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THREE QUESTIONS FOR THE MID
DLEAGED.

/. Do YOU WISH TO GROW OLD
2. Is OLD AGE WORTH HAVING ?
8. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT YOUR OLD
AGE TO BEGIN, AND HOW DO YOU INTEND
TO MAKE IT PLEASANT
If yol are youn.-, dear reader, but not
particularly philosophic or thoughtful,
you can pass on to the second article.
Ladies aged - and gentlemen
aged - I've leave the blanks 10 be
filled up from your p iyate knowledge, }
will you allow us to offer you a respect
full thou hL or Two?
All Paris has lately been electrified
by book on grosping old. Tor rather of
keeping young, written by an able phi.
losorher, Mons Flourens. For us pre-
maturely-old growing Americans, it is
parlicul rly va'usbie and its hints may
contains u, u knoHiojge for our better
economy Of ,.- a. > na7on
NJ. Floreas says, that. according to
Nature, the frst youth IS from twenty to
thirty the Sc III yoath from thirty to
forty. The y,,s: a,qnh,od is from forty
to forty five I. 81, second manhood is from
forty-fve to eveny. The first period OF
old age is from seventy to eighiy-fve ;
the second tom eighty five onwards-
The natural i'e ct man (he philo>ophi-
calIy prove .ughi io cirry him on to
his humdredt gear.
These pe.i"is -ev- n. florence, all
shade insen as mo s.,.'r-o'her, SO that.
in actual III. ~ Ga. ..r4ly tell where
the one ends end lie other begins. They
vary in leng Il, also. in different indivi1-
uals, and mes men, now a-days, become
old and die, when they ought still to have
been in the p ROD of early manhood.
t'The limits thus assigned by Florens
to the several periods Of life" (adds the
the reviewer in Blackwood. from whose
notice we quT.e) are mol wholly arblt-
rary, like thos" we general? talk of; on
the contrary, more or less sound ply.
sioIogical reason Is assigned for eaeh--
Infancy proper ceases at ten years. be-
cause tLen he second 'oolhing is com
pleted- boy hood at twenty because ther
the bones cease 10 increase in length
and youth extends to for'y, because
about that time the body ceases to in
crease in size. Enlargement OF bulk af
ter that period consists chi-ly in the &C
cumulation of fat The real develop
ment ofthe parts OF The body has already
ceased. Instead Of Increasing the strength
and activity. this latter growth wea en-
the body ami relards lis motions. Then
when grow NJ has ceased. The bod
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leave the devil TO fold up the papers and
sweep out the office.
Where then were your compound lev
ers, your glittering cylinders, your faith
full roller, your painting furnaces, your
press. instinct with life and energy, that
Jared on like a chariot over whole high
ways of white paper in an hour ? Where
are the busy ''jours," and the editorial
corps? Where the steamers and the rail-
way trains and the telegraphs, painting,
and shrieking and flashing, to transmit
that papers contents to the worlds dim,
cloudy ends?
The morning comes, and the inky imp
of yesterday, indul ,es in a clean face !;
his unkmept locks are out of snarl he
IS transformed into Mercury. Forth he
goes, packages of papers beneath each
arm, in his capacity of carrier bo-. He
Is none of your brisk, pert fellows, of the
now a day order, but very meek is he
indeed and when the squire speaks out
to him strong and hearty, good morn
ing, my boy" he holds down his head
and deposits the answer in his bosom, as
if it were very delicate thing, and not
yet able 10 fly. Like death, he visits
every house, and his burden grows light
ter as he proceeds. He does not chuek
the papers, as they do now, over the
gate and under the fence, but decently and
demurely places it folded and damp in the
hand of somebody commissioned to re-
ceive it. But he doesn't " ring" fol
there is nothing TO ring in all the town,
except the church bell, that the Doctor
brought home in his 90 cutter" one day,
from Utica or somewhere thereaway.
His rounds are soon made meanwhile
a sorry sort of fhorse-an editors horse,
you knows blowing a solitary oa
about very large manger, the last sur
vior of very large family. Pretty soor
Rosinante is led forth. and pair of sad
dle-bags, distended to the suffocating
point, is brought out, followed by the
Murcury and no devil. with his pocket:
plethorir with dough-nuts-what has be-
come of that old fashioned twisted luxu
ry ?-and tin horn tethered to a but
ton-hole by a bit of green string. 1t il
with sort of sheepish importance tha
he mounts by the aid of the proprietor
and wends his way, as they were very
fond of sa ing, &" out in the country" a
if the old village was not positively los
in the very bosom of it.
And so he went, his horn resoundins
through the sOlitudes, and he as happI
as a knight fresh from a tournament
And that was the IN. E. w. S." tn,
Neacs of those old days. But what ther,
was in the Gazette, and who they wer,
that read it, mu be passed over in tn,
silence like that that now, alas hang
like great wing over the most of them
the fanest, and loveliest, and best Cay
aga Chief, Au6urn, ". Y
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Vnt 40, NO 12.
YOUNG AGAIZ.

An ola man sits in his high aoked chair,
Before al open door,
While the sun of a summers afternoon
Falls in across the hoor'
And the drowsg tick Of an ancient clock
Has stracE th- hoss of four
A breeze lo- "a su7 a hreeze Flows out,
Prom the sceatei sam-aer air;
.,su ear-. . On h.s ST ssiel brow,
And nox L ..fts has HAIR;
a,1 the ,eaae I;d og his -ye 3rolps down,
And he sleeps in his high-hacked chair.
The oil man sleeps and the old man drearnsi
Els head droOps on his breast.
His hands re,sx their feeble hold;
And fall or his lap ia rest;
The old man sleeps, and in sleep he Dreams
And in dreams again is blest.
The wears unrali 'hair fearful scroll;
He child again;
Another = tones are in his ear,
And float across his brain;
He chases CANDY butterflies
Far down the rolling plain.
He plucks the wa rose in the woods
And ga hers eglauiine.
And holds the golden buttercups
Beneath his sisters CHR;
And ANGLES IL the meadow brook
With bert aRd nakr-l p,n.
He loiters down the grassy lane,
And ny the trimming pool,
And q sigh es-apes MS parting lips,
As he hears the hell at school.
And he wisho> Z never were nine O'CLOCK
And the morning never full.
4 mothers hard IS pressed on his head
Her kiss is on his brow
A summer hreeze hlows in at the door,
With the toss Of leafy bough,
And the hoy is a white haired man again,
And his eve is tear filed now
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AUTUNF.

Amid thv si'ent bowers
'Tis sad iut sweet to d-ven,
Where fal ;nr leaves and dropping flowers
Around e breathe farewell.
Along thy sunset skies,
Their sIories melt in shade,
And like th@ things we fondly prize,
Seem Iovlier as they fade
A deep AMI crimson streak
Thy dying leaves disclose;
As, on Consumption's waning cheek
Mid ruin, blooms the rose.
Thv scene each vision brings
OF beauty in decay;
OF fair and early faded things
Too exq~isite to stay
OF joys that come no more;
OF flowers whose bloom is fed;
OF farewells went upon the shores
OF friends estranged or dead
or all that now nav seem
To memory's fearful eye,
The vanquished beauty Of dream,
On which we g'ze and sigh.
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GEN. wAsH1NGFoNs RELIGION

1t has been a matter of dispute whas
religious persuasion General Washington
was Of. We notice in Irving's life of that
great man, the following
"The Established or Episcopal Church
prevailed in the Ancient Dominion as it
(Virginia) was termed each county
was divided into Parishes as in England,
each with its parochiaI church, its par
son 1ge, and glebe. Washington was
vestrynan of two parishes, Fairfax and
Turo the parochial church of the lor-
mer was at Alexander, ten miles from
Mount Vernon; of the latter at Pohick,
about seven miles. The church a, Po-
hiek was rebuilt on a plan of his own,
and in a great measure al his expense.
At one or other of these churches, he
attended every Sunday, when the wealth
er and the roads permitted. His de-
meanOr was reverential and devout-
Mrs. Washington knelt during prayers;
he always stood, as was the custom at
that time. Both were communicates"
AMERICAN GENIUS, says late letter
from Russia, rules the hour at St. Peters
burgh. A legion of accepted war inven.
tions are under careful trial in the way
of experiment, besides an infinite number
that have been declined, as impractible
or unsuited to the present exigencies.
The experiments are conducted with the
silent thorOughness of Russian tactics
vet it is known that two, ifnot three, mo-
tive powers Of Yankee origin are in course
Of scientific test and comparison. One
who ought to know. tells me that some
hundred thousand dollars are being ex-
pended in trying their application to coast
defences. A gigantic rocket (or rocket
and shell combined has occupied the at
tention of the engineers for the last FIVE
weeks and after no less than seventeen
failures, have come out so successful that
foundry or workshop is to be builtim-
medlately, for constructing these terrible
missiles-the like of which, scientific
officer assures me, has never traversed
the air. This is a combination of late
French with a new Yankee invention.
The most striking of all the plans for next
summers work is purely Yankee, and
novel in all its features though what
they exactly are, is locked in the unre-
vealing breast Of the Emperor and his
sworn officers. only know that it is
submarine battery for coast defence, and
that all the officers here believe it viii
easily and infalibly destroy every hostile
armament that dares to approach their
harbors.
No man would overcome and endure
solicitude, if he did not cherish the hope
of a social circle in the future, or the I'M
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higher authority, has distinguished the
fairest of sex in the same way ; and fool
ishly Perverse are they who would make
themselves anew in the hope of improve
ment--Boston Post.
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No man would overcome and endure
solicitude, if he did not cherish the bope
of social circle in the future. or the i'm
agination of an invisible one in the present.
WHEN did Abso!om sleep ties IN bed!
When he slept with h:s f'reiiihers-
The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-07-19

After the reading of the list Of the com
ml'tee, the members withdrew 10 the State
House 70 confer as 10 the platform 70 be
adopted, and in the meantime. Judge O p
Morton, OF Wayne county, was called upon
for speech.
Q. p, MoRroS, said he didn't come TO speak
He knew that distinguished speakers from
abroad had been invited and he presumed
would address the meeting But being called
upon, he would make a few remarks. I. was
Sald.sbe late excitement Of the people wouldlnot
last, that reaction would take place and the
tide roll back. Can anv man believe from the
crowd now present, that the prediction had
been verified The bsll set rolling las. sum
ner was sull rolling. the work Is going on, and
It viii 60 on Till its mission Is accom- plished
APplause-) Il was supposed the people
were esciisbe, aud on reflection would recant.
bat il is understood now that the causes which
The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-07-19

The Convention again assembled, when
Mr.. William ". Dunn, on behalf Of tie
Committee on Resolutions, made the follow
ing report;
The Committee 10 whom was referred the
duty Of preparing resolutions for the consi l.
Grafton of tie Convention, respectfully report
the following:
ResoIgea. That we cordially re affirm all tie
principles Sc forth in the preamble and reso-
buttons adopted by the Republican or Peoples
Convention, held in this city one year ago.
this day. and, as appropriate to this occasion,
We le-alopt tie following part thereof
" HLsreas. We, the freemen OF Indiana.
withou, Pecc to party. and aetna ed b,
common devotion 10 our Republic. aud a com
mon reverence for its founders, have assem-
bled ourselves together in commemoration
Of he passage Of the Ordinance Of July
18Th, 1881. consecrating the North West
Territory 70 freedom: and whereas, the unaai-
nous adoption Of said Ordinance, by tie
Representatives of al the States of the Union,
AT TIA: da.e. clearly eFinces that opposition to
The cX -eusiou OF Slavery 10 the extent OF con
s.i.uton2! power, the fixed policy Of our
fathers: and, whereas, we regard the recent
repeal Of tie 9th section Of the Missouri
Conn promise as a gross and wanton viola
ton Of the faith o: the Union, pIigI4ted 10 a
solemn compact, restricting The extension Of
Slavery,
'tResoioeI That we are uncompronsingly
opposed 10 the extension Of Slavery; and
further. tia. we utterly repudiate the platform
If principles aiop.ed b tie self-sty led Dem
ocga.ic Convention on tie 9Th day OF MAY
1851, en5orsiag anI approving the Kansas
Nebraska iniqui.y.
Resahsd That we vii waive all former
parry predictions, and. in concert, by all
lawful means seek 70 place every branch OF
ne Fedora. Government IN the hands Of men
who Wi. asSe-. tie II zbts OF freedom. restore
the Missouri Compromise, and refuse. under
al circua1s stances 70 tolerate the extension Of
Slavery
Resolesd J4rfter. Thatour Revolutionary an
cesiorS regarded freedom as national and slave
~ as sectional. IEst We will steadfastly adj
here to their policy and firmly resist every at
tempt t. reverse il.
Hszoired, TEat an administration that lacks
tie courage ability, and disposition to protect
the citizens of one Safe. or Territory, in the
free exercise Of the elective franchise, against
the assaults Of armed mobs from other States,
or Territories, IS undeserving the confidence
OF free people; and ought not TO De contin-
ued IN power, longer than constitutional op-
porlunlty Is afforded 10 exchange Il for one thai
Will De untTammel-d by the slave power, and
that viii have moral courage and lndspen-
dence enough 10 raise itself above AL party
prejudice; one that viii not IN its zeal TO sup
port 'comuromlse measures, lose sight of
FresE1H, .Tustice and the Constitution, but will
administer the Government fearIessly. wisely,
and for the good OF the people.
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~ Mrs Cathariue Scheoley. tie larg,s. wo-
man in the world, whom Col Wood. of s9iaek
swan notoriety, had on exhibition, died in ocioto
township Pickawav county, Ohio, or the evening
OF July 4th- She died while sitting in her chair
without a struggle groan She had been i'll
two or three days Her physician pronounced her
disease neuralgia Col. Wood it is said had an
insurance on her life to the amount of So. 600
$4,000 in the Hartfort Conn Companies, ard
$4,000 in Ohio
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state Line Fair--ssz,OOo in Premium

The above title IS given to splendid Exhibi-
ton of the Agricultural and Mechanical skill Of
Ohio and Indiana, which is being got up oy
company, w. W. Higgins being their General
Superintendent. The preparation for the exhibi-
ton is ra pidy progressing and frem present indi-
cations. the attendance will he unusually large
The object Of the company as We understand, IS
to solicit members to the amount of the capital
stock 1892 00O) and proceed the same as at the
State or County Fairs, paying premiums upon the
best specimen Of everything placed on exhibition
Every membership ticket whether the holder be
an exhibitor or not. viii have his equal chance Of
getting some OF the many valuable premiums -
There bein. from $500 to $1,000 which viii be
distributed amongst the members Of the associa-
ton Every fourth ticket being premium ticket
$4,000 of the capital stock. will be paid IN Amer
lean Gold. and the balance in the real estate The
lowest premium in gold will be cue dollar, and the
highest ia real estate thirty thousand dollars 1t
will be seen in this magnificent arrangement that
each membership ticket whether the holder be
an exhibitor not, will be equally entitled to hls
proportional chances at the capital stock, and al
so the net proceeds Of the fair All the friends OF
progression Of whatever occupation, are cordially
invited to lend helping hand TO tins worthy cd
terprise, al the company determined to spare
no pains or expense to make it both amusing and a.,
Mechanical Departments. will bear in mind that
the Premiums awarded will be in cash, instead Of
Silver plate, as heretofore, and tn t everything
will be done that can be for the mutual benefit
Of the association.
By referring to the premium list of the agri-
once see the liberality and magnifcence of the
plan upon which this association has been found
ed which is worthy the confidence and support OF
all.
Trains will run on all the railroads at half fair,
on this occasion. Membership tickets can be had
by addressing the Superintendent, at this place
which entities the holders to free badge tia;
will be good during the Fair, for 81 each.
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We're named

The meeting being now organized, Mr..
Beard, of Montgomery county, moved the ap-
pointment of committee consisting OF one
from each Congressional district 10 draft res
olutions expressive OF the opinions OF this
meeting and TO whom all the resolutions
shall be referred.
Gen kilgore offered the following resolution
Resolued, That all resolutions introduced
or offered for adoption, be referred to the
Committee on Resolutions, without debate.
Which was adopted.
Col H. s Lane moved that the Convention
take recess of twenty-five minutes, while
the delegations were making the nominations
and that the Vice Presidents name the place OF
meeting.
The meeting then took short recess, du
ring which a large delegation from Decatur
and Dearborn counties, with music and ban
ners. with such notices as Down with Kan
sas Free Booters, Slavery Sectional &c.
.asrin-.i- L numbers af neanln from tta
country were constantly arriving. and by the
time the Convention reassembled there was an
immense concourse OF people the ground.
The Convention was recalled TO order. and
the following names submitted as the selection
OF the respective districts OF members Of the
Resolution committee:
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BUKGLARY-RoBBER ARREsrED.-A young man
By the name OF JosErH PEsKoY who has been
,ing in this city several years, was arrested on
Monday night last about half past L, O'Clock, in
the act of attempting to rob the jewelry store OF
J. Il Hunnicutt, under the Palladium Office. In
timations had been, by some means obtained, that
it was the intention of Penroy and his accompli-
ces % enter the store of Mr.. and it Is reported
that they were seen on the previous evening at
the front door, as if trying keys in the lock, and
hence the store watched the next night.
Sheriff Page and several deputies were stationed
inside the door, and the moment Penroy entered,
he attempted to strike light and at the
instant found himself in the hands of one Of the
watchers. His two accomplices, had not yet
tered the door and hence made their escape. 1t
il 10 be regretted that all of the seoundrels were
not permitted to enter, that their arrest would
have been certain. The darkness Of the night
prevented their being recognised, and although
followed could not be overtakcn 1t is supposed
that those who escaped intimately acquainted
with the locality or they could not readily have
retreated out the back way from the building.
Penroy was on Tuesday morning, taken before
the Mayor, and committed to the county Jail, to
await his trial at the next term of the Circuit
Court, to be held in September next. 1t is to be
hoped that he may be induced to disclose the
names of his accomplices
Since writing the above, we are informed that
the detection of this burglar was effected by sew
eral of our citizens, who, for few weeks past
have been engaged voluntarily a secret watch,
aud that one of them persons open the
door Of Mr.. Hs. shop Sunday night. We
hope these men will continue their exertions and
they may be the means of erreting out other per
petrators of crime.
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~ 81. ~ - = 49, NNSN N8SS- - '-AN-
char-e YOU t,ls ven 10 l. Eve wiIl") |
hope to see tie day when We shall have in
New England aud al the country, cenl-
mo-. uuiun upon = common platform. of all
the friends Il freedom. AnI y hen the breed
OF dough faces has been exsermiuated. when
We Ure>en, a united front 70 tie South. upon
rational AM liberal basis. Ne shall have no
bic ana liberal meu IA the South, WAC vii
NEE; a. fairly and -espee. eur tights, aad
give s new impulse 10 emancipation II the
South. We must not quarrel about nice
shades Of worLS. We want 70 defeat .he
blasA power with name and man. and
once defeasyA. the battle will be ended forever
Establish tie fAel .hat tie POWER Is nor lnNln-
chile, and the Republic passes out Of tie
hands OF an oii-archy, and All : safe.
l - further in his slavery matter than Won
may do. say it frankly. Nineteen wears
a-1I stood bv Williams S2axe.neu IN Mass
iactan, and saw children and women doom
81 10 slavery collected there 10 be >,yara,cd
forever. And took my resolution then uev-
or 10 vote tlr or All slavery while had life,
and never WI. {Applause) have never
said OF written word N favor Of slavery
The great prsaap pies laid down IN the P.a'-
forms OF Tie Free Sell conventions contain
my views, bu- tie country : no ripe enough
for the constitutional interpretations there de
clared. Our duty Is now 10 meet upon a c9ia-
mon and moderate platform Ii / wee AN
an,islavery man. | should feel tat | deS---
we'd a curse 10 the las: day 81 my life, il | dtu
no. give my voice and ala to such platform.
II there was ever q time when anti-slavery
men should lay aside their extreme and dis.
tincsjve views, L. limit the sptea-. Of slavery,
i Is now.
Gen. Wilson then alluded 10 the subject Of
Snari,,qDisr, He SID l., believed they " Lo
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Coon AND TALL WHEAr-Cyrus Wright has
left AT our Office specimen of his Wheat and
Oats The smooth Mediterranean Is full six feet
high, and with grain We have never seen excel
led for fullness and plampness The Oats is near
ly six feet high the head is heavy and well filed
The general belief is that the present crop is the
best ever harvested in Indiana 1t is being saved
good order.
The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-07-19

Great Excitement Anticipasedi-Fromt the
last JEDI. We learn that the labors of our
ne'ghoor IN illustrating 'whiggery' and know
nothinsism.' is about closing. A few add
fiona! ones (s-lies) are to be told: then he
will speak the epilogue and let the curtain
fair Truly 1.-THE mountain has been in la
bor.'' &c. The public will breathe as easy
as usual after it's all did