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CVlUUUML C. H. DINGHAM, Editor. - ÜHOOKVILtKFriday IXornlnE, Uay 24, 1837.. Meeting of tho Union Central CommitTb members of tho Franklin County Union Executive Cotnuiitlco are requested to" incet at thty office of It. II. Swift in BrcOknlle, on Saturday, Slay 2"th, 1SG7, ät one o'clock P. II. .The following per sona compose said Committee : Tho. II. Conner, W.IT.Shulta,' John Wehb, . . John Colter, Jos. II. Moore, " David Ij wer, 07 Jr. Awuefal attendance U very desirable. , . , tC'DAS. C. Binklet, Chairman. FRIGHTFUL COLLISION. - On Wednesday ruorntnj about half past eight o'clock the down passenger train. on the W. W. V. R. It. cauie into collision with tho 0. Si M. mail and express train in tbo deep cut close. to tbe Miami river bridge. Both , locomotiYC3 were badly amasbed, alio both tenders, Tjrngo cars), and the front part of the first passenger car of tbe W. W. V. traio. Mr. Wood, the engineer of the latter train, was seriously hurt, and will probably die. Two pt three attaches of the O. & M. train were badly injured. None of the passengar were hurt. -It tpp8M-ihat the-ü. Si M. train was behind time, and it was the duty of tho Conductor of the down train to order it to remain at the Junction thirty minute?, but instead or doing so it went on, Conductor James supposing he could reach Cleves on time in safety. It is a wonder that so few persons escaped injury. An Appeal to the Union Party. The Union National Committee has iisued an appeal to the Union party throughout the country to organize, in view of the coming Presidential campaign. Tha Committee asks for funds to defray the expense of a protracted and thorough campaign in the South, and for tho distribution of documents. Meeting at Mobile. ' The citizens of Mobilo held a meeting on Thursday night, and tesolved that the recent disorder" was lamentable; that they deplored the occurrences;' that the "disturbance" was owing to "accidental excitement," and that they are not "disposed to impede" free cpeech. Maeting at Knoxville. . At Krroxville, Tenti., there was, on Mondiy, a greit radical meeting, calling together the largest assemblage ever known in the city. A lare procession, attended wi.'.h music, railed at tho residenca of Got. 1 row a low, who, although quite . feeble, made a brief speech in acknowledgment of the compliment. The procession thee marched to the Court House, when a great meeting was organized in the open air and addressed by several speakers whose radical utterances were received with manifestations of cordial approval. Senator Wilson Addressed a urge and attentive audienco at Iluntsville, Alabarui, Saturday night. This was the thirteenth and last speech of the Senator's Southern tour. National Leaguo. The National Lejgue uf America has a strong foothold in all the Southern States, except Mississippi and Texas, and is rapidly extending. Juiga Kelly at AUanta. Judge Kelly spoke at Atlanta, Oa. ondjy. S mg somo gross personal insaluby one pitiable wretch he was not in terfered with. A largo audience was in attendance, and prominent Southern cititens thanked him Tor his address at its conclusion. The call (Ur a Convention, July 4th, toorjpnua the llipubljcan party, was rca Is tho scene of several Conventions this week. The Grand Central of Royal and Select Masons convened on Tuesday; the Grand Chapter of llyal Arch Masons va Wednesday; the Grand Lodgo of Odd Fellows on Tuesday; also on Tuesday Uie ludiana Medical Society, and oa Wednesday the United Stages Ilomoc ipathio Society. The Grand Masonic Temple iscsJa there on tha 23th. . Debate at Memphis. At Mxaiphison Friday, there was a dobate at tLo C'jttft I low-a fure Ucforo a very large arsemblj, between- Kuersoa Ktheidge, " conservative candidate fit Governor, and Gen. W. B. Stokos. Kthcridj;e wa;very latter on. Brown'.ow and the Rjdicals, ad Mr.. Stokos defended both with- warmth. -There- van no dlwrxlcr.. DistUJcjies Seized. "Three illicit diillciijs wjerc Nit. Ljk, f uursdjy..' ' scixel

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. Statd Fair Premium List. John A. Colcscott Kq. has hid Upon our table tbo Pre mi am List, of tho Fifteenth Indiana State Fair, fa be held on tho beautiful Fair Grounds at Terra Haute, on Monday, Sept. 30 to Saturday, Oct, 5, 18C7, inclusive, 910,000 in premiums are offered $1, C00 for the best trotting horiej tnaro or geldingV $300 fof the lest pacing Iiotso, rnaro or gelding. Time track the leaUin the State. . Half. Eure on railroads. Hotel accommodations ample. Single tickets 3 cts. each and good for one admission only. "" -" It Is Believed That tbo Supreme Court on the Mississippi injunction caso was divided in the sume way as on the Milligan case." The Best Method. The Congressional Indian Investigation Committee is of r opinion that the best method of dealing with the Indians is to collect all the tribes on liberafrceervations.

- A Violation ? Or the Ciril Rights bill has occurred at Norfolk, Va. The Captain ofaferrvboat ordered a respectable negro woman out of the ladies' cabin. He has been arrested. Radical Convention. The Radical Congressional Convention which met at Nashville on Thursday, split into two sections, each of which nominated a candidate The seccders nominated John Lawrence, a Frcedman'a Bureau Agent, foi-merly of Ohio, while those who remained nominated John Trimble, a native Unionist. Judge Lawrence has declined tbe nomination. Impeachment. The grounds upon which Judge King of Missouri is now upon trial for impeachment, are that he has id various specified cases prostituted hid office to political influence. Registration in Virginia. Gen. Schofield has issued an order for the conduct of registration in Virginia. In each district there is to be a board bosides the Board of Registration, composed of three whites and three colored persons, who shall have the right of challenging applicants. Efficient meaaures are provided for the preservation of order. Temperanca In Michigan. Tho temperance men in the Michigan Constitutional Convention expect to get into the new Constitution aclauso prohibiting tho manufacture or sale of liquor in theStato. A Discovery. It has been discovered that a party of Southern rebels who were In Washington after the surrender of Lee negotiating for their pardons, were at the same time enpaged in an effort to induce the Emperor Napo!eon to aid them, promising to renew the rebellion with vigor; Rabbits. Fourteen rabbits were taken to an Australian farm eight years ago, and last jcar 1 -1,253 of their progeny were killed. Spring Wheat. Twcvo hundred acres of spring wheat have been sown on one farm in Denton County. Doings of a Thunderbolt. Duriug a recent storm in Huntington a thunderbolt smashed a pine tro in Dr. Orajston's yard, and then went through Dr. Dartcle'a house, upsetting a child, rocking chair, two chairs and a barrel. Mobilo Under Military Control. Mobile has been put uader the control of the military, and strict regulations have been issued for tho prevention of any further disturbance. ' Succassor to Minister Wright. Geo. Bancroft, of N. Y., has been appointed Minister to Berlin, the post made vacant by tbe death of Gov. Wright, and he has accepted the appointment. Bars Closed. ' All hotel and saloon bars in Boston wcro to be closed, after Saturday last, or suffer seizure of their liquors. Jeff Davis in New York. -Jeff Davis spent Thursday at the New York Hotel, and received his friends. From New York he goes to Canada. Carrying of Firearms Prohibited. General Sheridan , ba3 forbidden the ing of firearms by tho pcoplo of New means. .No Disturbance. There was no disturbance at the meeting in New Orleans, addressed by Senator Wilson, Thursday night. Premeditated Plot. " Telegrams from Mobile to Washington indicate that there was a premeditated plot to assassinate Mr. Kellev. Dec'lJon Contest. Hon. Sam'l McKco will contest the election of John D. Youngs in the Ninth Congressional District of Kentucky. Sheridan' Order. The New Orleans-lbyullican says that the Unionists of that city, arc highly delighted with Sheridan's . order, . metructing the Chief of Police to select ono-talf of his men from cx-Union soldiers. Nothing could, it affirms, be done whiah will aid. so mueh tu developing and encotxrnging a " Uuujn ecntiuicut among the rcop!

Foreign. The F,mpcror of Austria has promulgated a decree in favor of Protestantism in Hungary. The Great Powers have again united in a petition t(i the Sublime Porto to cede Crete to Greece. - Apartments have been fitted up at Montreal for tho reception of Jeff. Davis. He will be Invited to visit Toronto. ' ' . ; ?; The rinderpest has broken out anew in England, and official measures have been inaugurated for preventing its spread. In Berlin, on Friday, there was a meeting of Americans, to whom Ex-Governor Curtin", of Pennsylvania, delivered a eulogy on Kx-Govcrnor Wright. Reports have reached London from Athens of two bloody battles lately fought in Candia, in both of which Omar Pasha's army wa3 beaten, suffering a loss of 3,000. A Doso of Pills. . A sawbones living near Ellettsvillo, says tho Bloomtngton rreyrtss, was aroused one night by a hearing a burglar endeavoring to" get into his parlor window. He gnt up cautiously, and having no bullets,

loaded a horse pistol with a handful of hard anti-bilious pills, with which he "let sliver" at the burglarious scoundrel. The dose of pills took effect in tho burglar's rear, andhe rdn off, howling. As they contained mercury, the burgtar is supposed to have been pretty well "Jalivntcd." ... - ai ef a .' The SugarBset In Illinois. Parties experimenting in tho cultiva tion of tjsugar beet, on tho prairies of Illinois, have been very successful. A largo crop of beets were grown, last year, rich iii saccharine matter, from which 10(7,000 pounds of sugar was manufactured and put into the market. The sugar is of as gocd quality as any that is imported. The company. will plant til hundred acres' of beets this season. Tho J'rairie Farmer prophesies that sugar will eventually bo as much an article of export from Illiuois as corn and beef. We hope the prediction may bo fulfilled. Nogroes Voting. The negroes were allowed to vote at the lato city election in Denver, Colorado. Tenth Thousand of Ned Nevi.vs Chance Jor Disabled Soldicr$. The tenth thousand of Mr. Morgan's book, . "Ned iNevins, the Newsboy; or, Street life in Bos ton," is already issued, aud orders have been given for the fiftccoth thousandThey are printed and sold at the rate of over a thousand a week. Rand Si Avery, Printers, No. 3 Cornhill, will attest the fact. Two of their power presses arc'kept continually at work on the book. Agents are reaping a barvest by it, realizing 100 per cent.- profit. Dudley a. Jones. - of Ellsworth, Maine, writes that cf tho first l t he sold a copy at almost every houso and expects to tell 200 in the town. W. II. ( Dennett, of Fall River, Mass., sold 120 copies in that town, and expects to sell G00 in the county. Disabled soldiers, and others, find it the best book published for canvassing. Even children have Veen known to clear $5 a day. Canvassers aronuUiplying daify; at the present rato of increase, demands for the book will eoon reach 2,000 a week. Agents wishing to sccuro good territory, should arply at onco to Rev. Henry Morgan, 9 Groton btrcct, Boston, Mass. The Lady's Fiuend, tor Jcsk, 16G7. Tho June number of this popularMagazinc is before us. A charming domestic scene called "Homo Treasures," ibtho subject or tho Steel Plate in front. Tho Colored Fashions present a group of brilliant and graceful figures, attired in tbe latest modo. Among the numerous woodcuts arc a handsome bridal dress, traveling and visiting toilettes, new paletots aud bouneti, illustrations of Wax Flower Work, Ac. The literary matter is choice. "How a Woman Had Her Way," continues wonderfully entertaining. "That Blcssd Baby, is iuii vt iiuiii uuu iiuuivii I'liro Douglass concludes her excellent fctory, "No Longer Young," and there are Poems by Elin Sproat Turner, and Mrs. M. F. Tucker. The Music, furnished for each number by Lee Si Walker, is alone worth the subscription price. A beautiful Steel Engraving, called "One of Life's Happy Houta," will be &cnt gratis to every single (S2,50) subscriber, and to every person sending a club. Specimen numbers containing the particulars of the premium offers and the reduced prices to clubs, will bo sent on the receipt of twenty cents. Price (with engraving) $2,50 a year; Four copies (with ono engraving) $0,00. Address Deacon Sc Peterson, 319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. "The- Differenco." "A barrel of flour can be bought in San Francisco for $o,50 in money. Here it is worth $IG and S17 in rags. If poor and laboring men admire this kind of feast, to which radical management is now inviting them, they should by all means vote to keep that party in power." Herald. We had Bupposed that the failure of the wheat crop for iwo successive years, in nearly all the grain growing States of the Union, was occasioned by natural causes, but the Jhrald has discovered that the wicked Radicals are rcfponsible for it. It is curious that the radicals should prevent wtu-at from crowiocr. considering that bread is as essential to them as to the) saiuts represented by the Ar'iW, tut tacrel i no-accounting for tho perverseness of j human natura samotimes. Anotberqucer fcatura of the situation is that Minnesota and California both 6trongly R idical States, had splendid crops of wheat lust year, while tho few States controlled by tbo pious Democracy raised ncxi to. none, ami the many States that

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went into tho Democratio rebc'.lion produced still less. Of course the Radicals, and not adverse seasons, cut hört the wheat crop,,.or the Herald would tiot pay so; but it n strange nevertheless, that the salt of the earth, ti e K. G. C. Democracv and tho late rcbrls nhould bo compelled ta cat corn' bread, wticn tLey were not rcfponsiuie jor uic unpropitious winters, the untimely rains aud unfavorable summer heats under which the growing crops perished! Journal. . THE MOBILE RIOT. ." Moon,:, Ala., May 1-1 Midnight. Mri Kclley attempted to speak here this evening at the corner of Government and Royal atreets, to a Very large audience of both colors. Colonel Sheppard, who is in command of the United States troops, kindly sent the Band of the Fifteenth Infantry to the meeting, which enlivened the. occasion with some fine music. Gustavus Horton, -Esq., a gentleman whoso nephew was murdered iu tho New Orleans riot, r Jsided. Judge Kelley proceeded ns far as to say that he was here, not as one of their pipers had Mated, the representative of any faction, but to speak in behalf of tho whole people and the whole country of the United States. The Taction 1 serve is the thirty-two millions of tbo American pvoplo, and 1 will serve them before the world. 1 thank you for coming to hear that notorious Radical from Pennsylvania. Demagogues made tho war. They kept the South apart from the North, and would not let them JuJt UUTwords, as tho editor of the Mobile Times is trying to do. They arc &t tlcir vrori aaio, and they want to keep us asunder. ' But we willlake counsel together in spite of all the editorial quills In tie Stale. The ppeaker referred to the statement of Alexander II. Stephens that.slavcry was tho foundation stone of the Confederacy, and said that the colored people knewjthat their old master, duting tbe war, were , fighting to keep thctn in bondage. Applause. lie was here tonight to speak as be could not have done before the war They would not dare to listen to him; they were not allowed to read a Northern newspaper. If a man on the cart was found with one iti Lis o?Letf be would be haunted like a felon. Chccrs.J While the rights' of free ppecch and a free press are preserved wo never can bo caricd with another r. Herd there was aotne intcrrnption on the outskirts af the meeting, with cries of "Put him donl" Then tho riot commenced, and tho Judge's speech was brought to a sudden conclusion. The firing, which commenced at the place of mccttag, extended to savcral streets in the vicinity. A report hajjost been made to Ccd. Sheppard that a negro is lying dead on Cedar street, a few blocks above the scene of tho riot. Ho has detailed a guard to take possession of that locality until morning. ! ' The wholo military force, who arc encamped about a mile from the place C meeting, have been ordered into the city, and now are posted at different pointi. prepared for any attempt, or a renewal of tue not. Judge Kclley very coolly descended from the platform in the midst of tho fire, pushed Lis way through tho crowd, reaching his hotel in safety. It is said tbatsevcrjl white men, who probalilyiiad uo-part in the -attack, were t'l;ot in the melcc. Mr. Goldcuiith was killed, , and Mr. fvidbcrry, late Chief of i.,t: .... . , .'TT e i .... i 4 t naa ouvi ju li u luicuuaii. iV J Oliccman bad a bill put through his wrist. It appears that thotguna and musket, as well as pistols, wcro ujed, but the firing was so rapid and continuous that it wo difficult to tell what kind of arms were employed. If any disposition to rcucw the riots "is shown it is probable that tho city will be placed under martial law. Col. Sheppard li now in council with Mayor Withers upon the subject, and beforo morning wc hall know tho result cf their consul.'ations. NztvYoitK, May 1C. 1 A special ssysofuhe Mobilo riot: The leader, David Files, who fired the first bhot at Chief of Police Carpenter, is the only ouo arrested. It is said he aimed directly at Judge Kelly. 11c was held to bail this morning in 5,U(J0 by Mayor Wither, but has uot obtained bonds. It is certain tho attack on tho r.cgroes was continued for a considerable distance from tho scene of action, ns many were shot five or six squares off. Shots were fired from the roof of a store kept by Mr. Wolf directly oppoaito the stand, and from tho windows of a houso kept by a man named Brooks, at , the corner of Royal street. It is believed here shots were also fired from the side windows of John Fursythe'a house, editor of tbo Register, which overlooks tho stand. I cannot vouch for the truth of this, as I sat in . front of the window, and the balls must have btruck behind me. The excitement to day is so great that the investigation is postponed, and the Mayor and Colonel Sheppard will tanke a rigid inquiry into the matter. The Uni ted States troops are ttill posted throughout the city, a squad occupying the front of the Battle Ilouse. A large and very harmonious meeting of whites and blacks was held this eveninz. Spoeches were made by Hon Alex. McKinstry, Major Sjaul, of tho Times, and others. ' - . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted: Whereas, At a meeting cn the night of May 11, there were disturbances and disorders, resulting in -most lamentable con sequences; be it resolved, First We deeply, deplore the unfortunate occurrences which took place at paid meeting, and desire to express, in the strongest terms, our disapprobation of them. Second We arc of opinion the disturbances at said meeting were wholly unpremeditated, and the result of the accidental excitement to which a large assemblage are subject. Third In our opinion our people are not disposed to impede in any manner the free cxereiee of ppcech, by all and every class of persons. The Democratic papers trow lustily over t fie election ot a part of their candidates in Richmond and Terre Haute, and claim these petty successes as forerunners of a great political reaction against the Union party, notwithstanding tbey were owing to temporary and local disesions among Republicans. Let them take all the comfort they cm cxtract( from these incidents. Our gains in Forte Ya; ne, aud Jeflcrtou.

ville exceed the majorities of all the Democratic Mayors elected in Indiana last Tuesday,.—[Journal. ---<>--- INDIANA GOLD DIGGINGS. [Correspondence of the Indiana American.] NEW TRENTON, IN., May 21, '67. <Mr. Editor>,—The specimen of virgin gold I showed you a few days since, was obtained in Brown County, Indiana, and I now proceed, according to your request, to give the readers of the <American> an ac-

count of my trip to the INDIANA GOLD <Regions>. Having some business matters to attend to in the "<State> of Brown," as that Coun ty is familiarly called, I took the morning train on the White Water Valley Railroad for Valley Junction, expecting there to meet the Western-bound train on the Indianapolis & Cincinnati Railroad. But "The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft aglee." A slight detention, owing to a "hot-box," brought us to the Junction <just in time to miss the train>. Now some men, under these circumstances, would have indulged in curses and imprecations upon the devoted heads of our railroad managers.: Ten minutes' earlier arrival would have saved me five hours and forty minutes' detention. But had our Conductor put us through on time, we might have burst off an axle and met with a <catastrophe> instead of the <train>. I commend him for "going slow" in such cases. But for the hospitality of my old friend Dr. John Hughs and his family, who live about a half-mile from the Station, and who kindly entertained me at dinner, I might myself have thought— ""How tedious and tasteless the hours." When I stepped on the 1:40 P. M. train I found myself in company,with His Honor Judge Wilson and old friend Wiley of Laurel. The Judge was on his way to Greensburg to hold Court, and Mr. Wiley, was on his way to Iowa to visit his daughter. So I had a pleasant trip on the train, with Elliott, one of the most gentlemanly and obliging of the fraternity of Conductors. Arriving at Shelbyville, 1 found I had to remain over night, and accepted the invitation of my friend David Conrey, a Franklin County man, to stay with him. Mr. Conrey is doing a fine business in the furniture line at Shelbyville. This town is growing <very rapidly>, is blessed with several good turnpikes, (which is more than some of our Western towns can boast of,) and is constantly building more pikes. Upon a recent survey, it is found that Blue River has a fall of some forty feet feet in eight miles, and the citizen are about to build hydraulic works, which will largely develope [sic] the resources of the country. In company with "mine host" I attended "William Harker Lodge," U. D. of F. & A. Masons, and thus spent a pleasant hour in a pleasant company of brethren of the mystic rite. 'Blest be the tie that binds, Our hears in kindred love; The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above." Next morning I took the train for Columbus, the County-seat of Bartholomew County, where I arrived at about 10 o' clock A. M. Here I found I would have to remain over till next day for the Nashville hack or hire a private conveyance.— A five-dollar greenback took me "over the hills and lofty mountains" into the State of Brown, in a spring wagon driven by a Mr. Branham or Brannan, thirteen miles, to the hospitable mansion of the Hon. William Taggart, Senator from Brown County in the Indiana Legislature. I had served with him in the House of Representatives in 1852, and at that time formed an acquaintance, and then last winter Mr. Taggart was in the Senate, where our acquaintance was renewed. By express invitation I was to remain at his house during my stay in Brown County. Mr. Taggart owns a large farm of about 800 acres of the best land in one body that I saw in the County; and should you ever, visit that County, I advise you by all means to call upon and get acquainted with Mr. Taggart and his entertaining and agreeable lady and family, for there you will find that genuine hospitality which was so characteristic of the early pioneers of our good Hoosier State. It happened to be Court time in Brown, and my business calling, I visited Nashville, the County-seat, where I found Judge Berkshire holding Circuit Court.— Three days' term of Court would indicate that the people of Brown are a law-abiding people, which I suppose they are. I found Hester & Branning, attorneys, a very pleasant firm to transact business with. But to the gold diggings. In company with Mr. Thomas Taggart I visited the gold mines, where I found Mr. J. W. Macy, a native of Henry County, Indiana, living in Hamlin Township, at work, and making, as he said, about $2,50 per day and wasting about an equal amount; that is, he wastes in washing about one-half of what he digs, and an experienced Californian would save $5 or more. The specimen you saw was shown to Dehume & Co., corner of Walnut and Fourth streets, Cincinnati, and by them pronounced very fine gold, and worth four cents per grain or about $18 per ounce. This is what is called drift gold, and is known to be in several other localities in Brown County. Mr. Macy was at work about five or six miles south of the Martinsville branch of the I. & C. Railroad. His post office address is Speersville, Brown County; Mr. Taggart's post office is Mt. Moriah, Hester & Browning at Nashville, Brown County, either of whom will take pleasure in giving information in relation to the Indiana gold diggings. I will state that I was incredulous about this Brown County gold, and supposed people were mining mica slate or perhaps the sulpheret of iron; but the gold you saw was taken, at least a part of it, by me from the sluices of Mr. Macy, and is thought to be there in considerable quantities. I have no interest in Brown County lands, but merely state what I saw and verily believe. All the fixtures of Mr. Macy for gold washing are probably not worth $10; and if he could make $2,50 per day, it is believed, with suitable apparatus for saving the fine particles—say with quicksilver in the rockers—much more could be made. It will require work, and hard work, but doubtless will, pay well. .And if any one entertains doubts in regard to these statements, let him go and see for himself, and be convinced, as was Your humble friend, SAMUEL DAVIS.

HARRISON CORRESPONDENCE; Harrison, 0., May, 13, 16C7. Dear Amcrican,-We denizens of Harrison well remember, or many of us do remember, when a trip to Brook villa involved a ecrious journey. The narrows' was famous for the greal difficulty it opposed to travel in that direction, and it is with pleature wo arc permitted to know that the iron horse, with no fear of the deep mud of tho narrows before him, will take Us tiircrrgh in less than ono hour. It makes tis feel that we aro near neighbors, and ought to be good friends ; indeed,' wc sometimes feel that b hate -a right - to claim a peculiar interest in all the celebrities of Brookvillcj hence, in Fpcakihgof your Congressman, wo call him our Col. Farquhar and the American our paper; and I notonly expectour fair young Grace Chester will continue to favor us with the effusions of her pen. and prove as valuable a correspondent to the paper as her elder married sister has to your neighbor, the Democrat, but I hope our business men will see aud act upon tbe propriety and benefits accruing to them by advertising liberally in its columns. We havqbut few changes to "note, and for the last -week the only excitement claiming a partial notice was furnished on Sunday last by our German friends of tbe Lutheran church. It appears that two parties exist 10 the organization, the particulars of which arc not understood by me. This difference, however, culminated on the last Sabbath, in the party opposed to the präsent minister gathering in forco to the church snd barring his entrance, until it was thought neeeetry to call in the aid of tic Maitlial cf tho town, to enforce peace and order. I do not understand the merits of the controversy, bnt I do t-erious-ly rejret that ecb disgraceful btencs cau bo witnessed, when we, on the contrary, look for examples of peace, tjuict, and conduct that would tend to the improvement of the characters and morals of the community. But so long as leading members of a church arc permitted to imbibe ''tingicfoot," or puzzle lager or other tueb slops, wc thould not look for much of the spirit nranifettcd by the Rlcsscd Author of the Religion of the Bible. A Christian is the highest Ptylcof man," says ti e poet, (not tho great French one,) and ccrtuiii!y a Christian man should bo a gmtlcnian ;

.and how fad a thing it ij to pee Christians yes, even Christian imnuttrs falling f;ir below the 'the character of a gentleman, by tbe wc of personalities in the pulpit, uncalled for, even to eaHtnj attention to those whoso doctiines and conduct art attacked, by naming men iu their tirades and vulgar efforts to ridirule better men than themselves; and yet sem such, thuugh let it bo hoped, for the hofior of the cloth, but few, are now and then fo bo found. And now, to change the' bubject. I woukd commend to the seiious consideration of honCst Democratic friends, the expression of satisfitction nnd t'cn exultation found in their leading journals over the soctess of the rebel Butternuts in the late Kentucky election, and woald osk seriously, have wo not, in thi, positive proof of the co-mplioity of the Democratic parlv. in addition to other evidences, in i ho bite rebellion eotferf tit; f,-.f the tiv.rtcs I Parpar of thwarting ths wilt ol tho majoiity 01 110 ccopic, oiiu octroying tno nation they "wetC "proven unfit to govern nod control? "And y-t rcitti what impudence they claim to bo fnC-'nte fiicndi cf the people, like the rebel leaded a ,3w endeavoring to prove to tho ficcdmcn that tho feoutucrn,, masters who tcouigcd, maimed, or t-old them like cattle, jWCic the friends on whom they bhou.ld rely for direction nnd advice. As nn itutareo of the practice to which I lofer, you may consult the article on taxes in tho I'ranltin Democrat of last week, in which the fact is ignored, that our greatly increased taxation grows out of the condition to which the Democratic party had' reduced the nation, cur taxes being levied to pay tho cx-

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v n Il..i,-.w.r..t;, 1 Al.-n; f..ar...t n,,,1l 1 , . . i . . , . . I wnuiivu iuio yvinz uy u i-emucidiio uu-uiinir-tration,nt the lica l ot wiiicu was lound that idol of tho parly, tho "til p'ib'ia functionary," elected by the ''i:no!i-pu:;ff dyed-in-tho-wool Democratic p:irty. Poor fellows! let them rail on in their dejeralion; but, notwithstanding, let them remember that the timo will t ei tatuly anon arrive, when the vcty name of Copperhead Democracy will stink iu tbe mouths of ull honest friends of the country, and no digraco can be' bequeathed to their children, so dark and blasting, as tho knowledge that their fathers were Copperheads a character ho totally at vaiiauce with ull tho teachings tf ptttiotiain or Christianity. The weather is still cold for ti e season, but our fruit crop is sccuro ns yot, and promises a rjch yield. Dut timo presses, and I must close. Yours, ' Terry Montrose. LETTER FQOM MISSOURI. Correspoodenca of tha I.diaua American. ( (jrauam, Nodaway Co., Missouri, 1. May Hth, 18C7.. j. Mr. Eilityr, Having lived in this State eighteen months, and wishing to give my friend in Old Franklin a descriptiou of the country and cJima.te, I find no better wav ttian 10 coram (liucaie iuroui your excellent paper. And so long as tho American continues to advocate its preecnt principles, you may consider me a subscriber for life. ' Dy a glance at the map, you will sec that Nodaway County is bounded on the West by a river of the same name, and I believe is put down as navigable. Tho Nodaway river is a narrow, deep stream, full of sunken snags. It is abo very crooked. The name is of Indian origin, and means crooked river, The bottoms along tlris river in places are from three to six miles wide, with a soil from eight to ten feet deep. The upland is quite roWing, but not hilly, with a deep, rich soil, producing from 75 to .100 bushels of corn per acre. It also brings good wheat and oats. Tho Winters are cold and windy ; at times considerable snow falls. To give you an idea how suddenly these L. snow-storms come, 1 will relate one inbtanco : Having occasion to transact some business across the prairie, some five miles off, I started about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The day had been unusually warm. After starting, the atmosphere lrcgan to thicken. A cold Northeast wind sprang tin. Hat-intr found the nvnu I went to fccc. 1 Etartcu to return ucuic. suv via . . ... .... 1 Tl.. .1.1

man followed me outv After tcantliij thesky, he made tbe remark, "Look Wre; before -ou reach that 'high Tidge, if you don't wih yourself home by a good fire, you may ruin me." "How so, Uncle Jim T I have a good horse, and cltn aoon male it ; besides, it has been warm t!l day." "Let me Icll you thar's a Nor'eanUr' a cutnmih j lookout.'' After thankingldm, I started, and sure enough,' before the divide was reached, 1 -encountered one of thö.raoft blinding enow-norn:sI ever experienced. It was impossible to see ten feet either way. Letting my horse tala his own" toare away we went at full p'peedi Ali landmark Ixad ditaff ar d; and oiht was fast opproacbing. But my' faithful horse kept the courre, and landed me safety at my door. y Duringjhe night the mew fell to the depth of-twenty inches; l ftaid only about five days. The coldest weather we had wa in March. About, the 12th the thermometer stotd at 14 degrees' below zero. Old Sol would come vp prepared for a bunt, as ho generally brought "Ms dojs with him." . Lat-t tiubl'ath morning was one of. the' rfiost lovely I ever remember of seeing. A gentle shower fell during the" night all natürö was clothed in "living" grSetf, Inter spersed with beautiful Cowers of every color, while numerous herds of cattle were wending their way to the crecn pastures':

"and the little birds singing sweetly in the grove. How pleasant to walk out such a beautiful morning, contemplating the gloria ous works of creation , aud adoring their great Creator. . . .. Cattle, horses, mules, hogs' and sheep' ore raised here in largo numbers Some' men herd a thousand head .of . cattle 'for market. Tl.ere is quite a demand for mules, owing to the large amount of freightto cru.ss the plains this Summer. : The Fall wheat was all destroyed by the grasshop pers, anu larmers liave sown, largely 4 rprina wneat, ana it loots promism rr Vegetebles of all kind do well, especially melons. Tbe amount oT grain raised and1 fed out to etoek is immense. Hogs do well. Tbe farms are generally large, con taining from 320 to 000 ncrcs. not well improved. Land sells front CiO to per acre, according to iRrprcrreirc'nfs. Game' is plenty. The wild geese, brants, ducka and cranes come about the first of Nove m-' bcr and 6tay until April. Thjir number' is legion, and woe to the farmer who ia black about gathering bi3 corn, as they will cave him the trouble. I'rairic chickens a fit as butter, by tho ten thousand.We anritt hunlrcds. Deer and turkeys quito plenty. And last cf all, the fih, cf which the NodaTfay is full, weighingftom one pcuud up to fifty a piece. N. S. Tunr.ELL. ' NEW ADVERTISE MEN TjS . Attachment. Stat'1 of In li'ina, Franliii Gitnty. . FfUXKLXtf CIRCUIT COCRT. WtUo Jiorrow J- W ii'lam tl. Ha, Purtn-iri, Hiomm Mooio, OS tboUtli day cf Ma. A. D. 117, h Toe?.a tri& Cuurt, cna I hi plaintiff by McKc their aitornoy, ni l Cle ttio o .mUiut. unJertak irr nu.l afmiririt, from which It appexri tht riufi if .rtii.tr .ri.'j ,mhiI .;.! ,n.r.n i.ni Thoma Aloore, and tht 1 1 dfii't.iiil it not a rc.lilout ot t)i nlo i.r I ci liaim: t heraTira, tb uaH I a-nan il or i !iaroli D liüi l of tho jioni Jv7 ef ,hil tMiff rtriirl t fW ua (;ircilU c.urt. tu U boij at t.. Curt liou i )Jin VfiüC nt thi Cduiii. of Fi.uk!in. la tbo b'tnfutf Indfana.i'.ti' tho iTrit Monilay t,f August. A.lK 1-1-17, tbrn nj thtto to ui:kVr tba aaiJJ luintiff'i ei'Mii Uli. t. Witness IIKXHV YERkY Jr , ClcrV cf iW FranVIlu tirtuil C ml tu f7:h i.ij ut Jlar.AiV. liC7. ItEXRY CL'P.av Jr., Clork T. C Cmi.j 2 1-3 r 8TCVHXS' norsi:, : ' g, 23, 25 & 27 Jhc-idioy, x. r. Opposila ltowljr.j t'ien, OA' TllLEVnOl'ICAK PL AX. qMTE 8TEV5JN3 IIOUJE U wll mui iJcly JL kimirn to the Ir io'in j-ul.lij; Tht locationf U rici.iU uit'ilU to lurrchn.tf and biuli tr tiiebj it it In tloM re imi'y to th la partof tha fity I. o tbe bicliwar t ISotnaar ana Wntura tiavel aiiil a!jitt.t U a'.l tLa fiutipa. X II K S T L V V. N.S J!0 US t b Ubcmr a wwa--d.itiun f.ir over Suff g ( it U wrtl fornUkeil j 0l,,el r,,, ,noit, n if.t rovrjnt fr lb CMtilirt ana (btt rtatiiR-ent if. It inirair. id roiniu are pnt-loua and elt rtiitilaicl proiidtJ with pi Hud water the atie odinrc I prompt a4 mptciful and tbo tatlo it gcniroii'lj prnviJti with vurjr dt.itac if the hbvi.ii l modcrat ra;. . tibi). K. C1IASH k CO. may 21 C.n : I'fe i-Mrro.a. D ROAD GAUGE SHORT LINE. ATLANTIC & CHEAT WESTERN I3ROA1J O TJ.AG32 RAILWAY! , , VIA Cincinnati, or Uuuana, or Gai.ioj, er .M ANS KJELD, or CLEVELAND, Or COURT, or Salamanca, TO OR FROM YORK, BOSTON, . i. - riTTSBURGII, '. rillljADELHIIA, BALTIMORE, and WASHINGTON CITY. Tbii U th anly Route to ta Regions of Pcnnsilvanta! on PASSENGKKSwbo wit.. Qu;cV and Comfortable Trip will appreciate the Eicocth and Terfl Track, tbe Lasurio-e DajiCar. and tbe Magn& cent Fle-eping Coarhea, tba Excellent IilnlaaT -H-!li), wilb uujj'Ie time lor Mfat,aod tbeTroaapt Time and Sure Coone ttina.f tbe . . - AÜünilc & (if. Western Rallwaf. Fare ai low and Tiice ri Quick Route. at Ij a oy taer Throvjh Ticlcts an l Baggage Cheeks No. 23S Broadway ,JCeW Yoik; Ne. 13 State Stre-t and 25 School Street, r.oitou; Deput and Uaioa Ofllcfn, Cleveland; No. 6 Clark Street, Chicago; in Cincinnati, at No. 0 Weit Foarth Street: K. E. cor. Lroadwty and Froa Etreet; IIa Viae Street; at U. P. Mail Lioc Stoarocra Landing foot of Vine Street, and at Kew Paeenjrer Depot ef the Cincinnati, Hamilton it Dayton Railway; im Louisville, at S. W. eor.Main and Tbird fc'trtet, and 25 Fonnh Street, and at tbe OCIcee cf Connecting Linn. h. D. HÜCKER, Gen'lSspt. . 7. B. SIIATTUC, Üca'l Ticket Agent. may 54-ly TAILOR SHOP FOR SALE. THE uWriber hae good TaiJorSbop weil far- ' iisbcd with StoTCS, Tables, Ac, in tho town of Fairfield, Franklin Co., Ind.,wMck be will reut or eell on reasonable tcrma to a goeii Tailor, then being none in tbe town. NATHANIEL BASSLTT. May ir, iser tf MY REsIDKNtE. W Auua cuur jiku vaivrENTKK'SHOP. eitnaled om tha Noith East eornnof Main Burgeti and Head atreeU.oppotite Herman -Line-.' tore, tndiituated near tit Depot. It it one of the bet loo-1 lone for any kind ef bu!aes ht tho town. Term, reaioaable. inquire of tha nnde-!iftied on the reuilee. If oa want to i'Urchai, call eoon. ' 7 1 JOSEPH 6. WILKINSON. Ero )ltvillc,lLd., Mjr 3 3w