Indiana American, Volume 9, Number 33, Brookville, Franklin County, 2 September 1870 — Page 2

Jitinanit American,

C. M. BlNdHAM, Editor. itti HvVII.I.KFriday Mr liur, Seot-cnb?r 2. 1S70.

Jint Discussion. j That nearly every Democrat in Congres Judge Wil-oti and J udife tioodin will j voted against the repeal of the income hold a joint duca-ssion at the Court House Ux. ia Brookville on Saturday next, i??pt. 3. That the local taxes of every Democratliepublicans auJ Democrats take notice, ic county in this District are higher than

and govern themselves accordingly. n'p;J"V .I, Hon. Delano h. illumsoo, Attorney) General of nduna, wiil a.i.iress the peo ple at Metamort next Wednesday af'ernoon, and will also aJJiess the people at Brookville on next Wednesday evening. Mr. Williamson is a first class speaker ; let everybody turn out to hear him, and j let him Lave rousing meeting. j Hon. Godlove S. O.-th in Brookville. Hon. Godlove S. Otth will i-peak in Brookville on Thursday. Sept. 221. at 1 o'clock r. m. Mr. Orth is one of our very best nuhlic leakers, is entirely familiar r - r - - i with National and Slate politics, and our; reonle should iberefrre be ou baud to i hear htm. The War News. The whole tenor of the dispatches on Tuesday morning shows that a battle has probably beguu on which depends the fate of France. McMahon, with the bulk e . , -11 . ,.! of the rrench army, moved rapidly to the i North, and Monday morning occupied ne from ItetliiM to AI on ttutil v. with lie I I gium in her rear, alley five miles wide ro - i . it- !.! or Prussia has stopped his march to Pans i and turned North to confront him. o. - i nietz, leaving sufficient force to keep 13 xiine closely imprisoncJ, has also moved off to the Northvrest. and thus the two

great armies stand face to face. McMahon werc so watching each other in their has taken up a position from which he j ,nxiefy t0 secure each clique for themdoes not intend to retreat. He is evident- j seiveatho sceptre whioh U falling from ly staking all on the chances of a single i X.poleon's hands, that the Prussian army battle. IT he wins a decisive victory, thol wU1 at Ust &aX thein UI)prepired, when it advanee of the Geruim on Paris is stop- j sppear8 before their walls. Troahu and the ped. The Crown Prince must fall back to j EajpreS8 have misunderstanding; Palikao euccor bis colleague and to protect his awerta the rignt t0 control the Committee bwn communication. Me.Uahun, winning . of i)efellce; that committee and a proposed the oute.t, becomes evea; losing, j Committee of Public Safety will eventuallj cause is lot. The entire German "luj ! csh; ind so thy ill RO-every man for moves to Paris, aud we da uot believe the ! i1;mip .ml fha devil take the hindmost.

Lapit will stand a sieg-3. ....... . . i A di-pitch from Arlon, Luxemburg dated Monday evetiing, says a battle raged j all diy at the village of Duu. which is ome twelve miles south of Steoay. Another dipa'ch dated Paris, uiiJtiight, 6ays it is believed there that a tremendous battle was being fought on Mouday. Nothing is said of the results, though at Arlon there was a report that, McMahon had been defeated. The march of the Crown Prince on Paris is advancing tuute lowly. lie is probably watching the couSict to the northward, and to a certain extent awaiting its tesult, ready, if necessary, to aid the mam army. If McMahon fails to gain ; the battle, then he is ready and near at! hind with his 220,O0J men to nitreh on. Paris, which he can reach iu about three! days. I..VTF.ST. The dispatches WaJnesdty moraiag contain no confirm-ttiou of thustt sent ou Tuesday about fihtinz on Mou J v. Probably the reports ,r , ,,, r ; ts ol battles arose from a numoer oi surmises mt occurred, atL ft' ... . though repjrtu still come of heavy cannonading being heard ia the direction of the armies; otherwise the situatioo pre. , r . , , tents no new features Wednesday morn,0 . . , The Americans iu Paris are leaving that ! eiiy as rpidly as possible. j Lew Wallace aud Munson have arrangfor a joint canvass of the Seventh Indiana District, commencing on the 12th of September. The Rev. Wm. C. ueni oi .liiatui t'mvrmy, ana i.r ciaay . Tears Dastor of the first Preshvterian ' Church of San Prancisco, died at Junction City. ICansa-. on Monday. i Governor Baker made a fine seth last

Saturday night, at Iiidiauapulfs, ,-hjin j at fc'ouutaiutava. The auiieaee was large, j eiDre dollar u"p "the State fiaatices. lie prove i by the i ao J u present appeared to take a deep j ' . u w .i. . .k n ii- .ii i interest iu whit washing said. Owing to ; 4th. 1 can not vote for it, Veeause from Skooks that the Republican party had re- i . . .. . " r . i . Lv i u c . . , circumstances the speakers were limited to the corruption and dishonesty -of its party uced the dbt mure than nine million of one bour and filleen minute3eacb. Judjf k.deK, even in it management cf couudollars inten year. a4 that the State w (jooiinS toak the lead and spoke one bour; affjirs whre ,b hB?e r tfa iiow practically debt free. . Iiis subject was the same "old DeiuoeratL ; 3 c : .. . .. n.itaeGnrMf tr th. noiin A hPuVIPF thin rl n

, The Ft. Wayne, Munoie !i Cincinnati ilailroad was completed on Saturday, ui - kinc a continuous line from Cincinnati to J ' p Wayn it will couneet with the Grand it a p id road, 20J miles long. A-l of this is expected to be in operation by the I5tk f September. Kvaots aud places siuce Saturday mnj - ' aje rarttatiy Mi;uuiariza as iukuws. uu suyon has refused to surrender; Vitry Mir t 1 .. Tu.. l . . :.!. : un. and 830 French soldiers; the sieges of , . ' . . Strasburg, xoul, I hioovuU and Mett have made no progress; the eapitulatioa of Bajtioe for want of supplies is expected;) iPrusfiian scouting parties have appeared at Jdeux, one bojir trom Paris; a battle repor- j .tA.l nt ItiMina lks confirmation, as does dents have been orders i to ouit the k reach " On next SataTdar we will have, an op- : j ortutrity ia Brookville to hear ilson

jind Gooding in at diea-io9.

Kcep it Before lh People, v Ti.at from IS4!) to 1SGU, the Democrats

levied .ml collected a U tot lhe payment of the funded debt of the S-ate, btit uever paid one dollar for that purpose. i That in ten years the Republican p ry has paid that, and all other accuraul.tins debts", in full. jin any of the Republican counties. The Indianapolis Fair will be, held on the 5th to 10th of September, just four r tartlet before the State Fair A letter from llisudt, in the Journal de Bruxelles, gives as follows the losses of the Germans in the three combats: At Weissenburg about 7,000 men; at Woefth 15,000 or 16,000; and at Saarbruck nearly 9,000; total, 31,000 or 32,000, wounded included. Men look up and say that the march of the Crown Prince is. bold and hazardous. lle mJ be cut ftff he maJ be beafi he m b destroyed. All ot tnis may oe; of this may be; and event may interfere to drive him back, or destroy his army All I this may be, but as it now looks, it will have to be a most extraordinary event to produce such a result. It is not probable. A correspondent of the St. Louis Dem. ocrat says: "At the present rate of procress, Indiana will in twenty years at least ' . J J i be even with the proudest of her sisters, l i :m . v . i it,. J

The position is in l;r"" " ..-. The Prince Roval i da-T in reaHt7 much joungerfctate than

lliiuuia. A "leak iuivuui vi mcui uj ... capital mai nave uuaeriu passeu mrout:u it to a more attractive territory, are now returning to remain there." It really seems as if the clique of Paris The tactics of Marshal McMahon appear to be to gather up his broken corpc, and and tbrrehv swell the ranks of bis new levies, and then sweep along the borders of Belgium, avoiding any encounter with the Prussians that would be likely to involve a pitched battle. By this movement he will be enabled to leave the Prussians on the south, and probably effect ajuoction with Baxaine, north of Metx. If successful in this, McMahon will, it is thought, strike the Prussian line of communication at St. Avoid. This is believed to be the strategy which Count Palikao hinted at some few days ago in his communication to the Corps Legislatif. Fourth District. Early in the campaign, Dave Gooiling, thiukiug to make a little cheap capital for himself, challenged his competitor, Judge Wilson, for a joint canvass. To this Judge Wilson replied that be could not at that time enter into any arrangements, on ac,unt of business matters. Taking their cue from this, the Democrati , . j i ic papers grew wonderfully eloquent in dilating upon the i.-buit ot Wilson to cope with his adver j sary upon the stump. Uut quietly biding j his time, the Judge luodesJly'accepted the challenge, met the brawling demagogue, and in the estimation of all who heard L,, got deci(JeiiIy tho better in lhe . sument offered. e ..... 1 ne J ude " eoai.caim, earnest tUinK er and reasoner, fully imformed on the

great financial questions of the day, while I nani,ty turned them out of power, by a ruaGoodiftg is simply a loud, foul-mouthed j. . 20,000, since which time the Reblackguard upon the stump, and depends!' J . . , . , , . upon cood Iuhks and a l.rua amount of publican party have paid off the btatedebt

; brass in hi.-faco to crry him through. i ! lie has no practical ideasit all, either go ; financial affairs or political efiooomy. j ! I Winchester Journal. ; Maetirm Befwean Goorfinn ancf Wilssit Correspondence Indianapolis Joarn.i. i FocxTAiXTOwar, Aug. 21, 1870. On Monday afternoon, the 22d, Judges ) Wilson and Goodiuq; addressed the people ; tneme ot "trreenoacKs. nesiro eauautv. i ( taxation of koud and the extravagance of , radical rule.' While speaking of the nat 1A expenditures, the learned Judge enhm i tir-iit t G4D 1 n V t h I n i .111 f vhsl (Uc ist ' uncle bam : ,rj,f. rWi. to subdue a J)i)nj Judge Wil-on spoke for one hour and uiter on the issues of the day, and at the same lime rsi his ocooueot's ... - : .;. r . i. t.. r...i. i5.,.,j . J tJ. ccc. ing attempted to reply in a speech of fifteen minutes, but we think entirely failed to I subvert the truths uttered by his antao nit .1 ii 1 W'iUun annl-A cpll mil Ilia i V? Jok. him very mueh of a geutleman. Ho made a favorable imnrPBSin. -n(i w(, think ha i th man m represeut our district in the next Congress. ScRtgfQR. i 1 ; - -- , The Franklin Democrat has resorted to j ,11 manner of misrepresentation and lying j "bout Judge ilsoa, Ao man of any any; .Lir tr howevelvto dupe? tnd piease, .Cd ,fy the rank and file of its party . fCou- ' , , Dou't fail to he?r the voiut piscassisp

next jturday.

Some Reasons Why I Can't Vote ths Democratio Ticket. 1st. I can't vote it, because in doing

so, I should be lending my aid in returning to power the same party, who, when last entrusted with the control of the Government, proved unfaithful to the interest of the people, and an enemy to the Government itself, and connived at, aided and encouraged the inception and organixation of the late rebellion of its own members against the Government, which it betrayed into their hands, and permitted them, with out objection or resistance, to carry on the disruption and dismemberment of the Union, in accordance with the-ancient teach, ings and principles of the Democratic party, on the subject of State Rights, nullification and secession, and thus entailed upon the people of this and coming generations, all the, misery, the suffering and the wast of the late war, togeather with its con sequent burden of debt and taxitioo, of which they now complain so much. Such a history, and such a legacy, is enough for one party ever to leave, aud I cannot assist in bringing it into life again. 2nd. I cannot vote for it, because, when the Government afterward in the hands of patriotic men, was putting forth every effort and exhausting every resource and power, to suppress the rebellion thus inaugurated in accordance with a recognized j principle of the Democratic party, the Democratic party and its leaders, by opposing every means adopted and denouncing as unconstitutional every power brought into requisition for the speedy supression of the rebellion by discouraging volunteering, and encouraging desertion by counselling resistance to the draft, and decrying the credit and the currency of the government by refusing more men or money, when the Government was compelled to have both or perish by declariog the war a failure and an unholy crusade upon the rights of their brethren in the South by the organixation of secret, treasonable and oathbound societies throughout the Northwest, into which over 300,000 were iniated, for the avowed purpose of asistiDg the rebellion in its efforts to overthrow the Government and inaugurating in our own and adjoining States another teriblc civil war, by all this and every other means in its power of hindering, weakening and embarrassing the Government in itseflorta to suppress the rebellion, it has shown itself wholly unfit to be trusted with the control of the Government, which it sought so much to destroy, and made itself guilty of prolonging the war for at least three years, and the blood of those who fell in crosequence of it is upon the hands of the leaders of the Democratio party. The great burthen of the debt which is now upon us, is inconsequence of the factious and treasonable course thus taken by them. While these things are yet fresh in memory, I can not fuse with lhca. or vote with them. 3rd. I can't vote for them, because, whan they were last tried in Indiana, during seventeen years of peace and prosperity they levied and collected, every year from the people, a tax for the special purpose of paying the State debt of $7,520,470,00, but instead of reducing, they increased the debt to $10,179,267,09. They stole during the time, according to their own evidence, from the school fund, set apart for education of the children of the State, $1,000,000,00. They swindled tbe State out of 300,000 acres of land in Georgia, for which only $1,000 ever went into the Treasury. They forged and issued, of bonded obligations of tbe State, over two million dollars, besides robbing and plundering the State Treasury of hundreds of thousands of dollars by every species of profligacy and corruption, until tbe people, finding themselves thus robbed from year to year, mdighave secured it against the payments of the forced boud of the Democracy have f0i!OWij up private individuals in the .r , . di.-gore uaar one hundred thousand dollars, of which they had plundered tbe State durin- the days of Democratic corrupuon; and have not themselves lost to the State, by defalcation, or any other way, " rt ' - Republicans. So it will be found that taxes are, aud have b&sa bhtr all over the State, on an average, in Democratic counties than to Republican counties. We have not before us the facts for the tax paid in ISoJ, b it of the tax: paid in '68, out of all the counties ia the State except nine, from wh'uU we have not seen official statements, the average rate of taxation for local purposes in the r.irtv.fivA Hamihlioin ortuntiflA trhinh nprp eontrolled, Jej'jed, eiHestei and managed by RepwbUcans, wa8 S.V ent to the $100, while the average rate ot local taxation in ui. iki-...i, -k;k nm.iuiuk 1 -'r " - """" were cootr-ulled and managed by Demoerats, and in which there was a Democratic majority, was 1,31 J cents on each $100, fihoiciT . diffdrence. throuchout the State. , . . , . ,. ' DfiEWflea le UJOCrallC IDu ikcUUDUUftu CUQa i r-w ? J 1 f-IT

satis-Uatter. Perhsps this is intended for a tax j 9a tt, luxury 0f Hying under Pemocratic

Jul. It is a heavy tax whsn estimated on the entire wealth of the State, t&ppublicao party have paid, the The entire

expenses of the State, including the assessment and collection of her tax, her Asylums and charitable institutions, all her new buildings and improvements, and paid the State debt, above named, with a levy of 55 cents to the $100, only 20 cents more than this Democratio luxury tax during the last ten years. Yet, in every Republican county, you hear Democrats urging the necessity of fusion and reform, but not a word of reform in Democratio counties; they don't want a reform there. 5th. As a citixen of Bush county, especially, I can not vote the Democratic, or

fusion ticket, which signifies the same thiug. Let us compare our taxes with that of adjoining Democratic counties. We will take the counties of this Congressional District. There are seven; three Democratic, Shelby, Hancock and Franklin; and four Bepublican, Rush, Fayette, Union and Wayne. The taxable property of Rush is $12,086; 780 her tax for county purposes, last paid, was $21,033,22, which is just 15 cents on the $100. The taxable property of Shelby is $10,773,225; her tax for county purposes, last paid, was $54,189,98, or about 50 cents on the $100, just three and oue-thiid times the rate of Rush. Which needs reform most. Shelby or Rush? Again, !,-. ,nd Franklin Ivina sTde by side . . . Favette has a taxable property of $7,775,745, her taxes for county purposes, last paid, was $13,247, SO, about 17 cents on the $100. Frankj I'm, with a property of $8,224,770, collec ted for county purposes, at the Fame time, $63,453,73, about 77 cents on the $100, makiug every citixen pay five times as much on tbe same amount of property, as do the citizens of Rush or Fayette. Frank lin would be a good place to start a fusion newspaper, and offers a fine field for the enterprising gentlemen of the Times! But they dan't want fusion there; the fusion movement ia only started in localities where they are hopelessly in the minority, for the purpose of catching a few restless and disappointed characters, who are destitute of principle and ready for anything, without investigation, so it only bsiajs them notice and flattery. But let us put aiitbne of the Democratic counties of the 4th Dst;i3t together, and compare them with tbe four Republican Couaties. Tbe former have a taxable property of $24,109.,3S0; they paid upon thii, for county purposes, $138,297,83, being 57 cents to the $100; the four Republican counties have a taxable property of $44314,125, and they paid upon this, for county purposes,. $127.S21,66, which is 2S cents to the $100, showing a difference in the rate cf taxation, for the one item of county purposes alone, but over which the politics of the country have more control than any other item, of 2S cents to the $1.00, or in other words, in the Republican counties it is just one-half what it is in the Democratic counties; and let it be remembered, too, that there is one more, and consequently, that much extra expense of the latter than of the former. We would be pleased if some one would explain to us why these things are so, and why some champion of reform has not exposed th&ca, and held then up to tbe pub lie gaxe? Why swallow, with smooth faces, sueh elephants as these, and strangle upon imaginary gnats? We oan oeVer, Mr. Editor, vote the Democratic ticket until these matters are satisfactorily explained. Yours for fair play and low tax. f liushville Republican. The Battle of the 14th. A correspondent of the London Standard, who writes from Verdun on Tuesday morning, Aug. 16th, describes the battle which took place at Mctz on Sunday, Aug. 14 th: At one o'clock Sunday afternoao the French army, 130.000 strong, was encamped all around Metz. Since the day previous a battle was considered imminent. Several attempts had been made to draw the enemy out of the woods they occupied. The Prussian army of Prince Fredrick Charles, or ratherthe corps now united under Said Marshal Steiametz, had taken its position ou the road to Boulay at the point intersecting that to Borny. The road from Borny up to the forest of that place was occupied by Prussians, part of their division being concealed by the woods. Skirmishing had been going on all morning, but it was probable that no serions engagement would take plabe. At half past oob the French troops received orders to retreat from their posision to go in the direction of Verdun. It was said at two o'cleck that tho civant garde division were crossing the Moselle on a pontoon bridge, thrown across a few hours previously, and the luggage, material and provisions of tbe army were crossing other bridse3 in 'he di rection of Longueville lbe Emperor had already left, aud Prince 2krapoLeon first, and half an hour after tbe Euiperro bimself were leaving on horseback io the same direction. At 3 P. M. the third corps under Decaen, the fourth corps under Ladmirault, and the Garde Imperial undi?r Bourboki, were preparing also to iiare tneir encampments, when suddenly the Prussians were seen to prepare for battle. Some others were preparing offensive movements in front of the woods of Borny aud toa direction of Giisy and Mercy les Met. The French troops under the command of Marshal Baxaine were composed of the Third aud Fourth Corps and the Garde Imperial, They were fronting Borny, Gjrisey and Mercy lea Metx, the Garde Imperial forming the reserve, near the Fort de Quentin. At quarter past four the attack commenced. A heavy fire of artillery was at ogee heard in every direction. The soldiers of the Prussian Iandwehr headed the Prussian cjrps d'arujee, and the mitrailleurs began their deadly work on each side. For me all was confusion. Men were falling in every direction; columns were whirling around ns, and bullets whistling their deadly work through the ranks. A baUery of art; llery

with a mitrailleuse, was making fearful havoc in the Prussian ranks I heard frantic bravos announcing its newexploita. The fire was so well directed, the precision so great, that each fire- was positively mowing the Prussian ranks, who were fighting in a desperate way; their artillery replying to the other, and destroying the French battalions right and left. At 7 P. M. the Prussians were making a movement of retreat. A mitrailleuse had been twice taken from the French, and although it is only one of the hundreds of incidents of the battle, I mention it, as it led to an important result. v For the last hour, one of the greatest efforts of the French had for its object the

dislodgement of tbe Prussians from the woods of Borny, their troops being protected by that natural rampart. The brave colouel of the 44th infantry, second division, in retaking the mitrailleuse, was the cause of an immense body of Prussians emerging suddenly from the woods and precipitating themselves as an infuriated torrent on the French divisions. It was only a pretext, for it was expected the Prussians would follow the same tactics as at Forbach and Froschwiller, which consists of keeping out of sight the masses of their best divisions, and when the result of battle seems in favor of their opponent to change defeat into victory by that powerful -movement of immense bodies of troops plunging suddenly on the enemy. But this time Baxaine had prepared a match for them. The Imperial Guard, commanded by Bourbaki, had been kept in reserve. Tbe artillery from their strong position began the defensive, the Grenadiers advanced, and from that moment till a quarter to nine you would have thought you were in tbe middle of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Fort DeQueotin sweep ing with its powerful batteries the flank of the advancing columns of the regiments of cavalry charging on the wings. At a quarter to nine precisely the Prussians were retreating, leaving from 23 000 to 24,000 men hors de combat. The Freuch have lost close on to 40,000 men killed and wounded. 140,000 Prussians took part in the fight, against 70,000 Frenchmen, "positively." Owoing to Fort Quentin slsi.Uighjtcx.iDg the enemy, the Guard, except Us artillery and a brigade of Grenadiers, did pot fiht. They were kept in reserve to the last. Du ring the combat tha tst, of the Preuoh army was reticle-ca tho route to Verdun, and, at Q, o'olook I followed the Imperial Guard, retreating in the same direction. General Da Caen has been. w.oojdji.ui. the leg;, GeaeriilPe Costagay had an arm cut, and Marshal Baxaiue himself received a slight contusion on the head. I heard the sight of the Champs de Battaille was hor-ib'3-in the morning. In retiring, they marched over the dead bodies, which were in heaps in some spots. "Let Well Enough Alone." Correspondence of the Indiana American. Metamora, Ind., Aug. 29, 1S70. Mr. Elditor, Ever since I was a little boy and that was a long time ago I have heard the maxim repeated, "Let well enough alone," and I have no doubt io thousands of instances tbe persons to whom it was addressed would have been greatly benefited by heeding the advice thus given. And 1 would just ask, How shall we be benefited by yeilding to the importunities of the Democratic party and press throughout the land to change our rulers and place them in power "again? Judging the future by the past, 1 would say, "let well enough alone." I know they are just now claiming that they are the party of progress and reform. Echo answers, In what? Io what? Why, they would reduce the expenses of the government and remove the burthen of taxation from the people, by a reduction of duties on imports. Are they in earnest in this matter? let us see for a moment. At the last sessioo of Congress a bill was offered and passed to reduce the the Tariff twenty three millions of dollars, but not one Democratic vote in its favor. So much for Democratic reform. And still here is another. Congress proposes to take off fifty seven millions of internal revenue tax, but not a single Democratic vote is given for it. So we find eighty millions of a reduction of taxes, but no Democratic Senator or Representative voting for it. Aud they are the party of retrenchment and reform! 1 say, "let well enough alone." But they point us to the past as security for the future. Well, the past was a long, long time ago, and wont do now, nor for the last ten years back. The account is too dark and damaging, when compared alongside of the Republican record I am no politician, but I have carefully observed the doings and sayings of both parties, and cannot for the life of me see how it is that we are to be benefited by a change. Let us examine the record a little. In no ono single instance can you find one act during the long and bloody struggle for the life of the nation that they did not oppose and stand arrayed against. No measure brought before Congress for the suppression of tbe Rebellion but what they denounced it as unconstitutional. When the President and Congress were straining every nerve to raise men and money to put down treason and traitors, the Democratic leaders were stumping the States telling the people that greenbacks were nothing but rags, and not worth the paper they were printed upon. Editors of Democratic papers called the President! a tyrant; and the soldiers who had left their homes aod families to shed their blood and give their lives to save the nation, were called "Lincolu's hirelings,'' Lincoln's dogs," "Sherman's rut-throats and theives." And while that noble patriot, Oliver P. Morton, was doing all that mortal man could do for the brave and noble soldiers of his State, all tbe venom and vituperation of the carriou carcasses of the Democratic editors was poured out against him. While he was going day and night, at the sacrifice of health aod comfort, to sava his State and nation, they were in their midnight dens coooocting murder and treason. God have meroy on them; but I don't think any of them will ever get into pow er by my vote. "Let well enough alone.' Tha Republican party cama into power ten years ago, and what has it done? It found the nation bankrupt, with a Deujw ocratio rebellion on its hands; its Na?y scattered to the four wind? cf earth; its forts, arsenals and arms in tha hands of traitors. It has put down tha rebellion, raised the credit of the nation, abolished slavery, given equal and exact justice to all tha inhabitants, restored tbe rebellious States to their former relations to the Ua

ion, and never since we were a nation were we in aoprosperous a condition as we aro to-day. True, there is a heavy debt hanging over us, but it is a debt of Democratic origin, and they ought to be the last to say a word about repudiating it. "Let well enough alone." If the Democratio party ia the party of all honesty and reform, bow does it happen that the taxes in Democratic counties throughout the State are from 25 to 40 per ceot. more than they are in Republican counties? If they are the party of retrenchment and reform, how does it happen, when they had the control of the State of Indiana for seventeen years they never paid one dollar of the public debt? Tbe Geoend Government gave them one million two hundred and fifty-two thousand six hundred and thirty eight acres of Sand, worth at least three millions of dollars, not one dollar of which ever entered the Slate Treasury, although Governor Wright io his message of '53 estimated that one million of dollars at least ought to be added to the school fund from this source; but never a dollar, though every acre has been sold. They also received from debtors to the State three hundred thousand acres of laud in Georgia, for which I think Asbury Conwell paid one thousand dollars. Here was a loss of lwo hundred and ninety thousand dollars, as the land was heavily timbered and could not have been worth less than one dollar per acre. And this is not all. In seventeen counties they lost thousands by illegal deposits in banks, defalcations in one county of one hundred and twenty thousand, and in another twenty-five thousand, to wit: Michael Batxner and others. And yet they claim to be the boncst savers of the money entrusted to their care! Well, yes; they are too careful of i; it never gets in to tbe State Treasury; that's the difficulty. Now what have the Republicans done? They have had the State government under their control for ten years, and they have uot lost a dollar by defalcations as otherwise. The taxes are much less' in, Republican Counties than in Democratic counties. They will have the entire publio debt paid by the first of January, 1871. They have increased t!ie sctioo.1 fund to

over nine Ciillious- of dollars. They paid nearly all the cost of the Northern Penitentiary. They doubled the capacity of the Insane Avlum, built the Soldier's and Orphans' Homes, created a Normal School House aud a fine building for the Statfl Oihces, besides other useful appropri atious, making in all about eight hundred thousand dollars: besides sending over s huudred regiments to help put down that Democratic "oupleasautuess" in the South. Verily, aint my motto a good one "Let w.ei), euough alone?" More aaon. Xourn, 4c., Av W. t?miisss.i:aaB.. . - Fur the Amertcau. The Blessings of tho Bible. BV REV. F. S TURK. There are three hundred millions of hu man beings in this world. thai are, distinguished from all other huniao-.-beings, by this one niatk they have the B.bU. These three hundred millions of human beings embrace persons of all complexions, from the white to the florid Caucasian, and froai the yeilaw Mongolian to tbe blaA African. They embrace the inhabitants of Europe- arid their million descendants in this America, and many Asiatic, nijny Africans, and some of the dwellers in the great isles of the deep. Now 1 lay down as a fact that the Bible dees not injure those three hundred miiliou oi' human biiigs. It does not degrade their tastes; it d.es not imbrute them; it does not make savages of them; it does not break up their family relations;, it does not ditiii?li the re?prt oi' children for their parents; it does not spoil their jurisprudence; it does uot hurt them in any seup, does it? There are eight hundred milKe-ns of human beings without tbe Bible. What is the result ? China, the Celestial Land,, that boasts of the most ancient type of civilization, is without the bible. Confuciusism failed, utterly failed. Chin to-day is worse by far than two- tktrUsand years ago. vtiia is sicreot jpcj in commerce, in manners and customs. 1 Here arc no railroads, no stcailijtsr no telegrapl lines, no gas lights. Woman is a slave. m i .ii t . i i1 ne tuiuaiDan buys and sells tits wile as the Christian would buy aod sell a horse. India the laxvd t' t-pey breazes, with her hundreds of. millions wf huutaa beings, every deeade is sinking luwer; her gaudy temples are filled only with devotees who are slaves to lust. So of the other nations. V bat are their needt? "the entrance of thy words giveth light.' They need an open Bible in their own dialect. These na tioos without the Bible are constantly growing worse, not better. What was the condition of tbe world eighteen hundred years ago? Was there any country on this round earth eighteen hundred years ago that was improving? Egypt had already become tbe basest of nations. Babylon was already fallen. Who turned the tide? There was not a single people on the taoe of the earth, .except those of Palestine, where Jesus aod bis disoiples dwelt, that was not growing worse! Nations degenerated from the highest point of civilization to extreme barbarism without the Bible. The monkey theory has no foundation in history or fact. All history proves that, though from a civilized state, nations may easily lapse into barbarism; it is impossible for a savage natiou, without foreign aid, to rise ioto a state of civilizatiou. It cannot be 6hown that a single nation or individual existed in an uncivilized and savage state on earth prior the bnildiog of the Tower of Babel. God never made a savage. The savage state is not the natural state of man. Savages are but the effete remains of extinct civilization, and wherever the Bible is not known, there are tbe nations despondentants. But on the other hand, wherever the Bible is known there we have the Scripture in all languages and in a variety of accents. Could we make a bonfire of all tbe Bibles in the United States, and then pass a law prohibiting tbe circulation of tbe Scriptures, with the waning light would expire our civilization. Take the Bible, the open Bible, to those natioos that are sitting io the shadow of death the icy coldness of Confucius, or rationalistic theories of infidels, As the rising sun dispels tha darkness of the night, so before tha open Bible, error, superstition and vice flee as tha reoeding darkness before the day. Happy is that people whose God is the Lord." Even that man of siu shall be. revealed, "for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

"That that is spoken in the. ear shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops;'' "that that is covered shall be revealed." Men will not come to this I'ght lest their deeds should be reproved; they love darknesB rather than light. All who will, may come. The sharp two-edged aword penetration the hearts of the nations, giviog entraoce for heaveuly light, shall reveal the only true Potentate as dwelling in light, as sitting in the circle of the heavens "God ever all blessed forevermore." Those nations without ihe Bible are constantly growing worse. This may be a practical suggeetiou for diligence in circulation the Scriptures and placing an open Bible in every man's hands in hisowo vernacular. Christians should earnestly pray that "the word of the Lord may have' tree course, run and be glorified," that the babbling tongues whicn are seeking homes and protection among us may also be taught of God in His most blessed Word. The practical and personal benefits derived from the eotrance of Divine truth on the human life are worthy our consideration. That religion does exist, is an undeniable fact; that it is not merely passive, but active is patent to all observers. Tbe exceeding great and precious promises of the Bible fill tbe believer with hope. "Whereby are given unto us exceediog great and precious promises, that by these ye might be partakers of tbe Divioe na. ture, baviug escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." "Whosoever hath this hope in him, purifieth himself,' even as be is pure." "Thy word is very pure." 'Sanctify them through thy word, thy word is truth." ."Now ye are cleansed through the word I have spoken unto you." "1 have given them thy word'' rich legacy to every believer's heart more precious, more to be desired than gold. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light to my path." Materialists may argue all things continue as they were in tbe begin niog so of animated and iuanimated nature; laws there are that-chauge not, decay aod dissolution, dust to dust, yet "he that beiievetb shall not be coulounded." "Though the outer man petish, the inward man is renewed day by day.' "For wt know if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with bands, eternal in the heavens." Dear reader love the Bible, "search tli Scriptures,'' "let them be the man of your

counsel." You need not fuar the light of science or philosophy. "The word of tbe Lord is tried." "Tby word is truth." By this dear old Bible you will be judged. Be faithful in listeuiog to its heavenly teachings be diligent in the spread of the knowledge of lhe Lord, "so that many shall ruu t-and fro,, and knowledge be increased." Do tut condemn. Prove all thing-; hold fast that which is good." The Bible makes uien better. Iu accepting and knowing the truth, are uiii'i mads free. Be ie vers are "ohsuiged. frwin glory to glory a. by. the-Spisit f i lie Loid.' NEW ADVRTIbtMtNTJ lli! For a Weill 1 notify lbe ubiic that I a a d j 'ireparel to drive or dig Well iu any p vrt of Itio C aut and wish a large trade. All nrotk il nj 0:1 j i jf:-. uulire aiid. P'arr.uiUiJ-to g ve SHiisUc'ion. JNO. II. v. IS ASS, !p2 U.ookvilic, luJ. Town Lots antl 40 Acres or Lund for bale. nPIIE unilarsif'leil. offsri fir 9'o ton or twelveA liuiiilirur LuOiiKtoe town of Uuiun, FriiUlni i County, luifriaoa. A lnu one half or all of a Stoaiu. Saw Mill io aaiil. town of Uuion. Also forty acres of land intuited on IU Cedar, I 'j tailed west of Ml. Caruiel, nail a ljoiria trie turnpike twelve, or fit tee a acres improved, with orchard uul goi( spring; balance good timber. Also live aurex of land with buildings on it, litu.ileil i.a Big Cellar, one mile iNortb ot tbe Brnok--VI' Is & Alt. C.ir.u:l FiKi. A-ill o'' my reoi.-ience in Union one acre of ' land, gooil frame bouse, kitchen, smoke-bouse, wood bouse, milk-house, a nice rape arbor on bo tli sides of tbe bouse, fruit of alt tjHl..gpul well of water, burn, stable, crib, and bi-gjk houao a nice situation for a doctor or uiecha-nic. If the above dc.-crilied property is not seld. ati BfiT.ale .-ale by the 1st. of Octo ier next, it widl ' be offered at public sale ou Saturday, Vet. 1, ls7.1 ba w- got tue Kansas fever badly, and duo V know bow to Jut clear of it without going there.. sI 2 2w Vhitcomb, Fratklin Co., Ind:. TSI A227S Represents tlie 1'amous Mebicsz- f.YFlKJtrdgr, O 35 X0. H. VAN METER, OF CHJ.JtrJSSTOX, ILLISOIS. AS ENGRAVED BT MR. BA KEB, TA KES FROM TBE SPOT. This is the largest Infirmary west of the 'ocr ' Institute, New York City, where a.l Chronic lrtseasos are successfully treated. OVEB. 1500 CASES treated at thi establishment iaimlly. Including those afflicted witli Di.-ewe ot Thront nd ; Longs, Private Diseases and Dlsi. of Female. ! Sore Eyes, Catrr1i. Piles and Fistula, Kpile y. Dyspepsia, Deafness. Ilturt Disease. Dilet lly- i drocele. Dropsy, Old Sores, Ulcer. Cancers, f eroff- ! ula. Hml msny other kinds not mentioned. I'or a ! complete description of this estbllhnser.t '! , three cents and get VanMeter's Journal ol ll.ltl j by return mail. Addre-s, j pit, a, ta .v MFTr.n, Cburlie-tuu, lliiu.is. I READ WHAT THESE GESTURE?: TATS TO SAY. j Heingr Personally acquMintl wl'U ' Meter, be beinjr a memttrr uf tii" fliMicb ol j Christ, and in visiting bis Infirn srr in ting hi ! immense practice and success in lbe li-nhl'P r. we heartily endorse and roft-niiiieii-l biui IP the . hrotherhood and public generally, b-lieviiig hiai to ba jnt whst he claims. " ! BI.D. DAVID WALK. Me(n,.l.i9 Term. ( EI.D B. B. TYLKR. Terre iiuute. Ind. i ELD. JNO. R. 1IULCTT. riirnenen, Ky. ELD CO BARTH"LiMj:V. l.a'..ne, Ind. ; ELD. J. O. PARSON'. Ch-irlestr.il. Ills. i - EU. THOMAS Ml'NNELL. ' i-ie'nnvl.0 ; W. S-e'v Aawriosn ri,rirtlii M: Society- , ELD. SAM'L ROW ZKN. Kt:itn. ic, hy A REV. WM. OfiWES, Burtle't, T-nn. -pC, BKV.J. ATKINS, Cleveland, Tenn. JLIrJ

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FARMERS, ATmrm. THE undersigned having purchased of Mei"'; Qoald 3c Daub the right to mak ndTn AVatson k Tinklo' "AUTOMA1I0 GRAIH SCREEN," patented April 27, 18(19, for the Counties of Franklin and Union, Is now ready to receive order for one or more of these Ubof y ing Grain oleaneri. For simplicity and dura oiiitv they nve no equal .dispensing W't! ,aDor . turning the crank. The Wheat or other grain is poured into the machine at the top, passes thrg a series of soreans, and without any labor on J part the grain ootnes out perfectly clean-c be , eockle, Ao.t entirely separated therefrom. , era seeing this machine cannot but he well p " ed with iu working qualities. It is sold for low sum of twelve dollars. . JOHN HITCHELI.. Metamora, tad., Aug. 16, 1870-3m.