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C. H. DlNGHAM, Editor. - UUOOKVILLC7rlJayITor!Ef, liny 3, 1857. Corrcspodence Between MaJ. Gen. Pope and Gov. Jenkins of Georgia. Tho tubstanco of a correspondence hotween Major General I'cfe and Gov. Jenkins, of Ua., is piren to the world. Gen. l'oj'C derniDded of the Governor, whether, vrhon he published liisaddrcss to the people of Georgia, he had read bis (the General's) general order No. 1? The Governor re plies that to tuppnped, when ho Issued the order, he .was only cxercuing the pnvi leges of a free citizen of tho Republic in giving his opinion on public aßYirs, and did not suppoGO the holding of an. cfSco vat any restraint on hid. In futoro ho prouiiifes to le more circumspect. The Goneral rc?pond., njing that tho Govcr nor'a explanation ia atifnctory, and then aJJs that Congress in the bill ho ia there to enforce proclaims tho Stalo governments only provisional, and would have swept them out of exisierr7oif it had aupposcd they.vould exercise their influenco to hin der reconstruction, and that ho Lall act up to tho rplrit of tho law. Tho Injunction Casos Wen arirucd in the Supremo Court last Iriday. Attorney General Stanbcry rpoko first and In opposition to the petition of Georgia. He maintained that the qucs tion waa a political one, with which tho Court had nothing to do, and, further, that the Reconstruction law was not op-f.-cisalvo as claimed. Mr. O'Counor replied, arguing that what Congre-s had by the law ordered done was wholly unconstitutional aud void. On next F.iJay Robert J. Walker will make tho argument in the Misalesippi ea?e, and tho Attorney General will reply to him. The) Ccmpaifln In the South. 'The Republican Congressional Commit, teo has mado appointments for Judge Kelly, of Pennsylvania, at Wilmington, Newborn, Charleston, Colombia, Charlotto, and Greensboro.' IIa starts on tho tour this week. It is understood Senator Nve will sUrt in about one week, and Senator romeroy expects to spend the caily part of May Jo tho South. One of tho agent of the Coniüiittcohai begun hii labors at Macon, aod will visit every couoty in Georgia.

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"ThoLoS!o cf Events." Dubois county, iu this State, is intensely Democratic Last fall her voto waa 2,120 and tho majority for tho Deuiocratio can didates l,2oS, Atthevprin election in l'atoka Township, ilr.Kdward Humphries, a Radical eaudidtc for supervisor, was defeated by a negro known as "lilack x Sam." Sam beat iMr. Humphries three to one. It ia not difficult to determine who voted for the negro and elected hitn in Da bois couuty. We don't blamo Sam, nor do we blame tho Democrats who selected Sam aa their representative man. Kentucky Democracy, Wc havo new and indubitable evldonce of the fiJvlity of Kentucky to Democratic teachings. A dispatch, from Mavsvillo says that Sir. Biker, tho Union canliJato fr Lieutenant Governor, was prevented frSm rpeaking at Uermantown, in tlint State, on Friday, by a moh of returned reLIa, who threatened hic.witu ioIence if he made the attempt. This 1, doubtIces, the Democrat! j idea cf fico rrcccli" in Kentucky. Pcsco in D.ropo. Cable dihpatclcs indie tto that tho initiatory mcosurcs for Iho icttlcmciit of tLe liUxeml urg question poiccably, are well under wiy. Queen Victoria scut a letter

to the Kingof Trunin, urging him to accept tho last and moro moderate propri lions cf settlement to which tho 1'inpcror of l'ranco had signifi.id Iii, readintos to accido. It is rnicilly announced in l'aris that tho Kmpcror U icady to treat on tbo basis of tho neutralisation of Lux eutburg. Lato Saturday night (ho King tf l'rutaia telegraphed to Victoria that ho acceded to her proposition for a nrgoiiutiou on the neutrality Inf i, arid would enter into n Convention cf tho Ureal I'owcrs at LooJoo, which Contention u to meet Muy 15, and meantime tho fortress of Luxemburg is to bo dircaut!cd. Courting Negro Votoi. Tho Democrats of tho District of Columbia, whoa few months ago thrcutontd unulttrab'o thing if tho colored pcoplo were granted iho rij;ht tifullrnj;o, ntu iiuv like their htclhreti further South, doing their Lvi-t liieccuic ti c otis if their du.hy fellow cituciis. ' Gen. Scofhld's Warning ' To tho Richmond - Tinm was unnmtukab'o in the earnest nebs of its touj. lio characterises the laüguage of its iu editorials an intolcrallo insult tJ both loyal FoMifr aud teldicrs of (ho late Confederate army, and plainly S3V9 that ort uf talk mu.-t Ic fct"ppcd.

Value of Newspapers. A child beginning to read bocomes dalighted with newspapers, because he reads of namca and Ikings which are very familiar, and he will make a progress accordingly. A newspaper In one year is worth a quarter's schooling to a child, and every father nuist consider that substantial information is connected with this advancement. The mother of a family being one of its heads, and having a moro Immediate charge of children, should herself be instructed. A mind occupied becomes fortified against the ills of life, and is braced for any emergency. Children amused by rending cr study aro of course considerate and moro easily govcrn?d. How many thoughtless young men havo spent their earnings in; a tavern or grogshop, who ought to hate been reading? How many parents who never spent twenty dollars for books for thoir families would gladly

haveciven thousands to reclaim a son or daughter who had ignorantly and thought It-sly fallen into temptation I Tho President's Next Swing. The Democratic paper of Washington says tho President will bo accompanied in his trip this month to Raleigh, by Mr. Scwnrd and one or two other members of tho Cabinet.' IIa -visits Richmond and olhtr Southern cities, and will not fail to giro Iiis vioff upon vital questions of tho hour occasionally to the people, who asscu bio to greet him. Tho paper then ehargca Gov. Morton and, other Radicals with having preconcerted and promoted tho riotous scenes in tho West lastycar daring the Prcbidonty trip, and says if tho Radi cals irhould feel themselves inclined to create disturbances on this via it, it hopes they will bo dealt with by the military. A Queer Complication of Affairs Exists iu tho First Arkansas Rcvcnuo District. The Collector suddenly disappeared sorco weeks ago. The Department made investigation of his office and fouud much money missing. Officers wcro put on 'tis track. Ho was traced to Memphis an 1 thenco to New Orleans, whero ho was arrestfd. At Washington a new man was notuiuatcd and confirmed -for tho place. It turns out that he went to New Orleans to convert some funds ho had received in payment of taxc., which ho could not satisfactorily negotiate at Memphis, and all the tailing money was safely deposited on Undo Sam's- nccount at New Orleans. The Treasury Department is doing what it can to runko tho suspected Collector all right sgain. Appointment. C. F. Clarksou Eq. has been appointed ArKtsor of Internal Revcnuo for tho Division in which ho resides in Iowa. Difficulty In Virginia. Geo. SehoflclJ haa found difilculty in securing proper rcguirativo officers in Virginia, and army odcors will, it is said,' be employed. Caught Seining. Tho Journal states that several prominent citizens cf Indianapolis havo been arrested, charged with a violation, of tho fish law in aeiuing fur minnow. Pretty strict, surely. ai.il Fire at Indianapolis. A destructive firo broke out in Yettcr's chair factory on South Pennsylvania street, Indianapolis, a few days ago, and burned that building, tho Madison -depot and four houses. Loss about $20,000; insurance, $2,400. Indiana Outrages. Report of moro Indian outrages on the Smoky Hill route aro at hand, and the rcd-ekins appear about to begin vigorous war. Our cavalry, under General Custer, has gone in pursuit of tho offenders. Ii IM.. I Eecopo cf a Thief. Ono of a party of thieves on tho way to tho penitentiary at Je flcreoovillo, Ind., a few Jnys ego, slipped h'u handcuffs near GrccnGeld, jumped from tho train and escajed. Registration in Arkansas. Arrangements aro in progress in Arkanfas for beginning tho work, of registration. Tho State Treasurer, Cunningham, Las been dismisf' for incompetency undor the law, and it is expected other dismissals will follow. ' M?xlm!IIan lias sent thrco- dixp.-ttehes to Juarez, itli nn ofTer of capitulation, if tho lives and property of tho promiucnt Imperialists can bo protected. Jujrcz refuses to accede to tho'propofitiou. Loysl Meeting In Southern Cilice. The citajens of .Savannah and Atlanta, Ga., havo htcly held meetings condemning tho courro of Governor 3cnUna aud their old loaders, and cxjrcKsin a doairo to abide by the legislation of Congress, and carry it out in ood faith. Crimo in Jackson County. Tho ivjmour Tiuu$ is making a very unenviable reputation for Jackson Couuty, in d crics of :ntutii u;n tho crimes that havo bem committed in that County. Last week ho published a long lut ofmurdcri, thia week ho (ills ovtr two columns with robberies, , and promises cs much moro next week ou rapes. .Tho editor nesurcs his renders that not one of Iho perpetrators of any of theso crimes has ever been convicted in a court of justice. Death frcm Hydrophobia. A young girl died of Jiydrophobia near PcuJletou, lud., a dy or two tiuce.

THE NEW FOURTH DISTRICT. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial) writing from . Brookville,

makes some very sensible statements concorning -the new Fourth Congressional District, its candidates aud peculiarities. Wo copy its suggestions and commend them to the consideration of our readers : The Commercial of the 11th Inst, contalocd a letter from its Indianapolis cor respondent, "Indiana," which demands a passing notice. After teferrlng in fitting terms to tho disgraceful quarrels wjuch for years havo disturbed tho political harmony of the Fifth District, and warning tho Union men of Hancock, Shelby, Rush and Franklin against permitting them to be transplanted to their counties, it is announced that General Tom Bennett will contest tho ground for tho Congressional nomination with Mr. Julian, and that the chancoa are decidedly in his favor. Tho antagonism of our friends in the "burnt district" is lamentable and must bo avoided in tho new ono. Wo differ with "Indiana'' as to tho remedy. Ho proposes to renew the bitter strife by pit ting Julian and Dennett, tho leaders of tho two factions, for tho nomination. 10 remove the cause of quarrel we favor a new man, outsido of all participation in the old imbroglio, on whom all Union men can unite. With auch a man, (and thcro aro plenty of thcia outside of the old Fifth,) wo will prove a "pillar of cloud ly day, and Ore by night to me great Union cause. Wc havo tho elements of reliable Union district, and no personal partiianship should bo allowed to endanger it. Disrcnso with tho elective -nomina tions out of whioh have grown much of this bitterness aud stufe, and hurl your anthamca at your political opponents rather than your friends; nominato in tho good old way, and harmony and success will follow. lion. J. II. Farquhar, late Republican member of Concrcaa from tho Fourth Dis trict, is mentioned by your correspondent 1 I i -I - . 3 aavmg ocen apoaon oi iu connection tl.n nnn.tnalinn 1,11 1 !a llr.1TIl llitlft IftftO IIVIIIIUMIIVIIi WW. ...vvafvv. that "as ho declined being a candidate last fall for re-election, he will hardly allow his namo to bo urcd." Tho considerations which impelled Colonel Farquhar to de clinc a renoiuination last fall wcro purely privato and personal, his business affairs, which had Suffered froirt his six years' army and congressional duties, demanding his attention, but if, at tho expiration of the two vcars which clspso prior to another Congress, tneso reasons uo noi men exist, aa thev rrobablv will not. it is not believ ed that his former action will prove a bar to Ins acceptance of a nomination if tendered him, as it is not improbablo it will bo, by tho Union party of tho new Fourth Di&trict. m ' In ISC 1 Colonel Farquhar accepted tho Republican nomination for Congress in the old Fourth District, tho stronghold of Democracy in Indiana, which two years previously had returned a Democratio representative by a majority of nearly thrco thousand, and after a sharp and bitterly contested canvass achieved a triumphant victory, notwithstanding tho canvass was conducted under tho most discouraging circumstances, a sweeping conscription having just occurred, ond every drafted man being furloughvd homo to voto and breed discord and discontent. In his congrcpsional career he fully met tho mcasu of the obligations and duties which do volvcd upon him, and mado a record alike honorable to himself and crcditablo to bis constituents, aa it was useful to tho country. White Water. Conservative Negroes. The Democracy of tho South aro making deupcrato efforts to rally the. conservative frccdmcn, and draw party lines among tho recently enfranchised. One of their meetings recently camo offat Raleigh, aud it was telegraphed as an immense outpouring of conscrvutivo negroes; but it turua out that not a negro could bo induced to tako a position in tho organization of tho meeting, and after they had silently listened to what the white Democrats had to say, they called out some of their own number, and wound up tho aCairwith a grand liepublican hurra. Tho idea of a conservative frcedman, who was so recently owned, bought and Bold aa livo stock, is rcfrcchin A Strange Story Contradicted. Tho Jacksonville, (111.,) Journal pronounccs utterly fulco tho story re'ated aomo weeks ago, about a young laJy of that place who was buiicd in a trance produced by chloroform, which eho took to ca?o an aching tooth. Tho following is given as tho probablo suggestion of tbo 6tcry: "Although thcro ia in It a mass of irrolativo and (also matter, yet wo aro enabled to rccognizo in tho item tho sad iucidont of occidental death alluded to, and can btatc on tho authority of thoso cnirascd in mov ing tho body froui ono cemetery to auothor, tint tho tuctulic comn was not opened at all." Tho Lav ot Kindness. Professor Kiehard Owen, of tho State University, lays in a recently published letter: Tho result of that experionco induces mo unhesitatingly to ascrt that the law of kitidnexs is infinitely more powerful than tho law of forco or fear, and that in tho few caxes whero the former fails it would actually bo beet for tlAj school to bo rid of the boy, and tho srmy to bo tid of .. nil ... - . I. t. .1..! 11.0 mail. neucver a jfouiu is uoiu an injury by bU precepts and cxamplo to follow atudcut', and injuring an institution moro than iho institution is benefitting him, then I think it becomes a duty, ufUT fair warning ond admonition, to separate him by u?rctiMon, dismissal, or cxpulrioii. Whenever a solJicr is creating insubordination among others, and various admonitions lit) vo failed to correct him, it is better to havo him court-martialed and drummed out vf the regiment, if practicable, rather than to risk his cotitamioatioti. A Good Reason. Tho reason tho Democratic party opposo the enfranchisement of tho negroes is stated by a cotcmporary to be, becauso whereever enfranchised they have shown themselves po?8cscd of too much good sense to vote tho Democratic ticket.

Speculations for tho Democracy. The Washington correspondent of tho

Philadelphia iVe.j "Occasional" speculates upon the chances of the Democracy in the next Presidential canvass based and built upon their success in tho recent election in the Stato of Connecticut. The Presidency is the objective point of all parties, but there never was a party that occupied so illoo'cal a position as tho rem nantoftho olj Democracy, and there never was a timo when tho pcoplo demand ed more consistency and courago on tho part of leaders. Tho day for successful deception and demogoguing is gono forever. The correspondent continues: To achieve success tho Democrats should start as they did in former Presidential elections, with a fixed platform, and tho solid electoral voto of tho South, and at least two of the great States or the Aorth. The contcmptiilo folly of their present cxultatiou is proved by tho statement that conceding them Connecticut, l'enncjlvania, New York, New Jersey, Dclawore, Kentucky and Maryland next year, tho Presidency would bo as far irom their grasp as it was when they helped JcfTursou Davis and Joho C. Drcckiuridgo to break p their party. Not ono of them supposes they can clrr) a sirglo reconstructed Southern State fur a Copperhead candidate for Presidoot.-, They should remember that during tho' throes of restoration all of then StajSAl Iß putißod of alavcry, and of all tho Ti he left by slavery, and that they will bo introduced into the blessings of tho Government entirely through lh aujpices of unconditional Union men. Duthowaro theso men to carry New York, Pennsylvania, New, Jersey, and Connecticut in tho coming elections, rolling, as they do, on thesa State to begin the revolution ngaist Kadicalism? It is aquewtion whether tho loss of ono or ill cf theso Commonwealths this year would bo a scricm disadvantage contemplated fii view of tho quick reaction such a result must rroduco accompliihcd, as it must be, by the meanest misrcrcccntations, Tho Democratic leailcrs in thee States have but one lover hostility to negro or universal suffrago. Without that they could not wovo a precinct. Without that they could not excite the prejudices of the adopted citizen; and without tho votes of tho adopted citizens they would be reduced to the nnmbcrs and rogs of Falstaff'a scarecrows. They can command no other tide issue not oven tho eight-hour law that will outlive tho year's canvas. How much they will rcalisoby their inrostmcnt ogainet universal suffrage will bo undmUod by a child when dt is known that every word they speak against tho position of the Radicals on that question in tho North will bo avenged and punished upon their own friend by the colored pcoplo of tho South. Thus, therefore, it aJinds, that the Copperhead leaders cannot hold their forces together in the old fico States if they do not assail the colored man, whilo unlcy their associates and confederals in the South can sccuro the votes of tho colored men, thoso States will bo as effectually republicanism! as Massachusetts and Vermont. When universal suffrago has bo comothe watchword of the pcoplo of every civilized nation, and tho party calling .itself DcmccialhUk. United .State orrays itself againtt that cublimo i.uo, it will not need iho Itadicals to tell the Copperheads that they havo built their hopes of succe&s upon tandy foundations. Tho Frcctlm:n's New Friends. Tho Greensboro (N. Ü.) Union Hiyi. ter, which is a loyal paper, as its namo implies, makes the following well-timed rcmaks on tho new-born lovo of tho rebel leaders for tho colored men: A few months sisce we wcro almost alono in our advocacy of equal rights for the colored men. ; Now how changed! Now Wado Hampton, tho rebel General, who fought so bravely to keep tho cornerstono of tho Confederacy in its proper fdaco, addresses their meetings in alriendy spirit of political equality. Our exchanges of tho Southern typo, too, now apeak in most respectful terms ot' "tho Jrrcilmcu;" and had you been in that curiohity of a Convention at Raleigh, you could havo seen a sight that Uarnum could not rival. This man tho pervading spirit of the whites in tho Convention, whoso landmark but recently was "unqualified opposition to what is called negro suffrage" now smiling in his patronizing way on those colored gentlemen who allowed themselves to bo inveigled into that den. AiM thcro, too, waa tho rcJouhtahlo Scopgin C. L. Harris and X. D. Jones, who but a few days sineo voted to deny tho colored men tho right to testify in our courts cf justice Now how fraternal tho meeting! How lovingly they caress tho "black manl'' To tho real, life lon; friend of tho colored people, to tho believer in quality, and tho life-long Abolitionist, this docs ot all bode good fur tho colored voter. His voto is nccdod by tho.o disloyal men; they cannot voto and thoy would reach their ends by äj voja, , JIo is a voter by tho act of God atuYVongrcss, and let him Ftand upon his dignity and fear thoso who now begin to Hatter and , to caress. Watch these men, who vowed they would Icavo tho State if tho ballot wcro given you; who swore they never would vote ngatn if tho "nigger voted. Such men ouco lived and rioted on tho toil of tho slave, and now they would uso the voto of tho fico man to extricato themselves from tho odium of treason. Tho colored man is not as keen as wo credit him with, if ho allows himself to Lccouio tho dupo of such mon. Shiiuk from their carens. Franklin and Jackson, tho Man of Thought and tho Man of Action, with Portraits Mark Lomop, of London Punch Portraits of Ninctcea Kings and Queens of Sweden Allio Arnold, Poetess A Chcrokco Legend ; The Origin of tho II uman ltace, of Game and Indian Corn, by . O. Squior Phrenology in Sehools Tho Mclrio System Tight Laving, illustratod Muscular Power Effects of a Dad Dream National Salutations -Shopping, by Mrs. Wyllys Charity, by IIopo Arlington Total Depravity of Infants Tho Activo and tho Passive Origin of Life Popo's Essay on Man in May number Phrenological Journal. 20 cts., or S2 a year. Address 8. U. Wei ls, Editor, 3S0 j JJroadway, N. Y,

Morton for President. It has not been many weeks since tho Indianapolis Journal declared that Gov. Mortou "is not a candidate for tho Presidency has no idea of being a candidate and does not wish to be plaocd in the category of o.'pirants for the post." It is probable the Greensburg (Ind.) Chronicle has forgotten this, and nominates Senator Morton for tho next President. The Ilefiublican party might do worto in the soection of a candidate, and it is our purfoso to object to the courso tho Chronicle las sesn proper to take. Senator Morton ia now one of the radical Radicals. When the freed people of tho District of Columbia a few da"ys ago celebrated the anniversary of emancipation in that District, he addressed the colored pcoplo in and around Georgetown from tho same stand and alongside of speakers of their own color. Nothing he said was moro important than

his declaration that the cxamplo of Congress in making universal suffrogo the rule in the South must now be followed in tho North. Indiana is included in tho term "the North,"" and no doubt tho Senator wished to bo understood that tho Republican party in this State is expected to join in this good work. Ono of tho issues then of the next canvass in Indiana will bo. tho amendment of tho Stnte Constitution by striking out tho 5th Section of Article 11 "No ncro or mulatto shall hato the riht of sullrsgo." It is timo tho Republican editors understood that this Ui ue is inevitable. Docs our Decatnr connty cotcmporary fitvor this i:$uc, and did he intend, in nominating Senator Morton, to endorso his new position in regard to universal suffrage, tho right to bo voted ."urand to hold office, to set on juries -nil tho rights now enjoyed by white people? The rieht to voto carries with it oil tho rights and privileges of a citizen. Madison Courier. Valuo of Russian-Amerlcd. Tho New York Timet savs tho commer cial importar.co and political significance of tho acquisition of Russian America, however much they may bo disputed by the Pergonal enemies of Mr. Seward, ara freely conceded by oil shades of California journalism. Auu tutr?im, tho Jiiuletin, 1.1 II em r VI 1 J I . va A a ana mo jimc,auoi nan i rancisco, aro acrced in their appreciation of the effort which has resulted in this accession of territory. They remark upon itscommcr cial vnluo to tho Pucifio States, and upon its political bcarinrrs in connection with i tho new born schemo cf British American Confederation. On both hends tho people on the Pacific coat nro well qualified tu speak. What to tho Atlantio States is a comparatively minor matter, is to them of vital si'rnifi,-anco. . In tho eamo war. tho St. Paul Ihiih Prtm. fpcakinr? as it were on the edgo of the narrow strip of Amtisth dominion which separates Minnesota from tho territory ceded by Russia, is loud in its rraifo of Mr. Seward and his work. ''Its political significance can not bo overrated,.' ia tho opinion of tho iVtsa, and tho sum to bo paid for it can not be "large enough to make it unacceptable to tlA hAtnt. r. P ll,. 1 T r, : t .i i5. Fire at Glendale, Ohio. Tho Gre at Glcndalo last week injured tho north section of the Female College building, to tho extent of $300. Furniture was damaged to about the eamo wnomt. Pollard, of Richmond, said recently to a Northern gentleman : "Negro suffrage ia a dirty weapon, but you have put it into our hands, and wo mean to beat your brains out with it." Fur the Auerlcao, Arithmetical. Two men purchased a farm cf 300 acres for 8G0O, each paying $300. Desiring to divido the farm, one agreed to take his sharo at $2,25 per acre; tho other his at 81,75 per acre. How much land did each get? A solution is required. Teach en. North W'estern Farmer. Tho May number of this popular Rural Magazine has reached our table, and on glancing through it wo find it so full of sterling, useful and interesting matter, that wo feel lik urging it upon tho attention of our readers. A glance at tho tablo of contents is sufficient to indicate its valuo. First comes Work for tho Month, then follows Stirring tho Soil, Reading for Farmers' Roys, Sciontifio Farming, Tho Thrifty Farmer, Treatment of Cows, Tho, Industrial College, Nature Knows No Accidents, A Plea for Farmers, Homo Amusement, Appeal to Fruit Growers, Dwarf Pears, A .New Whitewash, Plow Deep, Farming in Great Britain, Henry Ward Uccchcr's Paper, Tho Ten liest Varieties of Apples for Indiana (this alono ii worth tho price of the paper a year), Domotio l.ecoiptp, &c, Ac., making altogether over fifty articles. Tho Farmer is a haadsomcly-prlntod, finely-illustrated, and splondidly-bound Msgnzino of twenty-four largo three-column pages, and richly worth two dollars ; but tho Publisher gcucrously places tho prico at ono dollar a year, or ten cents a number. Tho result is, it is having an immenso run all over tho West, and especially in this Stc'c, it being tho only paper of tho kind hero ; and wo really think every furmor in tho Stato ought to tako it, as it is moro than worth its cost to ony person. It is published by Dr. T. A. Dlam, Indianapolis, to whom all communications should bo addrcrecd, The Lady's Friend, for May, 1S07. ,iTho Recognition,'' a pretty and pleasant Steel Engraving, leads off this number of tho "Littlyt Fritnl." Then wo havo tho usual elegant Steel Fashion Plato, followed by a Toilet for tho Opera, n HallDress, a Young Lady's Dinner or Evening Dress, a Carringo Dress, Fushionablo Sleovo, CVtalano Douner, Littlo Doy's Pantaloons, dirt's Jacket, ilc., &o. Tho Musio for tho month is "Isn't it Provoking?'' Among tho literary contonts are the continuations of "How A Woman Had Her Way," Orvillo Collego" and "No Longor Young" all first-rato stories; and I 'Firo in Flint," by M. C. P., Skeleton

Leaves, or Phantom Roquets," a new Poem

by Florence Percy, Editorials, &c. A beautiful Steel Engraving called "Ono of Lifa'a Happy Hours," will bo sent gratis to every singlo (?2,t'0) subscriber, and o every person tending a club. Specimen numbers containing tbo particulars of the premium offers and tho reduced prices to clubs, will be sent on the receipt of twen ty cents. Price (with engraving) S2,&0 a year; Four copies (with one engraving) $6,00. Address Deacon & Peterson, 319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Will ' Corrripoadenoa of lb IadUns Atnerlesn. LETTER FROM MINNESOTA. Anoka, Minn., April 13, 18G7. Editor American, i'ou would hardly believe how many things there are in this climate that appear Interesting and remarkblo to a native Hoosicr. Our Winter has been one of rather unusual length. March was colder than February, perhaps colder than January. Only thrco wceka have elapsed sinco the mercury was many dogrccs below zero. Vet it has been the most pleasant Winter I ever saw. While you were having thoso terriblo snow storms in Indiana, the weather here was clear, bright, and delightful. Nothing can exceed tho gentleness and regulaiity of tho approach of Spring ; it comes on as smoothly und steadily as tho rise of day on a calm May morning. . 1 hero ia no linger ing ot Hinter In the Jap ot fpriogt no contendins of the two ica.ons for the mattery. Winter remains until his reign is ended, and then retires proudly, and costs no lonsincr. linccrinc Lok behind. Tho accumulated snows of Winter alt re muiti until Spring, then gradually disap pear, usually without rain. As it melts away, it waters the earth, but docs not swell the streams to any great decree. Our snow is now all gone, except where it wos drifted in lanre heart. We had Game sleighing from tho second week in January to tho second neck in April. e aro now making garden, and the farm eis aie plowing, and sowing wheat. And a a aa e yet there are nearly tnree lect ot ice on the Mississippi, aud men and teams are still crossing ou it: but now at last it begins to show signs of woakness, and in a lew davs moro will break un its encamp mcnt, arid take up its line of march Southward; It is surpriMop; how tho Mississippi keeps up its regular stage of water during tho Witter. Wo havo had no rain for five months, and no melting snow until tho last few days, and yet tho water is just where it was laut Fall? bating the thickncss of tho ico on tho surface In this region wo havo very 'little mud. The transition from good sleighing to goo! waiion'mi; is almoht without an interval Minnesota bears acquaintance. Its healthfulncas is welt known, and it is not over estimated. My wifo expected to dio soon of consumption, if wo had remained in Indiana. fchc now seems to be quite re covered, Oivis. C. rmponJcnea for the InJUna Auwlean. LETTER FROM ILLINOIS. Willow Hill, jAsrin Co., Ill ,) April HI, ISM. f Mr. EJitur. Souio considerable i time - , lias paficd einco I attempted to drop a few Hues to your numerous readers, and for fear somo of them might thiuk I was dead, I concluded I would wrrita again and tell them that I still live and expect to livo os long as I can fee any one else livo. 21y health and ray family's health is far better than when we lived in Qld Franklin. A littlo over ono year has pawed since I camo to thia State, and today finds me much better Mtiffed than when I camo. I am gaining in health, and I had liked to have said wealth ond prosperity. I would not atop much- to Bay it jet, though we havo had it pretty tough sinco wo came here. Hut the prospect in tho futuro is bright. ' It would have beon dollars in my pocket had I come here years ego, instead of staying about that starved-out place of Palcetinr, .Mr. Kditor, I am Burptiocd at those newly-married folks who stay oround there without any home they can call their own, when, with a very small capital, they could buy them land enough to make them a nice home. But I expect they think as I used to think I can't Icavo my native land, or I can't Icavo Puppy and Mammy. Now, young married fidka, let tno givo you ray advice. There is jusi as much land and better here than there, and just as many papa and mams here aa there. 1 mean by this assertion that this country will seem as much like home as your own native land when you get used to it. Now is the time, while you aro young ond ablo to work, ond while vour family is small, to raako the start'. If you have not the money to buy land, there is plenty of land to rent, lly giving ono-tbird, I will venture tho assertion that you will get moro grain than if you get all out in that poor country. After a long, cold, snowy Winter, Spring has made its appoarencc. Tho beauts, birds and bees seem to rcjoico in hcr'splcndor: Spring would bo gloomy wcro it not for Winter. (1AMK. Now, my friendly readers, I proposo to tell you a little about tho gamo that is hero. I think thcro ore somo readers of tho American who liko gaming pretty well. Wo have plenty of deer, turkey, ond no end to rabbits ond chickens. I am safo in saying that in a littlo town not bigger than l'alcftine, more than twenty wagon-loads of deer and turkey, rabbits and chickens wcro sent out. As I proposo to writo aomo timo soon again, I must cfosc; but before doing so, I must return wy THANKS to you Mr. FJitor.for your valuable paper. I would not do without it for twice the cost. Many thanks to Mrs. 'Famclia Ooudie for n package of seeds. May her pathway in her dccliuiug days be atrewn with many flowers. Uela Keelkr. NEW AD VERTISEMENTS. For Sale, MV RES IDKNCR, WAUON gliOr AND CAR. PENTKIi;sHOI, tltuated on the North Kitt corner of Main Uurgan and Head ttreete,oppotlte Henna Llnik't ttore, and tltuated near tbo Depot. It it ono of the Lett loeationi for any kind of builneai in the town. Terms rearoaable. inquire of tho umlertlgned on tha jrtuiliei. If you want to purchai, call toon. 3 JOSKl'll 8. WILKINSON, Ero;kiillf,Ii.d.( May 3 3w

mm SPRING AND SUMMER AT TI1K "Old White Corner." IIa Jait raeclrad walr etWrt4 iock c f MY 00098 OF ALL KINDS, CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, READY-MADE CLOTHING, BOOVS U SHOES, v QUEENSWARE, C3r röoorlöD, STOXE, EARTIIitf & IftODEK-WABLY ALSO, R. BROWN'S EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR ALL AT SMALL PROFITS FOIt 6ts.iOifieoö öünec. May S tr . McCORMICKl'S Improvod for 1067. Unffjuahd for All CnuUlimt f Jhary of Jiodgc l Groin. TOB OSLT FKtrKCT Ktr-ktB IX TBB IXITttT rTi:. OtTdrod oo trial with ary other RMf-er through tb antlr tiairc.t if JmlrtJ. A fro6lrkl, a clean ritfiru), an l a rn" l flf warraatcd at each woip of iho lUka aruund Ilia l.cel. MEMT8 Or TILB IViMtOVF.D SEt.F ttAKEIl. 1. It III iwttp drouth tha bcrlrt eiot i that rvor K'r Bd In filn nr lo-lgci jrr.ia will tru'iljian t anil rk .ff ibtftooaf btttoMUaa can U dons ty any llaaJ fUka tr lrt) I -r wi, or ni other mnufuctarr arar built. 2. It W ic4 or fuctt a cc mMntln of Ira and wo"d parti, at tute the trongtut, and jrt tba ilghteit draft SvtMUkcr made. It bai if lata bean llghtaned to tho te'go of tnUtj, a4 beyond that Jin Hl Dt rfo, fur wo latoad tnr tell a tnichlai that shall Le honestly worth all we ak fur It. 3. It I tha chpit tnachl In market ,beeio tbo bait and iuot tailing, and need do tinkering to keep It in order. 4. It will not break down or fet eat of order' In difficult cattiaj;, but cn roltt en to o thro ig! any barrcit, under all rircumitaner?, 5. The experience of an ordinary lifo time bai been oapeadad on It by the lneu tor end manufacturer!, In perfecting Ua detail, year after year. r- 6. It Ii o elmple that a boy or crl ran work It, and In faot a grant many of oar mach'nef aro operated by thoio juit old enough to drlro team. 7. It will tars at much train over ether ma chlnei ai will ay for It In a few eaion; and ther earing of labor orer a band raker, will almoitr pay fur it In one ataaon. 8. It It the only rkcr Ibtt tnaket tba teparatiun of (ha Sheaf In the rtandlng grain befme tha tickle. The rake eweeplog over tbo tickle aod .latfurto uaket clean work at orery rerolntioa, earing Dot a straw LeLin J. Tbli li tba fTtjt te eret of itt lueeetf. 9. Tho machine In all ttt mlnote datailtIt made at ourfaetory ia Chlnogo under oar pertoaal care, and every part of every tntrhlaa anJergoet a careful impaction before abipuient. 111. Each vear't machine! being made by Im provod machinery from a if prKta itt of tatter&(, earefully preferred, an eiart eounter-patt o( any piece in tbo machine can be bad at any time in tho future, aod oo ihort notice. 11. It It a tplendid Flat Catter, an! laths bemp region of Mlaaourl, la more aard for hemp entttna; than any other machine. Whilo wo do cot auks it especially for bemp cutting, we do warrant it for ilai Catting aa fully aa for grain. 12. It will dm a well at any other eombined mtebine, while we recommend our Seperate Mow cr to thota who have much baring to d. moor of TUEsr btatemests. Ai proof that weity what r rue an, and mean wbatwe'tty, wa challenge all other Reapers of every deaoriptioir, by propiiog to allow tho farmer whdrr!rtl U , leave to wvrk oar Self-Itaker on trial through tbo harvett with any other Heap or, be acre in g to keep and pay for the one that does tho beit work. Tho pooreet machine may do good work to fair wrather, and ia nice grata, but the proof of a ter fing machine 1 ia a pleea of heavy Iowa grain, or ia a whole teaaoo'e work. Wa Invite all auch trialr. and our erenti itructed to affurd ovary facility to the farmeri ia .. . ! - I f . I n . utaaiog tuen irrii. ut for a ratuh!ct l or more Information wrila C. II. MrCOTfXriCK & TIROS. J. C. SERINQ. AtlENT, Wbitootnb, Ind.. DH00 KVILLE MARBLE WORKS. Having been engaged la tbo . MAKDLE BUSINESS at this j ltcefjr Twelvr Year, ,J and thankful for p.t favort, 1 wnuld inform the rubllo that I sin Mill ctrryirf on at lie OLD STAND In tbo rear of the Court Houfo, and am prepared to furnUh promptly, ana at me cneapean.v.., any kindof work In DDLfiCjJ.3F1.33X3I3a plain, fancy, eurved. or eoulptural, oxeeutel to tatury the meit f artlenlar. Travelinc Agent. (Jtor.OB Bolt., Jay a II. U.SCIIItlCUIE,

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