Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 17, Brookville, Franklin County, 23 April 1869 — Page 1

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C. H. BINGHAM, Proprietor. Office in the National Bank Building1, (jlhird atory.) TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: $2,53 PER YE AU, is abtakce. $3,00 " " ir NOT PAID IK AHVAKCm. So postage on papers delivered within this County. MESSAGEOF GOV. CONRAD BAKER. To the General Assembly of Indiana. (Jcnlknen of the Senate and House of Representative: No one more sincerely than myself regrets the necessity which existed for convening a Special Session of the General Assembly at this time. The duty of callins Jou together at the earliest practicable period after the termination of the late regular session was so obvious that I do not intend to occupy a moment of your time in justification or explanation of the proclamation in pursuance of which you are now assembled. By the resignation of seventeen Senators and thirty-five Representative two days prior to the last legislative day of the late regular session, the General Assembly was practicably dissolved, the quorum being, by said resignations, destroyed in both Houses. When (his happened no appropriations had been made to meet the ordinary expenditures of the State Government for the years 1SC9 and 1S70, or for the support of the benevolent aud other public institutions of the State during the same period. The fact that the General Assembly has, on three different occasions within the last twelve years, been disbanded by the actiou of a minority of its members before the appropriations necessary to carry on the State government and meet the current expenses of the benevolent institutions had leen passed, seems to imperatively demand that these absolutely necessary appropriations should be so provided for by a permanent and continuing law that they shall be placed lyond and above t lie de n anus and vicissitudes of mere party organizations. To this end, I respect j'uily lecotnmend the passage of an act proTiding that whenever the General Assembly, at its regular biennial session, shall tail to pass laws making appropriations for the ordinary expenses ot the State gtixei nment ar.d for the support of its benevolent and other public institutions, then it shall be competent for the State tfTuers to diner, the Auditor of State to draw his warrant on the St: te Treasury fur the amounts i.eeissary i r the'purposes, net exceeding, however, the amounts ap ropriati d for the same purposes for the last yeur for which appropi iations shall j have been made, t would be no diffi-j cult matter to frame a hw of this kind so; as to securely guard the treasury against : nut roper draf;s being made upon it, and j at the same time protect the piublie in- ': it-rests 3gait:st the consequences of a failure on the pit of the General Assembly i to make these Mcessary appropriations, i in the absence t f such a law, whenever; the General Assembly foils to pass the) necessary appnq-i iatiou bills, the Stale j government must either cease to pcrfouu its tunetions, and the inmates of the be-j i.evolent institu:ions bo disbanded, or j loans must bo contracted without the au j tlmrity ol law to enable these functions to j I e carried on and these institutions to le ms p-rkd. 1 think no candid man will! dispute the correctness of the proposition that when one branch id' the State gov tn.neut tails or refuses to lerfortii a clear duty which it alone is competent to pertoini, another blanch of the same government should not by such failure be left in a rroiosiiion in uhi.-ii it its own duties without assuming powers! not conferred by the Constitution and j laws. The !oision I am asking to make tor all these ordinary and reeessary ex j ltnatuiies hits ions; since been adopted in j relation to the Institution lor the Deaf ati.f Ihiu lv. J Iy the law governing thai Institution, j atiqle piousi,,,! is U;a,;e fur drawing j money hom Treasury for i's oidinary i etpettses in the event that the Legislature1 should fail to make the regular biennial j appropriation. j At your late' session, in rassinc the! peucul revenue law, you wisely made the tax a continuous one until changed by law. This, doubtless, done to meet the eonttneney of a failure to pass a revenue la. 1 ask that the same principle be l iu itspecung such appropriations as e absolutely necessary far the continu- i "ce of the 8(ate government and the supof the public institutions of the Nate. 1 trust, now that you arc again in session, that you will, without distinction of, Fr,J, led that VOI1P firif n,l inrn. ") is to make ihe appropriations which "se extaeni-ies of the public services so teaniiestly demand. The Constitution of the State in terms ecl.iea that ' it shall be the duty of the general Assembly to provide by law for the support of institutions for the educan of the deaf and dumb and the blind, tJ also lor the treatment of the insane." J ury member of ibis General Assemtiv. n common with myself, has taken an otu to support the Constitution of which Ie section quoted is a part. Here then plain duty, binding up ever member, Jfpsrdlcss of his party affiliations or relajjooshtps. Now, shall a plain duty like deeming which the honest, intelligent minds canuot differ, be subordinated 0 or made dependent upon any other JttMtion of party politics upon which ere may be a honest and au earnest nern,ee of opinion? 1 trust not. I you will, with the least practicable and' tUb 1,16 necefiarY appropriations, li . .fsiec'a"y those required to meet the bnuies already contracted by the Trus. r ,he State Normal School, the Com.oners of the House of llefuge, and Irustccs of the Soldiers' Home. The tr n'fer8 of, Institutions have been tl J .,1,.0arssed by reason of the fact Bin i . ll,tse ueb,s, and the gentle- , -."o nave made adva tution8 have been put to inconvenedvance0n f nou paymeut of nces lor these lence the li ving, at the opening of the last rerutouPirK,U; given to Ju information tt necessary, .odhavi - muiiiuon oi tne state as was vmg recomuicnd-

VOL. 8, NO. 17. cd euch measures as were judged to be expedient, I deem it only necessary now to refer you to the message then communicated instead of restating the same information and reiterating the same information and reiterating the same recommendations. I beg, however, before closing, to submit for your consideration a supplemental report of the Trustees of the Soldiers' Home, setting forth the necessity which exists for such an institution, and demonstrating that it should receive from thft Stare ninrp liberal snrvr.nrt tVi.n tv.a proposed to be given by the General Ap- I nrn.;.i;A. k;h .u;i, '-j ir.. L 1 a- a vi imuvu uui n li lis at isor;ij a, XJ C M.1 UUOC l the last session. By the Tie venue bills passed at the late session, the State Debt Sinking Fund tax was reduced one-half, or from twenty cents or ten cents on each one hundred dollars in value of property, and the State debt tax proper was reduced one-fourth, or irom twenty cents to mteen cemmiy i t- . . ... . , local taxa tion could be reduced in a correspendine ratios, there would be little cause of complaint of the burthens of taxation. With this large reduction, the State will still be in a condition to make all the appropriations contemplated at the regular session and increase the allowance to the Soldiers' Home to the extent asked for by the Trustees of that institution. I believe that duty to our disabled soldiers, and to the orphan childcrn of those who have passed away, requires this at our hands. A careful 6tudy of the facts stated in the supplemental report of the Trustees will convince any unprejudiced mind of the necessity of such an institution, and of increased liberality in your appropriations for its enlargement and support. I herewith also respectfully submit for your consideration a supplemental leport of the Directors of the State Prison South, showing that, for reasons therein set forth, the finances ot said prison are not in so favorable a condition as was represented in the late annual report of the Directors. This discrepancy grows out of the fact, as the supplemental leport alleges, that the late Warden had contracted debts on account of the prison of which was contained ou the books, and no report of which was made to the Directors. This supplemental report also asks an appropriation for repairs; and shows that the number of prisoners is decreasing, and that Marion county should be re-annexed to the Southern I'rison District. Since the close of the late regular session, I have been informed by M. l Ghee, Ksq., one of the Director of said 1'iison, that he has accepted an appointment under the General Govern ireut (viz: that of Guager of Distilled Spirit), and has qualified, thereby vacating his office of Director of the I'rison. 1 herewith submit a copy of his letter announcing the fact, to the end that you may take such steps to fill the vacancy as to you may seem propter. I trust, you will have a pleasant and harmonious session, and that your deli b eiations will result in the passage of such measures as will be promotive of the welfare of the Stale and the happiness of the people. Con bad Baker. The Afrique and the Democratic. We have received from our capitolian reporter, Mr. i O. V. Kp, the following report of the proceedings of the Democratic caucus which resulted in the " Bolt Legislative." 1st Mem. Mr. Chairman, methinks I bear the smell of an Africar, otrs "D u N igger." 2d Mem. So do I, and methinks I taste bis "d n long heels." 3d Mem. Your fears are well founded. The "infernal nigger" has taken up bis line of march from Washington with a Constitutional Ameudmeut in his pocket." 4th Mem Devil take him, Muster Speaker. If he comes here ytz'll all be aquil to a d d nagur. 5th Mem. There he comes now, and another, and another, and an All hands. Here they come. Here's a niggur. There's a niggur. Yonder's a niggur. .Nigsrur here, nigger there, nisrgur everywhere. Let's cut for home, pocketing the pay and postage stamps first. Oh, the niggur! niggur, niggur, niggur, niggur. niggur, niggur, A'wr, Niooi'R, NIGGUR, MGGUll, niggur, niggu , nigg , nig , ni , n IJ 14! And thus the Legislature busted. Muncie Times. In one of the English colonies, a competitive examination was lately held tor , the purpose ofappomtmg ht persons to some ot tne government otnecs. Mne oi the candidates inadvertently spelled the word Venice with two m', thus Venice. The examiner, a clever man, but not always a correct speaker, sternly inquired: "Do you not know, Sir, that there is but one hen in Venice?" "Then eggs must be very .1 .1 .1 i i i scarce, there, was the ready repiy. ' J The candidate passed. - " The most cruel swindle is practiced in England, where sham life preservers, stuffCU Willi Miaiiiii iiisicau vi iui i. , me sinu . . . , i ii . j i : : -i-.j ..c i I i VJ ill i(;i u ii to. abiv vi i v ii v in aivv support a ten pound weight an hour. A wee bit of a boy having been slightly chasticd by his mother, sat very uuietly in his chair for some minutes af terward, no doubt thinking very profound ly. At last he spoke out thus: Murier,

1 wish dad would get anuxxer liousekeep-;,,,,.,,,

er I've got tired o" secin' you round. A dead reckoning calculating one's i r. ..i i uiiiri li ri, ruia. ' A "respectful negative ph that flatters. tkn rih.-iinrrra. ; I n " - The old saw, "Exchange is no robbery, was originated before stock were invented. exchaues What did Adam first plant in the Gar - den of Lden" His foot.

"THE UNION, THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS

A Plan for the Annexation of Canada to be Proposed Outlines of the Plan. Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. Washington, April 7. In a previous letter reference was made to a plan adopted by General Banks, looking to the acquisition of British America by annexation. The same plan, modified so as to conform to the changes j which have lately taken place by the foruiafion of the Dominion of Canada, will 1 be re-introduced before the close of the Present esWtD As was stated, the measure was based upon a most exhaustive study of the subject, and frequent consultation with leadin men in the British Possessions, by Mr. J. W. Taylor, of the Treasury Department. It ; llmnnlr n, a f rorl TroOI.,rD -f sented, and as such will afford a new, injl . iuv o nil u 4 i ia v v iuvn:ui v J 1 1 1 V; ICICBUII nuu IIUUUIU.IL UCIU VI RIUUV, whetuerits views be discarded or adopted It does not involve any idea of present ,i;nn further than to, nf;ip nn roenn) a j - . K proposition for the consideration of our neighbors, containing, in the form of a statute, the terms upon which the United States will receive them. This is as fol lows: X bill for the admission of the States of Nova Soctia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, aud for the organisitiou of the Territories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan, and Columbia. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and f louse of Representatives vf the United States of America in Gongress assembled, That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and directed, whenever notice shall be deposited in the Department of State that the Governments of Great Britain, the dominiou of Canada, and the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia and Vancouver's lslmd have nswick. Quebec accepted the proposition hereinafter made by the United States, to publish by rroc-! lamation that, from the date thereof, the States of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, and the Territories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan and Columbia, with limits and rights as by this act defined, are constituted and admitted as States and Territories of the Uuitcd States of A inerica. Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, d!c , That the following articles are hereby proposed, and from the date of the proclamation of the P evident of the United States shall take effect, as irrevocable conditions of the admission of the States of Nova Scotia. ! New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, and the future States of Selkirk, Saskatthc-, wan 'and Columbia, to wit: Aurici.E 1. All public lands not sold or granted; canals, public harbors, light lK,.aan, ,! l,l.i M u . sa.K M 1 1 V. t V , ,11 1 ,.. V. 1 ments: railways stocks, mortgages. other debts due by railway companies to the provinces; custom houses and postoffices shall vest in the United States; but. all other public works aud property shall belong to the State Governments respec tively, hereby constituted, together with till a,,,i.ti rill fi'flifti nnrnliaera r v Idccoiia nf

,111 V-l Ill VI ' 1 1 11 I'UlV'lK'l I ll " , . . 1 . ' 1 . , . - - , . , , , lands, mines or minerals at the time 0f , tion and laws of the I, nited States, subthc union IJect t0 e vision bi" Congress. Article II. In considcralion or the j TriT10N1,3; Jiur'!ur V""'"; ,C"' public lands, works, and property vested ,If rnce Ldward Island and NewfoundL aforesaid in the United Statesthe Uni- j lnJ or euhcr rrovuu-es, shall ted States will assume and discharge the ! accll"e un,on w,th tl,e U,,,,eu bta,es' and

funded debt and contingent liabilities ofj the late provinces, at rates of intcest not exceeding five per centum, to the amount j . - . ' of ?So, 1 00,000, apportioned as follows: To Ontario, :5G,5UO,000; to Quebec, $20,000,000; to Nova Scotia, SS.000,000; to New Brunswick, 7,000,000; to Newfoundland, S3.2tt0.000, and to Prince Edward Island, 2,000 000; aud in further consideration of the transfer by said provinces to the United States of the power to levy import and export duties, the Uni- . i .v- i . r , ci m; ii,i,i .- :i i- ii .V.i: o i i,u-i,,,uvu in iu vi iii.jii ia-i;iiniiui.i') to be apportioned as follows: To Ontario, ?700,000; to Quebec, 550,000; to Nova Scotia, S1G5.O00; to New Brunswick, 12G,000; to Newfoundland, $03,000; to Prince Edward Island, $40,000. Article III. For all purposes of State organization and representation in the Congress of the United States, Newfoundland shall be part of Quebec, and Prince Edward Island shall be part of Iiova Scotia, except that each sbalLalways j i . . i . . . -. i i . . .0 . ........ . . . i uc a, separate representative uimih-,, ami entitled to elect at least one member of! tlie l0seof Representative?, and except isrt ti,at ,iie munieipal authorities of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island shall receive the indemnities agreed to he paid by the United States in Article II. Article l . I erritorial divisions areas follows: (1). Aew Brunswick with its presents limits: (2). Nova Scotia, with the addition of Prince Edward I-land; , - , v v i.'ov , n nil lire nuuitiuiiv'i A. . v. .. y ,. j ' , , -, . e , ti,nnillsn,l an.l all f .m tiii-ir unci nl Anal. tu le 80, and south of Hudson's strait; (4), Ontario, with the addition of territory south of Hudson's bay between longitude SO aud 00: f5,) Selkirk Territory, ij 4 , i -ii i-i.-v bounded cast by longitude S-0 south ov the late boundary of the United States, west by longitude 105 , and north bv the Arctiecirclc; (G.) Saskatchewan Territory, bounded east by longitude 103 , south bylatitude 40 , west by the Rocky Mountains, and north by latitude 70 , 7.) Col-iiititii-i Torri li,rv ! nit 11 A i n t Viiini-.nvor c I?Iana BnJ CiiarKu,es Island, and ,i a, np,u j, .i., l? Mountains, south by latitude 40. and! west by the Pacific Ocean and Alaska nut Congress reserves the right ot changI ing tne limits and subdividing the areas . . -T. . . .... . ...... ot the western territories at discretion.

I Article V. Until the next decennial of his son), Don Carlos, son of t fortni revision, representation in the House of.er; Prince Alfred; the Duke of Atsta; a ' IJi nrp,-ntalirp srinll ho f.dliiws- t Vn - 'rinn of f ohemollem. One of t le f am

; taiio, 12 members; Quebec, including Newfoundland, 11 members; New Brnnswick, 2 members; Nova Scotia, including ' Prinze Edward Island, 4 members

Article VI. The Congress of the Uni-1 son's minority; the Prince of the Austurtcd Staiss Lall enact, iu favor of th pio- ias, the ex Quccd, acd the Republic.

BROOKVILLE, IND., FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1869.

posed Territories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan, and Columbia, all the provisions of the act organizing the Territory of Montana, so far as they can be made applicable. Article VII. The United States, by the construction of new canals, or the enlargement of existing canals, and by the improvement of shoals, will so aid the navigation of St. .Lawrence and the great lakes that vessels of fifteen hundred tuns burden shall pass from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to lakes Superior and Michigan : ! Provided, That the expenditure under the this article shall not xceed S50,000 000. Article VII. The United States will North American Railway Company ofi i Maine" the sum of 2,000,000 upon the ! i COnStmCtlOtl Ot construction of a continuous line of raili , , roa?, ,ro mn?or m Maine, to &t. otin, in ntw uruiiswii-s; j.ivvmcu, oaiu "ine Kuropean & North American Railway Company of Maine' shall release the Gov - ' er"nient ot the Unltea otstes from all claims held by it as assignee of the States of Maine and Massachusetts Article IX. To aid the construction of a railway from Truro, in Nova Scotia, to Rivier du Loup, in Quebec, and a rail way from the city of Ottawa, by way of ! . " . . ne.' . .3. a"'a' 8-nd- uP.erior! ,n consin, i'embma and 1-ort Uarry, on the Red River of the North Saskatch ewan river to some point- on the acinc ocean north of latitude 40 , the United States will grant lands along the line of said roads to the amount of tweuty sections, or 12,800 acres, per mile, to be selected and sold in the manner prescribed in the act to aid the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad, approved July O TVfT-7 ..,.1 ..-1 .il..i. . I. 1 , iuu-, iiv -.iit ii,3iiuoiui f ukicui, uu in huuiiiuii iu saiu giauis ui lillltr, inc United States will further guarantee drv - idends of five per cent, upon the stocks of the company or companies which may be authorized by Congress to undertake the construction of said railways: 1'rovid ft, Th,3t 5ueh Suateof s,ovk "hall not exceed the sum of oO,000 per mile, and ; Congress shall regulate the securities for jadvauces on account thereof. j Article X. The public lsnds in the late provinces, as far as practicable, shall be surveyed according to the rectangular system of the General Land office of the United States; and in the Territories west of longtitude DO , or the western boundary of Ontario, section sixteen and thirty-six shall be granted for the eucourageiueut of schools, and after the organization of the Territories into States, five per centum of 1 ,e.n?1 procus oi sa cs oi puuuc iana

;uai ! P 'Vnw u,c,r re9U ss fj.No. bo declaring tne lands constituting tu,,d for the lmProvemcnt uf roauS anJ j the Fort Jessup military reservation, in rivers. the State of Louisiana, subject to home- : "TIl-IE , U'-'dSlates wil pay Btcad entry and settlement; w hich was

" nurw,, Bi7 . i ipanyiniuu uiscnarge oi an claims to ..... . - . , . j ttlltlVJIJ VI J HI I..UH. l lull III A, l till llUiCI I j ca, wnethcr lounded on tne cuartcr ot the ! company or any treaty, law, or usage. ! Article XII. It shall be devolved upUn the Legisl.ttuies of New Brunswick, I Nova Scotia, Quebec and Ontario to con- ! form ihe tenure of office and th.e local institutions of said States to the Constituthe remaining provinces with the cc f r,cat ,,,1tau, ",,d ,,he m.ni. San"da. s',a'1 !,e,'cP! ,,e VV1" flu. TT.iiti-.l KluMij iUa liira.t.iiii.f c with the consent i inion of i ition of! the United States, the foregoing stipula tions in favor of Prince Kdward Island and Newfoundland, or either of them, will be omitted; but in all other respectsthe United States will give full fleet to the plan of union If Prince Ldward Island, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia aud New Brunswick shall decline the proposition, but Quebec, Ontario-, British. Columbia, and Vancouver Island ffhall, with the consent ot fjreat luitain and the Dominion of Canard a t accept the same, the construction of a railway from Truro to Riviere du Loup, with all stipulations relating to the maritime provinces, will form ; no part of the proposed plan of Qnionf but the same will be consummated in oth1 er respects. If Qui bee and Ontario shall decline the proposition, then the st'pulations in regard to the St. Lawrence canals I and a railway from Ottawa to Sault St. Marie, with the Canadian cltjs.s ot debt and revenne indemnity, will be relinquish i ed. It tlie plan ut union snail only be accented in regard to the Northwestern Territory and the Pacific Provinces, the. United States w ill aid the construction, on , the terms named, of a railway from the ! nncforn n V I rp ll l i 1 1 nf T.-ikp SiitorKir in ; , ,vp Miiiiipunta bv wav' of Peni-! bina, Fort Garry, and the valley of the Saskatchewan to Pacific coast, uorth of latitude 49, besides securing ail the rights and privileges of an American Territory to the proposed Territories of Selkirk, Saskatchewan and Columbia. The report which accompanies the plan thus proposed shows that in case such a union should be consummated, the Government would as" me annuil liabilities amounting to 813 081.000. To offset this, it is shown from official figures that the public rrvennes of the five Eastern prov- : inees in 1801 wera 13,24)0,000' Prominent men ia both Houses are dis cussing this plan, and all indications show that the general subject treated of will be much talked about during the term of President Grant. ll. V. 1. The following is the list, as it stands at , present of prth-udants to the vacant throne at Madrid: Ihe Lut-e or .vioutpensier; Don Juan of Bourbon, second son- of Don Carlos (who, however, abdicated in favor ily already employed."i Roumaoia: tne ' Due A'Aumale; Prince Napoleon; Ferdi - nand of Coburg, father of the lvin Portugal, who acted as regent during his

Laying Out Considerable Work In the National House of Reoresenta lives on Monday, March 15, under the re p. . . -..... .-- -"v v..ritories for the introduction of bills and I'll I u r nrnur nr ru I ! I n r, ina Kfoio, u n n or joint resolutions, the member from this District introduced the following, being a part only of ibose which he has brought 1 in gince March 4. We copy from the Dai1 Globe. j 8 ALE OF PUBLIC LANDS. Mr. Julian introduced a bill (II. R. No. rn . . i r a ?? 5 Preve, me turtner sale ot the pubi 110 na or tue u niiea States except as Pviaea lor in ne pre-emption ana nome laws and the laws for disposing of town sites and mineral lands; which was read a first and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands when appointed, and ordered to he printed. HOMESTEADS TO SOLDIERS' ORPHANS. Mr. Julian also introduced a bill (H. ! R. No. 59) to extend the provisions of the j homestead act to the orphan children of j deceased soldiers who are under the are ot twenty one years; which was referred to fche Committee on the Public Lands when appointed. CtfTSE OF LAND SYSTEM. Mr. Julian also introduced a bill (II. R. No. GO) to close the land system in certain States; which was read a first and second time, and l . , . .-. ... , . , 1 ICO UU 1UC 1 UU1IU UJIIUil Wllfll HPIIJIUICU. IIOMESTF.AD LAWS. Mr. Julian also introduced a bill (II. II. No. 01) to amend the act entitled. "An act to secure homesteads to actual settlers on the public douiarn, approved May JO, j 1SG2, and the acts amendatory thereof, annrnvAil Mnh I.QCl i,rl .Tuna Oi "if- v. vi . , -.. v. Vi...v " o vuu a ui;i auit cciuuu lrme. anfi referred- to the Committee on ! 'he Public Lands w hen appointedELECTION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS Mr. Julian also introduced a bill (II. R. No. G2) to fix the time for the election of Representatives and f)plersitps in th 1 ('nmrross nf ihc llnitl Sttoc- i,;,.h u, read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee of Elefrtious. CHEROKEE NECTRAL LANDS. Mr. Julian also introduced a joint resolution (II. R. No. 12) relative to the Cherokee neutral lirnds in the State of Kansas and the late treaty respecting the same;- which was read a first and second time, and rsferrsd tct the Committee ou the Public Lands when appointed. FORT JESStP RESERVATION. Mi. julan as, mtroduced a bill (U. R ad Krst anS sseond time, and relerred to the Committee on the Public Lands when appointed. CHEROKEE AN CVSAGE INDIAN LANDS. Mr. Julian also introduced a joint resolution (II. R. No. 13) relative to the lands of Cherokee and Great and Little Osage Indians; which whs read a first and Second time, and referred to the Committee on the Public Lauds when appointed. TOLYOAMY IN UTAH. Mr. Juliau also introduced a bill (II. R. No. G4) to di-courage polygamy in Utah by granting the right of suffrage to the women of that Territory whit?i was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Teiiitories when appointed. AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION. Mr. Julian also introduced a joint res olution (H. R. No. 14) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee ou ihe Judiciary when appointed.LANDS SOLD FOR TAXES. Mr. Julian also introduced a bill (II. It. No. Go) relative to lands sold for non payment of Federal faxes, or under judgment, or decrees id" the courts of the Uuited States; which was read a first and se cond time, nd referred to the Committee cn the Judiciary when appointed. CONVEYANCE OF INDIAN RESERVATION. Mr. Julian also introduced a bill (II. li. No. GO) to forbid the conveyance s-f Indian reservations by ty to e-ny other grantees than the United States; which was read a first and second time, and re ferred to the Committee on the Public Lands whon appointed. SUFFRAGE IN THE PISTRICT OF COf A: M1 M A? Mr. Julian also introduced a bill (11. R. No. 67) further to extend the right of suffrage in tlie District of Columbia; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee for the District of Columbia when appointed. SUFFRAGE IN THE TERRITORIES. Mr. Julian also introduced a bill (II. It. No. GS) to extend the right of suffrage in the Territories of the United Sta'es; which was read a first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Territories when appointed. SALE OF HOT SPRI-NOS RESERVATION. Mr. Julian also introduced a bill f tl R. No. 6) for the sale of the Hot Springs reservation lu Arkansas; whicli was reaa a fiist and second time, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands when ap poinSed-, aud ordered to be printed. What propriety would there be in a recognition by our Government of a revolutionary government rr? Cuba?. The revolution has less control in- tb eoemtry than our Southern rebellion h-id for three years: and yet no foreign government - .i. c..r,iara,a i:,wor.,n.i,,t as eithsr de facto or de iure. Our recog uition of a e Jaeto governna! of the Cuban revolutionists-could nut make the : rait. v nat is taere ror us ro recog.iii.ei ; iNothMig t.ur an insurrection, i ne onty

of l honest recognition we can make ot that is

to let it alone. Would not this Government make a pretty exhibition of con-J tistcncy if, after threatening war agaiust-

any foreign power which should recognixe the Confederacy as an independent nation.

- ; although it possessed one-third of the' ivuiiu v j w I uiicv ,taiD, n c pnuu u now , - ! rush !n t0 BBake recognition of ibis brief; Cuban insurrection as an independent na. tion? There is one thing which we had better give our first attention to, and that is our own business. Gazette. LFTTER FROM RiCHMOND. The New Railroad to Fort Wayne Annual Meeting of Directors Prospects of the Road.

' gamnter or asicak thrct can go to the balSjiecUl Ccrrespen Jence of the Cincicnr ti Giuette. ! lot box, thcyiiiOrt let the professional Richmond-, Jni , April 7. j gambler r tl rcf assatne the same equality The Board of Director and stockbold-j ju tLeir pin Un visit ,lltir parties, make ers of the proposed Cincinnati, Richmond! loe, .to 'l-er daughters, or borrow money & Fort Wayne Railway Company had a ! of ,1,elr on' 1 can s,ult s,,cn feliovia preliminary meeting here yesterday andl0"1 w,lh,,ut a statute. Legal equality in

will to-day meet again, for the purpose of electing a new Board of Directors for ihe ensuing year attending to some other matters of interest. At the meeting on yesterday, the attendance was quite full while persons were present from each one of the counties interested. As stcted in my letter from Fort U. ... - .MC mkcuuuii whs, ai u.sT, ,o run this road by the way of Bluffton but so lohui.l: ub me uosire or me re-'Pie Adams countv to have the bencht of it. ' , - . , ,. . . ...v. ,m o c 111 ,i ,3 nu.i intended to run the line through Decatur, A large amount of money has been expended on this road from time to time a portion of it to nc rarrpose but the remain , der in such a way as tor render it still j available. The project is not a new. one. ,i. .. 1....: I : i me nuiijiinj uu viiii; nBfii ursi organ iecii in lbdj, and has met with its full share of reverses and obstacles, all of which it now bids fair to surmount. The distanee irom iviciimond to 1 ort Wayne, by way of liluirtcn, was 8GJ miles. The route by Dccatu varies but little from this length, uie uisiance rjetng less thin a halt mile, ! jester. 'J ho line from liichmond to ; Winchester i-s the same as before, a con - sidcrabie amount of work having already ,

been done. i lie distance is 2ti mils.!nd

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Irom mchestcr to Portland, the county j lie,ro frolll Jul,,,, hat a ffcife man ca'u'f.seat of Jay county, a good deal of work j, hat is. make h iuiself y our associate and has been done by way of Ridgcville, but a : "equal" without your consent. If it is

lively stn.'e lias been aroused by the sur- - j va uuvmiivi i vtuic l y i-uri uciu; cm the one by Bidgeville. The DoeiSeld", line is found t be about half s rsile shorter than the other, but the ?ttbscf iptiors thus far are not so large. The Director may settle upon the loute to-day, but' it is q.aite as probable they may watt a short I lllll frk It m n. n-l.Al. UA 1 .

' ul'"u aR j implies, at we argued tlie other day a most in earnest. From Decatur to Fort ; d,ea 1 of negro power, a sense of neroWayne, two routes have been surveyed, f.scinati. n, i"l at no Ktpnblicun wc ever

mine win prooaoiy oe uiaue yer.. 1 he course of the line is almost Uirectly due north from Richmond, bearinj very slightly to the west. The subsciiptions wcre carctuiiy examined yesterday, and the amount found to be good and availa ble was 153, 731, or over 5,000 per tuile for the whole hoe. Tins has no reference to that which Has already been expended, w c v 1 1 i a i uiinuiu. ayne coumy na? a so.iu suDscnption or &i.j.i,4io. l ort ayne, as already stated, donates 100,' 000, payable wherr thf est run to Deca j tur. Adams County is so anxious to hae inc road that the commissioners i voted 150.000, being backed up by an a.most unanimous vote of the people ot t he couniy. Randolph county ha- subscribed or oonarcu. in an, ever eJI.Utm, H me road should go by Deerfield, and 57,770 if by Ridgeviile. Jay county has a subscription of over o0,000, and capitalists are confident of making tha amount fully 50 000 when the road shall have been defiuuely locafed by either one cr ihe other route proposed. Putting Jay county at that amount, and Randolph a! the amount proposed by Ridgeviile and the total available subscription . is ?-.fU,245 This amount is con-dderal'ly above the estimate for putting the entire lit. e in readiness for receiving the irjn. The nafn-ral eonnsMion of this line for Cincinnati will be by Eiton and Ilamil ton and now that the Cincinnati, Hamilton tV; Daton Company have repudiated the Eiie contrac t, it weld ste? to be of

special interest to them. By its comple-1 "e, I 'eve., 'i hey re not afraid of histion the road to Fort Wayne would be ' gelling to it, and hence are willing to leO much shoiter than their present route by 1 him do the best he can for himtelf Lima, and would secure to them a direct ; Journal. connection at Fort Wayne, with th! r ids j .

now building to the pi ire regions-of Mich- I igan,-which tfc-ey can secure in no other Way. The entire length of the road from j Richmond to Fort Wayne, i-s through a farming country uiisiirpj.Tsed, wlirlff a vast j amount of valuable timber is still standing; in J;iy artt Adams counties. Even in i Allen county, it avoids the more swampy i and iuva!u;ible sections, approaching Fort i aync from the east. ilns is a sec-ion of country, too, which is naturally fiibu tary to Cincinnati, atxl which the advantages of which she cart lost after long continued and persistent neglact. The merchants naturally look to Cincinnati for their supplies, as the entire population which' is intelligent, looks-to her for news papers lor school boks. 1 heir present ' connection with Cinehniati v by wcs i V . "; J , J ,

persistent ngnting ngainsi currents teaa-; . . . , ,. .... . , ,. . .,. . enter into the positions within his gilt,: ing in other directions Llu-::igo is pre . . . . ,. . . , p , . , a r - ' vn-at lurai cm bchiil the country in hn pared to take-advantage of tUe sitOTtion,: .. .. . , f i, ,u,e i 1 , . . . , . , i maKirv a cpriaiii instead ot a doubtful and is working more persistently tor trade i ..., , ' .... , J . , dunce.' If the iersinn thos chosen ara of l inclicster than Cincinnati is, ai-!. ... ,. ' . , . . ' ,! incapable and unworthy, the matter wou-hi though the latter city is much nearer and , '.a. , , J . ,, , p .. . i .i . Ihe different; but we have yet to hear that the inclination ot business tnn h i:i t h-i ,. . ' . , J . i . r i .. .... ,, , . , , anv ot the men he has promoted to Ivigm

tio-n. rhese are all m ilters wnieii a ; iil be well for Ciucinnafi men to-uuii at , , , . , 1. . ..... .1. . . . I. ; .. . cioseiy, u n e uy S' " is striving to- rencti ir.em. The organization of the company is a good one, the present Board of Directors, nearly all of whom will doubtless be re-j elected, being substantial, 'reliable men j Williatu Parry,-the S Vestcre-nt, is exceed ingly zealous in Leojii oi uie roan, ana exhibits in his action alone an interest which must result in succos. Cl HROMCLE.

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one fqtiare. thre insert'dns '. J j All ubse-jit. t insfirtioDS, periqnara 6 j YEARtf. . Thrqaartrr3 r.f obbi j......'. n SO Q ; One-half of a o-lumn s.s a l One-qanrtar nf a mlumo.. .....?r.7.T"r2l1 . One isbth of aaoluma ....t. 12 Transient adrertigeineDta ihautti'ia 1J b i paid forii adraji,-.-led thiruf.gij-. T!.. Social Equality. I int.t-r cy maintains that if the' 4iiird a i) fMUiilitr with iln IMlrM, .. I i i . n"-' Hi-Hi .e ore in law. tie ,x ut..,mt, :, ....i.i ,.,.! " will lneVitir-'" IJerice '1 e'y insist iii rosti-.iHiit him. hv law fVrni aspiriiii; to ,- i -j. They demand protection ii-ftii s: fr ? Cioavhments on the sancfiij M'lhur society which they never hink of asking agaiust white meu. Constitutional and statutory prohibitions are indispensable. They have no tear of beinsf compelled lo treat as a soci-il r.nf ; erery white man that hr a vote. They do not dreaft; t' af, because a professional le w,ate D,au in'J'" no social equality Rut in the ueirro thev insist that it do.' Hence Duinociatrc ppers jump straight from the i ight of sulfrage to miscegenation, to social privileges and the horrors of mixed, races. Hence we see in Democratic processions young ladies with transparencies, bogging their ''Fathers to save thet 1 " " A I. 11 V. , - ill Iruni i.pirrn li n ii rl llcn.iA wheuever a Democrat begins an argument on the suhiect of nearo suffrage, be inevitoiiab v cum it niil. .. 1 x-r.,. .,r i rr n ;r . - u.,i i.. x .. J S--. Tiui.v .w, uui I 117 : itep cicar 01 inem. x ou reply tliatyou j see no more reason why you should marry I a negro woman because a Legro man ha i a rinht to vote, than mhv von honM n,ar. ! r hI.mo r,Qr r... :e -on i.r. fr to ...... . I.linr ., r i no way that a w bite woman can h-v IW ! . J .. ' J i compel you to become a Uenediet U.,r i ih .ir,.n-i,n t ;i t.vf ; .. ,.r. ,u ui j l),.moei:.ii, dread i,f tin- t,nPi M" .l..w 1 t - 1 bkin to defy nil the laws of nature and" , prevert all the la ws of man. It is useless j to tel bitn that he don't ant any laws to keep whi e men from his society, and that to von :,t U.it trr 1,,, . - , , -. , .. yu, ai itvisi, a negro nas no i hi r'l r i , ;i nil imi 4 rrunvr ti a t r. , . -i: t !i . ? , i ul,;i., ...... it.. ; ,n..!.,.i ;.. ,i, .u .-j ...it. a ii t - u li, , lie mill! ! smue flr:i irpciiiniis snmi, ilnnVil it ri,o J ucii - (t,! rest ritiiis nri npi-estuvv In Luun possible for aburditv to be more utterlw arsura than t ii is, I tie tie hasr nst ome irr wbicrr human nature is to be endowed with folly enough to achieve it. The Democratic faith in regaul to the negroy that he must be kept down by law below the legnl level of the white, or be will rise to or above the social level of the white I - . . , iealll vf L.eIs. Atlll ,t ,3 j,, s,n,TUlar coni rast with the ii'tiif.n-in aff..pi;,,ii f.,r i societv s,i lorii' and h:i.itn:illv cvlwl,;,it ; jn ,ie" South by Ihe purest of the Deraoeracv ;n tle p;,iIl)V U:1VS of ,iie narr . j ,ne preponderance of mulattoes over pur ; blooded negroes. The Democrats, honorso conspicuously cxninncd at tnis day irr j ed s,,cietyt abjectly worshipped in the i n.,r(V. (h lened to with M.tftmi hv0,fK - l . whisiu-iit..' humbh pering Humbleness m Congress, who fathered these ba'f ! rvcd, had no repugnance to i.egvo soeirty. At least they haI . f i A tn tnqiiil-iit.iiiilr .in AiiVn IN w n Inn

hae;Hc ir c:is ntlnitiMoi: uriil nniuirfiif llii-.nnli

, iiuiiii ' . iiitiiniuii.iMi. nu (i uaii, v an nine ; ; n,ust he ndmitted. thev ienilpt fm,n j maki ti,e ,lU.rr-ourse they so sys--i tcIt)atically practiced illegally. But neril wiVesi., anv senso hut toiml . were t ot a honor to them. What eirr have infused a fcelirg, so strangely unlike th.it of tl c iiuioes b,-d u-tmrj of tht party, fhe I0rti!in rab& aud file, we Can not guess, but whatever ii fBay be, it h is left th? the vie ms of very much the' rTrine rtfakness (Rat f i-fn t its' a nd ground sqmirrfb have for black snakes. They dread a ''uiggf r'' beeane they fear their' powers of resistance to bis fascinations. They dream of his social equality because' they unconsciously feel the equality of irraih'S" and power that makes him theif equal. Those who Hre not troubled with' an uneasy sense of their lack of superior gifts, are not found bigging for constitu tional rstri'-tvoris and statutory pro'hfbif ?t". to t-nf the way ot the negro to their" The Sin of Being a Friend.In this day of rauipaut office seeking, when every neighborhood in every State has its regular share of aspirauts who think they wt-te born to be crowned by Grtt it haif come to be au evil for a man to have' personal friends. Although Grant has appointed fewer personal friends to otfif-e I than any of his recent predecc isor, e" j hear on all sid;js the ery baby wail that j he's going to fi ' bis offices with hisj f?ieBH. bo tu-e he has appofnfcM1 ; several mn frMi h's intimate acuvnt ance to oJice, bm h has done' So in aii ; open, inatily manner. In the army he ch i-se men whom he knew, and whom he' i knew tu be the men for the places he call- . ed ihtiM- to. A-b'- now, i am.n-g l.b fatft?liar acquaintance h can find persons thathe knows are worthy and well iiuahtied to' j places ro incompetent ur J . ...,. wee x, .1 tiii ita I nu-. i W ben-lie gioetr lo a ppoi n ti n tne bad men of his acq'u'aiiS-Ta'lVce' wiH hff thn- enotkglv to say lii.it to be a liien 1 of the Piesiuellt'sr iiistj,u.ilili"s and- deturs any oue" from' olDoe. fl wa State Kcgislei. Tlie worst kind' of nn oduc:itionbrough up hy a p l -ct m i n . -beingIf tikes tw'o tuns bo a' iu.iiiy will it take to to make a pipe,maKc