Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 41, Brookville, Franklin County, 8 October 1869 — Page 2

Indiana American.

C. H. BINGHAM, Editor. t t -IJKOOKVILLK-'rriiaj Morning, October 8, 1869. The Public Debt Statement Saowt th gratifying reduction during trie month of September of $7,467 429. The debt has been reduced since the present administration came into power ?56,968,188. This ebows what can te done by economy and a better enforcement of tbo internal revenue laws. Immigrants, but not Coolies from China. Mr. Koopruanscap, tbe reputed Califor nia coolie trader, was in Washington re-j ccntly. It it Mated that 1 c aurcd the j authorities that he had no intention of 1irinri0 anv Chinese to this country ex- t cept as immigrants, of their own choice, and was assured in return that he would r- a v not be molested unless he violated the laws gainst coolie importation. Mr. K. is about to enter into a contract with several JCcw Orleans merchants and planters of the South to supply them with Chinese labor. He will visit Memphis, Te'oo , New Orleans, and other portions of the South, and will address the Commercial Convention, Oct. lOib. On the 4th of November Le leaves for San Francisco, to obtaio the number he may have contracted for by that tin.e. He has recently contracted with the Texas Land Company for 3:000 Chinamen to work their lands, the men to receive from 58 to tlO Ier month ind board. In China, he states, they receive only S4 per month. In ! a next March or April he expects to arrive ! ia Washington wiih a large importation. J Th New Indian Policy. vTbe Indian tribes are gradually gathering, upon the reservations set apart tor them, and the Quaker agents are enjoying j a Taif chance to inaugurate and carry out j an honest and equitable policy with these j (lavages, wbo have such abundant reason j to distrust and bate tbe white man. Tha St. Louis Republican gives an ex- j V i - I tended account of the Indians on the res-j testations in the department ot Lower j Arkansas. Their number is as follows: J Cheyennes, 2,200, Arrap.l.oes, 1,800, j iviowas, i.ouii; APaci:es. i,o..u, Com-! anches, 350. In addition to these there areaboutl.OOOCudJasand Wachi.as. Sue cess has not attended tie agricultural op erauons so i.r, i ui uurrbtcn.ru. ... .u.a , direction arc expected in the course of j time, as the Indians acquire habits of - 1 dustry. For jcars the Indians have been j pushed wcstwaid by the tide of civiliza- . . f i : : .j. - ' tian: but now there is no West to rush ,h.v surrounded on all ride.. ! ----- t, i - 7t" - J remnants of the tribes has become a necessity. The "tjuaker svstem" seems to work well. The Indians are finding out .v.. - m a t. a . i : : r :

mat mo gamers see me anieiiora.iun jWhcn curiosity was appeased by the ghasttheir condition, and are honest in tbe dis- j ,v 5jqh(3 ffiet Jhft he pensation of the rations and annuities ; pecple in a daz0(1 8B(J bcwiillerea way Uaderthe old system the agents seldom caUje t0 COJuprebcod thc cbarac!er of the liTd with the tribes, while thc new agents j ,jijaeitr , pani() M;Icd ,hew nj evcn a abide with them. The only traders allow-- mort lVaTful ca!alnity was tbrcatened ed uu the reservations are Post traders, ,brou-h their terror. Strenuous exertions who are appointed by the Department were roa(je by the cooler aul calmer to Commander, and aic under military au- : quiet ani a)ay excitement , and after a tbprity. The O, i.kcr agents now there ,-n e somethinS like order was evoked, and are Brinton D. Arlington, for lhe Airap. J a survcy niaje of tiie extent of the casualahoes and Cheyenne, and Lausic Tateni. . fv for the Comanches and Kiowas. These J The latest information about the exploajntsare sid to be men .f great indus-Uioo places the number of killed, who have try and integrity. Thc -iakers are bring- i been identified, at twenty one. Tbe Coroipg on their own men, as etiq lojes and ! ncr ll3S a i 0f remains which, it is

assistants in operations. ajriicu'lural and rucditii.u! ' A GolJ Gambling Dili. Senator Wilson contemplates introducing a bill at thc next session of Congress to Stop the operations of gold gambltr in Wall street, lie designs to nuke it a pen alty to sell or purchase gold unless the fall amount of eted. coin sold is actuilly dcliv - Law and Order Established in the South, Senator Spencer, of California, and Spencer, of California, and Jno. G. Stokes, of Alabama, had a long interview with the President on Tuesday morning, on tbe subject of complete ietoration of law and order in the St.u'h. The result of tbc interview was highly - satisfactory, and comp'-itnentsry to the people of thc South and their interests. The President hopes to visit the South this winter. Democracy in Tex3s. A special dispatch from Houston says tbe so-called Democratic Convention at Bredham consisted of five editors. The Democratic party, through its Executive Committee, refused to call a convention, or make any nominations for Governor. Tbe Democratic party -f Texas have no sympathy or connccii".. with this move. The Government has inform ition that the Cuban privateer Hornet has put into Wilmington, Noitb Caiolina. d 1 ecu detained by the United States authorities there, and the United States Marshal tclgraphs for instructions. Thc ram Menu, wtticii began on aiurA ni.ht and ended on Mondav forenoon. the heaviest ever known on thc Atlan- .! l.i. bt inches of rain is said to ..u have talien atone point in Connecticut, H- riivr liav risen ti a irreatcr hciht iii.n Jiavr jittxii.t-d at anv tune since The dama-'C to railroads, telegraphs cnal, mills and other prcpcity is ;.,.w ,n.1 tt.trr Ins bccii f'Tio

Ins of lif-.'

A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER.

Explosion of a Steam Boiler at tha State Fair Grounua. One o'clock Friday afternoon (says the 'the Indianapolis Journal) was the hour as-.M-oed lor tbe trial of portable engines and saw mills, at the State Fair, and into the competition several firms entered, among them Sinker & Co., engine builder?, and Long, Joseph & Carter, sawyers. The test bad been completed, and tbe victory, if a victory it is, had been won by the Sinker machine. Seven minutes and a balf of ?air.g bad been done, witb every part cf tbe engine and mill strained to the utmost tension, after which the fires bad been permitted to go down and the machines to rest. About three o'clock, Mr. Sinker's foreman thought it advisable to saw up tbe legs on hand, so as to clear up for removal on the morrow. The engine was started, and the task accomplished with the exception of two "turns.' 1 he a pit beneath the saw was filled with sawdust, and a temporary rest was taken, to allow two colorod helpers to clean it out. A larse circle of interested lookers-on were gathered about the area occupied by the machinery, while here and there over the grounds were scattered twelve or fifteen thousand people. At a moment of undisturbed quiet, while the hum of machinery was hushed and attention directed toward the ricg, in which the fast trotting was about to commence, a noise like the explosion of a park of artillery saluted the ear, and a concussion of the earth as of an earthquake sent a thrill of fear to the heart. A volume of steam, a blinding cloud of dust and smoke, the air filled with debris of timber, of pieces of iron, of shreds of clothing, parts of human beings, of groans and of shrieks, men failing .hither and thiilie.r, and ranks opening as it plowed through with grape and shrap nel, told the fearful tale of an explosion. The engine, a moment before a thing of beauty, obedient to the touch of man, was torn anj renl by a mighty convulsion; its comeliness gone, its parts scattered to the four wiuds, hardly a joint left in integrity, That which in one second had been an implement of industry, in the next was turned into a sickle of death reaping and j mowing its victims in a swath confined by R0 Tac anj measured by no regularity. T,,e pccM wjjs onfi t the 5toutest '-!heart. The immense crowd, onlv informed enough to know that a terrible accident ha(1 ;ccurred sw d anJ . , k j mighty billows, breaking over every confije aUi tIir,atening t0 adJ ,0 lhe ,Ut o by lrami,Hng beneath their feet SOrtje of the weaker and the smaller, who wcrc recling sbout io tbc vortex in mtcr tdptessncss. First impelled by cariosity, . . , , . J T J V " . . " Ine sguna eanie; me maimea ana wounded 1 ..: l- i .1 .jm.j, .L.uutiu .c..iy were oerwue.meu, , and doubtless some were killed outright who might have lived had they been auowea air ana given attention at once. thought, are parts of three more bodies, making the total killed twenty four. One of the unid23ti6evl bodies has been recognized as that of George K. Bailey, of Skcneatles New York. Some three of the rounded it is thought will not live. The City Council of Indianapolis ap I "1"" ' 1 . renci luna, ana ' al Fomltu a cemmmec io asw :or suoscnp - t ions from al' road. Another meeting is i tiled for, when a proper organization j will be effected on the part of the citizeni . cf 1 i.Jian a j oli s . The necessities of the , 0f Indiana! olis. The necessities of the ; sufferers are very g:eat. j Ti e investigations of the Coroner's Jury throw the blame K'pon thc engineer, aild exonerate the owners of the engine. The evidence seems to show beyond a doubt that lhe engine was well built of tbe best material, and that though it had stood a pressure of 130 pounds, the pres sure was tturty pounus less at tr.e time ol t&c explosion, lhe evidence also shows that the water was undoubtedly allowed to belsw the first gauge, exposing the ; crown liect and "owing it to get red hot. It had been stopped about six minutes and the explosion occurred at thc moment the water was turned on. Thc following is a correct list of the killed; P. L. Davis, Indianapoli; John Gall, Indianapolis; John Wi.'son, Indianapclis; Jerome rpr-ggs, colored, India. ...rolis; tiustab I.cidler.Indhnapolis; P.;. Krcitz, Indianapolis; Ignatius L. Rossettcr, Irdianapoiis; M. B. McVey. Marion county, inuiana; .lonn a. .ucvey, Aianon county, Indiana; Clara Dawson, Marion county, Indiana; lxuel ieveriy, 1 aragon, inaiaoa, A. P. Jackson. Memphis, Indiana: Philo M. Penham, Ft. Wayne, Indiana; Daniel . Loir- Vienna. Indiana: John Labour.! c- - - t ranklin, Indiana; Isaac barker, liamil-i ton county. Indiana; John Slack, Hob j l.ov. Indiana. 1 wo bodies are not ccr taiti!v ident'fiod. Wounded Mr l":.il.'n.-l wir. Ti.l thro chiUrcn. ail vlishtlv iniuiCil; tico. W aldo, . lily 1 1 juice Anna

1 mliacitiolid, Ladi iu

head:

Smith, twelve years old, Indianapolis, bad j Jy in the shoulder; Geo. Grenner, I ndia-I

napolis, injured in tbe tbigb and head; j Mrs. Dunlapi Columbus, Indiana, badly in back and hips; George P. Kelley, Connersville, Indiana, leg fractured; Janus Sweet, Superintendent of the Eagle Machine Works, Indianapolis, slightly; John Duncan and wife, Franklin, Indiana, slightly. The following additional wounded are reported: James Chance, Rockville, In diana, scalded; Richard Matheny, Lima, Ohio, arm and ribs broken; Robert Butltr, ,. ,. u j xt- m Tn ' Indianapolis, scalded; Miss Maggie Bell, i e .,, . - i- .v.r . of Connersville, injured in the foot. Vive horses were killed by tbe explosion. . . Republican Nominations in Mississippi. The Republican Convention at Jackson, Miss., bas made lhe following additional nominations: For Auditor, II. Musgrave; for Treasurer, W. II. Yasser ;for Attorney General, J. S. Morris; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, H. R. Peaee. Resolutions to tbe following effect were adopted: 1st. U nion ursi, im idu ivrocr. " , ' . . - 2nd. Freedom of speech and of the r press. 3d. Universal suffrage and universal amnesty. 4th. Free schools their benefits to be extended to every child in the State. 5th. Opposition to that unjust system of taxation which discriminates against labor, and unjustly bears upon the industrial classes. 6th. Revision of tbe conditions of free labor, with the view especially to a more summary process for the recovery of debts. 7th. Adherence to the 13th and 14th Amendments to tbe Constitution of the United States. 8th. Exercise of the whole political influence of the State wi'h Congress for immediate removal, as provided, of the disabilities imposed by the 14th Amendment. 9th. Ratification of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 10th. The new Constitution of Mississippi, with the disfranchising and proscription clauses left out. The Fifteenth Amendment Does Not In elude Chinese. Senator Morton thus summarily disposed of tbe Chinese question in his speech in Mozart Hall, Cincinnati, last Tuesday evening: We know to what class of persons the 15th Amendment applies. We know lor whom it was intended, and so do you all know. It provides that no citizen of the Uuited States shall be debarred from the right of suffrage on account of race or j color or previous servitude. The Chinese) are not cittxens of the United States, and under tha laws of the United States they cannot be. The laws of the United States do nut permit them to be naturalized, and unless naturalised and first made citizens of the United States, they couldn't possi bly come under the operation ol the hitAmendment. Everybody wbo has (studied the question knows that But it ,1:. .1 . .v . .1. : . VI : ..ow lurowu uut iuai iui. uu.u .1" . . . . 1 'I - 1 V . 1. A

laws ot the United btates they cannot be-; , . . , ,ir ... TT . , and said io a rutlior excited manner: 'It come citixens of the United Statss. bo cbaiUlsn A l bave DOt Lsd anv much then lor that question at this time, j noice uf chrt,s aguinst m9 as dirccUd TZ " , , . j iu our book cf discipline.' The chairman Henry ard Beecher has come out ia j told 1(im to fce calm auJ proceeded t0 read defense of President Grant, against the j tiie paper in his haud, which was about as carpings of the Democratic papers that he i follows: 'We, the miuisteis of lhe Jefwas neglecting the public business by i fersoaville district, alter examining his ,. , , . . m. I conduct during the past lew years, have traveling about thc country. The com-; . ,J ' y J come to the conclusion that llev. b. plaints were so obviously the offspring of ; xincher deserves to be caued in open partisan malice, that they hardly needed j conference, and we Lereby request the

refutation, but Mr. Beecher bas stated the true view of the case bo aptly, that we quote a few words: There bas never, in any administration within memory, been so much executive efficiency as that shown by the present one, in setting reconstruction, in bringing the debauched revenue system' back to health, and in putting the national debt into a sound shape. Yet this, too, has been sij lently and unboastfully done. Thus, in succession, war, peace, reconstruction, nnancial reform, have followed each other. We hear no buzz. W e see no chips flying from tLe lathe. We receive the accom plished results, clean and burnished, without being annojed by the process of the shop, Whcn a man who tas for c;gllt yer9 go- . served the country takes the hot and un- : wholesome month of summer to rest, it is a shame that citizens should need to be i told that their great Aladdin needs vacau . ' : ... .i ' r oe anx.ouMy icucu. It would be better for them, and better for li e country, if our public men had moreiest. They do not live out their days. We have always admired that quiet independence cf Gen. Cirant, which led bim to do what he thought was right without asking leave. He has taken his summer vacation, and we hope he has enjoyed himself. Xo man on this continent has a better ri:ht to. Now, mav heaven spare his , uf t0 show people that businesa can be performed without cackling and crowing The vote in the Methodist Episcopal Church on the question of lay delegation is reported by the New York Methodist of last week as follows: For lay delegation, 140,410; against, 67,044. Majority for, 73,3(5G. Returns from twenty two coofcrcnccs give tbe clerical vote on the ques- , ) arrv . aruCndaient it is tecessarv that . ive the Votes of three-fourths of tbe uicmbera (clerical) of the annual conferences, and this is the only point up . Qn wbich th, iviendsof lay delegation have . soi;eitoa9 . the result of the lav undoubted. So far in the con- , . , v. ,u isite tbree fourth9 vote, and has ninety- . H. one voces to spare. A sreeial dispatch to the Courier-Jour- - j nal, dated Xew Orleans, October 4, says responsible parties, who are just from Cuba, j ! reoort here that a number ot tiie wealt ruest I . i j Cubans who are opposed to insurrection ! have held secret meetings, and have resol -

Ted to unite witb the resident Spaniards fot independence. General Robert E. Lee

was resolved upon for President or the Republic of Cuba, and the position offered him for ten years. Among other resolutions was one guaranteeing protection to life and property to all alike, and another providing for the emancipation of the slaves to be gradual. The documents offering General Lee tbe position of President have been forwarded to him. One of Pendleton's Sorrows. On Tuesday evening, 5th icst., at Ginctnnati, Senator Morton thus disposed of one cf Pendleton s lamentations: Aroang the lamentations on the part of Mr. Tendleton, and the circumstances that be cited to indicate tbe deplorable condition of the country, he referred to the price of breadstuffs, and of agricultural produce generally, and lest I may be suspected of misrepresenting him, I shall beg permission to read that paragraph of his speech to bis audience: "The beneficence of God has Dot failed. Tbe promise of seed time and harvest has been fulfilled. We have bad neither war nor pestilence in our midst. Why should the products of agriculture be so low and . , . , , . , mg, and sowing, and planting, and reap- . b' -, e, . , mi. as manv hours toil, and as manv -e? - acres to produce them as last year or the year before." hat a very strange jumble or ideas this is. Do the laboring men of" Cincin nati say that breadstuffs are too low? that wheat and flour and beef and potatoes are too cheap? And yet tins is the burden of his complaint: that agricultural products are too low, and be brings this as charge against Republican rule. Why I supposed that Vhe low price of breadstuffs was the resMt of our own superabundant crop; that God had blessed us with such harvests as this country had notj seen in b.f a century; that there is now in the cou atry twice as much wheat as there ever was before, and that the great abundaucet of many things that the people live upen, had brought down the prices, and supposed that was a blessing of provi dence instead of being as act of wickedseas on tbe part or ine tvepuoucan party. Laughter and cheers. When we are blamed for cheap breadetuffi and bountiful crop and abundant harvests, and these things are laid at our doors as crimes and misdemeanors, it will be bard for us to make our defense. A Presiding Elder Caned. The folic wing exciting incident occurred iu the South-eastern Indiana Conference, at its recent session: "As is the law of the Church, the Presiding -Elders of tbe seveial districts are called, and tbe Bishop asks the conference, whether there ia anything against them. The name of Rev. Tincher, of the Jcffersonville District, was called, and the usual question, ls there anything against Bro. Tincher?' was asked. One of bis men rose upon his feet and said with apparent diffidence, Yes, Mr. Chairman, 1 have something against Bro. Tincher, and although I have nut previously notified him, 1 hold in my hand a paper containing the verdict of some ot his brethren ! upon some things iu bis past conduct.' : u I j haDded the paper to the Cbairchairman to proceed to execute the verdict forthwith.' Here the Bishop was handed a very beautiful and valuable gold-headed cane. It was handed over to him with a ; very neat little speech, as a token of re spect from his brethren. Alter Mr. 1 lecher recovered, lor he was sold, but not lor nought, he quietiy remarked that if it ever became necessary lor him to be caned again, he 'guessed he could bear it, especially if it come in the same way." Wall street continues failures are announced. quiet. No new Sir Roderick Murchison still believes in the safety of Dr. Livingstone. In his communication on thc subject, he states his belief that Dr. L. will overcome every obstacle, and emerge from South Africa on the same western shore on which be appeared after his great march across that region, and long after his life had been despaind of. Demorest's Ycjuxg America. Tbif bright little Magazine is as full of good things, and as great a favorite with the children as ever. One of the causes of its popularity is because it enters right into the children's occupations and amusements, and makes itself a part of them. We recommend it to all parents who wish to procure a juvenile periodical which combines much and varied instruction with amusement and great originality, fl 50 per annum with a premium. Address S3S Broadway, N. Y. Demorests MONTHLY. 'I he last numher of this popular Magazine is always j said to be the best. Certainly its enterj prising publisher will sustain its brilliant i reputation, and spare no efforts or expense to render ii the best parlor Watrazinc in merica. How he can afford the expeu sivc premiums he gives, io addition to the positive cost of such a periodical, for ?3 bO per year, ia one of the mysteries of publishing. The magnificent picture by Mrs. Lilly M. Spencer, of the "Pic nic," " offered as a premium both to members j of ,C,ubs "d C ub;e"bers' C know ; to have sold ior ten dollars per copy, and and considered chep at that. This is surely , going to the extreme of liberality. Published at S33 Broadway, N. Y. TVio fVirt rn Ciinripfrt President Grant i ; , .1., u ;,. V,.rL i ,. r-. . . . ' to use Mr. Corbio, the New Ycrk IrotherialiUre. Jim risk, no oount, aitemptea

in-law. wbo. tbousb a staid old Methodist,

did Dot seem opposed to pocketing a share of the profit m a speculation, but objected to paying his share of the loss. Ulyses evidently was net in that scrape. Commercial. Beckett Will Be Elected. A correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette writes: Afer a careful examination ol affairs in the Butler and Warren Senatorial District, I feel very safe in assuring our friends that all is right; that Bckett will be elected; and that the '-Butler Pony," who has sought to revenge himself upon the Republican party because its estimate of bis merits differs so widely from his own, will be, for an indefinite period, "turned out to grass." Items of State News. Wild prairie grass is growing in the public square at Terre Haute. Laporte intends investing 20,000 in Nicolson pavement. The Indiana Baptist Sunday School Convention will be held at Fr-.nklin on Thursday and Friday of Stafc Convention week (October 2S-29). Nearly one hundred ounces of quinine have been sold in Frankfort, Clinton County, during a fortnight. Twenty five men, armed to tbe teeth, guarded a house in Vermillion County, several ioiirs, last week, under the belief that they bad two burglars entrapped. The tVieves turned out to be cats. During tbe Martin County bair at Shoais, last week, an Irishman fell oil the railroad bridge, and in his descent struck a pier, and broke his neck. A closely curtained carriage, from which shrieks of a woman detained by force were beard, was driven through a street at New Albany betweeu 1 and 2 o'cK ck Tuesday morning. George Van Blancoa was arrested at Mt. Vernon, on Thursday Dight, and taken to Evansville, on suspicion of being concerned in the incendiary fires at the latter place on Wednesday. He had left Evansville suddenly, and walked to Mt. Vernon during the night. A young man named Clem, living near State Line City, was fatally stabbed by an other young man Darned Becket, as be was going home from an apple bee at the former's hose a few nights ago. There was a difficulty of long standing between the two. Mrs. Clem, confined in the Jeffersonville prison for the murder of Jacob Young and wife, makes clothing for the convicts, and patches them when necessary. Three pair of pants are a task for one day. This work she always accomplishes by noon. Edward Schienlbein committed suicide at the house of a Mr. Dean, a few miles out of Louisville, on Monday night, bytaking poison and then shooting himself. Letters addressed to his wile at Yevay, Indiana, were fouud in his pocket. D. Wilson, a baggage master on the Lafa vctte & Cinci n nati Railroad, was killed uear Indianapolis, on Thursday. He was collecting fires from passengers who were riding on the roofs of the cars, when lhe train entered a bridge, unnoticed by him, and he was struck by a timber and instantly killed. New Albany bas a pioneer named James Guest, betweeu eighty-nine and ninety years old, who saw and spoke with General Washington, General Greene, General Lafayette, Benjamin Franklin, and others, and remembcis when Congress met at Philadelphia. He made ajrip from Pittsburg to New Orleans in a fiatboat, in 1803, and has been a citizen of New Albany about fifty years. A good Democrat, twonty-four years old, was in attendance at court last week in Petersburg, who, born and raised iu Pike County, bad never before been in Petersburg, has nevei been out:-ide of the county, and had never seen a neuro until the day he came to town, and the first tencent piece he ever spcat he gave to a barber there for shaving. The statement that John S. Risley, formerly of Yigo County, who died in the Southern prison, a few days ago, had conlessed to the murder of Lucas, for which he was sent to the penitentiary for life, is denied by Colonel Shulcr, the warden. An hour before Kisley died he declared he was innocent of the murder charged upon him. At Evansville, on Wednesday evening just after dark, a young girl remarkable lor the length and beauty of her hair, went into a wood house of the family wi:h which she lives, where she was seized suddenly by the hair and one cf her braids was cut off with some sharp instru merit by a person who sprang into an alley and escaped. The Richmond Radical says: "Thc yearly meeting of the IIicki:e Frier.ds we j learn has been very well attended, and unusually interesting. On Sunday, a j I nend from letincee and anotber from j Pennsylvania, delivered able and impres- ; sivc sei uiot.s. Oii Sunday evening r nenus jot uar city sp. ke wen. .Mr. li.ckle, too. made an tscclient speech There was an unction about the exercises which wes un usual, and which may be traced to the influence of the revival. It'has unquestionably made its mark on the liic-ksite Friends as well as others. A series of prayer meetings, ki own as 'Cottage meetings,' have been held among them. They began with seven, and ended with ninety members. They were held at private houses, and have ! made a decided impression." There was a spirited railroad meeting at Columbus last Wednesday, in the interest of an c.-!t and weet ronil. at whieh articles : AcAiotTn tcrA ntlfnf Cil tor a line CO tilunncing at sonic point on the Wabash riviv'

er, in bullivao county, running

tbense , westerly through the counties of Sullivan, Greene, Monroe, Brown, Bartholomew and Decatur, to Greensbure. Delegates were present from all those counties, and the j following Directors were elected: Decatur, W. Curoback and James B. Foley; Bartholomew, B. F. Jones, K. Griffith and W. W. Herod; Brown, James S. Hester and Eugene Cully; Monroe, J. B. Mulky and James Small? Greene, Marcus II. Shryer and H. C. Owens; Sullivan, Joseph W. Wold and Sewell Coulston. Another meeting will be held at Bloomington Octo ber 9. The Ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment. Some Democratic papers seem to derive great satisfication from the circumstance that the act ratifjing the Fifteenth Amendment, passed by the Legislature of Indiana, was not jorwirded to asnington ana certified to bv Governor Baker, but only by tbe Secretary ot btate, under the broaa seal of the State. There is no law of the United States making it the duty of tbe Governor to end forward to the Secretary of State at Washington any act of the State Legislature. The Governor is not the custodian of the laws, or of the public records. They are kept by the Secretary of State, who only has authority to furnish official copies. The joint resolution ratifying the Constitutional Amendment does not require the approval of the Governor, was not submitted to him, he has no official knowledge of its existence, and has no knowledge of 11 other than that which belongs to every citizen of the State. It is a legilative act with which he has nothing to do, and it is not competent for him to send an official copy to lhe Secretary of State at Washington, or to any body else. The official copy of the joint resolution, properly certified, was sent to Washington by the Secretary of State, has been placed on file, and Indiana will be counted among those States which have ratified the Fifteenth .mendmeut. The act is in due form, and its validity cn not be ques tioned for any technical or substantial reason. Not only was there a constitutional quorum present when the act was passed, but the Suj rcme Court ol the Stale has decided that, being certified to properly by the officers cf the two Houses, no question Can be raised as to tbe want of a quorum, or other irregularity in the passage ot the act. In no point of view, therefore, can there be any trouble or question about the ratification ot the Fifteenth Amendment by Indiana, and the Deuueraiic poliiician should eeasa u fret over the subject. here, however, the rat i neat ion oi Statu has been auiv coiliDed to tv a f"fc retary of State undtr the seal of the State, the fact that the te.-oluiion has been for .) . i... UA i - ...-. ...... HnnA ku 1 t,. , I I ., fT .. r. it Veu V.irL- il.i.w Twit . v. i. .1 . i j . r.i . , impair i lie v auuny o. ihch hiuvu forwarded by the Governor or the agent I of an fxj s company would iu such case, tiitkc r.o uilicrence. u-iu u ncen the dutv cf Governor Baker to have yen! tli ,-, in:ii. ii to Yahijr'on, he WO!l undoubtedly have lorwarded it without a word cf ol jeetiou. Ind. Journal. Mr. T. T. Suwart bas delivered him self of this ora.eul.-ir sentence t; the World reporter, who. interviewed him to give his i views on nnurcc: j "I disapprove of the poTicy of selling l :old and purchasing ootids wiih the pro cecds, believing, as I do. that it will never lead us, as it is probably meant to lead us, tosjecie pajn tn'. ISuch a policy would Tint fend us to such a result in ten years no, ncr in a hundred. The purchase of I bot.ds wiih gold give the speculators means i to carry on tl eir operations. This policy j is unqur siionably of creat benefit to those: who have no inesus of their own. While! solvent men will entirely oppose this policy, it will be approved of by those who are sbBky.'" This was wiifen out by thc reporter, ard submitted to Mr. Stewart for approval, and the terms trimmed by him, and thus it was marie the infect expiession of his views on finance. But the only positive iuior luation conveyed in this is the country's loss because Mr. A. T. Stewart is not Secretary of the Ticasury. We were not aware that anvbidv contemplated that the policy of selling gold and buying bonds i j l : . - - : . 1 f r!vl- I J ' earsor in a thousand vturs. it nail no such intent. It waseduiply to use the surplus in thc Treasury to retire the interestbearing debt. Thi- only way to specie payment is by retiring the greenbaate currency, and this depends on Congress, which has foibiddcn it. We have seen the results of the popular scheme to come to specie payment by "bearing" gold; and af ter the w aste of many millions of -the Treasury of gold in "bearing" the market, we have seen the premium jump from SO to GO in three days. And it can do the san.e again. How would Mr. Stewan being specie payment? lie gives no light, lie wouldn't pay the bonds, because it gives L-old t-peculators the means to carry on their operations. How? It is the small quantity cf gold that, gives the "bulls" the means of their speculations. W ould he lock up all the gold in the Treasury to take away the means of speculation? We ratber think that this delphio sentence, into which Mr. Stewart injected all his financial wis'd'im, has shown that it was fortunate for the country that the little pioviso in the law of 1701 kept hiui in the line of trade which he understands. Gazette. The tioubles with the farmers are aeeu mulating. This is a year of such plenty that tbe produce of the soil is cheap. Tbe sun and the soil have beeu too gracious and generous The last trouble is, that this is what the old settlers call a ' mast year." The vvtol- are full of nuts black walnuts, butternuts, hazelnuts, hickory nuts. Hogs will fatten in the beech woods this fall, and become oily as whales without an ear of coru. This is ruin. Commercial. Thc income tax lalis with greater severity npon those in the middle rank of life than upon the wealthy. The clerk and bookkeeper, or small tradesman, or me chanic, or farmer, who has an income of! from S1.500 to S-J 000. is taxed from 825 to S.")0. It cripph s many to raise this sum out of the funds which oucht to be devoted to family necessities. TKnouirer. People iu the ' middle ranks of life will hardly see the piut. r irst, a ceduc in addition all Hon ol 51,000 is allowed: taxes paid during tiie previous year are

deducted, and house rents are also taken

out. A man, therefore, who is in receipt fay he income ta'x A ot or 5a,uuu per year is not digman who receives a salary over $1,000 ' and house rent and taxes, can aiiord to pay a trifle toward paying the debt contracted in put ting down tne uemocratic rebellion. The income tax falls upon those who are best able to pay. (Gazette. Detailed Report of Captain Hall's Ex pedition. New York. Sentpmbpr 50 Mr. Hall's detailed report of his Arctic expedition is published. It appears that there is no longer even a shadow of hope that any one survives from Franklin's company. It is feared none of then reached even as far as Montreal Island, and their bones lie scattered along the coast of King William's Land, some iu isolated :ravcs and others iu camping places, where they died iu companies. Tim melancholy history has its crowning hor- , ror in the knnwlerice that ihcv dip A Kv starvation, through tbe base behavior of the Esquimaux, and that learning their fate, Captaiu Hall was reduced to the aw ful necessity of taking the life of on of his own mutinous wen. Mr. Hall stale ed. One of them consummated the great Northwest Passage, having five meu aboard. Tbe evidence of the exact number is circumstantial, as is everything about this Northwest Passage. The ship of Sir John Franklin's expedition was in eomplete order. Four boats were hanging, up at the ship's sides, and one was on the quarter deck. The vessel was in the-win. ter housing of sail cloth. This vessel was. found by natives, near O'lveilly Island, latitude 68 degrees 30 minutes West,, longitude D9 degrees S minutes West, early in the spring of 1849, it being frozen io, the midst of a smooth and unbroken fioa of ice of only one winter's formation. Bank Robbery. Norwalk, Conn., October 2. The robbery of the bank here was not discovered until this morning. The vault had been pried open, and lying at a distance of ten feet was the iron door of the safe, a niasa of iron weighing -1.000 lbs, where it was blown with powder. Thexplosion occurred about 1 o'clock this morning, aud waa. heard by several persons, who endeavored, to ascertain the cause, but without succtsaj. The loss of tha imik amounts to aboat S;0 OQO, and that of private depositors t STO W0 or 80.000. The burglar's fool, which are left behind, are siiutUr to thoK used in tbe Ocean Bank robbery. Ouo f the depositors was exceedingly fortunate. He hd placed bis entire fortune in act old pocket book in-S-is box, whicli was ! found iu the rubbish all safe. Mr. Stephen .Moiiiter, editor of the? Volk?Vlattp and one oi lhe uvjat influentiaV : (jrertn ir.s ot ll imil'ou c utv. rxoiiouncei the i usion ticket in l.,incia.iiaii ; ut a ntrtiti, cnrrirpt ff- niftnnons nifnjueof ji ".wi it re ft ouu li it. Jlc Jjttn.'.' McLean is the inspiring genius ot the Kntuirer. t would be- a- tittinj; rebuke to. . i. .1 : : i ii i. : .u ..! n .... i a . .-uvaiu PIIWtT II I Ul IIU UAH lll'l iiuuc mim oarter lie tierinan vote, as tie uungines.. Tbe Germans w'Ai pr.oba.bly rt-member hi cour.-e toward General W illich, and reward him fr it Journal. N E W A D V E R T c E hi h T S 1'fiini'siin HUE ur.iTors igrc-J will his real estate j j-ra IitmiiiI rc'.J firunieu iu .ueiaiuiirak LH.klin County, li.Ui..a, j On Salunhri, Oct. 23, lS(lf, i con Msti' g cf , Tan Yard Property, with f vr fifr f lxnil ai'j ir.inir tigi-ihi-r will I) ct!ii g lloii.-e thi reon; ti; I.ree -r f lain! situated i nc-hull onle south of iMemmur, nne-hii!f ( whirh i olt m td, lm Inr.oe iu vd timber. A 'so. 7 tmt of l!i r.-s, 5 Mili-h Cnws, lot i t.f Stoik Uig-iinii 1'iitMi.irig Dcjp, UtuslitH ar;J Kitrhtn l iumturr. fale in com mt' tea si IP o'tloek A. M. Ttrn.a ina-lc known i-ti Jay of .ie. Oct. 5, 1869 Svr. HEX It Y TOXH. A I) 1 i M ST li AT 0 ITS SALE OF REAL ESTATE. THF. underjipt ed ndn iiiittrntor of the estate r.f Henry C. Gullii n, c'enntrd, sell at public huci.i n, en tbe f remise, if aot iiJ heiurthai date at j.rivnte flc, On iatitnliy, Xornilrr Clh, 1 SO?, the folli wii'g drscrilcd real estate, to-wil: The un-livi.led two-thirds cf Lot N o. 40 in thit nrt ol the town ot OrooKvme, Frunktin County, ! tr.i a hi i.ui hv Je.se U. riiomi? and other, Ai.-o tint iart of Lot Xo. 43 in thc me tilitol saii town ot l!rookvi!!e, commencing at the Situta Wet corner of lhat r-orlion of said lot owned by Julia A. M cCarty, thence tfouth with lhe Wtt line of said lot 6S feet and 4 inches, thence Ei 82' fcet t0 tlie Kast line of said tot, thence Xi-rtfc on .he Eaftlineet fid lot to the North Easterner thereof, thenci V'est 2 feet and 6 inche" to th East line of that part of said lot owned by "J1" Keehler, thence South along said Ka hler's ' line 40 feet, thence West on the South line r said Kcehler-s lot 30 feet to the North Enst corner of that, pnrtton cf siid lot 4? owned by Jl A. McCarty, thence South on said Julia A. MCarty'a East line 20 feet, thence West on McCartj's South line to the place of beginning the Fame to he sold in parcels, if the interest ot said decedent's estate wiil be promoted thereby. TERMS OF SALE One-third ot the purchar money to be paid on the day of sale, one tnira in six months, and the residue in twelve montna from the date of sale. Deferred payments to gceured by notes waiving the benefit rvalua.io and appraisoneni law of the State t.f Ic,1,n. and bearing interest from date of ale and "1 mortgage on the premises S'.ld. ' - hS WILLIAM W. BU1LER. Oct. 8, 1869 Iw. y Adu-iBistr.K". WHIT E WATER VALLEY BAIL EOiD COMPANY. NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 22, TnE annual meeting cf the Stockholders "f Whita Water Valley Kail Uod Co. . hold at their office at Har-is-n, Indiana, on day the twenty-fifth (25th)d;1y of O'.0? " , at ten ( Id) o'clock A . M ., lor theelect.on " Directors, and such otoer business s may before the meeting. Tcr order of the l re. oct. l-4w. PALL MILLINERY. 1869 DEVOU & Ofc !..,- in stock d Have io stock constantly surf all tne Novelties in Millinery v Lmo shall have faithful . lion. .,u 83 & 85 Fearl Street. CINCINN'A"1I Trv? rX? Vvi i TT7T .TT1 i OMJV,MFHD l I TiKnorC VILLIj. I-f-'-JOSEPH FRIES, Pf-nnrlftCr. a .i,.itl attemicd to. Hia- f ... . 5- .1, nai.l lor W Be-"-bu.hcla of Wheat wanted fCf.