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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09
p% We find the following in the
Marysville Eadle. Of the I'D inst:

Quite stampede of negroes occur
red on Sunday night last from the
neighborhood of Washington, in this
county, and we are informed that as
many as seventeen made their escape
to Ohio They were Immediately
pursued by party made up on both
sides OF the river, and on an attempt
being made to capture one of the
negroes, belonging to Mr.. William
Nelson, he made battle and cut and
dangerously wounded two mon named
Pose Waldon and VIM. P. Dare.
The negro was finally overcome by
the party and brought back to this
side of the river, where he is now
safe in Jail, but the two wounded men
are said to be in very critical con-
dition, and doubts are expressed
whether either OF them can recover.
The balance Of the negroes are yet at
large.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09
Pecuisuons In the State Department ss
Washfucfon

We alluded some time since to
rumors that peculation had been dis
covered in the State Department at
Washington, and that one Of its
officials was implicated. We do not
know as there is anything in the
rumor, but give for what it is worth
the following from the Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer; .sHs1
The facts, as learn them from a
responsible source, are that the party
implicated has been in the habit of
returning to tho Department quite a
long list of female employees, ai four
dollars per day, while he has paid
them but half that amount, putting
the remainder in his own pocket. 1t
is also alleged that many of the names
on his pay roll were entirely fictitious.
The aggregate amount of his pecula-
TORS is said 10 be quite large. I for
bear mentioning the name OF the
party alluded TO, us hope he may be
able TO clear himself of the charge.
If the facts as stated are true, some
public notice will soon be made of IL.
if it consists Of nothing more than the
announcement Of the official con
eerncd. - 1880.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

SEPARATING THE sexes IN School
On this point, Mr.. Stowe, cele.
bratcd Glasgow teacher, uses the fol-
lowing language:
The youth of both sexes Of our
Scottish peasantry have been educa.
ted together; and as O whole the
Scotch are the most moral people on
the earth. Education in England ID
given separately, and we never have
heard from practical men that any
benefit has arisen from this arrange.
ment. Some influential individuals
there mourn over the prejudice on
this point. In Dublin, q larger mum.
Der Of girls turned out badly who had
been educated alone until they attain
ed the age of maturity than of those
who were otherwise brought up; the
separation of the sexes has been
found injurious. We may repeat
that it is impossible to raise the girls
as high, intellectually, without boys
as with them; and it is impossible to
raise boys morally as high without
girls. The girls morally elevate the
boys; and the boys intellectually ele-
vate the girls. But more than this.
girls themselves are morally elevated
by the presence of boys, and boys are
intellectually elevated by the presence
of girls. Girls brought mp with boys
are more positively moral; and boys
brought up in schools with the girls
are moro positively intellectual, by
the softening influence Of the female
character. In the Normal Seminary
st Glasgow, the most beneficial effects
have resulted from the most natura
source, Boys and girls from the ags
Of two or three years to that Of four
teen or fifteen, have been trained ir
the same class room, galleries anc
play grounds, without impropriety
and they are never separated, excep
at needlework
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09
LOVE OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

, Brothers and sisters should make
it duty TO promote each others hap
piness. They should take pleasure
in pleasing each other, instead Of be-
ing selfishly taken up, each promo
ting his own separate enjoyment.
They should never envy each Others
qualification Envy in children is
like TO grow into a most baneful and
malignant disposition. Each must
DO all he can 10 promote the happi-
ness Of the whole. They should new
er be Indifferent 10 each others sor.
rows, much less laugh and sport with
each others tears and griefs. 1t is a
lovely sight 10 see one child weeping
because another Is in distress. II
there be any one of the family that is
In bad health, or weakly, all the rest,
instead of neglecting that one, ought
TO strive to tho utmost 10 comfort him
How pleasing q sight it is to see .
child giving up his play time to read
or converse with q sick brother on
sister. This tender attachment should,
Of course, become stronger and moro
visible as they acquire greater power
Of reason to understand their rela-
tionship, and the design Of Provi-
dence in forming this relation. In
stead Of this, however, we sometimes
see brothers and sisters become moro
and more indifferent to each other as
they recede from that period of in.
fancy. They should now reason up
on the closeness of their relationship,
and let the understanding give an ad-
ditional impulse to their hearts. A
family of grown.up children should
be the constant scene Of uninterrupt.
ed harmony, where love quieted by
ingenuity, puts forth all its powers to
please, by those natural good offices
and minor acts of benefcence, OF
which every day furnishes the oppor-
tunity, and which will, while they
cost ittlein they way of money or
labor. contribute so much to the hap
piness Of the household. One of the
most delightful sights in the world,
where there is so much moral de-
formity to disgust, and so much un-
kindness to distress, is domestic cir
Gle where the parents are surrounded
by their children, so usefully and
happily employed.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09
THE woRTHLEssNEss OF COLT

1t is stated by the survivors of the
Central Americas passengers, that
there was seldom so large an amount
Of money owned by passengers as
was the case of those who came by
the Central America. Many were the
persons of large means, and there
were very few whose immediate
wealth did not amount to hundreds,
while numbers reckonedtheir gold by
the thousands ofdollars. The greater
portion of the passengers were re-
turned miners, some coming hither to
invest the capital they had realized
in hopes to live q life Of greater ease
as the result of their industry, and
others to get their families, and once
more go to the land of gold. But as
the storm continued to rage, less was
thought of gold, and when, on Satur-
day. it became evident that they
Were likely at any moment to be bu.
ried beneath the waves, wealthy men
divestcd themselves of their treasure
belts and scattered the gold upon the
cabin floors, telling those to take il
who would, lest its weight-a few
ounces or pounds-carry them to
their death. Full purses, containing
in some instances 81, 900, were laying
untouched on sofas. Carpet bags
were opened by men and the shining
metal was poured out on the floor
with the prodigality of deaths des.
pair. One of the passengers, who
has fortunately been rescued, OPEN
ed q bag and dashed about the cabin
$40, 900 in gold dust, and told him
who wanted to crafty his greed for
gold to take il. But twas pissed by
untouched as the veriest dross. A
few hours afterwards and he would
havre struck down the man who
would have attempted TO take grain
of that which he now spurned from
him.. la
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

Hung on TO HIS GoLD.-A Miner
who was saved with his gold from on
board the Central America, says =
"When the vessel went down. |
just laid under her bows-her bow
spirit hit me on the shoulder, and /
should have been carried down. but
she went a little aft and cleared me.
Every one on board knew she was
bound to go down Immediately. Fif-
teen or sixteen locked themselves up
in the state rooms, saying they would
rather die there than to 90 down
struggling with death in the waters.
Five or six were sick in their berths.
and perished that way. l remained
nine hours in the water. / saw many
floating around me-some of them
dead, the result Of cold, fatigue and
hunger, for there was scarcely time
to eatanything during the thirty six
hours that we were pumping. After
the vessel went down, and had got
out of the crowd, 4 pali-d-,off my
boots in the water (and a difficult
thing it was.) / had about me. IN
coin and dust, about twenty pounds
weight Of gold. 1t was in a belt
buckled around me, so that / could
loose it and throw it off in a moment,
if l found it likely TO bear me
down." .-
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09
sg A dispatch from Washington

pB n ulspdIcn iIOm ashiDSton
to the New York papers says:
The Secretary of the Interior re-
Gently submitted to the Attorney
General the question whether the
acprtice heretofore prevailing in the
Pension Office Of allowing the children
of revolutionary soldiers to receive
the pensions which their deceased
parents might have received, was
according to law. So Tho attorney
General to-day rendered his opinion,
declaring that the practice has no
| legal foundation. and that neither
children nor grand children have any
such right under the acts of Congress.
Fhe consequence Of this will be to
reverse practice Of the Pension
Office which has continued for twenty
five years. The Attorney General
gives the law, but declines to say
whether the law should abolish the
practice or the practice defeat the law
leaving that as an administration
question to the Secretary himself
The opinion is an able one.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09
From the washington Union,


Letter Of Henry Clsy-lmpressment Of sesmen
The following letter, now for the
first time published, addressed by
Henry Clay to a gentleman of this
city, will be read with interest Mr..
Clay, as is well known, was one Of
the negotiations Of the treaty on the
part Of the United States: .
" " WAsHINGTos, Dec IA, 1899.
DEAR SIR In reply to yourletter
inquiring why clause was not in
serted in the treaty Of Ghent guard
ing against the future British impess-
ment of American seamen, have to
say that you will recollcct that the
peace of Europe was then establish
ed, and the United States alone were
at war with Great Britain. Wewere
not in a, condition to dictate the terms
of peace Impressment formed one
Of the topics of negotiation, but
Great Britain was not prepared to re-
nounce the practice of impressing, as
she said. her own subjects. We did
not think it necessary to continue the
war to compel her to renounce it, if
we could compel her, for various
reasons 1st, If there were gener-
al peace there would be no impress
ment, which only takes place in war,
or in preparations for war. I'd. 1t
was not necessary lp have any treaty
stipulation to exempt US from the
practice, our right to convention de-
pending upon higher ground than any
treaty; and 3dly, If Great Britain
should renew the practice of impress
ment we could prosecute new war
with more vigor and more ample
means than we could continue the
existing war, exhausted as we then
were, In point Of fact she has not
renewed the practice of impressment
against us, and / think never will.
/ am, respectfully, your obedient
servant. III. CLAY.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

rD- Mr.. Choate was arguing q case
before a full bcnch of the Supreme
Court of Massachusetts, when he,
wishing to compliment Judge Shaw,
exclaimed:
When / look upon the venerable
Chief Justice, 1 am like the Hindoo
before his idol know that he is
ugly, but feel that he is very
great"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

The AMERICAN MINISTER IN BAD
ODcR AT THE SPANISH COURT hear
q r1mor, and from a source on which
l am accustomed to place reliance,
that there is some renewed i'll feeling
existing between tho Government of
Spain and this country. Recent ad-
vices from our Minister at Madrid
speak OF the display of very marked
indignity towards him, the causes of
which have not thus far been made
public, if indeed they really rest upon
any actual movement Of that func-
tionary, or are the more offspring of
the proverbial jealousy and suspicion
of the decayed but still arrogant Go.
vernment Of CASTLE
1t has been suggested that Mr..
Dodge may have incautiously ap-
preached the Ministry on the subject
of the purchase of the Island of Cuba
"a point which they will not, you
may rely upon it, allow to be even
suggested at this juncture, although
they are driven to their last financial
bOlll5, IuhuSTo III InStI utaNouo vi
the subject of the threatened war
with Mexico. The first 1900 men Of
the contemplated expedition have
been some months at Havana, and
they will need for so insane an enter
prise 1000 more, for they cannot have
forgotten the movement in 1880, un-
der General Barrades, who left Hava-
ma for Mexico with 5000 picked men,
part of whom returned within two
months, the balance (about one-third)
having been almost cut to pieces by
the Mexicans, who buried all their
partizan animosities and united in
defence Of their cherished homes and
national institutions. If Spain wishes
to get rid Of Cuba without the hu.
initiation of selling it, let her declare
war against Mexico, and she will lose
it in double quick time. Our fillibus.
ters by occupation are wide awake
~ Y. Herald.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

~ Two young Misses discussing
the qualities Of some young gentle
men, were overheard thus
No. 1.-Well, I like Charley, but
he is little girlish; he hasn't the least
bit of beard. f 1te .s
No. 2.-I say Charley has got a
beard, but he shaves it off. eoi
No. 1.-No his hasn't, either, any
more than | have.
No. I'll say he has too, and ]
know it, for it pricked my face.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

GOLD TO BE CorNED.-It is stated
in the Philadelphia Press that within
a few days $3.50, 900 in refined bars OF
gold, stamped by the N. York assay
Office, has been received at the United
States mint for coinage, and that half
a million more is daily expected.
This fact is interesting in connection
with the present rate of exchange,
as a proof of the strong check given
to the expectation of bullion by the
extraordinary demand for it here.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09
pa Mamma, papa is getting ven

sa- Mamma, papa is getting very
rich, ain't heT'
Il am sure I don't know. Why,
child?"
"Cause he gives so much money to
me. Almost every morning after
breakfast, when Sallyis sweeping the
parlor, he gives me sixpence to go
out and play" ~
Shortly afterwards Sally received q
notice TO quit, --
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

~ An Ohio politician was boast
ing in public speech that he could
bring an argument to pint as quick
as any other man.
"You can bring q quart TO apint a
good deal quicker" replied a Ken
tucky editor. pas . ''''s e
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09
DEsrRUcrrvE FIRE IN Iour,vILLR

We stated the progress of a fire IN
Third street, yesterday morning, to
the hour of going 10 press. Ere the
flames were subdued no less than sir
large warehouses on the east side Of The
street, rers consumed. Three were
four story buildings, with iron fronts,
and had been erected only afew years
ago. OF these, two were owned by
Mr.. b. F, Cawthon, and insured for
1000 in the agency of the Farmers
and Mechanics of Philadelphia, and
tho third was owned by Mr.. w. +.
Petit, and insured for 81 500 in the
Mutual Insurance Company of this
city. The three othcr houses were
three story, owned respectively By
Capt. Frank Carter. Mr.. Thomas ".
Lindsey, and sMessrs. Kirkland,
Chase 4 Co., of Baltimore. Capt.
Carter had an insurance Of $4,000 in
the Mutual Insurance Co. Of this city.
We understand he had sold his house
q few days ago to Mr.. w. p. Jouett,
but no transfer of the sale had been
made. Mr.. Lindsey had an insu.
rance of $4,000. There was no insu-
rance on the building Of Kirkland,
Chase & Co., in this city. The houses
were occupied by W. G. Clifford, as
q feed store; Patten & McCullen,
feed store; Brandies 4 Crawford, grain
dealers; H. Forsyth, commission mer-
chant and tobacco factor; B. Mussel.
man & Co., tobacco mandatory, and
d. II. Smith & Bro, dealers in whis-
ky, vinegar &c. Mr.. Clifford was in
surcd for $1,000 in the London and
Liverpool. Messrs. Patten & Mccall
lum had no insurance, we belle We.
They had about 1000 bushels of
wheat on storage, and some small lots
of other grain. Their loss will not
be heavy, however. Messrs. Bran
dies & Crawford estimate their loss at
90, 900 to $4,000, which was insured
for 1000. Mr.. H. Forsyth had an
insurance of $1,000, we do not know
his loss. Messrs. Musselman & Co.
had an insurance Of $4,000 on their
stock and machinery, which viii near
ly cover their loss. Messrs. Smith &
Bro. were insured for 81 500. Their
loss will probably not be more, as
they saved large portion of their
stock. Mr.. HERSHEY Carter had be-
tween 100 and 200 barrels salt under
o shed in the rear of the buildings,
which was lost.
Upon these losses there were insu-
RANGES for the following amounts: In
the Howard Insurance Co., n. Y, s2,-
600; Northwestern, New York, So
900; Lamar, New York, $1,000; At
lantic, Providence, $1,000; Hartford,
Hartford, $4,000; Merchants, Phila-
delphia, $4,000; Delaware Mutual,
Philadelphia, $1,000; London and
Liverpool, $4,000; Farmers and Me-
chanics, Philadelphia, 81, 900; Mutual,
Louisville, $4,000; making an aggre-
gate of $4,000. The loss in build
ings is about s25, 900. The fire was
supposed to be the work Of an inccn-
diary.-Louisville Democrat.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09
A London paper thus describes the
engines of the Great Eastern:

cuHtnco VI tuo OTcat EdctcEu
Both engines are of such ponder
Gus calibre and strength, that the
visitor gazes on them, as they lie
ranged beneath him, with the dumb
feeling of surprise that sight of the
tremendous rock k-hewn monuments of
Egypt always occasions. They look
so dark and massive beyond all other
engines that it -seoms- difficult to
imagine how they themselves can be
put in rapid motion, though once at
work, you can readily understand the
amount Of speed at which they would
force even the Great Eastern through
the waves. They are beyond all
doubt the largest and most powerful
engines by some thousands of horse
power that have ever yet been con-
structed, and some Of the largest
pieces of wrought iron that have ever
been forged, and the largest castings
that have ever been run in one cast
ing, are used in their manufacture.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

ss4. The low price of whiskey and
high cost of corn is causing distilIcrs
in this section to suspend operat ions
In consequence Of this fact stock hogs.
are becoming moro abundant and
prices are declining. We lcara that
tho hog cholera a'so prevails TO con-
siderable extent in the pens attached
to distilleries in his Vicinity Gin.
Commercial.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

No. A gentleman was dining at
one of our hotels when peas had just
come in season, and everybody called
peas, peas, peas, till they were all
gone. The gentleman was too late,
so, rising and taking an attitude, he
exclaimed: Gentlemen may cry
peas, peas, but there is no peas"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

HYMENIAL.-Two hundred and for
ty-6ve marriage licences were issued
from tho Probate Court of Hamilton
county during the month of Septem-
Der ultimo. The average number per
month, during the past two years,
has been about 240-say about 1900
couples per annum yoked in bonds
matrimonial. al.-Cin. Com.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

"a 1t seems to us to be a great
moral question whether men who
have established reputation for in
veterate lying, have right, in any
given case, to tell the truth-the only
expedient by which they can deceive
their hearers.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

ARRIvAL.--Mrs. r. A. Lockwood
and family arrived in this city last
evening. They are stopping at the
Bramble House. We learn that Mr..
Lockwood left San Francisco two
weeks in advance Of his family but
remained at Panama until their arri-
val upon the next steamer 1t was
not his intention to ohave returned
Lufouette journal. atri -te.E stir
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

pD- 1t is very erroneous imputa-
ton upon one Of our prominent poll
ticians that he "drinks hard. -
There's nothing in the world that he
does easier
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

b4- In the two extremes Of life we
have the most acute sense Of novelty.
To the boy, all is new; to tie old man,
when this world no longer offers va
riety or change, the most stimulating
of all novelties is presented-the con
temptation Of a new existence.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

pA- Aman boasted of having killed
a young panther, whose tail was four
feet long. A bystander remarked
that the animal was killed seasopably,
as the tail was long enough not to be
ontinutd. t<ti4
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

GOLD Found IN WIscoNsIN.-The
editor of the Chicago Tribune has
been shown by gentleman from Wa
pacca, Wisconsin, piece of gold
bearing quartz, recently picked up
near that place, which has since been
tested by DR.. J. V. 2. Blaney, of
this city, and by him pronounced to
be the genuine aurifurous quartz.
The Tribune says:
The gentleman has spent some
time in examining the surface and
rocks of the vicinity of Wapacca, and
finds this quartz distributed over a
large tract Of country northsof that
village. A short time previous tothe
discovery of the specimen examined
by d. Blaney, gentleman who had
spent some time in California, one
day endeavored to explain to some
neighbors the California method of
separating gold dust from sand. By
way of illustration, he went into his
garden and washed painful ofearth,
when, to his amazement, he discover
ed several particles of gold They
were so few and small, however, that
he did not make the matter public
intending first to make other investi-
cations. DR.. ]. E. Thayer, of Wa
pacoa, has received several specimens
Of gold found in that Reighborheod,
within the past two or three years,
brought to him for examination. He
intends publishing pamphlet in this
city shortly, containing the results of
his Investigations. s.at .ie
We are informed also, that Indians
ofthe Menominee Tribe, have brought
several nuggets in Wansau Chg Bull
Falls.) They report large quantity
somewhere north of that place, but
refused to indicate the exact locality.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

IA Tennyson, the poet-laureate,
has sensible liking for a good cigar.
and once said, sIf Lamb had not
written on the glorious weed would
myself become its laureate"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

ns- Mr.. Henry String, of North
Carolina, advertised last month, that
gay young fellow had run off with
his two daughters. This is the most
|reprehensible instance Of two strings
to one bean we ever heard Of
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

pS- Brigham Young says, in one
Of his latest manifestos, that 'stbe
great resources Of Utah are her wo-
men" 1t is very evident that the
prophet is disposed TO husband his re-
iovSces; 1-1-- -nI.IO a1l -
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-10-09

p6- One of our divines asks why
Cain, who seems 10 have offered his
sacrifice in good faith, didn't obtain
divine appreciation. Probably be-
cauee he wasn't ABEL.