Indiana American, Volume 22, Number 16, Brookville, Franklin County, 7 April 1854 — Page 2

THE INDIANA AMERICAN. BROOKVILLE,. INDIANA FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1854. ☞ SINGLE COPIES of the INDIANA AMERICAN can be had at this office, neatly enveloped and prepaid with stamps, at five cents each. REV. J. W. MELLENDER. The following "sketch" was taken at the late session of the Indiana Conference when we were sketching other great men, but for several reasons it was not then published: To omit him in a notice of the "prora Inent" men of the Conferencer would he as the performance of llumlct, with Hamlet omitted. In one sense he is the most raoMixEXT man in the body. lie swells out into Fahtafian propor tions and there's no blubber about it; Us solid bone aud uiuiclo lie weighs, we judge by tho aighf of tho eye, some 1 i'J lb i avoirdupoise. And every pound is permeated by .good humor and genial kindness. Liro men arc said to bo proverbially good natured. Now,' that thUU true generally, we don't dispute, but some of tho most sullen, .sulky, cross specimens of humanity we have ever seen weighed 100 lbs. John s not We question if ill-will ever finds way into bis great big heart. It U chock full of generosity and mag uantraity. Do not imagine though, that he is simply what is known as "a good clever fellow." Individually we hope to escape such a title while we live. Ordtnarially it means a negative0 who does nothing to displease abody, never decides on any thin",Vvays bows, smiles and is "convirv-' cT by your last remark.- A cle fHo be is, and a good one too.-ut technically, he is not, and never will be a "good clever fellow." ' Mr. Hellender is bird to sketch, big as be is. The negro reported that he had counted all his matter's pigs but the spotted ene, "that jumped so he couldn't count him." Our subject ordinarily wont hold still to be sketched. As a preacher, some of his eccentricities hare prevented his taking- as high a position as hi taleaü warrant.At times he U truly eloquent. Some as moving sentences as we haveever listened to full from his lips. His pearls are of the first water, but he is not always sufficiently cartful in what he sets them. Iliämanner is very eccentric his ' gestures are violent, and his body bends in all shapes. His eyes snap add blaze, and his hands fairly fly? Until an - audience becomes familiariz ed with his ja anaer. It u constantly mirth provoking. This is to be regretted. ' We are confident that there are men high in position who have not and never had. a moiety of his talent. They have a smoother, a more finished manner. We have heard Mr. Mellender on the subject of Temperance and honest ly believe that he has few equals in the State. His charming common sense enables him to present such facts and arguments as most powerfully move plain common sense men. This is a rars gift. Some shoot so high they can't be understood. Others attempt to be very plain and degenerate into twaddle and mere baby talk. He does neither. He presents the whole bus jnest as it is, and if he sometimes says hard things it is because it is decided ly a hard business. And he has the faculty of showing up its "deep dam nation" in graphic style. We have seen him mcve a whole audience to tears or arouse them to indignation, as he re vcaled the true operations of the whole business. We know of no man who can do more to carry the State for a prohib it cry law than this same man Mellender, And wejiopo he will remember that when Bishop Ames read his appoint ment he gave him a special commission to "lecture on Temperance and agains whisky." That is his regular work by authority. 3Ir. Mellender is very wittr. He makes no effort to bring it, it comes. He reminds one of the boy who said ha was so full of teeter he could'ttf be . still," We bavo seen some men attempt to be smart at his expence, and never knew them fail to come out second best. Once however we taw him placed hon de combat. At a Statu Temperence Convention in Indianapolis a year r two ago, he was itlinj on the edge of live plAiforra while a gcntlcm.tn named Donaldson was speaking. Carried away with the enthuniara of the hour, tho speaker exclaimed "Indian will bo tho first western state to aloptthu Maine Law." "Xo" said Mellender, looking up "xo Ohio will beat u." The speaker stopped, looked at him a moment, and suid "sre hero my fiien l, I want to tell a story ft r your benefit. A man employed a muri ber of band to roll logs aud wished the job done in one da v. Go'in out. after some bourn ono of thu hands said said to him "I)os, tho logs cannot .hj rolled in ono day." Tho "boss" instantly pulled out half a dollar md handed him saying "you can leau no v, men like you do more harm than good by discouraging the balance." The roar of laughter which followed this sally was joined in heartily by "John" but he had nothing to say. Ono more story when he went to his appointment from the Conference here, a pruJthi . brother called to see him, and aid "Dro IL I hops you

won't say so much about Temperance. Uro. 8. l.tt year, injured his uaefulnesa by preaching so much against selling corn to tho distillers." "Brother,"

said Mellender, "which society do you hail from." "Sinai," said he. "Well brother, I'll beat Sinia next Saturday, and right there ril begin to thwukro Temperance." In social life Mr. Mellender is s;rcc able and pleasant. He leaves bihind him a good impression. Wo.VUhhim a lovely and successful lifel Wewish him abundant success in his efforts to "succor and to save suffering hunanity." MASSACHUSETTS LIQTJOB LAW The whisky press are rejoicing over the decision of the Supreme CWt of Massachusetts declaring the fourteenth section of the Prohibitory Liquor Law of that State unconstitutional. But from the following, wVich we cop; from the Commonv.tuUh, it will bo seel that the decision is not against the prhciplo of search,... seizure, and confiscation, but the method. by which it ws accomplished by that act. We douit not tho Legislature at this or the neit session, will remedy the objections: "Chief justice Shaw, in thcSsprerae Court this morning delivered a long and elaborate opinion, co-curred in by the whole Court, th the fourteenth section of the LiquoLaw, which provides for the satire and destruction of spirituous, iquors Lept for sale contrary tOw '3 unconstitutional and void. ' IVhicf Justice, in commencing, war careful to say that this decision jOesnot affect the validity of other provisions of the statute, various pros ecutions under them having, in fact, been already sustained by the Court. Ie also fully admitted the power of tho Legislature to provide for the destruc tion of spirits or other property, held for purposes in violation of law. But he said that the Court considered that this fourteenth section did not provide such protection against searches and seizures, and such a mode of trial as the Constitution guaranties. The Court considered this section uncon stitutional mainly on the following grounds . 1. That no person was required to be named in the complaint as the owner or keeper of the liquor, complained against. 2. 1 hat the section authorizes .the . . seizure of any liquor found on the premises.and not merely that complained ajainst. 3. That under this section a person might be convicted and fined orimrisoneu, wunout any complaint oeinsr made against him setting forth any ofence. i 4. That the section makes no pro visions for any trial of the offence of keeping liquor lor sale; but authorizes a party to be punished , for his offence, on a presumption' of guilt, unless he proves himself innocent. , Ilm decision is a very important one; but it 6hould not discourags the friends of -temperance. -. The other provisions of the 6tatute, which nave already passed the ordeal of the Supreme Court, afford powerful and efectual means of suppressing the sale of spirits. Ibeir efficacy has been already well tested And this opinion of the bupreme Lourt itself suests the mode for providing for searches and seizures of liqaor. which shall not be obnoxious to the ob jections which have overwhelmed . the fourteenth section of the present la. Can we hope for such an amendment of the statute by the present Legisla ture. THE GERMAJT BXTOBK CONTEJiTTOH. The following is an abstract f the platform adopted by this Convention at its recent meeting in Cincinnati: The superiority of the United States over that of any other country, Is admitted, at the same time it evidently can be amended. It recommends the election of the President and Vice President by the people. Representatives, for dereliction of duty, to be recalled, if a majority of their constituents deem necessary. Slavery not to be extended beyond its present boundaries, at the present moment, and in the meantime every constitutional exertion shall be made to abolish it throughout the Slates, in conformity with tho "Declaration of Independence," which declares ''every man was born free and equal," also unremitting exertion to obtain a repeal of the "Fugive Slave Law." The public lands are the property of the people and shall not be sold or given to States or corporations, but shall be used for the benefit of the settler, who shall receive his grant and be protected by the Government. If hu beanemigrantfroniafmigetuntry having declared his intentions, he shall be entitled to tho samo privilege as a native born citizen. This to extend to all colors. As when an European declares his intention to become an American citizen, ho abandons all claim tu protection from his mother country, so is ho entitled as much to bo protected by tho government of his adopted country as if he had served his time of probation, llenco we demand tho interference of thu United States Government to protect us, when abroad, from the tyranny of foreign potentates. Tho time of non-intervention is past. Wo aro so intimately connected, politically and commercially, with tho old world, that we can no longer maintain that position. A reduction of tho salaries of public ofllcer, of every grade, in thu General and State Government, is particularly insisted on. Tho Pacific Railroad is' strongly recommended as a Government work. Freedom of conscience advocatvd; no religious test necessary for oftioe, or what is termed infidelity, lo incapacitate a citizen from being considered a good and truthful witness. The Dible to bo no longer considered text book for schools. The Sunday laws to be abolished, as also tho right of the Governors of Slates to Huo proclamations for thanksgiving days. Catholio ecclesiastics, who aro notoriously under the dominion of a foreign potentate the Pope shall be considered, as they are, anti-republican. The claiiui of workmen, in case of

bankruptcy of their employers, to have'

priority over all other demands. I ho ten-hour bill insisted upon, as also a modification of the exemption law. Tho property of employer to bo responsible for tlinr debts. A thorough reform of infirmaries and poor houses insisted upon. I Our publio schools are considered as of vital import for tho maintenance of our present free and independent system. - Universal education being tho gi cat bulwark of a republican govern ment, it is therefore proposed that stringent laws shall be enacted, to comlyel parents and guardians to have children educated, until they arrive at the age of fourteen, and that no proper artillcer or mechanic shall take a pupil or apprentice, unless ho bo provided with a certificate from a public school the scholars oj private schools to ob tain sucti certificates also, as a test of the'.r scholastic proficiency. Children whose parents or guardians are too poor to provide lor them, to bo supported by thu State. The perpetuation of the present English and German school system, and in all cases when there shall bo a sufficient vote, English German schools shall be erected. From the Connersville Telegraph. BaooK villi, March 25, 1854. Dkar Sir: I have read with interest the first No. of your paper, and enclosed you will find $2 lor it for one year. It is a matter of rejoicing to me that you have the talent, the taste, and the means of getting up so good a paper, but more especially that you nave the good sense to charge 82 for it. I have always deprecated the fractice of publishing ciikap papers. t has done more to degrade the press, than any other obstacle it has had to contend against. In the first place it causes publishers get up papers on a cheap, trashy plan; and drives the editor and publisher to setting tipe, instead of preparing, condensing and ar ranging the news and other matter for tho paper. When I see a paper decreasing in price, it looks as if the publisher was hard run to compete with its neighbors, and as a last resort attempts to undersell them. This cheap system was first started by the trifling cheap concerns of Philadelphia, who had neither literary or real merit enough to give a circulation; so they resorted to the dishonorable trick in trade of selling a poor article below the market price. The same practice has extended to all parts of the country. Tsow, 1 will defy the world to produce a man, who has sense enough to publish a country newspaper, who will dare to say that such a paper can or should be published for less than 2 per year. 1 hen why do they do it? It is because they have not the talents and vix to make their papers win, except on the ground that they are cheap. In the next place, the system of publishing cheap papers, drives men of talents from the Press, into other de partments of business, where hon orable competition has not descended to the lowest tricks of the trade. It is true there are some inducements held out to publishers of country papers to attempt to compete in price with tne siuy uasu or city dollar papers gathered from the dailies. There ar I h(ro flra in all communities ja few poor, stingy souls, who have not the sense to appreciate a good paper nor county or town pride enough to induce them to take a county paper. These men want a cheap paper no matter what it is filled with old or new, chaste or filthy so it is cheap. The constant grunting and growling of these soulless creatures make some weak minded publishers believe that if they will reduce the price, enlarge the type, fill up with lar;e heads to their merchants' advertisements, (who also pay only half price,) that their circulation will be large enough to pay better. These short-sighted publishers thus decide that there is a large majority of cextlovixo skinflints in the community. A real good county paper is a mine of wealth to the county in which it is located. It ;ives respectability to the people by its appearance; it gives life and energy to business by its bringing before the public in a suitable and sensible way, the advantages of the county for Agriculture, for machinery, for manufacturing, dec. In this way a good county paper adds to every tman's farm hundreds of dollars, and yet that farmer will go sneaking into the printing oQice to get that paper-for one dollar; and on failure, send-to the city for one. All the harm I wish such a spiritless soul, is that he may live in a country where there is no paper, or where the editor has not talent nor enterprise enough lo make his paper desirable, except on the ground that it is CHEAP. I never expect to have any thing more to with the Press, as editor or publisher, but expect to estimate papers and editors about as they cstimato themselves. We never expect anything new or interesting in a dollar paper. Reading one, to us, appears like eating at tho second table. And wo hope all sensible publishers will stand up to a fair price, or all retire and let Jackasses have the field in their glory. Yours, Ac, C. V. CLARKSON. 8. W. SwiciotTT, Ksq. We publish the above that our readers may sec what is the opinion of the oldest editor in the State about the price of getting up a good paper. Our experience agrees with his views. When wo took cl.argoof tho American our first move was to raise the price of the American from one JJlar to one and a half and wo only regret that we did not put it at two dollars at once. To this price wo muwt come, or fail to make tho paper pny expenses lomc thig no true friend would bo willing to allow. As it is, wo have lost several sub seribers.two thirds of all discontinuances wo have had being because wo will not let them have the paper at the same pt ice that Mr. Clark son did. Ho said he saw his mistake, wo see ours, and we will correct it as soon as possible. True, as we could see no justieo in charging some men higher than others, wo allowed thoe who had heretofore paid two dollars to tako the paper at ono fifty. Our terms aro uniform but too low,

THX "J3T0W NOTHTNOS. Th Delta (New-Orleans) gives the

following account of tho new secret society which appearsto havcorignated in Hew i ork, and to have first shown iwivvmamioiRBiniaio civcuun, uui which has since extended itself through most of the cities and some of the principnlvillages of the Union. The DtUa says its adherents in that city are variously estimated at five hundred to five thousand, but are probably not far from six hundred. Tho nearest Lougo wo know otis at v ersaiues. it the füllowintr expose is correct, we hope they will be few and far between in this country. It proceeds: - " I l he ooiecuot the "ivnow-i oihii.es, are twofold-part religious, part po- .... . - -t -- I lit if nl and th pnrt AimffI at. ihn Hia.l franchisement of adopted citirens, and .. .. - . their exclusion from omce, ami perpetuai war upon the uunoiic religion. .v.ii, tu. .. .. . ... 11.. nualirio.atir.ns f. mnmboriin n,l in iiitsw vuiuiuai pi iiiuimvs, lllw I brotherhood are easily determined. Ist. I he applicant for admission to lit, a 'ivinrwam mnel Ha a uftarA rxtm I 1 ... f t t . j 4 1 ritizpn. nf nniivA hnrn narrnt and not of the Catholic religion. 2d. To renounce all previously entertained political leanings, and cotj ' 3d, To hold 'neither political, nor religious intercourse with any person I who is a Catholic; but, on the contrary to use all available means to abolish the . political and religious privileges he I may at present enjoy. 4th. That he will not vote for any

man ior omce wno is not a native cm-lThi

zen of the United States, or who may L j; . , , , . be disposed, if elected, to place any foreigner or Catholic in any office of any emolument or trust--the latter not being, in the opinion of "Know-Noth-ings," a "credible witness" in any case save where the oath is administered by HIS priest. I I he "pass-words" and "sins" for admission into tho "wigwam" at the The applicant rans at the outer (lnor an maennite number ot times, askin" i ,. . 1. . . r. I at the close, in a low, whispering voice w hat meets here to-day?" for nicht BjiiisvnseumYuc.i j. ne interrogated immediately reclies. "I don't know." To which the applicant for admission responds, "I am one," and forthwith is admitted to a second door, at which ne gives lour aistinci raps, when the door being opened, he whispers to his attendant "imrtecn, and then ad vances into the body of the lodge. If disposed to leave before the ad journment of the lodije, the member leaving salutes the President, then the Vice-President, by first placing his 1.4 1 i i i l .11 ri'bt band on his heart, then letting it Hian , 1,;:.;ZErUuar1 r.n . u:..!j. . .i i " If a member requires the assistance ' Villi W V ii of a brother when mixin promiscu-

ously with the public, he places the never trade with people who don't adright forefinger upon the lefteye-brow yertise, unless in case of extreme

s if in the act of scratching, looking directly at the person whose attention hn rlpcirPQ in attrnft u.-Van Sfilin rnr. son be a member, he is bound to rePpndJmmediately Jiniilax-wgn. . , ...... v. . a aw as uvun v - s aijvtv vt a ouauti I I t if hn t nci VCiH tA bnnnr Af a e f n m rrk whether he is of the initiated, on shakiny hands with Mm thf."miM1o fiiirrer w. O m . 7 o . is placed upon the lowest joint of his finger, next the wrist, with a pentle pressure; when, if he be a membfr. he r ... . ' will ask, "Where did you get that?" to which he will rejoin, "I don't know;" and the querist will end by replying, "1 üon t know either." xt .1 .i . . Nothing concerning the association is to be committed to writing or pubblUhed, and the most profound silence and secrecy are to be observed by every "Know-Is othing, outside; but everything inside the Wigwam is imparted indiscriminately to members. Every member, on admission, swears by holdidg up his right hand, and pledges himself to do all in his power to put down foreign influence, and particularly the Catholic religion, and ' . , t , ' m no case to vote for any person for any office who is not a "native American citizen;" and no one, with some exceptions, is eligible to membership, unless he and both of his parents are native oorn. There are several Lodges, or Wigwams, at this time open one, presided over by a Mr. H-ty, assembles in a room in the Mechanics Institute; and another holds its meetings at No. 9, New Basin. There are three degrees to be taken by members; between each intervals of three weeks must occur. lhe New ork Missionary who came 1 . .1 ..IF XT.. 1 !. heretoorL'anizethe"Know-Nothin2S,' is styled Judge-Advocate," and he is charged with like duties in every other city in this section. As no records are kept, or publications made by tho Association, the plan of notifying members of any emergency requiring tneir specuy assembhngis by scattering small square pieces of white paper ovr the banquetk'S and public thoroughfares, and bynailing them to posts, doors, or other places accessible to the public. NEBRASKA. President Pierce, according to Mr. Clemens, thinks of thc bill as he does. "But a few days since," says Mr. "Clemens, "in a conversation with "a northern Senator and myself, he "President Pierce gave it as his de; "cided opinion that Douglas's bill was "i proposition in favor of freedom and "added that if it should pass, although "tee might absorb the whole of Mexico "not another slave State would ever "come into the Union. Iff expressed "great surprise at tht oj'jtosiiioit it rtirt "with from tht Xorlh, and tfial snr"print that the South should I trilling to take if. That will do to (ell southern men but it will bo hard to mako sensible men, in tho north swallow any such nonsense At least they aro willing to let matters remain ns they arc. MARKETS. Our Cincinnati correspondent, under date of April third says: Tho Flour market remains dull and Inactive. Common brands are not saleable to any extent at G,33. Uxtri Flour, for city trade, rates Iront C,35 to 0.&0. Our city mills are payinjfor wheat 8, 1,15 per bushel. Other articles, no change worthy of notice.

SfTtcrc Htcntiou. Ci(q- Who has Holen our ILt Corn will Mr. Me CI uro pleaso look after the n,uer? rw-n... ,lr. mav vntrt ik r.iiK. fu, l)Q ,n lhe Corner," to keep them pos. .j in all matters of ceneral Interest. In Jupoe Red'b court. - mm jTTho hail-storm, a few weeks ago, broke more than sixty panes of glass out of the windows in Wesley Chapel, q Whitewater township. The steamship Black Warrior Ihm been discharged on the navment of & fine of (3000. This is not tho end of this affair. 3-Th Pmirt f fVmmn TW f . . ntr . , . . ' P110 01 owS 10 Pres9 Dut mue lias ii i f . ... . . . ..... o;en none oi importance. , ro-The engineer of the New Al , ' fOJl T1 . u UM'J mu uuuic ,liC ,n lul3 cuuul Frujauenuy iwa wug fOMI. C ualhon, who returned , from luc Asl 8ome da7s aS m Poor health, has been quite sick, but is Uapidly recovering. Professors Wheeler and Hetch er have resigned their chairs in. the A sbury University, their resijmation t0 take effect at the close of the Summer ne compensation oi rosi iuas Iters is to be increased ten per cent. U nihl. Ci, Prist Mt-r v m u u .t -j r v. r: should be better paid for his fai . , , , , 8erv,i:es than lje has yet been. faithful Mr. David Stoops, of Marshal countv. and for m-nv veftrs a citiien - ..." , ,. , " , , of tlis county, died, at an advanced noc uk 1113 K-STueiice, uu iuu meu ty first of last March. . 0" Gov. Seymore of New York has vetoed the new prohibitory law. We Presun 11C uw;uu w lewe i yM v. :. I. : . vatelife. May he have a good time of it! a , , . A. . A The Czars reply to the last peremptory intermation of Englandand France, was due on the 15th ult., but it had not been received at the latest d t fJC?" We have not heard whether the people voted away the liberties of boars, bulls dec, at the late election, or not wc guess not, as there are more persons who do not improve stock than who do. LW readers want to know I Y . . 1 1 wnere w Sas' inem i0. mto ou- advertising columns. We necessity. I 'fra flnrmirliapt. wllO has been jj ...... ,

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rusticating a few weeks at her country U4UUCeu l .deiice on Mdt Nebo. has tuniJmen who did not drink or who were

i . . m . i rt i tt i hn vAo iriaa rj rirn 1 1 r ea 10 lue rea"es OI WWQ looks quite well since her sojourn in CL - the country, ,. T , ., . tV In a recent visit to the country i .i 4 4i. . tr 4 4i.4 discover mat tue i neat tuai was put in last fall by the drilling machine. h, raUch better than that sown . . . T. . , broadcast. It promises a eood crop, , . , , 6 v tie latter only moderate. (r-Mr. Binkley's communication was ceived too late for this week, r ... . . ... . We Wl11 take tJh,s 0?c",on to "T to a!1 our correspondents, that commun.catians must be vcr7 ehort and verv imPor' tant, to be published, if handed in later then Tuesday noon. Til, final 1. n , , . XT v i .i. prohibitory law in New lork in the v J Hse was bLV JIN 1 1 -bfcVfciN to TWENTY-SIX. It goes into effect oa the first of December next, instead j ef on the first of May as reported last . " wetK If we have the riht cue to the c . J aad Brcck J . nnuge, is. in a nut-sueii, mat Ereckcnridge wanted to shoot'Cutting because he called himself a Democrat nmi .. fi.. ..m. 4:m. nnnrt!-,i .t,- vP. , . .... ,rl , . , , . c. UlttÄt Ulli. illitt 19 lUCUVtWIUVi k'llUVJd .... . the fanatics who oppose tho demands of tlie South. n ,. . this county met last Saturday. We have not been furnished with the proCtfedin;s. We have at least a thou-! j democrRtic rcadcr ftn d we wou) j ,., . , ... . , llku to furi,lsl1 tlK'm thc do,nS of such meetings, but they are not furnished us. Henry, can t you give us an item occasionally? tdr The British fleet, destined for tho Baltic, and consisting of 15 vessels all steamships, sailed on the 11th of March. Another licet is forming which will sail soon. This will mako 44 steam ships, bearing 2200 guns, 1C0O0 horses, and 22000 men, that will have been dispatched to tho scat of war.This looks like being in earnest. JCHF Two fools in Congress, by the name of Cutting and Brackenidgc, have been talking of shooting each other, to prove to tho world that they aro gentlemen () A report was circu lated that they did shoot, and that Dr ecken ridge was idiot in thc neck.Wo guess both of them wero shot in the tied before the pistols went olT. ICJ Tho Cincinnati Kitquirtr is down upon the preachers of that city who have petitioned Congress not to pass tho Nebraska bill. Good enugh for tho sinners. What right have preachers to petition Congress? If they want to enjoy the rights of freemen let them quit preaching and go to gambling und selling whisky. Then the Enquirer will defend their rights till doom's day,

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i.r:r rr.u rito.n nr. v. i:. u. ivood. Jcrmoxvii.i.i, In., Msrrh SO, 1M4. Dear Ooodwin: Hero I am, seated in my old split-bottomed chair, in my little study, in tho parsonage, where I , , . , , . lof Tt U n , I ü MAft A! m MIMA M A V a tt i i n I üooäs, papers, etc., nnu wnere i occa sionally writo a letter to some of my friends. This Jeffersonvillo is yet destined to be something of a town. Some years a?o it was thought to have been finishd, but recently it is manifest that this was a mistake, for it looks now like ,i t. i . 4 , . vwill recollect that I alluded in my last .....I ,,. . . ., , letter to the public improvements that wero being made on our streets and ' wharves. But now I sec as tho Spring opens, that other improvements aro springing up in all parts of the town. The Jeffersonville House in the lower part of the city is undergoing repairs; I suppose with a view of making it a public house, by the time that the Depot of the Fort Wayno road is com pleted in that vicinity, and the bridge finished across the river. And beside all these, a largo mill is in progress of erection at the head of the falls. There is considerable talk here oh the subject of Temperance. In addition to the usual orders that exist, and the general efforts that are made to carry out the planproposed and agreed v 1 j j vus iuv Linu Lytvuv4ivu aim nivcu su o; i n n upon at the State Temperance Convention, the Ladies have opened a war unon the traffic. Thev hnv drawn .. - rr u -u j u ud a netition. KubscrihAd hv unmt kit hundred Ladies, addressed to the 6ell. . A , j I ers of intoxicating dnnka. rfnnpstinnr ,i m 4 . l j i . them to nuit thfi nnsinpsa. nnn nun tn I i.-iK.i. , . . .1 4 . the landlords, remipshnir Ihpm nnt tr I renttheirhousesforthatpurpose. They i 4i u e t jhare tlion hv a rnmmitfpr nF T.nriii ;4äj i v - , waited unon everv linunr-s-llr nrwi I ii.i, -.i -.,i 4t.-

inuuiuiu iu lue TT II, aitu ICrtU tilvir I .... TT .5i n i i 4i,,. tu l i4 which, from Huntsville to' bandusky rtoritirvn tr tht.ni I H a final vcenit tat'

'vvwvs wv M Uv uuct IVU1 I v c t 4i ii vet to nfi seen. fSom nf flip sellera I .i i i i i i ,i i , they say, looked like they were alarmed, . , others became anrrv: snms nromised to quit, but others would not. The lamlWU rr4,n4.ruiw r, not ro rent their houses for Ruch nur purposes anv more. With the c-xcen-lion of two or three Americans. and one negro, they found all the dealers to be foreio-nors. The excellent Chaplain of the State Prison. Rev. Lee Rov Woods, was with 11 at. nnr enrh An lnct R .f.Knflr v vm vuMivaa Vit vis; swi v vuvu evenin-. and at the close of the services, gave us an account of the result of his investigations among the convicts. asto the number of those who yUn.AU flrnnU. a .-inkinrr men; and which was, upon their own showing, that out of two hundred and 1 . !.. .L...4 r.-.l..l not drunkards, so that it may be fairly concluded that four fifths of them came there directly, or indirectly, through the influence" of strong drink. Is not this another argument for a prohibitory law? Our i Our merchants are now in receipt of their new stock of goods, and are open in? a larro business. Some of the houses who do a jobbing business, have to take the time when their neighbors and customers are asleep, to open their goods, as all the day and usual busi ness hours are employed in selling, packing, and forwarding. It appears from some of your talk in the American, that Brookville is about to put on city airs, as you speak of getting a power press. Take care you don't press the life out of ihe thing. As ever, yours, E. O. WOOD. Press the life out of Brookville! Why, old friend, a town with two straight line railroads passing through it, and with the best water power in the State, can't be hurt by a power press it can't get along without one. Brother Goodwin: A simple rehearsal of the facts in the case, it seems to me, will reconcile thc apparent discrepanc existing between your 6tate ment and Mr. Binkley's in tho last American, as to the position taken by Mr. Edwards and mvself, in reference to Mr. Binkley's first article. You say I informed you I did not approve of it. I remarked to Mr. Dinkley, on his first reading thc article to me, that I thought a change necessary in what occurred to me at the most objectionable portion, I that impugning your motives as a minuter. Afterwards, both to him and to you, I distinctly stated time and again, that so far as the article reflected upon your moral and ministerial character, I did not approve of it. For prudential reasons, Mr. Edwards chose to remain perfectly neutral in the matter, and so expressed his intention to Mr. Dinkley. Not wishing, however, to be understood by you, or any one else, as lending his sanction to the article its a whole, he observed in conversation with you, referring to the features above alluded to, "I do not w Mi you to understand mc as tnJortiny thoso remarks." Mr. Binkley's Assertion that thc "Faculty" have taken no action in thc matter, is correct. "The Faculty," dt such, have taken no action in thc case, jro or con. The freedom with which uur ntmcs havcbien used in tl i controversy, has called forth this note, and I now res Nfrlfnllv rennest no furlhrr refcrenco to bo made, on this subject, either to1 c. t. i I. i ! xur. rewards or myscu. Yours truly, JNO. W. LOCKK. Why i rlieumntism liko a glutton? Deeausc it nttncliH thc jointi.

HEW ALI AST AND tLSVVlXE? EA1L

E0AD. no. a The object of our last article was to show that this road when completed will pay that it is impos sible to con struct a successful mal from the Lake to the Tailsthat the immense amount frcisht and travel from North to South must from interett seek this transit.and that the "way business" itself.from the character of soil and improvements of the country through which it passes will sustain the road. What will it pay? To correctly ans I ... . ii.t . .... i J .... ... t . . w" J 'ufc uw and conclusions from other and snnular roads now completed and in work.ng order their cost and the income they , - v purpose. The average cost per milo of eight western roads to-wit: Mad River und a Lake Erie, Loui sville and Frankfort, Mansfield and Sandusky, Ohio and Pennsylvania, Toledo, Norwalk and Cleveland, Terre Haute and Richmond, Hillsborough and Jichigan, & South ern with a total length of 1260 miles is 820,8 00 per mile tini.hcd andequiped with "rolling machinery" complete. We have taken these eight roads indiscriminately from the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Jlchigan, Kentucky and Indiana, and feel that when we put the cost of this road at $2,5oo,000, about 824,000 per mile, wc are i rankinsfa very liberal and lanje esu i The net annual earnings of ten of the most important western roads takin receipts of October 1853. as the oi calculation was i,2-'per cent on . r thegross capital invested, and all of r ' these roads, yet in their infancy and, ' J J ' but just begun to developc their great resources, We will take for example the Mad Uiver and Lake Erie road, 91 miles of . forms a part of our road receipts of this road from Sandusky to r , ,. , Dayton 167 miles distance, for the ' month of October 1853 were 75,048, 53.92 for each mile JPer which be abut 105 ni, t0 tlie State line, will yield no more than 853'92 Pcr milc' and a,lowin5 60 Pcr cent, to cover all expenses, which is a vcr? liberal ' nd ful1 ?tim;nte' we have the net receipts equal to ioJG. per mile And 23,0C0 as the net earnings i f tllC r0ad PCf annUIU' To built tlU roaJ propose to take uu. uuc munuu uuim. m uruu to the capital stock, and borrow one mWlon, five hundred Uiousand, at six per cent, payable in twenty years. The net proceeds of the road will be as thowri above, 233,000, and equal to about 1 1 pet cent per annum on the whole cost. The interest on the loan of one and a half millions is ninety "lüUnu. V Ieas one hundred and ninety-three thousand and Sht7 dollrtrs to be distributcd amS I .1 J J i : J 1 tne SiOCKiioiuers. ine eiiuie sioe. is ' .... I 1. . L. all u Ia 41 A n n n Tt n 1 nit'lilind which will make the annual dividend, about 19 per cent on the capitol invested. Thus at a "lance will be seen the advantage of building western roads on a large amount of borrowed capital, as the dividend on stock, if built exclusively on subscription, would be but 1 1 per cent, and i f built as propos ed, 13 per cent. It is sometimes urged, as an objection, that the borrowed money will have to be repaid, and thereby preven1 dividends to stockholders, and consequently lessen the value of thc stock. To obviate this objection we propose to create a sinking fund from " thc net earnings or dividends of thc stockholders of 7 per cent, amounting to 870, 000 per nnnum, which with the accruing interest thereon, will in the 20 years accumulate a fund equal to the whole sum borrowed. Thus can the entire debt be paid otf at maturity and the Stockholders continue to draw annually 12 per cent on the funds invested. These calculations are based on the premises that our road does no more business when completed than thc Erie' & Mad River road did in the month of October 1053. What will be its net earnings when m complete operation, connecting the thc important points of Saudusky Bay and the Falls of the Ohio? With all the advantages it possesses for trans portation and frot'rf, from the Southern rondj tcrminatinir at Louis villo and that of the Ohio river arrested by the obstruction of tho Falls we predict its net earnings will bo double that of tho "Mad River aud Lake Eric" road, tho second year of its operation, and request of our friends to lay away our figures and estimates as a reference.' We think that thc road will pay well, is a good and safe investment, and invites our friends to come forward at an early day, and subscribe for thc stock. Your friend, J. II. F. OMa. Villiamioh, formerly President of the Eaton ii Piqtia Railroad in Ohio; and Ma. Joses, Chief Engineer of the Ohio portion of oir Lake and River Railroad, wir in town last TuesJoy, In consultation with Ma. Akderüok about the point of crossing thc state line, and some othi-r mattere of mutual Interest. Thy report every thlnj very favorabls on their end of the road. A part of tho "i I Ohio, la to be letthl.jnonth. " . . iomewl.at MM vounir man haa threatened to apply the 3 W""H . , Mtino Law to his iwect-hcart she ttOittcal Ijltn 0.

Sigfrtninq Crain.

CONNERSVILLE APR. 4th, 1854. CONDUCTOR. THE ELECTION. There was much excitement yesterday at the election of Town ofiicers. From the large number we saw staggering around the streets, we should suppose that the groggeries had a good time in picking up the stray dimes.— We do not remember of ever having seen so many drunk in one day—and many "most gloriously drunk." Now who is the most to be pitied—the candidate that gives the man the liquor, or he that is wallowing in the gutter? Let the good judgment of an interested community speak. ☞ Quarterly meeting in the Western M. E. Church next Saturday and Sunday. Rev. S. T. Gillett P. E. and Rev.Cyrus Nutt of Whitewater College are expected to be present. ☞ The Notes of the "Laurel Bank" made their first appearance to-day. ☞ We notice that Bateman & Burton have made a large addition to their stock; and you gentleman, who desire an outfit, just let Tom do up the thing right. Hallife Hughes have secured an extensive assortment of the necessaries of life and suchpiles of bonnets never were seen this hide of Cint'i before. We would'nt mind if wc could have the privilagcof "going olT' with some of them, when they ire sold. Smith k Price are not behind in tho nice thin. Give them a call. Förth LlgUiiliig Train. CjNNtu-iviLLE, Isd., April 4. At a regularly called meeting of tho church in this city to take into consideration the request of the Rev. Wm. Pelan that the Pastoral selection between himself and the church be dissolved. On motion, James Baird. Esq. was called to the chair, and Mr. John Ilignbothan appointed Secretary. On motion the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted. Whereas notice has been given that the Pastor of this church has received a call to another field of labor and asks a dissolution of thc Pastoral relation, therefore. Resolved, 1st, That it is with regret we receive this notice, knowing HQ reason why this relation should be dissolved. ResoleeJ 2nd. That we have Undiminished confidence in our I'astor as a minister of Christ's church on earth; and a.-i a christian, a citizen, and a neighbor. Resolved, 3d, That wc are unwilling to dissolve the connection of Pastor and peaple, in which we have lived so long, without a more direct indication of Providence as to the necessity thereof. . On motion, it was Resolved, that tho sallary of the Pastor be increased $250, and that the figures in thc call be altcred accordingly. J. IIIÜINBOTHAM, Sec'y. (rDr. Pisr. The rudeness of Dr. .'JParr. to ladies, was sometimes extreme t an ... loa laüy whojiad ventureJ to oppose hm with more warmth of temper than cogency of reasoning an 'I who afterwards apologized for herself by saying. It is theprivilege of a woman to talk nonsense." "No, madam," replied Dr. Parr, "it is not there privilege, but there infirmity: Ducks would wak if they cuuld; but nature suflVrs theiu only to waddle." MARRIKD, On ThurlT, April iOi, bjr Rot. 11. B. Hibben, A. M .. M. K. H. 8 rr lo H-j Marth Dk Colt, II of Blooming Grove. JCfOur baker accepted thai Dollar, and CurtiUhed Iii rilil k 1 ii.l of a cuke for IL Tho boyi ure that one ao thoughtful ilt asa through lif Bwifl-lj enough for eren this feat age. On the 4tn Inst, bjr Rot. T. M. Eddy Ms. inn Ricrxnl.l to M 1M i'uilBETU Sniouht, atl of Brook villi. ÖbitiKtru. V.r.otQK A., in of Alitan'ter (J.. and a rail M. I'a-r, of Laurel, departed tili Iii Marvti 87, Irj-I; uged 1 j vara, J tuonttia and ldaa. Beta bbtrtistmtnts. T TST OF TJETrraS KEMACTIXO IX TITE ro imtic in rtr'H.ki tili-, mo I'O.t lirfll-O Ul Hl'HI nd., lot llio iiuartur eadlnj April I, 1334 Alfred John Alliann Juliana Akrojd J H Antony Oliver Ur-ka M C 1 Hradburn Henry Hakrr John Haxley i W llnpK Joaepb P H; rem John Htiller Sam't Hukvr 1.1 era Crams r H Jr Conrad J C Carmleliaet Pnniol Crawford Alexander Carter Mr Cole.cotl J A Coulaon John Cnta Martha Clark KlXhlxdU Davit 1 horn toil J llenula John 1K Unter llillip lavlaon Klrhard Dutihel M K Krervll Jaiiiel KUhony I linolhy KuMher Adam N Fight Adum rVuberJ W labani i'atrlrk Freeman John Foalor A Conant K rlii I Johimtiea (iniikle Adam (Inn I.ih v (llbaon Tao.imi (ilbann John Milliard "null Itaiinuli A mot Hanna I II Huhnr An.lr liHllti'ld John HulrUddl'M lloliiiiirwnrih 'I homaa lluvl.-, Mina M lli'liMer John ileiiucn DU lliirhel MatlieW IlKirlek Wn Joiinaoll K.llnlrlll J.MHiliif la Id Joln'i rurull JninperWm John John halomtai h M Kexter Andretr Kellev John tj Inland llarrla Uird Clover Imt Mab-oln M Ixihf Jove Lacy lleley .Mor;u luaaa McNutl Uoa Mohle Henry McMaaton Alot Mrln John MeAnatly Barton U Mullen Xtanlcl Moore Clentot; B Mannon Mary M 't arty WaIiltifton Merinoii Henry Mevneke C F Mi tlnre Henry Melerhona Hernard .Nelson Andrew Melson Mary r'ftty K M Perrlne Jamet 1) 4 qulek Warn-n V It) man Mar Ida li'anfundt N Kiee J M 9 Kad.lall M Schothelkut John Smith John Stewart Noah Shirle Jacob Saunders Jas or Fleming Muni M illlain Me ward Klliabeih kmllli John U Mima tlijjh Triimlnva Haraael Inituv Knill Vtnmrter Mry 2 Volilalid MU hael VHkvrwn Joh Walker Alotandir Ullllnmi Martin Uealdlnff ItcutH a M ain H ('. alilnrtu Cieorfa M'ard .Mary JOMX KINO, V. M. E'OTS iRSBSf.ivKx. ih.i Umentary have been r'e"'" "dirtXI on lli.uit of Marirarl Mrlnjer. rtaeBad, lata or Ihaeouuly of rranalin. I4. All fwraona havItiff clnlnia ifalii! aald ealnle. tll J-reaoni Ihem duly ittlirntliiiled for jmymenl. Haid eatate la aolii.l. pr:a JülIX WY5, Kicr. WB, WATICK, PR0FES8I05AX, BAJU , JlKK.utlir Ina teruiea to t'.ia .nona of llrookilli.aatUlfnl tu t perienfaj orknian. I uinc-inn,. id Atnartean uuiidiuf, m we room I formerly wd a a la;ar'a olllea. I AIS0--',7Vtvl-t"rcn''" ). iHiiiea, N a liirreaaful rwtlil&ttr of rl'U Uai r ' dn milled hy fre mi .ri:tr. api ?