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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24

pie laid down will enable the people
of slave state to introduce slavery
into q free state, for a longer or short
or time, as may suittheir convenience;
and by returning the slave TO the state
whence he was brought, by force or
otherwise, the status Of slavery at
taches, and protects the rights of the
master, and defes the sovereignty Of
the free state.
In every decision of slave case
prior to that Of Drcd Scott VS.. Emcr-
son, the Supreme Court Of Missouri
considered it rs turning upon the Con-
stitution Of Illinois, the Ordinance Of
1889, or the Missouri Compromise
Act Of 1920. The Court treated these
acts as in force, and held itself bound
TO execute them, by declaring the slave
to be free who had acquired domi-
cile under them with tho consent Of
his master
The late decision reversed this
whole line Of adjudication, and held
that neither tho Constitution and
laws Of the state, nor acts Of Congress
in relation to the territories, could be
judiciously noticed by the Supreme
Court Of Missouri. This is believed
to be in conflict with the decisions Of
all the Courts in the southern states,
with some exceptions Of recent cases
For twenty eight years, the decisions
Of the Supreme Court Of Missouri
were consistent on all the points made
in the case. But this consistent course
was suddenly terminated.
The Supreme Court of Missouri re-
fused to notice the act Of Congress or
the Constitution Of Illinois, under
which Dred Scott, his wife and chill
dren claimed that thcy are entitled TO
freedom.
This being rejected by the Missouri
Court, there was no case before IL, or
at least IL was case with only one
side. And this is tho case which, in
the opinion Of this Court, we are
bound TO follow. The Missouri Court
disregards tho express provision of an
act Of Congress, and the Constitution
Of sovereign state, both Of which
laws, for twenty-eight years, IL had
not only regarded, but carried into
effect
II state court may do this, on n
question involving tho liberty Of a
human being, what protection do the
laws afford? So far from this boing
q Missouri question, st is a question,
as II would seem, within tho twenty
fifty section Of tho judicirry act, where
right TO freedom boing set up under
tho act Of Congress, and the decisions
boing against such right, IL may bo
brought for revision before this Court
from tho Supreme Court Of Missouri.
1 think tho Judgment Of tho court
below should be reversed.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24
JUDICIAL DECISION.


We hope tho following opinion Of
Judge M'Lean will be carefully read
by every lover Of truth II speaks
for itself:
OPINION OF JUDGE MLEAN.
There Is no avorment la thia plea
which shows or conduces to show an
inability In tho plaintiff 20 sue IN tho
Circuit Court. lt docs not alloge that
the plaintiff has his domioile In
any other State, nor that he IL not q
free man in Missouri. He Is averred
10 have had negro ancestry, but this
does not show that he Is nota citizen
Of Missouri within tho meaning of
the act OF Congress, authorizing him
TO sue IN the Circuit Court. II has
never been held necessary 10 consti-
tute a citizen within the act, that he
should have the qualifications OF an
elector. Females and minors may
sue In the Federal Courts, and so may
any individual who has permanent
domicile in the State under whose
laws his rights are protected, and to
which he owes allegiance.
Being born under our Constitution
and laws, no naturalizationisrequired
as one OF foreign birth, to make him a
citizen. The most general and an
propriate definition of the term citi-
zen is a ''freeman." Beinga freeman.
and having his domicile in State diff
ferent from that of the defendant, he
is citizen within theact of Congress
and the courts of the Union are open
to him.
The pleader has not the boldness tc
allege that the plaintiff is a slave, as
that would assume against him the
matter in controversy, and embrace
the entire merits of the case in a plea
to the jurisdiction. But beyond the
facts set out in the plea, the Court, tc
sustain it, must assume the plaintiff
to be slave, which is decisive on the
merits. This is short and eHectua
mode Of deciding the cause; but / an
yet to learn that it is sanctioned by
any known rule of pleading.
In the argument 1t was said that Z
colored citizen would not be an agree
able member of society. This is more
a matter Of taste than of law. Sew
eral of the States have admitted per
sons of color to the rights of suffrage
and in this view haverecognized then
as citizens; and this has been done il
the slave as well as the free States.--
On the question of citizenship, it mus
be admitted that We have not beer
fastidious. Under the late treat,
with Mexico, we have mado citizens
Of all grades, combinations and colors
The same was done in the admission
OF Louisiana and Florida. No mar
ever doubted, and no court ever held
that the people Of these territories
did not become citizens under th'
treaty. They have exercised all th'
rights of citizens without being natu
rslized under the acts of Congress.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24
MISCELLANY.
THE DEAD CHILD.

There IL no nook, however watched sna tended.
Hat one essd lamb IL thsrsi
There 10 NO hresIds. hcwse'sr defended,
Hut has Que vacant ehslri"
In almost every family 10 which we
pay our weekly visits death has boon
al eomo time, taking away at least
one lamb Of tho flock, leaving Zone
vacant chair" Tho mention of tho
little childs name, as Little George, or
Charlie, or Harry, will strike chord
In any breast. Almost every father
and mother who takes this paper In
hand on Sunday morning have troas.
ured In their hearts somo sacred spot
In tho village graveyard, some little
mound under tho willows, whore with
many tears, they have laid down tho
idol Of their affections. II was q
dreary desolatc day when they re.
turned 10 their dwelling, silent and
lonely, and no little form ran 10 moct
them. They heard not tho patter Of
those little feet, nor the ring Of that
sweet voice that so often thrilled them
like the carol Of bird. Could VIC
look into the homes where our mes
sengeris Is permitted 10 enter, wo should
SEQ many a Rachel weeping for her
children, and refusing TO be comforted,
because they are not
We presume not 10 check rudely
this flow Of maternal grief Nature
must have its way. 1t is good to
weep for those we have loved. Nor
does religion forbid this natural sor-
row. Yet, when the first anguish is
past, il gently soothes the mourner's
grief by the reflections and hopes
which 1t supplies. If we may ven.
ture into the meditations Of that sad
heart, we would suggest thought or
two of consolation. If we cannot
wholly reconcile bereaved mother to
her loss, we may at least calm her
wild lament, and render ermoresub-
missive to the will of God.
We often wonder that those who
mourn the early dead, do not find AT
least q partial solace in the thought of
their deliverance from pain, and from
the snares of life. He who enters on
an existence in this evil world, has to
run thousand dangers. He is to be
exposed to temptations that have ru.
ined many, to the chances of physical
sufferings and moral shipwreck.-
Can q mother look on the face Of her
young child, without fear and appre-
hension of all that it may have to
pass through? To say naught of the
dangers to character, to virtue, and to
the souls final safety, the mere phys
ical pains of life are enough to alright
tender and anxious heart. Thefact
Of childs death is presumption
that il had frail and delicate organ
ization. When the golden bowl is
broken so early, it is because the ves-
sci is fragile that it was so easily rent
asunder. For such delicate, sensi-
tive being, stepping on the threshold
of life, what agoneis may be in store!
Let the unhappy mother ask herself,
How came this child to die? 1t may
have come into tho world with frame
filed with incipient diseases. Had il
lived it might have dragged out life
of pain, its delicate nerves quivering
with ceasless pangs. If il were So
7 then it has been taken away from the
evil to come. How selfish for moth
or TO wish thata child might live fol
hor comfort, but for its own misery
If indeed her child had died through
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24

GIN UP ALL IDEA OF WOMEN Folks.
"A funny correspondent ofthe Port
land (Maine) Transcript writes as fol-
lows
Ihave recently gin up all thoughts
Of women folks, and come back to
perlitical life. am more at home in
this line than in huntin' the fair sects.
Aingills in petticuts an 'kiss-me-
quicks" is pretty to look at, and l gin
in, but darn 'em they are as slippery
as cells, and when you fish for 'em and
get bite, you somehow er other find
yourself at the wrong end Of the line
they have cotched you. Andwhen
you've stuffed them with peanuts,
candy and doggertypes, they will
throw you away as they would cold
later. Leastwise that's been my ex-
perience. But I've done with EN-
now. The Queen Of Shebur, the
sleepin' beauty, Klea-party's needle,
Pompey's pillar, an Lots wife, with a
steam engine to help EN- couldn't
tempt me. The very sight Of bon
net rifles me all over.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24
WHOLE NUMBER 1867.

her own ncglect-if any care could
have saved it-then she might re-
proach herself bitterly, and say that
she had blasted the work Of God.-
But there was malady implanted in
in that little body by Him who has
power over life and death--a malady
which no foresight could have pre-
vented, since II was born there--and
no skill could remove, since il was in
durable. 1t was in the bud, and was
latent until the warm sun quickened
the germ Of disease. Then as the
tender leaves began 10 unfold, il
showed fatal power. What shall n
mother say? Nature may refuse to
be comfortcd. But reason and relig-
ion say with q firm voice, II is not
man, but God, who has taken her
child. And painful as it may be, she
must submit.
Nor have we right to say, Here
was an incomplete work Of Nature.
Here was human being born in vainl
Many are tho lessons taught by that
brief existence. A spirit that has
entered into life, and instantly de-
parted, seems like celestial vistant.
II came and went, like q bird that
flies through lighted room, coming
out Of darkness again. 1t was a
bright vision Of love and happiness
that flashed ono moment on a moth.
er's eyes and vanished into heaven.
Who then shall say Of dying child
that its short existence has bcen uso-
lcss-that II Is not worth being born.
Are all young flowers useless that do
not como TO maturity? Those buds,
that drop from tho parcntstem, before
they are fully blown-arc they not
beautiful as thoy look up so meekly
from tho sod? And such arc the little
graves that are strown over our
church yards.
The mother ought 10 adopt a moro
cheerful language. That infant, tho
II died but n month old, has opened
in her heart fountains of affection that
viii never cease TO flow. Sho has
tasted the Joy Of being q mother
Let her not say, II had better not
have livod al all, than lived but this
brief time. Ratherlethcr say, "This
was ono Of those blessed children
whom God loves, and marks for his
own. Hero perhaps was a spirit all
too gentle for this rough world. IL
had tho nature of a soraph. and God
gave II wings"
Thcn lethe look up from themound
at her feot, and shc may behold q
shining form, and a radiant counte-
nance, 10 which she recognizes hcr
now lost ono. In place Of tears OF
bitter grlcf she may weep tears Of
Joy and gratitude. Once of our Amer
lean poots has fltly Expressed the won.
der and surprise, and perfect peace,
which fill the heart, when this rove.
lation dawns upon it
Though bright ara slsrIlss spirit
Thai IN my visions Wild,
ses mid hssssns ssfsphe host
OIL cssss thou he my child
NJ grief is susnehsa In wopa-s,
And pride arrests mf fighsl
branch from this unworthy steel
New blossoms IN the skiss
ous hopes of thee we're iony,
hut have We cause 10 srisvsf
Oh ooult our fondsst. pfeusssf vlsh
nobiu fate sonsslvsf
The little vssps tsfisssf
The sinner freed hom sln
The babe 70 more han manhood srs~s
Ere childhood ala begin
Asd 4 thy earthly tsHshsf,
weaid blush thy power Il sr<
rhou an 10 me q parent new.
And q child " thee
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24
ny. A putchman. in descrihinr

pg- A Dutcbman, in describing
span Of horses which be had lost,
said:
"Dcy wash very mooch alike, spec
tally dc off one. One looked 80 mooch
like both, | could not tell todcr from
which when / went after de
one, j always caught de oder, and |
whipped de one almost 10 death be-
cause dc oder kicked at me"
He thus describes an accident
'Vonce, a long ago, / vent into
mine abble orchard TO climb a bepr
dree toget some beeches TO make mine
vrow blum booding nit; and ven /
gets on dc dobermost branch / fall
from dc lowermost limb, nit one of
my legs on both side Of de fence, and
like to shtove my outside in"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24

"NEw YonK MEs."-The Mirror
In q recent notice Of famous persons
In Now York remarked:
II must be confessed that tho city
is richer Ia almost everything else
than In It's orators, statesmen, scholars
and poets, but II Is also true that our
most notorious mon are not by any
means, our greatest men. Tho emp
tlest barrol makes the loudest noise;
and Il IL either the oonspicuously aich,
or tho political ambitious whose
names become most familiar as pol.
iticians, preachers, authors, &c Our
sensation parsons, our rowdy Office
seekers; and cheaq and nasty, litter.
ateurs ere tho most prominent men
oftho day; but they must not be Ia
ken for the wiscst, she wealthicst or
the best.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24

B0- 1t is natural, no doubt, that
the poor man should feel a sensation
of envy when he gazes on the mag
nifcence Of the rich; but let him re-
member that the creation of that
magnifcence has given employment
and feod to hundreds Of his fellow
creatures. The true enemy to~his
race is the hoarder and the miser-
the man who is not luxurious up to
the limit of his means.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24

~ Thomas, spell weather, said
q school teacher TO one of his "fast''
pupils.
"W-i-e-t-h-i-o-u-r, weather"
"Well," " said the teacher, Il think
this it the worst spell Of weather we
have had since Christmas-bad as the
season has been"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24
frfon she Southern rresbyterian.l
THOU Art GROWING OLD. MOTHER,


Thoa art rroslns oid. my mother.
Ami Thy hrau Il marked ~ care,
An furfou l. thy aged choct,
Once hrauliial aud fair.
rhy soft brown lock- afe sally ohangsd,
chIIl ffusis hfve set led thsFe,
And teaeh.ax siih many freezing klas
1hy xsntis nos a. hair.
Thou srt eroslnx oid. ny mother,
As I catch thshaif.ilaun aeh.
Well I know that yesfs % sorrow
Hare bsilmmed ny mslilnE eye
nui viii R~atls llkht u hsamsth,
nessneth GA me even yet
with a love that sinever canfsth,
riiiths san sf llfo 4 set.
Thon Ar srsvlax old. ny mofhar,
Nsns of ear househod hand
usys fsfs faee journeys onward,
70 The a. % = he tsf ud -
na ths valos Ia tender accents
sui l. falling on my ear,
rWeslly bfifhisa'ns nay pathway,
which, without Thee, rsfe 20 dfeaf,
thou a. growing old my nother,
And around ny youngest horn
Shadows ksihnf-dh klj gather
kfan in llls's early morn.
Bat che blss . saviour spafsth
Thee, 70 etili pretect ~ chlld,
while the ainfHs uf sorrow hover.
usvsF o'of me dark snd vlia,
Thou arl growing Old. my nsihsr
hsan icsl that thou Wilf fnTf
IN the - iaad Of he hereafter"
In NE IvFiaas of Ne hlesh
Whu viii loss NO thsn. my mother,
when th< last ifs shofl l. rixea
f.st a. pFar tsst beth together
ue1 VII lskp ul ssh 4, ilskyens
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24
- MANY ofour greatest men hav

~ Many ofour greatest men have
sprung from the humblest origin, as
the lark whose nest is nearest the
ground scars nearest to heaven. Mar
row circumstances are the most pow
erful stimulants TO mental expansion,
and the early frowns Of fortune are
the best securities for her fnal smiles.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24

pG A conceited fellow, in intro
ducing his friend, said, "Gentleman.
/ assure you he is not so great fool
as he seems" The gentleman imme-
diately replied" That is exactly the
differance between my friend and
myself" :"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24
Pc r r r y
rm LITTLE TRuNDIK BED"

l. u Il 1 II 1.
~~~~~~s~~~~~s~-~~-~ ~-~~~~-~~~s~~>~-
TIE LITTLE "rRuNpTK BED"
M DE. A. nILL.
We have fond little treasure,
Joyous and bright - The norn,
Lovet without ssIns or measure,
Ever -incs it vas born;
PAN. N rinsl-,. bright over forehead fair.
This precious ltils bundle,
Every night IL laid,
sung In her little srundle;'
suiiInx % sweet that it somsdmes seems:
Coed angels must talk 70 the child In her dreams.
Ana every night she seems,
Weary of folic and play,
nh.n "a ,otlly % her g ss.pss % per- huns,
And then, as her prayers afessld,
shs nsstlss right down In her truadls-bed
The clothes are all folded neat,
In winter All ssuxly tucked In,
The "csycriet,'i biankct and shcoi,
Drawa under the darling's chin,
AZ she sleeps Ter shs nj e6s in her ''srundl..s ed''
And often We come 10 kneel
Where our Hale treasure lies,
And prsIers such a. parents feel
We ~end ~ 70 the skies;
ror vehsar Of dsata, aud come 20 droai,
The Ioss of our child from her - tFundle-bed1
We think-yes. often ss think.
And what II The child should de
The heart for msmeni will sink
AID tesr-drop N oislsn the eye
rond heart bleed nx, a. Others have blsd.
while they Eazs on vacant, but drur iiNis tef.
Affection hath reared her shrine.
- The lowiest ihin.s of earth,
And The hollcst thines entwlne,
fkound The spot that gave ua birth
Thus love TIE place where our baby sleeps.
And affection her nightly vsn keeps.
Tia . plata, old sshloucd thing,
That little bahy-bed,
Whsrr love doth hof offerings hrna,
And angels Ugh y tread
Yet chori NAY be t0uche1 BY tie mfcsl tay.
That shsli deiugo Me heart With tide OF 10y.
We lave it-snd who shall dare,
These holy feelings deride -
lks that pfecioes " 0id Afacd thaif
And . theusand things beside.
30, whrther our child be living or dead.
dear iHtf htls1 i that "fuHdiettdF'
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24

- The course of fertilization flows
on like a mighty river through a
boundless valley, calling to the stream
from every side to swell its current.
which is always growing wider and
deeper, and clearer, as it rolls along
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-04-24

" There IL no ioek, however watched ana tended.
Hat ons tssd lamb 10 thsrs,
There 10 NO hresias. hcwse'sr defended.
Hut has Que vacant chslri"
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-10-09

TIE A1tesian ITcH,-Now that the
State Fair is over, steps are being taken
to continue the sinking of the Artesian
Well on Court House Square. To reach
the depth of 1000 feet, as is intended II
feet yet remain to be bored. TO preserve
the present stream that is reached, a
smaller tube than that at present used
will be sunk the remainder of the dis
lance During the past week zinc pipe
has been used that the stream might be
forced up as fountain. The action of
the water upon the zinc gives signs of
containing copper, as the zinc with which
it comes in contact has turneI to the ex-
act appearance of brass-the natural re-
suit of copper with zinc. This fact is
most important, as the questions natur-
ally arise, does not this artesian water
pass through copper ore, and does it not
contain copper ! If in the affirmative,
then may be asked, does the water con-
tain a sufficient quantity of copper to eff
feet the health of those using it ? we
hope to see the water tested in man.
ner that those questions may he satisfac-
torily answered, as they are of great i'm
portanceto our citizens At present the
appearances are that great danger may
be feared in the use Of the present stream
of water that has been struck Stock
ton Argus.
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-10-09
ST. MARY,S Hospital.

|CTOCKTON STR EET, SAN FRANcIsco-This
- Hospital from which the County Patients have late
" been removed is under the sole management of
the SYST ERS OF MER y; and was opened for the re-
lcep ton of atients on the first of eptember.
The medical and surgical department Will be under the
charge of DIR. A J BOWIE and ?. WHITNEY. There
will be General Wards for Medical and Surgical patients,
male and female and Lyingin Ward in charge of an
experienced and competent Nurse also, number of
comfortable private rooms.
As the Sisters have toprovde for the main
tenance and medica Of the sick they will be
able for time to receive any FREE patients.
The following ofcharges has been fixed upon, viz:
IN the General Wards, per week------- $40 %
In Private Room, per week. 90 w
But if the patient prefers employ his own physician
this latter charge viii be reduced to SIS per week
Liquors will be extra months payment advance
witt be required unless the case be one which, IN the
opinion of the Physicians will require that space of
time for treatment
rzP A Dispensary connected with the Hospital Is
open every day from II A. NJ TIL IL NJ when outdoor pa
tents viii be prescribed for oct93m
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-10-09

ERRoR-The Chion, in summing UP
the news of the morning on Tuesday,
falls into an error in regard to the law
concerning the submission of the propo-
sition for constitutional convention to
the people. The fault is not in an act
of the Legislature as the Union init
mates, that majority of all the votes
cast at an election are required to carry
the proposition, but in the constitution
itself, as an examination of Sec 2. OF
Art. 10, of that instrument will disclose
Had the opportunity been presented to
the last Legislature, they would have
made the constitutional convention ques-
ton as easy to carry as was the State
Debt, in which more latitude was given
the Legislature by the constitution.
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-10-09

Case Of Charles Daris.-The case of
Charles Davis under trial for the muir
der of Louis Mueller at Humbug, was
submitted to the jury on Wednesday
evening after able and eloquent address
es for the defense from Messrs Church
man and Musser. The jury found them
selves unable to agree and were dis
charged by the Court about noon on
yesterday. Davis was remanded to jail
to await new trial
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-10-09

Carson TaLey--In part compliance
with the petition of citizens Of Carson
Valley, the Governor has loaned twenty
five stand of arms to defend the people
against the Indians, and has also offer
ed reward of $3.50 each for the cap
ture and conviction of the murderers of
Messrs. Mcfarland and Williams at
Slippery Ford.
The Nevada journal. [volume] (Nevada City, Calif.) 1851-18??, 1857-10-09
Bleeding st the Lunes Cured.

SETH w FowLE, Esq,-Dear Sir: Having been at
tackled with Hemorrhage of the Lungs, which left me
with troublesome cough and the usual debility con~e-
quent upon such attach and having cured myself b
the of WIs:ar's Balsam Of H7td Cherry feel it
pleasure and duty to testify its merits My general
faith in p5eut medicines is SMALL but for those who are
suffern5 under pulmonary attacks am persuaded that
the Balsam is excellent preparation.
Yours very truly
JONA r. CHILDS, Editor Chickopee Telegraph.
Chicopee, Mass, Feb 20, 1874.
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