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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-08-31

re- The Memphis, Tenn, Eagle,
noticing tbs comments Of the Times
upon the letter of Rev. DIR. Breckin
ridge, adds the following
I've have never thought that the
intelligent and just of the Northern
people contemplated any onslaught
upon the ins.;sdtion Of Slavery, as it
exists, and as it is recognized in the
Southern States by both law and Gen.
stitution. We have not thought they
were prepared for forary upon the
rights Of the South within the States.
But we have not disguised the fact.
either from ourselves or from the South
that the issue in the North is clearly
made up on a resistance to the extern
sion Of Slavery,-and hence the form
alton of societies at the North 10 insure
the settlement Of the Territories OF
Kansas and Nebraska with the oppo-
nents Of Slavery. Ifthey can do this,
and thus secure the inhibition of the
institution through the means of State
laws, the dangerous and exaspera.ing
issue of rejecting the application Of =
new Slave State for admission into the
Union will be escaped. But if SIave-
ry is not excluded from the Territories
by the people thereof the North will
oppose the admission into the Union
Of State formed from such Territory.
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Sslettto pottrp.
From Household Words.
THE FLOWERS PETITION.

From Household Words.
THE FLOWERS PETITION.
We flowers and shrubs In cities pent,
From fields aud country places rent,
without our own or friends conscnt,)
In dc1perafc condition,
Yet on no wIlfui outrage bent,
Do humbly here petition.
Whereas. az ainst our silent wills;
With loss Of sun aud purling rils;
Cooped up In pots, on window sills,
In rickety old boxes
The city's sbreath onr beauty kills,
And makes US gray as foxes.
condemnoJ In walls Of brick and slime
In narrsw bsds Of clay and slime,
To open our buds and shed our prime
We need some kind defender;
We pray, oh let live our time.
Aswe are very tender.
Oh, cheat US not OF heavens dcws,
Nor air (however stale) refuse;
God knows Ills little we can use,
SO choakcd are all our vltais;
No Sigh test care will We buse,
Nor falls In fond reqaItals.
Wen breathe our delicate perfumes;
Wen glad your eyes with choicest blooms
But do not shut US up In rooms,
Or stinlrg, crowded places
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0tt@N"
will generally admit of gradual ameli-
oratious. and il not, Il will be more
than compensated by the superior ad-
vanfages incident to strong districts.
In some localities there will be tempo
rary weakness, but this will ultimately
be eliminated by the growth Of the
township. There must be no division
of funds between the districts, either
on the basis of the number of pupils
in them. or on the ground of equality
Of schools. Your official responsible
ties cannot be met by any such sur
render Of control and management. 1t
is oneiof the fundamental elements oi
the system. indeed its crowning ex-
cellence, that all the schools of the
township are under the control and
supervision Of wise and efficient
Board, and that tuition is State pro-
vision, while the school house, furui.
ture, fuel, and fixtures, are corpora
ton charge.
hope ere the lapse of year, to
have personal Interview with you al
all your respective county seats. i
will give your Auditors sufficient not
ice OF the time ofmy visit to enable
them TO apprize you of the contempla-
ted meeting. Your annual report is
henceforth TO be made to the county
auditor. wise change. yet / shall
feel myself under great obligations Ia
each township board, ifthey will favor
me this coming October with the Ii.
brary report as suggested above.
trust that the suggestions contained in
my circular of June 9th, relative to the
sites. enclosures, construction and fur
niture Of your school houses have
been duly considered. A careful pc.
rusal Of IBaraard's School Architec-
ture and Griscom's Uses and Abuses
of Air. cannot fail to impress the con-
tviction of the wisdom and economy o
the course recommended in that com.
munication.
We must not be discouraged by the
exhibition Of selishness, nor disheart.
ened at the existence of ignorance and
and prejudice, nor appalled, at the ap'
athy of individuals, nor frightened al
the hostility of these combined foes.-
Let us labor to dislodge selishness by
the cultivation of more excellent
spirit; displace ignorance by the sub.
stitution Of knowledge, compel apathy
to give place to zeal and activity, dis
arm prejudice by the conviction Of its
error, and convert the hostility u
these opponents into cordial amity.-
These results both justify and demand
intelligent and unceasing effort. L
there be any disappointment ofhopes.
,sny failure of expectations. let no. .hs
cause OF them be Justly chargeable. tG
official dereliction. The success o
the enterprise, the permanency Of oul
institutions. and the welfare of thu
youth Of our Commonwealth demand
that all charged with educational re-
sponsibility should faithfully and fear
lessly do their duty.
The Textbooks for common school:
recommended by the State Board o
Edu,a ion. are the following: The Bi
BILE; McGuffey's Eclectic Spcller; Indi
ana |, Ii. III and IV Readers; Ray''
Arithmetic. Parts, l, III, III; Cornell'l
Biographies, Parts and Ii; Butler
English Grammar, Webster's Diction
airy; and Cutters Physiology and Hy
giene, (School Edition.
Yours truly,
CALEB MILLS, Supf.
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ny J-o.c C. nRsrSARD,
I saw two clouds at morning,
Tinged with the morning sun;
And in tho dawn they noated on,
And mingled into one:
thought that morning cloud was blest,
Itmoved 50 swcety to the west.
| saw two summer currents,
Flow sweetly 10 their me citing;
And Join their course with silent force,
In peace each other greeting;
Calm was their course through banks ofgreen
While dimpling edd!es played between.
Such be your gentle motion,
Till life's last pulse slai i beat;
Like summers beam. aud sammer's stream,
Float on In Joy, To meet
A calmer sea, where Joys shall cease
A purer sky, where all is peace.
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EEThe Trustees of the Ohio Emil
grafton Association have decided on a
location in the state of Iowa. The
point which to them seems most favor
able is about 130 miles west Of Du-
buque. The lands in this vicinity are
remarkably fertile. the prairie high and
rolling, we'll watered, and convenient
TO large groves of timber. There is an
abundance Of coal, limestone and iron
in that part of the state.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-08-31
CALEB MILLS, Supt.
nflemeh of The Ln1iana Press:

Gentlemen Of the Indiana Press:
You will confer favor on me and
do your citizens an important service,
by the publication of the above Circu-
lar in your weekly issue, SO that the
informations and suggestions therein
may reach all interested. whether Off
cials or unofiicials. Yours truly,
CALEB MISS, Supf
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EJLord Stanhope was printer.
Ben Franklin was printer. Beran-
ger the great French poet was a prin-
ter. Theirs, the great French histcri-
an was a printer. M
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UNION COUNTY DIRECTORY

Cracusr CouRr meets the 4th Mondays In Feb
ruary and Angust-may sittwo weeks each time.
Conuox PLEAs CouRr meets I'd Mondays In Feb
russy. May, August, and November; except when
there arc i've Mondays In the preceding month
then Ist Monday May sit 9 weeks each time-
ConntsssoNKR's CoURr meets ist Mondays I'm
June, September, December aud Marcn-may sgt
six days each time.
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Eg-The taxable property; Of New
York city is about S487, 900, ,008..
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County Ofacerx.


COUNTY nxtsstoxERs-Garre. Wilson. I-aa.
snider, and Alex. NJ. Paddock. time expires sep
tember. i555-6-7.
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MIssoURI-sLAvERY AN EXOTIC, AND MUST
PERISH

A well+informed correspondent furnishes us
some useful hints for New England emgrants.
He says that there is much exaggeration as to
the amount Of tillable land in our territory
west of the Missouri; that, from personal OBJ
servaton of Oregon and Washington Terrific
ries, and authentic information in regard to
Nebraska and Kansas, he is prepared to as
sumo that there is not so much tillable land in
all Of them as in the single State of Ohio. We
apprehend that he undertakes the amount as
much as others have over-rated it. But, adj
hitting that the arabic soil in the Territories
named is far less than has been supposed, he
proceeds to suggest some views which, on any
supposition, must prove interesting to emf
grants from the Eastern States
Whittier shall the redundant population of
the free States 90 to find homes? Ohio is al
ready full; Indiana and Illinois nearly so.
What course shall the current of which these
States is the channel take? Shall it continue
on in its natural course westward, or turn aside
to meet the rigors of the hyperborean winters
of Minnesota and Iowa2 Let me say, there
lies in the line of these great States, due west
from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, field, an
lhVluhg nelu, IOr Northern enterprise and IN
dustry, possessing genial climate, rich and
generous soil, and contiguous to those great
marts of commerce, St. Louis and Chicago
That field is in the State of Missouri
There is a great deal of ignorance of the
statistics of our country, or it would be known
that this State, for the most part, is sparsely
inhabited by whites, and that large portions of
it contain hardly any slave population at ALL
The following table shows the number IF slaves
in thirty-nine counties, according to the last
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because he trusted in his Government. and his
Govern ent:s has not kept faith with him.
He has fast claim upon Peru. That Gov
eminent bound itself by an arrangement with
the United States, twenty-eight months ago, to
secure him from the losses that must be sus-
tanned by him on vessels chartered and sent
from the United States, between june 9TH and
August 25th, 1852. That arrangement has not
been carried out-not one of the stipulations
has been fulfilled, so far as he is concerned,
although his case was clearly presented to the
President, soon after the arrangement referred
to. 1t is plain one-the duty of the Admin
istration is clear. 1t was bound to demand the
fulfilment of those stipulations without delay.
By the action of the Federal Executive, a pri.
vate citizen had been injured; on the Federal
Executive he had a rightful claim for redress.
The present Administration in neglecting the
case for two years, has proved recreant to its
trust, and regardless of the rights of American
citizenship, the sacredness of which it boosted
so loudly in its Inaugural. If has a grain of
honesty or selfrespect in its composition, it
VIII MAKE aniehus ior past uehnquency py COM
polling Peru to do what she has bound herself
to do, and by rendering justice to Mr.. Benson.
And while attending to this, let it look again
into the wrongs inflicted upon those American
shipmasters, by "tyrannical passion" and not
blindly accept in exclamation of the brutal con-
duct of the Peruvian officials, the one-sided re-
port Of an American, who has lived so long in
Peru that he may care more for Peruvian in
terests than American rights
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BY the Z vile Abolitionists," who were anxious
y heariwhat renowned champion Of the PEI
culiar Institution" had to say in support q 1t
We have not heard that, like savages thirsting
for the blood of victim, they surrounded him,
with yells and curses; that he was tarred and
feathered, or blackened and ridden on a rail.
or that the Sheriff attempted his life. The CIV
ilization that signalizes itself by such exhibi-
tons, is not the growth Of free labor. Mr. Fitz-
hugh was listened to respectfully, treated kind
ly, Hospitality entertained, and went his way
unmolested, unchalenged.
Now, whenever the Slave States can: show
the same magnanimity, the same appreciation
Of the freedom of opinion and rights Of discus
sion, the same. respect for law and order, the
same confidence in; the truth and right and
good of their peculiar institutions, which those
fanatical Abolitionists =" exhibited in New,
Haven and Boston, it will be time enough for
their philosophers and poets to argue and chant
the praises of Slavery. Till then, let them blush
for system the tendency of which is to sup
plant Civilization by Barbarian. n, al.
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JAP N.

A recent publication by Congress contains
dition to Japan, under the auspices of Commo-
dore Perry. The Japanese Emperors have
not, hitherto, permitted any intercourse between
their subjects and civilized nations, except at
Nangasaki, where the Dutch have been allowed
to trade, under humiliating conditions. Our
vessels, passing along the coast of that En-
pire, have not, however urgent their necessities,
been suffered to touch for supplies. Our ship
wrecked mariners, cast upon the islands ada
cent to Nippon, have, at various times, been
subjected TO the most barbarous treatment. The
expedition of Commodore Perry was designed
to protect our commerce in that region, and, if
possible, to introduce japan into the common
wealth of the civilized world The details of
the negotiations are curious and instructive.
They have already been given to the public in
the newspapers, and it is sufficient to state the
result. So far as its ultimate object was con
cerned-complete and unrestricted commerce
between the United States and Japan-it was
unsuccessful That result, recent advices from
Europe inform us, Holland now proposes to
eonsummate by special embassy.
The ports of Simoda, in the principally of
Idzee, and of Hakodad, in the principality of
Masmai, are designated in the treaty as the
ports to which American ships may repair, tor
wood, water, coal, provisions, and such other
supplies as may be necessary. If our vessels
are wrecked on the coast Of Japan, japanese
vessels are to assist them, and carry the crews
to those ports, where they, and the other citi-
zens of the United States, are to be free, as IN
other countries not subjected to confinement,
or such restrictions as are imposed on the
Dutch and Chinese at Nangasah and only
amenable to Just laws. At Simoda, our citizens
are to be allowed seven japanese miles, and at
Hakodadi FIVE Japanese miles, within which
they are at liberty to go where they please
Consuls from the United States may be ap-
pointed to reside at Simoda, at any time
after the expiration Of eighteen months from
the signing Of the treaty, Whatever other
privileges are hereafter granted by the Govern
ment of Japan to any other nation, shall be
deemed to be granted to the United States, and
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ping whssthSr attempted byconst4ble Or mar
shall. /
We date4 in tbs fragrant outage another
scheme br the prostration Of State Sovereign
II unders Federal bsut patton, and bf6r the ex-,
tension of the Slave Code throughout the free
States, by the action of the Federal Courts-a
scheme which should be resisted, cost what it
may.
DeS~ After the foregoing was written, a tele-
graphic despatch Of the AsOtli announced that
the girl had been re-arrested by the United
States Marshal, and taken before Commissioner
Pendery, wAd, after keArhs he Aigahent, re-
served the case for decision till the following
Tuesday. The despatch says that q there is
great excitement and SHOULD the Girl be re-
rnahded to her claimant, @there is littIe doubt
that conflict will easue between TIE citizens
of the State and the Federal authorities" And
We add, if the People Of. Ohio are not slaves,
such a conflict ought to ehsue. A more scan
dalous outrage on State rights has never been
attempted, The Federal Constitution provides
only for the reclamation of persons held to SER
vice or labor, escaping into other States. The
case of persons held to service or labor, under
the laws of one State, conveyed for any pur-
pose into another, by the act of the master, is
not provided for. Of course, it falls exclusive
ly within the sphere of State law, State regula-
ton. Such was the case of this girl, Rosetta.
She was not .Jugitire-this fact is admitted
on all hands. The State Courts had therefore
adjudged her free, and free she is by every law,
human and divine. Commissioner Pendery, in
issuing his warrant for her arrest. ava the Mar
shall in serving it, in the face of these notori-
Gus facts, are rebels against State authority,
violators of State rights, and guilty of an act
which should-be declared by the Site, kidnap-
ping. 1t is time for the States to 'issert their
rights, and enforce them, too, against Federal
usurpation. If they submit much lcuger to the
encroachments of Federal Power, they will be
stripped of every vestige of sovereignty, and be
reduced to the condition of mere provinces of
the Federal Government.
Still Later. Another despatch announces
that the United States Marshal was committed
to Jail last Monday, for contempt Of court, in
refusing to produce the girl before Judge Por-
ter. Good! We hope the State Caurt will
maintain its ground
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Here are thirty-nine counties, nearly all Of them
OF excellent soil, containing an average slave
population of less than one hundred. Besides
these, there are thirty counties, which average
less than five hundred, and only twenty six coun-
ties which contain over a thousand.
What an inviting field is here presented to
the thousands who are toiling to force subsist-
ence from the sterile rocks and hills of New
England, and to the ten thousands who are an
nually falling victims to that dreadful scourge,
consumption! In Missouri, they would find
health and plenty. There is no consumption
there. The climate guarantees health the soil
Yields q generous reward to the labors of the
culuvator; II it were not so, how could its
present thrttless occupants subsist? How
soon they would starve in New England
If the reader win look on the map, he will
see Missouri extending as far north as New
York, and embracing an area eoual in extent
to Virginia. The tide of Eastern emigration.
flowing resistlessly westward, will not ALWAYS
turn aside on account of the presence of a few
black men within her ample borders. 1t will
not leave Its natural channel. 1t will not be
diverted from Its course. 1t is already CROSSING
the Mississippi, and undermining the +" peculiar
institution" along the eastern border of the
State. st: Louis county already contains thou
sands of Free-Soilers, and they are found scat.
tered over other parts Of the State
The vacuum for free labor is every wear
growing larger in Missouri. Two thousand
slaves are annually taken from that State to
the South, Many Germans are annually set
Ting in the state. 4 gradual change is thus
impercePtibly taking place-free LABOR super
seding slave labor.
A little effort on the part of the philan
thropists of the free States would turn the tide
of Eastern emigration back to its natural course
and, ere long, bring about the contamination
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KAN SAS.

- The Kansas Herald Of Freedom, states that
the returns of the census lately taken shows the
total number of voters. in the Territory to be
3,036.i The Missourians complain that Gov
ernor Reeder communicated the time of the
election a good while in advance to the New
England emigrants, so as to have the Territory
well supplied with them, but left others IN the
dark. The truth is, the Governor determined
to use every honest means to prevent ftapdu-
lent voting; hence the gronndlesss imputationI
that be has been playing into the hands of the
Free-SDilers.-. .f..".." =. ,i,'a "'.'-ii .'o-
The Legislative Council" the election for
which was to be held on the 3Oth' ut., win ton-
sjst Of &c members in the House of Represent
atiyes, and l3: in the Senate. A correspondent
of the ST Louis Democrat, writing from Fort
Leavenworth before the election, predicted that
it would result in favor Of. Free Soil, He
says: ,.;.t-, -is .!.: / al
81 believe it now to be very generally con-
ceded, that Of the actual bona fde settlers there
is very decided majority of FreeISoilers. i
have been observant Of things in wide field;
for l have not been in statu 9ao, but rather
peregrneOus in. my habits, and / can say that
the Free Soil sentiment prevails very largely
over Pro-Slaveryism, and that of the many with
whom / have sconpersed l have not found one
solitary Abolitionist.. But will we be allowed
to, elect our own delegates, and to make our
own laws; or will the Nullifers of Missouri
pour, over, as they did at Whitfelds election,
and against order, and in defiance of authority,
and regardless of the sanctity of the oath which
is prescribed, take everything into their own
hands, and fill our legislative halls with men
who are not our choice, and do not reflect our
sentiments? Nous oerrOns"
= Ere this, the question has been decided.
We fear that Fraud has triumphed.
The. Jackson Mississipian, of March Goth,
beats up for Slavery recruits, to go and take
possession of Kansas. 1t tells the People of
the South that it is all right to make loud
noise over Cuba, and get up flibustering expe-
ditions to wrest it from Spain and bring it into
the Union, but why so careless about Kansas?
There, call we have to do is to go and take
peaceable possession of the country" Let
those who cannot go, it says, contribute money
to aid those who can.
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so .devoutly 10 be wished for-ethe downfall Of
Slavery Ing Missouri. The Missourihnsi are b
restless, mgratory people, afallI frontier people
toSTeKas, salifornh, New Mexico, and Oregon
They sell their possessions rsadiiy, and at mod
crate prices Besides, there is stiff an im1mense
amount of public land in Missouri unsold. Let
the people of the free States turn their eyes to
this inviting field, to which they have been so
long and SO wilfully blind. There are sixteen
millions in the free States. IF attention is.
properly directed to the great Vacuum TO be-
filed in Missouri, who can doubt the result
Sixteen millionsl Shall Kansas be bhghted
with Slavery? Shall Missouri languish any
longersunde5 the purse?i Eet the pfets q The
free States do its duty, and all is well