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

"CHRrsrIAxrLy. avoiding anarchy
on the one hand and despotism on the
other, sets the race on path of un-
limited advancement. 1t pronounces
all men equal. In express terms, the
Christian revelation declares all ma
tons Of the earth to be Of one blood;
1t pronounces all men equally the sub
jects OF one King; il makes the value
Of soul infinite, and shows no differ
ence between the worth Of that of a
begear and that OF n prince. Look in.
10 the stable at Bethlehem, on that
night when crowned sage and humble
shepherd knelt by the cradle Of that
babe who was their common King; do
you notsee. in that spectacle, the bond
Of an essential equality uniting all
ranks, and making the regal purple
and the peasants russet faint and tenn
porary distinction? Well might Cole
ridge say, that the fairest flower he
ever saw climbing round poor mans
window, was not SO beautiful in his
eyes as the Bible which he saw lying
within. If all classes foisook the gos-
pei, one might expect the poor, the
hard-toiling. the despised. to cling to
it. Whatever Christianity may have
beef in our churches and in our
times, the great class of the workers
can find in its aspects no excuse fol
abandoning itself, unless they can
show that the churches have re-writ-
ten the Bible; unless they can alIege
that it no longer exhibits the Divine
Founder of Christianity preaching tc
the poor, co'npanying with publican'
and sinners; unless they can show tha
it was the sanctioned usage OF apostol
ic times, tohonor the rich in the Chris
tian assemblage: unless, in one word
they can deny that the gospel hold,
forth to every man the prospect of be
ing king and priest to God" ."-iSelec
fed
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
VOL: xXIY.-.No. q:
ssIsttsS Asstp.


~ WILL .. PETERSON
For something better thau terrestrial pleasures,
And strong desire thrills every mortal bosom
Fer Love, and Light, and LIE, which are imIuor-
tai.
Our fAIrsst dreams Of earthly pleasure per
ish
lust when they seem most real and substantial.
The buds Of promise, which we fondly cherish
IRE they have bursted into blooming beanty,
Are buried deep beneath the SHOWS Of winter;
And xuest love Is often unrsquitsd
By even one love-beam from the star We wor
ship
AhI when No heart blssds with keen dIsappoins
ment,
How n looks upward, longing for some object
on whichso axits pure and strong affections
win qssnehIsss sh.rss mo spirits ever call
For living waters from the heavenly fountains;
n longs 10 cast away its earthly sbackiss,
And ~, unfette rcd. 70 the hills eternal.
We lie within nights nshrouded valley,
While Alpine barriers hide ne whole porizon;
But o'sr the frowning forehead OF these nouu
tains,
A few faint beams Of dawniug glory slImmer.
Lixhs-lovins now'r., within darkened cham
Der.
Toward single solar ray lean fondly;
sows, confined within this dark clay prison,
Greet evsry glean Of coming day with glsdness'
And shall the spirits skywsrd aspirations
Avail 10 noughr Must 10 forever langufsh
In voiceless anguish, and In starless darkness7
Say' but tie soul, endowed with life immortal,
When her captivity on earth Is ended,
II savedb by grace divine from sins dread thrall
dom.
Shall ee an equal with the brightest angels,
And i've In codi own Light and Love forever.
kxoxrx, March, sc.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
An Amusing Mistake

A gentleman OF Dount was going
out in his carriage to make some calls
with his wife, when, discovering that
he had left his visiting cards, he or
dered his footman, recently come into
his service, to 60 to the mantlepiece IN
his sitting-room, and bring the cards
he should see there. The servant did
as he was ordered. retained the arti-
cles to be used as he was directed,
and of started the gentleman. sending
in the footman with cards wherever the
mot at home" occurred. AS those
were very numerous, he turned to the
servant with the question-"How ma.
ny cards have you left?" Well, sir. =
says the footman, very innocently,
"there's the king of spades, the six Of
hearts, and the ace of clubs" 1.-The
deucel" exclaimed his master. That's
gone," said John.-N Y. Mirror.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
Education VS.. Money

The following anecdote from the
Peoples Organ, refers undoubtedly &c
Hon. Jacob Collamer, DOW in the I'm.
tied States Senate, and deserves to &C
the rounds as the story Of the two
heirs:
81 remember" says the late Post
master General Of the United States,
"the first time visited Burlington
VT, as Judge Of the Supreme Court
l had left it many years before pool
boy. At the time / left, there were
two families Of special note for thejl
standing and wealth. Each of then
had a son Of about my own age.
was very poor and they were very rich
During the years of hard toll which
passed before my return. l had almos
forgotten them. They had long age
forgotten me.
Approaching the Court House fo
the first time. in company with severn
| gentlemen Of the bench and bar,
! noticed in the Court House yard
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
Mccormick versus Manny's Reaper,

The decision OF the Court in the
above case. has been published in
pamphlet form, and is valuable in
QUESTION to patent jurisprudence. The
first patent Of Mccormick was obtain
ed in 1884, and the invention described
in it has been public property for a
number Of years. so there was no in
fringement of it in the question. The
principal features Of complaint were the
Infringement OF McCormick's patents
of i845 and 1347. the one embracing
the "divider" for separating the grain
to be cut from that to be left standing;
and the other peculiar arrangement
Of the raker's seat on the PLATFORM
Nanny used both divider and ra-
ker's seat; but the claims of McCor-
mick's patents only embraced combi-
nations; and the Court held that none
ofthe combinations (which were use.
full in themselves) were infringed by
Nanny, because he employed differen,
combinations. Diyiders and rakers'
seats were used in reaping machine.
before Mccormick used them; his i'm.
provements the Court held to be dis.
tinct from the. defendants. 1t ha.
been stated by some persons that Z
seat cannot be used with reel on .
Harvester without infringing Nc Cor
mick's patent Of 1847, but Obed Hus
sey used raker's seat in connection
with reel before Nc cCormick. so tha
this is not the feature Of Nc McCormick'l
invention. 1t consists IN placing tn,
driving wheel back, the gearing for
ward, and shortening the reel SO as t
balance the machine when the rakel
sits or stands on certain part Of the
platform.
The decision says: "Now If rakel
be seated on different part Of the ma
chine and where he can rake withou
balancing the machine, and withou
interruption from the reel it is con
trivance and an invention substantial,
different from McCormick's. To sea
the raker on Msnny's machine doe
not require the same elements of com
bination that were essential in Nc Cor
mick's invention" This is very deci
ded and clear. The Court therefor,
decided that the reel and raker's sea
in Manny's machine did not infring
the plaintiffs patent.-Seientifc An,
eriean.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
YeIhtaI.
The Next Campaign-The Most
Prominent Candidates for the Pres
idency and Vice Presidency.

wAsnrsoroS, Wednesday. April %
Political movements in various parts
Of the Union excite considerable inter.
est here. So far as can be ascertained
with regard to the Democrats. Doug.
las is carrying nearly the entire North,
west. and appears to be the second
choice in all the Southern States where
he is not the first choice. For tn,
yice-P Presidency, Howell Cobb is said
10 be the most prominent. All who
are for either Pierce or Douglas fol
President are inhexibly against Buch.
snan. Many delegates 10 the Demo,
cratic National Convention say a vic,
tory with candidate who is not an
embodiment Of the Kansas-Nebrasks
issue would be worthless.
Buchanan has the support of Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and Maryland,
with strength in Michigan and New.
York. New-England is mostly fol
Pierce, and the South mainly for either
Douglas or Pierce. 1t may be stated
in this connection, that Pierce claims
a denominations on the ground that hi,
course on the Kansas-N Nebraska anc
other prominent questions. should b,
indorsed by the Democracy; and tha
If any man shall be taken from tn,
North. it must, in justice, be himself
Prominent Democrats, who have no
resigned the principle Of availability
and who. at this early period, look {,
compromise. in ease Of bitter conflict
regarding Northern candidates, hav,
in reserve Gen. Rusk. Of Texas.
On the Anti-Nebraska side, Ere
mont, since the publication ofhis Kan
sas letter to Robinson. appears to bl
shooting ahead. Salnon p. Chas,
does not seem to have any ambition
for the candidacy, while Mclean
Hale, Banks, Sumner, and Blair
whose names have been mentioned
are not aspirants for the nomination
Gov. Stewards friends are quiet, bu
he would rally a strong vote If h,
should express desire for the nomi
nation. Among the leaders of th'
party. general desire is manifest t,
yield personal preferences to whoeve
may ultimately be considered the mos
popular choice Of the Anti-Nebraskl
masses; but the friends of Fremon
are enthusiastic, and it is eaid they ar
evidently increasing u nskrs. The,
contend thata new, young. vigorou
party should have a new, young an,
vigorous candidate, and therefore in
sist that one who has won his fame il
other fields than those Of the warrio
or the politician, would have grea
strength before the country, and woul
have no old prejudices to weigh hir
down. For the ice-Presidency
among the Republicans, NJ. II. Grin
nell, Of New. York; Collamer, of Ver
mont, and Dayton, Of fNew-Jersey. ar
talked Of in case Fremont is nominated
Benton does not indorse the Free Stat
movement, and cannot, therefore. ad
vocate Fremonts nomination. But Iii
tie is said. in this locality, of Mr.. Fill
more or his prospects.-New Yor
Times.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
Anecdote of Mr.. Wesley.

A lady once asked him. -'Mr. Wes-
lev, supposing that you knew you
were to die at l2 o'clock tomorrow
night. how would you spend the inter
yenticn time?" "How, madam" he
replieu; "why, just as / intend to
spend it now. / should preach this
evening at Gloucester, and again at
Eve tomorrow morning. After that.
l should ride to Tewxesbury, preach
in the afternoon, and meet the socie-
ties in the evening. l should then
repair to friend Martins house, who
expects to entertain me, converse and
pray with the family as usual. retire
to my room at O'clock, commend
myself to mp heavenly Father, lie down
to rest, and wake up in glory"
blessed is that servant whom his
Lord. when he cometh, shall find SC
doing. Luke xii. 43.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
WHOLE NUMBER l2l7.


A few days since, in one Of our Fox
River towns, party Of boys were
coasting, ind as one after another they
darted down the smooth white course,
and ran gaily back, drawing their sleds
to the top Of the bill for a fresh start.
the laugh and the cheer that rose so
pleasantly won from busy and aged
men smiling glance, at a scene which
called back 10 each his own boyhood.
But alasl one of these lads will not re-
call that afternoons sport again, and
another will not ook back upon that
bright winters day without a shud-
der.
The story is sad one. Daring
their sport, the sled Of one Of the boys
ran against that of a play-fellow, doing
some slight injury. Il was provoking
lit might. perhaps. have been avoid
ed--but how does il compare with the
terrible result that followed?
The second scene is, two angry
boys, with flashing eyes, and fists
>tShOhSus " nbhSs ohu ellc uc&ts ouc
of them is lying upon the snow. which
is scarce paler than his cheek, or the
frightened countenances Of those who
bend over him. His playmate has
killed him. Anger came suddenly on
their peaceful sport. and this was the
fearful consequence.
And now, boys, picture il you can,
the agony Of him who has taken the
life Of a school-fellow. What would
he not give to recall that blow? And
yet he can no more do SO than he can
call back to life the cold remains ofthe
active little schoolmate who, but few
weeks 60, shared in his studies and
his sports. He did not mean to kill
his playmate; he Misunderstanding more
than you, when thousand times, al
a thousand little things. you have Civ.
en- away 70 passion.
Boys. think of this. be gentle in
your sports; be forbearing ane.manly
for true manliness is 10 "bear and for
bear. ."-Elgin (IH.) Journal,
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
Anecdote of Rothschild.

Anselm Rothschild Of Frankfort,
during the stormy days of l848. when
all Europe was heaving with the throes
Of the popular volcano. was accosted
BY four stalw art leaders Of the mob,
who entered his bank and insisted on
seeing him.
"You have millions on millions, I"
said they to him, "and we have moth
ing; the time has come when you must
divide with u.s."
Every veil; what do you suppose
the firm of de Rothschildis worth?'
about forty millions Of ilorins."
Forty millions, you think. Ell?
Now there are forty millions of peo-
pie in the Diet; that would be a form
apiece. Here's you're, nov be off with
you."
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
Father and Mother States.

"Pa, why is /. said that Massachu'
setts is the mother Of us all"
"She was the Oldest Of the New
England States; and as they were mos.
tly settled from and grew out Of her,
she has been called by a figure ol
speech "our mother"
Still pursuing the personifcation,
the boy asked, with kind of bewil-
dered look. "Were Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts married to each other
in olden times?"
"What can you be thinking of"
"Why, pa. took it for granted thai
Pennsylvania was the father Of all the
States, for see it on letters and news
papers, and in books, too. always call
ed "Pa.'
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09

ThsstresmIet murmured soft and low,
Wandering mid The shadowy trees,
And, ~ its gentle tones arose,
UpiIitsd By the slig htest breeze,
Sat upon moss-grovn stone,
That serves the streamlet for shore,
And bent my ear 70 catch the tone,
Az low n whispers 'sEvsrmore.r
And mid The flowers, and .thro' the glen,
Win espoless haste u passed along,
Nor lurking back the rocky steep,
Could stay re cadence Of its song.
A rainbow at upon the spray,
The messenger Of harm no more;
The water bounded on its.way,
And stil. repeated "Evernore."
Tho streamlet grew q mighty tide,
Fed by . thousand mountain rills,
And mirrored In its moving waves
The forests ofa thousand hills.
But a. the boasman chants his song,
Timed 10 Tho plsshing OF the oar,
His tuneful notes the waves prolong,
And echo, swestly, aevermore,r
So, sofs and low In early days, .i
So, roughly tossed IN youthful strife,
So, broad and deep In later years,
Flows on the hss:enipg stream OF life;
Our bsrk saoss, the current strong,
wsdrin not slowly toward the shore,
And each fresh gale that waits along,
Repeats moro clear the startling song;
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
The Prince of Old Aldermen.

A good thing is going the rounds
about one of our new Aldermen, which
is related in this wise:
The Grand Jury summoned ALDER
man--before them, for the pur-
pose of asking him some questions
He came and the following eonversa-
ton occurred:
"Alderman--has any one ever
offered you any money, in the shape
OF a bribe, since your election?"
"Yes SIR"
"Who was it?" said one of the
Grand Jury.
"Mr.,"
"And how much did he offer you?''
inquired one Of the jurors.
twenty-five dollars" responded
the Alderman, with curl Of his lip
"Did you take it?" said the fore
man.
(Emphatically, "No sirl"
Mr., the briber was sent for
"Mr.--, did you offer Alder
man--twen,y-6ve dollars as brib'
for voting SO and so?"
"Yes, sir"
"Did he take it?"
"No, SIR"
"Why didn'! he take it?" said ont
of the jurors. much surprised.
"Well. he said he couldn't sell him
self for twenty-five dollars. as that wa
the price Of old Aldermcn---the nes
ones range higher
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09

large pile of old furniture about to be
sold at auction. The scenes Of early
childhood by which was surrounded
prompted me to ask whose it was. |
was told it belonged to Mr.. j. "Mr.
J? / remember family of that
name. very wealthy; there was n son.
too. can il be he?"
was told that il was even so.--
He was the son ef one Of the families
alluded TO. He had inherited more
than ! had earned, and spent it all,
and now his own family was reduced
to want, and his furniture was that day
to be sold for debt. / went into the
Court House. suddenly, yet almost
glad that 1 was born poor. was soon
absorbed in the business before me-
One ofthe first cases called. originated
in low, drunken quarrel between
Mr.. II. and Mr.. A. Mr.. H., thought /,
that is familiar name. Can il be?
In short, / found that this was the son
of fthe other wealthy man referred &c.
/ was overwhelmed alike with aston
ishment and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ment at the change in our relative
stand, and thanksgiving that l was not
born to inherit wealth without toll.
Those fathers provide best for their
children. who leave them with the
highest education the purest morals,
and the--least money.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09

UNDIoNrFrED JuprcAL CoNDUcr.-The
telegraph states that Judge BURRrLL,
Kansas, is in Washington, for the pur-
pose Of consulting the Executive au-
thorities relatives to the course 10 be
pursuad towards the officers of the
Kansas free state government. Ifthis
be true. it is great departure from
the dignity of the Judiciary to confer
with the Executive, which is merely a
coordinate power Of the government.
II shows too dangerous tendency to-
wards Capitalization viii h is one of
the rocks ahead in the future of our
country. A Judge should act upon
his own responsibility and under the
obligations Of his oath and never de-
scend to.receive instructions or get his
cue from the President. Any course
similar TO this involves the ermine in
the mire ofpolities and derogates from
the high position Of judicial officer.
", Il. Tribune.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
A Rich Sermon.

Where is the man with his harp Of a
thousand strings?
The following rich extract from a
sermon will be recognised at glance
by some of our readers here at home.
1t loses much of its humor, because
we cannot put in print the sing song
style and appriate gestures that &C
companyit:
My friend, sin makes the purtiest
young man or CONAN in the world ug-
ly-ah. And I'll tell yoa / kaow-ah;
as was coming to church to-day-ah.
i sawsssome young men in the road-ah
And l thought one Of themthe purliest
young man ever saw in my life-ah.
And as l drew nigh unto them / dis
covered they were playing Nv marvels,
and they drew nigh unto place what
they called the taw-ah, and they mar.
veled-ah. And this purity young man
was the last one to maryeled-ah; and
when he marveled. be jumped up and
tapped his hands like rooster does
his wings, and says he, IL wish may
be id il l haint fat-ah." And,
oh my friends, then 1 thought he was
the ugliest young man / ever saw in
my life-ah. And ! opened my mouth
and spake to him thus-ah, says l,
"young man this is not the way To
salvation" And says he, "Old horse,
If you had been salivsted as bad as ]
have, you wouldn't want to hear talk
of salvation"
And now. my friends, when that Al
young man said he was fet he told
lie-ah, for he was lean as that hungry
looking sister over thar that's always
a praying so pious while the hat Is a
bein' passed around ah.
And. my friends, If that young man
hadn't been blinded by sin, he never
could a mistuk me for an old horse-ah
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09

EARIT ToMAToEs.---This is one Of
the most difiicultof vegetables 10 force,
and should be started very early in
order to anticipate the season. Those
who have greenhouses, and hotbeds
need no other facilities. But those
who have only a stand Of fparlor plants.
and keep constant fire for them, can
start few tomatoes with very little
trouble. Take half dozen four or
five inch pots, and plant two or three
seeds in each, in rich garden loam.-
The pots can stand with the other
house plants. and receive the same
watering and attention When the
plants are well started. pull! up all but
the most vigorous one in each pot
Stir the earth frequently around them,
and they will grow rapidly and ill the
whole pot with mass of fine roots,
by the last of May when they will
probably be in blossom. Ifthcy have
rich soil and a good exposure en- the
south side of a wall or fence they will
suffer little checks in the transplanting.
and you will get tomatoes much ear
lier than from seed planted in the open
ground in April.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09
From lhe Cayuga Chief.
TIE RED, WHITE ANDBLUE.

Fling out that war-worn nag again,
To lead ne good and true.
We need once more, hat guiding fame
The Red, the White, the Bluei
There's music ia cash battle shred,
That stirs like bugle blast,
Ittsils Of thoss whose rallyine tread
Hath throbbed along the Past
u tslIs Of wandering ones redeemed
Fron srron CALLING chain:
Wherever that beacon lighthath beamed,
Ths dead have lived again.
A bioodiess nsld is ours, and yss a.
We need the truly brave,
win mightier than the bayonct
Our injured land u save. ~
rsp IN ne beacon up once morsl
Awake he Numbering hosts,
Asproudiy nov - Ger before,
EaeA soltisrto bic post.
Up, broshsrs, pat ne hsrne ess on
Win bumlsns1 baftle brand
wSllslziks seds, me hilAfslsons Jeai
Ter RloAs ~ Ns1lvs Lasd.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09

EE In the London Notes we find
the following abridgment of sermon
which took up an hour in delivering
from these words--"Man is born to
trouble"
My friends, the subject falls natur.
ally into four heads:
l. Mans entrance into the world
2. His progress through the world
3. His exit from the world.
A. Practical reflections from what
may be said. First, then.
1. Man came into the world naked
and bare.
2. His progress through tits trouble
and care.
8. His exit from it none can tell
where.
4. But il he does well here he'll BE-
well there.
Now / can say no more my breth.
rem dear.
Should I preach on this subject from
this time to next year. Amen.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1856-05-09

u HxHHx uAs
When the bright sun Is sinking
Far Ger tho deep wave,
And day IL descending
Inpeaee 10 HIS grave;
And away on the West
Tho goid-olouds are slecping,
Az n Ger the dead day
Their vigils were keeping
ril come TO thee, sister.
When the nightwind Is roaming
unfettered and free,
And the lone bird is singing
Away on The lea;
When my soul Il dres ming
ofjoys that are o'er,
And pale lights that are streaming
From momorys shore
IN como 70 thee. sisssf.
When the sweet stars are glowing
In the pure azure sky.
And bright stars are coming
From regions on hIgn;
When calmly and sweeuy
DER the psssIonlsss sea
me moonpcame are sleeping
fwill como then fo.thee-
IN come 70 thee, sister.
And when bright o'sr he glooms,
Aurora is waking,
And darkness Is dying,
His gull all forssking,
And the pufe breeze Il coming
With health meath he wing.
Like sn angel Of mercy,
To comfort The sun'ring-
IN como TO thee, sister.
When darkly Ger my sky
The gloom eio I'd is hanging,
And sadly In mine eye
Tho full tear is stand Ing; ~
whsn my young spirits bowing
Beneath Wild grief,
fwill Zee 70 thee, sister,
Aud and sweet relief
IN Geo 70 thee, sister.
Bat obi whom lIfs's ruthless winds
Have all sptmebyal
And % rrew's bitter tears
Have passsd from mine eye;
when my freed spirits gone
To The realms OF delight
win you come 10 me here, 81
In hose regions Of lightf
WIN you come 70 me, slstcr'