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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-18
DELAWARE, OHIO, MAY 18, 1860

said George when the whole little circle were
seated around the table
'Welh now, what do you suppose ?" said
the little woman, delighted "a quart Of nice
oysters-iast for a treat you know ]
wouldn't tel you till this minute said she
raising the cover.
"Weil, . said George, eve both work hare
for our own money, and we don't owe anybody
cent, and why shouldn't we have our treats
as well as ether folks?''
And gai.g passed the supper hour the tea
Kettle sung. the baby crowed, and all chatted
aud laughed abundantly.
"I'll tell you" said George wiping his
mouth "wife, these times are quite another
thing from What is used to be down in Geor-
gia. I remember that old mas'r used to hire
me out by The year and one time, I renen-
Der, I cagee-and paid him two hundred dollars
every cent I'd taken. He just looked it
over, counted it, and put it in his pocket book
and said You are a good boy, George and
he gave mehaLf dollar -
81 want to know, now !" said his wife.
"Yes, he did, and that was every cent I ever
got Of it; and, I tell you, 1 was mighty bad
aft for clothes them times"
'Well, we'll the Lord he praised they're over
and you are in free country now % said the
wife, as she rose thoughtfully from the table
and brought her husband the great Bible
The little circle were ranged around the stove
for evening prayers.
'Henry, my boy. you must read-you are a
better reader than your father. Thank God
that you learned early!"
''trhe boy with a cheerful readiness, read,
The Lord is my Shepherd and the mother
gently stiHed the noisy baby to listen to the
holy words Then all kneeled while the faith
er, with simple earnestness, poured out his soul
to God.
They had just risen-the words Of Christian
hope and trust had scarce died on their lips
when 10! the door was burst open, and two
men entered and one of them advancing laid
his hand on the fathers shoulder. This is the
fellow" said he.
You are arrested in the name of the United
StatesY' said he
aGentlemen, what is ths?" said the poor
man trembling.
"Are you not the property of Mr.. B., OF
Georgia. said the officer.
OSh1lViileh: We 1GSu Il Aee, hatu"oi hl1S
man these ten years"
Yes: bat you are arrested on suit of Mr.. B.
as his slave"
Shall we describe the leave-taking sor-
rowful wife, the disnlayed children, the tears,
the anguish, that simple, honest, kindly home,
in a moment so desolated? All, ye who defend
this because it is law, think, for one hour. what
if this that hapens to YOUR poor brother should
happen to you! + .r~r
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-18
BUSINESS.

Interruption; to such as are cold 10 delights,
business is an entertainment For which rea-
son it was said to one who commended dull
man for his application, mo thanks to him
if he had no business he would have nothing
to do."--Steele
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-18

GBNERosrTY.-Oue great reason why men
practice generosity so little in the world is
their finding 50 little there generosity is catch
lug and if SO many men escape it, it is in
degree from the same reason that countryman
escape the small ppx--because they meet with
no one to give it to them GreuRie.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-18

Again it is a bright day, and business
walks brisk III this market. Senators and
statesmen, the learned and patriotic, are out,
this day. to give their countenance to an edi-
fying, and impressive, and truly American spec
tacie-the sale of a man All the prelimina-
ries of the scene are there; dusky browed
mothers. with sad eyes while SPECTATORS are
turning round their Children looking at theid
teeth and feeling of their arms; poor, old
trembling woman, helpless, half blind, whose
last child is to be sold, holds to her bright boy
with trembling hands. Husbands ard wives.
sisters and friends, all soon to be scattered like
the chaff of the threShing floor, look sadly Oil
each other with poor natures last tears and
among them walk brskly, glib, oily politicians
and thriving men of law, letters and religion ;
exceedingly sprightly, and in good spirits--for
why Pit ism they are going to be sold; it's
only somebody else. And so they are very
comfortable, and look on the whole thing as
quite matter of course affair, and, as it is to
be conducted to-day, decidedly valuable aud
judicial exhibition.
And now, after so many hearts and souls
have been knocked and thumped this way and
that way by the auctioueer's hammer, comes
the instructive part of the whole; and the hus-
band and father, whom we saw in his simple
home, reading and praying with his children,
and rejoicing in the joy of his poor, ignorant
heart that he lived in free country, is now
set up to be adaonished of his mistake.
Now there is great excitement and pressing
to see, and exultation and appreciation; for it
is important and interesting to see man put
down that has tried to be free man.
That's he, is it? Couldn't come it, could
he?" says one.
mo; and he viii never come it, that's more,
says another, triumphantly.
Il don't generally take much interest in
scenes of this nature" says grave Representa-
tive ''but 1 came here to-day for tie sake o
the principle!"
"Gentlemen,' says the auetioneer, "we've got
! a specimen here that some of your northern alb
olitionists would give any price for; but they
shant have him no we've looked for that
The man that buys him must give bonds never
to sell him to go North again !"
"Goit - shouted the crowd "good! good !!
IAN impressive idea u says Senator "a no
BILE maintaining of principle !" and the man i
bid off and the hammer falls with last crasl
on his heart his hopes, his manhood, and h
lies bleeding wreck op the alter of Liberty
Such was the alter in 1776 such is the al
, tar in 1881
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-18

Ii was a crowded courtroom, and the man
stood theee 20 be tried-for life ,? No; but
for the life of lisa-for liberty!
Lawyers hurried to and T6, buzzng, consult
ing, bringing authorities-all anxious Jealous
engaged-for what? To save a fellow man
from bondage? No: anxious, jealous lest he
might escape : fafi of zeal to deliver him over
to slavery. The poor mans anxious eyes fol-
low vainly the busy eonrse of aff;lirs, from
which he dimly learns that he is to be sacrifc-
ed-on the alter Union and that his
heart-break and anguish, and the tears of his
wife, and The desolation of his children are, in
the eyes of these we'll informed men only the
bleat of a sacrifice, bound to the horns of the
American alter?
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-18
DRIFTING BOAT.


~. n had foated away from beach and bay,
a- Out of sight OF tower and town
An empty and battered boat
But that boat would not go down
4s The morning rose waters wide,
And the night fell cold and dark,
Yet ever on with the wind and tide
Drifted that battered bark.
The sail had passed from its broken mast,
80 And its painted pride was dim
The salt sea weed eiuBg round its bows
Which had been so sharp and trim
i Where were the merry mates and free
.-s Who haG gone with II atioat
We never learned bat the worlds wide
Hath lives like that drifting boat
Lives that in early storms have lost
Anchor and sail and oar,
And never, except on Lethe's shore,
:. Can come to mooTings more
g Out of whose loveless. trustees days
The hope and heart have gone
.s,s Good ships go down in stormy seas,
But those empty boats DRIFT on
They had hearts to sail il. the winds eye once;
.=s They had hands to reef and steer,
With strength that would not stop to chance,
And q faith that knew fear
But the years long and the storms were strong
And the rainbow flag furled,
And they that launched for the skies had grown
But the drift-wood Of the world.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-18
Aloes is said to be an excellent thing tc, DE-

Aloes is said to be an excellent thing to des.
troy insects ON trees. Washing their trunks
with solution Of aoes affects the leaves sufi-,
ciently to preyentsinseets from eating them.--
It is believed many plints may be divested OF
them by watering with solution of aloes.--
Swinging roses with it win kill the slug. For
solution, take one ounce Of aloes to two gall
Ions of water. It dizsolyss best in warm WA
ter. - agnssls Ef.-..a,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-18
vineza+ag ebcut cincininal.f,I'

The Ohio Valley Farmer estipates from sta, st.
tistics of our Horticultural Society, that tbere
are two thousand acres of Catawba vines in
cultivation in the vicinity OF Cincinnati, OF
which 1000 acres are ftll bearing. BY the
average production of the last few years Ibis
area Of vines viii yield 100000 gallons Of vine
which yield must. in a short time, be doubled.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-05-18
WnITrEN Zoe rHE pEIAuARn aAzErrr.
A FRTEND.

tAs=.l 81 W.
- friend ! o, keen and strong the doubt
sIa If any such a thing there be !:
sz,-s A friend Experience proves it out,
Seitshness in fun degree.
A friend The plaything Of smile,
-fgsg57s Dancing for is own renown:
A friend The lightning OF a vile
That thunders in q frown.
80 "A friend A sounding name untrue,
Yet every hag Of hate has one
. A friend Bunconbe and show in lieu
OF true confidence unwon.
elsl A friend A star IN upper air
Our little life cannot gain:
friend moth sng'd with glare
That still must WOO It's pain.
Afriend Turn life's last scenic leaf
And read, thoughtful, to the end
A friendl sign Oh, and die in grief,
-es And Death is thy tEuest friend.
DELAwARE, May IA, 1860.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14
p@=Among the lost by the steamer Ell

EG Among the lost by the steamer El-
gin was the Garth family, OF Paris, KY, oi
whom the Paris Flag says;
Mr.. Garth was one of the wealthiest far
mers of this (Bourbon) county, director
of the DepOsite Bank of Paris, and a most
enterprising and reliable business man. He
was formerly a Professor of Mathematics in
the Georgetown College, and was highly
educated and intelligent gentleman. He
had recently offered to be one of the party
to give $4,000 to establish a college at this
place. He was about 40 years of age.
Mrs. Garth was an Eastern lady-formerly
a teacher in the Georgetown Female College
and of fine personal appearance and accom-
plished manners.
Miss Amanda and Anna Garth were hall
sisters to Mr.. Vim. Garth-highly educated
and accomplished young ladies, the latter
remarkable for her rare personal beauty
and loveliness of character. They leave q
widowed mother, two sisters and brother
to mourn their sad and untimely loss. a
private dispatch from Chicago leaves no
hope of their recovery. They left here
some days since, as was their wont every
summer, for pleasure trip to the Northern
Lakes.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

RG~ By the fearful disaster on Lake
Michigan, the press has lost two of its
ablest and most useful members-Col.
Lumsden of the New Orleans PicayuHe and
Mr.. Herbert Ingrabam of the well known
London Illustrated Ne0s. Col L. has fire.
quently been member of the Louisiana
Legislature, and Mr.. Ingraham was at the
time of his death n member of the British
Parliament He commenced his career a
poor boy, by engraving labels for patent
medicines, in provincial town in England.
He then published occasionally small IL
lustrated sheet, by which he made some
money, and finally started the Illustrated
News, which is circulated and read wherev-
er the English language is spoken. By this
publication he amassed an immense fortune,
and for many years has held a seat in the
British Parliament-N. Il. Ledger.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

EsS@The Enquirer backs out of its state
ment, that the Captain of the Vincennes
Wide AwaIes was put in the lookup, when
here. That paper still insists that one of
the corps was jugged. One of them may
have been arrested in order to make a
point against the Republicans, and he may
possibly have deserved it; but we doubt not
that the Democratic officers see dozens of
worse cases under their noses every day,
without troubling themselves to lock up
those guilty of taking too much L" tangle
foot" The night of the carnival and big
spree of the Union Guards, we noticed more
than fifty men right under Sheriff Gavitfs
command as one of the marshals, who were
"raising Cain" generally with their rowdy
ism, and " making night hideous."-
Yet our County conservator of the peace
"let EN- rip" because-they were Demo-
Gratis. "Thats the style" nowadays.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

"THE SPECIoUs PLEAS. The Old Line
Guard (Breckinridge organ in this State)
contains communication under the above
head, which shows the utter faIlacy of
Douglass claim of having received a two
thirds vote at Baltimore, or even Il fair ma
iority vote The Guard then takes up the
other "specious plea" that is made to induce
Breckenridge men to vote for Douglas, in
the hope of throwing the election into the
House, where the Guard knows Douglas
has no possibility of election. 1t says the
Breckenridge men are asked to vote against
their principles. Then that paper discourses
thus, and makes very important admission
OF Lincoln's triumph in this State, which
we have italicized
! But this pretence of carrying Indiana for
| Douglas is mendaciously made and, in fact,
| holds no foundation in truth. Mr.. Doug
| las Central Committee refused our over
| lures for a united ticket, and why Be-
| cause they knew that even with such Goa
! lition, the rule or ruin spirit of their master
has sown disrord through our ranks, su6f-
| cient to acOrk our defeat, even with as COM
plete and perfect coalition rs it was pos
| SlDie tor US TO make. IN no eCeHt, as 10 pos
| sibLe for us, eren a0ith coalition to carrg
| Indiana, and this was, and is, the reason
why the olive-branch was so gracefully
waived away. If, then, the combination
could not achieve the object, how come il
that we are invited to vote for Dougla:
here in Indiana, for the ulterior purpose o
electing Breckinridge and Lane? If the
vote united could not do this, pray how i;
the deed to be done with divided house
To waive the question, then, as to the mora
turpitude of sacrificing cherished, just prin.
ciples to the questions of policy, is it no
plain that appeals begging this sacrifice o
political principles under a palpabe falst
plea, are utterly unworthy the coolest esti
mate of common honesty, however compat
ibe they may be with the spirit which has
from the very beginning, characterized tht
Douglas crusade? Every vote cast for tht
Douglas ticket in Indiana, must and wi
he counted As for the semi Abolition VII
mot-P oviso doctrine Of Territorial lcgisla
ton, as advocated by Judge Douglas, anC
we beg the voter whose sentiments ar
against this creed, to beware of carving 70
himself record which, so far as poitica
principle is concerned, differs and disagree
with ulLra-BIack Republicanism only in this
that it is less bold and fearless aud NOR
| coWardly and deceitful
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14
Wide Awake Song.

An" Il IFet Sheet nad Flouiag Ssa."
0, hear We not the wild huzzas,
That come from every State, .-...
For honest Uncle Abraham,
The peoples candidate
lie Is our choice, nominee,
a sSlf-made man and trae +;
Ven show the Democrats this fall
What honest Abe can do
CHoRUs-Then give Us Abe and Hamiin too,
10 guide our gallant ship;
With stalwart boys to man the decks
Wen have a merry trip.
Come, Stevy Dug, you'd better 90,
While you can see the way,
For L fear your nerves won't stand the shock
On next election day.
So take your hat-What's that you say?
You are so cold you shiver
Why, that's the way you'll feel my dear,
When sailing up Salt River.
CHoRTS-Then give us, &C.
Come rally with us here to- night,
BE 81 Wide Awake - for fun;
For we will surely win the day,
Before young sixty-Oue.
From North to South, from East to West,
Our power shall be felt
tell you, fight with all your might,
For Abe shah have the belt.
CHoRUs-Then give US Abe and Hamlin too,
To guide our gallant ship;
Wen make the Locos walk the plank,
And then merry trip.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

Beg We call the attention Of persons pur-
chasing their goods for Fall and Winter
wear to the fact that friend HUGHES is re-
ceiving large stock Of seasonable goods
comprising almost every desirable ar
ticle in the dry goods and boot and shoe
line. He will sell goods very cheap on the
principle of large sales and small profits for
cash. Among his arrivals last evening were
a lot of Webster's celebrated double soled
fine kid heeled boots. The ladies are invit-
ed to call and see them, whether they
wish to purchase or not. They are SO well
made and so beautifully finished it is worth
while to take a look at them.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

CoRwIN AT EvANsvILLE.-The Republican
demonstration at Evansville was one of the
grandest affairs of the kind that ever came
off in Southern Indiana. The Hon. Tom
COrwin spoke to large audience in the
afternoon, and rs we learn from the Jour
nal, made one of the finest speeches of the
campaign. At night there was a grand
Wide Awake torchlight procession, and
speeches from Corwin, Ben Harrison, and
c. u. Allen. The Republicans of Wander
burgh county are working manfully, with
good prospects of carrying the county in
| October and November next. Truly the
camp fires are brightly burning in the
'' Pocket - YIN. Gaz.
Yes, they are. And they are all aglow
in Vanderburgh. We are happy to hear
too, that in Knox, the Cause of the People
| is prospecting exceedingly. Let us see wh;cl
will give the biggest majority for Lane ant
| DeBruler-Va Vanderburgh or Knox. Now
for a little friendly emulation, gentlemen o
the Gazette.
On the day of your big demonstration
we all expect to return your visit, and thel
the matter can be talked over further.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

THE LIBRARY AssoCIATIoN.-We are
pleased to see that the new Board of
the Library Association have increased the
interest in this most worthy institution by
the addition of quite n number Of new VOL
umes of value and interest. Among the
list we find ten volumes of the new Amer
ican Encyclopedia by the Appletons, most
valuable work of reference, the eighth and
last volumes of Bancroft's. History of the
United States, several interesting and valu-
able books of travels, with a few novels by
such authors as Thackeray, Elliott, and Will
kie Collins, with several scientific works
Let our citizens second the efforts of the
Directors. and the Library will continue tc
be one of the most efficient and creditable
! institutions of our city. ---.--5a 1
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

HoN. o. P. MoRToN.-The illness OF this
gentlemaa, by which he is compelled to dis
appoint many who anticipated hearing him
speak, is much to De regretted. If possible
he will yet be down here before the Octo-
ber election.
The appointment he has advertised for at
Boonville, on Saturday afternoon, the 18th,
will be filled by Judge Conrad Baker some
time the ensuing week. Judge DeBruler, it
will be recollected, is to speak there on the
afternoon of the 18th, and at .Linville on the
22d.
Judge Morton's appointment at Newburgh
on Friday night, l4th, will be filed by Ben
jarlin Harrison, Esq, on Monday night,
Sept. 18th. Prof. Fletcher, candidate for
Superintendent of Public Instruction, will
probably accompany Mr.. Harrison, and
talk to the people on the subject of Educa-
ton.
Will our friends at Boonville and New
burgh, give notice of these matters
A speaker viii be furnished soon to fill
Judge Morton's appointment at New Har-
mony.
The appointment in Lamasco for Judge
Morton on Saturday night is withdrawn.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

POLEs.-A correspondent of the Gavitt
organ takes exception to a statement q
ours, that Republican pole in front OF
! Schaum's Malt House in Lamasco, was l8O
! feet long. The correspondent says it was
/ only 1874. We shall not trouble ourselves to
| look oyer our files to see whether we really
gave the figures stated. Maybe we did,
maybe we didn't. If we did, possibly we
might have made a typographical error, as
an in print looks like in hurried
"proof" by gas light. If we wrote it
$50 we were told that was the length by
some friend, who might have been mis-
taken. The correspondent may be in error
in the length there is the remotest proba
bility in the world that he may be contract
ing the truth (the opposite of stretching the
truth). There are many suppositions which
might charitably relieve us from the charge
of lying about go small a matter as that
when we coald be so easily caught at it
The whole matter is little one the man
who made the charge against the journal is
a little souled being.
Whether the pole in question be $50 or
l34 feet high. of one thing we are cetain-
it is long enough to knock the persiaImons
down in Lamasco. That is what vexes the
small potato correspondent.
Speaking about poles, the Douglas pole in
Goodselville, which has had as good time
in getting up in the world as Douglas has in
finding his mother-our neighbor says is
2O3 feet high. 1t was measured by Re
publican before being erected, and found 10
be 1917 feet long SO it is now about 100
feet high-seven feet in the grouud-yet we
don't say our Enquirer friends stretched the
pole or the truth any. The pole has doubt
less shrunk since they measured it. The
timber was green and has been seasoning
on the dry ground a long tohite. That ac-
coun ts for its abbreviatiOn.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14
neA The Gavitt organ charges tI--+ !

B@Y The Gavitt organ charges t'--t Mr..
Willich abused the Catholics and their
church, at Lamasco, on Saturday night
last. We are informed that the speaker,
during his speech, gave some historical fact
which bore rather hard on the Catholic
church, and few of the members took of
fense at it, when Mr.. w. meant none but
was merely quoting history. That is what
We are told. ....
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

asa+A correspondent at Bangor writes that
Hon. Hannibal HamIin, the Republican can
didate for Vice President, passes his time
quietly at home in Hampden, look in upon
US always at political meetings, but never is
he betrayed into making speech. Such
n course is commended even 10y his enemies
Lincoln isalso staying at home like a gen.
tleman ought and allowing the people to
choose their own President without any die
tatiun. Who, whether he be friend or foe,
can fail to admire our candidates for their
good conduct during this campaign,
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH.
By TIE E. W. LINE.
Exclusively for the Journal.
Bx Pony Express.

ST. JOSEPH, Sept. 13th.-The Pony Ex-
press from San Francisco, with dates to the
lst arrived this evening.
The news from the State at large is un-
important.
The several county fairs held during the
week evince remarkable progress in the
material interests of the State.
Senator Gwin made his first political
speech this season to an audience of 1000
persons, at Stockton on the 29th ult. lie
labared hard to justify himself against the
charge OF killing Hole's daily overland
mail.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-09-14

Cook & LANGLEY, at the Eureka Bazaar +,
Main street, are now supplied with large
and fine assortment of Family Groceries,
Provisions, Fish, Wooden and Willow
Ware Mr. Cook has just returned from the
East, where he made arrangements that will
result in the establishment being filled all
the Fall and Winter with the good things OF
life. The concern keeps a wagon to send
articles home in.