Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1860-03-03

              4llf ! IWM HI VOL. VI. MOtFNT VERNON, OHIO, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, I860. NO. 17. ;v,' ... 4 . . , 7 4 Truth. BT B. 1. 8. BOUSB. I. Truth like an upright tree unbending stands, And sheds its genial influence all around t The admiration of all men commands, Tet none perverse beneath its shade Is found : No leaves that grow in home or foreign lands, With more or nobler virtues do abound ; None else such sure spooifio will produce, Proof against error, by habitual ate. II. And It will grow, for ay, a beautiful tree, And bloom eternal, proof againstdeoay t No fire can scathe it in eternity, Nor smoke of error fade its hues away : But towering in sublimest majesty, . The grace and glory of perpetual day, 'Twill stand unrivalled in porennial bloom, And earth, and neaven enrich with its perfumo. " III. Though error a brief season should prevail, And flourish like a thrifty-growing pine, It oath' no deep foundation, and shall fail, And swift, and certain will be its decline ; Passing away, likea forgotten tale, Or last year's verdure of the rifled vine. Truth stands eternal ; error hides away, 'And wooing darknoss, shuns the light of day. IV. Investigation, truth doth nevor shun, But readily meets it, with unblinking eye: Error eVades t, if it oan be done, , By vilest subterfuge', or basest lie. Truth beams effulgent as the unveitod sun; While murky error, like a tempestuous sky, (Creation gloams, or gleams with lurid light, Or shrouds in blackness of Cimmerian night. V. $Trom free discussion truth bath nought to fear; No friend to right, free speech would e'er sue-, press: for none but tyrants dread the truth to hear, Lest outraged freodoni should obtain rcdresj. Their language false, and promise insincere, Fain would they seal the lip,and chain the press', And close secure each avenue of light', The wrong t' enforce, subversive of tie right. . ' " vi. t The love of self, hath power to sway the soul From true to false, from rectitude to sin j Denying reason its benign control, , And stifling thus the still, small voice within ; Till nought remains, its victims to console, While ithath hope more wealth or power to win. Thus man is bought, and sold, and scourged, and , driven, Till tears and blood for vengeance cry to hea von ! Mary Lee. " 'li there a letter for Mary Lee ? " Askeia swoet voice beseechingly. " Never a one'," said the clerk with glee. '5feVer i o'ne,",ea'me the words so low, That I scarcely heard, as she turned to go, " How could he answer my question so ? " " Never a one " Her eyos grew dim, And tears fell fast, as she thought of him, Who had 'illlod her life -cup 'io Its brim. I thought I hoard, in 'those 'wolling words, t crushing among life's q'uiVeririgjco'r'.ds, s flowers aro crushed by lighting birds. Then with the clairvoyant's searching eye', I saw the, sobbing, passed me by, The blackened sorawl of her destiny. ,'Tis an oft-told tulo. One holds her vow, That is far away, She's forgotten now, And falsehood is written on his brow. She will eome each day to the post-boy free, Asking for letters for Mary toe j , And " never a one," will his answer bo. . , , ; , i Till her foot shall fail, to seek the door,., And hope in ne'r heart shall dwell no more, Thonthe sexton wljl.sea'1 her sorrows o'er. " Mn. F. D. Gagt in Ohio Farirur. - 'f uerbilder. Germanesque. . The children sitbytheflresido, - i With their little faces in bloom ; And behind, the lily-pale mother, looking out of the gloom'. i .. i ,. Flushes as if a rose-bud . .. Were bursting in her heart ; But the father sits thero silent, From the fire-light apart. . . . ...;, :h " " Soiir, what dost thou, see in the tabors ? Tell it to me, my child,", Whispers thelily-pale mother, , To her daughter1, sweet and inlldi " Oh, I see a sky and a moon, . , In the coals and ashes there', And under, two aro walking In a garden of flowers so fair. & .. " A lady, so gay, and her lover, , k . Talking with low, sweet wards', Not to awakon the flowers, And the sloepy little birds." Back In the gloom, the mother 8hrinks, with a sudden sigh 1 ... ... " Now, what dost thou see in the embers ? " Cries the father to the boy. "Oh, I see a wedding procession Go in at the church's door-Ladies in silks and knights in steel A hundred of them and more, fhe.t'ride's laoeis whi to as a lAy, And the Room's head is white as snow; And without:, with plumes and tapers, . A funeral picas slow'.' . Loudly then aughei the father, And shouted again for cheer, And called to thedrowsy housemaid , To fetch him a pipe and beer. , H". i. UimlU, in N. Y. Saturday i'n'u. The Brandon r.Miss.) Republican fairly biti the insincerity of the Democracy touching the slavery question lit the following rough but lively epigrarii John Sherman, to prove you're bad, But one remark suffice You endorsed Helper,' book, Called "The Impending Crisis " John Letcher, you onee endorsed Kuffner's abolition opinion i But you were a Democrat, John; . And now 0v'nor of the Old Dominion-John Sherman's a devil, John Letcher's a saint (John Letcher's a Democrat-Ma SKtrman ain't.) . " Are yoa a Christian Indian ? " asked a person of in adherent of Red jacket, it the settlement near Cattaraugus. "No, " said the itoidy uvige, " I whisky Indian 1 " DEBBY WILDER; OR, . , , THE IHJNDRED DOLLAR NOTE. ItY BEDA SMITH. There lived, a few years ago, in the interior of one of the middlo StateB, a sturdy farm or, well-to-do in tho world, by the name of William Wilder. He had wandered away from Yankee land in his younger days, tj seek his fortune ; and having been employed by a re spectable Quakor, to. work on his farm, he had contrived by true Yankee adroitness, to get the affections of the old man's daughter, and married her. His wife, having espoused one of the world's fjeople, contrary, to the rules of her order, was, of course, " read out of the society j" if anything, he felt a little rejoiced at it, for he thought it seemed to bring her a little nearer to him. Mrs. Wilder, however, never overcame the habits which bad grown up with ber childhood and youth ; she always called her husband William, and continued to speak tbe Quaker dialect. But this from her lips, was never ungrateful or unwelcome to William's ears , for one of the sweetest sounds that ev er dwelt in his memory, was when he asked her a certain question, and ber reply was : William, thee bos my heart already, and my hand shall be thine whenever thee may be pleaBed to take it," William Wilder was a thrifty and stirring man, and in a lew years he found himself the owner of a good farm, and was going ahead in tbe world as fast as the best of his neighbors. Nor has the whole sum of his fortune yet been stated. lie was blest with a daughter ; a bright, rosy-cheeked, healthy, romping girl, full of life and spirits,, and, in bis eyes, ex ceedingly beautiful. The daughter at tho pe riod which is now more particularly described had reached the age of eighteen years, and was an object of engrossing love to her parents, and of general attention to the neigh borhood. " There's that Joe Nelson nloncside of rfebby again" said Mrl Wilder to, his wife rather pettishly, its they came out of church one warm summer afternoon, and commenced their walk homeward. " I wish he wouldn't make himself rjui'te so thick." , " Well now, my dear; I think thee, has a little too much feeling about it," returned Mrs. Wilder." Young folks like to be togetliher, and Joseph is a clever and respectable young man ; nobody ever says a word against him.;; " Yes, he's too clever to bo worth anything," said Wilder, "andhe'll yet take it into his bead, if he hasn't already, to coax Del. by to marry him. I've no idea of her marrying a pauper ; I've worked too hard for what little property I've got to be willing to see it go to feed a vagabond, who never earned onything, and nover will. I don't believe Joe will ever be worth a hundred dollars as long as he lives." " My dear, I think thee a little too hard up on Joseph ; thee should remember that he is Vast oat of his time. His father has been sick several years, and Joseph has almost entirely supported the whole family." " Oh, I don't deny but he's clever enough.'i said Mr. Wilder : " all is, I don't like to see himepjite so thick along with Debby. How should you feel to see hint married to Debby and not worth a decent suit of clothes ? " "I should feel." said Mrs. Wilder, "as though they were starting in life, as we did when we were first married. We had de cent clothes, and each of us a good pair of hands, and that was all we had to start with I don't think we should have got along any better, or been any happier, if thee had been worth a huqdred thousand dollar's when we were married." This argument came with such force (o Wilder'a own bosom that he made no attempt to answer it, but walked on in silence till they reached their dwelling. Debby and Joseph had arrived there before them, and, were already seated in the parlor. , Seeing Joseph as they passed the window, Wilder chose not to go in, but continued his walk up the road to the high ground that overlooked somo of his fields, where be stood ruminating for half an hour on the prospect of his crops, and more particularly upon the unpleasant subject of Debby and Joe Nelson. The young man became so familiar and so much at home at his house, that he could hardly doubt that there was a strong attachment growing up between him and Debby, and be began to fee very uneasy about it. Ue had always been fond of Debby, and her presence was so nee- 'essary to his happiness, that the idea of her marrying at alt was a saa tnougnc to mm but if she must marry, he was determined it should be, if possible, to a person of some property, who would at once place her in a comfortable situation in -life, and relieve bim from tbe foolish anxiety, so common in tho world, lest bis own estate should be dishonored by family connections not equal to it. While be remained there in his musing mood he recognized Hen'ry Miller coming down tho road, and he resolved at once to take him 6 supper. Miller was a dashing young fellow, who kept a otore about a mile and a half from Wilder'a and was reported to be worth five or six thousand dollars, uo naa neretoior" been a frequont visitor at Mr. Wilder's house and there was a time h's attention to Debby was such as to cause bim to expect tbhe . hriiy young trader would become JL m-law-riebby, however, was not ff pleased with him ta encourage bis attentions, and for tome time pssi his visits had been discountenanced. , "Good afternoon, Mr. Miller," saidlMr. Wilder, presenting his hand, "glad to see you, how do you do ? fine day this." "Yes, fine day." said Millor, "excellent weather for crops; how do you all do at bonis ? " " Quite woll ; I thank you," said Wilder. " Come, go down to the bouse with me and take supper," said he. Miller colored, and said he did not think he could stop. Mr. Wilder, however, would not take no for an answer, and, on considerable importunity, he prevailed upon him to accept his invitation, and they desconded the hill together, and went int6 the house. "Debby, hero's Miller," said Wildor, as they entered the parlor. Debby rose, banded a chair, and said " good evening," but her face was covered with blushes as she returned to ber seat. As Mil lor seated himself in the chair he glanced across the room and recognized Ndson. The two young men nodded to each other, and both seemed somewhat embarrassed. At this moment Mrs. Wildor entered tbe room. " IIow does thee do, Henry," she said presenting her hand. " I am glad to see thee ; I hope thy mother is well." " Very woll, indeed," said Miller, and alter a fow more remarks she retired to superintend the preparation lo,r, supper. " Excuse me. Mr. Miller, a little whiles said Wilder ; " I want to go and show Joseph that field of corn of mine we were looking at back of the bill. According to tuy .notion, i! is the stoutest piece in the town. Come, Joseph, go up and look at it." " I think it is tho stoutost piece I've seen this year," said Joseph ; " I saw it about a week ago." 'Oh, it has gained amazingly within week," said .Mr. Wilder; " come, go up and take a look at it." Joseph was altogether unaccustomed to such attentions from Mr. Wilder, and he looked not a little confused as he took his hat and followed him to the door. They went up the road, and Mr. Wilder took him all around the field of growing corn, and examined hill after hill, and looked into the other fields ; and found a hundred things to stop and look at, and talked more to Jo seph than he had for six months. Joseph j suspected that his walk was undertaken by Mr. Wildor folj the purpose of leaving Miller and Debby in the room togothor, but he bore it all patiently', and answered all Mr. Winder's remaiks about. the weather, his crops, and his fields with apparent interest ; for be knew too well tlie state of Debby's feelings both towards himself and towards ,Millpr, to feel any uneasiness. At length Mr'. Wilder con. ecluded supper must be nearly ready, and they returned to the house. On entering the parlor they found Miller alono reading a newspaper. , Mr,. Wilder looked vexqd. . ,v" What 1, all alone, Mr. Miller?" said Wiider " I shouldn't have staid so long, but I thought .Debby would amuse you until we got back." "Miss Debby had some engagement that required her attention," , said Miller, "and asked to be excused ; but t have found myself quite interested in tho newspaper." Wilder went out and met his wife, in the hall, and asked her how long it nad been since Debby left Mr. Miller alone in tho parlor." She left in three minutes after you went out," said Mrs. Wildor, " and 1 couldn't persuade her to go back again. She said she knew you went out on purpose to leave her and Henry alone together, and she would not stay. It's no use, William, these things always have their own way, and it's no use tiying to prevent it." The supper passed off rather silently and 'rather awkwardly. Mr. Wilder endeavored to be social and polite to Miller ; and Mrs. Wilder, as usual, was mild and complacent to all. But an air of embarrassment porvaded the whole company, and when they rose from the table Henry Miller asked to be excused-and said it was time for him to return homewards. Mr. Wildor endeavored to persuade him to stop and spend tho evening, but Henry was decided and said he roust go. After he bad gone, Debby and Joseph returned to the parlor, where they were joined a part of the, evening by Mrs. Wilder. Wilder, after walking up and down tbe dining room for an hour or tw6 retired to bed, not however to sleep. His mind was too much engrossed with the destiny of tiebby to allow repose. He counted the hours as they were t'oll'd by the clock .till it had struck twelve, Mrs. W. had been two hours asleep, still he had not beard Joseph go out. After a while the clock struck one, and in a fow minutes after that he heard the outer door rather softly opened andclosod and then beard Dobby tripping lightly to her chamber. Ah," thought WildcV to himsoif, ills as my wife says, these things will have tneir own way. This staying till one o'clock looks like rather serious business." Tbe next day Debby had a long private interview with her mother, and after dinner Mrs. Wildor wished to have some conversation with her husband in the parlor. " Well, my dear," said she, " Debby and J oseph are bent ou getting married. It seems that they made up their minds to it some months ago, and now they have fixed upon the time. They say they must be married woek after next. Now I think we bad better, fall in with it in as good feolings as we ejifl.and make the best or It. Thee well a lM ftflM lW h,T6 lheir own wiy, aod wnen young folks L-jirf. and make the best of it. Thee well get their minds made up, I don't think it is a 5 cod plan to Interfere with them, As long as oseph is respectable and good to work, I think we ought to feel contented about it, although be is poor. It seems to me that there are as many folks that marry poor that tdake out well in the world is there art that marry rich." " After a little reflection upon the matter, Wilder came to the concliisin that ,t)is wifo had nearly the right of it, and told her he would kake no further opposition to the match; that they might got married as soon as they chose . ... " Well, my dear," said Mrs. Wildor, " Deb by needs a little chahge to got somo things with fliia week, in ordor to get marriod." " IIow much will she want this week ?'' said ,Mr. Wilder. " It thee can, lot her have litoen or twenty dollars," said Mrs. Wildor, " I think it would do for the present." " Well, now, I've no money by me," said Mr. Wilder, "except a hundred dollar bill, arid its impossible to got that changed, except by sending it to the bank, a distance of ten miles. 1 tried all over the neighborhood lust week to get it changed, but couldu't succeed. I shall be too busy to go myself to-morrow, but if Debby has a mind to get on the old horfe, in the morning and take the bill to the bank and get it changed, alio may 'have some of tho money," This proposition was soon' reported to Deb by, who said " she had just as leave take the ride as not." The mater being thus arnica bly nrrangod with Mr. Wilder, thero was nothing to hinder going forward with comfort and despatch in making preparations for the wedding. Debby was in excellent spirits, and Mr. Wilder was in usual good humor towards Debby. Having brought nis mind to assent to the arrangement which he had so strongly opposed, his feelings wore in a state ot reaction, which caused him to regard Deb by with uncommon tenderness. The next morning tho old grey horso was standing at the door eating provender, full two hours before Debby was ready to start and Mr. Wilder had been out half a dozen times to axamine the saddlo and bridle, to see that everything was right, and had lifted up his horse's feet one after another, all around, toseeifanyof the shoes were loose. And when at last Debby was ready, ho led old grey to the horse block, and held him until she was seated in the saddle, and then he handed her the bridle, and shortened the stirrup leath er, and buckled the girth a little tighter to prevent the saddle's turning, and whon he had seen that all was right, ho stepped into the bouse and brought out a small riding whip and placed it in ber hand, and givin her a hundred charges to take care of herself, and be careful she did not get a fall, he step ped up on the horse block, and stood and watched her as she turned into tbe road and ascended the hill till she was out of sight Ijebby trotted along leisurely over the long road she had to travel ; but she was too full of pleasant thoughts and bright anticipations to feel weary at the distance or lonely at the solitude The road was but little traveled and she met but, two persons in tho whole dis tance one as she was ascending a hill about a mile from home, and the other in a long valley of dark woods, midway oh her journey Had she been of a timid disposition, she would have felt a good deal of uneasiness when she saw this last person approaching her. His appearance was dark and ruflianly, and thoy were tiro miles from any house, in tho mid at of a deep and silent wilderness. But Debby's nerves were unmoved ; she returned his bow in passing, and kept on her way in perfect; composure. She reached the pnd of her journey in duo time hitched her horse in the shed at the village hotel.and inquirod of the waitor at the door the way to the bank. As he was pointing out to her its location, she observed a tall, dark looking man, with darlf , whiskers and heavy eyebrows, looking steadily at bor. She, however, turned away without noticing him any firthor, and went direct to the bank. When she reached the door she found it closed and learned from the bystanders that the bank, for somo reason or other, was closed that day. In her exceeding disappointment, she stood silent for some time, uncertain what she should do. " Is there anything I can do lor you, Miss ?" said a gentleman at the adjoining shop door. Debby replied that sho wanted to change a bill at the bank. " Oh, I'll change it for you." said the gentleman, " if it isn't too largo como, step in here." She accordingly stepped into tho store, and giving him many thanks, handed him the bill. " 6b, a hundred dollars !" said he. " I cannot do it ; I haven't half that amount in the storo. But if you go across there to the apothecary's I think it likely enough be may do it." Debby thanked hiin again, and went across to the apothecary's. Here she made known her wishes, but witn no bettor success. As she turned to go out, sho encountered a man behind her, who seemed to have been looking over her shoulder. She looked bp at him and recognized the tall man with black whiskers, whom she bad noticed at the hotel. Leaving tlie druggist's, she observed a large dry goods store, and thouglA she would try ber luck there. Still she was unsuccessful. As she was leaving the storo, she met the tall man with' black whiskers again. He look-ed smilingly at her, and asked her to let him see the bill ; for ho thought ha could change it. After looking at it, he relumed it to her again, observing, " if it had been a 'city till he would have changed it, but he didjiot like to change a country bill." Having tried at two or three places without affecting her object, Debby found st'ie must give it up, for she was' now told it propably would not be possible for to gel it changed till the bank should be opened the next day. Consequently, she concluded to return Immediately home. As sho rodo out of the hotel yard, she obscved tho tall man with black whiskers, standing at the corner of the bouse, apparently watehins her movoments. But she rodo on, and was no sooner out of sight than be was out of her m nd. for own per plexing disappointment engrossed all Iter thoughts. She passed over the first two miles of her homeward journey almost un conscious of tho distance, so busily was she turning over in her mind various expedients to remedy the failuro of hor present undertaking. Sho thought of several o( ber neighbors of whom she thought it might not be impossible to borrow a few dollars for a short tiino. But then she knew ber father was so strenuously opposed to borrowing, he would not allow it to be done ; and would never forgive her should ho find out that she had done it without his knowledge or consent. She might got trusted for most of the articles sho wanted but some ol them of the most importance were at Henry Miller's store, ana he would not ask to be trusted thero, if she nover obtained the articles. , ,, Her reveries woro at lenjjtu broken ofTby the sound of a horso coining at rather a quick trot behind her. She looked over her shoul der, and thore was the tall man with black whiskers, mounted on a large and beautifu' black horse within a few rods of her ; she shuddorcd a little, at first, at tho idea of bay ing his company through the woods, biit as he came up and accosted her with such easy and gcntlo manners ; sho soon recovered from her trepidation and rode on with her wonted composuro. Rather a lonely road here, Miss," isaid tbe stranger, looking in the dark woods that lay in the valley before thorn. " IIow fur do you go, Miss ?" " Seven or eijrht miles," said Debby, hesi tating a little. " I am happy to havo company on the road," said the stranger, " for it is rather lone-somo riding alone. I trust you will allow me to be your protector ?" Debby thanked him, but said she was nev er lonesome and never afraid ; still, in a lone ly place, it was always agreeable to have company. " Did you make out to get your bill changed ?" asked the stranger. " No;" said Cobby. " 1 tried till t was tired, but could find no one to change it." ' The stranger mado himself very agreeable and Debby began to think that her feolings at first had done him injustice, and she tried what she could to mako him amends by being social in her turn . They had now reach ed tbe doepest, darkest part of the valley through which the road Ipy. The heavy woods, wero about them, and not a sound was to be heard except the murmurings of a little brook ovei which they had just passed. Tho stranger suddenly rode to hor side, and seiz ing the reins of her bridle, told her at once that sho must give him tho hundred dollar note. ''Now, this is carrying the Joke too fir," said Debby, trying to laugh. It is no joke at all," said the stranger, " we will go no further till you givo me the hundred dollar bill. Debby trembled and turned pale, for she thought she saw something in tho stranger's eye that looked as though ho was in earn est. , " But surely you don't mean any such thing?" said Dobby, trying to pull the rein from his hand. " It's too bad to frighten mo so hero." " We musn't dally about it," said the stranger, holding the rein still tighter ; "you see I am in carnost by this," drawing a pmtc 1 from, his pocket, and pointing it towards her. "Oh ! mercy," said Dobby, " you may have the money if you will let me go." " The money is all I want," said the stranger, "but there must be no more dallying; the sooner you hand it over tho better." Debby at once drew tho bill and attempted lo hand it to tho stranger, but her hand trembled so lliat it dropped from her fingers just before it reached hislantiat that moment a gust of .wind waftia it gently loward the brook. The stranger leaped from his horse and ran back two or three rods to recover it. Debby was not so far gone in jier fright but that she had her thoughts about ber; and seizing the rein of the stranger's horso, she applied the whip to both horses at oncej and was off in a canter. The man called in a loud, threatening tone, and at once fired his pistol upon her ; but as she did not feel the cold lead, she did not stop cr turn even give him a parting look. Tbe remainder of the jcorncy was soon passed ovar, and as she came out in the settlement and pissed the dwellings of her neighbors, many were tho heads that looked from windows and doois, and great was the wondetmont at seeing Debby ride home so fast and leading such a' fine strange horse. -Her father, who had seen her come over tbe hill, mot her some rods from the house, exclaiming with astonishment, "What have you here, Dobby? Whose horse is that 1" t "Debby, what has thee been doing ?" said Mrs. Wildor, who was but a few steps behind her husband ; ''thee doesn't look well, what is tho matter ?" As soon as they were seated in the bouse, Dobby told them the whole story. Mr. Wilder felt so rejoiced at bis daughter's escape that he began to be in excellent spirits, ajid led the strange herse to the door and began, to examine him. " Well, Debby," said he, "since roti've got home safo at lust, we may as well begin to talk about business. The hundred dollar bill is gone, but I'm thinking, after all, you haven't mad such a bad bargain. That's the likeliest horse I've seen this many a day, don't think it would be a difficult matter to hell bim for two hundred dollars. At any rate, I'll tako tho horse for the hundred dol- i . i lars, and yu may havo the saddle for the twenty dollars you were to have of it." " And the saddlo bags, too, I suppose," said Debby, feeling disposed to join in the joke. .,' ",Yes, and the saddle bags," said Mr. Wil der ; " no stop, we'll see what's in them first," he continued, untying tbem from tho saddle. ' Oh, there's lots of shirts, stockings, handkerchiefs, and capital oncsy too. YeB, Debby, tho saddle bags are yours ; those thing come in very good time for Joseph, you know." Dobby colored, but said, nothing. " Now. William," said Mrs. Wildor, " thee is full of thy fun," ' '' "Xo fun about it," said William, replacing the articles in the leather bag. " Here, Debby. take 'cm and take care of 'em." Dol by took tlie saddle bags to her chamber, not a little gratified at the Valuable articles of clothing they contained. She emptied the contents upon tho bed, and examining to sco if overy thing was out, she discovered an inside pocket in one of the bags. Sho opened it and drew therefrom an elegant pocket book and found it contained a quantity of bills. She counted them, and her heart beat quicker and quicker, for before she got through she had $1,500 in good bank money. Debby kept her own counsel. In a few (iiy's it was rumored that Joseph Nelson had purchased an excellent farm in the neighbor hood that had been offered for some months lortiie sum of $1,000, aud was considered a great bargain. " Joseph," said Mr. Wildor, the next time they met, " I am astonished that you have been running into dobt for a farm in sucn times as these. I think you ought to have worked two or three years and got something befoiehand, before getting into debt so much." " But I haven't beon running into debt," said Joseph, " Haven't you bought Sanderson's farm .'" said Wilder. " Yes, I have," said Joseph. "At $1,000?" "Yes," said Joseph, "but I've paid for it. I don't run in debt for anything." Mr. Wilder was too much astonished to ask further questions. Joseph Nelson made, an excellent farrner and a respectablo man ; be was industrious and got rapidly beforehand, and Mr. Wilder was always proud of bis son-in-law. II was some ten years after this, when Mr. Wilder was sitting one day and trotting his third grandson on bis knee, that be said, " Dobby, I should like to know bow Joseph contrivod to purchase bis farm at tbe time you were married ?" Dobby stepped to the closet, brought out the old saddle bags, and opening them pointed to the inner pocket, saying, " The money came from there, sir." The following extract from the speech of the Hon. T. Chandler of Michigan in the U. S- Senate a fow days since will serve to show the depth of infamy to which tbe Democratic Federal Government has descended. It shows further how pauper Democratic newspopers are supported at the expense of the people's money. And still further it shows the principle upon which the deficit in the post office department is annually made : These facts cannot be contradicted as Mr. Chandler speaks from personal knowledge of the corruption. He says : We have witnessed its effects in Detroit. Our postmaster, knowing that the Constitution was subsidized from the Post Office blank printing fund, and owning a sound Lo-compton newspiper himself, supposed be had a perfect right to subsidize that paper by placing it upon the revenues of the Post Office Department. The example before him bewildered his moral sense, and he created sinecures in '.he Post Office for services to his newspaper. In process of time bis political faith was not deemed sound, and be was not only turned out, but prosecuted, ostensibly for subsidizing a press, in imitation of one who holds the high ofllce of President of tho United States. There is another newspayer in my city which is not vory well sustained. It is the leading Democratic press of my State ; but it cannot very woll afTurd to pay its editors. In that city there is an office I call it an of flee of porter or messonger to the post office. It is a salaried office, the duties of which are to transport the mails from the post oflice to the cars. A gentleman connected with the Democratic Free Press in this salaried Post Olllce porter. ,Ho received $1,200 a year as porter to the Post Office ; but he hires a man for twenty dollars a month to do the work. Four times a year, at the end of each quarter, he draws his $300, and pays over bis.sixty dollars to tbe man who does the work. He thus pockets his.salary from the Post office Department of $i, 200 a year, less $240, which he pays to the man who performs the service. Nine hundred and sixty dollars are therefore paid for no other earthly service that the partisan support of a corrupted press. , In the summer of 1357 a man In the town of texing'on, in the State of Michigan, was dotccted in robbing the mail. It appeared that he was a Deputy Postmaster; that is to any, the Port Master lived some mile or two away from the effice, and deputized him to act as Postmaster under the plea that, owning a Democratic paper, he must receive the revenues of tbe ofuoe to enable bim to run his press. The facts of the case were set forth at the Post Offioe Department. How was the guilty man treated ? The Postmaster at Lexington was removed, and the identical man who bad robbed the mail was appointed to succeed bim. I supposed that this was a 1 1 mere mistake; I supposed that they had taken the Postmaster who ban been removed for the thief, and I applied at the Postofllce Department to havo the mistake rectified. I brought tho papers along and submitted them to the Postmaster General, and said, " this is clearly a mistake, find I ask that it be rectified, and that this man be removed." He said " Very well ; I will have it investigated."' This was'during tho firstj' session of the thirty-fifth Congress, and some months alter tho man had beon dotccto I. I went to the Post Ollico department from time to time, but I was turned away and sent to one of the Assistant Postmaster Generals to sco what progress was made in the investigation. Finally, the Assistant Pustmaster General drew out a larpo quantity of letters from leading Democrats in my State,. and said it was nec essary for tho Democratic party that this man should be kept in office. " But," said I, "this man is a Postofllce "robber, a thief; and I demand that you havo bim removed. I do not ask that a Republican be put in his place, but ibatyou havo a Democrat appointed who win not steal." Well, sir, the demand was deemed unreasonable. ."Lauglter. He was not removed ; he was retained in olfice ; and more sir, he was promoted ho was promotod to be deputy United States Marshal for that district alter these charges were made and proved. It was a very lucrative place for him'.-r Under tho Postmaster ho could rob the mail,' and being deputy United States Marshal, his very first act was to establish an immense manufactory of counterfeit monov, laughter; but ho held his oflico thero for two years after these facts wore established. True, he was a liberal man ; he owned a newspaper press, and they could not have a Democratic press thero without giving it the patronage of '.he rostoffice. He spent his money freely, and ho could afford to do so, for he made, jt himself laughter, or all beyond what he got by robbing the mail. Tub EurEiton NxroLEon. A Paris letter-writer thus describes Louis Napoleon on one of the spacious avenues of that imperial city ; Driving a pair of splendid bays attached to a box-wagon, with the reins in his own hands, a"d handling them as though he were accustomed toit,withoutanyoutriders,equeries,or . guards, the Emperor Napoleon came alongthe avenue. He wasdressed with a block overcoat! and a hat which was of a fasbio cf its pwiv The points of his mostache looked particularly sharp, and bis imperial as though it bad just come from the barber's It required a steady hand and a quick eye to guide thoso. dashing horses through the immense thrdng of vehicles of every description which filled the avenue, particularly as the driver, while keeping one eye upon the steeds, was obliged with the other to acknowledge the salutations which be received on 'every side and he keplj up a continued bowing. I considered myself a tolerable good democrat, but I took my hat entirely from my head as he passed. A great man is he ; he has beon successful, and cant as pseudo-philosopbers may about it, success is the true measure of great men, after all, The Ein.peror gives, as yet no, signs of age) (he will bo fiity-two on the 20th of April next) but looks as fresh and young, I think, as when I saw him five years ago, before he had the whole weight of Europe on his shoulders, and tbe Pope, "down on him." " . . i - Tbe Columbus Fact relatos the escape of a female convict from the Ohio Penitentiary as follows : r ,, " The girl made er escape from the fifth story of the prison by passing out of her window and passing along the side of tin building upon a cornice of wter table about eigh" teon inches broad. Passing along the front of the building, at the immense height of fifty or sixty feet trnm the ground, with nothing to bold to, and upon the projection scarcely visible from the ground, she reachod, at the distance of about forty leet from her room window, a place whore it was necessary for her tojump about twelve feot to the roofof the west wing. The leop was taken proved a safe one and the ilauntlcs woman next fastened to the corner of the roof a rope which she manufactured of her own bedding, grasped it in her hands, and swinging from the roof; passed down on the outside of the wall, over windows where other convicts wore slecpirg, and down to terra fimi, a distance of forty-five feet below the roof. The Rochester Daily Union, a prominent daily Democratic newspaper, published in Rochester, N-Y., and heretofore an ardent supporter of Mr. S. A. Douglas, thus alludes to that individual's declaration in the United States. Senate . that slavery in the territories is a judicial question: "The Democracy of this country are not in th e habit of taking their creed ready made 1rom the Supreme Court, , . . 'If Senator Douglas has dohe as stated, be has effectually merged his individuality, and abdicated all distinctive position as a candidate and as a Statesman. We. might as we'l run an cfiigy of the Supreme Court as to run a living candidate who has to rerer to the future action of that Court for his political principles. But we really hope that Mr. Douglas' abdication is not as unqualified as it hiM been lepreScnted. For it is safe to essum that however it may be with the prominent publio mon, Ths Pioplb of this groat cotf jlry are not yet so insensible to thoir own righta, as to vett the fashioning of their institu' iom, and the dictating of their political prinqij les,, in any five or six life-tenured officials who happen, to sit on the bench of tbe Supreme Court." . . A western editor says be bis seen the contrivance the lawyers nse when they "wsi.rni up with the subject." It is" a glass toncerrij and holds about a half a pint.