Indiana American, Volume 21, Number 48, Brookville, Franklin County, 18 November 1853 — Page 2

D It O (MC V 1 LL K. 1 N I).

FRIDAY . WO VEÜBER 13, 1853. aretleal4emt'a JlcaMfti Tit usually well-informed .Wasbington correspondent of the N Y. Courier and Enquirer, gives the following foreshoadwinje of the President's Anuual Message: "The frame work of the Message hat been laid out, ant! the President ia engaged with hin Secretaries in reducing it to farm . Its developments respecting our fotd-h relation will be, doubtlens, deeply irteresting. Through Its statements 'e shall Le informed of the exact progress of the negotiation relative to the fishery question and the northwest trade. The best informed here believe that the Secretary of State is proceeding quiet Jy but eilicientt to an adjustment of the difference which have so long existed between England an! the United States on that subject. Nothing definite or very important can be expected tu have laktn place in reference to Cuba, Mr. tioctl having net yet presented himself for acceptance at the Court of Spain, and there being no representative of the Queea near ibis government. The questions pending with Mexico are the right ol transit across the Isthmus of Tehauntrpec as involved in tha Sloo and Garsy , contracts, and defined in the treaties negotiated by Judge Connun and Gov. Letcher; the demand for tho Right ol Way for the Pacific railroad, through Sonora and Chihuahua; the reclamations of Mexico for Indian depredations, and the re-adjustment of mutual commercial relations. These are most important subjects of negotiation between the two re-publics, and the President's revelations as to the progress made in adjusting them are awaited with universal interest. Diplomacy, however, is the science of keeping state secrets, sod tne state of our foreign relations must necessaiily be but imperfectly known until the 1st Monday in December. In domestic affairs the policy rcommended in the Message will be, it is whispered among the personal and confidential friends of the President, a rigorous conformity with the principles of the Democratic party, as announced by its guilders and earliest expositors. In finance, the President will advise the adoption of a revenue system which shall keep the annual receipts nearly upon .a level with the estimated expenditure. One of his subordinatea in the administiation has aptly characterised the pres. eot system as "a revenue tariff for protection." It is to be amended by striking out the woids"for protection.' As to to surplus on haod, the system ol turcbasing up government stocks will e pursued until it is consumed. In reference to expenditure the most rigid economy wtll be insisted upon. But it will never be practised whiio the present system of raising revenue obtains. LJ. American. It is expected that tho policy of improving riven and internal harbors will be discouraged. The plan of connecting the on tract system of carrying the mails with the increase and support of the Navy, will be relerredtoin unfavorable terMs, audita abandonment at soon as consistent with existing coutracto and resulting right will bo recommended. The proposition to canned the Atlantic and Pacific rnnti b ereat national rallmaJ will be discussed, hut the President will s.ate his conviction that souud policy requires it to be Islt to tho individual energies aad private capital of the country. WLich is equivolent to siyiug it will not aoon be uudt'rtaken: Ed. Til doctrinra nf tha Mavavill road bill veto will be the guiding tr of the President in th discussion of the principles governing the internal improvement yitjm of the United States in its relations to the federal government. The famous veto message waa understood to hive been written chiefly by Mr. Van Buren, who did most of the thinking for Gen. Jackson at that time, and has been a sort of textbook with the Democracy on the matters to which it relates ever since. It Is well enough le have the Und marks of principle. Tliry hare troublesome luves. Iigative, and they furnish authority jiceedUy useful and convenient for repressing the ratrrprlza if any bold aid origlu I thinker lu Um party. wbo m undertake te frame doctrines lor Miuvlf sod otliere out of his own Lrsla. On the principles of the A? aysvilla veto, nothing el 11 caa be doue by the OavruHiu(. which saves l Im e who conduit It a vast amount cfcireeud responslb lit. r Aa to foreign affairs, the President in clilics to opinions and measures based en the idea ol Senator Douglass, that "America ia a power on Earth." He will, therefore, practi:ally recommend cutliu? rdri.rt lrom all complications which admit or recogeise the right of any. European governtmant to participate in the regulation of affairs between the nations ol this continent. Prompt Action While at Liberty on Friday laat. Judge lie id took euch prompt and as we think correct action, aa to meet our hearty spproval. Last February, an individual had sigued and testified to over 20 informations againat a citizen of Wayne Co. The defendant took a change of venue to Union Co. Last Friday the caae came up, when the witness on oath said the defendant never sold him liquor, and that the witness never signed the informations. Judge Reid immediately ordered him into the custody of the Sheriff, and required him to enter into bond of 8500, to appear at the next term of the Union Circuit Court to anawer the charge of perjury. You may guess that it made tho sweat pour out of the witness. If all JuJges were thus prompt in checking perjury, our courts would be purer than hev are. (XTOcrNiw Hat, that is so much admired by those who bare accu it, came rrom Jse A. Moore's, No 342 j Miin St. or rather front his branch atore near the corner of Main and Fifth, Cincinnati. By the way, Jesse, who was born and raised in Bronkville, has had the good senso to get hi in a good wife lately. We are glad of it. He was guttln old. But who would have thought it! He ia as corpulent aa a Bishop. We wish hia old acquaintancre would call upon him occasionally, and grt a hat, with a looking-glass in it sich aaours has. It U very convenient to fust take off your hat and see your aelfaa other aeeyou, at anytime. This ia the latest style. (ET Hont lorget the Temperance Meeting at the Court house on Saturday night. 03Tbere rntut be more than one John Smith in the world, for there is certainly one in our jail, and one writing to us from Ox fold. Thia Is, we verily believe, the same John that used to write fro it Ciucinniti.

Bk Nsilees, We have received from the publishers, Applegate & Co. a book entitled Religious Courtship, It is a book of dialogues upon Christian principles. It is designed as a guide in the selection of a companion for life. ' It was written by the famous author of "Robinson Crusoe," and was originally published In England, where It had a large sale. It 1 published by the Cincinnati firm above mentioned, in very handsome style the paper is good the typography neat, and the binding tasteful. But, in our candid opinion it is a bore. At least we have not been interested in

it. Perhapa "young folk a" would like it better. . The same publishers, who are, by the wsy, energetic and worthy men, and whose books are generally of the most unexceptionable character, have presen ted us also 'a book entitled "Universalism against itself.'' This is a very readable book and thoae who want a work on Universalism would do well to get this. Even Universalists themselves might read it to profit 0- It will be seen from the follow ing, brought by the Steamer, America, which left Liverpool on the 29th ult., that hostilities bad begun. When they will ceaae no human can predict A telegraph dispatch from Bucharest, says, two Russian steamers and eight gun ooata lorcea tne passage or the Danube, and encountered a brisk Are from the Turkish boat. The Russiana had one Col. three of ficers, and twelve sailors killed, and up wards of forty wounded; but they sue ceeded in setting fire to the fort by shells. Frsnce has made full preparations for a land expedition to Constantinople, but no orders will be given to march unless new circumstsnces arise, which in the opinion of the Emperor, will render snch a movement necessary Lue advices from St. Petersburg ear that Count Nesseirode is very anxious for further negotiations. It waa reported at Paria that Nicholas had abdicated in favor of the hereditory Grand Duke; and, though the report w as doubtful, it had a favorable effect on the money market. The French Minister at Constantinople has been recalled, and his successor appointed. Itis reported that the Ciar had said he would rather bar k out than fight. The combined fleets of France and England have come to anchor in the sea of Marmora; which haa caused much surprise at Constantinople, and the Porte is said to have declared that the movement of the fleet waa wholly Intelligible, unless aa the allies of Turkey, end if the combined po'veri are ippre hensive of the safety of Sultan, and have come there only to protect his person, they have no use for their fleets at Con atantinople, as the Turkish Government undertakes to guarantee the Bülten a safety; and the avowal of tho presence of the fleet on this mission is an Insult to Turkey, and an indication of her weakness, which would place her in lAi. iwwttt.in Kafn.a tf.a ..ll.. f a-V-MIWH W W W S W Ml NSJMVUBJ W S . Europe. The Turkish Minister of Finance has resigned. a It is now elated that the conference at Vl.nii. l.m .lr,..l - .... . ! for the settlement of the question between Rueaiaand Turkey. The King of Belgium is now reported to be using his influence in bringing about a aettlement of the diffieultiee. A telegraph dispatch from Vienna, under date of the 26th, says it was reported there a akirmiah had taken place on the Danube, between detachments of the Russian and Turkish forces, but it waa not believed that any pitched battle had yet been fought. The Turkish government in all her movements diaplays great military sagacity; it ha officially recognized the Circassian Chiefs, and has forwarded arms for them, to the mountains. The Hungarian General Guyon haa been sent as Lieutenant General to Asia. The Russian forces at Bucharest conlist of 50,000, men, and they are establishing stronjj reserve corps. All the Commanders had been ordered to join their respective corps. The Pontoon corps had left Bucharest for the Danube. The Religious Benediction service usually preceedingaction took place at Bucharest on the 10th ult., to which the Greek Patriarch was invited. The Turkish Cabinet and the Grand Vizer bad publiahed an order, calling upon the inhabitants of Constantinople to preserve order, and to pry for ucetss or the Turkish arms, and to protect the christian subjects of the Saltan froo insult. It la now stated positively, that it was the Russians, and not the Circassians, were defeated in the engagements which took place in September. Persia had disbanded her army on the Turkish frontier. Collections were being made in Eng land to procure testimonial to present to Capt Ingrahamof the United States, for Lis noble conduct in vindicating the cauae of his country and humanity In the bar bor or Smyrna. The steamer Argo had arrived in Eng land from Austria, with half a million sterling in gold Stcrt Stratum. GiRDtx is specially riled because so many pspers have published our item, about Jno, II. Tay I or 'a awearing the witness on the Baltimore Platform. "He aiya published it some weeks before we did. Now that ia a fact, but then he got it up so clumsily, that only our sharp eyes ssw the latent wit, and de velopcdit. That's all. Garbtr discovered the case, but treated it badly in the description. We cured the bad treatment, and the press copied. By the way the Madison Courier will do well to send us all its witty items, and we'll give them currency, gratis. Part of the suits of Louis Nspoleon, in his late tour through the Northern Coloonies, was eighty cooks! Gas-tro-nomy I w hat a lot of 'em. Home of the pspers seem bent on running the Hon. Jease I). Bright of Kentucky, for the next President of the United States. Mr. B, at present, represents the Stste of Indiana in the U. j S. Senate, He lives a part of the time in Madison, and when at home Is a kind neighbor. We lived near bim several years. But bis chief interest is in Kentucky, where he owns a large plantation which is well stocked with negroes. All we have te say at present Is, that if Mr. Bright wanta the nomination he will be

sure to get It, and. if nominated, he will

be apt to be elected, aa he ia northern man with $cuthem interest. We beard lately, a little atory of one of our Lawyers. He wax engaged in an Important caae and waa eroaa-question-ing a witness, whose character was Impeachable, and whose testimony was rather bothersom. In rain did he crisscross the witness waa firm. At last be exclaimed "Well Mr. U'nt there so mething eiset Have'nt yon forgot aomethlngV The witness pausrxl a moment as if deeply reflecting, and answered Well really, Mr. leant recollect anything that I ha forgot. The Lawyer was decidedly sold. A friend has sadly puxxled us by asking tcAy swearing to a false statement of real and personal property, when we five in its value for taxation, (s not as culpable perjury, aa to awear falaely on any other subject. If any of our readers are personally Involved they caa explain. Ret. W. W. Sitdeb: The many friends of this amiable gentleman, will be gratified to learn that be la comfortably situated at Kent, Jefferson Co. Ind. We congratulate the people of Hanover et. on their good fortune in obtaining h's services this year. Our friend, John Burton, has received the appointment of Poat Master, to the flourishing commercial town of Metaraora . We are not apprised whether he belongs to the Hards, ot the Softs, whether he ia Brouaonian or Redfieldian In bis politics. The Bostonians.lt is said, design giving Koxta a public dinner. Bennet, of the New York Herald. Is aaid to have his petition on file for a fat office. Will he get HI The anniversary of the Parent Mis sionary Society of the M. E. Church Is to beheld In Cincinnati on the 18th of Dec , prox. Some of the first men la the Church will be present. We expect to secure full reports, taken specially for the Irduia Ameiicax. For lawyerixing, go to the briek row on the west side of Main-Burgess. (XT Mr, Myers at No. 321 Maine St. Cincinnati haa the latest style of Fire works, and the very best quality of candies, nuts, Le. Let our grocers who are preparing for Christmas give bim a call. He Is a very pleasant man to deal with. Gr Yankee Robinson was arrested, at Liberty, Ind., on seven indictments for violating the lawe of the State. OSrTbe address of Dr. Goodwin, on our first page, will well pay for its perusal. (ttrWe learn that the performances of Yankee Robinson at this place were so low and disgusting that several ladies and gentlemen left in the midst of the play. OCT President Locke move tnajei. tically in the new college, although the mechanic hai not got all of the desks I doM The next quarter will begin next Monday when all new students should enter. We wiah the man who borrowed fdJ1eW would bring them home We have had several applications for them lately and don't know where to find them. II. Ruffuer, whose card appears ia our columns Is located near the basin of the W. W. Canal, and haa a good aupply of groceries. Ills locality gives him great advantages for the White Water trade. We would call the attention of those who have lumber for sale to the card of D. F , Meader dt Co. They do a large business in making furniture. fjWar will most certainly be declared against Turkey next Thursday, Thanksgiving day May we be there to aee! The Whigs of New York have most probably elected their Secretary of State, Comptroller, State Treasurer, At torney General, Canal Conmissioner,Inspector of State Prisons, Engineer and Surveyor, a od Clerk of the Court of Ap peals: and have got a majority in both bouses. The moral of all thla Is plain that it is much better, even in politics, to pursue an honest, manly, consistent course, than to bargain and intrigue for any tem poral t success. The Temperance men at Connertville Intend to have a temperance protracted meeting, commencing on Tuesday evening 29th of this month, and continue for three days, to en J on Thursday night with torch light procession, and a supper. We hope to be with them on the oc casion. Go every body. 03"Dr. J. W. Keely Surgeon Dentist will visit Metamora on Monduy the 31st inst, and remain six days. Those wanting work done should call immediately. He will be found at Dr. Cain's Office. fXrThe Cin. Indianapolis, and Cbica go R. Road Co., have sold the steam saw mill at Bulltown, to Case & Co., at the same price they gave for ft, OCT We most heartily approve of the suggestion of our neighbor of the Demo crat in reference to lecturea in Brook ville during the winter. But who Is to move in the matter! Shall we not have a meeting some time to make arrange ments.1 Was Naws. The New Orleans Picayune haa advices of the arrival ef a Government eipreseatSaa Aatoaie.from El Pasee, which bring Intelligence of the marching ef five thousand Msiloaa troop apoa the latter place, wneatne correct report cornea we Qoeetion whether It will have much sub stance. b7The free school will be opened ia the old Seminar i some time this wlater, but wo can not learn when, or by whom, though we have made diligent Inquiry. ateTaellletaet The Democracy of Worcester, Mass., few days sgo, passed resolutions la which they expressed their determination te diare gard the manifeste ef Caleb Cashing aad freoldeat Fierce. Thla Is rsbeltieas. II not the Cabinet, or, ia the leaf sage ef Mr, Cashing, The President and thoee with whom hs is accustomed te eona!t,H aa Indisputable right, le give direeüoae aa to the proper persons te be veted for by the people T We give the Mter u another coluraa

17 The Westsrn Odd Fallow's Mspiinel for Nov. le en hand. We suppose it m lib-1

erally patronized by the Order, aa It should be. We humbly eubmlt to the talented Edltora If the ovsrplusage of longwioded articles ea the "state of the Order," does not diminlab, the variety and splclness demanded in these days. It baa some able correspondents. The members of Frsnk Ii n Lodge, I. O. O F. Rashvllle Ind., are aboat erecting a spacloaa belldlag, three stories high, ea the site ef the eld Posey Heese. P. A. Hackleman and M. Besten have the matter ia charge. It will, ao doubt, be a building creditable to the town and the Order. The Odd Fellows here have made arrangement toETThat wagon load ef baskets thst betrocted the aide walks, a few days ago, at "The Old White Corner' haa nearly all beoa sold, and a new lot has arrived. ETTbe Directors of the Valley Road met thla week bat too late for aa to get their do ings and sayings late this week's paper. Slooe the above waa In typ we Uare that they hsve ordered that proposal be received till the 35th ef Jane ary, for the entire completion ef the road from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. Look out for the Locomotive! KTMre. Locke hae taken charge of the rrimary Department of the Brook ville College. ETWe heard Dr. Goodwin speaking a few days ago of sore e new care he had discovered for Aeate Rheumatism. CT We aaderstaed that Mrv Kimble Is saeeeeding wall la obtaining releases ef right of way along the line ef the New Albany aad Saadasky Rail Road. (ET The water from here to Har rison will be let out of the Canal on Saturday the 26th inst., and will be out about ten days. Taaaaegivlaa; Day. Thlseomeeen next Thersd-y, and will be here before our paper comes oat sgaln. We hope that or good cllisens will del? honor It We ewe mach to ihe goodness ef ear God, and sorely owes a via, we shoe 14 rvsucLT praise him. In many places all easiness IssaepeaJed nntil after-noon and the eommaalty assemble la the temples ef God. Why may not thla be the case here! We are reformed that pabtlo worship wiil be held In the Methodist eherch at II o'clock A. M, when a sermon will be preached by Rv. T. M. Eddv. Let all the people ao knowledge tho God of nations la his SanctuHere's ear XT to Bro. Bookwalter of the Lawrencebargh Register. Welcome to IIooeierdom. Eitlanalsry. There Is yet soms misunderstanding about ear new terms We repeat, that they ob tain only when paid J7 strictly ir Advance By this wo do not mesa paid wilhin two or three moalhe. aed eapeoiallt we do not mean, as some seem to suppose, thst old w 9 debts, for which, la settling with Mr. Clarksea, we paid at the rate of f 2 per. year, caa be canceled at the same rates. It would be a kind ef epeeeUtlea we do not care aboat making, to bey aa old account at two dollars and etile at one fifty, We consider oar per cheap at three dollar par year, and make the large discount to induce advance payments. We want to say also that we have ne ether terma than thoee pebltahed i another eotemn. KT Whose beetaes le it to declare the seats ef our Aldermen vacant? They certain y are vacant, for business ef the most argent character which they eaehl to attend to. I entirely neglected, and oar citizens want to til the vacancies aa soon aa possible. Itialae Law la the Care A correspondent says that a few days sgo a he was relax te New York on the Erie Road, a lad came Into the car distributing the prospectus efaa Ami Maine Law tract, whereupon a gentleman proposed to take a vote of the passengers upon that law. On requesting thoee in favor of each a law to rise, the passengers rose with one consent, and the pamphlet seller, as he entered the car again, waa met by three eheere for the Maine Law, dariog which he learned that his room waa better than hia company. CT Mr. Cashing, who once made AntiSlavery epeechee in Congress, figured as a Whig, turned Tyler man, became a Demo crat, thea a Pro-Slavery man, flirted with rree-Soilers In Massachusetts, now cornea eat in support of the most ultra and proscriptivs policy which has over been attempted te be inflicted epon the country. The following is bis letter to the Democracy of Maesachasettswho.it appears, have taken tho nnwarantable liberty of nominating some men, not In favor with the President and his advisers. Let the freemen of this country see what agenclea are brought to bear upon tneeaaeasses that nominate their can dldates, and then let them be led by caucus ses If they can. Washikiton, Oct 29. 1853. Dca Sias I perceive that la several coun ties of Massachusetts Coalition Senatorial tickets have been formed of associated Demoermta and Free-soilera. My judgment is, that Um Democrats who have participated In thia have done worse than to commit fatal error. They have abandoned a principle which Is fundamental. To oupport or vote for the Free-So Her of MeasacnuoelU la to give countenance and power to persons engaged, avowedly, la the persistent ngitation ef the Slavery queeuon, ana tneretore hos tile. In the eiuemest degree, to the determined policy of the Administration. The Pree'dent entertains Immovable convictions en this point, aa I have bad occasion to express to yon heretofore! and all of ua whom be haa called to tho public seryice here most heartily and sealosaly sustain bis views on the subject, as being the only one consistent with our personal buuor, the aucceea of tho Democrats party, the grnersl welfare of the 1 country, the integrity or the Constitution, or the permanency of this Union. If there be any purpose more Aaed then another In the mind of the President and thoae with whom he ia accustomed to eousult, it is that that daageroua element et Abolitionism, nnder whatever guise or form it rosy present itself, shall be crashed out, so far ai this Administration is concerned. This lbs President declared in hia laaugarali this he haa declared ever since, at all times, and in all places, when he bad occasion to speak on the subject While be dove not issume to judge of the hearts ef men who publicly avow sound principles, be only needs overt acts te show where t'ieyare, la order that his settled policy in the conduct of the affairs of the Government shall be unequivocally manifested. Thoee who have apprehended halting or hesitation en the part of the President, In treading any path which truth and patriotism open to him will find themselves greatly mistaken, lie it Hp to this occasion. His policy was not haauly settled t while he occupies his present position, Ii will never be departed from. The constitutional rights of all Uie States ef this Uaiee are aa daex to bint as the rights of New llampehlre. 1 hsve perceived from the oauwt that this great principle of the constitutional rights si the btatee ia fastened In his thought as the corner stune of this Union. Depeud upon It, no matter what consequences msy impend ever him, he will never allow it te be ahakss by Abolitionists or fao Ueulste, bet will set bit face, like fllut, as well against right-hand backsliding aa against left baud defections which rosy prejudice or embarrass the onward progreee of tho Republic. I remain, very truly, yours, C. Cvshinq. Hoa. R. riethlegham, jaa., Boston.

Dr. DavlAOllver. We lesrn from the ex-editor wbo bad

the pleasure of meeting this old and respected citixen at his residence In Oxford on Saturday last, that be is in comfortable circumstances ai far as property is concerned, and that be ia enjoying good health, and appears to be cheerful and happy. The Doctor's old friends in this county will be pleased to hear this of him. He was, at our earliest recollec tion, a popular practitioner in this place and as an evidence of his popularity, we would aay that there are more David Ol ivera on our subscription list than An drew Jacksons. He has many name sakes in this county, and all of them, ao far as we know, are yet called In ahort i'Dock." Long msy he live. New Albaht Semisjaxt. The Pres byterian of the West states that the Board of Directora of thia institution had a meeting, and have resolved to recom. mence operations; and, that theyre-elec ted . Drs. MacMastera and Lindsly to their former chairs, and chose Dr. Gur ley, of Dayton, to the chair of Pulpit and Pastoral duties. The editors do not state whether any, or all, of these gentlemen have accepted or not; but they aay, that "As it has been resolved to be expedient that the exercises should be at once resumed, we caa cordially congratulate ita friends on the election of the above Profesaors." fttrThe following was the action of the Synod of North Indiana on the sub ject of temperance: Resolved, That we do warmly and anxiously sympathize with all the friends of religion and morality In their efforts utterly to exterminate the dreadful sin of intempersnce. And believing, from the failure of past exertions in this State, and the success of prohibitory enactments in other States, that auch laws afford the best prospect of averting the evil by removing the temptation from our midst, we would recommend and earnestly request of all the members of our communion, heartily to cooperate in all proper exertion to procure the enactment and faithful executton of such a prohibitory law aa shall be deemed by the friends of temperance to be most effectual in banishing the use of intoxicating drinks from the State. 3d. That we hereby recommend to the members of our various congregations, In co-operation with the friends of temperance In their respective neighborhoods, to aid In having delegates chosen and sent to the Temperance Convention, to be held in Indianapolis on the second Wednesday In January next. The Prwepect. We have often been asked what is the prospect of the American. Aa this is a question in which many feel an interest we will say that, after deducting thoae who quit because they don't like the new editor and those who quit because the new editor didn't like them (such for instance as owed our predeessor from time immemorial) and deducting about twenty-five exchangee, cut off because they were not worth to us the cost of our white paper, we this week print 73 papers more than theweek ve began. Filial Affectlei. A few days ago we met a young man who Inquired the price of the American On hearing our, answer he ordered it sent to his father who once lived in this county, but now lives in the west. This we thought was a mvk of affection that ia truly commendable. He thus sends, weekly, a token of his love to one whom he can not see in person. How many persons could perform a similar act of kindness at a small expense. 03"From a atatement In the Ohio Organ, we learn that during the past year, S. F. Cary haa delivered one hundred and twenty-two public speeches in ten different states. A part of the time hia fam ily accompanied him in nut journeys. His traveling expenses exceeded fourteen hundred dollars. By the kindness and liberality of some of those who bad his services, about two hundred and seventy dollars of his expenses were paid. The drafts upon his energies and his means, made to auatain the good cauae, have been so excessive, that he is determined hereafter to require of those who get his services the full measure of hia traveling expenses. Hal I read aadlrlene' jriatters. Mr. Smith, Preaident of the Evansville, Indianapolis and ClevelandStraight Line Railroad Company, writing from New York, aaya: "There is an unusual stringency in money matters, and the best posted can only hope for a favorable change within the next few months: Railroad bonds and stocks are visited in all quarters with extreme pressure, regardless of their intrinsic value aa a permanent investment. The prices at which our Indiana stocks and bonds could be sold here if pressed upon the market, prove nothing aa to their real value; indeed there is no demand for auch Securitiea at thia time, no matter what the character of the road may be. Our people ahould be content to hold on to their stocks and bonds that they know to be safe, and not be alarmed by the crisis into ruinous sacrifices. Operators in Wall atreet look blue; the milliona that they have made on the rise of stocks and bonds, are rapidly alipping from their fingers, bv the effects of the times. "New York is filled with railroad men, aeeking, but not finding, accommodations. Companies and contractors, are meeting on the aarae Change without success. The consequence is, that the old roads will have to do with their single tracks, and a large number of the new ones must suspend operations, for the time being, at least, for the want of funds. The price of railroad labor and materials will come down, and such roads as ought to be and can be built, that are demanded by the public, will cost much less than was anticipated. We shall move on with our Road, safely and cautiously, contracting no debts that we cannot meet, so aa to secure the stock holders from all contingencies, until we shall be prepared for a more rapid motion. These times cannot last. Our country was never more prosperoua in all the elementa that compose monetary affairs. The wars and convulsions in Russia and Turkey, even should they Involve England and France In their contests, csn but operate favorably to the United States, alter the temporary effect on our monetary affaire shall pass away, so long aa we maintain our true policy of feeding all at high prices, and receiving their surplua funds for safe investment, without involvlngourselves in their straggles for power."

OxrotD, November 12th, 1853. Dear Ewto: Matrimony is gener

ally productive of numerous responsibilities. (Perhaps I ought to erase that apocryphal sentence and begin anew; for I foresee how easily some persons will put a wrong construction upon it, and one altogethej foreign to my thoughts when the line was written but let it go.) That is to aay, there are a multitude of carea to be assumed by the married, that the single knew nothing about; and they are very pleasant duties too. For Instance, what can be more delightful than to rise up in the morning from ambrosial slumbers and elysian dreams, to breathe the pure air of heaven and make a fire in the kitchen stove with wet wood! I pause for a reply. Again, how invigorating to the physi cal system to turn out of your warm bed at four o'clock a. m., and guided by the light of stsrs shining dimly down from their cerulean home, seek the butchers stall and bargain for a roast and a stake! What health-giving delight in the gymnastic exercises of axe and sawl What pen can do justice to the pleasures of screwing up one of the new-fashioned bed-steads, and cording it watching with philosophic eye the extraordinary elasticity or the cord, that seems as though it would stretch on forever and everl Then to get down on all fours, like a bear, stretching carpets until your nnger nails are torn off and anon to tack it to the floor, occasionally hitting your thumb instead of the tack! Theae dear Editor, are some of the responsibilities connected with the state matrimo nial. And during the laat two montha I have been ao busy with such household affairs that my neglected pen bas grown rusty ,and I would not perhaps have taken it up to-day, had not the falling torrents of rain faatened me to my room. I took down a volume of Longfellow a while ago to read his "Rain in Summer," which, though not exactly seasonable, is none the less beautiful, as for example: "How It e latters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs! How It goshee and struggles out From the throat of the everfiowlugspout! Across tho window pane It pours and pours And swift and wide, With a muddy tide, Like a river down the gutter roars The rsln, the welcome rain ! And speaking of good poetry reminds me of Miss M. Louisa Chitwood, whose productions I frequently read In the American, and elsewhere. This lady.lt seems to me, is a born poet, and destined to rank among our very best female writers. The poem in the last edition of your paper, from her pon, has very considerable merit. Rut it would bo well If Mis Chitwood would bestow a little more labor on her productions, before publishing them. By frequent, careful revisions, many lines will be improved, many atanzaa omitted, and the whole rendered more worthy of enduring fame, 1 presume Miss Chitwood Is yet young, and will receivo thla advice in the same kind spirit intvhich it is given. She haa a talent committed to ber trust, which if properly improved and cultivated, may be returned to the Giver increased a hundred fold. Oxford, my present abode, is one of the most beautifully located towns in Ohio. Itis emphatically "a city on a hill." Its literary Institutions are its chief boast, ranking aa they do, with the best in the land. The college ia now under the superintendence of Dr. Anderson, an accomplished man, every way admirably adapted to the poiition. The number of students ia continually increaMng, and these are a remarkably well-behaved set of fellows. Dr. Scott has a female Seminary here that has attained a wide and well deserved popularity. The New School Preabyterians are about to erect another female Seminary, to bejeonducted on the plan ofMouat Holycke School, Massachusetts. The peculiarities of the system are, that none under a certain age are received as pupils; all are required tc board with the principal, and the entire labor of the house-keeping deparmcnt, including cooking, washing &x., in tobe performed by the pupils. What a glorious Millennium in female education will begin when thia plan becomes universal. Mrs. Jenkins, the eompagnon de voyage of Lucy Stone, Esq., was here last week, and delivered two lectures on Woman's Rights. I did not attend her meetings, but had the honor of an introduction, and a brief conversation with the gallant madam. She la a very pretty woman, of pleasing address, and cultivated mind. She is now "somewhere in Indiana," and may possibly visit and enlighten the Brookvillians, on the subject of her mission. Mrs. Jenkins wesrs the Bloomer costume, and travels alone, pretty good evidence that she is a lady of some courage. At some subsequent period I propose giving you sketches of the principal notabilitieaofthia literary Emporium and it haa many of them. For the piesent I must bid you adieu; only remarking in conclusion, that the John Smith confined in the Brookville Jail is not Your friend, JOHN SMITH. (let the Caae. Our readers will remember the predicameut of tho Dutch magistrate who, on hearing the council for the plalnllff,declded at once,'py sure you's got the case" and then on hear ing tne council for 'b defendant waa so pleased with his speech that he said 'py sure yon's got the case too." Well we are In a similar predicament. We enjoyed Ihe good things and kind treatment of Mrs. Gerrsrd, of Harrison, so well, a short time ago, that wedeclJed at once, that alio had the esse Dut sluce then we have partaken of a dinner prepared by Mrs. John of the Washington Hall, in thia'place, and as ws were doing justice to It. we could but think of the Dutch sqaireandsay Mpy sure Mrs. John hssgct the case too." She can get op as good a dinner as any body ws know of, except the cook who uses Farqahar's premium floor. ETThe Odd Fellows at Fairfield have got their new lull nearly ready for nie. It will be a splendid room whtu finished.

Another Victim ef the IJwer traf.

iic. Thomas Shepperd, who waa, a few years ara an acceptable member of the meinoajsi inurcn in u;i piacr, anu an industrious'" and useful mechanic, haa abandoned his family, leaving them in a most destitute situation. This is but one of many evils resulting from the traffic in intoxicating liquor. And now shall we be ailent as to this curse 1 To us it aeema but yesterday that he led to the altar one of the most amiable and lovelyrirls of our town, Few young men were more promising, and for a sen son, few were more prosperous. But the destroyer come. We will not attempt his history. But we will say that had the midnight assassin plunged his knife to his heart, while yet ho was unpolluted by drunkenness and ere bis wife had wept those bitter teara that at one time deprived her entirely of ber reson, he vould have conferred a favor upon the family and friends. On our first page is a brief account of a most horrid murder committed in Louisville, on the person of the amiable Butler. One paper reporting the detalle, says, that as Butler fell he exclaimed, "I'm killed, O, my poor wife and children. " In death he remembered and loved them, and we know enough of woman's love to know, that there is a rich legacy In that ahort aentence. But the Liquor seller not caly murders his victim, but, before the final blow, he worse than kills him. He first destroys the affections of the husband snd father, and sends him either to abuse or abandon the objecta of his earlier love. And yet all this is tolerated In our Christian country. Nay more, it is licensed. Men of good moral character what a lie! men, certified to have a good moral character, are specially permitted to do this work of death. Worse still: men who have pledged themselves most solemnly before God and man to protect a brother'a wife will go on the bond of aurh man an. I ihn, iriva them some re pectability. when they know that noth ing ljut ruin can follow in the train of liquor selling. And yet worse. J here is npon the bond or some of our liquor sellers, at least one man who is in good standing in a Christian Church. 13 ut we did not design to say this much when we began, though we Icel now that we have scarcely began to speak. Does any one ask why not prosecute the liquor-sellers) Such a question is insulting. There is an organization herein which $500 could be raised in two hours if any good could be done by it. The makers of our laws never intended that it should restrain the traffic. Nor doea it matter a whit, so far aa we have seen, whether licensee are grantad or not. Except for the moral force of a no license vote, there is no advantage derived from it. But shall it always be so! Ourjudgment says not Our hope says no! Our love of country soys no! Our abiding faith in the God of the widow, and tho Protector or the fatherless says no! noli no!!! And if wo mistake not, the sovereign people, when they meet at the ballot box next October will asy no, in terms that will be hoard and obeyed. We cannot believe that the free voters of Indiana will be led by that party that opposes the bout interests of the Stste, in opposing a law that will protect the wivea end children of the land. ID" 1 1 any of our reaJera wish to luv engraving done in the very best etyle lt them go to MUdlelon and WaUce, Cincinnati Ohio. They will take a Dugut-reoiypo like neae of a bulliltngi or lanriM-ape, or human fuce, and trautfcr It to steel must uueurately, aud then print It as well as it can be done any place. They aUo eiecnle blauk Mutes, bills of exchange &c. most beautifully. Try litem ouoe and if lhy dou't do It right let US know. I'nconatltutioital. Tho AVu York Tribune is responsible for tho following: S Evi re Punishment. A fellow down East having been found guilty of violating the Maine Liquor Law in disposing of ardent, and rascally atuff at that, re ceived the following sentence: "You old roprobate! The court aentences you to drink three glaases of your ras cally liquor, and may the Lird have mercy on your belly." Now we undertake to say that any law that provides for Inflicting nucha penalty as that, would be clearly unconstitutional in Indiana, and ought to be every where. Our constitution says that "cruel and unusual punishments shall not be Inflicted." To compel any man to drink "three glasses" of a compound of raw whisky, logwood, and Coculus Indigus is too cruel to be tolerated in any civilized country. It is murder in the first degree. From the Rail Road Record. Earn Ins ef Wettern Hallways, and lUo lteturu ! Capital l"e People Just at this lime, the earninge of Western railways are a subject of great importance. Has the experience of Western retlwsys justified the expectations of their friends! Have they returned to Hie people more money than conld have been derived from any other business? If these questions are all answered in the atTiriiiative, then capital will seek Investment iu tUem, aud uew liuts will be built, iu spite of any temporary pressure for money, end iu spile of all croakiuge from any quarter. Mouey seeks profilableeinptoyineit, la whosesoever haa is it may be. If it bo clearly proved that any branch of business will pay IU per cent, after paying all the costs ol labor, rents, aud raw material, money will always be found for it. In order to lest the results of Western railways, we give the earnings, or an estimate of Ibein, of aomo of the principal Western roads, derived from the latest official reports: Roads. Date. Receipts. Little Miami 1st December, ) 1B53. one month eetimated f 1660,000 Ohio & Penn 1st January, I 1U53, 3 mouths estimate $600,000 Cin , Hamilton, and Dayton, I .nn... October 1, lt53. J $102,154 Tenusylvauia Central-Üct., I 1.1SS3. j $2,104.906 Milwaukee and Mhwlppi Sep. 1,1 K33. J $13!,328 Michigan Southern and North ( ernW. July 1,1853. J fl,vnr,922 I levelaud, Columbas.snd i Cincinnati. ) .l,:..lU0 l.UdU miles. $6,15610 The cost and nett profits of these roods, for lb53, are expreeea in the followlug UCost. Nett profits. Little Miami Railroad $2,710,000-13 per ct Ohio and renn. $4.200,700-0 Ciu. llam.eud Dsylon 2,600.000 8 M Pennsylvania Central fl3,luu,iju rj Michigan Southern $3.1 3,000-12 Milwaukee Sc Miss., 10 Cleveland Columbus 13.435.000-16 tt The entire cost of the above l.OöO miles of Wettern railways, Is $32,973.000; and the nett profits of trartio lu l&3, are 10 percent This Includes, be It observed, the expensive line of the Pennsylvania Central. The cost per mile, l$30,OUOi but excluding the line over the inouutsius, it is much less. Now, mark another fact, that the lucrease of Iraflia on Western railways, in a single year has be-u, at least, thirty-three per cent. We may grant as much reduction on this per cent, of lucrssie, as any croaksr msy demand aud yet It Is aplsiu and palpable fact, that In ten year, time, Ihe trattio on railways, west of the mountains, must at least treble. Some additional cost of double track, thsy must encounter; but we venture Ihe assertion in advance thst lu ten years time every good line of Western railway wLl pay

aa average ef 10 per cent , while those on the Atlsatie coast, will not average ever 6 per ewe!. e one word, the Investments ia Western railway llnrs, on th mala roaUe (of course, wr do not mean mere spec. elstiva reeies) ere far the best Investments tobe made. In any kind of stock, snd fsr preferable tosnv In Europe, or ia car own Atlsatie states. The lines we hsve enumerated above will II reqeire double trecke, and this will add largely to their cost; bet so Immeaee is the Western trade especially la prodeteand so very rapid its Ineieaeei that the profits of capital tho a iavestet will increase.

sd4 not dimmish. Ii then the Investmente of cspital te another direction for the present. It will soon resume the railway channel, for a reason which is imperative on stl moneyholders, that it la the bestand mostncu re Investment. ... There ore new 1600 miles of railway finished in Ohio, which have cost aboat forty milliona of dollars. Tbeee roads- will psy aboat foor millions per annum on the cost of construction. Here, then, is e vssi fund for future construction. The stock ef these railways Is mostly owned at home; but the bonded debt is held abroad. Now, so far as thoee bonds bear lees than 10 per cent. Interest, (and that is all of aay consequence) the Issue of the bends Is a nelt profit te the stockholder; he snakca the diureute Tanas i $$2.&0,000 Stock.. it500,000 Bonds at 7 Cost. per cent. ' Nett Receipts . $400,000 Interest ea Bonds $75,tluO Nine per cent, on Slock. $223,0U0 Thus, en e good Wester rail wsy, the bondholder will get 7 per cent end the atocsholder 9 or 10 per eent. The lime b near at hand, when it will be clear te all Moneyholders that it will b much letter to hold stork, than bonds. ThU will produce a treat effect; for stock of domestic holders will pass abroad, and tho domestic stock be released for new enterprises. In this wsy, Ohio, with ber immense surplus, and the equally gieat profits of her works, will command capital to any reasonable amount, for any rsssensbU enterprises. .. v TEH MS OF THE I!tO. A.ltr.RICAX. ftinrle RnWrlptloh I year......' 3.00 ir paid wrUiln Ihu ur ....3.1t If paid Inadvsnee ...,tj Town riubscribern, In adrsnre I.7J la clubs or 25 I,i2j In clubs of 50 I.OU 13 cents will be dedscted on sutsrrlttWia out or tb CAeaty. T. A. UUOl OVVI.N. TEMPERANCE NOTICE. ' The friends and enemies of a Psohibitobv Lsw; are requested to meet at the following limes an1 places, to JIcns ihe propriety of passing a law prohibiting the traffic in intoxicating liqeora. The cillxens of the neighborhood may depend on speech e in favor of ach a law. If there Is say body whe objects to such a law they shall have a fair ehance to eipress their opposition. Brookvll'e ' Sat. Nig'it, Nov. 1'.. Centre Chspel " '.Ii. Cedar Grove " Dec. 3. School hoste near A; E. Line's. Dec. 10. A.N. BlackUdge, Ksrj. tendered his resignation as general aont of the Valley It. R. which waa accepted by the board at its late session. , Fromthe CincinnaM Daily Enquirer. IU ARTH A, WASHINGTON COR Hfl ACT CASE. Klaawti Itetalnea In rwstody. ' Colcmbvs, Mondsy, Nov. 14th, 1. M. Verdict of Jury in the Martini Wash. Injrton Case was rendered nt 21 o'clock this afternoon. All tho defendants acquitted, nnd on motion rvrre dicrlmrgrd. K insane retained iu custody on the previous commitment in the Forgery esse. Our reader! will remember that h'inaane waa on trial before the Circuit Court ol the United States for St. daye. He wss arrused of conspiracy to burn the steamer Martha WanMxlon'. Hut few, except Vie jury, after hearing the testimony, believed him innocent.' lie has, however, been acquitted, as will be seen from the ibore. That he bad something to do in that terrible affair we have not a doubt. But we must submit to the deeisiona of the powers thst be. Frm the Trttuie. New York Kleetlen. It was Charles Townshend, if we rightly remember, from whom Sherldnn borrowed his bon mot on the Pea.!. f Amiens, that it was one "of which tcrv body was glad, and nobody was prc'iJ. ' The remark applies wiih equal force ; to the result ofour Election. The Wh?r have the Canal Board, the State Departmenta and both branches of tho Legislature, yet nobody imagines that the Whig party as such deserve any credit for this result. Its attitude is that of a clown into whose cap a traveler' haa chucked a dollar, just for the sake of enjoying hie amazement The Democratic party saw fit to quarrel and throv. the State away; and the Whigs have it because they conld not help themselves. ,: Apart from the battle of the Hard Shells and soft shells the Maine Law was the live issue in this canvass, and doubtless called out many thousand voters wbo would otherwise have taid at home. We believe Legialature haa been chosen which will recognize the necessity of passing such a law, and will strive to do it promptly, heartily and effectively. N intelligent man can longer doubt that the Maine Law is to be tried in thia State; and we appeal to foe as well as friends to take care that it haa a full and fair trial. ..-.! Itialae I.av In ."Halne. . .. The advocates of the bottle continually assert that even in Maine the Law is not enforced that it is null and void. We therefore submit the following; extract from a letter written by a gentleman of the highest respectability to a friend in Detroit. He says:, ' "In our State, the most desperate opposition is made by a set of political demagogues men of desperate fortunes and irresponsible characters. But thus far we have maintained our positions. One thing I would say to our western friends, could we gain their ear. Do not believe the statement of our political papers which oppose our law. Such here certainlv speak false!y. The most unfair and false statements are made to prejudice the public mind. 1 One thing is true, the great majority of the voters in Alaine are in favor of law. - Tellyour friends another fact. Our law ia most popular where it is the most strictly enforced. In this town the trsfiic is entirely suppressed. We have a population of near ten thousand, and not one grog ahop in the place. 'The ain oi JUiy passea aa quieuy na any oiu- " d7; diJ " ,e one ll'cV,d man during the day. "Ills different to be sure, insomeoth. er places, but just as far as the law Is executed, docs It gain in public favor. If you wish to make your law a favorite, with the people, enforce it, give a practical exhibition of its effects. Crime wiil imntedistely diminish poverty will very soon begin to disappear taxes will fall off for the cause of the public expense will be removed, and property will soon rapidly accumulate. For th American.' Jon Hibben, father of Rev's. W. W. and II. B. Hibben, of S. E. Ind. Conference, died in Hillsboro on Monday ere ning, the 7th. of Nov., 1853. He was a devoted and influential member of tho M. K. Church, and had been a highly acceptable class-leader for more than half a century. He waa born in Penn.. and at the time of his death was (tf years old.