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1869*

W« COHOKATTJLATI our readers, and 'the country at large, upon "the accession of

XjLY88*s S.

Gbajtt to the Presidency

of the United State* Under bfs admin* titration we look tor a speedy and radical reform of the flagrant abuses AW now disgrace the public «ervi*& Wft bok for a revival of public confidence, and in. creasing activity inbrMness circles. "Wa confidently expect a .wtoaand prudent ^ministration, auchaa willj»ffl^ldtespect at hone and abroad,

The services of General fiBJUfit-ip te positions to which be has heretofore been have challenged the admiration of •m '.--s- IC-lzj££•'**1 2 i*-* the world and won plaudits even from his enemies. In ^he great office to which the BepubUcan p^rtr bas elevat^ im nigy the same good ^orttmea^rit bim

Md the ooantry. .f t,"*'"' ThatPresident^teAWP, in the discharge of his official duties, will tnake enemies we have little doubt:' He will thwart the aehemei of triokjf,. politician^ and w^ll crow the ways of'seme of the little-great men who think the -brain of the nation ft under their h»tt. A howl of rage may be raisedi and torrents of vituperation may be poured upon his head but if he will firmly persist in his honest purpose to purge the.public service from Rascality if he will but continue to aim al his coun try's good, bearing himself as grandly Sn (he future as he has in., the ppst, he will live to see the. storm subside and the great, honest masses of the American people giving fcfm their approval and support. Judging qf the future by the past, we find no reason to doubt that the new President will'fulfill the reasonable expectations of the people that he wlft be true to the great principles of tbe Be: publican party, and that, during his in cumbency of the Presidential office, he will do all that can be done to give the nation the full fruition of that grand watchword with which his party s\yept oa to victoryin the late contest: "Let ius have peace."

Indianapolis Items f,

The Court Street Theater is being verted into a livery Stable. It

Personal, and Political.

Mil Andbbw Johnson

Qbaht

OH KB ON, and

guests of

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rumored that several of the wit

nesses in the Clem trial will be indicted for perjury. One or two indictments are now pending for petjury, alleged to htfve been committed in the first trial.

Tas Indianapolis Sentinel says that no further actionfwill be taken in the Young murder trials for several dayB, as Judge Chapman expects to be absent from tbe city. It is probable that Abrams or Hartman will apply for & change of "Venue, or at any rate claim the rlgbt of being tried by another Judge, which will amount the same thing.

Thi Indianapolis

Journal says ii is re.

ported that General Sturm has "posted the books" of his Mexican speculation and finds that his profits amount to $3 000,000 (more or less) and that he in tends to return to^Indianapolis shortly to enjoy his "otium cum dig," etc., for the balance of his natural life.

is repor

dangerously ill. She has J)eeu a coofiji ed invalid /or years. Gin.

will remain at bis present

residence for a few days, until the Execs .live Mansion can be put in good order. Pbbsidknt Grant will probably nom iaate Gen. Sherman for General of the Army on Saturday, and possibly Shje'ri dan for lieutenant General." ,iA.

family, will be jthe

Coyle, publisher of the Ra

tional Intelligencer, in Washington, for about a week, when it is expected they. .Will go to Baltimore, in pursuance of a promise made to the Committee of the •Council of that city. Imf '. A. Johnson's farewell address is too 4png for our columns under the present pressure, nor do we believe that our read eracare to ,peruse his death song. Un like the swan, bis dying notes hav# no particular and exceptional sweetness.— iHis "policy" is a thing of the past. 'fLet •the dead past bury its dead."

Somk of the Democratic papers of Ten•netiee are gratified by the discovery that the Feast of Pugm, celebrated by the Hebrews in joyful remembrance of (be deliverance of their people, and thebanging of Haman, occurs upon the same day that Brownlow abdicated his guberuato rial office. -10.V

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of memory seems to be

very desirable study for Tennessee poli ticians. Mr. Fletcher remembers that John Browulow told him tbat Rutter was a very clever fellow, and had pressed Ave hundred dollars upon him. Ho also remembers what Rutter said tolum about 4t. John Brownlow can't remember any thing of the sort. Mr. Rutter can't remember that he ever gave anything to .John Brownlow. Whereupon Brown" •low denounces Flotoher as a "willful and malicious liar and perjurer." It is eer tainly desirable either that Rutter and John Brownlow should learn to renipmber, or that Fletcher should learn to foj

Democratic press is npw en

t^ed in preaching economy to the Ro pablioaa party, and citing tbe good old tinea of Democratic ascendency as & contract to the management of tbe men. who through a war, and are now paying for honeUly,. U.]s welL perl^ps, to wviva the history of the Floyd acceptanO«» ioat brought to memory agaifc by thi decisUn of the Supreme Court against their validity. These fraudient papers, in time of comparative peace, and when tte departments were carrying on,an ex--s ttaaely limited buisness compart with to-day, were issued by the ream by a

Democratic Cabinet officer. Will no Democratic journal give us tbe history of thia transaction, with which they are all -t *Ottbtl«BS better acquainted than we can be expected to be?

seclusion of

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Prison Affairs.

IotheState Senate on "Wednesday Mr KnrWV, from the Special Committee on the Investigation of Affairs of the South ern Prison, made the following report: Mb. Pbwhdsnt.— The Committee to whom was referred a resolution of the Senate, requiring them to enquire into tbe management and. condition of the Southern State .Prison, have made the required investigation and instructed me to make the following report:

Tbe Committee examined a great many witnesses under oath, among them most of the officers, many of the employes, and one of the convicts of the Prison.

Much of tbe testimony was contradictory. But the points, as brought out by the testimony, show an amount of corruption, brutality and crime, and this by the officers and employes of the Prison themselves, whrch, to say the least, is very discreditable to the parties concern ed. Two of the Directors of the said Prison, Meredith and Ghee, have systematically farmed out their appoint ment's—the "Warden and many

All of wich is respectfully submitted

Isaac

KiNLEy.

Thomas Giffobd. H. G' A.BM8TR0NQ,

In explanation of the foregoing charger, we publish, from the Iodianapolis Journal, the following

CARB FROM HON.

M. M.KBKDITII

A communication, from Jeffersonville in relation to the management of the Southern Prison, has been going the rounds of the papers within the last few days. Besides bding untrue in many particulars, it is evidently intended to convey tbe idea that the present Directors ara responsible for the "horrors" depicted. I have heard of rumors coming from members of a packed committee, which lately investigated the condition of tbe Priion, attending to throw tbe responsibility of the management of the Prison on Mr. Gbee and myself, twq of the Directors. I have refrained from noticing these attacks until the Committee report ed in the caso. Messrs. Kinley and Gifford, of the Senate, and Ruddel of the House, all got put on the Investigating Committee on tbeir own motions. Senatqr.Giiford formed and publicly expressed through a newspaper, his opinion before £e had heard a word of evidence yet he was willing to assist in the prosecution of tbe'cause. Mr. Kinley, the chairman of the sub-cammittee, having made his report, I now give a plain statement of the case, and of the facts as they actually existed. Mr. Gbee and myself were elected Directors in the winter of 1867. Mr. Ferrier was then a Director, and had been for two years, and his term continued until witbin few days age. He w»s Pres. ident of -the board atrd resident Director. When I was elected, James B. Meriwether was Warden of the Prison, and had appointed all tbe subordinate officers of the institution, as he lias tbe right to do, with tbe exception of Chaplain and Physician. Ho only could remove his subordinate appointees I h»ve no knowledge as to how Meriwether got into his position except his own sworn statement, which was suppressed by the Committee. He testified that ne got his place as Warden by paying $2,000 to procure the resignation of. Mr Donelsoo, who was a Director at that time.

In December last, an individual by the name of Yannoy, a tool ot Meriwether'*, quarrelod with him, and tbe re suit was that he Sled charges against him exposing the indecent practices which had characterized the conduct of the Warden and his subordinate officers, within the prison, and of which the Directors had never before heard. That the conduct of tbe Warden and his apr pointee3 was shameful, no one will deny. Tbo que»tion is, are the Directors responsible? The committee in tbeir report do noteay so in direct terms, but by a sort of general implication, through the meaas,of an artful statement, try to cre-atethe-Impression that Mt. Ghee and myself are responsible. Tbe committee entirely exculpate Air. Ferrier, and so far are right, but Mr. Ferrier lived near the prison, and visited it almost every week, wbicb was much oftener than Mr. Ghee and ibyself did, and had better op portunities lor knowing how things wore carried on inside the prison than either of us.

The fact is, that none of us knew anything about it until Yannoy exposed the matter through bis written charges against Meriwether. We then forced Meriwether to resign, and put in his plaee an honest gentleman, Colonel Shuler, and he discharged the underlings the former

WarS«n hnd la hi' employaaa^tBv Jeno« tnk«a by the como

imp rtant position—men

^od thttirettrament he so much needs partners in crime, and who wouldaotaXafter the exhaustive labors Ibcident to poee him, and thai the Ironeatjuards the Alabama treaty. In so much as few- about the prison were afraid.to ™Pj£ 'opp.rfa.W« of Ubl. talk .ill nowI °S.tho?8tL.W w£i«

pite from those interminable aBBuraiiceisj |,y MeiiWSvnfr ifter nts"resignatieti, ana

that Save made his/ diplomacy but little better than a game of brag.— The latest pha|e of his malady is lessons to Englishmen on the propriety of free trade. It is impossible to divine the next Mjmjfuftotinn, but it is to be hoped that a brief st»y among the mountains, and a substitution of weak whey and curds for roast bee£ may so improve his digestion as to restore fully those deliberative powers which we have always cjainjf^he

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employes being required to pay a bonus for The privilege of holding tbair tionfc i_

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Your Committee found also, from the testimony, that the guards and other employes bad free access to the female convicts that the treatment of, them ha been disgusting, lecherous and brutal Two witnesses refused to swear that they bad not had illicit intercourse with the female convicts. The Committee furth er found that Mr. Meredith, one of the Directors, accepted a bribe, or a fee as he preferred to call it, for services in ob mining the pardon of a convict. fee was to be two thousand dollars in case of success. -s

This prisoner had already paid him ninety dollars for his services, and loaned him four hundred and fifty dollars. In his effort to obtain the pardon of the prisoner, Mr. Meredith made false repre sentations to the Governor, stating that he had been under great personal obliga' tion to the familyjot' the convict, that the evidence on whicbJie had been convicted was conflicting and uncertain, and that the case was one iuorit.ing Executive clemency.

The Governor ascertained in time to prevent the mischief of pardon that the representations of Meredith were all falfie, that his statements concerning his obligations to the lamily of the convict «were sheer fabric utiops, and refused tbe par don. In this hasty report our committee take greak pl«asure in stating that Mr Ferrier, tbe former Director, Colonel Schuler, the present Warden, and Mr Sullivan, the presont Chaplain, are ex ceptions to the above charges of corrup tion and crime.

Since.Colonel Schuler took posBusmon of his office, therp is evidence of reforma tion having taken place in the whole management of the prison, and the Com mittee are glad to be able to commend him and the Chaplain as conscientious gentlemen and efficient officers.

As evidence of the foregoing state menls, the committe respectfully refer the {Senate to the evidonce taken in ttie examinutioD, a copy of which is herewith submitted.

Ire gusUin^ .^F b7 hi. evidince. He does not pretend to implicate us with having any patt, or pf knowing of hie misconduct as Warden but entirely dieclaimed, on oath, having any inch intention. His charge w» oowuptkm in the way of receiving money to influence our official conduct. He made three specifications, to-wit: 1. That he, as Warden, paid us_^50 per year to retain hia position aa War

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That the conUactors paid oa $350 each for letting the convict iabor. 3. That we received $1,600 eaeh for voting for Colonel 8huler aa Warden

The Committee only find the Bret eharn sustained, but the evidence to alike on all the charges, exeept that, as we oottld not receive money fromi the contractor or Shuler unless they, paid it to as, we were enabled to contradict the lying statementa of Meriwether, and this fair minded, unprejudiced Committed, thought tatto confine their report to ft chrftge whew from ths necessity of the case, it would rest on the testimony of Meriwether on one side, and ot the Directors on the other. The Directow explicitly denied on oath before the Committee, our receiving or demanding a dollar frona Menwether to retain him inoffioe. And then was no proof outside of the evidenoe Meriwether that they ever did. MerU wether stated that the contractors paid money to get their contracts, and the Committee, by reporting the chargee not sustained, virtually admit that he lied oa tbat point.

Ob his cross-examination Meriwether showed-himself entirely unworthy of be. lief, as he distinctly admitted on oath that, while Warden, he haff himself prostituted female convicts in two instances that he was in^tbe habit of getting too drunk to attend to his duties* and that he'offered Ghee and myself each $500 and Mr. Ferrier $400 to try the charges filed against him byjVannoy without swearing hU witnesses, and- that when we refused, he resigned to escape a trial.

All I want is to have judgment susped ded as to Ghee and myself until the evl dence taken by the Committee is published, and on tbat evidence, if fully .published as it was taken, we are willing to be tried. ,We have full and exact copies of the evidence as it was written down by the clerk, but I have heard that the sub-com-mittee have been trying to revise it br striking out oertaiti portions of it. This may not be true, but there are two members of that committee whose action, in hunting Ghee and myself down on this investigation, justifies me in believing that they would emasculate tbe evidence it deemed necessary to sustain their report, and I make the charge, now, that thd chairman of tlie House Committee who appointed himself on the sab-corn-mittee exhibited more interest in behalf of Meriwether than in bringing tbe truth

to light, and that he proposed, to suppress all evidence injurieus to Meriwether. By the judgment of such a oemmittee I akn not willing to stand..

The conamittee report that I took: a "bribe," or, as I chose to cajl ij, "a fee," to procure a pardon for a convict ?bis was stated injlhe report, and I pronounce it a wanton and deliberate lie. Tbe word bribe does not ooour in the evidence nor did I term it "a fee." The Chairman of the House committee put the words iptp the mouth of a convict, by asking whether I did not employ him as an attorney to get his pardon, and got an af* firmative answer, and this was the extent of it. I denied making a contract, but admitted that the convict's agent had stated that he would make him pay me^ and I told him he i&ust not do so, but he made me a present it must be of his own accord, after the work was done.

The report states that I made a false statement to Governor Baker to procure the pardon, and the Governor discovered the trick in time to defeat it. This is an unmitigated lie. Tbe Governar made no such statement, but expressly stated that in my attempt to procure the pardon Idivested my application of its official char* act er, and tbat he received it on tbe footing of an application of a private citizen tbat I made use of no improper means to procure the pardon,and that this was the only time I tried to obtain a pardon while in office. He did, however, say tbat the Di rectors had a rule not to ask for pardonsL and tbat he always asked our opinions aa to granting pardons, and that in this case he did not take my opinion as an officer and, also, he further said that I gave him an untrue reason for interesting myself in this case, but not that I made a false statement to influence him in his official son duct. On the contrary, he expressly ex onerated me fro& any improper attempt to influence bis ection. The pardon waa not granted, and 'the question as to what I told Governor Baker, in a private con venation, as 1q my motives in asking a pardon is outside of ipy official conduct, and was iugged in by a member of thrf Cdmmittee in his indeeent zeal to jpiaka case against us as an entering wedge to carry tbe Coffin bill, and to change the whole prison system.

The Committee report that Mr. Ghee ami myself "systematieally farmed but our appointments." The only appoints ment wo ever made was the appointment of Col. Schuler, and the Committee state in their .Report that— "Since Colonel Schuler took possession of bis office, there is evidence of. reformation having taken place in the whole management of the prison, and the Com mittee are glad to be able to commend him and the Chaplain

conscientious

gentlemen and efficient officers.' I am unable to see that Mr. Ghee and myself were very much to blame in that matter. They regard Shuler as a good man, but slander and villify us for appointing him. This wbole matter, from tbe beginning to the ending has been an atrocious and damnable'prosecution by a meaner set of men than crucified Chrisf, to oust us from office that they might secure tbe vacancies created themselves

My communication already too lon^ and I will close by again saying that a Gbee and myself want is to have all the evidence taken by tbe sub-committee published, and if the Legislature thinks it sustains the report of this Committee, we will cheerfully give way to other men.

F. M.

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From tbe Indiagipolis Svnttnel March 4tb) Stringtow-n, or —as the people Over there would prefer to have it called— West Indianapolis, was in a blaxe of excitement yesterday over the supposed disappearance and murder of a man, who on Monday night was last seen with a considerable Bum of money ia bis possession. His hat was found yesterday morning near the National road bridge, which, connected with several other suspicious circumstances, led the police to believe that some crime, probably murder, had been committed. On investigation their suspicions were farther confirmed, but the pflair a? yet is not wholly made clear. Enough 1s'kndwn, however, to justify the

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arrest of "Bfobert Turbyville, also and Ben Irvin.three notorious characters, tbe first of whom is the present husband of the "Duchess of Stringtown," and who has been under arrest, for various crimes,

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Th-V-i*** will probably be diaoovered in asfettttlmerw the police are making vigorous efforts to get at the bottom of

The ssfnrn^ edition of the Indianapolis Jomnud of yeeterday containnd the following:

The Democrats of both House* of the General Assembly caucused until 12 o'clock last night, and, Hia ^derstood, concluded to stave off action on the Con stitutioaal Amendment by resigning.

m.1. au»in At 9

o'clock. sufficient

This morning, at 9 c'cloc^J number of Senators and Bepreeen totives will resign to break a quorum. This will close up legislation for the present term, and the most vital and important work ia yet te be done, including both the general and specific appropriations &sii- iijg

Will tie Biffirage Anwndnieiit be ..Ratified*

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froa tilt BU Loais Democrat.] Now thaTOongrefcTias given an op Dortunity to the people of the several toestablisha uniform and impartial suffrage, the question very naturally ia aaked- Wbat are the probabilities of the adoption of the amendment by the requisite number of Statu? To give validity to.this important change the orcanie law of the nation the votes of at leut twenty-eight States are necessary. However earnestly the Democratic party may to private deeire to see this subjec1 set* rest by a righteous decuion, it foregone conclusion that the politicians of that faith, with scarce an exception, will set themselves at work to defeat the wise measure of Congress, simply because it ia a proposition, ana an assent to it would be a concession to their opponents that they will never willingly

It is to the Badicals alone, there

fore. that the country must look for the decision, and only Stales with Badical Legislatures, either now in existence soon to be elected, can be counted on ratify the amendment. Tha following States have a majority of Radicals in the present Legislatures, most of which are in MBsioD. twd in them ftll wo may look for a Bpaedy following of the example ao promptly set by KanBaa and Missouri:

Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,

Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, /M Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, lLansai, Louisiana, xm^B Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,

•id

Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin.

Here are twenty-four States re«»bnablr sure. Of the four others needed, it nest to 'certainty that Connecticut New Hampshire, Gbio and Rhode Island may be relied on the last tbrep without a doubt. New Hampshire elects a Leg^ islature this month, Connecticut and Bhode Island in April, and Ohio in Octo ber. Ail will be decidedly Republican except Connecticut, and even tnia closely balanced State,under the influence of her handsome vote for Grant will probably maintain her lately recovered character She will be sure to do this if the Presi dent elect declares himself in favor the a«n«ndment in his inaugural address and this he is quite sqre to do, as he it earnestly and nonSstly in ftfU sympathy with ideas of justice and consistency volved in tbe amendment.

The following States will be claimed certain to yote squarely

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Mineral Items*

There are several alum yeUs in Lin oolnton,N. O.

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The editor of tbe Talladega (Alabama) Reporter had tbe ore dug from his own land last week, the ore made into iron the Iron into plows and the plows run ning before the end of the week.

Rich mines of copper and coal have been discovored in Page county, Va. Anthracite coal of fine quality has Also been recently discovered in Shenandoah county. fir

Aoctdenfs and Deaths.

Mr. H. P. Detmoje, of pewisburg, Va died suddenly last wfek of heart disc Melms, the Milwaukee brewer, stuck pin in his thumb four weeks ago, and after several davs of agony from Us ef ects, died recently.

A man named Williams, from Indi ana, accidentally shot himself recently while in a barn at the Lay Farm, in Adair county, Ma The ball from his gun passed through his throat, killing him instant

Murders, Suicides *£c.

A man fiamed Sbaw was -killed by Mr. Osborn at McKenzie, Tennessee, last week. *.

William P. Phiter, of Tuscaloosa. Ala was assassinated at his own nouse iasi week-

A man named jfieaby, at Biver Falls, sma

lately bad his sjcull smashed in an affray with one Monahan last Saturday. Mr. John Enright,.formerly a resident of Janeaville, Wis., waa recently killed by the Indians, on the plains.

INDIANAPOLIS SENSATION

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Supposed MnrderJtS^f

music'teacher in Liberty, Mo., latestabbed fatally a young man named llleks. A woman was at the bottom of the auault.

D. W. Bell, a blacksmith, was shot dead recently in an affray with a drunken man named Bobert. Baams, near Nash villa

An attempt to assassinate the editor of tbe Pilot Point Texas) Vidette was^made a few nights ago, by firing at him through the window of his office

Col. James J. C^c, of Pickens county 8. C, committed suicide on the 31st ult. He was formerly a Lieutenant in the Na* vy, but commanded a Texas regiment in the rebellion.

A freedman named Davy Choice, recently, at Sherman, Texas, stabbed daa geroualy another negro named Joe Bell, and his wife, because they were supposed to have bewitched members of Choice's family.

The son of Governor Throckmorton swallowed poison at Bonham, Texas, the other day, from the effects of which he" suffered a great deal, but did not die.

pratty girl at one of tbe Bonham schools was the cause of it.

Wdit«|U SENATE.

The Senate-met-at 9 Voloek. The following bills wdre passed:

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bill No. 237

eyean l869andl'8T' House bill No. 151, ment of taxes for toe State Debt Sin! JToua liuieiuiurfl iu»ypj' meats for 1869 and ao

House bill No. 165,. to create the 0ttU$. of State "Geologist, sihid provtdiiig'fdr a geological survey of the Stated

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House bill No. 60, (sub«titu1efor Breok*enridge's bill), 'for the inoorporatioi|^of Life insurance Companies. ,.-P

Senate bill No. 89, to amend the act to enable the owners of wdt lands to 9^al^ and reclaim the same, cii

The General Appropriation tell a«Vl»«c ceived from the House and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Adjourned atttill 9 o'clock to morrow morning. oi HOUSE. ,if .!1 '5*0-A

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Senate bill No. 90, to amena the 24tb subdivision of section 53 of the act to repeal all laws for the incorporation of cities and towns, approved March 141867, compelling inhabitants arpunc Michigan City harbor to dock up

House bill No. 244, authorizingperaons purchasing'railroads and turnprikes under the act of March 5,1859, amended by the act of 1867, shall organise into incorporate companies, prescribing the powers of said companies, etc.

Joint Besolution No. 8, for Congressional instructions f6r the passage Of an act by Congress, relieving from disabilities and forfeitures soldiers who left their commands after April 15, 1868.'

House bill No. 311, an act touching vacancies in couuty and' township offices, and providing for the,Ailing of the samef by appointment of the County n~~—1

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Magnolia Watbb.—Superior to the beBt imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price. J.O-dwlw

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^Senate bill No. 292, to transfer Brawft county from the First to the Second dicial Circuit. "Senate bil I No. 29#, CrtMtiiig th^HS^tf-ty-rixth Judicial Circttit, and flxisgtiniee1 lor holding coutts iiLth£|Fdnrtfa Circuits iSenete bill No. 286 supplemental tj^f^act to incorporate the Franklin Insurance,

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March 33c 1

Bills passed—House Bill No. 3lO, tbe general Appropration bill. The morning session was devoted to the discussiorvjor the bill. The amendments will be found in our report.

The Hopse appropriated, for the.ooavr. pletion of the State Normal School build ing at Terre Haute, $79 999.

Senate bill No- *23r to ameodthe awFi en teeth section of an^ct to provide for the organization of,County. .Boards, ecfc^ to enable County Commissioners to levy tax for the purpose of constructing and repairing couBty buildings.

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remainipg States the matter is doubtful, as the Georgia Democrats must win favor with colored voters in order to keep powr «r. whilo the unreconstructed State? Mis •issippi, Texas and Virginia are not safe to count on either way. The strong probabilities, however, are that under the influence pf a desire to reap all possible advantages wUfe the new administration coupled with the fast that the amend ment only forces upon norther# States the recognition of the same rights to the colored population that are already lm poied upon the States lately in rebellion that the final ratification will be secured beyond a peradventure, and the votes of States be secured for it, tbat might otherwise be against it.

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jn their operation. We ask you

to use theip bepause we know thdir' virtues. Trial is tjie Toucbspne jjy which to prove them worthy.' Use ^oree's Indian Root Pills. For sale j?y all Dealers c. marldwim jkibmr: t.'' V..'

With Dyspeptics everytBing is wfong, Food does not digest! sleep does hot refresh wine does not cheer smiles do not gladden music does not charm, nor can any other joy enter the breast pf tbe miserable dyspeptic. You must get rid of it, or it will become seated and confirmed and lifo will be a burden and existence, curse. Plantation Bittkbs will do away with this. New life, strength and energy will take possession of you. Tne damak, wjll again bloom upon yopr cheek, and the luster in your eye will again be as bright as }u your healthiest, happiest and most joyous days^ jdwlw

9dwly-»torm

til *ti®P

COSTAR'S REMEDIES.

Si HOUSEKEEPERS! ^HOUSEKEEPERS!

I hi

Meri W omen—Children Rf en-Women--Chil dren I

•i BEAD—BEAD 9iili

"OooI I dr

to Soildian Barns,"

'-'Soothing to *11 p»infal woandr, Ac. Ileal Ins to all SoroS, Dloer'.

Ao.

»U

"COSTAR'S"

BUCKTHORN SALVE li tli-» noat txlrtcrdisar SALTC ever kooVa. its ie»cr if Boothia? an Henllag for nil One*, Bums, UtoiKB, Sores, Dloers, CJbappfd Hantls and Sfclo, for Sore Klpplea. for Plica, Ac.. Ao.—la without parallel. One p«r*on aa or it,, "I woald Dot t« without a Box la mv House if it oo«t 6 03, or I wenH trarel all the way to New York for it.-'—JT. V. Earning Newt, 8evt. 5.

All DraiRlata In TGBBV HAUTB aall it.

a ^COSTAR'S"

Standard Preparations

AKBHte

E A I I E '•'W'" TBC ASB etusK wu

One

:lottlo.

$1,00—Thre« for $2,00. BIB

"©ester's Bat, Roach, "CosUrN Bea Baa •'Costar's (OalJ porn) iMMt r»W«f. •Only Infallible Beiirtdi'Slomwni'IS/ear. estotU»had teNew Jotk."E«Mi "2.000 Bozea »od Baakunanofactared dally.

Beware I of ^iparloiMlfmlUtloni.',

"AU

Druggist! In

O?)

Tl«« HaO*«

John

•f the Mew fraa ths

He. Caalton.VDo not bit impoaei upon pcrtfei^almTag ondar thejaw napoe or duly genanie And real!'' fMOinidi fc.jji

Industry

WAN! HUT^I

•a mm •t-elaas Ooncerdi. ua. USDBKKY,

a ne^r lea-

OLD SOTAB&8Hlf*tT wftl1* new fea"

peraonoan

roonre

N OLD tura.

lag tbHAgV

Paytoa. Ohio. -tikzi tia -mullet, »di-mimi

"mmi?

•MWyite*, fd^tatk, tatlfc fmjl, MM. ik and embroider in a moat anterior manner. Price only $18. Folly warranted for Are yeari ilWJCj will pay $1,000 f»MK.iaacMa? that will lew a stronger, mora 'MMtmn, elaatic team

hlaesfe ia the hiaria-

Pianod F" Ftamn^^PiimM I The Wtth'Mteit ^trMl^' «»irtill»irr leati."^ hntaeaa*dN|alfd for thia^o|nilatiUi»itrn-

We ^vWoilseqwMRy^A^

Inqaireaf re»ld9i£ tol«Bi, qMWMlfojc o#r llluatrated 0*)talogae and Price Lilt. Adrr^ta Pianofortia Ma^oTa,

oo.,

Unilfln Ma||

A 'cieiTebri^d On Asa Mowaaa and BatraiH^-Ugtitaat draft and moat dnrable Machine! made. Sand for Circular.

Olippcb Mowib A BrAPB» 'Oo

Oray'Wr** t.gimpUr practical aUd durable. Makea Uie Klaffic £hfctiv ltitch, and affaptea fofiil kinds of'tfafri

Wtfn*. Airy child

can operate It. An elegant gift. Tea(hnoqiaU! daily. Sent in perfect order on reoeipt cf price—, $a. Addteis I»d«a«vr Mwtait HaaMae Co., Manchester, «.

v„

9SOOO uun^-Addreaa IT. Puao Otb, 02 ovjyr aJaat vnrcr

To *HK' Woauaa i£bAM:r-.I am aow prepared to furnish all clataaa with constant employment at thiir homeaithfr. Whole kf the time, or,' tit thspare moaMnts. Boaioeea aew, light and profU-t able, yiliy centa to $6 per' eyeHlng, is easily earned byperaoniof aitber wz, and tbe boya and girls earn nearly as much aa men, Great lndnoemenis are.ttfcred -thoe*1'wbo #lll 441roto their

sfti^Mns&amrsssi addreit jtnd teat tbe Huatp»* f|*_tbemielTea., 1 make the following Unparalleled bffer: To alt wh4 are not 'win Mtlsflett wit* the baUoeaa, 1 will •end $1 to pay tor.the (roubie of writing me, fntt partlculaYa, direction!, wit free. Biiinple •eat hy V&JHUt A Augusta,

To SELL THt iaMricaa

HAC8W& Price $26... The

simplest',1 cheapest aiiil Deaf* Ktfltttng Machii^s erer invented. ^111 kBtt S9,^)e i|ltab«a per mint, ute. Liberal inducements to Agents. Addreai AMIBlOAN K«ITT1*Q 1IAOEI9B OOm Boa top, Mass,, or St. Loots, Mo.

LA Speciality.—Care* legally guaranteed or Ihbney returned.

By- the lnTentor of the

celebrated Patent Invisible Organio Vibrator fdr DeataesS. Send 10'cis. for TTeatise on T.

Incurable

,: rutm vm a »stamp,

AFAMPHUC7iiiltifeot'aFAdTBrtlifag.

oonUiDing valuable lnforma-

tloh oa the 'A list of over'One Thousand Newspapers, (tu

Advibtisthq

bx|t

Maoicxs), and price cards showing

advertI*tng ratesi 'Address QEO P. BOWKDL A CQ», Haw Jprkf. ... ,A. ...

yeatptoymeat. Addrss*,with

p«Kcent.,.ani ... stamp, B,^y, tfOWH, 039 Arch street, ,Philad«l phis,

-RMPLOn addtess S boro, ,yt»

j«.. ^or "particulars OQ.¥ Brattle.

-WRBISG BOX HOBbS.—4«lM)el# for Toofag Men, who having err^d, desfrea better mallhood. Beat ia sealed letter eavelepee, free of

ThlladelphiB,^a.

*4 Jl.i

iitlk si*.-

r-wr 'jT

.Ia, th«ory of the crowds who throng

The Dellar Store,

73 LAKEg-yitEET,

[«i hat That every descrfnt OOOOS, CBTW1BY, LSATHIB-OOOD9, J*W KLBT, BOOKS, ALBim-, SILVBB-PL1TI WABE, tut., He., can b« purchased at thee^tresoely low price of OKI DOLLAR for each article, when tbe same goods cannot be obtained at any other place for doable the amount, and which jlhe wholesaler confesses' tfa oahnot but for that pTht»f"

We reply :^We bare buyers eoDstan.tly at the last, by whom job lots are obtained at enormous ditceants, and, besides, a large portion of bur goods are Imported direct frem European mnnn factareni.

Having, also, avaaT rAQiLRT poeseesed by the largest "Dollar Sale" firms of Boston, we wlU, by means of the

Ittend the advaoUgss at oar hasuasa Wholesale and retail trade to those living at a distance, thus saving In Express ChartM

THBG£-F01)&THS THE AMOUNT

Now pMd atfd gHltft a bettor quality of than can*be oUalned of anf.Itanara Arm.,

Head tayefir Clal»% o* aead ror^Cl la**,6

73L«KE'

aall tk(«s."

"Costa10

Crosby St, N. T.

P. Hott,

"i..

(Saccescor to)

DKUAS BAKKK9 A CO., 21 Pat^ Bow.y. T--S!d in

TEBBK BAUTX,

BAB^fiUUOKABfiiRRT, Jan4dwly-n to BM. ••«..-. ,:ai l0». I'}..:

Goods at Wholaaale.to the Trade. tifa T» r»rtair^ai miT

AGENTS WANTjD.

GO'Saaw.TTnio-y ndi he rr .'jiw s* iverleifSeawiiieeJMreeMqf ijif givea-the'naiae* ef. all Newspapers, their ¥fttRicc,dr dUtttretfre character, OtaeWjiTioMi aad qraoh other lttfeonattoa. Alao,.fori»i a tompiste gaaetteer of all toiria stad conatles tn wbmr •swspsMs.are -potillitredi A handsome octavo volume of 400 pages, bound ia black cloth.

.Large comnil Jkfons' pel J1cana*eeA(. ^Tomlh WUO^epieedMl to «lspeee* af la large

L«1C CUMHl

Will color gray hair a permanent ela- or brows. Addiea* WX PATTOS, TrSagorer, Magic Comb Com pan j, Springfield. Haai. a OEHTS, Farmer*, Gardener*, and

Invlgo

FrnlHtrOwem.—8end for partlpuUrsof

roved

gnarant nty1«

ant la tbaUntta^

I^ltlmore, Md

Modi! itr

nw rtttJ*.

S Hit, if.-M,

Vorth rnntth. Street,

MA61R10 ASD KCLKOTIC PH1BIC1AN..

fet3dtr

W. Martin, J. 8. Beaob, ICsq. Br. Kggert. Omoi AJD B«siunms uu Mnlberry atrwt,

pext t0

kR.

formal BchooL

frr niv.

STS.1-*^^ JU TrT» rl a ri ik^l BVNi UNIvulVO fajI-,

lf-,ir Br,M

-{tt ASSiwiWa Simla** Curanter"

AVINOJASSOCIATBD OURbelT«

togeMurforthe praetioe of Medicine

•jth the above Homoeopathic law our gitlde,' le pleased toLttttend all who mjy need nr hxofasaional aentice*.

O iS S S A S E

Iketween 6th and 8itf atreeta,

ott

Hndion'a Ottina

APPUBr A WATERSi

6J.-YOUNG,

JMi-U

and {SURGEON:

qmVEoWeit Side Pnblic Square, (Formerly occupied by Dr. Cnrlts.) Oalla.attended to uight and day. Beaidence at Kitlonal Ilonse. jaffldtf

HOTELS.

JAOOI BCTE. QIO. O. BUT

NATIONAL HOUSE, Ooa.

S ixth and

Him

TEBBE HAUTE, INI? JACOB BPTZ gON..—"..—~ FBOPBIKTOBS, ^fhii Bouse haa been thoroughly refuinlShal arfUvli r.'-r- t, •iMi

PARJPJRS' HOTEL

ojiff.»t?, jasseiq atodj jnoaiA

CORNER NINTH CHERRY STS. ,. Opposite Eastern Market House. Hayijig a lorge Wagon Yard attachad, will en able me to* give general aatUfactiott to the trav Sling public. D.W. BAHKIN. vT -H.

KAUTB HOUSE,

The undersigned takes pleasure in announcing to his numerous friends and patrons that frtni this date, the charge of the Pacific will be 82,50 per day.

Being sola Proprietor of this Souse, and there fore, free from tbe too eommon exaction of as inordinate rent',' he is fully able to meet the downWard tendency of prices Without any falling off ef service. .It will now, as heretofore, be his aim to .maintain undiminished the favorable reputation of the Pacific, which it has enjoyed for Many years, as one of the best travelers' hotels.

The table will be boontirully supplied with every delicacy of the season. The attendance will be found efficient and obliging.

The location will be found convenient for those whose business calls them in the lower part of the 3ity, and of ready access to all Bsilroad and Stdambdat Lines. fe2dw6m JOHN PATTEN.

ATTORNEYS.

.R. tfjTJrt

H. BLAKB^

Attorney at Law,

AND

NOTARY PUBLIC.

"OrrtCB—On Ohio Street, between Third and fourth Streets. oct28d&w6m

l' JHO. P. BAIBD. JgAIRD & CEUFT,

Db.

toilray dtoji. led®*. aendtoteato »ia«roepeeMis.-T. aaiedSiy. ^dto teaMi wa«roepeetas .~T, '^.Murray St., yew Tor Address NBUMW OHXSMAVjTQblbhers' Ateat, '8tU Agtnt for U.S. and BritiA Profhe* ef fc. HO Partt ,t,i/S*

oUABi.as oaorr.

Attornej'8 at Law, OrnoB.—Ho. 82*Ualn Street, up stairs. f0bl2dt(

Wm. E. McLEAN,

Attorney and Counsellor at Law

—AMD—

(18NBBAL COLLECTING AGENT, jfifTorre Haute, Iud. Orno*.—No.

Main Street. decfidly

DENTISTRY.

L. H. BARTHOLOMEW

fltJBOWW AWI

MrOBARICAL

E'N 1ST,

auooinor to Dr. D. M. W1TLD, No. 157 Mala St. National Block, Terre Haute Ia l. fta30dtf bsavn»u ii

6. O. LINCOLN,

The Oldest

haa

H»«r

oa ANKAND A €0^

-V8-n|.fe Dentist

Establisked

Ita Terre Haute

Omoa-On Sixth Street, between. Hatn and Ohio, one door south of National House. Having bad upwards fit eighteen years' experience in Dentistry, he Is ooijflf)«Pt that be can give Mtlsfaotlon ta all citamthftm*! Uf?

4o«

%, ii-M-

HOFF'S

A IRADf Jl) VARr.

MALT EXTRACT-

Great Reduotion in Price. Quunif rao»uait8 UmaFA,igiD. ..

A nahslllalu for Ale and Alcoholic Drlaks. A SrBENtfTHEMEK for the Oebllttated. [egWtCIAXLT Wtrnsrae HOTHEBT.]

A Oertato KBMIDT lor Disorders of the TMBOjtT, CVKST, LONGS AH» 8TOMACD. fioid by Druggists aad- Grocer*, 0 a# JW.-8. PEDEB8BN,

Jan4deodly-vr

\Li .issflfe Wit

.^INSbaANCt.

:Jl*

OOBHEB MAIM AMD RBVBNTB BTatKTB, Terre Haute, Indiana. .'This Hotel naa recently beebrefitted, and pntla flr*t-claBS order, offering accbttmodstlons unsur pMISed In the State.

X. C. BCNTIK, Prop'r.

pLARK HOUSE. \J ooiaca oV lhB8T Awi) tidllo 8TBEBT8. TerreHautej, Indiana

W: B. 6BIPFITH.. .. .. Propprletor

Offloe of Marshall, Mcateauma and

PhImHob

Qaok Lines. -Tree Bass to and h'on all Trains. novSSdtf

PARK HOTEl^

OBf THE AMEBIAN AND IJJBOPBAJi PLAN Cor. Beekman and Nassau Sts. Hear City Ball Park.: ...New York

QBOBQE WIGHT, Proprietor.

N.Bf—Located in tbe vory heart of the whole' sale business, t^ifi is one of the most conveintly located HotelS'for Merchants, Business men and others visiting the city. d29d6m

PACIFIC HOTEL,'

JT 170, 172, 174 and 176 Oreenwtch S'.reet, One door north of Coftlandt, and one bloik west of Broadway.

•if® T!

Oltfttl

»di

.C:

NATIONAL

LiFEINSUKASCECO ,'

United States of Ameri^a»

ViUDfOfOI, ®. Oa

CHUM

ciitmn sncuuerrf

Arraovsu Jciv t8, tteS.

CASH CmTALlT $l,OOOfOO%,( PAID IMMTli,. ,.,,

iWi

BRANCH OFFIOEI

Flrst Nattoiai |rt BilllliBg,

Where tha general buiiaisa of the OthtMjrfe transacted, and to which all geaeral cerrr«poa*eiice should he addressed.' '!*v nw /nrASO jpfea a* ft

OVPICUBt fn.si.swai

OLAltXHOI H. OLA&K, Prvaldeat. JAT COOKC, Chairman Plaaoce and Caeea Oommittee. HKNBY V. COOKS, •Ic^-l'resideBt. SMCB80N P»T, Seorttary Aetaary.

ffii.

This Company, National la itBoharaoter, ofe by reason of Its large Capital, &4W Batsa ef Eta-, miam and Kew Tables, the moat desirable waaas of Insuring lite yet presented to the pahllo.

The ratei of premium being largely reJaoed, are mtd« as favorable to tha losarers ae thoae el the best Mutual Compaaiee, aad avoid all tha aompllcatioBS aad aaoertawtlas of Notes, Dlvl» dends, and'the mlsnuderstanclngs whloh the latter are so apt to oause the Pol'Cy-Hof.'r.

Several new and attraetive tahlea are aow sented, which aeed only to be nadarstood a prove acceptable :o tbejpublis, saehas the IN-COMK-PBOD0OING POLICY and BKTDRB PBKHIUM POIitOT. Itrthe fbnnr, thapalloy. bolder not only sccurts a 11 lb iaaaraaee, payaMe at death, bot wlU reeeive, it living, after a period of a few yeers, aa asaaaf iaootM to tm per coU. (10per tent.) of kit policy. Ia the Setter, tfee Company agrees ta rtbtrn to (is aaaied ««s«sl amount of susqi k* In

jmM

ia, ia aUKai to A#

amount of hi* p&Ktfi The attentioaof parsons con ten pitting lasaxing their Itves or indenting theamonnt of Insarance they already have, is called to the spselal advantages oflkreddy tha Natloaal Life lasaraaee Company.

Circulars, Painphlets and fall particulars girsc on application to ths Branch 019ce Of tha Company, or to IOHS W. KLUS dh C*.,-2

CINCINNATI, OHIO,

General Agents for Ohio and Central aad South ern Indiana. jr. A. FOOVB, -U

Agent for Terte Haata, lmd.0

Jhiq-J fcfflT .M (HsUitM-mw

NSUBE

WITH THE BEST I

vi 1

UttUqja

T__N A,

ii"i kf ",-•1... ri I

OF HABTFOBli, (OSX,

Cash Assets over 19,

Fire and Tnland Insurance as fi»v«rabl« terifcs Permit for Bellabl* HAGERA Mc^XXH. As

as tha Hasards JanMSm

bit Indeai'aity,!

a in-mittiiinmiS win SrfuOM i» fcishi (Hltiaift,,',

FIBS AND LIFE,.

INSURANCE AGENOJ

Jif.'

Hiiftsrj 4 fii fc» $i&

The following iOld and Kellable Oempaatafe Bepnaeated tf fv :.i

Whiti. ,•«: •s.'JS.ti-l ff.A

Merchante Fire Ins. Co- ,! hm i^BApwo^, OO^,.

Norlh Americnii firpIns.Cp. HaBTfOBD, OONl}, if *&"T -. "tq ids .is 'na

Applications taken aad Boliolas issued in any ol the above named Companies ic lowest current rates. Also, RBAL ESTATE bought and sold, and COLLECTIONS promptly attended to. '/-'••i

APPly

to a.iH/it"{

A. ORANE,

General Fire and Life Insurance,A^ent. ."*4 Jba^ OFFICJKi

MainlSt.»between 5th ft 6th Torre Haute, IncL

Offloe

Vain Street

Old Stand of Ors. Thompson A Bust hill ti-tii hQAt "i'Oft •A} .jh

jiS b* 'Xitflb ii

A Csa|h,CsM, irMn SlsrosU.

Biqdiess

Owai*

lfa.

laaioiATi ATTorrtaii,

and

saootn aa

ohickio.

iuon

coariavs,

Irritation ef the 1 permaaeat Thraat A3 tl«a, «r sui lasayaUs laag Dtasase is orraaTaa aaaaiT

Bnwis Brnclu&l Trecbes, Having a diraet Inflneneeto the parts, gtv» lanaedlate relief.

For Bronebltla, Astluaa, Oatarrh,C«B. aumpuve *bro»t Diseases, TBOOHKS ill V(XO WITH ALWATS OOOD SVOOSS^.

SINGKB8 AID PUBLIC wlll fliid TYoeio OMfaf In elfarlcg the Voice whan taken'befoteHlaginif or Speaking, aad reliovlng the Throat after .an unu.ual exertion of the veoal organs. Tbe ZYvefcet are reot. nmended and prescribed by Physicians, and have had tratima nlals from eminent men throaghont theooantry. Being an article of trae merit, and having froBtd thfir efficacy by a test of m»ny years, each year finds thrin In new looalltlee In various paita of tlie world, and the Trofkm are nnlvoisally pronooneed Letter than other arttalts.

cniy "Ihi&wK's BaoaoataL Tacsasi,"

aad do not takeaay ol tbeewSfce fmUarians that may be offered. *ou irisrwasBs. dfeidaw-Saipf-iBside

JSttM- fii. :a

V/TANHOOl)

W I

AND THE VIQQE

'•U. OT VOUTii restored la loar weeks. DB. RICOBD'8 KSSENO Of UR reetoree manly power", frnin whatever cause arising tbe tHeois of early pernicious habits, self-eboae. impot. no* and ellmate, give way at onoe to this wonder.tU medicine, if tahaa-rtpilarl)'' aooordlag to the directions (which are very simple, and reanlre no rsstralat frem business or plea*are,) Xwlnre. Is impossible. Sold in bottlM at 98, or tour quantities In one far |0. To bo had only of- the sole appointed agentpn Amnrisa, 8. Olllltll, #3. it Avenue, eer. ef lltk straet. X. Ii opjj dan