Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 46, Brookville, Franklin County, 12 November 1869 — Page 2

Jnt)iaiui Awcricatu

C. H. BINGHAM, Editor. -UliOOKVIU.B' (MR M(jt TTid.y Korn'nc, November 12, 1S69. Senator Morton's Talk xulh the President. Senator Morton bad a long talk witb. tbe President, en Monday, tipoo the Cnban J -etUoa, and upon the resnnjptien of specie payments. The Seoator expressed himself as strongly in favor of the cause f free Cuba, bat held the opinion that the "fecogmtion of belligerency was an Executive act, and not a nutter for Congress to "lake part in. The Senator opposed the idea of a speedy resumption of specie psyureit. -r Re-survey of Distilleries. The special whisky gangers sect by Commissioner Delan have just gene over .the work of the local gangers in all the 'distilleries of Hamilton county, Ohio. In ix mil was right. The remaining tbree Yal over three hundred thousand barrels, Vf Vhtch two hundred and- fifty were jaaarked two per cent, below teal proof, Antonc the several thousand barrels tx s, mined n error against the Vieveramefit t five hundred gallons w. found. Ibis a attributed to am innocent mistake of the ."ocal ganger, and tl:c distillers tre Lot be 4ieved to be implicated. BeulwcU's Views. ... ti.... .r n.ll J .. . e temates recommcr.,!; a plan for the resumption of specie payments at an early Jay as originated for a New York sensaties. There is g,od foundation for the MMnil ill Svrtrv hs c.inae to the conclusion that the West and Sou!h lave not sufficient banking facilities for th transaction of iheir business, and that hh a plan for f umisl.ing those sections with additional currency. Organized Immigration - Tfce immigration f foreigners to this eotintTy is becomir,: more organized than

it baa been. The German and Scandi-jtuary avians have been for a good while coming

and settling in societies or companies j throughout the West as rrcen:ly in j

Missouri, nucie m ecac irom ciwo.m mske up a Strong ticket that will insure bought a largre tract of country on whivh ,' success at the October election, to locate 1.500 families. Bat row the I ' As Treasurer of State, Gen. Kim Wilis French, who never took very freely of our !irj? second term, and is not eligi- ..... , . ibletXTider eur statute for a third term. 0ii, are organu:ng in New lorkcity to rv . e - . t , . n p, 3 i i hercforc, a rew man will have to be balp families forwsra la Mr.cpherson t oun , ( i,or., snd who shall it be? Among the ty in Kansas; while the Iiihmen of St. ; politicians of the State there are, doubtLouis, in a convention, have planned an 'less,' number who would accept the place association to facilitate the settlement of iif " wa; 'Wt d no doubt , .v. ... !rt.any of tbcm w,-uld make coed and ef-

uc5.u u, And South. i temporary ouspension i Vinisss. - -..-. c - e The canvafs between J udge Dent and : General Alcorn in Mississippi, has been closed temporarily, by mutual consent. Judge Dent goes to Washington on pro fessional basiness, and General Alcorn to j his home, to attend to private business Ctmrch and State. There are .Mirns that ih inrrst tK ! Roman Church will be seriouslv en langer ,j v. . . ,V d throughout Kupe, ,n case the Leu

. ....v... , in i,,,. vviiiigf, inu ikir toe past lour with, civil affairs, or the prcgicss of Liberal ! years Cashier of theTirst National Bank" political principles. of h's city. -In whatever capacity Mr. Lynch bss served, he has always pre.emiTrealies Indorsed in China. nently shown his ability for the tak be- - A telegram to Secretary Fish, from Mr. ?r V"4' finticial ability is heartn ,. . , . .. ' ply aekrtowledged by ail who, as stockBorlmgamc, received within a few tlays, j holders or otherwise, are interested in, and says that he (Builingamc) had just rc- j familiar with, the conduct of that enter-

ceived official coi.fiimaiion from the j Fr,slr" Linking Uouse. Modest, and of Chinese Government, of ail that he ,i'.i: Mr Lynch would . . . . , .- . I never rat lutseu forward and strusrle doms tn treating with the tinted States ! r... k-. i.:. .v-.-j. ; o

and other Governments, Army of the Tennessee. .Generals Sherman, Parker, Giles Srci:h ad Terrell, aad O. loncl laj ton, of Gt neral Sherman's staff, and General Thomas

.Crittenden, commaad.ng at K.chmond, ; ,bc cct, c, cur tii u, u( js fm bare made arrangements to attend the) dent and live Republican, and a man who jeting of the Army of the Tennessee, at j'ou'd conduct the tffice of Treasurer cf

LouUvilio, cn the 17tli insi. The IVcsi ) . dt thinks it hardly possible that le will - - ajraed to go if he can errar-e Us flic:.! , business, j Natior.&l Tast Day. In Prussia, a royal dccixe has 1 ccn pre-ta-olgated, appointing tl 10:h day f i

November as a J.iy of fasting and piaver. . 'r- L; neh is well known in this eomThe decree r f.rs to the great religious j :,,T'y, Laving resided here for a number tnwTeacnts agitating Europe, nd calls cn i v' C!rs. and bis numerous friends would HS 'people to petition for 1'ivine guidaiice-0 l"''tily glad to have hi in nominated and-protection. j 1 or Tksmiut vf Ntate, believing that be J L-' 1 WOtlid ltlkLl 1 l.1t ftffllonl . Ili.-Ar r.!rt.

More Union. T.Td.e Conference of the L'vange'icsl Uniid.l5retLren Church, of ludina, at its lest'ee-ssioa, pssd a resolution to become!

a Conference of lo Methodist Ehiscopal j Rev. Father Farrell, in presching to the Church South.-subj.-et to ratiScatioit by ' corgrogation in St. Peter's Catholic the, vetes of the mcn.t crship. The action ' Church, 'New-York, warned the congrcgahas been approved by the rvquli:e u pjor- tion net to send their children to the ity, and a onfercr.ee was called the j rc-' public schools, where religion is ignored, sent week, at CtiiTtrd, to consummate the -tid it is imposs ble for their pastors to measure. j enter and give religious instruction. Father llyatiuthe, ia reply lo an invi. j General McMahon was before the House ration, says he will visit Boston in Nov- j Sub-Committee on Foreign Affairs, Thursember, if possible. Ho hopes after his d anj gave 4 history of the causes of return to Europe, to agaiu visit the United ! ,1C Paraguayan war. He said it was instigates. t t j tutcd by Brazil to exteud monarchy and

Secretary Robesou announces the death of Rear Adu-iral Stewart ia a general or- 1

der, and directs that the usual honors be,,he I tutcd States.

paid to -his memory. Mr. Boutwell decants to hold any conversation with correspondents on the sub ject of the proposed lon loan to fhc Government.

Tcurlh District Assessorsnip. Trie following, from the Decatur County lress, vras handed us with ibe veqnest that it le copied into tke Indiana American: Personal. Mr. R. II. Swift, Esq., Uevtnue Assessor of this District, was in town yesterday, looking after matters pertaining to the business of his office. A strong effort was made by aspiring parties early in the Administration for Mr. Swift's removal, but bis record was too clear for the success of sach movement. Honest and eoTwpetent Revenue officers are set so plenty that they can be set aside t give place te untried, though, perhaps very bonest and deserving aspirants. Greensburg Standard. Ya-a-as! That puff sounds a pood deal lilcelhe one thousand and ene personal puffs vf Mr. Swift thai were wont to greet ibe readers of the Brookviile American in days apoce, and which were written by Swift's own Viand so says Mr. Bingham, the gefctlen.anly editor of that paper. , Ve ail; what this man Swift bas ever done for th-e Republican party or the Government, that be should be retained in a lucrative office by each successive Republican Administration? lie bas been sucking the whisky teat for sexen or eight years, and duiirg all that time bas been a dead weight to the Republican party. VYhv kKa'l nthor n pii hnnost. f analilfl I.

publicans, tried and true as steel to the great principles that saved this nation, j w11-" a J U1 uuni u.e ' ""J V . 'T .1 J of giving lifetime lease cn a public office to a roan, who, wnen Andy Johnson turned traitor to his party, and began the work f decapitation, like a whipped spaniel crawled and whined at his leet sold l,1t aal.es man manly his principles, honor, all lor the sake of dollars and , 0h, yes! we suppose Dick Swift is ; tj.c m,bj l,onest man j this District. j Thtre are other matters in connection j lJ 's extraordinarily conscientious, I 1 . ' t liose to vcntilale. Wo bv rtt Kr,nr,l j .ni,v0vitv tcwar d Mr. Swift: onW bpliove j that he bas enjoyed the effice for a longer j 'i5 Johnsooized somersaultist dej "e a.d thre are others much more greater sa'iiacticn. liErCBLICAN. Treasurer of State. tn all probability our Republican State 1 Iiin r-vrts ati Vrt 1a1v4 i lCVv thoigh a postronement until a few i months later would, we believe, be judi cious and it is not amiss to fork over the gTOund ntw to see who would be the most l-ltll Vl A hrrtr.AV t-cAnc t.i .V 'rioient officers. But it seems to us that just at this time honesty, integrity and Ic-fficsenev pomhirted should bv lh ri-f. U - rcnce in 'making nn onr ticker r .im ply political or military prominence. iewg the situation from this stand pcint,nd having the material wherewith to muke a Treasurer of State that would be an boor to our Commonwealth, we present Shelby county's claims tor a place on the ticket, in the person of Augustus i). Lvrch, for that office. That ti e people of our State roav the te- wow Mr. Lyeeh, we will briefly P h A son of Rev. Thos. II. l-ynch, 1. l.; a graduate of Asbury Umvcrity. Indent tor some time ot j-hvj in? Mivntn tit iatct (1 in oiana, knowing his merits, have determined ihst he shall at least have formidable strength in ihe coming Convention. Mr. Lynth was chosen Chairman of our County Republican Central Committee at the penis g of the last campaign, and la- " ,a p' xl rot tetter, at least as well as it 1 Ls 1 cn l.crcfv re. 1 ). lii,!,':,.-. roi - t . ;novj:ti m a mir.rritv, have never been lr.cwu to fi-p or fall behind in the woik. Ucreo'V re we have klwavs been on hand ) at our S ate Conventions to da our duty, 1 ai.i have never asked anything for tturrhes. tin e fo intend to as-k, and 'ct to irctivc Shelby Republican j fully discharging bis duties, and also add stieiijith to the ticket. Franklin County teconds the notmi.ation of Did Shclbv. slavery. He himself was well treated by Lopez, who is favorably disposed toward The Tribune charges the Democratic party with the perpetration of gross frauds j hi the election of Tuesday. It says the fraudulent vote cast by repeaters was not less than twisty thousand.

Dr. Livingstone.

Sir Rodericlt Murcheson pnbliles an

extract from tne Rev. Sr. Kirlts letter, astbe New YorV'Snn." It will be remern-

follows: . We may infer that before ibis Dr. Livingstone ba satisfied himself whether any of the South African waters flow into Lake Albert Nyanta. If this determination is arrived at, be will have solved the problem of African geography.' C J. Folger, of New York, baa heen appointed Assistant Treasnrar, rice Butterfield, resigned., lie ha accepted. . t The uncompromising Democrats tf Mississippi could muster only thirty five delegates at the State Convention. The revenue collections for October n the Indiana district in which Indianapolis is included, were $35 512 75. George Pe&body died at half past 11 o'clock Thursday night, at his residence in London. Father Hyacinthe has written a letter to Catholics in the United States, which will he published shortly. Further hearing of the case enjoining the expulsion of the Bible from the public schools of Cincinnati, has been postponed, by Judge Storer to tV.e 29th icst, A curiosity-seeker, in Cincinnati, in a walk on Vine street, between Vh Canal and Hamilton Road, counted 245 lager beer saloocs, all doing a profitable business. Fere Ilyacimhe's letter to Rev. Mr. Ba-' con contains the annexed sentence: 'l remain faithful to my church, and if t have lifted up my protest against the excesses which dishonor it, and sceui befct on its ruin, you may measure the intensity of my love for it by the bittterness of my lamentation." ———<>——— A European immigrant agent has returned to Omaha, from Southwestern Nebraska, where, in company with Governor Butler, he has been selecting large tract of lands for three hundred and fifty English families, who have arranged to emigrate to Nebraska. The land selected is principally in Clay County. ———<>——— The newspapers that poked fun at Horace Greeley because of his assumed nnpepularity, will not be agreeably surprised lo discover that he was really the strongest man on the Republican Stat ticket, and went out of New York city some eight or ten thousand votes ahead of it It is asserted that some very high and unusual influences were brought to bear on the Court of Rome to obtain tfce secularization of Father Hyacinthe, but without avail. It is believed that he must suffer excommunication. His successor in the pulpit of Notre Dam is a Dominican named Pcre Montsabre. A long article on the Byron scandal, from the London Quarterly, is published, which contains a series of letters written by Lady Byron to Lady Augusta Leighletters expressive of the warmest friend ship, and written at the very time she was J charged wiih one of the most horrible of her separation from her husband. A special Cable dispatch, dated Paris, November 0, states that the concession for the proposed cable between the United States and Belgium, was signed, on Satur day, io that city, by the Belgian minister. The grantees are V C. Barney, E. E. Paulding and J. S. Bartlett. The cable is to be laid from Ostend to some point be tween Maine and Georgia, by an American Com pa ay. A letter from Cpt. Shaw, dated Neeley's Landing, November 3d, says: Five more bodies have been found at the wreck ef the Stonewall. The search will be continued. The bodies found are supposed, from letters and other evidences wn their person, to be Isaac Rindsehaff, R. -Johnson, Mr. McGee, John Skuld, who had lived in Tcrre Haute, and another having notbiag on Lilt to indicate bis name." The Louisville Courier Journal dismis scs tie New York election vcrj sneeringly r. " . , ! There was no great issue involved. In.

........ .... a v. .v,iujril..MU,j,pr(iVe tne excessive attention given

nv irvii iiiin uunu iiim uie canvass oy i the two contending parties seemed some what mixed and spotted. There is also a half formed, undersized notion in the West and particularly in Kentucky, that the New York Democracy are not very much better than ihey should be. So that they came through smartly enough to save the edge of iheir outer garments, but not so thumpingly as to give them the light i to put on airs and set then stives up for i tie admiration ol the rest of the Democrat ic woild. The farming lands in Northeastern Virginia are rapidly changing hands, the former owr.crs being unable to work the large plantations as they exited under the former system. Within the last few weeks, it ie announced, over ten thousand acres, generally arable and in cultivation, have been sold to persons from the Northern States, at from ten to seventy-fire dollars an acre. The New York Sun learns from Washington that Secretary Boutwell is making arrangements to bring out a new loan at four per cent, interest, and it- will be offi cially an noticed at an early day. The Sun is also informed that an agent of the Treasury sailed for E urope in the Scotia, on Wednesday, with authority fo negotiate with capitalists for a considerable part of it. The maximum rate of interest which he is authorized to treat for ia four - per cent.

Father Hyacinlhe. The following statement is t&laa frdrn

bered that several New York journals claim that their representative alone has secured an interview with. Father Hyacintbe. The Sun's report has an appearance of credibility, and is in harmony with ail that has been made known concerning the views of the illustrious Carmelite. The opinions given are npon important points, and have the merit of conciseness: ' The distinguished Father's costume Ss that of a civilian black hat, Coat. and pantaloons; and, invariably, in his hand he carries a missal. The hope of many,, of seeing him in the long serge habit of a Carmelite monk, with naked feet shod wfth sandals, was disappointed. Father Hyacitathe was found to be a short, thick man, of five feet five, with short, crisp, black hair, retreating from his forehead. II is face Wss florid with the hues of health, and his teeth brilliantly white. His nose was aquiline, but rather small in proportion to his fully-rounded visage, and his eye wore the iutrospective aspect, freouent among those who have experienced strotg snnir.gs of tb spirit. H:s age appeared to le forty. He was in citizen s dress, and coojplately io black. The hair nncu bis tonsured crown had grown agaiu. He bad been occupied in reading a small Douai Bible, with red edges, which lay on the marble table befoiebim. Evidently, tie voyage had interfered with his sell-allotted tasks in that respect, and the necessity of recovering lost time was the chief cause of his desired seclusion. He appeared somewhat impatient ef interruption, and required jumping for every st&tement elicited. He spoke oniy in French. kh . Aypcrfer. I am acquainted with several facts, sir, regarding your contemplated movements bete, but would more particularly wish to learn your ideas regarding doctrine, and in what respect your views d.fler from those of the Catholic Church. Father 2TaciR!)ie. My views are embodied io a letter 1 wrote to the Superior of my convent, which was published at the time. The Catholic Church is divided into two parties the Ultramontane, or stand still party, and the party of progress ia boih religious aud political thought. To the latter wing Monsieur Klontalembert is now Attached, though he was formerly on the opposite side. Its ideas were also held bv ttie Abbe Lcor daire, previous io his decease. I had been tn the habit of leaving, every Sunday, the Carmelite convent, in which I was a monk, to preach iu the church of Notre Dame de Paris, la my sermons, I leaned towards liberty of conscience in religious matters, and attacked the spirit which, in j e past days, gave birth to the Inquisiuon. t totiMUtiea l rotestauts to Christians. They bad been baptilcd as such, and their doctrines were Christian The Superior of my convent objected to this freedom, and perpetually took me to task. This anuoyed fc.e. 1 felt myself perpetually seitcd by the throat and gagged. The anger of my Superior was still further aroused bv my attendance at the Peace Congress io Paris, where I delivered an address. The harm of advocating peace I could not see; but as universal peace was in contraditii.c!ion to the past practice of Christendoai, probably that was the reason of my reprehension. Wearied at last by petpctual and unreasonable restraint, I threw aside my robe, and quitted tho convent. My Superior wrote ue to return within ten days, or consider mjself virtually excommunicated, although ti e Pope's anathemas might not yet liav I pon niowu'tisit-d. I replied ty taking immediate passage for America. During the month of May, 1 received an order to wait upon the 1'ope, and explain my position. I did so. The Pope wtss polite and cordial, and expressed hiiuseif satisfied with my explanation. Notwithstanding this, the Superior and his L' Itramontane coadjutors continued their attacks. brt ltjurter. You will resume preaching on jour return, will you not? Paihtr Jtonnrlif. 'lhat will depend much upon ths spirit displayed by the (Ecumenical Council. It they showthemselves in keeping wiih the tendencies of the age, 1 will do so. If they wrap themselves in the narrow robes of the past, I shall be unwilling to preach their doctrines. vvn Rift,rter. You doubt the Pope'i infallibility, do you not? Fatltrr Hyacinthe. I do; but, as you nrcdoultless aware, the infallibility of the Pope is not a dogma of the Catholic Church; it is simply an opinion. I am a Catholic, and I hold to all the dogmas of the Church. iSmn l!jaftr. What is your opinion regarding t Lie honor awarded to the Vir gin: Juicer. I honor the Virgin, as do all Catholics, as the mother of God; but I disto ber bv ma n to her by many, w hich exceeds lhat accord cd to Christ, who is God himself. I also ol ject to the great reverence olten shown to the Pope, which borders on worship. N.'H ItiporUr. You do not at all, then countoname the widely-spread doctrine that Chtist was simply a Uiati, and begotten like other men? fathrr Jfyacinthr. No; I believe bis was miraculous, as' staled by the Evangelists Nw Ihp'trtcr, You accept, also, the lute dogiua if ihe Church regarding the execptiou of the Virgin from the curse of original sin? Father Jiyaciuthr Yes; that dogma inculcate that the Virgin was begotten as are all children, and, tike theia, born in sin, but, us being the intended mother of Chtist, she was exempted from original sin hy the special grace of God. Reporter, i Have you ever expressed yourself upon ibe marriage of the Cath olic clergy, now allowed by Italian laws? Ansuir. No; it is a subject I have uot touched. 7tVxrfrr. You would prefer not giv ing au opinion upon it? .iMswrr with a smile). Yes. Jii porter. You are acquaiutcd with Father Hecker, I believe? rathtr 1yaciNtltr. I knew him in Europe. He amused me once. He said I should not, with my ideas, have entered so strict an order aa the Carmelites. It was like putting new wine into old bottles, f At this. Father Hyacinths bush ed, considering it an excellent joke.) i a a i Next Thursday will be Thanksgiving Day.

The Practical Center of the United States. Mr. D. Mansfield, an occasional contribator te the Cincinnati Gazette, thas discourses wpon the practical center of the United States and the location of the seat of government: Now let tas aslc where is the practical center of the United States? The center of population .was, in 1790, in eastern Pennsylvania, near the Delaware; then it gradually moved on nearly the iame line cf latitude to the West, till how it must be near Dayte Ohio. In a few years it will reach Central Indiana. Thus the great Wave of population will find its center in the central West. That fact will be decisive of removing the scat of government. Yon might just as reasonably expect that when a huge mass of matter gravitates entirely on one side, that it will not torn to that side, as to expect that when two-thirds of the population of this country have got west of the Al!eghatiies, they will not remove the seat of government. That does not imp'y, how ever, the removal to a great city. The

seat of government never ought to te where it can be overawed by a mob and that it is always in danger of in great citie-but jn some moderate-sized town to Indiana r U noisK with railroads to every part of the country, and conveniences for all departments of the government. But such a question need not disturb us how. It wiil come in its ow n time, and be solved as a popular necessity. Pork Packers Tax. The following is the full text of a recent decision of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue: Ofuce Commissioner of Int. Rev Washington, D. C, Nov. 4, li "GENTLEMEN I Lave received jour communication of this date, asking me te reconsider lay decision of the Sih of June last, contained in a letter to Assessor John Cannel, ef the Fourth District of Iowa, that persons engaged in the business of packing york and packing and rendering lard tor sale should be required to pay a special tax as manufacturers, and to return their sales in excess of twelve hundred and fifty dollars quarterly, and pay the tax of two dollars per "thousand ou such excess. "I have to say, in response, that I have very fully considered the matter, and am well satisfied that the decision referred to is correct. The fax in accordance therewith will continue to be assessed; but in view of ihestatements made by you, in be half of the Boards of Trade and Commerce, the provision dealers of New York, the Provision Exchange of Boston, and the pork packers of Louisville, whom youtvpre sent, I have concluded to direct Collectors to suspend the collection of tbe tax until the first day of January next, which will afford the desired opportunity of appljing lo Congress for its legislative action on ike subject. This is not to be understood as reletting to cases other than those cxpiessly described iu the decision of the eighth of June last. As to other cases, which may by some be deemed to be ana'agous, I do not desire to expiess my opinion until tbe question in such cates is officially presented. 'Respect fully yours, ' C Delano, Commissioner, "Hon. Ben. Ejlcstoo, and others, Comikiiltce." The London Press on the Death of Geo. Pesbody. Tbe Times sys: "The news of Pesbody's death will here ceived with no common sorrow on both sides of tbe Atlantic, and the sentiments f regret will not be the mere passing tribute of gratitude toa munificent benefactor. He was a New Englander who, when the South was bowed down to dust, stepped forward and claimed the right to succor it. He was not a courtier, jet was honored by sov. eieigna. He was profuse in charity, and was a philanthropist liked as well as honored, There was nothing hard or narrow about his philanthropy; he simply did what good Came in bis way." The Post, iu its obituary article, says: "Mr. Pcabody was one of the few whose private virtues are followed by public fame, and whose virtues may be cited as ex. ample. In laying the foundations of wholesome and cheerful Jhomes for the working classes be acted upon a high sense of duty, and touched the main springs of cn ilization. lie made his means the measure of his philanthropy. Throughout his who! life his conduct displayed a purity of character that could not fail to elevate and refine tbe feelings his generosity inspiied.'1 The Tc'gtnpli says: "Mr. Peabodj's lot was doubly hnppy. The inscription on his mausoleum may tell with ut. questioned truth of the man who loved his4nd and served two countries." Ti e D-iiy News says: Mr. Pcabody was hot a man orimpulsive, emotional benevolence, but rather of judicious, widely s plead beni lice ncc. His iibeiality was not posthumous; ho gave lioiu Ins own suKstsnco, and did net turrendtr hat cleat li wrested from him. Hi.i services, both to his native ti.d adopted cvuutrj, weie fittingly and graciously recognized ia royal letter and tlunLs of Congress. Moiehunis, in pissing las ttatue daily, do Rvt need to learn from the conkviniRibte man ot business bow to tunke money. iiuca:eer any teuch U.euj how it u.ay Lc wisely spent." The following is rather llyacinthe'a letter to the Boston clergymen: "I am very sensible of tbe high honor paid me in greetings from the clergy whom you represent. I am touched by your expressions of Christian sympathy and affection. I nm a Catholic, at:d hope to re main one. I have not broken with the church, but its abuses. 1 recognize true Christians in all Protestant bodies, for 1 believe thai the true church, embracing all w ho hold Christ at their head, is far wider than any earthly organization.' My purpose in coming to America is to escape irotu excitement a lid rest a little. I shall soon returu to Europe, but 1 hope again to visit this country. I shall visit Boston in November, if possible, and then should be glad to see those whom you represent, to explain more fully my positiou. The future ia dark and unceruiu, but I shall obey my conscience to the end. Greet in my name, with Christian salutations, those in whesc name you greet mo."

Items of State News. Large quantities . of fish are speared daily in the lakes adjoining Warsaw. Peru has fine new Baptist Church nearly finished. Thousand of acres io corn about Paw Paw have recently been used for pasture, there being no Corn worth gathering. It is estimated that the system of water works which is being put up in Connersville will cost the city only $30,000. Rev. F. Moss has moved from Vcvay, and taken charge of the Baptist Church at Columbus. Mrs. Asenath Clark, ninety years old. preached twice to the Friends in Rich mond, last Sunday. A new Methodist Church at Lafayette, now approaching completion, will be ornamented with a number of crosses. Durtnc ahouttwo weeks past.twenty one families have left Harrison County for Minnesota. Chauncy Rose, of Tcrre Haute, has subscribed $50,000 to the capital stock of the Tcrre Haute and Bloomfield Railroad. N. L. Piace, ' station agent at Laporte, was instantly killed, on Friday week, while coupling freight cars. Two men, named McAlister and Kinder, in Pike County, had a difficulty about twenty five cents last week, when Kinder shot and mortally wounded McAlister. S. Coggswell died at New Albany, on Monday, from injuries he received some time ago' by jumping from an omnibus, while the horses were tunning away. Tbe slack water on the Little Wabash R!er has been completed, and when the river is in good stage below, steamboats can gw clear thronRh to Carmi. They played "Oliver Twist" in the La fajette Opera House, and at its close the dead Jew Fagin had to come before the curtain and tell the audience to go home. The editors of the Eighth Congressional District, andofMuncie, Winchester and Cambridge City, make an excursion to New York on the 16th instant over the Bee Line. George W. Hunt, who was born in Clermont County, Ohio, in 1805, but moved to Indiana in 1813, died of apoplexy iu Harrison Towusiiip, Union County, on Friday week. The shoemakers cf Indianapolis strtiek for higher wages, on Monday, and iheir demauds having been granted, went towoik 'again on Wednesday, On Wednesday Evansville voted on the proposition to subscribe three hundred thousand dollars to the Carmi Railroad. Ou sixteen out of twenty-one applications for relief on account ol tbe recent ac cident on ibe State Fair grounds at Indianapolis, $1 '219 04 have been paid. In many places in Indiana, last week, ihe corn w ith blades as green as in August was laden with snow, and the ripe peaches were picked from trees bent to the ground by snow and ice. The Indiana State Convention of Bsp lists, just held at franklin, was very harmonious and pleasant, Tbe aggregate membership was reported at 111 ,000 The city congregations are the most prosperous. Mr. 1). Moore, Tri'uir l th Lawreneeburg Woolen Manufacturing Company, was in Lafayette last Thuisday closing the purchase of twenty to thirty thousand pounds of fine wool for the use vf the lac tory.

At Indianapolis, on Monday night, the house of Li. W. Hasselman was entered by burglars while be and his wile were absent at a concert, and jewelry and clothing worth one thousand five hundred dollar were taken. A negro womnn named Vinnie Blackburn, in jail at Evansville, tore her blanket into ships, on Wednesday night, and was found, Cold and almost dead, hanging against the door of her cell, with her feet rc-tching the Moor, but iu time to be tevived. John Gregg, of Conncrsfille, challenges Alexander McCracken, winner of the champion cue at the recent State Billiard Tournament, to play a game f twelve hundred points. At Seymour last, Fridajinornitig, a boy named Elijah Duckworth, about thirteen years old, was found hanging lifeless by a ropo in a wood-shed, near his father's res idence. The Coroner's verdict 'decided that the boy's hanging was an accident of play. While Mis. Rukcstraw, living near North Liberty, was removing some clothing fioni a satchel belonging to her brother, a few dajs ago, a pistol it contained was discharged, and the ball struck her little girl, aged two years, iuflictinj; a very dangerous wound. At a reunion of the family of Elijah and Elizabeth Maitiudalo, in Henry County, October 2l. nearly all the members were present. The' pair were married cn the P-th of October, 1815, and have lived to see their postctity number one hundred and twenty-eight, of whom eighty-eiht are living. An old widow lady named Connaughton wss robbed, at Madison, recently, the thieves taking her burial-clothes, which ahe had carefully laid away, and forty dol lars in money, which she had hoarded to pay her funeral expenses; and ihey even took the bed clothes off her person, as she lay helpless on the bed. A drop letter directed to an old citizen and signed by Paul Dennison, recently janitor at the Criminal Court-room in Evansville, was taken from the Post-office there on Tuesday, dated on Sunday; iu which, after bidding farewell to his family, the writer said: "When my white hat and old crooked stick are found on the river

bank, my poor lbody will h fonod at the hottom." At last accounts Dennison could not be found, and it was sttpposed he had dcfctrovTd hih.splf : t -' ' -

At Seymour, last week, a little boy cf William Arrick, by mistake, poured out for his father to drink, a solution of blu vitriol prepared for s battery used upon Mr. Arrick for paralysis. The father drank a portion before he discovered the mistake, and is still suffering from its efiecis. The other day while Mr. Lindsey Itarkless, who resides - near Carthage, Hush, County, was, is company with his family, visiting a neighbor, his residence was entered and $230 stole nT Tbe horse, "Hoosier . Tom,' owned hy Mr. Wilson, of Bush county, will be paced aghinst "Gray Eagle," at the Buckeye Race Course, near Cincinnati, on the 10th instant, for a purse of $1,000. Postmaster Vaughn, cf Lawrenceburg, whose leg has twice been amputated, recently submitted to a third amputation. This time all tbe diseased flesh and bon was removed, and he is gcltingalong finely. The Centerville Rtpubliwn has suspended publication after issuing fifteen numbers, at a loss of four hundred dollars. Mrs. C. D. Field attempted suicide with, laudanum, at New Albany, en Sunday, because of her daughter's determination to be married to a man the mother did not like; and the father, favoring the match, had gone with the daughter lo Louisville, on that day, to have the ceremony performed. Antidotes saved her life. The Washington correspondent of th Worcester Fpy writes: "By the way, sreaking of Mr. Chase, I heard recently in New York of some detail of 'he intrigues by which the Democratic nomination was to have been secured lor him. The chief leader of that movement was the venerable Samuel J. Ti!dn, wIm began it quite twelve months previous, with the corurrenee nf the. Ghiff justice Had it not boet. for Seymour's treachery it would have Wen sU' cc-stal. Tho W;sc.n-in delegation wss selecicd to make the nomination, and Tilden ws in frequent consul tation with its chairman. Tn project U not yet given up, and it is believed still by many of the shrewder New York DomocriM lliat CLae will be their best mau iu IS71.' Solicitor Ita.ifield s report of his Inves. ti?nioi into the allegations agai-iiit As sistant Treasurer llnttcrfield is still iu the hands of Secretary Boutwell, and will not be nisvde public. Enough is known of it contents, however, to warrant the statement that it is not at all favorable to General Buticifieid. It is not believed thai he was dirccilj implicated in the Fik Gould conspiracy, but it is hinted that he or some of his friends were iuteiotod iu outside speculations. Since the Adiitwiistr.ttitiri .f General Grant went into power, the public debt has s'e;i!ilv diminished, at the average rate of about ciht millions ef dollars a month. Should tl.i.t uverue he maintained till the Cist if Mulch in Xt, the debt wilt be less bj l incty-six millions of dollar than it was when General Grant wns-sworn iulo oftioe. It is the aiwbitrnn of Secretary Boutwell to exceed ili.it amount, and lo make the reduction a round one hundred millions at the expiration of the first year of his term as Secretary of the Treasury. He Lelievts that in the demonstrated ability lo p.iy lies the hope of ucgotiutiu. such a loan .-is will enable him to reduce! the rate ct interest on outstanding obligation from six und a halt per cent, to four and a half. This accomplished, without any addition to the present volume of currency, it will be possih'e to lighten th burdeiis of iMSttiiin. provide revenue t meet constantly accruing expenses, leare a lr:e surplus to apply to the debt, and open a direct way to i lie resumption of specie payments. The scheme looks feasible,, and the desired result will fallow s surely e fleet follows muse. Commercial. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Petersons !h?g;tziiio The ('tisi it ml licft in t!u- World, SPLEaDID-OFIERS I OR 1870. Thi inrulur Month! M Hgitin glvr mor for the u.oi.r) itrin nny in ihe world. Kr 1S70, it will t e Rtcnt!y lin. roved. It will euntuin One lh' Unni I'Agcl . Fourircii .S lentliil 8toet Platen! , Twelvw M.iinmnlh Colored Fm-hlonft Twelve Colored llertin 1'atternnl Mine Hundred Wood t'ulel Xwcnty-Fur I'nge of Moiet All th i a will bo given for onlj Two DolUn a yenr, or a dollar tens than Maguxinea of the cla or "I'eterjon." lit THRILLING TALES AND NOVELETTES Are Ihe het r.ubUrhcd anvwhere. All the ( opuUr writer are eintuloj-ed to write orii"f I for 'Petetfon." In IsZil, in addi'ion 1 1 Iu qtinnittT of nhort, atones. Five Onicini tnpr rfiftit Novelet will he iven, via : "The rrin-eef of th UitKilk-," by Mm. Ann S. f(tc hen: "Th isccict at Jlarlr.itn' Holme." by Mr. Jne U. Austin: K'lthli-en' Lore Story," hy the ulhor of "fcihel'a .ir Lnuneelut-" "An Enemy' K terpe," t.y the author of "The Second Lifi "How it liJci," !y Frnnk Lee Uenedict. MAMMOTH COLORED FASHION PLATrf Ahead of all others. Thee plnte are engrar' 1 on tetl, twi'-o the uul ix, and eootiin ai nre. They will be auperbly colored. Al. " pattern, from whioh ro, Mm.tilla, or Child Ureas can be cot out, without the aid of a " tun maker, AIko, acrernl page of Houehel and lhor receipt?; in ahor t, evcrj thing inlerliug to ladic. ( St? I'I'.ltD PREMIUM EX(5RAVIOI k ! - f..r 1870 will pcrion gotiing up a Club f-r 170 if, a copy of ur new and 'rl""' r framing, (fine 24 inchea by ll. be aent graiir, M it 1 1. 1 d "Our k".lk ol.. Art in Heaven." Thia i ,r moat do Hi i a I. lo premium ever offered. Fr Club, e will be con bolow, an extra copy " be rent in addition. TERMS Alway in Advance: On Copy, for on year.., Two Copice, for one year... Tbree fmiA. Tne ntie venr 1'iveCopioa, for one year, (ana one i" ter un of Clnh.l ' 8 o Eight.Copiee, for t.ne year, (nd one to getter up of Club,) Fourteen Copiea, for one yenr, (and in 10 Jg w getter up of Club) Addreaa, Poat paid, or CHARLES J.PETE1U0K. No. 30 Chetnut Street, Ph i l d'l' ' ' T-ff-Spocimene ent to thoe wifhing to r Club.. 1 Nor. ! STRAYED. ' A r'"-. fw, eight or nir . . .. . i i ' l'...nlT. j.. en tne lain ol uctooer, ir t.juaa. iaee in Meialnor. rin" v..---.-. ... The finder wit) be liberally rewarded by gl" Infbrmarioa of her whereabout. rtV'ill.

NV. -3w tf.tamora, la