Indiana American, Volume 22, Number 1, Brookville, Franklin County, 23 December 1853 — Page 2

TDIJDBIADAJUiniCin. njROJILLE, INDIANA, rniDATt crccnnrn ta, iiJJ. I.rel. . It wo I J hardly be Mr to sketch Ley.

rtl It appeared Int Saturde? to ue, far It wit ralalnj tnJ mowing and blowlnj t a tremendous rate nearly all day, In J, moreover, notwithstanding the rein, the etrtets 10J stores were ao crowd! with peopl that wthi not half a chases to aee tb Lutralite. Uy instinct or other lee Iht merchants coon tliiceftrto1 that w wert not in ixt?n lv purchaser, or tht wo woulJ bo low f 1, and they gave ut polilt Invltn tlone to bo seated or something oqulva lent, while they talked wlthf. peopU.-m , W will pay them far it soma tlms, by - dropping la upon thorn wbon tho people - . .ft - i . L . - Ill I V pi !! 11111 r w will III thsro talk to ue. Ono would think from tho crowdi In tho eee rtl atom that those merchants nmt aalt good, cheap ?ery cheap. Wall perhaps thojr do. Tho new achoot house which la near 1 finished will ba an ornament to tho place, ind, If ihojr will adopt tho graded school system, an 4 determine to put it 1 tXrougk, li opUo of tho friction that the . will tftacoter atorat in It, thecltlaene will bot 0 abundant causa of rejoicing Th7 oipttt to open achool In It on tho ' second day of January. Wo do not Iuten4 to siy much at prea ont, but wo aro half diaposed to abuao tho Poat Uaater bafore w quit. IIa la aa good looking and clover looking Man a canoaailybo lound, but Juat like otner people, there la that but in the . way. Wo Intend to mako him prove what bo aald of ua, or take it back, or modify It. lie aald only think of It mailer. Ha aalit. tA ha.M ltn nn.nnaa - r-' rw-w bo aald um uvrite worse than Clark on bl.j r ni..w 1 r .... 1. 1 iw 1 1 1 uuauvvii viumuwii v v cnaiieng t him to the proof at the next Agricultural fair of this county. ' Dlsgrareful allot. ' ( We little thought when wo were . speaking laat week of the riot at Erie that we would be called upon ao aoon to record a more disgraceful ono at home. There was aome apology for their riot, but there Is none for the one of which . wo aro compelled to apeak. On laat Wednesday and Thursday evenings seforal men and boys, with tin pane and bucket and bell, and whatever could 'mike t hideout node, undertook to an"noy a portion of our citizens in aome social galberingt. We will not detail the circumstances, but say that our vigilant Prosecutor la on the alert for eui table testimony, and that he will bo assisted, If need bo, in the prosecution, by one or '.lit . ... more aoie lawyers, ana we will toon know whether auch moleatationa will be permitted with impunity. The proaecutor may rely upon the countenance of the itixent of Brookville !n pushing hia Inveatigationa to the utmost limit and in Inflicting tho aevereat penalty. Oair Poat .time tor. ; We have been acquainted with many Poat Masters but we have never known 1 r.!iir..i .1- . 1 c tr: icoro latiuiui one vain mr. n.iug vi this place. He ia not only up late and early to accommodate the public, but be ttayt all night in the office, to be on handa in case of a firs or an attempt at robber. . Thia ia a devotion to publie interest that we never kn.w before. Yet there are those who complain, became b takes time to go to hia dinner. A few fast people sometimes complain that the mail ia not opened in a minute. These would have him devote his entire salary for the employment of a cLrk for thrir apeciat benefit, for the entire Income of the office ia leas than . many clerks receive. . We are glad te see a disposition upon the part of our best eitizena to render Mr. King due credit for his fidelity. Urasklagtoai ITewe. The war between the Union and the Senate, the Sentinel and Union is wax ing quite warm. The loss of the spoils rexes the organ of the administration, and the gain gives courage and boldness to the Sentinel, which begins an article on Wednesday last thus: "When a warrior falls wounded in battle, he should wrap himself in bis martial cloak, and lie down in serene dignity. To rave, rant, writhe, and twist to gasp out abjuration, reproach and reproof 13 weak and womanish." Mori Trouble in ma Camp. Quite an excitement has been created here to-day, in" consequence of a personal dfSculty which has arisen between a distinguished Democrat Senator and a uember of the Cabinet, which threatenes to result in an affray of honor. JEST Mr. Cushing and other saembra of the Cabinet, and, we believe, the President also, have been actively engaged during the day in endeavoring to settle difficulties, but up to the present time, unsuccessfully. Both Mr. Gwin and Mr. Guthrie are gentlemen of great resolution, and it is anticipated there will be some difficulty in preventing a' hostile meeting. Later accounts aay that the difficulty has been adjusted, and there will be no fiifht. !CJ-"The People's College," under the supervision of Prof. Wiley is popuUr; more than two hundred students have already matriculated, and "still they come.' . . . &-Tuxnty Dvllart Jtextard will be given for the detection of the person or persons who mar the tombstones in the grave yard. Keep' a look out for them. The War In the Eaat. The papera received by the Asia represent the war between Turkey and Russia aa progrttaing, with the victoriea chiefly en the aide of the Turka. 'La consequence o( raine the-war on the Danube is not progressing much. In Aaiatke aucceaaea of the Turka were uninterrupted. They had tome important fortresaee. captured J '

iihq m gillie. . CO'Thl number begins the firmy ttconi volutile of the American.

Itetlg l)weNtte Rev. H. . tloahour will preach Leal Monday evening at the Method! Church and make a, temperance apeech on Tuesday evening. CJ"Tho dUcuMion of a prohibitory liquor law, at Cvdar Orove on laatßtil urüay night, afU-r Unijtliy diascua alon, waa arfjoiimed -over tu -Friday evening, Do. 2.1rd., at wltloh lime a vote will be taken on tho rttolutiont New speskera aro expected on both idea, The Ladica aro especially Invl ttd to attend; and It h hoped that Uteepeakcrt will reaped their presence Hot Cora Treie This Is the title of a series of thrit linj itoriei, ioroa of them publithcd In a jsjw a m me Amount, ana usscripttve or touch Ing tcenet of Buffering and miafortuno In New York city. Tho "Hot Corn' etory, which everybody has read, and wet with toart of eympathy, waa the firttof the aeries, and U a specimen of thereat. Piwitt eV DxvicKroar, N. York, havo In press Uie entiro work, which will toon bo publUhed. We prudiot a grt at popularity for tho work. tO It appears that Mr. Parsons who waaarroatod in Now York, in ord er to ploaao the Catholiea, waa preach ingina ship yard by permit sion of the owner. JUT Tho Uarpera anounco that the publication of their Magazine will not bo delayed but a few days in conae quencoofthe firo which burned up their ozienMvo csuuiunmcni. tV Cannelton, Ind., ia bound to bo the manufiictunnur city in the atate. in course of time. Another cotton mill is to bo erected aoon by a company of uassacnuseut manufacture an J caditalUiu. JtlT A bill hat been introduced Into the legislature of Alabama, 1st, makin? iuriea iudrres of the law as well aa of acts; and 2d, giving to tho counsel of accused persons the closing speech at trims. 5T A card lias been published by the Mayor of New Orleans, in which e declares that strangers may visit hat rlace with perfect safety, as the health of the city was never betterT A man famous for hunting up enigmas- philosophised thus: What atrange creaturea tho girls are. Offer one of them good wages to work for yon, - and tea chances to one if the old woman ean spare one of her girls but just propose matrimony, and see if they don't jump at the chance ofworaiug a uieume ior ucir victuals ana clothes. - iSTFrKCH is a good doctor at times. He gives the following for the benefit of wart-wearers: "Put your mouth close to the wart, and tell it in a whisper that if it don't go away you will burn it out with caustic. If it doesn't take the hint, bo as good as your word." JC3T A House at Birmingham, Eng land recently received from a pen-ma ker tn New 1 ork, "änordc UrtfftirWör king girl 1. The order was executed in less than one week, and passages were secured for tho whole parts at 8 per girl. S3T A German Bible, printed in 1 58Q and consequently 273 years old, was sold last week, at the sale of Henry Shenk's property, in Lancaster county, Penn. , . On a recent trial, an Irishman, with characteristic obliquity of speech, after scratching his head said, "Plaso yer honor, I do not remember, or if I do, I forget it now." JfciT Tho Sandwich Islands twelve in number embrace a superficial area of about six thousand and one hundred square miles. Four of the islands are rocky and uninhabited. ' XiT The Maine Law advocates of Boston are much elated with the result of the late election for Mayor of that city. No choice was made. $3T Sanders of the Evansville Journal has been introduced to Miss Lucy Stone! He says she is not handsome but she smart. EST So far as my own action is concerned, I shall follow the lights of the Constitution, as expounded and illustrated by those whose opinions constitute my faith. Pierce. Decidedly a wise conclusion. He who has no light of his own ought to follow the lanterns carried bv others this is better than to be led by the blind. And he who has no less of hisjown to stand upon, is lucky if he can get something to lean against occasionally. Chapman. : , lion. Michael Wo. Itis said that the seat of this gentleman is to be contested on the ground that he is alien born, and was never naturalized. We always thought Mike was a genuine live ifew Yorker, but it appears he was born at Yougal, County Cork, Ireland. ItxTORT. "If I were so un lucky' said an officer, "as to have a stupid son, I would certainly, by all means, make him a parson.' A clergyman, who was in tho company, calmly replied, "You think differently, air, from your father." OTThe State Temperance Conven tion of Georgia, which lately held its session at Milledgeviile, voted to prosent a petition to the Legislature, signed by eijht thousand voters, asking that a law maybe enacted submitting the question of license or no license to the people of the several counties in the State. The 91etla4iaS Chaircla Cait. Naw York, Dec. 3. The following aro the terms of adjustment of the Methodist Church case: The Southern section is to receive the regular dividends with interest, since the year 1845, 870,000. and the press at Richmond, Nashville and Charleston, valued at 6 13,000, all dues from Southern States, estimated at 830,000, and eash 121,000. Tho Tntstces of the Book Concern at Cincinnati, have not "assented, but it is thought probably they will. 3 (od may have made all men free and equal, but I know cot that he haa ever promised to keep them so. cv

ilea EflDYi in KtroRTtB it ijjMKo HriKscr, Esq. I. V . . ! , ' V """!' ' ' ' '

S)4 CasMaitv 1 Wo are pained to loarn that Mr. riummer Pish, a worthy cltistn of tht north-west portion of our towiuhlp, waa . I i.1 i.i, a .1, . iiogsinjiy iniuraa want nauunir aew lagsa fewdayaainee. It appears that prior to placing the o on the wason, and whllat attempting to tura It, aa It lay on a pole, Mr, Bath wie thrown down wfth the pol aeroaeone of hia Uuwer eitramltlea, and with almost the tntlrt weight of the log retting on Mm. Aa It waa aome time before be eould be extricated from his poaltlon. the Injur be austatiitd waa very considerable, and many montha muat Intervene, bafore he recovert. An4 yet aueiUar. Aaalltt'eaon of Mr. Henry Parrott wat alighting from a eolt, hit foot became entangled la the atlrrup, and the eolt becoming scarred and running back ward, ht waa violently jerked to the ground, and waa fortunate to escape with only a broken Mrnb. , i le eflteal i:tala. Mr. Win. Hat fiel J Hold his farm, eon. slating of 160 acres, lat week, to a gen. tleman from Kentucky, for fourthou aand dollara. Thla waa one of the beat farina In the township, and la considered to liar been aold very low. We un derstand Mr. II. Intends trying hia for. tune ia Minneaota. Buccesa attend him aay we, whithersoever he nny gj. fttrThe tract of land belonging to the estate of Wm. Smith, deceased, haa been aold for nineteen hundred and twenty five dollara. Wm. L. Smith waa the purchaser. llUenalay Urart Currency. We remember to havi heard it Insin uated that the currency of our city conaiated, principally, of Lumber and Pot-ter-wtre. Without pleading guilty to the impeachment, we would aay that, udgjngfrom the Urge ettablithment which la being erected by Meaara. Dukato fc Ginn on Main atreet, we might reasonably auppoae that Potter'a-ware would aoon be quoted at a premium. "ttiislc liascharuta la aootUe a aav breast. Very true, and civilized ones, too, a a all will admit who attend our Singing Society, which is smoothly progressing under the control of our worthy Pastor, the Rev. II. B. Hibben. Our congre gational singing is admitted we believe. 0 be at good, if not better, than any in the county, and if we could prevail on few to pitch their tunea aomewhat ower, and on others, (to use a commonplace expreaaion,) to not bear on the bit quite ao heavily, we would aoon atand A. No. 1. fVVho ia hit! Ed , Am. (rMSamive! beware of the vimmin." This, we believe, waa the advice of Mr. Weiler to hia only aon and heir, but, from appearancea, aome of bur young frienda are rather heedless of his wise council. We hear of several who. u. thmy mi a auiiuvred, wm Moon be' bound in the silken chains of matrimo ny. Wonder if they will send the BloomingGrove Local a alice of the cake! Wonder if we ah all have the pleasure of publishing it in our Salmagundil Wonder if but what ia the use to talk! We believe it haa long since been conceded that when a gentleman marriea a lady of whom he is proud, he never fails "to remember the Editor. True 0, King, but ifyou don't send ua aome, our imps will growl. . The tuiy.who dropped the anonymous letter on the pavement the other night, is informed that the Police have an eye on him, and unless he is very sly, he will soon have to follow in the footsteps of his illustrious predeceaaor. OCT'Birds of a feather, flock togeth er." This is one 01 those old sayings which every -day experience proves to be true. When ones associatea are known it ia no difficult matter to tell hia char, acter. The pure and upright do not uphold the conduct of the thief, the : libertine and the liar; neither do they eapousehis cause, "for at the heavens are higher than the earth," so do the ways of virtue and of vice lead in contrary directions. 0"Th man who would denounce an institution because some of its members may be unworthy, ahould remember that In the midst of our revolutionary generals, there was an Arnold, and even with the twelve Apostlea there waa numbered a Judas. OThe Blooming Grove School, un der the management of Mr. John M'll wain, an efficient and popular teacher began ita winter session on Monday, Dec.. 19th. The School ia in condition. a very prosperous , CThe real editor expects to visit our city on the 31st Inst. Let us give hin a cordial welcome. OCTAdmire with us. gentle reader, the exquisite pathos and wild, passionate aentiment contained in the following lines by dear Tom Moore: Go where ws will thla hand is thine, Those eyaa apoa ma amiliog thee. Tbroafh good or ill, thro atorat or ablas, Tbl world's.a world of love for as. Oe seme calm placid ahora we'll dwell, , W bre 'tla no crime te love too wall; Where that to worahip tenderly An erring child of IfgSt like thee Woeld not be ain 1 or If it be , Where we mlht weep our faults away, Together kneliug night and day 1 Thoa, for my aaka, at A I la's shrins, And I at aiiv Gol'e for thine! X3 The only rational liLerty is that which is born of subjection, reared in the fear of God and rove of man, and made courageous in tho defence of a trust and the prosecution of a duty. Simms. CO" A Southern pa per says: "General Jtckton't Cabinet wat a unit; but the Cabinet of Gen. Pierce la a cipher," A Weatern editor, however, thinka that "it ia composed of vulgar ructions."

COXXERSVILLE DEC. 80, ' 1S33. Editor. "-..

if f- I'litnn ll.ln Im a, rnunara.ilU a l.h 1 lrt Im th Am.rtmn, or ! Tiirt whi wuh lu ttt ictoiiuH.or prti hvt UKa iitlMMtrlba, will I'U.m all ut"H Mr. San fort! Ilia ' rat III Unk wUol aar (uteri t'oSiiaravllla. , . J t'N rlalruaa, , , Cftfort another paper shall be issued this d4y will have coine ahd gone. The day that we In olden times anticipated with so much pleaeurt the time when turklea, plea and pudJInga, were piled In m'AMlvd" to "tatlsly our kean a p pittite. Then, toe, the arrival of Hanta Claus, waa another great object of Interest, when in the cold and stormy night he would mount his sleigh, pais through all the land, down every chimney, and when perchance he found the atocklng which had beeu arranged In tuch a manner that La might nut mUt It, deposit bis etory of toys &ic. then off again to fulfil his mission atothor places. Those days were happy daysno carta and perplexlllas to distract our mind, and all the world loukod to ua like a ainoolh aeaj unrufflad by the knowledge of the future. But how changed our vlewal' " 1 ' , . ; You, who perchance may be anrroundodat thia Chrlatmaa with kind friends, and are enjoying all the comforts and blessings that are allotted the Inhabltaota of this tarlh, rrmrwifcer, that there aro many ia this populous country that are no! enjoying the same pleasure and also we wish you to iiftinctig understand that nine-tenths,' at tho, least calculation, of those persons , who thus suffer, were brought Into this condition directly from having grogeriea In our Isnd. And yet there may be ut a few that are in the least "to blame." Now we would suggest a plan of operationa for the llollidaya, that would, If carried out, be of much service. Let eery man, woman and child, tay that they will use their utmost endeavora to aecure a eontfrf to the Maine Law'; and when this honest purpose Is once fixed, go to work fur victory . or death. So mote it be. - I t mioges. We are pleated to tee the old bridges over the V. W. V. Canal disappearing, and new' and' tubsttctial ones taking their placea. The old rnea have been in use ever since the completion of the Canal, and hare been very unsafe for sometime.' Hope to see all new onea from Cambridge to Cincinnati ere long. Corrcspöirtcnct. Risiko Suh, Die. 10, 1853. Ma. Editob I write again, chiefly with the Intention of keeping your read era posted in the Temperance movementa in thia quarter of the State. A apirited Convention of the friends of Temperance in Switzerland and Ohio counties came off in Mt. Sterling on the 26th ult. They paaaed resolutions expressive of strong confidence of successful conflict with the "leagued forces of the liquor traffic," denouncing those papers as nnworthv the patronage of t e rape rsnca men inat wit t -tram oiaiy and habitually apeak out in favor of a prohibitory law, and pledging themselves not to vote for any man of any party, that ia not in favor of prohibiting the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage; and farther promiaing that they will not cease to apeak, work and vote for a prohibitory law until it adorna our statute book and bleasea our State. That is the way to talk. The Convention was well attended and its influence was commanding. The leading membera of that convention are not men easily to be turned aside from the defence of the right and what they have expressed in Resolutions they will carry out in practice. Interesting temperance meeting's are atill elatedly held iu the churches of this place, and their influence is fine. There are a few men here that will always oppose whatever they cannot take the lead in, whether in religion or politics and unfortunately they are not less than fifty yeara behind the times in almost every thing. These men croak and growl piofess to be friendly to the cause of temperance but do not attend the meetinga in fact oppose them and impugn the motives of those who are actively engaged in these efforts to redeem our State from , this legalized plague. ... Mr. French has taken a noble atand in this behalf and is reaping his share of the reproscb and stigma consequent upon a fearless defence of the right. But hia activity here ia making him frienoa and patrons among the friends of temperance and we are now inclined to think that tiei'her he nor his paper will soon be "taten up," from the accounts current of the mcreaaeof his subscription Ut. My letter of last month has called forth from him a apiry editorial. I laughed heartily when he charged me with "unjuat, ungeneroua and ungrateful" pains, &c. The . alliteration is very good but the application of theae epithets to the writer of these notes will not do. I may have misunderstood aome of Mr. French's allusions and I know be misunderstood my application of the KilKenny cat story. The pecuniary interest involved was the ground of fear alluded to. , Mr. French does not intend to quarrel with bis neighbor, butfigbt intemperance and its tuinions, and for that I admire him. but as I bad bau luck in giving advice I will not venture any now. only I will, however, say to you that Mr.French will find the writer battling aide by aide with him when he little thinka of it in the present campaign in Switzerland and Ohio countiea. ., Allow me to congratulate you on the Improved character and appearance of the American since you assumed ita editorial responsibility. Your last issue looks fine. And that Spontoon suecesa to your Spontoon enterpriseConsider me an agent and aubscriber, will you. Yours in Faith, Truth and Temperance. JESSE. CrThe following letter though not intended for publication, will be read with intereat by moat of our rcadere. There are some that will be ahocked at our taking auch liberty with Friend Edrington, but they are those who stsbbed him till he left, and even now would kill him if they could do it with whisky. Poor tender souls how it hurts them to hold up their victims! We have just began to do it. Richmohd, Ind., Dec. 12th, 1853. Rxv. T. A. Ü00DWIS. Sir, 1 am domiciled in this city of Quaker habits, in a first rate shaving shop at a good aalary. And aa I am Secretary of the colored Temperance Society acd aa there ia a

very poor chance to obtain Liquor here there It every probability of aavlug eoms money, but I will spend a email portion of It for the American, fori am lost without It, and alter I Work one month, I shall aend the money for It. There are many acenes come up to view when thinking of the past, but I cannot speak of them. However, aa It is never too late to do good, I ahall try to make a com mencetnint,ifon no other account than my remaining debts, and my children. Business here seems, 0 far at I can judge, to be very brlak, eapeclally about the Depot. There la a great jual oflm: nroveinsnt going on hero, at present. But 'the same euree that haa cursed Brookville ao long, la about tu be re-e-tabllshed here aa yuu may ace by referring to your exchanges from this place. A 'ready tas very prominent public house here, filed bond tnd given the requlalte security to tell liquor, that Is the Hilbert house, kept by one' Flatter. It will go In rotation down to the lowtat Dutch doggery, My respeclt to friend Clarkaon ana Bantus, and receive the same yourself. Wlllyou beau good aa to inquire for lite health of mv daughter. lloapeetlully, U. V. KDltlNUTON. lias Imllnttapolla and ollier por iloua ef the klitlr, wiiy lMlorrat lu lie ranalrur lien l irnil 1.1 lie IIhII It audi When the subject of the construction of the Straight Lino Road from Cincinnati la nieiiUuueJ to tho cltlxona of Indianapolis, we are g?norally met with the reply, "We have roads enough to Cincinnati." Let ts calmly Inveatlgale thla question at tenaible arid business men. And if we are wrong in anyone slnglo particular, we wlsli tobe correct ed. We expect our road to stand on its merlta , and if any one advocates its claims upon sny other principle he should bo exposed. You aay that you have roads enough to Cincinnati. They are the Lawrenceburgh Road, the Central Road by Richmond, and the Madison Roadj and you may probably havo aome day the Junction Road, but this will not be shorter than any of the present routes, as it will be 12 or 15 miles longer than tho Lawrenceburgh Route. Then without the Strait Line Road through the White Water Valley you do not expect any thinjr better than what you now have.

This ia a aettled question. The distance it now run in 0 hours at least this is the advertised time.' The cars start at 13 M. and reach Cincin nati alter night, and in returning, leave Cincinnati betoro light aay 6 o'clock, In the imruing. Let us fee then how lonir it takes a cit izen of Indianapolis, (ur those beyond there who come by Indianspolis) to visit Cincinnati on business, and what itcoata him. lie it half a day going remain t one day, and relurna in another half Jay about two duya and two nights. The E ass age to Cincinnati and back is $6. ill there, 8 J 60. TimaJU o daya and twonitfhu abaent Dam Tiür business and family is worth ert-tMerchant or mechanic, at least fctsJ per day making altogether $14 60. - The lust item ia tue only one subject to dispute, but hewho is willing to be away from his business and his family one day and night for less than $3 is uot the man we are reasoning with. With the present means of communication between those cities, there are at least 100 passengers per day, who go by various conveyances from Indianapolis to Cincinnati on an averuge. And this will increase at the rate ot 25 per cent, for the next 25 years. If any one doubts this continued increase we challenge him to the investigation of history. All roads direct from one great city to another have continued to increase at this rate, unless they were supplanted by nearer and better routes, but the T,rsneiTanffeesrro"ute will always do the business, and increase year after year at least 25 per cent, and especially so in a new and prosperous couutry. Now it costs 100 passengers $1,450 per day, or for 300 daya (one year) 8435,000, If this travel should increase at the rate of 25 per cent, it will cost for travel between those cities the enormous sum of 844,991,559, in -25 years. Now what will it cost by our route! The road we propose to make will be leas than 100 miles long. We will have no connection with other roada to control our action, or with boats to make our arrivals uncertain. Ours will bo a etrait line, direct through, and will be run in 3 houra easily. We expect to let passengers take their breakfasts quietly at home in ludianapolis at 6 in the morning take them to Cincinnati by 9 let them attend to business all day or until 4 in the evening and take them home to sup at seven with their families. This we can and will do, and every one must acknowledge that there is nothing unreasonable in our promise to do this. It is only a promise to run 33 miles per hour, and roads that cannot be run at that rate will have to be abandoned. If then the long routes, with longtime can carry passengers for S3, we can do it for $2, and to this (and lower) it will come when our road is finished. Then instead of taking two days and two nights, the trip will be made in 12 hours, with about as much a time for business. And what will it cost! Passage to Cincinnati and back $4; dinner there 50 cents 12 houra time speut $2 50 hack hire 25. This last item men are not expected to indulge in when it costs so much by the long routes, but we have to throw it in to make ours cost half as much as by other routes. Now it is seen that one half the entire cost ol all the travel for the 25 years will be saved by the construction of our road, besides the other conveniences. Aud what is this item to be thus saved! And we dare any one to contradict any of our facts or deductions. ' It is no less than $22,495,779! Hut suppose we are too large by one half in the number ot passengers as some will contend we are. Reduce it one half and then we will have a sum in our favor large enough to answer the question, "What interest has Indianapolis and the balance of the State in a direct line between these two cities!" Reduce the No. of passengers one half, and still there is a clear profit by making our Roud of 811,227,8.88! Shall our road be made, or will Indianapolia atill Say "we have reads euough!" llut this is not all. Br our road we will take hogs to Cincinnati ia 4 or. 5 hours without feeding, and without delaying hogs and owners at the place of re-shipment long enough to constitute them voters there. So that no ono dare even aneer at our figures, let us suppose that there are only one-seventh the passengers we estimated, aud who dare say that it is this low, and atill there will be a clear gain by the construction of this Roud of c3.213.G9G! This is enough to finish and equip the Road in the best style. And all this to be gained by the citizens of Indianapolis aud those who embark there. And this too taking only oneseventh of our estimate. But at we intend to discuss these and other questions hereafter, this is enough for the present. We wish it kept in mind at all times that this is the only Road cither made or in contemplation between Cincinnati and Indianapolia direct. The others go to other towns, and wese built by them for their own benefit, to be derived from thedelsy and expense of reshipment there. C. F. CLARKSON. Dec. 19th, 1553.

DRSTRUgTiVK FIRB IN NEW YORK. . v TIII3 E&TAHI.fSUMI'NT OF Murder A llrnihera In flulne, ' ova tMHrt.NMiarmofMt IM. INCIDKNTH OF Til FI UK. . The enoini(uiViinting, Hierolyping, Dinding and l'ubliithing Kyib!ihmi-nt ff Harper A Drolhrra wk entirely destroyed byllrn on cMturduy hut, ami now lies a alinndcis run of smouldering ruins, Tho bulMinga were Un In number, ex tending through the entire bluck from Cliir to lYurl atn-i'ta tiro fronting on fach. Tin buildings were llvu stories hlh, and all new. Tho lower floor of tho (trat two, Noi, 3:15 ami 3i7, was used for the war room and tho delivery of oola; in tho front j) irt of the next, iSo. 33, wi re the private and buim.'M room of the K ntlvmen of the firm; tho fourth, No. 331, win UIUmI with books; and Ihn fifth, being unfinished, was not oceu piud at all. On tho fourth floor of No. 331 yiM tbi largo Hti reotj ping, and KU-etrotypiitir 'uMihmrnt, and the Hill ttory waa used aa a Composing Room The Ilindery w.11 In the building running back to Clilf Htrcot. The second und third floor of tho two lower building on Pearl slrert were uwed l're Rooms; thcro being In them thr ity fur Adams' I'russus of the largest uhv, constantly At work: The fourth story of theau two building was occupied Rsa stichin nnd folding room, and was fillod with i;irl. Tho fifth atory was used ns a drying room, and was kept at a very hi.iA temperattiru by tteumplpcs, eitrriod through it for that purpose. Tho other por-

lions ot itu tno uuiwur' wem pacKca full of oooli of, which theru wits an enormous amount, the accumulation of abuainesH pushed with extraordinary energy and success, for a long teiies of years. " I laving sufFured from a firo aomo ten years sincc.'lho lUnrKiu had taken extraordinary precautions to prevent tho occurrence of such a calamity. They had a large steam-boiler in the cellar; but, with this exception, no lire was ever allowed to bo used about the building innnyfonn. The gm lights were so arranged ns to bo perfectly safe. All the building were heated by steam pipes, which had been carried, Ht an expense of over 6,000, in to every part of them: and, instead of tho charcoal furnaces generally used in bindery establishments for heating tho tools, gas-burners had been provided to tako their place. Under these circumstances, a firo wat impossiblo but for one of those accidents which cannot be foreseen, and against which, therefore, no provUion can be made. It is necessary to clean tho ink roller used in tho Adams press; und this can only be done effectually by employing camphene. In order to render the use of this perfectly safe, in a small room had been provided on the third floor Of tho lower building on Pearl-street, adjoining the press room, so as to be easy to access from it. This room had been carefully lined with zinc, and all the precautions taken which seemed necessary to insure its safety. The campheno used was kept in shallow iron pans, and the paper, rags, &c, with which it was applied, of course, were scattered about the. room. It seems that a Plumber waa employed in this room on - Saturday; to make souio" repairs; and in course of his work ho had occasion to use a light. Ho lit an oil lamp and threw the match into on of the camphene pans, supposing it to te water. It blazed instansly, set tire to the paper, rags, ice., with which it was surrounded burst through the partitions, and almost instantly swept with tremendous fury through the entire range of buildings. This occurred at 1 o'clock and in less than two hours the entire establishment was in ' ruin. Some twenty minutes elapsed before any engines brought their streams of wuter to bear upon the flames, and then the conflagration had become too fierce to be checked. i The alarm of fire of course, created the greatest consternation among the operatives. Those in the greatest peril were the girls in the folding room, in the story above the one in which the fire had taken. Most of them rushed to the stairway, which was their usual place of egress, and escaped without difficulty. Others were too much bewildered to avail themselves of this, until it was too late, nnd were rescued from the windows by the fireman's ladders. Capt. R oseuquest, the foreman of the Bindery, was very efficient in forcing many of them to go down the stairway, and by his coolness and courage, aided in saving valuable account and other books. Most of the men employed in the Press room were compelled to rush out for their lives, being unable to seizo even their hats and coats. All the presses were at work, but not one of them, not even one of the stereotype plates upon them, could be saved. As soon as the alarm was given in the business office, Col. John Harper, the financial partner, took 83,000 which was lying in his desk, called the Bank clerk, gave him the book of a Bauk where he knew his account bad been slightly overdrawn, and sent him to deposite the amount tearing lest the Bank officers should be uneasy after the fire 1 He then went to the head of the stairs leading to the Press room, and seeing the hopelessness of attempting to save anythingdirected the engiueer to make his way to the boiler and ' let oft' the steam. Tho other members of the firm gathred together all the books of accounts, subscriptions, receipts, dcc.j tc, and put them into the large safe, which was dragged out, and left on the sidewalk iu Pearl street, where it still remains. The desks, with their contents, were also saved. During all this timo the bells of the city had been ringing the alarm for tho seventh District, and engines, hose cart, hook and ladder carts, dec, had gathered in great numbers. Vast volumes of flame poured out from both frunts, and overtopped the lofty buildings, and a black column of 6tnoke rose heavily, but rapidly, from the centre of the block. The engine companies poured streams of water upon the flames, upon either side, but without apparent effect, and their attention was soon turned to the task of saving tho adjoining buildings. The police were present in large force under the immediate direction of the Chief, and were efficient in preserving order, and in facilitating the operations of the firemen. Not less than twenty thousand people had gothred as spectatorstilling Frankli.' Square, aud all the ad

joining atrectt, and eating. with astonishment upon the impressive upectachi. V . f Fhullng the fire still pining ground, the Chief Kngir.tcr ordered I Tie grncr. al alarm to be Riven, which brought to the ground neurlytliö whole force of theTtru Department, ith a . great number; of viigjne. fnii Brooklyn, Harlem and Yotkville. At nbout luilfpau I o'tlotk, the wallt "film lower buildings Penjl ti'reftUJo; oon für jhe -wall of Not. CO and O'i Cliir atreet flU Tn Talso; and not long after the floor and walls tumbled In with a tremendous cnuh. Tho auvrrul building wt ru divided from each other by brick walls, and the iron window abutters had been closed; but neither teemed to offer any appiTcUblu rtMiUnco to the fluim-. By 4 o'clock the wall of all thu tiuiltlln;,r liud fallen down, tho vast ttoict of books and other properly bad been com mined, and imimung heMps, of brick aud mortar, oyer which the auioku nnd flumes routiuued tg hover at if with gl im and but half satisfied fury, weru all that remained of - this great and renowned rtiiblihment. Tho amount of property deniruyed by this conflagration ia very heavy, larger, probably than any unglucatnblUhmcnt in this city has ever beforu been called to sustain, nnl larger, it it not improper to add, thau many others could sustain without utter ruin. Tho buildings and everything which

they contained, with such trifling exceptions ns scarcely to bo worth mentioning, weru totally consumed. IWtunatciy the aterreotype plates, which next to their stock of books, constituted tho mot valuable kinglo item of their property, wero stored in vaults which extend under tho pavement in Clilf street, in front of all tho buildings of the concern. The Harpers, as an invariublo rule, aterreotype every book they publihh, being able thus to work off new editions ns they may lo required. These plates, there lore; aru invaluable, as enabling them to resume busineiis us soon as Presset nnd other required facilities can be obtaincd. It is believed that they aro all taved. , Opening Letter. In tho Martha Washington case, "on trial at Columbus, a question arose aa to whether an officer had a right, under any circumstances, to break the seal of a letter addressed to nnother person. Judge M'Lean said, that 'if any person opened a letter under any pretence whatever, he was liable to be prosecuted under the post-office laws. If suspicious letters came, it would be better for tho post-master to send tlicm to the Department; they hud noau;hority to open them, neither had the marshal, police, nor that court." A Itallrond stoppage. The Portland Argus, in an article relating to the management upon railroads, and relating some personal experience remarks: ' We waited time flew a quarter of an hour a half three quarters still no up train. The passengers were uneasy. Appeals were male to the con ductor; he politely, but invariably answered, "My orders, gentlemen, are to wait here until the others come and here J wait'." By and by a self-sppointed c&BU(MttrrlU4 up,n. Ar.Urmt, and insisted on going forward. He maintained bis imperturbable suav.'ty, but declined. At last one of the number, tn bring matters to a point, suid: Well, Mr. Ackerman, how much longer shall you stop, ifyou do not hear from thattrain!' "I shall wait a week, sure." he reman. ded,"at the end of that timo I shall de. cido what is tobe done." Just then the ud train came thundtrincr at the rate of thirtv-five miles an hour. to make up for loss time; and had the uiiciiauon oi me passenger prevailed, we snouia not oe telling tins story, for an inevitable collision would have occurred, which would have eent about half of us into the other life. ' A Cnrltui Sermon, An English paper contains the following curious discourse, said to have been lately delivered by an eccentric preachei, at Oxford: . M am not one of your fashionable fine-spoken, mealy-mouthed preachers I tell you the plain truth. ?Vhat are your pastimes! Cards and dice, fiddling and dancing, guzzling and gluting! Can you he saved by dice! No! Will all the four knaves give you a pasport to heaven! No! Can you fiddle yourselves into a berth among the sheep! No! you will dance yourselves to damnation ar.iong the goata. Yon may guzzle wine here, but you'll want a drop of .at er to cool your tongue hereafter! Will the prophets say, 'Come here gamesters, and teach us the long odds!' Tis odds if they dol Will martyrs rant, and swear, and shuffle and cut with ou! No! the maityrs are no shufflers. ou will be cut down in a way you little ; expect. Lucifer will come with his respers and his sickles ' and forks, and you will be cut down, and bound, and housed in hell! I will now tell you the plain truth. Amnion, and mammon, and Moloch are re akin? Betheron hot! for you. Profane wretches! I ' have heard you wrangle, and brawl, and tell one another before me, 'I'll see you d d first.' But I tell you the day will come when you will pray to Beelzebub to escape hia clutches; aud what will be hia anawer! I'll aee you d d first!" Ci7"To any Inquiring what they ahall do for a cough and cold, we would aay, read the following certificate, which haa been signed bj one hundred of iht first Houses of Druggists in this country, to lay before the public their estimate of a good medicine. They are all men of the first class and of the highest character, v hose ' experience and business leads them to k.iow, and this ia their opinion: " We the undersigned. Wholesale Druggists, having been for long acquainted with Ayerj Cherry rectoral, hereby certijy our belief that it is the best and most effectual remedy for Pulmonary Complaints ever offered to the American People. And we would from our knowledge of its composition,and extensive usefnlness, cordially commend it to the ajlictcd as worthy their best confidence, and with the firm conviction that it will do for their relief all that medicine can do.1 IEjT A little fellow weeping most piteously, was suddenly interrupted by some amusing occurrence. He hushed his cries for a moment; there was a struggle between smiles and tears; the train of thought was broken: "Mb," said he, resuming his snuffle, and wishing to have hin cry out, "Ma ugh! ugh! ugh I what wat I crying about just now?" (XrA little child died in Trenton, a short time since, from the effect of the bite of a spider, and Mr. R. Ramford, ol that place, la now Buffering in the aame way.

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