Indiana American, Volume 24, Number 50, Brookville, Franklin County, 28 November 1856 — Page 2

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INDIANA AMERICAN.

"Pt.lBOtB BOT TO Tm, TO IIMITT AMD LAW, 0 Favor i Wat t CS, AM MO Fl A B HALL a 1." T. A. GOODWnr, Editor. BEOOKVTLLE. INDIANA. rBIDlYi NOTESBER Ig( IBM TO BUSINESS SUE IV. sinceih earargomeal of oar pmpor,oar circulation hiiM Increased lha t it have now, boron juetllon, the largwsi circulation la Indiana, oxe pt, perhape, two paper Id Indianapolis ami It i a circulation initio wealthiest portion or the Ut. Business men who want to sdvertiso to Lo Wnlto Water vlly, will do well to remembcrthuraci. FOR PRESIDENT IN 1860, J. C. FREMONT. FOB Vld-PHEBIDEDT WM. L. DAYTON. Misplaced Indignation Sympathy, too Late. A great deal of indignation baa been expressed within tbe laat week, at the report of a petty theft committed by Col. James Stoopo. He ia said to bare have stolen two dollars from a fellowdrunkard, in one of the groceries, and all are ready to curse him by bell, book and candle, and pronounce "him one of the meanest vagabonds out of jail. This is all wrong. We do not justify the Col., for we tkink he did wrong, but we can find many an .apology for him. James Stoops, when young, we a man of promise. Respectably connected, he married respectably, and began life with fair prospects. But a love of intoxicating drinks has proved his ruin. Through a mischievous and ruinous policy, the State, whose duty it is to protect the lives and morale of its citiiens,;has erected and protected placee of dissipation and vice, in every village, and he has found it convenient to gratify his appetite, and here is a beginning of his end. Wo pity, more than blame him. The hlamo lies at the door of the men who have dealt out to him that which transformed him from a young man of promise to what he now is an object of scurn and pity; and the pious, praying, psalm-singing Christians, who have aeen all this, and folded tbeir hands, like Pilate, and said,"Seo ye to It," are equally guilty. Stoops is tho victim, the liquor-sellers are the guilty ones. Stoops is charged with stealing two dollars from a fellow -drunkard, and he has been compelled to flee, abandon ing his motherless children to the cold charities of the world, while the men who robbed him of his manhood, mude him a drunkard, aud kept him poor, build flue houses, and dwell safely, though ' in their coffers and brick walls is the money that was worao than stolen from him and his comrades. Had they taken money .only, it would have been but a email matter. His motherless children could and would have aupported him, had he merely been lame or blind, and they would have felt a pleasuro in doing ao, but to endure the shame which is heaped upon such helpless and innocent suflVrcr. has been a heavy burden, yet nobly have they borne it. And what be has come to, is what awaits others. His father, and bis brothers, and his early friends, as little thought, 25 or SO years go, that such would bo his late, as do the doating and indulgent parents of many a promising boy around us as you do of your own son, or of your brother. Yet il the present system of making drunkards is continued, your son, innocent and lovely as he now la, may be the vagrant thief of 36 yeara hence. Little did tho lovely girl whom he led to the altar, some 20 years ago, know what days and Bights of anguish awaited her as little does your daughter, whoso joy is your joy, and whoso innocence aud loveliness are worth more to you than gold, anticipate such a life of suffering and shame, yet It is for her, if tho ton thousand tippling-housce that now curse tho State of Indiana are allowed to poison and embitter the lives of the rising generation. We have burled as lovely a daughter, and as promising a boy as ever gladdened a parent's heart, and we know how desolate their departure mado the little home circle, but they died In .nnocenco, and that grief was not the hundredth part of what a par ent muat suffer, in witnessing in their children auch a lifo as liquor causes. Instead then of attaching the blame to the poor victim, let us lay it upon those to whom it belongs. Thu hypocritical protestations of pity for the "poor children," which we hear, comes with poor graee from thousands who utter It. The poor children! You never thought of, the poor children while tho unfortunate father could be used for your profit. The villainous liquor seller who, msny a time, took the money that should havo bought them bread, says, 'Poor children!" but he never thought of them when he was robbing them of their bread, and of a father's affections, and a father's company. The children are poor Indeed, yet Inooneeivably rich compared with those who eat bread and wear clothing that should have been for them, and we would a thousand fold rather take their chance for future wealth aud respectability than the liquor "tier's children, though they now revel In wealth and luxury. Tho curse öl Urn orphan's (iod is upon him and all that ho has. "IW children!" says the who knew all the suffering privations of the family, yet who conlduso Mr. Stoops to procure votes. They never dared do not now dare to oppose those who have brought this ruin upon them. Mr. Sloops was one of tho most efficient helps that the party In power had. except perhaps Dr. Ciiflord and Rev. Mr. Adams. His influence wee powerful with the same elate of persons the drunken. As a compensatio for hie services, he was paid out oi the etMinty treasury, large amounts for but little work, as bailiflT. We gave a specimen a few weeks ago, $ Hi for 8 dsya uh rJiug bailiU', aud never was on a horse, during the whole time. Now that

he is gone, he is despised and cursed. We hope that the indignation of honest people will fall upon the proper persons, and that the sympathy for his children will assume a practical form, and be employed to shield them and others from such a wretched condition in future. Let every lover of his race say that tif-FLIlia-HOCSES SHALL BE SIFPRKSSED, LET THE EFFECT UPON PARTY BE WHAT IT MAY. P. S. Since the above was in type, we see that Mr. Stoops has returned to

town. The circumstances of the case, as we heard them, are these: On Wed nesday or Thursday of last week, 'Col. Stoops was invited by a friend tq drink with him at Federman's. They drank, and tbe friend laid down a $2 bill which disappeared before Federman got hold of it. Its disappearance caused some stir, but it could not be 'found . Shortly after, the baker brought a $2 bill to Federman, which he had got of Mr. Stoops, and which was recognized as the bill that had mysteriously disappeared. MrStoops left town for a day or two, no information was lodged, and the matter will probably not be investigated; as he is one of the faithful Buchanan, on Internal Improve ments. Just before the election, Buchanan wrote a letter to California, favoring the building of a railroad by the General Government. He wrote it so that it should not reach tho states until after the election. It is hero now, and northern papers are copying it, approvingly. But the southern papers, han dle it without gloves. The following is the opinion of the Cincinnati Enquirer, a southern paper published in the north. Hope they won't begin to protest against their man so soon. It will be hard for tbe President to please every body. On this question we are a better Buchanan man than the Enquirer : We cannot now go fully into this question ; but will enter our protest against any such construction of tho Federal Constitution as will give the Government this enormous power. The question came before the Demo cratic Convention which sat in this city, and there was a decided majority against the right and powor to construct this work, and in tht committeo on resolutions there was, we have heard, a unanimous vote against it. A vague and indefinite resolution in favor of tho messure was, however, forced upon the Convention by tho pertinacity of the California delegates, and was passed toward the close of the session, when the temper of the body waa not very favorable to calm deliberation and wise decision. In the final vote Pennsylvania voted against it, in spite of the menance of the California delegation and their withdrawal of their vote from Mr. Duchanan, in tho canvass for the norninntion. The resolution was no fair expression of Democratic opinion, and is at war with the settled principles of the party. Its object can never have our assent or approval. Important from Kamai That the Buchanan press favors the introduction of slavery into Kansas ia. manifest from their ailence on all the pro-slavery movements in that quarter. They can uo longer say that tho intelligence from Kansas is all a lie, manufactured to influence tbe election. There are yet painful facta and movements iu that territory, and in rogard to it, elsewhere, yet the pro-slavery press, north and south, is entirely silent about them. A "large and enthusiastic noeting of Southern men," as it is'slyled in the official report, was held at Westport, Missouri, not long since, at which tho most vigorous measures were urged for the promotion of emigration from the South and the establishment of Slavery in Kanaes. Hero are three of the resolutions adopted on thia oceaaion I Resolved, That wo mutually pledge "our lives, or fortunes, and our sacred honor," to aid and support, at all hazxards and to tho last extremity, each zarua ana to tne .... uirem.ty, eacn other in all efforts to colonize Kansas! with a Pro-Slavery population. Resolved, That those persons from the South who have settled in Kansas, or intend doing so, immediately organLie themselves into companies or colonies, consisting of not less thsn 25 nor more than 00 men, and that those different companies settle at convenient distances from each other, so as to afford mutual protection. Resolved, That this meeting appoint representatives, whose duty it shall be to canvass tho Southern States and collect means, so aa to secure our colonies in Kansas against want during the coming winter, and for the benefit of future emigration t j Kansas. Theao declarations are very explicit. They leave no doubt as to tho object of those who 'make them, nor aa to tho earnestness with which that object is pursued. In accordance with tho last of these resolutions, committees have been appointed in every slaveholding State, to collect men and money for the express and avowod purpose ol making Kansas a Slave State, and yet not on Northern Buchanan paper dares allude to this movement. But for the free press In tho north, the people of the north would be as Ignorent of these movements as the Hotontots are. Wt shall keep our readers posted, carefully refraining from publishing any thing whloh wo do ,not believe to bo strictly true. To this fact wo attribute much of the Increasing popularity of our paper, and the constant inereaae of Its circulation since the election. Personal Mattere. We do not know that we ever utter ed a truer remark than we did on the night before tho State election, before a very large audience then aaaembled at the Market House. The remark was this that we had learned from sad ex perlenoe that obligations Incurred pending a political election, were the very last tobe thought of after the election wis over. This might not to be so, A party, whether successful or defeated should never fail to square up their lit tie pecuniary obligations as soon after the election Is over aa practicable. V. Ä. Tribun. We have personal reasons for feeling the truth of the above remark. We have waited till now for a large bill for work done. If not paid soon, wo shall charge eaeh Item to the persons who ordered the work, unjust as it may appear. We know that the Republicans in this county do not desire, either that we should be unpaid, or that one or two should foot the bills that wero iumIo during the canvass. All that is necessary Is for some person to take hold of the matter and it will be done. Better doit at once.

Political Preaching. We commend UieoDowing remarks of Rev. Mr. Burger of Illinois, to those who desire to have the pulpit used as a political engine. That is nut its province. It is to reprove sin, inculcate morals, and enjoin Christian dutiesnot merely the duties of Christians, in the house of God, but in the every day bus ness of life. It U not its place to deal in abstractions, but in specification not to roprov tho sins of those who are dead, or' who are out of hearing, but of those who live, and who are present. Nathan preached to David. David felt very comfortable while Nathan dealt in parables, but when he said "Thou art the man," and told him that the sin was a political tin a bad arrangement of the men of the army, for the accomplishment of a wicked purpose, David repented. Nathan might have preached till doom's-day in abstract generalities, and David would have sinned on. The sanhedrim got very mad at Peter, and the apostles, not so much because they preached Jesus and the Resurrection, as, because they were personal. Had thoy char

ged the death of Christ upon the Ro mans, it would have been bearable, but they complained bitterly because thoy intended "to bring this man's blood upon us" you meddle in politics. The Crucifiction of Christ was an act of the State a political matter, what right had preachers to med dle in politics ? Peter's answer was noble and Christian-like. "Whether it be right to obey God or man judge ye Ood hath raised up Jesus, whom ye slew.'' lie w.ts personal. He preached to those sinners, of the sins they were guilty ol, not of the sins of the Egyptians. Paul was equally offensive. Ho prertched of righteousness and temperance to Felix, till the old sinner trembled. They were no li ical sins. He pretched against ly ing and murder and adultery and all such political ins, hut he did it before the ninners who were guilty. Mr. Barger is right in refusing to prunch against the sin of slavery in Illinois, unless it was introduced, or Hkelv to w w be introduced there. He may, and doubtless does preach against tho sin of drunkenness in all its connections personal, Isocinl and political. That is a living and terrible sin, of living sinners in Ulinoise, and a Christian minister, who would not preach against it, ia a poor excuse, though M S 1 , 1... S some ot its relations aro political. Drunkenness is powerful political engine in Illinois, but wo, to the cowardly priest who fears to bring against it tho anathamas ot the Gospel, because demagogues say it is a political question. Thus did not Christ or his apostles. Were Mr. Barger in Kansas or Kentucky hu should preach against slavery, and, should all preach era do so, it would be eradicated in a very short time. Yet Mr. Hager does not say that he will not leach his flock that in their political nets they are not to forgot their Christian chnracter, as citizens they are responsible for the laws that exist, and as Christiuns they should seek to enact such laws ns will be promotive of the moral welfare of society. Demagogues nro wonderfully afraid of political preachers, simply because they are afraid of the politics of tho bible, or becauso their politics are opposed to the bible. We hope tho time will never come, when h wiH hvcomo ,(lC0, of po,Ui. w . V . cal harangues, and ministers tho expounders of political creeds, and wo equally bopu that the time, will never come when ministers will be deterred from preaching against sins, because politicians see fit to claim them as sacred to politics. Buch a sin is slavery, but a free stato is not the place to pi each it, except in regard to thu very remote degiee in which the citizens of freo States are responsible for its existence. Hence Mr. Barger was right in refusing to preach against slavery in Illinois. He had been attacked through the papers for not prenohing on the subject of slavery. He makea tho following reply : Patsom, Sept , I860. "Now, to the task of vindication, which is certainly a light one. The gravo charge resting upon u, aa well as others ol the same class, ia that wo are "silent upon the abject of American slavery." I acknowlurigv tho fact, but cannot, with my friend, acknowledge any guilt. My reasons for such silence are as folhews ; 1st, There arc no slaveholders in my congregations. As a Methodist minister I find this requisition in our discipline, (page ÄÄ.) with which I am bound to comply. "Always suit your subject to your audience, ami a slavery does not exist in my hounds, I hnvu nothing to do with it. If 1 felt that American slavery le a sin, and think that God has called upon me to expose that sin, I would not remain iu Illinois, where th at sin does not and is not likely to exist, but 1 would rather go, and with thu Savior, sit down at the table with these publieans and sinners, and eat with (Item, and notwithstanding I might bo persecuted for righteousness sake, 1 would consider myself blessed, and with him I would ay : "Tbo whole, m od not a physician, but they that am sick," and with him I would cry out "I coma to call not Iba righteous, but sinners to repentance." A sublime Idea would it bo truly, for you, tho physicians of tjuinoy, to make out prescriptions fur your patients for yellow fever, simply from the fact that that disease in raging to aomu extent in New Orluanb. My second reason for such silence ii: I don't lind that subject included in my commission. The command is, "prunch lh gospel," Convince me that politics constitutes part of thu gospel of Christ, and 1 will preach a political sermon (?) next habbatli But that conclusion cannot be ao eaai ly arrived nt, either diruotly or indirectly, until by legal bonda Church

and State are one ; which may heaven ever forbid. My third reason for silence is, I meet with no precedent for political preaching in the example of Christ and his apostles. So far from it, that we see everything to the contrary. Paul would glory in nothing, "save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ," and expressed himself as determined to know nothing among the people save "Christ crucified." And 'in the memorable instance when our Saviour was put to the test by having propounded to him a political question, under circumstances of a very momentous character, ho replied "Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and onto God the things that are God's." And in that laconic but voluminous reply not only set forth the high and holy character of his mission, but gave an example to be carefully studied, and dilligently followed by all his ministers through all time. Follow his example, my good brother M., and then, and not until then, say to your parishonere, "follow me, as I follow Christ." My fourth reason for silence on the subject of American slavery is, ray people are as well acquainted with that subject as lam. Almost, if not all of ray members are in the receipt of one or more political papers, weekly. I don't know how it is with others, but my people are posted up in these matters. It requires'all my time to visit members, prepare for pulpit exercises, and attend to other duties of my charge, while they have time at their command to read these papers, political speeches, rfcc, attend political meetings, "come to the light," see it "shine," and otherwise gain information on all the important questions of the day , and I have not so little confidence either in their intel lectual stamina or industry as to think they either cannot or do not improve these means of information to all beneficial intent and purposes. Such a fact renders it not only inexpedient, but unnecessary, for me to crowd the cross out of my pulpit, to make room for a political platform. I cannot, 1 will not be guilty of such sacrilege. My fifth reason for silence i. my pulpit was not dedicated to politicians, but to God. Court houses and legislative lulls nre designed expressly lor civil purposes. Churches most certainly are not. If political harangues are to be introduced into our churches on the holy Sabbath, it is high time we were rearing up other edifices ; nnd instead of dedicating them to Almighty God, for tho dissemination of vital truth and holiness, we should dedicate them to Buchanan, Fremont nnd Fillmore, for the fulmination of the opposing doctrines of political parties, and tho breaking out of bitter snrcasms against men who honestly differ with us it, to the best manner of conducting thu legislative and executive departments of tho na

lion. We think if he who made a "scourge of small corda r.nd drovo out those that sold and bought in the temple, nnd overthrew tho tables of tho money-changers, saying, my house shall be called of all nations. the house of prayer, but yu have made it n den of thieves," should he, wo say, enter, as in tho days of his inctrnation, one o'f our modern temples, he would say as ho then said "take these things hence," down with these political ensigns, nnd raise in the room thereof thu gospel of (tod; and where your party colors float in tho gentle breeze of heaven, unfurl the glorious banner of tho gospel of Christ, nnd bid thu teeming millions of earth in moral slavery, despotism nnd death, "see, road and hepe." J. B. B. Presidential Election!, Official. The following table is compiled from tho Now York Daily Tribune, nnd tho Tribune Almanac. W e find some slight discrepancica between ita figures and those of tho Times. Whether tho difference is typographical or othorwise we can not tell. Aa these are collected with unusual care for the Tribune Alma nac, we presume they aro correct; laoo New vark. ihar Hurl. Pre. Pill Pttres Noott IUI HM.73W, S7J.IM, l!i4,ä7S-3lM,0M. W4,., t!5,3'.D New Joraey 47,41, H.307, 4 JAM,- 44,303, 330 IV 1 1 ii ii I it . '.30,154, 90a,94S, 1M,3vM,-I0mh, 170,174 H,5M Tlnry luutl. 30,113, SHI, 47,44,-40,mi0, 33,000, Vermont. IO.S77, S0,eS3, 3, 13,04 SW.173, M ConHfrtknl. 14,003 , 4..700, 9013,-33.94, 3030, 3,100 Utile. ITO,74 87,407 5K,I'JJ-I0V0 133,390 3fil To Conines i'onuknts. Ue brief. Write to thu point. Don't bo inpn tient if your communications don't appear immediately, don't bu angry i they never appear. There may bo reasons why the editor doos not pub lish them, that you would approve, could you sco from his point of view. A promising young correspondent wishes to know our opinion of hor productions. Wu think they do very well for one of her age nnd oxperi enco. Wu would not advice, however, that she think, at present, of writing for the press us a moans of mnking money. At best, that is a precarious business -few succeed at it bun dreds fail. Her moiivus nru most noblu, but a surer way to realise her wishes would bo to teach sohool as she may bo able. We will publish her effusions, occasionally, hoping to encourage her to develop' tho powers of mind she possesses. Wo will publish short eommuninttiona from all con es pondenis if we deem them worthy. What has Been Done? (lecrge W. Curtis eloquenty says: "What have we achieved iu this contest Wo have lost a battle, but wu have won a victory. The rocodlm steps of the men who retired Iroin Bunker Kill, echo tliroujli history liitw thu advancing tread of the great army of tree dorn. Such is precisely our position this day." An Unmitigated Scamp. Wo understand that a man namod Knooh Holselaw, living In the lower psrtol tho city, abscondnd on Monday night last, with u hired girl that ha I been living in his family. He sold all his proporty, and left his wife ami three children almost destitute, and lha former ill a dying condition. Hlie will probably not live a week. Soma peraon, a relative wo believe, followed Holselaw and made him give up 50 for the use of his wife. Pass the villain around. N. A. TWbunt,

Editorial Convention. Tho Madison Courier suggests thst a meeting , of the Republican editors of the State be held at this city on the 30th of December, "to converse, ronsalt, and determine the course of the journals of the State in regard to the candidate for the Presidency in 1860." We do not know that any particular good can be accomplished by such a meeting, but we are sure it can do no harm, and such gatherings have always been pleasant and improving. So we vote aye for the meeting, and shall take pleasure in doing all we can to make it agreeable. Ina: Jour. We have not much faith in any political good to bo accomplished by sush a meeting, but there are social advantages, and we are decidedly in favor of the meeting, but we would suggest a later day ssy about the 20th of February. The Legislature will then be in. session, and we love to look in upon the assembled wisdom of the State for a few hours. We propose also that the call include all of the editors belonging to the People's party, instead of those only, who may bo designated Republican. The late elections, and subsequent events, have shown that tho difference between the two branches of the People's party is neither very great aor very difficult to reconcile. In spito of ourselves, even if any one ahould desire it, the condition of the local questions that must occupy the I attention of the people of Indiana for tbe next two or three years is such that the platform of the People's party, ,as constructed last May. must stand. Let all editors belonging to this Party boinviteda) Presidential Election Official Votes Compared. New York. Fremont over Buchanan, 80,427: Fremont over Fillmore, 150,910. Buchahan under Fremont and Fillmore, only 204,702. In 1SÖ2, it was Pierce, over Scott, 27.201, over Scott and Hale, 1,872, ahowing a Democratic gain, over the left, of 206,574. That '11 do, lor the first trial, right well. New Jkrbet. Buchanan over Fre

mont, 19,105; Buchanan under Fremont and Fillmore, 1.98. In 185'J. it was Pierce, over Scott, 5,749, over 8cott and Hale, 5,399, showing a Democratic gain, over the left, of 10,385. That docs right well, too. Pennsylvania. Buchanan over Fre mont. 26,906, ovor Fremont and Fillmore, 580. In 1852, Pierce had, over Scott and Halo, 10,869. Thia shows not n very flattering victory in the Key Stono State. Another such a victory, and tho Key Stono comes down. Maryland. Fillmore ovor Buchan an, 8,347; Buchanan under Fremont and Fillmore, 8,628 . In 1853, Piorco't ma jority waa 4,954, ahowing a Democratic loss of 13,682 even in a slave State. Vermont. Fromont over Buchanan, 3'.,38(1; Buchanan under Fremont and Fillmore, 29,932. In 1852, Scott over Pierce, 0,139, Pierce under Scott and Hale, 17,750, showing Buchanan 12,182 farther under than Pierco. That la a sign of somothing. (Jxokgia, (unofficial) gives Buchan an 14,851. In 1852, Piorce's majority ovor Scott was 18,045, showing a loss of 3,194. Tennessee, (unofficial). Buchanan's majority, 7,000. In 1852, Scott's ma jority was 1,880, showing a Democratic gain of 8,880 Connecticut. Fremont ovor Buchanan, 7705; Buchanan under Fremont and Fillmore, 10,320. In 1852, Pierco had, over Scott, 2,890 , under Scott and Hale, 270, showing a Democratic loae of 10, 050. Virginia, (unofficial). Buchanan's Majority, 28.048. In 1852, Pierce's ma jority was 15,286, showing a Democrat ic gain of 12,762. LouisrANA, (unofficial), gives Buchan an 3,250 majority. In 1862, Pierco's majority was 1,395, showing a Democra tic gain of 1,855, Ohio. Fremont, over Buchanan, 16, 623. Buchanan, under Fremont ond Fillmore, 44,748. To this ndd tho Ab olition vote, 156, and you have Buchanan's minority iu Ohio, 44,904. In 1852 Pierco was ovor Scott, 16,694, under Scott and Halo, 14,988, showing Hue!) anan to bo 29,916 further under than Pierce was. The Richmond Enquirer discourages ue wspapor speculations as to tho com position of Mr. Buchanan's Cnbinct, but adds: "As to the pnrticlar principle upon which tho President eloct proposes to constitute his Cabinet, and as to tho individuals whom he may appoint to ollice, we have only this conoern, that hu will not suffer nny clique or colcrio lu ini'iiutiuliz" lu luvor and ui' inllii enco of tin' Administration; nnd if he chooses to distinguish between "wings' or "lections" of tho party, that ho will l.' determined by the predominant sentiment of tde Southern Democracy." It may bo some comfort to tho inquirer to know that, for once, the American agrees with it. "The predom. inant sentiment of the Southern De mocrnoy" having elected Mt Muohan an, it should d itermino tho policy of his administration. '."in; M'Cmhik l.iuiuuv. The books pinch i ied by the M'Clurn fund, nre now ready for use in the third story of Haile's building. The library will bu open every Miturday from i to U P.M. Tho terms of membership nro so cheap thai the poorest young man in tho county can :ifon lo I collie n member. Why not? Who cannot afford 50 eia, for tho i so of such a library a year? We hope i he young men of tit i 4 town will all become mombors, and spend their ovonlngradlng, instead of loaf . iter A Post Master, who orders tho discontinuance ,,f Nome Americans, adds "you must not nbusn our party so much." Wu only publish tho facts of history about your party, if these aro abusive, make your deeds better. Meanwhile, if you wish to use your official position lo curtail our circulation, do so. This is thu best thing you can do for your parly. The fewer papers that aru circulated, the larger Democratic vote you turn up.

Pert IRtntian.

The eletions being over, the prices of whisky and corn have slightly declined. jy The farm of Stephen Skinner which is advertised for sale is a good farm. Call and see it. tSf The Vermont Legislature has appropriated 920,000 for the supply of clothing to the poor in Kansas. KW In the Wisconsin Legislature, tbe Republicans have'5 majority in the Senate and SO in the House. Col. Benton has copy-righted his lecture on the State of the Union. He delivers it first in Boston. .T The Republican majority in the Indian! polis election Saturday, was 200. Congress meets next Monday. "Log rollers" and lobby members are already begining to congregate at Washington. Though the supply of "Dred'r which Dr. Keel had on hand, is ex hausted, he will have ajnew supply in a few days. Strayed. In the woods north-west of Brookvillc, a yearling calf. Any person finding It, will be suitably re warded by leaving word at this office XiTThe first quarterly meeting for Harrisbn (O.,) Circuit, will commence onSaturday next, the 29th inst., at the M. E. Church, in Hnrribon. rtT But three or four cases of De lirium Tremens bavc occurred nt Harrison within the last eight or ten days. Cincinnati Markets. Monday, 24th, Flour, 5.60; Hogs, 5,50 to 5,70; Wheat 1,05; Corn (new) 43; Oats, 40; Potatoes, 70 to 80; Hogs were dull at these prices. Minnesota. The population of this Territory is 170,000. At Ute next cens us, aho will be found entitled to four or five representatives. Sho will soon bo asking for admission into the Union. It is stated that Dr. John WGorham, of Bostrn, has been appoint ed United States Consul at Jerusalem. We shall next hear of a lino of steam ers on tho Sea of Galilee. The world is moving. Books not Bully Brooks, bu the Brooks that makes boots nnd shoes has moved to tho rooms under the American office where fashionable ladies and gentlemen will call for fash ionable shoos and boots. lKolks that believe that none but "a new broom sweeps clean," will not want such brooms as (iallion keeps, for we have been informed that one of them lasts all spring and summer and fall and part of the winter. Thoy are nlasty kind Miller's best. 55. A. Nra. We are pleased to learn by a letter from this gentleman that ho is recovering from the serious injuries which ho sustained some time ago on the railroad. Ho says ho can walk about town by the aid of two canes. jf-fTTwo hogs, veritable four legged animals, got on a "bender" last week, in Harrison, und went staggering thro' the streets. They hnd indulged loo liberally in cherries, saturated in liquor. Unliko many two-legged hogs, however, they appeared to be heartily ashamed of their drunken condition. -r,Tho fencing of the now ccmctry grounds at Harrison is nppronching n finish, and the citizens of that town will soon havu a place of burial for their dead, most beautifully located, and capable of being made an honor to thu place. We wish wo could say as much for Brook villo. Tho Cincinnati Chsetlh attempts to account for the lato defeat in this State by staling that, the tnmporanco question wns tho principal issue of tho canvass, Tho temperance question was no issue at all. If it had been at active isaue, tho i'coplo's ticket would not have been as badly defeated as it was. NA, Tribun. "Manhood or Man." Fivo or six helpless children of Charley Higdon's were taken upon tho township last Saturday. Had the prohibitory law remained in forco, Charley's manhood would nut have been so developed i to render this act necccssary. Whisky i' a ;reat developer of the devilhood commonly called tho mnnhood of man, aa well as a powerful electioneering element. Tu I 'mac or Pkaok. The Journal of Commsrct quotes, exultmgly, a paragraph from a Kansas paper, stating that "persons will be hereafter, perfeotly secure in traveling in small numbers to Kansas, if they will keep silent on the ezoiling issues of tho day." Slaves oan travel that way, lint firemen will not. Before and After the Eleotiou Previous to tho election, the leaders o! the "liain Democracy, told the people that they were a much oppo-. ud to making Kansas a Slave Statu, as were tho Republicans. That they wero dishonest in their assurance, wo need only to publish the remark made by Gov Willard on lust Tuesday night. Ho said I "We have eleut tl our President, and have a majority in both Houses of Congress. We shall now hear no mora about "bleeding Kansas" no more of "Kmigrant Aid Societies'." Such men hi Jim Lane wont lie pci milted to go to Kansas, But the Republicans say thut Kansas will not bo an Abolition State," and rather, muoh rather than il should bo abolitioniaed like Massaohusvtts, I would have it come in like Kentucky, a slave holding State." Tho Aon opponents of slavery extension among llrose who volea for Buchanan, will soon so that they have been sold to the Southern Slave drivers. 2nd Jour,

Senatorial A Useless Discussion.

Our cotemporaries nre discussing the probabilities of an election of U. S. Senators by the Indiana Legislature next winter, just as if such a thing were possible. It can't be done. It is unconstitutional, and we are sure that the legislature elect, will not so disregard their oaths as to wantonly violate the Constitution. It has twice been decided by high authority, that when i majority of the legislature on joint ballot, difieis from the majority of tho Senate, the Constitution does not permit an election, once under tbe old Constitution and once under the new. The people must learn to respect the Constitution. When such an opinion is iriven, under the oath of office, and approved by the Governor, and Lieutenant Governor, and three out of four Supreme Judges, it must bo respected, though the opinion at fiist appeared erroneous. Of course there can be no election. Should the thing be attempted, we are sure the "conservative branch" of the Legislature will stand between fanaticism and the Constitution and prevent it. The "conservatives" would be shamefully recreant to permit such an outrage Ihey will never do it, hence there can be no election, and we hope our cotemporaries will not stullify themselves discussing a question which is so utterly "out of tbe question." Buch n m not yet Elected. It may seem strange to our old line friendd, but it is none the less true, that Buchanan U not yet elected, and probably will not be. The electors chosen have aright to vote for whom' they please, and it is said on good authority, that tho southern electors will not vole for him unless he gives them certain pledges. Gov. Wise has spent several da s with him, nt Wheatland, in private confab. What progress he ha, made, has not been mado public. Like some croVsmen that we have seen, he think he has attained a "sublime degree" but he will find ft a hard row to travel before he geta through. Many a "ruffian" will beset him. Some of them have waited aa long sa they can wait patiently for a fulfillment of promises. Fire in Centreville. We learn from the Centreville Chronicle, that a fire broke out in the Odd Fellows' Hall building, in Centreville, on Tuesday morning, 1 8th int., and entirely consumed it. Tho records of the lodge, the ornaments, furniture, ans daguerreotypes of deceased members, were all destroyed. The loss in tho building is estimated at 83,000. There wore several law offices in the second. Thanksgiving Day. 'Last Thursday was Thanksgiving da;; Hark! lbs Turkioi' plaliitlvn cries! Puddings rsro, and pumpkin piss; Clilrkens fat, ami dunghnuls round, Hissing, swelling, sweetly smelling, Ii... I Thanksgiving! and good llvlcg, May thsy everywhere abound" and may the editor always have as good a Thanksgiving dinner! Wish Bro. K My could have seen it. Dinners wero well observed in and near Brookville. Tho sermon by President Locke was good and the audience unusually large. Fashions arc improving in this rospoct, hereabouts. The Indiana Journal. Wo have been n reader of this excellent paper for many years, and never liked it better than now. It is ably edited, and its central position gives it a claim upon tho pcoplo of Indiana that no other paper lias. It is right, on the questions now nt issue. Wo commend it to tho attention and patronage of tho people. It can bo had at the following low rales. Ono copy, ono year, 81,60 Ten copies, ono year, and one to getter up of club - 16,00 Twenty copies one year.to ono addross - - - 20,00 Thirty-five copies, ono year, to one address, and ono to getter up of club - - - 36,00 Fifty copies, onn year, to ono address, and two to tho gotter up of club - - 60,00 Ft? In' clubs of ton tho namo of each subscriber will be written on his paper, but in clubs above that number, or whore tho papers nro wont for ono dollar each, no nnmtwill be written 'on the papers, hut tho entiro club sent to one p i son for him to distribute. Thin ia ihn invariable practice of all our pup. i-i Hcmling oit Clubs at cheap rates, and cannot bo departed from in any particular. We wish to call special attention to tin- l),iihjounml, particularly dining thu approaching session of tho legislature. Every man who lives whore he can enjoy a dally mail should have it. It can bo had at 80 per year or 60 cents per month. The I'nmn is ill pleased Willi New Kngland, because of her immense majorities for Fremont. A few yeara ago, il would havu accused her therefore of subserviency to tho dictation of hor "cotton lords," and capitalists; but, slnoo thoy are nearly all for Buchanan or Fillmore, thu Pierce organ tlnds no fairer target fur its venom than the clergy. Sou il ravel I'niKHr-lttnuKN Nkw-Knuland. The result of the Presidential election in New Kngland proves thai a inajoi i ty of hor pooplu have bowed their necks to tho dominion of religious fanaticism. While tin ii hearts are bleeding ovor the condition of Slavery in which the negroes at tho south aru place. I, ihey -rem ( be wholly uncoil soious that they are the victims of a far worse servility themselves. They aru the slaves of passion, of prejudice, of religious tyranny; and yet they hug their own chains of absolulo subjection to puritanical fanaticism, and think ihey aro doing God service in shedding tears over the servilitv of Southern slaves, who neither desire nor are in

need of their sympathies. New-Eng

land is today groaning under a despotism which challenges a parallel in any other part of tbe world. They labor under tbe delusion that tbey are free men, and they bout londly of their devotion to Freedom. But there is no freedom in New-England. The Chnrch is supreme over the mines of the priestridden people. They do not think for themselves, but tbe political oracles of the pulpit do tbeir thinking. The worst species of despotism is that in which tbe mind is enslaved. That is the despotism which broods over New England. The slave of the Sooth is happy and contented with his condition. He knows that he is not fitted by nature for freedom, and he is contented with the guardian protection which he enjoys from humane and kind masters. The New England men are deluded with the idea that they are free, and yet tbey are wea-ing the chains of enslaved intellectual beings. They look to their religious teachers for tbeir thonghts, and they follow the dictates of bigotry and fanaticism with slavish submission. They accept whatever falsehood, whether of doctrine or of fact, that their religious guides choose to impose upon them. Church and State are virtually one in New England. The power of tne pulpit is supreme, and it has just been exerted in dictating the vote cast for Fremont. This is awfully severe; but why don't Cass fix things better in Michigan? What are Fugh and Modary about in Ohio. And why haven't Dickinson, .Man-y and John Van Buren done something for poor benighted New York? Förths Jbnerttan. Mb. Editor: Under the head of "Rebellion at Greencastle," you bogin an editorial in last week's issue as follows; "We alluded last week to thu disturbance at Greencastle. bv which some 80 or 90 students were suspended. The article was written and in type bcfoic we received the letter from Frof. Chase, which appear ed in the same number." You then proceed to speak of il in such a way as to leave tne reader to infer that my letter was the means of your change of opinion on tho subject. Some persons having seen your last article only, not having read my loiter, bavc concluded that I wrote an account unf t voi ul ! to thu Faculty of the Institution. Such, you know, is not the fact. I expressed no opinion in my note, but aimed to give a true statement of the case, briefly. So far as I expressed any opinion, I advised young men to sign the pledge reauiied, and then, if they did not feel satisfied, they could ask a dismission from the College. The Faculty, as I am informed, have published a statement of the difficulty. It is not to bad an affair as may be supposed to be. .Number, of the students are returning. The whole Junior Class, with a few exceptions, havo entered again. The) smoke will rite soon, end the damage will not appear so great. O.A. C. Grbbkcastlb Nov. 16, '66. One of the Consequenoea. We are pleased to hear the ex prcKsion of such as the following, from the Vuvay Rmlle, a Fillmore paper. Wo clip it from the New Albany Tribune. It contains suggea tions and facts that commend themselves to every intelligent man: The result of the recent election has conclusively shown that iho people of this country are now divided into two great sectional parties, via : A Northern party and a Southern party. There is no use of concealing this fnct, for the recent election has demonstrated tho fact that North and South alike have refused to support a national, compromise candidate. Wo havo for some time regarded Mr. Fillmore as the only candidate before the people who could set tie tho difficulties and differences now existing between tho two contending sections of our country. We are satisfied that Mr. Buchanan cannot do it; tho great majority of the people have no confidence in him, and be is elected by a mere minority of the votes of the people. Tho issue upon which this contei was fought and decided, was the ex tension or restriction of slavery. Tho Buchanan party is in favor of its extension, while tho Fremont party was in favor of tho restriction of it. It has boon decided in favor of Buchanan, only, however, by a minority of tho people. The result will bo, the admission of Kansas as a slave State, and to extend slavery into all tho Territory of tbe Government, so as to give tho South and the Demo oratio party tho rains of Government for all the time tj come. A further result will be, tbo formation and united action of a still stronger and more determined ISoribern oar ty. From this time forward there will be but two parties, vis: A Northern and a Southern party. The only issue will be that of Slavery its extension or rostriotioo. The people have said, by their votes, "the day of compromise is past." Tbe question is now an open one, and it must and will bo decided in some way. Either slavery must be restrioted or it will be extended. If tho South bus her own way, it will bo extended; If the North hasher way, it will be restrioted. Tho present administration, and the party in powor in the U. S. Senate, nave refused to compromise upon this question . and now tho people, by an overwhelming majority, nave also said that they will not compromise. The North supports a northern man, and the South supports a Southern man. One is just aa sectional as the other. tum this time forward until the slavery question la sett! there will bo but two parties, and . one issue. We icgret this, but we cannot help it. Wu have opposed making tho slavery question an issue in a political canvass the Amerloan party has opposed it all the timo ; but the Democratic party has forced this issue into the political field for the einresa purpoae of se curing the spoil of ofloe; they have sown tho whirl wind and they must reap tho storm. Vvjf Jtsveule. Goiku Nobth Prof. Hedriok, lately removed from the Professorship ef l In mistry in mo university ot iiwin i Holms, for tho crime of avowing himself in favor of Free Kansas and Fremont, is now in thia city. He loaves for Cambridge Mass , this afternoon. We believe he intends to reside hereafter in the Free States. Virw York Tribuns, Voe.3.

Mr. Hnrty, a teacher in one of

the public schools in Richmond, Wayne county, was fined by a jwry 3 and costs for whipping a boy pupil "immoderate and excessive." ScictD kr. Jasaee Smith, near Peoria, in this county, committed suicide last Saturday. He was emberrassed pecuniarily ,by the failure of Mr. Sample, of Ohio. Sustained by so atrona slsbssL jonty of the popular vote and of the electoral college and backed up by 19 States out of the Si, Mr. Buchanan commences his Administration under the most flattering auspices. LawrtmembsmuA If a minority of tbe popular rote, of at least 260,000 ia "flattery" your man is flattered. jits. On Tuesday, Nov. 26, Fraakba M. Robeson, son of Wu, riiiBBBusj, Esq., aged about 20. Ob Friday, Nov. 21, at Metamora. Mary McWhorter, wife of John McWborter. On Saturday, Nov. 22, at tbe residence of Sarah Blackledge, Pet ticrew, grand son of Mrs. Blackledge, aged about 17 years. On Thursday, Nov. 20, ftt the residence of Cyrus Kilgore, William Hersohell Kilgore. aged 19 years. On Friday, 2lst inst. Elvira Ann. only child of Pies. H. and Donna E. Bradburn. aged 2 years, 3 months and 4 days. 25520 laid Iba to rata la a loa. .qsi.t spot. Pst raaniy now orwa wlU rMBn trees? No years that eilt come caa C, mgltkZ ' But two baddlnctoni fcssMI . r W v" o'ar Uty Andnowih)usrtr(Bsjbera4wiiherlj dead Häw rhaa.rls ia t t . s-lsts aoar. INDIANAPOLIS CINCINNATI RAILROAD. TlalK TABLR OlTTWARO. gy-WgJ.-'l1- -1 - ia QsesSsae . 10 jo. 1 1 M l. 1 lii.r; INWARD. Momsiso Ptasasosa-Leern Indlanapo lit 1:H A -J aJSpsvS.'S AS.CIr.rtnr.sUt IS. M.u 1,41 Lntn l'iUii.,r,.,u. 1 if ..arrtrasj si Npades'fcCCinolnnaU :M m 'rnrm KissT Kxraaaa Utvas Ind'ianspoii. P.M., rrlrssatSpad..' tiSSA. M., CSayataafTl, 4 as. ' üteto hbttthtmtvii. Rising Srnt Insurance Co., OF RI8INO SUN, IND. tnil.orlMd npital,im.OOO. BOARD OF DIRECTOR BUsjBjavav. J. C. Wilu. . a 1.. ... W. II. Puwbll, We. T. H.ii, J. W. Hrcscaa, J. M . Jissisoi, . OiLLasris J.r.UtSBV, B.J.HsTBaWaf,J.W.TAlm, S. P. CovtssiToa. , . HATHA WAV, lr..'. It. J . IUTS4W1T, BPO'JF. IT? Firs and Marine risks taken at eqiuklr IOAll persons deetrlng Inssraor will rail on at Brook,.,,.. J a. F. COVIHOTOR, Oaasral Agtrni. Jos i.s a. AKTOSIKIIINO fl'IIK WITH ONLY I BOTTLE Jos. B. Ii 41.1 St Co., aar; IT csque Isle, Iroeatook Co., Ma., April Si. 1004. "We herewith .nd yon a osrtlSeate of a curs jverformed by the ... or only oao bot Ue of Ue German Ml liars; tt.it.lt Mr. Mr (lark lo be a man or voracity, and have no doubt of the truth ol his slory." M.-isrs Jos. B. Uall 4k Co. Oenllosaea la aaswar Vo your inquiries, I will state that ny da ugh Uir.sgoa about 16 years, ass bean complaining of spaln In her aide fonts or seven years, and about boSrit or January last, was lakeu dos-n and confined lo hi-r lod. I lu. ..n in her Ida waa vary sartre, besides being troubled Ilk pains between ker shoulder t. 4 la her breast. From roading a number af cures performed by "Hoofland's tier ma 11 Hitters," I waa Induoed to Iff It In bar case, and sent to your store and purekaae oss son lb. Mm had taken" It but a raw days when she began to Improve, and now, after taking only oue bottle, sbe is enjoying better health thaa she has lor years. Nba feels no pain in aor see ar In any part of br body, and attribute bar case entirely to Uta Or rmau fllttera. . . W. CLARK. Soo advertisement. SCROFULA AND SALT KHKUM Wooster, Wayne Co., Ok to, Dec. I, I Messrs Kennatl 4k Beers. Oeatlemea: Having for (oar years tasat mffering with Scrofula la Its worst fers, vilaest Indltf relief from oar boat physicians, I waa so. Hotted by a friend to try Carter's Spanish Mister. Il gives ma pleasure to slats that before OoWfetaS Iba Oral bottle, the dlessM relaxed. 1 Utsa ordered two more bottles, and, with hsartfsligraULaAe, I stats lo yon tho fact that two boiuoa ef yosros eollent preparation has entirely cured ae. The third bot Us 1 gave to a friend ehe bad boon suffering with Bait K lie um for a length of tint, and he, Ilka myaetf, eves IM restoration to sVeoltft to the virtual of "Carter's Spaatek Misters. Yon aro at liberty to woe tats letter ta any way you may ttlok proper, U U e 111 beaslt tea afflict od. Vour obedient servant JOenPH BOMRBOK. Nosavdorllsomsni. Woon's Hub KaroaTiva.-Prof. Wood, tbe renowned discoverer of tbo lavaleabie Hast Moilorstiv Hill continual lo Isl.or In kekair of tee afflicted. 1 1 11 sii snnirnllj lireMeai by Iba American Proas lo bo for perlet le all Ibers for ranting tbe aatr on Ike bead of Ike aesd, thai has boon slivered for many years, to grow forth with a asaeb vigor a4 luturiet.ee ae w lie 11 l.leiie.l with the adrabUurs of youth. There an be no doubt thai It Is one of Ike friaiOQl 4U0 eoverle la tbe asedleaJ worts. It r tor perms lie 11 1 1 ) gray ball to lis original color, and taaAos II astasM a btaulifsl silky tailor, blak has boon very desirable ta all ages ef the world. Cincinnati Dally Raa. llf 1THOUT g,.od health, wo soaaet TV pleasures ef lifo, which grows he Our constant desire It 10 get 1 relief society In which WO Seeing others enjoftn folagtoean make M BaMff--trag a ttreag evsselrteieYaest ly begets foallags ef seroww, vigorous health only that we are not as thoy arc, the subject af tjaekm great, meet ing sous, assails. And yet ko oar I et many who oaJeg vMsMae ting, and rsah rookloosby Into all kkais ef isssas ss toough tbey eowid wot be haesaksw by Staaaai. I bey (rgot that Ike tdt of death afO Is the he dy,and these oaoooaoa oely preearo tbo sstoet Ok those aatysls to aertalaela the teowor. ;e4 ore Sief think tkey arc making reptd strati toweraVs Ike giava, hurried ea by some efofloes Owtseoe which baffle the skill of tbo swot tale tod ysafelkons. The Leegs, ftttla. Bldncyi sod Rowota. sjggj he kepi openTand sisvborff l0 alleObW fsrojoeo of Ups nil... er dltewt It ."cell. Moo advriitsBi of F. Childs a Co Revetotga Bali niu. H . 0 4eaat ,. - w wat- use Brookvllli Manial Labor Ufenry. Zill llbrsry wilt be , Batsrdsy, Me, so, 0 S p. a.,aed ovary Saturday afterwacflc niu t sii m. Memben, and these who wttb in become members, will plceoo coil. 1 wot ate already 4-1 volsotos of oho tee book. TetOM ef membership and ike rule of the Llkean May he learned of the Librarian. L' I Ibiaisa CUSTOM-MADE BOOTS fj. mm k sii Have mavod their shp lato Ute rtweto OJtSe t lee JNtoOrm, where tbev will aeon ea baud a geneml aaaortsiewt el Boost bm SRaieoef ibsir oan mass, aad also of Rai tot lure. They arc prepared to raebe eora vs ardor f any quality or kind , at short 10U00. nuvSS'aS Farm for Stale, J tllR undvittgnod otn let oato a tret rate Rata nf about tT aor, two and a half mile Barth of Hroohvlll,,wlt improved Any setose Swotting a good ram wo tUfdo well to 'sill ceea ao M will I booeMaheej Ree ata rtffBi tUURRll.

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