Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 35, Brookville, Franklin County, 27 August 1869 — Page 2

Sn&iana'- American.

C. M. BINGHAM, Editor. Morning; August 27, 1,86?;. The Chase Movement.' : The Richmond State Journal, the leading Republican paper of Virginia, in. its iaaue of Monday evening, says there ia no room left to doubt the present intentions of the Democratic party with- respect to the next Presidential election. They are taking time by the forelock, and professing now to see the error they committed in electing Seymour and Blair; as their candidates in 1863. instead of Salmon P. Chase; they are already engaged in perfecting an organisation to bring the latter eat as their standard-bearer in. 1872. Agricultural Rings." Rings" are' no'C peculiar., to . politics. They will be found every where that affords n opportunity for - making something by their combination-- of-- interests. They are carried off many of the best premiums t agriculturaHairs. The season for State and County fairs is close si hand. "It may V Interesting to some to get a look behind the scenes and behold how it is done. Perhaps some who are shrewd and at the same time honest may succeed in breaking up some well-organized rings; and perhaps if a sufficient number of persons wuid watch the matter they might break up the ring business altogether, and thus secure honest and far more satisfactory fairs. Money Orders. The records shows regular and steady increase in the business transacted in this way, and persous are becoming very generally aware of the fact that, it is n safe and cheap method of transmitting' small sums through the mails. Orders are itsued in sums of not more than fifty dollars. Larger amounts can; be transmitted to the same parson, at the same time, by additional orders. The' following are the fees charged: On orders not exceeding $20, ten crnts. Over $20 and not exceeding $30, fifteen eenta. Over $30 and not exceeding $40, twen ty cents Over $40 and not exceeding $50, twen-ty-five ccnta. Trouble Among the Sioux. Commissioner Parker has advices from the Sioux country that a portion of the nation which has settled upon its reservation has had much trouble of late from the hostile portion. The latter lately carried off the principal portion of the annuity goods, which can not easily be replaced. The peaceful Sioux have sent an urgent request to have their reservations transferred from the west bank of the Missouri to the east side, so that the natural barrier of the river may be between them and the warlike . bands. This can not be done until Congress grants the power. The Old Settlers' Meeting At Rushville, Indiana, on Thursday, was a great euccefs. Hon. D. M. Stewart was President, with a Vice President from each township. Speeches were made by Colonel Joseph Nichols, who removed there in 1801; Cslonel Jo. Blake, of Indianapolis, who settled there in 1820; John P. Thompson, Prof.' R. T. Brown of Indianapolis, Harmony Laughlin, and aevcral others. A large number of interesting relics of a former generation were exhibited, and the whole affair was remarked as a success. Gqvernor Baker was present. J. ; -The llichtnoud (Virginia Examiner his been the last to jield to Republican ideas. It htood out for Democratic principles and theories, and give a reluctant support to Walker on a platform which it acknowledged was distasteful. But since the election it is forced to confers that A jiicstige has lit en jiivcn to Ilepub. licani.-ui in our Stale by t lie Walker triumph, which will redound more ami more as time rolls on, to t lie advancement and sway of those new ideas imposed upon us aa the reu!t of the war, and tend, n oie. or lees, to wean men's minds from those i uiu iucbb which lorinrriv voiiMiuut'd ! i-.- I i -ti t . ii . 1 . i -v . ma j bi ii i cue i is ii i im in in uur nun ueaiis are destined to become only cacrcd mem

ones, Dreaming me irngrai.ee 01 vat.iH.ett TIie Wlta iue in tlle reccnl ctov.s)se( jtreatness. but inoperative as a means of i Virginia aid ' Tennessee was that of luture victory, impartial suffrage for boih white and It h.llbe the constant am. of this , bljtki The radical.-., while insisting tbat journal to urge our people to fulfill the tlle b!at ks . , cl.ulCHt, ould not -duty of the hour, whatever ht may be ros(ricted lQ the iriv;K,ge of lbe- ba, be-to adopt their political cci.duct to the ,ot v(te 0, rJa(1 to , f. in ,be L,nds exigenciesof each cmerceney it arises- of ,hflfC wbo had orfeited it bv lheir rebe,. toxoid equally timorous time serving ,lon The Conservative declared themand a stubborn adherence to useless ideas LeIves in f,Xv,r of lhe removal of all resod antiquated theories. Ae shall urge mictions .and th ey carried the elections them to sb.pe their actions to the mold 1; b y ovcrBLe!miog majorities, the blacks, of the new age, without abating one jot of! no.,on .pprehensi vu that they were the.rrcvcrance for the old-toyielJ grace-,to bed ived of the piiviiCge, largely tally to the prcsurcof our new surround-, voti 'i(b tbem; 4nd ,hus allaying the ings whenever resistance is impossible, re,r9 of lhc wodeTlle Kepublican, and but never to make a voluntary surrender Dem0(.ral8 lbat lhe egro vote would be of thoM. priucp es and eonvict.ons of jcast golid, for the Radi.a, ,icket. right, which dwelling securely .u the deep jt is 5im , fraud to chim tfae resuh in recesses of the heart, cannot be rooted out j those SutC8 a8 a Democrat victory, beby the sword nor legislated away by Con- cauge it was 8ecured u lbe Jt greswonal edict. - ' osition that the Democrats stupidly con- ) ?. bh 1 eIer CJ-er'6b', " true' th0 front and oppose in every Northern State, ''old ideaa under which the country, in . Anj t Q0 the eecloa are over lhe happier days, as great and prospeYous; peopie of Vi rgiDi4 aod Tennessee are so we cherish them as mere theorectica con- j satifefied that they will insist upon the victions hoping that the "new ideas that I cognition of universal suffrage in the

livw aiun jiiaviiua) nnej ui at j iau ut u m tion to a pionaclc of glory as brilliant as that on which she stood when the greatest statesmen oft lie land believed in State rights and the-resolutions of .'98. But it ia tipping against hope. The L J of mITitliBJijDd Jc Fort Wayne Rjiilrond i? n3-ir!v ready for the iron.

Almost every murderer who has been hanged for a month past confessed on the gallows that liquor causedbia misfortune : .; The Butter County (Ohio) Fair will be held at Hamilton onjthe'ith, 6th, 7 th and 8th days of October. Wt7 .s ' c'"" V - Since. - the ; beginning of President Grant's administration, the public $$bt has been reduced at the rate of $100,000;000 per annum. - - The'drugh in the vicinity of Richmo ndYbfilsll. IUP-"'!-.,,1,.li fruit trees are dying. For seventy-eight days there has pot fallen sufficient rain to wet the ground. . -; , Warrants have been issued for the arrest of alL the parties implicated in the Mobile revenue frauds. These frauds were of a very extensive character, and . several Government officers arc concerned in them.. - ' '.-.-,. A dispatch frottf jSt. Joseph, Missouri, mentions the reception there of a letter from California.Jwbich says five hundred Chinese will shortly be sent to St. Joseph, whence they will be distributed to various points. A-n aggney Is -to be established at St. Louis, and still another at Springfield. Missouri. .. ' a i

Information has been reetvfed from the City of Mexico, tht two Frenchmen and a Belgian, aU partisans of the late Em peror Maximilian, bad been arrested there, implicated in a conspiracy against the life of President Juarez. It is stated that the American Minister at Mexico refused to intercede for tbem. AGRict'j.TL'BAL. The Northwestern Farmer for August is a beautiful number, and contains a rich table of contents. The Publishers have announced the programme for 1S70 already, and offer the balance of this year free. Everybody ought to subscribe on these, terms. Subscription only $1,50. Blind & Taylor, Publishers, Indianapolis, Ind. . It is understood that, in the event of the Empress Eugenie making a tour to this country, the Navy Department will be advised, by the commanding officer of the United States squadron in Europe, in time to make preparations for her reception. The French fleet to convey the Empress across the Atlantic, will, in that nt( be e8Corted by Rear Admiral liadford, in his flagship, the Franklin. Senator Yates, of Illinois; Charles Sum ner, of Massachusetts: Joseph Medill, of the Chicago Tribune; Hon. George II. Pendleton, Hod. John Forsythe, of, Alabama, and John C. Breckinridge, have been invited to address the convention called to assemble at St. Louis in October next, for: the purpose of urging the removal of the national Capital to the West. Invitations will also be sent to President Grant and : Vice President Colfax to be present. During the eclipse, at Council Bluffs, where it was almost total, a County Demo cratic Nominating Convention was in session. When surrounding objects commenced to darken, not a little disgust and anxiety was manifested at the unexpected and unpleasant intrusion, and an ardent "wheel horse'tof the Iowa Democracy offered a resolution denouncing it as clearly unconstitutional, and an unwarranted outrage upon a free people, perpetrated by the d d tyrannical government at Washington. It is needless to say that the resolution was unanimously adopted. Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, who, for several years, has had his own say and own way in a couple of columns of the Elmira Advertiser, writes thus: ''To the pastors all and singular, living in cities not larger than our own loved Elmira, we say: Go to your county newspaper, cotton-in with the editor and proprietor, fish an invitation to edit a column i'i his paper, put into the preparation of that column more labor than you do into a sermon. For, by that one column you tensibly reach and mold and educate mere minds than by all your pulpit work. And, not least, most of you, tny brethren, if you will consent to write tor a newspaper and take the knocks and roughs and tumble of it, will find it advantageous to your style of thought and writing. You will pet rid of long words and long sentences, in volutions and cant. He who learns to . j - , ... write a readabro newspaper article will bud a sermon very easy writing indeed a sermon very easy writing The greater prepares for the less.' National Convention of whatever party they. may be invited to aet with. If the Democratic party dt)es npt -change front oh this question, there will spring, up a third pajty. alike opposed to .the jjiltraism J of ; thew Radicals, and the obstinate preju,-rl I liro of nrtfiorn Dmnra?w. whirn will! : ' 1 . - S i - - - t t rl sweep- uie country .lite .a wniriwioa ju 1872 Commercial.

Items of State News. . FTnrv nfinlAra ia mrtnr in Clinton f!nnntlf-

""o o rs " '"K , The post-office. at Wabash was entered and robbed last Thursday night. A girl fourteen years old was married to a boy sixteen years old last week at Petersburg. v . Park County, it is said, will have a stir-" plus of five hundred thousand bushels of wheat for sale this season. j " s ; Corn in Hancock County in places is excellent; in others it is only ordinary; and in many places it will not. briag the seed." - The - stockholders . of the , Indianapolis, and Crawforda villa, and. the Danville and Pekin Bail roads, have voted to consolidate the two roadsi j ' ' ' ' ;'The County Fair of Henry County bea gan on the 24th inst., ending on the 27th. i Connersville has street preaching on Sunday afternoon, - under the supervision of the Young Men's' Christian 'Association. ' ! . ' " In the vicinity of Vevay, the corn upon the hills has become so dried up in the. stslk that the light rains affected it very little. ; It is estimated that There will be a sur plus of 1,000,000 bushels of wheat in the Se,ooi District of Indiana, this year. A boy named Graves was killed, in In dianapolis, Monday morning, by a oar load of lumber falling on him. The Fort Wayne, Munoie and Cincin nati Railroad will be in running order from Cincinnati to Muncie by next Saturday. There is some excitement in Evansville regarding the enforccmenet of the Sunday laws. The liquor sellers desire to take the reins, but it is believed they will not succeed. ' A brakeman named Alexander Vincent was killed on the Jeffersonville Bailroad last week by being thrown from a ear, five cars passing over him. A woman was bitten by a rattlesnake, last Thursday, near Mishawaka. Whisky was given successfully. An unknown man committed suicide near Newport, Wayne County, last Saturday week, by hanging. He tied the upper end of a small rope five feet in length around the top rail of a stake and ridered fence, and when- the rope become tight around his neck his knees touched the ground. A vail marked "laudanum," with the words "David G. Enrigh, Greenville, Ohio," was found upon his person. While Jacob Fouts was driving down the Hanover road, below Madison, on Friday, his horse scared at a log, and jumped over the hill side, carrying the buggy with him. The horse and buggy went down the hill, twenty-five feet, but Mr. Fouts escaped with a sprained ankle. The Indiana Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church convenes in Evansville September 8. . Bishop Ames presides. Last Tuesday night week an attempt -was made to overcome a young lady with choloroform, at a camp meeting near Washington. The barn of Mr. Moor, near Bichmond, two miles and a half northwest of the town, was struck by. lightning Saturday evening and burned, with about a thousand bushels of grain. : - ; '-:! 1 According to David Dale Owen's geological ' survey of the State,' the 'highest point , of land in Indiana is on James Murphy's farm, in Orange township, Fay ette county, about seven miles west of Connersviller At New Albany, on Tuesday evening, a little child named Mainthal, fell upon a furnace, on which was a teakettle filled with scalding water; this upsetting scalded him so that his recovery is doubtful. New Albany is now the head of navigation on the Lower Ohio. All freights lor shipment Suuth by river from Louisville, have to be hauled in wagons or towed in barges to the former city before they can be placed on steamboats. An old man named Donovan, walking in his hay field near Yorktown, on the Bellefontaine Railroad, Thursday, with a pitchfork on his shoulder, was struck by lightning and killed. His clothes were stripped from his body. One hundred and si-xty acres of land, near Evansville, belonging to the Loog worth heirs, of Cincinnati, were sold recently to Messrs. Jacob Elsas and P. Heidel bach, of Cincinnati, for $250,000. The tract adjoins the corporation. A fire at Seymour, on Monday, destroy ed the newly-completed Chiistian Church and the carpenter-shop of Francis Carter & Co. The loss of the latter is about $20.000, without any insurance. Fourteen persons were prostrated by the heat and over-exertion in saving adjoining proper.Two boys named Scott, and McMeans, living at Richmond, were recently thrown from the top of a passenger train when passing under the Cambridge City bridge, on the Central Railroad, and so badly in jured that their recovery is regarded as doubtful. The South Eeactern Indiana Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church meets in Indianapolis on the 15th day of September next. On Monday evening week, a handsome purse was presented to Mr. S. M. Avery, late Superintendent of the White Water Valley Railroad, at the Sheridan -House, in Connersville,, by the employes of the road. An extensive.-gang of -boree thieves have been unearthed by the defectives at incenoea. -One of the parties ho turn ed State's CTidenrgptnd ftotu hiadiscfosurcs it is learned that the orgaufra-

tion extends from Sedalia, Missouri, via Mitchell and Seymour, Indiana, to a town

in Kentucky, with -members cin all the towns and cities on the route. Block coal is found in neatly every part ofClay Count, in. beds o from four to seven leei in inicsness, anu loriy or uiiy feet beneath the surface. Frequently it is found jutting out from the hillsides and Creek bottom's, i 0 ' I. . V. -.5 5 T 'J 7 At Dublin, Wayne County, Monday week, while the rain came down in torrents, k sheet qf icej'edme twelve feet iqoafe, and probably n Qt th icker t ban . pa oeofgjas fell near the depot, it is reported. :.A novel marriage case recently occurred at Kockville, Parks county. : A - couple who lived unhappily together were divor--ced. i The husband went' away, remained about four weeks,' returned;' made Jove to his former wife, was accepted, ao.the two were reunited in the silkf, bonds of matrimony, all withi r month or six weeks.' - Indianpoli8 claims to be the greatest walnut lumber market in the world. As Levi Green andhis son, living near Buena Vista Randolph : county, were- riding upon, a log 05 low wheeled log wagon, the wheel went into a rut, and the log turned, throwing Mr. Green' aBd bob off, the log falling across Mr. Green's face sad neck, smashing his chin and shoulders and breaking his neck,- killing him instantly. The son fell in a softer place, and in such a manner that the log rolled over him, dangerously wounding bim. It is said there is a vigilance committee in Washington ocunty which will attend to criminals. They say they do not propose to interfere with murderers and other villains until the law has been tried upon them; then, if the usual verdict of "not guilty" is given, they propose to take the "acquitted" and hang him from the first tree. This, of course, is in cases where perjured witnesses and packed juries "fix up" the case. ,, Joseph II. Uagins, of Vernon, was supposed to have been lost on the steamer Sultana, as he came North from Memphis about the time of the disaster, and had not been heard from afterward, but bis father received a letter recently from him dated in Texas. Last Friday evening,' at Franklin, a man named W. W. Jones started from town with a wagon load of lumber, and accompanied by his wife.. The horses took fright and started to run, when she attempted to jump, but fell under wheel and was so badly hurt as to within half an hour. th die Important to Widows. By an act of the Legislature of the Stato of Indiana, approved February 19, 1869, the widow of a decedent, at any time before the return of an inventory is made, is entitled to select and take articles therein' appraised,' not exceeding in value five hundred dollars, for which she shall receipt to such executor or administrator. A statement of the kind and amount of which goods, so taken by the widow, shall be returned by the executor, with, and designated on - such inventory; Provided, That in all cases where the widow shall fail or refuse to select or take all, or any part, of the articles in this section provided, she should be entitled to receive the amount in cash out of the first monies received by such executor or administrator. There is an emergency clause in this act, tbat.it shall take effect from and alter its passage. Aurora Advocate. . The party that now plants itself upon the platform of universal suffrage is secure of the future, whatever present mutations it may undergo. The drift of events is conclusively in the direction of the largest franchise. Whatever men may think of the political aspirations of the Chief Justice of the United States, they cannot deny to him forecast and sagacity in his endeavors to bring the Democratic party up to the point of accepting universal or impartial suffrage as one of the inevitable results of taking the negro out of thraldom and bestowing upon him the rights of a cititen'."' So much conceded and made sure by the guaranties of the Constitution and laws, the remaining step which ia required to put him upon a political level with the white cititen must follow. Commercial. The horriblo'discovery was made a few days ago, by the New York World, that "we have no Government" at Washington City. That is to say, the President, Vice President,' Chief Justice. General of the army, all the Cabinet officers; and all the members of Congress, aTe absent from (he seat of Government, and scattered all over the continent And yet the country seems t Ka iiutitix ...... ... .. . . 1. . .. l hot weather. We can do with a verv small i .v w vt'ijr uiuuu as usual ill j amount of government, and the people frtilil nffikrt Ia t-i n w frtt- a fans enuninl t w c I could afford to pay for a few special trains and select ships to fijid out the fact. It has occurred to.ua occasionally that perhaps the1 President travels more than there is an absolute necessity for, but we do not see that any harm is done. If the fact should be ascertained by any of the clerks at Washington that the country is going to smash in the night, the President could be summoned by telegraph to pick up the pieces. Commercial. It is the misfortune of the Democracy of the .North not to understand the. thoroughness and completeness of the revolution that is in progress in the South. It took them the better part of four years to comprehend the fact that slavery had ceased to exist, and that the heresy of secession had perished by the sword, and there is still here and there an old Democrat who persists in believing that we shall see the old times yet, when the negro will wear his chains, and South Carolina preach an accepted, political gospel to the nation. It will take a still longer period, we fear, to bring the party to a realizing sense of the other fact, that the Southern people, accepting the - situation,' have ceased . to struggle against universal suffrage, and hive fully urade up their minds to count the negro in as a valnable element of political strtng' Th, and-worth more to' them than a stupfd 'patty whfeb is'in a 'minority and like to remain 3 sdi'in "nearly veyi Northern State. -Com mereial.

Correspondence of the Indiana American. .' : Letter from Minnesota. Albert Lea, Mmir, Aug. 18, 1869. Mr. JSditar, -Angels' visits and my letters are alike in one particular, at least they are few; Several circumstances, Woi--necessary to be mentioned now, have prevented my writing often of late. Two r three times within a year I have sat down to inflict upon your readers a correspondence from Minnesota, bnt as often have been interrupted. Hereafter I bope Jo .do better, This letter must be mainly .personal.. ' i - '. t And first, as to health. It is generally

understood that it was for the. health of Mrs. "Civis" that we left the fogs, and rains, and mud, and chills of Indiana,' to try the cold and pure air of this Northern region. The object of our exchange has beenfully realized.' Health has been re stored, consumption ' quite Vanquished, and a better prospect than hers for long life is seldom enjoyed. And what has "wrought this wonderful change? No system of diet, or exercise, or gymnastics, or other modern improvement progressive tcm-foolery; no allopathic, homeopathic, hydropathic, or any other pathio medicine or treatment; but simply the pare dry air of Minnesota. It may seem incredible it is true, nevertheless thousands of invalids are annually restored by the same simple means. Sanitary considerations have brought mote people to Minnesota than any other, and yet we have to-day a more healthy and robust people than any other part ot our whole country. A certain Medical Professor in his last lecture to one of his classes, gave this parting advice to the young men just setting out in the world: "Keep your eonscienee clear and your bowels regular.' My advice to consumptives every where is, Throw physio to the dogs, and come to Minnesota. After almost three years of uncertainty as to a permanent settlement, we have at last found a home in Albert Lea. This beautiful village is the County Seat of Freeborn County, twelve miles from the Iowa State Line, one hundred miles West of the Mississippi, situated in the midst of rolling paincs, groves ot timber, and lakes of pure water.- The Southern Minnesota Railroad.runoing westward from LaCtosse, will ieaeh this place next month. This will put us in communication with the rest of the world, and materially aid in developing the resources and filling up with an enterprising population this beautiful am' fertile region. A Presbyterian Church was organized here less than one year ago, and now they have a Church and Manse completed and free of debt, worth $9,000. The Church is almost, if not quite, the neatest and most beautiful for one of moderate size that I have ever seen. It will seat three hundred persons. My call here is to the Pastorate of this Church. The last few das have been signalised to us by a series of important events: Aug. 7th, the eclipse of the sun, almost total at this point; Sth, my 4Gih birthday; 12th, the welcome of a new and beautiful daughter to our family circle; the same day, the meeting of the Presbytery of Southern Minnesota in the new ( burcli; 13th and 14th, the heaviest rain I ever witnessed; 15th, the dedication of the i.ew Church, sermon by Rev. Dr. Paxton. Pastor of the wealthiest Church iu New York, and the foremost preacher in America; in the evening of the ssme day, my installation as Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Albert Lea; 16th, my wife's 2Sth birth, day; and lastly, I can't tell what is about to happen next. At this Presbytery I had the pleasure of meeting Rev. Father Lowry, one of the pioneer preachers of Indiana, who somewhere near forty years ago. organized the Presbyterian Church at Greensburg and was their first Pastor, and who once rode to Philadelphia on horseback to- attend the General Assembly. About twelve years ago be settled in this County, siuce which time he has built up a little Church and opened a small farm on which he still lives. - , Other matters at another time. . Civis. For the American. Oak Forest Exhibition. " On the night of the 18th inst. there was a Grand Exhibition at Oak Forest. Some said it was "the largest gathering they ever saw at Oak Forest." WnAT CAUSED THE GREAT GATHERING. Miss Florence Conner began a subscription school at Oak Forest three months ago. Soon after she began, some of the citizens suggested that she should hold an Exhibition. Soshe commenced practicing the children and all others who were willing to sing for that purposes. She drilled them on Sunday School hymns and such sougs as she thought would be appropri ate. ate could not carry on her tinging in a private way, as she wanted to. for many ot ttie young and some of the old people came out every night that she "ng. They claimed that the school house was a public place and that she could not 1 . i . - . ' .eiE ouu A,tuost be start, some Z rOJL" cmnenced disturbing her. some ot the old folks said 4-it was too bad for the young men to interrupt a young lady while the was learning the children to sing. But no one attempted to arrest them. Some said that "the singing oujjht to be stopped; that it would ruin all the vouug people." By request, she sang some such pieces as "Nancy's Waterfall" and "M oses." , These were thought to be horrible, buffoonery, &c. She sang the quarrel like reality. Those who sing truth like it were fiction, do not like to hear fiction sung like it were true. There was talk of holding a meeting to break' un her school. Finally there were some who came to her singing schools to quarrel. So the week before the Exhibition the Director suspended the practicing schools at the school house. These rumors rolling over the country, gathered like rolling snow-balls, which brought out the crowd. THE EXHIBITION. It was a clear moon-light night. We came and found the house prepared a nice stage, well carpeted, a curtained room on each end of the stage; a large flag; the stars and stripes hung in the rear of the speakers; and a wreath went clear across the room. The house, is a good stone building, " large enough for a school of about eighty scholars. The house was as full as it couid-hold. -They stood so thick that it was almost impossible for any ; ojne-j to gefouVOT n.-. And tt: was eatd - that tnerw wereTrixjre out of.tbe house than in. it.1- Tbe beat was almost suffocating. But

they bore it for two hours and a half, listening to songs and declamations from children five years old up to maturity of life. How tbey sang and spoke so well in that hot room, is more than 1 can tell. They wound n with singing, by Mr. Blakeman and - others from Metamora, several pieces-in the very best style. All Went off very pleasantly. It is 6aid to have been the best Exhibition ever held in this place. There were several persons who promised to put in songs or declamations, but backed ottt. But still there were fifteen or twenty good pieces that they could not get, in, on account of the . heat.' 'The ,. people can judge for themselves of her effort to t get up a good Exhibition, for they gathered from beyond Peppertown to'near Brookville and Sietamofa. The fiats, hills 'and valleys wertt well represented.- s -,t','".t As it is near" time for the public schools to commence, any good teacher desiring to get a school for four dr five months', would do well to put in his proposition. 1 have heard that there are over one bun--dred scholars in the District and" that a No. 1 teacher can get a No. 1 price.' Ink. ; Correspondence of the Indiana American. ' ' Letter from Iowa. Oskaloosa, Iowa, Arc IS, 1869. Ed. American, Your valuable paper finds me in this western city, and is quite a welcome visitaat. Your, columns will doubtless be freighted with better news, and should this 'not find a place in an obscure corner of your sheet, let it fare as the rubbish in your office. " I left your little city some weeks ago, and followed the iron horse out of your beautiful valley to the capital, where a few hours afforded me time pest and refreshment. A few miles west of this, 1 called on our friend Luring,, of Mt. Carmcl notoriety noted for uaiig good buggies, spring wagons,, and aaything in that line, even down to a velocipede. Thorntown is a very excellent place, so far" as the writer was aefe to judge a good place, I think, for the rum-seller to go; one of two things no doubt will be the result he will either be converted from bis. accursed traffic to the n.ild and holy tcatlSts of Christia uity. or be scut in haste to sae unknown iiairtt further on, more congeatai ts ti wisias of ilia Satanic Mfjesty. From this point 1 sown fnd wyself on the graud prairies of Western Indiana and x.'inoi?. llere the scene changes- In the '.',tT. V. the farmers have finrsrWii stilting t. 'r wheat, but here it will not be ready for 'hiec weeks. To one unaccustomed to pi. 'rie sreneiy, the landscape i beautiful bey., d description, but 1 ptesume soon lcom's monotonous. A tew hours' ride fou-d u all at Springfield, 111 , and having a few 'tours' leisure 1 went out to the tomb of LiN.-ox.S-' Here lies the Nation's martyr alone 'o the grove in Oak Ridge Cemetery, distant r'OC Sprii gfield about a mile and a half. U lie vnult is a plain atructure of brick. sei.J v'h a granite slab, hnvir-g inscribed up.u it the name "Lincoln." ilcie lies the mo'ilder ing form of hiui who was cursed by thousands and blcfci-id by millions. No moi.ument has k. -yet - been ericted, though preparations ,ure beirg made for it. But be needs none. .That utonumeut of greatness whose foundation is deeply laid in the eternal principles of right, must be accorded to him, whose precedent is a mighty power to work reform in the g' vern. ments of the world. Front this beautiful spot, where men from all governments in the world have lingered, the writer turned away with a feeling of adne.-s, musing on the vanity of the glory of catth. The kit'g upon his throne, s-urrounded by mul

titudes that .seek to do luin honor, with the i ... I .. must come at liut, to mother, earth for . .." red ing place. , . Jly first introduction to the tpwn of Lincoln was alter night, and consisted mainly of the tender compliment of a mud hole, wl.ote sympathies taught me a lesson of foi Learn nee. Here I learned the weather had been extremely wet for weeks past, and farmers wem foing nothing. Corn will umount to but little here, and the project for, wheat was poor. On Sabbath 1 had the plca.-uie of hearing W. U. Goodwin .of foituer tiix.es. "Billy''' in having things his own way, it pectus, out here. 'lhe members cf his church not "coming to time'' in titling up the viw church, he laid aside his clerical robe, "shelled out" several thousaud dollars, and "went in." From Liocoln I came to this beautiful city beautiful, indeed, aa any city of its age in the West. It is known as the "City of Trees," and was laid out twenty-fix yearn ago. It is two miles distant from DosMoines V. 11 It, which is being changed to pas through the place. A new road running from St. I'aul, Minn., to St. Loui?, Mo., will be completed in eight months. Here we had a fine view of the eclipse, a this place is on the central line, or but two miles distant from it. Men fiom Philadelphia were here making observations. The larger party, however, stopped at Oltumwa, their instruments being too large to transport. Being independent of telescopes and scientific men, 1 smoked a piece of glass and repaired to a suitable place to make observations, the notes of which you willexcuse me from sending, as they would doubtless prove uninteresting to your readers. To describe the scene it would be impossible. To say that it was magnificently grand, would but express the idea of ail those who witnessed it. At no point along the line of totality were the people favored more highly than here. For two or three days previous to the eclipse, the - weather was cloudy, so as to have hindered observations if it had continued so: but in accordance with the ordering of a Divine Providence, the sky cleared and the sun shone out on the day of eclipse so'as to make the view perfect. At about 3 45 tbe moon made its appearance on the north-western portion of tbe sun, and from this time the atmosphere grew perceptibly cooler, until by tliiime the moon had passed directly between the sun and the earth it was quite chilly, and the dew fell so as to dampen the srassconsiderably. The time of total darkness was about three minutes. No part of the sun oould be seen, and tbe darkness was but a little less than bright star-light. It would have been the same, in my opin ion, had it not been for the reflection of light from the horizon. , North and South of us at the horizon could be seen a beautiful band .of light which plainly showed ua the extent of the shadow.. Mercury stepped out to . take a view of the-' gazing -multitudes, and Venus was the largest sua

we had.. Gawky young roosters, and wayward pullets went to roost Ifcsiaatet.'Vhile the old sharpers, much astonished at the turn of affairs'.' bnt not hurt, ' moved off slowly.- , When the . sun . reappeared, itcame as Suddenly as a flash of lightningY almost blinding a person looking at it with the bakedeyeiTheotch.'whicr ap-5 peared on the lower edge of the moon I understand was not expected by scientific men. What it wasiisnot known; bat some suppose it was Valley between two large mountains of the moon, .showing very small portion of the san! " -. f As a people we 'should greatly rejoice at this triumph'' of science, follad: thererbeen any divergence from the ealculafions of astronomers upon this importwwt event, it would have been a great hindrance te the progteasjof tlipesl; 2dan argument against, , the infallibility of the laws of a Greatand Mighty God. When I eot,mp1atb the grand eoene presented on that occasion, I am forced to the cotfclasidn, were 1 unwilling to believer jt without this.- occular testimony, s that there is a Supreme Existence that governs, the world and rules in the armies of. the Uoiverse. The man who witnessed that sight without being led to such a conclusion, has a heart as obdurate as a nether millstone. : With several of the teachers I had a fine view from the top of the college here of the country for miles aronnd. When the dark shadow spread its curtain of solemn grandeur over the country, and the stars shone out suddenly, all Nature seemed so suggestive of it, that the old doxoldgy cant ' across- mind. ' - Who knows but the Great I A as has- fur arranged the on?er of things a to mike ueb' events as. these witnesses of His ewn Powfr a niF fi rpn t nst Tn rtn itrrwnl nan tti

. . ...w scientific world became so enthusiastic, cvev Hie occurrence as to travel thousands -m'Aea to an available point to witness it thus confirming the evidences of God's Supreme Power. Sot I most close this epistle, and hop ;g you will exwe my scattered thotfj;htsfor the present bid you adieu. J. 2. B. - Editorial Glort. - The fame which many have won in tliachair editorial has, in most all instances heen the result of a world of labor. Even the toil, anxiety artf responsibility of pub lishing and editing a weekly , is ofttu a las-la aamcient to wear out the soul of most any mere common man. The attribatttr of character essential t3ch a position are so rare that iat few men are ever yropely inoB 8-r appreciated as editor?r and a still less number make the calling financial success, or attain lo any pari ocular faaie or eminence.' Party aw bit W has given' being an if fettu to aiany new.pyeri, bnt the eeniu. that Ian make them- a sece.i, and the talent which can edit' them with any high toned, ttaactive ability is as rare a tn crowns of editorial distinction: The misfortune !k ben t&at the met who potMird power as editors- - have toi generally bowed trt tHoi s-enreless-atid nonpacing dogma which so generally clmracterizes the ewsj'jirial religion of thsv people "that edttors do r, ec iontlietmscn cs, do not write f iWelves-r but like preachers and x 9- r.t8r.v Ift providential and subservient rnt'ivis- ci the oublic order." It is a -Vilt ny.true historian cau well dtr-ny, rt wfevrff one editor goes to l"ingteM. a handle i others in. destly retire to the shade T poverty and obscurity. Alter having !ei ved their d. v and generation as itep-ping-fctones to I . usands of ot hers, in moj-t instances, posits, ii.." far les Wrior, prjnT cip! or intolligenc an tltiuUe, iWey are ungratfuiiy iln"Wii among ike rab; bifh of life's great temple, vtry lvialy lobe seen or known no roor." forever. ..'- i ouiitcat m pate becomes .''eir wn'J ai'i - T'7 I ...iidin u-l.il.. .. i.n bt-An ihn ci. nr ismatf ineir oouiiy Jiiieruteui uuu i he gods. , . .' : - With such a picture of life's great sctivitjts before ibeut, who would not desire to 6 an editoi? Ilow many are willing to tay, "Noi.e of tViese things move we, neither CL'iotI my lifo dear unto myself,' o I may but Jive and die in the ohuir ed ituriai? White 'ateiu N E VV ADVERTISE ME NTS PUBLIC SALE. ' NOTICE heiebj- given that 1 wfTI eff.jr for fhIo on the fariu known s lbe Wiw. .trt'lur farm, one utile Kast of ttrokviie, om tb Wvturit road, , On &iturdg, S-pUuibcr 18A, the fcllowinjt dereribed personal properf , "in a bead of Horse. 4 Mitch Cuw, i ug Ilog!. one gooJ two-horse Wnitim, I Dall 7?tng Machine, 1 food Fanning Mill, 1 llT tl arrow. Plow, liarne, aad rations otheratides too teiiou to mention. 2Sle to roinm'J at a o'eloek A. M. Tenae 3de known on dJ f le. JOHN W. SPRADLI,N0. An?. 2t, 1369. $15. Gold Watches. $20. -TIIE ONLY O.ENINE j 00X5 6 0 WACKS MANUFACTURED BY THE OROIDE WATCH CO , are all of tbe best make. Hooting Cares, Watranted not to tarnish; look like fine Gold, weir like Gold, and are Kqual to the Best Gold Watohef in icake and Saieb; with the lest Fntl Jeweled Detached and Patent Levers, Extra Fine Cases, (tienf and Ladies' iae,)$I5 eaeh. THE DOUBLE EXTKA KBFItfED. SOU" OROIDE GOLD, A Ko. 1, Fall Jeweled Letr. -at $20 each. Sei.t bt Express anywhere within the rmtea States, at regular wholesale prices, payable- oa delivery. S o money is required in advance, only satisfactory assurance that the order is made " good faith. Akv Packagk mat bk opkkkd a Examined before paid for, by paying the Jtxpress charges only. , , Persous can order by mail with safety, by lenaing money in advance, in a. Registered letter, snu the goods will be sent as a Registered Paeks tiranaid . at nur risk. An Agent goading for six w atcnes, win au Extra Watch Free making seven $l V, atc&e for or seven $20 Wathes for $120. ' ALSO ELEGANT OROIDK.GOLD CHAI of latest and most costly styles, for Ladien sua Gentlemen's wear, from 10 to 4 inches lon, prices of $2. $4, $8 and $8 each; sent with natta. at lowest wholesale prices. ,..... Our Watehes are all made of the GENt lJ0 SOLID OROIDE GOLD. Refined, are all rerfe"" ly regulated and adjusted, and Gaarantee.l ;j the Company to keep correct time and wear a not tarnish. State the kind, sixe and P"C watch required, and order only of - ' - THE OROIDE MT ATCH CO., 148 Fulton Street, New .lu'kaog. 27-2m. REAL ESTATE FOB SALE r for sale mv Farm in Salt Creek Tew being the North East Qaarter ot Section ' .n T.. 1! th. North West ". teen, Town Eleven; also the North

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