Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 19, Brookville, Franklin County, 7 May 1869 — Page 2

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am tCHi- BINGHAM, Editor. ''.-UliOOItVILLK-Friday Horning, May 7, 1869. .-, . ., Contemptible. "Assessor Swift has handed us another joinder this time signed with his oivn pVpie-r-which we of ccimc peremptorily IteCuae-'to.publish, containing, as . it does, ciri insinuations and false charges jfawvt us personally. Upon our refusal to publish said communication, he imMediately set upon us with wholesale 'jjjise. and a cowardly threat characteristic 6f the man. We shall attend to the fellow .in'suniinary manner," ir be attempts to : pit his threat iuto execution. And as to itls .third, rejoinder, which we understand 'i to appear in this week's uemocrm, c sherehy characterize it as abounding with iTuisstatements of a most contemptible character, and therefore unworthy of the b'ftst'efeditby an intelligent public already Acquainted with his notorious sacrificing eofjTincipte for the wile of office. Motley's Instructions. V-Il has been reliably ascertained thai the 'ujstructions of this Government to Minister 'Motley do not suggest any mode of adjusting the pending questions between the 'United States and Great Britain, nor do they require him at present to propose the reopening of negotiations for the settleTncnt of the Alabama and other claims. Our Government will act with the deliberation due to this important subject and carefully avoid any cause of offence while firmly piesenting the American side of the question to her Majesty's Government when occasion shall require. No one connected with the Administration, including ' the President, nor does the British Minis ter, apprehend any ii juriouscotiscquenccs from the almost unannious rejection of 1- the Alabama claims treaty by the Senate, ' ind this is stated on the authority of gentlemen who, fearful of serious difficulties, made special and private inquiry in cflicial..circ.!es. and thus satisfied themselves r- of the truth of this statement. The Recruiting Business. '' The recent order of the War DepartIllCUl 1U1 IUC ItCUUI Jll'JU Vl im l. v . j-, service is not ot sucti learlul moment as some .suppose. Tho term of service of a great many soldiers who enlisted in 18GG will expire this summer and fail, and the .. Secretary says that of the army, as now .constituted, very few will remain in service by this time next year. The intention is to recruit fast enough to keep companies of regiments on duty east of the Mississippi pi river, up'to the minimum of sixtyfour men, privates and non commissioned officers, while companies on du'y west of the river will be raised to tho maximum of one hundred men. The army will not, .in any event, be increased beyond the size now authorized by law. Ho! For the Pacific. A di.-p-itch received by the President of the Central California Pacific llailroad, who is now in Washington City, states that the roads wore on Tuesday within a nii!o of each other, and that a junction will be at once formed, and conneciiou made through this week. Two hundred passenger cars and thirty locomotives , have been forwarded from the Kat-t to Omaha, to accommodate tho public travel. Total Eclipse of the Sun. The total eclipse of the sun on the 7th of August next is the only one that will be visible in North America during the prcsentcentury. The center of the lino of totality will pass through Springfield, Illinois, and near DesMoincs, Iowa. Both of these stations, as well as many others, will be occupied by coast survey parties. Congress hag appropriated 5,000 to defray the cx'pensc of observations. Professor Winlock, ' Director of Harvard Observatory, is making arrangements for viewing the eclipse and noting its features at Shelby ville, Kentucky. Death of Judge Johnson. We regret to learn that N. 11. Johnson, Judge of the Criminal Court of this Pis trier, died very suddenly at Cambridge City On Wednesday morning of hist week at about 9 o'clock. The Judge was on his way from Indianapolis to Cambridge City, ou a visit to his father, who U an old but prominent physician of that place. His mother, who is sick, had in her room a bottle containing aconite and one containing tincture of gentian, and, through mistake, the Judge tjok a swallow of aconite for gentian, which produced death is less tt.ua thirty minutes in vpite of every effort that could bo used to conteract the pOisou. He leaves a wife and two children. So saj the liiehmond Palladium. Republican Victories. The recent municipal elections in Indianapolis, Richmond and Co4aibu, Indiana, resulted in the choice of the Republican ticket the latter a Republican gain. The effect of the new w hisky, tax on the amount of revenue received is shown by the figure for ose district of Kentucky. The number of gallons returned as manufactured ia January was 29,210;. iu February C9,oGIl; in Match 153,980. It is stated that the amount manufactured during the month of April will piiib.bly cxxJ that for the enine p tedding quarter, whiah. will make it faimost wi quits icu times that of January jaot.

Midnight Scene. Maddoek, of the Democrat, in his last issue, lays down his hand of adjectives and exultiogly asks ua to "trump it if we can." Here's at you, Billy. Some two years since, when you commenced putting forth your claims for the office of County Auditor, you met with a gentleman from Rush County, sojourning in the town of Brookville, with whom you

scraped up a hurried acquaintance, and to whom you made known the fact that you coveted the most lucrative position within the gift of the Democracy of Franklin County. He then, in the most solemn manner in use now-a-days, promised you bis hearty support, and, to "confirm it," did not "pluck off his Bhoe and hand it to you," as was the custom in olden time, but took the modern mode of handing you the essence of "Old Kaintuck' frequently, and at his own expense, of course; which, when done without charge, you much prefer to the ancient mode of confirmation; for the reason that yOu never did like a shoo, especially when "the shoe fits you." . But to. our midnight scene. The hands upon the dial cf the old clock in the saloon indicated the hour "of 12 miduight the hour w lien maSi, if awake and surrounded by darkness, as he is at that hour, has thoughts that are not produced in the blazing sunlight of the day. It is an hour, also, at which man, if he desires to stroll abroad, has nothing to fear but harmless, fleeting, cowardly ghosts. At the hour we have introduced you and the company you were in, you felt about as Doesticks felt when he said "he was immortalized and had done it himself." In fact, we are not sure but you muttered something of the kind at the time. JJe that as it may, however, it has little to do with what we arc about to relate. Being the fi:st and coming man of the County, as you then imagined yourself to be, and in order to impress your new found friend with your importance, you proposed to seek her lodgings and introdui e him to your own dear Seraphina. lie ac cepted. Together you started. No sound broke upon the midnight stillness, except your own footfalls and the cccasicnal baik of a little rat-terrier; as you twain listlessly threaded your way through street and alley, until you finally reached her silent abode. You hesitated a moment. All nature was hushed in silent repose. Of the twain, you inclined your body slightlyforward and made the little gentle taps upon the door which you knew were familiar to the ear of her who was lightly slumbering within. The surging palpitations of your hearts and the suspense which followed were awful, but only momentary, for the "dear one' within, iu familiar, soft and silvery intonations, ar.d in scarcely audible accents, lisped in response, "who's there?" Relief and disap pointment came to all of you the next moment. Instead of you answering iu your natural voice which is scarcely to be distinguished from the creaking of a wooden sorghum mill by responding "your own dear Billy," so firmly were you impressed with the belief that you really were iu possession of the first and highest County office, that you thundered out in a Websterian tone, "the County Auditor." Your dear one knew not your altered voice nor your new title. What remains to be told may be said in a few words. You did not gain admission. Subsequent investigation showed that the real County Auditor was at home in bed and sleeping soundly at that hour. Strange indeed is it that the promise of the support of one man, and thut man not at that time a resident of the County with joursei,p, together with copious draughts at the expense of his liberality, should make you belieVb yourself actually the Couuty Auditor three years before a vacancy would occur. But our readers must reflect that there is no philosophy which mortals can comprehend that will explain all the strange phenomena that we know take place. When we know more of "fusil oil," ambition to hold a paying office, and "free drinks," wc thiuk it will be plain enough. Moral. Never believe yourself "the County Auditor" before you sre elected and get your commission. Never take enough of thje essence of "Old Kaintuck," even "without price," to make you believe that tho supporf of oue man can give you the best office iu the County, unless that man resides 'in the same County with yourself. And never deal without dealing yourself the best hand. "Shake up the keards," Billy; give us another deal. Tho Censure Retracted. At the beginning of the late regular ' tcssion of the Legislature, resolutions were adopted by the Senate censuring j Lieutenant Governor Cumback for making ecrtaiu alleged improper propositions to m v li ii vi i'huvi x ii tat. j i ui .lit; office of United States Senator, to which Mr. Cumback had been nominated by a ,' caucus of the Republicans, made the con test over these resolutions much more severe, and excited more ill-feeling, than the occasion could justify. It can do no good to recall the arguments for and against them. Probably the most moderate view taken then was that which will be takeu now, that whatever opinion might be entertained of the action to which the censure related, it was hardly within the limit of the Senate's duty to demand private correspondence as a basis for discussion and judgment upo-n it. Like other purely private transactions the public could have no connection with it unless it were given to the public by the parties to it. It Mr. Cumback had not been a candidate of a high office nobody would have dreamed of demanding his private letters to see if they might uot furnish ground

for public ceusure, even by ' the press, much less by the Senate of the State of Indiana. 11 is positiona a candidate in no way affected his rights as a citizen, and the Senate had properly no more concern with his private letters about the noniiua. tion for Governor last February, ..than it had with the private letters of any Senator about a horse trade. But this view was lost out of sight at the time in the heat of the cotitest. Now that the election is past,

and excited feelings have become cooler, the Senate sees that its cansure was either undeserved or unrequired, and yesterday afternoon it adopted a resolution expung ing the resolutions of censure, by a vote of thirty five to eight. f Journal. AVniTcoMB, May 1st, 1SG9. Editor American, Communications to your paper, from and in the interest of R. II. Swift, having appeared at different times, denouncing statements made by my friends and myself, as "slanders," "calumnies," &c, I ask a space in your columns in order to refute those charges. In your last issue but one, I stated first, that the Republicans of this neighborhood demand the removal of Mr. Swift; second, that he has done more to injure our party than any member of it in this county; and third, that Mr. Farquhar, when he sought the nomination for Congress, owed his defeat in Franklin County almost solely to the fact that he was bebelieved to be in league with Swift. I suppose the above statements, " mnong others, are the ones eharactei ized as "slaiideicus," "calumnious, " &c. It is not because I think it necessary, that I mention a few circumstances to sustain my assertions, but simply that I do not desire to let tbeni statid unsuppoited when they are denied, and that the party may be fully alive to its interests, ana to the fact that one man in a responsible position, with or without personal influence. may bind us hand and tout, aud by abusin

hit trust, and using his power selfishly ' Theu-h I was then only in early boyprove a most formidable impediment to the ! hood, yet every power of my heart and

advancement of the great principles we j soul was riveted with attention upon t he j M on tgomery, LasePe, Lee, Montgomery, advocate. .speaker, as he dwelt upon the nature, the j il organ, ilice, Kobinson of Madison, RobIn regard to my statement that we de- extent, the !ory, the grandeur and the j insoii of Decatur, Scott, feherrod, Smith, mand the rcmtVit of Mr. Swift, let me s-ay durability of the kingdom of God. in one j Taggart, Turner, Woleott and Wood 35. it was made, because, rjin my intercom sj part of Lis sermon he exclaimed in tones j Nays Beardsley, Cravens, Fisher, Foswith my neighbors, i knew such had been of deepest pathos, his pale face glowimr j dick, Hess, Hooper, Kiuley and Reynolds the generally expressed wish for months i with heavenly love "1 do not preach t he j S.

and even years past. It Mr. Swift or his Deputies de.-ite a further confirmation of the truth of the above, I advise that a visit be made to this part of the Ccunty, and, my word for it, the report will be, "the half had not been told us." As to the second charge, that he has done more to injure the party than any member of it in this County. Mr. Swift, it is well known, during the entire campaign of 18GG was a Johnson man, and the effect of his influence, was ditectly, perhaps at ieast indirectly against our party. Both publicly aud privately, in conversation aud iu the columns of the lutliaua Anuricnn, of which he was theu lditor, upon every occasion he supported Johnson in his dastardly attempts to dei stray the government, anu was constantly j ,eSil,'S u.s tliat JohnsoniMu was ;righl-' a:iu -we u i,ae 10 come to it. Us "'" he 2,jss l to be a Republican, and ap - paienily lavored the election oi our State iicKci, ou.. o:. u..u a.c. worn mil., mu letween Johiiao:;i.-iu acd the other extreme, many, undoubtedly, who would have joiued our ranks, became confused, did not vote with us, aud thus we lost ground. In thus speaking of the influence of Mr, Swift, 1 desire to be understood ns attributing it almost solely to the position he held as lviitor of the Republican Organ in this County, and not to his mere personal itifluer.ee. That, I am convinced, never could have produced such results, nor will it, in my humble opiuiou, revolutionize the County hereafter. Wheu the tenure-of-cilice law was passed, he of course professed to be with us, and, strange to say, shallow as was the trick, some were deceived, and seemed to think him as "sound on the goose" as some of us who went not estray. The mere fact of his using our County paper in the way he did, shouid, upon reflection, be sufficient to convince all who were in error in regard to his political status. That he i has done this, is my principal reason for j the statement that he has doue more to injure our party toan any member of it in this Couuty. The thing was most damnable, and when I say that Mr. Farquhar 0;7Cs his defeat almost solely to his relations to Mr. Swift, I say that which is obvious to all. The party knowing of SwiTt's conduct, fearing in this instance that the old saw, "birds of a feather will Hock together," might be verified, refused j to support Mr. F. It was not that the latter gentleman was personally unpopular, or that in his official acts he had sinned beyond forgiveness, but simply that we were afraid to trust a man around whom Swift may have thrown the venom of his hypocrisy. Mr Farouhar. both in public and in private, is a pet feet gentleman, and his personal lriends are numerous; and I aiu satisfied that he now fully realizes that his defeat here was owiug to the circumstance I have mentioned. But enough of this. 1 have nothing of a pc.sonal nature at stake. I write simply as an honest and conscientious member of 1 my party one who has its good at heart and uot to gratify a malignant hatred, or j j for the purpose of mistreating Mr. Swift j or any other individual. Were it necessary, j i migui say more, x imuK enougn has been said to show how we feel in this seetiou. I do not desire to push Mr S. to the wall. If such were my motive, I might mention several matters connected with

the "Dare moiety cases," that in my humble j As Cumback has so large a prepouopiniou would throw more of blackness ' derance of the Republican Seatrs, his

than of sunshine on his participation therein. Such, as I have said, being foreign to my intention, I forbear at this time. For the enlightenment of curious per sons, 1 will say I am responsible for the article signed "Whit," to which I have so otten referred, and wish to say turtuer that in so signing it I had no desire to j avail myself of the conveniences and; priviliges universally accorded to "anony- j mous scribblers," and of which "Fair j Play" feels no delicacy in takiug advan- 1 tage. I do not desire, lurtner, to tlirow

the responsibility on uinoeeut parties. 1 sonal rcscutment or partisan bias to betray i Al oreback and his sureties, of lliplev was laboring under the impression that j him iuto a hasty or unparliamentary ruiini; ' county, from a judgment obtained against neither Mr. tSwift nor bis satellites would i but has discharged his duty impartially j him for school money stolen from bis cushave thj foolhardincss to join issue and go I and ably, proving himself one of the bet , tody. After discussion, tbe veto was susto"prtss upon the matters and things with j officers that has presided over the Senate, taiued by a vote of 45 to id. which I have charged him, otherwise my j The action of yesterday will be hailed A large number of bills were read a name w juld have appeared with the arli- with great satisfaction by the people with- second time, aud ordered to be engrossed.

clc. ivvBiiUT ALLEX.

Writteu for tho American. Recollections of Rev. John Strange. - BY REV. DR. THOMAS n. LYNCH. I have often heard the name of John Strange mentioned with great kindness by the old people of the White Water Valley. In the days of my early boyhood I attended school in the old brick school-house,

Vio ..:., r v : l. t u: .. ... i standing, in the pleasant town of Spring- j borough, Warren County, Ohio. The j school was taught by the Iter John Mor- j Episcopal Church, a name well known in Ohio in those days. In the month of November, in the year 1S19 on a clearcold, frosty Sabbath morning, I went with my mother tohe school-house to attend divine service. The congregation had assembled and were awaiting the arrival of the "circuit preacher." At length tho preacher, accompanied by "Father Morrow," as he was familiarly called, came in. It was his first appcarauce, at that "appointment," soon after Conference. Iu appearance he was tail, and pale acd emaciated from recent sickness. His eye was dark, piercins and i sparkling. His voice was indesciibable sweet, melodious, pathelic, of great compass, and well adapted to stir the deep fountains of the human eoul. His name was John Strange. Who, iu this great western country,- has not heard the uame of this noble servantof our Blessed Mastet? this fljuiiug herald of the cross of Christ? I can never forget the appearance of this wonderful man of Gid. His text, much of Lis sermon, many of Lis illustrations, arc as fiesh in uiy memory after the lapse of many years, as though I had heard li i tu but yesterday. The iutouations of his voice were such, when he an nounced his text, that the words seemed to be indelihiv written upon rjv young iicari iui geek ye urst the ki!srut'i r-t uid aud Ills righteousness and all these thit'gs shall Le added unto you." The discourse was oue of hrillinji power ! gospei that! preach, because John Fleteher preached it; I do not preach the nospel

t.iat 1 preach, because John Wesley J The House bill to enal:.ls County Comprcaciied it; I do not preach - the gospel j missioners to demand and sue for an unthat I preach, because St. 1'aul pi cached i expended bounty fund not. accounted for, it; but I preach the gospel that preach, j was passed by ayes 3G, noes 2. because Jesus Christ preached it in tie The House bill to render taxation for

giory ot His divine nature, and iu the power of His enternal Godhead." The effect was electrical. I felt like crying out a'oud "Take my fwor henrt ami let it bo Forever close.l tu all but Thee." Some tiaie since, while spending a few hours at Indianapolis, 1 walked out alone ! to the old cemetery to have familiar couj verse with the dead, ouch converse , "Slope 3 our passage to the toiuK" j As I wandered iu solemn thou-ht among j ,hc silent dwellings of mouldering dust, 1 j found the gnve uf Jolm Strange. As I iJr:i2Cj u,otl tiie goJ that now j,,.,.., ls j u;ct breast. I shuu-ht of the past of the I .hjusaudj 10 U Iflcnei iv I h ( tcneu with delight , to the words of evangelical power with j which he proclaimed his message of love ! from the ton of God. A plain stone i marks the .-lace wf his grave. Tiie pine; and the cedar, planted Uy the hand of Christian friendship, o veisliido w his peaceful tomb. There arc many old iu habitants of Ohio a,ud Indiana, who, while he lived, were favored with his ministry, but who know not the place of his burial. To such this biief tribute to his- memory may be of some interest. On his tomb is this inscription: "Sacred to the memory of John Stiange, who departed this life on tho 2d day of Dec, A. D. 18IV2, in the 44th year of his age, and iu the 22d year of his Itiuerant Ministry." The hour spent at the grave of this eminent minister of Christ, was one of deep and tender feeling. Sweet and hallowed memories came up from the sepulchre of departed years. "It was good to be there." l"iom the Indianapolis Commercial. Expunged. As was anticipated, the resolution expunging, or rescinding, the resolutions of censure of Lieutenant Governor Cumback, passed by the Senate last winter, went through yesterday afternoon by an vcrwhelming vote; and so far as a public retraction can do, wiped out the injustice then perpetrated. The Democratic caucus is u.e pi voi on wnicu tno action turned on ootti occasions, and the recklessness of ri:f Ipr.dpvs nf that nnrtv U J'h!1.t Tm t-..j M..J plifiert by it. Last winter no epithets were severe enough to satisfy their desire to denounce Lieuteuant Governor Cumback. Hypocritically they pretended that as partisans they should rather see him , ecc:cd to the United States Senate than any other Republican; but they were com pelled to lorego party advantage for public lienor. Wedcnounccd them as canting I hypocrites then, and declared they only ! voted to censure Mr. Cumback because ! ,3 1 'T1 " ! Wub"Ca TJ J doing so. ' Having done all they could in that .1 . 1. .1.. ! . l: :. : .1 - uirectiou tp.ey now vote to rescmu yvitu the same kiud intention. Actually the case stands as it did last winter. Threefourths of the Republican Senators resisted the conspiracy against him, aud they have becu consistent in their effort to re move the censure which was the tfi"pring i oi Fctty jealousy, aided by partnership I vincication seems much greater t indignity put upon him. And it than the is ulike cirunaoie 10 mm anu 10 iur more uouorable members of the Democracy in the Senate, that they compelled its leaders in caucus to revoke the action of last winter. Their manliness in striving to undo the

perpeirateu uy ineir aiu uoes. lueutjof a majority of freeholders, was passed

mutu uouor. Lieutenant Governor Cumback has borne himself nobiy through this test. Watched by jealous eyes in his own party as well as by malignant partisans on the j femocratic side, he has not allowed percut distinction of party.

The following is the resolution as passed yesterday, the vote being 35 ayes, 8 nays: KesuIveJ, That the resolution of the Senate in relation to the correspondence of Lieutenant Governor Cumback with Governor Baker, and the proceedings of the Senate in relation thereto, be expunged from the journals of the Senate, and that the Secretary of the Senate be directed to write across the face of said resolu-

tions and proceedings, "expuuged by order 0f the Senate." . Work of the Leg;sIature the Past Week. Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati Oazette. Indianapolis, May 1. The following is a summary of the work done by the Legislature the past week: " TUESDAY. Both Houses met on Tuesday morning. In the Senate, Mr. Case's divorce bill, relative to the residence of parties plaintiff, and regulating the summons of defendants, was passed by ayes, 32; nays, 0 His other bill, to provide against fraud and corruption in procuring divorces in this State, was passed by ayes, 31; nays, 7. The House bill providing for teaching the German language in the public schools where the parents of twenty-five pupils shall demand it, was discussed at considerable length, and an amendment requir ing a majority to demand it, rejected. lite bill then passed by ayes, 37; nays 3. The House amendment to the General Appropriation bill, reducing the appropriation for an engine room for the Northern Prison from ?5;(rt)U to 2,000, was concurred in. In the afternoon the special order beinr iht resolution to expunge from the record the resolutions of censure passed upon Lieutenaut Governor Cumback for his correspondence wi:h Governor Baker, iu January last, eotaiug u; , the vote was i taken uuder a demand for ihe previous question, resulting as follows Yeas Andrews, Bellamy, Carson, Case, Caven, Church, Denbo, Elliott, Gilford, Gray, Iladley. Hamilton, llanna, Henderson, Howk, Huey, iiudman, Humphreys, J;uiues, Johuson. of Spencer. Johnson of 'fhe Senate bill to provide for the punishment of libel, was laid on the table common school purposes uniform, and to provide for the education of colored children, yvas read a second time, with the committee's amendment that colored children i-hail be admitted to the same room with w hite children. Mr. Carson moved to iiiiicnd by excluding whenever objection is made, which was laid on the table on motion of Mr. Cravens, by a vote of j 2.0 to 18. The committee's amendment wa theu rejected by the following vote: Yeas Messrs. Carson, Gilford, Gray, llanna. Heridersou, Howk, Huey, Huffman, Humphreys, Jaquess, Johnson of Spencer, J oh nsou of Montgomery, Morgan, Kiee, Scott, She.rrud, Smith, Taggart 20. Nays Messrs. Andrews, Bcardsley, Belhi my, Case, Caven, Church, Cravens, Elliott, Fisher, Fosdiek, Hamilton, Hess, Hooper, Kiuley, Reynolds, Robinson of M adisoii, Robinsou of Decatur, Wood iS. M.r. llanna moved to limit the amount uf money to be expended in support of I colored schools to the amount collected from colored people, which was laid on the table. The bill then passed to a third reading. iu the House the bill to allow five cents mileage to witnesses before grand juiies was indefinitely postponed. The House bill to permit juries to send persons couvicted of grand larceny to thu State Prison for oue instead of two years, as the shortest time, was passed. The House bill to provide for the es tabiishment of a reformatory institution for girls aud women was discussed at length,, and rejected on its final passage by a vote of 32; to 41. The Ilwuse bill to cive justices juris diction in the, township where a debt is contracted, was discussed at length, aud laid on the table by a vote of 43 to 32 1 he rV.'o Senate divorce bills were taken up, and referred to the Judiciary Committee. Several bills were read and ordered to engrossment. At the evening session speeches were ; Iliade otl .uc loeatjorj of the Agricultural i Coiice. WEDNESDAY. In tho Senate the Senate bill to enable the Court to appoint commissioners to sell lands in cases of partitionwhea they can not be sub-divided, yvas passed. 'Ihe Prison Reform bill was made the special order for Friday at 1 o'clock. The Senate bill to provide for the amend ment of bills of exception, after term time, in cases oi omissions, failed to pass for want of a constitutional majority. The House bill constituting the Twelfth Common Pleas District of Marion aud Hendricks counties was passed. The Senate bill to authorize counties and townships to take stock in and make donations to railroad companies was passed, by ayes, 30; nays, U. The Senate bill to protect the citizens cf Indiana from cmpricisin and elevate the standing of tha medical profession was passed by a vote of 2S to 9. The Senate bill to aiueud the act incorporating the University of Notre Dame du Lac, at South Bend, so as to authorize the holding of 100.000 worth of real estate, instead of 30,009, was passed. The amendment to exempt twenty acres from taxation was strickeu out. The II ouse bill to enable cities to aid in the COnStrtlfMinn nf rtiilrnails Mafor. j work3 or hydraulic companies, on'petition j Ihe Hou-e bi!l to provide for the loi cation, construction and management of ! lateral railroads was passed, j In the House, the Speaker laid before j the House a message from the Governor vetoing the biil for the relief of Nicholas ; ' lhc aftcruojii tcsiou

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with the consideration of the location of the Agricultural College. Mr. Stanton presented the inducements in favor of Marion county, summing up the cash value as follows: The buildings and grounds of the N. W. C. University, 8175,000; endowment of the institution, 110,000; Marion county cash donation, $100,000; twenty-seven acres, adjoining the university grounds, 61,000. Total, 440,000. Mr. Breckinridge presented the propositions from Tippecanoe county, being 150,000 from Mr. Purdue; 50,000 from the county; three hundred aud twenty acres of land and 50,000 individual subscriptions. Four baliots were taken, the last resulting as follows: Bloomington, 27; Indianapolis, 8; Greenfield, 1; Tippecanoe county, 52; thereby locating it, so far as the House was concerned, at the latter place. THURSDAY. In the Senate, Mr. Carson (Democrat) introduced a resolution to censure Governor Baker for the settlement of the old internal improvement bonds, held by the General Government, as detailed in his biennial message. The discussion of it consumed the entire morning session, and the rote on its indefinite postponnieut was not taken until afternoon. It resulted as follows:

Yeas Messrs Andrews, Beardsley, Bellamy, Caven, Church, Cravens, Elliott Fisher, Fosdiek, Iladley, Hamilton, Hess, Hooper, Jaquess, Johnson of Spencer, Morsran, Rey uolds, Stein, Woleott, Wood 20. Nays Messrs. Carsoh, llanna, Henderson, ITnwk, Huey, Huffman, Humphreys, Johnston of Montgomery, Lee, Montgomery, Robinson of Madison, Rob-in-on of Decatur, Scott, Sherrod, Smith, Taggart, Turner 17. The House bill to authorize foreign guardians to take possession of the property ot their waids in this t?tate was passed by a vote of 35 to 1. The Senate bill to exempt burial grounds from liens or sale on execution was passed. Also, the Senate bill to change the name of the Widows' and Orphans' Asylum to the Indianapolis Orphans' Home. Several unimportant bills, of purely local interest, were passed. In the House, the two Senate divorce bills were reported back by the Judiciary Committee. One of these rrquires that parties fclavnUfl shall be resi t,.ii?i lf tI.o State twelve iiionths before cum iuc being action, and residents of the county three mouths, and they must file the iitllJavits ut" two creditable witiie-cises to this fact It also provides for the service of process. - . . ,, . . ' cce. as it now srauas, iijere is no saving j clause for pending suits, and iu ease ol its j passage, they would haye to be cr mmen-j eed anew, though this may be provided for hereafter. The committee recommend! its passage. The other bill, making it a felony for an attorney to violate thu provisions of this law, they rccomuiiud be indefinitely postponed. The diseu.-siou of the House bill to provide for the assessment and collection of taxes for municipal purposes on the shares cuvned iu batiks and banking associations doing business in this t?ti.te, consumed the most of the morning and all of the afternoon session. It. was tinally passea I bv a vote of 53 to 'I'd. FRIDAY. In the Senate, the Senate bill to pro- j vide tbat, for good cause t-liown, the Court may grant until the end of the succeeding! term to amend biils of exceptions, was passed. The Senate bill to exempt from municipal taxation lands when exceeding forty acres, within tha corporation, when used exclusively for ogrieult ural purposes, yvas' rejected by a vyte of 7 to o2. The Senate bill to provide for the sale of certain lands in Clay couuty belonging to the State, was ps?sed. Tiie Penate Reform Prison bill was discussed at length, occupying much of the day. and several amendments made to it. It was then parked by a vote of 21) to 8. Mr. .Montgomery, from the Select Committee on the Gubernatorial Mansion, reported iu favor of purchasing the residence of Air. Ilanselui-in, :ind submitted a bill appropriating S70,U()U for its purchase. This is the t-ame proposition which was made at the lut session, aud which met with such a rebuff. It was stated then, and not denied, that the residence could be purchased at a much lower figure, and the chr.irman of the committee must have an exceedingly bard cheek to favor itagaiu at this session. There may not be any fee dependent upon working it through, but the committee must either be exceedingly innocent and very easily swindled, or they have no desire to work for the interest of the State. Mr. Johnson of Montgomery, immediately upon the presentation of his report, laid before the Senate a proposition, made by three responsible men of this city, to duplicate the building on the vacant square north of the Blind Asylum for 842,500. The report and proposition were laid cn the table, but if the swindle is again attempt ed, the rebuke will be one that would be felt. The bill which passed the House in the morning, authorizing the President of the State Board of Agriculture to fill vacancies iu the office of Secretary, Treasurer or Superintendent, was passed by the Senate. A proposition from the Board of Commissioners of Mation county, offering to give 75,000 in addition to the S100.000 heretofore proposed, for the location of the Agricultural College, was laid before the Senate. A resolution was adopted making the- consideration of the whole question the special order for Tuesday next, at ten o'clock. The Senate adjourned until Monday at 2 o'clock. In the House, Mr. McBride, Democrat, offered a resolution reciting the report of the Prison Investigation Committee, and for the removal of F. M. Meredith as Di rector ot the southern Prison. It wis laid over until the report should be considered. The Morffan Raid bill was referred to a special committee of one from each Con-j

gTmotioltorreconsider the vote of theOTIUE OF ; ASISSMENT ON S0K n ur.j. I OF BROOKVILLE & OXf 0H.J S4'

u u oil II CUUCSUAV) U('U II iiic n'vaiiuii of the Agricultural College, was entered. Mr. Gilliam's House bill for the amendment of the Assessment law, was passed by a vote of b"J to 12. It is taken from the Ohio law, and provides "that if any such person shall have converted moneys, credits or other personal property in the year preceding the first of January of the current year, into bonds or other securi-

ties of the United States, and shall hold or control said bonds or other securities when he is required to list his property, he shail list the monthly average value of such moneys, credit or other property thus converted while snch moneys, credits or other property were held or controlled by him; and, provided further, that any in. debtedness of such person or persons, represented by him, created by investment iu said bonds or other securities, shall not be deducted from the amount of credits in making up his list fo." taxation." The House bill to provide for proceedings supplementary to execution before Justices of the Peace was passed. The Committee on the Morgan Raid bill was announced to consist of Messrs. Welborn, Davis of Floyd, Monroe, Bowen, Stanton, Johnson of Parke, Gordon, McFadin, Bobo, Coffroth and Pierce of Porter. The several bills for the amendment or repeal of the liquor law, aud the swamp land bill, were made the special order for Wednesday next. The Savings Bank bill, and the Gravel Road bill, were made the special order for Tuesday next. The House adjourned until Monday, 2 o'clock. In the four days that the Legislature yvas in session, this week, a good deal of important work was done. The tempta

tion to adjourn over from Friday until Monday afternoon, however, was not too strong to be resisted. Chronicle. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS GEORGE T. CRESSWELL, 1 1 o r n e v rtt La w BROOKVILLE, INDIANA. Office on Main St., over Suing A Kaiser's store, may 7-ly. ATTORNEY AT LAW A. 'D e-Oflice over Hanscben'i Jewelry Store, may 7. Statement OF the Condition of Tho Brookvillo National Bunk of Brookville, Indiana, at the close of business on the 17th of April, 18Cl. ASSETS. Loans and Discounts....... t 1 1 ,133 02 U. S. Bunds to ecouro circulation. l'ue from other Banks Heal Ksstate Furniture and Fixture Cutrent Expenses Taxes Paid Interest h .......... . lCU.uuu l' . 4.162 37 3.4VS 48 2.45'J SI Cj6 44 2 o"6 01 8tf9 47 19 Si - r,25 W sy.s 147 0a 37 16 i233.y;a ia Veoonal Accounts ..... ! Cash Legal Tender ..... I . National l.ai.k Note? Functional Currency LIABILITIES. Cnj-ital St.x-k Circulation . l-'cporils ttritlug Fuii'i .. $ion.nno pi tm.oti'i c .. 2vS,4l7 :i lU.Ir2 31 3,82ft fT 25 60 1,046 fi3 Kschanft aud Pre tiiiin l'e'fnDiil Acnuni l'nElaotl I . ,- ?::3 ry i JOHN W. II ITT, C-fhkr. Iw. 50,000 Lbs. Wool Wanted iVt jSXix.crville, Incl. Iwillpay the III;il3-T MAltKKT PRICE INT t'ASU FOH WOOL, far 1 viil t-xtliange tr. Wool, Jeans, Saliiiitts, Casein errs, Fi.imn't, lUanktts, Dry Oooria .f air kind. It t-t nd. tihoes, and all kim g ,f Stocking. irns at Viietory .tires, or 1 niil (jet your ji1 raided r 8 nn or urn niifiietui e d sis y u d'.-eiitv. My good are from th Hamilton Factory.. I also bit e a T ailwr ti(A ia. c.tnK-&ion witli my store, ami will turno-h Cassiuir.rcs, Clo;h, ic, a lid tcake ini tuitd to ord-r. Cull and see. SAMUILCOLTKR, may 7. Alixerville, Ind. Application for License. NOTICE ia hereby given, that I will make pliication to Ihe iioar'l of Ciauti?sinera of Trankliu County , I ndiana, at thrir Jun term., IS Oil, lor a lic-enso to sell spirituous and intoxiotiug li'uois is Ifss vaciity than a quart at a time, iih th uivilcge of allowing the same to be drai.k on the premises, under the act of the Legilatnre, pussed March 3, IS59. My place of business is in the Seofietd Hous, situate on lot No. 23, in the town of Somerset, laid out by Jas. and Kdward Timer, and occupiol by me as a tavern stand, county of Franklin and State of Indiana. TUO'i. SCOFIELD. uiay 7 3w. Application for LicenseATOTICE is hereby given, that I will make ap 11 plication to tho Hoard cf Commissioners ot Franklin County, Indiana, at their June term, lbfi9, tor a licecfe to sell si irituous and intoxicatir. v Honor io a loss o ua n tit v than a o nart at ft time, the same to be urank on the preiniics o i -i - undcr the act uf the Legislature, passed Alaich 3, 1S59. My place of business is on the northeast hull of the southwrst half of Lot No. 2 in lUoe S1, in the Town of Laurel, County of FraDkliu and State of ludiana. may 7-3w. MONKOE SCOFIELD. AT THE OLD OP PI. H.SCHRICHTE, $3 WHO has deeded to remain in Brookville, and would inform his friends, and1 the public generally, that the old shop is the place to get all kinds of Marbl Work, such as MONUMENTS I AND TOMBSTONES t.-.i-.:'S1 ; f. Of the best Italian ana American Marb'e, Granit or Freestone, Plain or Fancy Ornamental Carving done, such as Doves, Laiubs, Hu man Figures, Ac, to suit every variety ot taie. Work executed in as good style as can be done in the State. Limestone work, of all kinds, suco a Door Steris, Cistern Tops, Coping around Ccm" tery Lots, Corners, Blocks, Ac, which will Oft dona from 15 to 20 per cent, cheaper tnau - other shop, as we have our own quarry, which i a ; C w.f V.nn. thin nr. in the lHlo which can be seen by looking at it, and at thes which have stood the test for several years. 1 r" sons wishing Limestone from any other quarry wilt be furnished as cheap as can be had ot nx one else. We have Limestone from sU to ty inches thick, and any size a person could w"n. Work in our line of business lurnished promptly. Thankful for the patronage wo have received for the past fourteen years, we would requt a continuance of the same. "Qcick talcs nu small Profits" is our motto, as we not employ host f agents who the people have to suppor , but sell our ovn work ourseU es. May 7-ly H. U. SCIIrUCllTE. j -p. TOAD COIilPAKX 1, .I... i. virtue of n j IN order of the Board of Directors of said Ooni j pany, on assessment of three per cent. hs I luijeon the subscriptions to the Capital &toe. said Company, to be paid on or before tno " ' of June, ISSa. Stockholders will take " 'n. and pay said assessments accordingly to the dersigned on or before June I, lS5y. iatcd April 24, 1S6'J. DANIELS. SIIAFEK, apl30-3w. Treasurer of aiJ Cotupanjr.

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