Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 30, Brookville, Franklin County, 23 July 1869 — Page 2

jnbiana - American. C. H. BINGHAM, Editor. -BHOOKVILLEFrtfsy Morning, July 23, 1869.

The Campaign fn Ohio. The time for formally oneninsr the cam -

p.ign in Ohio is not jet fttlly determined, nces w" eaJ u"e" Kut H not likely that work will btin f thirteen inches, sown April 9th. in earnest before the Utter part of Augustine white Tappalanoock wheat, first

Frepartons afe being made by the Ue tratrlictna for an active and vigorous cam paign, and the indications fe th.it there will be a good supply r.f first class speakers. - Appfltemeftt of Real Estate. The Oommittee on the Appraisement of Real Kstate reported as follows to the State Board of Equalization, and the report was adopted. The nppraisment was increased in the foilowing counties the per cent, named: Second District Clark, 15; Crawford. 20; Dubois, 40; Floyd, 5; Harrison. 20; Jackon, 40; Mtrtin, 10; Orange, 30; Scott, 10; Washington, 25. Third District Dearborn, 10; Ohio, 20; Switzerland, 10; Bartholomew, 20; Jefferson, 25; Jennig, 20. Fourth District Rush, 15; Union and Fayette, 10. Fifth District Marion, 20; Hendricks, 10; Putnam, 20; Morgan, 5. Sixth District 0.vent 15; Vermillion, 15. Seventh District-Carroll, 20; Fountain, 10; Montgomery, 10; Warren, 10. Eighth District Hamilton, 5; Howard, 20; Orant, 20; Madison, GO; Miami and Tipton, GO; Wabash, 10. Ninth District Adams, 10; Delaware, 5; Henry, Randolph and Wells, 10. Tenth District Huntington, 10. It was reduced iu the following counties: First District Vanderburg. 30; Gibpon, 10; Pnsey, 10; Spencer, 10; Knox, 10; Pike, 10. Fourth District Franklin, 3; Wayne, 5. Fifth District Elkhart, 10; Lagrange, 10. Eleventh District Starke, 30. The appraisement in other counties was not changed. The effect is to iocrea3C the entire appraisement of the State about 20 per cent, over that of five years ag; as reported, it was increased 1GJ. Virginia. Gen. Canny has sent circulars to all j members of the Legislature elect, asking , each of them if he Can qualify by sub- i scribing to the iron-clad oath. If he ascertains there is a quorum of both houses thus qualified, he will issue his proclamation in about fifteen days announcing the result of tho election and calling the Legislature to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment and elect United States Senators. The members unable to qualify would in ( in this case remain absent until the Con-! stitution had been ratified by Consrress i , i?, . i - . sed the present dtate admitted, when they I ' J ! would present themselves and qualify un- ; der the State Constitution from which the 1 test oath has been expunged. Should '. there not, however, be found a quorum aide j to qualify by taking the oath, the Commanding General will then defer issuing his proclamation, but will order new elections to fill the seats which will be declared vacant by reason of disability to qualify as above. Frightful Railroad Accident. Dispatches give the details of a fright ful accident on the Erie Road, at Mast Hope, Pennsylvania. The accident was cued by the engineer of a freight train starting from the side track too soon, thus1 causing a collision bet ween his own engine! and that of the westward bound express! train. The engine and tender and the j baggage, post-office, smoking, and forward passenger cars were thrown from the track, ; broken up, and burned. Nine or ten1 passengers were killed, and their bodies j burned. Rev. Mr. llalleck, of New York, though uninjured by the collision, was caught and held in the debris, and, de.-pite ' all effuts for his release, was roasted to ! ' i The Fiench and Briitsh Umtit os have resr.ectfullv forwarded to the tiarties di- - - i - j - r rectly interested the letter of the S eretary i of State relative to telegraph communicati'ju bet wee :i the United States and foreign countries, and particularly in relation to the lauding of the French cable. A copy of the same letter will be tiausuiiited to the G jvernor of Massachusetts, as a terminus of it is proposed to be secured iu that Sta'e. Copies of the bill which passed the Senate, but failed to be acted upon in the House for want of time, are inclosed to the parties the base of action on ib.ive mentioned ; the p-ut ef the Government of the Uuitel States, and as showing the opinion of Congress 0:1 the su' j-'Ct. Gen. Sh; iittaii directs the commanding Generals of Military Depart incuts on the frontier to furnish udi military protection and csc-irt a ii necessary to the protection of the Conituisioncis of Iudiau Alfiirs iu their tour of inspection of Indian

tribcs upon reservations about to be madej,;, a,Ior ,,,e r,,, Evidence sufticieut by a mb committee of said com minion.- : for j ndictmcnts has been given against District Attr.ieylWelMt has been I 'wcuty or thirty others.

dint-ted by ihe. Picsident to act in concert with the mi.itaiy and naval authorities a: .New Vovls, to prevent the hailing ofa rumored Cuban npedition. The neutrality Uw arc to be rigorously enforced. The Executive Mansion is nearly de- : fcttvd tl.ily one cleik is now employed; iu the I'lidcnl's ollicc.

New Cereals. Gen. Capron, Commissioner of tlte" Agtlcultural Department, is . receiving gratifying information ia regard V the several important cereals Intro! iced bj him from lSnrope the past 6r. Among these the White Schoren oats ' promise to he a great acquisition. There are now on exhibition at the department specimens raised by different farmers near this citj, five

brought into general notice and extensive ly distributed by the department, proves a valuable winter variety. The Commissicner recently received a specimen from a single field of 500 acres, the average yield of which is thirty bushels per acre. The field in question is near Dubois, Washington county, Southwestern Illinois, on the Central Railroad. It is a plutnp, white grain, makes excellent flour, and being ten to fourteen days earlier than any other variety, it escapes the ravages of the fly. As it succeeds well in all paits of tie Union, its cultivation will have an important bearing on the aggregate and quality of the wheat crop. The Commissioner is anxious that all farmers to whom seeds hate been sent the past season, should report to the department the results of their experiments. Hamilton Fish on the Cable. The following is the substance of the communication of the Secretary of State, copies of which have been addressed to the French and British Ministers in Washington, and to the Governor of Massachusetts, relative to the proposed landing of the French Telegraph Cable in Duxbury: After reciting the ficts in regard to the origin and proposed course of the Cable Company in landing the eabie on the A meriean coast, the Secretary states that it is not doubted by the Goernment that complete control of the whole subject is with the Government of the United States, and that however suitable the state of legislation may be on the subject in respect of the proprietary rights, in aid of such en terprizes, the entire question of allowance or prohibition of such means of for eign intercourse is under control of the national Government. The Cable Company not having received or awaited the permission of the Government either to the establishment or use of such, cable, the Secretary considers it propter to 11 the attention of the diplomatic representatives of the two nations interested to the position rf i- (liHTmnutiit r rl trip MlPiPpf ITi I10ifi.,s tlse aiplomsatic representatives of France and Great Britain that, in the ab sence of the assent or concurrence of the Government of the United Slates the proceedincs or the parties lntcrestea mut be taken in submission to the authori-v of Government in the premises. The Sec rctary further state that the policy of foreign telegarphie intercourse received deliberate consideration from Congress, and that a bill covering the whole sulject was missed in the Senate, but at so late a ,:,y that the House of Representatives failed to reach it. He says it is quite F'ohable that this bill announces the pol icy ar.d purpose of Congress, an J the pro J. .! . 1 i n i i. priety of its provissons can hardly l;ul to M!sure a!isent. lie, therefore, calls attcn. tion to the bill as prolvible evidence ot what conditions of permission and regula tion vl telegraphic intercourse are to be insisted on by the United States. The official count of the vote in Virginia, at headquarters, shows Walker's majority to be 17,500. Senator Morton, of Indiana, has been iuvited to open the campaign for the Re publican party iu Ohio, at such time as he 1 'iall select. ; A little "ill named Laura Miller fidl fr0ni a cherry tree, at Kurcka, Indiana, a few days ago, upon a shap paling ofa fence, which caused her death iu a few hours. Sixteen thousand seven hundred and twenty acres are estimated to be the wheat land of Grant County, Iudiaua, this sea- ' son. John Ogle was kicked by a horse, near Jasper, Indiana, one day lat week, and iia ,our houis after. He was feeding ,lie horse in a lot, when the horse luri.td a,ul kicked him in the breast. n . .. . ; w . - . .i , lhere is a rumor in ashington tli3t General Sickles is instructed to propose Spain to sell to the people of Cuba her 1 riizht of eminent domain in that Island,! - 'he United States Government to indorse the bonds. Tho Educational State Colored Convention, at L uiisviHe, adjourned sine die last Friday night, after a se.-sion of three day s, having accomplished the business for which it wj called; namely, to dcise means for the education of the colored children. The President lias ordered the vote on the Texas Constitution be taken on the 30th of November, the day set for the election in Mississippi. Unlike the order for the Mississippi election, it makes no provision for a separate vote on any of the obnoxious clauses. Indictments have been found Against fourteen prominent brokers in New York City for violating usury laws, and bench warrants issued against them. The Distu'ot Attorney withholds their names unThe Virginia State Educational Con-!

veution, after an exciting debate ou the Indiana with an Ohio license was good i A satisfactory arrangement has been mode of educating the colored race, in ; It was doubted, and to make a sure thinjri made with Secretary Fish by officers of view of the present anomalous condition ! of it, the party at once repaired to the or-; the French Cable Company, w hereby our of uil'-iiro, tabled the subject until the next j chard(i:t Obio)where the ceremony was re- j Government permits the landing of the annual session. An educational journal peated, and all room for unpleasaut doubt j cable upon A merican territory. Themanhi been authorized, Cc:i. Lee taking; in after life, as to whether they were ni3r- j nger of the French Company, after sever-

triO.O H) vf stock .

The Cubans in camp on Gardiner's Island surrendered quietly, on Friday evening, to the commandant of the marines. Neither Kj an nor Carrier was with the partyA negro woman, name unknown, shot her husband, in Jeffersonville, Indiana, on Sunday, from the effect of which he may die. The charge of iufidelity, brought np by the husband, caused the affair. A meeting of citizens was held at the Tremont House, Chicago, on Monday, at which it was resolved to celebrate the successful laying of the French Atlantic Cable. A committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements.

The Cuban filibusters arrested at (Jardiner's Island have not been released, but are still detained at Fort Lafayette. No action will be taken in their cases until the return of District Attorney Pierrepont who is now absent. A fatal affray occurred near Ilenryville, Clark county, Indiana, on Thursday, whereby Hugh Moffett was killed by his brother-in-law, Robert Hilton. Both men drank considerably during the day, and in the evening entered into a quarrel, which resulted in the tragedy. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has decided that when a manufacturer purchases second hand articles, and repairs the same and sells them, he should be required to include the sales of such articles in his quarterly return, and pay lax thereon as on sales of new articles. The Memphis Labor Convention adjourned, after providing for the formation of a joint stock company, to be called the Mississippi Valley Emigration Company, with a capital stock of 51,000,000, to be increased, at discretion, to 2,000,000. Stock was takeu on the spot to the amount of 540,000. The Government seems to have at last waked up to its duty in the matter of en forcing efficiently the neutrality laws as against the New York filibusters, and if the District Attorney and Marshal act up to the measure of their new institutions, the nation will be disgraced by no more departures of unlawful expeditions. Thirty years ago John D. Smith went to Tipton, Indiana, for the purpose of settling, and at that time crossed the Cicero Creek on n piece of burr oak log, that then looked as though it had lain there a Ion" time. A few days ago that log was taken up and found to be sound enough to make good rails of. Advices from Rio Janeiro to the 20th ultimo, fully confirm the reported victory ot the allies over Lopez The Paraguayans lost five hundred killed and wounded, and three huidred prisoners, and twelve guns. A treaty establishing a Provision li .. . r li i i i ui unje. iiuieui lor i araguay uau been concluded. A small quantity of fifteen cent cur-IPnf-V V;IS is lli'.l v l)lt Tri.-iiir(ir i,n M.i , , i , - , , , ilay, and an additional supply was expected on Tuesday. The new twenty-five audfiftv I cent notes will in ike their appearance in I a few days. It will probably be several weeks before the mouey will be out for general distribution. Rev. Dr. Price, of Wales, a distinguished Baptist preacher, now in this country, spoke recently of the movement in the British Parliament to disestablish the Church in Ireland, as the beginning of the end of Church atid State. It would be next overthrown in Wales, then in Scotland, theu in England, and so on evervwhete. During t Is a chase on Gardner's Island, Colonel Ryan, it is said, was fired upon several lime'i, but escaped. He Ii us a place of concealment from which he can not be dislodged except by artillery. It is impossible for those not in the secret to reach the spot without risking their lives, lie has with him now about seventy men; among them are lawyers, physicians, artists, machinists and musicians. The Republican party in Wilmington,1

X. C, has divided into two formidable ! nerompffshed, cn ryt fie. pr rrjt and factions. K.ch wins has a candidate in I ( Sheriff, John M Seal, wlusecor- , . , , , . . , ,' reetnt s anti eneriii in the tea hs ictnui of the tie d to nu the vacancy in the Legisla- I . i i t- jittu'u jumi'i-s renders him vei y popular ture occasioned by the resij; nation of Gen. j BS an 0tlieer. who did such a heavy busiL. G. Estes. One of the most prominent j ness just before our last. Common Pleas leaders of one section in a speech predict- Court as to serve no U.s than uittcftf-fUw 1 1 ' , . . . i i' i. : .i- i. ... j

ca L'looootiea Lctre the campaign was ... . over. C onservatives and Democrats take no active part iu the contest, and will run no candidate. One faction, composed almost entirely of negroes, has nominated a white candidate. It is found necessary to station a strong police force at all the meetings. The most bitter personalities are indu'ged in by many of the speakers, and several slight collisions have already oecurrei The Dayton Journal tells of a couple who wcie recently married on thelndiana borders of Preble, that the ceremony was pertormea twice lucretj on account oi a boutuhiry lino. Ihe bride, Mtss J ., lived lust over the line, but the warden, orchard. ! J 7 - O 1 7 Ji:e , were on the Ohio side. The J.r00ni had procured license in Treble county, the ! knot had been tied, securely as all thought, and all things were sroing on most mcrri ly, when some thoughtful person queried i whether the marriage thus performed in li'.d or not, was removed.

For the American. R. H. Swift's Course. Mr. Editor, I was glad to see your little notice, in your last issue, regarding the course Mr. Swift is pursuing to retain the Assessor's office. You may well cay that he is hard pushed when he: will resort to such dishonorable means to retain his official head. He knows as well as any living man, that the prominent Republicans of this District are "down on" him, and do not wish him to retain the office, but earnestly desire his removal. lie knows that they'are aeqdainted with the chicanery by which he, through Mr. Farquhar, first obtained the office; that they know of his eminent services in gelling out his official head while he edited the American; of his earnest professions of J ohusoriism iu the Spring of 1SG7, when he was fearful of losing his office; of his using, or attempting to use, every subordinate he ever had, for his own personal advantage. In fact, they know him to be thoroughly selfish, knowing and caring for the interest of noue except so far as he could use them for personal ends. It is an absolute shame if the Republican party of this District is to be compelled to carry such a load as 11. H. Swift in the Assessor's office. Personally the most unpopular man in the County big feeling and dictatorial about matters of no consequence he has showed and proved himself an ass over and over again, in his transactions with the business men of the District. Why should he boid the office another term, when he has had it, as deputy and principal, for about seven years, especially when as deserving and well qualified men as Maj. Burton are candidates? I will venture the assertion, and date Mr. Swift to controvert it in the only waj it could be controverted, by trial at the ballot box, that if the Republicans of Franklin County were allowed to vote for Assessor, Mr. Swift and Maj. Burton being the candidates, Burton would get ten votes tc Swift's one. Under these circumstances, the Republicans of the Couuty cannot be cajoled into petitioning for Mr. Swift's retention; at least, not many of them. They understand his representations about the ofnee going to another County if he is nof, ictained. For one, I dou'tcare where it goes, so that It. II. Swift is ousted, beiiering him to be personally unpopular,

aud not the choice of the Republicans of ' the District, and that he would have been removed long ago if it had not been for the supeihuman efforts of Mr. Farquhar and the labors of his deputies in the different counties, all of whom are drummed into service in his behalf. Mr. Editor, I commend you for your stand in this matter, and so far as I have heard expressions from the Republicans of tho County, they all say " Atuen." I am f'jr M.-j Burton for Assessor, believing that he deserves the office and should have it. K.-ep the ball in motion. ' Stir up the monkeys,' until we get Mr. Swift ousted. We can't worst the matter and will surely better it and theu "let us have peace." Yours, &c, Anti Johnson. Mixerville, Jcx.v 19, 1SG9. Editor American, Being iu attendance upon the Court of Common Pleas in Brookville on the 12ih inst., and learning by the papers that the County Foard met on that day to let the buildiog of a bridge across the East Fork of hite Water ! River, at the place where the Brookville & ' ... Fjii field Turnpike Road crosses said riv er, and being anxious to learn who the lucky men were in securing coutracts, 1 soon learned that the contract for the stone abutments and piers was awarded to Z'pheniah Reed at nbout $7 per perch, amounting to over SS.UOrt. And the sulci:-true" ore, to be iron, was awarded to ivinn & Winslow, of Ohio, at about 5,OtK). All the contractors I have no doubt I arc good men. But, Mr. Editor. I have departed from what I intended when i commenced this communication. ' I intended to say something about our highly accomplisfu'd and i onvm ivt( li tard ' (Juttnfy (Jommisxiona$. They met, as you are aware, on Monday the 12th inst., to let the building of the bridge, and in a fsw hours the letting was given to Reed, King eC Winslow. But it took vh'i three days tu close up the contract atid lake bonds, they meeting on Wednesday morning to sign the minuses, acijonrning about 10 o'clock. 1 suppose the amount of business done the first two days was so heavy the Auditor with his Deputy could, not koplhc minutes up, and of course they must need" meet the nest morn Ungtodose up. But, Mr. Editor, don't tell it, or some one will not like it. By the way, do you know that the Honorable Board e,u-k receive ?1J per day? And our , . , . ' , . , . , i htiuseif wouderlu!, tmghtv man : he (W :ets 0 per day during the sittings of the Board of Commissioners I see that J aeob Gerber has been appointed superintendent lor the construction of abutment and piers of the White Bridge at about 53 per day. II. 11. Schrichte. ' the contractor, has about as much use for ! a supet inteudent as"" a wagon has for five 1 ..1. ..1 . w lice is. Now, Mr. Editor, one word more and I am done, as I have spun out this communication longer thau I intended. I learn that the last Legislature passed a law continuing in cilice until 1870 all of ! hVers whose commission sajs that they ; shad continue iu until their successors tire elected anil iiuannea, tnougtt their u me ; "aa expired, uou t you think it would haVe hec" leUcr ,yr our bounty if the ! Lesnsiat ure had provided bv law. that 1 nrrttmttlisUed and cointietrnt ofliccrs as our Couuty Commissioners and Sheriff -should continue in ctfice during tft What a V:,st saving it would have bee-.! 1 ou may bear from me again. Sam. al interviews with the Secretary of S'ate,

agreed to hand over to the State Department a written document pledging the company to give up their exclusive privilege in France, and to accept future legislation of Congress in regard to Atlantic telegraphs. . -. - ' 1 i Appraisement of Railroads and Real Es tato Low Assessments and Difficulty of Equalization. Fpeeial Go rrspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. Indianapolis, July 17. The State Board of Equalization, which closed its suasions last evening has met with much ' difficulty in accomplishing what they desired to do, and the members are far from satisfied, with the result of their labors. They have done the best that was possible, and that they have not done all they wished to, is the fault of the law under, which they act. Their first trouble occurred in connection with the railroad appraisement. This appraisement is first made by the appraisers of real estate of the several counties along the line of a road, one from each county, who meet at a point designated by the Auditor of State. Of course their ride to the place of meeting costs them nothing, nor is it probable that any other ride which they may take in the course of the year will be very expensive. The company always has some one present to speak a word in its behalf, and its trials and its difficulties, its losses and crosses, are effectingly set forth. "A fellow-feeling makes us wondrous kind," and by the time the rate of appraisement is fixed upon, it is not often that it is fixed at an extravagant figure. Of the aggregate amount, each county shares according to the number of miles of road it may have, without any reference to the actual value of depot grounds or similar improvements. The law provides for an appeal to the State Board by any road feeling aggrieved, but they have no power over those which do not appeal; and ouly in those cases to lower, and not to increase the appraisement. This year the roads appraised the highest were not valued at more than about onethird of their actual value, and the board, in those cases, since they could not equalize the value by increasing the lowest, did so, as nearly as possible, by cutting down the highest. The result is that none of the railroads of the State will have much cause

!',tr "Am T.lai n t on annminfc nl'tliie 1 11 t i 1 1 it C,.. .), c,w ti. ..,:, ment of real estate was also found to be very unequal, taking the entire State over. In some counties it is the custom to appraise real and personal property at very uear its cash value for taxation, while in others it is estimated at about one-third or one-half. So far as the county itself is concerned this makes no real difference, us it is only a question whether the countytaxes shall be raised by a low estimate and a high levy, or a high valuation and a low levy. When the State taxes come to be considered, however, the case is different, and some counties would find their burdens two or three times as heavy as others. To equalize this differeiice as nearly as possible, the valuation in some counties was raised as much as GO per cent., and that of others lowered 10. The board estimate that, while the appraisement of real and personal property in the State amounts to about. t00. 000,000, its actual value, including railroads, amounts to fully three times that sum, aud they ask that the next Legislature shall provide far the listing of till property at its actual value, thereby making it more nearly equal, the railroads to be appraised on the same basis as other property. CllltONrCLE. Archbishop Purcell made an excursion fn t-ifom tltitii rlit nttiiii- itar prl,t till 3i i 1-. i l-.- i proved the occasion to do a little political h , . i , . i a i preaciiing more patpaoiy ana nagranuy partisan than anything lo be found in the sermons of Beecher or any other of the ministers whom the Democratic press so often and so virtuously denounce for meddlit g in secular concerns. We expect the Enqui rer, which has constantly shown a holyhorror of clergymen who touched upon any national errors, except those of the Jews and Philistines, to sharply rebuke the Archbishop. For our part, we are g'a,l to see hitn enter the lists, and imagine he could not do us a better service than to repeat from one end of the State to the other the sermon-speech he delivered at Ealou-' Gazette. From the manner in which the Government has recently been unearthing revenue villainies all over the country, from New Orleans to Philadelphia, it is clear that a new order of things is about to he brought about in the administration of that branch of the civil service. The standard of morals is going to be raised, we infer, from this searching style of in spcetirg the conduct of those having charge of the people's money, and a little healthy blood let into a foul and corrupt system. The airing now being given will be wholesome; it hadu't beeu fumigated during the whole of the Tennessee blatherskite's administration, and no wonder the odor is so foul, considering the long dispensed with ventilation. A few more distinguished examples of "most respectable gentlemen" like those made a few days ago in Pennsylvania will have u wholesome effect, arguing to show that plundering the government is a crime sure to be followed with discovery, disgrace and punishment. J ournal. Indiana is doing very well with her State debt, atid tho credit is due to the Republican party, by which the policy of honesty bis been carried out at the expense of obloquy, resistance, and denunciation unequalled iu thehistory of the State. From the first settlement with our creditors in 1S1G to 1SG0, the Democrats had the absolute control of the S;ate, and paid not a tio'iar or ine ac'.ic. n iney iiau kept the ower tiil this day there ,)0 reasonable probability that they would is have paid ai;v more. And instead of helr in-' the Republicans to nav. thev used every op-port utilty to defeat or thwtw t pa v meats. Wheu the appropriations Jailed j in 1S0'3, they used every effort to prevent the payment ol interest on the debt, al-! though tho faith of the State was "solemn- j ly pledged to pay that interest eemi an-j nuaily, at a fixed place and fixed times, 1 hey contended that a fresh law was needed every time, to give force to a " solemn" pledge, and their State oflicers refused to give out a dollar, or pay it to the creditors. But for Li ovemor Aiorton's determination to preserve the State's j credit at all hazards, and his justifiable i act of borrowing the money, the JL'euiocrats . would nave lorceu i ne o u it; i u to i e ouuia - ; isi. i ... i . i. . .. i : .. : tion. iust as thev then, and ever since ! have, wanted to da with the national bnv.i ' mt ti nmctit. If Indiana is doing well with

her debt" her creditors owe the Democrats than strength in this climate, - and tUa no thanks for it. By the time Governor tendency, though .objectionable in fruits Baker delivers bia last message he will be and berries, is favorable to tea. The able to report the State out of debt. j finest qualities of tea come from the hihJoumal. est uplands of China and India, were

Results of Liquor Prohibition, and Industry in Agriculture. From the Northwestern Farmer. The thriving young community known as Viuehmd, iu West Jersey, was founded ou two fundamental principles: 1. '1 hat no land should be sold except in small tracts to actual settlers, under stipulations which oblige the purchasers to enter at once upon its improvement. 2. That there shall be no grog-shop, Lger-beer siloou, or other place liceused or permitted to sell Alcoholic Liquors, unless the people, at a Tegular election, shall otherwise decree (as they never do. nor will). The settlement is now some seven years old, and has about twelve thousand inhabitants all of them, but some half dozen families, immigrants in moderate circumstances, .including widows with young children, and the usual proportion of disabled or infirm persons. Aside from the founder, Mr. C. K. Landis, we believe no one of them could be considered rich, and not twenty would be termed -fore-handed'' in New England. Most of them live by tilling the soil, which is a part of the well known "Jersey barrens" formerly devoted to the production of charcoal, and covered, from time immemorial, with a thin growth mainly of stunted pitch pines and scrub oaks. Naturally, many were utterly without experience iu agriculture, and not well adapted to the new career on which they entered late iu life. Surely if there should be pauperism anywhere, we might reasonably expect it to be developed among the pioneers of ViDeland, many of whom brought no more means thau sufficed to pay for their land, and had to clear, build. fertilize, and plant, from the proceeds ot their daily labor. Yet the Overseer of the Poor (Mr. T. T. Curtis,) reports as follows: "Though we have a population of 10,000 people, f r the period of six months no settler or citizeu of Yineland has required relief at my hands as Overseer of the Poor. Within 70 days, there has ouly been otic case amotig what we call the Coating population, at the expense of 54 "Duuiiuc the entire year there has ouly i teen one indictment, and that a trilling case of assault and battery among our colored population. 'So low arc the fires in Yineland, that wc have no need ot a Fire Department. There has only been one house burned down in a vcar, and u o slight fiits which were scon put out. "We practiciliy have no debt, and our taxes are only ouc par cent, on the valuation. ' The Police expenses of Yineland amount to 573 per yetir, the sum jiaid to me; atid our poor expenses a mere trifle. T ascribe this remarkable state of things to neatly upproachii g 'he golden age, to the industry i f our eep!e and the absence of King Alcohol. "Let me give you, in contrast to this, the state of things iuthe town from which I came, in New Engbiud. The population of the town was iJSUO a little less than that of Yineland. It maintained forty liquor shops. These kept busy a police juduc, eit v marshal, assistant marshal, four night u atehtnen, six polic-emeu. Fites were almost continually. That small place inai u tai ncd a pa'd fire department of four companies, of 40 men each, at an expense of " 000 per annum. I belonged to this department for six years, aud the fires averaged about one every two weeks, and mostly incendiary. The supi !Hrt of the poor cost . . , 1 he tiebt of the town the poor cost -r-J.jOU per annum. hip was !fPJU,000. The condition of things in this New England town is as favorable in that cuuntry as that of many other places where liquor is sold." We challenge t hose journals which uphold Liquor Licenses acd the Liquor Traffic to set the;-c facts before their readers and then argue them uuwu if they can. The rrench Cable. The success of the French cable is of course graufv it-g. The more cables the l etter, provided, that in building one cable we do not exclude another, and provided furthtr that both erMts of the ''-able shall tiot be controlled by one man and that man Louis Napoleon. The British cable obtained a monopoly from Great iritaiu. No other cable can be landed on the shores of that country. No terious objection was made to that feature by Americans, because the enterprise was regarded as a doubtful experiment. But the success of the first cable reduced the matter to a business footing. Now a company of capitalists organize a new cable company, and obtain a monopoly from Napolcon, on condition that the Fieucli Government shall have a censorship over all messages passing over the cable. This company seeks tc land its cable on this side, without permission from our Government. Mr. Fish, iu a digi.'iGed letter, which we print in another place, notifies the representative of the French Government that this can not be done. It will bo time enough to ask pci mission to operate the French cible on this side the Atlantic when the shores of France shall be opened to the landing of other cables, and wheu dispatches shall be permitted to pass over the cable without intei fere nee on the part of Napoleon or any Emperor, Ivicg, Prince, Duke or jackass. Furthermore, we understand that the old cable managers have obtained control of the new cable, and that while we shall have two cables we h:ive no shail coinncti- ... ,, .,. , , t , tion. W e can WCii ahjrd, therefore, to teach be cable limn nriu! ists tin i: hits :itnl to in- . . . ... . ts manners, and to in- ! sist upon maintaining the rights and the init of 'the b'ovuanieut of the Uuitcd iMates. 1 1 ;izette. l-'roui the San Francisco Alta, July 3. me oajjinese ojiny anu I cj uUiiiire, ilerr Schncll and his Japanese are in fine spirits. The rapidity of the growth of ti e three year old mulberry trees which they brought across Ihe Pacific aud plant c-d some weeks ago is already astonishing - . j Hit out a creat ( u.l n tlty of the the tea plant, which are com .p. ; - .i i - .. ). Ibis is the beginning ot a 1 hey have J seed nuts ot" in- un finelv. . c - - lilw :itnl In.nnrlui.l 1 1. .1 Tl.n ;.. doubt, UciT Srhnell SaP, of the much -....... . v i j . i i, t : i k jo ii u better adaptability of our foot-hill lands! to the culture of tea, as compared with Japan. INuxt year some trees will bear .. t : .... i. i . t i'uu i ur, as i i;e v will oetlictl tour vpar old, and the oti ilttv of th bov..r-.,r -;n 1 - - ... , vj- l l be proved. As a rule, iljvor, iu f..,,; . ' tlUltS t.nd vsgetablc, tends to delicacy, rather

snow lies sixty days in Winter. In. North.

j Japan, whence this colony brought these plauts, there are deep euoWs; in Winter.. The higher we go up on our Sierra, the" finer will be the flavor of our teas. White Blackbirds. - A Democratic paper in Cra wfcrdsvil!e calls the Irish Republicans "V bite Blackbirds." There is more significance in this little ebullition of spite than appears at a first glance. This Democratic sheet, knowing just enough to understand party traditions, belie ves that an Irish man must of course be a Democrat. Irishmen always have been Democrats, and to be anything else is, in its view,1 to be as unuaturaf as a decent hog, or an agreeable buzzard. In other words, it feels much the same unpleasant surprise, in seeing an Irishman a Republican, that a man would who should find a horse he had been beatin and using all his life, turn round and respectfully insist upon being its own prjperty and choosing its own style of work. This is the obvious meaning of the description "White Blackbirds." ' An Irish Republican in Democratic eyes is something unnatural, monstrous. Now, why should this be? A native citizen, or a German, may be a Democrat or Repub'ican, without exciting any astonishment at the strangeness of his association. Bat when an Irishman speaks of himself as anything but a Democrat, he is a "white blackbird." This fact should make an intelligent Irishman's cheek burn and his ears tingle, lie is regarded as Demo, cratie political property. He is not intended to have a will or intelligence of his own. tie must go where ho is ordered Jle must go where ho is orde , and vote as he is bid. He must take. whatever candidates are offered him. Ha must be simply a Democratic mael hie t put tickets in the ballot box. That is thj light in which he is regarded. And because it is so, he seems au unnatural existence when he becomes something e!sj and votes as he pleases. He is a white blackbird" then. And all th-it is due to the Iiishman himself. He his made him self Democratic property long, and so constantly, that he lias no ri -lit to con plain wheu he finds himself ken uf a-i such. It m iv ai d ought to shut e Litu, to send the blood to his face and the fire to his ey e, b it v. ho is to blame but himself? An Irishman who hs not Democrat is a minister, is the Democratic idea, and if the Irishmen had uot alnio.-t universally abdicated their own wills and intelligence, that idea could never have hal an origin. Journal. The Crops. It is a remarkable fact, that from all this section of country there are but IVwworlsof complaint iu regard to crops, while almost universally the most favorable reports reach us. We suppose it is safe to. say that the largest aud best crop of vi heat ever grown in this section is no.v being secured, and that on the 1st o! Sep ember there will boa ureuter number ot buslu.U on hand iu Ohio, Kentucky and Iudiaua, than at any former period. What is to be done with this iunnenss crop is not a question. There is dangttr that the crop lias been damaged in ilia Northwest by rains, but even il the injury should uot be as extensive as appiehemJed, the European demand, together with an increased home consumption, will prove equal to the supply. Other crops also promise well, and our great staple, corn, which was planted late and is behind, is catching up rapidly. This scorching weather, which is so severe upon man and beast, is t;ood for the corn. It is making the crop. Potatoes are also doing weil; and as for fruit, we have plenty aud promise of continued plenty as the; season progresses. Altogether it may be said that 1369 will be referred to as a remarkably productive year, and under the circumstance the bountiful harvests will enable the people to enjoy their "harvest home" festivals, and when November comes round there will be found cause for genuiue thank-giving. jiaz;tte. MEW ADVERTISEMENTS Turnpike Letting! VTOTICE is hereby (tiren, that ;e-ilv-.t pr. ro-.! J.1 will be received at the Flore honi-o f Krsneis Ua,IluweII, in 1i ewersburg, In liana, ULtil Friday, the 2')h day of Jttyiist, for the grading, graveling, uiasunry and brnlging of the Sciu auil Dreweraiiu'-g ijravelloai, the same bc'iig six miles in length. The jiliin an I sjieoiBcaii.iiis for siihl work may be seen on ami alter the 13lh day of Auu.-t, nt thebove named jihice. The Board of Directors reserve the rk'ht lo reject anv or all bids that may be presented. R015ERT BLACK KK. ) FKA.VCIS 11 ALLO WELL, Directors. J'JUX II ii A P, J jy23-jw. DELINQUENT TAX NOTICE. "VTOTICE is hereby given to per.-ons ouinsde1N liniiuctit taxes iu i"taukliu C"Uti'v, that from a:..l alter the l.-tuay of August, I !, will be in the h-mds of the l'evut' Ciiie. t'jrs the ! vera I Tt wiiships. beliinpicF-ts i;l a!o M charted with this cost- of colfv -lion. JCliMJ. -MOO UMAX. V, Julj 13, 2Ct:i-3iv. Xi-en.-urer. nnmi ? V T ft F F. Si A ( i li ti" . . . r- I' ji. y j.i m m - - LIST ATE nm E undesigned CoiuiuUsincer, 1J orJr " 1 Franklin Circuit Court, in the ...-e ot .arao J. to.ilsy and . tbers vs. Wii.i.iui Sh.nk and 010 erf, will tell at Public Auction, on tie j)rtiuu" On Friday, Auyust I'd, ISiiiK the following described Ileal Estate in i'ranUh County, luuiatu". to wit: 71 . irhA I ..... ri .. lU ni'll'A lit illl' cuuiu II tci ...... xoT, ' ,,xaVfe r, ,, re,i, Vilf of th Also the iSouth half of the South n.ni Xoith West quarter of tee. 11, Ton S, laD2; tei-.a I U mil uf the tauie. leaving 1 acres tor sale. Also a pan oi -ne i-.oriu ua.n - ,.. a -i... ....... i i 'i ,.wa t I .1-1 V . 1 V.lf r !" tTlA S of the North West quarter oi cec. t ceo. 1 1 1 - 11, Kange 2, containing l acres. r Bf And also ihe South half of the ry , ' e the North East quarter ot Sec. i I, Tuv u 1 1 2, containing 40 acres. or All of said tracts, cuataiuing 120 acres ma. Ies, ,i TurnSaid Seal Estate is en the ltt.it uonu n(i "3 .. "..,.,,. ,,,.r land W o. miles iroiu v.iiciiiniii, pan , . ,rc()B. part cleared, with buildinps and orcLaru in aie poMtive at lo ciotK r. ..i. ,mbtil , JLft.Mj Mi.r,-ur i.. ;:,riiaone j money to he paid on day of .-ale, one-tnu year, and the remaining tbirJ in two Jr a nay of tale, the defetro I payments to re by the pu.cbacr executing ",d SAl- ure ion" uy i;:e puicraser eatL-uiu an . i. . . : i : :.,r.:t fr.tlC ,lilu' j waiving valuation and appraisement 'jfAj j v u Li.e remises , oeiii n. ... - July 1(5, 1863-Jw. CoiexisMITRE tq ,,i.v,. oil horn it ir ,he 1 that im t.rosecute to the full extent o 'aw any person or pe-so-aJ found tre-j ' . ... . ' r ... .tV.r,ir.L' hook"-.,. - i lay ia nus l a quest ui, or ga i- ... ., -. - i . ju'y 16 3it Hakl"tl