Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 25, Brookville, Franklin County, 18 June 1869 — Page 2

. Jnbiap American. . , "." H. BINGHAM, Editor.

BROOK.VIL.LE - 1 Friday Morning-, June 18, 1869. Commencement Exercises of Brookville College.- : Tbe-'Trterary ; exercises of Brootville College, Appropriate to the close of . this ataJemic yr, coaimeoced on Sabbath day Ut 13th iost.in the College Chapel. The Re; C. N. Sims of Indianapolis preached thi annnal sermon From the words of St. PV"lThc; love of Christ constraincth mi.r S'ho , discourse was one of great practical excellence, characterized by sim plicity of manner, beauty of language, oi 'aptness i of illustration. The speaker sought io impress the minds of the young la4tea and gentlemen whom he had been Mvitel to address, with the leading idea t&at an aimless life is a failure. He then rged,?byappropriate argument, that the young man about to enter upon the active duties of- life shoald select; some calling worthy of his being and high destiny, and pursue with diligence that calling, assuring him that uprightness of life, perseverance in labor and steadfastness of purpose would be crowned with happy success. ' We hope the sermon of Mr. Sims on this occasion will be long remembered by those who heard it, and that its precepts will be carried out in the great duties of practical life. la . the afternoon there was. a large attendance of the Sabbath School in the Chapel.,; The audience was addressed by Rev. Dr. Lynch of Brookville and by Mr. JTosford of Edinburgh, Ind. Mr. Ilosford is an active layman in the church where he, resides. His address to the school evmcea wucn pracuca, u. 4UC oaooa.n ocnooi cau.e. ixv ..a .u..... tiren, ana in interesting mem in wnai r.e Bty. . , I the evening, the Rev. Prof. J. II. Martin, President of the College, delivered his baccalaureate address. The address was listened to with great interest by an appreciative audience. It was a discourse distinguished for its correct thought, beauty of language, earnestness of manner, and teader regard for the future welfare and suecess of those who were about to exeaatige college duties lor ttie more serere demands of an active, useful life. Prof. Marti ns advice to the young men of the, graduating class was worthy of all praise, and which we hope the will remember' as they battle with the vicissitudes of riper years. ;Oa Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, classes were examined by President Martin and Professors John and Crouch in the various studies of Common and Higher Arithmetic, Geography, English Grammar Algebra, Trigonometry, Natural Phildfophy, Botany', Astronomy, Luin, Evidences of Christianity, Mental Philosophy, Logic and. Moral Science. These examinations reflected great credit uron the Professors, showing that they are ' apt to teach," and also upon the students, showing that Ithey had given themselves to "much study." iT&e -Exhibition of the Preparatory De partment Was held on Monday evening. OKis Exhibition t m3J in trn,h fee J it was a line suecess. All acted weil their part and well received the applause of the large audience. On Tuesday evening the liev J. L. G. Mclveown of Cincinnati addressed the Literary Societies. His subject was Ambition." We cinnot, in this week's issue of Oar baper, do justice to the effort of i F ' . J I . i i n:. t.l His word:1

were words of eloquence, good sense, um- ,r,i. . . .i a- . .i . i . ... e of the papers, to the effect that the Secture, reflection, classical and philosophic. retarJ bas ercated a new office wUhmt A laudable ambition, said the speaker, has j autn0rity of law, and saddled upon the for its'object an end worthy of God inlf,.,. , , r , . . . J ; country an unwarranted expense of several of tuan's high intellectual powers; by rci-'.i i i n ., - , .. . " ' , j thousands ot dollars annually, is entirely severing work that end will be accomplish- . e , ' j incorrect, lleretolore these agents had ed. Long may the precepts of this truly j . . . ,, , ,. , , , , , , J! roving commissions; all reported directly abla-aadreriS be remembered by those to i . . , ,. , , , , J , J , to the lreasury and did about what thev whom they were so earnestly spoken. I , , . , , , " i pleased. Secretary Boutwell has merelv ru r- J.....: ri.., .ri .

jxuC ,Uiu.uaui.s v...., i-ouMauuj; j one young lady, Miss M.iry O' Byrne, and seven Voang gentlemen, Messrs. A. E. Buckley" T. E. Valentine, E. H. Howell, J. A. Sutciiff, T. A. Vanlandinaham, J os.

Bay, aud E. Quick, received the honors oi Attempted Revolt in the Northern Penthe Institution. j itentiary. We can only say that the Commence-! A well concerted plan of cscapo from . - e i, , - . , the Northern Prison was led by Hoosier ment Exercises of the College this jcar thoulJ give it a mot endeared place in ' n'U' at d,,,ncr on Tuesday of last week. the hearts of the people of Brookville and 11,0 ul'Jecl was 10 rU!fh luU ne yard, wise of the White Water Valley. Let its in- lhe ,mSht cars "ing on the track, tcrests ba cherished by all who have sons' and run them trough the north gate. i i,,a Hoosier Bill was shot twice before he and daughters tj educate. j ....

Professors John and Crouch, by whom i - thc.Inslilution has been principally conducted during the last term, in the absence of President Martin, may well be prrtud Of ti e success that has crowned theic faithful labors in behalf of the intcllectual cuhura .af .lhe jouth committed;

to-tbcir'cavO ' 1 ment against the city for some 12,000, i-We-ttofc the ensuing year will fiud the , last Saturday U.S. Marshal Spooncr waithalls of the College filled with a largely !ted upon the City Treasurer and served igcrjCascd.nunibcr of students from Utook-j Hpou him a writ issued from the U. S. villc and the surrounding country. Ev- District Court, restraining him from payfry cftvirt will be mule by the Trustees to iUjr out any city fuuds, uow in his hands.

render lh? insritution worthy the patron. The Marshal also inquired if the city was gc of a liberal community. possessed of any real or personal ptop- ,... erty, but could not find any. This puts Piefident Grant will attend the opening & fc',op ,0 ,hc financial operations of the ceremonies of the Peace Jubilee this wcek, i .(y for the prei;ent ami Atl( .be tlte guest of tha city, the first . , anJi'Vertd days. Gov. Claflin has or-j The Postmaster General gives the coun rdercd a ninVtary escort for the occasion, try to understand that violations of' .the The city government will give the Presi- I postal laws will bo punished under his addent a grand banquet during his stay. ministration.

The Jullan-Reid Contest. On the outside of this paper we publish both sides of the Julian-Reid contest. . It is the clearest and best expose of . the matter we have yet seen, and shows the true condition of the case. Democratic papers only publish one side of this case. They are afraid for their readers to see the truth, because the truth keeps Judge Iteid out of Congress. ,, "Error, wounded, writhes in pain." " Shame upon such dastardly and deceitful conduct. . We fully endorse the above from the Connersville Times, and refer our readers to the expose on the first page of this

week's paper. A Writ of Mandamus Granted.; Judge Blair gave a decision, on Friday afternoon, on a writ of mandamus, to compel the Auditor of State to pay the appropriations contained in the Specific Appropriation Bill. He granted the writ, and, in his opinion, decided that the Court could not go behind the record and journals of the Legislature. His argument on the quorum question is about the same as made by Senator Morton and Attorney General Williamson. It will be carried to the Supreme Court at once. . r The Revenue Department. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue will soon announce his list of supervisors. The law provides that he shall have but twenty-live, and all the places were filicd by his predecessor. Massachusetts formerly constituted one district, while Connecticut and Rhode Island constituted another. These three States have consolidated into one district in order that a new district might be made out of Mississippi and Alabama. Some changes will be made in the boundaries of three or four Western and Southern districts. Ohio and Illinois each remain a district as now. It has not yet been decided who shall be Supervisor of the Southern New E lanJ listrict. The Secretary of the Treasury will Probablv have somethinr to say about the matter. Lay Representation. The question of lay representation in the Methodist Episcopal Church has agitated that denomination for several years, until finally it was submitted to a vote of the members. The result shows that the Methodist people take very little in erest i in the matter, the vote generally bcinc very light. A majority of the votes cast thus far is in favor of the change, but the total vote will hardly exceed one-third of the membership. mm I I " Virginia Affairs. General Canby has issued a long order appointing thirty Military Commissioners for the State of Virginia. They are invested with the powers of Justices of the be governed by the laws of the State, except where these conflict with army orders, or laws of the United States. Their powers are not to exteud to the iuhabitants in their ordinary personal relations, but are conferred, to the end that all persons may be protected in rights of person and property, and will be exercised only when the civil authorities fail to give this protection. The order of Gen. Canby is approved by! the President. Reorganization in the. Treasury. The SpprpfafV 'nf t!m Trlinri! Ia n.i.rl .. completed his reorganization of that branch of the service which pertains to the prevention of smuggling. He has divided the whole country into seventeen districts. Each district has one chief agent with two, three or four assistants, as is required, the I chiefs being technically called customs ! agcntSi I hose officials take the place of i . r , , - , m what were formerlv r.-i!!iiil snpii.i Trius -' l lirv Sffpnls. A tlaracMIl h ntnunr llio rniinL TStcmatized the business, assigned the agents to districts, made subordinates responsible to chiefs, and rcducedthe force at least one third. J. ' . . t.m I li n 14. ..am. ...... ..... I. I . . m. iiuii. xtic uiEiiuLuisiicu iucuj selres by their intrepidity and coolness in quelling the insurrection. The Advocate announces that the City Treasury of Aurora is closed. Messrs. West & Torrence having obtained judg-

The Trials of Editors. We make the following extract from an address, as recently delivered before the "Iowa Press Association" on this subject: la Epeaking of the revenue of the press, I caa Dot refrain from expressing my views on the subject of free advertisements. There is always to be found in every considerable community a set of creatures who imagine by some dispensation they ought not, like other mortals, to pay for what they receive. Editors have extraordinary facilities for making their acquaintance, and are very kindly permitted to contribute gifts to their support. In what other branch of business would this be tolerated?

Allowing that one has put the press under some obligation, does be not generally ex pect to get back more than the worth of his services? " If a man does an editor a favor of a remarkable value, let him have his remuneration cash. Ou the other hand, require him to pay for what the paper has done for him. ft is as reasonable to expect the carpenter to shingle your house and the tailor to make your clothes without charge, as to prepare and publish matter for another's benefit without compensation. Lengthy obituaries, marriages ornamented by ex tracts from all the poets, and lengthy puffs of some one's corner lots or improvements, come under this class of advertisements. This custom of gratuitous notices and ad. vertisements from any quarter, ought To cease, for the reason that it would be a benefit to the printer's pockets, and would in some degree abate an almost intolerable nuisance. The printer's path has more thorns tban roses; and there is no law, hu mane or divine; that should oblige him to shoulder the burdens of those who are too lazy or stingy to take care of themselves. People will come to terms where they find their interests are involved in a reasonable compliance. Unprecedented Emigration to America. Liverpool, June 9. Emigration to America is setting in very strongly. Eight thousand people left this port last week. i Chili has followed the examplj of Pern, and recognized the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents. But Peru and Chili, it will be remembered, are at war with Spaing Mr. Motley has presented an official communication to the English Government, notifying it of the rejection of the Alabama Claims Treaty, and requesting the renewal of negotiations for another. Advices from the seat of war on the Parana state that the allied forces are completely demoralized, and tbat Lopez is growing stronger every day. Nothing had been heard from McMahon. The Fort Wayue, Muneie and Cincinnati Railroad will be completed from Fort Wayne to Bluffton in September next. From New Castle to Muncio will be finished in July. The middle division, from Bluffton to Muncie, will be in running order by the 1st of January, 1S70. By that time Fort Wayne will be in direct communication with Cincinnati. II. C. Burcliard, the Republican candidate, has been elected to Congress from the Third District of Illinois, in place of lion. L. B. Washbur.ie, appointed Minister to France. Burchard's majority will probably be from 4,000 to 5 000. There was no Democratic candidate in the field, lion. John V. Eustace, also Republican, was the only opposing candidate. He received the concerted support of no party, and in several towns received no votes. Late advices from Arizona are discouraging. The Indians appear to have the upper hand, and settlers say that if protection is not furnished, they -.will be obliged to abandon the territory to its original inhabitants. Three hundred children of the forest recently captured a train of nine army wagons filled with stores for Camp Grant, killing three and wounding the same number of the escort. At another place a herd of two hundred cattle were run off. As two wagons were entering upon a bridge, at Richmond, Indiana, together, last Monday, one of them, driven by Jason Buudy, a colored huckster, stopped to let the other pass on. But just at that moment the driver of the preferred wagon raised his whip to stirke his own horse, when Bundy's horse shied, . so that the wagon, chattels, horse and driver went over the bank into the White Water, passing under the bridge down the stream. After considerable effort, Bundy extricated himself and swam atdiore, but the horse and wagon floated on until they lodged against a rock. Thereupon Bundy leaped into the river and swam to the rescue of his horse, bringing him safely ashore, while the wagon aud contents moved off down stream. Two tender women in Vincennes arranged the preliminaries for a prize fight near that city, and had gotten ready to begin the fight, the spectators were there, the combatants in the full dress of the fisty ring or rather undress when the Marshal of the town appeared on the scene and arrested the combatants. A party of seven persons three young ladies and four young gentlemen were drowned in the Ohio River, while pulling their boat in the way of a passing steamer, last Sunday, about two miles below the mouth of Little Wyaudotte River. Their names are Joseph Sibley, Chas. Sibley, Miss Sibley, Miss Polly Galliam, Miss Eliza Davis. Charles McKee and Dallas Jones. Tho New York Methodist has returns from some forty churches, showing a vote of 1,522 for and 167 against lay delegatin- ; , ..,,7 - " A farmer in Berrien County, Indiana, plowed up a human skeleton recently.

-Ex-rebel General John C. Breckinridge

T now in St. Paul, Minnesota, looking af ter his property, he having owned a con siderable amount there previous to going into the rebellion. He is accompanied by Befiah Magoffin, ex Governor of Kentucky. There is to be a Horse Fair at Centerville, Indiana, on Thursday and Friday of this week ! ' - ' Prominent Virginians say that the Wells ticket will carry Virginia by thirty thousand majority, and that the Democrats admit that defeat is sure. Returns from eight counties in Washington Territory give Garfield, Republican, 421 majority, indicating his election to Congress by 500 majority. W. H. Welker entered a well at Goshen, Indiana, to examine if there were any rats in it, and came near losing his life from the damp. . alike McCoole was terribly whipped by Tom Alien in the prize fight on Tuesday near St. Louis. The fight was most disgraceful to all concerned. A colony of Japanese, which recently arrived in San Francisco, have purchased land in Eldorado county, lhey express themselves pleased with the locatioiwSpr the purpose contemplated the culture of silk and tea. Adrices from Paraguay state that Marshal McMahon is with Lopez. Lopez had captured an Allied -corps and was strongly intrenched. The Allies had only 25,000 men, and to dislodge him would cost more men than they had to spare. Paris is far from trauquil. Six hundred arrests were made on Thursday night and Friday morning. Cavalry paraded the streets all Thursday night, dispersing crowds that would assemble. In one case a mob succeeded in making a barricade, but the troops captured it without trouble. Extraordinary precautions have been taken to prevent on outbreak. A. II. Stephens, of Georgia, Vice President of the late Confederacy, has written and the National Intelligencer publisher, a letter of two columns and a half, to prove that the Northern States were the prime cause of the rebcMion. Whatever decision as to the beginning of tba war, the readers of the letter if they succeed in getting any may reach, none will doubt that the loyal States ended it. Gazette. The Enquirer laments that it is possible for three fourths of the States to be able to dictate to the remaining fourth. It is sad. But its quarrel must be with the framers of the Constitution, who seem to have been of the opinion that the national will would be sufficiently expressed when three fourths of the States ratify an amendment to it. If the Enquirer only had the privilege of making a constitution and money plenty! But we will not tantalize a tax-paying community with a sketch of the mortal felicity that would follow. Commercial. i ii i m ii -- ....... Our cotemporary, the Commercial, in another of its intelligent articles on the Chinese immigration, mentions the Chinese immigrants to California as Coolies. It seems that it was upon this point of isrnor(i nidi liic vuiiiiuciuiai ijuuuiju tic theory that they would all go back again. Intelligence on the subject is rather an impediment to your independent newspaper article; but for the purpose of giving the Commercial a new start, we will inform it that free Chinese emigrants are not Coolies; that Coolies are persons bound to service for a term of years; that there are no signs that the Chinese emigration to Ccliforuia is made under this system; and that, being free emigrants and not Coolies, they are just as susceptible to inducements to stay as the Japs or any others. Gazette. News comes from San Francisco of the arrival in that city of a Prussian by the name or Schnell, with three Japanese families, who, like the glass in Macbeth' vision show one hundred and twenty more behind. They are intelligent those who have arrived at least and they don't come like the Chinese to do drudgery and make dirt, but they have brought with them 50,000 trees of the Morus nl'ba, three years old. This is the most teuder leaf of all the mul berries, and it makes the best silk in that country. They bring a great number of bamboo plants of the large variety, useful for a thousand purposes. They are twelve feet high. Also, 500 vegetable wax trees, four feet high and three years old. They bring also 6,000,000 of tea nuts. The seed of the tea plant is a small nut. From this inventory it is pretty clear that they mean to do something not only worth their while . but ours. California already promises at no distant day to be the best silk growing country in the world, and a race Of silk growers is a most desirable population. It is intimated that some of the Princes or Daimios concerned in the late civil war on the losing side, will come here too, and bring an additional supply of silk and tea growers. Journal. To assuage a panic of considerable length in the Commercial, over the report of the arrival of three families of Japanese at San Francisco, and the sign which this gives of a Japanese irruption into the Racifio States, and the political consequences when these shall be made voters by the 15th Amendment, we have to inform that journal that the Asiatics will not be enfranchised by the 15th Amendment. It was carefully framed so as to continue the exclusion of these, at the demand of the Congressmen from the Pacific States, who without distinction of party declared that their States would oppose it if this were not provided. The Amendment protects only citizens of the United States from denial of the suffrage by reason of coior. The naturaliMtion laws provide only for white persous The laws, and particularly the laws of the Pacific States, do not .allow that the Asiatics are white. Therefore the 15th Amendment does not protect them. The ignoranae of what the 15th Amendment is adorns the Commercial's ostentatious zeal in its propagation. It is all the more praiseworthy because it was an act of faith, without any knowledge of the substance. Gazette.

Women's Suffrage Convention. Second Day. :

Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gaxette. Indianapolis, Junk 9... In the Women's Suffrage Convention today, the proceedings have been highly interesting. The convention was opened with prayer, this morning, by Rev. T. B. Taylor, after which the resolutions were reported by Rev. E. P. lngersoll, Chairman of the convention, and, after one amendment, were adopted as follows: Whereas, The possession of any God given faculty presupposes the right to use that faculty; and Whereas, Men and women have been endowed by the Creator with the same natural and moral powers, therefore, ResolvedThat their rights to use these mental and moral powers are equal, and tbat legal restrictions are not only unnecessary but wrong in principle. 2. That one class in society can not properly represent the interests of another, and that, to secure justice to all, all must have a voice in making and enforcing our laws. 3. That wherever woman has taken her place side by side with man, in the many avocations and professions, she has shown herself his equal, and has exerted a refining influence, and all have been made better. 4. That we will in all honorable ways labor to remove all legal disabilities that now trammel the efforts of women, and let capacity, inclination and circumstances control their speech and action as with men. 5. That we feel justly proud of the action of our Representatives in Congress who have taken position in favor of the 16ih Amendment, for we feel that while our laws are being reconstructed, eo as to give the elective franchise to colored men, they should not forget the women of the country who are surely as competent to use that powerjudicially as those who have so recently been in the degredation of ch attel slavery. The discussion of the resolutions occupied nearly all of - the morning session, and was participated in by Mrs. Livermore, Mrs. Swank, Mrs. Longley, Rev. J. H. Lozier, Rev. E. P. lngersoll, Rev. B. F. Rawlins, Miss Way aud others. The fifth resolution, as reported, proposed to thank Mr. Julian for introducing the proposed ltith amendment. Mrs. Swank objected, as he had refused to sign the call for this convention, and when pressed for a reason, said he hdd not time to write his name. Mrs. Dr. Thomas fully indorsed her statement, and the resolution was amended as passed. Miss Way, the President, in the ennrse of her rcmatl:? stated that all the preliminary arrangements had been made for organizing a new political "party to favor prohibition and universal suffrage, and that at the proper time next year a national convention would be called. At the afternoon session there was much lively discussion over the following resolutions, all of which weie fiually passed: Resolved, That so long as a woman has no legal existence, just so long will she be compelled to labor without a lair equivalent. Resolved, That woman's admission to the elective franchise would eventually be 'the means of the eutire overthrow of the liquor traffic throughout the land. Resolved, That the constitution of this association be so amended as to read l't!ie name of this Association fhall be the Indiana Woman's Suffrage Association." Resolved, That we recommend the formation of a Western Woman's Suffrage Association to include all the State associations, and suggest Cuidg-? as the place and October as the time to effect guch organization. Uy Rev. J. M. Smith and T. B. Taylor: Whereas, Christianity elevates woui'ii to an equality with man in religiouc privileges and blessings in that it declares that in Christ Jesus there is uoither male nor female: and Whereas, The declaration of American independence declares that all men, and by implication all women, are born free and equal in all civil, moral and religious rights and privileges, therefore Resolved, That all existing laws and customs barring women from any of these rights which men law fully claim, are relies of barbarism and should be exnuntred from our laws and customs. By Mrs. E. B. Burns, the following: Whereas, Wo believe the true interests of society demand the education and enfranchisee ment of every citizen, and that the unrestricted cultivation of the human mind will naturally be promoted by the possesion of the right of suffrage, and Whereas, Negro suffrage was the battle cry of the Republican party during the last Presidential canvass, and was that which carried the elections, and believing that the party now in power would have been false to its teachings had it not moved earnestly and steadily to the accomplishment of the work begun; and, Whereas, There is every probability that a sufficient number of States will ratify the 15th Amendment so that colored male suffrage will soon become a law of the laud, Resolved, That it would be unworthy of the philanthropic character of women to oppose the ratification of the 15th Amendment of the Consiitution, although the framers of it refused to recognize the equal lights of women in that amendment, aud that we hereby express our heartysatisfaction at the passage of the same, earnestly hoping that those intended to be benefited by it will anticipate the blessings it bestows. . By Mrs. Dr. Thomas, as follows: Whereas, We learn by official reports that 200, 000 women petitioned Congress during the past session for the right of the elective franchise, thus indicating that woman is thoroughly alive to her needs in this respect, and recognizes in herself the resources aud capabilities for using this privilege for her own elevation and the benefit of the human family at large; therefore, Resolved, That we ursre the passage of the 16th Amendment, proposed in the last j Congress by Hon. G. V. Julian, allowing i the right ol'suffrage to women as a measure j which will insure a fiual adjustment of the long line of legal aud social evils growing out of the withholding of political equality from woman, aud we urge upon all true patriots and lovers of temperance and moral purity to unite on woman suffrage, as represented in the 16th Amendment, as the rallying cry of the next Presidential canvass. The meeting this afternoon was largely

attended, and the discussions participated in by persons who have taken no active part in them heretofore. The ball was filled again to-night to listen to addresses from Miss Phoebe Cozzens, Mrs. Livermore, and others.

The Indiana Ratification. The New York Times says that we originally shared its doubts of the validity of the alleged Ratification by the Indiana Legislature of the Fifteenth Amendinentto the Federal Constitution. It is true that we did not decide the point before we had investigated it; but we submit, that neither implies vacillation nor justifies reproach. The Times seems still in the fog. Let us see how it progresses therein. Here is its restatement of its position: "Our cotemporary misrepresents us. We have not 'pronounced agaiust the validity' ofthe Indiana ratification. What we have alleged is that the validity Of the legislative action is open to doubt, and that, being questionable in its constitutionality, judged by the letter of the local organic law, it will be unfortunate if Congress finds itself impelled to make the Indiana vote an essential part of the proceeding by which the adoption ofthe amendment shall be declared completed. The Tribune originally shared our doubts, for the 15th of May it said, 'We confess that the mysteries of Indiana legislation are too deep for us, adding, 'We prefer to await further details as to the whole novel procedure before rejoicing over the adoption by another State. When an unscrupulous partisanship declared that Indiana must be counted among the ratifying States or the amendment would be lost, the Tribune discarded skepticism and announced the ratification to be satisfactory. To our mind, however, a positive provision of the State Constitution, with which the professed ratification conflicts, is something not to beset aside by a mere partisan decree. ''The design' of the authors of the present Indiana Constitution in vesting a majority of either House with the power of arresting legislation, must be supposed to be expressed in the clause itself. The fair presumption is that they did exactly what they intended to do; they meant to impose a check upon the majority, and they imposed it. because party inconvenience results from its application, we are not justified in casting it aside under the pre tense of arpcalini: to the 'spirit.' A settled rule in icasoning requires us to accept the most obvious construction of a controverted point never to wander in search of an interpretation when one stares us in the face. Yet this is done when an attempt is made to dUrrgard the letter of the Indiana law on the subject of quorums, and to adopt any 'spirit uj 1' interpretation which party z:i happens to suggest.'' COMMENTS BY THE TKiBCNE. When so much s!re.s is hid on the "letter of the org.inic law." "the positive provision ofthe Constitution,'' 'the clause itself," eic, etc . one would naturally infer that said ''letter" had been quoted, critically scanned, and its mea ni ng established beyond reasonable question. Yet we can not recollect or di-cover that the Times has even afforded its reader. a sight of "the letter" which it charges us with "unscrupulous partizinship" in perverting. Let us do, ibeti, what the Times has neglected. Here is the letter: LvKsfitu:i'jH "f Indiana Article IV. Ijeyhlatice. Sec. 14. "TwothirJs of each House shall constitute a quorum to do bii-ines-; but a smaller number n. ay meet, aiij.oirn from day to day and cuu.rel the aUeiid.inecofab.-eut mem bers." "Absent members." mind yeu! not such as have resigned, lor they are no part of the Legislature. Though but ten attend, while ninety absent themselves, the ten may meet, ciijourn from day to day, and issue valid process to compel the presence of the ninety absentees. For such purposes, the ten would constitute a House. Now is there anything in the above quoted section which authorizes and enables a politic al minority, controlling seventee" out of fifty Senate districts, to dictate to the e'ear majority what measures they shall an', hat they sh;,:i not pass? May they ootisnMtion.illy, by persistent resigning and r. -resigning, prevent all legislation whatever We say, No; such is not the fair eons'! 1 1. Mion i.f the clause in question. We hold the? words "two thirds of each House" do not r.ecessarily require two-thirds of all the members who may at any time have beon elected thereto, but two thirds of those are siiil members. In other words, we construe the .-cquircmcnt exactly as Speaker Colfax construed the parallel requirement of lhe Federal Constitution when he decided the amendment abolishing slavery adopted by the- vote of two-thirds of the Representatives in Congress present and voting, though ten or eleven States were wholly unrepresented and presumptively hostile to the amend ment. - The 7Ws thinks it will be "unfortunate" if ratification should depend on the vote of Indiana. Certainly. It will be ''unfortunate'' that 7yState should refuse its assent to so righteous and necessary a measure; and we hope to see it sanctioned by at least thirty of the thirty-six. But if we should be disappointed in ; this if there should be but twenty-six recorded in its favor besides Indiana, we shall insist that it is the law of the land, and shall hope to be sustained therein by the rimes. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICE. 0RDKRKD BT THK BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF Franklin- CorsTT, Thut the Auditor of said Count; gives notice to all whom it may eoncera, in the newspapers printed and published in the town of Brookville in said County, that all persons now or hereafter that are or may be appointed by this Boar.l to perform th duties of Road Viewers, and failing to comply, with the order of their appointment as such viewers, will hereafter be dealt with according to law. G. B. BENTLEY, Auditor.. June Is. T569-4w. A miM POLITICAL REVOLUTION was accomplished by the election of Grant, and a revolution of immense social importance has been effected by the. general substitution of that pure and harmless preparation, Cristadoro's Excelsior Hair Die, for tho doadly compound of lead and brimstone, of which, according to the "Journal of Chemistry" and the "Medical Gazette," more than thirty varieties have been foisted upon th public! Cristadoro's Dye is the only one that HAS BEEN ANALYZED; and Professor Chiiton: over his own signature, de-, claresthat it is perfectly wholesome. CRISTADORO'S UilR PRESERVATIVE, as a Dressing, acts like a charm on tho Hair after Dyeing. Try it. Sold by all PmggUts. juno l.

T. W. COWEY, LATK.OF PENNSYLVANIA, begs respectfully to inform the public that ho ha taken the " ' ' ' - 4 , H O T O 6 R A 5 M SSASXrSSEY lately owned by T. T. Smith," where he Is now prepared to furnish all kinds-of - , r I C T LTJ H 'TG s FROM LIFE SIZE TO MINIATURE. His long experience in England. Scotland, and in this countrv. esrteciaJtv at WurKI,. . .

inorougmy quaunea mm to produce the In all tlieBranches of Photography. He -will always keep on hand stoek f of every sire and variety, and. will FURNISH FRAMES TQ ORDER and everything else pertaining to the art. june IS-y T. W.COWET. T 3l(i: Ti..t.. T-V-. rr ' c I vLUilifj .vcvy inj jo iiom ,.. that I have Good Jeans Coals at $2.75, all Wool; (DsigMmmsffa (0 $&g .& PANTS from &"L50 to &5 fiii irn FnR in 11 in 10 rc VAJ. U M. V V m VM MM-9 JLF M. md x M Vl3j Heavy Sheeting 12$ & 1Gcts. yd wide Bleached Muslins 12 1-2 and 15 cis., T T oop Skirts 75 ots. Fine Parasols braided 1.75. wortii 3, ladies' bleached & col'd ijuie 12.VCXj-i and all other iroods accordingly low- at : . T miW H TE A TTflrllTil'EiT "T?TWn juaa xuau a auuiiuu iiuuSi, LA UK EL, FRANKLIN CO., IiSD. N. B. Auction 8 ales Every Saturday Evening, when yen can get Goods at Your Own Trices. June 18. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. "IXrEare manufacturing t the LATUEI. t'OlTNV LKT AND MACHINE WORKS a larg9 number of HUBEK'S PATENT REVOLVING HAY RAKES. This Hae received the first premium at the Ohio Mate Fair for lSti and ISfiS, and at all other Fnirs whore exhibited. It is light, strong, simple a nd cheap. We ire also manufacturing and keep ..n hand OjSuIsQ'EI M'ILIjS 2,4, S ai.d. 10 Uoise Towers far Threshing Machines, Wood Saws, Plows, Culii, mors. tJmin DriiU to Sow in Standing Corn, !:ackmiih,.4 Tuyer Irons, Improved K.dlmj Duck's Nest. Old Style Du.'ks Nest, Hull ,K.ve, Tyris Staves", with punch, Oo:uVuie 1 Mill Getri..g, -"Sr Kettles, g Irons, VVagm Bnes, Fucu.i-e Giattj an i Doors, and Common Castings generally. I am agent for the sale if lhe Agricultural Implements made at the Hydraulic VVoras of r.ong,. Black & Allstater at 11 ami 1 ton, Ohio. The well know and popular Iron Harvester, with the lte improvements, including the Drop-" per, the Iron Mower. Steel Hav ai..i tuhKI R ik... . I lelrt Boilers, Grain Drills, straw, Uay and iod- ' dur Cutter, ,to. Prompt attention given to repairing Threshing Machines. Hcnp.rs, Mowers, an.d other machinery. All work done by us is wan an ted of best material and wrkmansliip. N . E. Persons wanting machinery repaired should bring lliem in a lew days before ilicj want to use them. Terms for Kenairina. and Job Work cash invariably. Beltin g furnisncd at innr-ui'.ic-turer's prices. JAS. O'iiAIK. Laurel, June 15, lSG0-2m. W. H BRU KE.V. Attorneys ar.d Counselors f 1 ir i 1-. .n CHOOKV'Ll.E, IXD. Oflicc in tho Old WLito Corner, Second ?t June 18 y. "A WORD TO II0E53HE!." DU. TOBt AS CK1.EBRATED VKMJflA'f HOUSE LINIMBN V ls been te.-:el by tb first Horsemen, in this eonulry. :in I jt- v i t ' superior to any otb-r. The ?ate Hiim.i Woi iruiT, j of 'trotting fame," w;n na'tr without a b : 'Jo in his stable. It is also ucl by C !. I' ih, "t the Jerome Park Course, at 1'orJ'anii. . V., H .a f. c i r Iwni 'r ...ftiTiiitir Krta.w i, ?, if. r li'- i' TP. among wh"c!i rank soiui; of the fine . t ft nek m merics. It is warranted to cure !- -ntff , Sprains, Scritehe?, Bruises, U-ilis, Cut-, W in i Galls, Colic, Sore Throat, Xail in the Fn-'t. an Over ii eating, whoa used according to the ciirectiins. All who own or employ ITorfcs arc assured that this Liniment will do all, if nm more, in caring the above named complaints. . No horfe need d.e of Cnlie, if, when first taken, the- Liniment is u.setl according to the directions. . Always hava a bottle in your stable. Price, in Pint bottles. One Dollar. The genuine is signed S. I. Tobias on the oui.-id.i wr;ipvri in sale by the Druggist. Saddleis, aud Storekeepers throughout the U niied S-t;cs. Depot, 10 Park Place, ew York. june IS. IMPORTANT FACT, " We see that persons of strcng constitutions, and young, sutTr for days with veins 'f tb" i'!!)1". lf"S of elite and fever, who sujl Icnly j,'-'t -veil afser a cbolie fallowed ly slrmy, biii us Mm'!.-:-Tbe relief pmtiwecd Hy ?i t'nruntious went te original gnide to the idea anJ pract ice ol purgation, and wbk'h, when enforced bj Uandreih Pills, always benefits, usually cure?,, and uficn prev en ts ii sense, especially Swuret Fever and" diseases f similar character. : I. L. Cock, publisher of the "Sfnte TT.inner,"" Bennington, Vt., ys BrandreiVs Tills cured him of Dy( spsia. after being afllicted wii'u 'c over five years. His friends an I doctors cnsiJered his recovery impossible: but-sii boxes of Brandreth'a Piili restored his health peifecily. A yo-ingl.vly of M"ou r.t Ttcssr.nt -was sorely troubled with Tape-worm. All advice and medicine failed to help) her. g-bc had no rest. TUin. ca.-eworn and nohappy she looWad she picture of mise.y. At last she concfuded totry Br.tn 5reth s PilU- In .me y rar she too seventy-two bov. They brought away, atewdiog. to -hr comput tion, over ivo a uoareu yaitrs oi nit-vii. length all har had sjmptons left her; she slept ate naturally, nd her health- became fully tored. . : v juas ISAt a nd reLands Located iix Kansas.. I will locate lands io an part of Kansas, inn w WITH HOKEV OB LAND WJiRaA.NT?. For I Quarter Section $20, 80 acres 13, l j For Land Warrants, four doll irs will bo cnrg in addition to the above rates. ' - JAMES R. KcCLUBB.; Jnnciton City, Kansas, June 1st, ISC9. June 11 -3m'. " - . a Cincinnati Weekly Gaietteeopy 4 meks nd sena acc't to thia ofiice. . VALUABLE REAL ESTATE I offer for sale one two-story Gothic Front Fr House with eight rooms, all in. good order, with a good cellar, cistern, and a largo ioi. Also a one-story Frame containing three roo in good order, with cellar, oJstern,and other conveniences. . . : . " ' i. ' k feet Also eight good Building Lots, each SU i i c front, running back to alley Ti5 feet, frontingon Main Streetnnd Min nrges btre. Also 150 acres of good Farming J'"0'1 . geodtwo-etory Brick House containing sis ro.iu-,. large hall, welt furnished, with all the f0"" iences of a good farm house, a large Frame x 48 by 60 feet, a frame corn crib with wagon sn between, carriage house, c, all under felice about 100 acres cleared. This can be ni " . g.od stock farm. It is within miles oi Valley Railroad. . , tj,8 I will selltny of the above. property on following terms: one-fourth cash,.,. tact.--in three annual payments with rcasonaoi'j.i . . estnntil paid. . J0I1XM - may 2 1 -2m. . BROOKVILLE, INDIANA. GEO. F. MAXWELt, TKOrKinCu. Good Stabling and Livery attaclitd. . : . ; june 1-ly.