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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-09-05

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during TIE canvas 4. q Review
Il the Troubles In Kansas, and
Of the seuats's bill Coz the adj
nlssIoq Of Kansas as a State in
% The Union. by an Indiani-
a. " Ispued from he Office Of the
Wsshlnrton Union. 10 which Is
appended q letter Ifou ths auth
q % tie Democratic mass meet
Inn ssssmbIsd At Indianapolis, on
~ l7th Of July.
The document has been circu-
lhied 10 THE part Of the State,
With "a eve sioals TO the iaithfo';
bat NJ. 6deht should have caua.
q HE Iist 10 BE- revised. So ma
~ Of the rank and Gle have lott
ths party, that It Is BY no means
angular that The paper should
havs El|eu into Tie hands Of
opue Of those very sBIaok Re-
publieans'' and aA6oIi tiouisls" Il
vas Intended 10 denounoe and vii.
~.
When = man has attained to
TIE position which Mr.. Bright oc-
cupies, now the sole ropresen alive
q TIE sovereignty Of Indiana In
4 he Sonata: Ne naturally ex-
peot from him something like
alguIty Of character, some respect
~ ths people no represents, and
49, regard for truth; but, We
ssevst 10 cay, that these qualities
Wl|l b sought Ia vain in the doc
umont under review. Aftera ref
ogsnoo 70 tho state Of parties four
yoaa eco. he opens out as iol-
losc
s0uo Of Ire modes which the
Blaok Republican Abolition party
hopes 10 procure the abolition Of
slavery everywhere is, by incen-
diary spoeohes and publications
- array the North against the
South. and the South aRninst the
Meth. and thus to produce dis
solution OF The Union. With ma
ny Of its leaders this is an avow-
Cd purpose. The South thus
weakened, they reason, viii be-
unable to contend successfully
against their 'revolted slaves and
British bayonets." A more dia-
bolioal intent or infamous purpose
never sntsrsd the heart Of wick
ID men. Thus do they plot trea-
son against the Constitution. and
thus would they destroy the last
hope Of liberty on EARTH"
This, people Of Indiana, Is the
language Of your own Senator, the
man whors you have honored. and
By whose sunrnges he was placed
d the Senate, anil who, through
your esvor. occupies the position
u Woe President Of the United
States. And 10 whom does he
apply this language7 70 you
uho have conferred this honor
upon him. There Is no mistak.
Ing thia Who does be say hopes
TO procure tae abolition ofshve.
~ everywhere" and to produce
. dissolution Of the Uuion'1-
The Black Republican party
Who does be say avow this pur'
poeei Many Of the leaders O
that party. Who splot treason
against the Constitution" FOL
ths purpose Of destroying "tht
net hope Of liberty on earthi'
This same party, according to Mr.
Bright
These charges are brought a
eainst men whose only sin is, tina
they resist the extension Of slave
~ into Tree territory. Mr.. Brigh'
Knew this when ne made these
charges lie knew they wer'
NOT attempting to abolish SLAYER,
everywhere. He knew that the,
were not attempting to produces
: dissolution OF the Union. HI
knew they were not plotting trea
son against the Constitution. Ii
knew they did not wish to des
troy the last hope Of liberty OF
F'n we WIN not !. apply his owl
nngua&e 10 himself; "a more Ola
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-09-05
and the articles usual, ksptsn retail store. Il
QueensWare and GlmssW are

We hAvsa entire new stock, containing some
new psttrrns, and all that 10 wanted In this wav.-
but We feel u unnecessary Va say more. sufhce
patronage bestowed upon Ne all through our msr-
camille course, and nvthinx on our part shall Do
done, ~ this iAts day.t merit = discontinuance
~ The same. We are sure that N good Goads.
cheap Goods. and plenty OF them, aud gentleman
Iy elssksto walt on yoais whstyou want, We have
no frsrs.
spnit ID. GALLON q soa.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
THE POSITION OF THE FAR
MER

The great object Of life is to be hap
py, and we know Of no position Or
situation in lille which affords 40 fa-
vorable an opportunity of securing
this object AS that of the farmer. The
fore-handed farmer has all that he
need desire in life; there il no man so
free from annoyances and temptations
OF all kinds, and consequently no one
so well circunstanced to be useful TO
others, to make intellectual and social
improvements, as he. The regular
changes Of the seasons, the ever re-
turning spring, summer, and autumn;
of seed time and in gathering of har.
vests; the bursting into life. the growth
and gradual decay, cannot bat lead
his observing mind through most in
tercsting ennobling fields Of inquiry
and research, up to the Great Author
Of all created things.
The broad field, the fresh untaint
ed air, the bossoming orchards and
fragrant meadows; the splendors of
the morning, the softness Of the even
ing sky; the bloom, the beauty, the
verdue ofearth, the music of the air
and the waterfall, are his, 10 bring
light and life and joy and animation
to his heart.
Some say there is no enjoyment to
be found in these things--that it cx
lists only in the Imagination, but this is
a mistake.--The thoughtful man will
ever find these objects the source Of
the pjrest pleasure.
1t is within the power of every far
mer and me chanic to devote some time
to study and reflection, and he will
find that every addition to his supply
of information and knowledge, which
thus gains, will tend to make his walks
the pleasanter, the flowers the sweet
er, and everything more full Of inter
est and mcaning.-Western Agricul-
turist.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
THE KNOW NOTHING RATlFi
CATION.

The Know Nothing leaders have
succumbed, After all their brave re-
solves and professions o. determina-
ton to stand by the rights of the
South, they Intend to abide by the
late action at Philadelphia, be the
consequences what they may.
1t is a fixed fact that the Know
Nothing Platform Of 1853, insufficient
and unsatisfactory ito Southern men
who have proper appreciation ol
the rights of their own section, has
been rcpudiated, on the ground that
it yields too much to the South but,
are not Know Nothings bound by
their oath< in the sight of high Heaven
to obey the mandates of the Supre me
Legislature of the Order?
The news of the humiliation of the
South at Philadelphia, so far as it
was possible for her debasement to
be accomplished in the submission Of
Know Nothing delegates, and the in
tclIigenre Of the nomination of the
mongrcl ticket, Fillmore and Donel-
son, was welcomed by the faithful in
this city with salute of guns. A
qualification meeting was also held
in the capitoi.--a fair amount oil en-
thusiasm WAS manifested on the Occa-
rion--and Democrats were made to
understand clearly enough that their
antagonists have no intention of lay
ing aside their weapons and abandon
in.s the field.
But there was one fact about the
speaking which we could bat notice.
The idea Of dying seemed to pre-
dominate in the minds Of the orators
--one wanted this inscription on his
tomb, another that; one was deter
mined to die in this mode, and another
in that--all seemed TO be conscious
that they must fall. 1t is related that
when Louis Philippe paid his last
visit to the great intriguant, Tallyrand
the dying minister complained that
he suffered the torments of the
damned. What already y exclaim-
ed the king.
1t is even so with the Know Moth
ing leaders at this time. Defeat
stares them in the face. Their polit-
ical grave has been dug-thc funeral
bell is tplling-,hey howl over their
sins without repentance, and, like the
dying Tallyrand, they experience the
agonies of the damned before life is
extinct MSsiSSslpiaa.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
EX PRESIDENT FILLMORE AN
OATH-BOUND X. NOTHING.

The Louisville Journal, of the Goth
ult., has the following dispatch from
Canandaigua. So it appears that the
Know Nothings did not mistake their
man, but have nominated for the
Presidency one who has seen Sam,
and come under all the terrible obi
cations imposed by their order.
Whether the otd-linc Wigs, many Of
whom, doubtless, supposed that Mr..
Fillmore could not be induced, even
by the hope of the Pre- idency, to Join
such an order, will now hold them
selves by political principle and old
party ties which he himself has volun-
tarily repudiated and sundered, to
support him for the Presidency, is a
problem yet to be solved. lie claim
ed and received their sufirages for
the Vice-Presidency on Wig priaci-
pies, as the nominee of the Wing
Convention. Has he, then, in virtue
of this confidence, a right to expect,
and can they consistently give him,
their support, upon basis which not
only ignores" the principles of the
Wing party and ''prvte,mits". its Or
ganizaiion, its pride, and its outspo-
ken frankness, but affects to consider
"oorrrpt," and unworthy of popular
confidence? Mr.. Fillmore has aban-
doned the Old Line Wings, and given
the potential force of his name and
example to break down their party !;
and it is well nigh done. Will they
complete its destruction by contribu-
ting to make the nominee of a Know
Nothing Convention the President Of
the United States Here is the dis
patch which provoked these rehcc-
tions: Mem. Appeal.
"The statement made at Philadel-
phia that Fillmore is not n member
of the American party, is fatty con-
tradictcd by the President of Council
No. III, Of Buffalo, who gave the
a. ..tr,vt-e ,l,ai h. hin,-f,li' was E,zrut
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
From the Mississippian.
THE LAW OF EVIDENCE.

We learn that the Commissioners
on the Code have proposed to change
the law of evidence in a manner TO
remove, in all cases, objections to
the competency of witnesses on the
ground Of interest in the result; and
that the Code Committee have agreed
to report the amendment.
The old law excluded entirely all
Witnesses having any interest in the
case which might, by any possibility,
have a tendency to influence their
minds for or against either party to
the suit, and even to cause thc,n to
perjurc Themselves to bring about an
il rie favorable tn their own interest
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
THREE MILLION MESSAGE OF
THE PRESIDENT.

On the 9th ult., the House resum-
ed the consideration of the Presidents
Message asking an appropriation of
three millions of dollars for an in
crease of military material;
Quitman said there was not in the
mes sage anything looking to war as
had been charged. though in his opin.
ion there was a possibility if not a
probability of war with England.
She could nor thus engage in war,
without convulsing her kingdom, three
millions of her people being depen-
tant on one onl y of our products
cotton.
TauIkner did not regard the mes
sage as warlike, but suggesting a
reversal of the past unwlse policy OF
regarding the manufacture of arns at
arscnals. He thought Humphrey
Marshall excited unnecessary alarm
yesterday, by throwing out the idea
that warlke intentions were contain
ed in the message.
lie apprehended that when the ad-
miniStration determines on war, II
would send message openly an
nouncing the fact, ac,ing on that as
on other subjects, boldly and fearless
ly.
Humphrey Marshall contended that
from the face of the message, he was
justified in believing that the Presi-
dent looked to war. lie did not want
to see the Executive blusier about the
subject, sounding more as ifpreparing
for conflict, unless questions have
arisen to justify him in such conduct.
Unnecessary, he would not hesitate to
vote supplies which the defense of the
honor of the country might demand,
when the application came in prop
er manner.
The message was then referred to
the military committee, and the House
adjourned.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
A DOCUMENT FOR THE CAN
NASS-TIiE ERIE LETTER.

ADD 1iE InlE LII EN-.
There is much inquiry for this eel
ebrated document. We therefor,
publish it as appropriate to the times.
BrFFALo, October II, 1888.
SIR-i our communication OF the
18th instant, as chairman of the com
mitfee appointed by the "Antl-Slave-
r. Society Of the County of Erie has
just come to hand, You solicit my
answer to the following interogato-
rlca:
l, Do you believe that pctitioning
Congress Oh the subject of slavery and
the slave-trade ought to be received,
read and respectfully considered by
the representatives of the people
?, Are you opposed to the annex
alton of Texas to this Union, under
any circumstances, SO long a, slaves
are held therein
3, Are you in favor of Congress
exercising al! the constitutional pow
ers it posse sses to abolish the internal
slave trade between the States?
4 Are YOU in favor of immediate
leg, ,arion for the abolition of slavery
in the District of Columbia?
| am much engaged, and have no
time TO enter into argum,nt, or ex-
plain at length my reasons for my
opinions. l shall, hcrtore, content
myseIf for tic present By ansrering all
your mterroga'ories in the aGtma.iuc,
a"d iear tor some future ocoas' on more
ertended diSc4ssioa on the SUBJECT
MILLARD FILLMORE.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
LAWS OF MISSISSIPPI.
AN ACTto confer Eq4ity Jurisdictis
uy,yH CjycUt COuy.fs.

AN ACT to confer Eq4i.y Jurisdiction
upon Circuit Courts.
SEC. /. Be ii cnacfed bg Mc LegiS-
ldtu,e Of the State ot' mississippi, That
Chancery Courts shall be held in each
Judicial District by the Circuit Judge
thereof, at the times and places of
holding the Circuit Courts in each
County, and that said Chanccry
Court shall possess all the powers
and jurisdiction now held and posses
sed by the Superior Court of Chance
ry; and the Clerks of said Circuit
Court shall be also Clerks of said
Chancery Courts in their respective
Counties.
SEC. =. BE il further cnacted, That
in suits brought under the first section
of this act, when the defendants re-
side in different Counties, the bill
may be filed in any County where
one of the defendants resides, and
process may issue to the other coun-
Ties for the other defendants: provi-
ded that where an attachment is filed
to subject property to the payment of
a debt, it shall be filed in the County
where the property to be attached is
situate or found.
Sec. 3. BE il further enacted, That
the Judges of the High Court of En-
rors and Appeals, the Chancellor and
the Circuit Courts shall have full pow
er to grant injunctions, attachments
and other remedial process returnablc
to the Circuit Court of such County
as shall have injunction thereof.
SEC. 4. BE it father enacted, That
the rules of the Superior Court of
Chancery shall be, until altered or
repealed, the rules of practice in said
Circuit Courts, and the fees to clerks,
sherills and other officers shall be the
same as are now by law authorized
in Chancery proceedings.
Sfc. 5. BE il further eaacted, That
this act shall be in force from and af-
ter its passage, and shall continue
in force until the Chancery Courts Of
the State shall be otherwise arranged
iii pursuance Of the recent Consti-
tutional Amendments and all causes
brought in such Courts shall thereaf-
ter be transferred to the Chancery
Courts that may be established.
Approved February 10, 1856.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
TIE CONNULSIVE THROES
OF KNOW NOTHINGISM.

We continue TO publish some of the
incidents of the Kno W Nothing pro-
ceedins- at Philadelphia, which must
disgust all good and true patriot4.
The "nationality" Of the organization
has been thoroughly exploded, and
many Southern delegates have with
drawn from the body, sickencd out
at the arrogance Of the Northern
know-Nothiugs, who forced sssh
tree-soiler as Wm, f. Johnston and
his colleagues upon them How
could they do otherwise, after being
fully acquainted with the free-soil
elements that composed the Conven-
ton, so strongly proved by the follow
ing despatch from Philadelphia, read
in the Pittsburg Black Republican
Convention, on Saturday afternoon
The American party are no longer
united, Raise the Republican banner.
LIT there be no further ertension of
aare'y. The AMERICANS ARE WITH
YoU."
Letters from Pittsburg say that the
temple was nigh being rent with the
shouts that this tclegraphic message
Occasioncd.
This simple fact should open the
eyes of the whole South and b and
Know Nothingism a. a thing 70 be
eschewed and execratcd.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20

The law in question proposes to ad-
nit the testimony Of the plaintiff and
defendant, who are, of course, chiefly
interested in the decision. England
made a similar change in 1881. The
State Of Connecticut had previously
in lsi0-adopted a similar reform.
Minnesota adopted it in 1851, VSr
mont in 1852.
1t is said that this important change
in the Common Law has worked well
in England. and a writer on the sub
lect points out one important advan-
tage Of its operation: The per.nis-
sion TO call party became a compul-
sion to do so, because the omission to
do it opens the door for IA fatal attack F..
so that, in practice, the plaintiff and
defendant are always called, and
what is more, they are always first
called This puts an end at once to
all fnessing about the order Of testi-
mony. There is no arrangement of
witnesses--no putting this one for
ward because he knows little too
much. The plaintiff or defendant is
first called; he states his case. If he
breaks down on cross-examination,
the case is pretty much up, as it ought
to be if not, you corroborate as best
they may. The practice undoubtedly
simplifes the trial of causes"
1t is urged against the bill that it
will increase the temptations to per-
jury, diminish the sanctity Of oaths,
and asperatc the bitterness of liti-
igation by involving personal charac-
ter and veracity. On the contrary, an
eminent lawyer of Ohio, who first
the change, writes that from
his experience of it, it promotes set
tlement and lessons litigation. 1t
facilitates the preparation of causes
for trial, accelerates the administra-
ton of Justice, brings ont more fully
the facts, and enables the Court and
Jury to see where the truth and JUS
tice of the case lie.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
From the Mississiprian.
ABOLITION OF THE USURY
LAWS-AST'EP IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.

We have heretofore mentioned the
Introduction Of a bill into the Senate
of this State, by Mr.. Catchings, OF
Kinds, for the repeal of the Csury
Laws in force, and to authorize par
ties to contract for rates Of Interest
according TO their own views Of the
worth of money, as in other transac'
tons ut life.
We have long since avowed oul
advocacy of such a measure, and die
not hesitate, therefore, to give it oui
approval.
The bill has passed the Senate in a
modified form. As adopted it author
ICES parties to contract for the pay
ment Of any rate of interest not ex-
ceeding ten per cent on the renewal
of any debt after maturity, The bill
was emasculated so as to reduce it to
these conditions; yet, il is a step III
the right direction, which we hope
will be followed up by others, until
this important reform shall have been
con. ummated.
In England the Usary Laws have
been abolished, after a warm and
prolonged contest, in which the very
first intellects of that country took
part and the lapse of bu. few years
since so great change OF policy has
suliiced to show the wisdom of the
step, and its beneficial effect upon
both borrowers and lenders. 1t has
become a recognized truth that money
ought to be worth its real value in the
local market at the time loan of it is
asked, and that it may be safely left
to the discretion of the capitalist to
fix the rate of compensation at which
he is willing to spare it to the borrow
er In healthy, bona ,tde transactions,
self-interest will be a more powerful
restraint on the demand of the lender
than would the provisions of any
usury law, no matter how stringent.
If his money is really worth more
than eight per cent, he will not be
disposed to part with it at that rate,
any more than the solvent trader will
sell his goods at less than their real
value, simply to make sale. To
one whom he knows to be prudent
and honest in his business affairs, the
lender will always be disposed to
give his money on fair terms, while
to persons of an opposite character,
he will not feel himself justified in
trusting it at all, or, if he should do so,
only when his own compensation is
proportionate to his probable risk
The Flag of yesterday contains the
able remarks of the Senator from
this County in behalf of his bill, and
we regret that our limited space will
not permit us to transfer them to our
columns.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20

HouicIpE.-On Tuesday the
26th inst, Wm. B. Smith was killed
by being cut in the left side or breast
with an AK, by Hartly Anderson.
They were both raitsmen, and were at
the time at work on a raft in the Ya-
ZOO river. 1t appears that Smith had
been quarrclling with Anderson, and
commenced beating him with ring
bolt, and run him several times round
the raft, when Anderson picked up
an AK and struck Smith in the side,
burying ,ae AK in his body. We un-
dor<,and the jury ofinquest reported
it justiiiable homicide Vicksbu rg
Sentinel.
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
nIOTN COLUMBIA SOUTH CAR
OLINA.

New YORK, March G.--Soulh Car
olina papers contain details Of the
late terrible riot at Columbia College.
On the night of the 18th ult., party
of students who had a grudge against
the Chief of the police made a mur-
derous assault on him in the street,
badly injuring him. One of the stu
dents had his skull split OPEN
The Chief was conveyed by some
friends to the guard houses, upon
which an attack was soon made by
some l50 students armed with knives,
clubs and pistols. The Chief was
again badly beaten and stabbed, and
was thrown out Of the second story
window. The alarm bell was rung
and the citizens came together, when
another conflict cnsued. Six military
companies were ordered out and
were afterwards stationed as guards
around the guard house and Jail. One
Of the students has since died, and 9TH
ers ore not expected to live, and Bell,
the Chief is said to be be dead. The
excitement was kept up till the 2lst.,
when the students were still threat
ening revenge, and being very active
in procuring arms and ammunition.
The Governor went TO the college
and demanded their arms, threatening
to fire upon them if they refused to
deliver them. The students finally
yielded and quiet was restored,
Another accoun: says that the scene
presented was such as Columbia new
er before saw. Two hundred armed
citizens with guns loaded with ball
AN cs-'rilG> Y"-e oppo..l ~ uore
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20
TRUE EDUCATION.

The object of all true education is
to vitalize knowledge. Some teach.
ers instruct their scholars very thor
oughly. who never educate them at
all. They teach them to commi. the
rules Of their arithmetic or grammar
by heart. but never lead them to COM
prehend a single principle; make them
learn thousands OF names of places,
without giving them nny idea ofge-
narlnhv
The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1856-03-20

The Know Nothing Convention
which recently assembled in Phila-
delpha, have nominated Millard Fill
more for Pre- sident, and A. J, Donel-
son for Vice President. A number Of
the members from the Northern States
seeded from the Convention, and
propose to hold another at some fu-
ture day when it is presumed they
will nominate Seward, or some other
acceptable abolitionist AS their eau.
didate. 1t is thought that Fillmore
and Donclson are put forward TO- TIE
purpose of carrying Kentucky and
perhaps one or two other slave hold.
ing States, and thus weaken the
unity OF the South and carry the elec.
ton to the House; where, by uniting
their strength, the election of an abo.
litionist will be insured. The same
combination that elected Banks speak.
er, wopll. in all probability. snOcced
with their Black Republican candi.
date, if carried to the House Hunts
rHh (Aia.) Dem.