Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-11-10


DEAR EprroR: After sumner OF
extraordinary heat. il Is pleasant to
hear the wind whistling about your
house; to exchange the thin dog. day
coat for q good heavy togo; TO sit by
your freside Of tbelong evening. read
ing the pleasant pages OF favoriic nu-
thors; 10 tumble into q warm bed
draw the blankets around you and
speed away swiiler than lightning TO
fairy drcam-land. II is glorious TO
crack hickory-nuts and jokes around a
roaring fire We have had Summer
sunshine" TO an extent that WagstafI
would call u "surJeiting aemy." / say
welcome, then, TO burly, bearded old
Winterl
The election is now fairly over. and
the result has gone forth. You may
easily imagine that We Buckeyes are
proud Of the sublime stand Ohio has
taken. tits glorious. Such mighty
demonstration of the people strength
ems ones iaithin popular governments;
It increases our hope that the "boticr
day" is coming; Il gives us greater
confidence in human nature, and in q
great many ways-asido from the i'm,
mediate result-it will do great deal
ofgood.
do not rejoice over the result Of
the late election in any partzan spirit
at least l am not aware Of kaving
any such spirit-but as an American
and n Protestant. l do rejoice with a
JOY that is unfeigned. Ibaye no hope
Of ever seeing Slavery abolishedin the
United States. Like the Infamous liqu-
or trilfic, it pays veil; il is profitable;
and hence the difficulty. Butwe may
keep it within its present limits very
easily, and | trust We shall do it,
mo more slave territory" / am
ready TO fight under that banner any
day.
made mention in some former let.
tiers Of the number Of female semina'
ries being erected here. Once them,
under the auspices Of the New Schoo
Presbyterians, is rapidly advancing &c
completion. II will cost, building and
endowment, over one hundred thou
sand dollars. | was greatly surprised
to hear the other day that the Metho.
dists, in the regions round about
Oxford had contributed a very larg,
portion Of this amount. Surprised
not at this liberality, but their ability
| didn't know they were able to sup
port so many schools Of their own. and
assist their neighbors also. 1t share
ly possible, however. that some Of
them have been taken IN slightly, by
the announcement in the circular that
the above school is to be. in no sense
whatcver, Observation-Disclosures. They
may not have understood that such an
announcement was mere coup d'etdl
whereby the unsophisticated were Ia
ken. II is possible that | may not
understand what constitutes sectari-
an or denominatial school; but if all
the Trustees Of a school belong to 0
particular sect, and all the teachers be-
long to the same sect, | would call il
a sectarian school. / do not object al
all TO such arrangements; nor do ]
object to having one denomination help
annother; but / do object to what looks
like getting money under false pre-
tences."
Old Miami University is prospecting
The number of students is greater
than usual. and under the judicious
and able management of Prof. Stod-
dard. the acting President, everything
moves as regular as clock-work. DR..
Hall. the President elect, has not yet
come on.
We have asmall quario monthly
sheet published here now by an asso-
citation ofstudents, called the "Angi,
eist." 1t is conducted with grear
ability. but is published too seldom tc
meet the wants Of the Oxonians.-
There are more newspapers taker
here than in any town in Ohio or In
diana OF even twice its size.
Yours truly
JOHN SMITH.
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