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Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22
Eyausss Gift-ESOoi, store.

II is fact that this world, and es-
pecially in this country. success is the
great test of desert. No matter how
good an enterprise may be, if the ques-
ton, Does it pay?' be answered neg
atively, every body looks on it with
scorn. Once establish the fact that a
man who has made new business is
making money by it, and he immedi-
ately becomes an object of interest, adj
miration, respect, and-imitation. Mr..
CT. @. Evans, who introduced the Gift
Book enterprise, and has his head
quarters in this city-indeed, within
half dozen doors of the world known
office of The Press-has met with such
remarkable success that he deserves to
be pointed out as one of our business
institutions
lie commenced this enterprise some
five years ago, and had the sagacity to
see that publicity is the soul of all
competitive trade He adverti~es
largely in all parts of the Union, and
finds that, Notwithstanding the cost, it
pays him in the end. He has paid us
hundreds of dollars. and our collector
never has to call with a bill twice.
This punctuality in payment is one
great secret and source of Mr.. Evans S
success. lie makes no purchases that
he can not pay cash for on delivery
At the Book Trade Sales in this city,
and also in Boston and New York,
there are few booll-vendors who make
such extensive purchases. lie does
more than this: he sometimes buys an
entire edition of book; frequently he
purchases what are called 'remaindcrs;
and latterly he has himself published
several books of standard merit, which
part of the business he purposes car
rying on with undiminished spirit
lie has already published one hundred
different hooks.
Selling at the ordinary retail price,
and giving gift with each book,
would appear an Improbable business.
But it must be remembered that, going
into the market for books and gifts
with plenty of ready money and max
ing large purchases. gives Mr.. Evans
great advantages. Ofcourse, he takes
good care not to lose by his transac-
tions. Yet, he gives a present with
every book he sells. We have seen
the receipts for the gold and silver
watches given away during the first
six months of 1859, and there were
eighty gold and one hundred and fifty
silver watches. supplied by the first
houses in Philadelphia. Besides these,
iewelry and innumerable articles of ell
egance, utility, and taste have been
thus distributed. For every hundred
dollars worth of books sold fifty dol
lars worth of gifts are dispensed with
them.
/ Mr.. Evans's Catalogue, filling q
pamphlet of As pages, 12mo, contains
the best books published in this coun-
try. But popularity of the business
is that any book, not in the catalogue,
is at once obtained for the purchaser
and gift given Herewith.
The sales at Mr.. Evans's handsome
establishment in Chestnut street, neal
4 Fifth, are large, but the bulk of tn,
business comes from the country. Pc
culiar inducements for agents are laid
!, down, and, no doubt, vast trade il
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22
VOL. 2.-NO. SO
The Two Rcformcrs.

Two men stood forth prominently
at the time OF the Great Reformation.
One was Erasmus. the other Luther.
Both were substantially agreed IN
opinion; both had received the same
light; both shared the same convic-
ton, and acknowledged that it ought
to become general. But Erasmus. q
man of scholarly wit and learning.
and the clevercst intellectual precep-
tions, was morally timid and back
ward. He was afraid of hurting
himself; he was afraid of disturbing
excessively the social order, and of
overthrowing more than was wise,
the popular faith. So he kept his
truth prudently back. and discouraged
others who would get it delivered for
him. He let it coze out I'm elegant
Latin phrases, artfully chosen and
seasonably printed. but he never al
lowed it to break out in strong Ger
man speach that would reach the ears
of the hungering people. Luther. on
the other hand, was almost fiercely
outspoken. The world had to come
to him, and should not by him be
withheld. To speak it. every time
was the right time, every place tho
right place, every audience the fitting
audience, and the popular language
the best language. The people should
have the Bible in their own tongue
He would have no twilight; he would
use no vague or doubtful speech; nei-
ther silence nor equivocation suited
him. And though his battle" words
kindled fires in cities and reused ma
tions to arms, he thundercd them
forth.
Which of these men did the most
for the reformation? i need not an
swcr. The name of one of them is a
tower of strength to all truth-speakers
to-day. The name of the ot her many
of you may never have heard of before
this morning.-[o. B. rockingham.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22
Keep In step.

Aye. the world keeps moving forward,
Like an army marching by;
Hear you not It's heavy football
That resoundeth 10 the sky1
Some bold spirits bear the banner
Souls OF sweetness chant the song
Lips Of energy and fcryor
Make the timid hearted strong.
Like brave soldiers, We march forward;
If you iineer, or turn back,
You must look TO get jostling
While YOU stand upon the track.
Keep in step.
Ny good neighbor, Master Standstill,
Gazes on it as it goes;
Not quite sure but he is dreaming
In his afternoons repose.
"Nothing good" he says, "can issue
From this endless moving ON;
Ancient laws and institutions
Are decaying, or are gone:
We are rushing on TO ruin,
With our mad, new tangled ways"
While We speak, thousand voices,
As the heart Of ONE man, says
Keep in step.
Gentle neichbor, will YOU join US,
Or return TO "GOoD OLD wAYsY'
Take again the fig leaf apron
OF Old Adams ancient days:
Or become a hardy Briton-
Beard the lion in his lair,
And lie down in dainty slumber,
Wrapp'd in skin of shaggy bear
Rear the hut amid the forest,
skim the wave in light can0el
All, see. YOU do not like il:
Then, if these "old ways" won't do,
Keep in step.
BE assured, good Master Standstill,
All-wise Providence dcsign'd
Aspiration and progression
For the yearning human mind;
Generations left their blessings
In the relies OF their skill,
Generations yet are longing
For greater glory still:
And the shades OF our forefathers
Are not jealous of our deed
Ave, they bid us onward, onward,
We but go where they do lead.
Keep in step.
One detachment of our army
May encamp upon the hill,
While another in the valley
May enjoy '.its own sweet wills"
This may answer to- one watchword,
That NAV echo to another;
But, in unity and concord,
They discern that each is brother.
Breast to breast they re marching onward
In a good, now peaceful way;
You'll be jostling if YOU hinder,
SO don't offer let or stay
Keep i'll step.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

lwhole question of the habeas corpus
and fixing on frmer foundations thar
ever, as we hope, the rights and tn,
privileges of the citizen. 1t was
negro who occasioned the late schism
in the y. 5. Presbyterian Church, an,
it is the negro who holds in his hanc
the match, ready and waiting to pro
duce an explosion in the Old School
when the sign in the ecclesiastical 20.
diac is in the right place.
y United States Senator from tho
State of Kentucky, while making a
political speech in the city of New
York, some time since, suddenly took
i'll in the midst of his harrangue. Il
am sickp exclaimed he. why, what
is the matter, my dear sir-apoplexy,
or rupture of blood vcssel?' lam
sick of the negro question: Another
Senator, still more recently, on his way
from Illinois to the seat of government,
via Memphis, New Orleans, Havana,
New Yolk and Philadelphia = the
shortest route.-addressed his friends
at the latter place, and he, too, COM
planned of sickness. Il am sick and
tired, said he, of the negro subject
we'll he might be. for it has been as ia
tai to him as hemlocll or deadly night
shade.
Strange indeed it is to see the ubiq-
uity and prominence given, in the
mysterious providence of God, to a
people robbed and peeled! Strange
to see how the people of the United
States are actually controlled in des-
tiny for veal or woe by race which
the Shareholders and the Supreme
Court have strivcn politically to ami
hilatel Strange by all the efforts made
by Congress in compromise. by the Su-
prcme Court in decisions, by the
Church in her DEGREES of silence, only
produce more agitation! If we belong
ed to this prescribed people, and felt
the iron of slavery enter into our soul,
in the midst of our degradation and
ruin. we should feel proud and defiant
at the thought that, by an eternal de-
cree fthe Almighty God, the Politics,
the Religion, the Literature, and the
Jurisprudence of this guilty nation
were inseparabl interwoveny with the
destiny of the American slave.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

From the Free Church Portfolio
1t is very curious to observe how,
in the religion, the politics, and the
literature of the nation, the despised
and outcast negro occupies the most
prominent position. and has become
the observed of all Observers Had
there been no negroes in Africa, the
history of the last % years in regard
to the three departments named would
have been far different from what it is.
The negro was the prin,um mobile
Of the Florida war, which cost us
$40, 100000. Sambo ran off from
his Georgia master, and sought lib
ertv among the everglades, and pro-
lection among the savages, which he
could not enjoy in the place of his
birth. The United States Govern
ment, which has long been the servilc
tool of the negro-drivers, at the in
stance of the latter, declared war
against the Seminoles, with a view of
getting back the runaways and break
ing mp their haunts.
n negro was at the bottom of the
Mexican war. The South. seeing that
the Free States of the Union were
likely to outnumber the Slave States,
because the territorial possessions were
chiefly north of the Missouri line,
resolved to procure territory out OF
which they could make Slave States,
so as to keep up the balance of power
in the Senate of the United States.-
The government therefore declared war
on u feigned issue with the Republic
of Mexico, and at cost of $3.50, 0,000,-
900, procured California and New
Mexico. 1t was then that the tide in
the affairs of the Shareholders turned
For the first time. though not the last,
they missed a figure in their calcula-
tions, and California and New Mexico
are devoted to freedom.
Lord Napier's call from Washing
ton by the British Government and hi,
banishment to the Hague, originated
in the neg.0. The short-sighted En-
glishman. imaging, like some of hi:
predecessors, that the slave-breeder:
and their abettors at Washington wer,
to be for ever the controlling power il
the country, courted their smiles 10y
pouring contempt upon his Englisl
principles; supposing that he was there
by promoting English interests. Bu
he has found out before now that, i
the negro is despiSed and down-trod
den in America, he has got the ear o
Queen Victoria, and is powerful
enough to effect the recall of an En-
bassodor Extraordinary and Ministe
: Plenipotcntiary.
1t is the inevitable negro that hal
blown out and chilled the furnaces o
Pennsylvania, and stopped the rolling
mills. and spread desolation among
her iron interests. We have coal
Iron ore. and limestone. in such mex
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

BIZ GEO. A. HAMILTON.
Alone in the busy world of thought
/ mused with aspirations high
would be pure, and true, and good,
And would the enticing world DEFY
I'd range among the noblest things,
Would give to thought its purest sway,
The bright omorrow should perform
Some greater action than to-day
Whatever deeds are true and pure,
All noble things of good report.
Whatever likens mortals here
To Him who rules the heavenly court,
These I'd pursue with ardent heart,
With earnest and unwaving will,
Nor cease the struggle, long, severe,
Until my bounding heart was still.
But stay, my soul, wait not for scenes
OF greatness, or for worldwide fame,
Life's little acts in kindness wrought
Shall glow with purcst, fairest flame.
To cheer a child, to help friend,
To make spot of earth look bright,
To turn desponding ones to Him
Whose love brings always sweet delight,
That everywhere go or stay,
An influence for the right shall flow,
Till every friend. companion, all
Shall find their hearts more tender grow,
All, this is earnest life and growth,
And this most like the SAvIoR's love,
More like the way that heaven approves,
And more like angel-life above.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

The Louisville Courier, Of a late
date. has no less than four or five ca
ses of deiiriuEl hemens, reported in its
city news column Louisville has
heretofore had the reputation of being
city whose inhabitants INDUCED
themselves, to some extent. in spiritu-
al comforts; bat according to the Con-
rier. the harddrinkers must now be
holding high carnival. However we
don't much wonder at it, as it is fair
to presume these afflicted individuals
are among the subscribers to the Cou-
rier. or see it daily; and how any indi-
vidual can read that fire-eating sheet.
and preserve his equilibrium, is perfect
ly marvellous. Strychnine would be
diluted soda-water alongside of it
Boar s-blood. benzoin. boiling pitch,
and the very strongest preparation OF
fire and birthstone. seem TO form the
component parts of its daily givings-
forth. No wonder its readers zee
'grinning and ghastly aud horrible
things whenever they peruse and in.
wardly digest such fiery. scorching
conglomerate.- Ind. Daily Atlas.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

The venerable lady Of celebra-
ted physician. one day casting her eye
out Of the window, observed her hus-
band in the funeral procession Of one
Of his patients. at which she exclaim-
ed: Il DO wish my husband would
keep away from such professions: it
appears too much like a tailor carry
ing home his work
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22
DIR. Gray. Of bingham. was som

DIR. Gray. Of bingham. was somc
years since riding into Boston. over
the Neck. in company with a young
clergyman. when gallows was stand
ing there. The clergyman, thinking
to be witty at the doctors expense.
said:
Doctor, il the gallows had its due.
where would you bc?'
Riding into town alone. said the
doctor.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

Paddy was summoned to court.
for refusing to pay a doctors BILL
Judge-'Why did you refuse to pay"
Paddy-'What for should / pay
shure did he give me any thing but
some emeiics. and the never a ono
could ! keep on my stomach at ALL
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

The following laconic episile may
lie seen in the windcw of London
cofiec-shop: Stolen from this win
dow a China cup and saucer; the set
being now incomplete. the thief may
have the remainder at bargain
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

says, in his trading at st. Paul. He
says that his hair was cut. and his
clothes changed to conform to white
usages, before leaving St. Paul.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

HMrcH.-AYe once heard man
give orders to his ostler as follows
'Enry, take the 'orncss hoif rise. slip
the alter over is 'esd. hand give i'm
some 'ay hand heats.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22

Love in a cottage is all very
well, when you own the cottage, and
have money at interest.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22
CAREY :. GOODRICH.

Attorney and Counselor mt Law.
Office lst Floor IN New jail Building.
Will promptly attend to all business en-
trusted to his care. Strict attention given
to the security and collection of claims.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22
Business 1irettorp
WM. "A. PEELLE,
kffOrnev n CnssnSelor :sa inv.

Office in the new Jail Building.
Will practice in the Circuit Courts, the
SUPP cme Court and the u. :. Court, for the
District of Indiana
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22
u. R. GOODRICH.

-Aaorney and Counselor at Lar.
Office Up Stairs in the New Jail.
Will promptly attend to all business en-
trusted to his care. Especial attention Civ
en- to the securing and collection of claims.
Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1859-09-22
RANDOLPH DIVISION No. 90.

Sons of Temperance of Winchester, meets
every Tuesday evening Of each week. st
the Temperance Hall, on the corner vi Main
nd Washington Streets.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-06-07
The Fourth at De Witt.
De Wit, June Sd, 1883.


Ed Lansing State Republieaa:
DEAR IR:-At a meeting of the citizens oil
our village held last evening, it was unanimously
Resolred, That We celebrate the coming snr'ver'
sary of our National Independence.
The following officers were chosen:
Committee Of Arrdngements-RobertG q. Ma
son, A. Calder, John W. Gardner, A. W. Fatt
ridge. and A. j. Bement.
Committee on Toaas-E. G. Bement, q. "
Topping, o. +. Strickland and S. Hoyt.
OFFICERS OF THE DAY.
William U,ley, President,
Sylvester Hoyt, Reader,
Rev. A. Gore, Chaplain.
Efforts are being made to procure the services
of an able speaker as Orator of the Day.
Full arrangements will be made 20 sccommo
date the assembly. CLANCY Lott, Esq, Of th'
Clinton House, was requested by the meeting 4
prepare dinner for the occasion. The meeting
was well attended, and much interest was mar;
tested. The citizens of Lansing and st. Johns
and the surrounding country, are respectfully in
vited to cooperate with us.
The Secretary was instructed 10 request tn
St. Johns ard Lansing papers to publish motto
of the action of the meeting.
s. HOYT, Uai-oan.
F. q. BENENr, Secretary.
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-06-07

GIEELEY IN KANsAs.-Mr. Horace Greeley
OF May, where his interview with the border
rufiisns is thus referred to by correspondent OF
the Boston Traveller -
"Mr Greeley, OF course, attracts much at.
teniion, and when equipped for travelling, with
the inevitable white coat which has become
Synonymous for Horace Greeley, a red wooden
comforter wrapped round his throat flor the rain
has made the weather cooD and low-crowned,
black, iarmer-looking hat ON the back of his
head, he certainly makes up very well for the
traditional Greeley, Of whom all have heard. /
could detect some sly glances to his pantaloons
To see whether one leg was not higher than the
other, though the curious in this respect were
disappointed. While in l. wentworth he was
introduced 10 all the noted 'whilom' border.ruf
fans vet left in that town. Lccomptc, Esstin. OF
the Herald, Matthias, formerly Speaker of the
bogus House Of Representatives, Col. Issacks
and Others, made his acquaintance. Many free
State men who stood by were contrasting in their
own minds the smiling countenances Of these
fellows, with the reception they would have Civ
en- MIR. Greeley two years SINCE"
Greeley made mortal long speech after his
arrival, which is reported in the Tribune. and
which contains many excellent things. We can.
not but admire the spirit Of this effort, and doub,
not that it will do much good, though we grieve
to see that he clings to the halucination of open.
ing the question of the Republican organization,
Tor the purpose Of amalgamating political ele-
menss Of doubtful congruity, and of building up
men OF more than doubtful antecedeuts
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-06-07

George Dawson, Of the Albany Journal, Is
now at the Thousand Islands trolling for musca-
longe He has written two letters to the Jour
nal, but at the date Of the second he had not n
bite-nOt even Il musketo bite. He had gone no
further than Cape Vincent.--N. y. Tribune
Had the "7r;J,tne man." happened in at the
AstOr, last night, he would have seen one of
Mr.. Dawson's " btes"-a twenty pound musca-
longe, which was only a sample Of hundred
weight of the same sort" which accompanies
his third letter.-AD. Journal.
The doings of that feat, or rather of one of
these succession of feats, is thus described in
glowing terms, by the enthusiastic George:
"The customer now struggling at my line vas
evidently well hooked He came, for IA moment,
like log. 1t required every muscle to wind
him in. At first he was evidently only wonder
ing what had befallcn him for in less than ten
seconds, he jerkcd back with such force as to
compel me to give him line if would save him.
But, in giving him the line, took care not to give
him the bit. The odds are against you the mo-
ment fish of any considerable size succeeds in
"turning tair' upon you. II he must recede,
let him do SO backwards. So long as you hold
yours. lie took the hook when hundred and
fifty feet Of line was out. In two minutes, two
hundred and fifty feet was in the water; and all
but fifty feet had run off my reel before recov-
cred an inch And then could do but little
more than hold him. He pulled back like
mule; and my rod, bracel against my hip,
and held at an englc Of forty-fve, assumed a
crescent shape, as it nodded in seeming ecstacy,
while the monster las soon began to deem hm)
tugged to free himself from the barbed hook
which held him. My arm became weary from
Keeling, and at every turn it seemed as if it
would drop from its socket. But there could be
no respite. 1t would be disgrace to surrender ;
and in fifteen minutes | had him, reasonably
quiet, by the side of the boat-tOwing him with
one hand while with the other fastened him
with my spring gail, and laid him at my feet a
t,re',ty pound m"scatonycr
The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1859-06-07

This table will be useful for persons who boast
of the population of their towns, as compared
with others. For instance, day or two since
we heard citizen Of fourishing city asserting
tina, its population almost equal to that OF a
certain other city. These figures show that 1t Is
not quite hall.
A noticeable fact is in the proportion attending
school. In Detroit, this number includes only
about one third; in Monroe, just one fourth; in
Ann Arbor, about fve-sixths, in Grand Rapids,
about four -fiths; in Adrian, about three-ffths.
Much Of this difference is owing to the foreign or
Catholic population. Public money is drawn
upon these children, and if they do not avail
themselves Of the benefit OF the schools, the
State il no more responsible for it than in the
case Of thousands of others who STAY away.
The deficiency in the number attending, how
ever, is in part from want Of schoOl-hOuses.
Such was the case last year in Adrian. But an
other large house has been built since the last
report, and the difference will doubtless he less
for the current year.