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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-09-06


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The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-09-06
BREWERs' NOTICE.

(NRASs sEED-The subscribers wish to buy SOC bushel
VI top Seed they will the highest
ket price imm M ately. seps r. GRANT a co.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-09-06
FEMALE school,

VIE sisters OF Providence will open their School
n't " hdal IN September In the ho1se gear.
SUNDRlES-
~ - Family Mustard warranted
doE resi- LOhsters;
IL doz Chickens;
doz Jars fresh Prunes. received Mt
aug2s CuoK.s r.ruv f.ro..~x.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
GENERAL WARREN,

Tue bulIc, by which General Joseph
Warren was killed at Bunker Hill in
1775, is still preserved. 1t is an ounce
ball, AMI was exhibited by Alexander
II. Everett, on the delivery of an Grafton
at Charlestown, June II, 1885, in which
he exclaimed: "rhis is the one. fellow.
citizens, which | now hold in my hand !
The cartridge paper,.whch partly cover.
ed it, is slaineI. as yoI see, with the
hero's blood" This ball is now deposited
in the library of the United States His.
toric Genealogical Society, with the or.
iginal ai1ilavit of Rev. William Mont,
ague, formerly pastor Of Christ Church,
Boston, who made oath that he obtained
the ball in London, Of Arthur Savage,
once an officer Of the customs Of the port
Of Boston, who gave Mr.. Montague this
account of the ball: 'On the morning
of the 18th Of June, l775, after the battle
Of Bunker, or Breeds Hill, |, with a
number Of other royalists and British
officers among whom was General Bur.
goyne, went over from Boston to Charles.
town to view the battlefield. Among
the fallen we found the body Of Dr.. 10.
seph Warren, with whom had been per.
sonally acquainted. When he fell, he
fell across rail. This ball took from
his body; and, as never shall visit Bos.
ton again., will give it to you to take
TO America, where it will be valuable
as relic Of your Revolution. F"
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
VA II i il u Y .

BurrEn AND PorAroEs,-in the
wear 1913, the writer OF this article sold
10 the late Henry Pratt ono hnndred
and eighty thousand pounds OF Coffee
at twelve and half cents per pound.
In few weeks thereafter the article
adva need TO forty cents; and thereupon
the people, in town meeting, assembled
in Independence Square, and pledged
their honor to abstain from the use OF
coffee, until ii was reduced to a reason.
able price. In few weeks thereafter
coffee was retailing at eighteen and three
0uar.er cents per pound. Similar pro,
ceeiiogs in ihe year 1885 brought beel
down from twenty-five 10 fifteen cents;
Butter is now selling OF lorty.hye to hlty
cts, and potatoes at two dollars by retall'
whilst the latter article is abundant In
the. State Of Maine at sixty cents per
bushel. Asi is a logical axiom that
cause and effect arc uniform, would 1t
not be advisable to f.own down such
axtor,ions by the adoption OF similar
means.-Pennsylrania Inquirer.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05

THE COURAGE TO DO RIGHT. T.-What
more noble attribute Of our nature than
to do right, the fearessness of truth, cru.
cifying to the obligations which it i'm.
poses, all hypocrisy, every principle
which initiates against the advance OF
the soul.
The mere recognition OF wrongs is as
much the ability Of wise man as that
Of fool, and vice versa; but he who is
indeed wise, thinks not when that recog.
milton teaches him wisdom. The fool
stumbes at the threshold Of light. He
shuts his eyes TO the picture that light
affords Of The true properties Of his mind
By its low desires, its cunning devices,
lis unhallowed pleasure, he is ever in.
cited TO delay all self'examinatioh and
to na,ter himself that in his disguise can
be no detection. ..t
Alas that nature which is bound to
progress by its own origin, which claims
conneclioc with Col, ever should pre-.
vent the bright properties which that
origin has conferred, from its uprooted
progression to a consort with things of
earth, 10 a union Of matter without the
spirit.
But joy, unspcakable joy, when true TO
its relationship with eternity, true to its
innate promp,inss, the soul claims to be
heard against even itself, and boldly
chas,ises when wrong has been done;
when conscious iii i its errors have been
Of its own choice, it applies, without
shrinking, the just deserts which reason
demands.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05

GurESBERG.-No fact in history is more in
teresting than that the invention of the prin
ing press by Gutenberg is to be ascrib ed indi-
rectly to the influence of re gion, as is thus sci
forth:
"Gutcnberg travelled alone, on foot, carry
ing knapsack containing books and clothes,
Ii Ike mere student visiting the schools, or a
journeyman boxing for n master. He thus
went through the Rhensh Provinces, Italy,
Switzerland, Germany, and, lastly, Holland,
not without an object, like man who lets his
imaginal ION wander al the caprice of his foot
steps, but carrying everywhere with him fix.
ed idea, an unchansng will led by a present. :
ment This guiding star was the thought Of
spreading the word Of God and the Bible
among a vast number OF souls.
"Ihusit was religion which, in this young
wandering apostle, was seeking the soil where
in to SOW single seed, of which the fruit
hereafter was to be thousand various grains.
1t is the glory of printing that it was 81 ven to
the worl by religion, not by industry. Relig-
ious enthusiasm was alone worthy to give Dirt h
to the instrum mt of trulh." ...
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
FAST MEN.

The vicious die early. They fall like
shadows, or tumble like wrecks and
ruins into the grave--often while quite
young, almost always before forty
The wicked "liveth not half his days"
The world at once stiles the truth, and
assigns the reason by describing the
dssolute as "fasl men," that is, they live
fast they spend their twelve hours in
six, getting through them while others
are in the glory Of life. Their sun goes
down while it is yet day." AMI they
might have he lped il. Many one dies
long before he need. Your men Of gen.
ius, like. Burns and Byron, to whom,
when dissipated and proaisate, thirty
seven is so fatal; and your obscure and
nameIess wandering stars" who waste
their youth in libertine indulgcnces-
they cannot live long. They must die
early. They put on steam ill they blow
up their boilers. They run at such a
rate that the fire goes out for want Of
u,l. The machinery is destroyed by
reckless speed and rapid wear. Moth.
ing can save them. Their physical sys.
tenn cannot stand the strain they put to
it +; while the state of their minds is of.
ten such that the soul would eat the sub.
stance of the most robust body and make
for itself way Of escape from its own
thoughts.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05

A MANAGING WIrE.--Some women
are never happy unless when they arc
scrubbing, brushing, sweeping, or other
wise toiing in household affairs, altho
they have servants to do all that
they require. The Hon. Henry Ers.
kine's first wife was one Of this class,
and her extreme nervous irritability and
eccentric ways, it may be supposed, did
not contribute greatly to Harry's do
mestic happiness. One Of her Peculiarl'
ties consisted in not retiring to rest al
the usual hours. She would frequently
employ halfthe night in examining the
wardrobe Of the family, to see that no.
thing was missing. and that everything
was in its proper place. The following
is told as proof Of her oddities; One
morning, about two or three o'clock
having been unsuccessful in search,
she awokc Mr.. Erskine from q sounc
sleep by putting to him this important in
terrcSatory, "Harry, LOWE, where's you
white waistcoat 2" ioa.5
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05

HERE is an example OF the strange
ingorance French Fcuilletonsts so me e.
times exhibit A contributor to the
Paris Illustration, objecting to the plac.
tcc of smoking in pubIc--which is
perhaps not nice practice--wries as
follows:
"In New York, these very United
States, from whence So m lch of our to.
bacco is derived, it is forbidden, under
the penalty Of fine, TO smoke in the
public streets. Shall we, the French,
allow ourselves to be beaten, on the
ground Of public propriety aud the
usayes OF civilized life by the Quak kers?"
Our friend Of the Illustration mus,
excuse US for correcting him. The in.
habitants of New York are not Quakers;
Buddhism is the religion of the United
States, though the Mohammcdan and
Jewish crceds are tolerated by the Gov
eminent under certain restrictions.-
The Emperor Of New Y ork is the recog.
nized head Of the Church, and breaches
every Sunday in the Kentucky Syna.
gogue. His eldest son, the Duke OF
New Orleans, has been declared in.
eligible TO the throne, on account Of his
avowed leaning toward the Brah min
form Of worship. We are really sur
prised at Ere nch writer in the nine
teenth century knowing so little of the
religious and political institution of q
contemporary people.-Dioge''es.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
THE WIFE.

IT needs NJ guilt to break husbands heart;
the absence ofconlent; the mutterng of spleen
the untidy dress, and cheerless home; the for.
hidden scowl, and deserted hearth: these, and
other nameless negects, without a crime among
them, have narrowed to the quick the he art
core OF many man, and planted there beyond
the reach OF cure, the germ of dark despair. q !
may woman, before that sad sight arrives, dwell
on the recollection Of her youth, and cherish
ing the dear idea of that tuneful tim,, awake
and keep alive the promise she then so kindly
gave. And though She may be the injured not
the injuring one-the forgotten not the forget
full wife-a happy allusion to that hour of peace
and love--a kindly welcome to 4 comfortable
home-a smile of love to Danish hostile words
"a kiss OF peace to pardon all the past-ana
the hardest heart which ever locked ltsel! with
in the breast of selfish man will soften o her
charms, and bid her live, as she has hoped, her
years in matchless blss-loved, loving, and
content-the soother of the sorrowing hour
the source of comfort, and the spring o! Joy.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
!. a. .....sP0s.Ry Y.
:.
THE TIMES THE MAN NERS; AND
Ir...f f.t.t.. THE MEM

IhA .l lstH, THE MEN! s.I ...... .
The times demand new measures mud new men;
The world advances, and IN time outyrows
The laws that In our fathers days were best;
Aud doubtless, uncr us, some purcr scheme
viii be shaped ou, BY wiser men Than we,
We cannot bring Utopia at oncci
hut better almOI be nt work IN sin, ~
Than In brute Inaction, drowsc, and sleep.
j. not born with him; there Ia always work.
And tools TO work witllai, for those who will;
Anh blessed az. the horny hands o. toll!
The busy world shoves angriiy aside
The man who stands with arms nkiiniO sct
Until occasion tells hm what 10 do;
And he who wnils 10 have his task marked out,
Shall die and leave his crrand unfnifIlcd.
Our lime Is one that calls ior earnest deeds.
Reason and Government. like two brond seas,
Ycarn for each other. with ouistrcichcd arms,
Across this narrow istlInns OF n throne.
And roll their white surf higher every day.
The field lies wide before us where 10 rcnp
The easy harvest Of n deniless name.
My soul Is not a pnace Of the past,
Where oui-worn crecds like. ltonc's gray Senate
quake.
Hearing aiar the vandnl's trumpet honrse,
That shnkes old system with a tiundcr.R,.
The time Is ripe, aud rotten ripe. for change;
Then let 1t come. I have no drcnd Of what
Is chilled ior by the instinct o.. mankind.
Nor think ! that Gods world will fall Dpnrt
Because we tear n parchment more or less.
Truth Truth is eternal. bnt her ,cihncnec.
He's mirror is turned forward to reflect
The promise OF the future. not tue past.
do not fear 10 follow ont the truth,
Albeit along the precipicc's edge. ..
Let us speak plain; ihcre is more force in names
Than most men dream Of! md n lie may keep
Its ihrOne n whole aye longer. If II ssuk
Behind the shield Of some inir-sccniay name;
That only freedom comes by grace Of God,
Aud all that comes not by hi. grrcc must fall;
For men ~ cnrnest have no time to wnsie
In patching fig leaves for Tho nn. cd truth.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
A MAGNIFICENT FARM AND FARM

A MAGNIFICENT FARM AND FARMER.
ga mong the conspicuous men in The
Vermont Legislature is M. B. G. Brig.
ham, OF Fairfield. He owns and cult.
Yates 1900 acres Of land. Among his
barnyard items are two hundred and
twenty cows, twenty horses, and five
yoke Of oxen. In his dairy he. makes
butter only. The average yield of but.
ter from the milk Of each COW is one
hundred. and fifty pounds. Two huge
'dasher' churns are kept in motion by
two 'horse powers, and the butter is
worked by the old fashioned paddle
His stock of cattle consumes about five
hundred tons Of hay annually, 10000
lbs. of pork, 500 bushels Of whe at,
from 400 TO 500 bushels Of corn, 1000
bushels of oats, and from 1000 to 1000
bushels Of potatoes, are among his yearly
products. The Man Of Uz,' in his best
estate, could could not do better then
this. Mr.. Brigham himself Is got up
with breadth Of beam, and in style
Of magnifcence proportionate to the
extent Of his possessions and agricultu.
nal products-he standing 6 feet in
his boots, and weighing by one Of Fair.
banks patent balances. 800 lbs pre-.
cisely." H. -,en,o, xxx
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05


WATrY MoRRIsoN, Scotch clergy.
man was'a.man of great wit and humor. I
On one occasion be entreated an ofli.,r.
at Fort George TO pnrlon poor fellow
who was sent to the halberds. The
officer oferel 10 grant his request il he
would, in return, grant him the first favor
ho would ask.9nMr. Morrison asieea to
this, and the officer ,mmediatelyo DEM.
anded that The ceremony. Of sbnptism
should be performed on a puppy, The :,
clergyman agreed to it, aud party Of
many gentlemen assembled to witness
the novel baptism. '.a s'R5a' sa.
Nj. Morrison desired the officer to J
hold up the dog, as was customary in. /,
the baptism of children, and said ;.,".As,
| am minister of tn, Church Of Scot.
land, must proceed accorJn. to Il b
ceremonies of the church. ~" ,$asHl 'e,i
"Cerlainly, "s,id the major" / ex..
pect all the ceremony. ",y9 isii irsg. ,ozl
4" Well, then, major bogiu = by the
usual ques,ion--you acknowledge your. !
self the father of this puppy 7" ~
A roar oflaughter burst from the crowl,
and the officer threw the candidate for
baptism away. al.I ug ,si Il -4iai ,bIs.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
TIE Cham bersburg Wing has bee


TIE Cham bersburg Whis has been
trying to decypher some OF HoRAeE
GREELEY's manuscripts recent agri.
cultural Address. He suys: AA.
We went to work 10 decipher the ten
pages before US, and with the aid Of one
magnifying glass, three dictionaries. sew.
eral agricultural periodicals., history Of
eminent agriculturalsts, a standard work
on chemistry, another 'on hydraulics. a
large street committee, several Know
Nothings, and our compositor on unin.
ielligible copy. we mastered the first
three lines in the first half day. We
we're happy to ascertain within the first
three or four houls when we had the ma n i.
uscript right side up-for j. looks about
as much like writing one way as anoth.
er. I. is now in the hands Of a compe.
tent committee 10 decide in what Ian.
guage it is written, and IL il is ascer.
tained that is neither Hebrew nor Greek,
We must infer that 1t was intended for
English an | proceed to decypher it,"
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
EgSGEILaMy.
BANK OF ENGLAND.

THERE is a remarkable contrast in the
annual meetings OF the Directors Of the
Bank Of England, the much rcal doing
and the little talking Of the business
men who have the turn at the wheel OF
this gigantic concern, as compared with
the gassy talking Withdrawals of other
concerns in England anl all the worl d
besides. Yesterday was what is called
the half.yearly meeting Of tho Board Of
Directors and Projectors Of the Bank.
They met in solemn assembly in the
Bank parlor, a, noon. AT the minute
hand Of the dial. Mr.. Governor HUB.
BARD squatted himself in the old worn
chair Of his predecessors, and, in short
business terms, told his brethren asso.
ciatcs, that the net profits Of the Bank
for the half year ending the 3lst Of Au.
gust, amount TO $3,12O,OOO or f624OOO
and that after declaring dividend OF
the rate nine per cent. per annum, there
would be a goodly sum 10 be carried 10
the rest This rest is nothing more than
the surplus fund over and above the cap.
ital of the Bank, and is now eighteen
million Of dollars-a pretty decent sort
Of extra joint Of beef to cut and come
again a, table in the corner. Having
made this Interesting disclosure, and the
dividend Of a $ccnt being unanimous.
ly agreed upon, the quiet pivot ground
which the mighty finance Of the concern
rcvolves, vaca,es the Chair, tells the
Company that the days business is con.
cluded, buttons up the capacious pockets
Of his antique shaped unmen,ionables,
and walks off. The whole time occupi.
ed in sayings and doings, from the time
of the Governor squatling in The official
chair until he turned out Of it, after ac.
complishing the business, was exactly
three minutes andGfteen seconds, and in
little more than six minutes, the Compa.
ny had cleared out, the doors had slam.
med to, were locked, and all had assu.
med its usual quiet aspect.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
THINK E KS.

y A VERY nntural division OF mankind is that
which contenplales them in two classes -.
those who think for themjevcs; and those who
have their thinking done by Others, dead or
living. With the former clasS the paramount
consideration g." What 10 right" With
the latter. the first inquiry is - "What do the
majority o. The great, Or the pio1s, o. tps fash.
say :" This latter and mort numerous class
can hardly be said to think at ALL They adopt
the opinion Of their neghbors or tuteldr supe-
riors' aud the preiudces of their forcfatbers
and go through life with very little mind Of
their own, and very little Consciousness Of the
need Of any. Thinking at second hand, and
~ the wake OF the majority, is respectable, po.
iiuc, and safe; while the independent, original
thinker is sure 10 provoke hostility and cncoun.
Ter obloqny. II is easier running in the cstn.
blished ruts than across them, even the road
is worn worse and worse by the former course;
it is easier TO assent md acquicsce than 10 de-
mur and diler. Many man has goue through
lille respected, popular, and well fed, on the
strength Of his faculty of agreeing with every
body, and never avowing an unpopular opinion.
And truly. il the life were not more than meat
If its chief ends were wealth, station, and
lnsury-then The smool aud plausible gentle
mea who assent TO whatever is popular, with
out in1uif 0g or caring whether II is essentially
ifuc or false, are the Solon ons Of .her genera.
ton. - '
Yet, in world so full rs this is Of wrong and
suffering, Of oppression nj degradation, hcre
must be radical causes fJr S, many and so vast
practical evils. II cannot be that the ideas,
beliefs, ins ii,utions, usual prcjudiccs, whereof
such gigantic mseres are born whefewith,
at least, they co. exist - transcend crit cism
and rght,uly refuse scrutiny. II canuot b,
that the springs ore pure whence flow sich
tafbid and poisonous currents. afs
Now, the RefOrmer--the man who thinks
for himself, and acts as his judgment and con.
science dictate - is very likely TO form errone.
Gus opinions. If lie plough up The tares un.
! nincbingly, he viii be quite likely to root oat
or bury some Of the wheat also. Unless re-.
mackably cautious and circumspect, he will
thus make enemies OF those who are rght.ully
his friends. Bat time will confrm and esl 1. .
blish his good works, and gently amcnd his
mistakes. The detected error dies: the mis-.
conceived and rejected truth is temporarily
obscured, ahd soon yindcates lis claim to gene.
raj acceptance and regard.
"The world does move" and iis motive
power, under God, is the fearless thought and
speech OF those who dare to be in adyar ce Of
their time - who ore snecred at and Stunned
through tbeiI days Of struggle and OF trial as lu-
nalics, dreamers, impracticablcs, and visiona.
Ties - men Of crotchets, Of vaearies, or Of
lsins." These ale The masis and sails of the
ship, 10 which Conservatism answers as bal
last. The ballast is important - at times in.
/ dspenslble- but il would he Of no account
if the ship were not bound to go ahead.-N. Y.
! Tribune. .-+ i..l o.. ,'H-.a".
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05
ROMAN CATHOLIC JOURNALS.

We learn from The New York Post,
that the Roman Catholic Councils held
recently in that city, submitted 10 com.
mittee the subject Of the recognition OF
journals and reviews as exponents Of
religious views, or as diocesan organs,
and that it was tie subject Of report and
discussion. ..., ...., .I ...
The Post says:
The. practical evil, Of the present sys.
tenn, in which, too often, incompetent
advenlurers are permitted to pronounce
ez cathedra upon the doctrines Of this
church and to carry excited passions into
tho controversies Of the day, were dwelt
upon by the members Of the Synod with
general depreciation. The personal and
political alterations in which these
presses engage, their frequent attempt to
array class against class. and even dio.
cese against diocese, and their cacoethes
Of controversy, which induce tn em not
only to rush into all the excited discuss.
ions Of this country, but 10 import form
abroad the partisan animosities Of other
lands, were also pointed out as injurious
to the cause Of religion.
The opinion Of the Council, was that
the connection between the church and
their constituted oracles should be pub.
Iicly severed; and that when an organ
was to be recognised it should be placed
in charge Of competent theolosians, and
formed within strict limits, Of theology.
Such sheets as the Freeman's Journal,
the Celt, the Boston Pilot. the Irish A.
mcrican and Brownson's ReUiew will
under this decision be Secularised.-
Toledo Republican.
Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1854-12-05

ILLUSTRATION OF IGNoRANcE.--Mr.
Wendell Phillips, Of Boston who has
travelled in Europe, states the following
facts:
"In Italy you will SEQ farmer break
ing up his ground with two COWS and a
root of tree for a plow, while he isdress'
ed in skins with the hair on. In Rome,
Vienna and Dresden, If you hire man
to saw your wood, he does not bring a
horse. He never has one, nor his father
before him. But he places one end oil
the saw on the ground and the other
against his breast, and taken the wood
in his hands, he rubs it against the saw
and he will be all day doing two hours
work. 1t is a solemn fact, that in Flor
ence, o city filled with uiumphs of art
there is not a single auger, and if car
penter would bore hole, he does it with
a red hot poker! This results not from
want o. industry, but of sagacity oI
thought. In Rome, charcoal is princi'
palIy used for fuel, and you will see a
string Of twenty mules bringing little
sacks of it upon their backs, when one
mule would draw it all in cart. But
tie charcoal vender never had cart,
and so he keeps his twenty mules and
feeds them"