Indiana American, Volume 7, Number 4, Brookville, Franklin County, 24 January 1868 — Page 2

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,Äian-:t American, C. H. BINGHAM, Editor. 5 i Xaa.'. -UUOOKVILLE-PrUiy Morain?.' January 24, 18S8. . Republican County Convention. THer will be m Mass Meetipg of the HepuWiciofi of Franklin . County it the C-urt-' HoOc ia Trockil!e on Jaturdny ihe &th day of February next, for the purpose of appointing Delegates to attend the Republican fata Convention lo le field at Indianapolis on Thursday lh 20th day of February next, A full attendance is desired. .1 Byorder of the Central Comiuitiee.C: C; IJixkley, ''Chairman. JabaifTC, 1SG3: T ' . ; . . ... - v - ' - ' -The Damooratio Platform.'; - We give oar readers, in this week' issue, the Sth of January platform of the mongrel Democracy of Indiana! 'It is a true exhibition of the well known characteristics of ita author, and utterly destitute of the redeeming qualities of a tingle outspoken, roanly 'avowal of statesmanship.- The whole series of resolves ore tut a tirade of I billingsgate and abuse of the men and incisures by and, through whom., the Uuion of the States was maintained. Tbe policy of our opponents is foreshadowed by these denunciatory and equivocal resolve., to be ia tho future, as it wa while the loyal men of the country were struggling io suppress rebellion in the past, to oppose everything adop'ed by the .Republicans, no matter whether reductive of good or evil tc the country. 'Ia one important particular they tender plain and- positive baue, by embittered denunciation of tlte Congressional plan of reconstruction, and thorough indorsement of that of the Janus-faced Andy Johnson. They oppose the rule of loyal citizens in Teconstmeting rebellious States, and favor that of the rebels. Andy Johnson and Jus setui-rebel administration is to be sustained and supported by the men who at the beginning denounced him' in unmeasured term.' Anything for power aud place; nothing for the pertnuneoce aad prosperity of the country. Tho great principles which underlie our republican institutions are as naught compared with success and official position... It cutters not if the hand red with the blood of our fallen patriots as.-uuues the helm of stae, bo that (hey can ned aud fatten vo the spoils of office. To win the fight they forego and ' forawear any or all loug-elierUho 1 viev3 on tne subject of i'iuanc and devote from the eemd to tl.te seventh resolution of

the pht'.ortn to their new progeny. They an;l placed in barrels in the presence and declare that the bonds and other sccuri- j under the supervision of a revenue officer, tie of the U. S., with tvery ether de!crtp-lnd fr Uin inspected and branded, tion of propeity, honld tour its e ual or placed in a bonded warehouse. Class proportion of taxation for State, County A, tho keys of which arc also in tbecus. and Mouicip.l j.uipcV' arjd without in J tody of a government official. Tho disdic;ltinjj" a plan or purpose to pul-jeet them itlery is al in the general charge of an to such tax, they (.ropofo that Congress j Assisi nt Asesor, fpicially dclailed to hall 'tat tho bond and other securities '"upervice the wmc.

tt the U. S. for H'ltiwhil jtWjfu i in uii'tinf $ubitiintiiilt tqieil 1 1 thi Ulc itiipwd on jfroyrtty i,t tht mural Sfatit fur local purj"!." It is ihu.t their boasted and cherixhed djvtrino of taxing tho bonds for "Stit'JJoitHty aud Municipal" purposes, t by a da.h of the pen abandoned, and all of tbtitr capital lost. How much will it 1 educe the txes of a citizen of Indiana rr "State, County and Municipal pur poien," to tax the bond by act of Congre for Xationat purpn-e-? It will diiiiiriih that much tho Internal Hevcnue taxc.4 cf the country, and cause a thrill of jy to tho lirge eipitalWn and heavy maniitaeturera, while the Farmers, Merchant and Liborcn of ludiaiu pluy the w liia tie" for them to dance. ()!t bouxted Dotnocrac)! to what aubter fuge art thou driven t regain powor and orTio-! 'ihey dara not, like men loving their Country and its people's prosperity, a lvocafe the funding of our public debt, 01 it mature, in a bond made luljcet to 'Statt, County rnd Municipal ' taxation, of which plan nnj policy wo may have more tf nay bereifter, a wa resaint tho subject wf their platform. Reply to "Citizen." Tho letter of Citiacn" fioiu Whitcomb i admitted into tlii week's isuo not- . at withstatidiiig tho numo of t Lo real author I not given, bat is known by its eurtnark. We tnuit insist that all communication admitted into our column hull be free frir.u pcrsoinlitio, either direct or by iuainu uioti townr l our-clf. It is not ;ru, a rUiiuoJ ty "Ciiiju-o,"' thut wo have confined our inquiries and iueatigntiins tu the town of Brookviile on the subject of tho people's el nice for Cong.Kaui:n. Thei-u idquiries were general, all over tho County, and t-urefully and dclihi'rAUly mudi with tbe single purpose of giving expression to the reul choice of j the Union men. That Mr. Julinn haa warm fiiaiida fend admireis, ae admit; butl Ilut Cid. 'Farquhar is the choice of a largo r j .titv, m cq-uily'clcar and satisfactory, ;:, ;...'. . .., U ..,, ,..rj.J I. hl. r-..4', we know j.i;rioi:a'ly uii ny1 ii.il um Ul htiJ prUiisent ifito iu hig't.

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predion in approval of lie Avuricjn$ support of hiui. ' - " Congressional Nomination. Tie plan of ruukiog our nomination for Congress in tie new Fourth District must soon be mat urea." It would be useless to dircuss the plan, if it wero not for the fact that a minority "of the Counties com posing the new District have teen nominating by a different plan than is the common" usägVöf tin party. We have reference, of course, to tho modern practice of the -old Fifth-District of nominating by ballot at thv Apr.) - ejection., 'To this I modern innovation we object: ' lsV rfe'cauiö tfVib'ti-ltepublican and anti-Democratic, in4 dispensing with the majority rufe and substituting that cf a plurality rule.' lid. I3ecautt iLyjflually introduces two j elections iir "place" of one' and transfers the eon!et with-aU U .bitterness, denuncia tion and" billingsgate, if a teated one,j from. OUT rtfiiryicHl to mir frjendtz - . 3d. Because it prevent: the expression of othe. tarv yf ioieeVI3jr the old fashioned Convention you may express a second, third, fourth, aad oftentimes fifth or sixth choice. 4th.-noau it -is liable Jo - result in great injustice by tho nomination of too many offieersVO-oin'o'ne locanty. ' , 5th. It takes from the people the opportunity of that general consultation which i 80 conducive of pood understanding, and by which v local view and interest may be reconciled, at Delegate or Mass Conventions. 6th. Decause tbe practice of the ballot system has resulted in the m st embittered and partizan strife atuonjj our own friends in the old Fifth, which; instead of intro ducing into the new Fourth, wo desire forever to banish with the system from the ranks of out pat ty. The Harrison yVhisky Frau da. Considerable interest having been man ifested in regard to the recent developments of frauds at our neighboring town of Harrison, id the' manufacture and sale of illicit spirits,, we hare obtained the ma terial facts in the ca?e, and herewith present them to Our renders. .Anhört time before the Distillery of J. 11. Dair resumed operations last Autumn, the preliminary steps were taken looking to the com mine-Ion of said frauds. And before giving tic details in relation to the same, it may be proper to explain to our readers, in brief, the general arrangements of a distillery tunning in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Treasury Department. . Jet it be understood, then, thaf. the distiller has no access whatever to the high wines or spirits, until they are withdrawn' from the bonded warehoU'C on thepajmentof the tax. s the whuky h ditil!cd, it pascs into the High Wine Tub, a tightly-closed vessel, from whu-h it is pumped through a continuou pipe into the cistern room, the keys of which are held by a revenue officer.. From this the spirits are withdrawn at stated . periods ' Such being the arrangements, it would i-ec in well nih im possible for tbe distiller to obtain whisky fraudulently without tho connivance of some ono in tho aervico of the United States, As beforo remaiked, the arrangements preliminary to the comuiiion of frauds at I) j it's Diatillery wer begun prior to tho fommcticeiuctit of operations at said Distillery lut Fall, pipoortube. comptokcd of Iudit tubber, wa' obtaiuol, ouo eud of which was, by means of a metallic fastening, crewed into tho bottom of the High Witio Tub. This tub rented on the floor, through whbh the pipe passed, and under which it wa conducted until it reached the Boer House. From this point it wus conducted nlong and under the beer-trough to tho north end of the Beer House. Some' forty feet north of the B;er House stands the Malt Houte. This is a brick building, wiih a large cellar, ostensibly uced lor the storage of empty barrel. FrMM l.JJjr . Houo to the Malt House a narrow trench was dug, in which the pipe was laid, and protected by a covering of vCood jTbe soil whs then carefully repluced, and evidence of its re moval obliterated. , An aperture was made in the wall of the Malt House cellar, through which the pipe was conducted, and terminated in a largo tub or receiver, placed on tho floor of tho cellar. Thee arrangements having been per fected, as soon as tho still commenced , running, whi.ky was discharged through I and from said pipe into the tub in .1.- i o '

Malt House cellar, in quantities varybgjorj( or ü(.CUpie a position moroinac from two to fuur barrel duily. To com cordanco with what is demanded by the

pensato fortius amount, material sufficient 1 to produce the name was placed in tho inash tub clandestinely, and of which no report was made. As tho tub in tho Malt House cellar was QPed, its contents wore placed in bar reis, which, at night, were removed and coticealcd under the house of one of Mr. Dair'a employe. O ia hundred and fourteen barrels bavin thut been stored, idmi twonty-live or thirty barrels Were .uW.o.l, I. .U - stable. llivloj cttsined tLii amount of nhi.k

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Cincinnati, Ohio, and its removal by wag ons at night commenced. Twelve barrels were thus delivered to Sausser Si Co., soon arter whioh the parties to tho fraud becoming alarmed, and feariog that a search would be made, hastily removed the whis ky concealed in the Malt House and stable to Chris'. Miller's Soap Factory,' when a clumy attempt at concealment was made. An attempt to obtain wagons to remove the whUky from the Soap Factory to Cin cinnati having failed, and a knowledge or its location being in the possession of several persons, a denouement was .inevitable. But from the fact that the illicit' whisky had been removed from the distillery premises, the evidence' of" the Triad carefully concealed or obliterated, and material witnesses . spirited ajray, for a time after investigations. were begunit seemed almost impossible to fix the responsibility where, it properly belonged. . . - To.tho .untiring' and" persistent .efforts of U. II. Sift VA( T the' Af-eor of Internal Ua vtfnue for the" 4hTitict,'.injho face-of most formidable. 7ppitija,'. the (Jovernraent aod-peeple rre. andcutd for the exposure-pftthe. whole mafwjr.ränoi the guilty. prtiej "ma'de 'tpauJwer'Arr.th'e'iti'ar,8 demand!, The.Di's'tniöryis ,Jifif(:i,;wU;isky Keixed. and parties ayesteJ and clfaTg ed with violation qt.tbellaw. w . I I L I - , Hon.'Wil! Cumback: . We anderstand that the resolves of Ma rion County instructing their Dt-leutea to vote for lton.-Vill Cumback for Lieut. Governor were passed over his protPSt, and. he will not be a candidate for the place or suffer his name to be ued;n tint connection. It is a great disappointment to his many friends in this part of the State, that his invaluable service as a canvasser are to be lost to the State ticket, and we still hope that they may be socured in some way for the important campaign of 1SC3. Bath Township. We are assured by a prominent citizen and gallant soldier of Bath Township, that the U nion Dien of 'Old Bath" are $Ud for Col. Faiquhar for Congress, and that she will roll upon increased majority for him, if nominated; WiiiTcoMB, Ind , Jan. 20, 18C8. C. II. Bingham, Dear Sir: I see by an editorial in your last week's paper that you are out'for the Hon. John II." Far quhar So r Congress in tMU (the iiew4th) District. You say after careful inquiry 1 A n 1 T- ,i that you believe that Col. I arquhar is the ,., .. choice of a msjonty of the, citizens, of this County. '"You had belter let your inquiry extend a. little lurthcr than the limits of Brcokville. If ho Col. would liko to bear the voice of the pecple'as to who shall. Vepresent'them iu the aext Congress, just let it be known, and he can have ihc Voice of the people on that in a Nomina ting Convention the first Monday in April,

,Tr .V it ' r " u , - r,e MLe so called J)en,ocratic party, in selectpie, that tbe Hon. GeOrce W. Julian has . , ,. , a majority of "the Union Bcpuhlican vo- 1D- the plates of the party by the ters. I am confident that Mr. Julian asks fytem called primary election of cand& nauuht but right. He would rather have j dates to be nomiuated and voted for at our the voice of the people in a Nominating Leoeral elections, and inasmuch as you l'nnlm.linn l,,r I I, .. , .j l. - f.. I - . . I. '

. .. . . . v. u , .wi t m , ,a nie mural umuc l'l mode of nominating, if it, is conducted fairly and honestly with the several candidates. I hopetohee nothing but fair play on the part of the Irictids of cither caudi date. 1 would like to have the alnilo 1 -ivuK. (us iv nive ins wiiOiC ,,,. ,,tri, . 1 . I matter rnss ('ft in irmn n hurtunnv rr 1

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gouging as there will be in a Convention, , . . . .1 I will be in vain That tl ese 1 t- 1 . . , . ' can and a !i!o lonir dissenter to the usages win ue 111 um. "l 11

wurrw a iu. may oe lorceu on the uf. t,J0 r erhcaj t to . : en, 1 am r-or.y to k now is eq Mrfen w 1 Uo'i '"T 1 -ill COüVcJ WJ idew ,iat 1 h ul .Mr. Julian will no doubt mbmit to either ..... 1 J J w..nh hn r to furnish

111 union thero is streiiL'lh. v.. ...1: 1..- .1 .. . i . .No candidate thus , l.r named preen , abetter record, qualifications and uvail-1,

ability than the Hon. Gcnrgo W. Julian. He stands firm it It the Union party on all the great questions of the duy. By a reference to his Congressional record you Iaaaeaae will bud Ms vote in the ticga'ive on all such bill as th SlUO bounty lo (he sot dier and tfl'.OUO oddiliomil to the Congressman, the bankruptcy bill, and many 01 hers which who not of vital interest to his constituents. He hoped lu give the soldier a better bounty, but Iiis bill was vottd down on tho Goal vote. Ho however fumeded in getting his bill ihroiiph. uiving to every soldier und sailor ItiO mc tes of hind from among tho tot.fi.-cated lands of the South. I miht speak liirther of his record, but it is uclc at p rcsu of, as the pcoplo know that none of our public' men cau huw a more faithful discharge of duty than he. I think I can ateiy pledo the Ivi-tcrn portiou of (hi County a unit lor "Mr. Julian as their firt choice. Hoping lo besr how tho people feci in other sections of tho County in (heir choice, I am, &o., Citizen. The Nail Hit on the Head. Mr. Editor, I was highly giatificd to observe in jour last issue the announce ment that the American would favor, us tho first choico of tho Uuion Republican parly, of Franklin County, the nomina. 'iun d Hon. J. II. Farquhar, ns our et anl'carcr in 1,10 "txt Coi.gres-ional f-.". fii lit rw 1 1, 1. It can be said with entire . I. .1. .. . . . ... I . Hum, inai 110 uiau poHMiMMos a oeuer reo '". than doeaCol. Faniuhar I.I I . ! 1 I lu tho selection id' a candidate for Con gress in our new District, we must not only decido upon a good man, but wo must have one who is available, who is possessed of the elements which go fir to render success a certainty. It would be folly lo encumber ourselves with impracticable theories or visionary obstructions, and worsu than folly, if, ly this means, weal lowed tho control of the Government to pass into the hands of the Coppet bends, ith Col. Farquhar as our nominee, ;'!! furls. Sj mi it I. M. J Faiiflcld, Ind , J48. 23, UCS.

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Cyrrecondene of th American. Letter from Rev.T. A. Goodwin. Indian Aror.i3. Jam 1663. Dear lilnrjh tm I have been itching to write you for some time. There are many things transpiring hereabouts, that do not find 'their way into the papers, which are worth kjiowing. For instance. the political parties' are beginning to drill. I have but little patience with soma Republicans that I wot of. Tbey can ee nothing good in the Democratic party of to day, whereas there is much to praise in it. I always admired the consistency of the buck that Jeff. Colescott used to tell about, who was auch an inveterate butter that when he was set to butting at the maul suspended by a rote, be butted all night, and until there was nothing left of bitu but the tail, and that kept on butting out of sheer cousisteucy.- Now the Democratic party of to-day is consistent. It is the cj2!'ition party. You remember that it opposed coercing sovereign States, even before Mr.: Buchanan left the White Uoui-e. It Opposed Mr. Lincoln's culling out 75,000 men to thrash the rebels, and then it opposed, the :.OU,000. It opposed volunteering, aud ' still" more bitterly op posed the draft 'It'opposed ucing uegroes in the war-- tteet where a negio could 1 1 I. " " (.. J' 1 a-. it do Dougitt as xjf.uoinuie ior a urantu Democrat ) 4 It. tip posed greenbacks and five twuQiics entmin, its great pow-wow at Cliicagoit opposed everything' in general, and whipping the lebels in particular. Dominating, mea . whose lives had bteu consistent with the platform. But the stubbcru llepubiic-uns could not I see it that way, but whipped . them thoroughly; jet tbe. Democrats, true t their buttiug propensities, continue to oppose. They i'poscd everything done during the war, except McCleliaji'a masterly inactivity, and they have opposed everything dot.e Since the war, except Johnson s et'. forts to make treasou odious. Their meet - iiig iaJi ween, waa viuincuuy an tion Uieetin They are consistent. How far they will sutc.ed, time only can tell. 1 can see no guöd reason why we should

hand things oter to them now any more verj feli,h, jU(,I)ection win furnish the anthau four years'ago. 'Ihey are powerful , 6wcr know just such houses and

on the Constitution. It Was UUCOIlStltUttonal to drub the rebels; it is t.ow nn constitutional to keep them out in the coid. We shall see. There are some things amusing even in the Bepublicau ranks. Our people are so confident, of success that there is no little s'ruggliög foh potition on the ticket. The leading candidates seem to be fixed ahcudv. Baker and Cumback . will no doubt be the candidates tor Governor and Lieutenant. But what creates the greatet excitement here, is the Chairmanship of the State Central Committee. Just what there is in it, I cannot tell; but there must be something more thau sacrifice aud labor. ' But the contest has wuxed so hot that out of sheer sell defense the two aspirants have been laid a.idu and a new one suggested. Han. John Caven.late Mayor of this city, ia low the coming t ,,iari' . . 1 . 1 ...... 1- -..: i fi. 1 .1... VJUOU luck. iu jour lüiiioau. jiau iuai . . 1 ,, .u I we can get to hrookville easier than to j Mew York. If some of us drop over more I frequently than heretofore, dun't be surprisea. xours, T. A. Goodwin. Primary Election System. Mit. KDlTGyi,--Some one through the columns of the American a few weeks pince advoratel the plan now in 'use among My firt objection to this plan is. that it has been uied by demagogues to deceive tbe people' and m ike th"ui believe that the majority were ruling, when in tuet but a 11 1 1 11 small bandtul ol adroit wire pullers man . ... . . ' . . r , A, ... e v 1 . , ... : and the selection of candidates was kit lo tf ftw uricr uU)ua oI itici(iriS. Now t . f . , nnv hat !ukpjl fnim the puts of the reople the right to rule and govern themselves. In our form if government we tire wont to imagine that men elected to office by tho umjoiity bcc.iuie the $a vanity tail the masters of the people. At tbe primary elections so called, any und every species of chicanery and deception uro used by candidates and their iiicnd to prevent a fair expression of the popular voice, and the rules and usages of the Cops are so tyrannical thut good men are found to support candidate. who are known tu bo entirely unfit for the positions to which ihey aspire. How often it becomes (ho duty of a Democrat under the rules of the party, lo support a dtunken vsgubond, without any qualification for uflice, and this merely because tho few who tako part in ihoso scleci.tmis issue the decree ' that every lUimH-re-Muiul vote tho uiiscrulched ticket," ami 'vote turiy end often to carry it through at all lufzird." If the country goes lu the 1- I. tho usages of tho party must 1 e ctiforccd.i i V I object lo this way of selecting candidates, lor the further reason that it creatos feud and contentions among those who would othcrwiso bo friends. Let any ouo look ia the old Burnt District and rcmetu her the ' war to the ktiilu" between Julian and Meredith, involving, as it did, a bad state of feeling among frinidt. I have said that this system stiflo the will of the minority. Let us look for a moment at tho new Fourth District. I will suppose, for the sake of illustration, that Furquhur gets about one half of the votes of his Bepublican friends say 1,000 vote in Frbiikliu County. Bcnuett gets onn ..ta tlw. tutu, nf ' , ..V..WV.. v...

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hisftiondiin llush-say H50. In Shelby rJ- The oun.bkulls, and the fellows who some one gets 6U0. and some one in Han qu,t teaching at the end ol a month or a cock 450. Union gives her vote to her ! ltcr would not, I fear, prove a very favorite-say COO. Now hero is an aggro- , paying investment, and the others would gato vote of 4 (MIO. I will supposo Mr. Kct ou l,ctter bout auch help than with Julian carries Wayne, and say bis vote is. 1,100. According to tho system of pril I j"0 n " to aurpasa ma in respect mary voting, Mr. Julian must bo tho can-K" l,he true teacher, and therefore I would t;.lut ,.f thn r,nr.r, l. .n-n h carries i tuuch regret to see any engaged in this

more votes than any other candidate, and yet in tbe District there is a popular ma r ' jority or i!,90 againtt hitn. I think thero is no fuirer way than for (be Mass Conventions in euch County to appoint good, honest, Jlepublican delegates te attend a DutrW Convention.

Let them meet after due notice and consult, and after 1 airly caiivatitig the claims, the ability, motal aud political standing of any and all the caudidates whoe names may be presented by the different Counties in the District, let the best man be selected and made the candidate of the party. This" plan has heretofore done exceedingly well, and there seem to be no reasons of any weight that the plan of se

lecting candidates should be changed. Let us act in concert and harmony, and for tbe good of the country, without petty, selfuh motives, and we shall roll op a good majority for the man of our choice; otherwise we may fritter away our major ity, und the Goths and Vandals take possession of our goodly heritage. Let candidates take warning lest the people ari.-e in their majesty and assert TUEIR supremacy over ALL aspirants. Yours truly, One of the Feople. For tha American. . Mb. Editor, Dear Sir: In the report of the proceedinz of the very interestinc Teachers' Institute fecenlly held in your town, among many things which cannot be too much commended, I regret seeing a few with which I cannot fully agree. In lhe report cf ,i,e Committee on School Houses and School Furniture, with whose recommendations 1. fully concur, except ss to time. I am sorry that no plan is proposed by which such school fixtures as they recommeud can be preserved. What possible good can result from enclosing school lots with good fences, planting them with shade trees, providing bells, maps, charts, globes, big dictionaries, &c, and entrusting them to the care of evtn more than a majority of our present teachers? Iiow long would , a good fence stand? How long would there 1 pround? And where would tbe outhouses, be a tingle tree left to' beautify the j clocks, thermometers a nd unabridged be in five year? Go to the school hout-es in thin County, for some of which most of a a m a these provisions nave been made, ana a ' ,,1 nnt mnro thun trara nld and t- " - - X ' j ' what is their condition? Gates off- the hinges; board fences by the rod used to kindle fires, &c; nothing but the stumps of the shade tiers left; the once beautiful walnut desks grooved and notched bv the jck-knife of "Young America;' thermometer all, right but tbe glas tube, which some inquiring juvenile brnlp fr kffi. wh.it was in it. The cJock woud run weji enough, but the .ker didn't like the trouble of winding it u? a0(j the BChool officer had made no rvision for havini? it done, and so the j i,ove ..iavc(i windinsr the clock till tnev broke a spriug. Tbe globes, however, answered lor ornament, until some one bored holes in them to see whether they were hollow or $olid. The maps and charts, not too much injured for show, are bung upon the walls on great occasions, but during school are generally tied up, ard afford about a much instruction as a speller in Anbic. The outhouses have fared worst of all. This is not, as seme may suppose. ' an overdrawn picture. Why is it that things so Mccssary to a gnd school are not bet ter taken care ol? -1 answer.-tbe fault is with the leailurs. If ihey will not pro tect snch property, it is useless to rnnke the provision. This I know is a very post five assertion, but its truth I have ffen demonstrated too often to doubt it. Dutirg observations, extending over no insignificant number of years, I have never once known such prt petty well cared for ex cept ly the ttucluii. School cfBccrs may supply all the necessary school fixtures, aud make regulations for their protection. of S ef ef but without the assistance ana co operation expenditures are seldom giv ually-true, and doubt but it every school district 111 the state ot Indiana with a good school house and all the necessary fixiuies. than to bring about this necessary refom iu teachers themselves. As a step in the direction of their reform, I propose that until tbe tax pajcis of this State have some assurance that teachers orwertdly will do rAsi'r part iu this work, they be required to make the best of whut tbey have. The general resolutions pnssed by the Institu'e are very good indeed, except the one asking for the passage of a law 13 provide for Ihe payment ol the usual per diem to the teaohcrs whilst attending the Institute; which, taken with the present provision, means that the Stuto bo rcquir ed to psy for the instruction given tho teachers, and thtn pay them for permitting themselves to be Caught. Most noble, generous State! Give me a good coat, and then pay tne for wearing it. Rut then, what is the use of doing thing, by halves? Why not tnske the tarnt provision fcr school .flicer and all good cititens who may attend such institutes, for all these need educating in school nutter as well as teachers; and just now the people have a slack time, plenty of money, and no taxes to pay. Ol ouurso ' they wouldn't mind footing this little item ench year of one thousand or fifteen hundied dollars per County, to thicken ' each tutor's . meager IIVii it IK'V VUSI laiin n iiim m v 'la very pleasant hing, to be ...re, 10 board ! twtf weeks annuallj at a good hotel, j J n "... I ribs whoso coat tails go whistling by. A charity scholar, at the expense of the Countv. Hut after all. would not the teacher respect his manhood about as much by qualifying himself for his profession at his own expense, si other repectable professional men do, and (hen uiako the people pay it all back in an tucrtattd salarj? besides, I think the people do not fancy aueh Stato enterprises, as building canals, running aoap factories, and educating teachers. Individual is generally more than a match for public in tercif, and this scheme for educating I....... leacneis wouiu luruiau auuiuonai tmuum nirJA Aullinas an itAa ivttitr l.aalrt. m at r flt quarter, whilst he has tbe ability to help himself. 11. On Tuesday the Houso passed the new lleconstructiou bill by a striet party tote 122 t9 44.

LETTER FROM HARRISON. Habrison, O , Jan. 15th, 18C8. Dt or Jmcjtf3n,-After so long a silence I resume -in y pen to continue my semioccasional corfdpondence; bur, as will be discovered before I close, items of importance in the way of news are scarce. Our whisky excitement has passed over for the present, and -will probably remain quiescent until the first week of next month, at which time three of our citizens will be put upon trial for tbe attempt to defraud the revenue. Why is it, Mr. Editor, we may well ask. that stich stupendous frauds have occurred in connection with this business? Is it a necessary consequence of tbe business itself? Some, doubtless, will be found ready to assert that individuals who would engage at all in this business would lay themselves list -ble to tbe suspicion ao juctly incurred of

late by many, and yet we know that men of honor, who would scorn a dishonorable action, have sometimes for a season en gaged in the business. I . The CUonian literary) Society of Har- , a. f . Tounff , A I gentlemen have taken hold of the concern, and ita success is no longer doubii'ul They propose, we learn from one of the Society, to give an entertainment at the Towu Hall about the 27ih of next month. And now, as I urged in a former letter. the iotmatio'ii ' of such a Society I now advise, and would earnestly urge all who u..j.tV nuiuui, loose ... V. . 1. , . .1 who reside in tbe village, but iu the sur rounding .neighborhood. Tbia we urge not 011I for the present gratification experienced, but the improvemeot assured. The Bev. Mr. Shulrx. of the M. E. Church, 'has been holding a series of meetings here for the last week cr two, with some prospect of an increase of interest in the I hurch of a spiritual character; aud, by tbe way, whilst 1 would not bring a slanderous or untruthful accusation, 1 may be. pardoued, though I was not a member, should I assert that my own observation has proved to me, as the result should to tbe Church, that neglect of the humble, reprc&oing the zeal ot tbe poor, want ot interest in, and crc tor the younger members of the church, divisions, envy lugs, backbiting, favoiiti.-ui, and a general departure iiotn the living God, has brought such a condition of things to pass as calls tor an earnest turning to Him who sits on the cncle of the Heavens, and pcrseteiiug. faithiul prayer tor His great salvation. My impressions are that .Mr. Shuliz is the rihl man in the right place, and we may hope Ikj will be able to correct, by Divine ati.-taucc, the errors aud wrongs of past administrations. And Dowlhat 1 have my hand in, I may as well pay my compliments to my Chiit'i'in friends est of the railroad. It has come lo my cars that from the pulpit the broad tenu of "liar" has been given tur humble correspondent, and an assignment to a place unmentionable to ears polite, for ihc grent and unpardonable sin of calling them Campbellites in this correiqondeiitc. .. .Now I was aware that a lare tnd very respectable class were called, by general content, Calvinists, another Lutherans another Armii.iaus. and still others by other titles 'deriv.d Irom the personal liarnä of the great and learned expoandefa of tbeir leading tenets, drawn, though they each claim, from the inspired Word of God And I have never learned that any of. these Christian sects or people resented the title. .Nevertheless, 1 stand ready to 'confess my sin, if it be a sin, and ask pardon of the irjurei party, it one be injured; but whether lo ask the pardon of the very exclusive sect in Harrison, or of the Bev. A. Campbell deceased, might or might not be a question. Certainly were he living, and could he call btloie him for examination all thoso who claim id expound the very peculiar doctrines advanced by their great apostle, bejond controversy he would icpudiute many, very many of tbctn. The extremely cold weather has brought a full stop most tl the improvements to 1 beuuu or contemplated here. Our mec Im ii ics complain vf hard, dull times; work is scarce, and wages low, and many would seek employment in other places, if tley knew where to apply. Bui for the present, enough. Yours, TEitav Montrosk. Reply to "Clodhopper." Ed. American, I se by your issue of lbs 17th that some gentleman signing himself "Clodhoppei" ignores Ihe 'Totato JJug Destroyer" chiefly because tbe discoverer docs not sign his name. The reason the discoverer does not do so, is found in the very communication of ''Clodhopper" himself. Ho knew that everywhere, at homo and abroad, ho would loon get the name of "the potato bug man," which he did not want and would not have for any thing he mijht make out of it. This discovery may be considered by some of but little significance; but when they learn what it is, they will see that it is in agreement with Agricultural C heroin try. and evert way worthy the attention of both farmers and gardeners. the I'russiao and the Western systems of cultivation of the Potato are worth auy man a dollar wnn win iry enner pun. With the price of Potatoes al 1 1 .CO per I k t I A .. I -I a a la a t- . tuahel, it wall become, farmers to give more attention lo his essential esculent. ITrtV 1 1 VA CiinviiliTI flltm Uox 1174, Cincinnati, Ohio. From the Philadelphia Sunday Tluei, Dee. 39tb, . 1867. A New Literary Enterprise. Great liberality on tho part of the publishers. 8 UK), OUO to be awarded to ihe subscribers. Novel plan to induce a large circulation. 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ELECTION NOTICE. THEStahclira ia tb B.rri.oa. NawTrea ton, Bochntter & Brookrill Taropika Com-' paoy. art notified that there will tt an election for tern Director rn tb Brt Monday in Febraary neat, at tbe boat A Emt'-H Cba-mbera, ia Cedar Grore, Franklin Count, Ind. JOHN P. CASE, President ' GILES GANT, fceeretaty. j., 2 s ISTotlce. HAVING told oar entire Stock of Goexie ie, Breok-ille aid Laurel to Heer ! this mtthoi of thanking the eitiieoi of Franklin County, Indiana, for their Ter liberal patronage, and would a k them teeztetd tbe es to oor ao creator. JOQEL k SON. jft24-2w. GRAYEL ROAD NOTICE. ? WHCE i, hereby g Wen that by order of thr - " 1 -L-irecion 01 toe uiiora rairneia Tnrcpihe Company on bebaif of aaid Conpany, X wilt, at the At arch 1S68 aewi a of tbe Board of Commiiriocera of Franklin Coonty, Indiana, proe.nt to said Board a petition for the appotataeat of three di-intertnted freebnldera of .aid Coaatr to aaaeta tho amoant of bBfit to each, tract of I " itbin aad tne ba f mil, of tbe read "2 .mJp,By?,td ,!? ' kewoi 'in aakt J ' J """" " "1 1 Asaambly of ..id Plato entitled "Aa aet antnotixing." e., approved March tt. 1887. i.awi 01 1B07. page 17, 16 and 169. Of all which proceedings all parties concerned) will take doe notice. JOHN M. 3URT, Pra'l O. k T. Tp. Co. HoUand, BiokleT 4 Jone, Atfys. ' Jaiiaary 24, 1&68 3w. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. THE onder.ig cd Administrator with tbe will annexed of tbe Ettate of Conrad Bargetnann. late of Franklin County, Indiana, deceaeed, will aell at pablio auction, On Saturday, Ftbruary 22, 18C8,. at the late reaidenoe of aaid decedent la tbe Teva cf New Trenton ia aaid Connty, all the Personal Property of (aid decedent, dete-ibed tbaa: I'roriaioni, a large variety of Tinker's Tools, Iloufehi Id and Kitchen f urniture, and other artie ea too tedivna te mention. l'EKMS. All sume f 3and ander, eaab; over $3, iix nontha' credit, the purchaser guiag aotr at in erext, with approved aurety, waiving benefit of valaation and appraiaeuent lawa. At tbe fame time and place, by virtue of the wiih of aaid dtce ent, I will aell at publie auction the Nx.l Estats oi said decedent, deaeribed thaa: L..t No. 8 od tbe Ntrth hlf of Let fo. 7 in tbe Town of New Trent.. ia said Connty. TKKMf. One-hall part-base money riutrn on day of a In, balance iu tclve month., deferred. ee p tue, t aecuied by note with intere.t, waiving bvLcut 01 valuation and apia.acment lawa, andsLy mortgage on :be pi emigre. Cale to cunttuetiee st V o'clock a. a. CHKISTOPUEK Mll.LKa, Adrn'r."Holland, Umklry k Jooci, Att'y. January 24, 1 86-V-4W. grain Wanted e AT T 11 li V U i:il O V S E, AI Vim THE B. fi. IEPJT. The anderaijreed aie prepared to purchase all the) Wheat, Corn, Barley, Kje, Oats, AND OTHER GRAINS, that may be brought to market, pajing tbe HIGHEbT CASH PRICE. Ilaring just er ted one of FAIRBANKS' CELEBRATED SCALES! tby aie in readioear to accommodate all who may want correct weights and meaauree; Farmer caa do a tittle bettnr with their gtaina at oar Warebouse than at any other lee n Breokville Try the en enmLt. JuilNi-U.N k CRIST. jo U ly New üirarrgement! u w n 1 FOR THE r.TILLIOW ! HJiN'liY ICVl-IN". otAiia is Rcaiiv-3iad(5 t'lclliin?:, GcntIf -..g fumlsftlng Goods, & , M Mufm lU t,UttBt t t Ul laerel and aurriuii-Hiig country , that he hS jastopeS e l a good rui-plv tf READY-MADE CLOTHIHGL seen e Csts, Pantiend Vet. la suit, O'erwets, of heavy material, for winter, le.. Jte. Their good are well made, and will be sold cheap for eaab. They invite the penile to give tbera a call. Store In tbe room formerl occupied by John R. Cooley ea a Fancy Store, od Main street, and Id Laurel, opposite Iba Fear I street House. Mike Vogel will remain in the store at Dronk vllle, aa rUleatnan, and Rrubeo Fogel will continue ea Faleiuaa at Laurel. jn 24 ly ' I1EXRY KAC.V. Aünilnlhlraior'ö Nollcc. NOTICE is hrrtby given that the aaderlgnel ha tbi day Leva appoiuWd Adaiiniatrator with the will annexed ot the lata of Conrad Urogu4jian, tale tf Franklin County, Indiana, da Ceaaed. bald Eitate I euppoaed to beeolvrnt. CilRibloriJER MILLKR. Jan'y 17, 16cä-S. forsaTk or REXT. TUE under.lgned will sell or rent the property ia Laurel known aa the Franklin llou.e, Fornltuie with Dar and Fliturea, oa liberal tertat, or lea.e tho nut from one te three year. Jan 17-ti ' C11A. J. ALLEN. , For Bale or Rent. THE ndtrilgoed öfter hi Tavern la Metamo ra for sale or rent, with Livery Stable and all needful building, attached. roiion glvem March l(t, 1868. For further particular aatl terra, enquire or TUOMAS TAvJUK. Jan ln-tt . Guardian:) Sale or Real Estate. BY virtue nf an order of the Court of Coiaaoa Plea, of Franklin Cotaty, Indiana, Samul Hurrey, (Juardtan of Ann K., Clinton K., and VVIIil.ro T. hurray, the minnr heir o' Sarah A. Surrey, deeeated, will sell st private sale, On Monday, Ethruary 3d, 18G3, the lnteret of aaid ward., to win Tbe taJivlded two-ilitb of the following deitrlhed Itaal Eitate situate In said County, le in The South Half of tbe South Eait Quarter of Section SI, Towi.ahlp IS, Rang 13. !!id for the pureha-e of tbe same will be re eeived at tho tffi.e of Uullaad, Ulakley k Jeaei, Drokkvllte, Indiana. TEKMS OF SA LE. One third parchae tneoey dowa on day of sale, oae.tbiid la nine aad re mainlev ih rd ia eiableer taunth. deferred pay ment recured by note and mortgage, bearing la terest, and without relief from valuatlua and ap,)railfU1,nt u. SAMl'EL FUR RET, Gasrdlaa. Holland, TJinkl.y Jone, Att'y. January 10, 1868-4. IX BANKRUPTCY. DISTRICT OF 1NLIANA, ES. ATlDi.rous, maOm Dar or Jau-aai, 186. rpiIE andenlgned hereby give aetleo of their J. eppxtotment aa A.lgne of Jeha C. Barton, of Pruukvllle. in tbeoounty of Franklin audStato of Indiana, within laid Pletrict, and ßenjamla II. Burton, of Areola, In tbe rouety of Cole and State of Illlsols, who have boea adjudged Bank rupte vpoo their owa Petltica ty the PliUlct Court of said Ditttict. TT. A. BR ADSIIAvr, " J. Vf. ErUDSllAW, .Jen 17,1 w AMlgnete.

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