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On johnson Street, between st and I'd.
Rf o.BkiAs 90. Having per III
In Ksokuk, with an ample supply ofE2@
she very best material foY the man
ufaoture Of Carriages, Bugsiss, Gigs and Hacks,
~ ars prepared 90 mako all articles in eur line,
In the very bsststyls and Of the choicest Aterial
on reasonable tsrlas and prompt notice.
May rs, l0t6--dly
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HAIR WORK.
ORDERS taken for hair work u every descrip-
~ tion. Having had experience Cor the past Are
years in this line, designing patterns, Ae, nat1sr
myself thai can please those who may favor me
with CALI. Persons can rely on having the hsir
used In tha article ordered or returned TO them IL
dshsisnt. Work AOunted 70 order, any style de-
s.r.d. The pxblic are invited to coll and examine
patterns At 81 Main-st.
ncht2a sAML q. BRIDGES.
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This 10 the Shortst end Quickest Route to ali
points North and East.
9OrRROUGH TICKETsr0
Over this line TO all principal places can be pro-
cured asRailfosd Tiakst Ofkss, Main street, onS
door from the Biliings House Stages will call TO,
passs ngsrssin any part Of thecity, Free.
So GRAHAM 1CO.,
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Charles HaI0ons,
0ANKER.
EXCHANGE ON THE PRINCIPAL CITIES
~ PIE
UniseA Dsasss, CalAfSPnlAsk Dregsn,
1OUGHTAKD SOLD.
Ahes Sails saAaags - LsadSA, Bselia. Aris,
LsipsiA Casssl. oslogns, 1ssnsa, 1raak-
fort = 10 Aains, H1sitgAsa, Han-
5f b9RhaaA xmieAta Rasvps.
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tude, to indulge her grief for the remain
der of her life. She ordered her ser
wants to 90 into the city, and bring to the
palace such as the will of Sikander di-
those who were the
poorest, But the messengers, ere long,
returned, and said that there were none
of that description To be found among the
poor. GO, then" said the queen, and
apply TO all classes, and return not with
out bringing some who have never lost
any who were dear to them" And the
order was proclaimed through all the city,
and all heard it, and passed on. The
neighboring villages gave no better sue
cess and the search was extended thro'
all the country; and they went over all
Macedonia, and throughout Greece, and
at every house they stood and cried,
" If there arc any here who have never
known misery, and never lost those that
were dear to them, let them come out,
and receive the bounty of the queen ;"
but none came forth. And they went to
the haunts of the gay, and into the libra
ries of the philosophers; to the seats of
/ public office, and to the caves of hermits;
they searched among the rich, and among
the poor--among the high and among
the low; but not one person was found
who had not tasted misery: and they re-
ported the result to the queen.
at is strange!" said she, as if struck
with sudden astonishment. " Are there
none who have not lost their friends !?
And is my condition the condition of all ?
1t is not credible. Are there none here,
in this room, in this place, who have al
ways been happy?" But there was no
reply to the inquiry. You, young page,
whose countenance is gay, what sorrow
have you ever known?"
"Alas madam, my father was killed
in the wars Of Sikander, and my mother,
through grief, has followed him!'
And the question was put TO others /;
but all had lost brother, father, or a
mother.
"Can it be-" said the queen, in per-
plexity. "Can it be that all are as l
amp"
"All are as you are, madam" said an
old man who was present, excepting ii
these splendors and these consultations
y By poverty and humility, you might have
q lost the alleviations, but you could no
f have escaped the blow. There are night:
without a star, but there are no day:
without a cloud. To suffer, is the lot o.
all to bear, the glory of few ~
Il recognise" said the queen, " the
e wisdom of Sikanderl' and she bowed ir
+ resignation, and wept no more.
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RELICS OF ANTIQUITY.

We have before US a number of coins,
brought to this country by Rev. w. f.
Williams, Missionary of the American
Board at Mosul. These, with other
valuable relics are frequently found by
the natives in different places in the east,
while making excavations. One of these
is gold coiq bearing the name and !
face of Arsinoe Fhiladelphou, who to- !
gether founded the celebrated Alexan-
drian Library. II dates to about tloo
hundred and eighty years before Christ!
1t is about the size of sovereign, is a
beautiful coin, and seems as bright and
fresh as if it had but just come from the
mint.
The others are silver Staters, (the coin
which Peter took from the fish, and are
of the coinage of Alexander the Great,
and of the Syrian kings Antiochus Epi-
/ phanes, who attempted TO overthrow Ju-
daism and scattered swine's flesh about
the temple, Antiochus Eupator, Anti
Ochus Euergetes, Demetrius Softer, &c,
the latest being about one hundred and
sixty years before Christ. There is an
old Athenian silver coin, found on the
plain Of Arbela, where the decisive bat
tie was fought between Alexander the
Great and Darius. 1t wac probably paid
to some Greek soldier who there met his
death. Mr.. Williams has also Roman
penny, with C@sar's image and super
scription."
There Is something very impressive in
these old coins, which were old when our
Saviour walked the earth. They are all
in good preservation, and the dies are re-
f markably sharp and clear; showing that
the ancients perfectly understood this
art.
\ A friend has stated to Us striking
fact that bad the gold coin, estimating at
$40, its value by weight, been pat at ia
terest al seven per ceht al the time of its
coinage, its value now could not be com
puted in numerals. He began the COM
. putalion, but stopped at three hundred
years, when he found that it would have
reached Sl9,263, ,992,832.
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From the Home Journal
THE WISDOM OF SIKANDER.
A ROMANCE OF HISTORY.
BY HORACE BlNNEY WALLACE.

THIS narration Is giren, By the Per-
sian historians, as the manner Of Aler-
ander's death. 1t differs e,tirely from
the Greek accounts. The hero as called
Uario,esly, By Asiatic aoritsrs-Iskander,
Sikander, and .Secaader. They repre-
sent him to hare been thirty-sir gears old
'ohen he died-the same age as Lord By
ron.
The hammered hosts of Macedon stood
arrayed in splendid might. Growing
the hills and filing the valleys, far and
wide extended the millions in arms, who
waited on the word of the young Sikan-
der-the most superb array of human
power which sceptred ambition had ever
evoked to do its bidding. That army
was to sweep nations off the earth, and
make continent its camp-following the
voice of one whose sword was the index
of glory, whose command was the syno-
nyme of triumph. 1t now. stood expec-
tant, for the king yet fingered.
While his war-horse fretted at the
gate, and myriads thus in silence awaited
his appearance, Sikander took his way to
the apartment of his mother. The sole
ligament which bound him to virtue and
to feeling was the love of that mother
and the tie was as strong as it was tender
In mute detection, they embraced; and
Sikander, as he gazed upon that tender
face, which had never been turned tC
him but in tenderness and yearning love
seemed to ask, "Shall 1 ever again be
hold that sweet smiIe?" The anxiety O
his mothers countenance denoted tn,
same sad curiosity; and without a word
but with the self-same feeling in thei
breasts, they went out together to seel
the oracles in the temple of Philip, ant
to learn their fate.
Alone, in unuttered sympathy, the tw'
ascended the steps Of the sacred temple
and approached the shrine. A prizes
stood behind the altar. The blue smok
of the incense curled upward in from
, and the book of oracles was before hin
! "Where shall my grave be digged
said the king; and the priest opened tn
book, and read: g Where the soil is c
iron, and the sky of gold, there shall tn
grave of the monarch Of men be dig
ged."
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When the intelligence of the death Of
Sikander was brought to bis mother, as
she sat among her ladies, she was over
whelmed by anguish. All! why, she
exclaimed, " was exalted 50 high, only
TO be plunged into such depth Of misery Z
Why was ] not made Of io"lier eondi-
ton. so, haply, l had escaped such grief!
The joy Of my youth is plueked up, the
comfort Of my age Is withered Who IS
more wretched than Z" And she re-
fused to be cofnforted.
The last wish Of her son was read 10
her, and she resolved 70 perform that one
remaining duty, aud lben retire % sQli,
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IL Mr. Dubois is so sceptical that he
won't believe even the report Of eau
non
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To the utmost limit, Asia had become
the possession of the Macedonian. Fa-
tigued with conquest, and anxious to
seek a country where the difficulty of
victory should enhance its value, the hero
was returning to Europe. A few days
would have brought him to the capital of
his kingdom, when he fell suddenly i'll.
He was lifted from his horse, and one of
his generals, unlacing his armor, spread
it out for him to lie upon, and held his
golden shield to screen him from the
midday sun. When the king raised his
eyes, and beheld the glittering canopy,
he was conscious of the omen. "The
oracle has said that where the ground
should be of iron, and the sky of gold,
there should my grave be made! Behold
the fulflment! 1t is a mournful thing
The young cypress is cut down in the
vigor of its strength, in the first fulness
of its beauty. The thread of life is
snapped suddenly, and with it thousand
prospects vanish, a thousand hopes are
crushed! But let the will Of fate be
done! She has long obeyed my behest
l yield myself now to hers! Yet, my
mother!"
And the monarch unused in melan-
choly silence. At length he turned 10
his attendants, and ordered his tablets to
be brought, and he took them, and wrote
" Let the customary aims, which my
mother shall distribute at my death, be
given to those who have never felt the
miseries of the world, and have nevel
lost those who were dear to them" anC
sinking back upon his iron couch, b.
yielded up his breath. They buried hin
where he died, and an army wept owe
his grave&
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-09-04

GEN. CAss ON SUNDAY ScuooLs.-
The venerable patriot and statesman
Gen. Cass, having been invited to adj
dress the Michigan State Sunday
School Convention, thus. writes:
alt will afford me pleasure to accept
your invitation. | appreciate the
importance of our Sunday Schools,
and | consider their institution one
Of the most valuable and efficient
means Of religious improvement that
has come in our days to encourage
the noble efforts which are making TO
amelioratc the moral condition of the
world. And no rejecting man can
look abroad upon the dangerous and
delusive vagaries. which, under the
name of religion, take possession, day
by day, of the hearts and minds of
men, leading to individual and social
depravity, without seeing the i'm
portance of jealous, concentrated ex-
crtions TO check this great and grow
ing evil. And it can best be effectu-
ally checked by training the youth
full minds in the knowledge of God,
and the truths Of his revelations
Standing on this vantage ground, the
battle may be fought and won. And
i, for one, believe the contest to be
one Of the most momentous which
society has ever been engaged in, and
the Sunday School tuition Of the
youth, an assured means, under God,
Of eventual success. So believing,
my prayers and best wishes are with
you"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-09-04

gate, and such as belong TO the worry
essence Of popular government
In this respect, the body Of all
parties, tho Democratic as we'll as tho
Republican, tho American as well as
tho other parties, is in harmony with
the body Of tho people, so far as real
sentiment is concerned. But the Seem
ing necessity Of keeping the politi-
clans Of the North and the South to-
gother on the subject of slavery, has
induced the leaders and organs of the
Democratic party, as now constituted
TO endorse a pretended decision, that
no action of Congress, no action of
the Territorial Legislature, can pre-
vent tho introduction of slavery into
territories now free, since, as now
pretended by the mere dictum of a
divided court, the stakeholder has n
constitutionally guaranteed property
in his slave, above the reach Of terri
torial and congressional legislation
alike. This endorsement will be con.
strued by tho South, with severe and
literal strictness, just as have stated
It's term and It's effects. Has not the
organized force of tho Democratic
party of Ohio, trampled on the true
faith Of our people? Will the body
of the Democratic party countenance
such an outrage? l cannot but think
that resistance TO the new doctrine is
the first duty of every citizen, and
that no notion Of the general propri-
ETY. of adhering to a party, in the
confidence that it will correct its own
errors through its own inherent vir-
tues, can justify any man who truly
understands the new addition to the
doctrines Of the Democratic party, in
acting with that party, while IL as
serts what will be found, when hon
estly scrutinized, so repugnant TO the
faith of our fathers, to the interests
Of humanity, and the pride Of consti-
tutional governments.
Again: 1t is the like fixed, true, and
unalterable faith Of our people, that
Federal Constitution, made by the
States, and ratified by the States, with
provisions for amendment only by
States, cannot be altered by the mere
dicta Of Judges, in time of unpar-
alleled confusion and excitement
But the Democratic party, although
insulted and trampled upon by some
of the same judges, when it asserted
the sovereign taxing power of the
State Of Ohio, now hastens to ratify
the addition, by mere judicial dictum,
of q new and odious term TO the Fed
eral Constitution, whereby man and
a horse are declared property by u
title equally sacred, and of applica-
ton equally extensive as to national
territory. In its acceptance of such
novelty in legal doctrine, and in its
submission to such a perversion of
the Constitution, the organized force
of the Democratic party misrepre-
sents those who have hitherto voted
with il.
The dearest rights of a citizen de-
mand that a party, which, TO secure
political ascendency, can be thus false
TO itself and false TO the people, should
learn the ignominious lesson involved
in ignominious defeat 4 fervently
hope the lesson will be learned at the
coming election. II. b. WARDEN.
Cor fruurra hur 1877
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Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-09-04

PoLrrIcAL PREAcHiNo.-The press
throughout tho State very generally
notice the recent Sunday political
speech of DIR. Daily from the pulpit
OF tho M. Il. Church in Lancsville.--
The Terre Haute Union says, "if
true" the course of Dr. Daily deserves
the severest condemnation. The
statement, as published by US, was
true. Il has not boon denied, and
cannot be. The Ledger has been as
mute as fish in regard TO the mat.
tor, and il is hardly TO be presumed
that IL would allow the statement, II
incorrect, to go uncontradicted.-N.
A Tribune.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-09-04
4 tine LATEST poRglcN AND DOMESTIC 1NTEIllGBNeB
CAMP MEETINGS.

The denomination of Christians
known as United Broathren, have
been holding a Camp Meeting on the
firm of Mr.. Shut, four miles north OF
this place, during tho past week. We
were in attendance on Sunday, and
spent the time very agreeabley. Con-
sidering the large number present,
there was certainly the least disor-
derby conduct we over witnessed on a
similar occasion; every thing seemed
TO move along in the most agreeable
and pleasant manner. We rather like
TO attend Camp Meeting-it tcnds
to revive in our mind "reminiscences
Of the 'olden long time ago.; and then
there is something grand and inspir-
ing In the idea of host of the sons
and daughters Of men assembling in
one of Natures glorious Temples,
and worshipping the Creator as they
were wont TO do in days Of old.
Commend us to a well-regulated,
PROPERLY conducted Camp Meeting.-
Huntington Herald. at
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3D. we should be pleased to have

nA- We should be pleased to have
our neighbor of the Edinburgh News,
show up his exegetical talent in ac-
counting for the extraordinary phe-
nomena that transpired in connection
with that stupendious nuisance, the
Distillery within q stones throw of
his sanctum, recently. 1t appears in
the creation of alcohol, in the ordina-
ry distilleries, after the dnimus is ex-
tracted from the grain, the reSidum is
allowed to pass on to consume, or be
consumed. This process having been
going on for several years at Edin-
burgh in its noted distillery, the re-
fuge, spoken of, after having been dis
posed Of as far as the instinct of the
swine would permit it TO accomplish,
it passed off and accumulated in q
swampy place, with slight elevation
intervening between it and Blue
river. During one Of the late fresh
cts, communication was established
between this obnoxious mass and the
river, and we are informed from a
source entirely reliable, that this adj
mixture had been effected but short
time previous to the whitening of the
surface by Infatuated and distracted
fish, some weighing several pounds
were picked up with the hands.
Could this have been the effect OF
cocculus indicuS? What say you Mr..
News.-Frdnktin Republican,.
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. . . . . . .
Prof. Woods Hair Restorative,

This wonderful preparations having an extensive
sale through all parts Of the Union II "a Of tho
few patent medicines which sold the
try which are really what their inventors claim for
them. Wherever II has had fr trial, tho result has
been precisely As Wood predicts II has mover failed
10 the white hair back TO iis natural color where
the directions have been strictly followed and In nu
cases has restored the hair upon heads thai
hadbeen bald for years. II not pretended that tn
Restorative win mako the hair grow every but
whero 1t falls, there certainly remedy. The resto
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certainly worth while Cor all who have lost their hair
10 try The experiment OF using bottle two Of Woods
Restorative. -MoiAe Workman.
See advertisement.
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Hamilton, o., Nov. 10, IS


DR.. RoJack, Dear sir--I have read In the newspa
pers many accounts OF cures Effected by your Scand
nayian remedies, butI consider my own case az least
asinterestng and marvellous az any OF them. SO far
you are concerned, testimonial more less IL
Of little consequence. Yolr fame IL established, and
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hadbeen nine years sufiererfrom catarrh The irr-
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intense that sometimes 10 almost drove me crazy.
could notsleep, and was never free from unpleasant
sensations. Atyaroustimes1 ave different ply scians
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way, but none Of them did meany good. | despair
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and Blood pills. | was encouraged by the cheerful
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70 week TO week, UNTIL al the end 81 three months
my head entirely relieved aud every trace OF the
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since the was finished, and have oNpcrinccd
relapse should be glad 10 see this letter. the sub
stance Of Il, In print, for thegndance Of others.
Yours, with heartfelt gratitude.
Mrs. AUGUSTUS COOCH.
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Terre Haute. Ind. Or. no. ,5e


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INDIANA County Fans

INDIANA COUNTY FAIRS. - The
Wayne County Fair, will be held in
Richmond, on Tuesday, the 10Th of
September, and continue four days.
The Union County Fair will be
held at Liberty, on the End, 3rd, and
4th of September.
The Franklin County Fair will be
held at Brookville, commencing on
the Both of September.
The Fayette County Fair will be
held at Connersville, on the 9Th, 9th,
10th, and 18th, of September.
The Rush County Fair will be held
at Rushville, on the 18th, 18th, and
10th days Of September.
The Union Fair, at Knightstown,
on the 9th, 10th, and 18th, days Of
September.