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Demoine courier., 1856-09-18
A good "Take or, On clay.

Early yesterday forenoon small
crowd at the Bramble House corner were
gathered around a plain looking coua-
,ryrian who was reading from small
handful or circular, containing in sub
stance the letter OF ~. D. D." as pub
lishsd In the Journal u few days since.
The letter, as our readers will remem.
Der. ia addressed to James B. Clay, the
degenerate son Of a noble Sire" who
now fraternizes with the .hounds" who
pursued his illus.rious father 10 the very
tire shold of the grave. as4 dHIpt
As the country man was reading. Mr..
Clay. who is stopping a, the Bramble.
hearing his name spoken. approached the
crowd, and in,errupsiug the reader, in
quirsd wha. i, was. "Why," said the
coun,ryman who, of course, had no idea
tina, he was in the presence of the die
inguished gentlemen himself, "i.'s a
mighty good thing on that prodigal, Jim
Clay. who's been bought up by the old
liners to come over and help carry In-
diana" "l.'s id good" said he,
warming up with the subject. .,sa
Clay s,raigh,ened himself up Pomp-
onsly aud with an annihila.ing empha-
sis and imperious gesture replied lam
JAMES B. CLAY, SIR!'
The couniryman. nothing aoashed BY
The .,planta,ion manner" Of the august
individual in whose presence he thus IN
.expecsedly found himself, coolly survey.
cd him from head 10 foot. aud placing
his thumbs in his ves'. threw himself
back. q Ia Clay, and assuming a. near as
possible his tone and gesture. responded
"TTlE HI YOU ARE! and
quietly added, 81 had no idea the old
stock waA quite 50 near run ont" sss
The manne Of the coun,rymsn was
and the Joke % good, that
the whole crowd. old liners aad all
in the laugh and Clay beat = re-
Hsat.-Lefeystte Journal.
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18

~ Refinement and delicacy Of feeling
are as essential TO health and vigor o.
mind, as cleanliness and .smperancea are
to health Of body. l should as soon ex.
psct to see a clear ford c~ountenance
and . vigorous frame in ono who ahould
habinslly wsllow in filth and debauch-
cry. or breathe the pestilencs Of the
eharuelhouse, ii, : manly development,
of intellectual power. where the heart
was made the cos,ss abode Of vulgasiiy.
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18
The Test Questi0n.-ShaM Kan.
sns DC a Free State or a Slave

The Fest QuestiOn--SlhaIl Kan.
= DC u Free State or a Slave
state.
For the first TINE since the adoption
Of The Federal Constitution, we have a
Presidential election depending upon The
test question Of slavery, ia a clear. dis
tinc,, and sharply defined issue. This
issue is, shall African slavery be exclud-
ed from or established on, the soil Of
Kansas' And the solution Of this pro-
blem, one way or the other, 10 10 be de-
,ermined with the election OF Fremont
or Buchanan. 2 IfFremoni shall be cleo.
tee, il will be equivalent 10 . verdict from
the American people in behalf Of the ad-
mission of Kansas as a free State; IL Blu
chanan is elected, we have no doubi
that the destiny will be her admission
int o The Union az q slave State.oa al
The contest 10 thus between Fremont
and Buchanan, and for Kansas as a free
State or Kansas as a slave State. The
position Of Fremont and the party sup.
porting him is The Admission Of Kansas
into the Union as a fres State; and 90
well satisfied are our Southern poli,i-
clans that Fremont's election will be
antamouni 10 the exclusion Of slavery
from Kansas, that they have foiewarned
US Of the North that his election twill
and ought to be the end Of the Unien.''
Mr.. Fillmore and Mr.. Buchanan have
both adopted and recommended this al
tentative Of Southern secession in the
even. Of Fremont's success; 30 thar
both Mr.. Buchanan and Mr.. Fillmore
stand on the same Identical platform with
Mr.. TOombs, 10 wit,-the admission Of
Kansas as a slave State or the dissolu-
ton Of the Union. Fremont occupies
the more manly, honest and conservative
ground Of submission 10 the will of the
people, whether elected or defeated, bur
if elected. he is pledged to carry out the
policy of free white labor for Kansas, to
The exclusion of black slave labor He
is out Of the fight in The Southland
Fillmore, 10 that section is but a man Of
straw; for upon this single issue Of Kan
sas, we presume that the vote Of every
Southern Stale will be cas-. for Buchan-
an every q g ,.g AZ
/ There can be no mistake lr regard 10
this solid concentration Of the South up.
on Buchanan il is for Kansas as a
slave State. The overwhelming furo,e
for Fremont throughout the North 10
but the revsrse of The picture-i. is tor
Kansas a, free State. Every man
voting for Fremont, votes for the exclu-
sion of black slavery from Kansas, and
the establishment of free white labor;
every man voting for Mr.. Buchanan, or
his s'good man Friday" Mr.. Fillmore,
votes for The exclusion OF free white la.
Dor from Kansas and the substitution Of
African slave labor. Kansas, at present.
is a neutral or deba,eable Terri,ory.-
African slavery does not exis. there ex-
cep. as under an armis,ice; and The
matter to be determined is whether this
Southern institution shall be exclud-
ed from or permanently spread over a
Territory of the Union heretofore free.
IN. Y. Herald.
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18

CANDID ADMIssoN-GoMa OVER
The Fillmore Demonstration, announced
several days since, came off las: evening
at the State House. Between 30 and
40 were present. a number ,ha, dwindled
considerably before the close of the meet.
ing. A Mr.. McCar.er of Musca.ine,
and Dr.. Knox Of this place, were the
speakers. The former. we are told, adj
United in his speech, sha. he preferred
the election of Buchanan to shat Of Ere
mont. Jus.so.' That's the position of
nearly every man who still supports
Fillmore. with the evidence before him
that tina, gentleman's name il used with
the hope of dividing the North, and Civ
ing victory 10 the Soa,h united for Slave
~. The number who will allow them.
selves to be used for such a purpose. is
email and rapidly diminishing. The
Union Of Freemen for the sake Of Free.
dom. is now the watchword.-o wo
City Republican. 4 e z /.
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18

bThe Republicans Of SaniIac Coun.
~, Mich. have found = noticeable nsds
Of saving .roubls. They have adopted
the entire Democratic organization Of
the county. Every man On the County
COMMITTEE. and on the township com
mities Of the old Democratic org.uiza-
ton, i now . thorough Frsmons man;
90 they just "luff 'em be-"
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18
KIND WORDS.

They never blister the tongue or lips.
And we have never heard Of any mental
trouble arising from this quarter. Though
they do not cost much. yet they accom-
plish much. They help ones own good
nature and good will. Soft words soften
u own soul. Angry WORDS are fuel to
the flame of wrath, and make il burn
more fercely. Kind wo, d, make other
people good na.ured. Cold words freeze
people, and hot words scorch them, and
bitter words make them bitter, and wrath.
ful words make them wra,hfnl. There
is such a rush o: all other kinds Of words
in our day, that it seems desirable TO give
kind words a chance among them.-
There are vain words. idle words, hasty
words. spiteful words, silly words, emp.
~ words. profane words. b~oisterous
words, and warIike words. Kind words
also produce sheir image on mems souls.
And . beautiful image it il. They
soolh, and quiet. and comfort the nearer
They shame him out Of his sour morose
unkind feelings. We have not yet be-
gun to use kind words in sucn abundance
as they ough. to be used.-Pascai. a.
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18

A German paper in New Orleans has
hoisted the Flag Of Fremont aud Day
ton.-The New Hampshire Patriot
says, 1--WE can scarcely take up . re-
.ligious newspaper Of whatever denomin.
alton, OF a agricultural paper, or tenn
perance paper, or a literary or niscsllan.
eous journal, bns that VIC discover a deep
and settled opposition to the present adj
minis.rstion and TO the men and measures
OF the Democratic party esnerally.'-
This is certainly . remarkable stats Of
things, but nevertheless. there may b
a sufficient cause.
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18
A. HEUVEL, M. d.

Takes pleasure in announcing to the Citizens
Il of Otumwa and vicinity that he has moved
his 0hice apstairs above Streets Store where he
will ever be found ready to attend TO my call lie
il line, except wher Ibsent or 3rofes ,ional ousi-
ness. He respectfully solicits a share of the
Subtle patronage.
> April 81 1856-No I Wy
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18

a A fair haired, bright. beautiful girl
between the age Of four and Eve years;
dsughter Of Mr.. Winchester, who resides
at Powell's Mills On the Kinnickinnic
says the Hudson North Star, wandered
from her home one day last week, and
happening 10 be missed search was
made for her, and when fornd she was
In the edge of the mill pond, dfewned.-
She had gathered q beautiful boquss Of
wild flowers which grow so luxurian.ly
here OF the banks, and they were grasped
in her right hand; her little body
was lifted out, life had fled, but the fow-
ers were nc, removed from her grasp,
and when she was laid in her last rest
ing place, her hands were crossed over
her breast with the flowers resting there.
fit emblem Of the pure spirit which had
fled from the ,enennsat around which
friends were mourning.-M. Paul DEM
ocrat. assn
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18

a Tho man who holds the ladder ss
The bottom i frequently Of moro service
than hs who b stationed at The top Of il.
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18

TDELloHTFUL BETTING The Boz.
ton Post calls the following a very fair
proposition:
VERY FAIR.-A young man who wal
arcently arguing in favor Of Frsmonis
election was replied to by a buxom
young miss. who expressed doubts Of
Fremonts success; ~whsrsupon tho gem
teman proposed 10 bet kias that his
candidate would win, upon these terms:
"If Fremon, is chosen. you are 10 kiss
ms-if Buchanan il slec,sd, I am 10 kiss
you've shouldn't mind gambling |.
little ourselves after this fashion.
The Providence Post kindly Offers
"to hold the stakes"
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18

The HERO OF SAN JAclNTo ON DIS
uNIoN.-Gen. Houston administered .
direct hit .. Mr.. Fillmore in his closing
speech in the Sena.e. "They tell me-
said the brave old man, 'If Fremont is
elected, forty thousand bsyone.s will
bristle about the Capi,ol-.hat the South,
in fact will secede. Mr.. President,
scorn the suggestion. There will be
neither bristling bayonets nor secession.
If Col. Fremon: shall be elected by a
majority Of The people, though l am moi
his supporter, ! shall respect the major.
iiy Of the people; and Colonel Fremont,
Al the Chief Magistrate Of their choice,
| shall pay my respectful homage"
And 40 will all the rest, North and
South, Mr.. Fillmore himself included.
Notwithstanding his silly speeeh,
Demoine courier., 1856-09-18

DANENHowER ON FREMoNr AND BIsH.
or HUGHEs.-W Wherever Danenhower
makes a speech for Buchanan he takes a
letter spurporting to be written by a
friend in New York ci,y, and reads as
follows:
~ live In New York, next door, 10
Colonel Fremont. l know him well.-
He invariably attends church Sundays
a. Bishop Hughes church in the fore
noon, and at a Puseyite church in the
afternoon. Two Sundays ago, he and
Bishop Hughes were coming home from
church, arm in arm, and they were SO
dfuak that they reeled against my door
yard fence, and knocked ont three
lenc.hs.o ID as yia6a laa 81 be- .sls
80 EanaNH "a
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

whose sWarthy features have the funny
and peculiar curve which marks tfe .iolIy
soaking an old stageg IS he too, vao. well
knows how to minister to
:. That outrageous appetite for lies
winch satan fishes with, for souls ike fies.'
l knew you would like that glorious
song by Uncle Jimmie; : SO come. my
Puritan, flowing bumper to the memory
Of Burns.
'Yoa never drink? Is It possible that
you are 50 YagIant Tt won't hur. YOU,
my BABY any more than cup Of new
muk. II s pure eau &c 05e. Think vou
burns Woaid ever have written such Glow
ing, thrilling songs # he had lived acold-
biooded, skinny aachorite, and never
warmed his northern nature with the nee
tar Of Jupiter? The idea is preposterous
Ny young silnpletoa, thousands Of Green
uns, Ike you, have come i4to the mines
fInly resolved to touch not, taste not
handle not;' but little roughing II in
the bush soon drives away al sqaemish-
ness, and makes 'moden9te drinkers Of
them, with scarcely an exception. And
you in three months from this very night,
will carry OF at least three horns a day
without wink or blusa Itis growing
late; let Us drop of quie-ly araleave the
poker-players to themselves
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24
California Theatrica,s.

Inc trinity Times speaks In plain and
ust terms OF the present tendency of the
drama IN California :-'s We love the staoo
to distraction. With all our wears and
rough buffettings with a rude world. va
have still left to US big, broad laugh fora
good jest, tear of sympathy for wild
passion upon the Thespian boards. We
have seen actors and actresses that could
steal into the hearts of the roughest and
most obdurate, and win smile or sigh at
their faithful delineations of character
Sadly has California been abused with an
irruption Of half-cut knights and ladies Of
the sock and buskin. Men and women of
dissipated habits, and destitute Of all the
atrical talent, have thronged hitherward
Unable to procure employment upon Eng
llsh and American seabords-with the
stage fever upon them-too proud and lazy
to secure subsistence by honest toll, they
have focked here in schools, relying upon
the stupidity Of a California population
In the early period of this State, when
men were deranged with speculation and
excitement Of every character, with no
homes, they were ready to crowd together
upon all occasions. A theatre or bull
fight were equal objects of attraction
They would prefer to laugh at miserable
performance, than bend their sympathies
to chaste and legitimate drama Dancing
girls with exposed limbs and coarse bufoons
were preferred to the most eradite and
finished stage elocution or refined speci-
mems of the ballet. Such times arc past.
Ever intelligent, the taste and morals Of
cur good State have changed wonderfully.
The stupid and illiterate mouthers Of the
profession are driven in disgrace and Pc
nury from our sea- board towns. Wanting
their merits through purchased newspaper
pufs, they course through the interior, re-
lying upon the supposed ignorance Of the
mining population. The miserable whit
lings must be caressed and applauded as
stars Of the first magnitude. Ii an inde-
pendent paper speaks Of them in just con
demnatory terms, there is hanging around
Of bar-rooms, a complaint of persecution,
and a resort to every loathsome effort to
secure sympathy from the yagabond popu-
lation. The plea Of poverty even is
pressed with forced theatrical tears. But
q sad fate is before the quacks and charla-
tans Of the theatrical profession throughout
the State. Your miner may be gulled and
swindled Of his hard earnings for a period,
but he viii soon repudiate the theatrical re-
fuse and otfal of other lands. His abhct-
renee Of pretence and humbug will rise
superior to his desire for excitement.-
Weaver has been victim to most
dreadful imposition in times past in this
regard. A good company Of talented and
steady men, and accomplished and chaste
women, viii do well here There is one
universal complaint against bufoonery,
theatrical quarrels, prodigies Of all hues
and shapes. Weaver wishes good acting.
It vii have noother from this time forth. "
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

Boy LovE.-One Of the oueerast and
funniest things to think Of ia after life is
boy love. No sooner does a boy acauire a
toleTable stature than he begins to imagine
himself man, and to ape manish ways.
lie casts side gl&nces At the tall girls he
may meet, becomes q regular attendant at
church or meeting; carries cane, holds
his head erect, and struts a littlein his walk.
Presently, and how very soon he falls IN love!
yes, falls is proper word, boeauseit best IN
dlcatea Lis happy, deliroIs self-abasement.
lie lives now in a fairy region, somewhat
colloterial to the world, and yet blended
somehow inextrioably with It. He por-
fumes his hair wita fragrant cils, scatters
essences over his handkerchief and Ges-
perately shaves and annoints FOR a beard.
He quotes poetry in which love and
dove, and heart and dart peculiarly
predominant; and be plunges deeper in
The delicious labyrinth, lancios himself
llled with tie diyiAeQiiatus, and suddenly
breaks ia.o scarlet rash--of ryple. He
feels upon the looks q bis beloved; Is be-
trayed into the most astounding ecstac;cs
By 2 smile; and is plunged into the Gloom
lest regions Of misanthropy by 1Fown.-
He believes himself tha most devoted
lover IN the world Ihcro was never such
another There never will be. Io is
the enc great idoIater lie IS TIE very
type Of magnanimity and soll-@bnegation
Wealth He despises the grovelin2
thought. Poverty, with lis adorable be-
loved, he rapturously aP9etrophizes as the
first Of Ill earthly Blessings and love IN
O cottage, with water and crQst, IS his
5eau ideal paradise Of dainty delights. -.
He declares to himself, visa the most
solel4n emphasis, shat be would go through
ire and water; undertake u pilgrimage to
China or Ean2sehatl1a- swim atogs-- tossed
oceans scale inpassable mountains, and
face legions OF bayoaess, f5r bat one sweet
smile from her dear lips He doats upon
q Iower SIZE has cast away. lie eherislies
her gloye-a lite woru il The fingers
next his heart. Ho sighs like I0cono-
tive letting oil steam-he scrawls her dear
name over quiros Of foolscap-a fitting
medium for his insanity. lie scornfully
depreelates the attention of other boys Of
his own age; cuts PeterIibbetts dead, be-
cause he said the adorable Angelina had
carroty hair; and passes Harry Bell con-
temptuously for daring to compare that
gawky Mary Jane with his Incompatible
Angelina. Happy happyl foolish boy love,
with lis joys, and It's fears Its sorrows, its
jealousics, and its delights its rapsares
and It's tortures5 its ecstatic sfery0rs and
terrible heara-burnings; IL solemn ludi-
croasness, and its intensel prosaie ternli-
nation.
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24
SARCASTIC WIT. = The Washington

SARCASTIC W.T. = The Washington
correspondent of the New York Times,
says Judge Kellog, venerable citizen Of
Michigan, arrived in that city on Saturday
evening It was his first visit to the Fed
eral Capital, and when the cars stoppedhe
was little uncertain where he was but as
he noticed that all the passengers were
leaving the cars, he followed suit. As he
entered the main hall of the depot, he saw
a man engaged in Gaming another ferocious-
ly, all over the room When I saw
that, Z says the Judge, :" I haaea0 I ,ccs IN
Washington Immediately The sarcasm
Of the remark is as biting as the wit is
pungent.
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

BAKING HAM.-Most people boil ham.
1t is much better baked, if baked right.
Soak it for an hour in clean water and wipe
it dry, next spread it all over with THE
batter, and then put it into deep ash
with sticks under it, to keep it out Of the
gravy. When it is fully doae, take of
the skin and batter crusted upon the flesh
side, and set it away to cool. You viii
fsd it very delicious, but too rich for dys-
psptics.
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

You've AsiERICA. - The Rev w. II.
Millburn in lecture, confessed he liked
the name Of g Young America It is
Young America by right, and not by claim
Of courtesy Young America is not an
organization, but it stands on firm foot
ing It's spirit is fresh and free, and seeks
no place among the family Of FOSSILS
Neither North nor South, wings nor demo-
Gratis, can control lit Identifies its hopes
with humanity itself 1t is the imagina-
ton of our land-the mind OF our country
1t has consciousness Of its true position,
and knows that it is pledged to mankind
that it viii both be and DO something wor-
tIy Of itself. It has issued It's proclama-
ton that the benefcent spirit Of the ago
the tendency to nnproyement-th law Of
progress-is to be trusted Your conser-
vatiye people, your regular old fogies, are
up in arms against al this; but the old
fogies themselves owe the hats on their
heads and the boots on their feet to the
workings Of this very spirit which they 50
deplore-the spirit which produced the
unpickable Hobbies lock and Colts re-
volver. Old fogyisn hooted at CalEleo
and his discoveries, and laughed to scorn
the project Of lighting cities with gas when
it was first broached Il was this conser-
vatism which showed itself in the leading
" Quarterly of Europe" denying the pos
sibility Of running thirty miles day by
railway. So the project Of crossing the
Atlantic in steamships was derided. Old
fogies will keep us back quite long enough.
Every man is a conservative or a radical by
turn. For instance, if he has eaten a
good dinner, or married rich wife,
straightway he becomes a conservative, and
thinks the world is a very good world, and
society in very proper state. 1t affirms
that labor is the instrument God made for
elcyating man iii the scale of being
Young America begins with homespun
and ends with silks and satins it begins
with brickbats and ends with marble The
lecturer discussed cursorily some of the
amusing extrayagances into which Young
America is apt to be betrayed. In one
thing, however he could commend this
extravaganza, which was their unbounded
appetite for newspapers. 1t was often
asked what reasons could be assigned for
the non-appearance Of great men in this
country to I'll the places of those Who had
passed away but the reason was evident.
The newspaper press had absorbed the
functions Of craftsmanship, and was Le-
gislature, Cabinet, and President to boot
The speaker concluded by saying that no
reasonable fear should be entertained that
Young America would get ahead too furi-
ously. He did not think that the word
prudence would be blotted from the
dictionary as yet, but feared rather that
prudence would degenerate into weakness.
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24
TIE PREsEyr AND THE FuTuRE-I

TIE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.-It
is strange that the experience of so many
ages. .shetid not make US Judge more solid
Nv of the present and of the future, soas
kto take proper measures in the one for the
Eother. Wedoat upon this world as Ill it
were never tt have an end, and we neglect
the next, as II it were never to have be-
ip;nnine Hpelaa.
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

CHIvALRY-The religion Of chiyalry
was that Of the motives of the heart. It
was love, faith, hope, gratitude, joy, fidelity,
honor, mercy; it was a devotion of mind
and strength of the whole nan, Of bis soul
and body, to the discharge bf duty, and
the sacrifice of every selfish and dishon-
orable feeling.
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

aSs~ Some irreverent wretch styles DIR.
Bellows church in New York, ssThe
Church of the Holy Zebra" 1t is built
in alternate layers Of red and yellow brick,
which gives it curiously steaked effect,
resembling mutton chops, or raw pork
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

OF these it has been ascertained that
there are less than fourteen hundred now
remaining. 1t is computed that in six
teen years hence they will have been swept
off, or if any remain at that time, they
will have attained the age Of at least lo7
to 10 years
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

B Sir William Temple said-and it
was very well said-that the first ingredi-
ent in conversation, is truth; the next,
good sense; the third, humor, and the
fourth. wit
San Andreas independent., 1856-09-24

AAIERIcAes " REFINED SOCIETY. -"
Some Ecropeans, who make hasty visit
to the United States, often arite home tFc
most ridiculous nonsense. Here is Inc
latest instance, furnished by ono who ous
deEtakes to enlighten the old folks Is
home as TO the state Of society here:
" In the most refined society it il tho
custom for the gentlemen to bring a jack
knife along for the purpose Of exercising
his skill upon the articles Of furniture,
from which they chip off large pieces,
then white them iato0 smaller ones. strew-
ing the carpet with sllayings. Ladies
who are ia the habit of receiving much
guard against having their rose
wood furniture abused BY placins basket
containing pieces Of various kinds Of wood
upon the center table, and the gentlemen,
with few exceptions, take the hint and
respect the furniutre. !"