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Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-25

IxpRovExEsr.-We notice the circle at the in
tsrsccton of Pennsylvania avenue and X street. in
the First Ward, is being improved by having fer
tile loan put upon It to the depth Of from one to
two feet, and which win be sown with grass seed
are to cross IT, and the central oneis being left very
wide and commodious. The appropriation made
by Congress for the Improvement OF this circle
does not, we think, include an iron fence around
the whole
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-25

THE NoxunrrrAL CLUB give Bah this evening
At Carusis Saloon, and large and fashionable at
tendance mag be expected,
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-25

SUCCESSION OF AccIDEsTs.---We learn that a
child ofMr. Stone who resides at the corner OF 9Th
and NJ streets, about years old, fell down stairs
yesterday and broke its arm. This Is the second
time the same child has received the same injury
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-25

HATS, HATS, HATS.
SPRING and Summer Styles Of Fashion
- able Hats, of all oolors, qualities, and prices.
Full assortment now in store and constantly recsiv-
ing at LANES
Fashionable Hat Cap, and Gentemen's
Furnishing Store 424~ Penn. av.
ap l3-eo2w MAT Int
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-25

SALE or RIAL EsrArE.-Mr. J. @. Mcclure sold
at auction yesterday, at his store, the central lot
of Mr.. jerks farm, between Alexandra and WASH
ington, and occupied by the Columbia Race Course
The farm divided into four lots three of thirty
acres each, and one of fourteen acres. which was
reserved by Mr. jerks. Mr. S. p. Corbitt bought
the centre lot, at $l07 per acre, and intends to
cupy Il himself as permanent residence. Lot No
/ east Of the one sold, was put up, and SIT 80 per
ncre bid. Lot No. 3 west Of the lot sold, upon
which the very large farm house stands, also
put up, and $l65 per acre bid, but the proprietor
desiring $3.50, withdrew both this and lot No.
from sale.
Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-04-25

Manufacturer Of Ladies Dress Trimmings,
PRINCES, Gimps, Cords and TasseIs,
Fancy Buttons, Regaliss Military Trimmings, Ban
ners, Flags, &C.,
Pennsylpdnid avenue, south side, bet,oeen 9th and
l0fh sfreefs. No. 297.
an l8-lyeod
Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-04-05
For the Tribune and Telegraph
THE WIDOWS TRIALS.

The storm cloud gathered in the west;
THE sea gull, screaming, whirled away;
The sky in uIlen gloom was dressed,
And sadly closed the stormy day
A little creature, shivering stood,
Close to the crossing Of the street;
The golden hair, free from hood
Hung low, and bare aer little feet.
And as the crowd came hurrying by
To seek ashelt er from the storm,
A tear stood gistening i'll her eye,
AS trembling stood that fragile FORM
A gentleman was passing by.
She held her tiny hand for AIMS;
INV Mother starves al home" she cried;
my Brother dying in her arms.
One penn, give for Mothers sake
A better Molher child ne'er had
While health was hers we all had bre I'D
But now our home is very sad.
Mother and Willie both are III,
And of Ne suffer much for food,
PRAY help the poor ard sick who still
Put their whole aith and trust il God"
The stranger took he. in his arms,
And wrapt her in his ample cloak,
And firmly faced the raging storm,
As to his home the child he took.
ELLEN. dear, pray warm and feed,
And comfort this poor freez,ng child,
Great must be the want indeed,
That sent her through this storm so wild.
"Now call the carriage. must go,
And take this poor child TO her home,
Her mothers heart is flied with woe,
For fear her Mary will not come"
Aud soon they reached the humble door,
Nher" SIchuess, want, aud sorrow reigneG
{Alas The sortow Of the poor,
And griels which cannot here be named)
The " dow spoke 80 low and sweet;
THANK God, my Mary S come again -
That voice The strangers heart did greet
Like mus'c's Soflest lingering strain.
Sac raised her eyes they met his gaze
lie reach ed her SIDE US with d bound,
lie c!a>ped her ia long embrace -
MY l0ng loss sister hsye found"
icy rejgued III the lone widows breast;
She had thou 5i.t her only bfothcr dead
Bgs she WAS now doubiy best -
liar cllIdrea cilod NJ more for bread.
x. Z.
Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-04-05
A Vermont farm err saws tho fo,,o

A Vermont farm er says the following is
sure method of clarifying maple sugar:
Frl:ter all your sap before boiling, THROUGH
a hopper or box OF sand, which, he is sal.
Ished, will take out. not only the stains
derived from leaves. tubs, crumbs of bark.
but all other coloring matter that can pre-
P'nt the sugar from being white
Kenosha tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1855, 1855-04-05

In Boston, Mass. there is party offour
gentlemen who have been in the habit of
meeting together to play whist every Fri
dav night for twenty seven years, still hale
and hearty, and likely to meet for twenty
seven years more.
Gg The juryman who ''stood out got
wet 1t had commenced raining about that
time.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
Mortality Among Bachelors.

The fo-lorn condition Of bachelors has al
ways been q favorite theme among ladies, ed
itors and other wits TO expatiate upon. The
untidy rooms the buttonleSs shirt, the stock
ings full of holes, and the thousand other in
convenienccs Of the unmarried state are famil-
lar, IN this way, to the most obtuse Of MS all.
The poor bachelors have, in fact, hard
time Of it. They have been ridiculcd BY the
sex, and sometimes taxed by Legislators, and
now staticians deal them the unkindest cut
of all,'' by proving that they die earlier than
married men. The celebrated DR.. Caspar, of
Berlin, estimates the mortality among bache-
lors, between the ages of thirty to forty-fve,
at twenty-seven per cent; while the mortality
among married men between the same ages,
is only eighteen per cent As life advances
the difference becomes even more striking.
Where forty-one bachelors attain the age Of
forty, there are seventy-eight married men, a
difference Of nearly two to one in favor of the
latter. At the age of sixty, there are forty
eight married men to twenty-five bachelors !;
at seventy, eleven bachelors to twenty-seven
married men; and at eighty, nine married
men to three bachelors. No bachelor, it is
said, ever lived to be a hundred.
The reason for the comparatively short
lille OF the bachelor IS OBVIOUS. vi Two men,
exactly similar in other respects, except that
one IS married and the other not, the bachelor
will have the more irregular habits. Gentle
men, when single, are twice rs apt, as Dick
Swiveller has it, to pass the rosy as when
they are married and especially to do it into
what Burns calls the wee sma' hours ayont
the twal'.'' Ten bachelors sing I" we won't
go home till morning." where one married
man yocalizes in the same way. No doubt,
to bachelor taste, all this is very delightful
Bus brandy and water, cards, ct al onsne genus,
especially after midnight, take care to COM
pensate themselves, in due season, for the fun
that has been extracted from them. They
may cast out the blues" so incident to the
bachelor state, for the time being but the
blues " thus east ont invariably return, bring
ing seven devils worse than BEFORE" and
among them are govt, fever and rheumatism,
if not delirium tremens and death. Too often,
indeed, the bachelor lives on the capital Of
life, and hence exhausts his bank, when the
married man is still well to do in health,
happiness and longevity.-PM. Ledger.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
From the Louisville Times.
RETURN OF SPRING.


know BY Me song that the blue birds sing;
know b the streamets voice.
That The rosewreathed forms Of the velvet Spring,
Oaerfne upalNis now rejoice;
know BY the scent Ofihe primrose pale
By the violet'S azure eve,
That sspritc Of spring has been in the vale.
Thatthe Winter said Z" Good bye
know BY the hum of the bee that dies
To the sweet cafed maple there,
Thsf the buds have opened their dewy ewes
Al the kiss Of the warm South air;
know by the trout, as he all day plays
On the rocks beneath the mill,
That the gentle foot offspring now strays,
Warm and soit DER stream and hill.
And knew BY the boblink's early song,
As Il echoes clear and wild;
BY the winds as they Sport in glee along,
That the Queen OF Spring hSs smiled.
know BY the dogNOod's gorgeous bloom;
BY The erabtree's gorgeous dress;
BY the navth1rn's delightful rich perfume.
That they've felt Springs care>s
4 know by The COO ofthe timid dove,
Al the mornings sunny glow,
That Spring has come with wreath OF love.
Nhere long lay the hidden snow
I know BY the breath OF a thousand flowers;
By the glal song Ofthe brooks,
That Spring has come, with her sun and showers,
Ger this Wild woods quiet hooks
And know by the young lambs careless play
ON the mOuntain's grassy side,
That Spring now has spread her mantle gay
Der the Wild wool far and wide.
I know b. the sky As bends above
It's soft ether veil Of light,
That spring has spread bright robe OF love
Ger the mountains Ear blue height
know IN the song that the field lark sings.
"a ne mounts up from his nest.
Aud nnlters ai0it ON his airy wings,
Withdrew on his gOl.ten breast,
That spring has come with her thousand DIVES.
On the Wild landscape Ia dwell,
Anal scatter warm sunbeams down from the skies
Over field and wood, and dell
l know by the breeze that comes from the South
Al hush Of the pleasant day;
know by the notes that are trembling forth
From the pe-Wif on the spray,
That the Goddess Of Spring has come again
In her dress of blue and gold;
For flowers snd bir,'s on the meadow and plain
Their orgies OF thankfdlness hold.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
6rWe clip the following st. Joseph coun

6rWe clip the following ST. Joseph coun-
ty items from the South Bend Register:
We learn that some fifteen new buildings are
contracted to be built in Lowell, across the
river, this spring.
John H. Harper intends making about a
million brick this year.
We are informed that the new Court House,
which will be the handsomest in the State,
and one of which every citizen will be proud,
will cost but little over $4,000
The wooden factory will be running again
in three weeks, and experienced workmen
have been employed.
C. Deyo & Co. have sold their grist mill
here to Daniel Garst.
The timber for Henricks & Miller's new
mill is being framed, and the mill will soon
rear itself, Ph9nix-hke on the ruins Of its
predecessor.
We learn that the University of Notre
Dame have purchased the farm of John Rush,
Jr., which adjoins them, for $1,000.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26

DICKENS on THE FAsT-DAY. Charles
Dickens in his Household Words, comments
in this emphatic style on the recent humbug
called fast-day in England:-"If the direc-
tors of any great joint-stock commercial I'M
dertaking-say railway company-were to
get themselves made directors principally in
virtue of some blind superstition declaring
every man of the name of Bolter to be a man
of business, every man of the name of Jolter
to be a mathematician, and every man of the
name of Potter to possess minute acquaint-
ance with the construction of locomotive steam
engines; and if those ignorent directors so man.
aged the affairs of the body corporate as that
the trains never started at the right time,
began at their right beginnings, or got to their
right ends, but always devoted their steam to
bringing themselves into violent collision with
one another, AMI if by such means those inca
pable directors destroyed thousands of lives,
wasted millions of money, ami hopelessly be-
wildered and conglomerated themselves and
everybody else; what would the share hold
ing body say if those brazon-faced directors
called them together in the midst ofthe wreck
and ruin they had made, and with an auda-
cious piety addressed them thus: "Lo We mis-
cradle sinners, the hand of Providence is heavy
on you! Attire yourselves in sackcloth, throw
ashes on your heads, fast, and hear us conde-
scend to make discourses to you on the wrong
YOU have done?'
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
tr The following jackson county item

w thu IVIIV"IH5 JdChSUH COUnIF IIcIIIH
we copy from the Brownstown Democrat:
The Common Pleas Court of this county
meets next Monday.
The Democratic meeting comes of at this
place next Monday.
An infant child of Phelin Phillips, of this
place, died last week.
Rev. Mr.. Wallace Presbyterian preached
at this place last Sabbath.
Corn can be bought at cribs in this county,
at 60 cents per bushel.
Irish potatoes are very scarce, but may he
had in small lots at S2.
Wheat is selling in this county at 81 60
per bushel, and flour at So rs per Dbl
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26

Discovery OF PETRIFIED BoDY.-Ths
body of man entirely petrifed was found a
few days since in removing the bodies from
the old grave yard, in Race street, between
fifteenth and Sixteenth. The petrifed corpse
was inferred fifteen years since, and the body
had been in moist part of the ground. The
strange phenomenon was examined by seve-
raj persons, and physicians testified to the
fact of the body being entirely turned to
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
A NEW NATIONAL HoLrpAY.-A conmi

A New NATIONAL HoLIDAY.-A commit
tee appointed by the Pennsylvania Historical
Society has submitted to that Society an able
report. recommending the celebration OF the
anniversary of the adoption of the Constitu-
ton of the United States as a National Festi-
val by the American people. The report
suggests the anniversary its formal ratifica-
ton by the Convention. sitting in this city.
which took place September 18th, 1877, as
the proper time for its celebration, as WASH
ington, who presided over the deliberations
recommended it to the people in commune
cation signed on that day. In urging this ad-
dition to the national holidays, the report
urges that our national festivals are only two
in number, and the addition of third can be
made without impairing the value and effica-
cy of the others. The report concludes as fol-
lows:
"The Constitution Of the United State is
literally to the States as pillar of cloud by
day and pillar of fire by night. tits their
safeguard in prosperity, their refuge in adver-
sitv. 1t secures to them the rights of con-
science and republican government, peace
at home and security from external danger.
Its experimenting eye guards commercial
intercourse among the States and with foreign
countries, and looks abroad to command hon
or in the remotest corners of the earth. Un-
like other frame-werks of government
changes can be made under the instrument
itself, without revolutionary violence. With
out it, where are the efficiency of collected
numbers, the power of extended empire, the
glory of a common renown? With these,
added to the keen sense, the cultivated intel
ligence, the moral virtue impressed upon our
people by the conditions OF their society, what
can prevent this government from controlling
the destinies of the world ? But strike away
the bulwark of the Constitution and the
clamps of the Union are broken, the glorious
memories Of a common struggle are lost the
boast of proud nationality ceases, and all
the high hopes it fostered are dissipated and
forgotten
Signed by J. r.. Tyson, VIM. Duane, G. W
Norris. Puddle Ledger.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26

THE RUSSIAN CoMMANDER-IN-CH CHIEF
Prince Gortschakoff, appointed by the En-
peior Nicholas commander-in-chief of the
Crimean army, in the place of Menschikoff, is
general of artillery and inspector of the corps of
engineers. He was born in 1874, received his
military education in ST. Petersburg, and enter
ed the army towards the end of the struggle
against Napoleon |. When, in 1923, the Rus
sian army had been unsuccessful against the
Turks, Nicholas recalled its officers, and Gort-
schakoff was among those selected from the
Guards to replace them. He was ordered to
the corps of Krasofsky, who directed the seige
of Silistria, received the command of bat
terry, and distinguished himself as a brave
soldier. For his brilliant services during the
Polish Revolution, the Emperor made him
Lieutenant General He is distinguished as
an officer of artillery, but since the breaking
out of the present war he has not been very
successful, and for his reverses at Kalafat and
Oltenitza, he was superseded about year ago
by Paskiewitch. After the latter had been
wounded, Gortschakoff, on the 9th of June.
again obtained the command, and, with his
troops, recrossed the Danube.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
The two following from the South Bend

The two following from the South Bend
Forum:
Eighty acres of oak openings land near the
village of New Carlisle, exchanged owners
lately for $25 an acre. 1t was an operation
between men of that neighborhood, and is a
fair indication of the value of land of that de-
scription. The land was sold by John L.
Carskadden to Isaac l.. Borden.
With the coming spring season, South Bend
isreceiving more than the ordinary influx of
new corners. Residences are in demand, and
rents high. Improvements are vigorously
commencing in every direction. The burnt
mill is being reconstructed, and the sound of
the hammer and the trowel began to be heard
again yesterday upon the new Court House.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
or The editor Of the Ashland Union thus

oetfses his neighbor Of the Times
- Ashland Times-yon're useful You
Use up Democrats and Fnrriners-yOn make
4 bag noise with your little WHSLE, and
Yon leave your slaughtered men behind You
In the Insurance ofice. But, Ashland Times,
You're ussnil- You're a trump GO on
60 on, Ashland TiMss.
Stapendoowns Press. with great Skwins
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26

OF Martin Doty, who was last week tried
at Ann Arbcr, for the crime of incest has
been found guilty, and sentenced to the State
prison for Is years. Doty was farmer in
advanced years, and has for a long period
lived in Washtenaw county. His victim
was his own daughter, with whom crimi-
nality commenced, according to her evidence,
at the early age of twelve years.-Detroit
Times.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
OLD SOLDIERS, ATTENTION !

THE undersigned will prepare =,
applications for Bounty Lands, granted 10 Old A.
Soldiers under the late Act Of Congress, on reason
able terms. Ezr
The new Land Warrant Bill gives lGO to all mi
grades OF Soldiers, from waggOner 10 mayor gen
eral. including the Widows OF all Revolutionary wv
Soldiers and all Seamen, who have been in actual "
battles. Or who have serred not less than Fourteen
Days in capacity i'm OF about the Army
Those who have alreads received 100 not
titled 10 another Warrant but those who have received
50 acre Warrants are entlsd 80 and those
who have received 40 acre Warrants entitled 10 100
moro.
NJ Office up stairs in Grifith's Block, over w. H.
BGFoRD's Grocery, No. p West Washington Street
mar2O-i.Sw3wl AUSTIN II. BROWN.
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
Nav ,ri now seears by RoNpoUT,s aid.
GREAT SALE OF REAL Estate.

D1 Alrue OF the Authority, contained M Deed al
ID Trust, 10 executed, BY the Cincinnati Lngans-
port q Chicago Railway Company bearing date the first
day Of August, 1854 and recorded among The Land Re
cords OF Cas- county, Indiana, Mortgage Record Book
b. from page numbers 345 to Al. both inclusive 10 which
deed reference Is made for fall statement az my
powers in the premises, will offer for sale, al pahiic
Auction, the highest and best bidder without regard
the appraisemen value thereof ai the Conn House door
in The city Of i0ganspOr Cas- comfy, Indiana SAT-
URDAY the Nineteenth day of May 1855, NJ the hour %
O'Clock In the Afternoon. the following described
Lands. situate In said county of cass much may
be necessary ID pay aud Discharge the Interest falling due
on the first day OF February, le55, on Bonds 10 the
Of ten thousand dollars. sold by said COMPANY
and secured by said Deed Of Trust and nov held By VII
liam W. Hancy, and produced 70 me. and the col and
expenses of sale 30 WI The North West quarter of the
South Fast quarter ~ section number Twenty Seven
(2s). I'm Township number twenty i've ts5), Norh of
(O0 Of the South Ian &C the South West quarter of said
section number twenty (ys) iu Tie sane Township
and Range, excepting portion of fhirren acres (l3,
aud ninety -frcc hundreds OF fs1lts, sold aud
conveyed by Thomas W. lIansbcry. "a one lehosaphat
McCauley as will appear ful1 " roforence 10 snch
conveyance recorded IN llae Recorders Once % sAd
Cas- county, Eiatg-~lx and hunhrcths
acres 10 slo). more or less The Bonds - produced
are numbered from ten both inclusive, and ofthe
denomination Of one thousand dollars each and the n
attached the same, amounting i've
hundred dollars, falling dine the sirSi day of February
last are now also produced, with Saiisaclory evidence
that 4. SANE have been presented ~ The place al pay
meni- and demand 81 payment refused, and thai sixty
DAYS have elapsed since such demand and default
menL deed In fee simple Will be- made 20 the rnr-
chaser.
Terms of sale Cash in hand
STEPHEN {. TABER, Trustee.
IOgausuod. Aunl ~. lS15. 1911 r0l anl1Hlxw-s
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26

PoLETIcs IN ALEXANDRIA, VA.-An es-
teemed friend in that city writes us that the
Withdrawals from the Know Nothing lodges
Of Alexandra, Va, have been quite numer-
Gus during the last three or four weeks; four
teen having withdrawn on the night of Mon
day Of last week. He says, further. that
nearly all the Democrats in that place con-
necfed with the er1er. and MANY Whios. are
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26

FIRE.--We regret to learn that the DWELL
ing house of NICHOLAS DRULEY, ESQ.,, of
Union, county, was destroyed by fire on Tues
day afternoon last. His household goods and
the wearing apparel ofthe family wer destroy
ed. Its supposed the fire caught from sparks
Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-04-26
New Express Company,

w Of the United States kxpress Company, No. 81
West Westinghouse opposite the Bates House, India
napolis.
Propretors and Directors: ID. y. Barney, f. p. VII
ams, A. ". Barney, James Mckay, 4. NJ. James.
Principal office, ~ broadway, New lork-cOrner OF
Pearl and Seneca streets, Buffalo.
This Company will forward Bank Notes, Gold and
Silver, Merchandise and valuable packages, collect
Drafts, Notes aud accounts aud all business
trusted 10 them with dispatch
Messengers will leave indianapolis daily for The Easi