Indiana American, Volume 9, Number 30, Brookville, Franklin County, 12 August 1870 — Page 2

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C. H. EiiiNiCHAM, EuHof. IU K v'U.l.KFndsy Horaiag, An'iit 13, 1870. The War in Europe Two Great Battles. In two sreat b:tttlc3 Use Prussians have !

swept the enemy befote then:, and the vie- j moaey raised aod ready to pay the prelim torious troops arc uow encamped on hos-jjnary suvey, and waittnly the appearance tile territory. Tho French forces ha ve I of the party to hand over the cash. Every i , i ;.,,, rcounty through winch it is proposed to been uriven bjek to their interior lines ol , J a , 1 , - , , . , , ;runaltne, are ready for the Surveyors, defense, Paris h,s let n declared in a state have t'he moDev raised to pay them, of siege, Napoleon has been forced to send j At JJrookviile Mr.'P. met Vice President word to Lis capital tin: hie first movement i Howard of the new organization- oftbe

has most disastrously miscarried, the i French Chambers have been convoked,

and the Regent of the Empire has been j th rC!iuU of the ccnferer.ee, Mr. Howard, compelled to issue aa appeal to the patri- j j,lt.tead of going: over his proposed line to Otis m of the French nation. The situa- Louisville and New Albrny, returned at tioo of .Napoleon is grave in ihe,cxtrcmc. ouce to Pi.iua, to consult with his pirec- . , ,, - , , ... tors, and arrange a day upon which tbey On every side, Prussia, flawed wuh mag- ef ,he Sanduskf nificcat success, is advancing with evident ; beymour aEd Evausjille Kailroad at this determination to overthrow in irretrievable j place, and arrange a plan on which the discomfiture her ancient encuiy and the two rouds will work in unison.

disturber of ti e peace of Europe. Ou Thursday cf last week, the Prussian Jorces, under the command of the Crown Prince Frederick William, attacked and j carried Weissenburg, diiving before theml

General Douay's Division of the First', , c , , J . alaw large amounts of money have been voCorps. Stuog by this defeat, and ar nre-i , v' , , - , , . - ., . , , . 'ted, much of which has been collected and ciating the importance of rcgt'.ning the ., . , , , - , , or. ; paid over; but much more of which re position he had lost, Marshal McMahon, ... .. . , . ,

commauuero. x nsi uorP, uc;t.UJ.Ue.1,Judge at Lafajettej decide3 t,,e ,aw j

l r.i . 1.':... n J-. : .. . 1 io avenge tne losses ins iorces nau sustain . , . , . : cd, and drive the victors back to their own i . , ! ii-rniorv. .tccuruiaKiv, rriny ncum;. ! r,- .1;,.:.. l.,i, ;,l. .V l - J advanced atid ictuj icd a strong posiuoii on the Davarian frontier. But the Prus

Bian loice, consisting at ttie tune Weisscn-; , . , . , . . -The city was greatly excited yesterday burg was occupied of two PrusMau Army ; 3t tLo decision ot Judge La lCuein lLecate Corps and ons corps cf Uadcu troops, and j of Geigerrs the Couuty Auditor, in which without doubt Urgclv increased by subsc-jan injunction was prayed for against the queot arrivals, had not taken possesion j p'cn of the one half of the Lafayette. . , . . , ! Muncie Jc Bioouiingtou Railroad tax, orot - eissenburg in way of a mere rsa , , . ., , - J dered by the lioard of Commissioners, upand Saturday morning they were equally on tc tax duplicate. The injuuetiou was ready with Marshal McMahon to give bat- granted. We have not the space this morllc. ning for the J udge's opinion. The ground :!, T,.. r . x i j -upon which the decision was based was in ilic I ru?sian tore1? apreir to nave ad-; T , , , ,. . , , ... ... ... ... . jsisted upon by oaly one of Geiger s counvanced to a little vill?e called orth, ! sclD Wiu Wa.lace, Esq. Mr. Hensituated about ten ;ilcs southeast of Wcis- jdricks con.-idcring it to fl mty to present. Feuburg, and on ths eastern .-h pe of ti e Whether, however, our distioguihedycung

Yosges mountains, bear the line of the ; ra-.lwa v con nccttng iii clie anJ trasbourg. - fhc story of the battle is very briefly and vciy plainly told is the il5ciai dispatch of theCrown Prince: '-M.-Mahou wi totally beaten, and the French have retired upon ... ...... , . , Uitche. bub.-cq.ient di.patcl.es state that the Prussians c.ptuicd four thousand pnsoners, one huuiired of whom weie t fticers, thiity cant on and six mitrailleuses. . i i . : i i . u terward the Prussians stivaiic1;! on llagc - . n.u, Mtaatoi s.xreen miles north ot Sirasbourg, aud nox hald that placa. Thu much for the hft w;niI ltf ihe rj I i Prusian lrces. Mahon, driven Tlicj have rotn him hack a diunce of forty miles, and cut off, as it ej -peats from .Napoleon's di.-patches, his communication J with the Emt.cror. j 1 i While the left wing was striking this , heavy blow at McMahou, the center of the i Prussian armv was doinir e.viaUv valiant ! fcerviee at Sjh bi lick. " 1 , It .ncojis tliat some time on Friday or Saturday the French Second Corps, under ile com maud of , General rnissir.i advam-nd livriid S oaar-' bruck into Fiu lan teiruory. It was not .

long befcre ihey were met tuJ u.ivcn back icfr(ip!; gnJ iniporant ,0 soldicrs who wisb by the German troops, under tie command Jo advant;)1.e c, its provisioos: j Of General on Goeben. The action wasj Any go,dicr or niarine can j severe. Of tli losses sustained in this j now obtain a homestead of 100 acres,

battle there ere r.o reports, from either French or Piussian tcutccs.

Oftcial dispatches report Gen. F rossard j ainontillCnt t0 lhc Aiu.y biil it is prodded still on the frontier, and Napoleon announ ; that any jerson who served honorably lor ces from Mez that he is himself about to! ninety das in eithor the military or naUlc a position in the foremost rauks. val. trvicc of tbe United States during t , i . - , , the ret'ellion, and has since remained loylut still the situ itton is dcspcr.t'.e enough. , i 5 , j al, may enter a ij'iarter section ot laml Gen. St tin met .is within a mile ot Saar- ; By f ,Le j1(lCS vf raijway t0 w,ic bruck, uce Frederic Charles is at Ihe j Congress has made a grant ef laud, the castel, only a tov miles beyond, and the j selee:i .m to be made from the even numlicadntiMrrors tl... I'rns,i..n .,..v U ,i ' J't,"'i -cMioiis. As the minimum price ot

. , .... . ,. .. . 4 Kaisertdautetn. The advance lit e of the Trench has be?n broken, the i u.-!.in : line has been greatly Ftrcnthencd by the ' nival of fresh troops, and mote than all,' dismay has been spread through the whole French army, while there is inspired in j the Prussian troops the eoiitiseiice that . success alone can give. Later dispatches represent tbat the I'm l. . . ... i.i: i .t - t t I'cror iiai rjisuiiMiru ins uenuuuui ters ai t Chalons, and that the Prussian reserves are Up with the advance. Chalons is about half w:y between Mcz and P..: is, nt inure than scveutj five Uiiles from the lat. tr. The French aruy is ,-tui ui Metz, but its abandonment is piob.b.c at auy hour. An engagement is imminent be tween the retieating Freisch and the vie-

torious Prussians. Paris is fea, fully cx-1 uom Avome state tnat tue r rencu tiled, and the Ivress ba, ienis vl i; rs caused profound terror, and that fcapely " 'the Pope has asked Kugenie lor just one l.AiT.. ' hij to defend him from the Italians now McMitxift, it is said, is uti'.l at Saverne, ; organising for an attack ou the Papal doot lhc head of fifty thousand men, and ii.i: iu'ons and authoiity.

news is stated to be autheutic. Strasbourg is surrounded by C.O.UUO Gertnan true, .-, and the place must oon surrender, cs i:s gairison numbers only 7,0'0. Marshal Dazainc is reported to be at Mctz with a force of 150,UOt men. and Canrobert is at ancy at tne ..cau ot ov.uyti troops, iiuoutj Prince Frederick Charles and General j teinrceiz we nave oniy me news that it is' probable they have commenced to move ' forward from Siir-Louis to Treves. Another importttut rumor is that Italy and Austria will vU send one huadrnd thousand men to I'r.tn?.

Since the above was written, the Detcs'Germtn ueity wt recognised and enfor -

comes of the as'sc-tr.blirj tf the Corps

Lcgislatif and the resignation of ibe 'i'rtfcih Ministry. The hour is too late to admit of any comments.

The Feelirg Along the Line. The Seymour Democrat, i.i speaking of a trip ma de over the proposed railroad line, from Seymour to Brookvilie, thus reports the feeling along the line: 15 Everywhere along the line the people i ri rnthuiasiii for the road, and have the Lake Shore and South estern road, ana held a consultation with him io regard to intrrc.lc r.f ilio ttrii nrnii n 1 7.1 1 ions. As t Railroad Tax In Indiana. j Th(j Iud;aM Legislature passed a law jaiw cui towns an.J coun,-ies to vote .! a certain tax, payable in cash, to aid in I thp construction of railroads. Under this I . . . , .... . . , to be unconstitutional, lhis, as might , , , , . -. " be supposed, has caused great excitement. The case is to be carried as soon as possible to the oupreme Court Wiih refer ence to this decision the Lufiyette Jourf cal says: " t?"ow-i0wnsmau te sustainea, is yet

- , . :. ., , . - . ., : view and mat ot the Judge is that the voj ting o the tax was virtually a subscription 'of stock to the amount, which is prohibi- , ted by the Constitution of the State, see. jC - BrI,cle lf lb5s view is asi,'ncd. then counties can nevsr vote a valid tax, I ,,ie j,rctced3 of whith arc ttf be u?ed in j paying for railroad stock, because th act j of voting is the act of subscription, and Af-Ithat can not, under the Constitution, be ; complete until the actual cash is raid for ' ' , i the stock subscribed, it the county hnpj pecg ,0 havc a surf,ju3( tbe Commissioners j may appropriate it to the purchase of stock hut if the tax is voted for the purpose or ' . ...... l-l ?!-

oei"r; f0 applied, it is invalid. This, as we understand it, is the doctrine of Judge iLaliue's decision. Thirty dsys have been given to tile a bill of exceptions, when the case will go to the Supreme Court. It is our opinion that the constitutionality of the law will be sustained, if so, then the ntxt contest will be in the State Legula-! ture, which may repeal the law altogether. and thus cause all the tax on whith noves-todii-iht has accrued to fall to the urouud. A Homestead for Soldiers. The following is the substance of a tee. i . i... , , .i,., i I W U , -... i,..;ni... r. 1

Aud this tract for every euch person wi!l!jul,ii ibe double the value of other selections j

all stu b latids is fixed at SJ.50 per acre, the homesteads thus utven to soiaieis ate ; ... r.Hi.rv vln !.,.;. l.v hoin. upon lines ot railroad, many of which are 'ow open, aud from which other pre-emp-,ers a,c 8 ct excluded. The Republican Convention of the Third Qi--i) Oisuict, havc renominated Gen. i vSchc:iek. I i ne l ai is a ispater.es state tnai me l arr- . .,..1 1 tisians are paying 1,500 for substitutes, and they ate scarce at that. Lnoch Ahoy, resident ol orth crno a, attempted to poison ins wife by putling arsenic in the tea, but was not suc- ; eessful owing to Mrs. Alley's suspicions. He has since rapidly disappeared. A Mississippi paper says it has some ; reason to believe that Jeff lais has been I invited by a crowned head to visit Europe ; sr.d engage in a 'little onpleasantness' now , going o there. It thinks that in such an i event thousands of ex-Confederate soldicrs would follow lhtir ,ate and eXFres. scs the Lpe that Jeff muJ m , Marshal of France. For the.first ti:nc the dream cf the German lias found realization. In the address cd' Priuce Pre Itiek, on assuming command cf the troops cf the South German States, ccJ.

The Pope Has no sooner had his favorite dogma of infallibility endorsed by the Council, than he is permitted to fall into the hands of his an athematifced enemy) Victor Emanuel. The telegraph on Monday brought the news that the negotiations between Italy and France for the withdrawal of the French Jtroopa from Italian soil have been brought to a satisfactory conclusion. The Italian Government has guaranteed the preservaof order in Rome, . and the French troops have evacuated the city. It is stated that the Emperor, before his departure for the Rhine, wrote to the Pope explaining the caus-es of the withdrawal of the French troops frome Rome. The result will probably be that Rome will bespeedtand unconditionally ennexed to the Italian kingdom, and the Pope become a sub ject of the King. Not a very pleasant finale to the grand Council, and to his own investiture with divine attributes. It is asserted that the Pope has been advised by some to go to Malta, but that he decided to stay at Rome.

Great Excitement in Paris. The Empress Eugenie, according to the Pail Mall Gazette, is preparing for flight. The Pali Mall Gazette has assurances from private sources in Paris that the em i pire is on the verge of a collapse. The' . , . . J uau.au,,, u .cu " , they are arrested tne empire is dead, rar isiaus are receiving arms, and they are all republicans at heart. The establishment of a provisional government is already talked of. The Oiieanists, through Gen erals Changarnier and Trochu are in tli3 ascendant, and eminent Imperialists are leaving France. Letters from Paris say the citizens are defiant of martial law, and continue to assemble in the streets and discuss the war. Causa of the French Defeat. The London Times ascribes the French disaster to the Emperor's obstinacy in refusing sound military advice, and to his illness. The Times says parties in France will make the Emperor pay the penalty of his ill success. His name is already ignored in the acts by which the Regency sock to rally the people. Things arrange themselves as if he was not expected to resume his power, as if testing how he may be dispensed with altogether. The only question is, who shall first utter the word abdication. Edmund Ahout wiites from the field, i bitterly condemning the Emperor's mis- j management. Ilo says: '-Having declared war, he let the Prussians begin it. True, j neither party was ready, yet the French lost twenty days iu useless matching and' countermarching. They were surprised at j Wcissenburg by an enemy whom there I were no videttes to watch, no skirmishers to meet, aud no settled plan to repe' l. Judge La Hue of Lafayette, has decided; the railroad law unconstitutional. OiSeial returns give the Democrats in the Tecent election in Kentucky a majority of about City thousand. Intbe battle cf Froschwiller 140,000 Prussians attacked 33,000 men under McA London letter says within a few weeks there will bo a creat number of failures ! fhrol!r,hout Great Britain and the whole ! i ( .I'lllljit .1 t. I I There was great excitement among the Germans all over the country, on Monday, over the Prussian victory. Flags, cannon and bonfires were the means by which the aut Germans relieved their feelings. The rumor tbat Indiana is to be divided into three Collection Districts, and the surplus offices dropped, is a mistake. 2s'o changes will be made in offices or Collection Districts, at least this year. It seems to be the understanding at the State IVp irtment, that although both i Francs an 1 Prussia lave officially! notified this Government of the existence ,.f vr:ir. n otHiMal proclamation of neutral- ' r " ity will be issued, but in lieu thereof a strict enforcement of the neutrality laws will be carried out. A notable feature of tbe election returns from Kentucky is tbe exceedingly small majorities by which the Democratic candidates prevailed in several of the 'Coun ties. The figures show a whittling down of matters political to a very small point. uar iepuuucau iricnus ougiis to oe en - courageci by the look of thing, and begiu at once a careful aud thorough organization in the close districts for the fali Cooj;rcssional campaign. Tbe election of Judges of the Supreme Court in Tennessee, on Thursday, was the first which has been held under the new Constitution. The Republicans cairied East Tennessee generally, and the Knoxvii'.e district by a large majority, on a full vote. Ibis insures the rc election cf Horage Mayoard in November. Earl Granville saya that the papers relating to the recent negotiations of England with foreign powers are nearly ready, and when they are submitted the Governj ment will be prepared for debate. Sir G. O. tienktnson gives notice niai ne niu taae an early opportuuity to question the Government as to its intentions with regard io Relgium and the protection of her independence. It will take a good deal of questioning to get anything definite done in j that regard, so long as England has coal ! and horses to sell to the parties already in i i the fiijht.

Political. The public debt was reduced last month over seventeen millions of dollats-r-t clear evidence (in Democratic eyes) of the incompetency of the. Administration. The Mobile Register advises the Democracy not to imperil their self-respect by electioneering for negro votes, naively adding that they couldn't get them anyhow Manton Marble, of thej World, is at Newport; John Reall is at the Tombs will be hung to. day; M. M. Pomeroy, of the Democrat, is to lecture on agriculture, this fall; there is nothing further as to the whereabouts of Benedict Arnold. The Democracy start in the coming Congressional elections with some rather heavy weights hatred of the Union soldiers, of the freedmeD, of the Chinese, of the reduction of the public debt, and of the economy of the Grant Administration. At Londou it is believed, that the proclamation of Denmark's neutrality in the war is only for temporary effect, and that it will not long be continued in force.

An American writing to the London Daily Telegraph predicts that dnring the war Americans will side with France, and says that the mere fact that the majority of the F.nrriish nress has alreadv taken the ., . . - side of Prussia would be sufhcient to secure ,. , .. , c ithis result, so far as popular feeling is concerned If that Au)erican is a reader of the papers of this country, his mind is no doubt disabused bv this time. In view of the information received from Minister Washburn that the French Government will requie passports from foreigners within its doiuiuiou during the war, the State Dopatment will soon issue a circular relative to the subject, recommending that all persons contemplating a foreign tour shall provide themselves, and announcing that to obtain the passports applicants must make oath of their citizen ship, etc ; that the blanks will be furnished Vy the Department, and that the fee, as prescribed by law, will be five dollars. French disgust at the Weiasenburg defeat is beginning to develop itself in rath er a violent way. The crowds at Paris threatened to take a little revenge out of certain money-changers who are suspected of having sent money to Prussia. These straws of evidence of the current of pepular feeling in France are not to be disre garced. lbey loretell very plainly trie condition of affairs which would be devel. oped there by the announcement of any-! . , r J jch defeat. A I thing like a general Fren defeated Napoleon would have as little! control over t ranee as would tue barking of a Jog.

The final result of the election in Bel-j the less effective. Ou Saturday the Kegium gives the Senate 2S Liberals and 3i I publicans of ALorristown, Shelby couuty, Clerical, r.nd the Representatives 50 Lib-j were addressed by lion. J. M. Wilson, . ... . . m. . . . nA i,i !itp for ('.mtrriwt in th:it District :i ml

eia.s ami t - viericai. i au elections were marked by vio'ent dissensions between the contending parlies, especially at Brussels j and Antwerp, and at Ghent, where the! working peopte were greauy exaspcratea 1 - 1 .i . 1 againel tne reilglOUS Communities. JO S I otic point, However, there is no disagree- j ment, all parties deinsr agreed that Belgi-! i j W...." t . ... ' . . i i ati i uerencencc must ue maint.iineu ,k l. .i t tlllUUL'll ll.C I'lCdlilllL rt UL' C UC I n 11 other Luropean powers. A curious feature ! . . l . . 7 i - i l 1 01 1,113 canvass was ,,ie Fl-"llcai capital ,nae hJ ''ie clerical party out of a prom-; ,i, .n,i.i; ui t i, - s, f. r.,roln, TK r-!,M!, i Spa for fifteen years longer. The Church must be slightly demoralized. The holding of a French council of war at Strasburg, and a subsequent personal survey of the Rhine country for thirty miles above Kehl, by General ilcSlahon, was thought a day or two since toindicata an eaTy movement in that vicinity. It was j conjecture d that McMahon, with the Ali ican army, was about to cross the Rhine and dash rapidly, by way of Carlsruhe and Heidelberg, to Frankfort, and that thence he would endeavor to cut the railroad communication between Berlin and the Rhiue. It was believed he wold leave t m , on the left, while the main i J I army pushed on lurouglHLc lower Rhine provinces to Mayencc and Cobleutz. The later indications are that the Prussians, penetrating this plan, determined to frustrate it by an atttack on McMahou's left at Wcissenburg, and iu this move they , appear to have been entirely successful. We understand that Hon. II. It. Pritchard, candidate for Congress in the Third Distrtct, can not secure a joint canvass ! with Mr. Uolman. Mr. Holtnan is afraid; ; ot his mental aud social equlibriuui. I Journal When Rpnitblia t.s nrnnnsfiil tn rj.i:ifi ;(,.clnai revenue taxation fiftv-seven mil- i lions a year, every Democrat ia Congress voted against it or dodged. Who is in favor of high taxation? Green field Commercial. Figaro aunounces that the government has refused an offer of the American Gen. P. II. Sheridan to serve iu the French army. Whereto Gen. Sherman replies that Gen Sheridan has made no such oiler, aud that he will be much more likely to join the Prussian than the French army. Chicago Post. Close readers of the European news cannot but be struck wkh the contrast be tween Napoleon's grandiloquent dispatch to Eugetue about the Saarbruck fight, and Kins William's brief announcement to the Prussian Queen of his victory at eissen burg The former we commented upon two days ago. The latter is iu these words, and needs uo comment: "We have gained a brilliant but bloody victory in the storming of Weisseoburg and Gaysburg behind it. My regiment and the Fifth had heavy losses. Thank God for this first glorious ; aibievement.. May he.heljus f-irther. i t , - . , Chronicle.

Joint Discussions between Wilson and

Gooding. Shortly after Judge Wilson was nominited as the Republieao candidate for Con gress, io this district, his inclination prompted him to resign bis position as Circuit Judge, in order that he might devote all his time and energy to tbe canvass of the district. The members of the bar rerbooetrated against this, as they wish to retain his Valuable Servicies to dispose many important peases yet before him. Up to the present time the Judge has consented to gratify the wishes of his friends, and consequently his opportunity of meet icg the .eople is confined to such vacations as he may have between terms. It will be seen, by an article which we copy from the Conuersville Times, thatwheu lion. David

S. Gooding challenged Judge Wilson to final result. Should the conflict be conengage in a joint discussion with him, he fined entirely to Prussia and France, the was made aware of the obstacles which pre-1 les pective forces would appear io be nearvented it; yet the Democratic papers of the j ly equal. The greater number of soldiers district try to create the impression that which Prussia can throw into the field, is Judge Wilson flatly refuses a joint Canvass, counterbalanced by the power of the

because he fears to meet JuJge Goodins on the stump. To show how recklessly Democratic papers indulge in their natural habit of falsehood and misrepresentation, we will note au instance before us. The Hancock Democrat of last week eontains several articles the burdeti of which is that Judge WiJsoa dare not meet Judge Gooding ou the stump, and in the same issue of that paper, heading tbe editorial columns, we tiud the followiug announce ment: "Judge WTilson and Judge Gooding will hold joint discussions at "Raleigh, Rush County, Thursday, 11th day of August, 1870, at 2 o'clock, p. M "Carthage, Rush county, Friday, 12th day of August, 1S70, at 2 o'clock p. si." Two years ago Judge Reid was the Democratic nominee against lion. Geo. W Julian. The former gentleman absolutely and poiDtediy refused to uieetihe latter gen tleman in a joint discussion. leid had not the shadow of aa excuse for his refu sal, other than the rottenness cf the princi ples which he advocated aud his inability to defend a bad cause. Although Judge Wilson is in the hands ot his friends, and tbey can use his abilities much better than engaging him to reply to the tirades ot abuse, vidictive epithets, and appeals to prjudice which form the staple of Goodiug s huraogues. vet he has consented to meet his ODOoneut at two Doiuts ia this county. Judge Gooding's friends seem very anx ious that the people throughout the district should have an opportunity of hearsn a joint aiscussion ueiwecn tne oppj - ion between the oppo sing candidates. Here is an opportunity to gratify their wish. Let the speeches of ilessrs. Gooding and Wilson, at the joint discussions, be reported and published. Thus they can be made to reach every lie publican aud every leading Democrat in the district. This is the plaiu way through ! the joint discussion muuule. How do our anxious Democratic hreatn f,lhe P,ess hke the idea? RushRepublican, 1 . . The Campaign. The canvass in this State is proceeding more vigorously ihan is generally supposed. The work is mainlv local, vet none i , ...... , .in ihd oi-fntli riritTf Tviil Iia t'liuritl :nl inj ,eresti' r.r.0rt o( the meetin- and svtloposis of the Judge's admirable address. In this issue we also present a verbatim .. ' . ; rnnrt nt .. n i. h d nil PiintlnPinn snuop 1 , .. ,. o . i . lJCItu 1 ' lllt'IOI fc.ti.va'..Jv.-avui . i .1 a f i tt i r n r . i'l-air in (!;- I m t. it !i I 11 w by Senator I'ratt to the Lepuuli iA I intnn I nn ii t v in ntiinlav slienui.in iast Thls erorlof the Senator is worthy cf his ability aud standing in the Republi - ..... .1, ......;. 'I'l... r..... ,ii,,.u . mu iiaitv ui mc n unuu. ... v, ! of Indiana are justly proud of the iutlui - - . once already oOtaiueu by Mr. I'ratt iu the j . in, iMl..;,,MP .inii -.jh u,. vl;n .r- ,i i,hied to have so able a aeteuder ot the party and Congress before the people. ' r.Ioiirtial. Th8 Congressional Canvass Has but fairly couimetieed in this District. J udge Wilson, the Republican candidate is iu tbe field, and is doing a good woik for himself aud party. Judge Gooding, iheDemocratic caudid:tte,is also iu the field at work. lie was here not long siuce stirring up the Democracy to battle, liis visit 1 i, o- i was without auy "telliuir enect, however. J lhe J udoe s aflteceueuts are not flattering , ,? , J . .. V. V. I. . V. . U L , M .. J much whether he can command ail the votes of his own party. Judae ilson, ou the other hand, is a . 1 1 1 ICil lll'l'Uiai lltld null u.c lllil?..?. auu . ' 1 . . showing himself an adept iu canvassing, is, wiihal, a sirotii: man, and is quite as well ' ? I i posted in politics as Lis predecessors. As . . . a lawjer the J udge's ability is well known throughout all Ljsteru Indiana. On the beuch he has but few coiats. With the iutcliigent bis election next fall is a foregone conclusion. They accoutit Judge Wilson their next Congressman. Counersville Correspondt.ee of the ludiauapoits Journal. Special Sunday Reading.

The Cincinnati Emjuiier is abead yet.durin; the just days of the session, redu-

! It not only ruus traius into the country to distribute its Sunday edition to the lost and ruined world, bunt has 'a special hell I correspondent, ibe inquirer lias correspendents in ail tne Democratic strong' i..!. t- f Ilea rh.irn I n r. ,! i "Republican Extravagance." Maj. J. D. Evans yesterday informed us that by the first cf January every dol lar of ibe State debt would be paid and a million dollars ot surplus in tne .treasury. The money to pay the debt is in the Treasury now, but t tie holders of State bonds won't give them up before the first of September, after which lime interest will cease to be paid. Indiana out of debt and a million in the Treasuiy. Kepubiican extravagance aud grinding taxation. .A good sotin for Dem

ocrats to learn. Hamiltou Co. Kegister. tions are sometimes effected we believe . ; ia the principle that a half loaf is better During Grant's administration the pub - ! than no bread but the Democrats will tell lie debt has been reduced Sl-KJ.OOU.UUO, the people they voted against this bill beand taxes diminished ?Sb",U00 U00. These cause it did not do away with these duties figures speak for themselves and furnish j altogether. We submit that the Hepublithe best answer that cau be given to the j caos exhibited the belter practical sense in

Democratic clamor for reform. But how 1 de the Democracy propose to reform? By repudiatius; a debt created in saving the Government from destruction, and by abrogating those beneficent laws that secure equal rights to all. In brief, Democratic reform means tbe abandonment of all that we -have dearly bought auid the sffioke aud blooi of the battle-field. It

would rob our country of its honor and

our soldiers of taeir laurels. Rushville Republican. The Prussian Needle Gun and the French Chassepot Needle Gun. Some think they see in tbe war that has broken out in Europe a theological significance. Others look npon it as purely an anti-Napoleouie movement, while others regard it merely as an effort uponthe part ot France to recover the Rhenish provinces. Doubtless the war partakes of all these characteristics more oriess, but in our view the political necessities of the Napoleon ic dynasty at the present momen, are the chief cause of its initation. tie would be indeed a bold prophet who would venture to predict its duration or i'rencn navy, whicli numbers 4UJ vessels of all descriptions, including 55 iron dads The whole number carry 4,G5U guns. Both sides are provided with modern field artillery aud with powerful batteries of siege guns. The Prussians have Ivrupp's breechflloiding steel riiijs, the merits of which are considered questiona ble by some, but which it is thought by many will prove very effective when properly worked. The amount of breechloading artillery possessed by the French seems to have beeu purposely concealed by that government. The Mitrailleuse, to peifect which lrge sums are reported to have been expended, has yet to piove its superiority to the Galling gun, which has also been adopted by the French Govern ment. It is also said that the Gatling guns have been sent to Piussia. Rut the two weapons which will do most in decij ding the result are the Prussian needle I gun a nd the cnassepot needle gun We have expressed the ouiuion that the Prussian needle gun, although undoubtedly superior to any muzzle-loading guu ' iu destruciive efficiency, is far inferior to , many American breech loaders The followiug quotation from the letter of au able correspondent upon the subject sets forth its ulIlc:? in a strontr light: The needle gun is a clumsy, unsightly, j heavy, and expeiiMve gnu compared to many Americau breech loaders, ltiscomplicated in its parts, and delicate in its construction. The breech piece, which I contains the breech loadiu mechaniftii I j is enormously long, extending not "loss j ? not i ttiau eicveu nicies u tu ic-u ui mc than eleven inches tj twi rear ' cartridge chambjr. 1 ho g; coeck perI forms lis functions badly, as there is so much escape oi gis into tne mecaanism i thiough the needle hole in the face of the I bieech-closer. This escape of gas soon ; fiils the chamber in the cylindrical breechcloser, which contains the needle pin and piral snna ' witn a reaunui ot ouruea powder, aud seriously imp :Jcs their aotion. 'When the cylindiical breech closer is j ihojred forward, the trigger, having taken hold of the needle pin from below, retains it to the rear, aud thus compresses the spiral spring, sj that t tie simple act of j clo.-mg the breech, cocks the piece, and ! . ; . i ... . ..11 i. ....... ... It IS oijiv neccfcaiy iu imii iiic ii iiic tire it. lhis arrangement is a convetiienl oue for the soldier, aud facilitates the firing, but it i-i an objectionable featuie in a militury arm, because when loaded it must necessarily remain at fall ejek. It is true theie is a means provided lor lock- ! illg the needle pill in this position to pre- ! . i - . .t 13: i 13. I f ,...;,iJi l.i.ttt'tlin ...l.ll.ir vbiin 1.1 L 1 - ....... v f.ri,p. n,JrllJ,.t . aVli, iliuiseif of -x-- . - - It, Ilim ort.iu nldiiit llahla lit tak mace - I at ut,y tl,"ej "ihe ammunition for the needle gun is ' comidicatt-d. expensive, and diilieult to . j llJike up, considerable e special machinery ., : .1-. that purpose. 1 he being required for ! needle uun cannot be hied more than half as many rou.iu per iuiiiu.c as uioi 01 inc Americau metallic cartridge guns. ' Improvements bae been made upon this arm which somewhat lesseus the loiee of the above tilled IOUS. but It IS Still tindoubtedly inlet lor to some Other breechloaders. . J he chassepot needle gun is considered by some to be an advauce upon the Prussian arm. It is claimed that this gun cannot be .... .. .. .;:., n j ii. . lv;.., ,, " e , - J , , - ,. , , ... die gun, aud is more suostatitiuliy built, ; n .' , , J - lint it w nnstriHtpil riri trip sma rtrit.ci . . . : pie in almost every other respect ... t It Will be Seen that these arms must be ueany e-ljua l iu uesuue-iive po net, auu ii.ai when opposed to each other terrible carllfflC UIUO. IllCldUl V . V.- U 1 L. XUOt lll.O : . ....., .i.i., if ti,.,. .hto , :. carn:i'e can now he averted bv the intervention of other powers, seems hopeles?, :.n.1 it i c r. r. . I... 1 .1 1 that en m A fit tnp t.lii.il . , ,,r , , .,, , , ltst ttatlltt ft-pr rppornpil will Katiupri In the , - - . - . " ..... annals of the year 1870. ("Scientific American. Don't Forget This. We hope the people will remember, when Democratic speakers come round howling about the high duties the Republican Congres bas imposed upon tea, coffee, sugar, molasses aud other necessaries of lite, that the Democrats io Congress vo ted against the Tax and Tariff law passed ! cln ttese duties. The dutv on tea was ; reduced from twentv-five to fifteen r-pnts ' poumon cofice lrom five to three cents : r,oaoaOQ ujoiasses from ei-ht to five cents a gallon, and so on. Now, if the Democracy have the solicitude for poor laberiug men they profess, why did thy not vote for this teduction? We wish the reduction were greater but it is a step in the riiht u;rcction and the people are indebted solely to Republicans that there is any reduction at all. This Question of Tariff duties, as every intelligent man .. n e - i . . knows, s a matter of sectional interestdiverse interests demand it and secure it. not as a party measure, but by different interests cjmbining lor this purpose aod it is impossible for any one party to musj ter strength enough to do away with it. j But by concession and compromise reducj voting tor tho bill, and showed themselves more truly the friends of the poor man than the Democrats in voting against it. Greensburg Standard. The Cincinnati Gazette, after paying a proper compliment to the high ability aud cult ure of Judge Wilson, writes Dave Good iog up as a "pompous, bluateriog, windy

man, bearing a hypocritical look and ready to stifle any manly emotion for place or honor." Tbe Gazette man has seen him. Between these the voters of the 4th District must choose. Greenfield Commercial. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Town Lots and 40 Acres of Land Tor sale. THE undersigned offers for ate ten or twelrt Buildioar Lots in tbe town of Union, Frnklin County. Indiana. Alfo one balf or alt of a Steitn Saw Mill in said town of Union. Also forty acres of land situated on Big Cedar, i miles west of Mt. Carniel, and adjoining the turnpike twelve or fifteen acres improved, with orchard and good rpring; balance pood timber. If the above described property is not sold at prirate tale by the 1st of September next, it will ha offered at public sale on tbe following Saturday, Sept. 3. For further particulars, apply to A" UINDS. augl2-3r Whitcomb, Franklin Co., Ind. PHOTOGRAPHS! Itke this method of informing tbe public of BrotKville and vicinity tht I have b-iujrht the Photograph tiallery recently owned by T. W Cowey of this place. My past experience bas been with Mr. Kod Jy of Greensburg, who is one of tbe finest Ar!its in the State. I therefore flatter rnjself that I am qualified to take ANY KIND OF PICTURES in our line, FROM 1 LOCKET TO LIFE SIZE, and finish the same in the Best Style or the Art. A. K. JARARD. Brookvillc, Aug. 12, 1870-tf. First and Last Notice. A 11 persons indebted to Theodore Ileifel, either Xl by note or bonk account, are hereby notified that the same have been placed in ray hands for collection. And I am authorized to siy to ali who uiy fail to respond to this call that they will be waited upon by an officer who will expect to be paid for his services. V. J. PECK, Agent. Brookvilie, Aug. J, 1870 3w NOTICE. THE Notes and Book Accounts of the late firm of Gordon Brothers have been placed in my hauds for collection, which, if not settled by tbe 2lth inst., I shall commence to collect accirdinir to law. This is the last and only notice ; so govern yourselves accordingly. J. II. BLACKLIDGE. Aug. 1st, 1370-3w.

FOR no We are selling our Goods . rn nVOrn T71,'ii '1 Pi TT ; r i i J k I I1 1 i L 1 "li as wo are determine 1 to close out our entire s to tic of goods tiiis season. CK00KSIIAXK & MASTERS. Fairfield, Aug. 5, l&7l)"tf. Bailroad Election! Petition to the Board of Commissioners, To tlte Ilonnrali'.c, the li'XirJ of Ounmis-si-'ttets vf the Cuuitly of Franklin and iSl'ite of Jinliitm: yoUli ViStTTfOXE ItS, residents of the CounJL tv of Fr-ttiklin, in the State of Indiana, resr,. ii ..,.,,,,,,,.,.,.,,, ii ,..i.i i. ,.i , .t The Lake Shore, Louisville & Southwestern U tiiway Com puny propose to construct a ini!.-oai tlironh tntl County of Franklin, if proper aiit-ict! b rendered by tho County of Frank :in aforesaid; that said Company propose to issue eto- t l.'n; I Company turauy assistance th.it in:iy be r.nddir t tht.ui sitrh t.iii!r 1 1 ho whip) -iml Tirlirrt..l .wi thn : toeiii, sucn stocx to De issued ana uelirerej on tne ; ... . r .. ... completion of such road, and the paj'iiiwitt ..f sucii sum as may be furnishe ! by way of asiistii.g in I th nonstruntinn nf n-t .!. Ycu: petitioner ate informed that the Railway Company abo re tiamcd is now duly organized unuer the laws of the otitic of Indiana, and tbat the construction of su.'h K.iilway is o! vital i m ixn - i tance tit the citizens of saiJ Countv of Fr.uilin. i Tbey tbt-rcfore pray your Honorable ljuard to : m-ik a..jr)lir,1;ltl1)ll-uf to aid in the construction of said Kailrcai, and pay the same to said Company n hen fiu h lti.illoud shall have been completed aud certificates of stock therein tiuly -executed aud delivered to the ! County of i'rnuklin j -J hundred resident freeholders, j Action of the IJoard of Commissioners. Kitsmoa BY order of the Board of Commissioners of Kianklin Couuty. Indi.iua, the yotinir pisccs ; ul t"o several lovylnps o. saia uoun.y .... u Muiiduij tke 20th dny of August, 1S70, to take the votes of the legi! voters of said Couni . u , .. ,uw r u i j v. . . -- "til ,.r T . Vi 1 11. ,11.,,. ... .n . i. . ,i.;..n ,,r n a.inmt.r:ntinn ..f the sum r . j ... .r-. , ..t u.,...).i Thousand Dollar: to be taken in stock to aid in the construction oi the Lake Shore, Louisville & tfouthwestet n Railway. C. B. BENT LEY, Auditor of Franklin County. Brookvilie, July 27, lS7l)-lw. COMMISSIONER'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. THE undersigned Commissioner by order of tSeFranklin County (Indiana) Common l'Uas Court, in the case of Anna E. Dayia and others yiMary C. Ilavis, if not previously gold at private sale, will eell at tublic auction, on the premi in the Town of Brookvilie ia said County, On Saturday the 27 th day of August, 1S70,, at 1 o'clock P. M., the following Real Estate fit uate in the County of Fraukliu State ot Indiana, to wit : . . Parts of Lots numbered forty-nine and fitly, o that pari of the Town of Brookvilie in naidCu"ty laid out by Jeise U. Thomas nd others, begin ning at tho Southwest corner of said i.t " -- thence running North along Main Bure "!rU"f thirty feet; thenco ruuniug East across ' said Lots Nos. i'i and &0 to the a!ie; ; tbenccMathirty feet to the Southeast corner of Lot ! tbence West along the South iine of s.U and 50 to pUje of beginning, b.-i-: ''.ao property formerly owned and ooouied bj 1"-. Ji"1 Daviir, deceased. r .In thL I. at U a rod brt-Vc dol;ioi wit" t"urooms, with desirable ceaveuiu;ioe.-, and the ' quisite octhouses aod stables. Al-o a 5-o4 'r:,'!', ' "Nug formerly used by tha D .ot r f..r an 1 All io good repair and go ut or ier, the house ' j office fOBlilloll Main JUrgos. Mrcet, .ita. in the inos. desirable nl pro.oiusnt bu;inei canty in the town. TEltMS OF SALE. One-third purchase nionor down on day of sale, one tnir.l in one yr (a she remaining thirl in two year from d.y . ? I deferred payments to j ing interest from date, to be acrarci oy . . waiyia? hjnebt ot t tion and appraiseiaeut laws of the State oi ana, and by mortg igo on tho premis-'S. . Privat bids will be receiyed ly the unJCtsic ed up to the 2ath cay of August next. Sale to beat positirely 1 o'clock. WILLIAM II. JO-' July 30, 18T0-4w. Coinruissiouer. EQUAL TO AUT MACQINB IN US E, ni"'n perior to any that is offered for le eighty five dollars. They do all kinds ot w"' Item, Fell, Tuck, Bind and Cord, and will se leather or thoe soles, or the finest fabno ln used. They have a good warrant for three ye aod have a feeding device that never wer j,-. packer the eoods. They are sold for 0T Dollar, by ' J-VAllB