Indiana American, Volume 9, Number 2, Brookville, Franklin County, 14 January 1870 — Page 2

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C. H. BINGHAM, Editor. -UOOKVlI.I.KFriday Morning, Jar nary 14, 1870. Meeting f the Central Committee. There wM be tneetinjc of the Franklia County Republican Central Committee ( Hie office of the nndersijcned. on Saturday, January 223, 1S70, at 1 o'clock "YM. "The ToUowicg persons compose aii Cdmiaittee: - : Wm. Reynolds, J.C Burton, R. IT.. Swift, S. Baker, Nixon Davi, R. Neln Davi, n. sMfeT. 'Simeon Miller, W. W. Pettifrrea-, "V. I,. Day. A mo?. M ertindale, Jas. M. BaUer, John F. Boh " John S. Moore, -Will R Lee, David Power", , Nathan Safer, Broolrille. TJatn. Srr?r:fipid. Fairfield. Ploomtrtg Grove. Lam-el. Mctamor. Bav. Sjt Creel. Posey. Rutlor. v Highland. White Wafer. A general attendance - is requested, as Wsiness oJ iTiVTOTtance will be presented j for the coneidrtoo of the Committee. ! Louisville nd Sandusky R - R.

The meeting on Saturday Bxtv at this j noy lum, and no weddings to whicn he place, in the interest or this great work , j would not be invited, lie could manuit ie' tho'nght will be well attended. Let-! facture sensational stuff out there to his tera received from Eaton. Ohio, give os j heart's content. the assurance that several prominent ci.i- j Democratic State Convention, lensthat place will be present, some of. T,;e IndUn, Democratic Convention at whom may be expected to address the , IlHrnapoli.1 on Saturday, adopted a platpeople who may attend. We trust a good-j foim t cxln(.-Xfi ,,,e annipt t0 .bridge ly -umber my be present to greet the.;nr;sdiction of the Supreme Court: in

Ohio friends. Cuban Affairs. j The administration has taken no recent I actions affairs in Cuba. Such official though meager accounts as have been J Teceived allow that both Spaniards and Cubans cxaetrerate their respective strength and nositionH. while the tmth is represented to be that a regiment of Spanish troops j cat march to any town or locality, s ub- j ject. only to the annoyances occasioned by small biies of insurgents. "Chinese for the Cotton Fields. The citizens of San Francisco have be come alarmed at the extent of Chinese immigration and are holding meetings and ;

raising funds to oppose its increase. The j Colonel Norman B. Eddy, of St. JoNew Orleans Times says that if the Cat- j seph County, on first ballot; for Attorifornians would only stop their proceed- j ney General. Bayless W. Hanna, of Terre

ingt and furnis-h the Chinese with passes Over the Pacific Railroad to the cotton fields of the South, they would solve the difficulty in the happiest manner possible to all parties concerned. Congressional. "A bill was introduced into the House on Monday, authorizing free banking on a bails of the five twenty bonds. These

are to be canceled by the Secretary of the j with the Senate Finance Committee, for Treasury, and f-ur per cent, non-taxable j nearly an hour, concerning financial matgoldbonrds, running forty years, issued in j tets. It is understood he approves of the thetrplace. - The Secretary is to cancel i bill -eported by Senator Sherman, ingreenbacks or three per cents, equal to creasing the National Bank circulation seventy-five per cent, of the circulation ; fvrty-five millions, and relieving the same issued under this act. The banks are not ' tmount of three per cent, certificates, and

to ply interest on current deposits. Grier s Successor. There is nodouht that Hon. Wm. Strong, of Pa., will, according o the present intentions of the President, be nominated to the -Senate'as the successor of Associate j Jnstioe. Oner, for which place the late Mr. . - , , . . Stanton Wass confirmed. The nomination ' ', : , , . may not be transmitted to the Senate for , - , . ... several, weeks, as Mr. Oner will not re- ; ,. . . .... . tire from his position until the 1st of heb-! 1 j l11,r - I British Columbia. j A number of property holders nl busiaes men of Victoria, British Columbia, ! have signed a memorial in favor of the trasfer-f that territory to the United States. The 'memorial has been presented to the lVrtidt and Secretary of State, j also fc Senator Sumner, aha, .Iter read-! it, said the movement was important, ! and cowld have .but one termination . ! Meanwhile, cur Government waits for the j action-tf England, hieh is fast seeing ; theiVklftMness. and impracticability of a K.rAm iV,iie in tl.i kr misr.V:!. I Y public Lands in the South. TVe Secretary of the Interior reports ; that 0e public lands revaluing r.-1d in the, louth, lie in the States of Florida, - Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri. ' Attansas, . to he amount of 47.4711,010 j acres.- ; The Viruihias, ihfl Crl?n98, i Georgia, Texas. KfiS Vy d Yennes- ' see have no public Un nitLin their limit..-v. ' . Finarc al. Oj the 3t of Dei-ember, lSivS. ' gld was fi'.S, an.i cu Le CJlst f iVi-ember, lSGiVit I-rt; while in il e sn tin e the U. S. 5-20 Iww.Js he advat.oed per cent. We arc clearly on the way to specie paynaeats win n mean a rise in all V. H. se if Hues aud io lha exchange-1 H. seuriues mud 19 lha exchangeable ra!tt cf picebaci., occasioning a; fall in all artfcles of con-uKipnon. The Uiisuurt Jfgislafnr ratified thc : FilVcntTi Amendment ja Friday, by a rota f 2'-J ' 2 in the Senate, sj4 St to 34 ia the f !?. rtri imr,i r-i.t i X-n n.,o,;.i -,r nR.i;nn' i .v-I CO OA Tn oneaiion ot annexation io the 1 r, . , . . United States. t Vedot l.e r Vn . to. order a vote ot :ic pipfr en the iea tion.

Sensational Correspondents. The people of the West have cause to regret that fuch a paper as the Cincinnati

iGarette has a correspondent at Washingion in whose statements there can be very j little reliance placed. .The readers of that I j pcr have not theconfidence in the state ments of "II. V. B." that they should have in matters reported from the capital of the nation; nor, in truth, from any oth er place. This "H. V. B." seems to hanker for personal distinction, and is disposed to get up something sensational at the expense of truth. He has a weakness for attacking prominent men of the Republican party, and saying things which, being disproved, he repeats with the impudence of Satan. Ue has been recently devoting his entire attention to Senator Harlan and some of his friends, and almost titifully imploring the Senator to j bring the matter into the Senate. This j Harlan has so far declined to do, and we hope he will continue to decline to give that notoriety to such silly charges. A friend bfthe Senator's took up the charges and fully and clearly disproved them ail, in a newspaper article. 'H. V. B." says that is puerile. He has learned this much, jat least, thit pecilky is- a game at which ! two can plaj.Vj ' - " - - 4 j Why caa'UhGaiette taveVn "Agate," ! or a "Furav ," or a "Chronicle" at Washion? Send "II, V. B." to the Indians, where there are no patent brioks to anf r i favor of reducing the tariff and putting L. -r.- J .v. r lc"' clKec &ar man ",k "u 1U" "rc ""' in fr of PJinS ,he five-twenty bond in greenbacks; in favor of the inflation of the T. substitution of greenback for Kational Bank circulation; in lavor ot raxing iauonai oanK stocks, "DJ rPoplD the 15th Amendment. T following were then nominated for Judi?cs f the Supreme Court: Judse 1.. oraeo, 01 ine ist supreme w trict, was nominated oy acclamation; second District, Judge A. C. Downey, on the first ballot; Third Distrct, lion. Samuel II. Buskirk,on the second ballot; Fourth District, lion. John Pettit, on the first ballot. For Secretary of State, Haute, first ballot: Auditor of State, John C. Shoemaker, of Perry county, on the fourth ballot; Treasurer of State, James B. Rvan, of Indianapolis, on the first bal lot; Superintendent of Public Instruction, Milton B. Hopkins, of Sullivan county, on the first ballot. The Financial Question. Secretary Bontwell was in conference also the section in the bill allowing National Banks to be established on a gold basis. The members of the committee conferred with the Secretary on his proposition for funding the national debt, and the joint resolution introduced tir Si',inr W illiam rpnniririo- the. Stere- , , , tary of the Treasury to redeem such ...... . L uited btates 1 reasury notes as may be , r , . . . , presented for redemption, at the rate ol , ,, , ,. , one dollar in com tor one dollar and . n- . .. twenty cents in Treasury notes. At the next meeting they expect to be able to settle the funding question, and also the proposition of Senator Williams, which is understood to meet with lavor by the committee. St- Domingo. T,,e President has sent to the Senate a ,rM,J cn ,he nn?.uon of St. Domingo. Thc trea,J Ivides that the United States Government shall pay ?l,5U0 000, wh.ch hU U U!icd to rai' debts of the iti,sna. nd in rtturn for which all the fr,!" dotks w,nr rublic buildings are be made over to the United States. The : island is to lie admitted as a territory, and not as a Sute. The treaty is to become ni u ratified by the United States Son.te oJ Oiajority of the people of bt. i)0Ulin,.0i n Emigration at the South, While emigration to the iouth is being constantly urged in he North, it appears that many Southerners are leaving their own States for the West. The Lynchburg Republican says: There is no sign of the times more discouraging and distressing than the steady Ktrearn.of pep!a moving Westward, frouj ihe Sttes of Virginia aad North Carolina. Ten or twelve families cf sutsh adventurers arrived yesterday on the Southsidc cars from some ofthe border .counties, and immediately took cassasre on the Teoues,r.: tj,., .r tnnnc and vir. r J J r- ? - ens people, mep, women and children ot intelligent exprfsioa and respectable . arcs. Thc ConnrtiUe Times nominates Nelson Truster a (Candidate for Trsurer of State on the Republican ticket. The New York Legislature, uador the lead of tbo great Tweed unmixed has' - . repealed it ratification of the i'lfceecja An.ament. We are curiou to now the ffect of this mighty movement, cu TTk - uiocrscy. Journal. the

A Richmond paper says 20,000 negroes left Virginia for the South last year. About two hundred Chinese arrived in New Orleans, Saturday, by way of St. Louis. They left by railroad for Texas. Admiral Porter has issued an order changing the uniform of the sailors in the navy. The last rail of the Utah Central Railroad was laid on Monday, and there was great rejoicing in Mormondom in consequence thereof. The cash balance in the United States Treasury is $60,000,000 in coin and 10,000,000 in curredcy. This is lower than it has been for some time.

The Colombian Government has offered every facility to representatives of the United States to survey for a canal across the Isthmus of Darien. The Cincinnati Enquirer says the Democratic members in the National House of Representatives do not need numbers as much as they do brains. Governor Alcorn, of Mississippi, refuses to be installed until the State has been admitted to the Union. The Legislature will meet, ratify the 15th Amendment, and then adjarq till after the P rn'ubion of the State. The House Banking Committee will begin the investigation of the New York gold conspiracy next week. The session will he held in Washington, and Fisk, Corbin and the rest will be summoned there to testify. : It is said the San Domingo people, living in the cities, are in favor of annexation to the United States, but many in the interior are opposed to it. The British Consular agents are working against the scheme. The Indianapolis Journal says concern, ing the new Democratic State ticket: 'While the Democracy have placed some good men vipon. their ticket, they have loaded it with weights impossible to carry to success." The Indiana Board of Agriculture have appropriated $9,000 for premiums for the next fair, distributed as follows: For live stock, 5,000; for agriculture, $2,000; for mechanical, $1,300; and for miscellaneous premiums. $700. Several Gaugers in Pennsylvania and Ohio have been reported recently to Commissioner Delano for a violation of duty, particularly in failing to have their stamps properly canceled, and have had their commissions revoked. Several Senators privately assert that San Domingo is of as much importance to, the United States as the Island of Cuba, if not more, and that the acquisition of the one will more easily lead to the possession of thc other. Notwithstanding the Democratic talk about the unfairness of the Texas election. thc Columbus Tin es, a Texas paper that j supported the Conservative ticket, very frankly concedes the fairness of the elec lion as well as the character of the Tadicals, who were triumphant in its county, j The message of Gov. Bowie, of Maryland, opposes mixed schools, but suggests that the tax received from colored tax- j payers for school purposes, be devoted to the education of the colored children, and that educational facilities be extended to them by the State. v The Supreme Court of Alabama has decided that there has bten no property io slaves since 1SG3; that every judgment given by any of the Courts of Alabama from 101 to 1SC5 is null and void, and that all officers of Courts and Legislatures were mere usurpers during that period. The Houston (Texas) Union approvingly quotes the following from the composition of a school-boy there: "Let us behave ourselves that we may get back into the Union, and then let us continue to behave ourselves that we may be happy and prosperous.' Many members of Congress are preparing to speak on the question of the apportionment of representation under the new Census bill. Western members generally co in plain that the representation of that part ofthe coutitTy is not proportion ate to the population. Owing to the probability of a Sioux outbreak arising from the Winnepcg troubles. Governor Marshall, of Minnesota, reo ro mends that the Legislature ask the General Government to station and maintain a military force in the vicinity of Pembina, to protect the settlements; Governor Warmouth's annual message to the Legislature of Louisiana, congratulates them upon the improved condition of public aifairs and the good feeling existiqj; between the people of both races. It takes a cheerful view of the political situation apd speaks of the general pros, perity of the State. If the Cinfioniitj Gajtett really hates Harlan so inteqsdly that t would help him into the Senate fwr another term, it jean best accomplish its object by contin uing its abuse ot him ami tending i$x?ltctl copie f paper$ containing its slandtrs to 1 1, Democratic iVjuroflrs of 7ica. The people of this tate hare a faith in Senator llarlan tfcat vjijl icdce tuem to call upon hiui to una another term, should such slanders upco him, , . . r , spread by tjfce (razette, qial that the man and hi. e as have been make it necessary character should (again hare ihe States indorsement, t Des Moines (Iowa) Register.

Commercial Depression. We copy the following well considered remarks on the commercial situation, from the Boston Daily Advertiser: "The present dullness and depression in business, which is general throughout the country, marks a stage of progress on the up-hill road upon which thecountry has now fairly entered, with a view of reaching a sound basis of commercial confi dence. Just such a state of affairs as now exists has been predicted and expected as the preliminary condition of a return to specie payments, and the fact that the country is now groping its way cautiously in that direction forms rather a subject for congratulation than regret, difficult and perplexing though the way be. That a shrinkage of prices, sooner or later, could not be avoided, has been universally recognized, and this fact should have, and doubtless has, to a considerable extent, operated to inspire caution in contracting debts heretofore, while at present it has a significance which cannot pass unheeded. The longer business men have recognised the uncertainty of the times, and have kept fully in view the necessity of being prepared for whatever fluctuations might occur, the better they are prepared for the present 6tate of affairs, but it is never too late to mend, and those who have hitherto delayed the work of preparation still have lime to enter upon it. None can fail to see tha there is a prevalent feeling that prices must go down, and this feeling operates a.s one of the Strongest ipflucnces n cbcskiag enterprise and retarding buSiocss movements. .Nobody is inclined to buy except for consumption, v;hil dealers, although anxious to sell, ve very reluctant to submit to a decline-, and these two causes are Sufficient to account for the present sluggish movement of trade. Stocks, however, have to be carried, and this requires money, which lenders are never anxious to ad. vance on a failing market. But while these circumstances impose upon the business of the country hardships and annoyances from which business men naturally shrink, yet encouragement may be found in the lact that, at the worst, this condition of affairs is likely to be but temporary. The quicker the crisis oomcs thc sooner will the business of the country settle down upon a firra basis. Believed of the unhealthy influence of a capricious currency, the country, so rich in all the elements f substantial prosperity, will rapidly recover from the stagnation or perversion of its material interests, and enter upona career of success hitherto unparalleled in its history. The evils here indicated need not be of long duration, if only our national legislators can be brought, to a realising sense of duty to their constituents, the people. From letters received in Washington from the home of Mr. Julian, member of Congress from Indiana, it is said that he will not be able to take his seat in Con-

grcss during the present session, ana many fear that he will never recover from his malady, which is pronounced to be softening of thc brain. Senator Ross addresses a note to Corto know what nciius Wendell desiring Wendell means by his intimations that certain Republican Senators voted for the acquittal of President Johnson for a money consideration, and, specially, whether he has any cround for believing that he ( Ross") was so influenced. endell replies that he has every reason to believe that Ross was not influenced improperly; but adds that Perry Fuller was offered a large sum of money, to be used in secur ing Ross s vote lor acquittal, and that Fuller declined to use it for that purpose. Forney has written an article on the Cuban Junta which is supposed to represent the views of the Administration on the subject. He says the Cubans have openly violated the laws of the United States in sending out expeditions of armed men. 'then instead of using their money to buy arms and support their brethren in arms in Cuba, they have endeavored to sow dis-eord between the Pres ident, his Cabinet and Congress. Now ' the insurrection appears to have been driven from every town and to have no habitation. The Radical, in commenting on the dispatches aud editorial remarks of the Cincinnati Gazette on the Julian-Reid coiiit, nulls out the Gazette in the following paragraph: "The dispatches were clearly inspired by some old enemy of J uiian, and intended for outside effect with reference to the next contest for Congress in this District. The design was to prejudice him with the public as about to succumb to little Johnny, apd a in disfavor with the Republics n party. And the Gazette was used (the more's the pity that it should allow itself fo be so used) because it was known to have a wide circulation among Julian's friends. The initiated kno wdl that a reasonable inducement will cause a! 'Most any of out .-hiih toned'' journals to falsify the truth in this way any day in the year. They do it habitually, and well posted men can guess with jjte.at apcuracy as to what particular persunsl vr political grudge, conspiring with a mercenary press, give tilth to fcuch abprtious in any case." The Radical, ponccived, spawned, nursed, brought up and kept from starvation by 'inducements," charging the Cinciouati Gazette with selling out to the Democracy, is Ood. Richmond Tele gram. The Fifteenth Amendrnent, Information received at Washington from Columbus encourages the hope that, when the question ot the ratification comes up, there will be found a sufficient majority in the Legislature to ratify it. We do not undertake to say that this in- j formation is correct, but it is not inipos? sible that a few of the intelligent Democrats are persuaded that the best thing that can happen tor their party before the uext Presidential canvass, will be the removal from the arena of politics' of -this embarrassing question. Commercial. fieorge W. Julian has announced himself as a candidate for Congress at the April election, or such other plan of action as the Republicans of the District ipay ad.opt, Richmond lluinai!g Bird.

Indiana Items. Terre Haute has forty lawyers. Lafayette has a six-foot girl of sweet sixteen. The distillery at Milton was burned on Christmas night. No butchers' meat in -Rushville, except for cash money. One firm at South Bend employs two hundred and twenty men in making wag

ons. William Arney was shot and killed at Winchester, on Thursday night, by a woman named Smith. The woman alleged that Arney was attempting to enter her room. A young Quakeress has been conducting religious services in the prisons of Indiana and Ohio. The effect of her eloquence on the criminals is said to be wonderful. Absalom Padgett, of Greene County, distilled illicit peach braudy, got caught at it, and was fined one thousand dollars, with six months imprisonment thrown in. The ladies of Indianapolis clubbed together to receive calls, each club containing eight or tea misses and one married lady. A two column list of the clubs was published, in tfce corning papers of the 1st inst. Four young ladies and two young gentlemen were arrested, put on trial, found guilty, and fined, at Bennington, a few days ago, for firing crackers in a singingschool on Christmas eve. Great excitement in the looal society. In Grier township, Warrick County, a Mrs. Thompson is one hundred and two years old, and Mrs. Dolly Hunnicott will be one hundred and five next March. Both are in excellent health. John M, Luoas, Agent of the United States Express Company, at Huotipgton, has left the country, taking with him about ten thousand doflars that had been intrusted with him. He has been heretofore considered an honorable and upright man. His actions are a surprise to every person. He has doubtless gone East. Near Florence, on the 2Sth ultimo, a Sheriff, endeavoring to arrest a man psmed Miller, charged with attempting to rape, found the latter in bed in a second -story-room and thought he had him; bu.t when the Sheriff appeared at the door, Miller jumped through a window, breaking sash and glass, and falling eighteen feet ta the ground. lie was pursued and eight shots were fired at him, two of which took effect, wounding him severely, but he escaped into Kentucky. On Wednesday night the store of Har ding & Brother, dry goods dealers, at llockville, Parke County, was entered and the safe broken open and robbed of eighteen thousand dollars in currency. Some disagreement existed between the firm and the officers of the bank at RockviUe, and they bal withheld their deposits, which accounts for the large amount of money on hand. The burglars left their tools and a dark lantern, with some other professional appurtenances. A Chronic Grumbler. The Sentinel, the head and front of Democratic journalism in the State of Indiana, is making itself happy over the prospect of differences, present and pro spective, in the Republican party. The foundation of its hopes is mainly lain in the fact that the Madison Courier is so persistently unhappy. The Sentinel often copies the solemn grumbling from that chronic old scold, and concludes with great glee that there surely must be schisms in the Radical camp, or the Courier would not be so dismal. We had supposed that the Sentinel was acquainted with that moss-covered institution, the Courier, but it seems not. We dislike to dispel the pleasing delusion that seems to be so comforting to the Sentinel, but as we do not like to follow delusions ourseif, so we do not choose to have our neighbors deceived, so we feel bound to say o the Sentinel that the Courier grumbles frai force of habit. vjarter nas more growl to the square inch than any man in the State; the Courier, therefore, is only taken and read because of this peculiarity. Its grumbling is like the baying of a toothless, blind dog it disturbs nobody, but furnishes amusement for the boys. When the Courier first commenced its complaints, long time ago, when the Republican paity had a thousand majority in that county, some weak minded persons w.ere affected by it, and we have lost some IVw hundred votes in that county in consequence; but its power as a disorgan izer is gone, and nobody now cares what the Madikoii Couiicr says upon any subl ject. Its chief object now seems to be to so demoralize the Republican paity in the State as to take Fiazieron the State Ticket, and then it thinks that public sentiment would be so debauched a to tolerate ihe mention cf its pet, Rob Cravens, for Congress in the Third District. Shelby Republican. The Julian-Reid Contest. We are reliably informed, by a friend in Washington City, that thc Julian Roid contested case has not been reached in the committee on elections that not a paper has been examined in regard to it. The reporter for the Cincinnati Gazette was hoodwinked by some enemy of Julian, or be accepted as true coin a Democratic report ofthe case. Wa are also informed that the investigation will show that Judga Reid has not the ghost of a chance, and that the cass when developed will show some ugly facts as to the action of certain Republicans in this District. Connersyille Times. Hon. John S. Reid, of Indiana, a Dem. ocratic contestant, has arrived in the city and is stopping at the Metropolitan Hotel. Mr. Reid is heie for the purpose of contesting Hon. George W. Juliao'd seat in Congress. He entertains no hope of success, and is simply making pleasure trip at the expense of the Government,?-? Washington City Journal."

Correspondence of the American. Letter from Illinois. Champaign, III., Jan. 3, 1S70. Friend Bingham, If it is not too late, let me wish you and yourreaders a "Happy New Year!" But if it ts too late.let me express a hope that holidays may not come often if they are to keep us frotn our regular American. We can't afford to miss its genial face and words of news from home. The old year went out gracefully, and the new has come in in fine winter style. We had beautiful weather dating the holidays, and it was fully enjoyed. Our festivals, trees, dinners, &e., were much as usual, and one S. S. tree bore the writer hereof some valuable silver ware and other good things, all of which made one feel comfortable. Tho roads have been so muddy until recently that not much bnsiness has been done, and when the roadsdid get better, the price of corn and pork came down, and that affected trade. But prices are rallying, and the better time is coming, yet I have no idea when it will get hero. I was pleased to see in the last American that a new vicat-sJiop had been started in Brookville. On a recent visit to your progressive city I believe I counted Jive meat-shops on one side of the street between Rotkafeller's and Reifel's, and I suppose there were several elsewhere that I did not see, and you are well supplied, I learn, from Fairfield and elsewhere by wagons, and also run a market-house.. I am glad, I say, that you have a new meatshop started, and if that pays well I hope others will learn the trade and set up shop. Here we have three meat-shops and a population of abcut 5,000. You are hard on meat in your village. I am glad to see some interest manifested with reference to a new schoolhouse in Brookville. I have a well defined plan by which Brookville could easily secure a grand school-house at a small cost, and do a good thing for herself in every way, but I wont tell what, that plan is unless somebody asks me. Who wanis to know? Send a stamp for an answer. Just now Death seems to be holding high carnival here ami elsewhere, and people are dying off" mpidly. We had

two funerals here yesterday, and will bave two to morrow, and there is a wonderful amount of sickness. Ooc physician told me on Saturday that he had prescribed during that diy for ci;hty-ihree patients, He is a Homeopathic physician. One ofourold school doctors did about the same amount of work. In yoiir region the sad work of death goes on. I have heard that WilUsm O' Byrne is dead. The Church and County Lave lost uiuh io his death, lie will be greatly missed by scores. Mattie Williams, one of my former scholars, a good and a talented jirl, has also gone to join the rnks of the loved ors gone before. But I wss most shocked to hear that Mrs. Lynn had been called away. Vina, as I always culled her, was a faithful mother to those under her care, and was an admirable wife. She had an ex - ceeding difficult place to fill, yet she filled a with propriety and compelled the respeet and love 01 those around her. I his is no place to speak of the bereavement and terrible sufferings ol the stricken husband. I can only say from uiy inmost soul, "God pity hint!'' Such suiTerings cannot be cotiprehended by those who have never felt them. Rut I must tlohe. Yours, W. U. G. For ihe American. Rerninisccnces cf the Past. How many and varied are the reminiscences of the past years which throng the memory as the, advancing years aud age come upon us, despite the sigh of regret with "-which we see the fond pleasures of youth recedifg from us, often even crowding out, as it were, the duties and pleasures of the present. ILw often do we hear it said, and with a tone uf regret, if not a sigh, by those from whom the bloom of youth has faded: "Ah ! times are so changed; they are not as they once were, when I was young. " No, dear friend, nor will they ever be again; not so much, perhaps, thai the times are different; but, do you not know, that ihe change is mostly in you? You see the threads ol silver which are just beginning to your hair, and ou know that you can never be a romping school boy again; that you can never again enjoy the youthf ul sports which once thrilled your young and joyous heart; and with a sigh Jou say, rilow changed! While you are wont to attribute the vanishing of past pleasures and past scenes, in part at least, to a change of the times, you forget that thousands of others are now enjoying the happiness that you once felt. Ah, yes, it is true, emphatically true, that the times are changing, we are changing; everything in this world is changing. We look back through the dim vista of the past, and all its loves and crosses, its pleasuies acd pains, its joys and griefs, its hopes and its disappointments, are again pictured to nitmory's sight and sense; and with a gentle sigh we wish we could live over those years again, notwithstanding those crosses, pains, griefs and disappointments existed; , for we remember lhat, like their accom panying joys and pleasures, they were tieeung, and we imagine that their burden was less heavy to beat than those which now tff:ct us. How well we remember thc thrill of delight with which, in years gone by, we visited the old homestead, where our grand fathers, grand mothers, uncles, aunts, and cousins, greeted us with words and smiles of welcome. How we strolled and romped over hill and dale, through field and wood, mingling our shouts of laughter, our mirthful songs, with the notes of the merry warbler which fiitted from branch to branch in the green trees; with the music of the busy stream, as its restless waters flowed ever onward, rc minding us, had we but heeded its gentle teachings, of our own fleeting life and its fleeting joys; and with the voice of the wind as it whistled past, driving before it leaf and limb, signing, moaning, as if shrieking a wild requiem over dead hopes and withered pleasures. Ah! those were pleasant tiuies--years never to be forgotten by us years ever to be looked back to, and referred to, and we go on through the years to come. All seasons alike brought their joys and their mirthful scenes. The Spring time, with its budding flowers and its balmy days; ihe Summer,, with its bloom and beauty, its green foliage aud luxuriant meadows;

Autumn, with its ripe fruit and its delightful Indian Summer days; Winter, even the cold, stormy Winter all, all brought with them something to gladden the heart and please the eye, all contributed to our sports and our pleasures. But those years have gone by, and as we plod on through life's journey, the world is still changing; tee are still changing; and when we, those of us who have not yet passed the meridian of life, shall have grown old, and the then remaining locks have become gray, and our 6teps begin to totter upon the verge of the grave, we shall then look back to the present, as we do now to the past, and exclaim, "How changed 1 how changed!" But may we not suffer those rcmloTi. cences to impair our usefulness for the presenter future, or come in the way of the duties that ever devolve upon "us. Let us rather learn lessons of wisdom from the past, for our own and others' good in the future.' May we look forward with a hopeful eye, and remember that the bush which bears thorns, bear roses as well. May our sphere of usefulness be extended and we be enabled, by kind words and gentle actions, to bring joy and gladness to the hearts of others and ourselves, with "Right" as our motto and God as our guide, till we shall have entered that bright land where our joun life shall be renewed and made more beautiful, happy and good than ever before, and the bloom of youth shall nerer fade. ' J. H. Clocd. Drcwersburg, Ind.

George W. Juliaa His III Health What Caused It. The ill health for some months past of George W. Julian, which has occasionally been referred to in these columns, has of late attracted wider remark and is misrepresented in various quarters. He and his friends have not been in the habit of sending telegrams on the subject, after the manner of some, nor inclined to parade a private matter before the public; but as it bis become public, through the unauthorised statements referred to, a brief refer, ence to the facts may not be out of place here. The great body of his friends have had no idea of thc nature or severity ot hi affliction. His milady was sleeplessness, j originally superinduced by watching and : nursing the sick, and by severe domestic J bereavements, but greatly aggravated by j ihe wearing labor and excitement of pubo i lie life for twenty odd years, the overtax I ing the brain and waut of proper rhtsU cal exercise. r - ....... .- ? culminating at last ie a dreadful nervous riostration. For tha last nine or ten years be has not slept half as many hours as he should have done, and for the lust three or four years' thS proportion of sleep has been fifty percent, less $till. He hks frequently gone ttsjo. a,nd three, nights without any sleep, anJ sdeep came, xi was quite s much waking as sleeping. 0 i;itesv sypdvnes sivd all tht sort ot thii g. entirely failed ienediesv I or aggravated the malady. 0'eogirse ihfi. i consciences of a continuance in this eon.-. diiion could not hut have been of a very serious character. His friends, howeverv vstll be clad t learn"" that, under a ratiucal, restorative treatment and conduct, his condition ha,s considerably improved, and we think tha.t by a continuance of the sani3 his pernio nent recovery can i.ot be a matter of doubt. Richmond Radical; The Democratic press is enthusiastio over Lew. Campbell's proposition to sub tuit the Fifteenth Amendment to the people ol Ohio; but if the Legislature of Texas, just elected by tie people of that State upon the AmcKdment platform, shall ratify the article, the same papers will declare it to be a "Radical outrage, ' and an unconstitutional act, that will defeat the Amendment before the Supreme Court, should a test case be made. Such is patent self-adjusting Democracy. : Journal. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Election NoticeT'HE Sto Oom8i o1i holder of the Laurel Hydraa'ia any are hereby notified that an electioa will be beld at their office ia Laurel. Ia-t., en Saturday the 22d any of January, 170, fr the purpose i.f electing a liv.itrd of li rector to erve j the ensuing to jears. roll i(e at l cieo P. At. J. V. lilKY, Secretary. in. 1-, i&t i iw titknpike NOTICK. THE Stockholders in the Harrison, New Trenton, Rochester k Brookville Tarnpike Company are requested to meet at the houteof Bailutl Chamber, in Cedar Grove, Ind., on Monday the 7ih of Ftlruary next, at 9 o'clock A. M., for the purpote of alecting liireetori fer said Com pany, and tor the transaction ot oiner unpen". business. Jan. H, 1870-tt R. COOLEY, Fresident. Administrator's Notice. NOTICK i heithy given that the vndernr " has this day been appointed Administrator of the Estate of William U'Ujrce, late of Franklin County, Ii ilian. deceased, taid EsUte U solvent. JOSEPH K IK, Administrator. Jan. 14-3w. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. NOTICE ia hereby given that the undersif" Administrator ofthe Estate of W il O'Eryne, deceased, ill sell at public auction. On Wtdiiesiiay, February IS, at. Ihe late re.idpne of mid decedent, two mi'' West of Mixerville, in Franklin County, Indiana, the Fersonnl Property ol said decedent, cuaSinirg cf 5 gtod Horses, 3D SHck Hogs; 8 Milch C. ws, 12 Y.urg taltle, 32 Sheep, el""1 1600 bOFhcle Wf eat in the Branary, W heat in the ground, Cora in the crib, ao?"' tona of Hav in the barn, 1 pood Two-H" Wagon, 2 Two-Horse Spring Wagons, 1 P0"' HuggT. I new Climax Mower, 1 cheat of Carpeater'a Tools, Plows, Harrows and Farming tu"f aiia generally, Beds, Bedding, and all "" m h ousehold Uoods loo tedious to mention. Sale positive at 16 o'clock A. M. . TERMS OF A L t. -All sums not over three dollars, cash down, and on all sums over tort dollars a credit of ten months will be give" v the purchaser giving his not with appro rd Heboid surety, waiving valuation and appriee laws. JOSEPH KINti, Adminitu'1'Jan. 14 Iw. Lock Out For Hira ! LIPMAN, OF THE AUCTION HOUSE, LAlREL, IN p., will vist ANDERSON VILLE' of Goods from Bankrupt and Failing ifidder without reserve for Cash 1 Don't forge' tiWe Saturday, Jan. 15, 180, at Audersenvi" . Ipd. A Rare Chaice for Bargains. jaal-' ASSIGNEE NOTICE. ' IN TIIE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNI"' STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF INDIAss THE undersigned hereby glvet ,c Vf hat been appointed Assignee of .f Sank Withers, a bankrupt in ta Co.V:,. Franklin and State of Indiana, witai" '" " trict, who has been adjudged a ban ktT P. 4 her own petition by the District District. F WM. J. PECK, A '? January 7, 1370 3r.