Indiana American, Volume 8, Number 47, Brookville, Franklin County, 19 November 1869 — Page 2

Jnuianii American. C. H. BINGHAM, Editor. Korafngr. Not-ember 19, 1889.

Presbyterian Reunion. The Presbyterian General A?semb1iei la twston t Pittsburg bate completed the preliminaries for tbe onion of the Old Hmm fihnol branches of tbe Prest?ttrian Church, and tbe formal union of tbe twe bodiea has been consummated. Tbe United rresbjterians and Reformed Presbyterians have also agreed upon basis lor a unien of those churches. Mil T The Ecumenical Council. Monseigneur Dupanloup, Bishop of Orleans, has issued a pastoral letter, expressing his approval of the proceedings cf the Gnlda Conference, but declanng in tdrance that he will abide by the decisions cf the Ecumenical Council, whatever they it be. tt i reported that the pastoral of the Archbishepof Paris, issued Notcui. ber 7th, pposingtle adoption of the dog ai of Papal infallibility, without discus ion was Inspired by tbe Rmperor. The Maryland Election. ' Full reports from the leceut election in MarjUnd show that the Republican tote was 1.300 greater than last year, the Deoi oeratic tote I !, 100 less, and the Dcuiovratie majority 12,3U le.s. The Message. The President has already completed the general portions of his message, but Can not finish tt till be receives the reports of members of the Cabinet. The , document will not be a large one. The President takes a very gratifying view of our financial situation. It is not known what recommendations he will make. ftreaksra Ahead. A Washington dispatch sajs: A private letter received here from a prominent Government official in New York, contain a prediction that befote the holidays a crash will occur In Wall street which will enuat in Its disastrous canseiiuencca the effects cf the recent FiskGould gold conspiracy. The writer further svs that the iatrt generally have a downward tendency, and thicks that specie payment utay be reached without difficulty before the 1st of July Belt. Counterfeiting. ' The receut conviction of three ttalian counterfeiters at St. Louis brings once more into prominence the extent of mischief done bj this class of criminals. Since 1857 these three people alone are alleged to have circulated x million dollars cf . Purged imvjucj. Tbe tan vn the subject could certainly be more sternly administered. Counterfeiting is a business requiring many agencies to render tt profitable. There must be skillful engravers and printers of the notes, and a carefully-arranged system for passing them. Detectives doubtless know the occupation and haunts of many counterfeiters, and Could bring charges home to them more ftequently. The Suez Canal. The story of the Gut conception cf that great project, the construction of the Suea Canal, is a most interesting and romautio one. The canal is now coaiplete, and is justly regarded as one of the greatest trU . umphs or modern enieipriso. It connects the port of Said on the Mediterranean Sea with Suet on the Gulf of Su e, an arm of the Red Sea. If the reader will refer to a late map, the importance or this ship canal will be at once apparent. It it ninety miles in length, seventy four feet wide at the bottom, three hur.dred and "twenty eiht at the aurftce, and twentyett feet deep throughout. The cost cf iss construction is $31,00 3,000. It greatly shorten the route to India, and will be of Incalculable value to' European nations engaged in the carrying trade of Asia. Death of a Naval Hero. Rear Admiral Stewart, who died iu Bordtntowri, N J., on Sautd.ir, ti h inst., at the" advanced as of ninety two, was a lieu- j tenanMnthe .avy telore N asnington died

and fousUt his tirsi battle naval ginst j j Kng'and. A writer in the London Times Napoleti in ISO;), captutic the French j mos the question, how far this supply Itasel Deux Aimos, nf eight gu.;s, during jv.iu ve kept up iu competition with that Our brier wit with 111? Rep tbiic. In 1S15. j iVom Russia and Central Europe when the year of WuUrloo, with a single ship. ,,0 raiUays in thst section are fully dehe engaged and captured two Uii;ih men telojcd. The great .jstios, he thinks, of war, the Cyane and Levant. Scctetary ; tvr , e I'nittd States to consiaar iu thU Robeson, in an order anncuneicg bs death jeonticction arc the induction in frek'hts

speaks of him as 'Mhc oldest and one ol me most uistingmstied or tlie vmccrs ot .. .......... ... the Navy." He had spc.it "more than eventy-one years in the service tf Ins

eeuntry." And "h-s name," sr.s the i ,-i?ud ' Dublin, exhort all member of 'order, "is most intimately asuu-iatvd with ' societies similar to the Fenian organitathe earliest glories of the Navy, and his ion to abandon them. He adverts to the deeds have been and wiil remain bright ' evils susiained by Spain and Daly through examples for the study and emulation ol i 'be action of secret societies, and saya the all United States officers." " ! members such organisations will incur . ne pc natty Bf excommunication, aud canThe lower branch or the Tennessee j ,u, ratticti ate in the jubilee which has Legislature refused to ratify the 15thjust ,C0II puMishoJ. Amendment, by 57 to 12. The Senate:

Tote will bs equally decisive. The Alabama Legislature has ratified the 15th Amendment to the National Constitution. Vote in Senate 21 to hone. In the House 09 to 10. j au'l The Roman Catholics of St. Minnesota, made an unsuccessful effort to get a division of the common school fund, ia order to establish separate schools of their own.

Taxet. The average rate of taxation in Fayette eounty this year, is very near eighty five

cents cn the hundred dollar. In f ranklin eounty, that solid phalanx of Democracy, I where the unterrified have it nil their own ! way, the average rate of taxation is double i that of this county, or one dollar and and seventy cents on the hundred dollars. Can any one tell the reason of this difference? "in counties where the Democratic party is in the minority, they raise a most tremendous howl against high taxes, but where they are in the majority like they are down i" Franklin, we never hear a wprd of complaint from them, although they pay twice as much tax on the same valuation as they do in Fayette. We see what a luxury it" is for Democrats to rule, and with what a joy they pay for it. This is convincing enough te lead ne to conclude that it Costs about twice as much to live under a Democratic administration as it does under a Republican administration, were it not Tor another fact. In Franklin county a tax of ttttn'y jive cents cn the hundred dollars is levied for county purposes, while in Fajette, for the ame purpose nly JiPctA tents on the hundred dollars is levied 1 hue we see mat tre uemocratic atuirs or rrantim ccst five times as much as the Republican aff.tirs Cf Fayette. We congratulate the people of this county on the remarkably low rate of tax ation this year. It ia the result cf a wise, judicious, and economical administration el our county officials, and we warn them against such enormously costly administrations as they have down in Franklin; and the only way to avoid them is, to tote the Republican ticket. ConnerBville Times. Our worthy cotcmporary, in treating on facts and figures above, has abundant reason to congratulate the people of Fayeite County (n the matter of low taxes. What think the people of Democratic Franklin, who paj Jtce tim$ more taxes for county purposes than their neighbors in Republican Fajette? How does trtrnty -five cents on the hundred dollars sound alongside of jiftien cents on the hundred! Isn't it about time the Democrats of Franklin County were gettiug their eyes open? "Hard times and heavy taxes" ia the doc tribe in Old Franklin. !Sich is Democracy. Defalcation and Suicide. J. C. Ouell, cashier of the Second National Rank, shot himself through the heart iu his bed at Cleveland, Uhio, on Monday morning. His death was instantaneous. He left behind him letters to the city papers requesting that no mention be made of his death; also others to his wife and the Directors of the bank. Mr. UuU was a victim of the stock and gold ranic in rorteniber last. He used the funds of the bank on speculation, and became hopelessly involved. What the loss of the bank will be, is notat present known, but its ctedit is unimpaired. Mr. Ruell was j 3 1 j ears f agp arivl was r,garJed as one Lr lhc most acconipuhd financiers of bis s;e in the State. It is noticeable that the land question makes progress in England. The English papers cenerally aie admitting that leases to Irish tenants are, as a rule, oppressive, and condemn the poor to '"a wretched, uncertain and profitless life." This is the largugc of journals that six months ago bitterly denounced those making such statements. Professor Faweett, the blicd UiCia ber of Parliament, says, "Let us abol ish tbe present law of primogeniture, and let us remove the present restrictions on the power ot selling land. I ublic opinion in Engla-nd is ripening for these reforms, and in all probability the pros sent Prime Minister will temain Ion enough ih office to carry them through. Hon. Charles A. Wiekliff;, former ly Governor of Kentucky, who died at the residence of his son in-law, Judge William M. Meriiek, in Howard county, Md. on Sunday evening, Oct. 31, Was born at Rardstown, Ky., June S, 1763. lie was a member cf Congress from 1S2'2 to 1832. in 1SUI was a delegate to the Peace Congres? at Washington, served bis native State iu the Legislature, os well as in the office ef Governor, and under the Junius : ttation of Ptcsident Tvler held the tftice of Postmaster General. For some years ibc has been almost entirely blind, and be 1 recently went to Baltimore for the purpose ; of submitting to an operation ou his eyes The rapid increase of wheat importa- : ;, l(,m America is excitiur atteutien 1 a)lt ana otutr vr.arsrcs and the eularuement ol - ! ecu.u.utiicitions with the MissUai ijpi. Cardinal fallen, in a pastoral just J Hon. Amos Kendall, who was Postmas- ! ter General under Jackscn. and one of the onuollins; spirits of his adminUtratiou, ied ia Washington last Friday. J , Arizona adiccs report the Indians still tery troublesome in the neighborhood or Prcscott. General Wheaton is organizing scouts for a war against the Apaches. Judge Ucid wiil leave fir Washington about the first of December, " " ' ' '

The RepubVican State Centraf Com. mlUee will meet,in Indianapolis tjir the 2 Jth inst., at which time it will be tieeided at'" what time' the ext Republican State Convention will be held, ; ;

A Rio Jaueiro dispatch t of September 27, states that no further fighting nas occured in Paraguay, the allies having given up the pursuit of Lope. Lopes is at St. stantslau4, with plenty of troops and but little ammunition. - State Geologist Oox.baa lately-ivisitod Vermillion county, and found three tillable seams ef bituminous' cal traversing north and south, toearly tbe whole length of the county. Immediately underneath one of the seems ia. a belt cf the beat quality of blaek coal, and ia the shale abote is a heavy deposit of iron. The Cuban Junta fcre fitting out fcnether cruiser, ihe Hornet cost mam about 5200.000, and they blame Iliggins for either treachery or mismanagement. There appears to have been no necessity for his putting into Wilmington, as a schooner was on tbe way from Florida to meet him, with a supply of coal. . . ... ! There is a controversy between Farrajut and Porter, concerning their claims for prize money.' 'Farragul saya Porter's flaet bombarded the'rehel position at Mobile for seven days, without any , damage being done; on the other hand, Porter claims to have suggested the attack, and worked eight days in getting Farragnt'e fleet over the. bar. He further says that Farragut's statements have no foundation in fact. . The London Times, in an article On the influence of Rome, says: . "The Catholic Church must be withdrawn from under Roman preponderance, and the city of Rome from ecclesiastical domination. It is only by ceasing to be an Italian sovereign that the Pope can aspire to become a universal Pontiff." - ' Railie Peyton has introduced a bill in the Tennessee Senate providing, for - a monument to John Bell. We are rapidly approaching the epoch for a new national census on the lit of June naxt. The bridge over the Ohio River, at Louisville, will be, finished in about a month. f u; .. . . Pero Hyacinthe disclaims all intention of issuing an address to the Catholics of America. The Cubans have resolved to burn all the cotton in the Northern Department, if necessary, to prevent it falling into the hands of the Spaniards. The funeral ol' General Wool took place at Troy, New York, Saturday. There w pry lnrg ttenilance. msnjr t!. tinguished officers of the army and prominent citizens being present. . The Italiau Government reserves the right to rrject decisions of the GScumenical Council opposed to the laws of the country and the spirit of the age. Gen. Piim has taken the ame ground for Spain. Secretary Robeson sent a dispatch by cable to Admiral Radford, commanding the European fleet, directing him to detail a war vessel to convey the remains of the late George Peabody front London to this country. A private dispatch Tram Senator Morton says that the telegraphic report from Washington, in reference to bis conversation with President Grant and Secretary Doutwell, about Cuba and the currency, is wholly untrue. These subjects were not mentioned. ' ' ' ' ' We bite reeetved Ko. I, Vol. 2, er the Mount Auburn Index so educational sheet issued monthly by the Mt. Auburn Young Ladies Institute of Cincinnati, O From it we learn that the school has opeatd with a large Increase of numbers over last year, And is In a very prosperous Condition. Mr. T. B. Sleohouee, editor of the Salt Like Telegraph, and an ardent supporter of Ihe Mormon faith and practice, with several others has been suspended from the fellowship of the Saints for utterances repugnant to the teachings of the Mormon creed. There is the cropping out or dissensions lh.it may work important and speedy changes. t t . t The New Yoik , Herald . reviews ..the question oT specie payments. It says: ' Specie payments would prove a fiction and probably we shouSd have to Soon suspend agaiu. The only safe couiso to pursue is to leave the currency alone, aud to let the ci'uotry grow up gradually to specie pa) ment iu accordance with the laws of nature aud of trade." '. "The vote of Nebraska for the Fifteenth iiicndment will be given the moment I the Legislature, largely Republican, is in session. The next regular meeting is not till the winter of 1870-71. Governor Hutler is urgently called upon by the Republican paper of Nebraska to summon a special session within thirty days, and their wish ia warmly seconded by many other journals in other States. The Franklin Democrat favors the enominatiou of Judge Ueid ' for Congress, by th Democracy vf thia 'district. " The Democrat also says it feels proud of the I Judge "as a public man front the time he ; entered the Seoate in 1849, until he retired (from the bench in I860." We don't think the Democrat remembers a speech made by the Judge lit the State Senate,:on the negrtHiuestion, or it would advance the date of its pride a' few years.' Cooncrsville Times. ' ?

It ia stated that Attorney General Hoar is about to accept a seat on the Supreme Court bench.

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A new ond most interesting feature consists of a beautiful chromo series of Audu. bon's American birds, each separate picture of which is til to frame, aad together would form a charming set for a child's room. ,lOur Taris doll," accompanied by a letter to the little ones, by Mme. Demorest, is another great feature, not to speak ef the special Christmas attractions and novelties and a new story by the author of "Jack and Rosy." Alto gether the December if umber ought to bo good for ten thousand additional subscri bers to xcunc America. 51.ol with a beautiful premium. Publication Office, S3S Broadway, N. Y. B AttOC's' MONTHtY MAGAZINE. We are in receipt, of this marvellously cheap and handsome Maatino for December. Its table of contenta is varied and charming, embracing the usual fine variety or serials, sketches, stories, poems" and attractive engravings. The publishers announce in the prospectus for the coming year, a serial etcry for adults, by the popular Magatlne writer, James Franklin Fitts, and a juvenile serial by the young people's favorite, Horatio Alger, Jr. Tbe price of this periodical is a marvel to everybody-' a hundred page first-cluss illustrated Magaaine faf fifteen cents, or $1.50 per year, is indeed wouderTully cheap. Elliott, Thomes & Talbot, Publishers, Boston, Mass. A "Subscriber" to the Western Rural says: "The Western Rural has the prettiest nam, tbe prettiest drest, the best print, and gives the best family reading of any weekly paper I ever held before my eyes.'' KtA a PotHtcr Elites: 'The Western Rural is the best paper that I ever canvassed for, and is looked after with more inftnst thuu auy other paper taken at this office." The success o( this great Western Agricultural and Family Weekly is remarkableSinco its enlargement last Winter, its cir culation has been greatly increased, and its price is now reduced to $'2.00 per year, uniformly, singly or in clubs. New subscribers for 1870 will receive the remaining numbers of this year free. So any one wishing tbo .Western Rural for next year, should send $2 00 at once, or write for speciwicu numbers and particulars about premiums. About one thousand Tamilies in tbe West are now using sewing rnaabines secured by forming clubs fur the Western Rural. Thousande of watches, bells, and' musical instruments, also silver-plated ware books, choice jewelry,. etc., have ben given for clubs. Address, II. N. F. Lewie, Publisher, Chicago, III. There is every indication that the Leg tslature of New York will repeat the folly ot other Democratic Legislatures, and go through the farce of receding frosa its asseut to tbe Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The argument used. by tbe Democrats is, that notwithstanding tbe Legislature of that State passed the amendment and Governor Hoffman Certified that fact officially to the Slate Department at Washington, that three-rourths cf tbe States not yet having assented to the amendment, any legislature which may have ratified it, is at liberty to rescind. This question is not a new one, having been presented in the case of the Uhio and New Jersey Legislatures who recedtd from the action ot bievious legislatures in the case of ihe fourteenth amendment when Mr. Seward decided that where a State Legislature was called upou to peiform an atfirmativc set and does so, the proper oiBcer officially certifying the same to the Department of Stale at Washington, where such action i noted, that it is not competent for a sub. sequent Legislature to come in and recede frtoua its action. The Constitution of the United States provides that when an amendment is ratified by the Legislatures ef three-fourlhs of the several States, it shalt be valid aud to all intents aud purfoses a part of the Constitution: ' If the jegislatures could repeat the farce of ratifying one year and repudiating the next, how long would it be before an amend, ment could be adopted? The moment the last necessary vote is cast all possible recall is at au end, and to suppose to the contrary would be to suppose that auy State, by its own action simply, could Change the Constitution. The New York Democracy will only succeed in making themselves ridiculous in the eyes ot the world, if they should pursue the course indicated by their leading journals and politicians, They do not appear to gain kuowledge by the ligbt of evcuts, but stick to eld prejudices and dogmas though they perish iu the attempt. The fond hopes of some Western Democrats, who are tired of being beaten year after year at the polls, that the New Yorkers would tale the "new departure" doctrine, will not be realised. They are as

much wedded to the prejudices" of the exslaveholders of the South as if they had been a part of Ihem. The Fifteenth Amendment is a fixed fact; and all the receding by Democratic Legislatures aad efforts of Democratic politicians to defeat it, will be of no avail, and the earlier they make up their minds to abide the consequences, the better it will be for them in the future. Journal.

, . Items ef Stale New. Eransville wants to be a port of entry. Lafayette has a haunted house. 3 Terre Haute islifty-one years old. ' The Wabash bottoms are full of hunters. The apple" loss in Laporte County is estimated at $50,000. The Sentinel office, at Indianapolis, is to display a town -clock on its foretop. Captain Ed. Fisher is a candidate for Auditor of the State ef Indiana. The jail 4 Crawford County is not in demand it has no tenant. JSew Albany has some cases of smallpox. Marion County is to have a new courthouse, costing $300;000. Nine hundred kegs of nails per week are . produced by ths factory at Greencav tie, A German named Henry Witterabrock committed suicide at Terre Haute oa Friday. A daily mail on the river, between Louisville and Evansville, began on Mon The Indiana Press Association will Hold a meeting at Indianapolis on the 6th of January. A fruit farm of aine hundred acres, near Lafayette, belongiog to Chris. Keller, has been Sold for f 12,000. Some of the farmers in Miami and Fulton Counties have plowed up their wheat and sowed a second time. The house of James T. Smith, at Corydon, was burned a few days ago, and it was thought his insano father set fire to it. By a firs at Kendallsvillo, on Monday night, ten buildings, chiefly frame, were destroyed, the loss being $31,700; insured for $15,200. At Fort Wayne, on Tuesday afternoon, a German named Dyers was thrown violently from a hand car against the ground, and completely scalped from his eyes to the back part of his head below the ears. Near Peru, last Monday, a young man, named Ambrose Butt, was seat to town for a physician, but on the way his horse stumbled aud fell upon him, injuring him so that rccoverv is doubtful. The two Presbyterian Churches at Monticello united in one congregation over a year ago. The union has worked admira bly, and a new and mora commodious house of worship will soon be built. In Columbia Township, Dubois County, last Monday, James Bowman and another man were sawing off a log on the side of a hill, Bowman standing, on the lower side, when the log started down the hill, rolling over him and injuring him so that he died in a few minutes. A Baptist Association in Indiana resolved that for one church to receive into full fellowship a member that has been excluded from another, is destructive of harmony and fraternal feeling and church discipline, and should not be tolerated. An old man, named Michael Connell, was burned to death, in his cabin, near Clarksvillo, Sunday night, accidentally. At Oakland, on Tuesday, a little girl named Jenkins, whoso clothes had taken fire, ran out ef doors, tearing them from her body, but, unable te get tbem all off, fell upon her knees, with her face between her hands, and was found in this positron by her parents on their tetura, burned to death. At Lafayette, one morning laat week, a young girl sixteen years old, who was approached with insulting proposals, instead of screaming or running away, very promptly picked up a brick, which she threw at tbe nifender with such force and precision that he dropped senseless upon tbe pavement. She then walked deliberately away. William Heiige, a notorious character, was arrested at Eransville on Tuesday for having counterfeit money in hispossession. He had $10,000in bogus greenbacks, which was captured, lie passed soruo of tbe money in Evansville. United States Commissioner Charles E. Marsh held him in $10,000 bail for a further hearing. An old German named George Clements was removing a large and decayed old cherry tree, et Peru, last Tucsduv, aud bavin: si wed off the limbs andJuga round the roots, was c!i;obing a laddsr, placed against the tree, to fasten a rope upon the top, nhsu the ladder slipped, and he was thrown to the ground, some fifteen feet, breaking c viral of his libs, and otherwise seriously i:;juiitig him. One man shot one hundred and seventeen quaila, near. Rainbridge, 011 Tuesday. Duncan Gibbs was struck on the head with a large stone, at Indianapolis, on Suuday evening, by Lewis Pierson, and died 'Monday uight. An unknown man was found dead in a hut on the firm of Simon Long, near Evansvillo, ou Sunday, having died from exposure. An old man, named Silas Huffington, died from exposure resulting from intoxication, at Indianapolis, on Saturday eveniug. In tbe Ingleside coal mints, near Evansville, a few days ago, a mule killed himself by butting his head repeatedly against the wall. ' The Hon. Stephen C. Stevens died in Madison, on the 8th inst., at the age of eighty. lie was Speaker of the Indiana ouse of Representatives at the math ea.

sion of tbe State' Legislature, and Judge of the Supreme Court of the State, from January 28, 1S31, to May, 1836.. when he re. signed. The Lafayette Dispatch says that a woman in that city went to bed as usual on Tuesday night, slept all night, and on Wednesday morning awoke totally blind. James Walker was feund near the gas house in Lafayette, on Saturday morning, in an insensible condition, and died shortly afterward, the result of drink and exposure. Just as John Baker went to ring the bell of the Methodist Church, atReckville, on Sunday evening, tbe bell came down with a crash, just barely missing him. The chief adventures of a party of hunters from Marion, in iheKankakeeswamps, were that the two skillful oarsmen of the party fell backward out of a boat, and another one vainly endeavored to shoot the decoy ducks of a Cincinnati sportsman. On Sunday, a young man named Matthew Welch fell between two cars of astock train, at Wild Cat Stock-yard, near Lafayette, and both his legs were crushed so as te

cause his death on Monday morning. Presbyterian Reunion. Pittsburg, November 12. Tbe assemblies met in their respective, churches. In the Old School a member who was formerly powerfully opposed to reunion prayed that the hopes of its friends might all be realized, and the fears of others utterly disappointed. The official report of the New School Assembly was read, showing that every presbytery voted aQirmati vely. Henry Day ofered a resolution reciting the basis, and declaring that, having bean approved by over two-third, both presbyteries do solemnly declare said . basis of binding force. The same resolution was adopted in the New School. At ten o'clock the assemblies were finally dissolved by tbe Moderators. A procession formed of the commissioners of both assemblies, and proceeded to the street fronting the irst thurch, where, joining arms, headed by the Moderators, they marched to the Third Church, where the jubilee laecting was held. As the two lines united, the crowd festiied its gratification by clapping hands, Ac. As tbe coir. mis.ioners entered the church the choir s-tng the jubilee hymn '"Blow je the trumpet, blow." Over two hundred ministers were on tl-e platform, and the scene w:is most impressive. After prayer by Dr. Realty, a committee was appointed to send a telegram an nounoiojr rhe union to the Presby teria ns of Great Britain and Ireland, iu care of Dr Buchnnin, at Glasgow. Dr. Jacobus an nounced a hymn, and Dr. Fowler read the Scriptures and said he regretted to break tbe silence; he would rather sit still and wonder at the astonishing work which has been accomplished. He referred to the wondetful imatiin ity exhibited, nod the rapidity wilh which negotiations had been effected, and inquired what brought about the ucaoimity of opinion. He said, not beciuse either braurb needed tbe other to support it from tottcrisg, because neither body was ever so strong before, but recognizing God's hand, the whole movement urged the church to a renewed zeal, ond, tuining to Dr. Jacobu, the two Moderators o'asped bands. The entire audience arose und sang "Praise God from whom nil blessing Willi joined handd. Ihe f fleet of this act was n.opt iipresive. Afterward Dr. Jacobin said: 4,'l hefe cburcbes being about to be united, if toy one bus any good reason tt offer wby tbe churches should not bo united, let them state tLetu dow." TIiod adJrcsaiitg Dr. Elliott, wliu Was Moderator at the liuic the chuiohes separated, "D yon know uny reason whj they should not be united? Dr. Elliott rising, said: " do not." (iv-org 11. Stuart suid. "What God bus jwined together kt uo lunu put asunder." Dr. Jacobus beautifully illustrated tbe unin, using the Allegheny aud Motiongtiheln riven as tiinim. Dr. Mungrave contrasted the pr!ont and thirty years ro. lie referred to she differences of opinion; paid uotbirttr but tb power of (Jot! had bi ought about the union. . Dr. AdaiLS thought tbi grand occasion nicrit magna nuno'ds forgetlulness of the past, liberality for the future. He llnded to the remark rf Dr. Muprare, f-aii that gentleman bad run tbe doctrine cf predestination ehrcuri that side of tbehoute, and felt sure that he, the speaker, would not bo accused of tbe ad varced cew Bchoolism; ho thanked Uod we had been j'crmilted to do bo u ucb in this work of union, to making our calling and election sure. Dr. IlatGcId led in prayer. Dr. Rogers moved the thank? of the united body be tendered the Joint Committee for their labors in bringing about the happy result. Dr. Fisher oT;red a resolution calling on the united Church for a special thanks ofieringofa million dollars. Dr. John Hall seconded the motion, and moved $5,003,000 instead, aoJ paid the Union would help our young people to break iu pieces the great iiden image of iu am in on aud fashion, aud b would ui-o his hearty efforts to raise the So, 000,000. The Mode rator announced that lor tbe present thank offerings may be Rem to IJon. Win. Dodge, .. v, , . , , ' ol V . Judge birotig, ot Philadelphia, Suld he Was at a loss for a symbol t ex prc.8 bts idea oi tbe union, aud did not think it a murringe, becaur-e tbe bodies were too near of kin to permit fuoh irnile. 1 be rivers conveyed the idea of their coming from different sources, whereas these were streams from the same fountain head. lie could ouly liken it to the blending of tbe drops in tbe same stream. 11 oo. V. K. Dodge pledged his former church to raising their share of the memorial fund. Senator Drake and Henry Day mod brief addresses. George II. Stuart of Philadelphia, being called upon, expressed the hope that the day was not distant when tbe united body wouid embrace tvery branch of the Presbyterian family. A closing prayer was made by liobert Carter. At three o'clock in the afternoon a solemu commuuiou service was celebrated in tbe First Church, la the evening a meeting was held in the aame church. Addresses were made by John Hall, TV. E. Dodge aud George Stuart, who read the ioliowiog telegram, sent to-day: To tht liev. Dr. Buchanan, of Glasgow nTk- . . 1 i . d 1 1 . I j no i wo great resDyterian vnurcues 10 America, this dy mated, greet the

Presbyterian churches "of Great" Britain and Ireland, and pray, that they lse may be one. Signed j - "Georqb II. Stuabt, ' John Hall, " E.'Doncs." . V

The following telegram was sent to San Francisco by the Russian Minister: -"WA?niNGtow, D, C, Nov. 12, 1869. "Martin Kleukapstrom, Russian Consul, at flan Fraacisco, California: . -"President Grant having designated the 18th of this month as a thanksgiving day, I instruct you to have a thanksgiving service celebrated on that day in the Russian chapel, inviting all Russian sab jects to unite their prayers with those of the American people. "Cotacazy, Russian Minister. 1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS FARM WAGOXS FOR SALE. JACOB MEIZGER, at his shop in Starctowa below BrockTiile, ia prepared la furnish Farufc Wagoag, light or heavy, promptly to order. B is also prepared to furclsh Spring Wagon, if ordered. 11 it work is Warranted to give satisfaetion, aad his tarms are vcit lew for cash. fi inritcs those in want of Wagons of any kind to call and see Fpecimens of his work now ready far sale. JACOB MKTZUKK. Kot. 19 3w. IS BANKRUPTCY. TIT IS is to give notice that on ths 15th day of November, A. D. ISf'.tf, a Warrant ia Bankruptcy wag issued against the estate of Sarah Withers, of Cedar Grove, in the County of Franklin and State of Indiana, who has been adjudged, a Bankrup ton her own petition: That the pay. ment of any debts and delivery of any property belonging to such Bankrupt to her, or for her use, and the transfer of any property by her is forbidden by law; that a meeting of the Creditors of the said Bankrupt, to prove their debts and choose one or more Assignees of her estate, will be holdeo at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be helden at tbe Office of John W. Hay, 2-lJi East Washington Street, Indianapolis, on tbe 6th day ef Ueoeiuber, A. D. 1869, at 9 o'clock A. M. BEN. J. SI'OUNER, TT. S. Marshal, District of Indiana. Nev. 19, 1869-21. Messknobb. PRIVATE SALE OF "Valuable Real Estate. "VTOTICK is hereby given that the proprietor, IN William II. Houston, will sell at private sale, on the premises, on Wedntsdntf, December 8A, 18C9, that valuable and highly improved farm bolonrig to him, situate.d on tbe Cnnnenville and Brookville Turnpike, raaoing from and anjaeeat to the city of Conntrsviile, Fayette c unty, Indian.. There are about QS ACKES of the second aad best bottom laud t) tiia the country, valued atONK HUN 1)KKI AN1 FIFTY UOuLARS per ACKK, and about ACKLS of the very be.-t fir.t bottom l;.nd Ot) valued at ONK UUNDFI IND TWKNTY-F1VK DOLLARS PER ACKK. On tba turn is an excellent Two Story Brick Ho use, containing seven rooms with a large H.irn, Ursmry, Stable, and all necessary outhuueg and buildiogs in giol ordinary repair. There in sxrcl lent i-rchai d in good tearing ordar, and the whoie lanu is in fair hubandiika order. J'KRMS. One-half ceh down in thirty days from tbe sale, and on delivery or possession, and the balance in one or two jta.'i from day of sale, with interest atSiz per cent., secured by mortgage er security. All other information can be obtnined by calling at the oQiceof Judge Keid in Conuersvills,or from ihe proprietor on th e pieiuise . WILLIAM UOUSTOX, Not. 19 4w. Proprietor. IMUK HEBt SAVE YOUR MOSEY AND BUY YOUR. GOODS FOK CASH, for I, Jl. L. ADASI3, will give for every do'larpaid to mo in sash EIGHT CEJtTS ON THE DOLLAR in some useful article rut of ths Store. So yea se for every five dollars you pa in cah yuu get five dollars and fortv cents' worth of tioo.ln. Aad 1 w ill jell as cheap an can be bought elsewhere. i So couiealoug witu your (tTet'iitjuck and exata--I ina niv Prints. Dross tatiods. Huma and GloTas. . Ladies' and UerUs' I'li-s, lliij, Cap-t, Boots,. bhoes, Tiijwaie, yueeusware. Hardware, and Urorerics. A nifoliuoof Heady-Made Clothicg Cloth und Cufsunore Suits of tbe Latest Stylas, No 1 lieavrr Oveincats, ail included iu Ihe above per cent., except Groceries. A. L.ADAMS, prhiglicll, r.iiuk.iu County, Xoi. Nov. 19 2a. THE iATUfV EVE FCST. 1 illiLE lMCN T li S 6 K A i IS ! 3 Tbin "cheapest and best of the Literary Weeklies'' is (-.Hiring ULctjualed inducements to new mb.-cnl 'i n. In the first paper of October, it commenced a brilliant Novelet called 'A Family Failing," by KiUabe.th Prescott. It also is new running a renal, called "George Canterbury's Will," by Mrs. Ilenty Wood, the fauious author of'tast Lynns," New Novelettes will continually succeed esoh other. Among those already on hand, or in progress, are " t'nder a Ban," by Amanda M. D"Ufla.; " Lcoiiio's Secret," by Frank Lee Benediot; A U evelct, by Mrs. llostner, Jfcc. The Post also gives the Ge.ua of the English Magazines. NEW t-lTBSCRIBKHS for IP70 will have their subscriptions dated back to the paper of October 2J, uutil the l:irge extra edition ot that date is exhausted. Ibis wiil be thirteen papers in addition to the regular weekly number lor 1870 er fifteen months iu all I Wbcu our extra edition is exhausted, the numes cf all new subscribers for 1870 will be cntired on our list the very week tfeey are received. ' XEKMS J2.50 a year Two copies, $4; Tear copies, i6; Five copies (and one gratif ), $8. One copy of The Post and one of The Lady's Friend, H- - . A copy of the large and beautiful Premium Steel Engraving "Taking tbe Measure of the Wedding King" engraved in Bngland at a eolt of $2,0UU will bosent to every full ($2,50)subscribcr, and to every person seuding a club. Ik'1 is a truly beautiful engraving! Address II . PKTEKSON A CO., 319 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. "Specitnon copies seut for five cents. Nov. 19 , TWO M0ATUS GSATlb !!! 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NEW fcUIiSCRIBEUS who send their for 1870 before the first of Norember, shall the November and December numbers oi year in addition, making fourteen months in And new subscribers sending in their namel i the first of Deeeinher shall receive the " , cent December Holiday number, maktDg tn" montha in all! , r TERMS 2,50 a year; Two cop 'Jq,,, copies, 6; Fire copies (and one grati), . copy of The Lady's Friend and one of ln r A oopy of tho large and beautiful Ft?' Steel Engraving "Taking the Measure . oi Wedding Ring" engraved in Engtaad' of $2,00(1 will be scut to every fall (i!3r Ikfc oriber, and to every person ending lu Engraving is a gem of Art! 1" ,0v. k.a ' 319 Walnut Street, Philadalp".. -.s...,.:; : : ..... f,ir uti jsTot. ia.