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-. -ntiooivVtr.i.K.FtitUy Moraine May 13, 1870. Prepare for the Census. Farmers and stock sjrowors throughout Intl'prcatly assist the enumcra- ' VI visit them after the first of , x.ia taking the ccnsu3. Wc ', hTtuit a schedule of what will of them in the shape of answer to questions. It is not complete, bVemrace3 hse questions only which wilrave time if. they are properly answered. They refer to the year which closes on the first day of June, 1S70. First. In reference to land. State the owner or manager of the farm, the nura-ber-of acres of land improved and unimproved, with cash value of the same, and the. value of farming implements and machinery. Second. State the number of live stock of all kinds on hand June 1st, 1S70, together with the value of the same, and the value of the animals slaughtered within the year. Tbjrd. State the number of bushels of wheat, rye, corn, oats, barley, buckwheat, peas and beans, Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes, pouuds of wool and pounds of tobacco and cotton, if any are produced, the value of orchard products iu dollars, the number of gallons of wine, the value of garden produce, number of pounds of butter or cheese, tons of hay, bushels of clover seed and other grass seeds, pounds oft' hop, tous of hemp dew rotted or water totted, pounds of flax with bushels of flax sped, pounds of silk cocoons, pounds of cane sujrar, gallons of molasses, pounds of boney and bees-wax, arid the value of all home made-manufactures. The other questions relating to persons, ages, births, deaths, marriages, professions, occupations and trades cau rctdily be answered by ay intelligent member of a family only requiring oaro that the dates be correct. Let the farmer take the first opportunity to write out the answers iu full and have them ready for the coming of the Assistant Marshal, and he will save both himself and the Martha! a gncd deal of time. Indian War Threatened. - Adviees from the West agree in stating that the Sioux and Chevennes are arminur for a jrcneral frontier war. They can assetnble 12,000 braves well mounted, and, doubtless, fierce for murder and rcvonge. JSeyeral causes have started them on the war-path. They complain of the encroachment of miners and settlers on their reservations, and h vc bad their distrust of the whites generally aroused. It is possible that the troubles may be settled by the prudenee mid good judgment of our officers, but the worst is feared. Our forces now on the l'liins are not sufficient to cope with such a large number of Indians. Eight Hour Law Adopted. -Among the more important acts passed by the New York Legislature, was an "Eight Hour Liw." It provides eight hours to be the legal measure of a day's f work for all classes of mechanics, work- ' ingmen and laborers, excepting those engaged in farm and domestic labor; but overwork for extra compensation by agreement between employer and employes is permitted. The Governor, in a proclamation, enjoins upon all officers and agents of the State and Municipal Corporations to ' comply , with the provisions of tbe law in order that the rights of all persons affected by it may be protected, ' and that a full and fair opportunity may vPO; afforded for testing its practical worklogs. j ."Florida reports the uie-st encouraging activity throughout the entire State in the matter of establishing schools. .V.,.The Indian excitement in the Rd river country has subsided, the Sioux and Chip...pewas having promised to remain quiet. The Principal Georgia cities are bidding '.VfoVtho location of Mercer University, 1 " rAtlaaU offers SlUO.OOO Tt.i Jladison Courier states that Judge l : T'.' Lamb intends to remove to Iudiat4 itiext fall to enter iuto tbe practice . ' tT I t ith Hon. Jonathan W. Gordon. .. . ; The Democratic State t earral t omiait";V,tee"of Missouri have decided not to bold a State Convention a State ticket. for the nomination of In the Supremo Judicial Court at Worcester,-Mass , Ellen C. Walker has ohtainvftd a judgment for the sum if S2.U0O sv'igaibfct John E Henry lor I promise to marry her. caking hi? rThe Weekly Miner, Pre.ewti, Anxna asserts that a fortune awaits the man or

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aied in Fayette t at th rie old age ol i'G jtare, ,had 41 graudcbildren, 85 greatgrandchildren, and one great-greaUgrand-child. , . .The Chipago llepublican mjs: "Tbe! tooting'' feeason will witness a marked 1 nlian.ia in valarn n nrr in ti 1 1 11 r a ' Vi-n ilml years preceding. Wc shall sec a much less breadth of wheat sown and a great de& more corn, oats, barlej4 and f.rojis i Vkich may be classed as srsrrN

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Five Thousand Hogs Burned Alive. At a quattcr of three o'clock on Weincsday uioiuing the pens of J. W. Gaffs

j tistU;' ry, wet of Mill creek, in Cincin1 nati, were destroyed by fi-e. In the pens j were Fcvcial fcho'usand hogs." Of these it i is estimated that Gve thousand were burnex. me cries oi me pour suung uiuica was horrible, and the burning flesh most noisome. At the corner of Mound nd Kighlh streets in the city the squealing of the animals was distinctly heard. The pens are long, bridge-like sheds, perched on posts, and elevated twenty-five or thirty feet above Mill Creek. It is impossible to estimate the loss. If the estimated number of hogs lost is correct, tbe loss will be not less than $100,000, including the pens. . n.. "Good for Ihis Day and Train Only." The fallacy ef this printed notice on railroad tickets has been several tirces decided by tbe courts. It has recently been ngain decided that an ordinary railroad ticket, for whigb a consideration has been teccived by the company, is good till used, except suuh as "through'' tickets, or those issued for special purposes; and 00 damages were awarded against a certain railroad foV ejecting a passenger from the cars because his ticket bore a date different from that of the day on which be attempted to travel. A Washington dispatch says the Funding bill may be considered virtually dead. The McFarlaud trial ended in New York on Tuesday with the acquittal of tbe prisoner. . - General Fremont, who has been serious 5y ill for several days, ia reported conval escent. Donn Piatt defines the Democratic partv as "the organized ignorance of the WW country." The returns from all parts of the French Kmpire except Algeria, show the vote on the plebiscitum to have been "yes," 7,210, 29G; "no," 1,530,010. The April report of the Department of Agriculture says the winter gruins every where show mall and poor growth, but generally of good color and ready to start under the influence of a genial spring. -a Conner & Bros extensive knife factory at Richmond, Indiana, was destroyed by fire Sunday night. The loss is twelve thousand dollars, and only a light insurance. The fire is supposed to have been i lhe work ofan incendiary As the Superintendent of the Census has decided under the present law, women are ineligible as census takers. Lawrence has prepared a bill declaring no distinction of sex shall be made as to census takers. The United States Indian Commission has issued an address asking that auxiliary commissions be" formed of those favoring the peace policy. A mass meeting toconsider the Indian affairs will be held in New York City, May 18. Five companies of cavalry under General Custer left Fort Leavenworth on Tuesday, for Fort Hays, from which point they can move in any direction should hostile demonstratious be made by the Indians. Florida State scrip, which has for some time past been very low, with no sales, has taken an upward tendency. The price at Tallahassee now. ranges from fifty-five to sixty, and small lots have recently been J sold in Jacksonville at seventy. Wednesday was observed in Richmond as a day of humiliation. The churches were tilled, and the city presented a Sabbath appearance. In the United States Circuit Court, Chief Justice Chase made a feeling response to the resolutions of the Richmond bar regarding the late calamity. j Intelligence has been received from Mayj or Vox, of Philadelphia, that additional funds have been raised for the sufferers. The decline in the price of wheat in various parts of the United States, as indicated by market quotations now and a car nP ,s as f!.lows: In .New England i ,rom O02 42 to 1 10l S3; in New I - I i . rv . . c a o : 4 t axorii irom 10 c i 01; in vjiiio irom SI C5 to fl 03; iu Illinois from SI 20 to 76e: in Iowa frym 0oc to 52c. During the past twelve months the price of corn has j fcUen in tie Atlantic States and risen in mo&, of lhe Wtcm. ; General Thomas Jordan, Into Commander-in-Chief of the Cuban insurgents, arrived in New York, from Havana, on Tuesday. His stay iti this country, which has referonco to procuring munitions of wjr, will be brief. General Jord;n icports the Cuban cause in better condition than : at any previous stage. The success of j the revolution depends only on timo. i Tto Coban armv now numbers ten theus- ' j mcn. weli aruied. P(luirped. and supplied with artillery and mountain howitzers, sufficient for the present uceds of the tervtoo. lie eays the Ciibau re in no way discouraged by the prospects, and that the Spaniards have lost their opportunity for putting down the revolution. He left Cuba in a small rfaop, and when three days out was chased by five steam gunboats, bnt a storm arising, he made j 1ms escape. The Reconstruction Committee have beran to discuss tho Georgia case. Butler submitted the Virginia bill with a proviso allowing the organization of the militia. Though no vote was taken, it looks as if this vjJl,bc adopted, 11 11 - iiiwii iai -w- J B"'WIwii.m 55 cents

The Indian troubles in WyomUg arose from Congress failing to provide means to carry out the treaties, and thus "exasperating tbe Indians. A war is regarded as inevitable. The administration approves of the course of Gov. Campbell. The report of the Committee of Foreign Affairs on Paraguay makes thirty octavo pages, and the testimony three hundred more. The members of the committee say it shows that Lopes is more eruel and

bloodthirsty than any of the tyrants of Rome. There was much excitement in Paris Monday night and Tuesday, but swing to the presence of the troops there was more noise than danger. Two or three barri cades were thrown up, but were very easi ly thrown down. The vote of the army is: yes, 227,330; no, 29,3tH. As an argument to Senators, members and others for not pressing the question of Cuban belligerent rights, and as a plea for delay, it is confidently intimated that Spain will soon sell the island to the Span ish volunteers, and that the Spanish volunteers will sell to the United States. The soheme his not become sufficiently developed for its minutest features to be known. But the ice has been broken aud the whole affair will soon be revealed. General Pope anticipates no serious trouble with the Indians this summer, but it is not improbable that roving bands may commit occasional depredations. There are, however, gangs of lawless white men on the plains who, dressed in Indian garb, attack trains and plunder indiscriminately. These the General will take vigorous means to wipe out, and all caught will be severely punished. Next month the General will start on a personal tour to inspect all tha posts in the Department, and in the autuin move his headquarters to Fori Leavenworth. The Technologist. The second number of this journal has reached us, and is fully up to the promises held out by the first. It contains a very fine full-page engraving, on tinted paper, giving the details of the East River Bridge Caission. Other articles of great interest serve to render this number valuable, both to the practical man and to the geueral reader. Brainard's Musical Would. We would call our readers, attention, and especially those who are interested in music, to this valuable musical monthly. Each number contains a large amount of beautiful now musio and interesting original reading matter. The terms are only SI per annum. Specimen copies can be obtained by enclosing ten cents to the publishers, S. Urainard& Sons, Cleveland, Ohio. We advise all our readers to send for sample copies and examine for themselves. Beniiam's Musical Review contains every month seven or eight pages of choice, selected and original reading, and over ?l 00 worth of new vocal and instrumental music by tbe most popular authors of the day, making during the year, (12 Nos.) a volume of about 100 pages of excellent family reading, and 15 00 worth of music, ranging from the simplest to the most dillicult, and all for SI 00. Is it not money well iuvested? Try it one year and see, remembering that "an in vestment in knowledge pays the best interest." Benham Bro's, Publishers, Indianapolis. Protest Against Infallibility. We publish elsewhere a protest presented to the Pope against the declaration of papal infallibility as an article of faith, signed by twenty-eight English and American Bishops, of whom twenty-one are American, and headed by the venerable Archbishop Purcell, of Cincinnati. Tbe stated reasons are, want of unity; its ill effect in countries where tho Boman Church does not predominate; and the endless questions it will give rise to. The conscientiousness and boldness of these Bishops is to be admired, as it is against a foregone conclusion which will place them in the attitude of having denied the faith which is now about to be declared to have been always, everywhere, and by all mcn believed. The American Bishops, living in a country where Catholicism has to contend with Protestantism oii-equal terms, perceive the injury which will be done to their cause by this dogma, which will only excite the irreverence of the American people, aud will in the public mind localize the Catholic Church as a llomati Church; and by this confirmation of the infallibili tyofthe Pope's syllabus of modern er rors, which arc a protest against the civilization of tbe age. But by means of tbeconstitution of the council, which is of that character that in our polities we call packed, the dogma of infallibility will be declared, aud will have a majority, and the rest will have to eat humble pie, and the Pope, completely Jesuitized, will go on his headstrong way in weakening the bonds that hold together tho llomau Catholic Church. Gazette. Jn this issue of the Journal we present the ajor portion of the argument made in the United States Senate last week by Hon. D. D. Pratt, on the question of the payment of the claims of loyal meu of the South for supplies taken in the prosecution of the wr. It will well repay perusal. It fully sustains Mr. Pratt's reputa as a constitutional lawyer, and will prove a source of gratification to the people of the State, who are honored by his ability. Mr. Pratt has assumed a leading position among the jurists of the Senate, and his opinions are received with respect and confidence by that body. Journal. 1---The Brookviile Democratmounts a rooster over extravagant head liues, in honor of Democratic gains in a few cities in this State at tbe recent municipal elections. Their rooster oust, be hard pp for some thing to-crowabaut. X'onncrsville Times,

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More About the "Springfield" Let? ' - Its Authors. y ; Mr. Editor, I charged Bob Prl ( my communication of the e 22d uUIbk being the author of the "Spring Is' ter ot dale April 1, 1S7U. y J,. Lly was rignc. jl snooK ine ousnesto uara Be had to come out and "ackaowlc ;i the corn, but said be wrote tne letter at tbe request of another person, vni (hit were was a responsible name;igtLeA Jto-the same, which I found to f-exJJut I have learned from coq4 iJio'iuL I that "Springfield", was not ?pjX-J?J!L?rk Bob, but that there were e veral "o th e rs concerned in it. 1 w i I f Ve if I ir Yoi name three of themA. C:Hfl&ir''.eji Buckingham, and J. T. MeywetotdT , You will recollect ia.tt4iestingfield" letter among other 'tufngS'l hey compared me to Mike Batzner, and said" I bad received more money from the County than any other man except Batzner. This they know to be a malicious falsehood. But, sir, this man Buckingham has Batzner on the brain. He was very intimately and closely connected in business with Batzner. When Batzner ran off, there was found in the Treasurer's Office a mortgage against this same Buckingham for the sum of SI, 000. Some time after Batzner absconded, this mortgage was made known to this nice man Buckingham. After some hesitanoy ho said he never received the money or the mortgage, and was therefore allowed totake a swear at the same. Thus you see there is a loss of that amount to the County, either by the act of Batzner or this man Buckiughaui. This Buckingham is very anxious to have a change made in the location of the contemplated bridge aeross the river on the Mt. Carmol pike, to the street near Speers' Mill. This would save the Oxford Pike Company the expense of build ing a bridge tor the road, lie being a stockholder, it would put money iu his pocket by the change. He has made many false statements for the purpose of ousting the old Board. One is that the Commissioners had borrowed a large amount of money from John Roberts, and was paying 15 per ceut. on the same. Another that when I came into office there were S00,000 of bridge money on hand in the treasury. All this he knows is false. For the proof I refer to the Auditor, Mr. Bentley. Now comes the change against me by Myier. He went out to Springfield Township on Saturday before the Primary Democratic Meeting and told there that I had received fees as Commissioner to the amouut of S1.0U0 per year. As to the falsity of this charge, I refer to the books, in the Auditor's Ollice. They will show that my fees have never run over 100 per year. Bur, sir, Aaron wants money, and the Commissioners have prevented him from getting it. This is the crime against me. I will refer you to the facts. At the letting of the piers under tbe White Bridge below Brookviile, last Summer, there were several bidders, among others John Limpus and this Miller. Tliey bid in various ways. Their lowest bid was 13,000. II. II. Schrichte & Co. had the lowest bid. 1 think this bid was 11,000. I told the otiier members of the Board that those bids were all too high, aud to adjourn over to some future day. I thought we could let the work lo'.ver. We did adjourn uutil the next week. II. II. Schrichte & Co. came in and we let the work to them for S,0GO, being 3,i!10 less than the bid made by Litupus& Miiler. Now, sir, this is the grouud work aud foundation of Miller's spite at me. If Miller could have made this 3,040 off of the Couuty, I have no dcubt he would have given me all his support and influence! One word now as to Mr. Meyoeke. It appears that he was concerned in the getting up of this letter signed "Springfield." He told about the big kettles and small loads of wood, as if I had committed a great crime in selling a kettle to the County, lie threw out other slang which was in every particular false. Now, sir, 1 think this man Mcyncke had better let his neighbors alone, and cleanse his own : premises of some of the loose stock which he kept about him for several years past. But this he thinks will give him popular, ity. It may with such men as M. M. Moore, Stinking Jimmy, Aaron C. Miller, Lieuteuant Levi, and others of like taste. Now, eir, 1 think Mcyncke ought to have oue more of those big kettles and keep it for such men as Moore, Miller and Levi to bathe in. They need to be scrubbed off at least twice a week to make them lit for deceut company. W. Kobe sox. The Procured Indian War. An announcement of a general Indian war comes opportunely to prevent the passage of any bill for the reduction of the army. It might be expected after General Sherman's arrogant luauilt-sto 3gainst the House bill, in which, after denouncing the bill, he set up the remarkable but characteristic doctrine that the victories of the war were to be valued and accounted for to the Generals in command, and that anv amount of money that could be bestowed on then) would be inadequate compensation. Of course, we -have a threatened Indian war, and we know by tbe official statement of the administration that the Indians Lave eaue for it iu the neglect of Congress to provide for carryiug out the stipulations of the treaties negotiated by the Peace Commission. From 8,000 to 12,1'OU Indians in the saddle (the number now reported as preparing for war), in the gru season, can keep occupied lour times their number of soldiers, without risking much hurt. And so for our bud faith iu refusing to appropriate three or lour millions to juiet laud titles and settle the ludiaus ou reserves, we may spend ten times that amount in a single year in making war on them, and stiil have to begiu anew the honest course. A Quaker Indiau policy, without the fulfillment of treaties, is nothing but treachery. There does not seem to be integrity enough iu Congress to deal honestly with the Indians, or to support the administration in any honest policy. There is a ring tbat pursues with avidity every means by which the Indian lands can be transferred to private speculators through the medium of the United States. This is particularly strong in the Senate, where ttere are Senators who, lacking any adequate constituencies, seem to turn their minds wholly to representing these plundering combinations. But there are no signs of any strong element in favor of dealing justly by the Indians. And when it conies to appropriating mouey to fulfill X m "T s mm

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iaa war at ten times the cost to square t t account. fGazette. The Spring Elections How the Democracy Triumphed. From the Indianapolis Journal. "The city elections throughout the State give evidence of the decline and overthrow of the Unhealthy and corrupt party organization that has added so largely to the public burdens since it has been tbe ruling power in our municipal, State and national governments. Sentioel. In order to bring the question to a di rect issue, wc assert that the "city slections throughout the State" show no such thing, and we will give the evidence to support tbe traverse. On Wednesday morning, the Sentinel paraded its rooster at the bead of dispatches from Madison, Peru, Columbus and Terre Haute, at which places it wgs trumpeted large Democratic victories had been secured. We care to say nothing about the Madison city election. Tbe Democracy are welcome to all the comfort they can extract from it. We think the Bepublicana have been made well aware of what caused their "defeat, but not their disorganization." as the Courier well characterizes it." Tbe Peru "victory" will bear investigation. About two weeks before the day of election, the Democrats called a meeting for the selection of candidates to fill the various city offices, to the complete surprise of everybody, as the general understanding up to that time had been that politics should not enter into the municipal contest. The ltepublicans were unprepared, caught sleeping upon their posts, the vote was light, the election being left very much to the Democracy, and, of course, "every ward went Democratic," as the dispatch very pompously stated. The result of tbe Peru election can be taken just as much for a "Democratic gain," as that in Indianapolis could for a llepublican one by counting the Wards where none otber than llepublican votes were cast. In this city the result of the vote shows the llepublican majority to be 1,159. llow would the Sentinel treat it were we to herald a "Kepubliean gain" of eleven hundred and thirty-three! Yet that is about the way the "Democratic gain" is figured up in Peru. The "gain" in Columbus muct have been perfectly stunning. Mr. Seymour obtained a majority in Columbus township of 207. Now the Democratic ticket has 117. It so happens that the Sentinel's city editor has been holding the office of City Clerk in Columbus, devolving the duties upon the City Attorney for a consideration, while be was engaged in buMu ess in Indianapolis. Tbe Bulletin, the Democratic organ of Bartholomew county, has this paragraph: "By a majority of two hundred of all the votes cast on Tuesday the people of this city determined to haye a new Clerk and another City Attorney, by condemniug the aotion of the Council iu not de. daring the office of Clerk vacant, ur.d by permitting the City Attorney to hold both offices. Let us see;whetlier tho will of the people shall be obeyed." We are pleased to see the Sentinel extracting comfort Irom this. We have heretofore revealed the extent of the "Democratic gain" in the cily ol Terre Haute. Ttie canvass of the votes shows a gain of just four hundred and m'jrly seven for the Jitpttblicnns. This is a glorious Democratic (!) triumph, over which it is well for the Sentinel to beat the hewgag. Haviug disposed of this quartette of 'victories,' to herald which the poor rooster was rudely torn from his slumbers of twelve or fifteen years, we desire to call the attention of tbe people of Indiana to a few other of the "elections throughout the State," which herald the overthrow of the llepublican party, as the Sentinel reads their lesson. In the town of Sullivan, Sullivan county, although the Demoetats permitted no member on the Election Hoard of opposite politics, contrary to the State Election law, and undertook generally to run matters with a high band, the Democratic ticket was defeated by majorities rauging from twenty to thirty. This is one of the "glorious Democratic victories.' In the city of Terre Haute, the Republicans guiued four hundred and sixtyseven. In two wards of the city of Indianapolis, they gained two huudied and two. These are two more of these "Democratic victories." In Fort Wayne, three out of the seven of tbe Democratic candidates for Councilmen were defeated, in a city overwhelmingly Democratic. Of the election, as a whole, the Fort Wayne Democrat says: "The election, yesterday, though far from being all that the Democracy could wish, has in it some features awakening considerations which will, undoubtedly, prove beueficial. The great mistake we find, is the too appareut feeling on the part of some, that elections in Wards, on municipal matters, do not amount to much; aud consequently that interest is lost, which should be used on such occasions. In cities, too, of the political complexion of Fort Way ne largely Democratic the opposition (which is always tenacious and uncompromising, where hope of success is en tei tai nad,) i:ever openly draw party lines. They prefer to move under tour of the tricks and dodges, by which they have from time to time hood-winked the people.'' The Democrat confeses that "the Democracy did not achieve all they expected." These quotations from this eminent Democratic authority shows how "glorious'' was the "Democratic victory" iu Fort Wayne. In Crawfordsville, Montgomery coutty, and in Bedford, Lawrence couuty, the Republicans more than sustained themselves. In the city of Logansport, the Democracy lost one member of the Council. Iu Columbia City, Whitley Couuty--al-ways Democratic four out of the five Democratic Cuuncilmen were defeated. This is a most glorious "Democratic victory." in Greenfield, Hancock county, the regular Democratic picket was routed, horse, toot auU uragooir. Atns is a ueaiocratic victory." In Delphi. Carroll county, the Republicans elected two out of three ot the councilmeu. This is a "Democratic Victory." In the city of Lafayette, the Democrats lost one councilmau, he the leader and whipper-in of the party. The Courier says: "The City Election yesterday was a Bull's Run defeat for the Democracy. Tbe Republicans have made large gains jfdSttf mrofi SC Jl& St 01 jr.

in all the wards, and have gained one member of the City Council." This is another most astonishing "Democratic victory." In Greencastle, despite the Democrats resorted to every sort of trick, agreeing to take the offices at the merest nominal salaries, the whole Republican ticket was elected bv majorities ranging from 59 to 114. In Newburg, Warrick county, and in Vevay, Switgerland county, the Democratic tickets were defeated. These are "Democratic victories." This brief resume of a few of the city elections, as we have gathered from our exchanges of yesterday, show upon what

slender foundations the Sentinel predicates its assertion that they give "evidence of the decline and overthrow" of the Republican party. Certainly we are satisfied with them, and if the Democracy are, then are we a happy family. Let us have peace. For the benefit of the Sentinel, which affucts to believe that the spring eleo tions in Indiana indicate the decline and overthrow of tbe Republican party, we have a few more instances to present this morning, gathered from exchanges reiceived since the date of our last article. Unfortunately, tbe majority of the election returns in the State papeis fail to indicate what the result is, as compared with previous contests, and the record of evidence is rather briefer than we could wish. But if straws show which way the wind blows, there is enough to make the Republicans very well satisfied with the general direction cf the zephyrs of May, 1870. In very many of the towns of the State in fact, in most the charter elections possess no political significance, men of both parties uuiting for the selection of officers with simple reference to the best interests of their respective localities, paying no attention to their partisan predilections. In South Bend, St. Joseph county, the Republicans "did better than ever," as the Register tersely puts it. Iu Auburn, DeKalb county, the Democracy bavi;, for a number of years, elected their candidates by small majorities. In tbe spring of 1S(9 they succeeded by majorities ranging from five to ten. Last Tuesday, tbe Republicans made a clean sweep, the majorities ranging from twelve to twenty oiic. The Republicans sceured lhe control of the School Board. In Biuffou, Wells county, tbe Republicans sutteedid in ieduciug the Democratic iiihj jrity very considerably. Iu Rctbesttr. Fulton County, the Democracy met their Waterloo, lhe Union Spy say: It is with gre3t pride that we chronicle the good iies. ll has a deeper meaning than might at first appear. The Republican ticket was i:i no wise superior to that pre.-cnted by tho Democracy, and the contest was therefore one of piinciple. The people of Rochester were compelled to bhoose as between go d meu representing opposing creeds, ai'.d they decided for free principles. Let no one hereafter shj' that the Republican orgcnizfitiou of this i"iity is not vigorous and full of vitality. D means work, and the result ot Monday's skirmish indicutes that the county is to be placed among lit public;- ti communities aud rescued from the reiguof misrule that has imposed upou this people the enormous taxation with which they are burdened. Rochester has declared lor Republican ideas. Republican principles, the execution of law and an honest administration of its -.1l;.irs. We have an abiding faith that th:. county will follow her example next fall, and lice itstlf from the clutches of the tax outers who inhabit the Court House." We neglected, on Saturday, to add Anderson, Madison county, to the list of Republican victories. It elected a Republican Mayor, Assessor and Treasurer. We confidently .recommend a study of these few elections to the editor of the Sentinel, in the hope tbat, readjusting his eyeglasses, he may be able to read their lesson mote correctly. He will find that the elections throughout the S:ate ring again the kuell of the Democracy, ai d by 1.0 means proclaim the scif-cideut lie with which he attempted to credit then:. The Sentinel is respectfully referred to lhe city of Slit il.y illu, as furnishing anotlur of the astounding "Democratic victories, " over which it went into such gallinaceous ccstacic-s. 'lhe Republicans gained one member of the Council, elect td a Councilman in one of the Wards, over a vciy popular Democrat, by u gaiu of at least st-vtiity.five votus in that one locality, while the Riptiblitau uwjority in the whole city is about eighty-five, a gain over the un joiity lor Mayor in IStlU of seventy -st ven. "The elections throughout the State indicate the decline and overthrow" of the party which has been on the under side o. the fight for about ten years. The Sentinel made a slight mistake in its first article, but we suppose it will make haste to correct its error. Democratic Gold Gambling. Special Correspondence Cincinnati Uazctto. Indianapolis, May 5. The people of the State are under obligations to the present Republican administration for securing what was known as an exceedingly bad debt, a legacy from the Democratic administration of six years ago,: and which would doubtless have been "corf. promised" instead of paid, if that administration had continued iu the management of the affairs of the State. Prior to lfcoT, the sinking fuud was distributed to the several counties, and there loaneu out od mortgage security. .At a scstiou of the Legislature in May of tbat year, an act was passed authorizing its investment in bonds and btocks of the State, aud at the session of the iioard of Sink ing Fund Commissioners in October, tbe order for its tiisti ibution was rescinded. The distribution was from this time abandoned, but the investment does not seem to have been made as proposed, and a large sum, reaching nearly half a million dollars, accumulated by 18G1. This large amouut of ready money seems to have been iu the bauds of the President of the Board, who was ex officio Treasurer, and who exercised unquestioned coutrol over it. At the time mentioned, Mr. W. H. Talbott was President of the Board. The deposits were taked from the reliable house of Winslow, Lanier & Co., JN'ew York, notwithstanding they had paid interest on the deposits made, at the rate of from two to four per cent., and others substituted who gave no security and paid no interest. Several members of the board, being connected with various banking interests, were of course "complimented" with large deposits. Governor Morton had applied to them for a temporary loan ia the previous year, for tbe purpose Jal j -

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ture having adjourned without making any appropriations for that purpose. Mr. Talbott, the President, after thinking of the matter for a few days, informed him that the board had unanimously decided that they had no authority to make such a loan. Again in lSGSwhen a levy had been ordered for sanitary purposes, and for the relief of soldiers' families, and when it was necessary to borrow some money to be used until the tax could be collected, a similar request was made, and a like answer returned. In the meantime, the members and friends of the board were "complimented" with large deposits, without security or interest. Among the banking bouses complimented was that of 11. J. Lyons & Co., in New York, the company consisting of Mr. Dillard Ricketts, a member of the Sinking Fund Board, and a Mr. Simmons, brother-in-law of Lyons. This was done in response to an intimation from Mr. Ricketts that they "would like to be complimented with a small deposit." The house went into gold gambling operations succeeded at first, and then suspended, the deposit at that time, in January, 1865 amounting to S133,'2S1 11. Mr. Talbott,' the President; his brother, John M. Talbott, and Aquilla Jones had been speculating in a private way, and came out short 15,000. Mr. Lyons subsequently testified tbat these transactions had been carried on with an understanding that the sinking fund deposits should be used as a margin. This 31 r. W. II. Talbott denies, v. -. . . oui u'j oiner aeposus were mjae which could be used as a margin. Upon learning of tbe suspension, be went to New York and succeeded in obtaining collaterals amounting to about eighty thousand dollars, leaving some 53,000 still due and unpaid and without security. Lyons & Co. demanded, nt the some time, that their claim of 45,000 against Talbott, Jones & Talbott must offset an equal amount of the Sinking Fund. The collaterals were only realized in part, but reduced the principal of the debt to about ?00,000. In the fall of 1S67 a judgment was taken in tbe Circuit Couit ;of Clarke county, in this State, against Dillard Ricketts, the surviving and o;uy responsible member of tbe firm of 11. J. Lyoos & Co., tor some iUi.OO'sV, which included interest upon the deposit, at she rate of four per ceut. Singularly ci.osigh, when tbe judgment came lo be collected, the I property hich Mr. Rinkttss was underamount, had suddenly vanished, and i.asi:Kil id' finding hiui worth half a million, as was the general impression, it was impossible to realize more than about S,000. frince then, although c"'rvbod'v has believed Mr. Ricketts to be a man of great wealth, if lias been impossible to get hold of any property which coy,!d be fastened upon him. A ten months back some funds were discovered in t'biu;go, audau a ttae b 11. e 11 1 proceeding fi)niRit;vtrd if;eie. It is Ubdirstood that the prissure brought there h;is hud ti e c'iect to bring Mr. iutketts to bis senses, :is overtures toward a senVment of the Llaike cos: tire judgment tf'eic made some tin.e sit ce, t'vu Moiiduy ist the wli; I-; matter was arsjngcd, c;;sii a::d ample security being given for the whole amount, ii. eluding iti'.etest. In this proci edi nr, however, M r. Rickeiti still lctiiaius behind ti.o icietn, the fet ticmeiit L-eir.g made by two wealthy gertleu'cn ol Jcvier.-ouville, who are biisiLes and personal friends of Mr. Ricketts, one of them being the cssigr.ee in trust r the sinking fund of the claim iigainst Talbott, Jones & Talbott, of 43,100. It is. proper to state, also, tbat in this settlement Mi. W. It. Talbott pays one-third f tbe above Miuti;t as his portion of the debt. 1'ieeiscly how the rest of it is rlai.gtd, er l ow it is thai Mr. Ricketts bas so long avoided a rettleu cut, 1 am unable to tthte. ll is scfLciciit to know, perhapa that li t- IUmtciatic geld gambling debt has It en, by persistent tfioit, seemed entirely to tit State by Ri publican officials. CIIUUN1CI.E.' iNiE V V ADVERTISEMENTS JOHN li. F1SSE & CO., liiceii&nco iiucticneers, OLi'E"N BURG, INDIANA, 1 T t I 1 1' n t .eliullj ruii.iu.tLe euliic that I V tit j 1 .v t UiUtii t ul litiLte tu tin a gtLnral Jiu tUiMi'ui e Itfii tif, liiitl will be j-Uuseii t Aectii 11 ;a!e ail whe u.:ij uted tLtir ftrvictn. 111 .1 j 1 o .Uii . Koike to Xcu Kflk n t L' t fe danlsSTATS OF 1SDIANA, 1KAJSKL1N Col'SIV. In the Cukmi-s Pleas Cocut Jilv Tkem, A. 1). 1S70. VVilliam An:ack Jr. vs. Tunis A mack A other. ON this 11th Cay of May, A. 1). 1S7 0, in vacation of euid Court, etiues the .lainlill, L? Uinkley i Jones, his Attorneys, ami lilt hu complaint herein, and aUo an ulthhivit, hy icn it appears that David Amack, Eliiabi-ta Dangler, Leonard Dacgler, Maria York, AnJiew 'ork, Elizabeth Martin, Tunis langlr, Maigcry Allbright and Elizabeth Alien are uon resident lftfendents of the State of" Indiana. Said non-resident defendants are therefore hereby notified of the pendency of this fuit, ana required to be and aj.pear before tbe Judge ol said Franklin Common Picas Court, on the second day of the next term thereof, to bo held the Court House, in the town of JJrookville. at the County of Franklin, in the State of Indiana, nn th. nl Mnn.litv f Julv. A. D. 18.0, land there to plead and answer to said couir.1 . ol the plaintitl. Witness Samuel S. Harrcll, Clerk of said Court, thii 11 th day of May, lo7U. SAMUELS. 1IARKELL, Ctrl. Binkley & Jones, Atty's. may 1 3 3w pr'e lee 7. 835 GOLD WATCHES 810 GENUINE IS CAttAT GOLD, c.:r i T....I.. Fcii !ever Mo vcmer.tc, ( Ladies atu"1"' only thirty-five dollars eah! ,.h UUU EXTRA FINE QUALITY,; Erplj Swiss and American Movement ( Ful1 c!i Levers), net surpasecd at any prut-, regulated and adjusted, at forty dollars SOLID KEF1NED Al.UMI.NOls OL' , )(( surpassed for beauty; equal in apPM"n(!8, e"ed tiold Watches; Hunting Cased, ioLeyers Ladies' and Gents' sizes,) ai i'u ' Ura each. - ,tviTC3EXTRA REFINED OROIDE GO D ES, It anting Cased, Full Jeweled Lever , 4 to $150 Gold Watches, at only fift e,ch. The Double Estra Kcfincd, t wenty f-l'-y t u Also COIN SILVER UUN I INtf-LA-- Extr4 Jeweled Levers, at seventeen dollar. Fine, twcnly dollars. American Levtrs plex, twenty-five dollars each. . c45tly Also GOLD CHAINS, latest ni.m each. styles,a.tsi, eight, ten and twelve dou. Elegint Oroide Gold Chains (Ladies giJ ld from 10 to 4t inches long, at two, loo 1 . eight dollars each, sent at Wholesale E blt WO MONEY REQUIRED IN ABV pu sent by Express, payable on '" sent ly where do Express runs, Goods w 1,1 , gce. mail, Registered, by sending casein , a a Am Agkntsbsdiko for liv" ATC"t"; Extra Watch frek, of the SA5'? ?f ,, rvED 1' ' . .s . i .tie?.) Goods may bo O VfcS ED ana charg!S, fore paid for, on payment of Exl,rfdreMf and if not satisfactory , 'lur":1Tr,i en.. US Fulton St.ew n. may 12-C;n.

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