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Year: 1859

The Character OF Mankind.
JANuARY.-He who is born in this month
will be laborious, and lover of wine, but very
subject to infidelity he may too often forget
to pay his debts, and withal q fine singer.
The lady born in this month will be pref
ty prudent housewife, rather melancholy;
but yet good terspered.


FEBRUARY.-The man born in this month


will love money much, but the ladies more !;


he viii be stingy ut home but prodigal
abroad. The lady will be humane and affec-
tionate wife, and tender mother,
MARcH.-The man born in this month
win die poor. The lady will be jealous,
passionate chatterbox, somewhat given to
fighting, and in old age too fond Of the bot.
tie.


APRIL.-The man who has the misfortune
to be born in this month, will be subject to
maladies; he will travel to advantage, and
love the ladies to his disadvantagef-or he will
marry rich and handsome hciress who
will make hinl-what you no doubt all un-
derstand. The lady Of this month will be
tall and stout, with q little mouth, little
feet, less wit, but great talker, and withal
great liar.


MAY.--The man born in this month will
he handsome and amiable he will make his
wife happy. The lady viii be equally
blessed in every respect. .


JUNE.-The man Of this month will be of
small stature, passionately fond of women
and children, but will not be loved in re-
turn. The lady win be giddy personage
fond Of coffee; she will marry at the age
Of twenty-one, and will be fool at fctt5.
five.


JULY.-The man born in this month will
be perfect "hoot-a-toot," and will be used
up by coffee, women, and wine. He will
be publicly cowhided several times, and
die young. The lady will be o. K.-have
. big mouth, pug nose, and will be noted
for extreme piety and skill in the use of the
wash-board.


AUGUsT.-The man Of this month will be
courageous, and ambitious, but too apt to
cheat; he will have several maladies, and
two wives. The lady will be amiable and
twice married, but her second husband will
cause her to regret the first.


SEPrExBER.-He who is born in this
month will be strong, wise, and prudent,
but too easy with his wife, who viii cause
him great uneasiness. The lady will be
round-faced and fair-haired, witty, discreet,
and loved by her friends.


OcroBER-The man born in this month;
will have a handsome face, florid complex
ion, wicked in his youth, and always incon-
slant. He will promise one thing and do
another, and remain poor. The lady will
be pretty, little coquetish, and sometimes
a little too fond Of talking; she will have
two husbands, who will die of grief; she
will best know why.


NovExBR.-The man will have fine
face, and be gay deceiver. The lady Of
this month will be large, liberal, and full Of
novelty. g


DECExBER.-The man born in this month
will be good sort Of parsonage, though
passionate; he will devote himself to the
army and be betrayed by his wife. The
lady will be amiable and handsome, with .
good voice and well proportioned body;
She will be twice married and remain poor
but honest
Year: 1859

. well regulated lodge Of Oddfellows, mur-
derer, robber or traitor to his country. In
my judgment it is not in the power of human
nature long to resist the law of human
kindness. 1t has been found adequate to
subdue the most ferocious tiger, to disarm
the savage hyena, why doubt its efficacy to
subdue man. If am correct in my esti-
mate of the power of kindness over the
human mind, then Arnold's treachery to his
country and humanity itself, would have
been an impossibility, had he been MEM
Der Of well regulated lodge of Oddfellows
from early manhood, He imagined or
pretended to imagine that his country had
treated him badly, but had he been men,
Der Of an association numbering hundreds
of thousands, united upon the single idea
Of kindness, ninetenths of whom would have
laid down their lives rather than he should
hAjniused- -xnons6allzA hla tnaacharx- -tnthen
and their country would have been IN i'm
possibility.


When we claim for our Order those quail
tiles which tend to prevent evil in society or
the state, we think We claim no more than
our equitable due. 1t operates a = power
full conservator Of the morals Of young men.
When in the lodge they are removed from
the conviviality Of the flowing goblet, and
the seductive pleasures of the gaming table.
When out of the lodge they are near some
older brother who cautions them upon the
least appearance Of danger. tits an admir-
able school for the cultivation of the graces
Of true gentleman, the fitting of man for
the duties devolving upon the head of q
family, and as member of the community
generally. Its tendencies are to develop
those fine social feelings that are an honor
to our nature. Itinculcates morality by the
most practical lessons, teaches friendship
and affection, excludes all discussions of an
exciting partisan or sectarian character Its
axioms and notices are acceptable to the
moral, benevolent and charitable.


A well regulated Lodge of Oddfellows is
one of the tittest places for the training of
men in parliamentary practice and usage
Our system of parliamentary law is the
same used in all deliberative bodies; sim
plified, but still embodying all that is neces-
sary to the government Of any deliberative
body. When I had the honor to preside
over the House Of Representatives of this
State, was struck in the outset by the fact
that certain members of that body, never
before in public life, and now professional
men, were much better posted in parliamen.
tary practice than other members ADLER than
themselves who, to some extent, were public
men; the reason was soon manifest to me.
They were old Oddfellows, and in their sew
eral lodges had qualified themselves, so far
Year: 1859

no one knows how, tester in loath-
some vices, and break forth in dis
graceful crimes,-must we have this
stream of damnation passing through
our families morning after morning,
or else go without the benefit of papers
that have become an indispensable ele-
ment of civilization? If there is any
moral end to be gained, we will sub
NIT to the pain and nausea. But we
have failed to see any argument offered
for such course, except the statement
that it is the province of newspaper
to chronicle all public events which
the public wish to read. Has news
paper right to promote prurient curl
osity? to cultivate barbarous taste?
to pander to appetites which all men
condemn?


Consider how universal are news
papers in America. They penetrate
every nook and corner of society. No
element of power has such sphere.
The pulpit, the court, the lecture, COM
pared with the newspaper, touch So
ciety in but few places. The news
paper in America is Universal. 1t
reaches within and without, from sur
face to core; it travels everywhere, is
bought by every body, read by all
classes, and is wholly or nearly the
only reading of more than half our
population. It's vice to good NOR
ais and to intelligence among the peo-
pie is incalculable. All the libraries
of Europe are not of as much service
to the nations of Europe as the news
paper is to this American nation. It's
power is growing. Who would, 20
years ago, have dreamed of such
growth and power as have been de-
veloped? But the next 20 years will
witness a greater. The Editor is to be
the great Schoolmaster. The best tai
ent will find its highest sphere in the
editorial room. Already the Chair is
more influential than the Bench or the
Platform. No brain can act upon SO
many as that which speaks by the
printing press of the daily paper. Ink
beats like blood in the veins of the
nation.


1t is on this account that we are
sure that change must take place in
regard to the almost unregulatcd diff
fusion of criminal news and OF scan
daIous histories which appeal to the
worst passions without influencing the
good. We do not believe that news
papers are the place for the natural
history of crime, or that our parlors
should be turned into reading saloons
of morbid moral anatomy, or that we
should be compelled to choose between
two Egyptian plagues-a rain of lice,
or darkness so thick that it might
be felt.


And we believe that, in the end, no
paper would suffer that should reso-
lutely close its columns to every thing
that could not be read by a Christian
father in the midst Of his sons and
daughters BEEcHER.
Year: 1859

AN ACT 20 Compel Owners ofTowR
Lots TO Grade aud Pave. or PLANK
Sidewalks, and Aaixing the PeB-
atty Thereto.


Belt enacted Jyn General AssemIy
ofths State or Indiana. That whenever
in the opinion of the Board of Trustees
of any incorporated town in the State,
public convenience requires that the
sidewalks of any street in such town
should be graded. or paved. or plank
ed. such Board of Trustees may, by an
ordinance. compel the owners Of lots
adjoining such streets to grade and
pave. or plank the same.


SEC. /. Such ordinance shall spec.
ify the height of the grade. if the grade
of any such sidewalk is to be altered.
the width of such pavement, and
the time when the same shall be done
SEC. 2. If the owners Of such lots
shall fail or refuse to grade and pave.
or plank, such sidewalks as required
in such ordinance, it shall be the duty
of the Marshal of such town forthwith
to let out the grading and paving, or
planking. of such sidewalk to the
lowest bidder. first giving ten days
notice by posting up written notices
thereof in three public places. in such
towns, for that length of time. And
when such grading and paving. or
planking. is completed. said Marshal
shall report the same to said Board OF
Trustees. and he cost of snch work
shall be audited and paid out Of the
treasury of such town as other claims
against said corporation are audited
and paid.


SEC 3. Such Board of Trustees
may immediately, by a suit in any
court of competent jurisdiction, in the
name Of such corporation, recover
against the owner of such lot the
amount of the cost of paving, or plank
ing, and grading such sidewalk. and
upon execution against the property Of
said defendant, npon such judgment.
the same shall be sold for cash with
out regard 10 the valuation and ap-
praisement laws Of this State. And
from the date of the completion of
such pavement, or planking, or gra-
ding, under contract by the Marshal,
the cost of such grading and paving.
or planking, and the damages afore-
said, shall be lien upon such lot. and
may be enforced in any court of COM
pctent jurisdiction by an action ia the
name of such corporation


SEC 4. 1t is hereby declared that
an emergency exists for the immediate
taking effect of this act, and that the
same shall be in force from and after
its passage and publication in the In
diana State Journal and the Indiana
State Sentinel.


Jw. GORDON,


Speaker of the House Of Rep,


a. a. HAMMOND.


President of the Senate,
Approved March a, 1859.


ASHBEL p. WILLARD,


Governor Of the State Of Indiana.
Year: 1859

1T An old Car0llnian once said:
Il was born the last day in the year.
the last day in the month, the last day
in the week, very late in the day. and
have always been behindhand. l be-
lieve it would have been fifty dollars
in my pocket if l had not been born
at all"
Year: 1859

Sec. %. The County Judge of each county
shall at the time of levying the tax for coun-
ty purposes, levy tax for the support OF
schools within the county, of not less. than
one mill, nor more than two and half mills
on the dollar, on the assessed value of all real
Year: 1859

Go 1T Doors The sale Of Eastern boots,
shoes, etc, is being continued at No. 70,
Jefferson st. There will be sales this evening
and they will continue till the whole stock
is sold As some persons have taken up
the notion that Mr.. DAVIS is selling out to
close business, we will state that such is not
the case he is, rather, preparing to go into
business right lie will not hereafter keep
eastern work, but win supply all, who give
him orders, with the best and neatest Of
custom work. Call in this afternoon and
evening and buy bargains in eastern work.
Year: 1859

THE NEWSPAPER WeRID.-A certain
man hit his toe against a pebble and fell
headlong to the ground. He was yexed, and
under the influence of anger and selE-suf-
Acienoy, he kicked old mother earth right
saucily. With imperturbabls gravity he
looked to see the globe itself dissolve and
come to naught But the earth remained,
and only his poor foot was injured in the
encounter This is the way of man. An ar.
ticle in newspaper touches him in a weak
spot and strsightway he sends to stop his
paper. With great self'oomplaoency he looks
to see a crash, when the object Of his spleen
shall Oeasc to be. Poor fool, he has on hit
his own toe against world that does not
perceptibly feel the shock, and Injuries to
no extent any one but himself
Year: 1859

IB'A Western editor recently offered his
hat for the best essay Of independence
The following obtained the prize


National independence Is easier imagin-
ed than described personal independence
consists emphaticaly in being situated in q
clean shirt drawers, socks, and q nicely,
blacked pair Of boots, with at least dollar
and a half and cambric in your pocket
on Sunday morning, with your wife on one
arm and your baby on the other, taking
your course toward your own preacher in
the expectation Of doing your own snoozing
in your own pew, wherein no one dares
venture to nudge you with their elbow, or
tickle you with straw.
Year: 1859

uWe have not intended any offence to our
neighbor of the Gazette in our notices Of his
different views Of naturalization, and regret
that in speaking Of them we have given him
the impression we sought 10 be rude. 1t is
probable that our language might have been
"better chosen" while II would have effected
the came purpose. The same may be said Of the
GAzette's articles.
Year: 1859

CURIOUS tAoT.--Mr auckland, the great
naturalist, says of the chameleon


Betwixt the two sides of the body there
seems a lack Of sympathy. One eye may
be looking straight forward, while the other
is looking as directly backward. One may
be entirely asleep, while the other 10 wide
awake. And this kind of independent and
separate action applies to each side of the
creature-to its limbs. 1t can not swim,
because its limbs refuse to act in concert
Gould the two sides understand one another
and agree on prescribed course of action,
It might always be awake, or half awake
But it gains nothing by its unilateral inde.
tendency; the two sides are like two horses
that won't work in harness 1t seems
strange, with such a peculiarity, that on
trees, or terra frma. But as the two sides
are fed by one mouth, and as the insect
tribes refuse to nome to it, 30 they seem, in
regard to all culinary matters, to agree to
sink their differences, and to move in har.
mony. The stomach is a potent harmopizer
Year: 1859

BA-The Steamer Vigo, just in, has war
news two days later than the Nova Scotia /;
but the telegraph wires being out Of order
1t could not be telsgrAphed to New York
Great speculation is ahOAt in New York o.
to the character of her information about
the wsr
Year: 1859

SUDUCTIoN AND DEsERTIoN BY CLERGY
MAN.-The Peoria (Ill.) Transcript says:


The case of the Rev. Samuel Glover, which
has for some time been occupying the atten
tion of the Second Associate Reformed Pres
bytery of Illinois, has been brought to close.
1t appeared at the trial that in the beginning
of June, 1851 the individual last mentioned
left this city in company with a relative, for
the ostensible purpose of visiting some friends
in the neighborhood of Ross Grove, in the
northern part of the State that after remain
ing some days in that vicinity, in order to


find some place where they might be better
able to conceal what was to happen they
went to Mendoza, where they procured board
ing at private house, in which after a So
jOurn of two weeks, his victim of misplaced
confidence gave birth to anillegitimate child
Shortly after this event, Mr.. Glover visited
her at a late hour of the night, remained but
a few minutes; and left for Chicago in the
same train in which she came. Two weeks
afterwards he again visited her in secusion,
received the child from the hands of the rea-
tive of its mother, and again departed, since
which time its whereabouts to all except
hmselfhas been unknown. Every means in
his power was made use Of by this reverend
gentleman to conceal all these transactions,
and especially his own connection Herewith
His visits were made under cover of the sha-
dow Of midnight; his correspondence was
carried on under fictitious names: when ex.
petition was necessary, the telegraph was
made to do its work. and VIII n it did begin
to be rumored about the city that such things
had taken place. his victim was brought back
to forestall public opinion in relation thereto.
When the matter came before the Church
Court for investigation, he endeavored to
thwart action, attempting to procure the nom
attendance of the most material witness
against him; and when, finally the weight of
evidence left him no hope of fexcupatng him
self he abruptly and contumaciously declin-
ed having anything further to do with the
Court before which he had been cited for
trial Evidence of other instances of impro-
per conduct on his part, but not of so crimi-
nal nature, was also adduood on trial.
Year: 1859

Flsu.--ln Cass county, Michigan, the small
lakes which are chained together by inlets and
fish Of good size and fine quality. As there is
no possible connection with Lake Michigan,
the only explanation is that the seed some
three years ago, was carried by a whirld wind
from tholarse to those small lakes. The peo
pie Of the vicinity remarked numbers Of small
fish on the land after the storm was over.
Year: 1859

very considerable portion ofthc slave population may
be said to be entirely savage, and all the Inhabitants
the island are utterly diverse from the people Of the Uni
ted states IN language, manners, habits and political and
social education for many generations They have been
accustomed TO rely ON the presence of large body OF


troops for the preservation oforder and the necessity and
the cost OF maintaining them would be the under the
United States rs il is under Spain People such those
in Cuba are IN no way fitted for taking part in or living
under government such Without discussing the
question TO whether they are better or worse than
people sufficient for present purpose TO say they
are entirely dinerent so different that, II brought as
state into the Union, Cuba would probably exercise
disastrous influence on public affairs and disappont,
perhaps, no one moro than Of those who now
very desirous Of s "acquistsn with reference mainly
United States.


AGGRnsuoNs or rR COLONIAL oFFICxRs JusurIKD


Win regard 10 the annoyances 10 which commerce
has been subjected Cuba, may be remarked that con-


nual fears OF invasion from the United States may have
rendered the Cuban authorities suspicious and vindicve
They may in some degree by rash and nconsiderate


on have exposed themselves 10 the which have
been passed upon them but should bear mind that
these difficulties have probably been much exaggeatedby
Year: 1859

These Cams remove all
morbid or bad matter from
the system, supplying inI
their place a healthy flow
of bile, invigorating the
stomach, causing food to
digest well, p''rJfying the.
btOOd, giving tone and.
health to the whole ma
chinery, re Ill owing the e.
cause of the disease-ef1ect-
ing a radical cure.


Bilious attacks are cured.
and. what is better, preven-
ted by the occasional use
Of the Liver Invig0rator.


One dose after eating is
sufficient to relieve t h e
stomach and prevent the
food from rising and sour
ing.


Only one dose taken be
fore retiring, prevent s
Nightmare.


Only one dose taken at
night, loosens the bowels
gently, and cures c0Sti0e-
ness.


One dose taken after each
meal will cure Dyspepsia.
One dose Of two teaspoon
fuls will always relieve Sick
Headache.


Only one dose immediate
ly relieves Collie, w lille
Year: 1859

TFNHE SUBSCRIBER being desirOus to change his business
l offers for sale valuable TRACT OF LAND containing
from eight thousand of which from three to
four thousand well adapted the raising Of Ground
Peas There also the four hundred
swamp land of which about eighty cleared and highly
productive.


The improvements the best character For
which will be made very accommodating. apply to


d. W. JORDAN,


Little River :. c.
Julv Sth 1889 45-tf
Year: 1859




IN CONSEQUENCE of tile death of my partner, s F..
Collins. otter for sale that valuable STEAM SA MILL,
owned y the firm of Collins Shne situated in DaTien
Ga and in good running order. further description is
deemed unnecessarily persons wishing to purchase will no
doubt look for themselves Apply to the subscriber at Da
Ten ID. \. SHINE.
June "a. 433m
Year: 1859

WANTED BIZ GENTLEMAN.


SITUATION as Teacher, either in School or private
family teach the Classics and ordinary English branch
es The best of testimonials given for learning and moral
character Apply at the JOURNAL OFF4GE
lime 10 41-3m
Year: 1859

A ToUGH DARKEY.-At Cleveland, on Monday,
while number of workmen were hosting a barrel of


nseed oil to place on board vessel something in the
tackle gave way letting the barrel fall fair and square
on the head of the darkey who was in the hold. All
supposed be was killed. but he escaped with few slight
cuts and scare. His head proved too hard for the
vessel knocking both ends out, and completely en-
veopng him that had be knocked to pieces to re-
lease him. While the wounds on his cranium were be-
ing dressed be remarked Cor almighty, guess dis ere
darkey don't want any more lie on his har' So little
was he damaged by the blow that the fellow went to
work again the same day.