Indiana American, Volume 9, Number 3, Brookville, Franklin County, 21 January 1870 — Page 2

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, Til ' I I f ' . II I I ' I' HI' ' C. H. t5INGKAM, Editor. -BKOOKVII-Lfc-Friday MornInir,"lBiitry fil, 1S70. ik" . 11 "' 1 mmm mmm ? Matting of thft Ctntrtl Committee. - Thxa will be tneetiag of tha Franklin Conalj HepubUcan Central Cnrnirirttee at tha oSc ef th ; undertime J.oh't..4.. JAiV 22a.; 1870. it 1 o'clock Jl . , , - , r J?.M. The folItfiBg ptriem compote aid Committee: Wm. Reynords, Brpokville. '.' ' ' . J. C. Brton4 ,v n. 11. Swift,; ! : W. 8. Bake,? Niton DavuMV fiath. I) Hi W. W. Vettigrew, B1oomng Grove. Amos Mertiftdilt;-" Metamora. Jig M. Failey, John F. Roe?r John 8. Moot, Will R. Lee, Ray. Halt Creek. Vcy. Nntler; - David Powers, Highland. Nathan Saief, , ". .White U arer. A general "attendance is requested, as business of JmpYtance tl be presented for the toniideratioh of -the Committee. : lirUk It '.Swift, Chairman. RttlrWd "Meeting In Brookvllle. A very Urge tfumber of the people of Franklin (Vanly, '.indjaoa, assembled at the Court Itixuii & .ttrbokville on Saturday last, agrtaly to the call for a meet ing to adopt "measures; '.for facilitating the building bf a -' railroad from Saodus a fit ' Ohio, to Louisville. Kentucky. - j 1 j - . Very eoasiderableinterest was manifested on the subject, and there was an unanimous Tceliog expressed in favor of the project. Proaiitient gentlemen from Preble and Miami Counties, Ohio Major Johnion of Piqiia, . prominent member of the bar in Ohioj'JuVlo' Ab ner Haines of Eaton, an old and experienced railroader, and the prime mover. in the enterprise; Col. G. D. Ilendrieks'.&f"; Eaton, one of the pioneers in this sectiooVof country; Jonathan Randall Esq., of x; West Milton, a representative of the leading men of Miami County; and AG. Conover Eq.,-'a Railroad Engineer of Piqua, who is' a practical engineer of large experiehee in the construction of railroads and canala were present by in vitation, who .stated their views at some length, giving facts and figures in regard to the enterprise- Some of onr citizens also spoke decidedly in favor of it; In fact, ! we heard no objection interposed; but, on the contrary, every one present seemed to j realise the importance of an early completion of this new railroad. A committee was appointed to co-operate with similar committees along the line of the proposed road, so that a united effort may be made to raise the means for its construction. This committee are expected to visit' Louisville at an early day, and endeavor to Secure material aid from j thatcitj.H is thought that at least one million --Jollar . can h ;il ntr.t.inp.t there. The vsriqus counties along the line arc also expected to donate liberally. Franklin County should appropriate at least one hundred thousand dollars, and other eounties wilt no doubt contribute more thanthat. The road Is alreadv finished and in runnieg order from Piqua, Miami Countj, Ohio, to $a'tfdusky' City, and a considerable emohrit ot grading has been done on the lioevbvtweeo Piqua and Eaton 10 j Preble Co'uiitV . Ohio. Considerable irrading has alas bjean done on the southern end of the liliW But little over one hundred miles' are yet to be graded and bridged to co'tuptete the connecting links between the numerous railroads on the north-: . east and the - vast . network of southern roads. iWRen,Jhi3',connecting link is fin-' iihed through a few counties, this road "1 . ... - - - - ci will undoubtedly, become the grand trunk I line of travel and freight between the ! tiorlhcast and the southwest. 1

It is a lis thing this road a magnifi- A National Woman Suffrage Convenient enterprise and the more it is con- tion isl assemble at Washington next

lAmnUrl lHTSrtti la it oroatnuaa rrtnk I prehended. tt will give ua an outlet in every direction, ' increasing our shipping facilitieij allowing us to tk advantage of the rive in the markets both North and South. p.Tt will cause a great reduction in the heavy UrhTs on freights and passenger travel, LU-h wc are 1. now compelled to pay on account oP the present railroad monopoly. . It will enhance the value of property witbinfite mjles on cither side of the line a)n Ha'entire length an item which will of. itself. a,motSat to more than the cost of ,'the road.' It will induce capitalists to in teat in manufacturing enterprises

hero hj : combining out un9urpssJ hj-. Bingham' bill declaring Virginia endrauHo powr with, tiheap facilities for; titled to immediate representation in Contransporting the raw material and niaou-j gres8 pS5ed the House on Friday, after fact u red pYodtacts. It will shorten the dis- j Iong discussion, by a vote of H2 to 49. tanct forty iniVs fr.oui tbheaJ of unit -j '. ' 1 lerrupfed navigation at the Fall of the Tri'ate advices from Jackaon indiate Ohio River to. Lakt. Erie, and it will aluo 'he election, for United Saea Senators

shorten th distance t Columbu Ohi.. at least twenty-five miles, thus making a nearer inXwuTt ecditious route to the K altera cities than auy other road now used or that- ever can- W projected.. It will place Brool villa a4 FrankliaCouaty oa th high toad .of prosperity with her nsigbboht b dcYf loping her latent agric4Urtaadwaofa.taruig reaourees, ia viuag a fast trade and traffic, and thus ta creaaio our population sod building up ou town and county, la Soy" light that it eao be viawed, this new railroad ia money in every man's i pocket, and therefore it is a paving inr

vetnient.v, ;Kvery encouragement should be given that will insure ita speedy completion. - A Record of Infamy. On tbe Uth inat. tha Cincinnati Com

mercial save that' - - . "Jesse D. Bright accomplished the moat disgraceful act. probably, of bie whole life in the Kentucky Legislature, yesterday, by moving to refer back' to the committee the bill to charter Abraham Lincoln Lodge, No. 6, of Covington, (a Protestant Benevolent Association,) with instructions to change the name, aa he could vote for no charter for an institution bearing that name. The motion prevailed." We don't wonder at this much, when mre remember that Bright was , expelled from the U. S. Senate for disloyalty in the early part of the war. The name of Lincoln will be revered "all over the world a a cbrtattaa ana a patriot, wnen uc worthless careasr of Bright will be lying in the grave rotting and his memory detested by all g'qod people. Th House Committee on Banking, . In their investigation of the gold conspir acy in New York which commenced, on Saturday, have, it is said, discovered some curious and grave tacts. One bank, with a capital ani deposlta of 12,000,000', certified checks to,the amount of -tU,000,0(J0. It seems that the evening before the grand finale a' meeting of." the conspirators waa held and Fitfk wanted to put an advertisement in the papers that the ring had ail the gold there was outside the Treasury and could take al! the Government might offer, and offer to settle with contractors at 160. .This was not acted on except that gold was put to 160. Tbe rapid succession of diverse injunctions issued by Judges Cardoso and Barnard makes it look as if they were in the ring. Whether Butterfield was in the mesa the committee do not say. - Letters were received from prominent business men in 'New York, saying if the injunction business is not broken op a vigilance committee will be necessary. - Catholics and the Schools. The Roman Catholic view of the public school question was stated before a large audience in .the hall of tbe Cooper Institute, New York, on Monday evening, by Rev. Thomas S. Preston, pastor of St. 'Ann's Church. Many Protestants were present in the audience and on the plat form. Dr. Preston claims that the Catholic religion requires sectarian schools for the young of the church; and while Catholics do not desire to interfere with the present common school system, they ask an allotment from the school fund proportioned to the number of children they educate, for the purpose of establishing separate schools. Major John D. Evans, the present Auditor of State, will probably be renominated by the Republican Convention which meets in February. fGreeneastle Banner. If the vote of Decatur can secure such a result, he will be. He is a faithful of ficer ,n j tn efficient and untiring worker, j and merits a re.uominatiou. (Jjreensburg Standard. co says Uld r rtnaUn. , lie should bare the nomination again, as be is "all right" "the right man in the right place." The Ohio Senate has ratified the 15th Amendment by a vote of 19 to 18. Tbe Democrats of Hancock county have unantmously selected David S. Gooding as tbeir candidate for Congress. The 15th Amendment was ratified by the Mississippi Legislature on Saturday ith but one dissenting vote. The Stanton Fund has reached one hundred thousand dollars, and promises to grow much larger. Henry Ward Beecher has declined the increase in his salary from $12,5U0 to ?-0,-000 a year. The Kansas State Legislature ratified the Fifteenth Amendment on Thursday last. Week. The Governor of JSebraska sajs he will convene the Nebraska Legislature at onee, and that it will ratify tbe Fifteenth Amendment within twenty days. The Salt Lake News says that Mr. Ciagin's bill for tho sappressioo of polygamy in Utah, cannot bo carried out without the shedding of blood. ' v. i d - Both Houses pt the Minnesota Legislature have ratified tbe 15th Amendment. The vote in the House was 23 to 15, and in the Senate 16 to 13. ;trora Mississippi, cf Mr. fcccbsston and General Ames. Before tbe 22d of February, Secretary Fish will in all probability be called upon to issue his proclamation announcing the ratification of the 15th Amendment. The Rhods Island Honse oa Tuesdsy j adopted resolutions ratifyiug the 15th Amendment, by a vote of 57 to 9. The Senate ratified it last summer. This makes twenty-five States that have ratified the amendment. Tbe consent of three more States is yet necessary to make tbe amendment a part of tbe law of the land.

Destructive Storm. The storm of Sunday night and Mon

day morning was wide-spread and destructive, to St. Louis It did considerable damage, and caused, a paoioin two crowded theaters. In Marfreesboro and Nash ville, Tenn., buildings were blown down, houses flooded, and very much damage dotrt. At Cave City, Kentucky, the tornado seems to have done its worst. Ten persons were killed outright, eleven mortally wounded, and many others slightly. Sixty families were rendered' houseless. Between Glasgow Junction and Cave City, a distance of six miles, it is. said every house has been blown down. In Dayton, Ohio, the Third Presbyterian Church had one end blown off, fnd several .other buildings were prostrated. The extensive flood of water has washed a break in the Miami canal, and so filled it in several places with sand that it is not navigable. At Columbus considerable damage was done, and the Scioto is reported higher tb anbr 20 years. On the Little Miami, Atlantic & Great Western, Sandusky and other railroads, trains are delayed by destroyed bridges and floods : of water over the tracks. Reports from every place show that all the rivers are very high, and rising rapidly. The Ohio is rising all the way to Pittsburg. There are 26 feet of water ia the Kentucky river, at Frank fort. - In short, the stdrm seems to have been the severest that has occurred fpc some time. In every direction houses were destroyed, trees uprooted, . cattle d human lives destroyed. Wider spread than the tornado wa the rain. Although little has been heard, from the eastward, yet it would ic-jri the ?totm raged, there also. The Pope is said to be dissatisfied with the aapeot of affairs, and will probably dissolve the Kcumenjcal Council at an early day, The entire Indiana delegation in Con gress have united in asking the appoint ment of Cumback to the Portuguese mis sion, left vacant by Shellabarger's realg. nation on account of ill health. In the Senate, 00 Monday, Mr. Morton of Indiana presented a petition from soldiers of the war of 1812, between 70 and 86 years of age, for pensions during tbe balance of their lives. ; Consul Webb writes from Zansibar to the Sute Department that the British consul at that port had received letters from Dr. Livingstone, beating date May 30. He was then at Ujiji, in good health. A Washington "special says that the House tn determined that there shall be a reduction in taxation of not less than fifty millions. Many of the Western members say success partly depends oa reduction. In the Senate, en Friday, Mr. Pratt spoke in favor of the bill giving to State Courts concurrent juiisdiction with United States Courts in maritime cases or torts on nsvigable riversM above the ebb and flow of tide. In Iowa, a Miss Julia C. Addington, has been elected a County Superintendent of Schools. The question of her eligibility under the law being raised, the Attorney General of the State has decided it in her favor. On Friday a bill was simultaneously introduced in both the Senate and House to subsidise a railroad through the Red river valley. This, the advocates of the road say, will result in the early building of a road to the Winnepeg country, and determine the destiny of the central portion of British America. Secretary Boutwell has drawn up a Funding biM in accordance with the views expressed in his annual report. This bill fixes the rate of new loans at4J per cent., and will probably reach Congress this week. Schenck has prepared a bill with a lower rate of interest. Those known as financiers do not think we can fund at bo low a rate of interest as 4. The Madison Journal of the 13th says: "The present Wisconsin Legislature, like the Legislatures of some of the other Western States, has taken an advance step in the direction of admitting women to equal political privileges with men, the Republicans of the Senate having directed the appointment of Miss Julia Hubbard as Transcribing Clerk." The situation in Georgia is regarded as very grave and important.. Specials from Atlanta give the full details of the situation as thus far developed. It will be seen that General Terry has begun the work of investigation into the character of the men who have taken the oath of office. That such an investigation was needed is shown by the fact that no soon er was it announced as to occur than one member withdrew the oath that ha had sworn. Probably othets will find that it would have been better for them to do the same thing. Mr. Julian of Indiana, has fully recov ered from his recent severe and protracted illness, and was present in bia seat on Monday. Ilia health ia now better than it haa been for years, and he says the reports about his permanent disability were started by his personal enemies. Commercial. The Demoaratie papers in this District are now very sympathetic, with Jnllao, when they know be is the only eandtdata the Republicans havA named that"they can defeat; bence they are doing all they can to get hi ai nominated. Cambridge Tribune.

Indiana Items. ' The . domestics at Laporle get rid of ironing by leaving; the washing out over night, Vv-- ' ' g , , : DeKalb County has at young lady of eighteen who weighs 31? pounds. Mrs. Henry Koekler, of Evaosville, dropped a coal oil lamp and was burned to death. ' The Penitentiary at Jefferson ville. came witbin one thousand and forty dollars of paying its wsy last year. - Thomas Heildinger. was killed on the 9th inst., by the fall of a log from a team, near Columbia City.

Two parties, numbering about twenty in all, emigrated from. Peru, last week, to Mississippi. While loading a wagon with fodder, near Xerre Haute, Israel frice stumbled, fell, and broke his neck. A boy of fourteen, named Winters, at Five Corners, shot himself dead because afflicted with white swelling. . . Bob Rusk, a negro, was found in an almost nude state under the bed of a German domestic at a Princeton hotel. Rusk was threshed by the landlord and kicked out. Fanny Pompeyi a colored woman, one hundred aod four years old, living alone, near Columbia City, erished, on the 9th inst., in her burning but, . Another mine of block coal has been openod near Linton, Greene County. The local papers claim" that Greene is the rich eat mineral county in Indiana. George. W. McCafferty, the Democratic Treasurer of Daviess county, is behind 113,000 in kia settlement with the county, and hia securities will have to square the books. General Charlea PairUh, a lawyer of W abash, absconded last week? with a sum of money, about three thousand dollars, which he had collected as bounty for the soldiers who had served under hini in the late war. The. McNair, formerly shoe merchant in Evansville, hired a horse from Thomas Bullen, and rode to Henderson, Ky.wbere he sold the horse. He was followed by a police officer from Evansville and arrested and brought back. During a play of forfeits, at Mississinawa, a young lady was condemned to kiss a hero, but ebe refused. Being pressed to pay her forfeit like a little woman, she exclaimed: "No! I'll never kiss any man who smells like a still house',' rnast Pohl, a German magistrate, was arrested in Nashville, at the suit of his wife, whom he left in Indiana some saves years ago. She brings suit for divorce and alimony. Pohl has another wife, a woman of some property, whom he married shortly after settling in Nashville, at the close of the war. He was a soldier ia Ike Federal army. At Elkhart, atlOo'olock Monday morninc. Edward Russell entered the office ef the railroad blacksmith shop, and shot William A. Williams, foreman, killing him almost instantly. ' Russell proceeded im mediately to a Justice of Peace, and deliv ered himself up. Illicit intercourse between Williams and Russell's wife is tbe cause of the tragedy. John Jackson, living in Benton County, died recently in a rather strange way. A month ago he was attacked with a pain in the heel, but was getting better, when he exposed himself at work in the rain, and the pain went to his heart and killed him Afire broke Out in Morrison's Opera House, in Indianapolis, an Monday night about half past nine o'clock, and the buil ding, together with the adjoining block, was entirely destroyed. The cause is the usual, one, a defective flue. A large audience waa at the time in attendance at Cough's lecture, but fortunately escaped without injury, as there waa no panio. Tbe loss on buildings and stuck is about $400,000. On Sunday afternoon, a couple of men drove a horse and buggy belonging to Dr. M. J. Bray into the river at the foot of Walnut street, Evansville. The horse was drowned, and both horse and buggy disappeared under the steamer Hartford. Tbe men narrowly escaped from drowning, Lewis Downes, aged fifty, blew out bis brains at Edinburg, 00 tbe 5th inet., leaving destitute a wife and six children. He was despondent about ill-health. Daniel M. Joiner, a middle aged man. living near the same plaoe, out his throat, notfattally, on the 2d io6t., on account of having received an "abusive letter from his sister, whom be had befriended. E. W. Carter, s, peddler, well known in New Albany, haa mysteriously disappeared. . On Thursday he left his horse snd wsgoo at a stable In New Albany, saying he was going to Louisville to meet his mother snd receive tl.SOO, the proceeds of the sale of some property which belonged to him in Arkansas, and since then nothing has been seen of him. A widow lady in Columbus, whose name is not given, last week was made the victim of misplaced confidence. A young man whom she took to board with her ao worked himself into her favor that she gave him charge of her business. Tbe lady had fire thousand dollars in the bank at that place. She signed her name to a c4ieck for three hundred dollars, aa she supposed The rascal changed it to three thousand dollars and decamped, since which time nothing haa been beard of him. A fir broke oat at 6 P. M in Evans ville, oa Friday ia the fourth story of 6. Meyer & Co.'e furniture warerooms, on Main street. The rootQ waa used as a fin ishing shop, fogbt men ware engaged io the room, three ef whom were cut off from the stairs. One. crawled out at a front

of tbe building, at great peril, andjumped

to the roof of an adjoining building. Val entineReichelman jumped from the fourthstory window upon a pile of mattresses. He waa burned and fearfully injared, bat will probably recover. Lewis Rose was taken out by a ladder, terribly burned, but will also, it is thought, recover. Tbe fire was extinguished, and the building saved, with material damage to the upper story. The fire was caused by an explosion of oils or vsrnishes used in finishing. Great excitement prevailed, as the fire was in the center of the business portion of the city, and the street was crowded with ao excited populace. Metamora, Ind., Janaary 10th, 1870. C. U. Bingham Esq., Sir: Io the last issue of the Indiana American, under the head of "Metamora Items," your cor respondent ''Milt." pretended to give an accouot of the - Masonic Festival, held here on the 29 ih ulc, tn which he states that "it was a very pleasant Festival dur ing the fore part of the cgnt, but after midnight atao eoemsd to reign supreme, and the - termination waa very disgraoefnl to the Masoaie Fraternity and the people of'-Metauora.'1. 1 "Milt." is correct in stating that ' the featlval waa very pleasant duriog the fore part of the night; but when he goes be yond tbe bounds or decency and truthfulness, in stating that attar midnight Satan reigned supreme, ha utters an unmitigated falsehood and a base slander upon the Masonio Fraternity and tbe people, of Metamora. ' 'MiltV statement about the ball being made up partly of as drunken a set as ever disgraoed a hall io Metamora, we unhesitatingly pronounce an infamous slander upon tbe ladies and gentlemen participating in the festivities of the occasion. Satan did not utter a baser falsehood, when he said to Christ on the 'Mount, "all these things will 1 give you, if Thou, will fall down and Worship roe' when, at tbe same time, tbe cursed wretch had sot a thing to give. The fact is, we had the best Festival ever held in Metamora, in which everybody present, from little boys aod girls up to aged ones, seemed to enjoy themselves to their hesrt's content. Nor was this pleasant and joyous feast confined to the fore part of the night, but continued on until the breaking up and separation of the entire company, and all went away perfectly edified. . As 'Milt" was not present at all dating tbe entire evening, he must have been at home in a drunken revelry with Sstsn, preparing himself to do his Blaster's work. We imagine him exclaiming, "I'll write down tbis ancient Fraternity, though it breaks my wijr-enef," "Milt.," in describing the attempted robbery on the person of Peter McQuality, by some ruffians from Laurel, connects the affair with his account of our Festival, that to those not acquainted with tbe facts in the case, might suppose it to bave happened in either our Ball or Supper room. For the information of such we will state that it occurred on the streets of Metamora, and at some distance from our Festival. "Milt," if be attempts to chronicle events, should state the truth. And now, in conclusion, we say in all candor to "Milt.," "tbe lord doth hate a lying tongue a beart that deviaeth wicked imaginations a false witness that epeaketh lies." T. The renomination, by President Grant, of General Spooner. for tbe Marshalship of the District of Indiana, by reason of the expiration of his first term of service, is an act which will receive the unanimons approval of the people of this State General Spooner's distinguished military record, and his efficient discharge of the duties pertaining to the Marshal's office, alike entitle him to the confidence of tbe Administration. There was no opposition to General Spooner. Journal. . - That 'Mive and wide awake" sheet, the Democrat, informs its fifty subscribers that a great quarrel exists among the Republicans of Indiana, arising from the BakerCumback difficulty. The Democracy are entirely welcome to all the comfort they can extract from the dissensions existing in the Republican camp. The truth is, the party was never before so thoroughly united and Dover was surer of a magnificent victory than at the present time. Huntington 11 era Id. The Cincinnati Enquirer says we are yearly departing from the principles which Jackson, represented in bit life. That is all very true, as regards Democrats, but we never expected to see the Enquirer ac knowledge it. Out here in Indiana they pretend to revere his memory by appoint ing conventions on the anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, the day upon whitil) he achieved hie great victory over the British army. But if the old hero could rise from tbe grave, his first words to them would be "depart from me, 1 know you not." Uoonersvillis Times. The Ohio Legislature has promptly repealed the disgraceful admixture law, placed upon tbe statute book by the Democratic Assembly of 1868. The Supreme Court of that State has always ruled, that a colored man with more than half white blood in his veins, is a legal voter under the clause of the Constitution limiting suffrage to "white male citijeqs." To disfranchise this class, the Democrats passed a law, declaring that no one should vote whose blood waa tainted in the slightest degree. Tbe present Legislature has obeyed the dictates cf oivihsatioo, by placing the matter where it had been left for years undisturbed by the frequent changes of political parties, until the Democrats of I8b8 cteated tbe necessity of rendering themselves lufamous. Journal. If the council votes the Pope infallible, does tbe counoil confer tbe infallibility on hi 01 or simply recognise that which al ready existsr 11 the council confer a infallibility on the Pope, does tbe counoil thereby cease to be infallible?. Doe ajl tho infallibility of the church thenceforth become concentrated ia the Pope? How did the General Council become infallible? If from God, how can it transfer to one man this gift which God conferred on the whole ohurch? If the aetion ef the coun cil be simply to recognise Jhe infallibility ef the Pope as previously existing, then the Pone, beinir alreadv the Infallible Dow er, if the only power that can declare himself infallible. If he be infallible, let

.him so proclaim himself. If he be not,

infallible, no council can make him so.Gasette. " "' .,.'" A Vindication. ' (CarrfpeiUa of the Indians American. - Metamora, Jan. 17th, 1870. MR. BlNOHAM, Dear isir: 1 see in the colnmns of tbe Brook vilie Democrat of last week a couple of articles which 1 4bink need a little correction or altering. As I bave been a correspondent of your psper, I presume that you and the readers of the American and Democrat are expecting me to vindicate myself from the base and impeaching articles in the Democrat, or by my silence acknowledge them as being true. If tbey had no wider circulation than the town of Metamora, where I am known, I would certainly treat them with silent contempt, and scorn to waste paper and ink to answer such assertions as Quilp" and "T" present to the people. But I in aware that others besides my friends here are expeoting "Milt" to viudioata himself, which I will do "though it breaks my wax-end." ''Quilp" comes to notice first. I ' presume if 1 was in "QuilpV position I would feel very reluctant to deny "MiltV charges for unless ''Quilp" bad "forgotten all abou! tbe Ball, and at the time. of writing penned bis article from imagination, he would know that he could not' deny any of my charges in their correct meaning without departing from the paths of truth aud justice; and I here say that every word of my artiele is true, and if "Quilp" doubts it he had better call upon me tor proof. He speaks of my bypooriay," and says that "notwithstanding my hypocrisy and oiling and curling of hair, 1 could not possibly have tbe slightest chance of gaining a membership in the Masonic Order." 1 must say if the Festival of the 29th of December was a sample of the sacredness of the Order, 1 do not have any inclination to know any more about it. 1 understand that Masonry embraces the teach, inga of the ward of God, and that nothing immoral, intemperate or irreligious is promulgated by that tiuie-honorc4 institution. And as it can be very easilyproved, and by Masons, too, that the Festival was disgraceful 00 account of tbe tHtemjteraitce and immorality of their own aa em lers that prevailed there, 1 will say to "Quilp" in conclusion; As a Mason there are three great duties which you are charged to inculcate; they are the duties which you owe to God, your neighbor, and Iourself. T Cwi, io uevtr mentioning lis sacred name but with that reverential awe which is due from a cteature to his Creator; to implore JJis gracious fuvtr vptu all your laudable uihUi takings, and ever to esteem Him tbe chief good. Jo yottr neighbor, in always actiog with him upon the square, and in all your dealings, your communicaiions, and your intercourse, in doing unto him as, uuder similar circumstances, you would desire him to do unto you. To yimrsetj, ia cultivating every social virtue, iu avoiding all irregularity and intemperance, aud shunning every object which has a leudeucy to impair your faculties or debase the diguity of your profession." - Such, "Quilp," are the teachings of your Order, aua 1 think you will do well to inculcate them and tiot devote any more of your lime tifsinooihing over a disgrace upon your irder which came by such men as'you lending your aid to curry on a Festival which would naturally dstuce any religious body of men. Now 1 have a word or two to "T," or perhaps several "TV (?) lor aught I know. Bays I pretended to give an account of their Festival, aud I believe J will admit the statement as being true, tor I omitted a number of items that would have proven the disgrace of the affair. "T," along witr "Quilp," used some very bard language against me, aod which was as false aud malicious as Hell itself, but to which 1 will only reply by stating facts which J dare them ask me to prove 1 did not wouder at their reply, for tbe purpose of screening themselves as a Lodge of Masous from the censure of good M&a sons who perhaps might question their standing for the 'good of the Order." But I do wonder at tbvir condescension f 1 0111 ibe great principles of Truth to u ter such low, contemptible and slanderous epithets as they hurled against my charac ter. T" asserts that if I said Satan seemed to reign supreme after midnight, that 1 uttered an unmitigated falsehood. Weil, perbaps 1 will be able to prove that Satan was considerably in power, at least. I wonder if one good Masonic brother, and one who wears also the garb of the Good Templars, will deny that he throwed a bottle of whisky out of oue of tbe ball-room windows? and I wonder if another person, a member ot botb ot the Orders, will deny throwing two bottles out of tbe window, one fall of whisky and the other partly full? and will another, also a member of both Urdersvdeuy that they 8a w a Masonic brother come into tbe ante-room with sev eral bottles in his overcoat pocket filled with tbe intoxicating drink? or will anybody who haa any trutb ia them deny that early dawn ou tho S'Uu of December presented a very drunken spectacle, which I witnessed myself, as I arose tolerably early, notwithstanding my drunken revelry with Satan." These, gentlemen, are facts; and if it were not being too personal, 1 would brmg plainer facta to libt. I would like to be mformed if a coupla of the Masons, who are more better tbau some others in pronouncing me a liar, will deny that when the receipts of the Festival were beiuif settled np, tney euraed the wbols atfair, and aaid it was a disgrace to the Order, and tbey would never lend their aid to get up another Festival of that kind in JJeUtuorar And yet they know they are wrong in doing as they are, but "they have started into it and they are going to see it through." "X" ays my statement that "it was made np partly ot as druuken a set aa ever diagraped a Hall io Metamora," is an iofa. tuous slander upon the ladies aud gentlewen participating. 1 think "TV ideas of slander are rather limited, for 1 am un able to fiud any of the young ladies who think they were slandered, beoause nuth ing of tbe kind waa iptended; but I find soma who corroborate my own statements, and think that it terminated xiuite dis. gracefully; others say if I could not prove wnai t. smteu, mat iney could; and so far as I bave talked with the young men, I have been offered proof of stronger, facta than I have brought out yet. "TM sayaaeM was not present at aV daring the entire evening, I must bar '

been at home io a drunken revelry with

Satan:" For the information of the pub. 11c, l am quite a young man, scarcely nineteen years of age, and have been in Metamora but two years and a half, about all of which time I have been connected with the Sons of Temperance and Good Ternplara, and have been boarding nearly all of the time at a private house, and Satan has never been a boarder there or even welcomed as a visitor,- and drunken revelries are not allowed on the premises. So I think the imagination of T" was somewhat intoxicated, or he was judging me by his own actions. . . . . He says that ' from my description of the attempted robbery upon Mr. McQuality it would cause some unacquainted with tbe facts to suppose that it was done in the Ball or Supper Room." LFor tbe information of such Twill state that' tbe assault was committed at the bottom of the steps of the lower entrance, from ' whence h I was dra-d about fifteen or twenty feet irom tbe Mall, and bere tbey struck him. Such ia the old gentleman's testimony; and I presume to connect it with tbe Ball also; if the Ball had not been, it is not likelv it .would Jiave occurred; and one or both of the ruffians danced at the Ball and were intoxicated. ' .-- "T" closes with a quotation of Scripture: which I think he means to set aside fer his own condemnation, only he made a mistake and had tbe wrong name printed, and a mistake which I think "he wil an--ftWf for. AK ( -rnrl ntfirar W-Jt . 1 - v. . f,c ui9 nuru iv help a man prove another a liar bv telling a lie himself. . " .Now, "T," even if wbat I stated too false, (which 1 will not admit.) you had no right to utter the base, hypocritical ep. ithets you did against nre; in proof of which, take the teachings of your own Order; "you are not, upon any occasion, to suffer your zeal for the Institution to lead you into quarrels or fruitless arguments with those whom' prejudice or ig. norance may cause to abuse it. Provided you live up tQ the principles of Masonry, your own actions will constitute a living epistle that will be its most eloquent defense." And yet some members of tke Lodge here aTe going about tova quarrel, ing and arguiog about my statement? ,fo ing"false',"when they know th,ej are tru, and consequently tbeir zeal is uQt accord iug to tbeir knowledge. I have said ail that I think is necessary to vindicate my position, unless I i called ujod to. prQve io, a more open manner what I bav said,' which I will be liapjjj to do whenever I am called upon so to du. But I do not fee) tike closing without a word of advice to the Master Masons kets. "You are carefully to preserve, io their jatcjirity, our ancitnt fa nt, marks, and oev,et to countenance an iulriugement upon yhe, established usages ud customs of the Fraternity .'.. . Alono "Milt." Dawson. We would call attention to the article in an other column, signed "Wajue,' ' which is from the pen ut an influential and leading business muu of the west sida of the county. While we do not endorse everything, be says as to the aiuiahleuess of Julian, be nevertheless tells the pre-, vailing opinion when he says "the time haa pome for Julian to re'-iro." As "Wayne" has beeu an ardent, uncompromising Julian man from his first political movement to the present time, it will show which way public sentiment looks for a Cungresauiau. 'aud that the party wants no more divisions. Cambridge 'lnbuue. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Election Notice. TBE Stockliuldr of the Laurel Hjdrnllo JL Cumpaujr are hereby notified that an election Vtill be belijt at tbeir otlice in Laurel, Ind., on 6$uvird) tbe 22a aa; of January, 1S7U, fr the purpose ot electing a Board of Directors to serve tiie euMiing two jears. Pollx open at 1 o'clock P.M. J..W. BVKY-, Secretary. Jan. H, 1870 2w . TURNPIKE iiOTlCK. I1 HE Stockholders i the Harrison, New Tren- . ton, Kouheeter A Brookville Turnpike Company are reqAesied to meet at the house of Eniiuel Chawbeia, in Cedar Urove, Ind., on Monday the 7th of tebiuary nest, at V o'clock A. M., for the purpose of electing Directors fer said Couipsy, aua lor tue truoeaciion oi inner buvmese. Jan. 14, 1870-tt K. O'OULEY, President note or warning. NOTICE is hereby given that all pron are forbidden to buat upon or cross my premie" in Blooiuiug Urqve. Tonnenip, Franklin County, Ind., my fences having been repeatedly thrown down, uiy hogs and cattle let out, and other depredaiioas committed on my farm. By attention to tbis notice, prosecution "U be avoided. Jan. 7th, 187-3w FRED LUKA. ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. NOTICE ia hereby given that the nndersifpt Administrator of the Estate of Wil'ian O'Btyne, deceased, will sell at public anction, On Wednesday, February 9; 1870, at the late residence of said decedent, two milet Wutnr M iT-r-iii. in Pranklia CouotT, Indi e jrranary, t W heat in the ground, Cora in tbe crib, a ben t" toon of Bay ip ,the barn, 1 nood Two-Uorie Wagon, 3 Two-Ilorse Spring Wagons, 1 tooa Buggy. 1 new Climax Mower, 1 chest of CrPter's Xools, Plow, Harrows and Farming Vln sirs generally, Beds, Bedding, and all M " Household Uood too tedious to mention. Sale pofliiTe at IV o'clock A. M. TERMS OF SALE. All sums not ore.r dollars, oaah dow, and on all sums over 'rt dollars a credit ol ten months will be fiiTW! ' he purchaser giving his note with spprovrd fr' bold surety, waiving- valuation and appraiM"1 laws. JO&tPli Klftti, Adminntrain. Jan. 14 4w. ASSIGNEE NOTICE. IN,THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE P1". STATES FOR TUE DISTRICT OF INDlAiT'HK undersigned hereby giref notio,pt.t)) f jl ns Deen appointed Assignee ei lu" ... f umtea Assignee ei t3 f a bankrupt ia the County "' ate of Indiana, within ' ' .en jadgabankiai M 4 Caran Withers, Franklin and Stati her own petition by the District Court of District. WM. J. PECK, Afsign"' January 7, 1870 3w. FLORAL GUIDE for 3.370. The First Edition ef One Oundred d,1"l,. tj Thousand copies of Vick'a l,Ja,OT"lfibd. logueof Seeds and Floral Guide, l .Pai.ua j j . j . r. .lairaniiT V" j on fine tinted paper, with abeat J0 fin . . - n. i r hleS. aa engravings oi r towers ana , , . ...:r..l 1.. 1 I rl. ....iiilinf of seou rieties of Phlo Drummoadii, making a BOUQUET OF PHLOXES. It is the most beautiful, as well as the instructive Floral Guide published, givi-s r and tborpugh directions for tbe .rlES CULTURE OF FLOWERS A VKaET 7,n.fit TUe Floral Guide is published for itB0l ef my customers, to whom it i ot tre ,p. ap plication, bat will be forwarded to an fy by mail, for Ten CenU, viCSV f ost. Address, JtoehetTj 1 Jan.

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