Indiana American, Volume 7, Number 1, Brookville, Franklin County, 3 January 1868 — Page 2

:'nMpa American, ' C. H. BINGHAM, Editprv '

-UltOOKVILLKFrldaj Uornin.lJanuiry 3, 1868. VOLUME SEVEN. Tha ifoth Yolume of tb Indiana American commences with the present . oaniber, and we are pnlified in being able to etate that ita circulation is larger now than it fver has been. The clan of subscribers, too, is of the tery best mostly prompt paying, influential and intelligent readers. We feel proud of having such a litt of tubftcribflrs on our hooks. At to the future, we cm promiie that the Indian Amtrica shall continuo to occupy a high position emong the-journals of the Statt, so far as it ia in our 'power to have it do so. It shall consult the best Interests of the Union Republican party, for we hellere that in the auccensof .that party alone can tbii great nation continue to prosper. Hence It ahail be oar litn to adrocstd thoe tneasurri which eliall bring permanent ccurity, and estebliih till (jorernment on a foundation that canoot be overthrown by enemies at home or abroad. The present year will be one of the greatest importance In tho history of the United States of America, Inasmuch aa it tnuil decide whether this Government 'bell continue In the hands of ita friends, or be given over to those who have already proven thenuelve its enemies. Tbcre will be a (Jovernor, Congressmen, l'real dent and Vice 1'iOftldent to elect, ind It behooves every lover of hla native or adopted country t.) be wide awtle end watch the sltfoa of the times. The Amm'can 111 endeavor to furnUh whatevor la valuable la National, State and Local politics, and will try to keep it riadcra thoroughly posted. Special attention will be given to our own County, District and State matters, and e verjtlilotf In which ila readera are most Immediately Interested, making the Amery tiH a welcome compmion ' In the home circle. We hope to continue to merit the very liberal patronage heretofore bestowed. And now, kind patrons, "A Happy New Year" to all of you. Call for the National Republican Convention. The Republican National Committee tied upon Chicago and the 1'Oth of May as the place and time for holding the general Convention of the Union Kepub liean party, to nominate candidates for President end Vico 1'resident of the United State. The Committee tbua ' lay down the platform of the party: "Wo Invite the co-operation of atl riti tens who rsjoiee that our great civil wsr kit happily terminated in the dincomGture of rebellion; who would hold fait the unity and Integrity of the lleputlio, and maintain ita paramount right to defend to the utmoat its existence, whethor imperiled by a secret tonnplracy cr armed force; ol an economical idiiiiuittrutlon of the jiublio eireiiditure; of the complete estimation or the principle and policy of slavery, and of the speedy re organization of those State whoa government were dtatroyed by the rebellion, and their permanent restoration to tholr proper practical rululiona with the United State, in accordance with tie tine principles of republican government." Attorney-Qenenl. .A correspondent of tho Journal urges the nomination of Colonel H, W, Thompson, of Torre Haute, for Attorney General If he would accept the nomination, there ia so doubt he would make a very strong race. He I an able lawyer, and one ol the best slump speakers in the State. Tho Liberty cm A learn that Leoni dal Sexton of !tuh county will be a candijate fjr Attorney General, before the Union Convention, oti tho 2Uth of Feb rasry. The Jhrtld says: Mr. Seiton ii a true pontlem.m, of ufcbloutUhtid character, a rlp lawyer, and a Iruo Republican. Hi nervici-n in ilia campaign would prove to bo very valmbU, and he would fill the uflico with dignity and honor. T hla Cony regional Iriatriut hit to other candidjte lor any Stato office, we believe, end Mr. Hex ton thnuld recuive, at he doubtle-o) will, the support if the eutire district. i . Immonii Whlrty ConHigratlon. TbC whisky ware-rooms and distillery of Mori. Hoyle, Miller & Co., on Second street in Cincinnati, wore destroyed by fire last Friday evsnlng, in which 0,000 burrile of whisky wero consumed. Tho atock of whi.ky was nearly all of tho finer gradca, Rjurbou, rye, oto. Muoli of it hu J been in storo fr two ur litre years, and the larger portion of it, CHOI) bairela, being still in bond, od on whioh tLe (JoTirnnieot will fail to receive about $530,000 in tax. Tho less of the flrra in whuky i about S'JtJO.OOU, on which they lud an iiuuriuoo of some (JlIUÜ.UOO, divi a . t I ueu auim mom oi lit t uicinuati torntile, the Nvr (.Mentis Mutual, two St. Louie cow pun id a and two lMiib Jeljhia. cumpanica. Tltuir Ji'ttill.-ry in tho roar, Valued ut C73,ti:j(J, VYtJ insured fir JÜ 000. Thw huilJiiij; was tLu projK rly uf the CJtatc of S. S. Rojle, worth f 7ä,CU'd, aud-

partially insured, the companies of Owen J OwtDt agency losing 18,000 on it. Kahn & Co., tobacconists, adjoining the whisky establishment on the west, will Buffer a lots of about $ 10,000, by damage, fully insured. Payment of Bounties. The Special Committee appointed by the Ueuee to examine into' the causes of delay in the payment of .additional bounties, have made a report which attribute it, in great part, to the small force engaged. Previous to the date of this report theTsymsster General was able to settle about fifteen thousand claims per monthAa forty-nine clerks have lately been die; charged from his office, this rate can hsrdly be lusintained in future. Considerably over one half of all claims filed remain unsettled. The document will prove of interest to a lsrgc number of soldiers. It was drawn up and prexented by the Chairman, Colonel II. I. Washburne, of Iudiana, and is as follows: The committee appointed to Investigate the delay in the payment of bounties under the act or Juljr 23th, 1SGC, beg leave to eport? 4 That after tTie passage of aaid act, the fifteenth sectisn t' which ia aa follows, to wit: "That in the payment of tho additional bounty bcruiri provided, that it shall be the duty of the l'ay master General, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by tho Secretary of Wsr, to

causo to be extmined tho accounts of each soldier who makes application therefor, and if found entitled thereto, shall pay said bountioa." Some months elapsed before the proper forma and rules were promulgated. In the meantime claim petita, in their anxiety to secere as largo a number of claims as possible, adopted forms of their own. These wcro rejected by tho l'usimaatrr General, and their claim returned to the r roper agents. ' On account of these doiy no payments were made until January 1st, 1807. At the time of the paasnge of the act the muster-out voll, containing tho evidence of the payment of tho one hundred dollars original bounty, upon which depended the additional bounty, were about oue-half in the l'aymaater General! and the other half In the Second Auditor's oßicsi, Tho Paymaster General, under the statutes then in force, and in tho course of business, passed the roll in his Office to that of the Second Auditor, tu provision having been made for their retention by the Paymaster, in the law making hint the projer person to cttle and pay auch bounties. Had the proper provision besn wade, and had the demand lor tic in elsewhere allowed" their return and retention in the Paymaster General i office, your roinmittce believe the payment would have been soon completed. Aa now provided, the claim I received at the proper ofiice, registered and brliTvJ, and sent to the Aaitant Paymaster, having in charge the claims of particular States. - ' lUcorJa of these claims are kept by the. Pa mustrr In a sepntato book for each regi ment. These Pay uiatia call by Klitr upon the Second Auditor of the Treasury Department for formation regaiding thu standing of tho claimant upon tho rolls or. a it I termed, hi military history Tho Division of the Second Auditor's Ofiico haying thii work in charge, run ait of forty-two clerks, who go to tho rolls filed Iii tho account of the pnymasier who psld the troops, and if tlicy find the same correct, mark the additional bounty, aa paid, and return tho Information to the Paymaster, who then return thosohlicr'a discharge and a cluck upon tho proper offner in New York for the bounty. TKb total number of claims tiled up tn December 1. M7i I I'-'.IKlO; the totul number puld l2U,Hltlj dlsalluwril 11 "."); leaving the number yet to bocttled -7-V 474. On tho first diiy of October there wore awaiting information from the Second Auditor U7,217;i cusps, On that day thcie wero forwurlel from Pay muttr ItJ-'.lli more c, and October Jf), &'i.l)J0, comptUlug all tho ctue then in (ho Paymsster'e llico, The uditor, owing to Isek of room, could not work any lurgcr force to advantage. Tho Auditors clerks have anawoied the PuymnMor in nearly all cno unit up to tho middle of Murth, 1M)7, and sumo ol a later date. 1'our Committee i ratificil that cvgrylhing h:i bcun done that c ould huvo been ciicrlcd, crowded aa llmt t ilico ha been by tho many thousand ciuch there previous to the painge of tbi bill. VourCommitlco vinite l Winder's building, now partially occupied by that vtlivo, aiitj aro compelled to uy tin t tho crewded state of the moius, in whiih tho tlci k are obliged to labor, is a disgrace to our nation, and that steps should be Imuicdi atcly takm t secure moro room. The committee called upon the Secretary of War, and have his picmiro to handler to the uaeuf the Second Auditor four addition al rooms, in which (.enty-flvo d litional olerka cuti bo employ..!, and this ocrc:io will nit add to tint espon o of the Governmeiit in tho ejroguh, a it will 1 seen by refcrenco to tho testimony of Colonel Gibou that flfly clerk und ten pay muster are now paying about fifteen tlmusuud claim per month, when, if the proper information could bo bad, thsy could pny thirty thoiK.nid. On tho Koto of economy alone, ihi number of additional clciks I needed. Wüli this numcr your committee believe ull the bounties can bo puld within a year. Another cauo of tho delay orie from! the lo of checks, in tratmiiiisioii by mail. v .The Asitaut Trcturer at New York rcfue to piy duilicato clucks even when notified that the original Imve been lost. Some legislation to avoid auch delay is needed. Vour Committee, in view rf the foreg'dng; (acts, would recommend the passage of a bill providing for an incnu-o of clerks in. the liviiuu of tlie vound Auditor' OlH''o, employed on bounties; and. also, providing for tho puymeut ot duplicate check. . Two Papers Merged Into Ono. The Groeusburg 1'itnt has been nierg. ed with tho Chruuiclc, vt rather sold out to tin) proprit-tor of tt.o latter. Tho CAfi'Vo 1 ui heretofore been ono of! our bt-t cxuhuii-e-i. We wuhit much! success iu its new career. I

Hon. C. F. Clarfcson-Mefrose Farm. I We clip from the Iowa State lighter the subjoined extract written by an individual who is maklog a tour of Iowa counties, end whose letter concerning Grundy County is given in "A Glimpse at North Central Iowa." Speaking of Melrose Township, where Hon. C. F. Clarkson resides, he ssys: Melrose Township joins Felix on tho north, and lies facing the inexhaustible coal fields, and atono quarries and abundant timber on the Iowa at JHdora. The other Townships will pardon us for saying that the chisel of uature made Melrose Townhlp the . master block of the country. No lovelier laud ever laughed in the face of the sky than that embiaccd in the CxC milca of this townvhip. It now has a population of '245. That it is incressing with great rapidity is told by the fact that while it had only eighteen voters, eighteen months ago, it now has fiftysix. Here we find Mrfroto Farm the home of Hon. C.' F. Clarknon. Alter1 an experience of twenty -five years aa a journalUt in Indiana, Mr. C, in lb55, removed to low,' and on what was then a wilderness,

began a farm. , Meeting with gratifying success, he has gradually added improvement after improvement until ho now hau ono of the best farm a in Iowa or, to make it still more supurlntivo, in the world. At first hia farm comprised two sections, but now hi farm proper is just a section. About four hundred acre aro annuilly under tho plow. On tho farm, are three dwelling houses tho residence of Mr. G. being a large and fino one. This house i located on the crest of a beautiful roll of prairie. From It tho cyo com mantis view for a distsnco of twenty-five to thirty miles ttt-ry way. The barn on this faiiu I undoubtedly the best burn in Iowa being t!8xlOS feet, built of pine material and testing on a stone foundation twelve lect high, which give room for all tho stall below leaving the upper portion for other use. Wo huvo no space hero to speak of Mr. Claikson's atock, farm arrangement, ito. A an evidence of ti good Ituitbandry and prosperity, it ia only nccvosary for us to state- that hi recripte from hi farm last year wero nearly fuvie thotumitt ioi Airs at least ninit thoumml of' tchiih trrre cUur pnjit, Again we eik,Mdc farming in Iowa pay?" On tbi farm Mr. ('. lives a happy man about all tho trouble ho hoi bung tho importunities of his ueijji bora, who aro not satisfied nolesa they korp him in ollice. Near by, lives his son R, P. Clatkron who, with a now fann,aUo on an extensive scale, and a new wife, has recently com menced life in a sensible manner. "Dick" i also a printer, but prefers to follow the plow rather than diivo tho quill, becsuno be know there is moro ji in mini iiyh in it, and Just as much glory. Julian Heme. The Washington corrcpond:nt of tho Richmond Trm li'intHUdtx writes the following pangrujhs: Hon. G. W. J uliin, the uMe and worthy number from the Fourth District, i stopping at -IhH Twelfth street, between K and F, ami is in fino health, lie will soon commence sending document into hi difttrict. Speaker Colfax still conlinue' Mr. Jnlians rhalrmno vX tie Comtiilttco on Public Land. A resolution wa nJ ipted in the lloie on Tueidiiy, nllowlng Senator and l!-p-regulative! to examine and copy all pupet in tlo Post Oiliro Department, appeituinlng to appointments and removal iu their respective diMiict. Mr, Julian, speaking in favor of the resolution, tttd that, in looking over paper connected with the removal, in hi district, of a posttnlstreis, tho support of n blind mother, ho found among them a direct oiler to bnhe tho recoud anitutit PoxtmaMcr General, for tho removal of tho inciiml cut, and tho appointment of the applicant. He did not say the bribe was operative, but it liowcd why such papers should bo Open to liiapeotlou. Thu cna referred to i known to many in thu dUtrlut, and Is deserving of this publio motitiou. Ceit Fork Railroad. Tbo Richmond T'trgrum speaks whole some truth in the subjoined piquant paragraph: If the people who are of all others mnt directly interested in the building of thi proponed roud do not reo prjprr to net when action will secure tho duimd ot ji-rt, of courco tho mail will not bo built. Huw cuu u farmer, loading in Wuyno, Union, or Franklin county, expect cupitalinta li o in the Ivmt, or mi) where duo, to como out here and build a railroad fur the cvptcial acct'iiimodation of men who aro no peiiutiou and tisriow-mindcd that they wilt not oiler to puy a dollar toward the work? Tho idea ii absurd. It a railroad la to bo built along tho Fast Fork, the pr-ipert V-holdci Inleiculcd will have to do the bulk of tit) work. And It take work to build n railroad, or, what i tho same thing, money enough to puy fur tho vroik. House of Refuge. Gov, Raker hut Uued a proclamation declaring l Ii new Houso of Refuge at Plainficld open fur tho reception of juvenile offenders. Tho buildings alrcudy fin-l-hed will furnish accommodations for one hundiod inmate. Tiik Atlantic Muntiily for January hu the first instalment of Charlo l)ickctis's new Story, 'George Mlvermsn' Kxplanation," written cipreiisly for the Atlantic Monthly, it also ha the following contents: The Wife, an idyl of Reuucatnp Water, by John G. Whitlier; 1'IoUmiii and Jetsam, Part I; Pituburg, by Jumca Parton; Doctor Molke' Friend, tho first of a aeries of pspors on 'Arotio Life,' by Dr. I. I. Haye;'l he Combat of Diotncd and Mars tra i slated from Homer, by W. C. Uryant; Our Second Girl, a hört story, by Mis, II. U. Stowe; Oldj.ort Wharves, by T. W. Higginson; The Late President Weyland, by Pi of. J. IcwU Dimin; Ry-Way of Kuropc, a Viit to tho Ruleurie Ilandt, Part II , by Ujyard Taylor; Aspects of Culture, by Ralph Wuldo JCmersou; In tho Twilight, a poem, by Jumes Russell Lowell; Mrs. Johnaon, a short story, by W..D. IIowclU; lluwthorno in the Itohtun Custom lloiL-iP, from tbo Unpublished lVper of NalLauivl H. w. borne; Thy Old

Masters in the Louvre, and Modern Art, by Eugcue Renon; Reviews and Literary

Notices. The AlUntio Monthly i pub lished by Ticknor and Field?," Denton, at Four Dollars a year. Pjcnnsylvamabuko, Rtrr.cY Co , Ind. ) Dec. 22d, lbÜ7. J Dear American, Sir: We, or all thoi-e getting your paper through the above P. 0., did not receive tho American of Dec. 13th until a week following its issue. The issue due yesterday has net ye.t ar rived. 'I attribute it to the rccer.t change of time on The I. & C. R R. Of this. however, I am not sore, and should you bo better informed, and able to coricct it, so that we might get our paper s heieto fore, we would conoidcr it a highly satisfactory. 1 will alro, in connection with thin, tuke the liberty to comment on the last eflusion cf your Illinois correcrondent. In speaking of woman suffrage, be rays: "I see no juy lor juhtico to be done the colored race, or for a stop to be put to Sabbath-breaking and whi.k wcllinc, but by letting tho women vote. How justice to be done the colored race is dependent on women suffrage, we cunaot conceive. That woman ' aio Icm ready to lay off prejudice, cannot deny, as their more vivid luia4Viou tend to carry thciu beyond reason, t the real, if the former c.v prein ii too bnrh. Women are Fetdotn philosopher; and thnt there is a common prejudice' to overcome iu icgoid to the eoloied ruce, we mut all admit; beside, tho dcMie Jot woman sutTiage is not so strong a fanatic and a lew strotiix minded women suppose. Women us a tnapp, n this country, do not ask it. Thoio not laboring uudor the excitement of some political idea, know that the exercise of tho elective franchise I but uti additional buidcn to tleir m any duties, and a ciiuhu for stiifo tmt congenial to their rphtre. Even admitting thut some might attain political honors, it would always bo, moie or lis, at the sacrifice of thooo finer inexpressible feeling natural to women, which, wires clothed in them, i a sticngth in their Very weakness, that man, however rough, instinctively respects, which, however, by too I'miucut intermingling, must become lost. Women, so sublime in their devotion, are scldoui cnpnble of the coiiiliiu' fir in nts ol mind, the imperturbability tei(uhiio for a political plan. Their politic are in their bcurtr; their passion trench so closely on their reason. Of all the vdtue which a lit e govsrnnirnt teipiiris, tiny have but courage. Ofivn heroes, they are never stutcHiien. Msrie Antoinette, daughter of Maiio Thcrc.a of Austria, a til1 allerward Quciu to tho illfated King, Louis XVI, wu another example of thin, Shu did the king intredi bio mischief. With a mind iiitlnitcly superior, with moie soul, mine thunccr than be, bir ueiiority only served to inspire him with hum liicvom counsel. She vvu at otieo tho cluiiu id' hi mi'foivunea mid tho genius of hi destruction, She conducted him, ( by su p, to li e scuil'old. but sho ssieiuleti it wnh him. The interest ol 'woman and man uie one ,Uid tho same. The lutcrr.M ! woriien, while under the pnici.tal tool, sie leptesented the luiticror the brother; when a wife, by the bitt uiid thus ltuiiiing insepuriihly Interwoven. "YouTllcv. eoticppon'lrnt then rrwr n: 'Then Ann rh' will no', become, ns it is now btroihln, a godless Gel iiiiiiiy.'' Wo justly expect that one making a cotnpuiisou ought at least to bo partially ncij ititid with tho subject to which be c 1. 1; Ohe to make hi ii-üif niieon, 'J he epithet, a spplied to Geriiiany, I founded upon a total mi'-concf ptioti of their religion pilnciples, In (Miniiny there i no ehi.d, except tho JcwUh, that 1' not baptized and alter duo rligion itistruotioiiM bebire it lOih yenr, rcieiud Into one of tliH Christ lan ebuiehv; though iu aller lilc, it U true, they do not take advantage of the dunk vt religion, us they do in this country. Morality, however, is prv dominating with every lis- of people there. "Ry tho fiuit )o shall know the tree," In lomparlng tlo numher if crluira perpetrated in tbo two countries, iu proportion to their population, this country far exceed thut of Germany, Druukardt aro very few there, and delirium tremens, so lrniueiilly met within this country, I scarcely known. Though proud of being an Ainviicun inj si If, --justice to whom justice Is due." in regtrd to bis denunciation of our office. holder us Lur gnzxlcis, winc-bib-bcrs, whisky-sots nnd isubluii.tieakers, 1 can onlv say, it rcmulii with "to whom it may concern. 0. Ji. S. Chrlitmai at Mb Carmcl. Mil. Komm. Jhur JSir: I wish to sy to you (but wo liavo bad a very plcusatit and merry Chiiktiiias, notwithstanding tho weather was not fuvorublo lor audi an occasion. On Chiistinus Kve wo bud a Sabbath rühool Exhibition in tho M. E. Church, which wo believe g.vc general satisfaction, Wo judge from tho respectlul and good attention puid to the exercise iu tho evening, and front what we have heard siuco. Mueli credit is du Mis Lmuu Wilkinson of Hiookville, who comluvitti tho naif la nndrr tinlavorebl circuti.statiic, not buying been very well lor soino weeks, At U o'clock two n I co Christm tree wcro prefcntcd to thu audience, neatly IrioiHicd by a commiltiv of our good ladies, of which Mr. Eowry I.yun wis cliuir ntun. These trees wire lino ever green presented tu tho School by Mr, J, A. Appleguto, and whieh hud becti raised in hi rcputublo Nuiscry, lor which he will please accept thu thank of thu School, Tho receipts of thu evening amounted to Christina lny passed olT pleasantly, the children of our villugo mousing them selvvs with tho present received from their parent sod friend. On Cliristuius evening the sumo tree wcro again loudud by Universalis! friend und ladic ol thut Church, and iiotwilhtunding the heavy rain that fell, the house wu cuuilut lubly til Um, So you r-ce, Mr. Editor, wo aro not fur behind some of your fast town of ruilroads and te'eraph, fur wo uru looking lor something of that kind out hero Lcl'oio long; at leust wo huvo pnitiy tho promise of u lluck or Omnibus Liuo from hcio tu Harrison, Ohio. Ono thing I forgot. It i biiid by llmar uh hud tin imitation and inn', thut (ho Univer-ali-ti had turkey dinner ut their CburJi on CluUtin'is Day. . Vourc, II. L.

. For Ik Aiucrlcan. Free Schools. Mr. Editor, As Winter hss come, and our boys are sitting around the fire at borne, we thought we would ak why it is that we have no Free Schools in Uroukvil'e Township? Doubtless our honorable Trustee will answer, thcro is no money. Well, what is the reason there is none? We . undoobtcdly ought to have money. Within the last year we have had sixty da a' school in our District, and I suppose the some. throughout the Township, and yet we have no money for this Winter. While this is tbo cope with vi. over in Fii field Township they bare bad dur intf the year one hut dred and twenty days' school, and eotno money left in the treasury fas one ol the Directors informed me,) and have money for schools this Winter. And so it I iu other Township. Rut in Rrookville, wc must keep cur children at home, or after having puld our tnxc for School purposes, wo must put our bands in our pocket! and pay for our Schooling. Tbcte must bo something wrong, and we think it is time to sec where the wrong is. Wo thought matters bad enough under Auhie'a administration, but they seem to gt worso ruther than belter. Lust September our Trustee informed tho pcepte thut tbcre would be no money tbi Winter. He wonted the Direk ter in the different District to tuko a vote ut the annual meetings in October whether we would tiii ploy leacheis u heietofore, and pny tlu in when we dtcvv our money in Juno next, or whether we would do without Schools this Winter, so os tn hare money to pay ns we wcnt.in tbo future. He said that we would savo twenty per cent, by pursuing tho latter course. I suppose there i no man who would not admit that it would be belter to have the iMitiry to pay our tcucl.cis a sunn it duo. Rut to- can't see tho twenty per cent, saved. In most of our School tnngrit in tie Wink! tho money come duo in Mar h, whieh would bn about ihiee month bclnic we get tur school fund. Now I think (hut there tould bo any amount of Township order cashed for lis ibun fivu per eint. So In our Didiet wo voted for a School, us stiuu, c thing happen about lliookvil! sometime, und "a hi id iu the bund i woith two in the bush," Rut we close, hoping that some one

who in I ostcd will lit it know why it I that other Township huvo Schools, while we hsve none? W. II. C, Whltcoii.b,lnd Dec. 21th, U 07. railroad Heme. Tho Cambildge Mirror bus the follow ing item in it 11 issue : The woik on the Valley Road from onr tlty to lugrrstown Is being pushed for ward with trie uliiioht nhi. nty, und It will bo but a short linio until the iron boise will be pi wit'g hi way into Hugeistown, thus making a continuous l!ne Iroin Cincinnati to Chieapo, Already the embtu ktticiit on Gleen Mreet i ninrlv complvied, it r it when ihey strike tie tow pi.ih vt the C'i n- I tho woik will go nloog mueli luoto rapidly. Wu are inforinid that Henry C. Lord, Proiden. nf (hi Valley Uud, Intem's us soon a the rn.nl is in itinning order thro' this plncc to ChicNgo, td bmlil ut ihis pi'inl u round bourn, end muLu it the plsee ut which to (hiii c digit c. Ti e .Iiinction' folks urn prrparlng to I nild their new i''fiL'ht D( (m, on the col? r of lliiilroud and Water Street. -The ( mitritt t for the sum has bun let to Mr. Jacob Waltz, wo undcrsiutid. White Water Valley Railroad. The net tit opening of tbi ma l biing to our city the trudti of u ll urirhing part ol the IhIc thut bus hllheilo. for want of couiiniiiiicaiion with us, sought other iMiikets. It pssts through Coiiiirrvil!e, Lauirl, MHuihoi s,Urook v illc , Cedur (iiovo .New Tt Uten and other town of Fayette and Fistiklin ci unties, und two dully truins urn run, vln ( umbridge City umt Inilisna ( ntml loud, at sneli hour us cnpblc tl v I n J le vt tbi rieh valley to ir n e brio und ii turn tho sniun day, with from (line to four hours iu the city for business. In tbi ronrrrlion wo tnny i!so ata'c I hut through truins vt the Chlci gi & Gisut Eustern railroad aio now run on this louto via Rh htnoiid pud Ciimbriil).o City, for 1 1 c short time that will l e nice paiy to (in plte the Vulley und between tho luttcr jdnce and llngeitow n. A lutce force is at woik upon this extension, and it i expected lo bo finish id in Febrtiuiy, when tho through line from Chicago tu Cincinnati will lun over this rctitc. Tho u pm.H hing- conso lidation id' tho (Jieiit Las'ern with (ho IVIuttihus nnd Iudianu CVnirul roud, and (ho well know ii encruy f I'lcsidctit Loid, President of the 1. . fi C. und W. W, V. roud, cnsiiif the satihfuctory woikihg id' this lino when fully comphtcd und oj tu ed. Indianapolis Journal. Personal. Wc weie culled upon by Mr. Ringham, Editor vt tho Itt'ookvlllu Aimriitlll, on Saturday, Mr. It. was visiting our cty iu (be inlt rests ( f bis paper, nnd hcsucctcdid in gelling seicrul snb"eriber wh wsi luiiner icsidcnt of Frunklin County. Considering '' it hi Count) 1 overwhelmIngly Demoeiatic, hi paper denotes icinatkublo pcrsevcrunto. Gicensburti Chronicle. Hon. Geo. VV. Julian. In cur Washington correspondence a paragraph appealed iu refcrenco to lion. Geo. W, Julian, the member iu (Vltgicss flout the l'itih J)istricl of Indiana, the publicution of which wo deeply ngret The U tier came In bund 1st at n ght,und was passed into tho composing room wild out being seen by the editor of the Journal. e disclaim tbo intention id' join, ing in any personal warfare upon Mr. J., und regret tho publication of that portion of iIim letter lcUired tu. I lidiunupoli Joui hul. - II.-" Unltod States Jurors. Hon. John Coburn, Representative fioui this Distiict, on December 1!) iutrodueed u bill in tho lloun of lu presuiit ilive to ii in end tho uct providing lor tho pay uf Juror in tho Circuit und Disiriet Court of tho Uni led State. It provide that thu pay of Juror bull bo .p per day iut-tcud of ?"'. Thu lute now paid i cntiicly ina J' ju ilü, ui it inflicts nuito u ioc u it i I ry los upon thuu summoned fioui dutuut parts of tho Sute. JoUiual, '

Clerk of the Supreme Court. D. I. Jacksan, of Jasper county, has been named in Connection with the Republican nomination for Clerk of the Supreme Court. His admirable fitness lor the place will be heavily reinforced by the fact (bat the Congrcsitional district from which he hails has never had a reprcsenta-

live on the State ticket. The friends of Mr. Jackson io other parts of the State are moving ir tbi matter and will urge hi claims before the Convention. He has many warm friend in this section who will delight to honor the old war horse of Jasper Lufuyettc Courier, Dec. 13th. Mr. Jackson hs? been Clerk of the Circuit and Common Pleas Court in this county for eleven years, first by sppointment and twice by clectioo. The admirable order and neu I penmanship with which he has done the work f hia office doing it himself his strict atteutton and fidelity to all its details, bis knowl edgo of the routine of court business, tho ease and constancy with which he applies himself to its duties, and hi strictly temperate habit, recommend him to the Clerkship of tho Supremo Court, no less than hi unwuvcring uppoit of tho great piinciplcs of freedom that uuderlio the policy of tho Republican party and have carried it triumphantly through the stormy strug gl of war and the diüicutt legislation which ha succeeded in time of peace. Wo have no doubt this announcement will . meet a hearty response i'roiu hii friends' in tbi . Congressional district, where bo is so . well and so favorably known, aa also among his many friends in other sections of tho State. Jasper County Telegraph. Important Decision. Tbo Indiuiiupolia Herald report a docisiou recently mado by the Supreme Court ot Indiana, involving the rights of railroud eompunies. which puts au euun-ly new i huso upon such cases. The court held that peisotis living upon the lines of rui'ioud in this State, can not allow their stock lo run at Urge, so a to endanger the safety of passing trains, without be ing legally obligated fur all dsmage that may ensue fiom suih stock being run over, and throwing the train olT the track. The ciieumstui.ee iu the case decided uj on weie i follows: "A cow belonging to a farmer who lived upon the line of the Pittsburg, IVrt Wayne and I biesgo Railroad, in one of the noithiru counties of this Stale, ran upon the Iteck in fiont if so sdvsncinif liain, Ihlow iug the train oil tho traek, bully wruking it, and injuring suvrr I person. The railroad company sued llieuwo. cr of the cow for tin lull amount of damage caused lb train ly the uccidcnt.atid recoined, in the lower court, a verdict fur gl tidO. A n uppeal was taken by the farmer lo the Supreme Court of Indiana, and ,the coin' nlÜMiicd the verdict id' the court hi hiw holding thu luiiner tor the full auiuuut ol lli M( U damage eorcd. ' There is baldly a court in the Ststa iu wbirh tusss ato not pending againt ruilrosd et in allies for ditiuiigrs for stuek killed or ii juird, and In Ui any of (hem, dvi isions utiisly ditlvient from those antic iputril by the plainiitV, will dwubiles le n.adc l siiibiid-e Mnor. Th3 Demon of DUorJcr. JohiisunihaM ihm ue hi ion threatened removal H General Pope and Sane, and hu stldrd the removal of Gun. Ord, which was Wvl before givrti out. Ord i onleied to California, to relieve McDowell, wl'io then takes Pops' plate, who is dot ifsigned, but is otdrred lo icpurt at head iwurt r Cr further orders. Gen. Sway ns is oidered l thu'tominand of hi leiliii'lit at JS'nshvillo, The-o comiiiitidurs ate ro- , uiovrd for their G lclity in tX'UMiting the law, We suppose thai liu American i in sj'it f thut it is fur any other rcjn. 'Ihey who will rejoieo In their icmuvul are tho-u who uio opposed to the law, and would have it defeated. Johnson's do sun is In put iu thosu who will lh-ir power to thvurt tho rccunsiruetiou hw and pn vent the foiinatiuii of State Goveintiitnta undr them. For thiaevil purpose vo have this retklr meddling wi.iih renovc oll'uer who have become thoroughly Mijualiited with the sltuulimi and their ilutits, and put In new mou who Lave- everything to learn. Hut they are exp eted lo Uuru all fiom Johmon'a in spirliioii, The displaced dllii'cr have discharged their dune wi h xeul and fiivl iiy, and they deserve well of their country. I n thu unhuppy state nf tbi Government, every ( n'uer who deserve well of hi country, encounters the hostility vf tho Administration. Goxetle. The Crant Movement. Tbo Committee of lweut)-flvi appointed by the Grant meeting nt Coojer Institiite, on ihn 4lli ult., held a meeting on Thuis.luy evening, Alex iiulcr T. Stewart in the chair. A circular letter was adopted to he sent to tho business mon throughout the country, urging them to oriranice IU( clings similar to the ono at Cooper Institute, txctusivo of purlin, fur the pur-po-o ot urging General (irant a the ciuididato uf tho pooplo of all grade and politic fur t Ita next PicsiJcut. Wo arc h;ippy to know tint Mr. Julian nnd h! fiirmls acerpt the situation, and that they will earnestly v to w-ik inert the emertftny, It I confidently believed lhat.'veu in tho now District, tliA maJotlty of its voter will gludlv support the in ii n who hss been true toliiusell, to the country and the principle of tho party who saved u from polities! ruin at horns and disgruco abroad. Dublin (Wayne Co.) Time. General Cnnby bos Issued an order of(leiully announcing that tho Convention ha been canird in South Pareiitis, end si printing Charleston a the place, and Junuury llth as the dsy for its assembling. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Notice of Ir.solvnuy VT th Nevftiil er Trim, 'H7, ef lb roast of l'iiiuiiMn I'lras ef Fianklia Cuuuijr, Indiana, ll.e Fslate if llnterl II . J Inks tleead wu ! cliirml Inx'IV'Siil. Creditor sr (lien tor Uutlflcd that lb paina will l selilvd anrdinjlr. bTKKII KN JINK8, A diumulrator. I'sttd 3lt dy of December, M7. J3 Sw roTATo-nvu distkovlk. CllKAP, Sl.Ml'Li:, CKUTALV. I.U'I.i. si .owledg of and ll.e rltflt tu u on sny uK 1 ai m, l.iil baa lrn U. Jatttl iljf leitod aa i Si siiCiiAi. i mtsuysh v( lbs roliitO-Bu Will lie tent Iu any ono on the ro:nltlnc cf OSS hnii.tK. l!e rf!rrro rlvn. AJlrr Iloi HU Cinribuail, V., at Lv IvV, visi'vtt, Uj. Jan 3 2 if

ECONOMY 19 WEALTH, rREMltTM AW ARDEUAT T1IK American InslHole Fair or 1SC7 TO jMTCTTTalTTEUREKA SCARF AND TIE HOLCER. A Ueruan Silrer Krsrn. or PUI, ca birb any

cms csa loim a ecsrl or IU In ant eniLbrrt-f stjUi, with mn !! of .ill, oj other CksUrial. o Mwiag rjuird. ONLY JIFTT CENTS EACIlt srt ligbt snd Is.d; itity r darilt; Ibey do doi break tbo collar in dju.tinj; ibrj do not e"in luoi; wltk r.as trsry tu an can wsks bit SiCrf, and Ising ( German til rar lb will not enrrodo. Agents wanted Sferrwbers. A liberal dUcoant to lbs trsds. t set lei sect Ly saail on receipt cf tbo rrlce. -JAS. C. M EKRITT. Soto Prnp'r. Office sod JlUoufacUrj, 507 U'sal Forir-tblrl street, N.T. a 6m Convertible Iron Planter AND Patented July 9tu, 1SG7. rPHIS Maeblns bae adrantaijei serer before la X Iroduced to tbo Fartaar, which be ca oaly resliie b jr a rottoal a of It. 8ume ot the a4ras tK claimed over oibar Kl lmg Cullisat jr are lei. It planu two row st a lime, ollber ia bills or or ilia, wllh one hand, at tbo rata or tweat sore per day. 2 1. it pUs ai 4p as doitred la aar kind of soil. I I. It will plow bill or drilled Sora. 4th. It I the lights t draught tr ssf wbseled Coltlvsior doing the ime work, a lbs draaght ls from the beauia u( the lowt, Iba S4ino a a dwuklo. shovel held bjf band. Ith. The great bght it will plow sore wltbot breaklnt;. v fib. Chaagtog the lowt I make aew fmrow a whsn plimlng on way. 7lh. t be a lju'tablilty of tl driver seat. Mb. lit durability over wetWt matbiaee. Via. It I the omy iv al-e waiiled la tbo totf aller the brklnjr,l . I- n 1 1 1 1 the crop ii laid by. Fur farther lulurnatlun, addrea Ii. W. It EM Y, dacl'.lf r.reosvills, Franklin Co., Ind. Svth ilotl Cornrr of iVtZc quire, (jUKHNSIUJIUl, INI). JüSLNl DKAUHOM), Proprietor. dir 17. Iy NLW MR EEVOLUTICW. Jlon't be irtlu4. 1 be ei.anlry ' f. NersrllisleM, l.kBie. tats, lataBlufci rwwlaliwa IsiutoteUiha;. Ilun'l UKAT TUR I RIMS, fr tbli Is a illtnl mutation. It li sow going st. IN kVlHY stAtr, liirlu llrg tbo aiarrled stale, the tngle lala, and sll eUUo uf the bums i bair siit b sis put la bar tnu i. y wlih beauty, Of I r siiitaatral.l int o W(,imii' I iiKtvl i f m an' luvk -r wbiekvrstKS be, Ibe rit is iiwmiJ laualiy by CKuSTAiJUllO'.S HAlK D V 12, wblsb U haniileM at wair, and eenaln lo fre. dot's a baiuial blaik or Inns lit fi.ea.ti.win. Manalatlured by J. Ill I S t A l0 !, Maidtis l.aue, f Ypik. 4ld by all lia'i. A(i ,hl l; all llair l)ie.it. Uvs 27 lui NOCUIIE-ALL. Hut If ya snl a raedidne ibai will eure Ckrea I (mil liiflautitialory ) hbsaaialuw, Muiu t, Pur 'I Ii run I , Si tri II ja, 11 H horot, lirultrt, lamhaeUe lliadaih, luted Klinga, Fain Iu lbs l""k and I bl, aUo, Inlornnlly, ltari,ioi, Jyetitry, C.liu, Cr U t nl V inlilag, u hava it In Vr. Tib s' Ntuiiiieilul Vsbeliaa l.ialineul. llBer Ull' a bn uaed atixnilliig lo Iba dirsrlliiiil' k ry rt'i' uf 1 1 l pul ti I')' lr 'I i.t'la bituanir, aa l h bit Untie an nr stu lesii J tint, II la medicine) I kirn Ibn Ufthuut Ike w r 1 1 The I.e. I h y aleUlie teutuMl 1 1. Tliua.n.lt if evtl ificaie 4, lie a ii al lha d-il, tS 1'i.riUnJl Strt. No 1-1 in I ly having clilU.au. th. u. bo whki'bl It In Saas f l'fMi. lb'Uaand f hl.Jrn srt aaved by tl aHiiSitily. I'ao It when ft'al 4ka euritliig io ibe iltrei'it.irt, and ya tili sever loaoi a thii 1. l.a.lie Iii Bn t It vala)le la raairalIn iiluiile and Mult bra. Only 6u eta. andl tier bulllo. SI1 lV the il'lll'U lhliUhonl IS' Vnlxd ntHict and In Kur j.e. l'emi, S Cori lant Mitvl, .New Vmb. dee 17 I u COMMSSlONKirS 8.1 LK OF KKAL 1.STATli. 'IMIR ndralgned, a.,i.tiind by Ibe Coart f X C ti mi iti it ii Fl wl Franklin luituly, ladaaa, av Ciiinuil'tiiiiier lur that fiiinae, (iiilat irtlaal a" M at I'flv no SmI,) will, on Iba rialaea, On Stturd iy (he 47 Junuury' 1SCS, at I o'cl 'cl r. at., a ) It aate al s ul i aueilr llio Un4 mdareJ In lie aul l la the ve n Maltbtw II uli'lilnMHi and olboft . Ut4un llyuiaa a.ni uilisi, bow jinnllug la tsld Cwari, aud siluals le tald t'uuiil , la wit i One Out I.hI ouiiiatalng )4 ai-ro wurs or ! sad OMailiffvd aim, den'riUcl that I Ceinmani ibg el a stake mi Iba kaat ti le t.f C. F. Claiktun's lul, living 7 1 J 4 I olt ftwiu Ibe Socllun Use ruMilug be Iwaeu Sie Hunt IS and X, Ibenea fanning erttk (IV degrees Ksal Irmn laid lins Xtt olet la s stake, Ihenve SUiaik 31 drg. 41 S-lea Ut lbs raa, Ibtaew diiwo sakl ru buttik slji dg. tl I nlotv llianae lip lb bill Iu the Uoe tl belsnlng, u. ate tn lbs foulb billaldo and Nurib ut lSruukf III and Ittiue lUtcly Notlb of llallsr'i Kaai.tanil being ymtt ui Iba .N.W. quarter tit (tool. tu. T. S, K J. Alto a lr'l drtcril'td Ibnti llrglnnlog Aurth ft) drg, Ftt 46 SU lutt rdt Irt'in a rutiiti on Ibe Canal le lalb ti lodt Nnrtbof Iba S. V.crnr ot Iba N H . faartr f "art. IU, t. V, K. I M atl. thence North nil degrees F.t 9 I iuu - ls la a siuns Piivner, ibuiica North 3n drg V H t ulai, theneo Nurib SI lies'. Heal U rodt, tbanes fril S deg, Weal 2 4H ISM ...a lo llertuan Mark' Una, thence duals 44J j dg. Writ along laid lie a 7 SM Inn ii to a ouruer tbeece hualb H6 dag i. Kaat I h-lDU iiUt la M.reSronrk e line, Ibe) iilareof beginning, runtalolng MVS IDS aeree. And slto trai t dessriUd tbua t Haginolrg st Iba N. 1. enrneror Lot No. 42, and running Nnrih with Water rHreel la A. Figl't line, iheneo tlowsi Ilia run on lbs fouib side lo au alisy os tbe hat I tide of Ibe Jloletli slaughter-buBas lul, I Kaan Muib tlb sal I alley 13" feel to aa ftllty, tb.ee Kast slung tlld sllv te the K. W. rnravr or Let No. 8, thenes NortU tin "Nib if S ami 43 In Iba laoe ot bealaninsi elluaia la Scab, 2, T 9, K, 2 tail, and mljolag ibe lal of Hat Icr's Hun. .... lllda fur lbs isms at prints tsls vrlll bs recrlvel by lbs andertlgned al lbs cflice it Holland, limbic; Jk Juiui, liruukville, JbdlatiS, aslll Januarj 1, IHM. ThllNH OF AI.K One iblrd purchase Binsty down nn day of one thltil In i n year, aa4 rsiuslnliig Iblrd la l yrt, dtfarrrd a,n ,sie I l.e t,,.i.a and ii"rtft(a bcafintf Inlarvd . ..f ....I sllk..ul tall.f fluia llH. tlnO Snd S't'rlairnt laot. U 1.1.1 AM II. JONW. Ct)iiils.lr.n.r. Iluttand, Uinklry A Jun, All ya. da, I 4. romnilloncr'at Pale of Land. 'PIIK und'talgned, aj..lalad by lbs Clrrull 1. four! of Franklin Cuunty, Indiana, Cowimla Inner fur that purpms, (anleat prevluuily sold st I'rlvsts tils,) will, on lbs j rtn isci, Oh Saturday, Jaimvty t, 1SC8, St I o'clock 1. M., l'MS to alt st III aas lion a tract i f land erdeted tn l a n ld ia lbs of SuiO lUikbouao Vt, Ji l n D. llackbiiuaa sad slheit, now ending la said Ct-url, snd iltuats la laid ( utility, Iu wlt The Me. I Hair of Iba fnnlbwtat Quarter cf , Fcoilon 13, Town , Karge I, containing to acres mora or leat. '. Hilt fur tbo ismsatpilTstsislsniUlo received by Ibe tndtrslgced at llo t'Pireof Holland, I. Inklay A Junta, Uronkville, Indiana, until the tlh Uajr t'f January, lHf.8, ThllMs I'F hAl.K. Ore lUtd trrbio tnsesj down on day of tale, ore thlid In one, and Ike re inalolrg tblid In Ivo yrsri thereafter, deferred payinrnt stcund by Bole wltb Intrrtit, sivlng valuatlun and a) prette nient Iswt, sad ty tuarl gage on Ibe premlaet. f. V. HIKKLFY, OnmiiiUBsr. Heiland, Iünklcy Jk Jotivi, Atl'jt. lecctuLrr IS, IH T-4w. Sholby ville Ind. II. PKIUCE & SOX, Proprietors, A Frta 'Hat Rani to and from all Tralnt, lcc. is lj

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