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i C. H. BINGHAM, Editor. 4 " -uhooicvilll:t ' Friday Zlcrnlng, llarch 13, 1863. Meeting of County Central Committee. ' There will be a neetiog of the Kepub"liiau Central Committee at my.ofiic in. . Droe-kville on Saturday, March iilat, 18CS, t iVclwck p. m. A general attendance -i. vrcfjuelJ1 aa business of importance will come before the wecl'iug. The following persona coinpoeo said Cotainittce: ; Maj. J. C: Durton, Capt. W. L. Day, lt. II. Swiff, Air.04 MattinJule, W.H. ÜAT, Jaaitar.-lJailey, NUoii Davis,' John F. lloas, .11. Nelson Davi., John S. Alooro, dpt. V. S. Mhuler, Will U. Lee, Hi men rt Miller, ' Ihvid 1'oweri, ttW rethrew; Nathan Sater. . . C. I'. BiMCLcy, C'AairiuuN. 'J March.1). 1803. . "Hon.'jno. H. Farquhar in Shelby County. . We learn from lettable source that Col. Farquhar has been doing an admirable woik arid winning golden opinion In Shelby County during the past tvetsk. He spoke at Loudon, Norristown, Morristown und Sheltyville oil the Hd, 4lh, 5th and i(h int. to Urge and enthusiastic crowds. It U oi-Iy ncccsnary for the Colonel to pas among the peoplu to aecuro their - zealous support.. We know of none more active and untirifig in a canvasi thau he, and if gentleuion expect to get ahead of him by circulating that ho is waking no efforts for the nomination, they will make a great rnulake. He moves early andjate, and leaves no ator.o unturned. In hört, ho Las the harnen on, aod will not lay it off until the last horn blows. We are rcliably' assured that Shelby is for him, siuce Hon- J. M. Wilson baa declined the race. It.. greatly to her credit to prefer auch tuen a Wilson and Farquhar, either of whom would reflect credit on the District and honor ou it voters. The Colonel goes this week into Hush County among bis old. aod tried friends, aod we-bespeak for him that reception ao jostljjduo a tried and worlby public servant. Wayne, Union, Hancock and Fay. elto may look out fur hint aoon, aa he intends. to thoroughly canvasi the whole District, that it may be carljp organized and known that he is wide awake and a candidate for the nomination. Since the above waa written, we find the fallowing account in the Indianapolis Jvumul: SitELurviLLE, March 7th, 1SG8. It is with pleasuie thut we announce the Kepubliean ball in motion in. Shelby. A large aud fHithusiasiio meeting waa held here last evening at tho Court tlouso. A lirant Club waa organized, with Mayor S. D. Crew President, A. D. Lynch Vice President. A. J,Ving3to Secretary, Dr. William F. CTree o Treasurer. The meeting .waa large, filling every available spare in the Court House. After an organianou had becu effected, the lion, John 11. Fatqubar, elector and candidate for Congress to this District, was callt-d out, and closed a scries of appointlueuta io thii County, llii speech waa receivatl with great pleasure by his audience, aa wi clearly manifested by the oftrepeated cheers of his hearers. Wo learn that tho Captain has been doing moot efficient work in our 'County wherever he has tttn, with great satinfaction to our Republican friends. 11 is an ableelouent od fearless speaker, and last night handled the aul jecta of reconstruction, finance, greenbacks, and taxa. tionof bonds, to the utter discomfiture of the Copperheads and 'delight of his Republican hearer. It is his intention to carry the war into the camp of our enemies now that his armor ia on, and give his district a thorough canvas before the April election, upon tho principle th.it "the early bird catches the (Copperhead) worm.'' This is the time, to plant the good eed, and, our word for it, the Cap; lain is the right man iu the right place, and will turn to good uocouut the commission of Klector ttndircd him, uusought, by the lato State Convention. The new District can readily dipoto of tie old turrelj of the Fifth District, by nominating the Ciptin, who is doubt iej the most available, at he is the best cantasfcr of ull the aspirants, unless we are greatly miatakcu and we think wo understand ourelf. .Tho voice of old Shelby will! be given as -a m.it for the Captain's uomination as their Erst choice iu tho Congressional Convention. Too Captain having commenced thus eitly a thorough canvats of his District at his own expense, during the unpleasant months of February and March, certainly evinces an intcre.t in the general cause not heretofore manifested by any of nur numerous and confident candidates, lie U a libcral iuindcd, ablo and efficient patriot, whose counsel ran not be spared liota the national struggle for icconstruction upon just and correct priuciples. He utanda (jiare and fairly üpou tho princi t!o that tbo friendi of tLi (Jovcrnment rtuwiu .iuiiiiicivi uluu Wilis, uu pa,8;upou the estate or tho lato soalied '.Southern Confederacy," ad4iting to givo I rebels lack seat. ; , Glorious New Hampshire! The New Hainpshiro Republicans did a good daj's wark ls.t Tuesday, re-electing (jovocnof Haxriiuan by a majority equal lo, ifut ex'.'tje lin;, trut of last year. In the moie pyular polihn of the State whera the exilement 'mu Llghet, the lis' publican ham luadaJe yini.

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El). TlLSOUAM,- I waa among tho number who listened with pleasuro to the remarks of Hon. J. 11. Farijuhar, on Thunday evoulug last. Ills review of the action of Congress on the lteeonr,truction question, waa lucid and politically found, epccially that portion of it where he poke of enfranchising the negroes of the" rebel tatei, became it canicd out the princi plea of the Declaration of Independence that Mfl(7tncn are created equal," Aa., rather than aa a 'mea.'uro of expediency. When he took this view of the question, I did expect ho would explain his own inconsistency In voting atrainst enfranchising the negroes of the District of Columbia. Ilia name, I am aorry to aay, is recorded io the negative, on that very important bill, landwitched along with some of the meanest Coppcrheid in Congress. If such glaring inconsistency i ausceptible of a aatUfuctory explanaiioo, 1 hope it may yet bo made. . 11 ADICAL lUrUBLICAX. We are authorized by Col. Farquhar to assure the cootjibutor of our cotcmporary that he fill iae the firt. opportunity to enlighten him and the public of Richmond as desired. ; The Colonel has no concealments on this or any other subject in which the public aro Ifitcrestcd. Ho voted against the District Franchiso bill as it passed tlie first icssioQ tf. lliQ.rJih ' Congress, and wishes tho publio to know it and tho reason w.hlcbjfriifcpUia kid vote. ' Conscious that a life devetcd to eonsiateut, xcalout opposition; human . slavery and its ex teokion would shield Iii in front even a

shadow of jstrjticleobjf thoso who knew him best, of opposition to the principle of the broadest' suffrage, ho dared to think and vote as ho belioved most expedient and prCKervativo of those principles and the great Union llepublican party. Tho Colonel,' with tho great mass of tho voters of tho llepublican parly, did not regard it expedient to present that issue theo or now to 'tho loyal States as a party measure, and until prepared to vote for it io Indiana, preferred not to force it on tho unwilling organized District of Columbia that had never "forfeited its civil rights" by secession or rebellion against tho Government. To voto frr it in the District, was therefore to ndvocato its adoption in Indiana. His colleague, Mr. Julian, when enumerating the objections urged against the bill, said : "If Congress, having the sole and cxelusivo power of legislation here, ought to giro the ballot to the negro, why should not lodiana give the.ballot to her negro population? And how can Western Representatives face their constituents and answer this question after having supported this bill?' To which be added: "Sir, I agree that tho passage of this bill woolJ tend to open the way to perfect equality Irfure tie Jaw tn all the StatcM. I do DjQt deny that the puhllc would to untlmtaml i'f and I decline ncDe of tho consequences of my vote." The District of Columbia stood identi cal with tho loyal sovereign States, and as such had its organisation from tho hand. of the Fathers, and had atood with the loyal States during tho ref-ellion. The white citizens protested almost unanimoua iy against it, and tho colored people were indifferent as to the time of their enfran chisement. It was tho judgment of Col Farquhar that the rVwie had not yet come, and ho did not with M,r. Juliao believe that "the rieht . thint is'' falwayO "the expedient tiring," but that the safety and perpetuity of tho Union party was often fold more value to tho colored men of the District of Columbia (ban the pitiful priv ilege of voting for a Mayor and Common Council of that District possibly could be If the Colonel's name was "sandwitchcd between some of the meanest Copper heads in Congress" in the tegative, it was associated with those of Ilalph Hill of Indiana, Ashley of Nevada, Henderson of Oregon, Anderson, Dcnjamin and Van Horn of Missouri, and Col. Sam McKee of Kentucky, one of tho most uncompromising radicals of the 30th Congress, in comparison to whose radicalism Mr. Juliau'a would "pale its ineffectual fires." Wo wish to ask why the radical llepublican Senate, with Charles Sumner, Ren Wade and Henry Wilson to lead it, allowed the bill as it passed ll.o House to lay ou their files for five long months from tic 21st d;iy of February until the adjournment on iho l!3th of July, 1SCC, without daring to put it on its passago? We anticipate )our answer by stating the unucuiullc fact that thoy concurred iu tho wisdom, toj-acity and moral ccursgeof our Representative frem the -Ith Congressional District and ll-.Jfo of his party who dared to vote with him. To their judgment has since been added that of. 5ü,00of majority of tho sovereign people .of Ohio in October lust, ns well as tho common content of the great mass of our party. The time is not yet in the loyal States, and will not bo until the States lately in rebellion, where the rebels had "forfiitej all civil lights," and tho unorganized Territories demonstrate that the colored man is capable of tclfgovcrntnent, wben by popular acclaim the whole people will deniaud under State sovereignty his univcrial enfranchisement. a r-i . , ft APnl Elections-TownihlpOrgsnlzation. 1"n importance of eatly, pron.pt and efficient or:nnization m every lownshio must be admitted by every llepublican who rcflfi-ts on ita results. The Cmt Mon w m day in "April will Boon bo here, and what have you done toward organizing fur the election of Township Trustees aud other ofLccrs? It ia high tiuio to call all hands I from rtfrcbmeuts to labor, and go btaveIt and jme'.lr at the work. We hare th.a , on3.IC4r toj i,.ve ßll,Leu-J frcfch. The cid and imfoitant us'iC3 of tho re-

belllon arc still unsettled; because of tho combined opposition of Copperheads and the treachery of Andy Johnson. It de manda one more "locg pull and atrong pull and all pull together," when reconstruction will be accomplished, the treacherous Andy consigned to disgraceful ob livion, and quiet and harmony be restored. Look well to the election of Township Trustees, that the sacred ballot-box may be guarded and reflect the truo will of the people. Go to work friends, in earnest, and work early and lato and all the time. Tho President Summoned. The writ summoning the President to appear at tho bar of tho Senate on Friday of this week, was served by the Sergeant atArms of the Sen a to on last Saturday. Nothing of moment occurred at the inter view, Mr. Johnson statii g formally that duo attention would be given tho summons. A Washington correspondent of the Indianapolis Journal writes as followi: What the length of the trial will be, is of course beyond calculation, but it is not thought that it will Isrt over two or tin co months. This calculation is founded on the fact that the articles of impeachment are predicated on tho violations of the law contained in tho l'resideul'a illegal attempts to turn Stanton out of the War Office.. .Had the tommttteo sought to malo the indictment an long a possible by embodying io it all the offenses of tho President since the beginning of. his uneasy administration, , tnero is no telling how protracted the trial might have been possibly it might have endured as long as did tho impeachment and trial of Warren Hastings ten years. Many persons suppose that during tho teuduncy of this tnul all legislation will o suspended and pressing public interests run to waste, but this docs uot ncccssurily follow bvuuuse the Sen a to shall buvo resolved itself into a court, aud the Jlouo must be present as prosecutors in tho name of tho people. Nothing will hinder both bodies from meeting tu a legialatno capuci ty at, ey nine in the morning, aud legislating until tho usual morning hour, i. e., twelve o'clock. In this way aud by the judicious employment of time in the committee rooms, the finances and domestio taxes may leccivo that attention which their importance demands. si ' isSttaawaaaA Contemptible Lie NaJIed. We understand that certain evil disposed persons in portions of this County are circulating tho report that during the lato war Col. Farquhar waa offered a com mission in active service, but that ho declined to go to the front. Tho last issue of the Democrat contains an article under tho caption "llather Fersoual," making the same insinuation. Of course this is an open, palpable falsehood, aud, as auuh, known to be by its authors. .

Col. F., as a faithful officer, cheerfully executed all the commandj of his superiors, and never hesitated to perform any duty to which he was assigned. So f;r from shirking scrvico in the field, he made a special appeal to the War Department to detail him to the command of the D2d Keg't Iudiana Volunteers, to which Gov. Morton had appointed him as Lieutenant Colonel. This request was denied him, the CJovcrnment refusing to dispense with his services as Chief Mustering and Disbursing Officer at Indianapolis a position of the utmost importanco to the soldiers, and requiring cxecutivo and administrative abilities of tho highest order. If be was not in the field first, last, and all tho time, it was becauto bis wishes were not consulted and bis urgent request not granted. Common Fleas Judgeship. We desire to call the attention of our readers to the fact that a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Counties of Wayuc, Fayette, Union and Franklin, is to bo chosen at the ensuing October election. We are not advised as to whether Judge Kibby desires a renomination, his name not having been formally announced as a candidate yet. So far as wo havo heard an expression from tho differ ent Counties of the District, there seems to bo quito u general desire that our townsman, C. C. Riukley K:j., should bo a candidate. Mr. Riukley 's well kuown abilities as a lawyer, his courteous and gcutlcmaoly maimers and upright deport meut fir. hiia peculiarly for tho judicial bench. If nomioatcd, no man iu the District would command a larger vote. The foregoing is written without any . ww a a consultation witu ir. u. or knowledge as to whether he desires the nomination. Commcn Pleas Court. Judge Kibby has, with his usual industry, promptness and impartiality, dis poached a largo amount of business at this term of our Common IMcas Court, giving sat isfaction to all, and unmistakable evi dence of his ability as a ripe lawyer and an able judge, who will ucver permit tho purity of tho judicial ermino to be tar nished in his band, showing hiralf to be a gentleman of sterling integrity wbo will faithfully at.d impartially administer tho law and dispenso justico alike to ail, whether rich or poor, friends or foes. Wo dccui it but Mwp!o justice to Lim to say that these qualities render him preeminently fit to preside over tho Common l'leua Court, where constant vigilance and unflinching integrity are indispensable to tho protection of the widows and orphans as )- Tfl a . Ml a l or our state, it uc win concent to riaco hiiUEelf before tho people for re-election, hia past record will render opposition to him futile, and insuro his success with the people. In fact, we think he will hava no opposition, unless by delay to announce himself as a candidate, the latent ambition of tume ticking jh1 it Ida a should be aroued. What say the other papers io tic District? ,

District Attorney. , We this week auisounce tho name of our fiiend Leigh II. Ilnyraond lv-tq. as a candidate for the office of District Attorney for the Cth Judicial District of the State of Indiana, subject to the decision of the District Republican Convention. Mr. Ilaymond ia young lawyer of much promise, a good speaker, careful and correct in the preparation of hia pleadluga and law papers, has talent of no ordinary character; and without any intention to detract from the character of the other candidates, wo must be allowed to say that in tho event of his election he will perform the duties of the cilice with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the public He has always been a live Union man, and thoso who know him hero say he can to trusted in any position.

Alabama in Congress. The Reconstruction Committeo made a report to Congrass ou Tuoay in favor of the admission of Alabama to representation iu Congress, LETTER FROM WAYNE COUNTY. Corrnondne of ths Auicrlo.o. Milton, Way.ne Co., Inh, ) .'.March 1 Oth. lKiitf. f Mr. iii7jJudging from tho statements made bjr your Indiunspolis correspondent ' Union," in his communit-atlon of the Od of February, I am led to believe that he is laboring to make the iinptfrsion among tho Union voters of the new Ith District, that Mr. Julian is very unpopular witn the Uuion men of Wayne County. He uo doubt thinks if this belief is onco established, the probable effect will bo to tunke tho Union men of tlie other Counties attached to this District concludo that it will not be yWry to, nominato Mr. Julian for that position. Whilo I think it riht and proper to fairly and honestly diiicus the fitness and uieiits of any and all candidates ho aspire to heats iu Cong.es, and especially so at this juncture, when tho peaco ottd wclfaro of t ho nutmn rwimri. II tho talenl. ex rcric i.ee aud patrotisio it can get; yet I earnestly protest s-uiiibt all efforts to destroy tho popuiarit v oi auy one vy a mittturcnient nj Jucft. Now if "Union had consulted the oflicial records of the vote cast iu Wayne County in tho fall of ISO 1, (tin time ho rsys Julian was" so unpopular,) ho would have found that Mr. Julian re ceived 4,21)4 votes and Mr. Lincola 4 2oS votes, or that Julian received Jjü votes more than Unjoin, Will "Union" venture tho assertion that Lincoln wos unpofular in Wa)ne County? Whilo I do not deny the right of "Union" or any other person lo di-scminate the truth, yet let mc suggest that perhaps tho Union voters'ofthe 4th Dutiict uro sufficiently intelligent and patriotic to manage their own n Hairs, witiiout the interference of parties who hail from another DUtriot, especially when such interference is accompaned with such fabo statements as tho above. Radical. Kor tho American. nr,lv fo -n W I" nepiy to it. w. j. Mit. Lditor,-W Äir: I havo not befuro had time to notice tho reply of "R. W.J." to my articlo of Jan'y 24th, and even now I must do so hurriedly. I begin i ' .. t tt .t . r , by saving to "R.W. J. that I do not feel at all sensitive to your thrusts at school officers. I regret your remarks about "boys being boys, etc.1 in the connection in which they stand, as they accin almost an apology for keeping a shabby school-room: that windows and school furniture must bo broken and desks and seats scored and ruined by the kuives of iil-overoed pupils, and thcio is no help for it. I have known similar reasons given for permitting profanity, obscenity and ftghtitig, and the preceding class of wrongs

is scarcely less to bo excused than the lat-i -H'610 ölect a lk0 tviockmaner, ter. Tho teacher who permits any of ihemj'lr' & Hatfield as Cousin Christopher, occupies a much lower standpoint in Lis Mr. Wm. Ktcn as Porter, (ticket,) depression than ho Bhould. School furni- ' fervclgreut credit for their playing. Take turo and buildings can be kept in good it nil together, wo may safely congratuorder for any number of years; the wolla, ,a,c our i'n frieud ca their splendid

wood-wotkand desks free lrom knife and rencil marks, or aa Ion- as the teacher 11 . 1 m .a . ' " a isues to nave mem so. II so, tuen it is his fault if such property bo injured or destroyod whilst he has tho care of it. Let tho children Lc brought to feel a prido in their tchool room. Give Johnny and Henry a desk, -and mako it a matter of generous rivalry between them and James aud Willie which party shall show at tho end of the term the best-kept desk, aid So of Lucy and Lizzie, Mary and Jennie, or adopt uuy other method by which iho children can be enlisted in the good work. Have tome system, and let it be your oxen, and bo sure to carry it out thoroughly. Yell must' bo incentive, and if you find yourself failing, blame yourself, and use a little more thought. Mind tint you can do aoylhiog ef this sort, if you have tttffuknt ttc(, and tho industry to use it. A good teacher can do almost anything with his school, ucccssnry to bo done, if be wMl only luve his pupils and win their lovo, and then introduce his reforms gradually, treating them as rational beings, capable of uuderstarjdiug and entering into hin enterprises. Roys can soon thus be brought to protect and pre6crvo 6chool property, to lovo good order ao-d the prosperity of the school. Do not tell mo it caunot bo done. I htOxo letter. 1 have seen all these thing done over and over again. I have seen a school-room in which you could not find for all your looLinp, a knife or pcocilroark on desks, walls or wood-work, where sevcuty-flvo pupils had been kept for a year; and a belter-taught school I have never 8ecn The love felt by those children for that teacher will last while they live: rroving that he had led them by silk en cord., and was their dearly loved friend, and uot their tyrant. I have seen dozens of merry, noisy childrcu playing for months in school grounds, among newly planted trees, not one of which waa disturbed, aud every one of which grew. I have seen school grounds decorated with flowers, rlanted and carod for by teacher and scholars; and tho fiue.'t bed of tulips " mm. a I have ever teen, grew to school grounds in front of, aaJ not fifty feet from the trincipol door of - a tchool building where nearly ouc hundred cluKren aireouea aurii the whole ec-u. It was not Uaat

ihe children in these Canes had been better trained at homo than common, for the tame rctultt followed these trac hen wherever

they were employed. Uood, skillful teachers make good puidls, and inefficient school officers, under such aa in rluenee, will soon be found mending their ways. II, LETTERS FROM HARRISON. Hahuison, O., March 4, 18G8. Dear American, -I would be pleated to notice the very gentle and good-natured "Bill Friendly" aod his modea and letter of the,8th of February. Forsooth, sarcasm is a stranger to him; yes, but not tho desire to be sarcastic; aud, like many others, he mistakes misrepresentation and vulgarity fjr it. Keep your temper, and you will prove a better correspondent, aa well as a better citizen. Rut at present I have other and more important objects to occupy my time and pen, and I would like, it possible, to do something like justice to the members of the Literary Society of this pluco. The young ladies and gentlemen of the Society deserve great praise for the excellent manner in which they pvo their entertainment of last wcik. Wliere all did o well, it would seem to bo uijuat fb deignato individual members; but some names may be mentioned in connection with particular exercises, without injustice to others. The luusio by tie Silver Cornet Hand woa of course praiid. The titling Rand enlivened tho intervals with many beautiful t iecea of music, and, with the l'iaiio by the lady members, was of itself a rich treat. The entertainment opened with a beautiful song. "The beautiful hill,'' by the Misses Davison, Keen, Delanmter. Hen dricksun, Jones, Messrs. F. Campbell, Slcct, J. Jcwiss, R. H. Fenny; the chorus by tho bociclv; tho nccouipauiuient by Mi Km inn Davison a beuutiiul song, and veil sung. The Salutatory by Mr. Duubenhyer was in hi hafpiot . vein. This wus followed by n hplcndid Tableau entitled Wushington's Dicniu of Liberty," by six gentlemen and eleven young ladies drccsed beautifully in white, dceoluted with stars, and with leautifol wreaths in their hau 1, with which to crown Washington, iho Father of his ' Country, iho Uenius of Jiiterty, by Mi-s I West, modo a fine appcarunce, and a!ic pet j formed her part splendidly. The l'ro- , ,vi--v -v " "- . r '.m,

ana at tue cioso tue silver Land struck-up' rorit ,nj ..v,.,, Ulro luxurious than the 'Iho Red, lute and Rluc," and the yeulh." It is the cw4 of the due use .. : .1.... i... i :i i I.. . . . .

a . t a ' i a i ii uvhcuucu vwia Moiouiiu rensi.

lion, ilio Jsays. esprciullv those by 11. wnii ,hcy, who in .. nth have made no N. John and Miss Atlio Davison, were provision tor uo, urc "left like un utishclvery fiue indeed; but I waa pained toper- teicd ireo. Mriwel of its leaves and

ccivu luav inev uiu no. coinuiann iuo at tention they deserved. The iusti uiiientul music (piano) by Miss Simooson, Mis R'. Hendrickson, aud the duett by Miss Jennie Jones and . Davison, were all well performed. Tho Whippoorwill Song by the Misses Davison ayd Keen, the Kcho by Iiss Jcnr.io Rowlby, and the accouipiuimcnt by Miss Allie Divison, i were hue. The Lonc-tar Rjse DJl Club 1 Tableau brought the houf.o dowt?. The Songs and tableau, "Gypsy's Wurnlnj, were well performed, nod also the diubguca or plays, "A kiss In the dark," tho Persecuted Dutchman and th l?Tockuiakcr's Hut elicited shouts cf applause I. . a o , u V"' jwwiuy as .ura. leuiüoiie, in " kiss in me uark, waj fjultc(l, Dn(1 hU jegcrTM rcat crcj. i Mr. T. J. Rittcnhouse as Mr. Fcttibone was f upcib, and the other characters werc ell ustsiued by the Misses Fenny ?nd incl,,Jiellsl,n a,,',d I.r- '?n Krc?on u be "Dutihman, Miss Keen as l.tnd la(ljt MjM JlcCWkcn as AraMla, Mi.s j Lua Clark a Perseverance, did vtrv well. Mr. (Jeo. Tcbbs as Hon. Auu'stut Clear starch, was sufetb. F. Campbell as the Dutchman, brought the house down again and again. Mr. R. Pbilli a Teddy, and U. 11. Penny as Cupt. Rlowhard, sustained their several character with jrreat i credit to themselves; nod in the Clockmaker's Hat, Mis Jennie Jones as Sully Sharp, Miss Delamater as Jemima, and Mies Katie Powell as Mrs. Cot. Capstick, gave great satisfaction to tlie bocicty and ! their trie sd.. Mr. R. II. Penny as Col. success. Wo hope the Clionian3 will be induced togive another entertainment very Boon, aud by their good selections and excellent performances, stimulate others to study composition, elocution and kindred acquirements. Success to the Clionians. Long may they wave." Items of news are not abundant with us; business is dull, though we hope for improvement when tho Spring fairly opens. Yours, Pehrv Montrose. IIaiimson, March 7, 1SGS. Dear American, I will try and give the news current iu Harrison at this lime. Tho weather is very disagreeable to-day; a slight rain is falling, and a heavy wind blowing, which shows very plainly that boisterous Ma' eh is at hand. Tho Clionian Literary Society gave their eutcrtuinmenton the 27th and 23th of February, which proved to be a success. The playa were well acted, especially tho "Kiss in tho Dark," it boing tho favorite for the evening. It is not to be wondered whon you cousidcr the title, for that alone shows it to bo a littlo luxury. Tho entertainment was well nttended, a large number of the audience being of Ihe professing part of Cou.ru unity, thus showing by their actions that they were favorable to tho literary cause. There were no objections offered to any of the performances, excepting "The Persecuted Dutchman." This bordered too close on profanity. The Harrison Silver Rand displayed its musical talent; also the Harrison Striug Rand showed that it knew how torosiu the bow. We now have proof that thcro is some talent remaiuinz in Harrison. Tho ladies in particular deservo credit for their cucrgy in this cause. The word 'dormant" that friend "Perry" borrowed from ''Friendly," must have mado hiai sick, for ho has been dormant ever since. . Perhaps he is thinking more of Horticulture than of pen and ink. If this is the esse, wo will miss his writings, but will be well paid when he makes his appearance in our market distributing his fine tomatoes and early potatoes, which are (to my notion) tho best.brought to mar-1 ket. Us p ropossl to ire aa account X

' the Leap Year l'urty, which he has failed to do. This makes me feel uneasy for ibis welfare. 1 am afraid be ia dead. If

this be the case, I will offer as a reward i!3 cts. to any person informing me aa to the causeof bis death. No more at present. N Yours Respectfully, Ac, Rill Fbizkdlt. ' t Harrison, O., March 2d, 1SC8. Dear American, Notwithstanding you already have three or four correspondents in this place, you will perhaps admit another, although my contributions io somo cases may prove to be sclectiona rather than the product of my own pen. Our Society; I ho Clionian Literary Society" gave an entertainment last week at the Town Hall, on Thursdsy and Friday evenings, attended by such crowds aa even standmt room could not accommodate; and, judging from the enthusiasm manifested, we may ratcly conclude that we accomplished a success. Our entertainment coosiMeJ of musio by lie silver Cornet Rand, a good Suing Rand, Vocal and Instrumental Muic by the Society. Rssaya,' Declamations, Reading of the Society's Faper, Tableaux and Dialogues. I said we doubtless accomplished a success, aa all preseut testified their approbation iu the tuot hearty manner; aud ruve. that elans, the true repietii.liv.i i.r lim mlin iiiinisl ivl m man for kissing hin' wile on Sunday, and then burrcl of Leer for working, and plugged up tho holes in the maple ttcc io prevent the sap running during holy time, but who, aa history iuforma u, shipped N. E. Rum on Monday tor tho slave coasts, to be bartered for (negrwes to enslave them. They bless their djjar hearts und overtender consciences are nlways ready to grouu over the slightest tfTurts fir fleas ur or enjoy meut i ii 1 1. e part of the young, utiles it biitigs profit loMbeui u someptt project of theirs. 1 now prwpose ts close with a selection from tho Socivlv'a paper, "Tke DroadAx." Faith WORK ivii the Clionian RiioajjAx uv Jane Rat.ki.v. Dear Ohl .IX voll A, It gives me great pleasure to know that your retains ir? ket'iiiit-ss, nnd oiir ciiiicisms and incidents are givsu with suvh a arst; but we h ii vo authority for myfng "the au f a cuitiviitcii ttin.u h oMeu more com '.- uf ,lic cnilonnicni hftowed j nature brunt-lies,' shukin in wi l helium beltiie tho cold blats of Winter. Iu truth. uothing is so hippy to itself and so attractive te other, a it cnuiiie and ripen ed imagination., that knows its own pow ers, und llirow forth its tr'iures with fiiuiktiftsft and Oarlvssues. Tho luore it pi ml net', the n.tre ripalle it becomes of production; ihe creative (acuity :rowo by indulgence; und iho tuore 'it coihhints, the thore means awl vuiicties of coinlina. tiuu it discovers. t?v tute it he will you. dear ld Hrond-Ax! und , may we all ... m fellow Cliotiiann, piofit by our Association .cultivate our opportunities, and tiaiu our mental powers us to improve iu all laudable direction.. I have teen ltd it. to this train of reflections by the rtui.ii ks ofieu coding tu my curs, derogatory to our Association. Seme prophesy that as soon i.s cur public en tcrtuinuivnt is over, wu will bieak down, cave in, fkalc out, JU-., üu. Now I tt ut these aie ull mistaken in their predictions. Rut if we do full, is it not tLe general rule in Harrison for u.l efforts for cither social, meutul or moral improvement to run their voure and cofce to au unfortunate and premature ent, after a few weeks of spasmodic tfloii? And should we fail, will it Le Lecuuso of anything radically wrong in our oiginiz tt ion or our uims? or will it cot be attributable rather to our locution and surroundings? We chanced to hear, in passing, the remaik of a man of whom we expected better things, that our Society w oruauized on pure "sel2shi)Css!" i wns not surprised to leu r ii, on making some inquiries in refcrcuce to his history, that the Lcnifits of every useful idea or invention struck out by him were tcured to him by letters putcnt! Rat leaving these more sober questions for the solution of subsequent time, 1 will relate a joko I lately heard of one of our lcarued M. D.'s. He oidcicd some very powerful medicine for a sick boy, and the father not liking its appearance, forced it down the cat's throat. When the doctor called aain, and jiKuiied if the powder had cured the boy, tLe father replied: "No; wc did not give it to him." ' (Jood Heavens!'' exclaimed the doctor; "is the boy liviug?" "Yes," said the father, "but the cat aint; wc gave it to her." This, by tie way, reminds me of a most wonderful tiiumph of healing power, which lately occurred in a neighboring town. A citizen, being a victim of hypochondria, imagined himself to be a goose, and, procuring an cjrg, proceeded to tet. Tho doctors of the old schcol weie called in, and all their prescriptions proved unavailing. Ho was bled, but tili he would set; ho took calumny and castor oil and asul'ootida, but ho would still set. The Steamera were tried, without relief; the Eclectics tried Prussian blue aud prophylin; but set he would. Hope began to fail; but just at thut dark time the advent of a new doctor, a Homeopath, revived the hope of friends, and ai a last resort he was called in. "Lilt eure ULr' ia the motto of this school; that is, that it takes a gooyn to cure a goose! lie ordered a pair of feather breeches to be worn by the patient; and as with camphor in. cholera, departing from bia principle of infinitessimal doses, ordered a dozen eggs instead of one! The eggs and the spell were bra. ken. together, aud the patient was himself again! cry eggs-traordmary. was it not? And now, Air. Editor, one more anec dote, and I close this style. A short time sinco a substantial citizen of our towu, who was an ardent Republican, employed a servant who was a violent Democrat. The employer regularly attending church himself, tried hard to prevail on his tnao to do tho same, but in vain. He persisted in spending his Sabbaths at home or in the streets. On being aked why be waa opposed to going to chuich, his answer was, because the parson ia forever preaching politics. His employer, thinking tbat that argument would be overcome, if ho could only once get his servant to bear his minister, hired him on a certain Sun day to ;o. . Ou rc turnip home the tcr

vant said There it was, jait aa I told j you it would be; all politics from begin ( ning to eud." "No' Said bis employer,

i "not so; there was not one word of poli. lira In th ahM. l. .,.. uV. Skid tLe servant, "there Was: the text was rol. itics." - Why, what wss itr asked his employer. "This," said the servant: "If the Ilipullicant tmrrity le aaier, v. here will the cutttd Democratt ojiearf" "No; it was not," was the reply; "on the contrary, it was 'If the righteous scarcely be saved, where will the ungodly sinner arpear? I know it," was the an.wer; "but, darn him, J know tchat he mejnt." Aud now i propose to close with somo lines which may apply not only to Clioui aus, but also to tuaoy 'others: X'va Itto lalakinjr, I'vs Imi tkloktof VVbst e glorious woiM varv tkit, Did folks uulud taalr own buslaess ruert, Aod Blind Ibflr nalfkbor' lti. For laitanea, joo an44, tuy fritod, Ar sdljr proas lo talk Of lutitcrs ibat rot.rtra at not, Acd ethers' follifi uiock. I'ro fctn tblaklaf, If M Uf la To Mi od iurowa aCTalr, That pt uillj cor t)lyhtmi rutfbt Cut. Into to Biaaafa tbrlr; Wo'o fa a I Is oooali mi kowo to raoad) It u.sj Is to witb tiiLmj It would ntn aire i ( II It wora tot, Siaco all Btaiikir.4 aro brulbors. Ob, oald tbat wo bad ebatlty t ut svrj UjID slid wooiabi 1'ore Wr e U tbomaik al tboaaV bo kiiow "to or It bawab." Tbto Ut si bsnUb Jraluu; 1st' lift our talita kroiksr) . And at J.uri.oy doa lit' rotd. "Xt gooU" to out aowibor. Clionian. Orookvilto & Connenville Turnpike Co, Me C. 11. Ringham, By jour permission through the columns of you? paper I desire to ventilate the acts aud doings of the Ruard of Directors of tho Rrookville &Coaoeraville Turnpike Company, w ho have bceu managing and cn trolling tho interests of that Turnpike Company, which owns one of the roadsrunning out from our County scat aud connecting wiih a neighbouring County scut. This Roard of Directors, or the most of them, have been holding their offices for about ten jears, and, judging ty ihcir recent elcctiou, they propose to continue to hold them under the Life LcuseSy stent. The lime for holding their Annual KUcti .n of Ditecti.r took place on tho li'Jth of February, 16J8, and contrary tuLw, and cnsttoni, and all precedenta theretofore, without advertising in the Couuty pi pers, this Roaid of Diuctors met in a. tM-u udcd place to hold thcr secret election, with their pockets lull of proxya to vote theuisclves iu oCico. Rut, owehow or' other, a few of the Stockholders found' out the time aai place, and piocecdcd forthwith tu sec how thing were done up. They also provided themselves with a few proxya V vote.' Rut when this seciet Roard of Directors sw these Stockholders ruining, ihey became alarmed, aud ' it cu ed Some uneasiness, and tLcjr. trembled in their hoots. Ihey thought they would not be elected. Al'tr sou.e pit Li mi nary rcmarls, the Una id Ritt ut 1 o'clock, dui ii whit h lime ' thejo ti to Director weie very busyarrang. iug the programme for gaining their enot,. and, contrary le all tissues and customs I hey issued forth' the euiet that no pruxy a should be voted except the vote of a certain County which hoids fob! teen shares in. said roa4. This was voied by a tcrlaiu County official who has been somewhat conspicuous. 'I Lis programme of course? elected the old Roard, who have l.tld theiroffice ao Ion, and still want to hold il during their natural lives. These Directors are very economical. They did uot want lo tptnd the Company's money to adveitise the time of holding an election. The Picsident of ihe Company gets ouly fifty dollars a year for his strvicc-t is Preside rt, which is cheap. Tho Secretary aud Treasurer receive all the u onic collected at the different gates Ou suiJ toad. 1 piesume they puy it all out Itr tept-wa on suid road. do nt know whut their salaries are. Thev aie important cilices, and should be weil paid los them. '1 he Directors get each twodollataday and roast beef, aud whenthere are any repairs to be done on the road, thia economical LViarJ of Directors does-tho work nud rtceiveaa liberal price for doing it. Rut 1 am opposed te the Life-Lrase System, and believe it to be unconsiilutiooal, and would like to see a chunc iu the Roard of Directors; and when a proposition was made to them to leave out two of the old Roard and put on two uew ones iu their place, they said no. Tl ey hold on to their officers like a dog to bone. It shows to the world that "there is money in--it" and they do not want their sets aud doings exposed. A Stockholder. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Public Sale. TIIE nndcratgnad will offer for sat at publio auction, oa bis farm ituated at tae hi f Tempittoa Creek, iar tba Franklin Church, ia Fairfield Town. Lip, Franklin Count, laJiaua, On SiturJay, March '2S, lSbS, tbe following perianal property, to witi lionet. Cattle, berp, Hogs, a V oodraw and Threshing Machine, rinwi, Heirowi, Wheat Drill and other farming Uuni!s and alto other riiolei to tediuua tu mention, stale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M. Temu made known on Ay of 1.1. RECOMPENSE UUKFJir. March 6, 1R6S Sw. DR. THOMPSON", lining rcaa as estly located ia Is prepared to praetica ia tbeir various detail, lie III devote spWal attention to tbe L'e, tar and Tbroat. war B-Oin FAH3I FOB BALE. A FARM of UO acres, 100 cleared, Ulsnca la bet of timber, two-story frame heme with, 4 rooms, ball and cellar, a large ciitera, framo barn and other cut buildinr, well watered, 61 bearing apple trees, peach orchard, peeri, vlumi, eherrlei and other email train, well lapte4 to friit growing, and aboro all a healthy place 1 Jf miles rait of .Tew Trenton (Station and the White Water Valley It. Uad and pike. For particaler, apply to E. K. Keckafellar, New TrealoB, Frank linCo., Iod. l'ETER RIFFNER AND OTIIKP.S. . Daily U aie tie copy 4t aod chg this office " GRAFT KG.1 TniS MONTH IS TUE TIME for CnMlng Urafia, to be pat ia aaat Bpring. The ander igoed will be prepared aest Spring to graft Fears, Apples, le., Ac, oa reasonable termi. Will frniih grafts from tho be. t variettei of fralt for thle oil mate warranted true to same, and werraated to grow, or aa charge. - Send la joar orders eirly stating (as sear as may be,) bow aaach grafiins yea want done, tho kind of stocks you bars, lc. At. Adlreii N, P. FOKCE. JsasJags, Fraaklia Co.; lad.