Indiana American, Volume 7, Number 52, Brookville, Franklin County, 25 December 1868 — Page 2

SOL ,;nbiana mcricaiu C. H. BINGHAM, Editor. - UBOOKVtl.IiKFriday Morniugr, December 25. 18P8. : New York Election Frauds. The Congressional Committee to !nTes tlgate election frauds io New York has armed in'th&t city and will commence sessions immediatel?. The Georgia Election Frauds. Tk Seuute Judiciary Committee ie piety certain to report that Georgia ia not in sufh condition to warrant the ad mission of her Senators elect, and-that ; tier case needs further treatment at the i hands of Congress. What sort of bill will be reported ia uot yet determined. " t v Indian Expedition Returned. -The expedition under Col. Carpenter, Which left Fort Wallace, last month, has returned. No evidences were found of ans being io Gen. Sheridan's rear, and no fear are now felt that any further trouble will occur north of the Arkansas during the winter. Grant's fast Speech. lleneral Grunt visited Bostou recently, and while being serenaded, he appeared in view and bowed his acknowledgments The crowd shou'ed "give us a speech, General." The General bowed again. The demand for a speech ws repeated, with "give us just two words.' "No sir," i said Grint, and the crowd gave him three vheers. , ; Woman Suffrage.

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The Romans Suttrage Association of i isiaiure approacnes, mucii interest appears UMX1d immediately send money or land St. Louis is actively engaged iu getting j be manifested in the selection of a pre- j warranfs to Jame9 McClure, Junctionsignatures to memorials toCongress and j dtnR officer for the House if Reprcsen- i rjjtT Kansas. Wc consider this one of i r -

the State legislature, praying for the ; privilege ot Toting. A memorial to Ton-, ....... . : 1 k - .., .1 i jios, ii;iiru uvti iwo iuiuaiii pcr ; sons, will be forwarded. The Association , holds regular meetings everv week, and considerable general interest is beiig man j ifejted in the matter. i Presidential Financiering. j Uarper's cekly shows up the r.scah-. V in iu u..anr.ui propositions or An- . urew ovnaevu 3 message vy a picture i , his Excellency, dresed as a clown, bar-! gaining with an innocent old farmer for a j goosa and some eijkrs, tha latter being ' marked "interest." The following dia logue expl.iu the picture: Andy Johnson 'Now, look here? I owes yer for this : hero cco.e " Farmer-"Ye that's so " i ncrc gcoe. rarn.er i, mats so. T.i, lA ..'ii i.,,- ,-r l, ' Antfv Jotiiimn en, l m a very uon- , orable mau, and I'll tcU you how I'm go j ing to pay yer the debt: You just make ! T " ... f .1... u . k-. ..r i i 111 Kive 'em back to vrr in ravment for the goose; don't yer sei?' Senator Wade Has told what he would d with the Ala- ! bauia claims if he were President. He ; lit.. . ml wouiacnatne controversy in oue t.our. . Bays he: I fthmilt) sv t.i Mr Rttilr rr tinJ ...... 1, . . ..1 . r . ir . : . ..- 1.. -i.

- .1 11 j.i .1 new and varied improvements eventually a ship in one ot your ports called the Ala-! J bniu you manned herewith English sail-i Soin!I on tbe tfta,e of urerior ould ts aud allowed her to sail out upon the j readily take rank among its sister States oceau to destroy our commerce. This, I Ns one of the brightest stars in thc conyou must admit was iu fligrant violation stelUtip n; and lUe untol(i wcallh of its -t all tnternil law. 1 he shin called the! . . , , Alabama captured, sunk, or burned so l ni,nM l,s l"er, and its fisheries, would many of our ships. Here is the bill of 1 le l,,ore thoroughly developed aud brought damages. Fay, without unnecessary de to the markets of the great NYest. Itiy, or take the consciences." - The Cincinnati Commercial, in speakThe Cuban Insurrection. 'ing of the great diversity of opinion A Harms letter, of the 12th, savs it is' among Senators and members of Congress fact that a gigantic insurrection exists in on the question of fioauces, says: that island; that it is supported or coun- "The mysteries ot fiuanccs and the be-

teoauced by the great mass of the native j ror.ul.tion. the exeentiona heinv i..uMufient in point of number; that it has had many encounters with the Spanish troop, in which its supporters iufticted quite as much, if not more, damage than they suf-

. ' . , ' . ,. , "jown theoty, that, like a uuiversal the disinterested and unprejudiced are al he tUre ue .,

ready beginning to calculate on ultimate success, which shall leave the Cubans tree aud independent. fin. Grant has ordered and in.iuire into . ...... in that State, and nrlfr. Tha re cock to visit Arkanaas the coudition of aff.iirs rfiM. m uuio v . . porta received through tebel sources repre- j sent that the colored ed people are the Grant desires to be vrtsors. General Gra fully informed on the subject by a trustworthy person before he takes action. A special dispatch from Washington . says that Chief Justice Chase, in alluding i to the various rumors about the action of, the Supreme Court on the constitutional-1 i'j of the legat tender act, states that he ... .. ...... . th 1 11st ices who had five 11 the shirhest indication of how he should act upon it. The decision may not be rendered for a uionth or two. A Little Rok special says that Mr. Brooks introduced a bill into the Arkan-, as Legislature requiring all persons to withdraw from the Knights ol l amella

or Ku Klux withiu thirty days,under pen- j General Grant visited his father in Covalty of a heavy fine and imprisonment for ington iu the forenoon, and in the after-

one to ten years tn the penitentiary. It was ordered to oe prints. a resolution . a . 1 was adopted endorsing the Governor a proclamation declaring martial law in Coo way county. A special from Washington to the Cio cionatt Enquirer says: 'Senator Morton claims that a majority! f the Senate committee have intormally pxouounrrd iu favor of his bill for the redemptian of the lcjjal tender tiotcs.'"

Negro Suffrage. It is one of the striking sign? of the ! times (says the Indianapolis Daily Jourjnal)that some of the heretofore bitter 'Southern pro elaverj journals have begun ito talk favorably of negro suffrage. The ! Richmond Whig affirms that the majority ' tVi wVW nnmlatinn of Vireinia'are

V . uw " ...... I 'ready and willing to guarantee to the eollored man all his rights as a citiion, includ ing the right of suffrage, his personal and property tights, and an equal chance of education. It then proceeds to recommend the suggestion of a correspondent, towit: that a supplement to the above effect be engrafted on the Alexandria Constitution, and that the latter, thus amended, be submitted by Congress to the peopie of the State for adoption. Both the Lynchburg Republican and Virginian are advocates of retro suffrage. The former falls in with the tone of the Whig concerning the Alexandria Constitution, and expresses the opinion that the document, amended as proposed, would be adopted by a large majority against the present 'odious (Richmond) Constitution," which disfranchises several thousand white citi- j v..., r.-..v i,o ik ! lican, 'iu the ten Southern States is a fix- j ed fact, and we shall not be surprised to

jsce it a fixed fact'by a new amendment tojof the lands selected.' The price of the

ih F.tprl tsitnti.-n in U th sti t of the Uuiou. The the North-will adopt gro suffrage, the South should accept and acquiesce iu it for better or for worse. The Baltimore Sun reproduces, with apparent approval, the articles of the above papers, Speaker of the House. .s ice ume lor me meeung 01 me x.eg- ; u. .wnK o,Cr me names I ,,.r vM.,s.uCr.l.u . lu.a 1 nvptlnn. the naiim of ttin linn A. P ! nection, the name of the Hon. A. P i canton, or, jiarion county, appears io stand most prominent. And without disparaging the claims or qualifications of i the other gentlemen whose names have j teen presented, we say most emphatically ; ,h,t it Mr 6t,nton should be elected, the ! ,,ouse Wj,, ,iave niaJo a raost judicious j PClecliolli ,nJ have tVie r;ght man in j tjle right place. oiate Ot ouperior. . ! j he movement For a new State, to r . 1 f in: luriuvu vi rnui icmgau auu n iwoii- i is Sainin strength rapidly in the ter- i (. . i I J propose to comprise uie same. Thc nette Journal says: The pro- i i j rosed State would exteud from the tault i S,e rie in ,,,e a8S taking the whole j Soutl1 shore of Lake Superior as its Northboundarv. embracing the nine counties of i .i - . ci. . . tale and' ' . I u,e uFf" FcniDSU,ar " j iue upper uer 01 couuues in Wisconsin. i 0( 0 sauare miles, and the reputation wou!J ran?e frotu 75 000 to 100,000. With a liberal legislation, one calculated 1 tj foster our interests, with the f f, A V O ; raised by thc taxes cf our owu property to be expended among us, and the many wilderment of men when they uudertake B"sp the iiucstion and come to a solu-l iiun 01 me riuyieui 01 a ueranrea unaitee, i x t. . . . t r- 1 1 are indicated bv the numerous hilla rr- ' seuted in Congress ou the subject. It is

not probable that two men cau be found, j loch came down frotu the Treasury le- r.u,tlsuJ 3 nd sense of obligatiou to the naeither iu the Senate or House, who hold ' partment to hear with his own ears a por tlon 8 creditors should have kept them opinions in common, while each h his ! tion of hi financial vl.ns rlmi-.i.-terid ! out f the slough, if their integrity did

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s -Senator Morton's bill, supported by ! j tr.e able speech delivered by the Senator'

j ob Wednesday, probably embodies the j tutionawty ot the legal tender act as he ! outlines tf the policy that will be adopt-j himself spoke a few days ago iu the SuGen. Bab- ed. if thc conclusion is reached that specie! preme Court. General Butler came over

j FJe can be safely resumed at a dt finite period in the future. It is proper, . ly y o mj hen 1 ... 1 .1.... m.. 1: 1 . iscu t ii at v o ve r uoi' lortou uia not, 111 the bill reporteJ. propose seven per cent

ag-iorny other rate of interest, but left that 1 PinM.nk, be determined by Coo-

gres. The New York Herald says of Morton's , speech on the resumption of specie rav,lie,,ts, that the effect of this bill would be to i,lcTei,Se the monopoly of the National banks at the expense of the public. It saJS ,he laws 0f trade and the growth of ,he country will regulate specie. The limes MJ8 ms ,peecn gU0W9 now m reiurn : k r ...i i'jiurut uj-j u" ucc.cu . rather than why the bill before the Senate ! be relied urou for the fulfillment ' . . 1 j VI lis 'Ulvac. Generals Grant, Schofield, Logan, Barry, Augur, Dunn, Boyd aud others arrived in Cincinnati last Friday morning and left for Washington at 8:30 in the evening. nooa, the Burnet House, received a ' Tery pew visitors There was no public, reception. Senator Morton received a dispatch on j in American securities Congress has taken a recess until aftir the Holidays.

;rriaty irom Europe, stating tnat tne et- " " ----- j - - - oln'..; , . , , rr.. n ' .1 Tli nicunintr hnnr id mim ihrmiuh with 1 bv Deacon .t Peterson. 310 alnut street. ; 1 lie L

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tect ot his tpecch in tavorot resumption , . fftr Senator i Philadelphia, at 82.50 a vear f which also with

was aireaay Tisioie id mcrwwu vuuuucuvo . jjorton s address on the bill which, be

Important to Purchasers of Western Lands. Wm. McClure Esq. has recently received a letter from his son, James R. McClure, who is Register of Lands, and resides injunction City, Kansas, in which

the latter gentleman states that he has j (just been instructed by the Commissioner of the General Land Office that the lands in a number of Townships north of Junction City, Kansas, (said lands situated in Marshal and Washington Counties,) are These lands i I ' t subject to private entry lis TV Lccu ficiu vui VI yiaiarv ti'i ccici.i years, under the impression that they were withdrawn for railroad purposes. Mr. McClure further writes: I know the character of the country, and that some of the vacant tracts re worth and will sell for ?4 to S5 per acre. They will all be entered in a short time after it is ener.illy known, and 1 thought I would advise you, so that if you desired to make n small investment you could have the opportunity to do so. They can only be entered with a cash or military warrants not agricultural script. It is best to Fend the cash. The most valuable selections can be had in 40 or SO acre tracts, but very good tracts of 1G0 acres can now be made. If any of your friends desire to locate anv of these binds. I will have it done for them and send plat with full description

ion in all the States Iana 18 fi.-- F" a"c 11 w" c1 ,u Virginian thinks iH,ion' ,0 !r a" "P"?"' ?10, ,.oc', , e . . , 40 acres, Slo to locate bO acres, and 20 . the principle of ne- ,0 locate u;o acr

land is !". per acre, it will cost iu atMr. Jas. R. McClure further states that "this is the best opportunity that ever will again otter to obtain lands in Kansas at private purchase." Mr. Win. McClure has already "taken time by the forelock," and invested in a portion of these lauds, n,i ti, rK1t ,i,;r; .,, .i i;i-0;- . . iu,csttnent3 ti,at can be made bv persons who have money that they can . COllVCniCUtlV Spire Senator Morton's Speech. The following extracts from the Wahington specials to the New York pnpers sCrve to show the manner in which the recent speech of Senator Morton was received by the Senate aud its effect in tbe feJera, Capjui The Tribune's special says: At one o'clock Mr. Morton took the floor and began the delivery of bis speech j tt n tliA nntipre Ma rn il if fVni the ' " ' " uianuscrkt. covering wiuetv rases, and its effect was not at all lessened by the fact ' i . t. l. li-l ? . as rumpeiu ucnur u iu ttmg posture. He had the close nttentlon ol the Senators. Secretary McCul- , , . . . ,. ... , , loch sat just behind him, aud evinced considerabe nervousness when Mr. Morton so stoutly assailed the theories put forth ' his last report. Attorney General ri varts nop uric a a scat on n ne n 'vart9 occupied a seat on oue of the sofas,! and several of thc n.ost prominent mem-! hers of the House were present. The delivery of the argument occupied a little ! less than two hours. 1 he speech is con- 1 sidered an able presentation of Mr. MorIon's views. It is said that both Secre- ; iary .ua uuocn anu vienerai cpi n ner a pprove the main features of his bill, which, ! M.l.-lt-.l. 11.

at the conclusion of his remarks, was re- equal to coin, not in 1S71, but very eaily fcrred to the Financial Committee. . in 1S09. I tecommend the plan that leads The Times' special says: j directly to this result. I seek a consol in Mr. Morton commenced his speech. The : "hich our greenbacks may be funded at galleries were well filled, aud nearly a ' pleasure 011 terms favorable to cur taxthe Senators were in their seats. The ' I early reduction of the work of letter wtiiing, of reading news-! ,n,erest 0,1 pur five-twenties, so fast as the papers, of hunting ui documents, 0f ,,et. government opuon shall have matured,

I ting committee reports in order for pre-

seutatiou, of arranging of resolutions and " "u 4 "ae la"ai'y auvovaieu eany rememorials were all suspended. Chairs i sumption ana excciated every form of revere wheeled around in the direction of ' r"J3,'n he start. Hut for the inMr. Morton's desk, thus making him the n"s,y dishonest proposition that thc 5central figure in the Senatorial group. ! L5, ght justly be paia off in greenbacks, The pages, ho are usually kept flying "n ,he r"werful names whereby that about on the Senators' hundred errands, t vilhuny was upheld, we might have re-

had a respite ol ninety minutes while he was speaking, and everwl:ere witliin the Chamber there was cessation of business and concentration of thought on the fi- ! .... 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 nanciai ineones umoiaea or answered. sti pulated mi nr tru to their l.i.iivil Uuds aud conclusions. Secretary M.ulsliopr rp t 11 .1 i t ! .m I r. Tsrn.,;n ttnr. I , . . f .v. ncy Iteueral hvarts, reclmingon a lounge, listened to almost as strong words and patriotic sentences in favor ot the consti -jtrom the House, but received no comfort j or consolation on the bond payment ques- j lll'd til tllU 31 UllllirUl3 Hbllll i'i 1 1 llll IUU

uttered, and the disciples of the teacher, i tration ou steel, of a story by Miss Aruanif any there wore, who says, that '"the 1 ja jj. Douglas, "Chased by Wolves." way to resume is to resume," were possi- j Thea wp he a etrikin i,us,rat5oD of bly convinced that the expression coutatns ... ,. , , t. , , . more wit than wisdom. Senator Moiton Wr3- A uod 8 novelet; far "Roland orke: may well feel proud of the attention with j or Porie in Issiou," a new and powerful whitdi he was listened to to day, and the j story, by the famous author of "East country will see in it an evidence that this j Lvnne," is commenced in the present t;reat question will not be acted on light- " , , , , , . r, , , -,, 1 , 1 r 1 .1 1 number. In the large and brilliant i ashlv, and will be disposed ot only alter the weightiest consideration. iion 1,ale the editor has given two exam. The Herald's special says: ! Ples of the "Grecian Bend," as it is sem Senator Morton s speech in the Senate'1" Kiris not for the imitation of her

i to-day ou the finance question was the j ; f sensation of he sesslon He Je. 1 f , . .... , . ! nvcrea it sitting tn senator cprague s chair, and for nearly two hours command -! J he closest attention from the whoic j (Senate. The aalleriea were crowded with!

ladies and gentlemen, who honored the i graving. There are also very many enspeaker with an interest even greater than graving devoted to ladv's attire, and to

that displayed by the Senators themselves. Snrtrfltu v T I ri it I I Aih an.t .1 tt.puntr I .oner. 1 vai j i'iv,unvvu a 11 i i ttvi tij vjivuvi al Evarts were also 00 the floor of the Sen Ute chamber during most of the time. Mr. Morton's speech was generally conceded to be the ablest delivered in either house for a long time, aud at its conclusion the ,., eon.i.hue.t 'I lia Wnrlit'a Enneial aavsTUrmtnm of Congress centered in ' J . the Senate to-daV. The finance question 1 v 1 nnwt TMiiiriv pre sented and on which comment has been so widely made as expectation had been excited. Despite a very raw and rainy day the galleries were crowded, tho-igh

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there were not in attendance beyond three or four from the other House. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General were present on the floor. The Senators, by general consent, gathered in their chairs as near to Mr. Morton's desk as possible, all except Yates and Chandler, who held their positions and wrote with invisible ink on impalpable paper. Morton, contrary to his own expectation,

(sat during the delivery of his argument, which began at one and ended at just twenty minutes after three. He was in j irood voice but not in good strength, as . i - 1 . . i t. :....:., " aggravated ins CTuimuuuui comril'iinf Mr t .iW.-, n road hia Rnppnh lint read frcelv, extemporized often, and ges ticulated as directly as if not reading but talkirc off-hand. The Secretary of the ! in, .. . .. . iTreasury sat riuht behind the Senator from Indiana, who did not see him during the whole of the searching commentary he made on Mr. McCulloch's report. By a coincidence, Mr. McCulloch departed the Senate at the very moment the speaker got through his review of the Secretary's report, and began to addiess himself directly to his proposed bill; consequently the Secretary heard all the criticisms and no more. The contiuned attention of the Senate was profound to the end. The galleries were equally respectful and attentive. The sucoeaing points brought out in explanation of objections aud in advocacy direct, were evidently luminously comprehended by the audience on the door as well as in the galleries. and the magnitude of the subject, as well as the variety aud number of its branches, were apparently entirely simple to eery wcr one, ne , owing to the opc-D, yet concise style the speaker. At the close of Mr. ortou s speech he received the unani-

mous congratulations of the members, aud ' ot belong to that class of our people in the opinion felt of the speech here to-j "hose hearts was planted from youth the nicht is that it is one of extraordinary pernicious doctrine of State power, and ability. It is thought that the bill which that the citizen should love a part of the Mr. Morton l as proposed will pass the!coutry l'et,er hanthe whole. ApSetuite substantially as it is now worded. J plause. You were reared iu a better Messrs. Fesseuden, Cattetl, the Morrills, j school and taught to revere the ConstituMr. Sherman aud Mr. Edmunds, also Mr. i-tiou of your whole country and to love

iJendersou and Mr. Dixon are understood to be in favor of its main features. Treasurer Spinner is also prouounced in its favor, and it was stated ou the floor to day that Mr. McCulloch himself is particularly pleased with the time given for resumption, and with the provisions calculated to prevent a panicky run either on the department or the bauks. Greeley's Reply to Morton's Speech He Favors Immediate Resumption. The N. Y. Tribune of the 25th contains Horace Greeley's reply to Senator Morton. He favors immediate resumption, and believes that there will be no run on the Treasury if specie payments were begun to-morrow or first of January, and aj he would resume at once on our seventy million?; or if we don't resume iiuiueJiate Ij, lie would use fifty millions to buy up

. 11 1 1.1 . .1 latuio runs loimi iiuiii 111c f ICR, n UU and caucel bonus, and thus arnreciate the!.. . , 1 .. - . , ' 11 that our lair labrio ot union was broken national credit. The one thing needful up beyond recall. Our attempts to reason for resumption is to provido soma form of j were laughed at. Our laws were derided national obligations which holders of to scorn. The public property was seized, greenbacks will prefer to coin, and thisi aud a w.ar M wasted their elo- , ... ,, ,. , , quencc in the vain attempt to avoid this cau be obtained by making a bond which ,.. . ,.., . i ..,,,) .1 1 . 1 . J ; stoi m; statesmen exhausted ttie last arbiter shall be perfectly secure. He closes by ; resorted to. The volunteer soldier then

ssying: The bonds ate not to be converted into ' greenbacks, "as I r.joice in beiioving that! you are at length satisfied; but the green backs, if psid arall, mut be converted into bonds. I urwe that couise. therefore. ... . . . w inch cable. wiil make such conversion practi1 want everv irreenback made ,TC " tu iour j-cr ecu.., suuie' ana commenced tundiug our o U at a lower interest long ago. The country ls to-day many millions poorer, and much ,ur,her 1r,ul perfect solvency by. reason of Ihnt nrrtr-hPil iIptipa rl I 'nrtt prhou.i r.icf"ilu t i i, 1 ue jiivcuuai'k ineory, ana 01 me countenance lent to it by men whose pat not suflice. When this counteuancc shall have been wholly withdrawn and apologiied for, we shall be very near resumption. The Lady's Friend, for January. Never, perhaps, has there been published a more attractive number of a lady's magaii ne, than the January issue of The Lady's Frieud. It leads off with a splendid illusAmerican readers, but to satisfy their cuh '! a3 ,,. fU nr,0j,e a Saratoga fashion but , . , 1V !-t one h.yiuR the usullfreneh origin. Last Ords (witll poetry), 19 a Peautllul enfh work.tabl which the ladies can bet- ' ter appreciate than we cau. The other literary matter is "Between Two," by that piquant and brilliant writer. Miss Elizabeth Frescott; "Who was It, a Story of I Flanchette," by Mrs. Louis Chandler J Moulton; "Where?" by Florence Percy; .. r j . !. iU H I it "nagei s onmnce, oy iioM..er, "The Event at Milford," by Em.na Ii. liiniPV! nnti iim. (tutorials', .ve. 1 ud s en copies. SO. Fight (and one gratis,) $12. ! "The Lady's Friend' and 4,The Saturday Fvening Post." Cand one engraving,) ' '?! 00. - - " w I

Speech by General Sherman. We subjoin General Sherman's welcoming speech at the recent Grand Reunion of Roys in Blue at Chicago: Fellow Soldiers: It is made my pleasing duty to address you, this evening, words of welcome for the deeds that have been spread before you. From the city and from the country, from the town and the village, you have come together, the representatives of our grand volunteer armies which responded to the country's call in her hour of danger, and fought her battles, Bometimes side by side, and some times far apart, yet always in unison. Cheers At ber bidding you returned

to your Domes, as farmers and mechanics, artiians and citizens, and after a short v : . icsv juu uac iiiu acuiuieu as it were upon a pinnacle to look back toward that vale wherein you struggled eo long, to point out to each other the spots of greatest interest, and to live over again those hours and days and months of deepest anguish or of joy. I know that you have laid aside forever the feelings of animosity and anger which you may have entertained, and that you have dropped into oblivion the little jealoueics and rivalries of the hour. You now stand here with bands extended in fraternal friendship, who have rather gloried in the right to defend the flag of your country on land and sea. You have fought for the Union of our fathers cheers and the flag ofour whole country. Cbters. No more self glorification now animates you, but a just pride in your own actions, and a deep, intense love of the comrades who stood by your side in the hour of deadly strife and shouted with you in the hour of victory. Cheer. Happily, my mends, you did the wise and genial infiueuces under which are assured the largest measure of security and happiness consistent with the safety of the whole. We believe that iu this we have discovered a panacea for the ills that have, from the earliest history of the world, ravaged and afflicted the human family. But we were no exception to the general rule that minorities will not always bow peacahly to the decision of the majority, and found that we must maintain the privileges of our birthright by force. Yim may search history in vain for a more flagrant violation of faith than that which resulted in our civil war. Never were a people more ruthles-ly and more unwillingly dragged into a long and bloody conflict, and never was the occasion so utter- ! lv un nrenared. for the iittmitt to nrpnarp 1 f0r the danger was called cowardice, and j the whole civilized world was taught to believe that the broad stripes on our flag were to be trailed in the dust, the ' stepped forth iito the titld and offered his lite and his services to defend and maintain the government against all its enemies, and swore an oath that rebelliou and anarchy should not rule this laud of ours, but that liberty, juslice and law should be restored to iheir rightful throne. "Cheers. He has kept his word, and you now be ; hold tbe good ship of State again full rigged and once more on her free course towards a glorious future. You know that flag is still there. Cheers Thcro has been lost not a stripe. That same flag we have followed so often in the glare of a scorching sun, by the moon's pale beams, by the light of the blazing pine torch, j now waves aloft in victory and peace. I Shall I not, tlicn, claim for you who rep ! resent this ideal volunteer the higher houi or, vca, the highest honor that is conce ded by mortal on earth. Y'ou can easily recall how long the war seemed to us in its progress, but how short, even now looking back on it afier a period of a little more than three years. How inconceivably short, then, will it Bppear to those who, a hundred years hence, wjl grope through the pages of its history to learn of the events and causes that led 5,000,000 of people to rebel when 110 single act ot oppression or tyranny was ever alleged. We owe it to them while still in the vigor cf life and health, to record the parts we p'ayed in this grave drama of life, with the motives and feelings that actuated us through its various stnges. Many a time and oft you have lain upon the bare ground, with no canopy above you but that of heaven with its hosts of glittering stars, and I know you have dreamed of a time to come when seated in peace and security, surrounded by admiring friends, you would be crowned with a tiara of light such as now hangs ovei your heads. Accept this, then, as the fruition of your dreams, and enjoy the hour. Cheers. Four of your comrades one from each of the armies specially represented here will address you, aud tell you of the deeds you have done. Give them a willing and attentive ear, and when you go back to your homes tel! them all that these armies, though dispersed in the flesh, yet live in the spirit as strong and enthusiastic as they were four years ago, when in the very death grapple with the enemies of our country and of civilization. And now, in the name of the committee that has made these preparations, I extend to you all a cordial greeting; to the veteran of 1SGI, to the recruit of 1SG5. yea, to the convert of the very last hour of grace. In the name of the people of Chicago, who have provided the means, I bid you welcome, and assure you that a seat awaits you at every fireside; and in the name of ! everJ V"f ' I give you web ! rr-v a nn.-l (nil t,ti f hut K t li,.htnin' come, and tell you that the lightning's flash is not switt enough to satisfy their yearling hearts to know what is done here this night. The presence of the men about me, their high office, and the duties they have left to ho with you here, all attest the interest and graudeur of the occasion, and in their names, too, com- , ,, r, 1. 1 rT raues an, x Dia you tnrioe weioomo. remeudous applause.j incinnati Gazette is not pleased Senator Morton' new fioanco bill. policy of its own, and merely contents itself with finding fault with such plans as may presented by others. The Gazette favors a still further contraction .- .1 1 1 ... : it 1:1c currency, in wmcn vieiv, we iqnuv,

it will meet with little or no sympathy either in or out of Congress. Wre have great difficulty in transacting the business of the country with the amount of money now afloat; and if any further contraction takes place it is not difficult to foretell the effect upon the business interests of the country. Senator Morton does not pretend that his plan is perfect; but he, as well as many of the ablest financiers in this country, believe that it will be substantially adopted by Congress. Journal. THE INDIANS. ,

LETTER FROM GENERAL SHERIDANTAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN. -DE St. Louis, December 19. A letter from General Sheridan, dated Depot of North Canadian River, December 3d, was received at General Sherman's headquarters to-day. It gives inform?ion derived from Black Kettle's sister by General Sberidan himself as follows: The Indians were encamped. First, Black Kettle and otherchiefs of the Cheyer.nes and a small party of Sioux, in all thirty-seven lodges. Eight miles down the river the Washita were, all the Arrapahoes and seventy additional lodges of Cheyennes, also the Kiowas and then the Apaches and Comanches. While thus encamped three war . parties were sent out; one composed of Cheyennes, Kiowas and Arrapahoes went north in the direction of Fort Lamed and was still out. Another party composed of Cheyennes and Arrapahoes had returned, the trail of which led General Custer into Black Kettle's vilhige. This party brought back three scalps, one of which was that of the expressman killed and horribly mutilated, between Forts Dodge and Lamed, just before Sheridan left the former fort. The mail he was carrying was found in Black Kettle's camp. The other party was a mixed up oue and went in the direction of Fort Iaod; but about the time the first of these parties started, Black Kettle and one sub-chief from each band went to Fort Cobb and brought back provisions given them at this Fort, and while they were gone, or about the time of their re turn, the last war party referred to was sent out. The women found are of the opinion that they will sue for peace at Fort Cobb. s the result of the battle with Cu.-ter. They would have gone to Sheridan's camp, had not the opening at Fort Cobb been held out to thtm.

(ieneral Sheridan then says: I shall start this cf the Canuck authorities and paper?, for Fort Scott us soon as the trains from Our governmeut has two complete answers Fort Dodge arrive. II:id it not been for j to all charges. lt. That it is nobody's the uii.-d'.rtuDe of the Kansas regiment business but. our own how we dispose of getting lust and the heavy snow, which ! criminals; and 2d, that we provided ample rendered their horses unfit for duty, we j protection for these men so long a9 prowould have closed up this j b before this ! lection appeared necessary, and their de-

time. As it is, 1 think the tight is pretty well knocked out of the Cheyennes. Thirteen Cheyenne, two Sioux, and one Arrapahoe chiefs was killed. Thc Government makes a great mistake j in giving these Indians any considerable j amount of food under the supposition of , necessity. The whole country is literally ('covered wi;h game; there are more buffaloes than will lust the Indians for twenty 'years, and turkeys ore so numerous that I flocks of from one thousand to two thouisand have teen seen, and the country is j full of grouse, quails and rabbits:" Herds of antelope and deer ore seen everywhere, and even ran through General Ouster's train while ou his murch. The reservation laid off for the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes i.s full of game, and the most luxuriant! grasses. Black Kettle's sister reports three white women in the lodges below Black Kettle's camp. Another letter from General Sheridan says that the mules belonging to Clark's train, and the photographs and other articles taken from the houses robbed on the Saline and Salmon rivers last fall, were lound in the Indian cimp. 1 ne Indian J women prionern say that most of the deI prt dalioiis committed along the line of the ! Arkansas were done by the Cheyennes I and Arrapahoes. POLICY OF GRANT'S ADMINSTRA TIOIM. j Speech by the Vice President Elect. j New York, December 21. j In bis speech at a banquet at Philadel ! phia, Saturday night. Speaker Colfax said, I relative to the incoming Administration, ! that it was in favor of the most searching j retrenchment, honesty, efficiency aud high j character in all connected with the publio . service; a rigid guardianship of the treas- ! ury against unwise and extravagant jsciiem.es; a financial policy which shall maintain our currency and place the Uni ted States ou the firm rock of specie payments. Disagreement of the Jury Regarding Mrs. Clem's Guilt. Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Uaiette. Indianatolis, December 21. The jury in the Clem murder trial was brought into Court at half past eleven o'clock this morning, when it was ascertained that they had not yet agreed. Each one of the jurymen in turn, iu response to thc question of the Judge, declared his belief that a verdict could not be agreed upon if further time was given them, and they were discharged. It was subsequently ascertained that they stood upon first balloting five for conviction and seven for acquittal, but subsequently changed to one for conviction and eleven for acquittal. Tbe one man deolarcd that he was so thoroughly satisfied of her guilt that he would not change his miud. The jurymen were nearly all quite confident of her guilt, hut did not regard the fact as proven by the evidence beyond a doubt. This accords with the opinion of many who listened carefully to the testimony, and the belief prevails that enough j will be brought out by the time the next trial comes on after the holidays to insure her conviction. There are intimations also that Abrams may show a readiness 6oon to turn State's evideuce. If he should do so, there may be something revealed which will involve parties who have thus far escaped with comparatively clean hands. The excitement has quieted down wonderfully, and there is a disposition manifested to patiently await the natural course of law. It seems that the eruptions of Vesuvius and Etna on the earth are not the only' phenomena of the kind now going on. Prof. Kunkle, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced at a recent meeting oF

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that his associate, Prof. Winlock, thinks he has seen for the last two nights a volcano in the moon in active eruption. During the past year astronomers have differed in opinion as to the disappearance of the crater Lionseus, marked on the best charts of the moon's surface till the present year; if this crater has disappeared, it is the first evidence of actually observed changes going on at the surface of the moon. In this connection the statement of Prof. Wrin lock becomes doubly interesting. - i

Canada in Commotion. J The lynching of the Renos has excited a good deal of feeling in Canada, though it is not easy to see why. The surrender of two of the victims by the Caoadian authorities gives them no interest in the case, except what the inevitable impertinence of the Canucks gives them iu anything that is none of their business. It was their business to give up the men upon our demand properly sustained by evidence, and it was our business to try them, and to see that due care was taken to give them a fair trial. The Montreal Herald says: "The American Government was strictly responsible for the safety of those men and should be held to account, and if such things are to be done, extradition must cease, as the Canadians can not send men over the border to be torn in pieces by an unauthorized rabble, no matter what their crimes." ' Responsible!" . To whom? To Cana da? If 80, when was Canada installed as j justice inspector to the United States, entitled to impose commands and enforce responsibility? If "the American Government is responsible for the safety of these men," why is it not equally "responeible for the safety" of the men lynched in Montana or Colorado, for men who crossed the Canadian frontier and returned voluntarily, or fjr men who never crossled it at all, as for men who erossed it and were legally reclaimed? We are curious to know were Canada finds a right to interfere in this case, or to feel any interest in it, that can not be found in every lynch, ing case that ever happened from the Yicksburg gamblers to the New Albany robbers. We are curious to know how the ' Dominion" proposes to "hold us to aceouat," and who is to make most at the game of., peeping escaped prisoners, with which the "Herald threatens us. It has not been our luck often to ree an exhibition of more insulting impertinence than cution is a trnc tor wLicu we are no more responsible fh.n we are for the murder of Mr. l!iscvk or Jacob Young. The 3?rraise th;t the allege! criminal should have a fair trial, was only the same promise that, every civilized government makes by the mere fart of its existom-e, and there is no violjii.jn of that promise, in the momentary ovcrpowcriug by criminal violence, of ordinary precautious atiuicanstQ keep it. Journal. From the Cincinnati Giizct.'e uf Tuesday.' Sell Your Hogs. In this market, yesterdny, hogs sold-as high as 12 00 per" 100 lbs, nc. A fewweeks since, through these culuruns, when the price was 8 00. net, farmers wtire advised not to sell. The advice was uvk .Now we advise farmers to tell. Do not stand ou the order of sellir, but tell at once. Do not kill poi k for houi-e uer but st II thv Int fig. In addition, turn iu every pig that can be fatted by the luiiMle. of Match and pour in the corn. Hogs may not be as high in March as they are now, but they will be high enough to pay a good price for corn. It used to be considered that a barrel of flour and 100 lbs of pork should bring about the same money. .Now the price ot 100 lbs of oork will buv ticu barreltuj jlur. There is something wrong beie. Wo din liud u moderate CTOD of wlioat and au immense crop of corn. Theretore, it would seem pork is loo high or wheat is tun low. This noint we shall not un dertake to discuss; but it is, "undoubtedly, a good lime to sell hogs. iiogs are now selling at full 825 per beadnet. The packing at the West, it is estimated, will reach threo million head. This, at 20 per head, which is a fair average, wouid reach 800,000,000. This will be mainly circulated in five States. 1' will go far toward helping the people out of debt. Sell your ho;:s, then, farmers, and pav your debts. This would make money "easy, and then there would he a better market and better price lor o'lx farm products. 1 - i m - Hen Cholera. lothe Editor of the Cincinnati Gazette: The name above is popularly given to a disease which has been very destructive among domestic fowls in this and other parts of the country. And if you think it worthy a place in your agricultural column, I will g'" the public tny prescription, which I n4T found on several occasions to be 8UCce,f's7 ful in arresting the disease after it A" made its appearance among my Pou'tr' Take one dessert spoontut 01 "J , T, f - iih chalk (. rum euui creta. or mercury powder to be had from any drug store,) mix well with a pint and a half ot meal, and make it into a stiff dougnwill be enough for about three u fowls. They will eat it readily. J. S. Brengle, M. JHanover, Ind., Dec. 18. NEW A D VER TSEMENTS ORDERED BY THE B0ARIV rf THAT every peron lioen.ed under th ' n. Indian, in this County, found gu"J a ing or giving to any inmate of the V t evei any intoxicating liquors, will subject i n b, notonlj to indictment, but suoh fon""? ,iceBs a ucoesful bar against the granting to thm hereafter. This order will in ui be strictly enforced. mm!sioners f By order of the B ard of Franklin Co., In., wecemner - ditor. Attest: C. December 18, 1868-4w. DEMOREST'S Y0UXG AMERICA, gTtrj ed. It is the best Juvenile Mf V-pre.J Boy and Girl that sees it says o:" 1 iL root so; and Parent, and Teachers confirm 1 wltU fail to secure a copy. A tfo4 i el'Jttf or a Glass Cylinder, to confine 'T;n? " larg good two-bladed, pearl Pet-K ni, a number of other deSirW rt'cYe''rw, $l.5"preminms to ench sabferiber. New York Pablioation Office, 838 Viod"y' .i ,.a Try it. Boys and Girls, gpeeimen 1 cents, mailed free. Ilec. lS-3w. - -