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AMEk 0 A A AVirfMlA Jit I WE ASK FOR NOTHING BUT WHAT IS RIGHT, AND WILL SUBMIT TO NOTHING THAT IS WRONG." Gen. Jackson. BROOKVILLEr FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, 5, 1855. WHOLE NUMBER 1147. VOL XXIII NO 3, lrofrssirasl (Carte.

DUR J. Oho. UrriL-it 4hl raldne, or Mala aad Jtau oroer w. KEZLY, SCHOKO LK.1TIHT. Xt)ricB, on duor aoola of ll Valley 11 tats.

All work warrauUJ. charge (or famla-Ulr r-A auoao advloo. t' STIC of yaa VtACK, 1 aad Attorney A Coeaiellor al Uw, Brook-III, lad. Urmi. Boats Kaerrof Put-II Bqaare.

3-liK3. TT ATTOKMY CJOUNSKL-t ToUtXt 'law. Orrua. o.T, Hall' Building. rooBTUlo, Ind.

8l 4J ATTOKMY CJOUNSKL- IJ. llLltATorririiy iL Amerieaa OS, Brook vtlla, lad. 4S TTYJ3I AT LAW AND oTaaiTuano, Mt. Carmel, lad. 3 ALTJTAJtO, ATTORSKY ATOUSBI AT LAW I Omca, or owr ELLOK Storo, oroosrui, ina.

XL aa ilaitn 1'uttio. oo doo ouJi of th Valley Uoum. UrookvlUe. loa. Will Ukaeknowldfnat of Dd, tak and car Ii fy Daoo.tUona, Affidavit will do all work animated to lher ar with ntaee and dl-patch.

Jua 30 30 HARRISON DIRECTORY, JTEKWT. lKALR OROCKRIISAND XV. Fro.iaioua, Market etreet, IIiiiim, Oaio, aaapa oa aaad a food aeortmnt of all arUela la kit IIa. ALMO a gari aaoortmtnt of FCttNITOIlEf Which ho will all cheap for oath or onnlrr pro dae. 00187 43 1864.

TTILTC TTTSSXLL-OJJJ DOOB BART OF Xvi Irag atora, liaaio, Oaio, Dlr In AMERICAN, FRENCH AND ENGLISH DRY OOODR, Rosset sd4 Bonnet Triiamlof i of all itjUl and prioee Ladlea, MUae and Children Saoi leal eon-etaaltyea hand. oc87 43 aaaaaa. w. iuoi. T)Buxxe ixsioif DEALKRH IN FANCY Ii au lKmnToi)ar ooa, Ladi IrM Good 7 Torj kind.

Crori, Sho Carpouag, Coaaia Maacrr an WaLacr Snim, OUIO. Oct 87 43 34 TB. X. TTJTXRL DEALER IS DR'JOM, JjMdUiat, rtiai 011 Di ktaffk, Corat Main aad Market Strts HAXRISOX, omo. 0tS7 43 1134 0 EOTXX.

MAI.t A MARKET uu. HASJUSOX, OUIO. 1. FISHER, Prrrlr. Oct 57 43 1S3 3D.

Soris o( Itos. Wu th man who fell into an rror much injured in hin descent JGT There were no fewer than fifty balls in Louisville, on Christmas night. 7" Tho New York Board of Bro- Iters gare 81,750 to relieve tho poor of that citj. tO A revival is now in progress in the church of the Rer. Mr.

Mason, at Evansville, X3T A beautiful girl, named Ann Weaver, died at Albany, N. the 21st from inhaling ether du ring a surgical operation. The Hamilton, Canada, Dan ner, says there are aa many as twenty-five journeyman printers idle in Tor. onto. The State House at Omaha, Nebraska, is entirely enclosed, floor down and nearloy othcrwiso completed.

ZiTA drunken laborer who had lain down on the railroad track, near Jeffersonville, was cut to pieces by a freight train on last Tuesday. 3T A street preacher has appeared in St. Louis, who proclaims that he it Joe Smith, of Mormon memory, came to life again to Mormonizo tho X5T A man named Bray, was arrested in Frankfort, on Saturday evening, ba charge of robbing a poor widow woman named llickctu, in Cincinnati, of 3175., Ei? An investigation of the recent importation of one hundred and sixty paupers and thieves from Antwerkis now going on in New York. The au-thories ofAntwerk paid their passage. JKT More ooppcr mines have been discovered in Fannin county, Ga.

The metal the.yellow sulphnrct of copper. One of the veins is twelvo feet thick. nr The Detroit Tribune states that the number of fugitive slaves that have crossed the Detroit River at that point, for Canada, since Marcb last, is 48. JtiT Old Fort Kearney was abandoned by a general order for that purpose in 1853, and the lands there are alike subject to settlement and pre-emption, as other lands in the Territory. ZiTAdeck hand on 'the Btoamer High-flyer, was shot in an affray atl fCTj, on lasi jsunday, by a voung man named Schenck, with whom tin YA iah.

4. If A sweetheart tiT The western part of Missour is completely overrun with bands of prowung Indians, who steal everything wey can find, in order to ward otf starvation. Recently a cltiEon of Gen-try county, shot and killed three, who Th Dciontl M. .1.. n- vrMia Uli ii uisii- ops of the Mormon church, to urge upon the people "to gather up and end on 'their cotton and linen raes.

wjuicuur uncoiorea, washed or un waeu, tome new paper started at Salt Lake City. 1 factory. T5e New York Superior Court is inclined ta tiSnV tv. i. v.

7. 7. I um no risdieUon of the great Baptiat case as vt mis hc rip It Is thought that ihn scriptures. Con Sress of 1831, rela tins- to ronvri crht. vwuuaru uie wooie RUDjCrl UK ted States Courts.

ni uia department. NATURE'S NOBLEIIAN. BY ROBERT RIC04U I uk not for hit linear, I aak aol for hla aam If maaltaoM In hl hrt II aobU birth ma; I ear mat though of thla world wvallh Bat Undar bo hla part. If yon aniwer, wh-o 1 aak llath ha a tru man's hrtT 1 a.k not from what land ho eini, Nor whr hla youth waa or4 If porr th iprtasi naUara not Th ipot from hejieo It ba r.U Th palae or lh lowly col, Bnt hla Ufa b-n, I ak not batanawr thla It ho ao honert man? Sar, bluih not now what matlora It Wh.r flnt ho draw hla broalh? A maofer wu lb cra4l-bl Of Him oprtaa.BBTat naught, anyiWatMoCi I rara not what you bo I Yi yoa ao.wer, who I ak Art thoa poro, and true, and freV LAW vs. SAW.

RUUoc la hi oflco waa a lawyr Htaadlng In lh ilrt a Oa tb lawyar'i aaxloaa faea, Yoa could rad a knotty ca, Aaedlng law( Whlla th iawyr, gaunt and grim, On a roagh and knotty limb Rtn hla taw. Mow, tho aaw-horao arud to I.Ik a doubl In for, Aad lha aaw, W'hlchaoarer way twaa thruat, Mat bo followed by tha duit, Llk Ui law. And tho tog upon th track Mka aellant on tho rack, I'layad IU part A lh tampor4 Uth of iloel Mad a a wound that would not bal, Thro' th haart. And each a-rd attck that Ml, la ttt falling aoamod to tall Atl loo plain, Of lh many acrared That InUw-aulla will CUlng pain. Thau melhooght th alurdy paw Thatwa natngai and aaw Oa the wood, Haid aytaldlng mine of wealth With blihonit toll and health Doing good.

If the chlpa that atrewed the gronnd, Ry noma I rlcken widow found, In hr-r nJ, fchould by light and warmth Impart Blaming to her aged haart Happy dd! Thla conclualon, then, I draw, That ao exerslee of Ja Twlntlng India rabbrUw, la aa good A tho esarelaa of paw, On the haodl of ait Rawing wood. THE CROCKJ)F GOLD. av wTia vaattDiaa trrraa, JxlAar rwerUtl rAiMAy," CHAPTER XI. Calumny. Moro blessings issue from tho crook; Pondora's box is set wide and all the sweet inhabitants come forth.

If apprehensions for its safety mado the under full of care, the increased irl5Trirrra nf llift nrtirli)tnrlinn1 rrnvfl him even 3ceper reason for anxiety. In vain ho told lie upon lio about a legacy of somo old uncle in tho clouds in vain ho stuck to the foolish and transparent falsehood, with a dogged pertinacity that appealed, not to reason, but to blows; in vain ho mado af firmation weaker by his oath, and oaths quito unconvincing by his cud- el; no ono believed him: and tho mvstery was rendered more inexplicable from his evidently nervous state and uneasy terror of discovery, He had resolved at tho outset, cun ningly as ho fancied, to chango no moro than one picco of gold in tho same place though Uacchus's undoubtedly proved the rule by furnishing an exception; and the consequence came to bo that there was not a single shop in the whole country town, nor a farmhouse in all the neighborhood round, where Roger Acton had not called to change a sovereign. the silver had seldom been forthcoming still ho had asked for it and where in life could ho havo got tho gold? Many was tho rudo questioner whoBo curiosity had been quenched in drink raanv the insulTcrablo prayer, whom club-faw had been called upon to silence. Meanwhile, Roger steadily kept on, accumulating silver where could; for his covetous mind delighted in tho mcro scmblanco of nn increase to his store, and took somo un tutored numismatic interest in thoso pretty variations of his idol, money. But if Roger's heap increased, so did the whispers and suspicion of tho country round; they daily grew loud-er, and more clamorous; and soon the eharitablo nature of chagrined wonder assumed ashapo moro heartrend- enng to tho wretched finder of that golden hoard, than any other care, for fear, or sin.

that hitherto had torn him. It only was amiraclo that tho neighbors had not thought of it before; seiaom is me world so unsuspicious: but then honest Roger's forty years of character were something, they could scarcely think the man so base; and above all, gentle Graco was such a favorite with all, was auch a pattern of purity, and kindness, and female conduct, that the tongue would have blistered, to its oots, that had uttered acorn of her till now. As things were though, could anything be clearer? Was charity herself to blame in putting one and one together? Sir John was rich, was young, gay, and handsome Grace was noor. but inJiRnu. tably beautiful, and probably had once Decn innocriii; buiiiuimiu bvvii mit jj- ing to the Hall at strange times and aoaaons, for in truth, sho often did go there, Johnathan, and Sarah Stack of course, wcrohcr dearest friends on earth; and so it camo to pass, that, through tho blessing of tho crock, honest Roger was believed to livo on the golden wages of his daughter's shame! Oh coarso and heartless imputation 1 Oh bitter price to pay for sccrcsy and wonderful good fortnne I In vain the wretched father stormed, and swore, and knocked down more than ono fellow that had breathed against dear Graco.

None but credited tho lio, and many envious wretches actually gloried in tho scandal I grlevo to say thai women, divers venerable virgins, rejoiced that this pert hussy was at last found out she was too pretty to be good, to pious to bo pure now at length they wcro revenged upon her beauty; now they had their triumph over ono that was righteous over much. For other pco-plo; they would urgo tho reasonable question, how else camo Roger by the cash and getting no answer, or worse than none, a prevaricating mystifying mero put-off, they had hardly an alternative in common excrciso of judgment; therefore, "Shame on her," said tho neighbors, "and bitterest shamo on him: and the gaffers and grand-dames shook 'heir heads virtuously. Yet worse; thero was another suggestion, by no means contradictory, though simultaneous what had become of Tom ny, that bold young fellow, Thomas Acton, Ben Burke's friend; why was he away r.o long, hiding out of tho country they wondered. The suspected Damon and Pythias had gone a country off to a certain fens, and were, during this important week, engaged in a long process of ensnaring ducks. Old Gaffer White had muttered something to Gossip Hcartlcy, which Dick tho Tanner overheard, wherein Tom Acton and a gun, and Burke, and bunrhlary, and throats cut, and bogs of goW were conspicious ingre dients: so that lloccr Acton own dear Tom, that cagle-cycd and hand some better image of himself, stood accused, before his quailing) father's ucc, of robbery and murder.

Both, both darli ngs, dead Annie's little orphaned pets, thus striken by ono stono to infamy I Grace, scouted as a husscy, an outcast, a bad girl, a wanton, blessed angel! Thomas, ecnrous boy, keenly looked for, in i t. i. i) is near rciurn, to do bcizcu uy ruuo hands, manacled, away, and tried on suspicion as felon for what 7 that crock of gold, i et Hoger heard it all knew it all writhed at it all, as if scorpions were lashing him; but still ho held on grimly, keep-log that bad secret. Should he blab it out, 'kand so be poor again, and Iono tho crock That our laborer's changed estate influenced his bodily health, under this accumulated misery and despcr-ato excitement, began to bo mado manifest to all. Tho sturdy husbandman was transformed into a tremulous drunkard tho contented cottager, into a querulous hypochondriac the calm religious patient Christian, into a tumultuous blasphemer; could all this be; and even Roger's iron framo stand up anainst tho battlo No, tho strength of Samson has been shorn.

The crock has poured a bless-ing on its finder's very skin, ns when the devil covered Job with boils. CHAPTER XX. Tho naUlff'a VUlt. Ono day at ero the first week well was over sinco tho fortunate discovery of gold, as Roger lay upon his bod recovering from an overnight's excess, tossed with fever, vexation, and anxiety, ho was at onco surprised and frightened by a visit from no less a personage than Mr. Mruon Jennings.

And this was the occasion oi his pres ence: Directly the cathcrinz storm of ru mors had collected to that focus of all calumny, the destruction of female a a W. oharacter and murder charged upon the innocent, Grace Acton had resolved upon her course sccrcsy could bo kept no longer her duty now np- carcd to be, to publish tho story of ier father's lucky hnd. Grace, we may observe, hod never been bound to silence, but only imposed it on herself motives of tenderness to one, who sho believed to bo taken in the toils of a temptation. She simple, soul, knew nothing of manorial rights, nor wotted sho tnat any could despoil her father of his money; but even if such thoughts had ever crossed her mind, sho loathed tho gold that had brought so much trouble on them all, and cared not how soon it was got rid of. Her father's health, honor, happiness, wcro obviously at stake perhaps also, her brother very life and, as for herself, tho martyr of calumny looked piously tohcav-en, offered up her outraged heart, and icsolved to stem this torrent of misfortune.

Accordingly, with a noblo indignation worthy of her, she had gone straightway to the Hall, to see tho baronet, to tell tho truth, rl'mg I aside a charge which she could scarce- iy comprehend, and opcniy vmuicaie her offended honor. She failed, many may imagine for her own peace, if Sir John had not been better than his friends, in gaining ac cess to the Lord of Hurstley but she did see Mr. Jennings, who serenely interposed, and listened to all sho como to say, "her father had been unfortunate enough to find a crock of money on the lake side near his gar den-" When Jennings heard the tale, he started as if stung tell a wasp; and ur ging Grace to it no one che (though the poor girl "must," sho said, "for honor's ho t'jok up his hat, and ran off breathlessly to Acton's cottage. Roger was at home in bed, and sick; thero was no escape, and Simon chuckled at the lucky chance. So he crept in, carefully shut tho door, put his finger on his lips to hush Roger' noto of admiration at so littlo wished a vision and then, with one of his accustomed 4 seared and fearful looks behind him, muttered under his breath: "Man, that gold is mino, I have paid its price to the uttermost give me the honey-pot." Roger's iirst answer was a vulgar oath but his tipsy courage faded soon away beforo old habits of subserviency, and ho faltered out: Muster Jennings, I'vo got no pot of gold." "Man, you lie; you havo got the money; givo it me at once, and ho added in a low hoarso voico, "wo will not say a word about the murder." "Murder 1" echoed the astonished man.

"Ay, murder, Acton off, off, I say 1" ho muttered parenthetically, then wrestled for a minuto violently as with something in tho air, and recovering as from a spasm, calmly added: "Ay, murder for tho money." "I gasped Roger, "I did no murder, Muster Jennings." A new light seemed to break upon the bailiff, and ho answered with a tone of fixed determination: "Acton, you aro the murder of Bridget Quarlcs." Roger's jaw dropped, dismay was painted on his features, and certainly he did look guilty enough but Simon proceeded in a tenderer tone; "Notwithstanding, give me tho gold, Acton, and none shall know a word about tho murder. We will keep all quiet, Roger Acton, all nice and quiet, you know;" and ho added, coaxingly, "come, Roger, give me up this crock of gold." "Never with a fierce anathema, answered our hero, now himself again, the horrid accusation had entranced him for awhile, but this coaxing strain roused up all the man in him, "Never 1" and another oath confirmed it. "Acton, give it up, I say," was slouted in rejoinder, and Jennings glared over him with his round and staring ryes as ho lay faint upon his bed, "Give up the crock, or else "Elso what you whitened villain." Tho bailiff flung himself at Roger's neck, and almost shrieked, "1 11 serve you as I There was a tremendous struggle attacked at unaware, for tho moment he was nearly mastered; but Acton's tall and wiry frame soon overpowied the excited Jennings, and long before you havo road what I havo written he has leaped out of bed, seized, doubled up, and flung the battered bailiff headlong down the narrow staircase to the bottom. This done, Roger, looked like "Don Quixoto de la Mancha in his penitential shirt, mounted into bed and quietly lay down wondering, half sober, at tho strange and sudden squall. TO HE CONTINUED.

YOUR CHANGE, SIR. Ono of thoso nondescript specimens of humanity called dandies, travelling in Connecticut, a few days since, in his own or in a borrowed, conveyance.was brought up with a "round turn" at a toll-gato, which.ho designed to have nn.baiäi1 wit1rtii nnviniv fliat imitnl f.A When ho found himself in limbo, from which ho could not cscapo without "forking over," ho inquired of a young lady Who was in attendance at the fjatc, how much ho had to pay beforo io could pass tho formidable barrier. "Ihrco cents, sir, for single wag ons," replied tho young-lady. "Ihrco cents is a threepence, the half of a sixpence, ono of tho smallest bits of silver in use, ch, young-woman am I right?" said the dandy, feeling in his pocket for tho change. "Ihrco cents, sir, if 'ou please," said tho lady.

ell, young-woman, you seem to bo highway-Mian here so tako ray money and shovel out tho chango as Suick as you can trot for it," said tho andy, at tho same time purposely dropping a shilling-pieco into the his wagon. "Alll thero it is in tho mud, I declare I wouldn't dirty my fingers for twenty of them." Tho youg lady took tho shilling from tho mud where ho had dropped it.wcnt into the house, and returned with nino cents, which sho placed immediately under tho wheel, where sho had taken up tho hhilling. "IIiIIo, hillo, young-woman, what is it you mean?" said the dandy. "Why don't you put that coin into my hand, eh? Tho girl archly replied; "Sir, I found your money under tho wagon; there you'll find your change," and as she turned into the house, she gave the fellow a most significant smile, and added: I would'nt dirty my fin- fers for twenty of them would you, fr. andy Ha, ha, ha! there's your change sir," and she closed the door.

Tho gentleman dismounted picked up his "coppers," and was off at full speed, impatient to get out of night and hearing. If he should ever happen in that country again, ho will take care how ho makes change with Yankee girls. Pretty Much tiik Same. "Havo you ever broken a horse inquired a horse-jockey. "No, not exactly," replied Simon; "but I've broken two or three wagons." TAgricuUure, like the leader of Isrel, strikes the rock tho waters flow, and tho famished peoplo aro satisfied.

THE TIMES. Fifteen years when the miseries of the system then in operation began to culminate, statesmen and politicians, and tho great body of reflecting business men, believed they had learned a bitter lesson, not to be forgotten that the causes of the spurious prosperity of 1033-4-5 and and its sad consequences in subsequent years would be beacons for tho future, and that during a coming generation at least, tho errors of the past would be avoided. Every ono, at that period in mature life, remembers that such was tho common sentiment. It was not thought possible, that in tho business life-time of thoso then witnesses of tho mischief of false-principles and vicious legislation, it could again bo wilfully and persistently incurred. How fallacious was this expectation, wo now know.

We know, that in spite of certain elements of present success indefinitely superior to any enjoyed at tho period referred to, we havo been for two years past constantly tending to a state Suite as disastous. In 1033 and tho our following years, tho incrca.o of banking capital, circulation and loans wcrVabsolutely factitious. It had no basis' of extension whatever beyond tho growth of wealth with that of population; and yet within that snort time tho banks of the country with their branches, multiplied from about 300 to COO. There io a class of political economists and pseudo-statesmen, of whom cx-Sccrctary of the Treasury, Walker, is a type, who have manifestly solaced themselves with the notion that inasmuch as the banking of this day has a vastly increased gold basis, us contrasted with that of the years in question, It would be irapossibio to experience their evils over again, and that every thing must soon "work right. Macawber's hope that "something would turn up" has been fondly held out; but as yet it is so far from being fulfilled, that something is constantly turning down.

One day it is a great railroad that turns down; another a jobbing firm; another a shipping house; another a private banker; another ojchartered institution all turning down, down, but none tnrning And so matters havo been going on in the expressive phraso of the day, "getting no better very fast," indeed. Thus it it, that in spite of gold in spito of greatly increased population in spite, abovo all, of the memorable experience of adversity which reached its climax in 1842, we have been, and apparently still nre, moving in tho same blind course which had then precipitated every interest of the country into tho depths of debt, distrust and decay. If tho question be asked, why are we now in this condition? one will point to the vast railroad enterprises, many of which.yet unproductive, havo absorbed tens of millions of dollars; others will charge the banks with the trouble; others will instanco the riotous speculations and extravaganco of the times; others will connect tho mischief with the foreign war. Or all these causes aro regarded as combining tu wie lumo UUIUUUU1U result. But setting aside tho foreign war, which did not arise until after our difficulties wcro almost matured there stilrcraain the questions why tho railroad system was pushed to such unprofitable excess why speculation in general kept paco with it and why tho banking system became unsound and unsteady.

How docs it happen that wo have an ta a it a 1 1. very description, logctner wun oan extensions, were found to havo prcce- ded the same state of things which we now witness, the present differing only from that day to tho influence of the fjold discoveries and the greater popu-ation and resources of tho nation. The solution of tho problem cannot bo difficult to those who will set asido theory and prejudice, and narrow views of personal interest, apart from the general wcltarc, ana siuuy iacis which admit of no dispute facta which, if they do not fully account for tho financial and commercial revolutions of the last twenty years, leavo us without any others as the bases ol a single tcnablo conjecture. What aro theso facts, firstly It is a fact that the currency expansions tho prcmaturo undertaking of vast internal improvementsthe factitious enhancement of values of labor, products and property of every description tho great and sudden increase of foreign importations the contraction of enormous debts abroad a spirit of limitless speculations and reckless extravagance-frail this mischief began abouttho year 1833 with tho subversion of tho Protective Tariff of 182, and tho operation of tho Compromise Tariff, reaching tho climax in 1837. Secondly It is a fact that in the latter year, tho banks having suspended specie payments, the spurious prosperity of tho preceding four years was succeeded by a gradual decline of every intcrestof tho country.

The Compromise continued to etfect its work of annual reduction in the Tar iff, and in 1840-41 and tho beginning i- .1 0 of 42 every interest of the country was utterly prostrate. The forges and furnaces, mills and workshops, were closed everywhere houses were vacant, ships rotting in tho docks lands uncultivated, produco without a mai-kct. Credit, wholly crushed out, had had taken refuge in a general bankrupt law and yet there was no money no eonfidence.no hope for renewed exertion or enterprise. States had repudiated their debts or failed to meet caulw jHMMwi iu v.u.. v- wanta from our products; so long as tween tho last six years and th eight wo refus0 t0 be 8rclf rcliftnt( ftnd prcfcr years preceding 1012? Then internal to leaQ borrowed aid just so improvement schemes and projects of wiUwe ufrer w0 haT0 done every description, together with bank ft.

wrt Tn nn illuatra. Mil A TIMini. Iin. tho interest, through sheer exhaustion of all the peoplo's resources stupendous swindling was brought to light, and defalcations from port-collectors down to letter-carriers, from cashiers down to clerks were familar evidences of the wreck of principle in the same sweeping storm which foundered prosperity. Thirdly it a fact that when the country had been thus plunged into the depths of dinaster and disgrace, the Protcctivo Tariff Act of 1842 was passed, and within almost the first month of its operation, the whole aspect of every interest was changed.

Confidence in the future, which had utterly disappeared, returned as by magie. The dust was swept from mills, the lamp was carried into mines, the fire was lighted in forges industry in the workshop and held, on the house-wall and at the sales counter, on the sea, the river and the road, again took heart, again stretched forth its willing hand so long palsied and thriftless, again was welcomed to its labors, again rejoiced in its rewards. Every product had a market, every consumer had means. Within four years the recuperation in every department of enterprise and trade was almost miraculous. There was nothing specious, nothing hollow in that prosperity.

It was not a return to the system of buying abroad upon credit and staving off payment by borrowing. But debt in that direction was constantly diminishing, and with it dependence upon foreign labor and foreign markets, while wealth at home was filling alike the pockets of tho people and the treasury of the gov ernment. So rapid was the recovery from the fearful paralysis of the reign of nine years of Free trade, that with in one-third of that period for the op eration of Protection, the nation was enabled to go into a foreign war, with all its enormous cost of scotcs of mil lion of dollars, without any sensible effect upon any branch of industry or upon public credit. Fourthly It is a fact, that when again the Free trade policy became ascendant, and the Tariff Act of '46 was consequently passed, an instant revulsion commenced. Within one year, the Iron interest the touch stone of every other began to decline and so continued, in spito of the accident which a famine abroad made for farm products, until 1850, when again it was prostrate, and manufactures and trade in every department sinking with it.

Then came California gold. just in time to check the down-rnsh, and help back prosperity to it lost ground prosperity as the multitude ave Deuevea it. a. laaieu iuai in reo years, but although hundreds of mil lions of the precious metal came fresh from the earth to the aid of Free Trade, it has proved all in Tain; and for twelve months past, we have again been learning tho lesson, that false principles and systems will work out sooner or later their legitimate mischief. These facts are all before us.

sec like causes again and again pro ducing like effects, and that however powerful the resistance, the same end must come at last. We havo seen tho rcmcay oncc i8 tho only ono which will answer again, bo long as wo pursuo tho policy of separating pro duccr Hnd consumer, of pay ing abroad doublo in the end" for that which with a little patience we can make for half at home; so long as wo make it the interest of foreign capital, skill and labor to remain where they are, instead of coming hero for our custom and thus supplying in return all their own ft. wrt rtW m. ftn niuatra. tion froman extreme hypothesis, who can jouU thal if to.monw Congress were to abolish all duties on foreign products, utter ruin would kweep over all that yet flourishes ot home industry? And, on tho other hand, if absolute Prohibition wcro laid on tho import of all foreign products, except certaiu raw materials, who can doubt that the samo products spring up here, and capital and labor in every conceivablo field of enterprise, find instant and superabundant employment.

Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham, Leeds, Paisley; Paris, Lyons, Brussels, Geneva, which wo now seek to enrich, would como hero with their money, their arts and their handi. But it has been our choico to be dependent, and we are reaping the fruits of dependence. If it be true of the political rights of a people that "they who would be free, themselves must strike tho blow," it is true also of their industrial rights. When wo shall have put this truth in practice, we shall be assured of prosperous times as we now are of national existence and not till then. Pkiladil phia Vrice Currtnt.

An Intklltuint Critic Alfred Bunn, tho famous manager, relates the following incident: Booth's "Othello" was much liked in America. An old Yankee, who had never seen a play, was taken to witness Booth's performance of the Moor: and on being asked at the termination of the piece if he liked it, he replied, "Yes, amazing; but I guess that little nigger I the lio I played as weU jf better. tW Near Ambcrtsburg, Canada, a few days ago, a man was eloping with a young woman, when their sleigh was overturned. The girl's neck was broken, causing her instant death, the man suffered a fracture of the leg, and was taken to a hotel in Ambertsburg, where his wife is now kindly attending him. i SPSsctllanj Rights of Witnesses Judge Betts, of the United States Circuit Court, has made a decision which is consistent with good sense, whether it accords with the ruling of other Courts or not.

A gentleman named Young appeared before him on Monday, in pursuance or an order of tho Court, to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt in not obeying a tulpena to appear be fore tho grand jury of the United States Circuit court for tho Southern District of tho State of New York to testify in a criminal charge then pending. The defendant explained, that beforo the mandate of the gTand jury reached him ho had taken and paid his passage to Liverpool, in the British steamship Africa, and his detention to appear and testify would havo caused a forfeiture of the passage money. Judge Betts deemed this to be a sufficient excuse, und the attachment was discharged. Other Jndges have not always been so reasonable If we remember rightly several passengers were some time ago detained at Halifax to testify in a mat Ur that had occurred on board the steamer on tho voyage from Boston to Liverpool. The loss of time and in convenience to them must have been very great Com.

Adv. Roman Catholic Crciltt. In the Montreal Witness we find recorded the facts of an attack made on a French Canadian family by a band of men, apparently on account of their conver sion to the Protestant faith. The statement is given by a respectable person, and there is no doubt of its correctness. We quote from the Wit ncss "On the afternoon of the 31st Oe tober last, Mr.

Poillion, a colporteur of the Grand Ligne Mission, entered the house of ono Louis Poussaint, who is a convert to Protestantsim. In the evening, as soon as dusk, this young man, his father, Andrew Pousaint, and his mother and sister all' the parties ji i i in uie nousc, were seated around ine colporteur, while he read the. Script urcs, and while thus engaged, a party of ruffianly fellows, with blackened faces, entered the house, armed with short, heavy slicks, and begiui to beat and maltreat the inmates, in the roost nearness and shocking, manner. The old man. who has been a Protestant a long time, and bears ari'-' excellent character, was evidently an-e)bjcctof especial cairuu; uis ucau, was sauiy cut, and ono or two other blow feu upon different parts of his bod f.

and ho was so much hurt as 'to be confined to his bed for some time. The young man also received a bad wound on the head, and all the party were loss or moro injured. JS one here acquainted with the circumstance doubts but murder was their design, and they were only deterred from their purpose by the young woman starting off, as she said, to get tho rcvolvci, and the dangers arising from the noise and confusion of their own iiotousconduct; they left the house, or at least retired from the inner parts, and went outside, where they began throwing stones and other missilics, by which they broko the windows and the door, besides keeping the poor people a long time in cxtrcmo torture. A TEXAS CANDIDATE FOR CHITT JUSTICE. A flat-footed candidate for Justice of the Pcaco, at Palestine, Texas, comes out in tho journals, with the following address to the sovereigns: "With tho isuance of this sheet," is unfurled to the breeze, cither in tem pest or in calm, my name as a candi date for the office of Chief Justice, of Anderson county, at tho ensum? An- gust election.

I do it from choico, not solicitation, I do it, for the offico is honorablo and profitable. I feel my self competent to discharge the duties of tho office. I claim no superior merit or qualification over any one who may chooso to, run against me. I would like to run the race solitary and alone; but if any aro desirous, let them pitch in, it isn't deep, I stand flat-footed, square-toed, hurap-shouldercd, upou the platform of equal rights, and true republican- ism. II YOU viutw uis yjir viuti justice I.will make tho welkin ring with loud hurras for tho sovereigns of An derson county.

If defeated I will re-tiro with dignity and good humor, remembering a most beautiful littlo song, which I sing remakably well, called I'm Niw Corren Coin Tho new cent pieces will bo issued from the Mint in the courso of a few days. They are considerably smaller than the old cent pieces, and form a really beautiful and attractive copper coin, un one side is tho head of Liberty, and the thirteen stars being omitted, the surface is plain and polished The rcveraa is tho same in design as the old cent, out Drigiuer and much moro finished There is a certatain amount of alloy mixed with the copper, and the perfection of the die gives to the coin a finish and elegance that has never heretofore been attained in our copper coinage. The new coin will be universally welcom ed as a needed and creditable improvement Finnsilvanian. A small cirL dauchtcr of Ri ley Ashley, living in Jasper county, Indiana, while feathering crab apples a fnwMava since, a small crove near her father's house, was shot in the forehead by some traveler in a wagon who was amusing himself by shooting at game along the way. rrs FVvprol ttersons were badly burnt by the explosion of a boiler in a rice mill, at Charleston S.

few day since. A Prion a irr Fact. It is stated, on good authority that of tho New York committee of the Commissioners' of Emigration that tho freights received by our shipowners on all the products of our fields, mines, forests and work shops sent to foreign countries, and on all the goods wo re-export, do pot equal, in amount, the passage money paid to them by the emigrants who arrive at our porta. Tho New York Evening Tost, commenting on their report, adds the fol lowing suggestive comments From this fact some idea may be formed of tho largo class of our people who find employment and obtain a subsistence in furnishing these emigrants with the necessaries they re-quire on landing here, in removing their goo-ls, in lodging them till they aro ready to depart for the west and transporting them on our various canals and railways to their place of destination. They bring with them ample means to pay their way to the new states in which they are to settle the German emigrants having for three years past imported with them an average of eleven millions of dollars annually.

It is certain that if the influx of emigration were to cease, many of those tokens of prosperity to which we are now fond of referring, would meet the eye no longer places now noisy with business would be deserted large classes of people, who now obtain a living by regular industry, would be left without employment; the provision market would be overtaken by a sudden stagnation, steamboats would be laid up in dock, and railway stock would maite a worse figure in the reports of the market than it now does. We have so conformed the occupations of the country to this steady teansCcr of inhabitants from the old world to the new, that any. cause which should ibreak it up, or diminish it by any other than the slowest and gentlest gradations, would be felt as a serious calamnity, and disturb the prosperity of almost every class of the community. 'i DxATn or Jok Moroak's Littls Daughter. She was wont to run over to the tavern in tho evening to load her drunken father.

Just as she was' entering the door one night, Slade hurled a tumbler at her father, but it struck her upon the head, and resulted in her death. Morgan bent downjhis ear. You will only havo left, Mary said, 'only mother. And she cries so much when you are away I won't leaTe'her, Mary, only when I go to work, said Morgan whispering back to the child, and I'll never go out atjnight and more. i Yes, you promise mc that.

And I'll promise more. What, father Never go into tho tavern again. Never? No, never, and I'll promise still more. Father Never to take a drop of liquor aa long as I live. Oh, father 1 dear father I' and with a cry of joy poor Mary stattcd up and flung herself upon his breast Morgan drew his arm around her tightly and sat for a long time with his lips pressed to her check while she lay against his bosom still as death.

As death 1 Ye; for when the father unclasped his arms tho spirit of his child was with the angels. Ukivxrsitt or th are informed that tho Rev. Isaao Owen, who has been spending a few days a- mongst us, has sold scholarships for this institution to the amount of seven teen hundred dollars in this vicinity. We also learn that since February last upwards of forty thousand dollars have been secured through the efforts of this gcntlcraanjtowards its endowment, and that one-half of the State remains yet to bo visited. Auburn WAiy.

i jtiTHcre is Mrs. Partington's neat- ish thing; "1 cannot bear children'said Airs. Prim disdainfully. Mrs. Partington looked over her spectacles mildly before she if you ewld you would like them belter!" Another gooda by somebody else: "Can you tell me.

Billy, how it is that the Chanticleer always keeps his feathers so smooth and slick?" "No." "Well, it is because he always carries his 'comb' with him." 3r The nearest a certain man in this town ever approached to luck, was to find a counterfeit ten dollar bill on a broken bank. He thinks that if any body else had found it, it would have been a cold piece. The same man oneo found a pocket book and all he got from it was the itch. Jt3T One Lucien Aycr, the President of a Wild Cat Kansas Bank, is likely to spend some time in a prison in New Hampshire, where he has been caught in some Illegal practices. Just before his arrest he had shoved off a large amount worthies bills on the Kansas Bank.

tW A man namedWm. Gill, has hopvi arrested at Albany. N. on a- charge of poisoning bis sister-in-law. He wrote many annoymous letters, warning the friends that his victim (Mrs.

intended to poiaon herself, and then is supposed to nave administered it to her. i avt are yon forever humming that air?" asked A A Foote of a man wunoui a sense oi tune in him. "Because ithaunU me." "No wonder," said Foote: "you are forever murdering it." 2.