Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 33, Brookville, Franklin County, 13 August 1869 — Page 2

,C.H. BINGHAM, tdltOf.'

BKOOKVILtfi - Friday Horsing; AngntX 13, 1889. - Financitl. , Tha movements orcatreaey ia i Cincinnati coatiaae active, with, increased orders .' from the counirj banks,, evidently to be sed in tbe'aaoviag of wheat and oats to iatr?t. This is a rery healthy condition " ia trade, for the money which- . feeing ' freely districted throughout the Gantry will ere long return through the ehaunela'of commerce, liquidating, in ita course, numerous debts, and Btittulatiag all branches of business. ; . The Solar. Eclipse. " Ia company with a large number of exctrsioaiits, the Editor of. this paper Vis-l ire J Louisville, Ky., to view the eclipse Satwrday last, tod was abundantly faid far ths visit.- The 'exhibition cama- off f rasaptly s Hha predicted time. And aach - ailibitloa I Situated a b Ohio Hirer, the laadscape was bounded oa the North by the horisoo back bf. Jejfferon- ! villa, aa the opposite by the horiton South f, Laaisvilte, oa the East by the Water Works hills, aad oa the West by the hi)) adjoialag New Albany. The effect of the aaooa's shadow upon this broad and varied landscape was awe?inp"ng, lasting as it did far more than two minutes. It can not be described. To be appreciated, it asvstba seen. Baily's beads, two rosecolored protuberances, faint streaks . like jets of , flame, the corona, the sudden disaaal darkness and sudden return of dsialiag snnlfghr, the'distinct riews of Mercury, Venus aad Jupiter, the risible effect apoa birds sad beasts, the ghastly countenances of numberless human beings 11 combined to giro a thrilling, heartthrobbing effect to the. scene. .' We shall aerer look upon tbe like agaia. Disposition of the Indians. Reports from the Indian country are aU favorable for peace, and Commissioner larker sees no reason to fear a disturbatce anywhere this fall. The policy or collecting the Indiana in reserrations is going forward, and unexpectedly large ambers of persons are coming, and showlair a disposition to adopt the habits of civilized life. The system of distributing aaauity. goods at large towns, which led te lawlessness, and ended in a transfer of most of the goods to white traders and Sharpers at nominal prices, has bee a broken up, and distributions are now generally made on the reservations, access to which is denied to traders. This plan is found o work a greit deal better . than the old one did. The Seasons. It has been proved by statistics that tha healthiest quarter of the year is that ending with June 30. The uuheahhiest is that which immediately follows, and terminates with September 30. Dr. Samuel Rogers, an eminent English lecturer, attributes the increased mortality at that time to ' excessive heat and . sunstroke. Ths best remedy against these evils is taught by the Indians, to-wit: "To- keep the body wet and cold by the external appliances of water." Dr. Rogers argues that the use of flannels in hot weather is mistake, and believes in a free, but judicious use of cold water, internally and externally. He expresses the opinion that an ordi nary observance of the simple rules of hygiene and a proper caution in mat. ters of diet will insure and preserve good health, under ordinary circumstances, during the mOft trying periods of the year. Interview with John Q. Adams. The New York Sun coriespondsnt has had an interview with John Quiney Adams, and says that he will accept the 1'emocratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts if nominated, though he does cot desire it. lie approves Secretary Fish's foreign, polity, does not favor territorial expansion, thinks the Demoeratswill soon control the Southern States, that the Fifteenth Amendment is invalid that signs of dissolution are apparent in the .Republican, ranks, and that the De moeracy should accept negro suffrage and othar inevitable rct-ults wf -tire, war,- and nominate John T. Hoffman for President. Railroad War -The Railroad war at Binghamtqn has assumed a somewhat serious aspect. . A j collision occurred on Tuesday between the Erie party and the lluusey faction. Fortunately no lives were lost, and-tio serious injury was done to any of the belligerents. At last accounts the opposing forces were posted at opposite ends of the tunnel, waiting for daylight to renew the fight. The militia, however have arrived at the scene of the disturbance, and their presence will probably bare the cfiect to put a stop to the belligerent proceedings. The Constitution of Vermont. The Vermont Council of Censors voted to recommend a Constitutional Convention to convene in February next, for the incorporation in the State Constitution of en article permitting women to vote. Also an amendment providing Tor the election of certain officers every two years, and for biennial cessions of the Legislature. A careful eauvass of the new Tennessee Legislature show that the old Whig men hold the balance or power, and that most of them are implacably hostile to ex President Jjhuson.- - " ''

Items of State News. Work on the .Uiehizan City haibor id

rropres&;ni I . Alexander Burns, second cousin of Rob- ( ert Burns, is a resident of New Harmony. o . lie is eighty years of age. A young man named Lisinby, In Jen nings County, committed suicide a few days ago, by hanging himself to a beam in the barn. CrandaIl, the fast runner of Michigan, has challenged Hugh Davis, of Indiana, to run a foot race for tl.OOO a aide. The race is to come off at Fort Wayne. A convict named Holsinger in the prison at Michigan' City attempted aaieide last week by batting' his bead against the wall of his cell.--The Good Templars of Eastern Indiana and Western Ohio bold an . anniversary picnic in Baxter's Grove, near Richmond, on the 27th instant. - - - ' On Saturday4' last, John L. Kelper, while threshing wheat, near Liberty, was cinght by ".ihe.: Jumbling shaft of the thresher, his clothes were entirely stripped from his boaaBe was ' severely injured. - At . Laoesvtile, xlamson . County, on Monday, the horses attached to a wagoa, in which sit 'old lady named Hansea was seated, ran away, "throwing her out and breaking her collar, bone," and otherwise so seriously injuring her that her recovery is not expected. The census of the children of .Indiana polis, between the ages of six and twenty, one jears, foots op 11,031, of which number 10,410 are white and 621 colored. The enumeration last year gave 9,507 white children, showing an increase this year of 903. Near Yorktown, on the 2Sth nit., while Alex. Donovan was working inhis harvest field during a'thunder storm, and holding in his hands a pitchfork, with tbe steel tines upward; it became a conductor of tbe lightning, which struck him dead. The Madison Courier ssys that a gentleman in that place who lost an arm six years ago by the premature discharge of a cannon, disinterred it two years after the unfortunate accident, and had it placed in a box for preservation, that it might be buried with him when he died. Michael Calltgan, near Reynolds, committed rape last Friday week upon a little girl ten years old, named Mary E. Smith, living at bis house. The same evening, seeing that his act must prove fatal, he took his own life by poisoning, next daWirl ilo. The A; .yigiUBce'Committee has been form ed in -Wasbiogtoa County. Its proclamation Was fdafri scattered around the publie, square, at Salem, oa Monday morning, and Was received atpost-offices throughout the county. Its intention is to take the laVinto its own lrands unless the class of men engaged in highway robbery, arson and murder are brought to justice. . The corn crop in many parts of Harrison County 'will be an entire failure. In some places it has grown knee high; has tasseled out, turned yellow, and seemed to be dying. Most persons attribute this to the continued drought, while others say that it is caused by an insect of some kind, which cats off the roots. At Richmond, last week, while a steam fire engine was pumping water from a fire.well, Irvio T. Brown, the engineer, attempted to let off the steam and clear the boiler of the muddy water, when the steam plug flew out and let upon htm a stream of hot water and steam. The force of the escaping steam caused htm to fall into the well, besides severely scalding ! him. Lewis Carter, a colored man, attempted to slide off a load of hay, last Friday, near Indianapolis, and came down upon the prongs of a pitchfork which another workman, at rest below, was holding with the handle against the ground. The prongs passed through his body, coming out at the back, but the wound was not fstal, it is said. Iast Tuesday, Mrs. Warner, of Van Buren, started from her home in a carriage with a young man from Lagrange. Presently it was observed that something was wronji with the harness, and the gentleman alighted to arrange it. As he did so the horse started suddenly, throwing Mrs. Warner upon the ground, when -one of the wheels struck her upon the head, producing a fraetnre of the skull, from which she died within half an hour. A few days ago, at Attica, as a car load cd with wheat was crossing a trestle bridge, one of the truoks broke and was thrown under the sarin such a manner as to make a hole in it and spill the grain, which caused boy named Garner, on the car, to think lightning had struck, and he jumped off the car and through the bridge, alighting in the branch fully twenty feet below. II is limbs and back were badly injured; Last Sunday, at Covington, John Kerns fastened a rope to a black bear confined in his brother in law's slaughter-house, and attempted to lead it to the canal for a bath. Bear wouldn't go, whereupon John attempted coercion with a stick, but Bruin didn't acknowledge, the constitutional right thereof, and gave John a blow on the shoulder, tearing his coat into shreds, and causing him to acknowledge the bear's independence. Bruin went back to bis quarters, however. Captain Richer McCowic, of Seymour,) an engineer on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad, was following after another train, Saturday night, which broke in two seemingly ' without its being discovered by the firt engineer when, seeing a collision

was anavoid-ible with tbe portion of the first treain which was left standing oa the track, ha jumped from his engine to Save himself, atruck against a high bank, and wai thrown back under bis own engine and - The cornerstone of the new Lafayette jail, at Lafayette,'was laid last Saturday . There is to be a horse fair at Chalmers,

White' County, on tbe 24th. and 25th of September. -x. A family of poor people from Virginia arrived ia Indianapolis on Sunday, after having walked 700 miles. At Troy, a picnic and fair will be held September 12 and 13, for the benefit of the St. Pius Church, of thai place. Between Delphi and Roc t port, on Sat urday night, a pole was bent over the railroad with a stone attached to one end in such a manner that when the train came along it struck and smashed the headlight. .Michael Smith shot himself at an early hour Tuesday morning, in Terra Haute, beside the corpse of bis brother, John Francis Smith, who bad just died very suddenly of congestion of the brain. - Near Vienna, last Saturday, a young man was carrying a loaded gun to shoot blackbirds in a' field, when in climbing a fence the load wa discharged and entered his head. He lived but a few . moments. Grief at the death of bis brother was the cause. A note was found on his person, containing the words "Bury ns together; The wound is fatal. Though the unfornate man still breathes, be can not live till morning. Both were respectable men, natives of Ireland, and plasterers by trade. There is a law against the Coolie trade, but not against Chinese emigration. It would be well to remember the distinction. Tbe fare over the Pacifie Railroad from Chicago to San Francisco has been reduced to $130. Senator Morton has received an invitetion from the Pennsylvania Central Committee to engage in the canvass in that State. Election returns from eighty counties in Kentucky give Tate, the Democratic candidate for State Treasurer, a clear ma jority of 49,526. Out of eighty-six mem bers elected to the lower House, the Republicans returned only five. . Secretary Fish says he does not intend to permit the Spanish gunboats to leave New York, and that if they attempt to put to sea without pernission, he will astonish the Spaniards by the vigorous manner in which he will overhaul them and compel respect for his suthority. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue decides that base ball clubs must hereafter take ot a license, at the rate of 110 per annum, and pay a tax of two and a half percent, on their gross receipts; while secretaries of such organisations must make regular returns of the receipts. Judging the spirit of the Southern Con servatives by their action in relusiocr to coalesce with the Wells party in Vir ginia, the President has come to the conclusion that their professions of ieI for the Union and the triumph of Republi can principles are not to be trusted, aad will govern his coarse ia the Texas and Mississippi campaigns accordingly. The New York Medical College for Women will begin their Sixth Annual Term of twenty weeks, at their new College in Twelfth Street, corner of Second Ave nue, the first Monday in November. For Announcements, giving full particulars, address, with stamps, the Dean, Mrs. C.S. Lozier, M D,4 or the Secretary, Mrs. C. F Wells, Box 730, N. Y. The temperature fell from six to ten degrees during the eclipse, but it was nothing to the coolness produced in Democratic bosoms when Rosecrans letter declining the nomination for Governor was made k nown. Commercial. The Junction Railroad is being extended from Newcastle to Fort Wayne. They are laying track between Newcastle and Muneie, going north, and between Fort Wayne and Bluffton, going south. It is expected the whole line will be finished and opened to Fort Wayne, by January text. This will gire Coanersville many more important railroad connections. Coanersville Times. The taxes are not heavier now than during the reign of Andrew Johnson,-and yet the debt is being reduced at the rate of one hundred and tirritty miUiotut a year. This is tbe difference between an hone.t President and a conceited and ambitious politician, who sold his official position to promote his personal ambition. Mr. David A. Wells estimated a year ago that a vigorous and economical collection of the revenue would save eighty millions a year. The copperhead orators all over the land "boo-hoo-ed"at the statement, called him an incompetent old ass, and procured a fellow named Delmar to manufacture correct figures for th use of Democratic orators in. the then pending campaign. He figured out all sorts of calamities to the country, and a deficit of hundreds of millions a year in the revenue, in case Grant was elected President, but all his statements proved untrue, and Grant ex K'wrtm . . r 1 1 j. man ui r . i . ui iiii.iu . Rr.nl want tn work at thaVhuVvRin.r" just as as he did at tha rebel horde a Fort DoneUon. Vicksburir and in the Wilderness. lie moved on tueir works immediately, and in both oases came out the viotor, as he will always do when in the right. Journal.Tba Committee on the Award of Prtmiurns of tbe Textile Fabrics Exposition, in Cincinnati, submitted their decision yesterday. It will be seen by the telegraphic report that the State. of Indiana carries off thirteen first premiums; not a second premium i given to any Indiana production. According to thejudgraent of the Conituit-

tee of tbe Western and Southern Associa

tion, the mills of Indiana make the best blankets, carpets, cotton and worsted goods, fancy casei meres, white and plaid flannels and baggings west of tbe Allegheny mountains. This is a trinmph of which this young State may well be proad, and is but an additidaafindicatioa of the great manufacturing future opening before as. Journal. . SHAKPTOWnAtJQCBT 11, 1869 Mr. Editor I thought that by way of a slant I would give ear par excellent Sheriff, John M: Seal, a- passing - notice.: John, it is said, in bis younger days was born somewhere perhaps at an early day, and there ia no doubt but his parents' are most excellent people. Hie father have known personally for abont eight years, and he is. a worthy citixen of the County, and JJea.rn.by those' acquainted with bis mother, that she ia one of the best of women. Jebn by the way, is said to have been n smart tad, and ever since he was in his teens has been striving, to be the leader of (ne Democratic party. Since his arrival at majority be has been seek, ing promotion to high places, and in his Success' and fi'evbtlon to the high and responsible posit fob oT Sheriff of the County he his evinced andtHtiwn to the world arid the rest of "Win kino that he is something, at least In Vis oWn estimation. John can now put oa, a. rosoyeirSn as any of y oar city. gentry, 9 Jjhn is. certainly a very tcorthy,perteqet$g and eaeryettc officer. I notice, 4o your paper a few weeks since that he (the Sheriff) informed you that be served no less than nioety-four summonses, ninety of which, he had served personally. But when I .commenced writing tbis article I intended to say something about the means used by John to get the elevated position he .now holds. I have been informed that John says he spent over four hundred dollars to get the nomination; and it is charged upon him that he told tbe voters of Butler, Ray and Salt Creek Townships, to induce them to vote for him, that tbheriff bad the selectine of the Grand Jury, and that he, if elected, would select sue-h. men as would, not indict them tor violating tbe liquor law, and that of course they could . go ''Scott free." Well, this proves John is not only a worth v. 'Derseterini? and eneriretic nffio-r but that he is kind, humane, benevolent. gracious, mild, Indulgent, and yielding to the wisnee and desires of his constitnients. ll this certainly shows that John' is a "brick." .; . : . . . . . John, in jour issue ef the 231 day of July; gives a statement of the expenses'" of the July terat-of the Coutf of Common Pleas. Thete is but one item of the account I need' notice, and that is the item of bailiff fees.". He says that there were but two bailiff fees, $54. Now I learn by good authority that there were about four riding add one ' house bailiff. But John may have been so kind and generous as to pay the fees of; all but two himself. 1 suppo-e the record will show what allowances were made to bailiffs. By the y, John's selection of bailiffs shows his wisdom, as - most of them were irresponsible1 boys. As a matter of policy, Johw,; like khy great general," would call upon bis Stan the most discreet, energetic and influential nien, so : as to continue himself , in pofrer. : Lavi. - The Tennessee Election. The extraordinary esnvaas that has been in progress in Tennessee for the. past two months has closed, and Seuter, tbe Conservative Republican candidate, is elected Governor by an overwhelming majority. This result was expected by the country, and. therefore has created no excitement. We confess, tbst Tennessee politics and politicians are -inexplicable to as. The Democratic tarty, by its record of treason and long catalogue of crimes, has become so obnoxious to the people, and e?pe cially the colored race in that State, that they had no 'possible hope of success. Tbey accordingly contributed to the estrangement of the Repub'ican party, and were largely' instrumental in bringing the Senter ticket into the field, Stokes being entitled to be called. the regular nominee. Both candidates in this canvass, however. claimed that they were the regular nominees and- straight out Republicans. Stokes is a "rough and ready" speaker, but with little polish. or discretion. It is said that in his first speech be denounced Northern wenwo had settled in Tennes see, as c,allawags'.' and,.u.carpet-bggers" that should be driren 'out. ..Ac., which gained for. hinuthe active opposition of all such persons. -; Senator Brownlow also turned against him, and his paper, the Knoxville Whig, Was Senter's most effective ally. The Senator also issued an address to the colored people of. the State, urging them' to support Senter, as he was a rue Republican - and the best man - of tue two. Senter adopted the Greeley doctrine of universal amnesty and universal suffrage, while&tokes opposed any concessions to tbe former enemies of the Goveminent... Senter ia the present acting Governor of .the State, .and as such bad the appointing of the Registry Board, and in doingsfr'appointed such persons as registered ail applicants. , By this means a large class who werviiafraachised heretofore, by reason of their participation in tbe rebellion, were permitted to vote. He also controlled the state militia, and did not hesitate to wield the entire influence of the Stale government to secure his election. He haa.alsotbe support of near., ly all the Federal office-holders in tbe Mate, notwithstanding the fiiendly dispatches of Secretary Boutwell and Postmaster General Creswell, which came too late to be of aay practical benefit in the canvass. After all, the contest was a race for the United States Senate. At first it was determined to buy Stokes off with the promise of a clear track to tbe Senate, but that sly old (ox did not Bee it be preferred to fight it out on bis own platlorm. The Legislature is largely Democratic The members of that party having gone back on the j "Senter Republicans whenever they had ! e power to elect their own . men, it is fair to presume that they will choose some such man as Andrew Johnson or Emer son Etheridge to the Senate, as a successor of Fowler. Senter will have no chance whatever; the Democracy have used him to accomplish their. ends, and now they will allow him to serve out his term as Governor, hoping to get him into their fold by promises of future preferment. The Democratic party was broken up by their own dissensions, and if the Republican of Tennessee do not Iesrn a lesson from tbis canvass-heal tlreir unfortunate differ

ences and act in harmony, the State is irretrievably lost. They will discover their mistake when it was too late. Journal. ROSECnANS DECLINES.

Hit Letter to Judge Thurman. Special Dlipatoh to tba Cincinnati Q.iette Coi,U3.bis, August 8. Rosecrans, after keeping his friends in Ohio in suspense since Thursday last, upon the subject of his acceptance, at which time a dispatch was sent him by the State Central Committee, finally replies at 9 A. M. to-day, with the following telegram, which has carried so much excitement into Democratic circles: Sam Francisco, Cal., Aogust 7. ITon-,A G. Thurman, Columbu$t Ohio: After the war, 1 resigned a very desirable position in the army, and left my State to secure, at least, the possibility of fulfilling duties deemed sacred to my creditors and family. These duties now forbid me the honor of leading the Democracy of Ohio in the pendiog canvass. 1 send a letter to the committee by mail. Signed-. W. S. Rosecrans. The resignation of Rosecrans will necessitate, a call of the Convention, as tbe committee will hardly assume the responsibility of ' making a nomination. A meeting of-the State Central Committee will take place on Wednesday next, tocooeider.ways and means by which tbey may get.oflone horn of tbia dileuaa to tbe other. It is doubtful whether Hanney would. accept a nomination now. .He is talked of aa a candidate. However, effort will bo made to force, Pendleton to an acceptance as a party measure, a last hope of eucceas. McCook and Cary are mentioned. Some, fear they . will be obliged to fall back on poor Cary, Were net Baber a candidate for the Legishtture from this county, the party would have r, chano left still, as he probably is the eeiy man in the State who would serve as seeonJ choice on the Democratic ticket. Rosecsans Declined. : General Rosecrans declioes tbe nomination for. Governor, tendered by the Demo crats of Ohio. Ha bases bis declination upon personal grounds, and the reasons he assigns are in themselves sufficient. The fact is, General Rosecrans is a poor man, and he can not afford to take office, especially sue-h an expensive office as tb: Go ernorship ef Ohio. Tbe General having made up bis mind to decline the office upon the grounds stated, he did not see fit to assign any other reason for tefasiog to run; but we arevery snre that be does not approve of the platform adopted at Columbus, by the party that nominated him; nor is W m sympathy with those who engineered tbe nomination. It was not because- Jfiosecraas was in favor with tbe Democratic fity that he was noaakeared, bat: because he was available La killing off other candidates, and because it was supposed his nomination would stable - the old Copperhead leaders to smuggle themselves into power, nee tote, in Ohio. These hopes are now blasted. The old qnaireJs are all leopened. Vallandigham has Judge Ranney on his hands again, and the .Enquirer baa another chance to knock Sayler over the head with Cary. Who will be selected to fill tb vacancy it is hard to tell. Judge Ranney had more real Btreogth in the convention' than any other candidate, and if the State Executive Committee should fill the vacancy, Ranney would, according to usage, be entitled to the nomination. It is likely, however, that a new convention will be called, and that the factions will fight their July battles over again. Gaxette. Tbe Publio Debt. We hare it shown by figures that can not be' twisted out of abape by the Enquirer or any other calculation, that since' the Si? of March four months the publio debt has been reduced f 43,629.725 45. This, too, has besn accomplished without inoreasiug the taxes. No new burden Las been placed upon the people. The gangs of thieves that Stole a portion of the taxes, under Johnson's administration, have been broken up; a small army of office holders, who bad little to da except to draw their salaries at the close of eaoh month, have been discharged; expenditures generally nave been largely reduced, and thus the revenue is made to afford a lari:e surplus, which Is applied to a reduction of tbe national debt. At the rate of reduotioa which Mr. Boutwell has suoceeded in making, the principal of the debt will be cut down in the first year of Grant's administration 120 millions. It is entirely safe to calculate upon a reduction of 100 millions. This will tell upon the national credit. The reduction thus far made has already told upon our credit. So great has been the advance in the price of bonds in New York, that the 6 per oenu are now selling at equal to yv cents to gold. This Is bad for the Demooratio party; but it is good for the country. Grant promised honesty and economy. He has kept the promise, and the result stands out boldly hi figures that everybody can see and appreciate. Gaxette. The Butler Pony reappears in tne political pasture field, lie has for some years, wiiu the exception, of tbe Mexican episode, been devoted to the cultivation of corn in tbe bottom lands of the Great Miami a good business. The Mexioan episode consisted in being. Alinister to the Mexican Republic when the Empire held the country. lie lived in New Orleans some time, and sailed about the Gulf of Mexi. co with General Sherman, in a ship of war, looking for President Juarez, who was hidden in the mountains of the north of Mexioo. We may add that Sherman and Campbell did not find Juarcx at that time. Whether they could have found him if they had left the ship, it is vain to conjecture. The Butler Pony that is to say, Lew. Campbell was in Congress some years before the deluge, and was one term chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means. He reappears in political Ufa as a Conservative, and under the auspicea of the Democratic party. Ue was nomina ted, on Saturday, at Monroe, by tbe Democrats, for Senator, in the district . com posed of Cutler and Warrsn Counties. Whether he will, now that Rosecrans has declined, be able to take 'a new departare, ' is an open question. In the Demo cratio- State Convention he was named aa a candidate for Governor. If - the Democracy desire to to depart again, perhaps they might as well take htm.-ft'ommcr-vial,. "; - i . -V- -ss- '-' .

Letter from Hamilton. Troubte i the Democratic Stronghold

Judge Gilmmtt 'Letter in Behalf of tfohn LmjfHt' Miami Umveruty after the- Eclipte. Spa-ial CrrMsVtffe ef the CWaaatl Oatetta. HaHtLToif.O., August 5. The execution of the murderer, John Griffin, has given the Democracy in this CO only a deal of trouble. The difficulties tbey have bad to contend with in making Urimoa victim of "Kepublican hate may be summed up about as follows: A jury impanneled. by a Democratic Coroner returned a verdict of murder against Grifliu for the death of Prickett. He was arrested by a Democratic Marshal, and bound over to Court by a Democratic Mayor. He was indicted by a Democratic Grand Jory, and prosecuted bt a Democratic Prosecuting Attorney. He was arraigned before a petit jury selected by a Democratic clerk, and defended by Democratic attorneys. : Every witness who testified in the case was Democratic in politics, and the jury which pronounced him guilty of murder was, without a single exception, members of the Democratic party. His sentence was pronounced by a Demooratio Judge, and be was executed by a Democratic Sheriff. . In their nomjoating convention, last Saturday, the lower stratum bad forty. six votes set up against the renotuination of Sheriff Andre? buTHrnea the moment to show thetr awnd came they were afraid lofaoe the taaeie'aad went with the ma jority.. And so- the inquirer a clique, who felt themselves so deeply aggrieved by the, taking off of their fellow-laborer, John Griffin, were forced, to the wall. . The, publication of Joba Gilmore's letter to , GovJJayes, ia this morning's Gaxette, created. quite a sensation here. The better class of people in this community of both parties had, before that letter was written, entertained a high regard for Judge Gilmore'. Tbey had come to look upon him as a Judge who could not be hired or driven to do aught against tbe publio weal where justice did not require it. But I regret to say that his letter to Gov. Hayes in behalf of Griffin has entirely, changed tbis sentiment. It is well known here that Judge Gilmore regarded Griffin's case, a very eieai.eae. lie expressed'. hiaseif te-'tht effect . immediately after Griffio's conviction, and no one doubted his sincerity, cither when I.e re fused Griffin a new trial, or when he prixaiely express d himself clearly convinced of his guilt: That letter to Gov ernor Hayes own only be accounted for on the ground of a extraordinary and unbooked, -for political . pressure which Griffin's friends, were able to. bring to bean upon bim, . Judge Gilmore is tbe ocratie candidate for the Sa$reme bench, aad tht et wae a du& fxilji eoswtrd upon by those who dogged the letter out ot him. He had"wft. the- eao&deoce and esteem of 'the1 better 'classes- of. the Democracy in th-i- cttvmtj; by Ho- firm and strsightforward dealing with; tlhr axumeeaer, but it remained to appease--tfcV tfarbo lie element and J he -personal friends of Grifho, sad thjs-could only be- done by allowing himself to,beome a. party to tbe effort. that, was .made to save Griffin from the gallows., n As a.friod,.aftd admirer of Judge Gilmore from my. boyhood, this is the mildest view' I can take of the case. If he' baa only based bis request to Governor Uayesv o the grouwd of conscientious, scruples-i a regard to capital punish mentr then w-e. could have respected his motive... BuX I. presume be has.no such scruples. Miaayi University will pay its respects to the eclipse, by sending Profcesors Stoddard and McFarland to a favorable point in Kentucky.3 They will report their observations to the authorities at Washington. "' " ' ' D. 3. Some Reaulta of the Geologies! Survey. Spevial Dispatch to the Cincinnati Oaaette. - Indianapolis, August 8. Profesa&r Cox. State jeolojiat, returned last riiga from a week's sojourn in Fountain and Warren counties. A seam of b'ack coal waa traced wii bin aix miles of Attica of- the ; Mat width and tbickue6t as crops outin Warren eouaij, aorlhwest from Attica,- but not to ffreat extent. Tbe ceasu of this extremeiv valuable coal is six mii. wide, three to four feet thick, and nearly ore hundred miles long, from southern Owet; to northern Fountain counties, making an area of six hnnrlroit ennara nila It ia vf In bfl traced farther south, and bia next vis;' will be to Green couotv for this purpose, and to define' the iron 'mines there. He will start nest Monday. Ia Fountain county, along Coal creek, very extensive deposits of semi-block bit aiaui nous coal are round in three veins, aeereeatiae from twelve to fourteen feet thick. It ia equal to. fit Uburc coal for fuel and beatiig. de void.of sulphur, and ratea with tbe Dan ville, Ills., coal , for heating strength as one hundred and forty-three to one baadred. Salt veins are reached along Coal Ureek, yielding brine equal to Kanawha, aerentvrnre galldas producing a bunnel of salt. 'Tht'treopte are greatly excited there, and Kaseera 'eapitalists ara freely investing money and projecting railroads. ".Old Issues. The Democratic party still" adopts their antediluvian resolutions, as though no re bellion bad been aubdued, and as though slavery stilt exereised authority over its managers. It has been well said that the Democratic party was the "organised ig norance and amo prejudice of the coun try. When old dough-faces, ex-rebels, and their sympathisers, the rag tag and bobtails of this and all other countries, are led by suchteauties as Vallandigham, Voorhees, -Briok Pomeroy, and Andy Johnson, nothing better eould be expected than the present disgraceful Democratic party destitute of a single noble principle. The leaders and the press seek to win sueoess by uniting all the worat and most depraved of our country, and of course they have driven out of the Democratic party all of its best material. No intelligent, candid man can now be a Democrat unless he. ranges himself on j the wrong side of all the moral isaues of the day. This party never adopts a reso. lotion nor advooates a sincle moral princi ple calculated to win- christians or even moralists. This party-follows in the rear of the Republioaa party, bidding for tha lowest strata of voters by appealing to the baser prejudices, and striving to : prevent their opponents from taking more advsnce grounds in favor .of. humanity and good government. Versailles Dispatch. - - -

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

ADMINISTRATRIX' SALETHE undersigned Administratrix of the Ejtate of John Bi Davis, deoeaaa'd will t9x at publio auction, !. On Saturday, Sfplemtei 4A, 1869, at the ttAnem of tlfe deceased In Brookrille Ind., the following deieribed personal property' One XT f 8. Gaagr'a Oaagiag Instra'menti, lilcUCow, ' One Mi One'Snggy, Ooe-ettof Harncag, A Saddle, . VoBrataadf f Bee with the latest patented Hives one the genaine Italian bee. One ennplete library of Pbytftciana' and Surgeons' Books,-containing the Steyiard WorkJ end man other valuable Works,fnoDc k;k are B Maelise's Surgical Anatetav, ' Smith k Horner's Anatomical Atlas, Wood's Practice. of Medicine, twe volume, Carpenter's Unman Physiology, Watson's Practice. Brodie's Works, ChnrchiH'r Works, Black man' Works, OagIieoa's VTovkr. Braith wait's Works. aad Reports and sereta-i Medical Dietioaaries. One fall set ef Surgical Inttrameat In gootf order, containing many m.laabla ease, .a fee of which are mentioned: One Amputating' Case one Treflning Case, one Capping Cafe, an fere Cave, one Dreestag Care, one Venereal Case, oel Galvanic Battery, one Perket Case, one Stomach Pump, one set of Dental lattranents, Laaeei nd Forcepr, Vaccinating Instruments and maar other Instratnents nted by modern Phynicisas and Surgeons. Drugs and Medicines of various kinds, eat an for the ase of Physicians. ,. ' A Large and Well Selected Ml'celraneees Library containing many TaluakleStandard Works; Webster's Unabridged Dietionaiy, . .. One Hainan Skeleton in good order, Several Cooking and "Parlor Stoves,' Carpet, TMea.nd Ue Household aad Moe?anItare' aot takes by tbe widow. . ' , --TEKMS OF SALE At nuif 3 aVnM' easb.. All sams over 2, a credit of- six .months' will be gives, oa parehaser giving note with approved seearity, with interest from day of sale Sale to begin at 9 o'clock A.M. . - . ,-4-. Physicians especially should attend this sale, as a rare chance for bargains will be offered ANNA E.DAVIS. Adm'x' Binkley A- Jones, Att'ys. ... ' . "Ang. 13, 1669-3w. iJ- ..-... ,.!, , . C ARtSB AO $tA SODA FOUNTAIN! JCOB KElVArj, AT HIS STORE IN BROOK'ylLLE, keeps oa hand a constant supply of , Confectionery of Ail FMff. MINERAL WATER SODA WATER, XC2JE3 T!T-Fn CANNED FRUITS. silt, pbunes;dates, ; sardines, mu3tar1?. DWSTERS, HERB ING, C? n 35 33" 23 232 Babbit and Detersive Soayu, : ; . STABCH, pjbppeb, STTOArR of all grades Blacking, Shot, Matches CwflTi. Diioii IfciKing wifcr I TGMI TEAS oT all lsia3, roasting coffee;: ALL kIMOS OF FRESH CRACKERS, DRIED BEEP, -Allspice, Jellies, t.olyslers. Good Stock of Lamps utid LamD Chlmnles, Ac, oiC, , . all ef which be sells Aug. U-y. JACOB NEWMAN. ? TCfOWNEIiS OF-IIOBSKSfc CATTLE H'OBIAS' Derby Condition Powders are war A ranted superior to any others, or no pay, fer tbe cure of 1 is temper, Wcrais, BStiV. tiougbv, Uide-.benac), Colas, Ac , in tl(ef mniQirt4t) Coughs, Loss of Milk, Black .ToDgm UerDrDis,-. teuper, 'if., in Cattle. Tbey are pereetf; f and inoocen'; no need ef .stopping' te''rkitig? of your animals. Ibey iactease x Iks. appttjle. give a'fine coat, cleanse tbe stemacki d uo.insry orgaar; also increase- tk sailk of euws. Try'' tbem and yoa will never be without tbess JJav late Hiram Woodruff, Celebrated trainer of Jrotn ting borses, used them for years. Col. l'hilo P. Bush, of tte Jejoaae Kaee Coarse, ffkhtn, Jfi Y., would sultit tbea anfil he wastoldj of wkat tbey are ecospoeed, sinoe which he is, tfiUfT with Mtt them. .. lie has over teoty runniog:-h0fse ia his cbTg, and for the last .three.. XW n.w w.ed e sHber medrrrae for tbesa.' He has kinely permitted ase to refer any en to him." OreT 1,000 other refereaees eaa be seen. at the Depotsgold by fggsU and Saddler's. ' ?rice, ti cenU per box. ' Srerwt It Park r m-, Ne tefk. - Aug 13. THE F2EZIIUNT EEC1AHES UAft Against all impositions . upon tbe people, . aai Science, following tbe glorious example, is. OMt a AQAIN3T THK POISONERS who- aeU sugar of lead hair dyes, that not oily ruin the k&ir, but paralyze the system. Impostors ... - " WHO DESIROT THE UNW1ET sbentd be put w fcyjaw. In the meantime,," Crjstaoobo's Excelsior IIaib Dyi is offered under the guarantee of Professor Chilr t, IW famoas analy tical ohemists,! an cSAi.ts.ts see .sUajsj.Da PaarAaiTroa.,. ." Crlt4ro's Hair PreservatiVe, as a j)restt ( acts I ibe a ek was ea the BsV afte? fyeg. 'V It. . - - . . - 4t Aug. 13. ' PECULIAR ADAPTABILITY. BR INDRETirS PILLS. Their peculiar adaptability to-all eostitution -as eleansers of the bowels and the blood basUblisbed their great merit. . They restore . liver, tbe spleen and even the heart tobesrrny notion when other remedies bare been used vitaout producing any benefit. Tbey do not a?0? ! those who use tbem to any dsDgor, being as as salutary. Extract from Letter to Dr. Brandreth, fro C.J. Fay, Esq., P. M., Hammonton; Tn IKAii T ... In nnnr h-alth. and 9J fTi'a as veil as myself supposed that my earthly vejace would soon terminate. But after tasingb ox of Brandretb's Pills, I brgan to feel Well. sir. when I had used twrlre noxes ; well, healthy man my weight having 131 nounds dd to 153 nounds. I then orders" rsd ppij, ana oeiween ioi nuio r- . cf ie retailed three thousand dollars , ". . , r.' T J .,. nrSSSSl reseat J these invaluable pills, and am qaite sure io have thereby been instrumental in saring inoands of lives. Yours, truly, . H C.J. iili';"' Sold by all Druggists. Observe my name white letters in the governuicat "anip. AU. 13. B. BIA.i',wi' Brookvi lie. Ind i a a

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