Indiana American, Volume 22, Number 3, Brookville, Franklin County, 6 January 1854 — Page 2

TiyiMAIWMIÜN. B R OKV ILL E 7 I N DIA NA . FB1DAT JANDART Ot ltM

Itlla;lews Itetlee. R.T. D. D.M'Kce willprvaeh intlie Presbyterian Church in Brookvillencxt ScLbath nt'th- uiual hour. Ilargltt amth Liquor Law Thr Unshulltr Jckunian has come out drcidvdlr against the temperance movement." That i$ rujht. We want tu lnw who are fwr ua an d who against us. It would be a pity too, if the rummcriea could not have a few advocate and we know of no one better quf.lillt-d for the taak of defending the liquor intenst than the editor of the Jack.onian. Hear kirn: V ha eppJ lU latraJoetUsj af lha aaretiem Ult IM lncl ar. M, i wa aspect ta Ulla la Um an. And why? Hear him on that: Tita prim movers la !) ea Idea aflUltas. in Kaah cwoniy, bulb t-eiiparauc aa4 (tliOM, t in ukmI elhef placet, ara early m. WMgt, and their effort ara designate) Leueftlluat pert la lha tod. If auch arc your conviction and if democracy i dearer to you than the livcssndj moral of your fellow men, yott do winly to oppose the temperance question in all it bearing. Whra wa beeorpa convinced, hewever.that a mt eaa aefiher ba a food eitltaa ' (1 Da.acr.t, withaulaUKailai a prohibier I,, nor la, wa may pwiUy baufear " No danger of your being to convinced. You-have too much intcrctt at tt.ikc to liatcn to argumenta tn the tubjrct, and lfcoaluced statntl fsarr u Yeu'J ba of U tame oilnla elitl. In oari'neral polti on the liquar a,ret tiaa. company thai wa ara ot hmed af. " ' ',. We are gUd you to cordially embrace your fellow laborer. No wonder thry rally to your tupport, iNot hamed of the score of liquor tellert that are tiling our land with wailing! How true of all kind of vice Seea Vx aft, feat'dlar wlih IU face, Wa trtt eudure, lltea a'ly, luea embrace." All that ail you Mr. Editor U too much familiarity with liquor tiller. ' trta Mr. MdWr'aehareli In Rn-hvlIU has many members wba eaterum pretieely the am opiaat advanced by . We call in quvation a man veracity very reluctantly, but wc challenge Mr. ItrKi(t to publish the name of one rnqxeublo , mtmbcr of the MetliodJal Church in Itushvillo who U opposed to I prohibitory Uw. Ifthcru be one wc want to know who u i. be an office holder or an office seeker who Jud:likcha iold hi Savior Tor a few piece of Wer or an office. Th manntstUro of anlonl splrlta, Mr. M. thinks la pet reepet-leule, and " "nt sella hla l'-Uli-r U '' lhaa lb. di.ild.r himself" Thai la, Iba tn.a who does , Hal ra-pactaM1 . , Oh Mr. Miller! how could you make tucha.mistale aa that? Don't vou know that Alexander and Caraar and Napoleon, were ' Mjr iarara atiavat, And t0 Raited fr ! iHm u ..." . 8 I aiatlller. If a poor intn kUU butt child h putU hemp Tor U, but if beildft a wholettle ' work,' he becomtt liero. Ntvtr talk that way again Mr. Miller about dlatillert. They are the tpUii rrml of the murJerert who ire now tUyinj their thuuatnda, and thee are'buaineaa men too. They mite mma olaiit at wall at widow. and orphan.. Thay are rjectUle t horn. Dat Mf Millar al aot lo-pa, taha atl utty dKa, it drif aa lula aj.pHIa t UnivrHa . That it rliht, friend Iltrglit. Stick to Umjrnc4 tnd you are tale, eape eltlly lamnaranea aa vui deflne. MTera peranco la the use of ardent iplriti. Yoooppoao temperance; n wi loon espectlo hear or Öatan oppoalngj tin. Your firm adherence to , temper . ..a lir . ... ...I.B aa 1

ance reminds u of a poetic friand who tAC, h?ie yearly subscriber, and twenwas once lljted up front a plate vulgar ty-fivocentaoncach rtntwtd subscriber ly called a gutter. He was not drunk, xceiAln tht can c rlnbt. ha had only been Indulging In trmpr. , A club of threo subscribers, ono of le In the . e Orient piritt. On whom may bo an old one, at 15, will um in w ""y." ' intitlo Um person making it up tot looking around and fe.rlng J lUAtf for lhr h,. Ä would charge him with being nti, ho lwo of mfty bp M brwko out, ' Mir, at 88, to a copy for six month.;

Tu- a4 Mil snail ny. Fruit Ulr Una baaa aa aam aa l." WotMak If Pf't '"' '0 ... . i i. . ....ri. ami iii. i ii p farinara "Maine Ina - may ! ill Mfla grittdlHg Ihair aiaa I li CMiraS'iou ( tltr Apil iraaal 1'haao

ilou'll How yutt scare ul Money to bo forwarded by mail at run really In earnest! Cut or rUk. Largo amounts may bo ro- . . v Ti.t- nutted in drafts or certthcato of depot

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uoTiuvw. n - ,t0t ,viion monvv la sent, note on is n freu country nnd wc will let jou)ll(0 iJrtUk of Jluaton, New York, lMiilknow that 0 dear! wo find light gt t ndnlpliU, or IJ.iltimore, aro preferred, tin up in our very bone. Vou aro New KnyUnd aro at less discount than i . . .....i. atUtv If vou ''cw York State notes, and theu less naughty to say such Mhln. I ) o IJAILKY. oan't BlvoK.Hi rvaaonawhy liquor 'ashito. 1). C. ' should bo tolerated, nay even ThorasUitlia l..Mar. rncouragvd. don't frighten us by auch Notwlthattnding the Baltimore reaolu f.-arful foreboding or you will provoke Ilona tho members ol Congress aro dis uto tell the story of tho littlo girl , eunlnj tho slavery question, jutt at if who when aho thought what m.o auch resolution existed. W aro happ'en.ifcvcrshugutmHrmd, bur.l'B"diwaobeIlmiht the scamp. InL flood of tara. ' Ju'1 P""? lhem' ,C'r9 ofF h ek0, Inw , , . . M- , l. r.ii.u' mon Poplso as to reserve tho wholo Ia euuctushiui fab ti'a mal MM r ia Ka.h eouuiy bstwam f . .ncia n ou - matter to themselvct. They must to .i haH. aa.l rfMiaw eu4 e man careful or some of us will get to talking at"tfl!ir. rii "bil- "'" X ,,,4. their example, and teoiag that the Uni

Good for vou. will enia'c to. af " I furnish you Snontoons by the hundred ttr..a mJ drruL'i.mia if Tu Hun pay for them the Uuatics will, jutfor ih-j fun of thetjht. Pitch in" Bro. Harbin und conic at "tht ii ftlltrt' right end foremost. Wr rually want ono open and brave foe. Come out and fear not. fXj-We learn tho friend ui Rev. T. M. Eddy intend to make him a NewYear's visit this (Friday) evening. Wo are not authorized to invite everybody, but if wc were cverjbody we w ould go any how, or stay at home x d growl at those who do. K-I'ork has advanced to C4:60, at 1 Wheat, to $1 16 in Cincinnati.

Adrantnaa af Adrertlalnr ' A few week ago we gave notice that Geo. Holland's new office was one of the best placet to loaf in town.' We learn that since the notice, he has had as many loafers as he can accomodate, and sometime even more. In at Uast one instance he had to evacuate,. in

jaelf defence, and leave his office and i liii.iniiii tn nrnjl mYk nf It'iturt If any one is bidding for such custom ers they will please inform us, and bring the dollar, as wc can't do any more such advertising gratis. Ta Carreapondcata "The lover" is entirely too finished and too affectlne for our column. We fear It would have a bad effect on some young men. Wo cannot think of eeeing them "wandering by the side ot th stream, sighing st the raoon" these cold nlshts. They hid better be st home with their another. .Truth' Is respectfully declined It ia too long for one thing, and it la too pusonalfor another. We will notcsll in question It poetic merit for we hare jut been voted destitute of poetic tsate by a very intelligent lady, We have our opinion about the following but we dare not express it: The nawa want straifht to Natrlck'a aar, IIa I Iba atora did (9, And lha ra mat Lowdr face to face, Kuowinf that ba waa bia foa. Faid ha, "Mr. Kogl did Hart Dlahop aay, That I aallvatad that child?" Mr. Kagla rrpliad, 'I da Bot racollect Whalhaaaid,' aud h apoke vary mild. "On Horace Greely" is too cruel We have no doubt of the genuineness of his repentance, and we cannot allow his eld sins to bepsrsded before the world now. "Boxer" has made a great blunder in srnding his men to this office. We pub lish a paper for decent peop'e and we cannot adc.it any article that we would not want our own daughters to read. Such productions sre however at a pre mium at some offices, and he can have bis msnuscrlpt by calling on us in per son for it. When the ends we have in view connot be promoted without allow Ing fil hy men to use our columns to say about their neighbors what they would not dare say over their proper signatures we hope every man who respects him aelf snd bis family willst once withdraw his patronage. We know of no blunder that a parent can com nit that ia more fatal, han the introduction of obacen an licentious papers Into his family. It i right enough that gamburs and drunkards and debsuehees should have r. inert devote! to thflr Interests. In this free country every crime snd every shsmetntv publish its orztn. Ills be . mm Attlncalso that euch organs ahould use language adapted to the (nteresta they support. It It proper t oo that they even pay to sccurs the contributions of suits ble persons, but it Is Improper that auch papers should be edmitttd Into decent society. The language that will be acceptable at the brothel and the grocery la unfit to be read at home. Since It Is the province of an editor to choose which interest he will support, wa respectfully decline such contributions, an J hsnd them over to such editors at love to pan der to the appetltet of the low and the vulgar. JtyTn National Kra, published a a a ra . t . a a at Washington my, is the best paper for general circulation published at tho Capital. Its bird's-eyo view of the af fairs of the Nation and of tho World is ! without an equal. Tho following are !tho TKR.VS. Hinglo eopj - - - Threo copies - - - ß Five eopiei - - - 8 Teneopict - - 15 Single copy iix month t- . t Ten copiet iu month i - 0 TIipum aril thft forma fur Kutli nt.l and ,nTf ,ubicribcr, for wardimr their own . nubscrlptions. AOAWTS. Agents are entitled to fifty cents on ' a club of ten, five uf whom m iv bo old vnea, at 916, to a copy for one year. When a club uf subscribers has been , . . .i.,,,. i ... ... iviwaiuvu, kuuiviuiii nmjr iiinuw in 1 it, on tita tamo terms. on ataada it pretty well wo intend to publish, in a week or two, a speech on t,"" aiao oi ma question. Ana wo msy,by their permission, continue to give an account from time to .time of tho progress of affairs, as it ia tho only question of importance before Congress. Wo aro safe in saying that at least twothird oftho time of Congress will be taken up discussing this question in some form or other :m ' Tontooraaoo Aiauaaioa Remember tho Temportnce discussion at Centre Chspel on to-morrow evening, to begin at 6 o'clock! Question. Would it be expedient to enact a law to entirely prohibit the traffic in intoxicating liquora, aa a beverage! Afurmative Dr. J. R. Goodwin. Negative lion. Gila G ant.

The Cincinnati Riot. On our first page will bo found a de

tailed account of the alleged riot on the 25ih of last month. The trial of the rioters was held on Friday, and after examining testimony the prosecution was abandoned as no facts could be elicited that could prove a riotous intention. It appeared only that the infidel association intended to burn the nuncio in effigy, and go through their usual ceremony of a Sabbath street procession. While wo must condemn the course of the association in its repeated and increasing efforts to destroy the quiet and sanctity of the Sabbath, we can not approvo of the course of the chief of the Police. He was instigated cither by a de siro to please the Catholics by a vig erous defence of the Pope's Nuncio or to sgnialiio himself aa a vigilcnt and bravo officer. It aDDears that ho 1 1 avoided all consultation with Marshal Ruffin, an old and tried officer, and al. so the Mayor, and undertook the case on his own responsibility. We hope his courso will undergo investigation. Our adopted citizens, whilo they conform the existing laws, must have the protection of law, whatever may be their political and religious creed. Were we a citizen of Cincinnati we -vould try to prevent the public dessecration of the Sabbath by that association, but we would do it, if possible by law. Let them dance or drink or what not, in their hall let them go to the hills and amuse themselves and perpetuate the customs of their father-land if they wish, provided they do not interfere with tho ri-rht and uriviliires of others. But - "O I o their public processions on the Sabbath with musio and banner and drunken dess to the annoyance of tho citizens should not be tolerated even in a land of freedom. Tho llarper'o rir. The destruction ol the publishing et tabliihinentof the Messr. Harper, bro't out much that waa creditable to them to the city to human nature. What wo admire most, was the instantaneous energy with which the worthy Brothers jba at.Aitl analsirif t r Sä irräTasal A is. A aft Si F.

which had swept swsy In four hours the Th occsslon on which he preached waa accumulated resources and appliances not tuch at tocatfouftho orator, at it of twenty-five years. No murmuring waa a night appointment, and we unor repining escaped their lips. Before derotand that night it not the best time the alarm had reached tho street, they . . . , . comprehended the fulness and certainty to Pr,lch- "rmon w" however a of the catastrophe. "Tho camphene on crcditablo performance. Hit voice It flrel" taid one of them, who wat nearest J weak, and ho la heard with difficulty the scene, "then wo aro lost j save the . w,on hÄ firil begins, but at he warmt handt." Theiarcty of the gtrlt and tho . r. .

workmen waa toon assured, and before i the fury or the fiainea had begun to sub-, aide, an outline of the plan of operation , to bo purtuedhad sketched Itself In their' k k .1 x as f Ali.laM tiontni aas a " 1,T ft . N-X. Majttx.nt, wnicu tue nro nail oruroyed, waa eiigaired (or In a neighboring office, and was In aatato of great forwardness ..... . before the end of tho xvevk. Arrange. an( In. I. a wl n if nr I nt i n tf Avni'iitnil In i I,.". 'IIa:: .1 made forthwith. Flood of water were poured upon tho smmiWerlng ruins, and the bricks, hot ami nisaing, organ 10 do carried away and plied in tho atreet. A largo building near by was hired for the transaction ol business, in three diya after the lire, the Harper Bröthen were ouietly working out the scheme which wat formed while the fire wat raging, HI. in a' few nÄ.;he7 fnd ihn-1 aelveainntw and Improved buildings, with new and Improved machinery, with their old and uieu .ssisiani toouiinrm, KOI n IT Oll in in urn, iiiuiiiuii.uk "M aa though nothing had happened. They nigh nothing . II they had mlirht. II they had chosen, have embra ced the opportunity to retire from busl nest. Their Insurance would have suffi ced to pay every ry outstanding note.tnlalcs iaved In the vaulta f a millionj their private Theatrreotypo wore worth hal fortunea aro largei but 1. . . a .s trgej but no at work they went, as ,, i.i i. t I I "'".tf' i'l' L'AtK: dnd upon the re-contructlon ofthelr business. Thi Is the grnulno American iTYM, and we glory In It! Only once, snd on'y lor a moment, did the firmness of James Harper give way. It waa on the Mondsy aftrrnoon after tho fire. All day long, offera of assistance from banks, Insurance com panleti capitalists, and friends had come pouring in, till It Beamed as If the wholo of tho (lotting resources of this metropolis had nothing else to do or desire, than to help tho Urothora Harper In their time ofcslamlty. Tho heart of Jamet Harper wa lull. Th man of business had become, tho man of feeling. An old friend of thirty years' stimllng came in, took hi hand, and astd, "Is there any thing that lean dl" This wat the drop that made the cup overflow. 'I can I stand tin," aald Jumes,"lt unmans me," and hurst Into tear. This wat not weakness it wa strengths and we glry In that. too. Those oflVrt of help were all the m ro proper, because they were not needed. This may seem a hard saying, but It Is a true one. It Is ns much tho Instinct of human nature aa It proverbially la Ibo way of "Heaven," to help those who help tlifinelvca, aud to withhold help from thitso who do not need It at they may. And all tho Instinct nf human nature and all waya of Heaven are right. The Harpers, forty yeara ago, were Jour, neymen printer. Uy Industry, prudenee, economy, and good management, they have become the loader in the most difficult branch of business known among men, and built up an establishment unapproached by any In the world, fur extfiit, resources, celebrity, or prosperity. Thus they acquired the right to an J certainty of every kind of assistance, by placing themselves at an Immense distance from the want of it. The princi ple and the moral . of this apply it well to the apprentice boy who patronises tho slxpenn? aavlnea bank, aa to tho kingtof the book trade. Home Journal. jtF"Dr. Johnson, when in the fullness of years and knowledge said: "I never took up a newspaper without finding something I would have deemed it a loss not to have seen; never without deriving from it instruction and amusement." The fcrie Injunction I'aar. Philadelphia, Saturday, Dec 24. ana - m .a a Hie buperior Court this morninjr renderered its decision, granting the application of Franklin Canal Company, for a special injunction to restrain the authorities of Erie from tearing up the rails of said Company's railway in the City of Erie; the injunction being merely to stay matters, the court will hear the injunction.

JAN. 3, -Editor. 1854. 7X7 Paaaoat. llttng la or naar Conaaraville, wbo WUh to advartlaa In Uta American, or aub aorlbcra who wlihlOMttla account., arparvons who with to ubcrlt, will ploaM rail upon Mr. 8n fordatUia Cvouarerllla Bank wboU ourafaatat ConurYiua. Turnpikes We have, at this time quite a num ber of turnpikes leading into town. There is some complaint about sonrte of the grades, and some of them are report ed aa being rough, and some fear ia en tertained that as soon as the contractor leaves they will brtak through. They were constructed at short notice, and at little expense by one Jsck Frost, sn old personage who haa made him self quite familiar of late in these parts. Speaking of Pikes reminds us that the directory of the pike leading towards Bloominggrove hold a aession last Sat urday. The detsilt of the business have not been reported to us but we infer from somethings we have aeen and heard that this road will be put through with energy whenever thecitiea of Blooming grove aud Everton furnish the' means. Navigation Suspended. The intense cold of the last week haa closed the Cana I, leaving a large amount of pork and produce in our ware housea. We notice that there it a little better preparation for a flood than there waa last year. The pork, lard, die. can be more easily moved than laat year. The tame it true of the Corn in the country. It it nearly all gathered and atored above "high water mark." President Locke We were favored with a short visit from thla gentleman last week too ahort, we thouffht. Durinir hla visit he preacbid once in the Western Chargo to a congregation that highly appreciated hla pulpit labora. Mr. Locke ia small ofstature, and can lay no claims to grtatnett If the body It the measure of the man. He will not weigh, wo yueii, over 140 poundt. He hat a pleasant countenance, a keen eyo and his face Ii adorned with magniflcient whiskers. He it, we think, threatened with baldnett, though the loss of his raven locks would be a aerioua loss. M,v" "V T0IC0 ,n "nglh and becomea tumclently loud and very pleasant. Hit lanv'uace It chaat and beautiful, and forceable, being . . - t Anglo-S.xon. Wo learn that Iii, la amlnitntlu nml n.l r... l.t m f., and that the Institution over which ho presides It rtpldly growing In Influence ,nJ lwHulneM, ()ur citlsen who aro "" P to educate their nd daughter would do well to put them under tho care of Mr. Luck. lleotfui. tho Method lot Ono of preachers In this place expressed a hope, a few dsyt tff0, that the Minute of tho South Eaa ern IndUnt Conrrenc- woulJ b pub. '"h J the Conference at it It convenient to have a copy at conference. Hit organ of ,,op(l muil b .r, th, lo hope agalnit hope. Deanlf Auditor ofNIata. Hoya! S. Hicks, Kq., lato represent RtJvo from Johnson county has been npnointcii Deputy Auditor of State t. ,.1(.am .,.... m.L. ti.:. 1 Hvvvwfwni W av ill". V taiaj fl II . , . .; , ., ' . l'vriii.iiivil III WlinviluvilVW Ul II O ITeS ' of H.on.wWr.lc'o Imv, tl.cir io... ess notes signed. Tho appointment is judicious one. bUto Sentinel. a very A lucky fellow is John l. Dcnn, Auditor of State. The business of hi otllco is so heavy as to require constantly a half-a-dozen clerks, whi'i ho himself is compelled lo work from twelve to fourteen hours per day to keep up with tho sinin of bank bills. And by tho above it appears ho has had to appoint a special deputy to sign his namo ' ' addition. It is said tho aggregate fees and salaries of his olllco will yield liim moro per annum than the l'res dent of tho United States receives. Capt. Haydkn, Secretary of State, has also struck a streak of hick, l or making each swamp land patent ho gelt Hl'ty cents. Tho estimated number of acres of swamp lands, ns shown by ollicial documents, isalmosl l,VUO,UOU. TIicno p:t toils nro cut up into 40 aero tracts, und thero will coiKotjuently bo 3J,U0O of them required, amounting to ihn snug sum of V I o.UO" each for tho Secretary and Auditor of .State, when all aro issued. Whilo wo are not in tho least envious at teeing our friends Dunn and 1 lay den thus fortunate, we cannot but regard iho act of tho Legislature which permits tho issuance ol thesu patents in such mall parcels, as highly censurable. It does not stop nl taking thirty llioumul dollar.' Irom tho swampland fund for patents, but entails a like serious loss upon purchasers for recorders fees. K.ich j)4Unt must bo separately recorded, at an txptnw of unu dollar. If tho law had required, as it might and should have done, that where ono purchaser took all the lands in a aection, no more than one deed ahould bo rnado for that section, a saving to the swamp land fund and to individuals of at least forty thousand dollars would have been tho consequence. We congratulate the Auditor and Secretary ot State. Luck is fortune! No,blesville News. Married in Fairfield Ind. on the 8th of December by Rev'dD. D. McKee Rev, Jamea Gilchrist Pastor of the Preaby terian chureh of 31 1. Carmel to Misa Charity Al. Adama of Fairfield. On the 28th December by the Rev. Jamet Gilchrist Mr. CT. Gough of Henry county, to Mitt Mary C. Hinckley, daughter of Dr. Hinckley of Springfield Township. On their way to Henry Co. the happy couple called on the editor and left a blessing.

CONNERSVILLE

Corrcsponkttc.

Ia Cincinnati Interrstfd In Ihcrontlracllan of m Itoud direct to Indl anapolls! While other cities aro rushing with so much energy their enterprises to control the commerce of the world, no town can safelv reat with the hope that their natural advantages will sustain their continued prosperity. The o'd thoroughfares, marked out by the hand of Nature can no longer be relied on to bring wealth to any city. Rail Roads are creating a revolution In the commerce of the world. The city of New York once slept over her interests until Boston, by running a Road through the Berkshire mountaius to Albany, began to control a large portion of the trade of New York and oven the great North West. New York then had to build the Erie Road at an expense of thrice ten millions, and the Hudson River Road, at enormous expense. They were compelled to do thia to save a trade that no one, a few years previous, dreamed would be thrown into any other city. Bui at this day it will not be safe for any city to remain idle. If they do, the grast mtyyetgrow in their ttrcett. It is a settled question that Indiana contributea more than any other section to the butinett and wealth of Cincinnati. A large portion of Ohio never sustained that city. Kentucky haa her own fa vorite cities. If there bo any point to which Cincinnati ahould direct her attention, and arrange to control the trade thatia Indiana. But while that city ia extending her Rail Roads in every direction, what ia the doing for a Road to the heart of Indiana! We wish thia quettion closely investigated. Where are the Roads from Cincinnati Indianapolis, at which place the Road diverge to all portions of the State . Do you rely on the Junction Road by Hamilton, or the Road by Lawrenceburghl Are these to be the Roads to bring you the vast trade of this State! Examine thia question. It is a serious one to Cincinnati. The Junction Road is built as a feeder to the Hamilton tnd Dayton Road. The President, Mr. Wood it a citizen of Hamilton. He haa all tho elementa ofamanand a gentleman. With him to will, I to do. But his interests are at and with Hamilton. Si far then at he ctn control, that Road will bo mado t j contribute to build up his town. If you wish to know how far men will goto auatain their oirntownt, look at Erie. Butthis Junction Road is puttied forward by tho Cincinnati and Dayton Road. Then if flour, beef or pork is shipped on the Junction Road and is going E ist, the interest of the Cincinntti and Daytoy Road ia to divert the trade by Dayton, East, instead of by Cincinnati, as it will thus go over the long end of thoir Kosd instead or theahortend. Hamil ton by this Road will alwaya be lit the way of the trade of Cincinnati nut that It can be a rival but ita advautiirca will deprive Cincinnati of much of tho busi ness by the Road. I ho Lawrcnceburjrh Rond has the tame objections. We never Intend tay ing tn unkind word of Geo. II. Dunn. Ho it all right honest in all hit lmiul tct energetic and penevorlng. Ho It ono 3i tntiKimi ot men who are never estimated at their full va'uo. For over 20 years his heart hat been tot on bull I Inga Road from Lawrikcihurcm to Indlanapolit. That town wat once badly treated by tapping our canal with branch to Cincinnati, and ever since, tho enterprising citizens of Lawrence birgh have labored for a Road to help their town. Dunn, with all his talent hat labored with them. That Rond was first started, and long kept on foot by tho energy of Lawrenceburgh. Dunn had spent hi yuuth there and there ho had apent the prime of his lifo there ho reared hi children and thero he had burled hi beloved wife. Like all good ritucna hla attachments tnd hit inter estt clustered about that little ritv And henco hit ttruggle t) build a Road from that place to tho heart of Indiana At .lit I .1 Ana ami possessing tne aame energy that mauo tno road, uc you suppose that they win permit Cincinnati to reap al tno oenenisi t hey win not do it, and vain will be your hope, II you expect they wurtanuiy submit to any srrrnta ment that will deprive them of tht trade of thlt Road. Do you any wo aro mit .a s . at a taaen in ttuai L.et ua rrier you to an extract Irom tho report of Mr. Dunn, the President, just made to tho stockholders Referring to the benclltt Lawrenceburgh it to derive irom the lload,ho asys: 'Wo ara also arranging for a lhrou(h fralghl business from ami bay und IndUuspo IIa, by eonarctlna with Him lines of imra an Ilia Ohio at LawMiiorburgh, to H tlllmora rhllad-lphli, Sow York, IJj.toii andChsrUa Ion. Lawrauoeburgh Is a (avornlila point of snipinani irom ana to whl- h, t-mars will as readily, an I at lha amn prloas, rvflxlva and deliver ireighta as al Cinoiiiiisll sml lor which, as our road terinlnstes on Ilia bank of lha lliver, tha most coiivmiiIimiI arranira ment of trsnafsrrlng tn-twn thenars and (lis stesinars hsv beu provided, without atiy onarga to mo lor warder lrdMysgove.oiniitislm, or slorags. I hat our O'il Uivtr ter minus will Hins ba fo'iud an allrKitlv point ior rtctmny irrigni lor all Wis lutarlor, from a. a. . . i iuauurgn, wiiaaiing.aud tha al. as waau llclpaled, Is inaiiiftil from tha coiiaUmly In creasing rwelpts of goods dsllmed hero for vur Rond." What do you think of that Clnclnnat la no I s that tho way you wish to hsvo tho business of Indiniit slido by your cityl Or do you wish a Road direct through-a short Road a l"m1 Roud a Road of your own. Ifyoudo, tay so by your acts. Let not tho small amount of stocks you have taken In tho Roads terminating at other towns deter you from acting aa becomes men sml asyuituust act if you intend retaining the bus Inc of Imlisiisl Cincinnati I tho greatest plant for packing pork this Ida of Russia, and jirobably the grealot in the world. Dil i! reat business has contributed largely to build upyour city. And duro you deny that to Indiana you have look fd lor largo supplies. Are you willing to yield this large fir-Id I During tho present winter, packing has been carried on extensively ut Indiitiiupoli, and other poiuta at from 60 cents to 100 per 100 lb lea than it Cincinnati, owing to ihn difficulty ol reaching your city with hogs on cars. A road should bo coiittructed to transport hugs Iruin Indianapolis to Cincinnati in lour hours, and for 20 cents per head, or 10 cents per 100 cwt. When this is done you will reap larger ly of the benefits, but the furmers of our 8tate atili more. We wish you to keep In mindthat you have no road to Indiana. It is true, by going to aomo of your neighboring cities, who have roads to Indiana, you can from there reach our Stale. But we should think that your wealth and your interests would spurn so dependent a course. Wo propose to make the only road from Cincinnati to Indianapolis. Do not the importance of the two cities, and the interesta ol Cincinnati warrant the enterprise If so, help m. C. F.CLARK'SON. Jan. 2nd., 1854. Washixotok Cut, Dec. 27, 1853. To thk Editor or tue Americas. In yourt of the 23d, which you kindly ent me, I lind a Rail Road communication, from my friend Clarkson, which surprises me not a little. At the beginning of his second paragraph, ho seems determ oed to convince the good people of Indianapolis, that the Junction Kail Road which he consider

ately admits "msy probably" be made

"tome day" will "not be a thorterj route" for them to Cincinnati, than either the Madison or Richmond routes; and tome "12 or 15 miles longer" than the Lawrenceburgh route. I would not, If I could, throw any ob stacle in the way of the construction of the Road Mr. Clarkson advocates to zealously; nor would I attempt to (discredit any other route. I hope, and am inclined to believe, they will all do well. But such an egregious perversion of facts, and the unfriendly epirit of the thing, can in the end, do nobody nor any enterprise, any good and I would hope, nobody nor anything, any harm.--On the contrary thereof, tuch bold ttatementt are more apt to injure the cause they were intended to eubterve. It it not neighborly to institute invid iout comparisons, even though tome thing may be made by it. But in thit regard, the friends of the Junction Road, from Indianapolis by Rushviile, Conneriville, Oxford and Hamilton, to Cincinnati, wish to tv3id no comparisons based on facts. Such, they think, they may safely court. Mr. Johs Woods, ot Hamilton, the President of the Junction Road, has recently Issued the first Annual Report of the Company. Those who have any in terest or curiosity in seeing tho true condition of that work, and the proba bility" of its being mat!e "jjmo dsy' f they desire to deal in facts, would do well to call on the President, or tho Sec retary, at Connersviile, or send, and get l copy or that ueport. it may oe reuea upon The author it not given to Bun combe snd he has a reputation, l doliove. for honesty and fair dealing, not surpassed even by that for his acknowledged ability and energy. Let me remark that the whole of the Junction Road is under contract the vork is progressing on every division in the most satisfactory manner tho meana of the company are very large, and daily increasing and all things seem most auspicious for sn early completion of the Road. On Kailwaya ttmt Is distance and the friends of the Junction, invite tho at tention of all who desire an agreeable and expeditious route from Cincinnati to Indianapolis not only to their grades and curvatures, but to their route, direct as routes usually are that look to much elt) thin termini a routi threaded with flourishing townt and villages, and pass ing all the way through aa wealthy and interesting an agricultural region, as the Great West ran boast of. When their cnterp ize it aought to be decried for the benefit of any other they ask but tlitt theso thins; m y be regarded, as th"y nr and with the se - lei they will bo content. Yourt truly, P. Ma. Goodwin. I tend you tho en closed communication tho first of a series of letters addressed to our lion. Sen ator. I kn.w you are a peraonal Iriend of Mr. Bright, but I am not hit enemy. Th?ro aro obvious reasunt why these letters should bo published elsewhere than in the papers of this city. The prosperity ol Madia ju wai never greater than at this time. Tho spit it of Improvement is abroad. Tho pork season has been very ticlivesnl operations hoavy. Tho enterprise of White, Godman, Philips, &c. have mad this tho Ohio River hog market. Our graded schools aro our chiefboast. Under the Superintendence of Mr. Barnet aided by his effective corps of teachers, they have almost attained perfection. Tiieyaroth achool oftho people. Permit tno to add to this note that your former townsman Rev. Mr. Clulou I havo not tho minute at hand to give his first name, it sutalnlng himself well. I seldom attend tho service at St. Johns, as I go regularly to my own churih,yet I have heard Mr. 0. olten enough to be satisfied that, if ho will inodiiy hit manner, take more paint with hit elocution, and espocUlly with hit voice, he will take a high rank among tho clergyman o( hi Church. His vote may bo eultivatod and made quite elfective, but lie must change hi manner of using It, or it will soon bo hopelessly stuttered and become deci dedly harsh and repugnant. How cumot on your Valley Rail Road! Wo believe the schomo is vi.lonary. The old pioneer M. & I. Rtll-Road bat tho confidence of the people, Moro than that, it ran carry passengera and freight at ratet which It will bo impossible for your new roaJs to approximate and henco you must fail. Tins seems common-sense and you bad better heed it. We now havo connected with our road the Martinsville, Peru aud Shelby villa roads and can defy competition. Wo havo welded tho wholo country to our city by iron bands, and our business men will never $ilfertk(tt tradt to It hit. They havo the capital, tho industry and tact to koep It. Mark uU this predic tion : Thry will ktrp it f tlwy hav to do t a a . fM irannporiauon yruut. I am awtroyour Brookvlllo magnates havo no friendly feeling lor us, they openly auy to. But our prosperity can not bo ttuyed. They may at well tubmil. Yourt truly J. (i. M. Madison Ind. Dec. 20. mi. rr Ilia Aiiii'ifnn, Tt'iiiiMTitiicc - I tH is yr. At it meeting of llio cilizoni of Metftinoiit lit'M m iho Methodist Church on Tuesday evening tho 2l)th lnt. For tin? jnirjmsH of appointing thleK'lte lo intend th Hutu Temperunee Convention to Ik !nld nt In IUnipoli on tliu 1 1 tli of JitiiU'try I Oil, mil to transact such other buiiiess in would st em enlcuUied to promote tho 'IV inperniH'u cause." L. H L i Win was appointed to the clmir und H. 11. Nik nee r Seo'y. Tho ohjfct of llio meeting was sinted hv tho chiiiiinnn. It lii in a M'rio mix" tho hu lienco was not dixitppointc I on account '' tjU'iikeis, Messr. J. II. Oborn, Orville Gordon, Doctor Conner and oilier addressed tho incctin Tliu sptnikt'is apropi i.iU'ly pointed out tho eviU of tho iquor tratlio und till recoin mended the ballot box as tho only tllicient rem edy. Tho following Resolutions offered by A. N. liUckleJe were unanimously adopted lt JiemlveJ, That opposition to a prohibitory law is opposition to morality, to patriotism, to religion, to good order, and to all tho viul interests of the utile and to society, 2nd JicaotveJ, That we demand a law that fclull prohibit tho manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors except for Mechanical and Medicinal purposes, in tho state of Indiana and we will not lay down our arms until wcget it. 3d Re talced, That weas temperance men will not vote for any man to represent us in the State Legislature, or for County Offices who is not known to be a thorough temperance man. 5ih, Resolved, That tho different naners published in this County bo re quested to publish the proceedings of this meeting. On motion the meeting adjourned. L. S. LAtvIN Prcst. R. It. SriNCEK hkc'y.

Tho Dattl on the Black Sea, ' The country was startled yesterday by the annoancement brought by the steamer Pacific, and instantly diffused by telegraph in all direction!, from Quebec to New-Orleana and from Portland to St. Louis, to the effect thttthe Ruttiant

had destroyed the Turkish fleet in the Black Sea, alter a gallant and desperate resistance. For, not only had the public mind become accustomed to the idea of Turkiak equality, if not euperiority. but the sea was the last arena in w hich it waa tuppoted that the Russiana could gain any laurela. Under the thock of thit intelligence, there wat quite a general ditposition to credit the moat exaggerated reporta and to admit the most alarming inferences at to the influence the disaster must have upon the progress of the wtr, nd by consequence upon the liberties and tha progress of Europe. We are happy to bo able to contradict these impressions and to tllsy these excessive apprehentiont. The battle at Sinope wat comparatively insignificant, though at far at our imperfect iutellif;enee can clear up the facta, it wat galantly conteated on both eidea. It waa fought, not between the numero a and powerful Turkish fleet of the 11 c t Sea, and a corresponding number u. .tussian ahipt, but between a Turkish squadron of three frigates, and two little steamers, with tome tmtll transports, and a force of six aail of the line, twelve frigrates and aoino smaller vcstelt, commanded by Vice Admiral NACHiMorr, tho oldest Russian Commander on that Sea. Tht Turkish Admiral Osman Pasha waa proreeding up the coast, conveying men aud stores to Batun for the Turkish a. my in Aaie, when he wat met by the enemy's fleet off Sinope, a place on the southern shore, just in that part where the Sea ia narrowest, with the Russian naval station of Sevastapol nearly opposite on the northern shore, the distance between the two places being about 170 miles. It seems that the main action took place in the harbor, where Osman Pasha endeavorod to find refuge from the superior force of Nachimoff. So desperate was the fighting thst the Russian, according to their own account, carried away only one prize, the flag-ship of ttw squadron, and she suua oolore they reached Sevastopol. Ail tho other vessel were destroyed, we are told except one, which made irood its escaud. At: the same lime the Russisn fleet vas so ; damaged in the fight that some of its j cralt had serious difficulty in nuking! port. Such are tue luets, us lliey uppear from the best aUtemiits at our command. The Russians havo thus gained a naval advantage, but it is not one which : provi- their ability to copo equally with tue I urks at sjj. anv nure tiun madeItat via regiiiieul by a brigade, would evince real .uerionty on land. The bulk ol tho fürten!) licet is untouched, und according lo good wilueasc, is by no means a UtiapicsbiO lurco. It was no douot a jjru atrugolic bluuJcr on the part of Admiral Hude, or Ins superiors at Constantinople, to expoao tuis small tquudrou lo be destroyed as it lias oeen, but it does not essentially el ect tt . ,,, . ar the power of lutkey to prosjcutu the war. Nut o ly ia a iiv.il deieul of less account io ncr l tun oiioun laud, but she still hat ships euoui't lo koep the RusjBiaue at a ruapoclaUlo distance Irom tho Uosphnrus. There It no reason to doubt that even alter thit disaster, lu-r licet it tulllcieully poAveriul to render lite to-

peuranco ol a ltusaian tioudroii before I at their Children's health. InLlverrow Constantinople impossible, If lloltJUli-; l,,w,",t"l all dltonlers arising from tlmta of a bildet Uko positive hostilities and reiieut ! M",.''"'dd make tue of ths only gennlse

at eune Russian port, tho procedure Juat tried at ciinope. Tno UntiaU .Ministerial Journals talk very loudly iu connection with this! wan;, as ii it were toiiivuiitig surpris ing on tho part of Russia, and must de termine war like action on the part of tho allied powers, lloth these opinions teem unfounded. It could not be expected that, while Russia's Asiatic pos sessions, and tome of her best (jonerals, are threatened with destruction by tho vlctoriout Turks and insurgent mountaineers, tho should look on quietly and tee reinforcements, guns and ainuition carried to the enemy. It it true Hie Ctar long since avowed his military operations to be merely defensive, or at the utmost to aim at the peaceful retention of what he called "material guarantees," but then tho Turks had not declared war, and were not niviu. ciug him with the complete lose ot the psiulully-won and dearly-held provinces of the Caucasss. In auch a contingency, it were absurd to expect him to conlino his defensive action to incro rosisUnco in that region and all the whlb allow tho Turks to accumulsle forces there, which would render his dustruoHon certain. In any interpretation of tho declarations and pledget of the Laar, Admiral NachiinolV has done nothing which ouht not to have been ex peeled, or with which It Is possible to find tho slightest fault. Nor does It follow by any inunt that the tilled powert will not earnestly tako up a quarrel which they havo hitherto embraced with very languid leal tnd tntlMIke energy, llecsuea the Turks are beaten In ono engagement Franco and Knglsnd will not precipitate the gsnvral war they have to laboriously avoid, id. They will morely prosecute their negotiations, redouble thair protocols, und produce an endless now crop uf notes and iliploinstio dispaiches, Ju this point of vlow Iho event may teuJ lo the restoration of peace. It will assuage the wounded vanity uf the t'ar, and afford him the opportunity of accepting the terms proposed hy tno mediators without lewling himsoll humiliated. If he has Muttered reverses on lir Danube and In Asiu, ho has covered the Russian arms with tho uuhiarod-ol-glory uf a marine victory, Now ho ran all'ord to return lo Insiuuious m.igi(inlin ty, and graciously IUy Ilm I ears ol a universal eoulU2raliuii with which ho has lueplr ed all rJur-po. Tno prospnet uf a paeil ic soltleintMit has guiund by lha Turk sit detest al diiiui), .V. 1'. Tribune, A .I del Liquor I.U , A bill has been introduced into the Vermont LeisUlure, hy u Mr. ll ubi-r, uf rather a novtlchrtiMCUT. The (inen Mountain Herald, in rjieakin of this bill, aitys: 'One of the Barbtrivn$ provides that the sales of town agents, taverna, nnd grocers, ahull be limited to two drams daily to any persons, to that n common drunkard miht legally obtain, in any comnvui village, from mx to tj twenty glaste each day. And bosides this it encourages tho traffic, as each grocer is sure to receive his customer in turn, untl ho is so drunk as to bo unable to 'go the rounds." A ITIlatake. W. 8. writea us that he lately aent us a dollar (aa a tubtcription) and a communication for our columns that the dollar waa retained antLthe paper asnt, but tho article nut printed w herefrom he concludes that "money is in better demand in your market than brains.' If t!iat were true, it would not be amasing, at Editors are supposed to have morj brains than money; but hit conclusion it rywa. genuine; the brains bojus.-Xl'-Tribune,

AitMimtnl of Personal Property Tho time for another assessment of personal property hit rolled around. The list it made up of the property held by tho tax-payer on the 1st of January. All are assessed from the sametim tin.

der the present law instead of torn being assessed now, and othere 3 or 4 montht henco, whenever the Assessor happened to oall along, at under the old law. All thut ttsnd on equal ground more nearly than before. Of course tho Assessor cannot call upon til on that dsy. or, in the large Townships, for several days, or even weeks, afterwards. It would be well, therefore, for escb ttx-payer, to fix in hit mind, or take down on paper, a kind of Inventory of the personal property held by him on thst day, to that, when the Astes sor doet come, there need be no difficulty in calling to mind what he then possessed. CITIZEN. January 2nd., 1853. A ralrlllt. In a recent lecture in New York, Sir. Dourcicault, the Dramatist, from London, spoke disparagingly of woman's capacity for msny occupations. Tho Tribune took him up and hit him fairly, aaying: If a woman it considered fit for a Sovereign, at we presume all loyal English m en think Victoria ia, it it hard ly worth while to be industriously run ning through the long list of human employments, carefully discriminating for wtich ahe it competent, and for which she 'it not. Unlett Englishmen are willing to choke Victorit from her throne in derision, let the m tsy nothing in de rogation of the shop-keeping end bloodletting cspicities ofher sex. DR. f!U VHOTT'S Vm PKOVKIMtX TRACT Of YELLOW DOCK A3D SARSFAKILLAm ras staiPT roa Hereditary Taint. ThousamU or IiuIItMubU ara urt4 srlia frlerout complaints, which lliay Inherit h-ora tbalr parent. The um or tha Yellow Dork and Kara pa rills wilt prevent alt this, and a?a a vast sinoias or iii la ry, and niauy taluiMe life, for It titor ougliljr exjclt frru the ayttem ths IsteM Uln'.i which It ths seed of dltcaa:, and so takes off the enno by which the sins or mUrortune of the 1 parents sre so ohen vliltsd upon the Innocent offspring. Purr-iiU owelt to their child rnn to f tisrd tliw Bjrulmt tho effects of inaUillo thai may ba romiiiunlraU-d by decent, and children orrenU that hare al any Ume l--n affected with Co tu b tu a lion, Scrofula or Kj pi lilt, owe It lo tliomteUea lo take precaution sulnn the ittaraae being revives! la them. Cuytott'- F. tract of yellow Pock and Raratparills It s a ire ami lute lu inch ratet. H'Sue ailvetietnent. sy'mp rÖN ()FiTheT."fe. Should nerer be dlarrg-arded. They sre narrin: Indlrattönt thnt lha vital function, of nature kato been Interrupted In their healthful actlonnt that aeriout evllt tum I Inrrltiilil- follow, unlett lha p; itoin be ag-alu tet tlghl l) lha tltuely no of proper re tnediet. Hoar la inlii.l, Dial nalnre I never eiulearorinf In expel dlaenao when II Invdvt the animal Mtuo my, and only noedt tha aaaUlanca of tome en al M.lornil thorough, yol mtlJIn It actioninn t wilt Rlr tonn lo tl.e .j item, and art apon t a Mood which It the principal of lift. crV 0 1 Ö 0 N 1 N G';Z i ii'iuniMitvi ssi-iMfi v nf iiBjaj vurmuugaj r,nni . po.,..i,.rc..t,uil,eai..n,.i,A., .rem .... huwnli. U.ey appear tubeneHt the pallet, t.tl.. I 1ioii4t.hU of I'ftretiU ho um VtrmlfuM romf they appear ti benefit lit pa I lent. Ihty are actually In) Ing ths fnundttlofrt Ms itrlet n dlMr.ar,iuch sttatlvallnn,loti of sight, weak neaaorilmlit, Ac. In another column will be found lha adverlltie liietitnf llohetiurk't Menlflncilo htrk wssik Is attention of all directly Intercast la their wa medicine, lloheiiaark't I.I cr I'lllt. "Ic f ircr ," but stk for llobentack's Vorm Hjropati'l Llwr Mils, snd obaene thateas Im lha ll,eif iiturof Hie I'roprlelur, J, It, DOIIK.nA('K,st none elt are genuine. CTtf ) an any Itontt or Khnra.go lo JIV0 OX, Ho, CVS, Walnut Mrecl, wlmleisla insuu fat lory, where ) on III find ai.) Illing In bit list cheap and good, by tlie cste or dnieit. July Cllh, Ir-M.-aj flmot. T, N.IIITII. PK A LH R IN CLOCKS. 13 EAST Jih H I" "IN HI 'K DtN.N'lSON ,.UU K. t l4('l4ATItOIIIO. Nofll. tra, 7 1 r. TASIUONAHU. HATTKIL 64 Fifth Htreet. 1 1 M l N ATI OHIO , Sl-lyr. Lt:nix M.tniax Coaar.cTrn wrratv DV C. II. CLHMI'.NTS. Corn HU Otis ii Itte (id I lUrley 45 r laieeod I.IO I U.-va 9 1 (lliisii( US Halter I I'.ggl 0 1 t'ho-M f lUy in.lill I Fe I hers 31 t'vlatoes 4 ) Wood 9.UJ t'etlnr lift lrlee. t'ntSKt is wirkt.v Sf J. It. A.J. T. C'OOI.KY HtOMU'K lKtl.F.Kt. NVhenl IC 1 1, per. ba. Mala Mil perks New mW " I Iteef lAtpeflb' Hweet 1'iititliiea ?tlrlt Irl.h potntot 90 fit (inner melt, pei.lii, I far Hcu, per. It l.r,l tet. per. lb. I ofj.e Vl eV U rlt. lb. iitfur 5 eis I r'esihert 40 rlt. per. Ik. uo. tt.ixi per comI, I Wit Union .Mamkit. roRRKCTko wirxuv uv Ktta OuriutT vVCo. Wheal I.OdlCdrn, 30, Osi, 3 I Uys, lUrley, 4S I I'ol-toee U5, Hm H,.,! 1,'JH M iller II V.gn Ii I Fhiurpar 100 iVi Urd per lb. 8 I Keathera 85 noifs tl 7iter lflU Orl-d Asnplss 9) W hits lMiia Mill I IWswsi Ü Tllav 10 I INv li.ou Pltfl.ttiiwrM I'rliHi i usst 11 w t a at sv J. V. Ill' 1(1 U.K. vhet, mo. I'tirn, Ity M. Unter, IB. Flour, $5 Ä.8. Frallicrs,i. I'Us-ead, 1,125. I'ntaloea, Oals, Halley, fis. tJ. 34. 45. 35. Klour tits, While Brans, 1,0. rinrlnnatl irittrkela Corrected weekly exprcstly for the In iliana American. Flour 6,50 CoflVo 'It fl,5U 30 41 16,00 50 10 Wheat 05 Surrar Buckwheat F. 3,25 Lard 8) Hog 4,f0 Dried Applea 00 Flour llorrela 35 Salt 44 Cluver teed Corn Data Hay Itarley Butter IJrookvllle t'rirea foaia-TKB watttv sv mm viiuhk'N. PHOIiL'TK DKALER. vi.. i ' I in iterbuah. I Potaloet. ii per both I Buuer, 14 - ' htm Corn.SM Kye, M " Harley, 49 Cinteiig, 30 it t V.egt, Flour, Lard, feathery to I dot. S tifbbl. io pr SU pr t i (00 neu KlaxKeeU l 3Ü -BeefCaltloS 00 netl flour b'ilt U eeiil each Whitebcane fl UO I Hott I Pork bblt, I W I Wood, $i 00 f ort.) I Clorcr seed Illoomlmg-fretve Priee-a. ioaarcTf.0 w intt st J. KINO, MERCHANT & PRODUCE DIALER . . 1 u Wheat 90 cU per. Bu. tiutier id rw i" Oatt 35 " f-tr Nw J-orii 30 Lard 8 dot. lb. Potatoes 30 cU ror Bu. :iting 23 " falSil. tÄ. Wood ft sonortord. reainera f" Tallow 10 Ik-efiA.t