Indiana American, Volume 7, Number 3, Brookville, Franklin County, 17 January 1868 — Page 2

nVraiw:. 'American 0. H. BINGHAM, Editor.

-HKOOICVILI.KV " Prldy Horning, Jantiary 17t 188. Republican County Convention. : There will be a Masi Meeting of tbo flepublieana of Franklin County at '.lie Court House in Brookville.on Saturday 'the- 8th. day of February next, for the purpose of appointing Delepatce to attend the Itepublioao Statt Convention to he "held at Indianipolia oa Thursday tbe 20th day of February next. A full attendance U desired. . ' .' By order ef tbe Central Committee, C. C. Dimcliy. Chairman. January 6, 1SG3. . . '. - - " Hon, John H. Farquhar for Conflreii. townsman, lion. John II. Farquhar, a a candidate for the Republican nomination orCourresd in this (the 4tb) District. la doing ao, we da not ioteud to be un deratood a otraciio other gentlemen prominently named in the eame connection. Our position from the. first baa been, and still is, aa an independent jour nalist, that our columns have always been, and atill are, open and free to the friends of the several candidates to press their qaaliGcationa and claims for the place, and, when a fair nomination is nude, to heartily support the nouiiuce. We be lieve tki tola oar duty, and that of all una believe that the triumph of the liepublican cause is the salvation of tho Kepublic. After careful and thorough inquiry, we are confident that Col. Farquhar, on the ground of availability, ia the choice'of the majority of the Union men of thia County, and aa their, organ we believe it our duty to say so. They have known him long and well, and never found him wanting in the hour of trial. To "make haste slowly," was our motto in 1861, which, if observed now, may prove our wisdom. 't must pause and cast about u for tho will or the aovereijfu people, aud all will be right. Pasting cventa warn ua cf tbe importance of bar oiouy in thia aa well as other Union Die tricts of tho State. In choosing a eandi date, we roust look to hia availability as well a capacity, aud to no man named eta b ascribed more ot tho former quality, while hi.i pist history and Congrcs atonal career all award bim a commendable share of the latter. As a cuvascr, both o. I lie hunting and auion;- the leasees, ha ha no superior in tie District, aud hi brilliant run iu lfcC-l. triumphing over a majority of nearly three thousand, altera his f.reat personal popularity with those who know him best. Col. Will Cumbaclc. . . We publish this week the letter of derli nation of Col. Will Cumback as a candidate for Governor. We read it with minUed feelings of pride and disappointment. No man in the State has warmer friend in Kistern Indiana, and especially in this County, the place of his nativity, which doubtless would have given him a cordul support, had he continued in the field. While disappointed at his withdrawal, the motives and purposes which evidently actuated and prompted him to thus yield.his personal claims to the good of the cause and harmony of tho party, eoaitmodi our hihyst respect and admiration. We observe that Marion County has rccotumsnded his name for Lieut. Governor. To this uomioatioo the Old Fourth and KaMern Indiana tn muus will doubt less respond. With ItAKaltand t t'MUACK, the loyal and true, our State ear HI loom up 1 her thousands in vindication of that precious cause for which her galiaut sous auf fcred a od died. Secretary Stanton Restored. All honor to the United States fc'enatc! Though often slow to act whero the country ia impetüou, in the matter of the restoration of Secretary Stauion the Jlepul licans'batc proved true to tUmhcs and the people. liy a vote of 5 io Ü they deelure that the girianl Secretary of War was right and tho Acting Pridnt waa wrung. Mr. Stanton resumes the chargo

and duties of the War Office. General ' bers of the Convention. The State TrcaGrant gracefully yields tho Portfolio, and j surer has also boea-reiuoved. Gen. Thomas

Andy Johnson grinds hSi teeth, but is pnwerloaa. No man did moro to sustain i ll n honor and ylory i t' the iintiun, in the i dys of ita greatsnt spony, than Kd win I M. htanton, aud the country will always honor and utalu, those who honor and otia biiu. Tb Vniwii men of C'ongre luve iuvllcl bim U remain at hU post, tnJ we jin Lear lily .iu tha rccioutmaudatititi, believing that ihcro Ii no turn io tho naiiuu more ciipL' to. adiuutinler that ' important trust. Union men will not, can j uvi forget' that while ' tho boys in bluej )i by tbe ioviocible U rati', were prcsin;; thrisbcla Lu fteut, that iuntoo waa equally aetiva and igUaot chovkmstiog theix sympathiisra ia tlie Isar. nviifritriljyin 1 inuguutcd.QöTcr.

Democratlo Nominee! for State Ottcei. '

The aj-onj of the 8th of January ia over, the Deruocrata have held their usual pow-wow at Indianapolia, and after a aotnewhat turbulent but apparently liarmonioua aeision, nominated State ticket and agreed upon a platform. It ia a noticeable fact, that with the exception of ita head, tbe ticket is a total failure in point of ability. It doea not represent the braioe of tbe party, and doubtless waa selected fur ita aupposed availability in anticipation of probable defeat. That the leaden of the party regard it as a forlorn hope," ia apparent from the fact that no nan of ability would accept the norui nation for Governor until Hendricks yielded under the promise that if elected he would only le required to rcaign hia Senatorahip to be re elected by tbe next Legislature That Hendricks ia a nan cf fair legal abilities, and politician of con siderable experience, and "tricky" withal, it ia but fair to concede ; but he ia far be hind bis rival Gen l Jo, McDonald in all those essential qualities that constitute the real statesman, What great questiou baa ho ever introduced or advocated, either for relief -ppj general prosperity of the country, during las almost expired term of six lears?2v'.Xw.acarch the pmceedina of tbe Senate in tain. The truth is, that 1M TTiH'Wfcay U-Awtlj,, iriuky thsma go'pue, wanting in the major qualities which make fip the Christian statesman, end a tit ut ject to pettifog such miserable issues aa are tendered by hia party. For Lieut. Governor they present A I. Edgerton of Fort Wayne, a cast-off Ohio politician, and a lair representative of the rebel element of hia adopted city. Ki e of Boone and Deuiusdafler of Franklin, for Secretary and Auditor or State, arc thrown in as bait fur the soldier vote, but will prove aa worms only to the fisherman fur bass. 11 van of Marion, Lailose of Caa, Packard "of ' Marshall. Claypool ol j 'i-o, and Phillips of Wa-thingt.-n, for Treasurer, Clerk of Supreme Court, He porter, Attorney General, and Superiu teudctit of 1'ubJio Instruction, iu the or der they are named, are true representa tivea of that great umss of the party whose sympathies were with tho rebels during tbe dirk hours ot tho nation'e ctrucglr for existence. It is generally underMood that moat of tbe nominees last named were active members of souio one of the eecict organizations in sympathy with the rebeln during the war. We are aware that to a large majority of the Democrats in this portion of the State, to have been a rebel sympathiser during tho rebellion or since, ia no objection ; but there are same of the party whose sense of ahame aud love ot country are not wholly lout, who may pnuo and even turn their backs on the men ao destitute of all that constitutes the true patriot. Congressional Candidates. The trieuds of Mr. Julian "und others named as candidates for Congress iu thi District, are urgently invited tu piescut their respective claims or qualifications freely and fully, through the columns the A'Hictini Speech of Senator Morton. On our first pge this week will bo found the masterly speech of ilon. Oliver P. Morton, recently pronounced before the soldiers and sailors of the District Columbia. Impressed by the perils that now surround the Republican party, and convinced that all that is uecearj is to awaken mat organization to a lull sense of its invincible power, Governor Morton baa devoted himself to a masterly and thorough exposure of the designs of our political enemies'. Whisky Men In Trouble. Countless inquiries have reached the Commissioner of Internll Uevenuo ask iug when the law prohibiting the with drawal of whisky from bond will ploba bly go iuto effect, and tho information from all quarters was that the moment it parsed the Seuate applications were uen ersl to remove whisky for the various purposes covered bv the la. Instrto tic ua were, however, telegraphed to all the collecting districts of the country as soon as the bill passed Congress, to allow no whisky to be taken out of bond on any pretense. Thia, ha reused considerable outcry among the whisky men, and vigor ous efforts are Löinir made to induce tLe President to veto the bill. Georgia Offiplale Removed. Gen. iltaue lias removed Got. Jenkins, of Geuria, tho"'Covruor havinu relused to comply with a .request made bjf the Geneial, lltat he'should siirti warrants fur psyring from the ritnte Treamry the mem II. iluger hue beet) ippoiuted Provisional Governor, and Capt. O. P. Ituvkwell Provisional Treasurer, This action wos takaii by Un. Meade after consultation with Gen. Grant. Hanoock Still Conservative. OcDeril Hancock his i-suod an order, nullifying tha foroe of inatruutioos ot certain documents limed to Uiards of lt'iiistrstion, by General Sheridan, and dirvctir - g thcte Hoards to be guided aoKljf by tha IUconnttuction laws. " ' Re-Ditlricting In Ohio. Ther wiii cauuus of Deuocratie Dinageri, ai CfilatsbUsoo Tueidaj night, to dUe waya. arid laaans for aeeuring a rt ciitiiutia of tbisi'.ati ia tbt luUruta

CONGRESSIONAL The House Committee on Foreign Affsira has poatpoued, for two months, consideration of the HoMian purchase. Senator Sumner introduced a joint resolution declaring valid the proposed fur teeuth article of th Constitution, it having been adopted by twenty two States. it is proposed to enact a law by Congress, making a majority of two thirds ol the Supreme Court Judges necessary for the decision of the constitutionality of a law of Congress, and also reducing the 2uorutu of the Supreme Court from six to ve. Senator Doolittle gave notice that he should move to amend Mr. Morton's prop o-ition to invalidate the Provisional Governmenta of the Southern - States by a provision that all persons voting must be possessed of one of tbci-e three qual.fica lions: First, rout have served iu the army .one year or more; second, must have sufficient education to read the Con rtitutiou of tho United States and subscribe his name; third, must be possessed of freehold property to the amount ol 250. Mr. Boutwell introduced a bill in the House, on Monday, providing for tbe aale to freed men, on three years' credit, of all abandoned land in the South, in lota not exceeding ten acre in size. The Uouie Committee on the Freedmen'a Bureau will report in favor of continuing it in each of the Southern States until the State shall be admitted into the Union and its rerre seotativea admitted to Congress. The Ileportofthe Committee on tteconetrualion waa ntmim loth If vae. "It wis made the special order of the day, and every day until disposed of. At the expiration of the morning hour, the Senate went into Kxecu'ive session, and after five bourn spent in debate, adopted the resolution with which tbe report of Senator Howard on the President's (Stanton message concluded, thereby . reinstating Secretary Stanton. The House, on Monday, after a long and exciting debate, passed a bill, reported by tht Judiciary Committee, which provides that five Judges shall constitute m quorum of the iuprcme Court, and that no law of Congress shall be held tobe unconstitutional, unless two-thirds of the Judaea of the Supreme Court shall concur in an opinion to that effect. .-In the Senate, on Tuesday. Mr. Williams, of Oregon, introduced a resolution.

which waa laid on the table, instructing the Committee on Finance to inquire into the expediency of the funding aud con solidation of the debt of the United Sutrs into an alligation who principal shall never become due. bearing interest at four per cent, per annum, payable semi annually, ia cuiu, and exempt iiom all taxation. The bill regarding a quorum of the Su. preme Court eau.e bck from the 1 1 Quot as amended, and was referred to fke Com ruittce on tho Judiciary. Mr. Skeraiau took occasion to say that he deemed the aroeudmenta very important; that it was contrary to reason and common fence that a bare minority of the Court should pro coance an act of Congress unconstitu tional, and he hoped the Committee would consider the propriety of making the. re luuiie majority larger than the one named . . . - . iu the House amendment. Oti motion of Mr. bhermao, the Anti- ' . Contraction bill was taken up. Amend me tit a lioutme and qualif viuic ita opera tion were proposed by Messrs. Drake. Cor bett, and Morrill oi Vermout, all of whicl were loC. Senator Hpraguo bewail sptecb oo the bill, which was not fioished before the adjournment. I J e opposed the bill because 11 would accomplish nothing lie said the interests of money must be ftubotditmte to even other ioterest of the country, and the only saltty of tho coun try is in the establishment of ao iustitu tion like the Uank of Enuland. In the House, the Cotton Tax bill was reported from the Committee of Ways and Means, with a recommendation thai tue renale aiueiidibcni bo uon-coucuncu in, and it waa not. The Committee of Ways and Means was, on motion of Mr. Kggleston. instruct ed to inquire into the expediency of sell ing to the highest bidder tho exclusive right of manufacturing spirits iu the Uni ted States, but ihe privilege uot to be sold for less than giD.UOO.UOO. General Grant sent to the House a tel egram from General Meade, which stated that unless the petiding bill id Congress, directing military commanders to till the offices in the feststes under their com mand reecinda (he test oath in the provi sion to select qualified voters, its execu tioti in his district will be entirely im practicable. The Reconstruction Dill was then ta ken up. Mr. brooks, of New York, pre scnted a minority report in the Jorm of reasons why the bill ought not to psss which wss signed by himself and Mr lireck, of Kentucky. Mr. binghutu made a powerful speech in tavor of tbe bill. Mr. Loan also advocated the bill, and Mr Wood, ot New Vork, opposed it. Card - Hon. Will Cumback. Uraautbarg, lud., Janaar 10, 1&83. To tht E'lltoii of the Juurmil: I am apprehensive that the struggle amotiK the IrienUa of candidates betöre our boxt biate Convention may produce disuffuctioii, and ua 1 UtMie, above all personal considerations, the unity and harmony ot tho lttpublieau'paity in Indiana, to the und I bat our victory iu Uctober may be made certain, 1 most earnestly ask my tiieuda not tu uio my natu iu vouutuuou wiiu tue Uuberuatorial nominalho. I in to thank, with all the sincerity ot u Kratel'ul heart, the many frieuda iu all pnr: ol llic Mito who livur my nutntiiulion, and to tender tuy heartfelt obliua linns to the rebuolicau press of the Skate or thoir utntoiui kludncM to mo in ill. h cuaaiuir the merits of candidate iu their columns. rirdginc all tho ability I may havo to aecure the election of tue ticket Inat may bo chosen at our Convention, and in aujpurt ol Uepubluan prluciplvs, 1 uui, geutlemen, your obediant ervaot, ILL. ClilliACK. Republicans on Financea. At a HepubMoaii County Couveotion, held at Indianapolia on (Saturday, tha ollowiog resolution, was edoptcd: WutaKAl, aul and exact Justice should be tha rule of ictioo for the pub10 as well as for a private debtor in Usaling with creditors; therefore, wijIckJ. that tha bsods sod other Ob. lotion f tint Heoeral GovornrasnC

which do not expressly aMj ulate f. r payment in coin un their lce rhould to paid in IckbI money, and that nur delecatea to the State Convention be instruc-

trd to vote lra resolution in meoiaio, platlorm embodying this proposition. ' Vallandlgham Laid on tho Shelf. The Ohio Legislature have chosen Judge Thurman U. 8. Senator. The vote in caucus stood Thurmau C7, ValUndigham 21. Money Transferred.It is reported that the late Treasurer of Georgia tranferred all the money in the Treasury Jo New York, before he was removed.. Governor Jenkins has issued an order suspending the collection of taxes, and the great question is, how shall the Convention get its pay? . Auditor of State. T!i9 name of John D. Kvuns, of Indiana pol in, will bo presented to the' Hepubliran State Convention as a candidate for Audi tor of Jäie, and whilo we have no intention to di'parage the merits of any of the other eontleroeu who will come before that Convention for tho same position,' we may'

be lilowed to sny a fow word iu favor f 1 "e Arsenal at luuiaoaponf, ana icicixe one whom we. haie known for years. nd!,,M ,tbel t Camp Morton, and

hare respected for his talents and abilities!"" ,1,cr d.!f ,D,,, w" Vn? no less than we have liked him for hi, j f " to meu dtve? W ill y ou vole w tb the ireuial and kindly qualities as an .ffihle I Py ,L-t. diaoouraged euliatu.ents, couu aadurteousntlemau. Tho first hing : pe',cd "'f8 Dd "'Utd.r.d enrolling we cVnaay tn favor of Major Kvans ia that "-Seera? ill you vote nh the jurty that wnieh pre eminently fit, him for the po.!6 dratt-aaeak and de.-erter- voies sitio4i iu a hit h his friends aspire to place I"1' In ihort. will you vote for men him he is a most thorough and complete 'hot "re l ,u"rl "rrpd tc a Itepublicati busies mm, and p Mecs taleuts of a furm of oerD'"e? Consider well, and superior order for bum.es transactions. "cver K'ive ov,'r, t0 tlie ''ed Demo. While lie has been ao strictly honest that i 'r",,c P'y. Let us atat.d shoulder to im ona aa ever i iimr,h . I,i,.i,t i . shoulder, a nd come up to t he polls i u one

unfair sdvantate taken by him in a i v I r,liu I-tliX. atl ct jur vte for lUisiou affair or trade, but on the contrary thn.'e a"d L,berlJ- t'uuld any ti UO soldier rehr .t.l mill. I.t.n tl.o lr ....... ' ' u?e I o vote lr G c ii . U i a ii t lor President

tluiiil in.u L itt.k,t highly of him-he hua by the exe.cise of upenur tact and financial management succeeded in ia the head a rank ot tlie tal. Finatitia coupled as they are with scrupulous honesty, are the main qualifications required iu an Auditor. Politically ho was a Democrat until the btcakiog out of tho wur, but wleti tho line was drawn between patriot on one hand and traitors and their sy mpathizer on the other, there was no hesitancy on hi- part. He promptly espoused tho cause of his country, being among tho first to volun tcer, leaving au extensive and lucrative mercantile biwnesi which ho had succeeded in building up, to take care of itself Mule he obeyed the higher cull of his country. Tho three month volunteers from this vicinity eil remember him, as also those olthd i'.Uih, aud those who ore not too bitterly Tppoi--d to him politically tu do him justice will endorse all that we have said in his favor. At least we have taken some pains to enquire about him lroiu his old comrade. iu the 110th, and have yet to heor a word aguinst him. . Altogeiber,se balievo his name on the ticket will add f.;rcat strength to it, as his acquaintanceship is pretty ireneral through tbe State, and wherever he is persont it . i i . 1 1 i-1 i . any Known ,no is generally iucu. it is .or thia reaaon that we should be pleaned to have him nominated, as we know that neither would he desire the nomination himself, nor would any of his friends wish it for him, did they not think it would be to the general advantage of tho ticket. Seymour Commercial. Superintendent of Publio Instruction. Liberty, Ind., Jan. 13, lbUS. Editor lirookvilU American, As our much esteemed fellow citizen, Prof. Miles II. Carleton, (nicknamed "Tippecanoe,'') is a candidate for nomination for the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, we would say that he is well qualified for such au honorable office. Iii qualifications are unquestionable. He has taught cchool over thirteen years, is a sruduute of College, also a graduate of a Law School. ivery Superintendent should understand the law. lie ia a cood speak er, and will give Lis time to the cauäC. He has worked hard and long tor the par-! ty. aud decerves well at theii hands. '1 he ' Küstern pail of the fctato is entitled to a ! Superintendent. Ai.rtiA. For ths Atutrlc m. Mr. &lior, Dear fcfiR: Au editorial in your last iuo calls attention to a "Potatoe-Bug Destroyer." It is fair to presume that you do not lecommcnd, but advertise it "by way of buhiuesi.." I do not pretend to hove any knowledge of this particular ptcparation, but 1 do know the adverti.-cuiout reminds mo of a thing of similar pretensions w hich I purchaped last spring, and this did uot hurt potatoe bugs htt tmi'jn, but as tho inventor assures me it certainly cilt kill the pests, perhaps our scssons are too short. Your IVstoe-Ua; man tells the people to send a dollar to box 1 174, Ciucinuaii, or Uox 131), Ntwporl, and tho right to uac, .Vo., will bo letunitd by mail. Now Ibis is aimplo euoPgUreruiritytiur wouid not the buyer feel s ill iwre $tmjlti ii the J f Uidii't kill ihe bua? Iu iliai cto, i IUU what would the greeny do who bites at (his bait? here would be his remedy lor the windle, should it tuovo one? Potatoe-buj mau is so modest, or per lisps so ashamed of tha buu; buainess, as to withhold hia name, aud aa, ' rend a i tail an ik el your tnotioy to uuz Jit or uu. During neaily half a century ot lutercourie with men, 1 have never known one honett lusn without a hämo, nur one who cared who knew what that name was. I have never known one who called him self Mux 1174, oor any other liox, uulcas his natno was box. In behalf of my brother farmers. I will ay tu I ho individual who answers to the above boxes, wait till inj tin and thou deposit a lot of your "lAitroyer with our iriend llaile, the drutfUt, in Urook. ville, aud we may tost it ou the rrincitilc, ? 'o cure, no ruiv.'' Hut if you will not trust ua thus with your "Destroyer," then ueitbvr will we trust you wiiti our ruouey. X am disposed to believe. Mr. hditor, that I can kill potato bug much faster than tho aforesaid "loxce " and if that ubi luitous personso will take up the "glovo ' when bus arepieuty, the proof shall be nthcoojtug, My lutibod will be furnuu. ad for tha asking. Cioouorrca.

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Fur ih Aitricftb. To the Soldiera of Franklin County.

JJfjther SoJiVrs, The titu1 ia fast approaching when it v ill becomo our duty as American citiiens to vote for a Presi dent and Vice Picsidant of the United States, and for State end County officers. So now let us form a resolution, one and all, to support the Union Republican nominees, for we may all rest ascured that our Delegates will nominate none but good anJ loyal menmen that will not do as Andy Johnson has done, but men that will be true to their country and true to their parly. Soldiera, do you once con shier if you vote io opposition to the Union party that you endorse the pri net pies of tebelliou to your Government, and that you uro voting with the party that called yon Lincoln hireling-, Northern mudoilln, the party that rejoiced over our defeats, and would cry aloud with sorrow and consternation when we defeated their Southern brethren? the party who during tho Rebellion denied to us the riht of franchise? the party that met at Chicago aud declared the war a failure? the parly that .devised every , pot-sible means tu aid the South during the rebellion? the party that conspired to assassinate your beloved dovetnor, take posaeat-ion of "' !im V Mtoti for Vice President? Would auy true soldier be caught toiing ot Ohio, t lie v ("the Democrats) would brin him back 19 tho State if they had to wade through blood? Could any true sohiier rcfuso to vote lor Gov. baker or ill Cumbuck lor Govcrnoi? I think not. L. It W. Oak Forest, Ind., Jsn'y 11th, loG3. CorrsontDe of tbt Amrlcsn. LETTER FROM ILLINOIS. Lincui.n, III.. Jan. 10, 1SC3. Holiday- Lecturt$ Xtw Church Pol!ti($. Dear American. Christmas and New Year's have come and gone, and. we arc settling duwn into tho work of another year. Our Christmas tree bore us aime vuluable fruit. Not all of it grew on the bra nc hes, for they weie too slender. A beautiful silver butter dish and knife, silver napkin ring aburrel of fine apples, some vuluiible clothing, and some table comforts, were kindly give us by our 8. n. at. a menus, such tuiui;s make us feel pood Datured. Jujt low wo have no stirring political na, but in the way of lectures we are doin: well. Mia Clara H.irtouHKiuersoo, I)r. Newmsn of New Orlcan, Josh Uil -lilies and others, have been here, while 1 have been permitted to hear bishop Simpson, Dr. Hayes and Couch at lilot.tuiii jiton. Itiind Milburn, Naeby, aud several others, arc yet to come. In Church matters we proceed sutiofactoiily. We have hold our Church ami Pursoiiage to tho 0 Ö. Preibyteriana, and will give pOHeMon of the Church in May, and ihe Parsonage in October. We need more room for our S S. and ennr ( . . n - - j itutions, and have secured abeut eleven thousand dollars for a new Ci.utch. We will increase it about five thousand, and put up a nire Church mxt Summer. Iu regard to politics, I may say that I was s.-mewhat interested iu your Petmsyl vutiiuburli letter of last week. 1 coni'ess 1 do not ut'dtrstuiiu it fully, but that muy not be because of the number ol'words the writer um's. but bt cause 1 urn dull of up prt hensiou. As my remaiks were int clear to his mind, let me cxplaio I don't much like to contend with u man who bo lievea lhut women hae "hut one virtue required by a free ovemmeut,'' and that "their pMsiions trench to closely on their reason." John b. Gough sHys a man who r-iieuks ill of his uu-ther, in eiiher a bad j man or had a bad uioiher. hat i.9 frai nine iciatioiis ol O. K. i. are, I cannot nay. 1 tau only say that 1 have more confidence mi the virtues aud common seiiou of the ladies than he seems to have tuppOfe, however, he is right; then women should vote, for neuro sull'iage appeals to the heart, to the conscience, to the dictates of humanity. Women boiug all heart, would vote as the dictates of humanity would prompt; therelore would vote for impartial sutlruge. Until the colored people can vote, they cannot defend them tclvcs, and the womeu would do riht from the Imirt aud not from political motives. It may be true that the masses of women do not unk to vote, aud but few it any ttW vote, if the piivilege were grunted, mve wheu some uret worn tiuction was btloru llum but lew Would care lor tili' c; very lew would engage iu politics, but when a quer-tiou aiTecting their homes and little ones, such as ihu temt crame tiuetiuti, wus to be sctled, they would (nettk with a Voice that would wake tho echoes, and would, drive such a fiend from earth. Let the question of the Sabbath bo be lore them, and them whether the rrinciplca rucoguized us the busi of our civil aud religious liberty shall be subverted by I huso who have n right among ua nive ) toutiesy, and a itune ij no ordiuai'y touea would be heard. The women are uot yet ready to have the fourth com round me nt trampled under foot by thoKe who do not care for our religious institutions, bought at ihe infinite puce of blood und Buffering. Tkit hatrtt would b aa true to Clod ' word as the needle is to the pole, while into mere political quea tiotis they would not cure to enter. We need Ibeiu on the moral side 1 gue$i 1 know tmrthing of Germany, even though 1 do not live in Pennsylvania burg. What matters baptism, if the lifo is wrong beyond? hat avails Church membership, if it does not teach that drunkenness and Sabbath-breaking are ex tresalv forbidden in God's word? What are the fact.? Who fill our jaila? Who j ar.i aur drunkard.? Who are our onen ire cur open they ohicflj iialUtb-broakcri-? Are

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iirrniftny tr.ey may ro sober, end moral, and religious, but the nisjotity of them get bravely over it after cumin to this country. Such are the fact, and we csre nothing for theories. I contend that it is thia foreign influx that is corrupting our morals; and if tho Germana don t like our institutions or morals, in the name of justice let them go back where they can be better suited. If they will be content to live under our laws and let our establiehed religious principles alone, let them stay and receive the advantages we ofler them; but otherwise they may expect a determined and effectual opposition. We do not ask that those eomiec to oar shores shall accept our religi ns notions, but we do demand that tbey shall not force theira upon us and oars. And those who prefer their votes to the votes of the moral native-born citizens, can have them; but the time it coming chm it xcont pay to luy J'urrlrjH voU$ ut that pike. Let the women vote, and though they are destitute of reason and abound io pasion, they will use their hands in behslf of their hearts and homes, and then shall the word of the Lord bo f ulfilled for it says: "When the rfehtous are in authority the people rejoice." Unless some stop fan be put to national iniquities, and unless the Goxpel of the Son of God te taught and obeyed by our rulers, a e shall find it true that '-when the wicked bear to e the people mourn." I, then, would invoke the aid of our mothers, wives, sisters and daughters, in the cause of jutticc and morality. W. It O. For lbs Amtrican. LETTER FROM VV. W. HIBBEN. 'the year 180? ia gone gone fiom us forever. Its chinges, like those of all other years, were many and fearful. Still wc have much to be thankful for many things to rejoice in. I look back upon the past with mournful emotions, for the tics and friendships of the older years seem to me now to have been more real, more true, than those of the present Nuw I would not be a croaker, and 1 do uot mean anytbiog in thia direction in my comparison ot ihe past with the present. I only wUh to say that which stems to be true in my owu feeliugs. in my own Coinictions, as 1 pusa down the years of the coming centuries. It would seem that euch year of lile has its ties of affection, its circle of relationships, and its owu greut life purposes. Men snd things are Continus. ly changing, and we frequently feel matried to ihe p-int, to its eld kind reds and its old associations and customs, as if they were a part of our owu indi vidual lives, and not the rspidly fleeting shadows of our ephemeral beings. 01.j frieuds, old times and old enjoy me u is msko up much of the happiness ot our declining years, aa we often vicit aud live in the chaiulersof mcmoryf wheu ihe autumn of life comes on, and we begin to look for the footsteps of the departed who are to meet us on the other shore. The many years I have Hpeut in Indi ana are frequently lived over again, aud I often think of my many good old lrind among whom I have gone preachiug the gm-pel of peace and tood will, both living and dead, and 1 feel that my life identity and fame, so far as 1 have iu, is inaeparable associated with theirs. To one and all of them I wish, most sincerely, a hap. py, useful aud healthy AVto Year. This year IbCS is to be in tho United Slates a year '-of great eicireuient aud com motion, aud I wuh to admonish all my friends to keep cool, to avoid sll bitter feelings and angry bickerings, and to exercise that charity and that toleration which is preseivative of tiicndfhip and becoming to every intelligent and Christian people. It is unfortunate in this country that polilics should cieate uch d:ßerenct-s iu society, that many of our good families should become estranged from one another, just because they tee ditieiemly in national affdirs. Tim, indeed, has bicn, and is olten the even iu the religious differences ot the people. In vindication of what is presumed to be the essential elements of the Chnetiau taith, men often exhibit a spirit of intoleraucy aud waut of chaiity totally inconsistent with all pure I'hrifttuuity, and they therein bring the rcligiou ot the bible into disrepute by the ignoriiut and bigoted spirit cf their own wicked and Pharisaical hy pocrisy. All men have a divine right to their own religious faitn, and hence it is not right to intolerantly interfere with them even when ttiey are wrong, men, in politics, it ij more especially the piivilege of every Vmcricati citizen to take which side he cboofcs, without let or hindiatice on the part of tho-e who may differ with him. This should be understood and appreciatcu by all intelligent and Christiau men, everywhere, for it has often been the case, and is yet, in many places, tho very baue of society, that mere uitlcrences in political seniiiutfut make American citizens, like the Jews and Sumuritaus of old, "enemies in war, and in peace" -nor "friends." I have regretted most exceed, iugly lor the U tweuty years, to see the bitter feeling which has beau often so malignantly manifested, among even the t hutches, toward those who diilcied with them iu religioua faith or political principle. It is often l-tid thtt rtlij'wut prejudice U strongar thau prtjudico of any other character; but it it ia so, it is only the more emphatically wrong, for charity la the first virtue of the Christian proles aioti, and therefore none may be called truly Christian only in proportion aa they are actually charitable aud tolerant. 1 have ever felt most deeply interested in the high moral welfare of our Church ea, aud it ia thia abiding interest which lends n.o to rpcak so plainly on these points which involve the moral dominion and influence of Christiau power. 1 know it ia customary to presume , that tbe Churches are always right in their moral positions, and that thoae who doubt, or critioise, or condemn tho Spirit on prio cipleaof the Churoh. are either infidel or duloyat. 1 have never beeu afraid of any opposition to tho Hue und cardinal rclig iou principles of Christianity, for the good reason, that, liko the principles in Nature, tbty are immutable, irresistible aud eternal. No power of man, in Church or State, can destroy thoso principles, IV r they aro the outshoots of the divine gov. eminent, and are co-existcut with human history. but 1 am drifting off from all idess I had when 1 sat down to indite a Uttertalk to tha readers of tho Awncan. Months have passod away since 1 nave uaa; tnv coiutnunication with the readers ofj a a I n j coiutnunication with tne reauora oi . the Amrriw, and m Have had 80 nar!

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------- w a v a j a waij J thai rcihiup bis Uen lort. On my way up here to tha tillsge of Harrison, where 1 indite thia random ereil, I met with several 6f your patrons who said to me, ''Where have you been keeping yourself? why don't you let ua Rear from you in the American!'' I id inered that I have been engsged aa Agent of the "Connecticut Mutual" aud "The Globe Life Ititürante" Companies, aod I have been basy try ing to provide for the widowa and orphana of coming years. The one all cash, and the other half note, and either worthy of the highest conti dence- of the insuring world. Life Insurance is rapidly becoming the great system of family economy, aa is and baa been demonstrated in many inataneea io the history of many families. The caseof Judge McDowell, of Kansas', is illastralive of the exceeding gooder of the. system. 1 hsd known him froas his childhood, and I was right glad, when he lost' his life by a melancholy accident, . that be had his life iasared for f 10 000. on which, he hsd paid only one preaiUiai. The $10,OUO have been paid' to-kts widow and. three children aa promptly aa if it bad been bank deposit of that much money. It ia certainly true that every man who can Oo so, ought to keep a life insurance on hia life, as steep as he ia able-' to pay for. It is a wise, a safe investment, and such as every man ought to seek af ter who has a true regard lor those who-' tnav be dependent upon bim. But I must not forget myself. I am no advertising mv buinea; that speaks always for iff-clf. 1 have, in some of my letters, made some allusion to my friend Dr James Thompson of thia plsce, both as a phy sicisn and surgei n. The doctor for nerly a year has been engaged in the drug buineiB in this villuge, tut I learn thai he ha, sold out his interest to Mr. Jas. II. ltolerls, his partner, who In every respect is worthy ot the confidence and patronnge of the public, and of the par ticular regards of all single ladies, aa he has nobody to care for him in a connubisl way, as yet. Itoi erts is a clever, good looking young msn, and every wsy worthy qf the smiles of even any if our fair, no matter how rich or how pretty. Dr.. Thompson, who is one of the bi'M read and moot intelligent physicians of the Wh ite ater Valley, think strongly of devoting his entire attention to the specialties of "the eye and ear." For a number of months he has been attending tbe private clinic of Dra. K. k A. D.Williams, of Cincinnati on the above specialties. Thers is no doubt that the suffering world would he g-estly benefitted if more of our physicians would give ihtmcelvte to these aud other medical tpecialtics. I am more than glad to learn that Dr. Th- mas'a mtjh meilicine is doing wondera in this community. It is a good remedy for coughs and colds of every character. Dr. Clark has not yet left us, as many feared he would, and hia numeious friends here hope he may live and die among thcin. Dr. Clark ia one of thst sort of men which the people love,' and his etui, nent abilities as a phy sician tnske him an incMimable member of society, both as physician and as a msn. Iiis uobluwife has no superior among woman. I am right glad to hay that the ministry of this village are living in the line of their duties, and the quiet and peace of ihe community are evidence of the faith fulness of their labors. Jo a few days you may. Mr. Editor, hear from me again, as I have u any things hanging upon the end of my pen which it may be you and your teadera will le glad to see and read. W. W. IIlBBt. , For lbs Amcriran. Mr. &litor Your correspondent "Ob server thinks the reporter ot Jjaurci itemsMhe week previous must have had a bad iiictnotv. Now I know uot, neither do I care who said reporter is, but upon examination 1 think the memory of "Oh rerver" is a little too acute. He seems to dreum son ething about a supper, and that a "Gocd Templar's Supper." Perhaps the reporter know lint the tupper alluded to was supplied in a great measure by the donation of outsiders, and that the doorkeeper and three or four cake and oysterStand merchants, belonging to the "Good Templars," were ail the meiubera present, aud that the vicitors were outsider that they who speut their money freely were outsidcts. Where wfie the Tern pis r? Echo says, where? Citizen. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Administrator's .Notice. NOTICK ii hrrt-bj gUaa tbat lbs aoJr-If tsd bus thia d4j biu appoint d Adu.lailratur witb lbs will aonsieJ ut lbs K-iata ol Conrad Uroa-uiiian, lata f Franklin Cuantjr, Indiana, da Caatad. baid Eslata I suppoM-d to b solrant. ClIKlsluf ULK MILLtK. Jan 'y 17, 1663.8. IS DVXKRlTrcY. Dl&TltlCT OK INUANi, 63. At IsotsNArous, ths 8rn Dax or Jr4Bi, 1S58. rMlK undtntjnfd bcrtly fl notlra of their JL ap lbtmDt as Alf n.tt of Job a O. Banoa, or Bro.kvtlla In tbe c uuy or Fr -sklia aad Ktate of Iodises, wliblo ssid District, and lierjatula II. Iiurton, of Arcbls, In ths euantr of CuUtand tat of Illlooli, who bva bt adjndxad Bak tapis VpMio tbrlroKD I'tllUon by tha District Cuurl of aal J District. W. A. nRADSHAW, J. Vf. BKAIIIAH, Jsn IT.ISfiS Sir Aniftissi. TO PUBLIC. HAVI'Q sold nt my Interest la lbs Drat; Ktore to njr psilssr. Mr. Jamas It. Kohsrl,. I laka -fraat plaaiaro In roonnuinllof bits to tbt tiublie ss tvt ry way worth of ibetr patrona JAMLS TIlUMrtON, lJ.rrlioo, Ohio. BRUGSTTllGS ! AT Jas. H. Roborta1, Second Door South oj Geo. W. Kent & Cb. Wb.r III U foonl l'ute Drugs, Medicines, Patent Mediclnea, Chemical, Paint, Oilf, Varnishea, Üy Stuff, Window Calaaa, Putty, Looking UIm Plates of all Si ica. School Hooks, Blank Books, Sutiou cry, BRUSHES OF ALL KINDS, From a No. 1 Fl-ih to a common Scrub Lraib. Alio, a Flas asiortmaat of Fancy Sf, JCtract$ fr the Jinn Jlerchief, rcrfumtry JJottln, Ltc. In ft -ryihlof kspt ta a Walt Ftokd Drag Stora. Tan uUr atuation raid to Ibo TrMarlolUl pf,trtant. llarrwor, Okie, Jan.lt, UflMy

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