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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-05-18

~ riANos.-our ncighbon sfe~--n I.
surprised That The public prefer the
above Pianos 10 thoso thcy keep; ball I"
tho actis. tho public aud the profcs<os.. q. ELI
A. tho Judges at the Worlds Pair, knew thsl
Light, Newton q Bradbuy's- Plsnes have no
sluai y Europe or hinencA and We are sollInx
MuRcH a Whit.
may 10 No. "A West Fourth street,
Tho largest Plano dralsrs in CIR cipostl.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-05-18

pIhE0s FQR RzNT, NEW AND sroouD
AND.-Ihe bright spring time -
MARE you happy H. q Piano. CoineII1"
rent new or secondhand Pinno, and lei he mi
apply on the purchase, IL you boy. Come. Tor "a
VIII ohcr Inducements thai no other house can.
mayis No. 7fwest fenr,e .trest 81
TholnVosl Piano Dealers In Cincinnati.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1855-05-18

EE- The celebrated Evsrton Dog
case is to be appealed, in hopes, we
suppose. Of getting jury that owns
more dogs than sheep. We hope, for
the sake OF the sheep, that nobody
will be allowed to sit on that jury that
owns moro than four dogs.
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IMPORTANT TO MILL OWNERS.


HAVING received my Letters Patent for an im.
proved method Of Dressing MilIstones, | An
now prepared to furnish Machines to Millers and
Mill Owners.
the FIRST trial if he will try dress pair of Burrs in
half the time that he can do it with the common
hand pick now in use and that the work done by
the machine shall be better than be done by nins
out of ten of the best handlers Of the common pick
The machine makes a clean, clear, thread-like mark
and does not brittle up break the face of the stone
II be controlled at the will of the operator, IN
stantly to make the most delicate lick or one win
the force of ten pounds if required Every practical
Miller knows that stone is only required to be dress
cd where the proof staff indicates This be done
by the machine matter how brittle or tender, OF
how close and hard the face or place on the stone
may be, the operator can face it down, or teuch a.
lightly he pleases There three very good req
sons for trying them:
First. With fair use, the machine will last twenty
years Second. 1t is complies within itself, and VIII
not take i've minutes nor cost FIVE cents to try IT.
Third give With the machine thirty tools, or pick
blades which will last any two pair OF stones to be
dressed twice q week, for two years, and then any
good smith can replace them for twenty FIVE cen"
apiece
fourteen months to dress both the face and the fur
rows of two pair offour feet French Burrs and Tiers
has been hand pick used them in all that time
I know that I mako good yield, and think tn.
reputation Of my mill will warrant me in saying thai
turn out 6rst-rate article of Flour.
have a medal awarded me fer the invention oil al
ingenious and useful machine for Dressing MlSones
by the Commissioners appointed at the exhibition
the Worlds Fair in the Crystal Palace, at New YORK
city, besides fatterng certificates from all have
sold the machine to.
Having recently obtained Letters patent, am now
prepared to furnish the machines and to sell state
county and shop rights. -,
10 Ali orders must state the diameter OF the mill
stones, and the size the collar of the spindle Ihs
price Of the machine, with thirty tools, is SIzs.
Addresa j. G.. STANDS,
O'Falon Mills, st. Louis, Missouri
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ApraI %, 1864.
This is to certify that have been employed in the
0Fallon Mills for the last ten months as Miller du
ring which time have had fair opportunity OF test
inc Mr.. J. G. Shands's Patent Milestone Dresser. l
know, by experience with the machine that there -
mot onlv economy in time and tools, but the stons
NAV be kept in perfect face, and fine, even, sharp,
grinding dress put in less time and labor than
9TH hand picks besides il takes very little practice
n handle the machine, and any one who has eIPs-
hence enough in milling to know what Is required 70
sharpsn the ace of stone for grinding very soon
learn TO do good job With the machine:
lime ely sILAs r. puLU
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WILLIAM PENN ON THE SURRENDER OF
FUGITIVE SLAVES. -

We find the following article in several OF
our exchange papers:
"A curious document has been recently
brought to light by G. l.. Ward, Esq, of Tow
anda, Pennsylvania, by which it is shown that
William Penn, the Quaker, did not believe in
harboring and keeping runaway slaves, when
their masters demanded them. The document
referred to is said to have been accidentally dis
covered in one of the public offices of Penn
sylvania, containing the early archives of the
State. 1t was marked on the Outside, Nm.
Penn TO the Susqtehanna Indians, and is as
follows:
q" My Coon FRIENDS: The people of New
York having again wrote earnestly to me- about
those prisoners taken by you, especially vi
woman and We boy, saying that they bought
sold them for slaves. And they being very good
King, must therefore desire you to deliver the
said woman and boy to the bearer hereof, Sill
vester who will carefully carry them to New
Castle, and there put them OH board of ves-
sci bound directly for New York-and by so
doing, you will greatly oblige your very good
friend and brother, WIN. PENN"
The Importance of this document, if anthem.
tic, is not so great as our brethren of the press
appear to imagine it. The attainment to sound
views of human right, as we'll rs of other SUBJ
jects, was a thing Of progressive steps with the
early Friends, and we have good reason to be-
lieve that Penn, and others of his society, would
not only restore slaves to those claiming to own
them, but that he himself held slares. Vide
Janney's Life of Penn, Svo, p. 42l, as follows
ain letter to James Harrison, under date
25th of 9Th mo-, 1855, he says: / have sent
gardener by this ship, or he soon follows with
all requisites man of recommended great
skill, let him have what help he can, not less
than two or three at any time; he will cast
things into proper posture. He has his passage
paid, $50 at 3 years. and 60 acres of land, and s.
month in the year to himself, not hindering my
business; and he is train up two men and &
boy in the art. 1t were better they were blacks.
for then a man has them ,chite they lice.' Agar
he writes, under date, 4th of 10th month, '85 ::
The blacks of Capt. Allen / have as good as
bought, so part not with them without my order.
"From these passages we may conclude that,
like many others of the colonists he fell into
the practice of holding slaves. This was with,
in a year after his return to England, from his
first visit to Pennsylvania, at which time the
subject had not claimed sufficient attention for
the moral and social bearings of the system to be
fully understood. Men whose characters were
otherwise irreproachable, were induced, by the
habits of thought then prevailing, and by the
supposed convenience of slave labor to pur
chase the African captives brought to their
shores; thus entailing upon the descendants of
the colored race degrading bondage, and in
ficting upon the country severe injury, from
which it has never yet recovered.
"George Fox was one of the first to obtain
clearer views, and to inculcate a more humane
treatment
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PHILOSOPHICAL AND CHEMICAL AP.
PARATUS
If almost eyeru observation

Of almost every description,
MANUFACTURED BY g. b. WARNING, A. NJ,
Vl Poughkeepse, N. Y. Price catalogues sent gratis
upon application.
The following is from J. Foster, Professor of Natural
Philosophy and Mathematics, Union College, N. Y:
College HiA, Nocen,ber 16, 1852
MIR. Warning is graduate of this College, and while
student united high classical atainments with
mathematical knowledge and a very decided
PrdetttdL pursuits of experimental science. During
OF the physical he therefore acted volunteer
ssiau preparing the experiments, and often constructing
new articles oil apparatus The knowledge thus acqur
ed has been established and extended by the facilities a
iorded him while in - Z the physical department of
MT Bartfets excel EQl{< 0te School. Such qualIhca-
IONS cannot fail UDI1 Rted by those who wish TO
obtain or enarga3 ~ - paratus; and all who feel
any interest III IN physical science will see
how important il kman should meet with cor
dial apd efficient encdul(l CEMENT
Mr. Warning has recently finished for the physical cab
met here several articles of and of most useful FORM
illustrating States, Dynamics Hydrostacs, and Electro
city, which by their beauty frmness and moderate price
prove that the necessity of sending Paris for good appa
rains in nearly every department, longer exists.
Az JOHN FOSTER.
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MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR WILSON, &c.
DORCHESTER, MASS, april, 1856.
To the Editor Of The National Era:

DORCHEsTER, MASS, April, 1855.
To the Editor Of The National Era:
General Wilson delivered an Anti-Slavery
lecture recently in this town, which has since
been repeated in Boston. His subject was,
anti Slavery IN 1885 and Anti Slavery .in
1885, contrasted." He traced the progress of
the Anti Slavery movement, from the proscrip-
tive martyr age Of 1885 to the present time,
when it has attained the zenith of It's power,
become master of America, controlsamajbrities
in all the Northern States, and looks down on
the wreck of political parties at its feet" OPP
position to it had killed both the Wing and
Democratic parties. The movement had now
a new danger to encounter, from an attempt to
construct new party, which should take the
control of the General overnment--alluding
here to the Know Nothings. If, said he they
seek to repress the Anti-Slavery sentiment, if
they do not allow it its full expression and le-
gitimate influence, they will perish, like the
Wings and Democrats. The moment that
party lifts finger to repress the Anti-Slavery
movement, it will die.
1t was determined to drive out from the
Councils of the Republic all those politicians
who had betrayed the North. Heasaid-" The
time for the determination of dppghfaces has
come; for the determination of WhzE dough
faces, and Democratic doughfaces; aad II there
are AntSlavery doughfaces, their extermiH
ton Also" For his own'part, he was cor
ted to the fullest extent to3the immedi
unconditional abolition of Slavery eveI
within the jurisdiction of the National
ment, and to that platform he should
in Congress and out of Congress, at ain
ards. In his illusions tosthe Know Nothih
he made mention National Era. Ee
took exceptions to hptscourse relative to
those Anti-Slavery % had joined the
new party, but req support of that
paper, as an And burnal, as of the
highest Importance, anu he would be the last
| man to stop his own subscription to that paper,
or advise any other persont TO do SO.
The Simon Pure NatSve Americans in the
Know Nothing Order look upon Gen. Wilson
with some suspicion. They think him more
inclined to his Free Soil friends than to them
while his old Anti-Slavery allies are more
friendly to him than to the other prominent
Free Sellers who joined the Order. 1 is buf
Just to General Wilson to say, that he is likely
to be as faithful to the Anti-Slayery sentiment
as any man can be with his divided allegiance.
The Know Nothing movement has done i'm
| finite damage in Massachusetts. 1t has created
an antagonism between the Anti-Slavery men
which will not die in generation. The more
| intelligent Know Nothings say they do not care
a fig for the party, and have no hostility to for.
| eigners; but at the same time they have walked
up among the unthinking part of the population
an odious and violent spirit of caste, which will
not down at their bidding. The cussed fnr;
| riner" is a classic expression, which now meets
ones ears constantly among the common peo-
J pie. 1t is proposed now in the Legislature to
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And, besides this, the impossibiity of "se-
curing the blessings of Liberty" to any portion
of the people, so long as Slavery is tolerated
and protected, is coming to be extensively UNI
derstood. Already the same Federal enact
ments that protect Slavery, remove from every
man the defences of personal liberty, and sub
ect to persecution those who practice Christ s
religion, by showing mercy to the poor.* Lead
ing statesmen, civilians, and literary gentle
men of the South, Governor McDuffie, Benja-
min Watkins Leigh, Mr.. Pickens, John &. Cal
houn, Mr.. Hammond, Professor Dew, and 9TH
ers, have Taught distinctly that the laboring
population of any country, "bleached or I'M
bleached," are "a dangerous element of the
body politic;" that they cannot permanently
participate in political affairs; that the whole
Confederacyn will come to adopt Slavery; that
"the capitalist will own the laborer;" that
chattel Slavery is only Zone modification OF
the universal condition of laborers;" that the
South has less trouble with her slaves than the
North with her free laborers."
Henry Clay, in his great speech in the Sen
ate, in 1889, argued the impossibillty OF abol-
ishing Slavery, from the want of constitutional
power in the General Government, also from
the great number of the slaves, and the vast
amount of capital invested in them. And in
the same speech he anticipated the disappear
ance of all distinctions of color in Gone hun
dred and fifty or two hundred years" Thus
does the denial of power in the Federal Gov
eminent to abolish Slavery involve, as a neces-
sary consequence, the denial of power in the
Federal Government to " secure the blessings
of Liberty" to the great mass of the laboring
whites, who are a large majority of the people
of the free States WILLIAM GOODELL.
Ii ought TO be borne in mind that neither the Fugitive
Slave Bill called the clause of the Consttu-
upon which it is professedly based make any mem
of slaves contain The slightest allusion 10
color Yet provides for the delivering up OF the person
seized upon the oath of the claimants by summary pro-
cess making provision for his legal defence. without
jury trial, any OF the proper deences OF Freedom
Every that Is outrage upon the eoored peo
pie but few reflect tina, the is their oc and that
far efra and aao concerned srery man.
however exalted his position in society. however white
his SKIN, and however unmlxed his "Anglo-Saxon" de
precisely in the predcament of Jerry, Burns
people blind enough overlook this or base enough la
submit 10 it, must be rapidly preparing themselves for the
position that Governor McDuhe and his associates
signed q Them
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ekcltde all persons born abroad from the right
o. suffrage and from Office, and many members
q that body, who regard that proposition with
Great dlstavor, do not not dare to vote against
i, such were their Native American professions
before election.
A committee of that body has recently visited
the Catholic schools, and conducted themselves
in pe most boorish and indicate manner.
Meanwhile the more sensible people began to
think that this crusade has gone quite far enough
The old body guard of the Anti-Slavery move
ment are Outside of the Order; the most influen-
tial and active FreeSoilers are hostile to it. the
pulpit has taken up the question. Rev. Thomas
Starr King, an eloquent Boston divine, widely
known as a literary lecturer, preached an able
discourse, on Fast Day, against the Know Moth
ihgs. The Order is, at the same time, torn by
factions within ITSELF and is divided into Uni
ted americans and KnowSomethings. 1t may
carry the State next autumn, through she apai
thy and disunion- of its opponents, but it will
not survive one more victory. & ? 1depot
! |. ! J !
be dissolved by its own dissens; -
meaps should become conaa1
arise hercer warfare -
and the combined foro1
Order S Tia
&atholfe Ill
IF the c. ia ~ ~ = ~ g. les
Snd co-opeafv @( most intelligent of the
Protestant coih13Aity, who believe that this
Universal political prescription of any race or
reed is hostile to Republcanism and Chris
ziainty. Ell.
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CINCINNATI RETREAT FOR THE IN
CANE

In charge Of EDWARD MEAD, NJ. D., Editor OF the
i American Psychological Journal Lecturer on Insanity
and Forensic Medicine late Professor OF Obstetrics and
formerly of Maieria Medica, &C.
This institution is open for the reception of patients. II
is select establishment presenting superior advantages
None but quiet patients admitted. The long expert
of the Superintendent practitioner and teacher
affords guaranty of kindly and the successful
treatment.
Terms made known application to DIR. MEAD Gin
ON hio 400
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SCOT1'S LITTLE GIANT CORN AND
COB MILL,
Patented Nam I6fE 1874

doubtless an invention among the most important of
i modern times for the of the well-advised farmer
and kfeeder and the universal favor with which ii
has been received from the first anything else
attesis It's utility and superiority
For probability, simplicity of construction. and con-
venience of the Little Giant has equal II weighs
from three 10 five hundred pounds, according size,
be put in operation by the farmer twenty minutes, with
expense mechanical aid then adjusted and used
with convenience by anybody
The Little Giant has received the First Premiums al
every State Fair from Missouri Maryland the past fall
and that in the most complimentary manner.
These Mills are guaranteed in the positive
against breakage arrangement and warranted
fred from and grits fine homny shelcd
corn, with degree of and enience for farm
purposes attained before, and may be nj
the end OF thirty days lest and money promptly refunded
with improved patterns and sizes, wants
of all.
No. is offered AT Si4 complete, ready for attaching
the team and warranted grind 10 bnshe of feed rel
hour with horse. No 3 at SIS will grind Is bushels
per hour No 4, AT SGG will grind 20 bushels per hour
with two horses. ROSS SCOTT Il co.
Fifth ST., near Walnut, Philadelphia
Manufactured by Ross Scott & Co. Philadelphia; Scott
& Mockbee, Augusta, Ga; Robbins & Bbb Baltimore;
Scout X Burt, St Louis; Scott Hedges, Cincinnati
Liberal Discounts Dealers State and County Rights
for Sale.
AgenS-N Overton, New Orleans; Barney Bro Mo-
bile John Nj. Perkins Montgomery, Ala; j r. Miller X
Co. Wheeling Va; Horton & Marcy, Nashville Ten;
H. r. McCusky. Gaena; ID. o. & w. :. Peniied, Detroit,
J. w. Lawrence & Co. Chicago.
For State County Rights address Lyman Scott Phila
dclpha Cincinnati. Az
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PHOTOGRAPHY

pom the receipt of S5 the undersigned will give a
~ thorough course of instruction in Photography, in a
series OF sixteen letters, explaining The from its sim
pest rudments TO the abbreviated style of phono-
graphic writing lie will also gratis and post paid
a excellent instruction book
431 j. f. MUNSON Paris Oneida On Nv
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The time has arrived when men should be judg-
ed by their actions, by their moral and political
conduct, rather than by prejudices attached to
a name or a Sect"
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IMPROVED ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

nR. J. ALLEN, late Professor in the OHIO Cole.
IL Dental Surgery. invites attention Ia h, m.f.,,..
the following advantages;
LIST There seams or creyicrs for ,h, lodgeu.
OF food 10 Viliae The saliva or inject the hr,a Is M
even The slightest moisture get between iced! m
plate.
ID. An Artificial Gum which - as firm and ir,..,,.
tihe rs the teeth - fused ~ high heat. between m
around their base, which uurS them firmly 10 each .
and 10 the plate upon which they set THUS cur, L
parts 70 le eelh ihal peculiar expression and r
pearance which characicriZeS the natural organs
3D.. Great strength obtained by thus uniting ib, 'f
Gum, aud Plate aud no ordinary force i'm mastrars @
break them from their base.
ih. clear aud distinct articulation Of speech is ,-
stored This important change Is cherted hy l..lu4..
inside OF the teeth aud gum of natural form Tar..
form The tongue Is readily adapted. Tins perfect a,sp
ton of the tongue 10 the denurc prevents the ni.st
munled sounds IA speaking singing often observe, .
persons wearing artificial teeth.
9Th. The natural form and expression Of the mouth
face can he restored. IN who re- they i,a,r I,,
sunk"n. This is done by means OF additional aiIac @
to the framework supporting the teeth These attachments
are so formed as To bring out the sukru portion, u
sustain them iu their proper position. They are covered
with The above-nanied gun-conpouud nnd become con,
ponen paris OF the dcnure, and when rightly formed can
ho "o "rtc" bi w" r'oNeSt observer TINS mciE"I Of
restoring The cheeks To their original uiincSS amt = m m
natural form and expression OF The mouth and lips ,.
n"eh Wen tested having been made special feature 90
the auherS practice for several years past variety ~
Photographic and Dagderrcoiypc hkrnescs. which have
o''h ahei @ persons without lS improvements and also
with u, can be seen nj his office showing she great cha
IN appearance. which sproduced in the counlrancr. or
individuals now wearing dcuuTcs constructed UNION this
principle. which the public invited call and lar
together with other specimens Of his improved Styr OF
work, not requiring the above attachments
9th. The plates usually employed Tor this work are
pallna the purity OF which prevents even the slightest
iarnSh or unpleasant tasc iI the mouth In short Ih a,
system embraces many new aud Important icriul--
which readily appreciated 10y those wearing arfe
demiurcs upon this priucpiH With reference the uy
OF this method numerous testimonials be given from
eminent Dentists ~ The various cities OF the Unjua and
persons wearing the work IN iliis and other cIjics.
J. ALLEN.
4l9 30 Bond ST., New York City
n. H. small pamphlet, containing fuller particulars.
sent tPost paid) on application.
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TERMS OF THE COLUMBIAN.

aOns copy, one year SD
Three copies, one year 5
Five COPIES one year 8
Ten copies ore year IS
Voluntary agents entitled retain 50 cents commits
sion on each yearly, and % each sem-vearly
subscriber, eyespt Di The case Of Clubs.
Club OF five subscribers at s. will en,le the persons
making II up TO copy for SIX months; Club OF ten at
SD To copy for When a club of subscribers
has been forwarded, additions may be made 10 it on the
samesterms. a2
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HOW NATIONALITY is PRODUCED.
From the same. FeIru1ru

The tendency of our party is national, and
nee are rapidly Gpproaching The point Of thor
ongh nationality. la Alabama, for example.
our friends have probably numerical prepon-
deranee of State Rights men-yet they all har.
monlze with other elements on the question of
5oretgniSm In Massachusetts, a majority of
our friends appear TO be of the Free Soil school,
yet they too harmo'iize wiM other elements on
NE doctrines IF our party. The tendency Of
these associaticis naturally is, TO soJlen Tie as
per'f'ss Of former political difcrences-to create
drotherhood-an approach 10 unity Of senfi-
'nent, which aciH finally lead MS all 10 stand mp
on the platform IF Tie Constitution, ,,ledged 10
1Dreserce tie Uai0ni
These results arc nat The pork Of "a month. or
eta gear!
Meanwhile, if in Massachusetts Free Soil
members OF Congress should be elected, or If
IN Alabama State Rights men SHOULD be voted
Tor bya majority OF our party, it would not
prove that Abo!itioBism or that secesSionism is
at the foundation of our organization, or that
We, as party, sympathize with either of these
lSms.
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WASHINGTON, d. c..
EXCERPTS FROM THE AMERICAN ORGAN.

The american Organ, published in Wash
ington, d. C., by joint stock company, is the
National organ of the Know Nothing Party.
Perhaps our readers may be edited by excerpts
from its editorial columns, presenting its views
of the relation Of the organization to Slavery.