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Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08
A Beau tifuI Paragraph.

The man who stands on soil. who feels
that by the laws of the land in which he
lives--by the law of the civilized nation
he is the rightful and exclusive owner of
the soil he tills. is by the constitution OF
our nature under wholesome influence
not easily imbibed. from any other source.
He feels other things being equal, more
strongly than another, the character of a
man as lord Of the inanimate world. OF
this great aud wonderful sphere which,
fashioned by the hand of God, and upheld
by his power, is rolling through the hcav-
ems, part is his--from the center to the
sky. 1t is the space on which the genera,
ton before moved in It's round Of duties,
and he feels himself conducted by link
with those who follow him, and to whom
he is to transmit a home. Perhaps farm
has come down to him from his father
They have gone to their last home; but he
can trace their footsteps over thescene of
his DAILY l----.. The roo' WHICH 0'.o,----
MN u,s reared by s'.ose to whom he owes
his being. Same Interesting domestic ira
dition is connected With every inclosure.--
The fayorite tree was plated BY his fathers
hand. He sported in boyhood beside the
brook which still winds through the med
ow. Through the field lies the path 70 he
village school of ealy days. He still hears
from the open wind'w the voice ofthe Sab.
bath bell which called his fatlle- to the
house of God: and hear at hand is the place
where his parants hid down TO rest, and
where, when his tine shall come, he shall
be laid by his Children. These are the
feelings Of the ownd of the soil. Words
connot paint the; thir are the life spring of
fresh, healthy and general national char
acter-E Eperef
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08

A facetious correspondent OF The Day
ton Journal. who has been travelling out
in the Wabash region of Hoosierdom.
says.
Speaking of grass reminds me of the
fact that Indiana (and particularly the Wa
bash is literally swarming with gross
widoVs. Every hotel or tavern has or have
had one or more of these bewitching vix-
ems domicilled with them for ten days.
which makes them citizens and residents
of Indiana, and with a little hasd swearing.
natives, too. At the expiration of ten
days, suit is commenced against some
U2e husband, and as matter of course,
a divorce is granted, if for no other cause
than incompatibility of temper. Here are
congregated from ALL the states in the
Union Except Illinois. who is a competI-
tor for this profitable lawyer trade. all
the diseousolate grass widows. a case I
heard Of in Peru, where the wife of mil
lionaire had come from Brazil, remained
here ten days, got her divorce. with
100000 of ale-moncy, and would have
had more. but old Cresus had no more in
the United States that was comeatible.''
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08
Live Within Your Means.

We don't like s,inginess. We don't
like economy when it comes down to rags
and starvation; we have no sympathy with
the notion that a poor man should hitch
himself to post anG stand still while all
the world moves forward. 1t is no man
duty to make an iceberg of himself-to
shut his eyes and ears to the sutferings OF
his fellows--and to deny himself the en-
ioyment that results from generous actions.
that he may hoard wealth for Others to
quarrel about.
But there is yet an economy which is
every mans duty, and which is especially
commendable in the man who struggles
with poverty--an economy which is con-
sistent with happiness, and must be prac.
ticed if the poor man would secure inde,
psndence.
1t is almost every mans privilege. and
becomes his duty. to live within his means
not up to, but within them. Wealth does
not make the man, we admit, and should
never be taken into the account in oul
judgment of men. But competence should
always be secured when it can be. by the
practice of economy and self denial to on
IL reasonable extent. 1t should be Sc
cured not so much for others to look at, o.
to raise us in the estimation ofothers, as t
secure the consciousness of independence
and the constant satisfaction which is de
rived from its requirement and possession
The man who feels that he is earning
something more than he is spending. will
walk the streets with much lighter heart
and enter his home with a much NOR
cheerful countenance than he who spends
as ne goes, or falls gradually behind hi
necessities in acquiring the means of meet
ing them. Next to the slavery of intem
perance, there Is no slavery more gallin!
than that of poverty and indebtedness.
For the sake of the present, then, a
well as for the sake of the future, W
would most earnestly urge every working
man 10 live within his means. Let hin
: lay by something every day--if but
penny, be 1t penny--it is better tha
nothing--in6nitely better than running i
d debt a penny a day.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08

Plant flowers about your Yards and
about your homes. Cultivate love for
the beautiful in your own breast. and in
the hearts of your children. Plant beau
tiful trees, plants, and shrubs around your
home, and that home will be place
where your children will delight to gather,
and friends will surely come. Make home
lovely by those beautiful surroundings. and
your highest hopes with regard to the
happiness Of your family will be realized.
As you value the future happiness of your
children, cultivate, not oply in your gar
dens. but in your hearts and theirs. a
love for the beautifu.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08
The Moon and all her Starry Train.

BY GEORGE p. MORRIS.
The moon and all her starry train.
Were fading from the morning sky,
When home the ball room belle again
Returned with throbbing pulse and brain,
Flushed cheek and fearful eye.
The plumes that danced above her brow,
The gems that sparkled in her zone.
The pride to which she would not bow,
Were laid aside-they mocked her now
When desolate and lone.
That night how many hearts she won,
The reigning belle, she could not stir,
But, like the planets round the sun,
Her suitors followed-all but one
One all the world to her.
And she had lost him.-marvel not
That lady's eyes with tears were wet.
Though love by man is soon forgot,
1t never yet was woman's lot
To love and to forget.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08
sThey Saw,

A more cowardly, sneaking, fendish IL
ar than The say does not exist. That per-
son is universal scapegoat for personal
gossip, envy and malice, without form OF
flesh and blood, when invoked, and yet
stalking boldly in every community. The
character is myth and yet real intangible:
and yet from exhaustless quiver wings
its poisoned arrows from day to day. And
no mail is proof; nc character; position or
sex escape; no sanctuary is too sacred no
home is bulworked against it assults--
When one base heart wishes to assail some
person. a character or motive, 'They say
is always invoked. That is the assassin
who strikes in the cloud, the Thug WHO
haunts the footsteps of the offender, and
tortures from carless word or deed, an ex-
cuse for the steletto. Men da,e not reveal
there own feelings. With smiles and pre-
tended friendship. they present the enven-
omed shaft as coming from They say Be
sure, reader, that when some villiauous tale
is told you, and the relator can not give an
author more tangible than They say for
it, then the SANDER is the creation of the
heart by your side, and reeking with the
poison of envy and hartred, and earnest
with a wish to have the falshood of They
say bud into reality, and become curren,
coin in the community.
They say we repeat it, is cowardly as
it is false and fendish; phantom creation
which smiles, letting loose brood of
pers to crawl in your path, and blast by
their venom. To retail the stories of They
say is to sneak behind the intangible per
sonage and nocuous columaies which from
raw meterial, and forged near home.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08
Sands Of Gold.

The book of the Statesman is the hu.
man heart.
Never believe the world to be base; if
it were so, no society could hold together
for day.
Accurate knowledge is the basis of cor
peoples opinions of little value.
Liberal dealing is better than alns-giv-
ing, for it tends to prevent pauperism,
which is better than to relieve 1t.
Ever since there has been SO much de-
mand for type. there has been much less
lead to spare for cannon balls.
Il is nothing in our favor. if we are
honest because it is the best policy or
because it is respectable
He who knows the world. will not be
too 5ashful, and he who knows himself.
viii not be too impudent.
Think like the wise, but talk like ordi-
nary people. Never 60 out of the COM
mon road but for something important.
Ali the grandeur Of life is ou. of sight:
all that appears is but the effect
How often, even in our deepest afflic-
ton. have we reason 10 exclaim; There
is JOY in the midst of grief
Prosperity makes iriends-Adverslty
tries them.
sThe bud may have bitter taste. but
sweet will be the flower
E-No preacher is as successful as
time. 1t gives turn to the thoughts of
the aged, which it was impossible to
inspire while they were young.
re- Flowers are the alphabets of an
gels, where With they write on hills and
mountains the mysterious truths.
Eg- The arms of pretty girl wound
tight around your neck has been discover
ed to be an infallible remedy in case of
sore throat. Il beats ginger tea all hollow.
~ What would become of our soci-
ality if we never visited people we speak
i'll of? we should live, ike Egyptian her
mi;s, in crowded solitude.
E a man who has a fixed purpose to
which he devotes his powers, Is invulne-
rable. Like the rock in the sea, 1t splits
the troubles of life, and they eddy around
him in idle foam.
: ES- A man should never be ashamed
to say that he has been in the wrong, which
is but saying. in other words. that be is
visor to-day than he was yesterday.
Eg Let every man, woman and child
keep little pulverized charcoal in their
bedrooms, and on retiring at night, let
them put as much of it as they can lay on
s:xpence in their mouths, and work it
about among their teeth with the tongue,
and they viii not have decayed teeth to fiji
with amalgam or pure gold.
EN- If you are determined to commit
suicide on account of poverty, Go the deed
early in the morning. instead of late at
night; you will thereby save the expense of
| three meals.
Ig a fop is like cinnamon tree
the bark is worth more than the body.
~ A beautiful inscription is said to be
found in an Italian graveyard: Here lies
Estalia, who transported large fortune
to Heaven in deeds of charity. and has
gone thither to enjoy it,
Eg A man too busy to take care OF his
health, is like mechanic too busy to take
care of his TOOLS
A year of pleasure passes like fioat-
ing breeze; but moment of misfortune
seems an age of pain.
E- The working days in Switzerland
are from fourteen to nineteen hours
Wages for children five cents per day; wo-
men, from sixteen to thirty cents; men.
from forty to fifty cents. No wonder they
emigrate.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08
Selette0 4oftrg
From the Vincennes Western Sun.
LINES
Written on the Shore of Minnesota Rivcr.

BY MATTE II. PEARSON.
Sparkling river, gently flowing,
Onward to the main,
Hosting swiftly, and returning
Ne'er to MS again;
Flowing gently by my footsteps,
Bearing hence my flowers,
AS idly stand and cast them
Dreaming of past hours
Dreaming, too, of the distant future,
With child like heart,
Casting to the wave all sorrow,
AS my flowers depart;
Bear away upon thy bosom,
Every grief and woe.
Leave me all sweet feelings,
Peaceful as thy flow.
Bear away these pearly teardrops
Mingling with thy tide,
For the childish breeze is happy,
Singing at my side
Gently playing with my tresses,
As it frolics by
And in clouds of gold and amber,
CLOVIS the sunset sky.
Gentle river. bright and happy,
Stopping not to lave,
Fain would I lesson borrow
From thy peaceful wave,
To bear away each darkling sorrow,
As our lives begin,
Learning naught but joy and beauty,
Where our tracks have been.
A thing of beauty is a JOY forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but will still keep
bower quiet for us; and sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health and quiet breath
ing;
Therefore on every morrow are we wreathing
A 1owery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of dependence, of the inhuman dearth
OF noble natures, of the gloomy days
Made for our searching; yes, in spite of all.
Some shape of beauty moves away thepall
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, and the
moon,
Trees, cid and young, sprouting shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live on; and the clear
rlls
That for themselves a cooling covert make
'Gainst the hot season; the mid-forest brake,
Rich with sparkling of the fair muskrose blooms
And such, too, in the grandeur of the dooms
We ha, inIas, f,r ,i.~ ...ici.s, ucau.
All lovely tales that we have heart or read;
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
pouring unto US from the heavens brink.
-Keats
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08

UOne of our California exchanges publishes
list of localities peculiar to that State, and from it
we make the following beautiful selections:-Red
Dog; Ground Hogs Glory; Bogus Thunder; Last
Chance Gouge Eye; Loafer Hill; Puke Ravine;
Murderer's Bar; Coon Hollow; Niger Hill; Piety
Hill: Chicken Thief Flat; Dead Mule Canon;
Graveyard Canon; Lousy Ravine; Poodle Town;
Stud Oyster Camp; Chucklehead Diggins; Hell's
Delight; Jackass Gulch; Devils Basin; Phig Head
Gulch; Shirt Tail Canon; Guano Hill; Whisky
Bar; Christian Flat; Paradise; Nary Red; Shinbone
Peak; Gospel Gulch; Loafer's Retreat; Puppy
Town; Petticoat Side; Seven-up Hill.
Orders have been issued from the War Depart
ment hasten troops from Utah for the protection
of the people of Oregon A general Indian war
is expected there
The State Department is active in preparing a
schedule of all claims Of American citizens against
| foreign governments, with the view of de-
cisive settlement of the same.
The news of the disastrous defeat of Col. Step
toes troops, in Oregon, by the Indians, is con
| frmed.
The Republicans of Vermont. have nomleatec
Highland Hill, for Governor
| 1t is thought that Gen. Dix, of New York, vii
ee appointed Minister 10 France.
There are in the United States l44 railroads.
The Legislature of California has passed Law
prohibiting the further immigration of Chinese
! into that State.
Money in Kansas, now brings 20, 25 and 80 pc
cent, interest.
Fifteen million of dollars are supposed to b
spent aunally by the United States, for newspa
pers.
It's said that sol 900 has been lecieved 70
drinks in fourteen months, at fashionable hote
in Washington city.
In thirty years the American Tract Societ
have realized clear profit Of $l.000,00O on thei
publications,
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08

Eg It is diff to say which is the
greater defect in Arent--strictness and
firmness in his fat without feeling and
affection, or feelitnd affection without
strictness and frss. Under the one
system, the chill are apt to become
slaves or hypocrl under the other, ty-
rants or rebels. true love is always
firm, and true & rss is always love.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08

EE- There is a set of harmless liars,
to be met with in company, who
deal much in the marvellous. Their usual
intention is 10 please and entertain, but as
men are most delighted with what they
conceive to be the truth, these people mis-
take the means Of pleasing and incur uni
yersal blame.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08

w Young ladies should no. write po-
etical love letters. Ii is dangerous. Such
a one was written to Kentucky beau not
lot long since, which So affected him that
hs stole horse to go and see the writer,
and got in Jail for getting in love with a
poetess.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08

EE Advice is like snow-the softer il
falls, and the longer it dwells upon, the
deeper it sinks into the mind.
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08

From Benton's AbridSrent OF the Debates of Con
CESS.
Mr.. Benton storpd a moment to speak
Of an exploit too linl known TO history
He said that the Erfish and Indians to the
number of 1000, :peared before St. Louis
n the year 1880. Gen. George Rogers
Clark was then upo,he American Bottom,
with the conquerorbf Vincennes and Kas-
kaskia. The Frenchf St. Louis sent to in
woke his aid. He HI bat 400 men, and
might have declineSith honor. He NIGH,
have said our nuner are but few, the
river IS to wide andapid. you are stran-
gers, and live bsysd the confines Of my
country, you may | in collision with the
enemy to draw me ross the Mississippi,
and to revenge in aulsiana, the defeat af
your countrymen Illinois. But such
was not the languisof Gen. Clark, nor of
the 400 brave men lat followed his steps,
He or they knew N danger Knew it not!
May their spirits pdon me, said Mr.. Ben
ton, for applying ifhem such afourth- of
July expression. TF did not know danger
were born in its Fesence and grew up
in its Company; aaeach could say with
Caesar:
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08
danger al are brothers,
Twin lions wped in one hour,
And | the elddld more terrible.

They were the rmen OF the west, and
took consul. not froi Hanger, but from hon.
or and courage. ey divided into two
bodies and marcdep the relief of St Lou
is. To hundred pented themselves op-
posite the town anwo hundred crossed
the river below. Abe sight of such.. bold :
ness, the British siIndians, believe them
to be the sanguada great army. sud-
denly retired, aftGlling eighty of the in
habitants. and leay an impression otter
ror which still mf that year as an epoch
of calamity; F'af du COUP History.
continued Mr.. Bills of the passage of
the Rhine and Gus; but here is pass
age of river unkn to history, yet sur
passing the expld the Hannible and AL
exander as muchicroism as magnanim-
ity, as the Father Floods surpasses in
magnitude the pufreams of Asia min
or
Marshall County Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1855-1859, 1858-07-08
THE MARSHALL DEMOCRAT,
MCDONALD & BROTHER.
T NJ S:

II paid in advance. ......................I 90
At the end of six months, hs,.-...-.....1 so
If delayed until the end of the year,. .......2 90
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-08

A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE-The Local Of
the Buffalo Republic has been to. an '%astrolo-
gist." and here is what she told him for a
dollar:
Next Thursday will be the day before New
Years. Be not alarmed at that, but go on
and gets much credit as possible. Beware
of One-eyed women during January, as in that
month circumstances and things will keep on
occurring as usual. Should they eliminate
on you, you will be rescued by an old maid in
cowhide shirt and red flannel boots. There
fore fear not Look out for cold weather in
winter; should it snow much depend upon
having good ~sIeighing. If; it rains an the time
there will be no sleighing. Don't get &C.
q~uainted with meek individuals in sandy
haired ybiskers- They go about seeking
whom they may deVonr somebody. Heed not
the opportunities of your G. editors unless
they come at youwith a judgement and execu-
ton. They pay up or you'll have to, which a.
mounts to the same thing. Don't go barefooted
larry careful about climbing high poles and lad
ders during the month, and avoid men that car
ry slung shot, or circumstances will happen.
Don't kiss red-headed gils in powder magazines,
nor smoke cigars in firework manufactures, nor
tell your mother you Ien't. The consequence
in these cases will probably be n "blowfng up"
Beware of blacklegs-ayoid young women in
black stockings. Circumstances that are about
tohappen this month will certainly occur. Keep
your eye open. There will be no Strawberries
until warmweather. Should you play whist the
last card turned up by the dealer will be a trump.
If it is not beware of your partner. a soEe-ey-
ed, knock-kneed woman will meet you in the
street answer her not lint pass on"
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-08

TINS Gosr OF LIVING m TnE East n WEsE-
AS an item of interest to our citizens, as ena-
bling them to form a comparison between the
cost OF living inthe Eastern and in the Western
States, We give the following extract from a let.
ter from Rockford City, Illinois: l1s
A this place supertine -four Is selling at 81
5o.Per cwt;; buckwheat do $3.50 per cwt.; rye
Hour $l,75 per cwt.; potatoes 90 to.95 cents per
pieces of beef from butchers 4 to s cents per
pound; hind quarters by farmers, 4 to 4 i.2
cents per pound; pork, by farmers, in tho hog.
4 l-2 cents per pound; best quality butter 1s to
20 cents per pound; eggs 16 cents per dozen;
chickens . cents per pair; turkey from 80 cents
to 81; turnips % cents per bnshel; cabbage
$500 per hundred, and every other article of
home consumption accordingly. Wood So per
cord, and coal IS per ton. It is needless to say
how much better off the poor are here than in
your Eastern cities. To nv knowledge there
is not any family here in want of the absolute
necessaries of life"
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-01-08
IRON the Loulvme ks D.moerat1 ~

SENSIBLE SoUTHERS DENocRAcY--A Hint
Worth HeediNg.-A dispatch from Washington
says that If the Kansas Constitution had come
With the Slavery clause out, Mr.. Stevens, of
Georgia, was to have moved its references back
to the people. We presume it will make no
difference with Mr.. Stevens how the Constitu
ton comes in this respect. He win make that
motion, perhaps, and the Democratic South will
say aye. We know there is a portion of the
South that will oppose it. South Carolina will
say no, and some others will foIlowher Exam
pie; but thPas PRo belong To- TIE National DemO-
cratic Party Of tie South WiH send this G0nsti.
tutlon. back. Democratic editors of the, South
have generally gone oil lengthsfor this Lecomp-
ton Constitution. They will find out where
their doctrines win lead them after a while
The South has no rational motive for departing
from the plain, Straight forward, republican doc.
trine in the case. She strites donn her friends
Of the North, and gires their drm0r to her en-
emies.
Some of the journals that are foremost in all
this; that have, in fact, given tone toit, sheer at
the national Democratic Party. It is a party
now that they would break down in preference
to all others. 1t stands in the way of their
darling scheme of a Southern party. They
know if they can only break Town the national
Democratic Party, their work is done. They
igioat over the prospect Will Kentucky make
herself the tool of this faction?
We do not preach submission to the North
We advocate submission to right and justice, to
the great doctrine. of selfeoyernmont. we adj
iyocate keeping good faith with our friends We
shall not believe that the South will submit the
enormity of forcing State into the Union with
out tho assent of its people upon any pretext or
excuse whatever, No legal Prescriptions man
ufnctured for the occasian win do; no excuse
that a partyin Kansas has behaved badly will
pass muster. Ht3tL4lF
1t isanew doctrine thata State shall have the
right of selfgovernment, if her citizens behave
themselves, or tho majority belong to our par
tB. We don't like the doctrine in its general
application. If we could always be on the win
ming side, perhaps we might be as we'll satisfied
with it as any other tyrant- But it may be that
our side may wish to misbehave sometimes, and
the penaltylof total disfanchisement wouldlnot
then be palatahle. sr5 ttItse