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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-06-15
County officers.
Justice % the Peace.


Justice % the Peace.
sRooxvtLLx rowxiuir.
cyr.s kIlsore, Commission expires Apr 10, 1850
WIN, X. Howell, Apr ~, 1897
Jamss Mewhlnney ~ Oct Ji, ieos
svwisavtzlp rowx.mr.
Joseph Welsh Commission expires Oct q ,sss
samuel Holiday. Aprsi, 1855
sIoosrsaavovr TOWNSHIP.
David slanghies, Commission expires Nov !, isss
Jesse Clements, Apr 81, 1851
ssrLrR TOWNSHIP.
A. u. Line, commlssion expires Novembe.i s isss
Squire Harvey Dec ,, ieSs
w:A;J .. Glldeweil, Comm expires Feb so, 1880 1850
HIGHLAND Township.
T..ns. knssh., Commission expires Nov ., isss
LAusrL TOWNSHIP.
Isaae Ciemerts Commission expires Dec -, 1850
Ludwiek Ensminger Nov ), 1880
kobestH. Jinks :" 4" Oct -, 1858
nrrkroRA township.
John Horsley, Commission expires July n 1850
vosxy TOWNSHIP.
kobt. n Miller, Co nmlssIon expires Sept ss, 1858
Jsues u. Moore, July 10, 1897
Henry seimeier, Commission expires May es lass
Hiram George, May 7, 1855
sALr cRsEx TOWNSHIP.
o: 1 1ssansm. Ss;,, Commission expires Dec Q iss.
WHITE wArrH TOWNSHIP.
as Wsl,ss Mitchell, Commission expires Sep ., isss
sArm rowssur.
John niew, Commission expires June o., 1858
Lewis Whiteman - - April 2s, 1855
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-06-15
FRANKLIN COUNTY DIRECTORY

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ary and August-may sit three weeks.
COMMON PLEks CouNr meets ist Mondays In jan
usry, April, July and octobcr-may sit weeks.
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June, September, December and March-may sit
ak days each tmo.
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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-06-15

30, now forever,
Farewell the tranquil quld. n,rweli the pun,
Farewell tho finely cut aud big plugs
That madoiambltlon easy. farewell.
Farewell. the neighing sncexe. aud tho shri
thrump."
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-06-15
County Officers.


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American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12
ESTABLISHED IN 1925
Indian Mumnies.

George G. Bates writes 10 the Detroit
Advertiser that the great mystery among
the Savans Of the world-to wit: by what
process of art or skill in science the Mum
mics found in the Pyramids ofEgypt have
been preserved, and which modern skill
has exhausted all its resources in fruitIess
efforts to analyze--is known on the shores
of the Pacific, among the wandering races
Of the Chinooks and the Flat-heads.--
These rude savages understand and prac-
tice this art with as much success as at
tended the efforts Of the ancient Egyptians.
Mr. Bates says:
cat tie famous depository for the far
mers of California. on Montgomery street,
are Two specimens which are well calcu-
lated to arouse the attention Of the reflect
ing, and TO show how intimate, after all,
are the relations Of the past and the future.
The former of theseis Flathead mummy,
found in his canoe on the shores Of Puget
Sound, in perfect state of preservation.
Those who have seen the Egyptian mum
my would be utterly astonished at the ex-
act similltude, save in the conformation of
the subject The forehead ofthe skull has
evidently been depressed by outward me-
chanital appliances, but in all else it iskte
mummy Of the Pyramid, in perfect
state Of preservation. Inc eye balls are
still round under the lid; the teeth, the
muscles, and tendOns perfect, the veins
injected with some preserving liquid, the
bowles, stomach and liver dried up, but
not decayed, all perfectly preserved. The
very blanket that entwines him, which is
made of some threads Of bark, and saturat-
ed with pitchy substance, is entire. The
inner canoe in which be Was found had
entirely decayed, and the outer one was
nearly gone, yet the body is evidently just
as it was prepared by the emhalmer; and
although now exposed to the open air, it
shows no sign of decomposition. 1t would
seem as # prepared BY all coming time
Where these wanderers Of the desert learn
ed this art is query over which the wise
may ponder; and those who are skilled in
such things will find food for thought in
this strange specimen, picked up near the
disputed boundary on our western from
tier
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12
Diseased imagination.

We do not venture into the regions OF
spectral illusions, Or ghosts, but we may
mention in passing, the case of crazy
young lady, recorded by DR.. Farriar, who
.faucied herself accompanied by her own
appara!ion, and who may, of course, there
fore Justly be said to have been, indeed,
often--Jeside herseE. A Lusitanian ply
sician had patient who insisted he was
entirely frozen, so that lie would sit before
large fire, even during the dog days, and
yet cry ofcold. A dress of rough-sheep
skins, saturated with aquavi;e, was made
for him, and they set him on Ere; he then
confessed that Le was, for the first time,
quite warm,-rather too much so, and in
deed this genial remedy cured him of lis
frigidiiy altogether.
The following Iudicrous story is told in
the London Lancet. "While residing at
Rome" SAYS the narrator. 81 paid visit
10 the lunatic asylum there, and among the
remarhable patients, one was pointed out
to me who had been saved, with much diff
ficulty, from inficting death upon himself
BY voluntary starvation in bed, under an
impression that lie was dcfunct, declaring
that dead people never eat. 1t was soon
obvious to all that the issue must be fatal
when the humane doctor bethought of the
following stratagem. Half dozen of the
attendants, dressed in white shrouds, and
their faces and hand covered with chalk,
were marched in single file, with dead ST.
lence into room adjoining that of the pa
ient, where he observed them through a
door purposely left open, sit down TO
hearty meal. "Hallo!' said he, that was
deceased, presently to an attendant; "who
be they?" dead men," was tie reply.
What rej9ined the corpse, ''dead men
eat?" TO be sure they do. as you see."
answered tie attendant. "If that's the
easel" exclaimed the defunct. an Join
them, for Pm famished;" and thus instant
ly was the spell broken. ."-DemOcratic Re-
Vielr
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12


ENGLISH NEwspApERs.--The London
"Times," it is stated, circulates more than
$4,000 copies. The Morning Advertiser
circulates 1875, and no other British
newspaper more than 4,5oO, except the
Times" The London "Times" was es-
tablished January /, 1885, by John Wal.
ter; in 1908, his son, John Walter Cd,
succeeded to the management, and in 1887
he in turn was followed by his son John
Walter, Sd, the present publisher. The
Times has secured its influence by literary
merit, accuracy and enterprise, and chiefly,
by faithfully .JoliOacing instead of leading,
public sentiment.
Every English newspaper must have
every sheet officially stamped with its
name, and be taxed two cents for each
stamp; then every payer having TO pay a
heavy exercise duty on each pound made.
the impost on each copy of newspaper is
about four cents; the Times is sold at ten
cents, of which the publisher get but six
cents. This penny stamp, however, al.
lows the paper to pass free in all mails SO
that the same eopyimay be sent without
postage from friend to friend throughout
the kingdom. Before 1886, the stamp was
eight cents for each advertisement, long
or short. In that year the stamps were re-
duced to the present rate, and the tax on
advertisements, to othirty-six cents, in 1858,
the latter was abolished, thereby, saving
the Times 145, 900 dollars a year.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12

TIE MIcAwBER TRIBE.-The number of
individuals who, like Wilkins Micawber,
Esq, in David Copperfeld, are continual
ly waiting for something to "turn up" is
very considerable, among the humanity
that surrounds us. They never do any
thing, and are consequently always in diff
fculty, because they wait for a golden
opportunity" that is always coming, but
never here. They seem to prefer STATE
Of continual embarrassment from ''pecu-
mary liabilities" vulgarly termed debts,
to honest. humble efforts to obtain liveli-.
hood. lfsueha thing happens, on,such
a condition of affairs results, there will be
a splendid opportunity for speculation, and
the gathering Of an abundant karyest.-
But the looked for events never happen,
and thus the Micawber tribe follow an ia
nus Jatuas till they are overwhelmed with
ruin; and not they alone, but many de-
pendent upon them for support. follow
them to destruction. Never get habit of
waiting for something to turn up" or
you will ultimately turn down beyond the
possibility of being inverted again.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12

TMHAsg AND THE LAMB.

',s THE ASS AND THE LAMB.
ssHow hard is my fate!--
what sorrows await" ~
Said the ass TO the shOep, "my deploraDIe s'ase'
-....j-. Cold, naked, nl-fed,
sleep In she'd,
Where the snow, Wind and rain, come In over
741S ,s "All this day pass
80 In yard without grass
Whist pity that was created an asst
uAs for maseT--he sat
III BY the Gre, with the cat,
Ana they both look as you do. eontcnted and fat
..s.s .sYour nice coat ofwool,
''' So elastic and full, S
.-as ''How can you PRETEND"
.sst-s Said his poor bleating friend,
teTo complain?-lci ne siIecnc to you recommend"
amy sorrows are deep"
Continued the sheep,
And her cy slookcd as IL fshewere ready to weep
''IexPecL--'tis no fable
To be dragged from the stable,
And tomorrow, perhaps, cut up for the table,
,. ... "Now you--with docility,
Strength, and civility--
wiliive some years longer, In all probability
"So, no envy, Ibeg;
For i'llbetyou ancgg,
s You will carry the spinach to eut with my leg"
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12
HOME SONG.

Now thrust my thimbIein its case,
ABdstOre tie spoOlsawsy,
Aud lay the muslin rolls in place:
Ny task is done to-day;
Pcr ike the workpen's evening bell,
Asound has met my ears,
Theeate eiink by DE street doth tell.-
Papa hath come my dcars.
Bear oHthe toy-boS from the door,
P0ryOndef chair make room;
Aid M and out, unbolt the door.
And breath his welcome home;
For 'tis the twilight hour ofJoy,
Wien Homes best pleasures rally;
And 4 will clasp mydahing boy,
~ While Papa rOpps with Allie.
30 There, take the hat and gloves and bring,
The slippers, warm and soft,
While bounds the babe with laugh and spring,
t, In these loved armsalOft;
And let each nook some comfort yield,
Each hear with lore be warn 80
p For him whose Grm, strong hand shall shield,
The household gods from harm, .-..
r 1 oarl love shailiight the gathering gloom,
For DER all earthly hope,
We cherish first the Joysof home,
glad rejoicing group,
and through the twilight hours Of Joy,
We turn from toll to daily
With thy young dreams Of life, my boy,
And gsily fOEdle Allie.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12


HAPPINESS NOT IN STATION ALONE
There is one experience, gentlemen, to-
which the history of my various changes
in life. has peculiarly, and, | will even.
say, has painfully exposed me-and that
is, how little man gains, or rather, in
deed, how much he loses in the happiness
of natural and healthful enjoyment. in
passing from narrower to wider. and
what some may call, more elevated
sphere. There is not room in the beart
of man for more thsn a certain number of
objects, land he is therefore placed far
more favorably for the development of all
that pleasure which lies in the Kind and
friendly affections of our nature, when the
intimacy of his regards is permitted to
rest on few, than when. hustled through
an interminable variety Of fpersons aud
things, each individual can have but slen-'
der hold upon the memory, and q hold as
slender upon the emotions,-D DR., ChdI-
nl6r8. ... I'D ... .. s..tt ~ - .rf
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12
LANCASTER, OHIO THURSDAY MORNING APRIL I2 1855

her husbands rifle, the only one they bad i,
and now handing the weapon TO her sister
in-law, she armed herself with the axe Of
the young McAndre, which stood in the
corner, and prepared herself for the last
extremity. Alice betook herself to very
formidable weapon. the slaughter knife Of
the establishment, and thus armed, the
three women ranged themselves on either
side Of the door, determined to sell their
lives as dearly as possible,
In half an hour the Indians had nearly
cut two planks out of the door, beneath
the bar, space just sufficient for man to
force his body through in STOPPING pos
ture. They brought heavy pieces from
the adjacent pile, and using them as bat
tering rams, soon beat in the weakened
portion of the door, and at the same time
driving the articles which had been piled
against the door into the middle of the
room. Taught caution by the losses they
had sustained, they did not Immediately
attempt TO enter through the aperture, but
thrusting in and crossing their rifles, dis
charged themi into thu house. In this they
had double design-that of killing or
manning some of the occupants, and get
ting in under cover of the smoke.
Before the deafening sound had ceased,
the feather-crested head of the Wyaudott
warrior parted the smoke. cloud that had
obscured the interior; but as he rose from
a STOPPING posture on entering, Miriam S
axe descended with tremendous force,
cutting through the shoulder and collar
bone into the chest. He dropped with a
wild cry, half defiance, half agony. An
other savage followed, and each to sink in
turn under the axe Of the courageous ma
tron. The fifth she missed, but instantly
she grappled with him, and held him pow
erless in her arms, while Alice plunged
the knife in his bosom, OF the next two
that entered, one was disabled by a severe
blow on the head from Hopes rife, and
the other very nearly decapitated by Mi
riam's well directed axe.
Of the thirteen bronzed warriors who
had left their tribe for the war path few
days before, only two returned unwound-
ed, and capable Of service, and they, seiz-
ed with panic at the havoc made among
their companions by the "long knife
squaws," abandoned the design, and fed
back to the village. To the wounded left
behind no quarter was given, To. have
spared them would have been treason tc
the dead. Miriam's axe and the long
knife Of Alice made short work of them,
and this duty fulfilled. the family lost no
time in proceeding to Frankfort.
The next day hundred mounted from
tiersmen assembled, and after bringing in
the bodies of the Cooks and McAndre,
started for the nearest Wyandott village
to take wholesome revenge. .a
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12

No Coon DEED LosT.--Philosophers
tell us that since the creation of the world
not one single particle has ever been lost
1t may have passed into new shapes--it
may have foated away in smoke and va,
por-but it is not lost. 1t will come bacl
again in the dewdrop or the rain--it will
spring up in the fibre of the plant, or PLAN
itself on the rose leaf. Through all its for
nations, Providence watches over and di.
rects it still. Even so it is with every holy
thought or heavenly desire, or humble as
piration, or generous and self-denying eff
fort. 1t may escape our observation--we
may be unable to follow it, but it is an el.
ement of the moral work, and it is not lost
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12

"WE'LL ALL MEET AGAIN IN THE MoRN-
INC. Such was the exclamation of dy-
ing child, says the --NeWdrk Hercuyy, as
the red rays of the sunset streamed on him
through the easement "Good bye, papa,
good bye! Mamma has come for me to-
night: don't cry, papa! nell all meet again
in The morning p 1t was as if an angel
had spoken TO that father, and his heart
grew lighter under its burden, for some
thing assured him that his little one had
gone 10 the bosom of Him who said, "Suf-
fer little children to come unto me, for of
such is the kingdom of Heaven"
THERE'S something cheerful and inspir-
ing to all who are in trouble in this, "we'll
all meet again in the morning" 1t rouses
up the fainting soul ike trumpet blast,
and frightens away forever the dark shapes
throngiug the avenues of our outer life
ClouCs may gather upon our paths-cares
press their vonomedlips against our cheeks
--disappointments gather around US like
an army with banners, but all this cannot
destroy the hope within US, if we have
this motto upon our lips:-"All will be
bright in the mOrnlng.-=Mqnchestsr Anaer-
icuH. .t tst+.-a ..- -..n.t 5-
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12

Two CLERGYMEN. Rev. Thomas Will
liams and the famous DR.. Emmons mutu-
ally agreed to write each others funeral
sermon, and did SO. Mr.. Williams read
his sermon to DIR. Emmons a few years
before his death. DR.. E. objected to the
ealogy as too strong. "Be still, be still, I"
said Mr.. W., "yoa are a dead man p
This sermon was preached by Mr.. w. at
the funeral Of DR.. E. s,.l
DR.. Emmons' papers were entrusted to
DR.. Ide, (his son.in-law,) as Mr.. VIII
liams' erratic mind was hardly safe to be
trusted, At this Mr.. w. was SO offended
thai he refused to let his funeral sermon
be inserted in "Dr. Emmons' Life and
Writings" "
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12
NEwsPAPERs.-The British Baaner'

NEwsPAPERs.-The British Baaner's
advertisement says: te.. ..,..
'ln closing, we must invite tie atten-
ton Of our friends to The American Press.
For ready wit, practical sagacity, the A
mericans are leaving the whole world be-
hind them. Now, there is nothing more
certain than, that of all instrumentaIites
whereby the American intellect has been
awakened, guided, and impelled the most
effective is the Newspaper, Not only has
every city and every town, but almost
every village, its one, two, or three News
papers on the spot, but almost all of them
one or two Daily Journals. There the
spirit of the people is thoroughly worked
up to the duty of promoting the circula-
tion Of the Newspaper as, one ofthe prime
means of maintaining their institutions cul-
tivating and concerning the spirit of free
dom. Just on the ground, that one man
would call upon his next door nei8hl.or,
and urge himto goto publicmeeting with
him to hear certain discussions which were
to take place touching Che common good,
the elder and more experienced make it a
business topress on the younger and less
experienced The duty Of taking one or
more Newspapers" tt51.ls ,9- -.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12

STRENGTH OF SorL.-AItis is virtue alone
which can render us superior to fortune;
we quit her standard, and the combat is
no longer equal. Fortune mocks us; size
turns on her heel; she raises and abuses
US at her pleasure, but her power is found-
ed on our weakness. This is an old-root,
ed evil, butitis not incurable; there is no.
thing firm and elevated mind cannot ac-
oomplish. The discourse of the wise, and
the study of good books are the best rem
edies l know of,-but to these we must
Join the consent Of the soul, without which
the best advice will be useless PetrarGk.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12

GEoLoGIcAL .DIscovERIEs.-In the inte-
rior of Norfolk, England, is a bed Of oyster
shells, nine miles long and above eig ghteen
feet thick. Other shells and bones (some
of elephants, &C., also abound, one hun
dred feet above the sea level. Elder and
hazel bushes are found twenty feet below
Il surface level. Remains Of extensive
forests are traced beyond the mouth OF
wash and under the land, with bones Of
elephants, oxen and deer. The same for
ests are found on the opposite coast Of
Flanders, and it is believed that they once
Joined.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12
The Emperor Nicholas.

The Gar was born July 6, 1896, and
hence was nearly SO years ofage. He has
been nearly 81 years on the throne, llav.
lng relgned since Dec. /, 1925. The
Sovereign was of the Greek Church.
A contemporary thus apostrophises
The death of the gigantic Czar--he who
lowered in statue and intellect above all
men of his -nalion-whose powerful and
perfect physical organization seemed to
give assurance ola century Of life on earth;
whose absolute will gave direction 10 the
energies of the most potent nation on The
glube-whO was to scores Of millions the
personlication of their idea of God-in
whom was concentrated more authority
and force than any other human being
who was the representative man of mon
archs-who "bestrode this earth like a
Colossus" himself best described as The
Iron Colossus of the North" bis death,
just at tie time when the eyes of all men
were upon him, watching with dread the
Development of his tremulous resources:
when he had baffied the grandest arma-
ment, that ever foated. and had set himself
Ike an immovable and insurmoun,able
rock in the path Of the great civilized ma
tons of the west, and was sternly prepar.
ing to join battle with all the millions thai
might be- hurled against him-is dis
pensation of Providence which sends
thrill Of awe to all hearts. And yet Mich
EoIas Romaneif was a man born of woman
andit. twas written that his days upon earll
was to be few, yea ''and full Of troub
les." -.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12

SIZE OF THE WEsr.-Iliinois would make
five such States as Rhode Island, and
Minnesota sixty. Missouri is larger than
all New England. Ohio is larger than all
Ireland, or Scotland, or Portugal, and
EQUALS Belgium, Scotland and Switzerland
altogether Missouri is more than halt as
large .as Italy, and larger than Denmark.
Holland Belgium and Switzerland. Mis-
souri, and Illinois are larger than England,
Scotland, Ireland and Wales.
American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-04-12

THE FAruFuL WIFE.-What can be
truer or more beautiful than this tribute
to woman? tits from Mr., Webster's ar
gument before the Court at Trenton:
"May it please your Honors, there is
nothing upon this earth that can compare
with the faithful attachment of wife, no
creature who for the object of her love, is
SO indomitable, so perservering, so ready
to die; under the most depressing ciroum-
stances, wSnians weakness becomes
mighty power: her timidiiy becomes fear
less courage all her shrinking and sink
ing passes away, and her spirit acquires
the firmness; when circumstances drive
her to put forth all her energies under the
inspiration Of lie: affections.