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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
From the Farm and Shop.
Fall plo m IA rw Sox Dososo~s


The season is at hand for expesifne ntiBg,
fthere are any who wish to make trial.
Potatoes planted dnr!ng autumn, will sprout
ne1t spring as early as the season will posi-
bly, admit. So soon as tho weather is warm
enough TO promote termination Ia vault or
cellar. the beginning Is made In the ground,
which is some days or even weeks in advance
Of ordinary planting time. An earlier yield
OF the crop is OF course the result. This is,
the only advantage, though an importan,
one, derived from fall planting.
We have he ard II said, that straw, leaves
or other like substances for protection, should
be used 10 cover the "sets" with. Our CT
perience teaches Us that this Is rather an In.
jury, than benefit.
Potatoes buried In heaps dnring winter,
will, II insufhcently coversd, freeze on the
outside. II covered FIRST with straw under the
dirt, all these outsiders become watery aud
wilted aud are Of course worthless; but II
covered only with dirt, the frost will be ex-
tracied from II, and the tubers will be per.
feeily sound.
We head a farmer retnark, at tho State
Fair, that "if any potato or iikc root was once
frozen, lis Vitality could never b. restored,
a little experience In potato cultivation, will
convince him that his opinion is iacerrvct
Were u not 50, how would u be possible for
such vegetables 10 reproduce aud pefpsluaIs
their species in their indigenous state, where
exposure aud consequent freezing Il inevitable
A case In point Lust season W. had small
patch Of ofpotatoes near the garden. During
Septembof the crop was gathered and grass
seod sown. In the spring the scattering po-
tutoes. which ~rre left. rpiou.ed aud 'oane
up" thickly over the ground, bat few days
In advance Of the early planting. The scrcp
however wus Of earlier maturity, tue table
was furnished with early potatoes OF good
size, by tile time the early planting was In
blossom. This evidently was tIis result oI
fall planting. though accidental, aud tends Q
prove that freezing will not destroy vitality
Al Home, October 70. FRANK.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
Losing a sea, in Congress.

"Slri bring me good plain dinner"
said molancholy-looklBg individual 10
n waiter at ono olour principal hotels.
The dinner was brought and deyourod
and the eater called the landlord aside,
and thus addressed hims Hr'i 7Hi'i
. "fou are the landlord"
f"yea.n .....t t..I,t l..
"You do good Business berew
"Yeslv (In astonishment.)
"You make probably ten dollars day,
cleari'- l tlf .lf n .ff0H .f4
yea l.e r sr s..
"Then am safe. / cannot pay for
what have get. ! have been out Of
employment for several months, but
have engaged 10 20 out 10 work to'mor-
row. had been without food for four
and-lwenty hours when | entered your
place. | will pay you in week"
III cannot pay my bills with such
PROMISES clustered the landlord, "and
| do not keep poor-house. You should
address the proper authorities. Leave
me something as security"
III have nothing"
aa'1 will take your coat" aH
"lf | 60 into the streets without that,
such weather as il is, | may get my
DEATH
"You should have thought Of that be-
fore you came here" ai
"Are you serious! Well, | do solemn
ly sweai that in one week from now l
illpay you"
al will take that coatl"
The coat was left, and in a week af-
terwards redeemed. Seven years after
that, wealthy man entered the poliu-
cal arena, and was presented at caucus
as an applicant for Congressional nomi-
nation. The principal of the caucus
held his peace, he heard the history OF
the applicant, who was member OF
church, and one Of the most respectable
of citizens. He was chairman. The
vote was tie, and he cast n negative
thereby defeating the applicant, whom
he met an hour afterwards, and to whom
he said
"Yoa don't remember me-"
"No."
81 once ate dinner a, your hotel, and
although told you | was furnishing
and pledged you my word and honor to
pay you in a week, you took my coat
and saw me 90 out into the inciemen'
air at the risk of my life without It"
"Well, sir, what thenl" In
aNot much. You called yourself q
Christian. Tonight you were candi'
date for nomination, and but for me you
would have been elected to Congress-
Three years after, the Christian hotel
keeper became bankrupt, and sought a
home In Bellevue. The poor dinnerles'
wretch that was, afterwards became
high iunctionary in Albany.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
; IudIana university.

DR.. RyoRs has resigned the Presi-
dency of the Indiana State University,
located at Bloomington, Monroe county,
and removed to Madison Indiana, where
he will labor as Stated Supply to the
lst Presbyterian church. He requests
correspondents TO address him according
ly.
We are sorry TO learn teat In the man.
agement OF the Indiana University there
have been such influences OF work, as 10
result in line Of conduct towards DIR.
Ryors that he feels Is unjust. But so
worthy a man cannot be injured in this
way. II will be well n the Institution
does not suffer by the present course Of
its Trustees. We give the following
from "The North Western Gazette. ~
Presbytcrian Of he West. ahHr
p BLoomssros, Sept. 20, 1853. s .
Messrs Editors:-Please to give the
following an insertion 10 the Gazette and
oblige Yours, &c.
afrt t'la.aiel- q. eN A. RYoRs.
Bloonington, Ind, Sept. IA, 1853.
JOHN I.MoRRIsoE, ESQ. Salem, Ind.
Dear Sir:-Upon my return yesterday,
after an absence OF several weeks from
home | found on my table copies OF a
circular issued by you AZ President Of the
Board OF Trustees OF the Indiana Uni
versity and commencing as follows, viz:
"IsDIASA STATE UNIVERSITY"
Located at Bloomington, Monroe coun-
fa. .mfa'tf ~, Indiana. ffl
Dear iSirs--You will be gratifed TO
learn that at the recent meeting OF the
Board OF Trustees of Indiana University, ,
the Faculty was reconstructed in man
ner consderate Of the feelings and Sc IT.
respect of all its members and 50 as to
secure entire harmony and co-opention,
and TO give TO each the place most agree
able TO himself and best suited to his pc
culiar habits Of mind and study, and the
Trustees feel great confidence In pre-
sentlng the following gentlemen as
strong, united and jealous body Of in
struetors." 80
The above Is all that the circular con-
tains relating to my transfer from the
Presidency oI the University to the Pro-
fessor Of Mathematics. ..rf 49,.
For It's statements, as expressive OF
the opinions Of the Board | care very
little; but, as my resignation Of the
Presidency and pledge TO accept tho
Professorship were understood In con-
ferences with members OF the Board, to
be conditioned upon statement, TO be
made by the Board to the public, which
should do me ample justice and relieve
me from embarrassment Ia continuing In
apraph above does not do, but on tho
contrary contains statements highly In.
jorlous and unjvs, TO me, which my ac-
ccptancc Of the profcssorshlp would for
mally endorse, ain compelled 10 decline
and i hereby decline oil further con-
ncxion with the University. Na
Respectively Yours,
A. RYoRs.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
TnsLou,svi,le Murder.

The circumstances Of the recent murder Of
he recent murder ofa School Teacher In
Louisville by a man named Ward are sum.
moned up as follows by the New Alba. Trib-
une:
The fact as we understand them. are sim
ply these. Mr.. Butler was the Principal Of
one Of the High Schools In Louisville. A
younger brother Of Mat. Ward was pupil In
the School--and for some supposed violation
of the police regulations Of the Institution,
was corrected the day previsous by the s'rin-
cipa. Fired with indignation at the affront
which the unfortunate teacher had thus given
10 the whole family. by The necessary correc-
tion OF the lad, Mr.. M. q. Ward, sccompa-
MED by his brother Robert, repaired to the
school room on Wednesday morning, for the
purpose ofrsseuting the indignty, by calling
Mr.. b. to account. Very few words passed
between the parties, when Mr.. Ward drew a
pistol and shot the other down. Al the same
time Mr.. Robert Ward drew bowie knife
and made at Mr.. Sturgis, another teacher,
who saved his life by escaping through win
dow.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18

AnaTsr UNDER rHs FuoirivE SLavK Law
A rcqulsltlon ffom the Governor Of kentuo .
Nv was received by Goyernor MediIl. Of this
Slate, on Friday, and nj 4 o'clock warrant
ives granted for the arrest Of Robsrt Fee, Of
New Richmond, Clefmont county, o., char
god with aiding a number OF slaves 10 escape
from thelf masters In Kentaeky. A genlls-
man, who travelled with the officers. Thafs-
day night, Informs ~ that Fec was probably
arrested The proof against Mr.. Fee Ia said
10 be oon6luslys. t 81.
We gieaa the following version OF The ai'
fair from The Timesi The gentleman who h
charged with the violation Of the fuell tive law
ID M Robert Fee, of Mescew, ohle. II
appears that two slaves havs lived for = long
lime In Moscow, with the consent Of their
mistress, and that II was her expressed deter
minalion 10 manumit them. On her dying
bed she was induced 10 slgn bill OF their Ealei
while Gsfanged perhaps, or at least Without
knowing the import OF the document
Mr.. Fee, OF Moscow, hearing OF The turn
mates we're taking. informed the slaves OF
;he state Of the case. but advised them 10
remain. as they were already Tree, but they,
like sensible people, thought best TO place
themselves out Of harms way Dy emlgrating
TO Canada. Now, II this information Is Mr.,
Fee's ofIense, II certainly Is no violation Of
law, and II Gov. Mednl has investigated the
matter, We doubt that warrant has been Is
sued. taa
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
Neu,railz,us Offensive odor..

The North British Agricultural fur
nishes a statement Of Lindsey Blyth, In
relation TO very successful experiment
for destroying most offensive smell In
stable, arising from the decomposition OF
urine and dung. He tried the mixture
ofEpsom salts and plaster Of Paris. (gy p
sum )-"the most wonderful effects fol-
lowed--the stable keeper was delight
ed" Previously, the stable was damp
and unwholesome; and II closed for a
few hours, the ammoniacul vapors, were
suhocating. After sprInkling the sui
pilates underneath the straw, aud along
the channel OF the drain, the smell dis
appeared, and even the walls became
drier. lie recommends as an economi-
cul preparation for this purpose and for
ewers, magnssia limestone dissolved In.
sculpture acid, Corning sulphate of mag
ncsia or epson salts,) with portion Of
super phosphate Of lImc (n,ado by dis.
solving bones In sulphuric aeld-thcse,
al the same time that they retain the
escaping ammonia, also add greatly by
their own presence to the value OF tho
manure.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
Splmtrs.

CALIFORNIA GOLD GREAsE.-A YAM
kee down East has invented this specif c
for the use of gold hunters. The oper-
ator is to grease himself we'll. lie down
on the top Of hill, aud then roll to the
bottom. The gold, and "nothing else, :"
will stick to him. Price ninety-four
dollars per box.
0TA lawyer received the followi ng
note accompanying boquet some where
in Ohio.
"send bi the boy bucket OF fow-
ers. They is lik mi luv fur u. The mite
shaid meens kepe dark. The dog fenil
meens am ure slave"
OF Thackery says a woman's heart
is just like lithographer's stone-wha,
is once written upon it can't be rubbed
out. This is so. Let an heiress oEce
fix her affections on a stable boy, all the
preaching in the world will not get her
thoughts above oat-boxes and curry
combs.
0TLeahy, alias the Monk OF La
TraPpe, applied TO the Supreme Court
Of the State OF Wisconsin for new
trial, on the charge Of murder, Of which
he was convicted. The application was
heard recently, but refused. So the
murderer Is to be hung.
O-The Musical World Is informed
that at an exhibition given by the Choc-
taw Indians the other night, they "kindly
offered TO give specimen Of tomahawk.
ing and scalping, &c any lady or gentle
man In the audience would step for
ward" ts.lH
QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE Poor
The sum OF five thousand pounds was
recently placed In the hands Of the
Lord-Licutenant Of Ireland. by Queen
Victoria for distributor among the Dub
lin charities.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18

A RESOLUTION has been introduced into the
Kentucky Legislature, which provides " that
the keeper Of the PenltentIary shall procure a
suitable chemIrhaI dye, such as will stain the
cutlcle or outer surface Of the skin perfectly
black, so that II cannot be washed off, or In
any way effaced, until time shall wear il away
and nature furnish new cuticle or surface,
and that with this dye he shall black the nose
OF each male convict painted thoroughly black
and renew the application as often as II may
be necessary TO keep il so. until within one
month ofIthe expiration of his sentence, when
Il shall be discontinued, for the purpose Of
permitting nature TO restore the feature to is
original hue,preparatory to the second advent
Of into the world
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
Keep,uw rru,t.

A gentleman residing in the upper end
Of the county packed barrel ol apples
last fall in perfectly dry broom-secd, and
placed them In a cool dry place over his
kitchen. Those Of the same kind pla-
ced In the cellar have rotted long since,
while those In the barrel were examined
a few days since, and found TO DC per-
fectly sound, and Of very fine flavor
Cut straw, leaves, chat, or any other
perfectly dry substance, would answer as
well, as the result shows that exclusion
Of the air. dryness and moderately cool
temperature, were the operating causes
in this instance. = Germantown 7sie-
qrdph. t'''
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
Overfrading-Impo ana Exports
-Currency-Groun d sof Con adence
I'm the Future.

Overfrading-Impo ana Exports
-Currency-Groun ndsof Con adence
In the Future.
Nothing can better illustrate the Pc
culiar nature Of money panic, than the
present condition Of affairs. We have
all the elements of solid, aud healthy
prosperity. Peace, health, good crops,
sound credit, sound currency, profitable
trade, and rapidly accumulating capital,
all conspire to give growth, strength, and
elasticity TO the country. But, with all
this, there is temporary want of money; !;
and one, or two great branches Of trade
are seriously affected, by opertrading.-
Let the effects OF that be what Il may,
however, they must be mostly confined
to the dealers In foreign goods. ~ - 4
The opertrading of which we speak, is
confined almost exclusively TO the excess
sive importation Of foreign goods, which
will soon cure itself; but may In the
meantime occasion much commercial
disaster. t nfsH eff ~
Excessive importation, or in other
words, overirdding, is as universal a
symptom OF disturbed monev market,
and reaction in the mercantile system,
as back-vomit Is OF yellow-feyer, and as
destructive Of a healthy tone. Laws
cannot prevent Il, though n discrlmina-
ting tariff would have alleviated the evil.
Overtradng depends on human will, and
that, too, often on tho will OF ill-formcd
and unrcssoning individuals. e ssa ls
Overtrading brings a pressure on the
banks. The banks get frightened, and
curtail at the moment they should en-
large their disccunts-they run upon ono
anothcr-creatc confuslon-und icdnf Of
confidence IL the financial type 6f the day.
Now, overtradlng may exist, and pro-
duce failures among merchants, and yet
there may be no ground iohdtever for the
want OF confidence In present safety,
or future prosperity; and such Is precisely
the case nolp. We shall, therefore, pro-
ceed to show that there Is oyertrading;
but that II does not affect the great mass
OF people, who should have confidence in
one another--and !fthey do, very little
Of this financial pressure would be felt
among the people. fr
We repeat what we have previously
said---d more solid Prosperityneuer eristed
in any country, than erist IN ours. But,
that there has been opertrading, and con-
sequently, overdebting Is an obvious fact,
for which the remedy Is simply, less pri-
vate consumption, and less importing
foreign goods. -.
To illustrate how completely the
"pressure" in our money markets has
been dependent on the imports Of foreign
goods, we will quote the commercial sta
tistics of three different periods, viz:
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18

ID period, 1850, 81, '52, '53,...... 9o,O0O,OOO =
In lsl7-'ls, the deficit was one. fourth
of four years importations; in lS36-'s7,
IL was one.ffh; but in 1863, it Is only
one. ninth. The effect of the present de-
fcit, therefore will be small compared
with those formerly; aud, Of itself, will
not be very important. The great point
Is, however, that we have abundance Of
California gold to pay il with. On the
whole, while we have obviously overtra-
ded, we see no ground to doubt the per-
feet safety and soIadness of the present
monetary condition of the country; nor
any reason for want Of confidence in the
credit and prosperity Of The country.
r. X. Record.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18

OF Somebody asks, els il lawful to
hang clothes on Mason and Dixon's
linei"
Just as lawful as planting beans about
the North Pole.-Piain Dealer.
And just rs proper, too, as for tenn
perance man to "double the Horn"
The Approaching senatorial EIcc-
ton I'm Ohio.
Reliable information received In Wash
ington from Ohio, satisfies US that VIM.
Allen, Esq, cannot possibly secure
a nomination for that position by his
party. 'f...
SO said the Washington Star, and the
Gazette Of Yesterday.
Reliable information" from much
better source, assured US long ago that
VIM. ALLEN has not for the last year
had any intention or desire OF becoming
candidate for the U. =. Senate this
winter.--Cin; Eng.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18

6r'Ma, that nice young man, Mr.
Sauftung, is very fond of kissing"
"Mind your seam, Julia, who told yol
such nonsense" N .ff io rs1siri
"I have it from his own lips"
OF" Woman's Rights. s."-Lucy Stone
gives six objections to the marriage o
women-one Of which Is, that they los,
the control Of their children. II is {
very ambiguous idea for young lady t.
hold, t- .s-.ff
"Won't you sing me a song, sirl' sale
a lady to her lover, as they were alone
one evening. The lover soon commen'
ced the popular air, al won't 90 homo
till morning." and sure enough he die
not. 0..f..T
An old lady in Iowa, while recently
10 the woods, was bitten on the end o
her nose by rattle snake. The ole
lady recovered, but the snake dIed!--
Coroner's verdict-Poisoned by snuff.
WHAT WILL RUSSIA poi-To this ab.
sorbl1g question among students Of for.
eign affairs we can literally answer IN
the words most irreverently used often:
"Oh Nick only knors.' yl
Mrs. Catbarine Cosner, Of Hardy
county, Va, II Is said, caught two large
bears this summer In trap. Mrs. G.,
Il Is also said, Is very expert with n ri.
he. To @
The Mayor Of Toronto ls charged with
an unlawful use Of the municipal funds
and his trial Is now going on. The
amount involved Is 10000.
BosroN, Oct. l3-A letter from Cor
ham, N. H., says snow has fallen there
10 the depth OF two feet, and In some
places there are drifts eight feet deep.
DEPRAvIry why Is a legislator q
most blasphemons mani
Because he can't take his seat without
an oath.
Two partys Of 80 men each left Am
herst, Mass, one day last week, on q
squirrel hunt; one party killed ], 400; the
other s9S, before night.
81 have often used" said Gretry, ga
singular stratagem to slacken or quick
en- the pace ofa walking companion
To say you walk too fast or too slow is
impolite, save TO friend; but to sin 2
softly an air 20 the time of the walk oil
your companion, and thon, by degrees
either to quicken the time or make Il
slower, is stratagem as innocent as il
Is convenient r4N .lH
A correspondent Of the Rushville Re-
publican writing from Shelbyyille, says;
The Rummies OF our town have been
carrying on their legal traffic without
molestation until they have aroused tho
indignation Of all sober men against
their unhallowed course, by the way OF
numerous prosecutions. Several actions
have been brought against them on their
bonds, which have been sustained, and
will be followed by others. a
Getting Money under False Preienccs.
Purchasing Chesnuts in Ohio, and OBJ
taining premium Of an Indiana Fair.
Be1arsi Said the potter to his clay.
0<rTherc have been about sixty-three
of dollars nominally subscribed
to the Pac idc Railway, at New York.
Mr.. Gray, the Engineer, Is organizing
his surveying party and will soon set
out for the Rio Grundo.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18

"LESD ME- YOUR NEWSPAPER. This
request, says the Cincinnati Enquirer, Is
about as reasonable as asking the loan
Of an umbrella upon a rainy day, only
that the demand in The newspaper-bor-
rover evinces a meaner spirit than In
the other case; for an umbrella cost a
dollar, whereas the newspaper can be
procured for ten weeks for that amount.
Complaints are daily made to US of this
system Of newspaper borrowing; In nine
cases out Of ten, they are never return.
ed; thus constituting It sort of petty
larceny OF the most petty character.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
From Yucatan-AwfuIR Ravages of
the Cholera at Meridn--Three
Hundred DeaIhs a DaY.

A private letter received by mercan-
tile house in this city, dated Merida, Oc-
tober IL, 1853, states, for the past fifteen
days, the cholera h ad been prevailing in
that city with some virulence. On the
10th there were l52 deaths, and there
had been as high as 800 a day. Merida
Is a city containing twenty thousand in
habitants.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
aNew Ground OF Hope.

One of the prisioners la Birnangham jail
stated, whnn examined recently by Commis-
sIoner, that, "about three years ago ! inten-
dsd 10 become Christian, and the ground
the organ at Ebineezer GhspelH' There arc
many men who profess beIng Chrildans u ls
to be feared. without having any better
ground than ihe bellows blower.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18

or The intelligent editors Of tho
Home Journal, Geo. =, Morris and N.
p. Willis, In their notice OF Horace
Greeley's address at tho Indiana Slate
Fair, say
"That Horace Greeley isa man all
whose aims are his coun,ry's Gods and
Truths ID an opinion which fire cannot
melt out ofus. We could die In Il at tho
stake
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18
Den,t Take Them.

Don take bills on the following Ranks
Some Of them have temporarily suspended
and Others broken outrighti ,ns iiaF
Patehin Bank, Bufialoi $50
Erie g. h kalamazoo Il, r. Banki
Farmers Joint Stock Banking Coz Can.
ada;
ATLANTA Bank Georgia,
Bank OF owego New York;
Pratt's Bank ,Buiialo,N. Y;
chautaqus County Bank N. VI
Lewis County Bank, N "
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1853-11-18

Fools MAKE rEAsTs AND WISE MEN
EAT THEm.--of course they do--thavs
the use Of fools. And II the wise men
didn't eat them, why then. they would be
fools too! which Gas the mathematicians
shy when they have stateda reduciio ad
absurdum) Is impossible.