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Friends in Heaven.

We caunot subscribe to the idea ad
vanced in late sermon at this place
that those dear ones, who have been
united to us by the closest Of all ties in
this world, SHALL in the spirit land, be
no more to us than the millions whom
we have never known in the flesh. =
From early childhood the glory of cur
faith and hope in the life to come, our
comfort in sorrow, our only consolation
in bereavement has been the soul-thrlll-
ing, full belief that friendship was eter-
nal. that love was immortal that those
kindred on earth should be kindred in
Heaven Shall not our sainted sister
be eurs still in that upper sphere' Shall
not we recognize our children by that
gushing throb of undying tenderness
which dawned at their birth, and have
become portion of our own deathless
souls ? Shall we not know them by
their golden hair, by. the voice whose
tones has not changed for US its sweet
ness Though sinless angels, still our
own little children given by the loving
Father, to make complete the richness,
the happiness of Heaven. Is not this
present life of ours a shadow Of that
which is to come? Is not Heaven a
purified and glorificd Earth which no
sin or sorrow, or death can mar? 1t
sometimes happens that we meet with
one, stranger, who, at one interview,
becomes more dear, and more known
to us than another with whom we have
been familiar lifetime. So we love
to think that in that other life, kindred
spirits will meet and greet US, whose
names were never known to us.
But that all the inhabitants Of Heav-
en-, however wise and good aud great
shall attract our spi,it-love equally
with friends Acknowledgements like
denial of our (avorite faith and hope.
Recognition of friends in Heaven.
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ONE DOLLAR A YEAR

sions by force. To be sure, ono side Of
his country, for along extent bordered
that of the Sioux. aud between the two
tbes deadly hostility has long existed.
But still it required no great effort to de-
iend him selfand keep his enemy in check.
His ignorance-entailed upon him by
generations Of savage life, which ex-
cluded him almost entirely from all the
rest of the world-was SO prolold that it
was almost an ig.possiblity to impress
his mind with the idea that there could
exist any thing better than he enjoyed.
His religious notions also tended to
keep him stationary. He believed the
Great Spirit designed him always TO be
different from the white man. The
him. But the Great Spirit intended that
the Indian should never change his Gus
toms, but live and die as his fathers did
and transmit the same as legacy to his
posteriiy. The same state Of things
would exist in ihe future world Each
wedld live there by himself and pursue
his own mode Of life, and each be hap
py in the same. RI
1t is not strange therefore that the
Ojlbwa. though possessing the capacity
for improvement and culture equal to
that of almost any other race OF men,
yet should be found so low and degrad-
ed. All the influences which have been
operating upon him for generations,
have heen calculated 10 chain his mind
where it is Without the knowledge of
the customs and the arts of civilized life,
how could he rise? All he had seen or
known Of the world, till within a few
years, he had seen in his wigwam and
learned from some half fabulous story
related by his ancestors. Books he hae
never seen, and if he had they would
not have been Of any use to him. IL ht
had seen some specimens Of civilization
in those who had visited his country fo
the purposes Of traffic, they were sucl
specimens as would hardly give him al
idea Of true civilization, or recommen,
it to him as much preferable to his ewI
mode of life. If he were disposed L
copy at all, he would be likely to cop,
the vices rather than the virtues, as be
Ing the most prominent, and as reqnir
ing the least change in him.
In our efforts to teach the Indiar
children, we hardly ever had to turI
away one for want of capacity to learn
They generally exhibit capacity ,c
learn equal to that Of the white childrer
that compose our common schools
They were equally capable of learning
all kinds of business. They excel in the
imitation arts. They frequently show
skill in pennmanship, in drawing. and in
various kinds of mechanic trades.
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Mammoth Cave in Kentucky

The other day, we came across, IN
side place in our portfolio, echo Riv-
err" which appears in this column.
A re-perusal ofthe same brought forcib-
ly to memory the visit we made to the
Mammoth Cave in the summer of 1850.
While our mind was still full with an in
spir alton from its beauty and grandeur
and sublimity, we published in Boston
journal, description of this wonder of
the world. But the single copy of the
same which was in our possession, like
the matchess hair of the beautiful Ber-
enices, has somehow got. lost" Ofthe
principal features, however, of so re-
markable curiosity, we can never
cease to retain remembrance.
For the accommodation of visitors to
this place Of resort, mammoth hotel
has been erected in the vicinity /; no
other habitation appears in miles. This
house is constantly filled with visitors
from all parts Of the world. The caves
mouth is of limited circumference, a
dozen feet or so, which after little
spreads into an immense room, called
the Rotunda. Here are various rooms
partitioned with boards-which once
were occupied by consumptives. ltwa
at one time supposed that the air would
be favorable for that disease, and thai
cures would he effected by few weeks
residence away from the light of the
sun, and the blessed air Of day. Ar
absurd idea. The experiment, of course,
failed. Next is the Church, upon one
side of which in the distance, is a pro.
tuberance Of rock, resembling in form
and size, an old-fashioned New England
pulpit. Acamp meeting was once hele
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8 c | c &c b.
From Life Illustrated
Our Experience at the Japan
eSe Ball.

BY MRS. GEORGE WASHINGTON wYLLYs
Those much-looke I'd for, much Ionged
for goldcolored tickets, with the muni-
cipal insignia upon them do you sup
pose we were not glad when they came !?
New York ladies hadn't talked of any
thing else frs week: The amount Of
coaxng, and engineering ,and diplomacy
that had been brought TO bear in order
to obtain the coveted bits Of pasteboard
was absolutely indescribable To say
that the fair creatures would have given
their ears for tickets isn't half enough !;
they would have given their diamonds,
their crinoline, their poodle dogs-al-
most their husbands!
Broadway was in a blaze Of light op-
posite the Metropolitan Hotel; and the
immense crowd gathered in the street,
satisfied to catch a mere peep at the
glittering jewels and vapor-like dresses
of the ladies, and the white gloved CT
gold-sprinklee uniforms of their atten-
dants, was picture in itself The
crash of carriages, the hum and mur-
mur of the populcce, the little shrieks
Of incommoded fair ones, and the smoth.
cred ejaculatioes whiskered cavaliers
as they reached the magic circle, guar.
ded by the wands Of the police, created
an odd combination Of sound, to say
nothing of the brisk announcement:
of enterprising little boys, who were
lodging among the asseublage, and ac'
costing every individual who had the
least appearance Of overdancy will
"Tickets for the Reception Ball. Ont!
twenty-five dollars!" 0 4
Once within the colonnaded entrace
and we were safe enough. Alive ha,
todo was to stand still and be born
onward by the tremendous current Q
humanity. We got along splendid
|, thanks to our sex. If we dadnt bee
The new era., 1860-07-26
Written for the NewEra.
"reminiscences of Missionary
Life in the Northwest.
No. H..
BY REV. SHERMAN HALL

From the sketches we have drawn Of
the habits and modes Of life of the Oiib-
was, some may be disposed to think
them naturally deficient in their mental
and physical construction; and that it is
owing to this, that they have so long
continued their savage mode of lille,
when certainly better mode must have
suggested itself to them, and they might
have improved, at least, in some degree.
| had not been long among them, be-
fore became satisfied that nature had
not been deficient in the bestowment of
her gifts upon them in the formation of
body and mind. They had all the en-
dowments for becoming noble race of
men. Their bodies were well formed
of good proportions, straight, compact.
muscular, athletic, and of medium. stat
ure, indicating strong and healthy
constitution; fitted for endurance, and
being fit habitation for strong and
active mind. To this naturally strong
| body, habit had added something byway
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sAUK RAPIDS, MIN, THURSDAY, JULY &c 1850.
ike pIants that GROW in the dark.

We might add more. Sufficient, how
ever, has been said to give the reader
an idea OF this wonder of Nature. To
those who have been admitted to its
mysteries, this may seem but ''a half
told tale," while to those who have not,
it may give desire to see with their
own eyes, subterranean realm Of such
magnitude and sublimity.
The new era., 1860-07-26
Echo Rivers

We rode on a darksome river, b qo4af
Whose sluggish waters flow, ba
Meath a rugged rock-roof lofty,
A hundred fa.homs low,sa q -kns A|
Arched by our same Good Fathers hand
In primal years ago. isa
>Tis dark and lonesome river,
And chills the soul with fear,
As if TO grim gates internal
Our Charon was to steer;
The jagged rocks upon the sides
Like very ghosts appear.
On little fraiI barque floating,
Impressed with awe we stand,
And a light, Ger darkness fitting,
Holds each one in his hand; 3
Methought there could be never
A scene more wildly grand.
tEHf 9tGT@ 90 hN NfHu@A
The thoughts came many and gloomy
Our wondering souls upon,
OF how the glorious sunshine
Here had known no dawn.
How never single star-beam,
One wave had trembled on!
All deeply and darkly silent!
Like the old Lethean seas,
Where never one bright reflection
Had wrought the graceful trees,
Nor one low murmur mingled
With music Of the breeze.
No flowers beside the margin
Had bIoomed more fresh and fair,
With their precious incense filling
The still and stfed air;
No living thing of loveliness Is.
Had livened darkness there.
Fen the white and tiny fishes, >
If brought meath lghened skies,
Could never know the rapture
There is in glad surprise,
For they first were formed for darkness
And desttHe Of eyes,
But the adsnantine aF;bes.
There's music wild among,
To our faintest wavering whisper
"A soft response was sung,
To the stroke Of plying paddle
A pealing anthem rung.
There were walked the sounding echoes
Of"a health TO thee, Tom Moore''-
Like voices they seemed Of thunder
Those words resounding Ger
They might called the Poets spirit
Back to our earth once more!
Full adown its whole length, sailed we
For nearly frightful mile,
Nor was one Of our little number
Once seen to wear a smile,
For each soul was wrapt in grandeur
The whole enduring while.
Repassed. the cave retracing
Through all its windings broad,
We smiled to find US treading
The green earth's glorious sod.
That seemed as if new lighted
With present smile of God.
"A river in the Mammoth Cave, SO called fron
the sublime echoes among its arched overhang
ing rocks, which may be produced by the slight
est noise.
The new era., 1860-07-26

At Printers festival, recently, the
following toast was offered: fs~ft
~ aWoman-Second only to the Press
in the dissemination Of News" /"
The new era., 1860-07-26

"a river in the Mammoth Cave. so called from
the sublime echoes among its arched overhang-
ing rocks, which may be produced by the slight
est noise.
, 1860-11-13
RSONAL.

&C. F. Browu-bctter known. ~ "Artemus
Ward; the Showman,"-loca editor Of the
Cleveland Ha:ndealer, has left that paper and
been Engaged as .coutributor to Tani.v Fair.
ME. Brown Is held In high estimation in Clevc.
laud, whtre he has resided for three years past,
JAS. Mears, Of Madison, Wis, aged 81 yea7a
went to the polls On Tuesday last, and voted
for Abraham Lincoln. He cast bis drst vote
for John Albums,
-; 2. :Dorr, for the past few years editor Of
the Dubuque Hsrald, has retired from tho con.
cern.'. DIR Mahoney i now sole editor and
proprietor.
'.-Dr:,Lynan Beecher, who cat his d1st vote
III. Washington, was taken to The polls on
TnesaaJ by his son, Tint he might cast his last
vote FOR Lincoln As the venerable MN, with
flowing and silvery locks, entered the room,
the crowd parted right and left aud. silently
made Eay for him.
.---ur. e; n. Elinwood and George Spring Of
this city, vera in Paris on the 2sth Of October,
Deacon Samuel Jones OF Amsterdam, New
York, ssca nlnety-thrcc yesys, went i've milcs
on Tuesday Last to vote for Lincoln and Ham
lin. His hrst vote for President VA c4st for
Washington.
The Usage lo,aan has been purchased by
Ar, Oven OF St Anssear, to which place 1t l.
to be moved It is to be edited By L. s, ~.
arett the founder Of the Chicago Herald
a Bell man yesterday, in giving an ANUS
Ing description Of the boat which himself md
friends bad chartered for Salt River, announced
As one Gifts peculiarities that 1t, like it, pas
seugcrs, drew more rum than watert
, 1860-11-13


Editoss Chicago TtibanS:. -
sYou havc:ths tHat1k4s 6t mi, ,;a1a + thIn1&
may safely say, Of thousands; ;for .yonr article
Of saturdaylast, On the General Banking Law.
Iour expos. .tIon Of the system By which the
industry of aad Site atf 10 n4ds 10 oEtoan 5osd
under a; taxation, which swallows up . large
share q Its honest apd }sard.sszne4 rewards,
md puts tic same Into: the nlsrady :eorgea
pockets ofour soeallcd bankers, ts good sofar
ns it goes. Bnt your enumeration Of the evils
the present condition e6s feneS ii tarihas
Northwest is partial only, {, :..:..:. -.
oFor thA }aat two or thtce :yea7s, a remark in
The Z smoney hrtic}cn Of the Pnrss IND Tamrsx
'tht NO money il TO- BIC, had. for Ispduot ID. =
oworlsto: That. effect, has appeared 10 IL
fe9uspily that you might hatf gtereotypcd It,
adTa4tageonbly. Produce paper, as you well
know, antl an the commpgitY knows, pcqn4
s. - per rent. ,yeaz, and sa:nofl4ing aho1tc1:'
Aen Hha AraenEpesGectlss unucixcepttt6anable
.zce eenl PAPER At ONT :ndnks TOR. .dlsron1t: 1t
sxty~ or ninety daya .timc, payable -Ae4e;; ne.
laushea It. iShy. should nny ons buy s,lc1 81:
,2er. When thry seaa usoall their money I'M ttp
purchase o{ Illl5. Hlteeu, ,:t*Sntx.9r
;thizttynaJs Id Nen.York. ~ -: :; .::-..'
asoF soitss the 4hing: Is ,pFoposte3oa5. But
VIII is + that they afd nd content With ffair::
pEaats Alsiain to y tel:esiitt.. anl9aily.
70 o'stoeAholders: Simply. because: the STATE
has invented tor thena maehi6e, which Vouid:
hara satisfied and .aisnlaea.ltRffth, ),
tae nhTeE Of General Banking Law::::upaer..
, 1860-11-13
AN OLD. D..pR0GnAmME.

The naa!amen aHa trai19rs {d..tae .soitb
election .ooi Doaigaaas: ,wdald {,aye been Jgst
as objectionable to ti,cu., Us 4; tic triumph 81
LINCOLN. Time and time agn:n 1hey+have
declared tl.s! lis Popular Sovereignty is aE
oaious to them as the Wilmot Proviso, and
tha. his poUcg;nas assdestruetirnof South
crn rights as TINT Of their most detetminc6
enemy. This is the language Of their jour
mails, thc;;r::oiratora, and ,hsir popular assem-
blascs. ::.Iaincte, NC a1as iorced totAs con-:
clusion tia: the resistance to:tl,e mcoming
Of LINCOLN is only . p1etext 10 eoycr ., de-:
sign long matured and waiting to be put
into execution : and that tive same 1owdy-
dow would have occurred. no matter who,
save Breckenridge, had succeeded in the
Presidential fight
The destruction Of the Democratic party
at Charleston before Lincoln was nominal
ed, Is evidence that in TINT powerful and
dominant organization they ssw an obstn-
Gle that must lie overcome and set aside, ,
Their conduct shows that they did not de-
sire peace nor union upon any basis saye
that OF unconditional submission Of: the
North c11 oil who question theif .supren-
aa;. ms resistance to Lincoln 1sionly -thei
sonond 6==f in the programme long ago de-
Observation-Disclosures. their arrange
nnt, =af appea1 to men Of Ill pafties II" j"
szs=>==..a 70 action Of the majority aud the
fupdsz.e4;sad principle which under1ies our +
institationa;; without, which DcmocracE is:a.
, 1860-11-13

Th~ Next Ladt Of tic white House.>
From Springfield. .Cofiaspo spoudcnee, H.. T. World
= The future lady Of the White House is, per
forcc. petsonaEc to whom just-now the
lirelicst Interest attaches Thatshe will lado,1l
and grace c,fn tRe c8a1tcd. position ID who.
: she bids faiTto 6acoced, none who have had
the fortune 70 sec her can doubt: She Is vet,
apparently upon Che Advantageous side of !orty.
-with1f face upon Which dignity -and sweetness
are blended. hnd'an mir Of cultivation and 70:
flncmcnt to Fhicb familiarity With the courtly
dsawiug-roon1s OF London or thc aristocsauc
salons Of Paris wouid" hardly lend an ddted
Eraee.- Sic Is admirably calculated to preside
over our republican court. If one were per-
mitted so fan TO describe her -pcrronat pear-
'ance rs to meet half way the respectful tvurtusl-
ty which il generally falts upon the .suhJect1
tho description would be: TINT she Is slightly
above the mddium stature, with brown eyes, ;,
clearly CIT fehtnrss,, dc1ieate; mobile, lc1prss-
:sive; rather disungn gnished 1ni appearance than;
beautiful, conveying 10 the mind gcncrany an
impression OF eelfpossessinur -staieliness. .aad
cegaurE-1 dtstruft uy own opinion upon sub.
tecfs Of the Kidd. hut. ( concur in the belief !.
preyelenta heteahouts that she. will make as ::
admirable a leader Of the: stately, dames and :
loyly dcmoisc1es.. Ok -.the 'hationel capital, ~
the most fastid1ous socia1 mait1net could do
airr.-... ~ :. - r.:
, 1860-11-13
a MODEL REPUBLIC.

Our curiosity>.m> know what sort Of q
coufcaerEey lid 1oitn ';t;lh 81 DE States which
arc talking ,1qtf setessllon.. mould organize
alter their separation from the United
States, is,,xe iear, NOT speedily In gsr1 & !:
fed. ThaEform ef . Republic n which no:
man could stiir a*sy from l,otne ilhutt =
passport, Test 1lest he should be sometimes
tempted to steaI:and 1un of negro; In
which Tic hbeiriiy Of the Press. and Free
dom Of Speed, are pcremrqri!y denied;
not by the ignorant and brutal non-alayc-
holding populae, but bysoaemnlegislative
enactments; i. which tMhe M Pulpit is PIT m n .
der rigid censorship, for feartome,seryant
of the Divine Muster should say, parentbet-
ically, that the buying and selling of men
and the WHIPPING, ,of women. Is not Of, God =,
in which. IN ohgare: t1f: taan breed ct :
and man-selleEa dicta1e;ihc l4H4=a bEaco:. ::
nian cole-to the masses Mho ;irc ot:oMn i
crs Of human fish i, ,ara1 a1.M! :Mooa;s.ip Which 4
the Slave Tradc is. the onlz; on,;, z;,soAAmerre;; = in
which industry is discouraged ;excerEs 1he
worker be tawny or blacki in whichintelli-
gencc is eaanki1iRacd s i1ia to the: "zich and well.
born;" an4:ih 5hirh d the .,atrang gamsats
Of State, ofthe.soclaa relig ::
1ional systems: orc shaped to crforee the::.
atheistic denial Of: .mnns equality before
his Maker, and his right to :''life Liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness" hewqr}d
IN, ,,,1 r, ~, s.Hi,1;oe cn11o11oa 1ss7{ IL
, 1860-11-13


mr. Ncsrnlth, the Nety Senator Elect,
from. .0regon..: ..--u..uh =,
Japess, W. .Nssnith, the colleague Senator
elect Of Cd E D D-,sBatsi, lnt66fegst<, is ~M4lae
boy, whom James Wilson (e3::31. c. 'ffomn New
Han'rahlzd and DOW a resident. of San Francis
...co) indorses ~ Of gopd o1dScotoh1rlsh
E,tthout drop Of tory blood In him or any ID:
bis anccstE Ai:.Wi1son spoke af the san: i.i
Francisco fnhllatlon mestingg, ande said he knew
Scsmih well. apd that he Kau1a support Re-
publican ptinclplesr Mr. Nea.utthw went out to
Oregon xaazs". aso appo'iatea .Ma1sla,
''of the Territory By President Pierce He sub.
solucntly, under Buchanan; held tht Office or
Superintendent Of Indian Atlsa:s for Oregon
und Wsshifston until rcmo5rd 1t fhe instance
!, Of Joe Ian His removal W.. ono Of the
carly events m the ruptrre.o of thu Oregon Dt:
mocracy., ahd did as much as anything to has. s.
ten 1t on -
, 1860-11-13
Emigration to HAYu.

To The Blaeks Mn Of Color, and Indians IN The
EntsAd 6sals and Ns BFtttIh North A0as1ssn
Ptortncss: =
FRIENDS: I am authorized and Instructed bT
the Government Of the Republic to o1er you,
individually and by communities, Welcome,
E;ssse 5:; ;of ~ xoa sE aessi. g - %. 10 yoss
ag.,alvih bf hTldsd With the means Of e!
81? 4Hss siSssss j. 1nlgra. ar. aptct.1ly b. 81
1ltcdEAborera:aIt faTmxEt. NoaefQf sithex
|:alas. 81 OF an41eass, %lH b. fugntshed 91tA
E7passports who Nnnot Produce before aaillheG,
Ethc proofs Of good character fosludustsy and
integrity.
!, To eadb family Of emlsrauts dyc casreau1*
Of fresh md fertile land, capable Of growing
all the frults,and staples Of the tropics, will bo
orasastoray gfvcu, On the sole couttttttuu7 thatt
theyshall settle on 1t, and cultivate it, and de-
clare their intention Of becoming citizens Of
Hayti. To unmarried men, on similar condi-
tions, two caTeau1 will be granted
The eGore1uueuttT,15U,w will ind rrmuner1:
tive work fnE thot2 Of 5ou- whose .meanA. will
rot permit them to begin Immediately m In.
Emigrants are invited to settle in conmu-
sites for the erection OF. schools and chspels
wtnbe donated by the State, without regard to
the religious belief Of tho emfyrants -.
Board and lodging, free Of cost, win be fur
alshed to the enalsIants for eight days after
The .aae protection md elyll liehts shat fhs
laws give to Hayttans arc solemnly guaranteed
to the emtgr7ots..,
+ The fullest religious liberty will be secured
to them. They will never be called on to sup
Pon. the Roman Catholic Church j.
No military servlee Will be demanded from
them, excepting that they shall form militia
companies, and dill themselves once month.
All the necessary personal Effects, machinery,
and agricultural Instruments introduced 81
+ The cmfgTants shall be entered free ofdnty.
>. The emigrants shall he at liberty to teaye
the country at'any moment they piease but
ment, u theFwish to return before the expi-
ration OF three ycau, will bd required; to re-
fund the mapey expended on their account
: a eontract, fixing ihe amount, will -bo mada
with each :sulsrant before leaving the Contt-'
!haye ben commissioned to superintead
The interests qf the crnigEants. and charged
With. tue entire control Of the movement In
AmcEisa: and ill persons, therefore, desiring
to avail themselves Of the invitation and bpuu-
~ osttc HaJtian Government, are requested
3. to correspond with me. :.
W shsll 1t once. sa directed: By the Govern.
meht, establish a Bnrnu nf Emigration Ia Bos.
TON. and publish Guide Book for the usa OF
those persons Of African or Indi1n descent who
may wish to make Themselves ncqualnted with
the resoarces'of the.country, and the DISPOSE
tton Of: Its. anthoHties, shall also appoint
AGENTS to visit such communities ~ may ser{-
oi1sly entertain the project Of emigration.
t: linn edfatc arrang ngements, both here aud In
Hayti, can be-made for the emba1kment and
settlement Of one hundred Thousand persons
: -BTauthority of. the Government Of tha Re-
public ofHayti,
.;- JAMES REnrArn,
~: -: General Agent Of Emigration.
:, ,Ho.ros, November 8, 1850
...sAcareau Is 5 ac.es md ~ rods