Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-12-08

              ' ".''.""-1..L ''----'--- -" -' i .J . h - .w. i. ' t " ' ' --IWIIIIHHi mi JTt.T.tr- I,".it n in. n .yi,-WiH . u mi i -.hi. ua . 'f ; ('".'sravr.y 1 - ,1P!WI 109,.-, 'X' . :! I -'- ;... ' -1: VOL IV. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY HORNING, DEC. 8, 1857. NO. A li H:lr iflf )J ml f iM fir a ; ;:CITY,ttiBflCTOBYM , DRY G00P8 MEItCITANTS. , J. B perry k Co., Maln-st., 1 door north U. 8. 4 Cos. u.inK. Curtis, Snnp & Co., Main-at., 1 door' loutli Young & uyuo'a Jowolry atoroi J. E, Woodbrldgo, Morolmilti I'rojuco Denlorand Uomuiisiuu iloi'uliaat, Mam-ati Deam & Moml, No. 3, nnohinjthara'a Emporium, 8 ' YV.oornor Main and Ua'tnbior-ati ' N. N. Hill, eornor Main and Ounibior-Btlt 1). 1!. Curtis, No, 2, Kremlin Iilnok. J. MdntyroJb Co., Norton Corner, opposito Warden ' Hurr a. . Warden i, Dorr, Maln-8t.,No. 130. . J. W. Millar, Main-at., botweori Vin. and Gamhlor L, B. Ward.ocirnor Main nnd Vino, Ward'a lllock. JarooaHiitchinJon,Miiin-8t.,op). Lybrnnil Houaei fill DC I HS. . J. W. Woavor, Waulosalo Orocor, No. 102, Main-st. 0. 1). Potwin, Wholesale Orooor, Kremlin No. 1. ' Smith & Itlolmriln, Grooiry nnd Provision doalora, Main-st., HunningUluck. V. T. Biuiott, Grocer nnd Notion dealer, Main-at Jamos Oooriro, Wholesale and Uctail, earner Main and Uumljier. 1 S. A. Trott, Main-st., 1 door south Russell's Drug ' atoro. It. Thompson, Main-st., Masonic Hull Building. . Jos. Watson, corner Jones' lllock, east ond. Jos. Bproulo, Jono.i' Block, wostend. ' BOOTS AM) SHOES. Millor A Whito, No. 3, Miller Building, Main-st. T. P. Frodorick, Maiu-Bt., 3 doora south Woodward Hall. Wat tor Smith, Main-st. noxt door to It., S. & Con. fe. S. 8. Home 4 Son, Warner Miller' Block,Main-at Nat MoliilUn, Buokinliiiui's Emporium, No. 2. CLOTHING. MEUCIIATNS. A. WolIT, Woodward Block, Maln-st. ii. Munk, Sign of tlio toneStnr, Main-at. . 1. EpJtoin & Bro., Iiybrand Block) Main-at. Millor & Cooper, 1 door south Konvon Itotiso. Tiff A Pill STOVES. ob Evans, south end Main-st. I. Huutaberry A Son, Masonic lt.il! Building, Main'at - HAKDWAttE. ,A. Weaver, Jlain-at., few dooM 3. Konvon Ilouso. C. C. Curtis, Main-st., next door to Hyde A Young's, J. MoCormack, No. 4 and 8, Kremlin Block. SAMDI.KItY. 0. W. Hauk, Main-st, Ilauk's Building. W. M. Mofford, northeast oornor Market Itouso. A. Gilliam, Main-st., over Curtis' liardwaro atore. JtrERCIIANl" TA1LOKS. It. Clark, Main-it., Ward's Block. A. j'ylo) (iofndr Main and Oambiet-stsi iIAtteks. W. L. King, Main-st., King's Blook. vOv Silcr) Maiu-st, bulov G.tmbio , DRUGKIStS. Wi'B. Itusaoll, No 1. Buckingham's Emp., Main-st. City Drug Store, Slain-M-., 6pp. Kcnyon House. M. Abow'thy, Main-st:, 3 doors above Gambier. JEWELERS. W. B. Brown, Main, 1 door south Woodward Block. Hyde A Young, Main-st!, opposito Woodbridgc'a. Wm. Oldroyd, Main-st., WojU!l(. QUEENS WAItE. G. B. Arnold, Woodward Block, Main-sK DENTISTUY. G. E. MoKown, Ward's Blook, south-acst corner of Main and Vino.-(C. M JColscy, Gambior-st., 2 doors cost of Main. ,, BOOK STOKE. 31. White, Mi ler'a Block, Main-st. A. W. Lippitt, Main-st., opposito the Konyon nousc. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO. lt,wmt in llaul't Building, Main Street. TnE COURSE OP INSTRUCTION HAS BEEN deciicd tho most thorough, exlcndod anl practical one low taught in any similar Institution. It oinbmces, iBookecping in all Its various bran-ches, applied to Wholosalc, Hotnil, falupping, Commission, gtoomboating, Railroading, Jobbing, Manufacturing, Compound Company Businoss and Baffking. . . T n Lootnros dclivorod on Commercial Law, toinmer- ial Ethics, Political Economy, Ao. ' THUMS: Tor full oourso time unlimited-including loe- tures $jj for full course in Ladies Dopartmont, M Diploma, v ;-" ', ; .For full particulars send tor oiraulor. . . FOR SALE. InAtB OVHAKD A GOOD TDRNTNG LATHE suitable for Gunsmiths, and various purposos which I will soli on roasonnblo terras. W II COCEBAtf, Bcnl Estate J.ulv21w3 . and Gen Agent. " Fine Fnrni for Sni.' inn ACRES MILE OF ANKNETTOVV N, 9 lOO milos from Mt. Vernon, and SJj from i rodo-ricki 100 acros cleared, of which U arc meadow S acre applo orchaid-fino soil good timber-sugar amn 2 or 3 gooa springs. Two story Jirickdwell-Ing-aTso, Lrn, stable, A branch of Owl Creek runs through the form, and meadow all bottom, A hoico farm and can bo had at a birgain. W. H. COCHRAN, Real Estato ' octW'srtf andGen'lAg't. T70R SALE. AbeautifulCottago Ilouso, of mod-J: ernstilo,containingUrooms,a flno cellar, large istornandsuperioiirwull,rruittreosandshrubbory. ItiasituatodonMain Street, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, near Iho ooutor ofthooity. It will bo sold low aud on torma to suit tho purchaser. Inquire of . J..W. 11UMSEY, or W. H. COCHRAN. apriUttr. ROUNDS FOR SALE. Four acros of groudd T in two acre lots, No. 30 and 31, in Davis' addition, to Mt. Vernon. Tho grounds are aU undur ianc. nnd in a good state of culttvation, "h K"1 Spring in tho middle. W. II. COCHRAN j.auglBtf : Roal Estato 4 Gen. Ag L ,.TUST RECEIVED A CHOICE LOT OF SU-Cured llama, Shoulder, and Dnrf B. at hf TEARS of ago, having loat bis tathor, two t) Brothera, Daughter, Sou-ln-low, Nophowa and Nieca, by that dreadful disease, Coksujiptiom, and suffering with CW himself, determined to visit the East Indies, Egypt and Japan, whero he disetiv- it ..j. j.;. 'mm for Colds. Cougha, Brnnchitiv (Mnnunnm, Noryous Debility Asthma. liia cougn wnacurcu iramviunwi; i M .. turnod, cured his A'tlatirt, who Inherited tho din- ease, and in oonnootlon wun nis son nnvo .rapiojou it in their practice, curing thouaand. -of casos considered hopolcsa by othcra. For tho purpose of rcs-euinl as many of hi suffering fellow beings as possi- ... ! i; lk Drw.ln In all arhn wi.h it for 10 010 UO W owiiMiiift . -- "-- nenta : 3 of it to pay the poatage, and the balance Printing. Address l)r. Hkatii 101 Springatreet, op posite St. Nicholas uotei,aow lors.. . augminod. I,,., uosmi iii TWO OR THREE GOOD CONVENIENT dwell in hoosoato wot. Enquire of W. II. COCHRAN, pct20:tf , ' ' t ' BtalEstaU) Agt ' 1-1 Wanted. . .' OAA BUSHELS Dried Apploa; 2000 bushels of II li Wb t Beans, ror wnicn me nigoCTii!.-u int. will b"p.,id b, . ' SMITH A RICHARDS. sopt29tf Grocers, Banning Block. : t'nokiiiff Move 'oi SHle. WHOEVER WISHES A GOOD CHEAP COOK-in( StoT sin coal for fuel, can be aeoomo- br.lliBgn. W. H COCHRAN Real yrr2ini.- IstaU and General Ag L ' field's'"'"" I For the Kvpublieun A . PROMISE fROM. N. It. TO E. N. Far away from my childhood home, Far away o'er I ho trackless foam, Away in a furuign land I will roRin, And 'ncatb the light of a tropical sun, I will count tlio momcuts oho by one, ' Till Oh yean an j'att, and tny latJc h dine, 'Twill cause a sigh, porlinpa a tear, To part from tho friends I liavo loved so dear, To meet no.uioro for muny a year, But their cherished memory 'ahall oheor mo on, Thro a life of .toil, 'tilKtbo goal is won, 'Hit yean art juiit, and my taeli ii dtmi. I ask not a soat in tlio tctnplo of fiimC, A nation's homage, nor a tilled nnmo, , A prize furrichor than those I would gain, 'Tis tlio heart and tho nand of my own loved one. Who will woloonio mo back when tho goal is won, The yvurt are j att, and my lad' is dune. M heart willbe light whdtl mjr toil is o'er, And I leave tho far offdistant ahoro, Singing, Hurrah for myfriendt onco more, Hurrah ! o'or tho wnvo lam bounding home, Hurrah,! Hurrah I tho goal is won, The yean are putt, and my tad' it dime. 'tCCENE 0. For'tho Republican TO ONE WHO SAID I HAD NO THOUGHT OF 111.11." BT ANNA II. L. COUB3. And would you priro u thought of mine. Woro I to traco my warmest feelings here ? And wonld you think of mo in al ter happier timos. And when Isorricd shed fi r mo a tear ? Ion not think so ; tho' troublo bo swoot to know, Tuju irouldit regret the hmr J go. And wilt thou think of mo, when I am gone, And mrfi't?spondor on thoso happy hours? In spirit wander to my distant homo, And place on memory's slirino fair friendship's flowors ? And dost thou know how much I iionor thee? Yet any thoU hast I no gontlo thought from mo ? Know then esteem nnd friendship aro Ihino, And 1 Would hone to win the same from thco s For hope and faith aud friendship's flowers shall twino, tn onn f.iir carland oo'r thv memory : Oh tell mo then it would bo swoet to know Wilt thu reijret the hrur in which Itjtil f5" In tho midst of the general pressure, tho following soasonablo lirics " Neveu Sat Fai& are worth a careful reading : Keep pushing 'tis wiser Than sitting aside, And dreaming and sighing, And waiting the tido ; In life's enrnest battlo They only prevail Who daily march onward, And novor say fail. With an eye ever open, A tongue that's not dumb, .. , And a heart that will novcr T sorrow succumb, f . Youjl battlo and conquer) Though thousands assail j How strong and how mighty Who novcr say fail. Ahead, then, keep pushing) And elbow your way, Unheeding tho envious, All nssos that bray j All obstacles vanish, All cnomios quail, Iu tho might of their wisdom, . Who never soy fail. In life's rosy morning, In manhood's foil pride, Let this be your motto , Your footsteps to guide j . In storm and in sunshine, t Whatever assail, We'll onward and conquer, And ncvor say fail ! THE POSITION OF SENATOR DOUG- "A dispatch from Washington says : " Sona- tor Douglas hab been heard from. As tho au thor of- tho Kansas-Nebraska Act ho will take bold grounds in support of Walker. This tho President has not hitherto believed. Douglas holds that tho refusal to submit the whole 'Constitution to the people, when they desire it, is the -dearest repudiation of the doctrine ol popular sovereignty. Senator Owinn also sustains Walkor.1? Tho Chicago Press says of the Democratic papers in Illiuois: Their future onrse on tho Kansas question will denend unon ordors from Mr. Douglas after a thorough survey of tho field as seen from a Washineton sand-point. Prior to that geotloinaa's departure from the city,' he sifm- raoned his leading journalist to a pi ivato in- nittinar in which ha doubtless instructed them to, keep comparatively quiet until fur-mi tx I.. .t M.i. ra ther orders, air. iaus-an w u wmmuuiu iui i u,Me;,innoir in IHfrO and also for ro- WIU iiwiuviivj ... 1 t election to the Senato by the next Legislature He gties to wasnington, nrsv, muuvou hm tor the former office. If successful in that, ,i, Ai;nv ktmnnti of but secondary conse quence, and he will run tho chances of get ting that as manors sianu. r. wjusim - ti if nrM inn fiuintrs ui uia unuuv jii Kansas, Calhoun, and given his adhesion to tho Lccompton Constitution, proviacu air. n..nt,nni,n Air. Cihh and other asoirants for the Presidency in 18GO, will give way to his i..;ma it rtioir win not uo su. iir-ii mi. Douglas is ready to set up in opposition to t!:o Administration, to unito with the Rcpub- licans end tbe clergy uima, oi iuv;i-in" the Lccompton constitution out of Con-. -j .-.mn ihn wholo subject back cress, aim rvi.""'o .r again to the peoplp of Kansas, as the means most likely to secure l return to the Senate. The ftet th-t wr. aiuoun, al and political friend of Dougla.', neaueu uie triumphant party in the Jecomptou -j ,f V. Timaa and Stato Re:ister, liuu, -'w . . j . . the Senator's well known organs in lllino.s, have denounced the aeuon-ei tnai,wuiuuuuuu, places, Mr. Douglaa in a position to go eithor way as his personal ihteresUmay seam to demand. Tht ho will b influenced by oo bicher consideration than tins, ma pnst ii.aio-that he lias labor- lei to put matters into thtir present shape for r f U : n m fmli Fnr the express purposo ui iu-b -. himself, no one who knows htm well will doabL Fr tlio Kopublican, CULTUEE. tehha Mil' Knnon : In two roccnt numbors of tho Jiejvtilicun, liavo read communlcntii ns froni conn ono subsorib'n'g himself " Kustious," wherein lio bus ooDio down with much sevorily on the principles o Terra CuUuro us discovered and taught by l'rof Comstock, and calls it a " superannuated humbug,'' and further undertakes to turn tho wholo diiicovory into ridicule by a " union of lYuistovkand llurnuiu," Hut oven bore ho says he would fuil as Uiirnuiu in too well posted on tlio philosophy of huinhufgory ti bo caught with so stalo an articlo as' that furnished by lr. CiiuiHtock. , . Kow I profess to know something of -the science of Torra Culture or vegetable physiology as proclaimed nnd taught by l'rof. ComHtoci:, aud it ia ac fcr.abovc ridiculous henven is nbovo earth. I eonsidrr the principle of tho disoovcry as mado known by l'rof. C. was established, when tho world was niudo j nnd " God said lot tho earth bring forth grass, the hurl) yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind whoso seed is iu itself up m the earth, nnd It was Bo." ' . ' Prof. C, 'a disclosures ufo based upon the laws of naturo ; he goos about taking with him tho lutuc' tho halt uud maimed of tho vcgotablo, kingdom, showing the causo of tho diaoasod parts and setting forth a remedy. Also, thoso that nro perfect in cvory root and branch with directions iu oulture to tho gorininatiou, growth and maturityapproacliing to tho laws naturo. And horo is wherein 1 becomo a little taller thou I was before to sco in liis lecture how closely ho was govomcd by ' that " oiio' that is higher than I." Soon after hearing tho disclosure, a neighbor a'kod mo if tbo lecturer not a high learned nnd talented man. I told him it was a sim- p!o narration of facts which heluid arrived at thro' study aud practice . . Tho study of nttlnre tenches us many valuable lessons. I Ond that it is within our province to ex amino tho works of our great Creator from the small ost insect or apiro of grass that grows tothe immcnec heavenly bodies which hnvo been wisely ordained to give light, heat and moisture to tho earth. These are necessary for tho germination, growth and ma turity of tho different roots ond phints which wo ultivato, how to prcparo tho ground, ( low tH seed nnd cnltivato it. I will refer you to the laws of na turo as disoloscd by Prof. C.Jwho has spent many yoars in his researches. , ; .... "Rustlcus " says tho proprietor of'tho furnl joinr ing on tho west attended Prof. C.'s. disclosures last spring but took no agricultural paper. Tho proprietor of tho farm on tho cast was not n Torra-Cul. tullst but took tho Ohio Farmer ; thus they started. Thoeorn on tho cast took tho start and kept it and will yield from 5 to 10 bushels to tho acre moro than that on tho wost, fco 4o. Now' thero nro various causes for the difference-in tho crops. Perhaps his noighbor on tho wost might not have carried out tho directions as" laid down by Prof. C. Again he might whilo studying tho theory iu practico carried tho thing too fnr j or as tho saying is, run it into the ground, Which I find in ono instance I have done myself. Now, for Terra Culture. Last year I had a fair crop of potatoes. This year, under tho Terra Cul- turo syatom, I bad noarty doublu in quantity to hi.it year, and somo of tho largest I ever raised. I laid away abarrol of tho largest, 22 of which fill otl a half bushol. Cabbages tho host crop I ever recollect raising. Numbers of thciu grow so fast as t" crack open. Nonrly all tho plants had good heads on them. My fugar'cane, an intelligent, farmer told ino was tho best he'had acen this season. -My -fruit trees, many old, and soaia of them decaying and lying, by Terra Cultliring liavo much improved. Two Quinco brushes, tops all dead, by Terra Culturo ltiivo grown finely. A small hedgo of Osngo Orange has grown surprisingly whilo somo of my neighbors. by their management have grown very little. The writor of this takes an Agricnltutfl paper nnd so far as tho virtues set forth in that pnper nro in accordance with the laws of nature, I indorso thorn ind endeavor to begovornod accordingly. A wrl. tcr in an Agricultural paper states that h put somo wheat into the ground) from ono to four inehes nnd that from ono to two inches produced tho best. Every inch below two inchoa tho product becomes less. "Rusticus" atatcs that esperienco leaches, that wheat should bo put in so deop as to have ono suit of roots from thrco to four inches. below tho surfaco and another sett at tho surfaco. This does not ao-cord with tho experience that I have had ; neither doos it accord with tho laws of naturo. Whoever sow or hoard of wheat or any grain of liko dimensions, whero it grows apontanoous under tiro laws of naturo to bo 3 or 4 inchoa below tho surface of tho' ground t , ',' ' Show mo tho man that can excel in agriculture or anything clso that is not in accordance with tho laws of naturo. Now if Itustieus "nnd all thoso benighted souls will como out of tho fog," aud study the, book, of na" turo nnd hear a disclosure of the principle as sot forth by Prof. Comstock', wlo has spent so many years. in studying and tosting thoso principles, I say that after attonding ono of thoso disclosures, ho onn say that ho is wiser to-day than ho was yesterday. Now in conclusion, I wonld say that all rjfonns and whatever would bonottt mankind' -rcijnrre to moot with opposition in ordor that tlio mind should bo brought to meditato and tho truths bo sot forth in their propcrlight. I will concludo by Subscribing myself ' ' TERRA tTLTl'UIST. ' ' Heavy Suits; Suits were commenced in tho United Statos Circuit Court on Saturday, by. Jamca Leo & Co. of New York, against eight Banks of this Stato Tor tho recovery of virions sums of money amounting in tho aggregate to $"3 .-. 000 for drafts in that amount endorsed , by them, which were drawn on E. Ludlow, Cash ier of tho (Wo Lire and Trust Company Hunk, and mado payable to their order, aha'aWfor money advanced to. tho dofendapts the d.-aris being unpaid at maturity. The -suits aro as follows: ' ' ' James Lee & Co. vs. Tlio Hank of Mariet ta. Claim $100,(XX) for 21 bins oi exenango and money:; t .: . ' . flame vs. The Mud Rircf Valley Branch of tho Stato Prttnlc of Ohio in Springliold, for 13 bills of exchange smd money amounting to SW.OOO. - - ' 8ame -vs.' Tho" Chillicotho Branch of tho State Batik of Ohio for $100,000 14 bills, of exchange and mon9y. ; Same vs. The lxigan urancn oi ino niato Bank of Olu'o for $1.0,000 3 bills and money. Same vs. The Hoss County Bank in Chilli-cothe, for $30,0004 bills and money, f U Same vs. The Athens Branch of the Stato Bank of Ohio, for $50,00011 bills aud- ino- Drjamo vs. The Bank of Xenia, for $33,000 six bills and moneri ' 1 Smce vs. The Piqua Branch at Fiquft. for $0,000 one bill and money. - Henry Stan-berry, Esq., and Hunter and Dougherty are the attorneys for tho plaintiff. sonaneu meeting. Fursuniit to notico pretiously ptiblwbfd, a tium'rof tho Sorghum cultivators of Knox cbiinty met at Mt A'ernon, on Saturday, No-vuuilor 28th, at ono o'clock 1. M. Tho mooting was called to order, and on motion, G. B. SmLf.V was elictod rronitlent, and II. liiSARDsi.i'.Y, Secretary. Mr. Oarrkt Bkows, of Clinton township, stated the object of the mooting j which was to tnko into consideration tho siilycct of raising tlio Chinese Sugar Cano ; and by comparing the dilfurent experiments that had been made to avail themselves of cncli other's information, relativo to its growth, manufacture and uses. Mr. Brown stated that on tho Sth of Juno, ho planted about 3 ounces of the Chinese Sugar Cano seed, upon something less than ono-tilth of an acre ofj.good.clay upland ; planting it in rows of 18 Inches by 3 feet, and ono aoc J j "m a hill. Ho plowed it through first with a small douule-snovcl plow, twtco in a row, clearing out thoroughly all tho weeds anl grass. When tho cano was about ten inches in height, he plowed it again in a similar manner, and again when It was about waist high, with a siliglo Slovol plow. Ilo cut and crushed it after two pretty sevoro frosts, and obtained about onogidlon of syrnp from ovory six gallons of the juice, and about 31 gallons in all ; being at tho rate of from ICO to 170 gallons per aero. Mr. Davis, of Liberty township, had planted about one-fourth of an aero of upland, in rows of 18 indies by 4 feet, at tho time of planting corn, and tilled it iu pretty much tho same manner as his corn. He crushed it upon a very temporary wooden mill, not extracting moro than tin co-fourths of tho juice from tho stalk, nnd boiled in common sugar kottlcs. Upon close measurement, ho ascer tained that it required about six gallons of the juice, to maka one gallon of syrup, of the consistency suitable for lablo use. Mr. Bonar, of Morris township, in connection with his brother, planted two packages, or two ounces of seed, upon an acre of bottom land in rows 18 inches by 4 feet, and ono seed in each hill, about tho 10th or 12th of May. Owing to tho unusual coldness of tho season' only about five-eights of it germinated, which grew very largo, tho stalks being from ten to fifteen in height. He cultivated it in the usual manner of cultivating broom corn. A small proportion only, matured perfectly so that the seed ripened suitable for planting. Ilo crushed the cano upon a three roller wooden mil!, which he regarded as a very imperfect machine ; boiled in shcot-iron pans, and obtained 112 gallons of syrup, lie thought that with a good iron mill iJr. crushing, tlio quantity might havo been increased at least 25 percent. Ilo estimated the cxpehso of manufacturing, after tho cano had been raised, at $25 per acre, with his imperfect machine, but thought it might bo done at less exponso with a better apparatus. lion. W. II. Sapp, had raised an acre of tho cano, and considered it profitable to raiso for the fodder alono. Ho exhibited a circular is sued from tho Patent Office, showing facts relative to its growth and cukuro iu different parts of our own, and in other countries. Others stated their experience which was similar in substance to the above. ' Several gentlemen present, produced speci mens of tho syrup manufactured by thorn, all of which wero of an excellent quality. As yet no ono had boon able to obtain sugar from it, but nil agreed that it could eventually be done. AH present united in recommending tho cultivation of this plant to the farmers of tho county. Mr. Davis moved that tho proceedings of this mooting, be presented to' tho publishers of the papers of this city for publication, which was carried, when on motion tho meeting ad journed. 0. B. STILLEY, IWt. . 11. Bi:ardsi.ey, Sec'y. IFri m tlio Providence Tribune of XovomharlT. ClirlO i'llVMCill I'lM-IIOIJltHlllJ--- j 't,nna Mini Slrtitk Deal' utitl Dumb a ii ;l liiiiid. Ansel Bowcn, ayoung man residing in Westerly,' ft! I., was tho sut jeet of a curious physical phenomenon, a short limo sinco. On the 29th of October having some business to trans act in another villngf , a short distanco from Westerly, ho was proceeding to transact it, and bbforo ho entered tho place, whilo walking along by tho roadside, ho suddenly felt as though a dark cloud was passing a-thwart his fnco, and tho-next instant ho was stricken entirely blind. In a moment inorc he lost the use of his speech; so that by al! his endeavors he was absolutely unable to utter a single sound. ' To crown all, his calamities wcro increased by tho loss of his sense of hearing, which in-stuntly left him, arid then ho was without tl power to see his way, to coll ff assistance, i-r to evade ua-ngor uy getting out ot me way, not knowing what was next to happen. Ho stood like ia stone, till luckily ono of his companions, passing that wavj saw . Bowon, and went to speak with him, but ha received no answer. Ho- shook htm ; turncu nnii round ; but no noither spoke or opened his oyos, but pointed to his tongue, and anon to his eye and cars. He was conveyed to his homo.' Pistols woro fired near him, without making the least iin-nrcssion. Ho was the incarnation of misery. When he oat it was with a spoon. When he walkvd he was led liko.a blind man. . .Ho kept alone in the same situation 17 days. At tho end of this time, Sunday morning, Nov. ? a ."V X ' r i l' as he was going to church, tha cloud was went torhnrch, carry ing with him a small j tlio 20lh Septcmbtr.: ; Ho was formerlfhcf-slate, on which to writu questions and answem. jiff of Hancock county! Illinois, and a such When the musk: was begun, the senso ol hear- j officer was prominont in Mormon troubles in int returned, thoueh-speech camo not. Dtir- tho State in 1833. In the till of that year, ing the morning service h wrote somo on tin slate, and whon the preacher got turouch Bo won returned to his home,, rejoiced t the sudden return of his. senses, and apparently in as good health as ha was when he first experienced the calamity.. We have the above facts from the physician who attended him. For tho Republican. kAIiSAS LETTER. Fnji-A, K. T., Oct. 22d, 1857. Dear Sistkb : Whilst I am seattd in our cabin all alone, to-day, and the wind is sighing and howling without, which makes every thing look drear and desolato, my thoughts go back to former days, which, whon compared with our present inodo of living, makes' me indeod somotimcs foci" lonely. But who indeed would not get lonely on somo occasions, particularly in a now country whero you see no person, and hoar nothing that is going on in tho wido, wido world, and it is tho same thing from Monday morning till Saturday night. But lonesomo and nil as it is, I am pretty well contented, and thiuk I shall make this country "my future home. As regards tho beauty ahd'fertility of tho country I need say nothing, as you aro no doubt well posted on all its good qualities. Suffice it to say, that I think it cannot bo heat in any rcspoct. It is near fivo months sinco I first arrived in Kansas, during this time I have been ongngod in various' employments ; on my first arrival, I took A.'s place in surveying, while ho accompanied father to Kansas City, Mo. When he camo back, ho brought with him oxen, wagon, and astock of provisions. I then disbanded the surveying corps, and went to hauling rails to fenco in somo corn. This business was some thing ontirely new to mo ; nevertheless I suc ceeded admirably in getting my rails hauled and corn fenced. By thi3 time summer had set in in roal earnest, and owing to tho weather being so warm, wo concluded to lay up for a few weeks and do nothing, as is generally the caso during tho month of August. About this timo Orlartd Thurston camo along, and would havo mo go to Humboldt, whero he has put up his mill and tnko charge of his books until tho arrival of my friend Kobcrt I went to Humboldt somcliino in August, but was only there two weeks when I was taken sick with tho billious fever. I then camo up home, lay sick for two weoks, and about the timo I was getting able to bo about, O.latul emtio up for me to go back, which I did, and was only thero two days when tho agtio took a firm grasp on mo. After dosing qtiinino for two weeks, I finally broke it, and have hail pretty good health since. Aus. has been engaged in surveying all sum mer, but I bcliovo has finished up all his contracts. Ho intonds Speculating this winter with tho Indians. Ilo thinks ho can mako it pay, but I think it dubious. Aus. and a young- man by tho namo of lledfield from Twinsbnrg, Ohio, and myself havo kept Bachelor's llalj during the suminar. Our cabin is on A.'s claim, and is gotten up undor tho old Constitution, boing half log and half clapboard, ton feet wido and twenty-threo feet long, having two doors and no window, tlio cracks being sufficient to admit light, air, &z. During tho former part of stun meinour furnituro was rath er rudo, consisting of three trunks, and a clab-board table j sinco that time, wo havo had somo few additions, consisting of a good big cook stovo, a tablo, soma stools, S:c. Wo live on tho fat of l!:a land which con sists at tho present timo of. broad and bacon and for a chango wo havo bacon and bread. Eatables aro much plentier than they woro. During tho summer, it was impossible to get anything but broad and bacon. We havo now got frosh meat, and for vegetables usa pump-1 kins and squashes. Don't you thiuk wo live finoly ? I can get up a nioal that would do credit to a Xow York hotel. You are awaro I was always something of a cook, but have improved vastly since I camo to Kansas. Tho only real luxury wo have got hero, nt present, is watermelons, and overy corn field has got wacron loads of them. I have seen them tha weighed 43 pounds. What do you think of that ? All you havo to do is to plant tho seed right on tho sod, and thoy will grow to any sir.e, almost, vmes ot any description will grow hero. I havo seen cucumbers, that I suppose, would weigh oijht pounds, and any thing e's3 grows in proportion. During tho summer I spent somo liltlo timo in fishing and hunting. Tho Neosho river abounds in fish of all descriptions, and soma very largo ones'. Aus. caught in tho spring a cat fish weighing 30 pounds. D.'er an getting quito plenty. . On Friday last, there was fivo passed within ten rods of our shanty, Unfortunately my gun was broka, or I am cortain I would havo had somo venison. The folks at home hive sent usn box full of bookr, bodding, &c, and among other thing-i my gui tar, which i3 good company for ma when I feel inclined to use it. I havj boon wanting for some weeks back, somo fruit. If I only had a few of tho peaches you had in Ohio, two years ago, I think I would mako myself sick.- Through the palitcncij of Bobby, wo received yonr letter last wook. When he rude up to tho shanty, I wa3 cngtged' in getting brea.t-fast. After chatting with hilu for a couple ol hours ho proccoded on his way to IlumbjlJt, 10 miles distant. ' Sinco yon last heard from us wo havo changed tho name of our town, in order to get a Tost Ofllco. Wo havo called tha town Fuqua, after an old sottler who has been living on tho Neosho for thrco or four years. '-' 1 Yours Truly, J. C. C. ' Slkidk of Cor,. J. B. Backexstos. From the Oregon papers we learn that Col. Backend tos formerly of Illinois, committed suicide by drowning himself in tho Willametlo river, on at tho head of a posse, ho fcnve an order to firo upon a body resisting k is authority. A Cant. Murrill was killed. Col. 11. wa3 indicted for hismnrder and tried jii Peoria county, nnd acquitted, tie weut (o Mexico; served through that war, and in 18(1) went toOregon. From tlio Xow Voik Tlm-"i of tho iUU. "-A.X INTKKVIHW lti;TtVI:i:N vVaMIHU AND IlltlliNArY,, Wahhisoton, Nov. 2H. Govornm Walker had a lorr and very friendly interview with tho President to-itny. They discussed Kansas ufl'airs at length, especially relativo to tho 'propriety of sustaining lio action of the; Constitutional Convention iu not referring the en-tiro instrument to the people. The distinguished gentlemen, thoii;h dill'eiing radically, parted friends, appointing another interview I'or the di uiiftdou of tlio tame subject. Somo of their mutual friends bono for the ultimato roouciliiition of their views, but tho hope is fallacious. Their dillerences aro too radical for compromise. Open hostility is inevitable, involving a spbt of tho National Democracy Walker heading the Conservatives, and Buchanan the Firo Eaters. Tho Governor's opinion, of tho Constitution is not founded on the slavery clause, which is alono partially submitteJ, but on the refuxal of tho Convention to permit the people to voto against nswcllasfor the Constitution, lie regards this n3a violation of tho Federal Constitution, of tlio Nebraska Kansas bill, of popular sovereignty, and of tho right of self-gov ernment. The President insists that, as the Constitutional Convention was authorized by Concress ho is bound to sustain its action, whatever it may be, while Walker holds that the applica tion oi his doctrine to sustain the refusal to submit tho entire Constitution to the popular voto, amounts to a simple assertion of tho right of Congress to force any Constitution on the Territory, instead of leaving the poo-plo to decide for themselves ; for it is notorious that tho people of Kansas would reject this instrument if they hal the opportunity. Ho states that tho Constitution was signed bv only frty-thrce out of sixty members of tho Convention thoso refusing being Conservatives. Tlio great majority even of tho Pro-Slavery men denounced tho action of the Convention as an oulmgaoiis and unendurable usurpation. Those in the Territory who support tho Convention are believed to comprise a ridiculously small number, nud vast numbers who never noted with the Free Slate men will refu.so to participate in tho December olection. Governor Walker has never yet seen tho Constitution, and nobody outside knows what it is. All dibi ts of the Governor to obtain a copy failed. Tho Commit tee having it in chargo may make it whatever they choose, without any popular. cli ck. Thero is reason to fear that its signers will bo driven out of tho Territory, that it will b2 considered Kpu-rious,and that the State Government can never be set in operation under it unless by the Federal arms. Governor Walker declares that he cannot acquiesce in tho action of the Convention without violating every .pledge, he ever gave, and sacrificing his honest convictions to make himself infamous If resistance; is made to the establishment of tho .State Government, tho President will necessarily call upon the Governor of the Territory to e::crcise forco to put it down. This, with his sentiments, Walker cannot do, and will not, nor will he resign. ' If the President considers it hi3 duty to force tho Constitution, directly contrary to tho spirit ot the ivnnsns JNebruska Act, in support of which Walker risked his political future nt tho solicitation of the Executive, depend upon it the President will be compelled to assumo tho responsibility of removing the Governor. Tho effect of all this,' if the President persists, will bo that tho Executive will find himself in a minority in both houses of Congress, fur Walker will bo sustained by a decided ma- lontv in each, lie cannot be thrown out of the Democratic party, as wero Kecder and Shannon Geary wo supposo ho meant. From tho Njw York Herald. Arrivnl of Gov. Walioir llli Interview with the lVesiJiMitTlinir Ant.iRO-nisni Hospectinir tun luiiisus Constitution What is t j lie done. Wasiiixgto:j,.XoV. 2(1, 1837. The Kansas question has ngain suddenly assumed a gloomy and threatening aspect. President Buchanan had endorsed tho action of tlio Constitutional Convention, and approval of the plan for submitting the Constitution to tlio people. This I havo stated in my dispatches. Xow Governor Walker arrives and swears tho oath of Hannibal against tho wholo proceeding. Ho pronounces it an outrago upon tho people of Kansas, and a shameless violation of all '.ho principles of freo government. Ilo is absolutely opposed to tho Constitution, and stands pledged to defeat it. An effort on the part of Congress, he says, to forco that Constitution on tho people of Kansas, without their voico boing heard for or against it, will surely bo followed by rebellion and a bloody civil war. He describes the' opposition to it as universal, and says no party in tho Territory favors it. Thus are the President nnd Governor Walkor brought in direct opposition on this oxeitingttii.l cmbarassing subject. At one o'clock to day Governor Walker had his first interview with Mr. Buchanan, and after fivo hours of the kindest and most friendly interchange of views, they parted to sleep upon the quest'oii, Slid will meet again tomorrow. A split between these two distinguished officials woiil l bo productive, just now, of disaster 'to, the country and perlect aniiihilialion to the lVvMsia'.io party. Can they reconcile th.'ir dill'ercnecs of opinion ? Mutual friends hero ho:;u. so, but tli3 parties themselves, foar not. Mi'. Buchanan thinks that a submission of the slavery claim to tho people was t-o much gained ; and as th's v. a; the gist oi l ho wholo ui.-paip, no aeemea u his duty to approvo of what was done, if ho could not havo the whole- constitution submitted ns he de-ired. Gov. Walker says sla-very is not tho issue among the people of Kansas that has passed by ; but all the issues alfectins their government ns a community arc involved in the constitution, on which they are denied Iho privilege to voto, and they will resist at all hazards the attoniptto force it unon them, and to this residence he, hitii- Sell. is absolutely and uncompromisingly committed. Can t o Governor backdown ? Ho cortainly never wilt But may ho not return to. Jvunsp.s ana nrgo a uea mil anil poaccuoie vote upon the tlavery clause, under a protest a'cainsa tlio rest of the constitution r and hav ing rid it of th's incubus, there not being thn hnndrd men in the Territory who would voto Ibr the clause there, afterwards lcavj Congress to send tho rest of tho constitution luck te tho jtMiple Sir a proper vote upin ths instrument itself? . This ills behoved, Gov. Walkcsj could do without any aoralice of principle or position, li s, sneuiti ne not, as a rriiat statesman looking to the hood of his eei Utry, isalto Uisto to do it, and by this means harioflite tlie auierence oi swuimum and avoid its unhappy consequences ? Iicnnrtbat the constitution iUcif is yet a sectot doournor.t in the Territory, and still in the bands of thaiiommittco, to be altered and ; amended as they may think proper. , Twenty dollars wad offered for a copy of it by a gon tleman, but it could not bo had. It is tho earnest desire of both the President and Oov emor Walkor to agiee upon a common pint-' form, upon which thoy can honorably stand ; nnd frcquont, free and friendly intercourse- may lead to this. If not, wo have hud but th" oud of the beginning of ' blooding Kansas.'' A Shipload of Corpse' ' Wo take tho following paragraph from th Berlin correspondence of tho S. Y. Tiine' dated Nov. 11th ; . -. The lino-of-battlo shin Lofort. which fatofV capsized in broad noonday in the Bay of Fin land, when closely surrounded by numerous vessels of the lloet on their way from Revel tc Cronsladt, has since beon oxnmined by English divers, at tho order of the Biwsntn Oo-' ornmont. It will probably bo still in the reoi ollection of your reader that tho vessel bad, in addition to about 800 troops and crew, full WO nasseilCQrs on board, chiefly women unit children, who, with the quantities of bulky house furniture, occupied the whole 'tweenf decks. Out of consideration for these unwonted passengers tho port holes of the man of war had been left open, and when a suddort1 squall camo on could not be closed in time ! and so, when the wind took her the vossei keeled over, filled, and at onco capsized. Such', persons as were on dock at the time were, of cours, at once washed away, but the (fivers lounu no lass than 1,100 corpses m the cabins' 'tween decks, and in the hold of tho vessel all clinging to somo portion of the timbers of the ship, or to each other. The horror of thin fearful sight appears to have lieen aggravated" by tho circumstance that tho bodies weio already for gone in decomposition, and, with few1 exc iptions, tho eyes of all the corpses wer wido opon and glaring. The effect of this1 dreadful spectacle on the divers was such that oro of the in was totally unahlo for many days to recount thoghastlv scones ho had witnessed down in that hivo of putrefying corp-ios and! on his persistent refusal to repeat his visit thero was sent homo. :Nkoho Si'AjrHcon. Last Sunday nigh tilth, a family of negroes belonging to'Oeo. W. Fairfax, of Preston counly, V, and consisting of father and mother and fivo children, took thrco horses belonging to their master,-and made good theircscape into Pennsylvania, They woro pursued on the next rlnv. nmf overtaken about two miles from Cniontown. when tho negroes made a despt-nto resistance, fighting with knives, hatchets, i'ic.,but were finally captured and confined in jail iu Mor- gantown. In the engagement, a man' resid ing in Smithfield IN., was wounded. Hick.' mond Enqitirtr. ' . Mob of Ladies gnuish n (JVos Shop' From tho Aii(lar;on (Ind.) Staiuhrd, N it. 27th. MOKE EESTItl'l.'TIOX OF Rolf OCT. The citizens of Frankton havina- endm-ed & low doggery kept by an Italian, by the name of John llavy, until foibearar.co ceased to be a virtue, tho ladies of that place, a few days since, boldly marched into his liquor shanty, mm quiuuy pourcu out tho disgustiug compound.Wo aro informed by a frieiid who chanced y.5 to bo in Frankton that tho not wiw dona in & v l J quiet, orderly manner, and that the ladies de- A serve crcuii ior uesiroymg it. ,. Tbo Prediction. ' . : V Forney's Tress, nor any other press, says v the Chicago Times, ever uttered words mora pointed, truthful and emphatic, than the fol- lowing : , . i " Tho public man who falters in this issue v seals his doom. The Northern Democrat "Tf: who tries to make tho Convention1 of Kansas: W superior to tho ncnnli ami u-l,n i..i V . 1 the Constitution shall not go to them for en-dorsementor rejection, Finishes his cabeeh FOItEVEIt. 03 Hon. Ilobert Toombs has beenre-elected to,tho United States Senato from OeoTgiiJ. (fir Col. Benton has now entirely recover ed his health and, says the Washington cor respondent of tho "Sow Yoik Trwiine, "seems rejuvenated by tho severe ordeal through which ho has passed." " Religious." A writor on Providence in ono of our exchanges says : " If a man drink whisky made by religions distillers, from corn raised by religious farmers, until delirium tremens interposes, please say that ho died of Religious Whisky, but don't say that Divine Providenco interfered." : Dn. FitANKUK. When a child, he found tho long graces used by his father before and after meals very tedious. One day after thi winter's provision ,had been salted, " I think father," said Benjamin, "if you wero to say graco over tho wholo cask onco for all, it would bo great saving in timo.'' At Home. Iri JTcw Toik the twd Counties f1 . giving tho largest republican majorities aJ'sJ St. Liwranco and Cayuga. Tho first Zjfo and tho latter 2300, making an aggregjrfeT of COOO. They aro the homos of the tyyi TJoi- tcd Statos Senators. ' . 03licv. Dr. Do ILiss, at tho recont ses s'ou of the Methodist Conference told of srof-thy brother who had become so inoculdted wiih a wild land speculation in which ho was engaged, that he announced his text, ono Sab bath morning in Paul's epistle to the Corinthians, section our, raugit three, west. ' CiT Dr. Johnson, in tha fullness of his " I never tnko up a newspaper without find-l ! , ..ui. ninniauzu, W IIO?ir(I IU SUV..' . ing scirreuttng t wonld have deemed it a loss I not to have seen ; ncvor withoutdoriving from V it instruction and amusement." There are 130,000 Swiss in this toon try, most of whom inhabit the' States of tha Northwest. In Tonnosseo thero are 2,000 the largest portion of whom live in Morgatsi county, in inai auu ., , - i .'ii . m ' - ftJr " Steel -yonr hoar', said a consider' ? father to his son'Tor yon are now jr among some fascinating girls."- ','IhaJiii rather steal theirs," said tlio unpronif young man. i j , OCT Troubles are like libiof, they ot., 1 gtow bigger by nursing. - 03" Cul. Bonton's review of the Dred !?oott decision is in press at Arypletons', New Voik, and will bo out soon. It will la work fcr two hundred jgs, -. ( i 4 i"''f;' f : ,-''V )i ;V 'ft:,'