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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-09-27
For the Palladium.
OLD SETTLERS OF WAYNE co.


Not having authentic data before me. am
unable to give tha time when the first eiec
ton was held in Wayne Co. At one among
the FIRST elect ions. h wever. held in the
county. Richard Rue was elected a justice
OF the Peace of the precinct in which he re
sided, aud John Cox was elected Justice
of the Peace in the disttict afterwards known
as the Arlington precinct. Col. Geo. Hunt
was elected the frs, Clerk, and John Tur.
ner, the first sheriff of the county. if my
memory serves me correctly.
These officers of the law had bnt little to
do in those early times, except it was TO
clear. fence and break up their land, and
pat in and tend their crops like other per.
sons. Col. Hunt held the Clerks Office On
his farm about two miles east of where the
village of Abin gton now stands. Ii Is said
that bash.ul young gentlemen who desired
To obtain a marfiag- license. called as his
residence and enquired for the clerk. Mrs.
Hunt told him that her husband was at work
in the deldI not tar off. Thereupou the
young man went strslghtway to the 6eld,
and found the Clerk alone, following his
plow To the question. Are you Col.
Hunt, the CierkF' he received an afirma-
tive answer The young msu then pro-
ceeded. " Win y"u please step aside. as /
j have a word with you In private" The
Col, with imperturbable gravity let 60 the
plov handles and stepped of with him soma
ten PAGES from the plow. and listened to his
pirate conn musicaiion, made in the mid.
i die of ten acre field. with no human being
within two hundred yard Of them, when
j the important words-"I want . marriage
ficen Sc" were spoken in q soft and tremu-
lous voice, by the timid aud modest young
man. How a youth of snch rare modssty
eyeI had courage enough to pop the ques
tion" 10 his lady love, is = question | shall
not attempt to ans yer. Wniie on the sub
fiect Of marriage license. l win inform th.
reader in some snbsequent number. of n
} incident very different in regard to . mar
riage license issued BY Col Hunt. which
|. came near costing the Clerk his LIE. and
which win doobtless be remembered By
many OF the old settlers. Who still lioger o.
the shores Of mortality alter lapse Of hffJ
Charles Hunt built on ElkhorD, sbou
. mile above its mouth. the first mill eyel
; erected in Wayne county Shortly alter
, wards Jeremiah Cox buils mill % th,
, East Fork Of White Wassr. near wher
R,chmond was afterwards laid out. Most o
, the old settlers Of Wayne county and thei
, sons, were woas to get their "grisss groand'
. al this mill for many years The writer .
, these lines. when boy,-forty yeass ag'
this mill. when hodl'a tendse
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-09-27

it who does nos renembse Media aad hia
blue eyed urchins that Ussd o flsqueas IL
mill moro numerous than ran or mSoG q
that early day? fThe Norway or Warf ras
had not then made its appearance in the
~est Before Hut and Cox built their Lie.
tie mills. the pioneer settlers had % 20 soms
sixty miles 70 Smiths mill OF grind ehsis
corn in hand-mills, hosse.mills. Or pouad i
into hominy in = mortsr. constxucsed By
burning out tho heart ofths trunk OF tree,
or stump. until tho caibrs was su1kcieasly
large and deep to admit Of the proper quaa-
,ity OF corn. say from peck 10 half 6osh-
ell. according to the size Of the family, or
wants OF the neighborhood. one good
hominy mortar. ike grind stone. general.
" served the whole neighborhood while il
!assed.
The frontier settlements vere alno.t con-
stantly annoyed by Indiaa deprsde,io.s.-
Iecamseh and his brother the Prophet, we're
busy stirring up hostilities between the va
rious tnoes and the white popalation. They
opposed all treaties, and warned their red
brethren against the steady and systematie
cneroachments Of their white nsiehbors.-
aney removed their head quarters from the
ueisware Town on White River 10 Green
sAle. Ono. about the year 1906. Their
Afuai and pernlcious policy aroused the sus-
p'c'ons OIL some OF the officers Of the Indian
department. and the fears of many Of the
pioneer settlers of Ohio; and in the spring
Of 1908 they again removed with their ai.
lierenss and settled on the banks of the Wa
bash. near the mouth Of Tippecanoe River.
At piace which afterwards bore the name
OF PROPHETS Town, about seven miles north
OF the city Of Lafayette.
lecumseh spent two or three years in
visiting the various Indian tribes of tho
west, northwest. and south vest. aud en-
deavor,ng to form these various tribes into
erfui influence over his rad br-,hrar from
Detroit to the Gnlf of Mexico. Occasional
murders Of white people BY the indians.
Kept up constant alarm among the frontier
settlers and the news Of the battle Of Tinpe.
canoe, In November, 1911, showed that the
time had como for the people to assemble
into forts aud block houses, 70 protect them
selves against the hostile incurssons OF their
aboriginal foes
Several block houses were hastily CON.
structed In the different neighborhoods, into
which the masses Of the settlers repaired
ior protection. There was Rue's station,
Meek station, and Lewis's station. ON the
East Fork of White Water, besides several
on the West Fork. There were generally
from three 10 ten families. and somstimes
more. at station. aoooeding to shs popula-
tion Of the different neighbeshoods thaS sur
rounded these forts. A portioa Of The men
remained to guard the forts. while the rest
marched to meet the iavading loe uudss
their respective officers selected BY them.
selves. Greenville. Ohio, was one of the
outposts of the Pioneer army, at which wss
stationed a strong force Of volunteer soldiers
to protect the frontiers OF the North Wes.
tern territory.
ELKHORN
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1860-09-27

H The Breckinridgers are disposed to
be merry and indulge in jokes. The follow
ing was yesterday posted about the streets:
WASTED WEr NuRss.-I want to em.
ploy wet nurse for my boy Dug. . round
and chubby lad. but entirely incompetent
to taxa care of himself. For some time
past he has been alternately taken charge
Of by Mrs. Richmond aud Mrs. Hnnt. with
an occasional carsss BY Mrs. Brooks. He
is about passing into the hands Of Mrs. Ger
rit Smith. who will be his certain death If
the arrangement is consummatsd. These
numerous changes of diet havs had dele-
terious effect upon his bowels. ard unless .
permanent nurse is procured he oaanos sur.
vive. His nurses. too, hare besn travcling
about with tho bay from Aaias % Georgia
and have permitted him . say nany silly
things Previous 70 shs aasoanesmens in
the papers Of his whsreabouts I ''did nos
know he Was out HIS Mo7a8a.
Address Clifton Springs. n. X-E r.
Tribxne.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
THE SILENT CONFLICT OF
LIFE.

4 triumph IN the field is n theme for
poetry, for painting, for history, for all
the eulogistic and aggrandizIng agencies
whose unted tribute constitutes Fame:
but there are victories won by men over
themselves, moro truly honorable to the
conquorors than any that can be achieved
in war. OF these silent Successes wo new
err hear. The battles in which they are
obtained are fought in solitude and with
out help save from above. The conflict
is sometimes waged ia tho still watches
of the night, and the struggle is often fcar-
ful. HoAor to every conqueior in such a
warfare! Honor to the man or woman
who fights temptation, hatred, revenge,
envy, seltishnoss back to its last covert in
the heart, and thence expoIis it forever
Although no outward show Of honor ac-
cruss to the victorS in these good fights
they have their roward-a higher one
than Fame can bestow. They come oat
Of tho combat sclt-ennoblcd
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
THE EaUSB BAND.

Dare tho young husband, at the altar
of the high God, swear to cherish and
protect, until death shall break the gold
on chain, the fair and timid girl who
stands at his side, who forsakes for him
the fathers care and the mothers tea
derness, and then go away into the path
Of sin, and brutalize himself until the
union becomes like that of the living and
the dead! Dare he bring dishonor upon
the wife of his bosom, and leave in mis-
ery and want what he found in beauty
and happiness? Dare he substitute a
drivel.ng drunkard for the promising
youth, who in the glory of his early man
hood, vowed before heaven and the res
ence of angles and men to be to her, nay,
more than kindred and friends9 Dare he
leave to his innocent children the inner
itance of an evil example, and worse than
all. the constitutional faint Of profigacy
and intemperance-the fearful law by
which the Supreme Judge visits the in
iduitics Of the father upon the children 2
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11

E'EEEI isEN 81.

Dd you ever think Of the sovereignty
of tho mind over its own possession -
There are 10 locks and keys comparable
10 those that guard the mind. Ply :
Zeal force is iucongruous here: the mind
can be approached only in accordance 10
its own nature: its ssnatity can never be
profauel. One man may oyorpower an
other in physical contest, castles may
be oycrtLrown, cities may bc stormed and
RACED to the ground, battall;ons forced to
surrender, tut the armies Of the world
combined against ono man could not force
the citadel Of lis mind. or drag out is
secrets to view, in opposition to lis own
will. a question Of fact mag engage tdo
research Of y whole countrv'5 mind for
profound coniectures may te
maJe-tlie wiseat Of jures may agree as
to tue probable fact il tho case-but still
it remains undetermined. Yet one poor
wretch, perhaps weak and intiym ia body,
carries for years, locked up in his cheer
less soul, ana safe from thousand strong
minds around him, the object Of aIl this
rcsearch-the anthes and circumstances
Of a midnight assassination-and NJ length
lettering down to the grave, takes the
dread secret safely with him to an obliy-
ion from which it can never be recover
ed
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
LsEgoT4UTEesN.

Resolution is almost omnipotent--
Sheridan was at first timid, and obliged
to sit down in the middle of speech
Convinced of, and mortified at, the cause
Of his failure, he said one day to friend
sit is in me, and it shall come out
From thatmoment no rose, and shone,
and triumphed in a consumate eloqucnce.
Here was true and moral courage. And
it was well observed by heathern NOR
alist, that il is not becase things are diff
tiyu.t that wo dare not undertake them
BE, then, bold in spirit. Indulge no
doubts they arc traitors. In the practi-
caI pursuits Of our high aims let Us never
loose sight Of It il tho slightest instance;
for It is more b d disregard Of small things
shan BY open and fragrant offences, that
man came short of excellence. There is
always a right and wrong; and it you
ever doubt DO sure you take not the
wrong. Observe this rule, and every eX-
porienco VIII DO to YOU means Of adYance
ment.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
EsEA Is z}S.

| have seen Il stated somewhere that
there IS an intimate connection between
the nerves and muscles Of the face and
eyes, and allowing the beard to grow
strengthens the eye. 1t IS said that sur
goons in the French army have proved,
by experience in Africa, that soldiers wear
inc a beard are much less liable to disea-
ses Of the eye, and it is generally conce-
ded that it is protection from the d;sea-
ses of the throat and lungs. 1t is rssor-
ted that in countries where it is tho GUS
tom to wear the bearl, the eve retains
its lustre AMI briIiiancy much Iongor,-
It may be argued that females DO not
suffer more than males from diseases
of the eye. Bat it must be admitted that
they are less exposed to the Clements
What did the creator give the lords OF
creation beard for! Certainly not to
support the BARRIERS. There is just rs
much sense in shaving the head as TIC
chin.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
THE GIRLS ARD CYTy-
AsIksE.

Hon. J. s. Clemens, formerly L. s.
Senator from Ala, and 3! present editor
Of the Memphis Enquirer, SAYS in re-
cent l9ttor to that paper dated Phiiadel-
phia:
a number Of country girls who hal
been to wedding, entered the same car,
III which was sitting at Lancaster, Pa,
aud made my checks burn by their laugh
ing comments upon tho chiva!ry Of tie
South. | do not remember that | wa.
ever inclined to deny my birth place be-
fore, but one Of them had asked mo at
that particular time where I was from,
thirk | should have answered Iowa or
Minnesota or perhaps Oregon. Ofcourso
all this is. harmless, aud the stories 80
current are wild exaggerations. At homo
| should laugh at them as heartily Rs
any one, but / do not like to Lear slieui
here, and nothing but the fear of making
myself ridiculous by getting into pas
sion has preserved me several times from
retorting witticsm by a taunt. Besides,
when L sit down and think over it calmly
| am forced to think That it is nothing
more than a fair retaliation for tie blus-
tering threats in which our people arc SO
prone to indulge.
We talk about whipping the North
with as much self-conipacency rs if her
whole population would not III ,ro than
suffice for breakfast for the militia Of
single Southern State, aud yet John
Brown, aided by seventeen white men
and seven or eight negroes, seized q ma
tional armory in a thic!Iy populated por-
ton Of Southern State, and WAS only
captured by the aid of the United States
Marines from Washington. Since the
arrest and conviction Of that insign :fcant
band, we have had tho Southern lagisla-
lures and Governors going through the
ridiculous farce Of rendering aid to tho
Governor of Virginia, to prevent " res
cue no sane man believes to be possible.
Scarcely day passes but we lave some
startling disclosure, AMI tho telegraph is
kept busy in recording the imaginary
movements Of the rescuers on the ono
hand, and the warlke preparations Of the
law on the other. No wonder We are
laughed at"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
VALUE or PORTRAITS.

There is something delightful in the
intercourse which we have with another's
likeness. 1t is himself only once re;noy-
ed; he is visible, not tangible; we have
his moiety. In 2 picture of history, there
is often indeed more to admire than in the
face Of one Individual, man or wonao.-
There is more room for tLH skill Of the
artist: it is better adapted to exemplify q
moral. But the sentiment that chains US
to the other Is wanting; we are net famiI-
lar with it; one is brave mattcr-n
splendid thing; the other is q person, and
becomes our friend. 1t is thus that affec
ton and kind feeling are perpetaated It
is thus that the form and features Of the
child are made known to its liaing pa
rents afar off. 1t is thus that the faces
which we loTed to look upon are redeem
oil from the grave, and sent to us across
deserts and woodland mountains, or over
n thousand leagues Of water. This is the
greatest boast Of art, as we'll as lis most
delightful victory. 1t annihilates space,
if not time, and makes the absent happy.
bury CornwaH.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
Qolitltal,
FROM the Baltimore Dali. Pstriot.
FACTS TO BE RENE HEEsE4Ks-
Fed.

The ruadcr should treasure up the fol
lowing facts respecting the excitement in
the House Of representatives st Wash
ington. They are facts 10 be rclnem-
beredl
l. Every exciting speech that h;s
vet been made has fallen from tho lips o.
the revolutionary LocoI: co members.
2. They hayo announced their solemn
determination to make revolution il any
man but Locotoco shall ba elected the
next President.
3. They continue tot insult gentlemen
of tire Opposition, even after they have
disclaimed all sympathy with Helpers
book.
&. They continue to insult them by
openly charging them with completely in
the Harper's Ferry invasion, notwith-
standing they Indignantly deny having
any knowledge of it.
S. They are daily seeking to embtter
the public mind of the South against the
North and West, with the obvious intent
of preparing the South for revolution.
6. Newspapers from which tie S ou.h
American party had right to expect bet
tcrthincs, are aiding in this wicked work
of estrangcment, by stigmatizing the
whole Northern and Western opposition
as a sectional party. when they have done
nothing but sit still and hold tbOir
tongues, and vote for the mon of their
choice.
Ifthis country is ever to have peace, it
is not to be had by the ordinations and
denominations of the various parties in
the House upon the question of slavery,
but rather by initiating the moderation
of the Republican and South Americans,
who have exhibited more christian for
bearance than has ever fallen to the lot OF
a like body of men to display under such
terrible goadings as those which have sig
nalized the assaults of the revolutionary
Locofocos for the last ten days.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
TEGE VVAsegF0E AND TEEE
POET.

1 The soldier, by single victory, en-
arses the Limits Of m cinpire;-hc may
do more: lie may achieve the liberties Of
nation, or roll back the tide of barhar-
ism ready to oyerwhelm them. Yelling
tcu was placed in such position, and
molly did be do his work or rather, he
was placed at tho head Of such g gigantic
moral and physical apparatus as enabled
HIM to DO It. With lis own unassisted
strength he could have done nothing.
But it is on his own solitary resources
that the great writer is 10 rely. Aud
yet, who shall say that the triumphs of
Wellington Lave been greater than tn Sc
of Sir Walter Scott, whose works arc as
familiar as household words to every fire
side in his own land from the castle to
the cottage; have crossed oceans and
deserts, and, with healing on Il cir wings,
found thair way to tie remotest regions;
have helped to form the character, until
bis own mind may be said to 30 incor-
porated into these Of hundreds of thou
sands of lis follow men?
Who IS there th7t has not, at some
time or other, felt tho heavincss of Lis
heart ightened, his pains mitigated, and
his bright moments of life made still
brighter by the magical touches Of his
genius? And shall we speak ofhis vic
tories as less real, less seryiceable to hu-
manty-less truly glorious than those of
the greatest captain to his day! The
triumphs of the warrior are bounded by
the narrow theatre of his own age; but
those ola Scott, or Shakespeare, will be
renewed with greater lustro in ages yet to
come, when the victorious chieftain shall
be forgotten, or shall live only in the song
Of the minstrel, and the pngo of the chron-
icar.- VIM. II. Prescott.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
THE ONLY SECTIONAL
PARTY.

| The Democratic party, once great,
( powerful, national party has now de-
! generated into a miserable sectional fac
ton, basod upon single idea, and devot-
ed to q single purpose. It's life and soul
is Slavery. Il does not possess, or even
profess, single principle or policy Of
national application, and it never can be-
come national party until slavery shall
be extended all over the Union by the
operation of tho DIed Scott decislon.-
When the Divine institution shall prevail
in the States now free, then the Demo
cracy will becorlo a national party. IN
til then, It is an unpriucipled sectional
faction. We challenge any doughface IN
the Union to point out single item in
the creed Of the slave Democracy that IS
not rcpudated and spit upon BY the PEG
pie Of every free State except California,
or that could be applied to any free State
without ruin 10 its best interests. BE-
sides their devotion to the extension of
slavery, which is blighting curse TO all
free enterprise, they are opposed to Riv-
er and Harbor improvements to Home
stead Law, to encouragement to Anorl-
can labor and industry Of every kind, and
to all measures Designed to develop the
resources Of tho free States. Upon all
these subjects they are with tho South
against the North. At the dictation of
the aye-breedors, they have for years BIT
terIy resisted every measure not design
ell exclusively for the benefit of tho South
and of purely sectional character. Yet
this contemplate faction, confined in
principle, and almost geographically, to
one section of the Union, Lswl from
Monday morning to Sunday night over
the great sin OF sectionalism Detroit
Advertiser.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
HOVE.

Burk curiously informs us that the ply
steal, effect of love is to relar-to loosen
the firm tension Of the muscles and tibers.
We are not sure but that there is positive
evidence in favor Of his theory. Who has
not observed certain languor Of body,
accompanied with grace ofmovement and
posture in those effected with the tender
passion? But the main reason, to our
mind, for seriously adopting Burke's view,
lies in the notable fact that the opposite
passion, anger, has y curious counter
tendency to contract-to make tense the
muscles ahd tibrcs-to knot up the fl IS
and bring the teeth together. We only
reason from opposites.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-01-11
THE UNION.

Before | take my scat, / trust the
House will indulge me in giving utter
ance to one or two old fashioned senti-
ments which, in days asst and gone, were
common to the whole American people.
1t may excite the dcrision of portion Of
the lisui ionists Of the North, and it may
provoke the contempt Of the frc-caters of
the Soft; but | say there is one class of
,t:ments which, although The leaders in
the excitement m"y strive TO create feel
NC Of discord in the mind Of our citizens,
| trust all will hold in common. What
are they: We love our country; we
ovc It's mountains, It's hills, its valleys,
and its streams; We love its peaceful Sab
baths, It's churth-going bells, lis English
Bible, and its glorious liberty Of con
science. We love that feature in every
Amcli:an constitution which aboiishcs all
hereditary honors and distinctions, and
enables the poor mans child, if he have
talent and genius, to climb
The steep where fame's proud temple
shines afar.
We love the star-spangIed banner which
has waved in triumph over many field
Of baltic, and protects our commerce upon
every sea. We love the memory Of the
worlds only W ashington. We love the
name and the fame Of every hero who
has fought or bled or died upon the bat
tie fields Of the country. Ofthem it may
be said:
"1hcv fell devoted but undving,
The yerv gale their names secT4 signing ;
The waters murmur Of their name,
The woods arc peoplcd It'll their fame ;
The silent pillar-lone and gray
Claims kindred with their sacred clav;
Their memory sparkles Ger the fountain,
Th,ir spirits wrap the dGsky mountain
The mcdnvst rill-tle mightjcst river
Rolls, mingling with their tame, forever %
We not only love these, but above all,
! trust, we love this glorious Union, pur-
chased by the blood and treasure and
consented by the prayers Of our fathers,
and preserved ty the valor Of their child
rem. We love this glorious Union, | re-
peat, and we want 10 abolition, no
secession, no disunion, no notification, no
civil wars, no roeking carnage, no blazing
fields, no burning cities, 10 military
despots to arise and bid
The blood-red paths Of conquest hail"
| No, sir, no; we want none of this-none
| Of these; but we desire to 1.-Two on IA we
have lived in times past, a free and q
united people; one in mind, one in heart,
enc in interest, one in feeling, one in all
that makes nation great, ono in all that
makes people happy. trust in God
that these sentiments will fill and swell
the American heart as long as tho GID
ing streams trembls in the sunshine, leap
ioyeusly, and roll to their ocean home; as
LONG as the blue mountains clap their
hands or bathe their faces in the sky; as
lone as the God of our fathers shall lead
us in perils to come, as he has led lis in
perils that are passed, by n pillar of cloud
by day and pillar of fire by night
| Ia ertract from a speech by Nelson Of
Tenn.