,000. Tho valuo of the necklace pearls would be about $1,500, when arranged for salo. This family havo found ovor $1,-000 worth and have realized probably that amount, but the market value of tho pearls is much moro, as thoy realized only OOO for ono valued at $3,000 in New York. They state that thorn is hardly any ono hunting outside of Passaic and Bergen counties, as elsewhere thoy meet with no success. (fir S-iid a distinguished city pastor to a young moinber of his flock: " Brother .we aro always pleased to hoar you spoak in the prayor moutings, and horjo vou will continue to do go; but I would ndvUa van to bo as brief as possible. and if the brethren think you aro too brief thoy wilt toll you of it." This was spoken in love and had tho desired effect. Charleston idrcunj. Sir k larpo number of Kansas cmigranlr from Wisconsin, whopused this city on their way to the Torritory, a few weeks scincc, relumed homeward yesterday ttttorly disheart-end with tho prospects of the country. Thoy say lands are high, the country over stocked with people and the ncoassariesof lifo almost impossible to be had.' They much prefer the lands of Iowa and Missouri to that of Kansas. Qska!ooi Herald, ARKANSAS TKAVELEltS. Tho editor of tho I'ortsmouth Tvib mt saw a curious group of emigrants on the Kentuc ky side of tho Ohio, near his town, tho other day. Ho says : The party consisted of six persons, a man and wife and four children, the largest of whom was not over ton years old, and tho youngest about one year. They were on foot, and carried their entire camp equipage inclu ding cooking utensils and provondor. The woman wa3 quite a philosopher, ns she car ried tho babe in her arms, and at tho samo timo balanced upon her head a large bag fil led with potatoes and ragged bedding. The man was heavily laden with all man ner of household traps, whilo tho children carried skillets, tin pans, and other little trumpery. Tho whole party looked as if they had woiked in a brickyard all summer. without being near enough to water to wash. Upon questioning them as to their pluca of formor residence and future location, tho woman spoke " Wo camo from Randolph county, North Carolina, Sir, left homo the first day of April, and have walked all the war. We aro going to Arkansas, whero I havo a sister. Last year wo had means to iao us tnere m an easier way than this, but sickness came, we lost ono child, and wo got very poor." Tho woman seemed to feel what she said, and her story touched tho heart of a generous friend who was with us, who pulled a five dollar bill from his pocket and handed the man. " Thank you sir, thank you sir," said ha, while he joyfully folded tho unexpected treasure in his pocket, and his wife's eyes fairly flashed with emotion. We passed on, and returning in a few hours toward dusk, we again came upon tho party, encamped by the road sido. A cheerful firo burned in a neigh, boring stump, whereon a kettlo sizzed and sung. The man, picppcd beside a log, dallied with tho baby, while his wife prepared the evening meal. The children woro gathering flowers and, prattling away as light hearted and musical as tho birds around them. As wo passed they recognized us, and gave a friondly nod, seeming perfectly happy. Town itliikiii?. A eontlcman recently returned from the west, relates that in setting out early in the morning from tho placo where ho had passed tho night, ho consulted his map of the conn-try, and finding that a very considerable town, called Vienna, mwnriind a psint of his mini, but somo 1 i or 11 miles olf, concluded to journey ns far as that placo before breakfast. Another equally extens;vo town, hearing as sounding a name, was laid down at a convenient distanco for his afternoon slage, end there ho proposed halting for the night.. He con'inucd to travel at a good round pace until tho sun had risen high in tho heaven, and until ho -computed that he had accomplished moro than twice or thrico tho distanco he had proposed to himself in thu outset. S.iU he saw no town beforo him, even of the humblest kind, much less such a magnificent one as his map prepared him to look lor. At length, iirceling a solitary wood-chopper emerging from tho forest, he accosted him ami asked how far it was to Vienna. " Vienna ! " exclaimed tho man, " why, yon passed it fivo-and-twenty miles back. Did you notice a stick of timber and a blazed tree besido tho road ? That was Vienna," Tho dismayed traveller enquired how far "it was to the other place, at which ho design- od passing tho nigut. " Why, you aro right at that placo now." returned tho man ; " it begins just on the other sido of yon ravine, and runs down, to a clump of girdled trees, which you will see about a milo farther on th: road." " And aro there no bouses built ? " faltered out tho traveler. "Oh, no houses whatsomever," returned the the woodsman : " they hewod and hauled the logs for a blacksmith's shop, but before they ruittJ it the town lots were all iiis)oie,J of tn the Jiislcni Stales and everything has been left, just as you see it, over sinco." DissonMon nmoing the VtnH .llormons Tliu 1'rolectiiMi 01 the lulled Suites I.iiw tie mi INcupe from Urighum Youug's Trruuny. Wasiiingtos, July 2d, '57. Advices from Utah, by way of California, confirm the reports of dissension among the Mormons, and the supposition that a largo number of thorn will gladly exchango Brigham Young's tyranny for the protection of life and, property which the authorities and laws of tho United States will afford thorn. " ApoiUaj," from Momonism will become very common, if not a, most universal, after Brigham Young shall bo deprived of tho prestigo and tho authority which tho Federal Government has too long a Horded him, by suffering him to hold theot-tico of Governor for seven years, and three years after tho expiration of his term. The Mormons might well havo been induced to believe that the power of Brighara Young would be as permanent as his audacity, and that the Federal Government would not presume to interfere with or control him. Tho California accounts of Mormon abuses are moro revolting than any beforo received from any quarter, showing, as they do, that numbers of Mormons who have been suspected of disaffection towards Brigham Young's tyranny are daily assassinated by his corps of janissaries, whom bo calls "destroying an gels." If any part ol tuesc accounts ho vert-tied to the United States authorities, Governor Young ought to be, and it is presumed will bo, apprehended and punUhed for felony and treason It is not in the nature of things that such institutions can continue, for they carry within themselves the seeds of their destruction ; and the deposition and punishment of Brigham Young will no doubt disenthral tho Mormons from the debasing system to which their loadors have subjected thorn. Baltimore! Sun. Sale of Virginia Lnnd. Within tho last three or four weeks, ro loss than $100,00 worth of land in tho immediate vicinity of Fredricksburg has been disposed of to persons from abroad, who intend to settle permanently in that section of the country and tho Recorder statosthat they are now numerous applications to owners to sell. Baltimore Amuican. (7- 'How many deaths?1 asked tho hospital physkan. .'Nine.' 'Why I ordered medicine for ton. "Yes, but oco would not take it." IOWATHE OTHER SIDU. Lboiund, Marshall Co., Iowa, Ma. EniTOit: In reading your papor, I have, in tho lalt few issues noticed sovcral communications from individ mils who aro dissatisfied with this country, ar.J aro wanting to go back cast, or have gone. I have also noticed somo of the samo from passing travel lers, whose chief delight is, -to give our coun try particular thunder ; but so far as my rec ollection serves ine, "nary once" havo I socn any thing like giving onr young State hor dues. Whether the satisfied ones do not write, or whether you do not print, I cannot tell ; but certain it is, they do not come. As regar.la those persons who movo back, so far as my observation has extended, Oi.ia is welcome to thein, aud we are none tho worse off. Two families moved to Ohio from this set tlement this Spring and they went back to DarU County from whence tiny originated, and I presume if you wero to search all tho Darho Counties in the Union, that in them you would find most all the people that have moved from low. Now a word about these passing travelers that talk bard of Iowa. They are thoso that aro not bo sharp in dealing in the Uder States as some others, and think if thoy woro to go to Iowa among us ignorant, they couhl achieve something j but, lo ! when they como here they find peoplo a littlo too sharp for thorn. Then thoy turn thoir backs to us and say all manner of evil things about tho peoplo and country. What do peoplo move from here for and go East ? Is it on account of cold ? If so, where will they better it ? If on account of winds, where will they hotter it ? It must bo be cause they aro satisfied r.otohcre. This is ono of the most healthy pl icos I know of no sickness here of nny kind, except perhaps one or two isolated cases of Ague. Our village is beautifully situated on a high Prairie about ono milo from tho Iowa river. The land adjacent is high rolling prairie and very productive ; rich enough to produco any thing almost in tho vegetable line. In tho village we dig from ten to sixteen feet and get as good water as man need want, cool as your ico water nod as clear as crystal. We have hero an abundance of good building stone from one half inch to fifteen inches in thickness. Wo have hero about ns groat a quantity of timber and of ns good quality as any whore in tho State, though wo havo not as much as you have & Ohio, and consequently not so many stumps to plow amongst. Our ill:cc sawmill cuts from threo to sev-eri thousand feet of lumber per day. The Srist mill on tho Iowa river can just knock the socks off your Ohio mills for making good flour. We have a prospect of two Railroads being built in or near this place ; and take all things together, I thii.k this a desirable place for a man to live, or invest money. If any one shoutd ask can any good coma out of Legrand, I would say as ono did of old, " come and see." Tho weather here is wa:m at this timo. Wheat looks well, but about a month behind the timo, it is just pulling out in head. Corn is also short for the time of year. There was a good deal of trouble hero to get corn to grow on accjnnt of bad seed, and a good many picc3 are now Worth nothiug after plantirg twice. But more anon. Yours, D. D. M. The Inventory of the Cabinet. Tho New York lkrnl.l has been taking an inventory of the privato fortunes of the members of Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet, and gives the following magnificent summing up. It says: Most of tho members of tho present Cabinet are wealthy, and ns a unit they represent an agjregato wealth of soma four and a half million of dollars. It may be thus divided among them : Lewis Cass, say $2,000,000 Howell Cobb v 4, 600.0CO Jacob Thompson ?4 1,000,000 John B.Floyd 600,000 Messrs. Toucoy, Black and Brown, 500,000 Total $1,500,000 Tho President is also a rich man ; and ac cording to tho lleralfa theory, that wealth mako men honest by destroying the temptation to steal, it logically follows that we shall havo nn honest administration. But if principle, adds tho Minor, is to Iks carried out in nil tho departments of Government, then none but tho rich should receive appointments to responsible offices ; and ultimately it might lead to tho abolition of all salaries for Government services, and establish what wc are fust approaching, the oligarchy of Gold. Doo3 anybody supposo there is an offico iu the "gift of the peoplo" (or sale rather) that any nia compoop might not obtain provided he had the money to pay for it ? San. Ii fitter. CpCT An old pionoer by the name of Joseph Crelio, residing in Portage City, has reached the advanced age of one hundred aud soron-teen years. Ho is a Frenchman, cannot spoak tho English languago, and has resided in the Slato of Wisconsin 83 years. OCT " What aro wages hero ?" afltod a laborer of a boy. " Don't know Sir." " What docs your father get of a 8unday tight?" " Got ! " said the boy, " why be gela as tight as a brick." 03" " I w ish you had been Eve," aaid an urchin to an old maid who was proverbial for meanness, ' ' "Why ao?" , ''Becauso," said he, " you would hava eaten all the apple instead of dividing with Adam 1 " Wahinotox, July L Thomas W. Sutherland baa been appoinledtMlcctor of Cus toms at Sacramento, rice Sockett, removed. Km. in thh Wtiigo thlitla SplluUj th Dimocrutic Tarty. Mr. Buchanan owds his election to the Presidency to the almost unanimous support ol tile siavcliokiing interests. J ne noutnern leaders of the Democracy are fully awaro of this fact, and strenuously insist upon the ' claim it gives them to dictate tho policy to ba pursued with relere.ic.o to Kansas. In doing tiiis, they exact what thousands in the rahlU of the Northern Democracy will never pa tieuiiy surjinit ". uow-Mr. ixtciianin win succeed in conciliating the conllicting element! of his party is a mutter of great doubt. On thu one hand, we have the declarations of his confidential agent and territorial Governor, K. J. Walker, that the constitution of Kans it must ba submitted til tho people. Gov. W. fully committed himself and tho President to this policy, in his speech, at Topcka from which Wo'quote : . I will say then, to you, gentlemen, that if they do not appoint ii fair and impartial mode by which the majority of tho actual bona-rid resident settlers of Kansas shall vote, through the instrumentality of imrartial judges, I will join you all in lawful opposition to theirdoings. and tho rreu.leri! and longress tci reject llmr conilitutirm. As regards the past, I have got no powcrto recalUt. The past is irrevocable, even by Almighty power, and I profess to havo very little power, much less such pow er as that. Over the past I havo no control, but over th future Ihnvi ; and I say to you, that unless a full and lair opportunity is giver to tho whole neon! 3 of Kansas to decide tor themselves what shall bo their form of government, ineliidin? tho great sectional question which has so long divided you unless, I repeat, they grant you such an opportunity, I havo one power of which no man or set of men can deprive me, ana to which i snau miheiitii''nq'j resort, and that is, to join you in lawful opposition to their art). Cries of "good, good," and loud applause, during which the? the Governor withdrew. On the othor hand, wo have the uaorgia resolutions, which has been re echoed by newspapers, politici .ns and conventions in sevoral Southern State , demanding tno recall ol uor. Walkor for having proclaimed such senti ments. These bulilv tako the ground that Kansas must como in as a Slave Stato, with out regard to tin means used to bring about such a result. , Meanwhile, Mr. Buchanan is in a quandary. His organ, the Union, on different days, playa on different keys. It wns so ind:3ereet as to follow its publication of Douglas' ultra speech in Illinois, with such sweeping declarations aa tho following : The Democratic, conservative -portion or tho country will regard as "tho people" of Kansas onli such as arc now uniting to frame a form of coveiniunt tn actorMmce tcith th provisions of law. anil not those who are seek- in e: to ptralyzu tne popular wul by illegal subterfuges and tho quibbles of fanaticism." Whatever tho Constitution may be whothur recognizing or excluding Slavery, or silent in crginl to the tiist'tutton it wiii Oe Vteweii as the cypres iion of the will of fhepenpie of Kai-t.rj, an.l those who frame it tvilact wuler th Fe.leral ContH't:iM,m.! in a manner recognited by the organic hie. I his, the Lniim informs n-, in a preceum? part of its article, is " the position of tha Democratic party, and, it is scarcely necessary to add, the lusitinn of tho Administration, in regard to existing difficulties iu Kansas." Mr. Buchanan s northern mends taking alarm at this bold declaration, tho Unkn was compelled to back water, in its next issue. In fact,' it turned completely around, without ceremo ny or uiKilogy, m tho following paragraph : Is tho Constitution Uiuii formed approved by tho people of Kan as, and docs it reflect their will on tho question, not only of Slavery, but li'ion all others ? If it does, every ono will ay that with that Cunsti' u'.ion, whether slave. fiee, or silent on that point, sho would la admitted as a State. If it does not, then no one will preLn lfor a vv.mmt that a Constitution,. tcnlemme.'.bj a m mrilu of the people should b f,ree I iqion them, no matter under what forma and by w hat authority adopted. Uranting tho correctness ot the proposition stated, w ask how ean that fact, so important to be known, be ascertained .' v o will not say lliai ineru is nu oilier uiuuv ui Ksi-uruiiiiuig 11, but wo will say that the most satisfactory mid conclusive evidence that, the Constitution is annrovod by Iho people, will bo the ralifica- catiou of it by them nt the polls. These contradictory passages trom tho bnxon are evidenco ot the desperate dilemma in which the Adminiuistration finds itself placed, between the jealous and antagonistic survoil- anco of its most ttihueutiat northern and southern friends. It fears both, and it teema mpossiblc to civo entire satisfaction to tha one, without giving mortal offenso to the other. Saninsky lirnister. Some or I he V. F. Speaking of tho effects of intcrmarriaaa . among blood relations, the Frodricksburg (Va.) ows says: "In this country, in which we are raised for' twenty generations back, certain familes of wcaitn ana respociuonny nave iniermarnea until there cannot bo found in three or four of them a sound man or wo nan ! Ono has sore eyes, nnnthcrscrofuln, a third is an idiot, a fourth blind, a fifth bindy-loggcd, a sixth with a head about thj size of a turnip with not one out of the number exempt from physical defect of some kind or other." Oir In a town in Illinois, a postmaster bas h'nn nnnntntoil u-hn i a notorious drunkard ! who not long ago turned Ids family out of doors, smashed all tne ttirniiure, and Durnea his wife's clothos ! who his had luania-a-potu, and who owes bis appointment to Steplun A. Douglas. This worthy Senator, upon being inM that the doodIo of would never sanction the appointment, remaikod "Tha peoplo of are nothing but aset of d d abolitionists, and they have got to stand it four roar at anr rate : thov may like it ar lump it, just as they please." Q3" "Willard City,, is tho name f a new town located on the Vcrdcgris rivor, at I ha foot of Silver Lake in Kansas. Tha town ia named in honor of Gov. Willard of t hut Stat . e wouiu suggest au in pioTouieni Dy way ii . . . .i of making the cognomen more appropriate, and oill it " Stoiltari Cily:'SlitTvyviUi Banner fcSrA woman, examined recently at tha Sessions, aaid t " I live by peddling : I sell all aorta of noo.lla work to ladiea ; I never da such low thing as lucifur uiatchel I " Tnua it aoems, there ia an aristocracy of peddling that escnows onrnsiono. 03 It is lad that a small piece of rosin dipped in tha water which ia placed In a Teasel on tha store will add a peculiar property to f)ti talmflCtitlAr tt ffl KAAtA Vh'llk tl-tll ia Ml S t IU Vn'VUI WB . V "V1IS nuiuu TV I great relief to persona troubled with