Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1855-10-23

              ) .7 )LU MmIS .. ft .-' , i ill 1 Jll., I 'f'.., ' .'i .... 'J !( ). ' . v i. tu; VDPFICE-South-wett end ) Kremlin Block, 2d Floor, f "IF A FREE THOUGHT SEEK 'EXPRESSION, SPEAK IT BOLDLYSPEAK IT ALL." v 1 ' TERKS-iJ 00 per1 Annm ( If paid la Advance VOL.1. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 23, 1855. NO, 49.' It VI VAjV 111 . . 11 II II I II II !! ill 11 11 THE MOUNT VERM REPUBLICAN r i 1 II rVILIXIED EVEIIY TUESDAY MORNING, Mr ' BTTHI "Republican Printing Company," Incorporated undtr the Central Law. TERMS. In Advance $2,00; within tlx month, 12,25 1 after the expiration of six months, 11,51); after the end or tne year, $.1 mi. Subscribers in town, receiving their papers by oarrier, will be charged vift cents add! tionaL ' Clubs often, $1,75 to be paid invariably in advance. All communication! for the paper and bus! nee Utters should be addressed to WM. H. COCHRAN, . . . I Secretary of the Republican Printing Oo. -'t ,; ' My Father. v ': My father railed bin troubling hand, And laid it on my head; ..',' God bless thee, 0 my son, my son," . Host tenderly he said. He died, and left no gems or gold. But still I was his heir For that rich blessing which he gave, Secame a fortune rare. ,'. Still in my weary hours of toil i ... , To earn my daily bread, It gladdens me iu thought to feel , , His hand upon my head. , , Though infant tongues to me have said, "Dear father!" oft since then, Yet when I bring that scene to mind, I'm but a child again. Exciting News from Kansas. The' Cot Throats Commencing their Bloody WorkSoutheru Hordes Pour lug iu Shannon taking sides with the RuffiansAlarming conduct of the V. St Troops.-Preparatious lor the Coming Contest Appeul to the People of Ohio. Lbavenworth, (K. T.,) Oct. 2, 1855. Editors Morning Leader : Murder in Kansas. The bloody plot thickens, mid the curtain rises upon another act of vio lence and outrage in the great tragedy of. omvery uu nuuui, wuiuu .a uuw ue.ug enacted in this Territory. Another blow has been struck. Blood flows. Freedom reels and staggers in a death grapple with Slavery. The armed assassins lioin Mis- souri have again invaded our soil, backed: ,up Dy onannon ana tne usurping -gisia- We- ftre going int0 the conle8t wxt Tu,,8. ture, which was imposed upon us by thedtty wjlh determination to elect REED-same lawless marauders, are reveling m ; R to Congress, and to strike a blow fur drunken but short lived triumph over the . freedom that will make our enemies af;aid honest, peaceful, and liberty loving voters of Uj hereafter. Our cause is just. May of Kansas. Gud defend the right. Yours. . Yesterday, the first of October, was, as KANSAS, you are aware, the day uppoined by that , m ' bogus, ana lrauuuienuy elected l.egisla- ture, for the eltctioa vf a Representative ' in Congress from this Territory. You are i also informed that the Free Stale Conven lion resolved to resist and repudiate the nun Advocate, who is something of a wii election of that Legislature. Yet the in his way, in welcoming to the tripod one Friends of Freedom pledged themselves to of his brethren who has lately been appuin .commit no violence, unless in self-defence. teJ editor ol'a religious paper, lhu.- solemnly They resolved to maintain peace, good or- charges hiui as to the proper method of der, and obedience to all laws properly discharging Us duties, enacted, as far as lay in his power--yet ''Having been pleasantly associated with nsvbrto risLD. They accordingly siaidjthe debutant journalist in times past, and away from the polls. The Missoui iaus in view ol his new sphere, we ft el uke ta .came'ovrt in armed bands. They have king on over him alter the impivssive man-carried the election,' of course ; und eu- nerof our Piesbyterian brethren at insial-.couraged by the apparent nou-resistance of lations. The right h:md of fellowship hav-the Friends of Liberty, they rushed, iu a jn bren given, we proceed o deliver the drunken and riotous frenzy , to the last ex- charge. treme of barbarity, and capped the climax ' Firstly : If any be in this office by pur- oF their atrocities by murokh 1 Yes, mur- pose he is not by rights. No boy was ev der of innocent and peaceful citizens and for what ? For asserting aud exercising the God-given right of free speech 1 Heaven grant me patience to tell tne taiei The enactment passed by this infamous Legislature prescribing the (lualih'cauons of voters, declares that any oue may vote who will swear allegiance to the Fugitive Slave Law, the Kansas Nebraska Bill, and pay the sum of one dollar 1 Such are the evt- dencesot citizensuip, sucn are tne uuauu- friend, go and embrace him lor the last nations of voters, such is the self-goveru- t'or when you refuse his advice ment which grows out of the Fugitive now to make your paper more interesting.' Law of 1850, the repeal of the Missouri or txercise the editorial discretion in de-Compromise, and the institution of Suuat- dining an article that he said, in a N. B., ter Sovereignty 1 On the day of election y0U might do as you liked with, withou this motley crowd of voters, composed of the least offence,' he is off, and ever after Mhwourians, newly arrived Virginians, ; that offish, (Encouragement.) and drunken Indians, were addressed by j ''Thirdly : Make to yourself friends of pro-Slavery speakers from the steps of the , the Postmaster General and all the Post-hotel in this place. They were told that j masters iu particular. (Reasons obvious ) Slavery was right for Kansas, and thatj '-Fourthly: Do all the good you can and Whitfield was the true representative of as little harm ; for these will be your main Squatter Sovereignty. They went and chances; voted, almost before the Missouri mudj "Fifthly: Put away that delusive notion was dry upon their boots. With rifles in ihm all honest peopla pay their debts. their hands, knives in their bells, bottles in (Exceptions.) their pockets, and whisky in their bellies, I "Sixthly: Blessed are they that expect tuey swaggereo arounaine polls, uriumng, swearintr ring ana snouting in;aeviusn giee anu endish exultation over their fancied tri umph. , A a the day advanced ana nigni approacn d. the? became more noisy, turbulent and overbearing. They marched through the itreets, bespattered, with mud, swearing, I jelling, swinging their hats, and asking, I ' where are the d d abolitionists ?" "Let's cut the g d d d white livered janKees inroais i At vnai nine uuo u. our citizens, Mr. James Furnam, was passing through the streets ; as he passed the hotel, oue of the Missourians, who wore a white slouched hat, a grey coat, and a pair 6f greasy corduroy pants lucked into the top of his mud-covered cowhide boots, hailed him, and asked him to come in and Vote. Mr. F. declined. The man then atked him to " come in and drink." He declined that invitaliou also. One of the Missourians then asked him " why he did not vote?" Mr. F. said, "because I do not consider the election legal." " He is one of the g d d d Free State men I" aid the crowd. Mr. F. at this lime, seeing he was in bad company, started to go. But he was too late. The crowd gathered around him, and began 10 cry out "-Hang kiol" " Lynch him I" " Tar and FeBtb-er the d d Yankee I" Mr. Furnam be-ifig a quick, powerful man, turned round and knocked his sSsa lanl down, and 'fled. They gavs chase, but could not overtake him. One of the desperadoes shot auhim With a rifle. ,' The ball pierced his hatj but did not burl him, and striking a bduse, went through a clapboard and killed la till which was playing on tbv flwr. i The mother ran out shrieking "murder!" " help I" The neighbors cume to her as eistance. The news spread. The Free Si ate men armed themselves. In the mean lime another citizen was knocked down and stabbed. This was young Thomas New man. lie died this morning. The m.irttu ders began now to be alarmed at their own acts. About a hundred free Slate ran wtll armed, formed in a body and marched towards the hut I ; but - he Miatourians had decamped. The Free Stale men pur sued tli m to the river, and one of the bloody villains has felt cold lead. , 1 liese are turbulent times. We are in the commencement of a great battle. The skirmishes we have had are but the scat tering drops before the storm that is ap proaching. The thunders will be upon us unless the PEOPLE of the North rise in their might and ty to-tha-Slavery Propagandists and their subservient slaves the present administration THESE OUT RAGES MUST IRAKIS I We hope to hear the thunders of the voice of the peo ple of Ohio on the 9th day of October in the ears of these tyrants.. Arouse ! Freemen 1 Slumber not while this black i.igcr mare of Slavery rests upon the bosom of Liberty I Awake I and scare away the grim demon that haunts our rest Uur hope is in YOU. Our election is appoint ed for October 9th, the same day of your own. The enemy is preparing to attack us in larger forces on that day, A band of seventy-Gve men from Arkansas arne now approaching our sothern border. The of ficers of U. o. troops stationed at tins place under instructions from head quarters wink at the villainies of the Missourians, and refuse to interfere or protect life, property and Liberty. Unless you rebuke and frighten vitli the thunders of your just indignation this corrupt pro-slavery administration, we fear that our fate is sealed and this fair land doomed forever to the black curse of Slavery. We call upon you, then, in the name of LIBERTY, of HUMANITY of JUSTICE; for our own sake, and for the millions who are to come after us. Republicans of Ohio, we stand upon the Lexington ol a great K volution I Ou b!ood 8l(4ins tlle green fields consecrated by our fl'at,ers to Liberty I If you ach ieve victory in this contest, the great army ot our decendants will shout your praises down the long lines of coming generations ! It you waver and tail, the clock ol Human pro,res8 will be turned back a century 1 Charge to a newly Installed Editor Tne editor of the New Orleans Chiis- tr brought up for an editor. ' No lather ever thought, ' 1 will educate my son for aa editor." No aspiiing young mau ever said, 'I will be an editor. It is an acci- dental succession. Now if you desired to be an editor, lived for it, saw it coming, calculated it a week before you louud your- self one, you are not in the regular line. his is to test your calling.) "Secondly : If you have any particular nothing, for they shall not be disappointed aa vou certainly w ill be if you expect an easy life or rich living. (Instance.) ' " Seventhly : Acquaint yourself early with those Agents who do nothing, and girike them off3 and those Datrons who con 8ider that they do a favor by reading the paper, and have nothing to dp with them, Neither ever yet supported a paper, and the more such friends it has, the worse for it. Eighthly: Reject many of your own manuscripts as well as other people s. "Ninthly : Never think you are done, or through when you are through, begin again. - ' Finally, and to conclude : Look out for all things. Be prepared to go through thick and thin especially through thin." tW " Fellow, citizens," said a stunp orator, ' we have the best country in the world, and the bfst government. Whai people on the face of the earth enjoy more privileges than we do T . .Here we have the libeny to speak, and liberty of the press, without onerous despotism. What, fellow-citizens, is. more desirable than this ? Do you want any more, my countrymen ?." " Yes, air-ee !". sng out a red-laced loafer;. '.' this is dry i work. I want a suck oat of that- flask sucking out of your coat pocket." , ,',,.,.; .,,,'; . .,, f T An old customer named Ami. go-! ine home raintight mistook the house.1 and finally began to dot hm own identity. ' and begaW'Jolilioqttinng thus."Am i . 1 - . . . Ami or am 1 not Ami 1 i if 1 am not Ami, . who tha duecsj am ?" ! V ' , From Letters to a Nii-ce by Mrs. Ooxe. Government of the Temper. " Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs Since life's best joys conitin peace and ense, And though but few can serve, yet all may pleau, Oh let I ho ungentle npiril learn from hence, ' A small uiikiiidiieH is a great offence ;' The mild forbi-umnce ol a brother's fault, The angry word suppressed, the taunting thought ; Sub luiug and subdued, the petty strife Which clouds the color of domestic life, The sober comfort, all the peace which springs From the large aggregate of little things On those small cares of daughter, wife, or friend, I he almost sacred joys of uous depend, There, Sensibility, thou best mayest rein J Hence thy true, legitimate domain." Hasxah Moouk. The occasion for the conquest pf .your temper will be lound sometimes so inning that you will be almost ashamed to own to yourself that it can excite so powerful a struggle. However uninteresting the in ternal struggle may be to our fellow-men, we may be confidently assured that it is not unknown or unnoticed bv the great Searcher of hearts, who has expressly declared that " he that is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he that ruleth his spirit, thnn he that laketh a city." bveu on principles of mere worldly pol icy, it is emphatically our interest to learn to command ourselves ; for the most pros perous circumstances are no security for happiness 10 a ruffled and perverse tern- iou, 1 doubt not, have, in the course ol your experience, found the pleasure of an otherwise delightful excursion entirely marred, or an evening company made quite uncomfortable, by the presence of one una-miable spirit. However great may be the Bufferings which these irascible or pem-rse beings can inflict on their family aud friends, 1 am well convinced, by the observations I have made on such occasions, that the pang which they have in their power to produce in the hear's of others, is not comparable to the Bufferings which they themselves endure ; for the unhappy victim of such passions cannot escape from herself, but will make a " hell within, however fair may be her earthly paradise. The devotee ol lushion, and she whose ambition is limited in its range to earthly o'ljtcls, inculcates upon her youthful charge to seek the attainment of refined elegance and polished gentleness of manner, as the graces which will be their best passport to admiration in genteel society. But that command over the temper and language which is merely the effect of worldly polish, attractive as it undoubtedly is, may nevertheless bo but an external de coration thrown around a heart which the tire of unholy passions may beinwardl) consuming. Some families insensibly acquire such a habit ol contradicting one another, that i. would almost seem as if they found a pleas uiv in thus acting. You cannot make a morning call, or share a meal with them, that h not embittered by p tty bickering or ngrv arguments. I lie br .the rs are unrea sonable, und the hi-urs are impatient, the ululdien are fretful and spoiled, and l mother irritable. As we take our leave of the family where discord reizns. are we not constrained to acknowledge that if " good temper ' is not ".very thing," it in at least one of the most important of earthly treasures ? " The woman who, reposing on the laurels of her boasted virtue, allows herself to be a disobliging, a peevish, a gloomy, di 'Contented companion, defeats one great end of the marriage institution, which is happiness." In like onanner, it is incumbent on every daughter, as a positive duty, to mt.ke home agreeable to her parents and other members of the domestic circle to smooth down the little cross occurrences that will happen in the best regulated family to study to cheer und comfort the d .-clintng years of her father and mother, and in every way to make them happy, consistently with her duty to God. Let every woman, then, my dear E , whether she be a wife, mother, daughter, or sister, bear in mind the infinite importance of having her temper in subjection to principle; let her not be commended for amiability abroad, and indulge, without compunction, at home, in a suspicious, irritable, or perverse temper. Let her not make that meal, which should be the most cheerful of the day, insipid by her conduct. She may have evinced fortitude under great trials, let her not ba irritable u she una her coffee ill made or of an improper tf m- perature. Let her not be discomfited bv a smoky apartment or a negligent servant. Slit proteases to practice self-command ; let not her temper, ihen, be overcome by the awkwardness of a child in spilling the contents of its cup, either on her snowy table-linen, or her unsoiled dress. II ine roll is badly baked, or the butter is indif ferent, how much will the evils De aggra vated by what one of the old writers calls the unsavory sauce of ill humor 1 The occasions which I have specified for the display of bad tempers in the domestio circle, may appear loo trivial to enumerate ; nevertheless, it is precisely an aggregate of such small sins as most frequently saps me foundation of fireside enjoyments. ' I recollect reading so anecdote, some lime since, in the journal of one of our popular tourists, which exhibited the disastrous effects that sometimes ensue from the want of self-governm. nt, on trifling oc casions. As tar as 1 can rsmemoer, me story was as follows : the Amenean U uristencounterea, wnue traveling in a diligence In France, an elderly lady, whose amiable and attractive manners, and good-humored endurmce of fatigue and inconvenience, excited the commendation of the Am ric n. The pr pos- , . ... . session was mu uai : ami oetore me irsv el rs separaieu, me inairun mrow uu. sundry hints for the practical ;u!d.ince of her mure youthful as oclate. Among them was a juJiciojs caution to him against mar-ning any woman before he had become , . ,t . . . i well acq iain'e I with her dome-tic v.rWs. " . 1 any young lany. a an admirer, at a regu lar hour on (a;h ratimmgday The trav ..I... . :r.,L,rl mrnnu anil inrtllliVrl arhnt ;unu.,o r ... - - - JPsOI evil coqiu, reuk ii via. (wviuk mi vKit to the object of his admiration at stated seasons. " Very great decep'ion as to character," she replied, ." might probably be the consequence, in as much as the lady, knowing when her lover was expected, would be prepared in holiday dress and smiles to wel-eome him. A friend of mine, she said, " has learned a painful lesson by thus regularly m iking his cal's at a particular hour each evening, on a fair acquaintance, ro admirable had she uni ormlj appeared at tliee limes, and so a tractive, that his heart had been taken captive ; and the young lady and his family smiling on his suit, it was about to be consummated, when a very short time previous to that fixed upon for their marriage, having occasion to leave town on bu'im.ss during the afternoon, he called unexp. cludly.ftl an early hour of the morning to bid farewell. The hall 'floor stood opeu, and he entered unannounced. While he stood just within the threshhold, he heard strange and discordant notes issuing from the family sittiug room, which was near at hand. The sound was so unusual, that his foot was arrested, and he found himself undesign dly a listener, in a scene never intended for his ear. It was alas, the voice of his intended, engaged in an angry ditcussion with her mother about some article of dress, in which the taste of mother and child ditlcred. Une impassion ed word followed another until finally the refractory child prevailed, and the mother, with flushed face and swimming eyes, left the apartment, and passing through the hall disappeared, Shocked and astounded by the alarming discovery which he had mado 90 unexpectedly, the gentleman re treated with a sorrowful heart to his lodg ings ; a painful aud heartrending struggle ensued the issue of which may be readily imagined ; he wrote a kind and feel ing letter to her who had thus deceived him so grossly, relinquishing her hand for ever, since he felt assured that one who could not command her temper on such an occasion to her mother, was ill qualified to render 1 ira happy as his wife." A Woman's Answer. A writer, illustrating the fact, that some errors are lifted into importance by efforts to refute them, when they need to be treated with wholesome doses of contempt and ridicule, observes that all the blows inflicted by the herculean club of certain logicians, are not half so effectual as a box on the ear of a celebrated atheist by the hand of a beauty. After having in vain preached to a circle of ladies, he attempted to revenge himself by saying, " Pardon my error, ladies ; I did not imagine that in a house where wit vies with grace, 1 alone should have the houor ot not believing in God." " You are not alone, sir," answered the mistress of the hou.ie, " my horses, my dog, my cat, share this honor with you ; only these poor bruits have 'the 'good sense not to bo ist of it." This reminds us of what occurred a few ye irs ago, cn one ol our western rivers. A thing, in the shape of a man, was glorying in his atheism, avowing that the pres-t m iite was all of a m n ; that he had no soul and no hereafter. " And so you say you have no soul 1" asked a gentleman in the group, evidently designing to teason with him n the subject. " No," replied the atheist, " not a whit more than a pig " The gentleman was about enter on an ar gumvnt with him, when an elderly Scotch hdy spoke up martly, " Sir, I hope you will not spend your br.-ath reasoning with the creature ; by his ain confession, he has nae more soul than a pig ; and ye wad nae argue wi' a pig." Tom-Boys. The public mind is awakening to the importance of physical education., At the recent ladies' exhibition of gymnastic, calisthenio, and dancing exercises, giving at Processor Stewart's rooms in Bos-ion, Dr. J. V. C. Smith, Mayor, in hi:, speech to the parents and teachers, while dislribu ing the prizes, addressed them at much length on the importance of thus developing the muscular apparatus of childr.n, and made the pertinent remark : " That the girls he knew when a boy, who used to climb trees and fences with the boys, and who were called 'Tom-boys,' by their mothers, were now, wherever found, leading women in society, with strong, healthy bodies, and sound, unimpaired minds." Mayor Smith is right, our girls had better be "Tom-boys" than painted, mincing, sickly doll-babits. Under a right system of education, they would be as far from one extreme as the other ; but if we must have an extreme, give us that which secures a light heart, strong limbs, rosy cheeks and a constitution that will last. Trinity Church, New York. Another and most formidable effort is making to dislodge the corporation of Trinity Church from the possession of the immense properties it has so long held. The Slate of New York is in this instance a party to the movement, The Legislature at its last session passed a law authorizing the Attorney General to commence certain test suits, and giving them the preference over other suits in the calendars of the Courts. The Lund Commissioners of the State have adopted resolutions by which twenty-five per cent, of the profits of the enterprise will go to the persons furnishing the evidence, and the Governor has appointed three associate counsels to aid the Attorney General in prosecuting Ihe suits. To pay the expenses of procuring the requisite evidence, ceili6eales of Slock have been issued or will be, in the following way: 11 At a stimulus to individual effort, ii is proposed to open a subscription for sums not less than 100 and not more than tl OCR), 'from the State five times the amount subicried, in case the Slate recover the King's Farm ' Certificates to this effect will be issued to each subscrib-r, based upon the resolution of the Commis sioners jot the Land Office, and the act of April 16. 1354." , , tUn . aiumpts have been previously male to oust the corpotilion, bu all have failed. . The' preoenl is the most formida ble tfforl erer made, the speoial legislation .furnishes it arj amine to rjswdy irtfl. Proceedings of the Knox County Agricultural Sooiety, held In Mt. Vernon, on the 3d and 4th days of October, 1855. , Cnttle. George K. Norton, first premium on Bulls. tit ml a Mu' a. inompeon, second premium on uuiis. Cows. George Jackson,' first premium on Cows. Charles Swau, second do do. Heifers, 8 year olds. Benj. Tulloss, first premium on t year Old Hellers. E. Thompson, second do da old Hsifers. Yearling Heifers. George J .ckson, first premium, ' GeOrge K. Norton, second do. Heifer Calves. E. Thompson, first premium. E. Thompson, terood do. Bull Calves. George Jackson, first premium. E. Thompson, second do. GEORGE HUGHES, JOSHUA CRAWFORD, ASA PATTERSON, WM. HAMILTON. Com. The Committee on Horses report as fol lows: Stallion over 3 years old. Benjamin Casteel, first premium, Brown Horse Mi.rg.in Tiger. Annanias Rush, second premium, Bay Horse, Kentucky Boy. 2 year old 8tallions. B. Stagers, first premium, Black Morgan Horse. Alex. Silyman, second premium, Bay Kentucky Boy.. Geldings, 9 year old. H. P. Warden, first premium, Sorrel Horse. Mr. Walker, second premium, Gray Mare. Match Geldings. John W. Morton, first premium, Bays. G. A. Jones, second do do. . Match Mures. Geo. Winne, first premium, Bays. Yearling Colts. ' H. P. Warden, first premium, Bay Mare Colt. E. Thompson, second premium, dark Gray Horse. Brood Mares and Colts. E. Thompson, first premium. John MuGibbony, second premium. Brood Mares. B. Tulloss, first premium., " W. Parmenter, Becoud premium. Sucking Colt. B. Starr, first premium. C. L. BENNETT, JOHN McELROY, DANIEL SHARPNECK, ANDREW WELKER, Com. The Committee on Sneep report as fol lows: The undersigned Committee regret to say that there was but three lot:' ol Sheep exhibited, and those on exhibition were not a fair sample of the most valuable Wool Sheep of our county; they being mostly a cropot trench and bp.msu Mcnnoed, grow ing a heavy greasy wool, very unprofitable to manulaciurers, and it increased in our county, will have a kndncy lo reduce ine value of our wools and lessen the com petition in the purchase of them. The lot of Sneep ex'.ibited by Mr. Par-min'er being Cotts and Leicester Sheep, your Committee recommend them as the most valuable Sheep for mutton. la consequence ( ti.ere not bi i .g lighter, finer, and more desirable wool siieep ou exhibition, your committee was compelled to award premiums to the following persons:S S. Hall, best Buck. E. S. Buabout, best Ewe. W. W. Parminter, best Sheep for mutton. Very Respectfully, 0. F. BEARDSLEY G.A.JONES, yCom. B. TULLOSS. Swine. Best George Boar, II. P. Warden's White Shoats, first premium, Isaac T. Beaum. Committee Henry McLane, Johnston Thurston, II. II. McArtor, John Ewart. Grain. The Committee on Grain reported as follows : Your Co I'tnitte on Grain would report that the only grain presented, was a specimen of corn, the produce of two acres, raised by C. C. Curtis, of Mount Vernon. The land was upland and highly manured ; no report of the manner of planting or cultivating. The corn .was of excellent quality; amount, 114 bushels per acre. We award to Mr. Curtis the first premium. Wm. Bonar, Chairman. Fruit. Best Peaches, Cling-stnns seedlings, II. Young, first premium, Grapes, S. W. Burr, best variety of Catawba and Isabella, first premium. Apples, Mr. Hyatt, best and greatest variety, first premium. Committe John K. Miller, Dr. Kelsey, and P. G. Beardsley. Root Crop. The following persons we award the premiums on itoots : lojas. emiin, jr., lor oesi uaooages, Beets and Squashes. ; To Mr. Huatt. for Sweet Potatoes. BARTON STARR, ) ' JOSEPH LOVE, f Com. Mechanical Work. "' ' The Committee on Mechanical Workt reported the following: :.' '. Gentlemen: Y'MT Committee have t z amioed the Mechanical Wotks and Machinery eonti nding f r prizes and awarded to E. W. Cotton the first premium en Marble' Manufactory, and to I!. Conl y the second pnmium. oTn Dr. CM Kelsey, the first premium on Dental Mechanism; to Bproule & Watson ml premium on B'kery; le i A. Anderson the firt premium on Dirrr Fv-h -H P!;rd w T. v- koover, the first premium on Horse Shoes, all or which Is respectfully submitted. B. MoCRACKEN,) D. CLARK. V Com. JOSIAII BONER ) i i The Committee on Ladies Work report ed the following : . The Committee have examined several articles of Ladies needlework, and have no hesitation in awarding merit to both Mrs. Beardley nn.l Miss White, who have displayed both taste and genius in tl.o design and work of the quilts they exhibited. They have however awarded to Mrs. Beardsley the first premium for superior work, and to Miss White the second premium for superior design, , . The committee also awarded the first premium to Mrs. Wo. Bonar fur best pi.ee of Blanketing, ' 1 WM.' DUNBAR, Chairman. The Committee on Farms having been called upon to view Mr. William Turner's garden or grounds, make this their report: We found the lot surrounded by a neat orange hedge, the inside beautilully ar ranged and tilled with the choicest of fruit trees. 1 he grounds are so arranged as to produce a large supply of frui: aud vegetables, in short we think it is the best arranged garden in this city for beauty, profit and convenience, and.we would respectful ly recommend that a premium be awarded to All. iurner, and his garden for imitation THOMPSON COOPER,) r JOHN BONAR, , Lom' The following pt rons were elected offi cers of the Society for the ensuing year, viz : H. P. Warden, President. G. F. Bkardslkt, 14 Vice President. II. Phillips, 2d '' " E. Allino, Recording Secretary. J.' Laud, Corresponding " Wm. Boa, Treasurer. Managers. B. Tulloss, M. Sralts. J. Bonar, J. Elliott, J. K. Miller, G. Brown, and G. Huohks. The Fallen Youth ! Last week I saw a young man at the bar of Justice. He was sentenced to an im- writing of a letter lo ihe Postmaster of that-prisonment in the Penitentiary for fifteen! city, making inquiries as lo the working of irvoia. H.OV.U..C uuigmijr nnu uim.u, larceny. Me was a perteci slranger in our community. I sought an interview with him, and re peated my visile for the three days that he stayed, to learn something of his history. lie is the son ol a minister, tie is now 33 years oi age ! Those only who learned his abilities natural, and acquired,know how! far he haslallen. tie has a vigorous mind; is well educated ; has a quick perception, and he might have attained to almost any situation of honor or profit if he had con-ducted himself with propriety. He has, he tells me, leirned the Printer's trade, and ihe Painter's he has been a "Re-, ports for the Press." I have now before portation here, on Sunday, has vastly re-me a letter which he wrote me just before he duced Sunday labor iu this office, but has left for prison. Its composition, its style, its not dispensed with it entirely." penmanship, are of the first order. 1 enquired ol him particularly the causes which led him on to his present condition! for this is not his first offence. He gave me substantially the lollowing : I " Wicked associates and companions. Trifling with female affection tippling and intemperance, gambling and neglect of moral and religious duties and idleness." He says he commenced the do ' ivard ca- -LP ..t . f I A IT (' reer oeiore tne uge oi iu years, tie ioi- lowed its wicked course till now he reaps it-, bitter rewards. Let every youth that rends this account ponder over the causes which led to this fall, and then let them see the consequences. ' l uey are boss or property ot character of self-respect a hardened and desperately wicked heart a mother weeping over a fallen son a wile and child left desolate conscience seared a God offended the laws of man broken, and a life of fifteen years at hard labor in the States Prison. Would you avoid the end of this fallen youth 7 Shun the causes which lead to the end. Western Episcopalian. Davenport and Council Bluffs Railroad Messrs. Farnam and Durant, con tractors for the road from Davenport, Iowa, to Uouncil B uns, are pushing the work with great vigor. Iron sufficient to complete the ro.d from Davenport to Iowa Ci'y, about 63 miles, has already been sent forward, and the griding of that por- lion as much of which is beyond Iowa City, ' and heaven ia not far off; and then it: is nearly ready for the supetsiruoture. 1 changes suddenly, and it is dark and sor-The road will, it is believed, be in opera-! rowful, and the clouda shut out the sky. tion in December next. Contracts have , In the lives of the sad lest of us there are been made for thirteen first class lovomo- some bright days like this, when we feel tives, of which twelve are being built by that we could take this world in our arms. Messrs. Breeze & Neeland, of J rsey City. Then come the gloomy hours, when the Two engines are already on the road. fire will neither burn in our heart or our The contractors have spent about a million ' hearths, and all without and within is dit-and a half of dollars on the work. It pas-1 mal, cold and dark, Every heart baa ita ses through one of the most fertile and best secret sorrow, which the world knowt not ; settled parts of Iowa, and promises to be a valuable road, not only to tbe stockholders, but as a feeder to the Chicago 4 Rock Island Road. Garden City. A Home Thrust. Dr. . McDowell, of St. Louis, replied to Senator Douglas, at that city, immediately on the latter leaving the stand, He made the following thrust at our Senator which is a giant-killer : i "Suppose," said he, "that an eminent surgeon one more eminent than mj self-should dress a hideous wound, in the best professional style, and while the patient was enjoying repose, I should enter tbe room and order the bandsges to be rolled down, tbe stitches eut, and the adhesive plaster removed, under the plea that the operation had not been performed correctly, reaving 'the'gsping wound again exposed and bleeding, and the patient suffering renewed tor'urea what would be thought of met. 8 with the Missouri' Compromise. The most emmincnt statesman and patriots of the age had met together from different fciiona of the Union, and adjusted that deliraU question 1 and Mr.Doug-1-.I hat thought proper to disturb that com promise, after the act has been doubly hal- !,it V-n IV, J ..,.. r ' , - . - - Correspondencs of the 8t, Louis IUpyVlicaa". , ..... j Vrom .Kansas,-,. ., Curiou$lit qfHevtTh Indian again J Manyiiinny--Oen.'Whitfi,l4. ' , , Wkstport, Sept, S7ih'. ? The latest bit of curious new is, that the Shawnee and Miamis have refused to lake their "half.pay." It It the policy of the Government to send the Indians about. ( half their stipulated pay in (he fall, and, , the rest in the spring. The treaty mad between them and the United States Gov ernment, they taj, requirst all td be paid' ' down ai one. They grumbled iart yeaf at the policy of Uncle Samthit year they V refuse lo take any, unless they get all.,) What will be dope, I know not. The mosf, intelligent of the Shawnees, are telling the ' 1 6 am portion ot mem, that the Uovern-uient has broken the bargain first, and that ' they can now uke their land back, Perhana . you and yeur readers can imagine what will be the result I cannot, unless it is , mat me rea men win nave lo tuccumb or be licked. It makes but little difference'" with Uncle Sara which alternative they ' take. ,, t ... It is thought that all the other tribes wilt , do as t .e Shawneea and the Miamis. It will do the New-York Herald good to know ' how all the Indians bate Manypenny, the Commissioner. I heard an intelligent Mi ami, who was one of the makers of the treaty let loose on him to-day. The Cora- . missioner met with no charity at his bands; but was abused for everything mean and ' hypocritical. He insisted that Manypenny ' was speculating on "poor Indian's" money; and this is what the various tribes believe, and that is why they have acted as you are inarmed. There will be no such thinf ' as gelling along with the Indians peaceably, until the office of Commissioner i filled with some one else than George W. t Manypenny. He is in bad odor with them. and uothing will remove the odor. ' Eailroads and Mails in Indiana.'' None of the eight or nine railroads cen ; tering in Indianapolis ever run their car upon ihe Sabbath. The statement of this fact in the newsntiDers has - induced thu me piun in carrying tne mans, Xheolucer has responded lo these inquiries, and hia . answer is published in the Christian Ob- ' server. It is as follows: : 1. "Do all those Riilroad Companies' carry the United States Mail other days of the week?" Answer, "Yes.". 2. "Do any other Railroad Coinnanlea in Indiana carry the Mail on the Lord's . .. r fay T Answer, "No. "i " 3. "If even Postmasters and clerks, aa ' well as Mail Carriers, are free on the Lord'a, day, how has that freedom been effected 1" t Answer, "The mailing process poet on a little, and the office is open for delivery one hour. The cessation of Railroad trans 4. "Is the publio mind satisfied with the suspension of the Sunday Mail?" Answer, "There are no Complaints: bat it is not made amoral question. Neverthe- less, the Mail is carried here on horseback, t on Sunday, on the- horse-routes; also in carriages." It does not appear that th horse-routes are merely for Sundays. ' ' 5. -'Are printers of Daily Newspaper r in Indianapolis free from the labor of type' - ...' .1 T 1. A.. setting on tne Liora 8 aay 7 Answer, "Not altogether so : but prin cipally ihey are." '" - Why may not the plan which works so well in Indianapolis be adopted m all oth er cities in the country ? Wages in Gkrmant. Clerks in mercantile houses get from $200 to 9600 per year; wages of a carpenter per day, ia, summer, 20 cents net in winter, 27 cents net, of a mason, per day, in summer, 29 cents net in winter, 87 cents net; of i blacksmith, per day, 40 cents, or 60 cent Der week and boarded: eooners.48 eentn per week and boarded ; baker 40 cents per week and boarded. House servants wo men, from 81,00 to 2,40 per month ; men, at all prices, from $6,00 to 18,00 down to their boat d only. ' Human Lilk. Professor . Longfellow says of human life : " Ah I this is a beautiful world. Indeed, I know not what if, think of it.- Sometimes it is all gladness and sunshine. and often-timcs we call a man cold when he is only and." - ' '' j m mm I,, n, . ' jCTTThe best capital for young men ta start in life, is industry, good sense, and, courage. It is better than all the friends or cash that was ever raised. ' ' ' ' " --' tV Master your passions or they will master you. ' ; - Let everything have its place, and every business ita time. ... y . . , Omit no duty, commit no nnkindneae. Obey promptly that you may, learn to' command. - ;- ' Keep the body perfectly pure, at Indication of purity of tbe mind within. . Resolve, to perform what yon ought, perform, what you resolve. , . , If you can say nothing good of one, aay nothing at tLL ' . ; . Runs roa 8tudt.1, Learn oae tiling at a time. , V ' . t. Learn that thing velL ' v S. Learn Iti eonnteuos, at far as f -: ble, with other things, , 4. Believe that to know fr.rr'.V. :; . son A'hin" Ii rfr 0 f