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The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-11-28
High life Below Stairs.

When this satirieal farce vas hrst brought
out in London. "oId Drury" came very
near being mObbed by the infuriatsd Wallets
and lacqueys, whom It so cleysrig took Oh
But in young America no such offence can
be taken at squib. and. therefore, the fol-
lowing. from the New York correspondent
fthe Philadelphia Sunday Mercury. is
capital Illustration uf Young America graft
ed on a little Irish assurance and impulent
go .aheadativeness:
cannot yet drive the election out Of my
head, and spropos Of that ! just heard We
~ funny anecdO.s relative to it. 1t runs in
this wise: Some two years ago Coleman y
stetson, Of the Astor House, had pc: wal
ter, who suddenly, for some unexplained
reason, left them. This waiter vas called
Mr.. Mooney. A few days ago Mr.. Cole
man happened in at the Metropolitan Ho
tel, and there, in the reading room, he saw
Mooney, as large as life, smoking cigar
and perusing the morning papers.
''Good morning. Coleman" said MOOne!
without rising.
4"Good morning." responded Coleman
II am glad to see you Are you here nov
Il mean are you located in this hotel?"
Eyes, SIR"
"Glad to hear that, too. You'll find tn,
LelaLds frstrate men; you'll like them
know" a.......
"Yes, tney'r pretty clever fellows" sale
Mooney, impudently.
"Clever fellows'' exclaimed Coleman
who wondered how Mooney would speak ST
disrespectly Of his employers; they are ex
cellent men. and you ought to be proud Il
be with them'
al am, "said Mooney" putting out from
his mouth a fresh cloud Of tobacco smoke
"Well Mooney" resumed Coleman, /"
wish you well, and would rather have yol
at our house than see you here"
am maybe come to you shortly" inter
rupted Mooney, with patronizing air.
"But, no." continued Coleman, "whil
you do well, stay here. Let me give yor
a piece of advice, towever--the Lelanas ar
as | said before, excellent. easy. good-natu
red men,. but they do not like to be impo
sed upon. If they see you here smoking
cigars. and making free with the guests
they will most likely tell you to leave t.
house.
"Sir!' -..- @w "
"My advice is" continued Coleman, witt
a parental look, ''that you never show your
: self here; stick to your own apartments, 9th
elwise l could swear you'll be dischar
ged."
, "Why, what the devil do you take IN
foi?" cried Mooney, starting to his feet. an
displaying an elegant ruAle shirt bosom an
a cable watch chain.
"Why, waiter, Of course!"
"No, sir!'' was the reply, Pm boar
der here, and I'm aaiAember Of the Legisls
turep'
Coleman left, after having made yer
fowery apology. He acknowledged him
self done-completely. With such lawma
kers as Mooney we ought to flourish, ough
we not?
nEJohn, onr mustachicd citizen, til
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-11-28

r'yAHPETINC, 1000 yds Ingram, Keduminster,
VI u Lisfinn and Rng carpets, livery low prices BY
nh ioct J. sBsD FsR So II McFADDEN Y
The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-11-28

n mn EsEg Toms of tho choicest favor. The old
X MAtf0ns know mhereto ret Tea that wi =.
ffeek shair dropping srirlta. Roman Chap and u
9et laaf can 10 had At MctADpEN
lost O. sA&
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23
Sag NIGHTS In Indianapolis.

This new order Is spreading rapid
ly. The Indiana Journal Of the 10th
inst, says:
A twigof this exotic plant has Ia.
ken roet here. and on the night OF
the day q. N. Fitch was cursing the
secret meetings Of tho Know Moth.
ings. and comparing them to gather
ings Of bats and burglars. excellent
secret society-hating "old liners" were
being initiated by dozens into the 'Sag
Nichts," In lower room or the cellar.
This we learned from an "old liner
who had too much honesty to abuse
secret societies in the afternoon, and
join them at night, and resisted the so.
licitations Of bis friends 10 ego In"
There probably never was any man
who believed that the cold liners"
were sincere in their denunciations oil
secret political associations. and that
they would not unhesitatingly adopt
that or any other means to achieve
their object. but certainly nobody
could have suspected them Of so little
discretion as approve and adopt the
"accursed thing" when there was any
possible way Of avoiding 1t. They
might at least have devised something
which would not have left them debt.
ors to their enemies for narnc, design
or character.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23

for the occasion 70 make it both COM
Portable and agreeable, their presence
always insuring the latter. The COM
mittee of Reception and distribution
more than mel the expectations of
their friends. their untiring exertions
before the meeting, in soliciting contri-
buttons, and the entire satisfaction in
afterwards distributing them. speaks
volumes in their favor, the tears Of
gratitude. that fell pnbiddcn. from ma
ny poor relieved sufferer, accompa-
MED by the silent calculations of their
hearts to The throne Of Heaven, for its
biz ssings to be youchsafed upon their
heads, -were the most humble, yet
most brilliant rewards, their services
so highly merited-none but win ex-
claim, that the gifts are twice blessed
to those who give and those Who
receive. The gross receipts Of the
evening, were s260.e5. which speaks
well for the iberaliy Of our citizens.
You viii see by this, that avarice is
the exception, and not the rule. in
this community, years viii hardly suf-
fee to efface the memory % this. our
first donation party in Metamora.
5 ssaesf BIN. 6.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23
The Death of Nicholas.

The death Of the Emperor Of Rus
STA, which was announced in the pap
ers Of yesterday. leads every one to
ask, what effect will IL have upon the
WARP This question Is not an easy
one TO answer satisfactorily. Nicholas,
IL Is well known, for some years pre-.
vious to i8i8, did not, by any means,
sit upon his throne in absolutcsecurity.
Indeed. IL is n matter Of speculation,
whether some one Of the conspiracies,
which the nobility were daily Matching,
would not have been successful, had
not the Revolution Of that year broken
out, and taught them that their safely
could be found in the shadow OF ad-
solutism more certainly than else.
where. Their dissatisfaction was
only smothercd. and the sudden and
unexpected death Of Nicholas may
give them the opportunity Of breaking
forth, which has no long been impa.
tiently awaited. II his death was
like that Of SO many ofhi family tho
result of violence or poison--of course
those who accomplished II would have
taken advantage Of Il at the moment
and with tho news OF his death we
should probably have heard Of q 70.
volution. The stability Of the Russian
Government has for somo time, dcpon-
ded upon the personality Of the Gear.
It's debt has been rapidly increasing
from year to year, the resources Of the
country have not been developed; and
the immense expenditures Of the war
were bringing on crisis which Mich.
olas himself might not have been able
TO meet, had his operations In the pres
cnt contest proved disastrous. Much
will depend upon the character OF his
successor; but moro may depend upon
accident. IL the Grand Duke Alexan.
der. now thirty-soven years old. hap.
pened 10 be In st. Petersburgh at the
time of his fathers death. he may
have quietly taken possession OF tho
throne, and having that advantage.
may retain Il by tho exercise Of the
necessary courage and ability. II he
did not happen to be there. somebody
else. with a plausible claim and u
strong party. may assert the claim
and make il good for the time,
There are 50 many contingencies,
however, TINT II Is idle to speculate as
to what the immediate result will be
in Russia. and what will be the effect
upon the war. IL the person upon
whom the crown devolyes. either by
law or by arrangement, gets possess
ion Of II without u struggle and by
general consent. IL Is proablo tho war
will 90 on. unless the people Of Russia
are moro hostile to IL than we have
any reason To believe they are. II
there is any dispute about tho aucoes-
sion, II will have great deal OF In
iluence upon the Peace Conference at
Vienna. rs Russia will probably as.
sumea more pacific bearing thin she
has lately done. On the whole. 1t
may be safely concluded, we think,
that tho death Of Nicholas has increas-
cd the chanoes Of peace under any
circumstances; and that II the war
continues il will be prosecuted undor
disadvantages and difficulties which
were unknown during the life Of the
/ late Emperor. - Gin. Gazette. -
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23

an attorney for two years, but as she
managed to IVORY through" so far
without them, we anticipate no seri-
Gus arrangement Of her affairs from
it now. But whatever the loss, it is
well compensated by the check thus
promptly and decisively placed on an
act OF Executive usurpation which il
let pass unresisted, could be made a
precedent and pretext for other. and
worse usurpations hereafter. We
think Mr.. Collins deserves the thanks
of the people for his resolute course in
this matter.-Ind. Journal.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23
More Popular Sovereignty.

We would be recresnt 10 duty, not
to keep our readers acquainted with
the schemes that are on foot to deprive
them of their rights as citizens. 1t is
known that the so-called Democratic
party, last summer, attempted to JUS
tify their opening Kansas to slavery
on the plea Of popular sovereignty
As we frequently showed, during the
canvas, more arrant humbug was
never invented. We have already re-
corded late act of that same con-
gress. in revoking certain legislative
acts Of the territory of Minnesota, in
defiance Of the popular will. But we
confess, that in our most distrusting
moments, we never feared that such
an attack afore the rights of citizens,
as was made in the late United States
Senate, would ever be attempted
Let American freeman read the fol-
lowing, which passed the Senate. by
only nine dissenting votes:
eff civil suit be commenced or
pending in any State court, against
any officer Of the United States, or
other person, for or on account of any
act done under any law of the United
States, or uuder color thereof, or for
or on account of any right, authority,
claim or title. set up by such officer or
other person acting in aid Of such
officer, under any law of the United
States. and the defendant shall, at the
first term of such State court after
such shall be commenced, file petit
ton for the removal Of the cause for
trial into the next Circuit Court to be
held in the district where the suit is
pending; or il there be no Circuit
Court in such district. then to the Dis
trict Court invested with the powers Of
Circuit Court next TO be held in that
district, and offering good and suffiient
surety for the entering in such court
on the first day of its session. copies of
the process against him, and also for
his there appearing and entering spec
ial bail in the cause, il special bail was
originally requisite therein, it shall be
the, duty OF the State Court to accept
the surety and proceed no further in
the cause, and any bail that may have
been taken is to be discharged. and the
cause is to proceed in the United States
Court as il it had been brought there
by original process.
There it is Comment is unneces-
sary. Every deputy Post Master, ev'
cry Marshal and deputy Marshal, ev,
cry government hireling may commit
any on TRACE he plerses, under color Q,
lao, and we have no redress. except t
appear before the district Court Of tn,
United Statesl The infamous bill fail
cd in the House, but will be taken ny
again. 1t is a demand Of the Slave
power, and freemen are expected L
submit. Thus it is with slavary. 81,
months ago IL demanded the right tc
polute the virgin soil Of Kansas, under
the plea Of popular sovereignty, nov
II demands that the minions Of powel
may ride over tho people with impuni
|, ty.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23
The war in the Crimea-defeat Of the
4 Russians at Eupatoria.

THE RUSSIANS REpuLsED.-0n Feb.
18th, the Russians. who, under
Gen. Liprandi had been for some
time collecting around Eupatoria. at
tackled the Turks with a strong force.
Omar Pacha, who had arrived by sea
from Vaina few days before, took
the command of the Turks. in person,
and, after four hours fighting, the
Russians drew of to distance of four
miles.
The following are the Geographic
dispatches that brought the intelli-
gence to France and England.
The London Daily News was the
first to announce the intelligence as
follows: tt'
BUCHAREST, Feb. ga messen-
ger who left Eupatoria on the 18th
Feb, and performed the journey from
varna to Bucharest in 26 hours. brings
the following disprtch from your cor
respondent at Eupatoria: "Feb. 18th
The Russians, attacked Eupatoria
this morning. They were command
eddy Liprandi, and their numbers
were 10000 infantry and 5000 cav
airy. They commenced the attack an
hour before day-break and had with
them seventy guns. The conflict
lasted three hours. The assault was
signally repulsed. The steamer threw
shells among the assailants. The
Russians have 500 men hors de combat
the Turks $50. Omar Pacha com
manded in person. Seim Pacha, the
Egyptian, was killed. Vast masses Of
cavalry and artillery are now assem-
bled round Eupatoria."
There are several other dispatches
purporting to come from Vienna and
elsewhere, but they contain merely the
above news in a different shape. Pri-
vate dispatches, in the possession O
Greek firms, tend to encourage the
opinion that importance of the battle
is over estimated in the public ac
counts.
The last dispatch from Lord Raglan
from before Sebastapool. Feb. 10. is a.
follows:
My Lord Duke have nothing
material or important TO your grace
since addressed you on the 9th.
There was rain yesterday and tn,
day before, and in the course of las
night there was considerable fall o
snow, which remains on the ground
but il does not freeze. and the countr,
is again saturated with wet.
Il is reported from the front tina
great activity prevails in the town an,
harbor Of Sevastopol.
Large conveys of apparently sic
men are observed to be moving out Q
the place, and numerous carts, wit
one horse, to be coming in.
The enemy appear to be breaking
, up hulks in the Arsenal Creek, aud {
be using the material for platform
and chevaux.de frise at the batter
"du Mat"
We are proceeding with the armu
, ment Of the works on the right.
The health of the troops continue
to improve in some slight degree
They are!amply supplied with war;
clothing and provisions.
Forage is our only want, and tina
r arises chiefly from the Commissary
General not receiving from Englan
the supplis of hay upon which he Ia
reckoned.
Ihave, DC. (signed) RAGLAN
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23

Moral Perjury.

We say moral perjury. simply to
distinguish the kind we are about to
speak Of, from legal perjury, which is,
or may be followed by legal punish
ments: and not because we believe
that..there is any moral difference be-
tween them. We now refer to the
violation Of Official oaths. So far rs
we know, no man was ever indicted
for perjury, when disregarding his
oath..of Office, and' we presume none
ever win be. Yet, when man sol
EMMY swears to faithfully discharge
the duties Of Office, and neglects tn do
it, he is as much. q perjured man, as II
he had sworn falsely on any other
subject.
With this view Of the sapctity, and
binding obligation of an oath Of Office,
how can any one look upon those who
violated their official obligations, in the
Legislature. by refusing to elect the Of
fcers required by law. in any other
light than perjured men, We do not
mean to say that those men would
commit legal perjury-or such PERU,
ny as might be followed by pains and
penalties. We think they would not
Yet man who viii swear falsely or
one subject. would swear falsely or
any subject. if the penalty was thu
same in each case. In this case there
is no penalty, or what amounts to thu
same thing. none can be inflicted, ant
hence the impunity with which tn
oath Of Office Is violated.
We call the attention Of every can
did reader to the able article we pub
lish In another column, from thu
South Bend Register. in reference 4
the elections. It is plainly shown
there, that ID was the duty Of the Leg
islature to have gone into certain cleo
tons. The law is express and plain
Yet majority Of the Senate persiste'
in refusing TO do so. We ask ever.
honest man to calmly consider thi
act. Men sworn to discharge thei
duties. refused to do 1T. because the.
regarded the interests Of party rs NOR
binding than their oaths Of Office.
The miserable subterfuge by whicl
certain Senators. and their party OF
gars. attempt to escape the just indig
nation Of an enraged people. Is merel,
an attempt to lie themselves out Of n
awkward position. Finding the peo
pie. even the mcn Of their own party
dissatisfied. they are pretending ths
they offered to elect Judge Blackfor
and the House refused to concur. N
honest. intelligent man will resort
such a subterfuge. The truth will b
known. II was q deliberate resol,
ton to defeat the will Of majority
the voters Of Indiana. II was n stut
led resolve TO thwart the popular SOL
sreignty Of Indiana. because in the
sovereignty they had resolved to o.
pose the further extension Of SLAYER
TWAS reiteration Of the prevailir
sentiment Of the present Democrat
party. that the will Of tho people Is |
be obeyed when tasks for eoncussic
to slavery. and not otherwise.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23

We are not capable of expressing
our qualification at the result of the ell
ection in the Granite State. 1t was
the last strong-hold of the slavery
propaganda party. Ii is Pierce's
own State-a State that never before.
in the memory of the present genera
ton, refused to wear any yoke that
the pro-slavery Democracy had pre-
pared for it. Hitherto. all that was
asked was whether the measure were
endorsed by the party or not, and it
was accepted by the voters of New
Hampshire. But the attempt 10 sell
freedom to the South, and to national
ize slavery-the new tangled and hor-
rible doctrine that slavery had claim
upon the nation equal. to freedom,
aroused the men Of New Hampshire
as they were never aroused before, and
we see the result. The vote just Civ
en- is the voice of men who dare to be
free. That the anti-catholic element
entered somewhat into the contest is
admitted, but it entered into il only so
far as was necessary to rebuke those
who were willing to trample native
born citizens in the dust, to procure the
political influence Of clannish foreign
ers.
Let this result encourage freemen
everywhere, and let the traitors to
freedom in Indiana, who refused to
elect Senator, because they could'not
elect the infamous John Petit, OF
some one equally hostile to the cause
of humanity-some one who woulj
Join with him in pronouncing the Dec
laration Of Independence. a self-evi
dent lie-let these read in the rout o
old lineism in New Hampshire, the pre-
cussor OF their own doom. The PEG
pie will be heard and they will show BY
their votes next fall and the fall follow
ing, that they knew what they wer'
about last October, Notwithstanding
their would-be masters haveimpudent
Ily said to them that they were too ig
norant to know for whom and for wha
they voted. when they rebuked Oh
Liners by a majority of $4,000, in In
diana.
The election resulted in electinl
Metcclf, the X. N. Fusionist, Govern
or. by about 1900, over his three oppo
nents; also ten State Senators for th
Fusionist. to one Old Liner, and .22
Fusion members Of the Lower Hous
TO 10 old liners. Last year the govern
or was old line, and the Senate was com
posed Of 2 Wings to ten Democrats
and the House had q Democrat major
ity Of 10.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23

AN INTERESTING SLAVE oAsE.--An
interesting trial has been in progress
in Cincinnati. for several days. involy-
ing the freedom Of two slaves, who
were taken from their owners en- route,
from Kentucky to Missouri. through
Cincinnati. Il Is contended on one
hand, that bringing slaves to Ohio frees
them, and on the other hand that a
stakeholder has right to travel
through afrec state with his human
chattels. These only travelled from
one boat to another, along the wharf,
some thirty yards. The opinion o.
Judge storer, was to have been Civ
On last Wednesday morning We have
not yet received II.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23


New posrAoE Acr.--Notice 10 here
by given that. ngreably to an act Of
Congress approved March I'd. 1885,
the following rates Of postage are "a
DO charged on and after the first day
Of April next, In lieu Of those now o..
tablished, to.wit:
On every single letter conveyed In
the mail between places In the United
States for any distance not exceeding
three thousand miles. three cents; and
for any distance exceeding three thou
sand miles. ten cents.
From ard after the first day Of April
prepayment on letters Is required, ex'
cepting upon such rs are TO or from q
foreign country, or 10 officers Of the
Government on official business. The
Thanking privilege remains unchanged
From and after the first OF January
eighteen hundred and ffty.six, post
masters are required TO place postage
stamps upon all prepaid letters on
which such stamps moy not have been
placed by the writer's.
BY the third section OF the act the
Postmaster General 10 authorised "a
establish uniform system for the reg
istration ofvaluable letters This pro-
vision Of the law will ba carried into
effect, and special instructions therefor
will be carried ;;.lsd into effect and spc.
cial instructions therefor will be issuod
10 Rostmssters, asrsoop rs necessary
blanks can be prepared and dlstrihp'
ed.
-. CAMPBELL. Pm. General,
Post Office Department, March 9th.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-03-23
9 ifbs

Mr.John King, late Pest Master
in this place, died at his residence,
about 8 O'Clock p. NJ. Saturday, the
18th inst, after lingering illness Of
about II weeks. Mr.. King had ben
a citizen of Brookville about fifteen
years, during which time he 'aad COM
handed the esteem ofal' who knew
him. For near two years he had
served the community in the capacity
of Post Master, With fidelity and de-
votion unequs'lled.
On the morning Of the 2lst inst.
after lingering illness, at the resi-
dence of her father, N. d. Gallon,
Mrs. Martha Ann Rowland, wife Of
John d. Rowland. Esq.
On the 18th inst, at the re.idence Of
his father. John Stalcup. in White
Water Township. Willis stalcup, in
the eleventh year Of his age.